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SSB chief Rajesh Chandra from Bihar cadre, and Special Secretary in Home he Special Cell of Delhi he three-members com- Ministry in charge of Internal nternational wrestler-turned- TPolice on Monday evening s the country battles the Tmittee comprising Prime Security, VSP Kaumudi from Ialleged-murderer 38-year- visited the offices of Twitter ACovid pandemic, besides Minister, Opposition Leader, Andhra Pradesh cadre. old Sushil Kumar is suspected India in Delhi and Gurugram its twisted offspring the Black and Chief Justice of India on NIA chief YC Modi and to have been running a crimi- to serve summons on its offi- and White fungi wreaking Monday unanimously short- BSF chief Rakesh Asthana and nal syndicate from the It is also suspected that cials to join the ongoing probe havoc, now the first case of listed SK Jaiswal, Rajesh many other names like those of Chhatrasal Stadium in the Kumar was also sending in the alleged toolkit case. & P/ Yellow Fungus has also cropped Chandra and VSK Kaumudi the Kerala DGP were dropped national Capital. wrestlers, who had retired due Earlier, the police had sent & , " up in Ghaziabad. ENT for the post of the next CBI due to the fact they had less From grabbing lands in to injury or due to some other a notice to social media plat- Specialist BP Tyagi has claimed Director. The Prime Minister than six months of service left. Delhi-NCR and using connec- reasons, to the gangsters and form Twitter in connection that there is a patient of Yellow will now choose a name from The Supreme Court in a tions with the gangsters, the they were often working as with an enquiry into a com- of Delhi Police, said the police calling the new strain of coro- Fungus in his hospital, who is these three names. recent judgment on selection of Crime Branch of Delhi Police recovery agents in parts of plaint for flagging BJP team went to Twitter offices to navirus as India strain or Modi undergoing treatment. Opposition Leader Adhir DGP’s said that the persons is investigating the link Rohini, West and Outer Delhi. spokesperson Sambit Patra’s serve a notice, as a part of rou- strain. The 45-year-old patient, Ranjan Chowdhury objected in should have minimum six between Kumar’s nexus and the “Police is investigating the tweet on alleged Congress tine process. “This was neces- However, the Congress has resident of Sanjay Nagar in writing to the name of BSF months service left. It is learned death of 23-year-old budding murder of Sagar with all angles. tweet as manipulated media. sitated as police wanted to denied the allegation and Harsh Hospital, Ghaziabad, is chief Rakesh Asthana citing that Chief Justice of India NV wrestler Sagar Dhankar. The vehicles and weapons “Twitter had replied that ascertain who is the right per- claimed that the BJP is propa- suffering from yellow fungus as controversies surrounding him. Ramana and Adhir Ranjan Sources said the two-time recovered after the incident are they have no information to son to serve a notice as replies gating a fake “toolkit” to well as black and white fungus. Meanwhile, sources said that Chowdhury suggested that Olympic medallist was running also being probed. Police teams share. So, the police teams by Twitter India MD have defame it. Professor Tyagi said, “A Uttar Pradesh DGP HC Modi can selected the new a huge syndicate from will be taking Kumar to the sta- were sent at South Delhi’s Lado been very ambiguous,” said “The Delhi Police is patient came to me, who after Awasthi’s name was also con- CBI chief from these three Chattarsal Stadium. It became dium to analyse the sequence Sarai and Gurugram to record Biswal. enquiring into a complaint in the initial test appeared to be sidered. names — SK Jaiswal, Rajesh evident by the recovery of a of incident. Police will also the statement of the people The BJP has accused the which clarification is sought normal, but after doing anoth- The 90-minute meeting Chandra and VSK Kaumudi. Mahindra Scorpio car by the investigate the role of gangsters, there, but the offices were Congress of creating a “toolk- from the Twitter regarding the er investigation, I came to held at Prime Minister It is learned that meeting police, which was used during including Neeraj Bawania and locked,” said a source. it” that seeks to tarnish the classification of a tweet by know that the patient is suf- Narendra Modi’s residence started with Prime Minister the murderous brawl, all the Sandeep alias Kala Jhatedi,” Chinmoy Biswal, the image of the country and Prime Sambit Patra as ‘manipulative’,” fering from black, white as well unanimously decided on the seeking Adhir Ranjan way from Haryana’s Jhajjar. said a senior police official. Public Relation Officer (PRO) Minister Narendra Modi by said Biswal. as yellow fungus.” bouquet of three names, said Chowdhury’s opinion. . )" )
46R + , The DGCA de-rostered in fact, had tied the knot in a in order to make their special the crew and directed SpiceJet private wedding ceremony last day memorable. . / informed that the Covid-curfew had couple from Madurai, to lodge a complaint with rel- week. But soon after the Covid According to officials, the been extended till June 1 with a few ATamil Nadu, found a evant authorities against those relaxation was announced, “marriage flight” took off from he Covid-curfew which was slat- changes. unique way to tie the knot in an people who did not follow the both of them finalised upon the Madurai International Airport Ted to end on May 25 has been Taking cognisance of the demand unusual way to avoid the ongo- Covid-19 norms inside the plan of the “aircraft wedding” at 7 am on May 23. extended till June 1. made by the traders’ fraternity, it was ing Covid-19 restrictions. The flight. “The DGCA “will take The State Government took this decided that instead of 7 AM to 10 couple, identified as Rakesh strict action” after it completes decision on Monday on the directions AM, the shops allowed to open will and Dheekshana, hired a its probe,” said officials. of the chief minister Tirath open from 8 AM to 11 AM. Miltk, SpiceJet Boeing 737 for two However, S Senthil - QR Singh Rawat. fruits and vegetables, meat and fish hours and tied the knot exact- Velavan, director, Madurai Cabinet minister and state gov- shops will be allowed to open during ly when their chartered aircraft Airport, has been quoted by a ernment spokesman Subodh Uniyal this time period. hovered over the Madurai news agency as telling that the R Further, ration and groceries Meenakshi Amman Temple in Airport Authority of India staff Bengaluru: Hundreds of locals avirus crisis in the village, the shops will be allowed to open only on the “graceful” presence of 133 were not aware of the proposed gathered at a village in Gokak horse was too allowed to move May 28 from 8 AM to 12 PM. Uniyal relatives and close friends in the marriage that was to take place tehsil in Belagavi district of around freely. further said that though the Covid flight on Sunday. in the flight. Karnataka on Sunday to organ- However, while lurching, graph appears to be coming down in After images and videos of The airline authorities told ise the funeral of a “divine” the animal passed away. recent days, the government has the mid-air wedding started the media the passengers were horse, flouting coronavirus Hearing the demise of the maintained alertness and efforts to circulating on social media on briefed about the dos and don’s guidelines. The horse, belong- horse, around 400-500 vil- check the pandemic. Monday showing people stand- during the flight. ing to a local mutt, was believed lagers gathered for its funeral. The safety of the citizens is the ing extremely close to each In the images and visuals to have miracle powers, the Belgaum police booked 15 first priority of the state govern- other as the couple tied the of the mid-air wedding, the locals of the village said. villagers for galvanising people ment. Considering this, if there is a knot, the Directorate of Civil couple can be seen surround- According to natives, every for the funeral. further drop in the Covid-19 cases in Aviation (DGCA) issued a ed by guests, all of whom vio- time there was a crisis in the Karnataka Home Minister the future, relaxations will be provided show-cause notice to SpiceJet lated Covid-19 protocols. One village, the horse was allowed Basavaraj Bommai said the to the public according to the condi- and ordered an enquiry into person can be seen wearing his to move around freely. authorities were investigating tions prevailing at that time, he said. the matter. mask on his chin. The couple, Amid the ongoing coron- the matter. Agencies ! -.
/. 49 ' /% Q! + and the rest three papers for he said. Inder Singla, a day before, had website www.pseb.ac.in and on + . major subjects. The PSEB As many as 3.18 lakh stu- suggested to the Union www.indiaresults.com after 9 # !R )+ Class XII exam dates are like- dents will be taking the exams Ministers that if they wish to am on Tuesday. Even as the + . den surge of cases during the pared and is able to provide s the high-level meeting of ly to be announced in June. and arrangements are in place conduct examinations of Class total pass percentage was second wave and it was then that enhanced healthcare facilities AEducation Ministers from “Everything is in its initial according to COVID-19 XII, it should be only for recorded at 99.76 percent, o ensure proper healthcare the State Government swung for infants and toddlers. all states, convened by the stages…We are considering guidelines. Last year, the PSEB three elective subjects. “If the 99.80 percent girls did a little Tfacilities in deep pockets of into action and made efforts to With the implementation Centre on Sunday, to discuss holding papers for three major had announced 30 percent education boards would con- better than their male coun- rural areas of the state, Haryana meet the demand of medicines, of “Sanjeevani Priyojana”, the the feasibility of conducting subjects. But, which all sub- reduction in syllabi of Classes duct examinations for elective terparts, whose pass percent- Chief Minister Manohar Lal oxygen cylinders, ICU beds et al. State Government will be able the Central Board of jects would come under “the X and XII for the 2020-21 aca- subjects, it would be easy to age was recorded at 99.73 per- Khattar on Tuesday launched Also, when the contagious virus to enhance the medical facili- Secondary Education (CBSE) major subjects category” and demic session. maintain social distancing and cent. Out of total 3,14,472 the pilot project of “Sanjeevani reached the villages the State ties and will provide three-tier and other Class XII exams, how to devise the marks dis- The officials said that the other mandatory protocol in students that appeared for Pariyojana”, an initiative to Government formulated policies medical infrastructure for remained inconclusive, the tribution for the minor sub- exam centers will be allotted to view of the pandemic,” he had exams, 3,13,712 passed. combat the second wave of to contain the spread of the virus patients, including isolation Punjab Board of School jects…it is all under discussion each student within a radius of stated during the meeting. Once again, the students COVID-19. The project was starting from constituting com- wards at the village level, sub- Education (PSEB) on Monday and the decision would be three kilometers from their Singla had also asked the of rural schools do better than launched in Karnal through mittees to monitor COVID centre level and at primary said that it was planning to taken soon,” said the official. respective homes. Central Government to ensure their urban counterparts as video-conferencing and will be cases in rural areas to setting up health care centres for patients hold the examination but “only PSEB chairman Yograj, “Students whose body safety of students before tak- against 99.74 percent pass implemented in other districts Isolation Centres and subse- with mild symptoms, commu- of major subjects”. addressing the media on temperature increases over ing decisions on examinations percentage of urban schools, of the state subsequently. quently launching “Sanjeevani nity health centres or field hos- “PSEB is considering con- Monday, said that the Board the normal limit will not be of Class XII. “During difficult rural schools’ registered a pass Speaking on the occasion, Priyojana” is a giant step in aug- pitals at a zila or sub-district ducting Class XII exams in a was yet to decide on the dates allowed to enter the exam times, safety and security of percentage of 99.77 percent. the Chief Minister said, menting healthcare services in level for patients with moder- normal pattern and only for due to the COVID-19 pan- hall. For these students or any students and teachers must be In March, out of the total ‘Necessity is the mother of the state, he said. ate symptoms in need of oxy- major subjects,” a senior demic. other COVID-affected can- the Government’s priority and six exams, four exams were inventions’ and it appropriate- While laying emphasis on gen and advance medical cen- Education official told The He said that the Board was didate, the PSEB will hold re- every possible step should be held, while two exams, includ- ly fits in the present situation. post CovidCare, Khattar said it tres at larger government civil Pioneer. ready to conduct exams in exams two months after the taken in this regard,” he had ing math, were not held due to He elaborated that in the is important to monitor health or private hospitals equipped Notably, the Centre, dur- whichever form deemed fit. conduct of the main exam,” stated. a surge in COVID cases. The COVID situation ensuring post COVID as there has been with ICU facilities for critical ing a meeting a day before, had “We are ready with our said Yograj. marks in the two subjects seamless healthcare facilities a surge in black fungus. COVID patients. suggested to conduct exams question papers but we are also On May 17, the board PSEB DECLARES have been calculated on the for the people of the state has Speaking on the probable It was informed that this only of major subjects or in the preparing for the medical pro- declared results of Classes CLASS V RESULT average of four subjects. In the become a priority and thus col- chances of a third wave of project ensures management of Multiple Choice Questions tocols. We will conduct the VIII and X, compiled on the Girls once against out- merit list, Tarn Taran district laborative efforts of the gov- COVID 19 in which infants and critical resources like hospital (MCQs) or a very short exams with utmost safety. We basis of continuous compre- numbered the boys in Class V topped the state by securing ernment officers and multina- toddlers are likely to be affect- beds availability, oxygen supply, answer-type pattern of 90 already have 2,600 exam cen- hensive evaluation (CCE) for exams, the result of which was 99.95 percent, followed by tional company Deloitte has led ed he asked the authorities ambulance tracking and door- minutes. tres and will consider increas- Class VII and internal assess- declared by the Punjab School Pathankot at 99.94 percent. to the conceptualisation and concerned to make proactive to-door awareness campaign to It was also suggested to ing the number further as ment for Class X. Education Board on Monday. Hoshiarpur district remained implementation of “Sanjeevani arrangements for the same like enable a crystal clear overview hold four exams per class, students will be made to sit six Notably, the State However, the results will be at the last by securing 99.57 Priyojana”. sufficient beds, medicines and of the healthcare system for the including one language paper feet apart during the exams,” Education Minister Vijay uploaded on the PSEB’s official percent. He said that there was a sud- others so that the state is pre- District Administration, Karnal. , 0 # 1 + # ! )+ + . supply agreements at this time tive reply from Sputnik V and GEN CONCENTRATORS are with National Governments Johnson & Johnson. TO PATIENTS FOR HOME "# # "$%& '% oming on the heels of and Supra-national organiza- It may be recalled that the USE C‘Moderna’, another tions with allocation of doses State Government was forced To meet the oxygen + . these departments to register register themselves on this por- COVID-vaccine manufacturer, and implementation within to stop vaccination for Phase I requirements of patients recov- themselves for the purpose. tal, while for the outside con- ‘Pfizer’, has also refused to the country being a decision — covering healthcare and ered from COVID-19 in hos- aryana Chief Minister Every contractor will have to tractors, a separate provision of + . send direct vaccination to the that Governments take based frontline workers, and Phase II pitals, Punjab Government has HManohar Lal Khattar on create a profile on it and they temporary registration would Punjab Government as they on relevant health authority — covering 45-plus population decided to allow the distribu- Monday launched the Haryana would be exempted from bear- be given. Further integration he Covid-19 deaths con- only deal with the Government guidance. This approach Pfizer in the last three days because of tion of Oxygen Concentrators Engineering Works (HEW) ing Earnest Money Deposit with Parivar Pehchan Patra Ttinued unabated in of India as per their policy. has followed across the world.” non-availability. All efforts for use at home. “The district portal to facilitate ease of access (EMD) if they provide certain (PPP) is also an important Chandigarh as seven more per- However, Pfizer appreciat- “All vaccine manufacturers would be made for procure- authorities have been allowed and doing business with the essential details for registration feature of the new digital sons lost their lives on Monday. ed Punjab Government’s were approached for direct ment of vaccines to meet the to issue Oxygen Concentrators government for contractors in on the portal. process, he said. The city reported 245 more “extraordinary efforts” in purchase of various COVID acute shortage in the State, to those patients who require the state. Another important feature Khattar also directed that covid-19 cases, taking its tally to responding to the COVID-19 vaccines, including Sputnik V, which had received about 45.3 low oxygen assistance for a few The contractors desiring to of this portal is that contractor's startups and new entrepre- 58,734. With 684 more patients pandemic in the State, said the Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson lakh vaccine doses so far from days after discharge from the work in various projects of performance will be evaluated neurs should also be facilitat- being cured, there are now 4428 State Nodal Officer for vacci- & Johnson, as per the direc- the Government of India. hospital,” said the state Health three primary engineering against each completed work ed through this portal and active cases in the city, the nation and Senior IAS Officer tions of the Chief Minister Notably, Punjab has set and Family Welfare Minister departments of the state name- by awarding marks and gener- expressed his hope that the union territory's health bulletin Vikas Garg, while sharing the Capt Amarinder Singh to aside Rs 1,000 crore for pur- Balbir Singh Sidhu on Monday. ly Public Works Department, ating dynamic ‘rating’ for each portal would prove as a game- showed. information on Monday. explore possibilities of floating chase of vaccines, to be given The post-COVID-19 patients Irrigation and Water Resources contractor. changer in providing an acces- The total number of sam- Garg said that ‘Pfizer’, in its a global tender for the pro- free to the 18-44 group. A total will be permitted oxygen con- Department and Public Health Speaking after the launch, sible and simple platform for ples tested in the last 24 hours communication, has stated, curement of vaccines from all of 3.65 lakh doses have been tinuation at home only on the Engineering Department will Khattar directed the officers the contractors which would was 3095 while the overall num- “Pfizer is working with Federal possible sources to ensure early administered, leaving the gov- advice of the doctor or hospi- benefit from this portal. concerned to make Haryana also be a single-point reference ber of tests conducted was 488, Governments across the world inoculation in the State,” said ernment with a stock of only tal and monitoring and care of The portal will enable the Udhyam Memorandum for providing necessary infor- 82. Dr Amandeep Kang, UT to supply its COVID-19 vac- Garg. 64,000 as of now. such patients will be the contractors desirous of partic- (HUM) ID mandatory for mation to the prospective bid- Director Health Services said cine for use in National He added that now, the responsibility of the treating ipating in various tenders of state's contractors while they ders of the departments. that till date, 315,357 Immunization programs. Our State is still hoping for a posi- PUNJAB TO ISSUE OXY- doctor or hospital. Covidshield vaccine doses have been administered to the resi- dents. 