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Masks, sanitisa- more than 3,000 lab techni- bers of a family, including a n a bid to encourage and Highlighting the contri- tion and physical distancing cians, more than 1000 X-ray critical Covid patient, were ven while the counting was Ihonour the tireless and bution of frontline and health- have to be included in our technicians, 2,000 health work- killed while another injured Eunderway, the ruling BJP unparallel contribution of all care workers, the chief minis- lifestyle,” the CM said. ers of NMH and all doctors, when a car rammed into a and main opposition frontline and healthcare work- ter also stressed that because of Frontline and healthcare nurses, ward boys and other roadside tree under Nigoha Samajwadi Party claimed suc- ers of the state, the Yogi their constant efforts, the state workers expressed gratitude to paramedical staff engaged in police station area of cess of their candidates in the Adityanath government has was not only been able to con- the chief ministers’ apprecia- Covid care duty. Those serving Shahjahanpur on NH 24 on panchayat elections. announced to raise their duct maximum Covid tests tion and increasing their finan- as volunteers to treat Covid Monday. UP BJP vice-president and monthly honorarium by 25 that brought down transmis- cial incentives. patients will get an increased 25 Superintendent of Police incharge of Panchayat polls, per cent. sion levels of the infection, but President of UP percent honorarium from the (SP), Rural, Sajeev Bajpai said Vijay Bahadur Pathak claimed “During such challenging the state was also improving in Pharmacists Federation Sunil prevailing NHM rate per day. that the family was returning in Lucknow on Monday that  !    and testing times, the frontline terms of recovered patients as Yadav and general secretary of Intensifying measures to from Bareilly to Shahjahanpur the candidates supported by the and healthcare workers stood recovery rate was getting bet- Government Nurses’ curb the spread of the deadly along with a critical Covid party have won in over 60 per like shields, battling coura- ter consistently. Besides, as Association Ashok Kumar wel- virus and to increase manpow- patient when the mishap cent seats of member district geously and selflessly to protect result of regular tele-consulta- comed the state government’s er in the hospitals, the Yogi occurred near Lauda village. panchyat and member kshetra   ( (  and save the people and tion and timely provision of decision and said that the CM’s government has announced to In the accident, Ramnaresh panchyat in the state and it will improve the condition of the medicine kits, the patients in decision would encourage and rope in final year medical and (55), his wife and Covid patient further increase when all results ## !  ! state. Their contribution is home isolation have also been will give a lot of confidence, paramedical students. The state Jamuka Devi (50), son were declared by Monday unparallel. The government is recovering at a rapid pace. hope and boost to thousands of government has also Kaushlendra (35), elder broth- afternoon. Lucknow (PNS): In a sad end head. Vimla Devi in Kapuri committed to providing all “UP has an excellent expe- workers and staff members announced a special package to er Hira Lal (60) and driver “The party’s official candi- to the panchayat elections, Ekauna village in Deoria died support and will continue to rience of Covid management working day and night amid encourage their contribution Vijay (35) were killed on the dates have performed as per more than half-a-dozen can- an hour before counting encourage the frontline work- and our policies have even the ongoing pandemic. and to equip the state with a spot. Ram Gulam (42) was crit- expectation and even some didates died before they could began on Sunday. She was ers,” the chief minister said received global acclaim. With It is pertinent to note that trained man force. Final year ically injured and was admitted rebel too have won. We are be declared elected. Repoll declared elected hours after while praising the consistent the contribution of frontline an additional honorarium of 25 medical students will not only to hospital. The family that assessing the situation and a will now be held on these her cremation took place. In efforts of the medical staff. and healthcare workers, our percent along with their basic be able to gain experience but went to Bareilly for treatment detailed report would be issued seats. Pinky, who contested Barhalganj in Gorakhpur, Emphasising that vaccina- victory in this battle against pay will be paid to all frontline will also be provided many of Jamuka Devi was returning soon,” Pathak said. Though the for the village pradhan’s post Pawn Sahni won the election tion is the biggest weapon in COVID-19 is certain. Every cit- workers, working currently, other fruitful opportunities to Shahjahanpur after she was political parties have fielded in Kurawali of Mainpuri, won from Jaitpur village but did the fight against coronavirus, izen of the state has an impor- including more than 8,000 along with encouraging discharged from the hospital their candidates in the pan- the election on Sunday but not live to see himself Yogi urged the doctors to tant role to play. Compliance pharmacists and nurses across incentives. due to shortage of oxygen. chayat polls but party symbols before the counting process elected. were not used. started, she had passed away. In some other districts, SP spokesperson Rajendra In Rasoolpur village of winning candidates died Chaudhary claimed that party Firozabad, Babulal was though their details were not   !"# $" candidates performed well in declared elected but he had immediately available. the Panchayat polls. “Our can- died on April 25. According to reports, most of didates have swept the polls in Savita won the gram pan- the candidates died due to   841# and children from inside reports of deaths are also strict lockdown but this time itive cases. The number of Etawah, Mainpuri, Azamgarh, chayat election in Naura vil- Covid-like symptoms but houses testify to the death of pouring in from the outskirts round, the panchayat elec- RRTs (rapid response teams) Prayagraj and several other lage of Amroha on Sunday none of them had got them- ith the second wave of a kin and these have become of Lucknow. Doctors in tions and free movement of would be deployed to check districts,” he said. but lost the battle for life two selves tested or treated Wcorona infection per- quite frequent now. I cannot Chinhat Primary Health people, marriages and harvest the Covid spread. As many as However, the State Election days ago. In Bhogala village of because they did not wish to meating to the rural heartland quantify as to how many peo- Centre vouched that almost 50 season led to a massive spurt 10 lakh antigen tests will be Commission confirmed that Unnao, Shivkali also won the be barred from the counting of Uttar Pradesh, deaths have ple have died in Attara block people have died of fever in in corona infections. conducted in rural areas while senior SP leader and Leader of elections but died two days process. State Election become very frequent but the in the last one week but I can Juggaur in the last fortnight. A government official said 10 lakh medical kits will be Opposition in UP Assembly before she could be declared Commission (SEC) officials state government agencies tell you there is a beeline in In Rudauli of Barabanki, half that the government was alive distributed during the drive. Ramgovind Chaudhary's son elected. In Jaunpur’s said that the process for have little or no record to Banda crematorium to do a dozen villagers died in to this situation and therefore There are around 60,569 sur- Ranjit Chaudhary lost the elec- Ramnagar block, Ram repoll would begin after ascertain the exact number of thee last rites of the bodies. Pakkaudi village, prompting it was launching an extensive veillance committees consti- tion for zila panchayat member Chandra died before he was the counting process deaths due to the deadly virus. This was never seen in Banda th district administration to testing drive for coronavirus tuted at the village level. from Ward 16 of Ballia district. declared elected the village concluded. “Death is very quick. The before. carry out surveillance. In infection in all 97,409 revenue Lekhpal will be included in Meanwhile in Mainpuri, villagers ignore fever and body In the absence of space in Bhaupur village of Ayodhya 32 villages of thee state from the committee, Gram BJP suffered a setback as party In Chitrakoot, jailed former took place in four phases, ache and treat them as season- cremation ground people are people were found Covid pos- May 5. The campaign will be Panchayat Secretary will be candidate and Mulayam Singh’s bandit Radhe alias Subedar between April 15 and 29, with al viral infections and expect cremating people in the itive which were carried out run by ASHA (Accredited the Member Secretary and niece Sandhya Yadav lost to SP Singh’s son Aridaman Singh polling percentage ranging it to go with the passage of fields,” convener of an NGO, after our residents died there. Social Health Activist) and representatives of Asha, candidate Pramod Kumar by a was elected the pradhan of between 72 to 75 per cent . time. Unfortunately. before Vidya Dham Samiti in Banda, During the first onslaught Aanganwadi workers Anganwadikatri, Kotedar, margin of 19,07 votes. Sandhya Shitalpur Tauraha village. Termed as a semi final before they can understand the Raja Bhaiya told this reporter of coronavirus in 2020, the “This is being done to Rojgar Sevak, Chowkidar and is the sister of former SP MP Subedar was the right-hand the 2022 Assembly polls on the severity of the corona infec- over phone on Monday. upcountry remained more or check the transmission in others will be the members of Dharmendra Yadav. man of dreaded dacoit Dadua state, Panchayat elections have tion, they die. Cries of women Not only Banda, the less unaffected because of rural areas by identifying pos- these committees,” he said. In the 30- member district and is presently lodged in jail. engaged all political parties for panchayat seats of Mainpuri, Elections were held for 58,194 the first time. the SP won five and was lead- gram pradhan, 7,31,813 gram Meanwhile, even after 36 "(  ing in 11 seats while the BJP panchayat members, 75,808 hours, the Uttar Pradesh SEC 6 
  

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 $;"   841# earlier. It was the biggest chal- lenge that we had two weeks urveillance activities for back, and it is now easing ( ) Sthe containment of coron- because the government is avirus in rural areas of providing us 200 oxygen con- %+,  Lucknow will begin from May centrators,” he said. 5. Additional Director, Health, Dr Bajpai said there is no Dr DS Bajpai, who is need to panic because there % overviewing the Covid con- are sufficient beds and ade- tainment activities in quate medicines and oxygen   841# Lucknow, said it is being done supply, and with the surveil- in view of the increased num- lance activity starting soon, it ucknow reported 3,058 ber of cases in rural areas. would give out the ground Lfresh cases and 26 deaths in However, he pointed out reality for starting further the last 24 hours. However, the that the positivity rate of activities in accordance with encouraging part was that Lucknow from 30 per cent last the prevalence of the virus. 5,686 patients recovered during week has come down to 15-20 activities would be carried ment facilities in the district. “We are testing 30,000 to this period. With the fresh per cent at present. “The cases out for till May 9. “Hopefully, the Chinhat 40,000 samples per day in recoveries, 1,76,136 people have also come down in “Surveillance activities are Covid facility will also be Lucknow,” he added. have defeated the coronavirus Lucknow from over 6,000 per extremely essential to control started soon and one or two On rapid response teams in the city so far and 36,384 day to an average of 3,000,” he the pandemic because those other hospitals will be started, and surveillance teams not patients are undergoing treat- added. Dr Bajpai said the who are positive may not be easing the availability of beds,” being visible in the areas ment in hospitals and in home areas to be covered under knowing so. The teams will he said. Talking about the where they are supposed to be isolation. surveillance activities include visit each house with some oxygen crisis in the district, he moving, he said it was a prob- Besides, in the 2.29 lakh    -              Mall, Malihabad, BKT, questions, filling in the forms said there has been no such lem which existed about two tests carried out in UP in the Mohanlalganj, Itaunja, to find out how many people issue for a couple of days. weeks back. “There were a last 24 hours, 29,192 people underway in the state and Command Centre, proper sup- the earliest. Gosainganj and Sarojininagar. have influenza-like illness, “Nearly 45 ton oxygen number of infections and all tested positive while 38,687 those in the age group of 18-44 ply of oxygen and availability of Meanwhile, a senior doctor “The number of teams problems related to respirato- has arrived and we do not of a sudden there was a burst patients recovered during the years are also getting the jabs. drugs. The committee for look- at the CMO office said that a are being finalised and they ry distress and also whether have any crisis. In fact, there of cases, and it was found that same period. However, 288 So far, 1,03,57,498 people have ing into proper supply of oxy- good number of coronavirus will consist of ASHA and they are suffering from hyper- was no crisis but it was creat- after a person tested positive, patients lost their battle to been given the first dose of vac- gen includes ADM-I, Transport positive senior citizens are Aanganwadi workers. tension and diabetes,” Dr ed because of the panic situ- it had to be fed in the coronavirus across the state. cine while 23,76,640 have taken Officer RP Dwivedi and Drug recovering in home isolation in Training is also being impart- Bajpai said. ation. Every patient in the portal. There was a gap which The surge can be gauged both the jabs. inspectors Brijesh Kumar the district. “One must not fear ed to district-level officers, They will distribute med- Lucknow is getting oxygen, has been filled up now. Now from the fact that in the last 17 Uttar Pradesh created a Yadav and Madhuri Singh. and panic as most of the ASHA and Aanganwadi work- icine kits and brief the people whatever may be the arrange- the moment a person tests days, the caseload has increased record by increasing the num- The district magistrate said patients recover in home isola- ers. A micro-plan is being pre- in detail on what to do and ments. The demand has positive, the entry is almost two-and-a-half times. ber of samples tested to 2.29 that these committees were tion and very few require hos- pared and it will be ready what not to do. He said they increased because people have made in the portal and a On April 15, there were lakh. Earlier on April 24, free to include and co-opt any pitalisation. For speedy recov- soon,” he said. are strengthening surveillance, started using oxygen at home. team visits the house the next 1,29,848 people infected with 1,86,000 tests were done, of expert in their teams and ery, one must remain relaxed, He said the containment increasing testing and treat- That demand was never there day,” he said. coronavirus in the state and the which only 38,000 people (22 would submit their reports live a healthy lifestyle, take the number has increased to per cent) were found infected. regularly to the district admin- prescribed medicines, steam 2,85,832 in a fortnight. Now with 2.29 lakh tests and istration. inhalation, saline gargles and The situation in Lucknow, 20,192 positive cases, the pos- Meanwhile, Minister continue the medicines for .   #
!! /01 Prayagraj, Jhansi, Gorakhpur itivity rate has come down to 10 Medical Education Suresh other diseases such as hyper- and Chandauli remains critical per cent. Khanna and Covid incharge for tension and diabetes after con- as most of the deaths have been Out of the total tests, Lucknow district Roshan Jacob sulting the doctor on tele-   841# The state immunisation reported from these districts. 1,29,026 were done through inspected the oxygen bed facil- phone. Ideally, these patients officer pointed out categorical- Meanwhile, 1,446 fresh RT-PCR. Of these, 88,753 tests ity being created in the psychi- with comorbidities should be in ne lakh people in the 18+ ly that there would be no cases were detected in Gautam were conducted in medical atric ward of King George’s hospital but if they have opted Oage group have already walk-in registration for the Buddha Nagar, 1,404 in colleges while 3,642 in district Medical University. During the for home isolation they should registered and booked their 18+ category and people in Moradabad, 1,311 in Kanpur, hospitals. As many as 22,518 inspection they were informed remain in touch with the doc- slots across the state in the this age group would have to 1,222 in Saharanpur, 1,097 samples were tested in central that the work was almost com- tor,” he said. Covid vaccination exercise for register on the CoWIN portal each in Gorakhpur & Amroha, laboratories and 14,113 in pri- plete and only the installation The official admitted that this age group which com- or Aarogya Setu and book an 1,022 in Varanasi, 994 in Jhansi, vate labs. of an oxygen supply network the maximum patients who menced from Monday. appointment. 858 in Prayagraj and 833 in Meanwhile, for the effec- was left. Jacob directed the offi- were recovering were in home State Immunisation The vaccination exercise Meerut. As many as 25 patients tive containment of the second cials to complete the work isolation. When asked how Officer Dr Ajay Ghai said that which kicked off on May 1 has died in Prayagraj, 21 in Jhansi, wave of the novel coronavirus within ten days. many COVID-19 patients in they would increase the num- received an encouraging 19 in Gorakhpur, 17 each in infection, the district magis- She said that apart from home isolation required oxy- ber of vaccination centres after response from the youngsters Kanpur & Chandauli, 13 in trate has constituted Team-9 these 140 beds, the KGMU was gen, he said that they had not May 8 and also include private and it is expected that they Gautam Buddha Nagar and 11 comprising nine sub-commit- shifting three surgical areas to made any assessment in this centres. “The vaccination cam- may boost the pace of vaccina- in Varanasi. tees to look into arrangements create an additional facility of regard. He added that the num- paign is currently running at tion which has lagged behind Additional Chief Secretary, of ICU and oxygen beds in hos- 127 oxygenated beds within the ber of patients in home isola- 86 centres of the state and because of the increase in the Health, Amit Mohan Prasad pitals, effective monitoring of next 48 hours so that the tion had reduced to approxi- these will be increased after number of novel coronavirus said that vaccinations are Integrated Covid Control and patients could get treatment at mately 36,000. May 8,” he said. *    
