VIJAYAWADA, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 2021; PAGES 12 `3 RNI No.APENG/2018/764698 Established 1864 Published From VIJAYAWADA DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN HYDERABAD *LATE CITY VOL. 3 ISSUE 189 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable www.dailypioneer.com Ensure zero casualty in Sam expresses P Sensex jumps 111 pts; P Looking forward to P cyclone Yaas: Piyush 5 Nifty ends near 15,200 8 work with Ranbir 11 In brief Cops descend on Twitter offices States to receive 48 TDP to hold Mahanadu lakh Covid vaccine doses in next 3 days over forged ‘Covid toolkit' case n ore than 1.80 crore COVID-19 virtually on May 27, 28 PNS NEW DELHI vaccine doses are still available with the states and The Delhi Police's Special Cell on No FB, Twitter, Insta from May 26? M n Union Territories and they will receive PNS VIJAYAWADA Monday served a notice to Twitter over 48 lakh doses in the next three India in connection with the days, the Union Health Ministry said The TDP politburo meeting, held probe into the alleged 'Covid Rules for ‘soft touch institutional on Monday. The Centre has so far under the leadership of party toolkit' matter, with two teams provided, both through the free of cost national president N descending on its offices in Delhi mechanism’ set to take effect category and through direct state Chandrababu Naidu on Monday and Gurgaon, officials said. procurement category, more than resolved that the Telugu Desam "The Delhi police team went PNS n NEW DELHI 21.80 crore vaccine doses to states Party’s annual two-day conclave, to the Twitter office to serve a and UTs. Of this, the total the Mahanadu, would be held on notice to Twitter, as part of a rou- Will social media platforms like consumption, calculated based on May 27 and 28 in virtual format tine process. This was necessitat- Facebook, Twitter, Instagram et average up to May 23, including like last year. ed as we wanted to ascertain who al be blocked effective May 26? wastages is 20,00,08,875 doses the The decision on virtual is the right person to serve a The answer seems to be in the ministry said. "More than 1.80 crore Mahanadu was taken considering notice, as replies by Twitter India affirmative as the window pro- COVID vaccine doses (1,80,43,015) the prevailing Covid-19 second MD have been very ambiguous," vided for complying with the are still available with the states and wave that has thrown life out of Delhi Police PRO Chinmoy Centre’s February 25th orders to UTs to be administered. gear for several weeks now. Biswal said. regulate digital content ends on The politburo took strong Earlier, official sources said that Tuesday. objection to the manner in which two teams of Special Cell had raid- It may be recalled that on the Government has got an atroc- ed the Twitter India offices locat- February 25th the Centre Pfizer, Moderna ities case filed against Janardhan ed in Delhi's Lado Sarai and in issued guidelines for regulating refuse to sell vax to Reddy, describing it as political Naidu condemns ‘unlawful Gurgaon, on the outskirts of the social media platforms and vengeance. The SC, ST Atrocities national capital, in connection with OTT streaming services, and Delhi govt: Kejriwal Act was being brazenly misused the probe into the 'toolkit' matter. establishing what it called a elhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Jaganmohan Reddy regime arrest’ of TDP ex MLA The Special Cell has sought a "soft touch progressive institu- on Monday said US with no respect for the laws of the clarification from the microblog- tional mechanism with level- D pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and land, the politburo said. PNS n VIJAYAWADA to teach a fitting lesson to Chief ging site for classifying a related playing field" featuring a Code Moderna have declined to sell The High Court of Andhra Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy tweet by BJP leader Sambit Patra of Ethics and a three-tier griev- forms to mandatorily appoint coronavirus vaccines to the city Pradesh itself has said recently Leader of the Opposition N for his unchecked harassment as "manipulated", an official said. ance redressal framework. a grievance officer who shall government as they want to directly that nobody should act in a man- Chandrababu Naidu on Monday and victimisation of the political It appears that Twitter has The guidelines followed its register complaints within 24 deal with the Centre. "We have had ner that would cause 'democrat- termed it as 'shameful' on the opponents in utter disregard for some information that is not face-off with Twitter. The hours. talks with Pfizer and Moderna. They ic backsliding' and pose a threat part of the YSRCP Government the democratic traditions and known to the police. This infor- Union government then said they won't give us vaccine and to the fundamental rights of cit- to victimise TDP leaders instead conventions of the country. mation is relevant to the inquiry, directed the