70 per cent of the health- & 1 , 0 care workers and 74 per cent of frontline workers have been vaccinated + . pm,” an official statement said. attend their place must wear face shopping malls, cinema halls, & so far. Meanwhile. Dr Jagat The decision was taken in the masks. “The concerned market theatres, museums, gym, Ram, Director PGIMER on ue to reduction in the num- wake of declining COVID-19 associations must ensure avail- libraries, spa, salons, Sukhna + . Government’s reforms agenda entrepreneur or industrialist to Monday said 53 patients suffer- Dber of Covid cases, the cases and setback to traders and ability of masks both at shop Lake and Rock Garden will for improving delivery of ser- be a part of Punjab's overall ing from Mucormycosis (Black Chandigarh administration on shopkeepers as they suffered due floors and entry points to mar- continue to remain closed. unjab Chief Minister Capt vices to public and ease of industrial development and fungus) have been admitted in Monday decided to allow the to closure of their shops. The kets. They will also ensure that Restaurants will not be allowed PAmarinder Singh on doing business to industry has prosperity. PGIMER till date, out of which opening of all shops, besides trading community had been there is no congestion or crowd- any in-room dining. However, Monday asked the ‘Invest already been put in place so as Meanwhile, the Invest 30 are suffering from corona. Dr announcing continuation of demanding from the city admin- ing inside the shops premises or home delivery and take away Punjab’ to work out a model to re-engineer the Government Punjab CEO Rajat Agrawal Jasbinder Kaur, Director night and weekend curfew in the istration to allow non-essential in the open areas of the market will be allowed. The night cur- where incentives for industry procedures and make it more made a presentation about the Principal, Government Medical city. The decisions were shops to reopen as they were suf- places,” said the statement. The few from 6 pm to 5 am will con- can be given as per needs of the investor friendly. work done by the Bureau in the College and Hospital (GMCH- announced after a COVID-19 fering huge losses. The admin- Chandigarh administration on tinue along with the weekend industry on a case to case He also assured that the last four years. It was informed 32) said that 26 patients suffer- review meeting here. istration asked shopkeepers to May 17 had announced exten- curfew from 6 pm on May 28 basis. Government will not shy away that a total of 2,394 projects ing from Black Fungus have “All shops will be allowed to sanitise their shops and also said sion of weekend curfew restric- to 5 am on May 31 will con- The Chief Minister, chair- from walking the extra mile to worth Rs 84,500 crores have been admitted at GMCH-32. remain open from 9 am to 3 customers and all those who tions by one more week. All tinue. ing the third meeting of the attract investments to the State come to the State, out of which, Board of Governors of Punjab and create employment oppor- 53 percent projects have Bureau of Investment tunities for the youth of Punjab. already started commercial &? Promotion (PBIP) through The Chief Minister cate- production and another 35 - video conferencing, said that gorically said that the percent are in various states of the recently-passed legislation Government’s aim should be to construction, trial production that wreaked havoc claiming task force to prepare for the that it could impact children 333 ! on anti-red tapeism as a part of facilitate every prospective and commissioning. + . thousands of lives and affecting potential third wave that the adversely, an expert team will lakhs in the state, the Manohar experts fear could affect chil- be working on getting required 18# mid the waning deadly Lal Khattar Government has dren. paediatric infrastructure in Asecond wave of Covid-19 now decided to form a special Haryana, which is cur- place. Prior arrangements like + . rently under lockdown restric- sufficient beds, medicines etc tions, has been witnessing will be made so that the state s Punjab was already bat- decline in fresh Covid-19 cases could provide healthcare facil- Atling the second wave of the and deaths since last week and ities for infants and toddlers, he deadly coronavirus pandemic, the Health Department has said. the outbreak of Mucormycosis concluded that the state has According to the experts, (Black Fungus Infection) is already seen its peak during the children and newborns are making the matters worse for mid-May. at higher risk in the possible the state health authorities. As About ten days back, there third wave as they are yet to be many as 111 cases have been were over one lakh active cases inoculated against the Covid- reported from various parts of in the state which now stands 19 infection while the vacci- the state till date. at 38119. Similarly, the posi- nation drive is in progress for “Of the total, 25 of these tivity rate and fatalities have adults in the country. cases have been reported in the also declined in the state. Haryana Director General Government health facilities, Expressing concern over Health Services, Dr Veena whereas the remaining 86 have the impending third wave of Singh while talking to The been reported from various pri- COVID-19, the Chief Minister Pioneer said that discussions vate hospitals,” said the state Manohar Lal Khattar during have been held over an immi- Health and Family Welfare the launch of “Sanjeevani nent third Covid-19 wave and Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Pariyojana” on Monday said the high risks involved for Monday. “These cases are that the third wave is another children. Soon, an expert com- mainly found in the patients challenge for the state. mittee or a special task force who have recently recovered Taking note of projections will be constituted to work on from COVID-19 or are ramping up if Covid related immuno-compromised, that is healthcare infrastructure and suffering from HIV or Cancer services for vulnerable group etc, or the patients recovered i.e. children, she said. from COVID-19 with help of “This expert committee steroids or immuno-modula- will work on all components be tors, patients who were on it infrastructure, medicines, oxygen support for long time or manpower, post-COVID care people having uncontrolled among others required to deal diabetes,” said the with the situation arising out of Minister. The Health Minister the third COVID-19 wave in informed that an Expert Group the state,” Dr Singh said. of Punjab Government has She said that over the past finalized the treatment proto- ten days, the number of Covid cols and an expert committee cases in Haryana has started has been formed to advise the showing a gradual downward treating hospitals or trend and more number of physicians as per treatment recoveries are reported every- protocols for day. Mucormycosis.
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ontinuing his tour of the n protest against the inapt Cdistricts, Chief Minister Ihandling of the pandemic of Tirath Singh Rawat visited Covid-19 and poor health ser- Champawat on Monday. vices in the State, the Reaching the district, the CM Uttarakhand unit of Congress and MP Ajay Tamta donned party organised a symbolic fast PPE kits and met the patients at Rajiv Bhawan on Monday. undergoing treatment in the The protest was attended by Covid ward and ICU at the general secretary of All India district hospital. Checking the Congress Committee (AICC) arrangements made for the and former chief minister patients, Rawat appreciated Harish Rawat and Pradesh the work being done by the Congress Committee (PCC) medical staff and administra- president Pritam Singh among tion. Visiting the Covid con- others. Speaking on the occa- trol room, the CM had tele- sion, Pritam Singh said that the phonic interaction with Covid state government has declared patients in home isolation. Black Fungus as epidemic but He also visited the disaster has made no work plan to deal control room and checked the with it. He said that the BJP work being undertaken there. government is making tall Later, Rawat held a meet- claims about the vaccination ing with officials to review the drive but the truth is that in said that one can understand people are unable to get treat- Godavari Thapli, Lal Chand works being undertaken to absence of vaccines people are the condition of health services ment in cities. The Vice Sharma, former MLA tackle Covid, preprations being turned away from vaccine in the rural areas of President of Uttarakhand Rajkumar and others partici- being made for the monsoon centres. Former CM Rawat Uttarakhand from the fact that Congress Aryendra Sharma, pated in the symbolic fast. season and status of develop- ment works in the district. Stressing on the need for max- % + 1# imising sampling, he also directed officials to raise pub- lic awareness in rural areas. (2 " Medical teams should be MLAs and other public repre- should be prepared and agencies to ensure that con- 1!# sent for conducting tests in the sentatives should also visit remain alert to deal with any struction works are complet- . / villages, he said. Just like each the villages to ascertain the type of disaster so that rescue ed on time. 9$% . home is visited to collect data availability of Covid medi- and relief can be facilitated The minister in-charge of he Congress should serve during census, every home cines. He also directed the immediately on receiving the district, Arvind Pandey, Tthe public instead of stag- ven as the authorities should be visited in the villages police to strictly enforce the information about any disas- MP Ajay Tamta, Lohaghat ing protest demonstrations. Eencourage all eligible citi- to test the family members. He Covid curfew to check the ter event. Reviewing the devel- MLA Puran Fartyal, Kumaon Stating this after staging a zens to take the Covid vaccine, said that in addition to check- spread of the virus. opment works, Rawat direct- commissioner Arvind Singh silent protest here on Monday, the youths are experiencing ing Covid, efforts should also Seeking information about ed officials of the Peyjal Hyanki and district magis- the Bharatiya Janata Party State frustration as they state that be undertaken for prevention the preparations made for the Nigam, Public Works trate Vineet Tomar among president Madan Kaushik said slots for vaccination are getting of water borne diseases during coming monsoon season, the Department, Power depart- others were also present in the that this is not the time for pol- booked online within sec- the monsoon season. All the CM said that all departments ment and various executing meeting. itics instead of which efforts onds. They state that though should be undertaken to alle- registering is convenient, viate the problems of the pub- booking a slot for vaccination lic. However, the Congress is is a challenge for those in the & $ ! ' simply finding gaps in the sys- 18-44 years age group. tem to play politics and is busy A teacher, Jatin Aswal said, . / save the lives of the people. He from the Cant Assembly con- Congress Sanjay Kishore, Piya staging protest demonstrations. “There are never any updates claimed that he had taken a stituency. Thapa, Vikas Negi and others After the battle against Covid is or notifications on the avail- n view of the shortage of target of 500 units of blood The district president of were present on the occasion. won, the Congress can use all ability of slots on the COWIN Iblood in different Blood its time to stage protests and portal. I have been trying to Banks of the state, the political display posters. book the slots from the first parties and social organisa- +0 /2%3) Kaushik said, “Along with day. Now it's been more than tions are organising special Uttarakhand, the whole nation 10 days and whenever I check blood donation camps. In the is battling Covid-19. In the all ating an atmosphere of fear in sistently increasing in the the portal slots are already memory of former Prime 0 43 party meeting called by the the public.” nation, he said that the task of booked. The slots get booked Minister Rajiv Gandhi the chief minister, the leaders of all The BJP State president vaccination will be completed in just a few seconds. Uttarakhand Congress is parties had agreed that all must further said that the Congress by December. As far as Aman Rawat of organising a week-long pro- together fight the battle against is creating confusion regarding Uttarakhand is concerned, Dehradun said, “There is no gramme under which blood Covid. However, two days after vaccines across the nation. along with the vaccine received certain time to book the slots. donation camps are being the meeting the Congress start- Indulging in negative politics, from the centre, the state had Different people suggest dif- organised in different parts of ed displaying the opposite of the Congress is spreading sought permission to purchase ferent timings but even on the state. what it had assured. The rumours about the resources vaccine to speed up vaccination, those times I never found any One such camp was organ- Congress is creating a mis- facilitated by the government which has been permitted by slot for days and when I found ised in Cant Assembly con- leading picture regarding tests, and the vaccine. the centre, he added. one it was more than 100 stituency on Monday. Large treatment and even figures. He opined that the Cabinet minister kilometres away in Tyuni. number of Congress party The Covid figures are not Congress is less interested in Banshidhar Bhagat, BJP state How is someone supposed to workers donated blood in the released by the government serving the public and more in general secretary Kuldeep travel so far for vaccination?” camp. Speaking on the occa- but by the Indian Council of propaganda to find gaps in the Kumar, MLA Khajan Das and Some said that one has to sion, the Pradesh Congress Medical Research (ICMR). system to play politics. Stating other party leaders also partic- be lucky to find a slot because Committee (PCC) President However, the opposition is cre- that vaccine production is con- ipated in the silent protest. even after being on the web- Pritam Singh said that the his- site for long to find a slot tory of the Congress party is there’s no surety that you’ll full of the sacrifices and the find one.“One day when luck- party workers are still follow- ## *, *- ily I found a slot as soon as I ing the legacy set up by its lead- was going to hit the confirm ers. Launching an attack on the button it got booked by some- state government, he said that %' *.% #-% one else. I don’t think I will get the people who were handed a slot this month. This process over the power by the people in ./. &. : is quite frustrating,” says the elections are lying low at a Akansha Negi of Kotdwar. time when the people are dying he portals of the Dwitiya Tanuja Bisht of Chamoli in absence of treatment. TKedar shrine, who is tired yet hopeful about Targeting the state president of Madmaheshwar in booking her slot said, “I have BJP, Madan Kaushik, the PCC Rudraprayag district were to keep checking the portal president said that those who reopened for the next six several times a day and every are undertaking fast against the months at 10:30 AM on time I am met with disap- Congress should take lessons . / Ground here on Monday. asked people to donate blood Monday. pointment. I am distressed by from the blood donation camps Speaking on the occasion before going for vaccination,’’ With Covid guidelines in this tedious process but also organised by the party. arge number of people Rawat said that he has given a he said. force, only a limited number of hopeful that soon I might Appreciating the Oxygen bank Lcame forward on the call ‘ Pehle Raktdan Fir The former CM asserted people were present at the find a slot so one must keep initiative undertaken by vice appeal made by former chief Tikakaran ( first donate blood that he would strive to ensure shrine on the occasion. The trying.”A student Ruchika President of Uttarakhand minister Trivendra Singh then go for vaccination) in that there is no scarcity of Utsav Doli of lord Shah who was able to book her Congress Surya Kant Rawat and donated their blood view of the shortage of the blood in the state. Madmaheshwar reached the slot with the help of her friend Dhasmana, Singh said that in a camp organised by him. blood in the blood banks. “I The Mayor of Dehradun shrine at 5:30 AM after which said, “We were three friends lives of many were saved by the More than 100 volunteers have held talks with different Sunil Uniyal Gama,Vice it circumambulated the temple who have added each other as bank. Dhasmana said that the registered while 55 donated social organisations and start- President of state BJP Anil three times. locals. It is pertinent to mention due to the Covid-19 surge. their beneficiaries so that if Congress workers are at the blood in the camp organised ed mission blood donation. Goyal, MLA Khajan Das, The ritual procedure of here that all the Char Dham The Tritiya Kedar- Tungnath any one of us luckily found any forefront to help people during with the help of Indian Since one cannot donate Ravindra Kataria, Sitaram reopening the shrine was con- shrines are now open though and Chaturth Kedar- vacant slot then the other one the pandemic and they are Medical Association (IMA) blood for a certain period Bhatt and others were present ducted in the presence of the Char Dham Yatra remains Rudranath were also reopened would get that too. We got our donating blood and plasma to Blood bank at Pavilion after vaccination we have on the occasion. priests, local officials and few suspended by the government on May 17. slot in the fifth attempt.” ! -