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" "   841# family and some local residents were contacted to confirm   841# did not have any enmity with ystery shrouded the death whether the victim had any anyone as he would always keep Mof a 70-year-old preacher enmity with anyone that could hirty-year-old Jaswant Singh, to himself. Interestingly, there (Baba) whose body was found have led to his brutal killing. The Twho was a resident of were no signs of resistance by the lying in a hut in Mathura on police were clueless about any Nigoha, was shot dead by victim on the spot. A purse was Sunday. Senior officers along murder motive. unidentified miscreants while he found from his pocket and it with local police rushed to the Meanwhile in Chitrakoot, a was returning home from his contained few currency notes, spot after learning of the inci- cricket match between children workplace near Bhirampur Aadhaar card, driving licence dent and started investigations. turned fatal when lightning sud- Naharia under Mohanlalganj and some other documents. The As per reports, Bholamber denly struck leaving two players police station on Monday after- victim was said to have been of Fateh hamlet of Khair dead and causing burns to sev- noon. He was the manager of a upset for the past two days as one (Aligarh) had shifted to Mathura eral others in Shikwa hamlet of petrol pump in Sisendi. A for- of the petrol pump attendants about a decade back and start- Kota Kaidela police station area eign-made pistol and an empty had stealthily taken away Rs ed living in a house in Vanshibat on Sunday evening. shell were recovered from the 8,000 from his cash bag and did locality of Math in Mathura. In As per reports, some spot while the deceased’s motor- not report back. due course, he made several fol- teenagers were playing cricket in cycle was found parked few Meanwhile, a gang lowers who used to visit his a field in Chitrakoot when light- yards away from the crime scene. involved in taking orders house to know about their future ning struck the ground in leav- Police said Singh sustained online to supply Remdesivir and ways to come out of mis- ing Ramdayal (17) and Asheesh bullet injuries in the head. The injections and medical oxygen eries. On Sunday, when some Kumar (12) dead, while Ankit body remained lay there for a cylinders to people in need was people reached his house they (19), Brijesh Kumar (20), long time as it was a lonely pas- busted. Forty per cent of the were shocked to find Bholamber Deendayal (13), Golu (12) were sage. The body was noticed by amount was asked for in dead in a pool of blood and critically injured. They were all some youth and one of them advance and the rest was sup- immediately called the police. rushed to a Community Health informed police. The victim was posed to be taken after deliv- The victim seems to be Centre (CHC) in Manikpur. identified by a farmer, who is a ery, but the orders were never hacked with a sharp-edged CHC in-charge Dr Manish regular customer of the petrol delivered. It was racket to earn weapons after a struggle. The Kumar confirmed that two of pump. He informed the deceased fast bucks taking advantage of miscreants also pulled out his the youths were brought dead family about the incident. He is the prevalent crisis. The police long beard causing facial while the remaining four were survived by father Arun Singh, claimed to have busted the injuries. SHO of Math police sta- admitted and were undergoing wife Mamta and sons Arpit & gang but no one was detained tion Bheem Singh said that his treatment. Ashmit. Arun Singh said his son or arrested. %# &     ' (""   841# “This monument has been in a dilapidated state for around portion of Lal Baradari, the 10 years. It was one of the main Aheritage building at buildings of Badshah Bagh Lucknow University, collapsed and its entrance was through following rains and strong the Machhli Dwar at the back. winds late Sunday night. While It is unfortunate that we were authorities said they have been unable to protect the monu- contacting all government ment even though it required agencies for repair of the mon- a minimum of Rs 20-25 lakh ument for a year, heritage for restoration,” he said. lovers said they knew it was in Former professor from store considering the dilapidat- History department of LU, PK ed state of the building. Ghosh said it was expected and Heritage activist also said he was not surprised. “I was that with the current pandem- expecting it because there was ic, there is little hope that a wide breach in the monu- some damage control could be ment. Nobody took care of the done. Lal Baradari stands with tion of the building collapsed. had received a proposal from monument and presently too, its magnificent façade bang in “The communication regard- an organisation which esti- no one will take care of it the middle of the university ing the state of affairs of the mated the cost in crores and it because the country is facing and is a cynosure of all eyes. monument has already been was also forwarded to the such a major problem,” Built by Nawab Naziruddin made to the authorities con- Ministry of Culture. he said. Haider, the second king of cerned. This is a heritage build- The LU vice-chancellor He said a huge amount of Awadh in 1830, the monument ing and we cannot touch it. We said it was a very small portion money was required for con- was a part of Badshah Bagh, have raised this concern with which gave way, but their con- servation of this monument. which came to be known as both the Centre and state gov- cern was whether they should Giving the details of the histo- Canning College and then ernment, but we have yet to touch the building. “The wall ry, he said Lal Baradari was a Lucknow University. receive any response. is in a dilapidated stage and it part of the marbled structure Incidentally, the building is Communication has been was a miniscule portion which Mubarak Mahal, which was neither under the going on for a year and we will caved in,” he added. constructed close to it and it is Archaeological Survey of India again apprise the government President of Lucknow the only remanant of the build- nor State Archaeology of the incident to seek support University Teachers’ ing. “We tried our best to con- Department, which has also or directions,” he said. Association (LUTA) Vineet serve it but nobody took any delayed its conservation. Asked about the citizen’s Kumar Verma said it was interest. Personally, no one can Lucknow University Vice- initiative which was started unfortunate that it happened afford the amount which is Chancellor Prof Alok Kumar some time back for restoration during the centenary year of required for the restoration,” he Rai said that a very small por- of Lal Baradari, he said they the university. added.     !"#"$    !(

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The ing to get beds by calling Covid (RSS) has also started fight Those with lung problems TPanchayat polls continued and he got the record 1,922 Singh was elected as gram BJP and the SP claimed to have number of corona infected helpline number but no med- against Corona pandemic. are being advised to take phos- on the second day on Monday votes. Yogendra Kumar was pradhan of Chumkuni gram won more than 20 seats. The continues to increase, it ical officer is listening. Such Along with helping the atten- phorus. Arsenic LB30 is life- and the results of more than 90 elected as gram pradhan of panchayat but she had died both parties have also claimed declined by 161 on Sunday patients, who have been bat- dants, the RSS has also pledged saving and helps to increase per cent seats of gram pradhan, Rasulaha gram panchayat of before the counting. Sunra to have won the maximum night, a day before, and the tling between life and death, to deliver medicines to the immunity. When nervous, it members of gram panchayat Sevapuri block for the fourth Devi had contested the election seats of gram pradhan, mem- number of deaths also stood at have been put on oxygen. On infected. Those who have can be taken two to three and kshetra panchayat was time in succession. Two broth- for the gram pradhan of bers of gram panchayat and 21. the other hand, a total of 74 reported corona positive and times. declared but the result of the ers contested the election to Nandapur gram panchayat of kshetra panchayat. Some win- This is the first time since people from all the private are isolated at home are being This kit has been prepared members of zila panchayat was each other for the gram prad- Pindra block and she was in ning candidates of kshetra pan- April 5, while in 24 hours, the hospitals in the city including given a kit of homeopathy as per the suggestion of yet to be declared till the filling han of Basantput gram pan- ICU for the treatment at the chayat have also started chalk- number of newly infected peo- Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital, medicines. It is free. Dr Manish Tripathi of RRT of this report. chayat of Pindra block but the time of counting but breathed ing out strategies to ensure ple has come down to 1,000. Beli, Railway Hospital were A kit of allopathic medi- Covid-19 Varanasi, Officer in- The counting of votes for younger brother Ram Moorat last immediately after her son their victory on the post of Earlier, on April 5, 662 new discharged after the corona cines has also been made by the charge. the seats of gram pradhan and Ram defeated his brother informed on the mobile phone block pramukhs. The members infections were found. report came negative. In addi- organisation. The local admin- Similarly kits of allopathic members of gram panchayat, Ramsurat by a margin of 416 that she won the election by of kshetra panchayat elect the Thereafter, on April 6, there tion, the home isolation of istration has also assured coop- medicines were also made. It kshetra panchayat and zila votes. Ram Moorat bagged three votes. There will be re- block pramukh. was a sharp jump in the statis- 1,530 was completed. eration in this move launched contains Azithromycin, panchayat had begun at 8 am 1,313, while Ramsurat got election in these gram pan- It may be mentioned that tics and in 24 hours, 1,084 new Those in the grip of by them. Ivermectin, Paracetamol, on Sunday last and it is still 1,099 votes. Out of total 8,978 chayat where the candidates a total of 10,749 candidates infected were found. This was Corona included advocates, Prant Sewa Pramukh Zincovide, Vitamin C tablets, continuing till the filling of this members of gram panchayat, had died even though they won including 4,321 for 694 seats of confirmed by Dr Rishi Sahai, teachers and bank employees Nagendra Jaiswal said that due Tablet Dolo, Ecosprin, Montair report. The counting was slow the result of 858 seats was the election as these seats will gram pradhans, 4,509 for 986 the Nodal Officer of Corona. on Sunday. According to the to the increase in the number LC, Zedex syrup. However, almost in all the blocks and declared. It is mentioned that be supposed to be lying vacant. members of kshetra panchay- According to Dr Sahai, the Health department report, the of infected patients, there has only 70 per cent of the total cost thus it took more time in com- as many as 4,772 candidates Meanwhile, the open vio- at and 554 for 40 members of number of those who con- High Court advocate, com- been a shortage of beds in hos- of medicine is being taken pleting. including 4,751 for the mem- lation of the guidelines of zila panchayat were in election ducted the testing on Sunday puter operator of BSA Office, pitals. Efforts are being made from competent people. If the Out of total 694 seats of ber of gram panchayat and 21 Election Commission and fray. was less than on Saturday. A Principal of Government that most people become victim is not able to give, then gram pradhan, the result of 656 for the member of kshetra corona protocol was seen after The counting also took total of 10,006 people conduct- Women’s Polytechnic College, healthy by taking treatment at he is also being given free of seats was declared and similar- panchayat have been elected the declaration of results of var- place for 1,327 members of ed the testing on Sunday. Out JE of Railways, Manager of home. cost. ly, out of total 1007 seats of unopposed on various seats as ious seats. The candidates and gram panchayat. Out of total of this, 984 new ones were Bank of Baroda, Naini, Railway As per the need, medical A group of 40 volunteers kshetra panchayat, the result of they were only candidates who their supporters were seen tak- 17,53,588 voters in eight blocks found. On Saturday, 1,145 new Office Superintendent, JCO of facilities are also being provid- from the RSS are active in var- 930 seats was declared but no submitted the nomination ing out victory processions of district, a total of 1,158,260 infections were found in the Airforce Bamrauli, Two head ed by telephone to the people. ious areas of the city. It is find- result of 40 seats of zila pan- papers for the various seats. after the results were (66.05%) electorates had cast testing of 13,339 people. Nearly constables, senior technician, In addition, a kit of homeo- ing out who is suffering from chayat was declared till the last Nirmla had contested the announced despite the section their votes. The polling had 20 per cent of the infected peo- teachers posted in Covid pathic medicines has been infection in which area and news came in. Monika Pathak election for the gram pradhan 144 of CrPC has been clamped taken place in Varanasi on ple need to be admitted to hos- Control Room, Sector made. It is being distributed what are their needs. As per the became the youngest gram of Shrishti gram panchayat of and the Election Commission April 19 under the second pitals. However, on Sunday Magistrate, senior assistant to free of cost. needs of all, there is an initia- pradhan as she won the elec- Chiraigaon block and also won restricted for taking out the vic- phase of Panchayat polls and only 74 people were sent home PNB, lab assistant posted on The patients are also being tive of cooperation from the tion of Odawar gram pan- the election but she had died tory procession in view of the the counting had begun on after reports came negative. SRN and Manda CHC, High told as to what medicines are organisation. chayat of Pimdra block just at before the counting. Similarly, increasing cases of COVID-19. May 2 last. (
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  given to install double genera- department officials have been been given to the officials of the with the same generator. The tors here to ensure that electric- instructed to inspect and ask concerned sub-station for 24- officials of the power depart- ity is not disrupted in these hospital operators to install hour power supply. ment were directed to VARANASI (PNS): With the number to 69,467 crossing 15,494 from 16,858 which was vaccination drive was launched hospitals. It is planned to do double generators. The Chief Engineer inspect and ask the hospital biggest ever 17 deaths during 69K-mark. As many as 2,224 a day ago. On Sunday evening, at as many as 70 centres includ- this so that power system dis- Superintending engineers informed that double genera- operators to install double gen- the last 24 hours, the death toll patients of home isolation as many as 1,294 positive cases ing SVM Hospital in Bhelupur, ruptions do not occur in hos- along with Chief Engineer tors are being installed in pri- erators. reached 599 and the increasing recovered, while as many as 115 were recorded and the total divisional hospital of NER in number of deaths is a matter of have been recovered from the number was 68,475, while 11 Lahartara and community & much concern for the district hospitals. The total number of deaths were reported and the primary health centres in urban administration and Health patients cured in the district death toll was 582. Earlier, in and rural areas. The long queue 4    )  12 (+0,56 department. But at the same increased to 53,374 including view of finding hundreds of of beneficiaries was seen at vac- time, there is a big relief for 49,627 in home isolation and new positive cases, with 12 new cination centres particularly both the authorities in the 3,747 in COVID-19 hospitals. hotspots, the number active in the divisional government $  6'/ Express. North Central Light to moderate showers in tions. Now the vacations will administration and Health In the first report of the was 757 with 13 green zones hospital in Kabirchaura for Railway has so far operated 6 and around Prayagraj on be from May 4, 2021. department as the district day, 723 positive patients were having been converted to red vaccination. But for the bene- OVID-19 vaccination of empty rakes and 6 loaded Monday brought down the An online meeting of all recorded a sharp decrease in found out of 2,902 reports zones by a day ago. Out of total ficiaries aged above 45 years CRailway employees below rakes for transportation of soaring mercury column to a the deans of the university was the number of positive cases for received and this figure 3,237 hotspots, 2,480 are green and below 45 years, as many as the age of 45 years have start- Liquid Medical Oxygen pleasant weather. convened by the Vice- the second consecutive day. As increased to 992 as per report zones and 757 were red zones. 17 vaccination centres have ed. North Central Railway is through RO-RO and contain- Maximum temperature Chancellor Prof Sangita many as 992 cases of COVID- provided by the Health depart- In the meantime, the dis- been made including the taking all necessary measures er trains. which was around 42 degree Srivastava. It was decided in 19 were recorded on Monday ment in the evening and the trict Health department contin- women hospital in Kabirchaura to maintain safe and smooth With continuous moni- celsius a day before came the meeting to prepone the evening increasing the total total active cases decreased to ued the vaccination drive. The and Sir Sunderlal Hospital. train operation while protect- toring of the three divisions down to 36 on Monday when summer vacations from the ing its workforce from COVID- and HQ of the North Central the sky remained overcast scheduled May 15, to May 4. 19. As a part of this continuous Railway, the Oxygen Express with flash of electrique. University will observe exercise, General Manager is operating uninterrupted at It was around 11 am when the rescheduled vacation Vinay Kumar Tripathi reviewed an average speed of more it started raining, and the from May 4 and reopen on "". 