social media plat- 2 will directly talk to the Centre," Kejriwal izens. of taking proactive measures to In a statement here, the TDP Biswal said. told reporters. "I appeal to the central The TDP slammed the save the people's lives from the chief asked what would have hap- government with folded hands to talk Jaganmohan Reddy Government Covid-19 epidemic. pened if his regime had carried to these firms, import vaccines and for halting the administration of Naidu condemned the 'illegal out similar political victimisation distribute them among states," he B Anandaiah Yadav's Ayurvedic arrest' of TDP leader and against YS Jaganmohan Reddy added. The Delhi chief minister's medicine “after succumbing to the Banaganapalle former MLA BC who was already an accused in NGT appoints panel to probe remarks came a day after a senior YSRCP drug mafia”. Janardhan Reddy and other party many illegal assets cases by that Punjab official said Moderna had leaders after slapping false cases time. refused to send vaccines directly to the 2 on them. The day was not too far 2 state government stating that it only Kadapa explosion that killed 11 deals with the Centre. Kejriwal said the second wave of COVID-19 is declining PNS n VIJAYAWADA gradually and the city government has started preparations for the third wave. Dalits unsafe under ‘Raja Reddy’ Constitution: Lokesh The National Green Tribunal’s southern bench at Chennai on PNS n VIJAYAWADA Sudhakar Rao and Lauding the doctor's moth- Monday appointed a Joint Centre, states must expressed his heartfelt er for her courage in the Committee to inspect the area in expedite registration TDP national general secretary condolences to the face of her son's death, Kadapa where at least 11 persons Nara Lokesh on Monday accused bereaved family. Lokesh demanded the died due to an explosion at a of migrant workers: SC the YSRCP Government of caus- He assured Chief Minister to barytes quarry on May 8. The NGT he Supreme Court Monday said ing untold suffering to the weak- the deceased open his mouth on has asked the panel to submit a fac- the process of registration of er sections and backward classes doctor's mother the preliminary tual as well as action taken report, T migrant workers is "very slow" by implementing the 'faction- of all support report of the CBI if any violation is noticed. and it must be expedited so that driven' Raja Reddy Constitution from the TDP in which spoke of a deep The blast took place when gela- benefit of various schemes can be in the place of the 'benevolent' order to continue rooted conspiracy at the tine sticks used for mining in the extended to them amid the COVID-19 Ambedkar Constitution. their struggle until highest level to eliminate quarry located in Mamillapalli vil- pandemic. The top court observed it is Lokesh visited Visakha- justice was done to them Dr Sudhakar. lage of Kalasapadu mandal in "not happy" with the efforts of the panam and called on the family and the guilty persons brought to 2 Kadapa were being unloaded from Centre as well as the states on the members of Dalit doctor book. a vehicle. ior officer from Pollution Control environment which requires inter- issue of registration of unorganised The NGT’s southern bench Board as deputed by the Chairman, ference of this Tribunal,” said the workers.Aa bench of Justices Ashok headed by Justice K Ramakrishnan Kadapa district collector and the NGT bench. Bhushan and M R Shah said the took up the Kadapa blast case suo Assistant Director of Mines and The Joint Committee was direct- benefit of schemes meant for them On-site registration motu, based on the media reports. Geology of the respective area ed to go into the question as to can be extended after they are ‘Miracle cure’ tested The panel will comprise senior where the incident occurred. whether the persons carrying out identified and registered by authorities. for 18-44 age group officer from Andhra Pradesh State The NGT directed the Joint the quarrying had obtained all nec- Environment Impact Assessment Committee to submit the report on essary clearances, permissions and 10% of population must enabled on CoWin Authority (APSEIAA), senior offi- or before July 9. “Going by media licences. on 500 by CCRAS cer from the Integrated Regional reports, we are satisfied that there 2 be vaccinated in every PNS n NEW DELHI Office, MoEF&CC, Chennai, sen- arises a substantial question of PNS n VIJAYAWADA preparation being administered country by Sept: WHO in the eyes caused any ill-effects. On-site registration and appoint- he World Health Organization The Central Council for Research "We will take a decision on ment has now been enabled for (WHO) chief on Monday in Ayurvedic Studies is conducting Krishnapatnam medicine after the 18-44 years age group on the Tcalled for a huge global effort a comprehensive test of the these reports come in," the release CoWin platform for COVID-19 Transfer of 7 mandals to ensure that 10 percent of the 'Krishnapatnam medicine', touted quoted the Chief Minister as