< = > There is no clarity on the etc and institutes and ultimate- entrance exams this year due to ly beginning of new sessions ,?& # & the worsening Covid-19 situa- and classes will be delayed. s uncertainty looms large tion. Consequently, if the admis- Other competitive exams 37.8237 ;213320 0537320 Aover the conduct of Class sion process doesn’t kick off, it that have been postponed are 12 examinations by CBSE, + (36 6A63 A5 <35)6A63 % ! < is impossible to begin classes for NEET-PG and UG and UGC ICSE and State Education first-semester students by Exams 2021 and NDA April Boards, the new academic ses- + (3A 6A63 + + September 15. 2021 will now happen on sions for the undergraduate + (+ +(+ 3A “Most engineering college September 5. The exams sched- courses at the universities, ! A5)6A63 + across the country also accept uled for August 1 will again be engineering and medical col- 6A63 JEE Main scores to admit stu- moved ahead. leges and prestigious entrance + (+ (++ 36 ! A5)6A63 % ! dents. The JEE Main April and The Consortium of examinations like NDA are set 6A63 May sessions have also been Medical, Engineering and to be delayed for the second postponed. The situation is not Dental Colleges of Karnataka year in a row. In fact, the situ- + + much different for centrally- (COMEDK) entrance exam is ation this year is more precar- B C 6A63 funded technical institutes such though scheduled to be held on ious than 2020, when almost 70 as the IIITs and NITs,” said June 20, 2021 but in all way this percent of board exams across < 6A63 6D EA)6A63 % ! Sanjeev Kumar, who runs a will so be change with a reduced the country were conducted < 6A63 65 6F)6A63 % ! chain of engineering entrance syllabus for the entrance. and cosmetic markings were coaching centres in north east- Also, the Consortium of done to ensure the new session ; %6A63B& C <3F 6G)6A63 6H E3)6A63 ern cities. National Law Universities started in November. of them have devised varied Kalka Group of Education November-December after all All the IITs, NITs and IIITs (NLU) is scheduled to conduct In 2021, though, there is no & 3' 6E grading systems. “Though edu- which runs schools, engineer- admission processes were com- had submitted guidelines to Common Law Admission Test (.< @65)6A63 sight of entrance tests based on <33 3G)6A63 cation is impacted, Class 10th ing and medical colleges in pleted. the Education Ministry in early (CLAT) exam 2021 on June 13 6A63B& C qualification of Class 12 board & 6'<64 direct results will not be ham- Delhi NCR and also in couple “Results of Class XII deter- February this year when the sit- but in all means this too will be exams which may not happen pered much as the students are of countries abroad. mine the way forward in the uation was improving. rescheduled. before August even if the vac- @6G)6A63 still in school and there can be Given the current situation child’s future. It is a milestone for Owing to the rise in Covid- The National Eligibility cination process of students is %& 6A63 3F)6A63 % ! a course correction sitting where board exams and their career progression. 19 cases, NTA ( National Testing cum Entrance Test- started as suggested by most of across with stakeholders. But entrance tests have been post- Although safety of the children Agency) postponed both the Postgraduate exam was sched- the States in the meeting with % (( %6A63 AF)6A63 % ! Class 12th board examinations poned, according to AICTE is of paramount importance, April and May session entrance uled for April 18, but owing to the Centre on Sunday. are very important as this is the officials, the engineering col- our present education system exam of JEE Main (Joint the rise in Covid-19 cases, the Sources in the Ministry of Government-managed CBSE EAMCET 2021, TS EAMCET first step or rather a ladder for leges are not very hopeful of is such that the end of school Entrance Examination) April exam has been postponed for 4 Education said that the All level entrances, several state- 2021 is not likely to be held a student to enter or make a keeping up with the proposed exams become a validation for session was scheduled to be held months, that is, August 30. Indian Council of Technical level entrance exams have been before August. Results will be career choice. All depends on calendar and that has to be the students’ entire school years. on April 27, 28 and 30 while the The UGC National Education (AICTE) has already postponed which will impact declared only sometime during the government but as an edu- revised by end of next month Schools do have internal marks May session was scheduled to be Eligibility Test that was sched- proposed an academic calendar the universities’ admission the end of September. cationist I will prefer the con- when there is clarity. and records but not many stu- held on April 24, 25, 26, 27 and uled to be held from May 2 to for the 2021-22 session. As per process once again creating Counselling will then start duct of examinations whichev- Last year, the entrance dents give importance to inter- 28. 17, has been postponed owing the calendar, classes for first- confusion amongst students, during the month of October- er mode the SOP demands,” exams were conducted in nal school exams in XIIth. I feel Several state-level entrance to the Covid-19 pandemic sit- year engineering students of parents and other stakeholders. November 2021. said Dr Anju Mehrotra, September and the classes and this year should be a lesson for exams have also been deferred, uation. technical courses will begin by Entrance exams like JEE The Class 10th CBSE, ICSE Principal of Kalka Public new sessions at technical insti- us to prepare for the future,” said which will impact the admission Revised dates regarding the September 15, 2021. 2021, NEET 2021, AIEEE 2021, and States Board exams have School, Alaknanda, south tutes like IITs, NITs, AIIMS, Divya Bhatia, Principal of Amity process in universities like exams will be announced 15 Besides the Central KCET 2021, WBJEE 2021, AP already been cancelled and all Delhi and a Director in the Universities began in School, Saket, Delhi. Delhi, JNU, Jamia, Hyderabad days before the exam. % $)+ " + (% // 4/ 3+ /
affected. “If we see the data of the first and second waves, it is 4/ 83 0 0 he Centre on Monday said very similar and it shows that ( $ )! Tthere is no indication as of children are usually protected now about kids getting severe- and even if they get it, they only ly affected in the third wave of have mild infection. And the Covid-19 which is predicted to virus hasn’t changed so there is *++ n a major boost to the export hit India later this year. The no indication that children Iof Geographical assertion comes at a time when will be more affected in the Identification (GI) certified experts have warned that chil- third wave,” he said. ,- products during Covid times, dren would be affected by the And there is this hypothe- the season’s first consignment third wave of coronavirus and sis that the virus enters through of Shahi litchi from Bihar was that the Governments should ACE receptors in the body country fight the pandemic,” Domestic drug major Dr exported to the United make preparations from now and these receptors are rela- RDIF chief executive officer Reddy’’s Laboratories on May Kingdom by air route on on to minimise casualties tively less in children as com- omestic pharma major Kirill Dmitriev said. 14 had said that as part of a Monday. The fruit is being Addressing a routine press pared to adults. DPanacea Biotec (PB) and The production of Sputnik limited pilot, the soft launch of sourced from farmers in briefing on Covid-19, Dr This is a hypothesis on why Russian Direct Investment V supports efforts of India’s the Sputnik V vaccine has Muzaffarpur, Bihar. Randeep Guleria, AIIMS the infection has been less Fund (RDIF), have agreed to authorities to leave behind the commenced and the first dose Shahi litchi was the fourth Director, said that there is no amongst children, he said. produce 100 million doses per acute phase of coronavirus as of the vaccine was adminis- agricultural product to get GI into the business. There are popular varieties of Indian indication, as of now, that chil- “Those who floated this year of Russia-made Sputnik V soon as possible, while the vac- tered in Hyderabad. certification from Bihar in 45,000-50,000 litchi growers, litchi grown in Bihar are shahi dren will be severely affected in theory said that children have Covid-19 vaccine in India. cine will also be exported at a “Efficacy of Sputnik V is 2018, after Jardalu mango, labourers and traders involved and ‘China’. Litchi is grown pre- the third wave of the pandem- so far not been affected, so per- In a joint statement, they later stage to help prevent the 97.6 per cent based on the Katarni rice and Magahi paan. in the production, packaging dominantly in North Bihar ic. haps they will be most affect- said the first batch of the spread of the virus in other analysis of data on coronavirus GI registration for Shahi hitchi and marketing of the fruit districts like Muzaffarpur, Amid apprehension of a ed in the third wave. But there Covid-19 vaccine produced at countries around the world, he infection rate among those in is held with the Muzaffarpur- have doubled. Vaishali, Sitamarhi, east and third wave later this year or is so far no evidence that there Panacea Biotec’s facilities at added. Russia vaccinated with both based Litchi Growers Litchi cultivation offers a west Champaran, Samastipur, early next year, states have will be severe infection in chil- Baddi in Himachal Pradesh On the development, components of Sputnik V from Association of Bihar. livelihood to many as it pro- Begusarai and Bhagalpur already started preparing, dren or there will be more cases will be shipped to Russia’’s Panacea Biotec MD Rajesh December 5, 2020 to March 31, India had exported 135.25 vides both on-farm and off- (Naugachhia). A delicate aroma focussing mostly on protecting in them in the upcoming Gamaleya Center for “quality Jain said, “This marks a sig- 2021,” the statement said. metric tons of Litchi in 2019- farm employment. Small and and flavour make shahi litchi the children. wave,” Dr Guleria said. control”, the joint statement nificant step as we initiate Till date, Sputnik V has 20. A geographical indication marginal farmers get addi- the best variety of Indian litchi. “Data from the first and the The comments come in the said. production of Sputnik V. been registered in 66 countries, (GI) tag is used for an agricul- tional income from growing Shahi litchi is the early second wave shows that chil- backdrop of some experts high- Full-scale production of Together with RDIF, we hope it added. tural, natural or a manufac- litchi on their homesteads. On variety that is harvested dren are usually protected from lighting the need for prepara- the vaccine is expected to start to help bring a sense of nor- The vaccine is based on a tured product (handicraft and an average, a litchi orchard pro- between May 15 and 31 and Covid and even if they get it, tion warning that children this summer, the statement malcy back to people across the platform of human adenoviral industrial goods) originating vides employment to six daily China litchi is considered to be they have mild infection,” Dr could be affected by the third said, without disclosing the country and around the world.” vectors and “uses two different from a definite geographical wagers the late variety. Apart from the Guleria said. wave more than adults. exact month in which the Sputnik V was registered vectors for the two shots in a territory. Typically, such a name India is the second largest demand of fresh litchi in the He, however, said children The Indian Academy of large-scale production would in India under the emergency course of vaccination providing conveys an assurance of qual- producer of litchi and Bihar metros, this fruit is also in great have suffered collateral damage Paediatrics recently said that start. use authorisation procedure on immunity with a longer ity and distinctiveness, which accounts for about 70 per cent demand in Europe and the during the pandemic due to though children appear as sus- “Launch of production in April 12, 2021, and vaccination duration than vaccines using is essentially attributable to production of this high value Middle East. But there are only gender gap in education, stress ceptible as adults it is “highly India in partnership with against coronavirus with the the same delivery mechanism the place of its origin. exotic fruit after China. three export houses of litchi in and mental issues, smartphone unlikely that the third wave will Panacea Biotec marks an Russian vaccine started on for both shots”, the statement Once the litchi tree starts According to statistics of the Bihar. dependence/addiction, and predominantly or exclusively important step in helping the May 14. said. flowering, another set of Bihar government, litchi is The total export of litchi interrupted educational oppor- affect children” while the coun- traders gets involved and “buy” grown on 29,000 hectares and from Bihar does not exceed 30 tunities. try’s apex child rights body it from the first set. Similarly, the annual yield of this highly meteric tonnes, which is not Schooling of the children National Commission for (NCPCR) has said that with a to hit the country, the Centre their preparations to protect when the fruiting takes place perishable fruit is about three even one per cent of its total in rural areas has also been Protection of Child Rights third Covid-19 wave projected and states should ramp up children and neonatals. yet another set of traders jump lakh metric tonnes. The most produce. $ %3# + 2 O" 9 3 ) + *4 PL6 astrologers opined that the temperature will rise during "/ he Indian Meteorological the nine-day period. n a bid to minimise vaccine 04 TDepartment (IMD) and Astrologer Sheesh Narain Ishortage and help those n a big boost to recruitment )/ the astrologers are differing Vajpayee, who “without access to internet or Iof women in its ranks and 4 0 over ‘Nau Tapa’ — the nine predicts on weather condi- smart phones”, on-site regis- enhancement of their opera- &! 4 hottest days of the summer tions, said that the tration and appointment has tional profile, the CRPF plans that is to begin from Tuesday. maximum temperature during now been enabled for the 18- to recruit over 11,000 women + 5 IMD officials said there is Nau Tapa, especially on May 44 years age group on the constables, including clerical + 5 a possibility that this year’s 28, is likely to be above 44 CoWin platform for Covid-19 staff, over the next seven years. ditions. 3 ‘Nau Tapa’ is expected to be degrees in several parts of the vaccination. The recruitment will be against Following the meeting, the 54 not so intense this year country. However, this feature is an anticipated outgo of over CRPF constituted an internal due to cyclonic storms and In Rohini Nakshatra, the being enabled only for 32,000 constables during the Committee to formulate a western disturbances. The distance between Sun and Government Covid period. The current strength of Mahila-specific policy regard- converted as General Duty or temperature is not likely to Earth get reduced signifi- Vaccination Centers (CVCs) at women in the world’s largest ing their operational deploy- operational battalions by dis- cross 44 degrees during ‘Nau cantly resulting in days present, the Union Health paramilitary force is about ment including in LWE area, tributing such personnel to Tapa’, they maintained. getting hotter and hotter than Ministry said on Monday. This 8,000. transfer issues and enhance- the strength of the operational However, a section of the rest of summer months feature will not be available for “During the next seven ment of representation of companies. astrologers said that the peo- comparatively. private CVCs and they will years from 2021 to 2027, there women in the ranks. Some of The proposal also seeks ple should be ready for This time the Sun have to publish their vaccina- and Accelerated National case the online appointee ben- will be approximately 32,057 the Mahila companies have induction of Mahilas in spe- scorching heat over the next enters Rohini Nakshatra on tion schedules exclusively with Covid-19 Vaccination Strategy. eficiaries do not turn up on day anticipated vacancies against already been inducted for anti- cialised wing of VIP Security nine days. 25th of May 2021, at 8.46 am slots for online appointments. The facility of only online of vaccination. normal ‘wastage’ in the rank of Naxal operations in Battalions, Signal Battalions, IMD officials said condi- and will remain there till June And this feature will be appointment mode initially to In such cases, on-site reg- Constable. We plan to recruit Chhattisgarh, officials said. Parliament Duty Groups tions are not conducive for a 2. used only upon decision of people in the age group of 18 istration of a few beneficiaries 10,579 Constables (Mahila) at Based on the recommen- (PDG) and Special Duty heat wave in the next two It has been said that respective states and UT gov- to 44 years helped avoid over- may be necessary to minimise the rate of 33 percent of the dations of the Committee, the Group (SDG) in consultation weeks and heat waves are whenever the Moon during ernments. States and UT must crowding at vaccination cen- the vaccine wastage, the state- anticipated vacancies and 560 Organisation Branch has for- with the heads of such units. unlikely over any part of the these transits causes rain it decide on opening of on-site tres, the statement. ment said. Mahila Constables (Tradesmen mulated a proposal and sent it “While the move is expect- country except Rajasthan, will give the registrations/facilitated cohorts’ Based on various repre- Even though CoWIN pro- category or office related jobs) to the Operations Directorate ed to be a morale booster for where it may occur at signal for the upcoming days registration and appointments sentations given by states and vides for features such as reg- as per actual requirement,” a to examine the issue of the women, there are opera- isolated places. that the monsoon will bring for 18-44 years age group based inputs received by ministry istration of up to 4 beneficia- senior official said. enhancement of women in the tional, administrative and other “The maximum tempera- low rainfall, which is called on the local context just as an for the vaccination of 18-44 ries with a mobile number, Wastage in organisational Force in the next seven years concerns that need to be ture is likely to be below nor- the Rohini Nakshatra. additional measure to mini- years age group, the Union facilitated registration and parlance refers to personnel besides soliciting suggestions/ addressed for their massive mal or near normal over most If there is no rain or cold mize vaccine wastage and for government has now decided appointments through appli- retiring from service after com- views from operational and recruitment. Their induction in parts of the country outside air during these nine days, facilitating vaccination of eli- to provide facility of on-site cations, such as Arogya Setu pletion of service or preferring administrative standpoints. the operational companies and Gujarat, Rajasthan, Odisha then it is believed that the rain gible beneficiaries in the age registration/facilitated cohort and Umang and through the voluntary retirement. Presently, there are six subsequent deployment in the and northeastern States, will be good this time. That is, group of 18-44 years, the min- registration on CoWIN digital Common Service Centres etc., The move comes after the Mahila battalions with a total operational theatres like where these are likely to be the heat is as good as in Nau istry said in its statement. platform for 18-44 years age people requiring facilitated Union Home Secretary chaired sanctioned strength of 7,946 Jammu and Kashmir and near normal or slightly above Tapa. The coverage of vaccina- group considering that in case cohort’s facility and those with- a meeting and sought a re-eval- women personnel in various across the Naxal theatre could normal,” the IMD said in its These nine days are actu- tion was expanded to people in of sessions exclusively organ- out access to internet or smart uation of the representation of ranks. also turn out to be risky or forecast. Last year, Rajasthan ally called pregnancy clouds of the age group of 18 to 44 years ised with online slots, towards phones or mobile phones may women on the basis of opera- According to the latest counter-productive from oper- had recorded 48 degree tem- the monsoon and mother on May 1 with the implemen- the end of the day, some doses still have limited access for vac- tional requirements in different proposal, these six Mahila ational standpoints,” another perature during Nau Tapa’. earth bears it for the tation of the Liberalised Pricing may still be left unutilised in cination. geographical terrains and con- Battalions are proposed to be official said. On the other hand, goodwill of mankind. -7 !