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$  48 had no right to refuse admis- Kailash Gurnani said World the most effective way for to store their medicines for any ' 57 6 sion to COVID-19 patients. He Asthma Day was being asthma patients to stay healthy. emergency. He said every undreds of agitated people demanded removal of the prin- observed on May 4 (first He advised them to wear asthma patient should work Htorched the effigy of cipal and an inquiry against Tuesday of May, 2021). He masks, wash hands frequently, with one’s healthcare provider 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $. 0(#+ concerted efforts of officers and newly-modified goods (NMG) GSVM Medical College him. said asthma was a chronic not touch one's face and fre- to create an asthma treatment employees of NER. wagons by the railway admin- Principal Prof RB Kamal for The GSVM Medical lung condition that caused quently disinfect hard surfaces plan. He warned patients to everal effective steps have Besides Business istration. Besides on NER as denying admission to COVID- College principal could not be inflammation in the airways and practice social distancing. refrain from changing their Sbeen taken to increase Development Unit (BDU) has many as 445 old ICF coaches 19 patients. contacted for his comment. causing narrowing of the air- Dr Gurnani said astmatics medicines without the advice of freight traffic on North Eastern been constituted at the divi- were converted in NMG wag- They alleged that despite It may be mentioned here ways which led to wheezing, need to get as much fresh air as the doctor. Railway (NER). As a result, on sional, headquarters and ons. Moreover the average the CM portal showing vacant that there have been com- shortness of breath, chest tight- possible. He said closed spaces Dr Gurnani said one must the NER the sequence of Railway Board level for quick speed of goods trains was beds in the LLR Hospital, plaints of corruption and ‘black ness and cough. posed two risks for asthmatic take care to avoid triggers as in increase in loading of goods is decision on the matters relat- increased from 25.58 km per COVID-19 patients were being marketing’ of Covid beds at He said the virus causing patients, first was that COVID- many cases, asthma symptoms going on continuously since ed to loading and unloading hour to 46.66 km per hour. refused admission on the LLR Hospital. Besides, there is COVID-19 was a respiratory 19 was more likely to spread were induced by exposure to last year. In April the first goods. Due to the efforts of the For increase in goods traf- ground that there was no a long wait for RT-PCR reports virus majorly affecting the res- when people were in closed certain triggers, including month of the year 2021-22, Business Development Unit, fic the BDU teams contacted vacant bed. which are being released three piratory tract. spaces because droplets took smoke, pet dander, dust, mold 0.3904 metric tonnes of goods new freight traffic on NER like the local businessmen and as Shouting slogans, the mod to four days after the sample is He said the Centre for longer to dissipate when there and pollen. He said it was were loaded which is 174.54 for Bangladesh and other parts per their requirement the threatened to intensify the agi- collected. The corporator said Disease Control and was limited space and a lack of important to stay healthy by per cent more than the same of the country there was suc- goods sheds were improved tation in case the principal was one reason for the spread of Prevention had issued a warn- natural ventilation. He said recognising and avoiding asth- period last year, Chief Public cess in bringing automobile and expanded. Two big goods not removed immediately. The COVID-19 was the delay in ing for asthma patients to keep that second was that closed ma triggers as much as possi- Relations Officer (CPRO) transportation and FMCG traf- sheds in Bakshi Ka Talab situ- agitated kin of COVID-19 giving the RT-PCR report due safe as they were more prone to spaces posed a risk to asthma ble. Pankaj Kumar Singh said. This fic (Maggie) on railway. In ated near Lucknow and patients also sent a represen- to which the suspected coron- COVID-19 attack. patients who were frequently He said last but not the achievement in this difficult order to meet the demand of Nautanwa station located on tation to the chief minister for avirus positive people were He said asthma was classi- using chemical sprays to dis- least, the COVID-19 pandem- period of Coronavirus infec- automobile traffic old ICF Nepal border were found suit- the removal of the GSVM moving around the hospital for fied as mild, moderate or severe infect indoor spaces, since ic had led to an increase in tion is the result of planned coaches were converted into able for automobile traffic. Medical College principal with their report to start treatment and said patients with severe being in close contact with stress, fear and anxiety around immediate effect. or seek admission in any hos- asthma experienced symptoms these sprays can irritate the air- the world. He said since strong Corporator Raghavendra pital. Others who took part in several times per day, and sev- ways and trigger an asthma emotions could trigger an asth- Mishra lashed out at the prin- the effigy burning were eral nights a week. attack. ma attack, it was helpful for 7   '    cipal for not disclosing the Mahendra Tiwari, Pradeep He said in view of the He said one should avoid patients with asthma to be vacant beds in the Level-3 Bhati, Vatsyay Tripathi and COVID-19 which was danger- travelling or going out for aware of their emotional state, 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  -.)/(*  tions and project sites are ed. NTPC has also collaborat- Covid hospital and alleged that Sandip Awasthi. ously spreading, asthma vacation. He said airplanes, and find ways to cope with extending support on a case- ed with AIIMS, with senior the beds were being given to patients need to take strict hotels and motels could put one strong emotions. He advised n view of surge in Covid-19 to-case basis by providing air- doctors from the premier hos- the rich people.      precautions. in closer proximity to other meditation, mindful breath- Icases in the country, NTPC lift on priority for critical pital imparting education to its He said when the CM’s  ) He said taking every pos- people, which increased risk of ing, exercise, nutritious food, is taking several steps to fight cases. A dedicated Covid-19 staff about various facts relat- portal showed that beds were    sible precaution to prevent contracting COVID-19. connection with family and against the spread of virus. helpline number for both pre- ed to Covid-19. Experienced vacant in LLRH, the principal Noted chest specialist Dr contracting COVID-19 was He advised asthma patients friends. NTPC is adding to the capac- sent and retired employees medical professionals from ity at all of the seven NTPC and also for their families has AIIMs have communicated hospitals which are being used been launched to provide with all the employees and for treating Covid-19 infected them information about test- their family members regard- 6) employees. It has also tied up ing centres and probable treat- ing measures to fight the men- *%

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 of UPMRC like signaling-tele- allegedly fixed two rates, one com, electrical were executing for day time and the second for 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  '()*+, their part simultaneously to cremation after sunset. Several   prepare for the trial run. people had alleged that the nder the direction of Divisional Railway Manager Keshav said the system 'pandas' were dictating terms U(DRM) Rajesh Kumar Pandey, a special sanitisa- installation had begun from the and the people were left with 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  1, 2#+ tion and cleanliness campaign is being carried out by IIT Metro Station and once the no other option but to agree to Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Division (DDU set-up was finalised, it would be their terms. s many as Six persons were injured Division) in the railway colonies. replicated in the other eight ele- The municipal commis- Awhen a car rams into a tree on Under this campaign 16 colonies located at Pandit vated Metro stations at the ( % !!      !- #    sioner said that a comprehen- Patehra Kalwari road under Madihan Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction spraying is being done earliest. sive sanitisation drive was police station on Saturday. The mishap with the help of a sanitisation machine. All the employ- He said under the Kanpur naling-telecom equipment like IIT-K Metro station on the According to reports, the being carried out all over the took place while the driver lost control ees engaged in this work are working by wearing appro- Metro Rail Project, a world- signal poles and data commu- road level. He added that very mattress shop of Sonu on city during the weekend lock- over the car. On getting information class Metro corridor was being nication antennae etc. had been soon light installation would be Panki-Kalyanpur road caught down days. Patehra police outpost incharge reached built between IIT-K and mounted as samples at the IIT started at the concourse levels fire due to short-circuit in He said apart from saniti- on the spot and brought the injured, Motijheel, covering a distance Metro station. He added that (first floor of the elevated sta- electric cable around 4 am on sation, garbage removal and including the driver, to the primary of nine kilometres and com- after the final approval, the tion) also. Monday. drain cleaning was also being health centre (PHC) situated in Patehra prising nine Metro stations. same set-up will be mounted at He said air-conditioning The fire soon spread to the carried out on a war footing. for treatment. Meanwhile a Bolero was The UPMRC managing rest of the Metro stations. He systems were also being mattress shop of Mahendra He said all religious places damaged when its driver lost control director said the civil works on said subsequent to the final installed in the technical rooms Singh, Singh Gadda House of and ghat which witnessed over the vehicle and it rammed into a the said stretch were in their approval of the design, the of the IIT-K Metro station. Shivam Singh and fruit juice crowds were being regularly house under Halia police station on last stages and finishing touch- work of installation would be FOUR SHOPS CATCH shop of Pachu Kumar. sanitised. Saturday. Vijai Agrahari, a resident of es were being given at a rapid started on a war footing. FIRE: Four shops near the The neighbouring shop SANITISATION DRIVE: Hatheda village, was returning to his pace. He said besides these, The UPMRC managing railway track laid for the ther- owners informed the victims Mayor Pramila Pandey on residence from market when he he lost now system installation work director said they were exper- mal power plant in Panki made attempts to extinguish Monday directed the officials control over it when he entered in his had also begun on the corridor imenting with a new design of caught fire due to electric the fire by pouring water from concerned to prepare a roster village. Fortunately only the vehicle was and starting from the IIT-K signals or signal poles in short-circuit early Monday the buckets. In the meantime, for the sanitisation drive in the damaged and the driver had a narrow Metro station, electrical and Kanpur Metro. He said usual- morning. fire tenders from the Fazalganj containment areas. escape. signaling-telecom equipment ly, the design of the signal was On seeing the fire, the fire station reached the spot She said as a big number of ACCUSED ARRESTED: priate PPE kit for safety. Besides, special attention is were being installed at the cor- rectangular whereas in Kanpur CISF jawan on duty at the and controlled the fire after places were declared contain- Vindhyachal police on Sunday arrest- also being given to cleanliness in the railway colonies. ridor. Metro oval shape signals had power plant called the fire around two hours. ment zones, the Kanpur Nagar ed an accused, Shivlochan Tiwari, a res- All these works are being done under the leadership Keshav said the IIT-K been introduced which were brigade and the firemen fought Panki Station House Nigam had decided to carry out ident of Akodhi village under of Environment and Maintenance Departments of DDU Metro station was being devel- sleek compared with the with the flames for around two Officer Atul Kumar Singh said a sanitisation drive in these Vindhyachal police station, who was Division. In the present Coronavirus period along with oped as a model station for the Lucknow Metro signals. hours before the fire could be the fire broke out due to areas on a roster basis. She said involved in a clash. It is learnt that a first sanitisation and cleanliness in the railway colonies, other remaining eight elevated He said the Metro engi- doused. By then, the entire short-circuit in the electric all the 110 wards would be information report (FIR) had been necessary steps are being taken so that the railway per- Metro stations of the priority neers had started the installa- goods in the four shops were cable supplying power to the brought under the sanitisation lodged by Shatrughna Tiwari, a resident sonnel could feel a sense of security and the railway corridor. He said some sig- tion of ‘high-bay’ lights at the gutted. shops. drive. of same village, on Saturday. work continued uninterruptedly.    !"#"$   !*