saying. vaccination, the Union Health population in every country is as a miracle cure for Covid-19, by An Ayurvedic practitioner B Ministry said on Monday. vaccinated against COVID-19 by giving it to at least 500 people to Anandaiah started administering However, this feature is being September.World Health Organization determine its efficacy, the Ayush a preparation on April 21 that got enabled only for government to AP from Telangana director-general Tedros Adhanom Department of Andhra Pradesh a lot of popularity as it was seen as COVID Vaccination Centers Ghebreyesus called for a "massive said here on Monday. a miracle cure for Covid-19. (CVCs) at present, it said. push to vaccinate at least 10 percent It has to be found out if the so- Following the heavy rush of peo- This feature will not be avail- unconstitutional: TPCC of the population of every country by called medicine caused any ill- ple to Krishnapatnam village in able for private CVCs and they September", in a speech at the opening effects on health and a report in SPS Nellore district, the govern- will have to publish their vaccina- of the UN health agency's main annual this regard might come in about a ment swung into action and sent tion schedules exclusively with SNCN ACHARYULU mandals in that state. However, the assembly. week, Ayush Commissioner teams of experts to study the slots for online appointments. n HYDERABAD Telangana State government did Ramulu N informed Chief preparation and its efficacy. States and UT must decide on PAGE 2 not issue any Gazette notification Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy The state Ayush Commissioner, opening of on-site registrations The controversy over the transfer regarding transfer of the seven during a Covid-19 review meeting. who inspected the preparation /facilitated cohorts' registration HC grants bail to of seven mandals of erstwhile mandals to Andhra Pradesh. TODAY A release from the Chief along with his team, said on and appointments for 18-44 years Khammam district in Telangana to In fact, TPCC Election Minister’s Office said Jagan asked Monday that Anandaiah had been age group based on the local con- Dhulipalla in Andhra Pradesh is likely to surface Commission Coordination ALMANAC the health authorities to get the practicing the traditional systems text just as an additional measure again. Committee chairman and former Month & Paksham: medicine examined by ophthal- for over three decades. to minimize vaccine wastage. Sangam Dairy case The main opposition party in minister Marri Shashidhar Reddy Vaishakha & Shukla Paksha mologists to determine if the 2 2 Telangana, the Congress, has lodged a complaint over this issue Panchangam decided to take up legal recourse with the Election Commission of over the issue. India in 2018 Tithi : Chaturdashi: 08:29 pm The Election but no action Nakshatram : Swati: 07:05 am, Vishakha: Commission of was taken. 04:11 am (Next Day) 12 of ‘Munna Gang’ get death for murders India had in In the 2019 Time to Avoid : (Bad time to start 2018 issued Assembly elec- any important work) A CHANDRA SEKHAR and indulged in scams like rice lodged a complaint at the Ongole delimitation tions in Andhra n ONGOLE pulling. Taluk police station. notification on Pradesh, voters Rahukalam : 03:26 pm – 05:03 pm Not satisfied with the yields, The police then kept vigil on changing the of these villages Yamagandam : 08:59 am – 10:36 am The Ongole district court on Munna led his gang on the path of scrap metal traders and this led boundaries of utilised their Varjyam : 12:01 pm – 01:25 pm Monday ordered 12 of the notori- brutality and became a highway them to Md Abdul Samad alias three Assembly votes. Gulika : 12:13 pm - 01:50 pm ous 20 member ‘Munna Gang’ killer and made huge sums of Munna. constituencies "There that was accused of murdering money by committing murders More than 20 SIM cards were in Telangana should be no Good Time : (to start any important work) lorry drivers and cleaners to be and looting truck drivers and seized in Karnataka before the and two UNDIVIDED AP change in the Amritakalam : 08:27 pm – 09:51 pm hanged till death. Seven other cleaners. The gang’s barbarity accused were arrested while trying Assembly con- extent of any of Abhijit Muhurtham : 11:47 am 12:38 pm accused will spend the remainder came to light when bodies of its vic- to flee the country in March. stituencies in Andhra Pradesh. the constituencies, as per the of their lives in jail. tims, packed in gunny bags and During investigations, the police The Telangana Pradesh Delimitation of Parliamentary and VIJAYAWADA The court sentenced Munna, dumped beside a stream, were found several startling facts. Congress Committee (TPCC) Assembly Constituencies Order, WEATHER the main accused in the case and found in 2008. The gang used to dress as police argues that the transfer of seven 2008, which in any case is subject 11 members of his gang to death Munna, whose real name is Md. One set of victims — the driver and stopped oncoming vehicles on