& 9 &: ;( 9$9 % last year also the Centre gave a pit- room” set up besides State secre- tance towards the situation that tariat Nabanna said 51 disaster /' 3" engal Chief Minister Mamata arose after super cyclone Amphan management teams have been kept BBanerjee on Monday ques- heat Bengal displacing several lakhs ready for tackling situations across New Delhi: Union Home Minister arrangements for securing them from tioned the Centre’s discriminatory of people. the districts including Kolkata. Amit Shah on Monday held a review losses and for evacuation of patients approach while dealing with the Earlier the Home Minister held Besides 1,000 teams to tackle power meeting with the Chief Ministers of in advance, if necessary. The Union States accusing New Delhi of pro- a meeting with Chief Ministers of emergency have been kept aside she West Bengal, Odisha, and Andhra Home Minister said advance action viding lesser funds to her State — three states and the Lieutenant said. Pradesh and the Lt Governor of the taken in this regard on the Western for combating cyclone Yaas — Governor of Andaman and Nicobar “We have taken lesson from Andaman & Nicobar Islands to assess coast ensured that there was no than Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. Islands. “My State which is more Amphan and are keeping nothing to the preparedness to deal with the sit- adverse impact on any medical facil- Shortly after emerging from a densely populated is facing repeat- chances …we are evacuating each uation arising out of Cyclone ‘Yaas’, ity, said Home Ministry in a statement. virtual meeting with Home ed discrimination,” the Chief and every person from the low-lying which is forming in the Bay of Bengal. “The safety of all shipping and Minister Amit Shah the Chief Minister reportedly told Shah in the areas near the sea” and delta, The meeting discussed about the fishing vessels, and all ports and oil Minister said that the Centre is giv- meeting. The Home Minister has Banerjee said adding “this cyclone power backup arrangements in all installations in the area was also ing Bengal an advance of 400 crore reportedly asked all the States to , 8 ( & 9 ( could be stronger than Amphan. Covid-19 hospitals, labs, vaccine cold reviewed during the meeting. In this only to combat cyclone Yaas, while “'make adequate power backup ( 8 The weather office has predict- chains and other medical facilities. regard, the Union Home Minister also Odisha and Andhra Pradesh are arrangements in all Covid-19 hos- ed a wind speed of around 155-165 Cyclone Yass is expected to reach reviewed the preparedness of the getting 600 crore each. pitals, labs, vaccine cold chains and es of the Ganga and Padma — criss- survive for months on end because km per hour, with gusting to 185 km Indian coasts on May 26-27. concerned States and UT to ensure “They assured us all help to other medical facilities.” crossing each other at the mouth of if there is a embankment breach per hour. The cyclone is likely to The Home Minister advised them that all fishermen are brought back to combat the cyclone but they have With Yaas likely to intensify Bay of Bengal making it all the then thousands of acres of land gets make a landfall on Wednesday to ensure adequate stocks of all essen- shore and the timely evacuation of agreed to provide an advance of into a fierce super cyclone “perhaps more difficult to evacuate the peo- brackish unworthy of cultivations evening between Ganga Sagar tial medicines and supplies in hospi- people from low lying and vulnerable only 400 crore, while smaller stronger than Amphan” the Bengal ple living in these areas to safety,” for months and even for years.” The Islands and Paradwip in Odisha. tals, keeping in view likely disruption areas. He advised them to disseminate states like Odisha and Andhra Government has taken massive said a senior Bengal bureaucrat pandemic situation has only made Meanwhile, the Eastern Railways of movement of vehicles. For health messages in local languages over Pradesh which have less population evacuation exercises in the far adding post cyclonic situation is situation worse he said. has cancelled around 25 trains — facilities, including temporary hospi- mobile phones, television, social media density are getting 600 each… if flung river islands of Sunderbans. even worse because, “you do not The Chief Minister who is scheduled to run between May 24 tals, likely to be affected by the and through village panchayats, with this not a discrimination then what “Unlike other States Bengal have to deal with snakes only but likely to spend Tuesday and and May 29 — as a precautionary cyclone, the Union Home Minister a view to educate and motivate peo- is,” Banerjee said pointing out how has a maze of rivers — all branch- also you have to assist the people Wednesday at the Yaas “control measure. advised them to make adequate ple,” said MHA. PTI (+1+ J " 0&( # 1O 5 1 & # '# 1! 8& / Varaprada in the small hours of The Indian Navy deployed -(+ Monday. INS Makar and INS Tarasa to + ontinuing its search and The Navy personnel have the BHF, around 175 kms off < New Delhi: The Supreme Csearch rescue operations so far recovered the bodies of Mumbai coast to make an New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said the for the eighth consecutive day 70 persons who were among underwater search for the Court on Monday sought New Delhi: The CBI has process of registration of in the vicinity of the Mumbai the people working the accom- wrecks of the two vessels which response from the Centre on a moved the Supreme Court migrant workers is very slow High where the accommoda- modation barge Papaa-305 that sank and trace more bodies plea seeking compensation of challenging a Calcutta High and it must be expedited so that tion barge Papaa-305 that sank, sank on May 17. using expert divers and special 4 lakh to the families of Court order allowing house benefit of schemes can be the Indian Navy located the "Eight bodies have report- equipment. those who have died from arrest of four leaders, including extended to them amid the 7 , wreckage of the Tug-boat edly been recovered along the INS Makar is a lead ship of coronavirus. three from the TMC, in the Covid-19 pandemic. Varaprada during an under- coast at Raigad district in the Makar-class of Catamarans A vacation bench of Narada bribery case. While stressing on the need water search by its ship INS Maharashtra and eight more used for hydrographic surveys Justices Ashok Bhushan and M The high court had on to register migrant workers, the Makar. bodies along Gujarat coast by IN, producing navigational R Shah also asked the Centre to May 21 ordered shifting of two apex court said the benefit of & 7 “Tug Varaprada has been near Valsad," Commander charts and is capable of col- place before it the ICMR guide- West Bengal ministers, an MLA schemes can be extended to located during an underwater Karnik had said. On Sunday lecting marine environmental lines on issuance of death cer- and a former Kolkata mayor to them after they are identified 0& search by INS Makar, which night. information by conducting tificates for Covid-19 victims, house arrest from jail. and registered by authorities. commenced early this morn- "Thus all 274 crew report- limited oceanographic surveys. saying there should be uniform A division bench, presided A bench of Justices Ashok KOCHI: Chief Minister ment of the State. ing. Diving is in progress to ed missing have been account- INS Tarasa is a patrol ves- policy for issuing such docu- by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bhushan and M R Shah said the Pinarayi Vijayan said on The Chief Minister said locate trapped Brave Nature's ed for. Final confirmation will sel of the Car Nicobar-class in ments. Bindal, differed on the issue of government must ensure that Monday that though there has that the lock down enforced in Victim (BNV) if any,” Navy’s however be pending till the the series of four Water Jet Fast The apex court was hear- recalling the stay on bail to the benefits of schemes reach ben- been an increase in the number the State has helped to bring chief spokesperson identification of all bodies Attack Craft. ing two separate pleas seeking four accused. It decided to eficiaries, including migrant of deaths in the State on account down the number of Covid- Commander Mehul Karnik recovered is completed," the Indian Naval ships and directions to the Centre and refer the matter to a larger workers, and the process must of Covid-19, the number of 19cases. “Before the enforce- said. Having completed the Navy spokesperson had added. aircraft are currently engaged states to provide compensation bench of five judges and the be monitored and supervised. patients have come down con- ment of the lock down, only nine search of the sunken wreck of “Search and Rescue in Search and Rescue (SAR) of 4 lakh to the families of hearing is scheduled at The top court said it is not siderably. per cent of the patients were Papaa-305 by its specialised Operations by ships and heli- operations to locate the miss- coronavirus victims as provi- 11 am. satisfied with the efforts of the He told reporters that there coming to the hospital while teams and found no more bod- copters/aircraft will continue in ing crew members of sioned under the Disaster The CBI has challenged the Centre as well as the states on were only 17, 821 new cases post-lock down the hospitalisa- ies on the accommodation the area to locate the remain- Accommodation Barge P-305, Management Act of 2005, and order of house arrest and ref- the issue of registration of detected in the State on Monday tion has risen to 14 percent,” said barge, the divers on board INS ing crew of the sunken vessels,” which sank on Monday, 35 a uniform policy for issuance of erence of the matter to a larg- workers in unorganised sectors. while the number of deaths on Vijayan. Makar had set about the task of the Navy spokesperson had nautical miles off Mumbai death certificates. er bench, a law officer The bench was hearing an a single day reached 196. “We The only district in the locating the wreckage of Tug added.. coast. The bench said unless said.West Bengal Transport application filed by three tested 87,000 samples and the State to have triple lock down there was a uniform policy for Minister Firhad Hakim, activists who have sought direc- average Test Positivity Rate for continues to be issuance of any official docu- Panchayat Minister Subrata tions to the Centre and states to the last three days is 22.6 per Malappuram.The Chief Minister # + ment or death certificate stat- Mukherjee, TMC MLA Madan ensure food security, cash trans- cent,” he said. blamed the strong joint family 27"%( ing that the cause of death was Mitra and former Kolkata fers, transport facilities and The number of patients culture prevailing in the district Covid, the kin of the victims mayor Sovan Chatterjee were other welfare measures for undergoing treatment for for the situation. “It is the joint )45 62 " ) would not be able to claim ben- arrested by the CBI last migrant workers who are facing Covid-19 as on Monday evening family system prevailing in the efits of any compensation Monday morning in connec- distress due to the curbs was 2.59 lakh, said Vijayan. He district that is the root cause of , < / scheme, if given. tion with the Narada sting clamped in several parts of the expressed anguish and concern the hike in the number of " The bench posted the mat- tape case that is being investi- country amid the over the indifferent attitude of Covid-19 cases,” said he positivity rate dropped below 7 per cent ter on June 11 and asked the gated by the agency on a 2017 pandemic. PTI the Centre towards the require- Vijayan. PNS Tacross the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir Centre to file its reply by order of the high while 45 patients succumbed to the coronavirus, 29 then. PTI court. PTI in Jammu division and 16 in Kashmir on Monday. Around 4,000 patients recovered fully and dis- Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B S 8 charged from different hospitals while 2,237 new Yediyurappa on Monday said a second cases were detected. financial package for the Covid-induced The total caseload of active positive cases stood lockdown was under consideration. ) 9 at little over 45,000. Meanwhile, the UT adminis- This package is aimed at providing relief tration has also decided to accelerate the vaccina- to certain sections left out of the first one, / climbed from 88,620 to 89,212. 6,96,910 to 6,97,959. tion of people under the 18-45 age category in a he said. Similarly, with 22,122 new The situation in Pune focused and targeted manner. The Chief Minister said the COVID sit- he Covid-19 situation infections, the total number of improved vastly as the “active Currently, Jammu & Kashmir is among the lead- uation has improved with oxygenated and Timproved noticeably in cases climbed from 55,79,897 cases” dropped from 51,182 to ing regions in the country in vaccination of above ICU beds being available to patients in need Maharashtra on Monday, as the to 56,02,019. 48,258. 45 years age group by vaccinating 62% of its eligi- and on time. infections dropped to 22,122 As 42,320 patients were Mumbai with 28,299 ble population compared to the national average of Further noting that the steady decline and the daily deaths came discharged from the hospitals active cases stood second in the 32%. Within J&K 4 districts have so far achieved in daily COVID cases, especially in cities like down to 592. across the state after full recov- state, followed by Thane 90% coverage in this age group. It is further expect- Bengaluru, was a bit of an ease, he, howev- A day after the recorded ery, the total number of people (24,337), Satara (18,801), ed that the remaining population in the 45+ age cat- er, said the situation in rural areas is not sat- 1,320 Covid-19 deaths and discharged from the hospitals Nagpur (16,562), Solapur egory will be covered within a few days. isfying, and people there need to be more , ( 26,672 infections, the infections since the second week of March (16,511), Ahmednagar Based on the likely flow of vaccine in the com- cautious. came down by 4,550 while the last year increased from (14,624), Nashik (13,714), Beed ing months, it has been decided that the vaccina- "Within the financial limitations, I have daily deaths dropped by 728. 51,40,272 to 51,82,592 on (9324), Amaravati (8204), tion programme for 18-45 age group with an esti- done my duty. It is known to everyone what Monday was the third Monday. The recovery rate in Jalgaon (7390), Aurangabad mated population of 60 lakh will be ramped up in Siddaramaiah (leader of opposition) did + occasion in three days when a the state went up from 92.14 (6723), Chandrapur (5733), a systematic and phased manner to prioritize cov- while in power, I have done it (announced large number of old deaths per cent to 92.51 per cent. Jalna (5430) , Osmanabad erage of high-risk and vulnerable groups. the package) within the limitations," :/(9 /& were added to the daily Covid- The total “active cases” in (4617), and Latur (4262). For the 18-45 age group, the higher risk and vul- Yediyurappa said in response to a question 19 tally. Earlier on Friday, the the state dropped from 3,48,395 Of the 3,32,77,290 samples nerable groups have been identified which include about the criticism of the Leader of the 1;@A. %:# 1 state added 708 old unac- to 3,27,580. The fatality rate in sent to various laboratories - shopkeepers /dhabawallas, hotel waiters & Opposition against the package. / & ! * counted deaths that were added the state increased from 1.57 across the state so far, 55,79,897 staff/thelawallas; services sector people engaged in Speaking to reporters here, the Chief # +! :# to the state’s daily Covid-19 toll. per cent 5.59 per cent. have tested positive (16.83 per door-to-door work (barbers, repairmen etc); dri- Minister said, "Still several sections have not N :/(9 J) . Subsequently on Sunday, 726 With 48 fresh deaths, the cent) for Covid-19 until vers/ conductors; lawyers; journalists; faculty got the package, I'm thinking about them, ! :/( 3AA old unaccounted deaths were Covid-19 toll in Mumbai Monday., /staff/workers of the universities/colleges; in 10-12 days I will try to announce anoth- # ! * * added to the day's cumulative increased from 14,565 to Currently, 27, 29,301 peo- Government employees on COVID duty/or in er package for some of them." % # ) daily death tally. 14,613, while the infected cases ple are in home quarantine active field offices- viz employees of PHE, PDD etc.; As the State is battling the second wave # ! With 592 deaths, the total went up by 1043 to trigger a while 24,932 people are in construction workers registered with Construction of the pandemic, he had last week # 5E6 +/ number of deaths in the state jump in the infections from institutional quarantine. Workers Board; tourism sector workers; people with announced an over 1,250-crore financial B& +/C # disabilities (PwD); widows/single mothers; orphans; package as relief for those whose livelihood !! ' ) and persons with co-morbid conditions. has been affected by the lockdown. PTI ! * 2
9$+ crushing machines whenever to seriously think of becoming ing quality lamp oil from rice become more divine and pleas- the lockdown is lifted. Amarvati a job provider to others. He was bran collected from Tamil Nadu ant thanks to the local brands n a State known among entre- (band name of lamp oil manu- convinced of my knowledge in and Kerala. The production is manufactured in Krishnan’s Ipreneurs as Industrial factured in AK Industries ) is in accountancy and computer lit- based on traditional system industrial house. It employs Graveyard of South of India, a full flow manufacturing eco- eracy and that could be the rea- sans any chemicals,” explained 15 persons in normal times and young B.Com graduate has logically and safe bran oil, cam- son for his trust in me,” Krishnan. hire more hands as and when created history by setting up a phor and incense sticks that add Krishnan told The Pioneer. He underwent a crash two demand goes up. Krishnan is unit employing fifteen persons. up to the divine atmosphere in Krishnan’s father works as weeks programme offered by also an employee of the unit, “Small is beautiful and effec- Kerala’s temples and homes. a priest in their small family the district industries centre crushing, purifying and pack- tive,” says Anu Krishnan who Krishnan was a jobseeker temple and has been com- that helped him to prepare ing the products. A new addi- owns AK Industries in Kerala’s for more than six years. “I have plaining about the poor quali- project report. “Impressed by tion to the company is a mini- Chengannur town. appeared in all examinations ty of lamp oil and camphor sold the report the Canara Bank truck to rush the products to Kerala is under total lock- held by the Kerala Public in shops. “Unnikrishnan told came forward to offer a loan various places in the State. down because of Covid-19 and Service Commission and other me that this was a grievance and we launched the first phase Anu Krishnan has only the mood is sombre. An eerie agencies to get a safe and which greets him in all temples of the unit with my brother Aju one dream to fulfil now. “I of silence is what greets the vis- secured job. Though I cleared across Kerala. That’s how the and a family friend. Later on the would like to present the Prime itor to the industrial hub of the examinations, the inter- idea of eco-friendly pooja prod- Union Bank offered us Rs 20 Minister with our products Aluva as most units are shut views and the quota system did ucts crept into my mind,” said lakh as MUDRA loan and since because the MUDRA loan was down either due to agitation by me in. I was planning to write Krishnan. The search for qual- then the demand for the prod- the secret of our success,” he workers or mismanagement. a guide meant for candidates ity lamp oil shocked Krishnan. ucts are being met without any said. More than 300 entrepre- But Chenganur, which appearing for the PSC exami- The chemicals added to lamp hiccups,” said Krishnan. neurs from Kerala, Tamil Nadu never had an industrial unit nation when my spiritual guru oil to bring down the cost of The morning and evening and Karnataka had sought his worth mentioning, comes to life P Unnikrishnan, an office bear- production knew no bounds. poojas especially the offer of guidance to set up such , , / , , 37 with the rhythmic noise of er of Sanskar Bharati asked me “We succeeded in manufactur- lights (deeparadhana) has units. & *6 ! -:
! ! 1*, 0% & # *, , ! "" #$ 8 + ' % R " + = #&'()##8 ; ;%.<'8! )01 (23 # - ( / ( +$; # ) / , 5 ( # ! ) 35( / = # " % S he death of patients due S / * * , to depletion of oxygen in some hospitals in ( Delhi and in many other , StatesT in the past weeks along / with the shortage of beds and , = # / * $ / drugs for COVID-19 patients has shaken the nation’s con- , ., ( science. Apart from Delhi, * ( dreadful stories of criminal neg- , ligence and utter incompetence, " % 1 leading to the death of COVID patients due to oxygen shortage, , # are surfacing from many States. , / / In Karnataka, 24 COVID 2:: " patients lost their lives on May / 2 and 3 when the district hospi- tal in Chamarajanagara ran out of oxygen. A three-member /)01 (23 = committee appointed by the # / < High Court indicted the district / , 4 administration and the hospital S - - , + , ! authorities for their failure to supervise the crisis and said the . % oxygen shortage was the result of , $ callousness at various levels. / , Reports from Goa were parties, including the BJP, the infectious diseases (Item 29 in Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh # / ( equally grim as over 80 patients Congress, AAP, Shiv Sena, YSR the Concurrent List). (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat in the Goa Medical College and Congress, the Telangana Therefore, no State can claim summed it up when he said 1 / , Hospital reportedly lost their Rashtra Samithi and the DMK. that it was helpless or power- after the first wave of COVID- . , 4 ( lives because the hospital ran out The Maharashtra Government less to deal with these issues. 19: “The Government, admin- 4 of oxygen. While the hospital is run by a coalition of eight Over the last month, the istration and public dropped 1 / $ authorities claim not all of these parties, including the Shiv Sena, Prime Minister has been made their guard.” However, this is cases can be linked to depletion the Congress, the NCP and the the fall guy — a convenient not the time for finger-point- / S # > # / of oxygen, one hears that this SP. The DMK-led coalition in ruse to deflect blame from all ing. “We have to stay positive 2; 3: institution had a very primitive Tamil Nadu has the Congress, other entities. But once we …. to keep ourselves COVID- 2;(?8 1 , / system of oxygen supply and the CPI, the CPM and the overcome this crisis, we must negative,” he says. ( 5 $ = 5 insufficient storage capacity. MDMK, among others. take stock of what the follow- Emphasising the need for The Goa Bench of the Bombay While everyone is ing entities did or did not do positivity at this juncture, , * = # High Court also had to step in indulging in the blame game, in the first quarter of this year: Bhagwat referred to a partic- # / ( and press for speedy action to it must be noted that the Prime ;.:$ ( The Chief Ministers; State ular phase in World War II 4 resolve the logistics issues. Minister has chosen not to Health Ministers; Chief when England appeared to be In Haryana, such deaths blame anybody. However, some / % Secretaries; Health Secretaries; losing the war. Yet, there was were reported in hospitals in fundamentals must be under- ) % the Indian Council of Medical a note on Prime Minister !"#$% Gurugram, Rewari and Hisar stood. Under the Constitution, Research and the administra- Winston Churchill’s desk that while the cities in Maharashtra the State Governments are pri- /(% $%% % tors of all major Government read: “There is no pessimism that were hit by oxygen short- marily responsible for hospitals %&. (%. and private hospitals, apart in this office. We are not age included Kandri, Malegaon and their disasters. The sharing (+$($%%$ from the Union Government, interested in the possibilities and Nasik. And, as if all this was of powers between the Centre the Union Health Ministry in of defeat. They don’t exist.” not enough, there have been and the States is delineated in : $:* particular, the Union Health Bhagwat said India too needs disastrous fires in hospitals in the Seventh Schedule, which $;.)($ Secretary and all senior offi- to have such courage and several States. lists the items that fall within the 8/ % (/(% cials in that Ministry. Did any resolve to defeat COVID-19. An analysis of the death of domain of each entity. of the administrators of private He is absolutely right. While COVID patients due to oxygen Item six in the State List in /.(%$$* hospitals who are studio-hop- it is true that not a single fam- shortage shows that such incidents this Schedule states: “Public /.% ping over the last three weeks ily is unaffected by either the have occurred in Delhi, health and sanitation; hospi- +$(% %/% $)% and blaming all and sundry for COVID illness or consequen- Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, tals and dispensaries.” In other the oxygen depletion, take tial bereavement, we have to Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, words, public health and the (% % $;.%( any measures to augment the exhibit superhuman courage, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, management of hospitals and .&. . : supply and storage of oxygen resolve and positivity in the Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra dispensaries is wholly the .(&$( 8$. in their hospitals over the past face of personal tragedy to Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Goa, a responsibility of the States year? But, as stated earlier, this defeat this rampaging scourge. total of 14 States — half the num- and they cannot get away by $(& % ( % is not the time for this exercise. (The writer is an author ber of the States in the country. pointing fingers at somebody ( (%.(%. It is true that the Centre specialising in democracy And the elected Governments are else. The States also have the should have woken up to the studies. The views expressed run by a wide range of political duty to prevent spread of disaster much earlier. are personal.) ( , ! &:- *6 "" # "$""; !"$# SOUNDBITE Q ; 1 # Sir — Many rounds of talks between the #% & ! "# $"%& farmer unions and the Government have + O remained inconclusive due to the adamant * " .R : attitude of both sides. The growers are rigid # 1 *% # ! # # on their demands: To repeal the three farm .AEB0035B " : + laws and a written guarantee from the Centre *% # 3A ) * K . $ * +$ , ) on the Minimum Support Price (MSP). The Government, on the other hand, is willing # ) # %/(O - ! " ( to negotiate with the farmers on any issue ! #) # # ) .+ % S 1 #* ! ! ' apart from the repeal of the laws. # /)01 (23 # # Meanwhile, the farmers need to be wary ) 1# !#' !! P ) ( of the self-styled intellectual activists who have * ? ! ! wormed their way into the dispute. They ! ##)# * * 4 " seem motivated more by their animus % # B C $ - ) !' against the Union Government than by the ##) M ' $ + B3A3AB05A2 K . % 5 $ welfare of the farmers. The cultivators, if good () ! ! *% sense prevails, should quit the agitation route #)L& 'EA4M) 6G3 1 L # M # # while the going is good for them. ! ) E4 !! *() O ! ( Instead of intensifying their protest, it M ) *%+ 1 ! *1) /)01 (23 ( would be wiser to use the six-month land- !) # ! # ' # ! ! mark to move beyond the politics of agita- # * )! tion and put an end to it. May 26 marks the # * ! %; ! # ( ! ? completion of six months of the protest. With # = ) !! " + ) ! the Centre reiterating that its offer is on the 1##= K O , ) ( table, the unions must accept the 18-month # #) #* ' suspension of laws and end their agitation. ! ! # # # * ! * P ' Yash Pal Ralhan | Jalandhar *% # 33) 3A;B3A53;2.B * ) $ + # K. # < * 3A3C32<32 Sir — The second wave of the Coronavirus 1 9 has exposed the inefficiency and inertia of vaccines may end up being the last in inoc- September 16, 2020. While the overall num- # &+ 1 S ( our Central and State leaders. It seems they ulating its citizens. While the other coun- ber saw a declining trend from March (3,617) .+ * ( P)( Q # )S $ never took the killer infection as seriously as tries announce freebies to those getting the to April (3,371), there was an increase in they take elections, big or small, in different jab, our politicians seem interested only in ( $ Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra parts of the country. Our country neither garnering votes to cling to power. and Haryana, where the calls more than dou- # * - upgraded the infrastructure nor stepped up V Nagendra Kumar | Hyderabad bled from 73 in March to 170 in April. / ) $ * 0 ( the pace of the vaccination campaign. Most of the callers over the past month 3C2304.B While most developed countries booked ) ( raised concerns regarding the second wave K 9 vaccine orders in far excess of their popula- Sir — Anxiety, depression, tension, frustra- after being diagnosed with COVID-19. The # ( tion, India lagged way behind in its strate- tion and post-traumatic stress have been officials said the increase in the number of %& 1# - gic planning. Often, even the courts had to among the most common problems for !+ interfere and pulled up the Governments on calls could be partially due to the helpline - 28 ) Indians, as reported by the Social Justice being promoted as a COVID-related men- P the handling of the crisis. The cost of inoc- Ministry’s mental health helpline. Not surpris- # 1 ulating the whole country is 0.36 per cent of tal health resource during the second wave 5 S /( 9::; ingly, many States are experiencing more calls in the region. The majority of the callers had the GDP which, experts say, can be achieved to these helplines during the second wave. ! easily. If India exhausts its vaccine fund allo- been men in the age group of 15 to 40 years. " / 5 According to the Department of !+ * /$ (.*< ) * cated in the Budget of 2021, a lion’s share of Bhagwan Thadani | Mumbai the population can be vaccinated. Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities A51023A37 .B;3 # ( If the Indian leaders still do not wake (DEPwD) data, 26,047 calls were received by ,0 $ *CB05A2 up, then the world’s largest manufacturer of the KIRAN helpline till April 30 since 22B02.C.ABDE73/;.7 K< . ? ! -6
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n January 16,2021, the Covid-19 vaccina- tion programme was launched with %*"# #!#, much fanfare by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It was touted as the only ray of hope /)01 (23( ( Oafter a year of human suffering. An ambitious pro- ( ject to vaccinate 1.3 billion population in a two-dose regimen, an event of this magnitude had never been 1 ( attempted in India before. Although India has been one of the largest exporters for vaccines in the last decade, several questions were raised: Does India # have the capacity to manufacture 2.6 billion doses? . Does India have adequate infrastructure to man- @ $ A. @$B age distribution, transportation and storage of vac- cines that may require sub-zero temperature? Does India have the trained manpower and facili- ties at the last mile level (primary health care cen- tres) to administer the doses successfully to its pop- ulation spread far and wide in the interiors of the country. The questions were uncomfortable and right- ly so as barely four months into the programme, the entire vaccination drivehas been put in peril due to scarcity of vaccines, lack of resources at the prima- ry healthcare level and people's reluctance to get themselves vaccinated. This article adopts a supply chain management # . @$ approach to propose solutions that can be leveraged ( to add order to the vaccine programme, mitigate bottlenecks and increase the supply and distribu- C9 tion of vaccines. Supply chain management is the (/&&:+ facilitation of of flow of goods from the raw mate- % @ (% ( rial suppliers to the manufacturers, dealers, distrib- turing capacity and capability for vac- across the country, it needs to invest For this, a supply chain info- utors, retailers and finally to the customer; it is also 8 + % % $$8 cines was not questioned earlier as further in logistics infrastructure as directoryneeds to be established the management of bilateral and seamless flow of %8$$8 the country houses the largest vac- the vaccines need to bestoredand that can help suppliers and pur- . , information end-to-end. The principles of supply $$(8.$ cine manufacturer in the world and transported at temperatures 2-8 chasers traverse the volatile and ) # ( chain management advocate creating strong net- %. exports 60 per cent of its production degrees from the point of manufac- uncertain environment. The info- works and integrated relationships between the dif- %. to other countries as part of the ture to the point of administration. directiory would serve as a central C: ferent echelons of the chain. (/&& .( UNICEF immunization programme. Temperature integrity needs to be repository of demand and supply # . @$ %$% However, with Covid 19 vaccines, the maintained at all times as25 per cent data, including information on the # ' $ #( ' )" production capacity has been severe- vaccines degrade by the time they needs of different states and regions, ?8 " 1 /8 +%/..() Two major constraints to sourcing of raw mate- ly over-estimated for two reasons:1) reach their destination due to tem- confirmed purchase orders, sup- :C / .() rials for Covid 19 vaccine were identified as: 1) raw (%. /%$.() India manufactures vaccines large- perature errors. Thus, need of the plies and manufacturing capacity for 9:?8 D 9E:::: materials and technologies needed for the fight .% .( ly intended for children, therefore it hour is to create public-private and input materials and finished prod- FF8::: ( 98 against COVID-19 are under intellectual property 8 :%$ was presumptuous to assume that public-public partnerships to outfit ucts, delivery times, and so on. 1 1 protection and therefore inaccessible to many coun- %+/(%$.P this high capacity would easily be transportation modes, storage hubs, Moreover, Chain of Custody also ?F tries 2) US has invoked Defence Protection Act that % ( ($% transferred to making adult vaccines. packing stations, dangerous goods needs to be established to ensure # @ / prevents the export of critical materials to encour- %$8 Moreover,India's decision to export handling areas and health centers tracking of vaccines in the supply age domestic production. The US has assured that vaccines to the rest of the world was with freezers. chain and prevent counterfeiting of @ . * , ) 9:9: it willexpedite export of raw materials, but when is %. premature as the combined produc- India's primary healthcare cen- data and systems. @ ( the question. Meanwhile,an international agreement ( ((8$ tion of Covishield (60 million per ters which are last mile storage and The challenges to vaccinatethe 1 that compels majority of countries to remove or not $8 8$. % $ month) and Covaxin (five million administration points are ill- Indian population against Covid-19at create trade barriers that disrupt the global flow of '%$' per month) is insufficient to service equipped to handle these the earliest are humungous.The sup- 1 raw materials for making vaccines, should be in domestic demand, leave alone create vaccines.Ancillary items like syringes ply scenario in India has been unpre- . 1 place.Many petitions have been filed to waive off export surplus.India now needs to and glass vials need to be madein dictable for Covid vaccine due to E;F # "( the patents of Covid-19 vaccines so that production invest in expanding the manufactur- adequate quantities along with prop- multiple reasons: lack of raw mate- can be expanded rapidly. In this context, it makes ing capacity along with conducting er training of healthcare workers who rials, limited manufacturing capac- 1 sense to invest in the R&D and clinical trials of clinical trials to ensure continuous can immediately respond to any ity, inadequate transportation and ( indigenous vaccine developed in India.Alternate and seamless production. Rather emergencies. Verifiable transcript of logistics infrastructure and insuffi- 1 ( supplier base from other countries such as Russia than relying on one manufacturer, the vaccine's lifecycle and journey cient trained manpower. On the should be developed to procure and supplement raw the Union and state governments needs to be documented as counter- demand side, although the popula- E8(;: materials for large-scale commercial production should consider public-private part- feiting is rampant in the pharmaceu- tion numbers are fixed, demand while strictly adhering to the biosafety standards. nerships, advanced purchase agree- tical supply chain. remains uncertain at the micro level 11 G ments, incentives and benefits with The Indian government has due complications suffered by some '$* $* '$( $* concessional loans to propel vaccine done well to launch the Co-Win patients, misinformation regarding ( The manufacturing process of Covid-19 vac- The author is Director, production. appand a dedicated 24x7 hotline and the efficacy of the vaccine and new ( cine is complex and requires specialized production CII School of Logistics, this has brought visibility and trans- information related to the highly capacity. Moreover, adjuvant materials such as con- Amity University. + $ ' %' ) )#* " " parency to the front-end opera- mutant strain of the virus makes mat- # sumables, single-use reactors bags, filters, culture The views expressed Although India has escalated its tions, but same visibility needs to be ters worse, creating scepticism over 1- media, and vaccine ingredients are needed in large are personal. cold chain infrastructure to facilitate extended to the back-end of the sup- the effectiveness of the overall vac- volumes to complete production.India's manufac- smooth transportation of vaccines ply chain. cination programme. ) 1 # POINTCOUNTERPOINT # / $ *< / < , ! ( ,?& , / >$ * / " H 1 L L < 0)" ; 8 7