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As of today, we years from May 1, the pro- been made aware of instances process. received total orders of over 26 curement of jabs has been left where it has been seen that The missive followed authorities” The statement of crore doses, of which we sup- to states and private hospitals. many NGOs are advertising complaints that a few NGOs He also pointed out that it Poonawalla comes days after plied more than 15 crore This has led to state after about the children who have and individuals had been on was necessary for every indi- he had said that due to “pres- doses. We have also got 100 state rushing to SII, which can become orphans after losing their own on the social plat- vidual, entity, organisation or sure and aggression” for him per cent advance of Rs 1,732.5 meet only a small part of the both their parents to Covid- forms like twitter and NGO to ensure that any infor- and his family temporarily crore by the GOI for the next demand. 19,” NCPCR chairperson WhatsApp urging people to mation received about leaving the country for the tranche of 11 crore doses in Serum is licensed to man-   45#/56 past few days, the IAF planes Priyank Kanoongo has written help such kids “get a new life orphaned and abandoned UK, as “everyone wants the the next few months,” he said. ufacture COVID shots from carried out numerous sorties to chief secretaries across the and spread the word,” while children during these Covid vaccine to be available in the Earlier in the day, the AstraZeneca Plc and Novavax ustaining the tempo of air- to ferry the containers from States in a letter. sharing their contact num- times is shared on the helpine quickest possible time.” This is Union Ministry of Health said Inc. But so far, the government Slifting the much-needed Singapore, Thailand and the He said that “in such a sad bers. 1098. likely to impact the vaccina- that 11 crore doses of has approved only oxygen from abroad, an air- United Arab Emirates. situation of the surge in The procedure under the “Similarly, it is further tion drive that was kicked off Covishield are to come from AstraZeneca’s Covishield vac- craft of the IAF flew non-stop An Italian air force trans- Covid-19 cases in the country JJ Act, 2015 ensures that chil- requested that if any such from May 1 to cover 18 + pop- SII during May, June and July. cine for use. for 12 hours to bring home port plane landed here on there are situations arising dren are provided all the min- information for an abandoned ulation i.e. about 60 crore Another 5 crore doses of The Government has also oxygen from Frankfurt, Monday with a team of med- where the child has lost both imum standards of care and or orphaned children is people. Covaxin have been ordered approved the homegrown Germany. The C-17 trans- ical experts, oxygen genera- its parents or is found to be their rights are upheld and received by any entity, organ- In a statement here, from Bharat Biotech India Ltd Covaxin vaccine of Bharat port plane ferried four empty tion plant and ventilators to abandoned. It may be noted protected, Kanoongo said. isation, NGO then the same Poonawalla said that it has for the same months. Biotech. Russia’s Sputnik V cryogenic containers from help India fight the pandem- that the Juvenile Justice (Care “Therefore, it is of utmost can be also be informed to the orders from the Government Poonawalla, however, did vaccine too has been approved there and landed at the ic. The oxygen generation and Protection of Children) importance that these children National Commission for to supply 11 crore more doses not give a timeline for sup- for emergency use. Hindan airbase, Ghaziabad. system capable of supplying Act, 2015 provides for the who have lost their family Protection of Child Rights over the next few months on plying the vaccines. Pune- SII CEO Poonawalla, who Similarly, another C-17 the gas to the entire hospital procedure to be followed for support must be produced either through email top of 15 crore already sup- based SII can produce 6-7 is currently in London, said the aircraft airlifted 450 oxygen will be deployed at the Indo- children who have lost their before the child protection ([email protected]) or through plied, Poonawalla said. He crore doses a month and is population of India is huge and cylinders from Brize Norton Tibetan Border family support and have authorities of the district, and telephone (011-23478250) for further said that another 11 reportedly planning to ramp to produce enough doses for all in the UK to the Chennai air- Police(ITBP)hospital in become children in need of information about these chil- assistance and help to the crore doses will be supplied to up production to 10 crore by adults is not an easy task. base in Tamil Nadu. In the Greater Noida. care and protection.” dren must be shared with the children,” the letter said.

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Hospital Medical and Pakistan across Jammu frontier, the impacted over 75 lakh jobs, being allowed, which result in The other three deputy governors are Michael D Superintendent, Dr Dara Singh, said the Pakistani rangers early Monday morning tar- taking the unemployment rate a chill in a bulk of economic Patra, who heads the all-important monetary policy parents ran away from the geted a BSF patrol party in the Ramgarh sub sec- to a four-month high of 8 per activities and a resultant impact department; Mukesh Kumar Jain, the commercial hospital. "The baby was admitted to the tor of Samba by opening 'unprovoked' firing on cent, the Centre for Monitoring on jobs. banker-turned-central banker; and Rajeshwar Rao. hospital on Sunday with congenital them. Indian Economy (CMIE) said “I do not know about the Sankar was Executive Director of the Reserve heart disease and other problems. The This is the first incident of 'unprovoked' fir- on Monday. peaking of the COVID wave, Bank before being elevated to the post of deputy gov- baby, who had tested positive for ing on the Indian border guards after both India The situation on the but I can see stress on the ernor. Covid-19, expired and the parents and Pakistan had renewed their mutually bro- employment front is expected employment front,” Vyas said. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet cleared were told to test themselves for the kered ceasefire agreement from the midnight of to continue to remain chal- What is likely to happen Sankar’s appointment as the new RBI deputy governor virus. Instead of testing themselves or February 24-25. lenging going forward as well, is that unemployment can on Saturday. taking the dead baby's body, the Luckily, the BSF patrol party escaped CMIE’s managing director and remain at high levels, he said, “In pursuance with the Government of India noti- parents ran away from the hospital," he unhurt. Official sources in the BSF confirmed, chief executive Mahesh Vyas adding that the labour force fication dated May 3, 2021, T Rabi Sankar took over as said. "no loss of life/injury was reported on ground nessing hectic activity for the last couple of said. participation rate can also fall. the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India today for "Our efforts to trace them have zero". weeks. “In the month of April, “In worst situation, both can a period of three years or until further orders, whichev- failed so far and we have kept the body According to official sources, "early Monday On March 16, 2021 alert BSF jawans had compared to March, we have happen,” Vyas added. er is earlier,” the RBI said. in the hospital mortuary. IANS morning Pakistani rangers stationed at one of killed a Pakistani intruder in the same sector lost 75 lakh jobs. That is what He, however, said that the the Pak post 'Tipu' and 'Hussain' fired around after he refused to retrieve inside the Pak ter- has caused the jump in the situation right now is not as 20 rounds of small weapons targeting the ritory and kept advancing towards the Indian unemployment rate,” he told dire as the one witnessed in the working party of BOP Majra near mount no 8/36 side. PTI. first lockdown, when the '' &<- pillar no 81". In response, BSF jawans exercised Several aeroplane shaped balloons with PIA The national unemploy- unemployment rate had utmost restraint but maintained a close watch written on it were also recovered from agricul- ment rate touched 7.97 per cent touched up to 24 per cent lev- on the activities of the Pak rangers. tural fields in the Hiranagar, Arnia and RS Pura as per the centre’s proprietary els. !#  +8+' 1.49 per cent. while the infected cases went up After gathering inputs and making prelim- sectors of Jammu frontier. data, with urban areas wit- The country is reporting With 78 fresh deaths, the by 2624 to trigger a jump in the inary assessment of the ground Meanwhile, local villagers in the border nessing higher stress at 9.78 per around 4 lakh new infections a n a relief to the health author- Covid-19 toll in Mumbai infections from 6,55,997 to situation, PRO BSF, DIG SPS Sandhu, Jammu areas were living peacefully for the last two cent and rural joblessness at day and over 3,000 deaths. In Iities, the number of Covid 19- increased from 13,294 to 13,372, 6,58,621. frontier in a formal statement claimed, "Pakistani months and focusing on harvesting their wheat 7.13 per cent. an address to the nation last triggered deaths in Maharashtra rangers resorted to 'unprovoked' firing at 06:15 crops standing in the fields. The national unemploy- month, Prime Minister dropped further to 567 on a.m in Ramgarh sector on BSF patrolling party Local civilians bore the maximum brunt of ment rate had stood at 6.50 per Narendra Modi had advised Monday, while the state logged ahead of fencing." No loss of life/injury was cross border firing in the past and were lead- cent in March, and the number states to look at lockdowns as 48,621 new infections.  #  !     reported, he added. ing peaceful lives since the past more than two on both rural and urban front a last resort, because of its A day after the state record- Interestingly, the Ramgarh sector was wit- months in the forward areas. was lower. impact on economic activity. ed 669 deaths and 56,647 new !  