mandals from Telangana to to the provisions contained in Forecast: mostly cloudy after a trial that stretched over 13 Abdul Samad, was a Registered and cleaner of a truck that was the highway. Investigation revealed Andhra Pradesh and changing Article 170 of the Constitution of Temp: 42/31 years. The court found all the Medical Practitioner (RMP) and his heading to Kalpakam in Tamil that some members of the gang the boundaries of five Assembly India both in terms of the number Humidity: 34% accused guilty of brutally murder- family is settled in Islampet, Nadu with a load of iron rods from used to climb into the lorry under constituencies in both Telugu states seats and their extent, as all of them Sunrise: 05:41 am ing lorry drivers and cleaners. Ongole. Durgapur in West Bengal — disap- the pretext of checking it and is illegal and unconstitutional. remained frozen till after the first Sunset: 06:44 pm The judge sentenced three of the Eager to make easy money, he peared. strangled the unsuspecting drivers Moreover, the Andhra Pradesh census after 2026,” Shashidhar Current Weather Conditions accused to death on two counts, formed a gang that in its earlier On October 17, 2008, lorry and cleaners. government had issued a Gazette Reddy said. Updated may 24, 2021 5:00 PM indicating their brutality. days searched for buried treasures owner Veerappan Kuppuswamy 2 notification merging the seven 2 VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | MAY 25, 2021 vijayawada 02 Modi has achieved more in 7 years than others in 7 decades he Narendra Modi-led ratings say that over 60 per- doorstep, transfer of Rs 14.5 Modi implemented many Taking advantage of a BJP government would cent of the people love the Modi’s rivals unleashed propaganda prior to lakh-crore into programmes which were leaked report, the opposition be completing seven PM. his returning to power for the second time 42.20 crore Jan- not even dreamt of by tried to target the BJP govern- Tyears in office on Wednesday. Did any agency say that the Dhan bank TRULY previous govern- ment saying that unemploy- In view of the pandemic, ratings of any Opposition that his ratings had plummeted. However, accounts, dis- ments. Did any gov- ment has increased in Modi the BJP high command has leader have increased of late? people wanted Modi to continue in power tribution of Rs SPEAKING ernment take a bold rule. asked leaders and cadres not No Opposition leader can even in 2019 and the vote share of the BJP 1 lakh-crore for initiative like abroga- Statistics presented in to organise any victory pro- match Modi in terms of pop- PM-Kisan Samman, tion of Article 370 to Parliament by Modi cessions or marches, but to ularity. increased from 31 to 40 percent. houses for all and declare J&K an integral part boomeranged the malicious mitigate the woes of the peo- Modi’s rivals unleashed many other schemes have of India? propaganda by saying that ple and carry out service propaganda prior to his improved the standards of Did anyone imagine a mag- two crore people got jobs in activities. returning to power for the claimed the lives of many while Atal Behari Vajpayee living of the people. nificent Ram temple at the first two years of his The BJP, which gave a PM second time that his ratings across the country, but how is took steps to set up six. Can anyone say GST is not Ayodhya and a solution to the regime. who regards himself as the had plummeted. However, it justified to hold the BJP However, under Modi, 14 a tax reform? vexed Ram Janambhoomi Is it not true that the Mudra Y SATYA KUMAR chief servant of the people, people wanted Modi to con- government at the Centre AIIMS have been set up at The Insolvency and issue? scheme benefited 22 lakh in regards itself as a service tinue in power even in 2019 alone responsible for the various places across the BJP National Secretary Bankruptcy Code was Who had the courage to seven years by way of loans to organisation, and not a polit- and the vote share of the BJP tragedy and discounting the country. He implemented the amended to check activities of declare that people of all the tune of Rs 16 lakh-crore? ical outfit. increased from 31 to 40 per- role of the states? Ayushman Bharat scheme to admit that a perceptible the companies that defaulted faiths are equal by doing away People say that they want The BJP has 113 OBC MPs, cent. Which infrastructural provide free medical treat- change has taken place in on repayment of lakhs of with triple talaq? Modi by virtue of not being 53 Dalit MPs, 43 Girijan MPs Modi set a record as the amenities have been created ment up to Rs 5 lakh to over implementation of welfare crores in loans and steps were Above all, the Modi gov- the hope of the majority — the most of any party in only non-Congress leader to in the country during the 50 crore people in the coun- schemes. taken to reduce the non-per- ernment has succeeded in alone, but also due to trans- these categories — since it have returned to power win- six-decade rule of the try. Apart