he second wave of ment was reprimanded for vate hospitals to install oxy- mohalla clinics, community made mandatory in every Covid-19 caught Delhi being unable to get its act gen plants within premises centres, schools and so on hospital. Tie-up with Central Tcompletely unawares right. The Delhi High Court Besides oxygen, it is crit- that could be turned into iso- agencies on specialized treat- and exposed the fault lines in told the government to put its ical to ramp up Delhi's health- lation centres and equipped ment for children to keep the the capital's healthcare infra- house in order or let Centre care infrastructure. Delhi's with oxygen cylinders and administration updated on structure. It is well known that take over. Even after Centre's 'unique healthcare model' concentrators. any advancements in this Covid-19 treatment requires upward revision of Delhi's turned out to be an empty Apart from physical regard. oxygen. Yet, Delhi did not +,-.-( " quota of oxygen, the Delhi boast when the tragedy infrastructure, our medical To minimize the impact have any plan of action when government did not have struck. The much-publicized staff also needs to be expand- of future waves, vaccination it came to managing it. We enough tankers to lift the Mohalla clinics could not be ed to reduce the burden on needs to be undertaken on a were completely dependent on oxygen and supply it to hos- used to treat even one patient existing workforce. The cur- mission mode. It is important oxygen supply from other pitals. Later, it was revealed infected with Covid-19. In rent wave has taken a serious to keep politics aside and states. The Union govern- that Delhi does not have stor- fact, many of these were seen toll on the physical and men- start the process of placing ment continued to increase age facilities to store oxygen submerged in piles of garbage tal health of medical profes- orders with vaccine manufac- Delhi's quota of oxygen. The that was supplied by the or lay abandoned like a haunt- sionals and supporting staff. turers. Though the Centre is Delhi government, on the Centre and was forced to ed house. We must support them by already delivering vaccines other hand, was accusing the return the excess oxygen. to move in the direction of fy process to encourage indus- The people of Delhi filling up vacancies of med- free of cost to Delhi for peo- Centre of not doing enough. It is predicted that the becoming self-reliant in oxy- try to set up oxygen plants in deserve to be treated and not ical professionals and sup- ple above 45 years of age, it For days, oxygen misman- third wave might be more gen production. In order to Delhi left to die. Therefore, the porting staff in Category B, is in the purview of states to agement caused heavy losses. alarming than the current accomplish this, I have writ- Relax norms for private Delhi government needs to C and D and train them on procure more vaccines as There were casualties, due to wave and impact our children ten to Delhi Chief Minister nursing homes who are 100% move beyond making cos- Covid management at a large per the needs from vaccine oxygen shortage, reported in The author is Member of more. Therefore, it is imper- Arvind Kejriwal to make fol- dependent on oxygen cylin- metic changes and doing scale. makers in India and abroad, Jaipur Golden Hospital and ative that we begin preparing lowing policy interventions: ders to set up storage units photo-ops. The need of the For children, special subject to approvals. Legislative Assembly, Delhi, Batra Hospital, who com- representing the Bharatiya for the third wave from day Fast track installation of (oxygen tanks) within premis- hour is to operationalise hos- preparations need to be made This is the time to act plained of an unresponsive Janata Party from Rohini. one. Till now, preparations PSA oxygen generation plants es pitals that are non-function- to ensure that they receive and ensure that no life is lost administration on the ground. The views expressed initiated by the Delhi govern- from the PM Cares Fund in Mandate installation of oxy- al. Build more isolation cen- timely care. Special pedi- due to systemic failures and During the Court pro- are personal. ment seem inadequate and Delhi gen plants in all government tres as well as identify already atric wards equipped with misplaced priorities of the ceedings, the Delhi govern- unsatisfactory. Delhi needs Provide subsidy and simpli- hospitals and incentivise pri- existing infrastructure such as oxygen supply should be Delhi government. ! 0- -. / & / . " >: >O >8 ( %$ ' S Secretary of State Antony 9 % / 35B0.8233A; UBlinken is heading to the + 7.523C;.1B22. Middle East to press the epal's Opposition alliance 530382BB05A2<53 Israelis, Palestinians and ) Non Monday filed a writ regional players to build on last petition in the Supreme Court <3A53B500.5 week's Gaza cease-fire by lay- against the "unconstitutional" 2 .10.A2 ing the groundwork for an dissolution of the House of B;.77A532.A0.8B7 eventual resumption in long- Representatives by the A02B3B73 stalled peace talks. <./( President. .35537A.B2 President Joe Biden Leaders of the alliance E.BA7A2382B.0AE3 announced Blinken would n Israeli soldier and a civil- moved the apex court two 2B102.2A2 .10 depart on Monday for a short Aian were stabbed near a days after President Bidya Devi ( visit to Israel, the West Bank, light rail station in east Bhandari dissolved the House Jordan and Egypt for what will Jerusalem on Monday before on the recommendations of said. The petitioners noted solved the 275-member House be the Biden administration's the assailant was shot and Prime Minister KP Sharma that the dissolution was of Representatives on Saturday highest-level in-person meet- killed by police, who described Oli, who headed a minority “unconstitutional” as there was for the second time in five ings on the crisis that erupted defended its response by saying <A@A035.A right for an immediate resump- it as a terrorist attack. government after losing a trust legal room for the appointment months and announced snap earlier this month. it engaged in intense, but quiet, 1A532322 tion in negotiations between The attack came in the the vote in the House. of a new government as per elections on November 12 and In a statement, Biden said high-level diplomacy to sup- 4A5?2?0;A0 the two sides but that steps tense aftermath of an 11-day In the writ, petitioners Article 76 (5) of the November 19 on the advice of Blinken will also work with port a cease-fire, which was could be taken — mainly war between Israel and Gaza's have demanded that Nepali Constitution of Nepal. Prime Minister Oli, heading a regional partners to ensure ultimately arranged last week 88.B254<5A humanitarian initiatives -- to militant Hamas rulers that was Congress president Sher Former lawmakers from minority government. “the coordinated international after Egyptian mediation. C35.88 0;1BAE3 repair damage from Israeli air triggered by protests and clash- Bahadur Deuba should be, the Opposition parties had She rejected the bids of effort to ensure immediate Blinken said on Sunday 2B1;382B&&530 strikes in Gaza, which caused es in Jerusalem. lawfully, appointed the Prime assembled in Singha Durbar on both embattled Prime Minister assistance reaches Gaza.” that the behind-the-scenes significant damage to civilian The Magen David Adom Minister of Nepal in accor- Sunday and on Monday to Oli and the Opposition The administration had effort led by Biden paid off, “But now, as the president infrastructure and deaths. emergency service said it treat- dance with Article 76 (5), The submit their signatures endors- alliance's claims to form a gov- been roundly criticised for its securing a truce after 11 days. said, I think it's incumbent “I don't think we're in a ed two men in their early 20s Himalayan Times reported. ing Deuba's claim to the prime ernment. Oli and Opposition perceived hands-off initial “President Biden leading upon all of us to try to make the place where getting to some with stab wounds to their Their other demands ministership. leader Deuba had staked sep- response to the deadly violence, this effort made the judgment turn to start to build something kind of a negotiation for what upper bodies. The military include the scrapping of the At least 26 leaders from arate claims to the premiership. including from Democratic that we could be most effective more positive and what that ultimately, I think, has to be the identified one of those wound- announcement of elections in Prime Minister Oli's rival fac- The announcement came allies in Congress who were in doing that. And ultimately, means at heart is that result, which is a two-state ed as a soldier. Both were November, to stop election- tion have reportedly submitted after Prime Minister Oli in his demanding it take a tougher after this intensive effort across Palestinians and Israelis alike solution, is the first order of being treated at nearby hospi- related programmes amid the their signatures. last deal-sealing move on line on Israel and its response the government, we got to have to know in their day-in business,” he said. “We have to tals. Police did not provide any pandemic, and to issue an Deuba had staked his claim Friday midnight recommend- to rocket attacks from where everyone wanted to be, and day-out lives equal mea- start building back in concrete details about the attacker but order to summon House meet- to the government on Friday ed the Office of the President Palestinian militant groups in which was to end the vio- sures of opportunity, of secu- ways and offering some gen- referred to him as a “terrorist,” ing to facilitate presentation of claiming that he has the sup- to dissolve the House and Gaza. lence,” he said in an interview rity, of dignity,” Blinken said. uine hope, prospects, oppor- a term usually reserved for the budget within the time pro- port of 149 lawmakers. announce dates for early elec- The administration has with CNN. He said the time is not tunity in the lives of people.” Palestinian assailants. visioned by the Constitution, it President Bhandari dis- tions. $+ + " "#$""!( 7 2" " < 1! + ?/. < ; 2B03$23* J 9$9 Democracy party will stand by ! them. She said that "since the $$ ; 1 35) ! yanmar's ousted leader, NLD was founded for the peo- ; representative to the IAEA, MAung San Suu Kyi, ple, the NLD will exist as long he BBC Board on Monday rench President Emmanuel 1 acknowledged the deal at the appeared in court in person as the people exist,” Min Min Tannounced a review of its FMacron and German !! ran and the UN's nuclear same time on Twitter. Monday for the first time since Soe said after the hearing. She editorial policies after an inde- Chancellor Angela Merkel on # * Iwatchdog agreed on Monday Under a confidential agree- the military arrested her when appeared to be referring to the pendent inquiry into its 1995 Monday were among leaders to a one-month extension to a ment called an “Additional it seized power on February 1. ruling junta's threat to dissolve interview with Diana, the rallying around efforts to < deal on surveillance cameras at Protocol” with Iran, the IAEA One of her lawyers, Min the party. Princess of Wales, concluded strengthen the World Health Tehran's atomic sites, buying collects and analyzes images Min Soe, told The Associated Khin Maung Zaw, head of last week that the media house Organization and the world's ,A10$ 213A3* more time for ongoing negoti- from a series of surveillance Press by phone that Suu Kyi as state counsellor and faces Suu Kyi's legal team, said “she had fallen short of “high stan- ability to prepare for and ! J ations seeking to save the coun- cameras installed at Iranian was able to meet with her some of the same charges. seems fit and alert and smart, dards of integrity and trans- defend against pandemics. ( try's tattered nuclear deal with nuclear sites. Those cameras defence team for about 30 Suu Kyi's only previous as always.” parency”. It came as the U.N. Health ! world powers. helped it monitor Tehran's minutes before the hearing court appearances have been by “Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is The inquiry by Lord John agency opened its annual # The last-minute discus- program to see if it is comply- began at a special court set up video link and she had not been always confident in herself, Dyson concluded that jour- assembly, with a draft resolu- ! ) sions further underscored the ing with the 2015 nuclear deal. inside the city council building allowed to meet in person with and she is confident in her nalist Martin Bashir, who left tion in the works that acknowl- narrowing window for the US Iran's hard-line parliament in Naypyitaw, the capital. any of her lawyers. cause and confident in the the BBC recently, used "deceit- edges missteps in the response !! ? 1# and others to reach terms with in December approved a bill The lawyers also met with Min Min Soe said Suu Kyi people,” he said, using an hon- ful behaviour" to land the to COVID-19. * Iran as it presses a tough stance that would suspend part of UN Win Myint, who was president wanted to tell Myanmar's peo- orific for a respected older world exclusive over 25 years The sweeping proposal with the international com- Inspections of its nuclear facil- of the government Suu Kyi led ple that her National League for woman. ago and that an internal BBC would seek to boost pandem- I munity over its atomic pro- ities if European signatories did investigation a year later had ic response, stabilise WHO's gramme. The Islamic Republic not provide relief from oil and covered it up. funding and ensure greater AA3C.0$* ! is already enriching and stock- banking sanctions by February. In an official statement, the access to health care — includ- #8 J! ) piling uranium at levels far The IAEA then struck a ! 4 BBC Board admitted failures ing to vaccines, tests and treat- beyond those allowed by its three-month deal with Iran in and said: “audiences had a ments linked to the coron- )? 2015 nuclear deal. February to have it hold the 04/ 4 right to expect better". avirus. ( Speaking at a news con- surveillance images, with "As a board we believe The European Union and ! ! ference Monday in Vienna, Tehran threatening to delete that the BBC is a different Vanuatu were behind the res- IAEA Director-General Rafael them afterward if no deal had % / “It is my great privilege to be present here organisation today, with dif- olution, which was to be con- 1 ' Mariano Grossi told journalists been reached. today when finally one of the suspects in the ferent and stronger governance, sidered during the eight-day !8 J * that came after a discussion Iran since has broken all he International Criminal Court Prosecutor Darfur situation is before this court to face inde- as well as improved processes,” assembly. with Ali Akbar Salehi, the head the deal's limits after then- Topened a hearing on Monday of evidence pendent and impartial justice," Bensouda said. the statement read. It would create a working < of Iran's civilian nuclear pro- President Donald Trump in against an alleged leader of a notorious militia "Let me express my sincere respect and admi- “Nevertheless, Lord group on strengthening # gramme. 2018 unilaterally withdrew blamed for atrocities in Darfur, calling him a ration for the courage, patience and resilience Dyson's report speaks to his- WHO's readiness and response .A5.A < # Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's America from the accord. “willing and energetic” perpetrator of crimes in of the Darfur victims who have waited for so toric failings of oversight and to health emergencies. # the conflict-torn region of Sudan in 2003-2004. long for this day to arrive.” Ali Mohammed Ali these should be reflected upon. “We have to have institu- ! Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's comments Abdul Rahman Ali, known as Ali Kushayb, is We must not just assume that tions that are up to the task, 1 came at the start of the first presentation at the charged with a total of 31 counts of crimes mistakes of the past cannot be that meet our ambitions,” /9& global court of evidence against a suspect against humanity and war crimes dating back repeated today — we must Macron said by video ! + charged with involvement in crimes by the to the deadly Darfur conflict in 2003 and 2004 make sure that this is the case,” during the mostly virtual ( ! Janjaweed militia in Darfur. including murder, rape, torture and persecution. it said. meeting. ! # * & & =& + / ,
" matic relations. India has & . 23 protested to China over the & CPEC, the flagship project of $ B+$ $C China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), as it traverses through orrents of lava poured into 1 & Pakistan-occupied Kashmir Tvillages after dark in east- (PoK). The massive infra- ern Congo with little warning, Beijing: China on Monday structure project connects leaving at least 15 people dead again defended its controversial China's Xinjiang province with amid the chaos and destroying $60 billion CPEC project with Gwadar port in Pakistan's more than 500 homes, officials Pakistan, disregarding India's Balochistan province. and survivors have said. protests as it is being laid China has been defending The eruption of Mount through Pakistan-occupied the CPEC, saying it is an eco- Nyiragongo on Saturday night Kashmir, saying it is an eco- nomic project not aimed at any sent about 5,000 people fleeing nomic initiative and has not third country. Answering ques- from the city of Goma across sit centres to help unaccompa- affected its principled stand on tions on the CPEC at a media the nearby border into Rwanda, nied children in the wake of the the Kashmir issue. briefing on Monday, Foreign while another 25,000 others disaster. Leaders of China and Ministry spokesman Zhao sought refuge to the northwest Goma ultimately was large- Pakistan have praised the Lijian said that the CPEC as in Sake, the UN children's ly spared the mass destruction progress of the China-Pakistan one of the pioneering projects agency said Sunday. caused by the volcano's last Economic Corridor (CPEC) under the BRI has made More than 170 children eruption in 2002. Hundreds in recent days as the two close important and major progress were still feared missing died then and more than allies celebrated the establish- in infrastructure, energy, ports Sunday, and UNICEF officials 100,000 people were left home- ment of 70 years of their diplo- and industrial parks. PTI said they were organising tran- less. 4/ / . + J - # / 5 & #/ !+ '3H 1-. Tokyo: Japan mobilised mili- < , ( %$ fact sheet, issued during the . ( B . C tary doctors and nurses to give final days of the Trump admin- shots to elderly people in Tokyo hree researchers from the istration, which said that sev- razil's health minister said and Osaka on Monday as the TWuhan Institute of eral researchers at the Wuhan Bthe government is con- government desperately tries to Virology sought hospital care lab, a center for the study of cerned about the coronavirus accelerate its vaccination roll- in November 2019, weeks coronaviruses and other variant first identified in India out and curb coronavirus infec- before Beijing disclosed the pathogens, became sick in after the first cases of it were tions just two months before Covid-19 pandemic, a US autumn 2019 "with symptoms confirmed in the South hosting the Olympics. media report said, citing a pre- consistent with both Covid-19 American country. Prime Minister Yoshihide viously undisclosed American and common seasonal illness," Marcelo Queiroga denied, Suga is determined to hold the intelligence document that the Wall Street Journal report- however, that there was com- Olympics in Tokyo after a one- could add weight to growing ed. munity transmission of the year delay and has made an calls for a full scale probe of The origins of the Covid- variant, which was first identi- ambitious pledge to finish vac- whether the coronavirus may 19 remain a widely debated fied in Brazil in the northeast- cinating the country's 36 mil- have escaped from China's top topic, with some scientists and ern state of Maranhao, where lion elderly people by the end bio lab. politicians maintaining that 100 people are being moni- of July, despite skepticism it's The details of the reporting the possibility of a lab leak of tored. A case was also con- possible. AP go beyond a State Department the deadly virus exists. firmed Saturday in Ceara state. ! 3-<