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The Anna Makkal Munnetra the state witnessed 802 deaths Municipal Commissioner I S nearly 44000 per day,” Chahal Jammu: The Union Territory 3733 new positive cases1294 TEdappadi Palaniswami sub- began late Sunday evening and Kazhakam launched by TTV on May 1 and 669 deaths on Chahal on Monday appealed said. of Jammu & Kashmir on were reported from Jammu mitted his Government’s res- continued throughout Monday Dhinakaran and the Makkal May 2. With 567 new deaths, to the citizens in the city to “It has been observed that Monday recorded 51 deaths, division and 2439 from ignation to Governor with bureaucrats and police Neethi Maiam, launched by the total number of deaths in the come forward to get tested so the testing figures have fallen highest so far in one single day Kashmir division. Banwarilal Purohit on Monday officials calling on Stalin at his film actor Kamal Hassan failed state climbed from 70,284 to that “a minimum of 40,000 in last few days from 50,000 while 3,733 new cases of coro- The death toll due to morning as a follow up to the palatial residence many times. to win at least one seat from the 70851. Similarly, with 48,621 tests are done every day” in the plus to 38000 day before & navirus tested positive taking Covid 19 touched 2421 after 35 Election Commission of India In the 234 strong State. Both Dhinakaran and infections, the total number of country’s commercial capital. 28,000 yesterday. It’s likely to the tally of active positive cases deaths were reported from declaring the results of the Legislative Assembly, the DMK Haassan were defeated in the cases rose from 47,22,401 to In an appeal made on a fall further during weekends,” closer to 35,000 cases. Jammu division and 16 from Legislative Assembly election would have 133 members while hustings. 47,71,022. day when the number of daily the civic chief said in the According to a media bul- Kashmir division. held on April 6. the AIADMK with 66 mem- Sixty eight year old Stalin As 59,500 patients were Covid-19 tests dropped to morning. letin, only 11 Covid ICU beds Moreover, 1536 more M K Stalin, president of the bers would don the role of the would be the oldest person to discharged from the hospitals 23,542 as against 56,000 tests As per the Covid-19 have been left vacant in GMC, Covid-19 patients have recov- DMK, who led his party as well principal opposition party. be sworn in as Choef Minister. across the state after full recov- done in a single day the update released by the Jammu, four in Chest Diseases ered and discharged from var- as the Secular Front to an The Indian National His predecessor Edappadi ery, the total number of people metropolis last month, Chahal Birhanmumbai Municipal Hospital, 20 in Gandhi Nagar ious hospitals including 626 impressive win in the election Congress, the principal ally of Planiswamy was 63 when he discharged from the hospitals said: “It has been the consistent Corporation (BMC), the num- hospital, three in ASCOMS from Jammu Division and 910 would be sworn in as the next the DMK, won 18 of the 25 took oath of office as chief min- since the second week of March policy of MCGM to do maxi- ber of Covid-19 tests done on Hospital. The situation in from Kashmir Division. Chief Minister on Friday. The seats it contested, while the two ister in 2017, while M last year went up to 40,41,158. mum testing to flush out a single day dropped to 23,542 Srinagar is no different. As per Both the capital cities of newly elected MLAs of the Communist parties shared two Karunanidhi, Stalin’s father The recovery rate in the state for Corona virus from Mumbai’s on Monday. the media bulletin, only 1 Srinagar and Jammu continue DMK are meeting at the party seats each. The VCK, a Dalit had become the chief minister the first time in several days rose environment”. “Our aggressive testing Covid ICU bed was vacant in to record the highest tally of headquarters in Chennai on outfit, managed to win four at the age of 45. K Kamaraj was from 84.31 per cent to 84.7 per “Our highest single day policy has resulted in reduc- SMHS hospital in Srinagar, 2 in positive cases despite observing Tuesday to formally elect Stalin seats. The DMK will not 57 when he was sworn as chief cent. testing from March 2020 till tion of the positivity rate. This SKIMS, Soura. corona curfew. On Monday, as the leader of the legislative include any of the allies in its minister while C N Annadurai, The total “active cases” in 10th Feb 10, 2021 when sec- might have reduced the natural Meanwhile, there has been Srinagar recorded 1136 cases assembly. Stalin had told media government as the party com- the first DMK chief minister the state dropped from 6,68,353 ond pandemic wave hit demand for home collection of no let up in the total number taking the tally of active posi- persons late Sunday evening mands a safe and secure was 60 when he became the to 6,56,870 cases. The fatality Mumbai was 24,500,” the civic swabs by our citizens in the last of new cases. On May 3 out of tive cases to 10,143. 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Add service route? cent available to State Governments, private hos- ?1+*65 entailed differential treatment of charge of 200 per dose (67 per Considering that the crisis is of pitals, industrial establishments at a price to be eligible people depending on the cent of the price; this is the mark- an unprecedented magnitude 1*141?  declared in advance (the price charged for vac- -<$===15 place they got the jab. While, up applied to 150 per dose being (once in a lifetime) afflicting the cination by private hospitals would be moni- +/54*65 those going to GVCs got it free, the price billed to private hospitals entire population, there is a dire tored). People can make an “informed” choice others opting for private hospitals under the erstwhile dispensation), need for vaccinating at least one 8414'8/75*             4D      ! at the time of booking an appointment at a pri- ?12=2 22 paid 250 per dose. Even as the the recipient will pay 500 per billion within the shortest possi-             )   4F   vate vaccination centre. G4//*14 involvement of private hospitals dose. For two doses, this comes to ble time frame and given the pit- The vaccines will not be available for sale at was justified in view of the need to 1,000. A family of four will have falls of differentiated pricing, the     $            pharmacists or chemist shops in the open mar- <$===15 cover a large number (there are to shell out 4,000. Centre should opt for inoculating                ket. The present system of private hospitals inoc- #18/'5455/5/ 300 million in the 45 plus group) At another extreme, consider everyone free of charge. '.3,*!45               ulating those above 45 years for 250 per dose *1+58?1 within a short time frame, putting Covaxin supplied for 1,200 per Apart from GVCs, all other         '          ! will cease to exist as they will no longer be get- *65/5?*H) a price tag to it and that too 100 dose to private hospitals. Plus stakeholders like the State health                   ting any supplies from the GOI quota and will "?1*65 over and above the price they paid service charge, the recipient will facilities, private hospitals, indus- have to procure directly from vaccine manufac- "5 5675 to manufacturers militated against pay 2,000 per dose. For two trial establishments and so on     ?1 4*14$  " -              turers at the price notified by the latter. this objective. Indeed, this was a doses, this will be 4,000. In this should be involved in the vaccina- Meanwhile, the manufacturers have *6"1"*+@ potent factor behind dismal results case, the dent on this family’s bud- tion drive. They can pick up their               ! announced prices they intend to charge from the '5/'@*65 thus far with only about 20 million get will be 16,000. requirements directly from the        $  S     *  State Governments and private hospitals. The "**5"?1+ in a total of 300 million having got Given the high prices at State manufacturers even as the GOI            '      Serum Institute of India (SII), the maker of *65'8/75*" both the shots (even as other fac- centres and much higher at private does overall coordination, negoti-      $             Covishield, will charge 300 per dose on sup- tors such as the initial vaccine hes- hospitals and considering that ates a good price and makes pay-    "          plies to States and 600 per dose from private itancy among the public at large as vaccination from the GOI quota ment.               ! hospitals. Bharat Biotech, the maker of Covaxin, also supply constraints were equal- (50 per cent of total supply) is for Given the mammoth numbers will charge 400 per dose from States and 1,200 ly responsible). free, people will tend to gravitate i.e. two billion doses, a price of                    per dose on supplies to private hospitals. Both Under the new regime, even as towards the latter. The clamour for 200 per dose should be good      !         will continue to supply to the GOI at the rate of the facility of getting a jab for 250 getting vaccinated at GVCs will be enough to cover the cost and give              P" -    150 per dose (this is as per a statement issued per dose at private hospitals for so pronounced as to cause a com- good return to the manufacturers                by Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health persons in the 45 years plus cate- plete breakdown of this network. (here, it is pertinent to recall a         B4Q  *  ( '     FC and Family Welfare). gory has been withdrawn, the This could be averted if only the statement by Adar Poonawalla, " /               P  Putting all pieces together, there will be a Central Government wants over State Governments decide to do CEO, SII, “the firm was making a     - Q         minimum of five prices for the COVID-19 vac- 500 million people (50 per cent of free inoculation even out of the profit even at a price of 150 per cination dose i.e. zero, 300, 400, 600, 1,200 about one billion of the adult pop- paid quota; however, this will dose”). The cost of purchase i.e. :             ,    (the cost to the recipients will be higher by an ulation i.e. over 18 years whom it require them to give heavy subsidy about 40,000 crore can be met                amount equal to the “service charge” levied by expects to get jabs from States and from the State Budget. from the allocation of 35,000                   the State Governments/private hospitals to private hospitals’ quota) to pay a Already, some States like crore made in the Union Budget    "         /  , @ /,A cover the cost of administering the vaccine) price high enough to destabilise Maharashtra, Delhi and so on have for 2021-22 (an additional 5,000              "    depending on the vaccine type and the channel the budget of even a middle announced their intent to give it crore would be needed to make up The writer is a  ) #     @)#A   ,      through which it is done. New Delhi-based policy income family. all free and others are likely to fol- for the deficit). 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oseph Needham a brilliant which, according to Francis may note that the languages then put six zeros after that. ahead of any country. Thus, Niels Bohr, Einstein, British bio-chemist who Bacon, were the three most Arabic, Persian, and Urdu are The ancient Greeks and Sushrut, the father of surgery, Schrodinger, Chadwick, Jhad obtained a doctorate important inventions facili- written from right to left. But Romans just did not have the invented plastic surgery in the Madam Curie, Otto Hahn in from Cambridge University tating Europe to pass from the if we ask an Arab, Persian, or imagination to conceive of a 6th century BC while the physics, chemistry and math- in 1925, visited China several dark Middle Ages to the Urdu writer, to write any num- number called zero. By using Britishers discovered it only ematics, William Harvey, Ross, times. In his book ‘Science and Modern age. But why did ber (say 259 or 1,379) he will zero our ancestors could con- towards the end of the 18th and so on in medicine, Civilisation in China’ Needham China’s progress in science write it from left to right. This ceive of astronomically large century AD during the Anglo- Edmond Halley and so on in posed the problem, known as 8  8: and technology stop there- indicates that these numbers numbers. Thus, 1,000 had Mysore wars, and that too, astronomy, James Hutton in “Needham’s grand question”, in after? According to Needham were taken from a language three zeros after one. If we add from a traditional physician Geology, Linnaeus, Buffon, respect of China, but which it could have been the which is written from left to two more zeros we get one lakh who lived near Pune. and Darwin in biology, and so applies equally to India. Confucian philosophy, which right. And now it is accepted and so on. The harbour at Lothal in on. No doubt we produced CV The question is this: Why was incompatible with scien- universally that the decimal Aryabhatta, who reputed- Gujarat, which is regarded as Raman, Srinivasa Ramanujan, did China (and India), which tific development, which was system and the number zero, ly lived in the 5th Century AD quite modern in its construc- Chandrashekhar, S Bose and so were far ahead of Western responsible for this. But is this was invented in India. worked on quadratic equa- tion, was built around 5,000 on but these are just a handful countries in science and tech- explanation not superficial? The importance of zero tions, the binomial theorem years ago, and is regarded as What happened that made nology at one time, later fell As for India, it was far can be understood by consid- and calculated the value of pie part of the Indus valley civili- in the history of India the behind, did not have an indus- ahead of the West in ancient ering the following: The M for 1,000 (or millennium). to a fairly accurate degree. He sation. Why, then, did we fall development of science and trial revolution, became back- times. Indians invented the ancient Romans built a great There was no alphabet express- also made significant contribu- behind the West? Why did we technology less important ward and consequently victims decimal system in mathemat- civilisation of Caesar and ing a number greater than tions to astronomy, being per- not have an industrial revolu- (after the great burst of scien- of imperialism and colonisa- ics, which was one of the rev- Augustus. But if we were to ask 1,000. So if an ancient Roman haps the first person in the tion? Why was our advance in tific creativity in ancient India), tion? olutionary inventions in histo- an ancient Roman to write the had to write 2,000 he would world to prove that the Earth science and technology while in the West it became There is no doubt that ry. The numerals in the deci- number one million he would have to write MM and if he rotates on its axis, thus causing blocked, while Europe pro- more important? This mystery both India and China were at mal system were known as have been stumped. The rea- wanted to write one million he day and night. duced Copernicus, Galileo, is yet to be solved. Were there one time far ahead of the The writer is a former Arabic numerals by the son for this is that the ancient had to write M a 1,000 times. Brahmagupta and Bhaskar Kepler, Newton, Descartes, cultural, economic, or histor- Western countries in science judge of the Supreme Westerners, but the Arabs Romans wrote their numbers On the other hand, accord- also made great contributions Robert Boyle, Cavendish, ical factors involved in this Court of India. The views and technology. China invent- expressed called them Indian numerals. in alphabets, V standing for ing to the system invented by in mathematics and so on. In Priestly, Lavoisier, Maxwell, deceleration in learning? A ed gunpowder, the magnetic are personal. Were they really Arabic or five, X standing for ten, L for Indians, to write one million medical science India was at Gauss, Max Planck, lot of scientific investigation is compass, paper and printing, Indian? To answer this we 50, C for 100, D for 500, and they had only to write one and least 1,000, if not 1,500, years Rutherford, Heisenberg, Pauli, called for.     !"#"$ % ;! !