' " (; $( % &B; , , C$ / he Reserve Bank on the Rs 100 lakh crore milestone TMonday said it will con- obile phone subscribers on November 28, 2014. sider amalgamation of District Mmay soon be allowed to SE on Monday added "Due to a steady decline in Central Co-operative Banks switch from a postpaid con- Banother feather to its cap fresh COVID cases and hopes (DCCBs) with State nection to prepaid and vice with the market capitalisation of the lockdown being lifted Cooperative Banks (StCBs) versa by using an OTP-based of all listed companies on the sooner has influenced the subject to various conditions, authentication and without a exchange reaching USD 3 tril- domestic market to extend its including that a proposal need to change SIM card, lion for the first time ever. gains," said Vinod Nair, Head should be made by the State according to an official DoT At close of trade, the mar- of Research at Geojit Financial Government concerned. note. ket capitalisation of BSE-listed Services. The Banking Regulation Industry body Cellular companies stood at Rs SBI was the biggest gainer (Amendment) Act, 2020 has Operators' Association of India 2,18,94,202.30 crore (USD 3 among the 30-share pack in been notified for the StCBs and (COAI) has proposed the trillion). During the day, the Monday's session, spurting DCCBs with effect from April mechanism to the Department market capitalisation of BSE- nearly 3 per cent, followed by 1, 2021. Amalgamation of such of Telecom (DoT) and the for permission to allow mobile SMS, IVRS, website or autho- listed companies went past the L&T, Axis Bank, PowerGrid banks need to be sanctioned by department has asked telecom customers to migrate from rised app. Rs 219 lakh crore level. and ITC. the Reserve Bank of India. operators to carry out proof of prepaid to postpaid and vice Upon receiving the request, "Market capitalization of On the other hand, Titan RBI has come out with the concept (PoC) on the same. versa without undertaking the subscriber will get a mes- equities of listed companies on and IndusInd Bank were guidelines after a few state The final decision on fresh KYC procedure and by sage acknowledging the request @bseindia reached USD 3 tril- among the prominent losers. governments approached it for allowing the change in the using OTP (one-time pass- for conversion of the mobile lion intra day for the first time "Domestic equities remained amalgamation of DCCBs with model for the amalgamated of certain conditions, following account will depend on the word) based authentication. account along with a unique ever. A great milestone on a upbeat despite mixed global StCBs as a two-tier Short-term bank. which the processes for amal- outcome of PoC, according to "OTP based authentica- transaction ID and an OTP long journey. Congratulations cues as persistent decline in Co-operative Credit Structure The scheme of amalgama- gamation may be initiated by the DoT note. tion has become an acceptable which will be valid for 10 min- to all 6.9 crore+ registered daily caseload and improve- (STCCS). tion has to be approved by the all concerned. "The PoC for conversion norm in all sectors in the utes. investors, 1400+ brokers, ment in recovery rate in second As per the guidelines, RBI requisite majority of share- After completion of the from prepaid to postpaid and recent past and most of the cit- The successful verification 69,000+ MF distributors and wave of COVID-19 continued will consider proposals for holders. Also, NABARD has to first stage, NABARD and RBI vice versa may be carried out izen centric services are being of the OTP will be treated as 4700 + companies," BSE's MD to lift investors' sentiments," amalgamation "when the state examine and recommend the may be approached for final by the telecom service offered with OTP authentica- consent of the subscriber and and CEO Ashishkumar said Binod Modi, Head - government of the state makes proposal of the state govern- approval along with compliance providers as per the proce- tion. Contactless services in the the telecom operator will Chauhan tweeted. Strategy at Reliance Securities. a proposal to amalgamate one ment. report, as per the dure...The decision regarding present era are to be promot- inform him about the date The 30-share BSE bench- In the broader market, the or more DCCB/s in the state "The proposal for amalga- guidelines. implementation of the proce- ed for subscriber convenience and time from when the con- mark Sensex jumped 111.42 BSE midcap and smallcap with the StCB after conducting mation of DCCBs with the The guidelines also said dure shall be taken after the and also for ease of doing version will be considered points or 0.22 per cent to close indices gained up to 0.86 per a detailed study of the legal StCB will be examined by that if as a result of share swap assessment of the outcome of business," the note said. effective. at 50,651.90. During the day, it cent. framework". Reserve Bank in consultation ratio based on net worth, share- the PoC," DoT ADG Suresh Under the proposed "The disruption of ser- gained 317.11 points to Sector-wise, BSE power, oil Besides, there should be a with NABARD and the sanc- holders of some DCCBs cannot Kumar said in the note issued process, mobile subscribers vices, if any, during the said 50,857.59. and gas, utilities, realty, capital an additional capital infu- tion/ approval will be a two- be allotted any shares, then the on May 21. willing to change their existing conversion shall not exceed 30 Investor wealth rose by Rs goods and industrials indices sion strategy, assurance stage process," the guidelines state government should infuse The COAI, whose mem- mobile connection from pre- minutes," the DoT note said. 3,30,458.99 crore in two con- rose as much as 1.89 per cent, regarding financial support if said. sufficient capital in such bers include Reliance Jio, Bharti paid to postpaid or vice versa At present, over 90 per cent secutive days of market rally. while telecom, metal, FMCG required, projected business In the first stage, an 'in- lenders to ensure that the Airtel and Vodafone Idea, had will have to send a request to of mobile subscribers are using The BSE-listed companies' and consumer durables were model with clear profitabili- principle' approval will be shareholders are allotted at requested the DoT on April 9 their service provider through prepaid service. market valuation had crossed among those to close lower. ty and proposed governance accorded subject to fulfilment least one share each. & " ( ) ! *6D 0 3 $ 7 > 4 @9A EF6BC< &"0; &@*-AB+ @+@+@*0' The order comes following / he National Dairy appeals filed by Yes Bank, amendments and new legisla- TDevelopment Board he Securities Appellate Kanwar and others. he Indian rupee fell by 13 tions to be introduced by the (NDDB) on Monday said it has TTribunal (SAT) has grant- The tribunal noted that Tpaise to close at 72.96 ith a revamped website, ministry. partnered with Sustain Plus ed an interim stay on markets the central government against the US currency on Welectronic consultation It will also "leverage artifi- Energy Foundation to pro- regulator Sebi order that had imposed a moratorium on Yes Monday, as investors appeared module and other features, the cial intelligence for compiling, mote biogas-based manure slapped a penalty of 25 crore Bank and appointed an unsure amid lack of cues on the third version of the Corporate grouping and categorising management model. on Yes Bank in a case of mis- administrator, superseding the domestic and global front. Affairs Ministry's MCA21 por- comments/ inputs received A memorandum of under- selling AT-1 bonds. board of directors. At the interbank forex mar- tal was launched on Monday. from stakeholders and create standing (MoU) to this effect Apart from penalising Yes "The bank is under a reha- ket, the local unit opened weak MCA21 -- which allows analytical reports for quick was recently signed to form the cent) and Mauritius (9 per Bank, Sebi in its order in bilitation scheme and lots of at 72.88 against the greenback electronic filings of various policy decision making," the strategic partnership, it said. cent) during the last fiscal. April, imposed a fine of 1 money are being pumped in and traded in the range of documents under the compa- release said. "The collaboration will help oreign direct investments "Measures taken by the crore on Vivek Kanwar, who order to revive the bank," it 72.98-72.86 during the session. nies law -- is being redesigned. The new email service for NDDB to test and replicate the F(FDI) into the country grew government on the fronts of was the head of the private pointed out. The rupee finally ended at The first phase of the MCA21 officers will provide them with experience of biogas manure 19 per cent to USD 59.64 bil- FDI policy reforms, invest- wealth management team, and In addition, the tribunal 72.96 against the American V3.0 (third version) has now advanced features and capa- management model in other lion during 2020-21 on account ment facilitation and ease of 50 lakh each on Ashish Nasa said that "the Relationship currency, registering a fall of 13 been launched, and the second bilities for organised and man- parts of the country through of measures taken by the doing business have resulted in and Jasjit Singh Banga. Manager has not been booked. paise over its previous close. and final phase would be aged communication with the network of dairy coopera- Government on the fronts of increased FDI inflows into the The two individuals were Prima facie, the question as to "Rupee consolidated in a launched from October this internal as well as external tives and producer compa- policy reforms, investment country," it said. part of the private wealth whether the buyers were narrow range and traded with year. stakeholders, it added. nies," NDDB Executive facilitation and ease of doing It added that the inflows management team at the time informed of the risk factor low volatility following lack of The portal is the key plat- Corporate Affairs Secretary Director Meenesh Shah said in business, the commerce and are an endorsement of India's of the violation. with regard to the AT-1 Bonds cues on the domestic as well as form for companies to submit Rajesh Verma said MCA21 V3.0 a statement. industry ministry said on status as a preferred investment Sebi alleged misrepresen- can be best explained by the global front. Market partici- the required documents and will reduce the requirements of The biogas-based manure Monday. destination among global tation by the bank and certain Relationship Managers which pants are cautious ahead of the filings. Besides, it provides attachments, make the forms management model helps satis- Total FDI, including equi- investors.The computer soft- officials for not informing were part of the investigation advance GDP number that will public access to corporate web-based and also strengthen fy clean cooking energy needs of ty, re-invested earnings and ware and hardware sector investors of the risk involved but were not the noticees in be released from the US. information. the pre-fill mechanism. smallholder farmers and pro- capital, rose 10 per cent to the attracted the highest inflows while selling the AT -1 these proceedings". Better-than-expected growth Minister of State for The entire MCA V3.0 pro- mote usage of nutrient rich bio- "highest ever" of USD 81.72 bil- with around 44 per cent share (Additional Tier-1) bonds in On the other hand, the number could support the dol- Finance and Corporate Affairs ject -- proposed to be launched slurry in agriculture, he said. lion during 2020-21 as against of the total FDI equity inflows. the secondary market. members of the private wealth lar at lower levels,” Gaurang Anurag Singh Thakur launched in the current fiscal -- will be Shah further said farmers USD 74.39 billion in 2019-20. It was followed by construction While granting interim management team have been Somaiyaa, Forex & Bullion the first phase of MCA21 V3.0, driven by data analytics and can earn an additional income "FDI equity inflow grew by (infrastructure) activities (13 relief to Yes Bank, SAT said it made noticees and they have Analyst, Motilal Oswal comprising of a revamped web- machine learning. through the sale of surplus bio- 19 per cent in 2020-21 (USD per cent) and services sector (8 has "stayed the effect and been penalised by Sebi, it Financial Services, said. site, new email services for In her Budget speech in slurry. The aggregated surplus 59.64 billion), compared to per cent), respectively. operation of the impugned noted. Brent crude futures, the ministry officials as well as two February this year, Finance slurry is utilised to produce 2019-20 (USD 49.98 billion)," "Gujarat is the top recipient order". "We also prima facie find global oil benchmark, surged new electronic modules for Minister Nirmala Sitharaman organic fertiliser. With farmers the ministry said in a state- state during 2020-21 with 37 This is subject to an under- that the risk factor was already 1.90 per cent to USD 67.70 per books and consultation, said that in fiscal 2021-22, "we resorting to clean cooking ment. per cent share of the total FDI taking by Yes Bank that in the existing on the website and it barrel.Meanwhile, the dollar according to a release. will be launching data analyt- practices and arresting In terms of top investor equity inflows, followed by event of failure of the appeal, was in the knowledge of index, which gauges the green- The e-consultation module ics, artificial intelligence, methane emission, the model countries, Singapore is at the Maharashtra (27 per cent) and the lender would pay the penal- everyone. Considering the back's strength against a basket will facilitate virtual public machine learning-driven mitigates adverse impact on the top with 29 per cent share. It Karnataka (13 per cent)," it ty amount within two weeks aforesaid, prima facie a case is of six currencies, fell 0.15 per consultations of proposed MCA21 Version 3.0. environment, he added. was followed by the US (23 per added. from the date of the order, SAT made out for grant of an inter- cent to 89.87. said in an order passed on May im order," it added. On the domestic equity 21. Yes Bank, whose board of market front, the BSE Sensex *! Also, the tribunal said has directors were reconstituted ended 111.42 points or 0.22 per (8=/ ) directed Sebi to file a reply and fresh capital was infused cent higher at 50,651.90, while within 4 weeks, thereafter the in 2020, had issued AT-1 the broader NSE Nifty bank needs to file a rejoinder. bonds in the nature of deben- advanced by 22.40 points or The matter has been listed for tures in December 2013, 0.15 per cent to 15,197.70. : A+++ ACD admission and final disposal December 2016 and October DD 8 on July 30. 2017. / )9@@ G< quity benchmark Sensex ing a capacity to produce / MFIs could be wider, depend- Eadvanced 111 points on 24,000 CuM oxygen per day ing on their level of concen- Monday, tracking gains in eeing the acute shortage of for captive use through inter- ith their collection effi- tration in regions where lift- ' HDFC twins, SBI and L&T Smedical oxygen in the nal pipelines. Wciency getting impacted ing of restrictions could be amid mixed cues from global country during mid-April, the In one instance, swift amid disruptions caused by the slow, it said. markets. plant created cylinder filling action by this unit in supplying second wave of Covid-19 pan- The report further said @D1)9@* The 30-share BSE index capacity for over 3,000 cylin- oxygen to the Covid Hospital demic, microfinance institu- the incidence of most of the climbed 111.42 points or 0.22 ders per day in a record time in Tehri, Garhwal – in response tions (MFIs) may see their relevant provision will also per cent to finish at 50,651.90. of just one week along with to SOS calls when the main credit cost in the 3-6 per cent fall in FY22, given that the HB $ IMPORTANCE . .+ < < OF HYDRATION 8 @ , 83 #30 ave you ever felt like things aren’t simply natural organic compounds. 3 Hgoing your way? Have you had an Simulated gemstones (also known as opportunity slip out of your hands after stimulants) are what people usually con- coming so close? There are times when + = sider hoaxes or fake stones. These pirat- individuals end up blaming their luck for ed gemstones are made of materials that 9. % ( $ % .(.$88 # the unfortunate events happening around resemble the appearance of natural gem- ! # *% ; ; them. This is where gemstones, little bun- ( ! stones but have different chemical and dles of happiness made of rare, exquisite physical properties. The most crucial ? and durable minerals, come into the pic- # !# # difference is that these knock-off gem- ture. Since ancient times people have put stones are cheap and usually made of glass his weekend marked seven years since their faith in gemstones to clear any type or some type of plastic. The duplicates Tthe release of the box-office hit, of negative energy as they believe that #) % : ; have resulted in the dwindling trust of Heropanti, in which Kriti Sanon and Tiger these surround the wearer with positivi- people in real gemstones. In contrast, real Shroff marked their arrival in Bollywood. ty and healing. gemstones are generally expensive because Following their debut together, both have While some might dismiss the belief of their rare and scarce availability. made their presence felt in the Hindi film in gemstones as mythical, others swear by Remember, do not buy some low- industry, with each following a different their powers. From film star Amitabh price stones expecting results. The sto- path. Bachchan, who is often seen wearing a ries associated with Big B or any other Reminiscing about his journey so far, blue sapphire, and AR Rahman, who is an celebrity can be considered as proof that Tiger couldn’t help but get nostalgic while Oscar, BAFTA, and a Golden Globe real gemstones are worth the price. Many recalling Heropanti. “Looking back in time, awardee to the current Prime Minister of online entities provide authentic and I feel nothing but gratitude for all the crazy India Narendra Modi, exotic stones are reliable gemstones. One should always ver- experiences and the love the audience has favoured by several successful personal- ify the Gem Laboratory certificates along showered on me. Heropanti will always be ities. with other benefits like transparent pric- a really special film to me, and I just want All these famous personalities hail ing, pooja energisation, worldwide ship- to thank the director Sabbir Khan and pro- from very average backgrounds, and all of ping with a huge variety of gemstones ducer Sajid Nadiadwala for believing in me. them at one point in their professional before buying any. I would also like to thank Kriti for being one careers have felt stuck; however, the resur- of the best co-stars I could possibly debut gence of Bachchan Sr’s acting career after TO CHOOSE OR NOT TO CHOOSE with,” he shared. wearing Neelam (blue sapphire) is seen by It is pertinent to note here that even Currently both actors have multiple many as evidence of the way the gem- powerful natural sources such as the sun, genuine gemstones cannot work effective- projects in their kitty. Kriti has several big- stones can bring in a positive influence in the moon, and the ocean to calm, relax ly unless you put your trust in them. Even budget films in the making. “As an actor, I an individual’s life. and motivate the wearer. It is also believed in the purely scientific medical field, trust- crave to get diverse roles to be able to This is not just limited to Indian per- that gemstones are soothing and can help ing the healer is highly crucial for the heal- explore worlds I haven’t been to before. I’m sonalities. Many foreign celebrities such with stress or anxiety-inducing situations. ing process. Similarly, with gemstones, fortunate to have gotten opportunities in as the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Gem experts believe that the mere act without putting faith in the ability of stones such different genres,” she expressed, excit- Middleton and even Hollywood actress of doing something with the intention to one can not expect miracles to happen. ed about her future projects. From the role Blake Lively have taken up wearing gem- take control of your destiny can often It is said that the rare and naturally of Sita in the mythology drama Adipurush stones as their engagement rings for luck reduce the burden and boost hope and extracted gemstones represent the pow- with Prabhas to a surrogate mother in Mimi, and prosperity. However, the question is, surround them with positive, hopeful and brighten your mood while improving the erhouse celestial bodies of Indian astrol- none of her upcoming characters seem alike can gemstones really heal, relax the mind energetic vibes while removing all the neg- ability to cope with dire conditions. ogy, including Ruby (Sun), Pearl (Moon), at all. She will be seen in a horror flick for far,” Kriti added. or simply change your misfortune into a ative or toxic energy. This leads to a pro- Along the same vein, gemstones can have Emerald (Mercury) and Diamond the first time in Bhediya with Varun On the other hand, Tiger has multiple fortune? ductive and invigorating lifestyle. a relaxing effect on the mind, automati- (Venus). It is said that real gemstones hold Dhawan. Other projects include Bachchan franchises in the works with Heropanti 2 set Although the effects of gemstones are yet cally increasing the wearer’s productivity. the power to transform the placement of Pandey with Akshay Kumar and the quirky for release later this year. He will also be seen THE PRAGMATIC NEUROLOGICAL to be proven purely in a scientific man- planets; however, a stone is just a stone, comedy Hum Do Hamaare Do pairing her in the fourth instalment of Baaghi sometime EFFECTS OF GEMSTONES ner, several studies and experts claim that REAL AND FAKE GEMSTONES no matter how rare or expensive it is, alongside Rajkummar Rao. “It’s challenging next year. Some neuroscientists and psycholo- they have an indirect psychological ben- It is imperative to understand that unless you put your complete faith in it. but very satisfying and I hope I’m able to The pair will be seen together for the gists agree that gemstones can help with efit. only real gemstones work. Most gems are (The author is the CEO at GemPundit do justice to all characters. I am probably first time since Heropanti in the action flick the healing process. Often wearers believe Also, because gemstones are natural- minerals; however, some materials referred and a certified gemologist. The views in the most exciting phase of my career so Ganapath, directed by Vikas Bahl. that gemstones hold the power to fill and ly extracted, they harness energy from to as gemstones are just regular rocks or expressed are personal.) "# ( + B # 0*(% + (*1(-&& (+)#%#4+5%&-" N% N 1 NM1J* )#2+ 1#'"#2 ! ) 2-(5'()&*#(+1 # #M1* J ' 1# ! 1 ) + + # ) # ' 1 M' # # * # 1 M ! ! % 1! * # * * # * $%% ) & 1 1 # ( # # ## ! * # # ) 1# J* # ( #'# # ##1 1 * ! ) ! # * * ( # 11 # ! 1 ! ## !! 1 # ?' ! ! *O *O *1 #' ! #? * !8 * . ! : 3 3 ', 4 7 ) 3 & ) 3 ) F B E : ; ) / < . Ramos could be selected as GATTUSO EXIT one of three overage players. Napoli president Aurelio De pain coach Luis Enrique on Luis Enrique refused to com- uventus qualified for the Laurentiis on Sunday confirmed Monday left veteran ment on the possibility because JChampions League on the final that coach Gennaro Gattuso will Sdefender Sergio Ramos out he does not select Olympic day of the season on Sunday with a leave the club after failing to quali- of his Euro 2020 squad but squad. 4-1 win at Bologna and were joined fy for the Champions League. called up centre-back Aymeric Laporte, a 26-year-old Man by AC Milan who beat Atalanta 2- The southerners finished fifth, Laporte, who recently switched City defender, was born in 0. one point behind fourth-placed his football nationality. southwest France and was called Napoli had to settle for a Europa Juventus, after a 1-1 draw at home Ramos, the 35-year-old up three times for Les Blues but League spot, finishing fifth, one against Hellas Verona Real Madrid captain has strug- never made it onto the pitch. point behind Juventus, after a 1-1 A win would have guaranteed a gled with injuries this season Luis Enrique said Laporte’s draw at home against Hellas Verona. top four finish, but Napoli miss out and has played just five times selection “has nothing to do” A pair of Franck Kessie penali- on a second season of Champions since the start of the year. with the absence of Ramos. ties at the end of either half ensured League football. “It was a very difficult deci- While France coach Didier AC Milan finished the season second “Dear Rino, I am happy to have sion but he has not been able to Deschamps has a wealth of — 12 points behind city rivals Inter spent almost two seasons with you,” play this season and has hard- central defenders to choose Milan — and return to the De Laurentiis wrote on Twitter. ly trained since January,” Luis from, Luis Enrique has had Champions League for the first time “Thanking you for your work, I Enrique told the press confer- fewer options since Gerard since the 2013-2014 season. wish you success wherever you go. A ence as he announced a 24-man Pique retired in 2018. “We deserved the Champions hug to your wife and children too. squad. Ramos has been an auto- League as well as second place,” said Aurelio De Laurentiis.” “I called him yesterday matic starter when fit with a Milan coach Stefano Pioli whose side The relationship between the (Sunday), it was hard, difficult. number of players, including had missed the chance to seal their pair had been tense with the club I feel bad, because he is very Villarreal’s Pau Torres, Real berth last weekend against Cagliari. having imposed a media boycott for professional and he helps the Sociedad’s Inigo Martinez and “We went through the whole months. national team a lot. And he can Eric Garcia of Manchester City, championship at the top, unfortu- Former AC Milan coach Gattuso still help it in the future. But I playing alongside him. nately we had thrown away the took over after Carlo Ancelotti was have to look for the best for the After an impressive start at match point last Sunday. sacked in December 2019. squad,” the coach said. City, Laporte suffered a knee “I’m really excited, happy, I have & @+ I The 43-year-old also missed out This season Ramos has injury in 2019 and has not to thank the club because they made on a Champions League return with missed games after catching been a regular under Pep us work in a spectacular way.” elite European competition for the at the top table but Davide Faraoni son. AC Milan in the 2018-2019 season Covid-19 and also because of Guardiola this season. Atalanta had already ensured a first time since 2012. pulled one back for the visitors nine Lazio join Napoli in the Europa by just one point. injuries to his right thigh, his left In the absence of Ramos, third consecutive season of In Naples, Amir Rrahmani minutes. League despite a 2-0 loss at Sassuolo The Italian 2006 World Cup calf and, most recently, his left two 32-year-old Barcelona play- Champions League football but scored for Napoli after an hour Gennaro Gattuso’s side were with Roma finishing seventh after winner as a player has been linked hamstring. ers, Sergio Busquets and Jordi missed out on a first second-place against his former club, which would denied a return to elite European coming from two goals down to hold with clubs including Fiorentina and He was in Madrid’s squad Alba, become the veteran lead- Serie A finish days after losing out have been enough to secure a berth action after also missing out last sea- Spezia 2-2. Tottenham. for Saturday’s final game of the ership in a rejuvenated squad. in the Coppa Italia final to Juventus. season against Villarreal but did Luis Enrique has been able Cristiano Ronaldo was left on not start. to test many young talents in the bench by Juventus coach Andrea The absence of Ramos recent months, and has called up Pirlo who opted for an attacking line- means there is not a single a large number of them for the up of Paulo Dybala and Alvaro ille won the Ligue 1 title on Sunday $ ! &1Q ! ! Madrid player in the Spain Euro, including Garcia, Pau Morata flanked by Federico Chiesa Lthanks to a 2-1 victory at Angers squad. “It pains me not to have Torres, Ferran Torres, Mikel and Dejan Kulusevski. which ensured they were crowned Angers, as both have been key to an been able to help my team Oyarzabal, Pedri and Dani “It was a shared choice, Ronaldo French champions for the first time improbable run to the title that has also more and not to play for Spain Olmo. was tired after the fatigue on since 2011 on the final day of the sea- held significant pressure from Monaco. but, in this case, the best thing Wednesday,” said Pirlo. son. Mauricio Pochettino’s PSG will to do is rest, fully recover and SQUAD “He made himself available to An early Jonathan David strike have to settle for the French Cup in a come back next year like we’ve Goalkeepers: David De Gea, the team but I chose to have anoth- and Burak Yilmaz’s penalty in first-half disappointing season for the mega-rich always done. It hurts not to Unai Simon, Robert Sanchez. er player named Morata play, who is stoppage time ensured that Christophe club. represent your country, Defenders: Jose Gaya, Eric not the latest arrival. I have a qual- Galtier’s Lille finished one point ahead They lost eight times — a record but I have to be Garcia, Aymeric Laporte, ity team, with many choices avail- of second-placed Paris Saint-Germain, since they were taken over by Qatar honest and sincere,” Jordi Alba, Diego able.” who won 2-0 at Brest. Sports Investments in 2011 — and he wrote on Twitter. Llorente, Marcos A Morata brace along with goals Angelo Fulgini pulled one back in took only one point from their two “I hope we have a Llorente, Pau Torres, from Chiesa and Adrien Rabiot pre- added time at the end of the match, but matches with Lille. great Euros. I’ll be anoth- Cesar Azpilicueta. vented Juventus missing out on the the hosts couldn’t stop Lille becoming “There are no worries. We lost the er fan cheering on Midfielders: Fabian champions for the fourth time in their title and now we have to focus on the from home.” Ruiz, Pedri, Sergio history. future,” said Mbappe, who was Spain have Busquets, Rodri /passes The match was played behind crowned Ligue 1 top scorer for the also qualified Hernandez, closed doors due to Covid-19 restric- third year in a row. for the Koke, Thiago SEVILLA BREAK CLUB RECORD tions but fans poured into the streets Monaco won the race for the final Olympics Alcantara. ( ! of Lille to celebrate at the final whis- Champions League position despite where they are Forwards: # # 3'A*& tle. only managing a goalless draw at Lens, scheduled to Dani Olmo, ! #' ! / 3 / * / $ Supporters lit flares and chanted 7 B/ @* / * as Lyon lost 3-2 at home to mid-table kick off the Mikel ( )! DD songs in the northern city’s central outfit Nice and allowed the Principality tournament Oyarzabal, Place Charles de Gaulle in jubilation is something exceptional,” a jubilant another away success for Lille, who fin- club to claim third spot. against Ferran Torres, 6A35'34 / * at a historic triumph against far Galtier said to Canal+. ish the season unbeaten on the road Lyon will be in the Europa League Egypt on Gerard wealthier opposition. “The players were amazing... the since November, and ends PSG three- alongside fifth-placed Marseille, who July 22, ten Moreno, ITALIAN SUPER CUP IN SAUDI “This is exceptional. It’s been a credit goes to the players, they are the year league winning streak. scraped a 1-1 drew at Metz thanks to days after Alvaro Morata, % (+ long day and a lot of pressure. To beat heroes.” It was fitting that it was David and a penalty from Arkadiusz Milik in the the Euros Adama Traore, ( Paris Saint-Germain to the league title The title triumph came after Yilmaz who scored the crucial goals at 14th minute of added time. end. Pablo Sarabia. ! < ) # * SHAPOVALOV PULLS OUT 0 /003 + J 34 ( L !! M ! # 8$ ?* 2 2 / AMOL, JAFFER APPLY FOR COACH a room for 14 days there is not $$ “We’ve only been to one < < !! much to do. We are given work- European semi-final as a # ! ndia opener Shubman Gill out schedules, we do that. We try ngland manager Gareth country, never mind to a final #'( ? Ifeels the team can’t be better to keep ourselves busy watching ESouthgate has told his play- or winning,” said Southgate. ! J * prepared for the World Test movies and spend some time on ers they should not be afraid “So we’ve a chance to be Championship final against New the I-pad but it is very hard,” said to voice their ambition of the first, and that is a challenge AFGHANS LOOKING TO HOST PAK Zealand but underlined the Gill, who has played seven Tests winning Euro 2020 as he pre- we should embrace.” % !# +1 importance of playing session by so far. pares to name his squad. 1 & 1 ! session in English conditions. Gill has been with the Test England, who reached the POPE DOUBTFUL / # '( * Gill is undergoing a 14-day squad since 2019 but got his big semi-finals of the 2018 World Burnley and England & 1 quarantine in Mumbai along break with the Boxing Day Test Cup in Russia, were crowned goalkeeper Nick Pope is a 1 with the rest of the squad. It will at the MCG in December. world champions on home soil major doubt for Euro 2020, $ be his first tour of England with Asked about time spent in in 1966 but their record in with the Premier League club %6A * the senior team having made his the team and interactions with tournaments since then has confirming on Sunday he will debut in Australia in December skipper Virat Kohli and opener been patchy. have knee surgery this week. NORTJE IN LINE FOR CSA AWARD last year. partner Rohit Sharma, he added: Southgate’s side host After the operation the < & ? He did not have the best of “Virat bhai tells me to play Croatia, Scotland and the 29-year-old will be assessed to 1 # times in the home series against fearlessly whenever we speak Czech Republic in next see if he can make Gareth !+1 ( ! J England and he is looking to Gill told India TV. about the game. He speaks month’s group matches, which Southgate’s squad for the ! ) make amends starting with the “It is very important to play about mindset a lot, that you are being held across Europe. = ' 8 7 = Euros. ! # $ % * WTC final against New Zealand session by session. In England have to be in good frame of The semi-finals and final are “Unfortunately, Nick is from June 18. whenever there is cloud around, mind when you go out to bat also being held at Wembley. to dream ourselves. European Championship going to need a minor opera- MANDZUKIC EXITS AC MILAN “We did well in Australia. the ball swings more and when and shares his experiences. He will name his 26-man “But we’ve got to make record is poor — they have tion on his knee this week,” + 1 1 We have been playing well over- the sun is out, it gets easier to bat. “And when I am batting tournament squad on Tuesday, sure we won’t just win because only once reached the last four, Burnley manager Sean Dyche ! # + seas and I feel we can’t be bet- It is important to assess those with Rohit bhai, we usually dis- with the England chief acute- we’re at home, we won’t just at Euro 96, which they also told BT Sport. !' *% ter prepared for this final. As an conditions as an opener,” he said. cuss where the bowlers will ly aware of how the pressures win because we’re an exciting hosted. “That’s not ideal for him E4' ' ? < opener, I feel you should be able Talking about the quaran- bowl, what the situation is like, and expectations will now team. At the 2016 tournament in or us and possibly for the ! ? 33 to play session by session not just tine protocols in Covid times, he depending on that, when to take rapidly ratchet up. “We’ve got to get all the France Roy Hodgson's England team. We’ll wait and # * in England, overseas in general,” said: “It is very hard, you are in risk or not.” “I said ahead of the World parts right, and that’s got to be England suffered an embar- see. It’s nothing too serious, we Cup in Russia, we wanted the our aim.” rassing defeat to Iceland in the don’t think, but it still needed HUSSAMUDDIN STARTS WITH WIN country to have pride in the England’s overall last 16. doing. < !! ! team, and I think we achieved #+ + that,” he said. ' NZ IPL contingent joins team’s training “Some of that is about ( 0' B4G1#C #9 1 J 1 results, and some of that is ( 1 # Southampton: New Zealand about the way the team con- Manchester: Sergio Aguero If the move goes ahead M ! * players involved in the now-sus- nect with the fans. Now of is close to agreeing a move it would be Aguero’s second pended IPL-14, including skip- course if you don’t win the to Barcelona that would spell in Spain — he made his AFRIDI RULED OUT OF PSL per Kane Williamson, have matches then that pride isn’t unite him with fellow name at Atletico Madrid < ( ' ( ! joined the team’s training ses- there, that’s the reality. Argentine superstar Lionel before the move to ! &( 1 sion for the upcoming two- “And of course now we’ve Messi, according to Manchester in 2011. ?) &+ * ! match Test series against hosts been to two semi-finals Manchester City manager Aguero’s final season at ( !! England, New Zealand Cricket (including the Nations League Pep Guardiola. City was dogged by injury ! ## 9 )#? said on Monday. semis) and we are as keen as City’s record goalscorer, and a coronavirus infection 1# 1 * The IPL contingent com- everybody else to go further. who has spent a decade at but Guardiola believes the prising Williamson, Kyle “So we understand expec- the Etihad is set to leave the striker has a lot to offer the MILKHA HOSPITALISED, STABLE Jamieson, Mitchell Santner, India. tations change, and we should- Etihad as a free agent after Catalan giants. # 1 team physio Tommy Simsek “Back together! In positive n’t be afraid of saying we want Saturday’s Champions “I’m pretty sure he is (#) !+ ' and Chris Donaldson, the news the IPL contingent have to go and win.” League final against Chelsea. going to enjoy,” said 3H) ) national team’s strength and joined team training for the first Southgate said he was “Maybe I reveal a of my heart — for Barcelona. Guardiola. “And maybe #!<1 (# conditioning coach, arrived in time today. In not so positive anxious not to look too far secret,” Guardiola told the “He is going to be play- Barcelona are stronger and # the UK last week from the news the team are training ahead in the tournament but BBC. “Maybe he is close to ing alongside the best play- stronger with him on the * Maldives, where they stopped inside again,” the BLACKCAPS he added: “We have to allow agreeing a deal for the club er of all time, Messi.” pitch.” AFP 1 J L M* Agencies over after their departure from tweeted. PTI everybody to dream, we want