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The importer shall before duty is already exempt , these ONGC and ICICI Bank. import of Covid-related relief The Government has clearance of goods from imports will not attract any cus- %))% quity benchmark Sensex On the other hand, Bharti material donated or received already exempted from cus- Customs produce a certificate toms duty or IGST,” the min- Estaged a smart recovery from Airtel, HUL, Maruti, Bajaj free of cost from outside India toms duty import of a host of from the said nodal authorities istry added. the day’s low to end with mar- Finance, Asian Paints, NTPC and for free distribution. COVID-related relief materials, that goods are meant for free India’s single day COVID )%*'%  ginal losses on Monday, propped Nestle India were among the The Finance Ministry in a including Remdesivir injec- distribution for Covid relief. infections had crossed a record up by robust buying in FMCG gainers, climbing up to 3.98 per statement said the government tion and its APIs, Inflammatory After imports, the 4 lakh mark last week. On   +8+' residential sales concluded and telecom counters. cent. “Domestic equities recov- had received a number of rep- diagnostic (markers) kits, med- importer shall produce, to the Monday, 3.68 lakh new infec- in the same month, while 93 Reliance Industries and ered sharply from day’s low resentations from charitable ical grade oxygen, oxygen ther- Deputy or Assistant tions and 3,417 deaths were he second wave of Covid- per cent of the registrations banking stocks accounted for despite weak global cues. While organisations, corporate enti- apy related equipment such as Commissioner of Customs at reported. T19 and the rollback of the were from properties trans- most of the losses, while a growing uncertainties about col- ties, and other Associations/ oxygen concentrators, cryo- the port within a period of six Last week, the government stamp duty cut in acted between December rebounding rupee also provided lection efficiency and asset qual- entities outside India seeking genic transport tanks, etc, and months from the date of slashed IGST rate on import of Maharashtra impacted the 2020 to March 2021 for which support, traders said. ity of banks/NBFCs dragged exemption from IGST on the Covid vaccines. importation or within such oxygen concentrators for per- housing sales in April, showed applicable stamp duties were After plunging over 750 heavy weight financials, strong import of Covid-19 relief mate- The IGST exemption given extended sonal use to 12 per cent, from a report by Knight Frank paid during the lower rate points in early trade, the 30-share buying in FMCG and Metals rial, donated/received free of on Monday would be subject to period not exceeding nine 28 per cent, for two months till India. The report noted that window, it said. BSE index made a U-turn to fin- supported recovery in markets,” cost from outside India for free nodal authorities, appointed months, a statement containing June 30. Mumbai recorded upwards of The Maharashtra state ish 63.84 points or 0.13 per cent said Binod Modi, Head Strategy distribution. by the state governments, details of goods imported and Under Goods and Services 10,000 residential property government in December lower at 48,718.52. In similar at Reliance Securities. “Accordingly, the Central authorising any entity, relief distributed free of cost. Tax (GST), the tax levied on registrations in April 2021. 2020 had given a leeway of movement, the broader NSE While persistent rise in sec- Government has ... Granted agency or statutory body, for This statement shall be consumption of goods or ren- However, upon delving four months to homebuyers Nifty closed 3.05 points or 0.02 ond wave of COVID-19 cases has exemption from IGST on free distribution of such relief certified by the said nodal dering of service is split 50:50 deeper into the property reg- to register a property after the per cent higher at 14,634.15. weighed on investors’ sentiments, import of such goods received material. authority of the state govern- between the Centre and the istrations data, it was found payment of stamp duty in Titan was the top laggard in steady corporate earnings with free of cost for free distribution The said goods can be ment. state. Such tax is known as that, only 7 per cent of these order to prevent crowding of the Sensex pack, shedding 4.58 positive managements’ com- for covid relief,” it said, adding imported free of cost by a state “This exemption shall Central-GST or CGST and registrations were from new registration offices. per cent, followed by IndusInd mentaries offered support to the exemption would be government or, any entity/ thus enable import of the Covid State-GST or SGST. Bank, Reliance Industries, Axis markets, he noted. >' =)  '%  &
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) " 3   45#/56 consecutive week,” it said. Retail 25. Lately, India’s crushing second pared with 16 per cent growth in mobility fell 8.2 percentage points Covid-19 wave has been making cases.” “Growth in daily cases in ndia’s high frequency indicators (pp) on average in the week end- new peaks with every passing major affected states, such as  +8+' FY20. However, this will be a when it comes to supply-side ment in revenue benefitting Ihave started to show a soften- ing May 2, while workplace day, as daily cases near the 4 lakh Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, high 21.2 per cent over FY21, disruption from the second largely from elevated prices ing trend in economic activity, mobility slowed 7.1 pp. Besides, plus level. Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh too ith the second wave of the year of the pandemic when wave of the pandemic, the and pent-up demand resulting Crisil Research said on Monday. toll collection through electron- “If it was any consolation slowed down, compared with the Wthe pandemic disrupt- half of the year was almost lost report said on Monday, adding in higher volume growth, “In India, the impact of ic mode declined 2 per cent on- amid the steep rise in daily cases week ending April 25. But recov- ing supply chains for most in lockdwons; and the forecast this has pushed back their volatile commodity prices state-announced restrictions are week. Similarly, Goods and and deaths, growth in recoveries, ery rate has declined to 82 per industries, India Ratings has is more than its own earlier recovery beyond the current along with interest rates rever- more clearly showing up across Services Tax e-way bill collection which lagged cases till last week, cent as of May 2, due to the high projected an overall 6 per cent assumption of 4.4 per cent, fiscal. While FY22 is likely to sal and the rupee fall are like- high frequency indicators - they (volume) declined 6.9 per cent grew faster by 57 per cent in the base of confirmed cases,” Crisil median revenue growth for though. The service-oriented be better than FY20 for most of ly to cap profitability, the report all trended down for the second on-week for week ending April week April 26-May 2. That com- said. corporates this fiscal over sector is the worst hit so far the sectors due to an improve- added.   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1360.00 1360.00 1300.50 1308.60 MCX 1473.90 1512.60 1471.45 1493.85 UCOBANK 11.00 11.25 10.88 11.19 OIL 122.55 122.95 119.75 120.25 TATASTEEL 1031.95 1069.00 1018.50 1067.10 33.10 ADANIPORTS 728.40 765.00 715.00 761.25 PERSISTENT 2040.00 2238.65 1967.95 2148.95 ALKEM 2766.70 2839.85 2711.00 2754.90 MRPL 43.00 44.15 42.50 43.45 PRESTIGE 271.70 273.25 265.10 266.65 MARUTI 6430.00 6622.00 6400.00 6600.00 144.35 SBIN 350.00 352.35 341.70 350.45 FSL 112.00 124.70 112.00 123.25 MGL 1137.00 1151.00 1118.30 1137.25 ATUL 8100.00 8226.95 7980.25 8146.85 BIRLACORPN 899.00 939.00 899.00 925.55 ASIANPAINT 2510.00 2595.10 2505.60 2590.50 54.10 TATAMOTORS 285.65 294.70 285.15 293.00 IDFCFIRSTB 54.45 54.80 53.00 54.00 JSLHISAR 163.50 168.00 162.05 167.15 NIACL 144.50 147.75 143.45 147.05 FINCABLES 356.00 364.20 356.00 361.80 HINDUNILVR 2343.00 2415.00 2340.00 2401.60 47.85 ADANIENT 1154.95 1263.00 1123.40 1255.60 ULTRACEMCO 6271.60 6379.15 6153.30 6348.05 EDELWEISS 59.20 59.20 56.70 57.25 BLISSGVS 100.00 104.75 100.00 103.70 IFCI 10.60 10.95 10.60 10.88 NTPC 101.40 104.60 101.05 104.30 1.85 INDUSINDBK 934.75 967.80 900.00 913.95 APOLLOHOSP 3195.00 3220.35 3141.00 3202.35 SWSOLAR 301.10 309.55 297.55 307.90 CUB 164.95 170.00 163.30 169.60 LEMONTREE 36.15 41.75 34.50 35.25 BAJFINANCE 5316.30 5580.00 5291.25 5546.00 94.10 MARICO 419.80 452.80 416.25 445.40 NTPC 101.45 104.55 101.00 104.25 PIDILITIND 1801.00 1823.00 1795.20 1811.65 SYMPHONY 1147.20 1180.65 1147.20 1170.45 PGHL 6411.00 6420.00 6280.00 6288.85 UPL 605.50 619.75 596.15 617.00 10.10 BHARTIARTL 532.00 562.00 529.05 558.70 L&TFH 87.00 87.20 84.90 86.45 CARBORUNIV 547.00 584.20 544.55 574.10 IOB 15.30 15.65 14.70 15.55 ARVINDFASN 130.70 137.65 128.80 136.05 HINDALCO 364.40 373.20 357.65 370.00 5.60 LT 1336.00 1351.30 1320.65 1342.15 COALINDIA 132.35 133.45 131.20 132.20 DCBBANK 90.80 90.80 89.00 89.80 SUNTECK 269.80 269.80 262.10 263.60 PARAGMILK 113.75 115.45 111.60 113.95 TATACONSUM 661.85 682.50 661.00 679.55 10.05 JSWSTEEL 712.00 729.90 710.70 723.25 KRBL 182.00 215.00 182.00 208.90 APLLTD 990.00 999.40 976.20 983.00 JUBLPHARMA 798.00 808.20 784.00 803.85 LAOPALA 219.80 232.00 218.70 224.40 NESTLEIND 16360.00 16574.95 16272.65 16519.70 210.45 KOTAKBANK 1743.00 1758.60 1685.70 1724.30 INDIAMART 7850.00 7921.05 7695.05 7727.40 LTI 3914.00 3941.65 3854.00 3923.25 STLTECH 230.00 234.05 221.85 232.40 SKFINDIA 2260.00 2264.00 2225.90 2250.85 HDFCLIFE 660.00 674.50 657.15 673.70 8.60 TATAMETALI 1069.00 1264.60 1062.00 1255.95 DMART 2835.00 2910.00 2820.80 2897.60 JKTYRE 121.75 124.95 115.00 122.20 NILKAMAL 1907.60 2020.10 1881.65 1962.10 ITDC 316.75 333.15 316.75 326.05 HCLTECH 898.75 910.45 891.00 909.90 10.95 HDFCBANK 1399.00 1421.65 1377.55 1413.10 HFCL 27.80 31.50 27.75 30.70 MOTILALOFS 644.00 673.50 630.00 646.60 DEEPAKFERT 259.60 267.10 254.25 264.30 GRINDWELL 925.20 925.20 911.00 923.60 ULTRACEMCO 6252.00 6380.00 6150.00 6342.00 63.05 TATACHEM 794.45 794.45 770.15 782.85 MRF 80101.10 81105.95 79200.0079871.70 CUMMINSIND 844.00 844.00 822.65 837.05 SWANENERGY 131.10 133.40 130.25 130.80 VMART 2600.10 2727.10 2600.10 2718.05 GRASIM 1396.60 1425.05 1374.25 1414.00 12.25 BHEL 47.95 54.50 47.45 53.40 LUPIN 1063.05 1082.75 1060.95 1072.75 FINOLEXIND 150.30 158.00 149.55 157.05 ORIENTELEC 270.00 274.35 263.35 268.40 JYOTHYLAB 148.55 148.55 143.45 144.50 JSWSTEEL 714.00 730.00 710.60 723.25 5.40 CADILAHC 575.95 584.50 570.55 580.70 GAIL 137.00 138.10 134.65 137.40 PTC 81.95 84.75 81.00 83.45 PNBHOUSING 361.05 372.50 361.05 369.30 GODREJIND 508.45 509.95 504.45 505.55 IOC 89.85 91.90 89.55 91.50 0.65 SUNTV 559.80 559.80 501.40 504.60 DCMSHRIRAM 720.05 772.10 690.00 756.75 PFC 107.90 108.25 106.25 106.95 HATHWAY 24.00 24.00 23.00 23.75 LUXIND 1899.00 1912.50 1876.95 1889.70 SUNPHARMA 653.95 663.95 650.10 659.10 4.65 ICICIBANK 597.40 598.95 587.45 597.00 BRITANNIA 3452.70 3476.95 3432.70 3439.05 BASF 2230.05 2340.00 2190.65 2282.40 NLCINDIA 47.25 48.50 47.25 48.00 BAJAJ-AUTO 3815.00 3906.80 3785.00 3858.80 25.05 HCLTECH 899.50 910.00 891.25 907.40 IBULHSGFIN 180.00 180.15 176.10 178.05 BATAINDIA 1379.00 1379.00 1340.75 1347.80 SANOFI 7552.00 7674.90 7510.60 7661.45 HDFCBANK 1393.00 1421.90 1377.30 1419.00 6.70 DRREDDY 5200.00 5207.55 5141.05 5184.35 EXIDEIND 177.90 184.70 177.90 181.70 ORIENTCEM 105.00 114.85 102.85 111.75 CENTURYPLY 350.00 360.60 350.00 355.00 AXISBANK 706.95 707.90 692.30 703.00 IRCTC 1777.00 1781.60 1752.50 1764.15 FRETAIL 51.85 52.00 49.70 51.45 NAM-INDIA 341.00 341.00 335.00 338.30 DIVISLAB 4061.80 4147.30 4025.05 4079.55 17.20 MARUTI 6411.00 6620.00 6400.00 6598.30 CHOLAFIN 565.00 565.75 555.00 558.85 CERA 3853.25 3944.70 3797.50 3930.15 BALMLAWRIE 130.00 130.00 126.00 126.35 DRREDDY 5193.95 5212.35 5140.00 5184.00 20.90 HDFC 2369.80 2432.15 2365.20 2419.00 AMBUJACEM 305.00 312.90 301.05 311.90 UBL 1210.00 1218.65 1197.00 1209.30 PNCINFRA 235.00 238.60 226.85 228.00 POWERGRID 217.50 222.85 216.75 220.90 0.85 TCS 3034.70 3057.00 3004.80 3037.00 ADANIGREEN 1003.00 1044.40 998.60 1036.50 HINDPETRO* 234.00 237.00 231.10 235.85 PIIND 2520.50 2550.00 2495.00 2513.45 M&M 744.90 766.55 740.05 753.95 1.40 CIPLA 919.00 924.00 906.45 909.55 POWERGRID 219.00 222.80 216.85 220.90 BANKINDIA 66.35 66.35 65.00 65.55 PHOENIXLTD 710.00 749.70 710.00 746.95 HDFC 2365.00 2432.95 2365.00 2423.80 3.70 HINDUNILVR 2341.15 2414.45 2341.15 2407.35 AMARAJABAT 790.70 790.70 759.05 782.45 RAJESHEXPO 522.90 548.20 511.00 516.10 JKCEMENT 2771.00 2810.00 2726.90 2784.75 LT 1325.50 1351.30 1319.15 1341.50 1.05 ITC 201.80 201.85 200.00 200.95 TATACOFFEE 130.00 139.40 127.80 137.60 SHK 138.20 149.90 137.25 148.05 CSBBANK 258.60 258.60 254.85 257.50 TCS 3024.90 3055.00 3004.00 3035.85 0.20 DEEPAKNI 1866.00 1955.00 1862.15 1902.55 NATCOPHARM 920.00 935.00 911.40 924.40 BALKRISIND 1750.75 1794.35 1742.60 1783.35 DCAL 156.95 162.45 156.30 159.65 SHREECEM 27500.00 28080.55 27327.60 27904.25 -6.25 LAURUSLABS 456.50 479.90 456.50 476.90 VOLTAS 955.00 962.05 938.00 957.90 JBCHEPHARM 1410.60 1449.00 1386.60 1438.00 JAICORPLTD 86.20 90.15 85.15 88.35 BAJAJFINSV 10901.00 11110.85 10814.15 11030.00 -11.65 ONGC 108.15 110.75 106.00 107.65 NESTLEIND 16352.00 16570.00 16267.0516500.70 KAJARIACER 901.00 933.55 883.60 925.25 ORIENTREF 321.70 332.65 316.10 328.50 CIPLA 919.10 924.40 906.40 909.00 -1.35 NATIONALUM 64.05 68.50 64.05 67.70 WOCKPHARMA 515.00 525.00 512.55 518.85 GMRINFRA 22.90 23.55 22.55 23.45 MAHINDCIE 168.00 175.55 166.20 174.95 BRITANNIA 3439.10 3478.70 3431.60 3440.75 -8.25 JINDALSTEL 441.00 451.50 434.70 445.45 STAR 857.10 882.50 856.45 858.35 DISHTV 9.20 10.80 8.85 10.00 BAJAJELEC 1153.00 1199.00 1125.70 1189.10 TATAMOTORS 289.30 294.75 285.00 293.10 -0.75 TATAELXSI 3480.10 3555.70 3400.00 3533.90 MOIL 161.40 174.70 161.40 172.55 TIINDIA 1235.00 1272.10 1228.00 1262.00 TECHM 960.00 965.00 955.00 957.00 -3.40 SCI 103.00 109.45 102.50 107.70 RALLIS 281.10 299.95 279.90 295.90 INFIBEAM 39.90 39.90 38.70 38.85 ICICIBANK 592.55 598.85 587.50 598.30 -2.20 ALKYLAMINE 8548.00 8798.00 8300.10 8432.45 RECLTD 128.10 129.05 126.20 127.35 CHENNPETRO 108.00 109.90 107.20 108.20 INFY 1340.80 1361.00 1338.00 1349.00 -5.35 CONCOR 596.50 596.50 556.00 572.25 NBCC 40.35 42.10 40.00 41.45 LINDEINDIA 1838.00 1859.75 1805.25 1817.35 ONGC 108.15 110.70 106.00 107.60 -0.55 HAVELLS 982.30 1007.95 970.00 1003.45 COFORGE 2909.05 2915.00 2833.00 2900.85 GHCL 244.80 244.80 236.50 240.70 SBIN 349.60 352.50 341.40 351.45 -2.05 ASTRAL 1569.00 1614.45 1557.15 1592.65 IDFC 52.90 52.90 50.75 51.55 FCONSUMER 7.04 7.14 6.91 7.08 COALINDIA 133.00 133.45 131.20 132.20 -0.85 SRF 6380.00 6578.10 6380.00 6529.30 SYNGENE 553.60 580.00 553.60 567.70 METROPOLIS 2405.00 2426.10 2378.80 2385.00 ITC 201.20 201.85 200.00 201.10 -1.50 CENTURYTEX 481.10 494.90 476.00 485.90 FLUOROCHEM 798.00 827.65 784.75 803.90 HAL 957.15 957.15 942.50 952.55 EICHERMOT 2382.50 2416.25 2367.50 2399.00 -22.65 BEL 130.00 133.85 128.95 130.20 OFSS 3482.10 3547.20 3462.15 3479.35 ZYDUSWELL 2080.00 2110.00 2060.10 2072.05 GRANULES 334.00 345.60 331.50 341.05 JAMNAAUTO 66.65 74.45 66.65 70.95 TATAINVEST 1028.00 1057.10 1019.85 1044.00 HEROMOTOCO 2779.95 2848.00 2766.65 2792.00 -27.15 HEG 2298.00 2333.90 2266.10 2308.00 RADICO 563.10 567.50 549.90 561.20 3MINDIA 25336.05 26150.00 25300.0026029.90 KOTAKBANK 1735.00 1759.00 1685.00 1731.00 -17.80 GREAVESCOT 143.30 153.95 142.50 149.50 TORNTPHARM 2490.20 2535.55 2490.20 2525.80 CHAMBLFERT 212.00 219.15 212.00 218.55 ITI 106.75 108.35 106.25 107.35 WIPRO 487.95 496.00 483.25 486.50 -6.25 SUZLON 4.75 5.19 4.69 5.12 GESHIP 311.50 332.00 311.50 329.70 BDL 333.05 336.00 326.25 328.50 KNRCON 203.00 203.00 195.90 197.40 BPCL 419.00 429.05 415.40 416.15 -5.65 BIOCON 382.50 382.50 375.15 378.50 PHILIPCARB 207.00 209.40 199.00 206.95 CARERATING 501.00 514.20 495.00 507.30 TEAMLEASE 3209.85 3337.15 3209.00 3306.65 AXISBANK 706.00 708.00 692.10 703.50 -11.40 JSWENERGY 110.50 113.35 109.00 110.35 PAGEIND 29387.65 29938.10 29322.5029691.85 AIAENG 1858.45 1858.45 1821.00 1826.35 SOLARINDS 1235.00 1260.00 1205.00 1222.20 RELIANCE 1966.00 1979.00 1943.10 1956.00 -38.50 CESC 594.60 635.00 594.60 629.70 ASTRAZEN 3905.60 3959.00 3860.00 3902.85 VINATIORGA 1715.00 1740.75 1710.80 1730.75 VSTIND 3166.10 3249.15 3166.10 3236.55 INDUSINDBK 929.00 967.70 899.00 913.50 -21.45 ZEEL 187.80 187.80 181.15 183.75 MAHABANK 23.80 23.95 23.20 23.45 SUMICHEM 304.90 310.00 298.00 300.90 SOMANYCERA 415.50 423.00 409.25 416.30 TITAN 1477.00 1477.00 1421.00 1423.70 -67.95 CCL 261.50 289.80 261.50 287.85 SHRIRAMCIT 1400.00 1557.55 1400.00 1518.80 KALPATPOWR 380.00 380.00 360.05 362.60 JCHAC 2300.05 2385.60 2300.05 2357.40 TITAN 1475.00 1477.85 1416.60 1423.60 SUDARSCHEM 653.05 684.50 653.05 671.80 BERGEPAINT 708.00 713.90 697.45 712.05 MINDAIND 508.90 530.85 508.90 523.00 EIHOTEL 85.50 87.30 85.50 86.95     IDEA 8.25 8.53 8.25 8.45 HDFCAMC 2770.00 2770.80 2737.35 2751.85 JSL 90.00 93.90 89.25 93.15 PRSMJOHNSN 131.00 137.80 127.50 136.20 HEIDELBERG 238.55 242.00 232.90 240.75 HINDALCO 365.00 373.05 357.70 369.85 ABCAPITAL 114.95 116.40 113.00 114.85 HAWKINCOOK 5425.80 5561.50 5362.05 5424.85 AEGISLOG 310.00 316.50 303.35 313.00 SHOPERSTOP 197.60 206.00 196.45 197.50 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE BALRAMCHIN 279.15 330.00 276.95 323.80 DABUR 539.00 548.25 539.00 542.05 SIEMENS 1881.00 1898.85 1855.65 1884.00 RAYMOND 323.00 329.30 317.15 327.35 CRISIL 1884.70 1910.00 1845.00 1898.85 NIFTY NEXT 50 34526.25 35094.50 34416.25 35059.55 300.35 TATAPOWER 98.75 100.35 96.30 99.85 KPRMILL 1410.00 1631.80 1397.05 1455.70 BOSCHLTD 13384.00 13562.55 13227.4013513.65 ENDURANCE 1286.05 1331.05 1279.25 1325.00 GRSE 175.00 177.50 171.00 174.30 ADANIENT 1145.10 1264.40 1122.65 1255.60 96.90 DIVISLAB 4074.00 4146.10 4025.10 4074.85 MANAPPURAM 146.90 148.95 143.00 148.25 CAPPL 485.05 509.25 485.00 502.65 SCHNEIDER 92.50 94.60 89.80 93.90 CREDITACC 595.00 615.95 595.00 611.65 MARICO 420.05 454.00 416.10 445.25 33.80 VEDL 254.10 262.40 252.55 256.20 SHREECEM 27830.00 28368.40 27351.4528081.60 IRCON 89.05 89.65 87.70 87.95 TCNSBRANDS 482.80 514.45 480.85 501.75 SJVN 25.30 25.50 25.05 25.15 ICICIPRULI 521.95 554.70 520.10 553.00 31.05 ATGL 1080.00 1252.00 1080.00 1238.30 INDIGO 1601.00 1672.80 1601.00 1663.15 APLAPOLLO 1330.00 1369.60 1314.00 1360.25 HONAUT 42810.00 43499.00 42810.0043083.05 SUNDRMFAST 705.00 709.00 698.00 701.60 INDUSTOWER 253.00 262.00 250.20 260.65 8.15 SUNPHARMA 653.10 663.45 650.05 658.80 GDL 205.10 242.50 205.10 231.50 TORNTPOWER 398.00 405.00 388.30 395.15 SIS 364.00 369.80 361.00 364.40 SPANDANA 610.00 626.05 608.20 615.05 GODREJCP 690.00 713.15 687.60 709.00 17.25 BPCL 420.00 429.00 415.45 416.00 TIMKEN 1363.95 1415.00 1360.00 1366.95 MFSL 884.35 905.10 882.05 895.85 ZENSARTECH 265.25 269.95 264.00 267.90 SFL 2049.90 2056.05 2005.20 2036.35 NMDC 152.00 159.65 151.30 159.30 3.55 SRTRANSFIN 1339.65 1339.65 1275.60 1299.15 COLPAL 1475.00 1511.65 1470.45 1493.10 MIDHANI 185.00 190.70 183.35 187.95 POWERINDIA 1789.20 1857.90 1789.20 1824.25 DBCORP 81.10 87.65 79.95 83.55 ADANITRANS 1020.00 1095.00 1017.00 1073.00 23.10 ICICIPRULI 517.20 554.50 517.20 550.95 IPCALAB 2100.00 2147.00 2092.75 2108.05 CANFINHOME 578.00 578.00 545.75 547.40 RELAXO 885.00 885.90 850.65 878.00 HERITGFOOD 369.00 369.00 360.00 362.00 CADILAHC 574.95 584.50 570.45 583.30 12.15 ESCORTS 1100.10 1131.50 1100.10 1125.80 LICHSGFIN 400.00 411.35 398.95 407.90 GUJALKALI 408.60 433.75 407.00 426.50 GALAXYSURF 2968.95 2968.95 2878.20 2901.20 AAVAS 2232.00 2290.70 2232.00 2285.00 ADANIGREEN 1015.00 1044.70 990.00 1039.50 20.55 AUBANK 958.00 960.00 915.00 923.85 ADANITRANS 1015.00 1095.00 1015.00 1061.10 TATAMTRDVR 126.25 126.80 124.10 125.50 BLUEDART 5250.00 5391.00 5250.00 5355.35 NESCO 498.00 504.60 496.20 502.75 DMART 2845.00 2911.00 2822.90 2904.00 51.10 M&M 748.00 766.70 740.05 753.10 INDUSTOWER 252.55 262.00 250.50 260.75 BOMDYEING 65.40 67.85 65.10 67.35 COCHINSHIP 365.30 375.00 363.00 368.00 WABCOINDIA 6651.00 6825.00 6509.65 6778.25 PEL 1655.10 1715.80 1654.50 1710.00 29.80 WIPRO 492.40 495.95 483.15 487.50 INTELLECT 680.00 712.55 670.00 703.15 TIMETECHNO 74.00 80.00 74.00 78.85 RITES 237.00 240.50 237.00 239.05 VENKYS 1554.40 1587.25 1554.00 1566.30 HAVELLS 984.90 1008.00 970.00 1006.00 15.75 BAJAJFINSV 10999.00 11107.60 10710.4011047.80 HINDZINC 305.30 307.15 296.15 297.80 KPITTECH 196.70 204.90 195.00 201.90 MHRIL 206.00 222.00 205.00 209.10 SHANKARA 368.00 368.65 363.00 364.95 ICICIGI 1415.00 1443.00 1390.20 1434.35 20.35 RBLBANK 185.00 186.15 177.85 181.10 AUROPHARMA 980.00 986.00 965.90 968.25 CGCL 460.00 470.00 434.85 439.15 GSFC 94.30 95.30 93.20 94.40 INDOCO 328.00 333.05 326.00 327.35 BERGEPAINT 704.00 714.05 697.10 713.25 9.25 BANDHANBNK 329.35 329.35 314.65 318.60 MINDTREE 2122.30 2124.70 2082.05 2117.55 QUESS 621.00 627.00 612.05 618.50 HIMATSEIDE 160.05 160.30 154.00 155.25 AKZOINDIA 2203.00 2300.00 2203.00 2227.20 INDIGO 1620.00 1674.80 1612.20 1664.70 21.30 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521.40 536.60 516.00 518.20 IFBIND 967.65 988.70 963.05 968.35 MCDOWELL-N 517.00 526.00 512.55 523.60 4.05 BANKBARODA 66.30 66.95 64.30 66.70 PEL 1665.00 1716.50 1660.00 1706.75 AFFLE 5579.00 5660.00 5491.30 5523.00 MAHSEAMLES 295.70 301.20 287.75 296.65 MAHSCOOTER 3560.15 3602.15 3525.00 3540.85 SIEMENS 1861.00 1900.00 1855.00 1895.00 13.55 DIXON 4129.60 4277.90 4120.05 4246.70 IGL 501.50 508.10 495.80 500.80 GSPL 271.00 274.00 266.00 271.95 FORCEMOT 1117.00 1141.35 1108.20 1119.20 TNPL 134.00 142.50 134.00 140.70 COLPAL 1478.00 1511.90 1470.55 1492.20 10.30 FORTIS 214.95 228.30 213.25 223.85 ISEC 448.70 457.95 444.65 453.95 GICRE 202.30 209.30 202.30 204.90 KSB 871.00 890.15 871.00 876.50 ESABINDIA 1775.05 1820.00 1761.65 1809.45 TORNTPHARM 2509.00 2537.50 2496.50 2525.00 15.75 GRASIM 1398.00 1424.65 1373.60 1413.95 INDHOTEL 109.50 113.25 107.10 111.50 SPARC 174.95 178.20 173.40 174.60 BAJAJHLDNG 3421.00 3467.00 3345.00 3433.85 MASFIN 790.00 808.00 774.65 790.00 HINDPETRO 232.95 237.10 231.00 236.00 1.35 BAJAJ-AUTO 3816.00 3905.00 3790.00 3853.35 DALBHARAT 1523.10 1599.55 1505.25 1547.25 CASTROLIND 125.90 125.90 124.00 125.10 GARFIBRES 2560.00 2701.95 2560.00 2694.15 EPL 224.00 227.50 219.05 220.10 MOTHERSUMI 214.00 219.40 210.90 215.80 1.10 NMDC 154.05 159.60 151.40 158.95 GODREJCP 685.00 713.30 685.00 708.75 BAJAJCON 282.45 283.20 276.00 279.65 ECLERX 1252.00 1273.70 1241.10 1266.45 GEPIL 256.95 261.90 252.05 257.95 MUTHOOTFIN 1155.00 1164.70 1135.00 1163.00 5.60 EIDPARRY 351.00 414.00 350.45 403.85 IEX 369.60 385.00 366.15 379.30 WELCORP 140.00 147.00 140.00 144.90 SOBHA 485.95 494.90 485.95 492.45 ERIS 600.20 602.60 594.50 597.90 LUPIN 1068.00 1082.90 1060.35 1073.50 4.00 CANBK 136.20 139.80 135.80 138.70 ABFRL 175.00 181.40 173.55 179.65 AVANTI 478.00 488.00 478.00 479.90 HUDCO 42.30 43.15 41.00 42.55 GODREJAGRO 500.05 505.20 497.55 500.45 ABBOTINDIA 15150.00 15272.55 15003.00 15179.50 27.75 INFY 1342.00 1361.00 1337.65 1351.80 JUSTDIAL 880.00 885.45 856.00 858.25 BEML 1168.00 1178.00 1142.95 1159.95 KEC 393.00 403.35 393.00 401.05 REPCOHOME 329.70 330.40 321.75 329.30 DLF 244.00 248.95 241.75 247.75 0.45 VBL 964.00 1017.25 964.00 1003.70 SUPREMEIND 2051.05 2174.30 2051.05 2113.30 CENTRALBK 16.05 16.30 16.05 16.25 VGUARD 222.50 225.00 220.85 223.30 VRLLOG 217.00 226.00 215.90 225.60 GAIL 136.10 138.20 134.65 137.40 0.20 PVR 1104.20 1145.00 1071.05 1138.10 BHARATFORG 607.50 619.80 598.20 616.25 ICICIGI 1429.00 1443.20 1390.20 1434.55 VTL 1185.55 1235.65 1170.80 1190.60 BRIGADE 246.30 254.60 246.30 250.00 APOLLOHOSP 3208.80 3221.80 3140.00 3201.00 3.50 TECHM 960.00 965.55 955.15 957.45 TRIDENT 13.75 14.43 13.58 14.13 UNIONBANK 33.90 34.25 33.50 33.95 TASTYBIT 16752.80 16997.00 16230.2016535.15 GLAXO 1461.00 1465.00 1448.00 1460.55 JUBLFOOD 2889.00 2922.30 2846.95 2893.90 2.20 JINDALSAW 85.50 94.50 84.60 92.65 HSCL 43.65 45.85 43.65 45.00 EMAMILTD 470.00 501.20 470.00 487.00 JKLAKSHMI 399.45 409.60 399.45 405.50 NAVNETEDUL 76.50 76.50 73.45 74.50 ALKEM 2759.05 2838.90 2750.55 2760.15 1.10 APOLLOTYRE 215.00 223.65 212.75 221.30 TRENT 767.55 788.05 736.85 783.35 AMBER 3091.00 3136.00 3050.00 3116.25 ABBOTINDIA 15152.00 15273.85 14997.6515148.95 MAHLIFE 493.70 501.75 484.00 498.85 PGHH 13570.00 13590.00 13400.00 13552.00 3.50 MEGH 141.05 153.40 140.60 148.50 DHANUKA 783.60 850.00 766.50 813.40 IIFL 270.00 270.00 253.65 253.90 BLUESTARCO 845.00 845.00 829.20 836.00 JAGRAN* 54.30 55.30 52.60 54.75 BOSCHLTD 13230.00 13554.45 13230.00 13502.05 -6.95 NAUKRI 4846.40 4898.60 4826.00 4872.45 DELTACORP 149.90 156.00 147.60 154.25 DBL 542.50 544.35 533.00 541.75 ALLCARGO 121.35 130.00 121.35 126.10 SUPRAJIT 263.15 263.15 254.85 259.15 BAJAJHLDNG 3430.00 3468.00 3341.35 3417.10 -4.10 UPL 603.10 619.50 596.50 617.60 PFIZER 5329.90 5399.00 5222.15 5300.75 TV18BRDCST 33.30 34.50 33.25 33.50 TTKPRESTIG 7411.00 7624.00 7200.00 7529.25 IRB 104.00 105.60 102.95 105.00 PIDILITIND 1815.50 1824.80 1796.00 1813.00 -2.80 RAIN 180.45 184.95 176.30 183.50 RCF 72.00 73.90 71.85 72.90 EQUITAS 80.00 82.50 79.60 81.95 KANSAINER 553.00 565.00 548.70 561.65 PCJEWELLER 24.00 24.20 23.20 23.95 BIOCON 380.95 381.85 375.10 378.50 -1.15 ADANIPOWER 94.80 97.65 92.20 95.55 NOCIL 183.50 196.90 181.15 194.50 ASHOKA 82.10 83.90 81.70 81.90 GODFRYPHLP 869.80 869.80 858.90 860.70 RATNAMANI 1935.95 1962.00 1930.60 1957.95 VEDL 255.40 262.40 252.60 256.10 -1.15 M&MFIN 159.00 162.50 158.20 160.25 RAMCOCEM 985.30 985.80 964.65 981.90 MPHASIS 1750.00 1791.00 1750.00 1786.15 FDC 303.90 310.80 303.20 309.80 TCIEXP 901.50 909.95 893.00 906.60 UBL 1196.75 1220.00 1196.70 1205.80 -6.10 MOTHERSUMI 214.00 219.35 211.10 215.70 CEATLTD 1386.00 1395.45 1365.60 1382.05 CROMPTON 383.75 389.55 374.55 376.25 JMFINANCIL 82.70 82.70 79.20 79.50 SCHAEFFLER 5227.70 5251.45 5186.10 5192.65 PETRONET 236.00 239.40 235.15 238.70 -1.25 GRAPHITE 729.90 753.00 722.55 744.80 POLYCAB 1461.25 1493.50 1456.45 1479.10 RVNL 26.90 27.80 26.90 27.60 GILLETTE 5490.00 5500.00 5410.00 5449.30 LAXMIMACH 6270.05 6276.00 6189.35 6264.10 SBICARD 972.00 984.80 962.75 979.00 -5.20 HEROMOTOCO 2790.00 2848.00 2767.80 2793.00 VAIBHAVGBL 4187.00 4333.20 4187.00 4302.30 JKPAPER 136.00 139.00 133.65 134.25 UJJIVANSFB 28.85 29.20 28.10 28.60 GULFOILLUB 701.05 727.35 699.00 703.75 HDFCAMC 2769.10 2771.85 2735.75 2755.00 -21.35 GLENMARK 575.00 586.00 572.65 577.65 NBVENTURES* 78.00 85.90 78.00 84.75 UJJIVAN 200.00 202.00 195.55 201.35 WHIRLPOOL 2192.30 2230.35 2177.85 2212.60 JTEKTINDIA 82.80 84.50 82.80 84.00 MRF 80399.90 81127.95 79300.10 80000.00 -720.55 LTTS 2749.00 2817.60 2640.60 2796.90 GUJGAS 531.00 538.15 523.10 532.05 UFLEX 400.00 424.50 400.00 420.00 KEI 520.00 534.00 519.00 531.00 VARROC 376.20 378.65 372.95 375.20 PNB 34.50 34.70 34.00 34.50 -0.35 TATACONSUM 661.00 682.20 661.00 677.10 MUTHOOTFIN 1162.00 1163.00 1135.05 1160.50 THERMAX 1486.35 1538.85 1465.90 1523.45 VIPIND 332.25 346.85 332.25 338.05 NH 405.95 411.95 405.95 410.05 NAUKRI 4880.00 4899.00 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"We Tits commitment to prevent cials. President Biden set May Ibrahim as the minister of re-engagement with Iran and watch with resignation as nego- Security Secretary Alejandro have a lot of work still to do, but another terror attack on the 1, 2021 as the official date on economy and planning, a move other policy shifts in the region. tiations gain traction in the Mayorkas calls “just the begin- I am proud of the progress we country and to keep the which the remaining troops that promotes him from his The trips come as the U.S. Austrian capital. When asked ning” of a broader effort. have made and the reunifica- American people safe, would begin pulling out, post as deputy minister in And Iran, through intermedi- to elaborate, Coons balked at Two of the four families tions that we have helped to President Joe Biden has vowed, clarity and conviction of although the military has been which he'd served as since aries in Vienna, discuss a return the suggestion that the UAE's include mothers who were sep- achieve this week.” as he marked the 10th anniver- President Obama in making flying equipment out of the early 2018. to Tehran's tattered 2015 nuclear input had acquired any greater arated from their children in More than 5,000 children sary of the killing of Osama bin the call; the courage and skill country in recent weeks, Al-Ibrahim has previously deal with world powers that significance in talks with Iran late 2017, one Honduran and were separated from their par- Laden in Pakistan. of the American team on the according to US media reports. held jobs with Aramco and in former President Donald Trump over the last five years. another Mexican, Mayorkas ents during the Trump admin- The al Qaeda leader who ground. There are between 2,500- the country's Council of abandoned three years ago. “I did not in any way mean said, declining to detail their istration going back to July 1, evaded justice for 10 years "It had been almost ten 3,500 US troops and about Economic Affairs and The United Arab Emirates, to suggest that there was some identities. He described them 2017, many of them under a after the terror attacks of years since our nation was 7,000 North Atlantic Treaty Development, according to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf deal in the works where the as children who were 3 years “zero-tolerance” policy to crim- September 11, 2001 met his attacked on 9/11 and we went Organisation (NATO) soldiers Saudi state media reports. allies, excluded from Obama- Emiratis would be securing old at the time and “teenagers inally prosecute any adult who end in a covert raid by US spe- to war in Afghanistan, pursu- remaining in Afghanistan, the Finance Minister era nuclear negotiations, have anything,” he said. “Vienna is who have had to live without entered the country illegally, cial operations forces on May ing al Qaeda and its leaders. We last of whom will leave the war- Mohammed al-Jadaan had repeatedly pressed for a seat at the place where the United their parent during their most according to court filings. The 1, 2011 in the Pakistani garri- followed bin Laden to the gates torn country by the end of been serving as the acting the table, insisting that any States government, the admin- formative years”. Biden administration is doing son city of Abbottabad. of hell — and we got him. September. minister of economy since last return to the accord must istration, is negotiating.” Parents will return to the its own count going back to In a statement on Sunday, "We kept the promise to all Under a deal signed last year. In another decree pub- address Iran's ballistic missile Regional tensions are ris- United States on humanitarian Trump's inauguration in Biden, then Vice President, those who lost loved ones on year between the Taliban mil- lished in state media, King program and support for ing. To pressure the Biden parole while authorities con- January 2017 and, according to recalled that he joined 9/11: that we would never for- itants and the administration of Salman appointed Prince regional proxies. administration to lift sanctions sider other longer-term forms Brane, believes more than 1,000 President Barack Obama and get those we had lost, and that former president Donald Sultan bin Salman as a special Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., and come back into compliance of legal status, said Michelle families remain separated. members of the national secu- the United States will never Trump, foreign forces were to adviser to his father. a key Biden ally dispatched on with the deal, Iran has steadi- Brane, executive director of the While family separation rity team, crowded into the waver in our commitment to have left by May 1 while the The prince had been head overseas diplomatic missions, ly violated the accord's limita- administration's Family under “zero-tolerance” ended Situation Room of the White prevent another attack on our Taliban held off attacking inter- of the Saudi Space Authority, told reporters in the UAE's cap- tions on nuclear enrichment Reunification Task Force. The in June 2018 under court order House in 2011 to watch as the homeland and to keep the national troops. leaning on his experience as the ital of Abu Dhabi that he hoped and stockpiles of enriched ura- children are already in the US and shortly after Trump US military delivered long- American people safe," the Biden last month pushed first Arab astronaut to go to to allay the sheikhdom's nium. The long shadow war exactly how many families will reversed course, Biden has awaited justice to bin Laden. president said. back the May 1 pullout, saying space in 1985. “understandable and legitimate between Israel and the Iran has reunite in the United States and repeatedly assailed the practice "It is a moment I will never Biden noted that as a result some troops would stay on The space authority will concerns” about the return to intensified, with suspected in what order is linked to as an act of cruelty. An execu- forget," Biden said, while prais- of the efforts taken the US, his until September 11 this year, now be chaired by Abdullah al- the landmark deal and to cre- Israeli attacks on Iranian ships negotiations with the American tive order on his first day in ing the intelligence profes- administration was bringing to the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 Swaha, who is also the minis- ate “broader engagement” with in volatile Mideast waterways Civil Liberties Union to settle office pledged to reunite fam- sionals who had painstakingly an end the country's longest attacks, citing the security sit- ter of communications and Gulf partners. and at Iran's Natanz nuclear a federal lawsuit in San Diego, ilies that were still separated “to tracked bin Laden down; the war and draw down the last of uation. information technology. Coons said “close consul- facility. but Mayorkas said there were the greatest extent possible.” AP /;+  ' 8  3    0$""/#  /    

  

 
 
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AP restrictions on visiting the 27-  +5'1845 Covid-19 restrictions capsised Israeli civilians and Palestinians protested the Chinese coast forcing your attentions on a cises” from April 24 to 25 near The Chinese Foreign nation bloc as vaccination after hitting a stationary sand- hurled rocks at each other out- guard's harassment of Philippine handsome guy who wants to be Scarborough Shoal off the Ministry has asked the campaigns across the continent ustralia's Prime Minister laden cargo vessel in the Padma side the village and that “a coast guard ships patrolling a a friend,.” northwestern Philippines. Philippines to respect what it gather speed. Travel to the AScott Morrison on Monday River on Monday, leaving at number of locations were ignit- disputed shoal in the South Defense Secretary Delfin Both countries claim the calls Chinese sovereignty in the European Union is currently defended his government's least 26 people dead, a senior ed.” It did not provide details on China Sea, the Department of Lorenzana rejected China's rich fishing area, which China disputed waters and “stop extremely limited except for a decision to ban and impose a Bangladesh police officer said. what triggered the violence. It Foreign Affairs said on Monday. demand that the Philippines effectively seized in 2012 by actions complicating the situ- handful of countries with low jail term and a penalty for The accident occurred at the said around 10 people were It was the latest of dozens end its patrols in the disputed surrounding it with its coast ation and escalating disputes.” infection rates. Australians trying to return old Kanthalbari ferry terminal in detained, but did not identify of recent protests by Manila's region. guard and surveillance ships China claims virtually all of But with the summer from India, saying it is in the Shibchar upazila of Madaripur them. foreign affairs department, “While we acknowledge after a tense standoff with the South China Sea. On tourist season looming, the country's “best interests” and to at around 8 am. The boat, dri- Radical Israeli settlers have along with increasingly acerbic that China's military capabili- Philippine vessels. Sunday, its People’s Liberation bloc's European Commission prevent a third wave of infec- ven by an inexperienced driver, been known to carry out so- remarks by the country's top ty is more advanced than ours, The department said it Army said a Chinese aircraft hopes the new recommenda- tions. overturned in the Padma River called “price tag” attacks on diplomat and defense chief this does not prevent us from also protested “the incessant, carrier group recently con- tions will dramatically expand The Australian govern- in central Bangladesh while Palestinian communities in about Chinese actions in the defending our national interests illegal, prolonged and increas- ducted annual exercises in the that list. 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