from infrastructural forming assets of banks. implementing a clean and parency, desire to see the empowers the downtrodden ning consecutive elections. Congress and what are the During the past seven development schemes — Ever since Modi came to corruption-free administra- country develop everyday, sections of society. As PM of the country, steps taken by Modi in this years, revolutionary changes including development of power, he took steps to turn tion. During the six decades and selfless sincerity. Those who try to belittle nobody has any doubts about regard? have been ushered in the roads and bridges at a cost of the country into Swachch of Congress rule, several They know that there is no Modi on the basis of his over- his ability to meet his goal and Two AIIMS were set up, country by Modi, a fact which lakhs of crores — distribution Bharat with a missionary zeal. scams had taken place. other leader in the country seas ratings and claim his serve the nation for a long one each at Delhi and Sonia cannot be erased from histo- of free LPG cylinders through There is no denying that his In fact, corruption is ram- who is comparable to Modi popularity is on the wane period. Gandhi’s constituency of Rae ry. Ujjwala Yojana, supply of campaign motivated the peo- pant in every non-BJP ruled and will never be in the near should remember that these Covid-19 second wave has Bareli, during Congress rule, Even his fiercest critics drinking water to people’s ple. state. future ‘Miracle cure’ tested on... Dhulipalla granted bail by AP registers 12,994 fresh Continued from Page 1 Covid cases, 96 fatalities While he administered four of his preparations, using HC in Sangam Dairy case PNS n VIJAYAWADA herbs and natural spices, orally, one was given as eye Andhra Pradesh logged 12,994 drops. PNS n VIJAYAWADA judicial remand, he was found fresh cases of coronavirus, The Commissioner said to have been infected with while as many as 18,373 Anandaiah was using 18 vari- 3The Andhra Pradesh High Covid-19 and was shifted to a Covid-19 patients had recov- eties of ingredients, including Court on Monday granted bail hospital on the directions of ered and another 96 suc- turmeric, honey, camphor, to TDP senior leader the High Court. Later he was cumbed in the 24 hours end- jeera and pepper for his Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar, a shifted to Rajahmundry. ing 9 am on Monday, accord- preparations. month after his arrest in con- Earlier, the State govern- ing to the latest bulletin. "All are natural and he is nection with alleged irregular- ment's attempt to take over Consequently, the number not using anything else. He ities in Sangam Dairy. Sangam Dairy received a major of active cases dropped by showed us the preparation Dhulipalla, along with setback from the court. On 5,475 to 2,03,762. process and also gave us the Sangam Dairy managing direc- May 14, the High Court struck The state's Covid-19 chart formula. We sent these sam- tor Gopala Krishna were grant- down the GO dated April 27, now showed 15,93,821 posi- ples for examination in the ed bail, albeit with certain seeking to take over the tives, 13,79,837 recoveries and laboratory," the restrictions. Sangam Dairy and hand it 10,222 deaths so far. The fresh Commissioner said. While granting bail, the over to the AP Dairy cases were from a total of and 1,700 each. Vizianagaram ten each, Ramulu said the Central court asked them to submit give his Vijayawada address to Sangam Dairy. Development Corporation Ltd 58,835 samples tested. Nine districts reported less Anantapur nine, East Godavari Council for Research in personal bond, besides two the investigating officers, who The responsibility of day-to- (APDDC). East Godavari district than 1,000 cases each, with and Visakhapatnam eight each, Ayurvedic Studies was con- other sureties each, for their have to give 24 hours' notice to day operations of the dairy was The High Court said the GO reported the highest 2,652 Krishna logging the lowest Guntur, Krishna, SPS Nellore ducting a comprehensive release. summon him for interrogation. entrusted to Tenali sub-collec- has no legal standing. It direct- new cases of Covid-19 in 24 274. and Srikakulam seven each, study of the preparation. The High Court also asked It can be recalled that tor, who was even authorised ed that the present board of hours while three other dis- Chittoor district saw 14 West Godavari four, Prakasam Given the Krishnapatnam Dhulipalla not to move out of Dhulipalla was arrested on to take legal action against any- directors could continue to run tricts added between 1,000 fresh fatalities, Kurnool and three and Kadapa two in a day. medicine's acceptance among the Vijayawada Municipal April 23 on charges of corrup- one who obstructed the gov- the plant on a day-to-day basis. people, the AP government Corporation limits for the next tion and misappropriation of ernment's intervention. The case has been posted to took a stand that it has prima four weeks. He was asked to public property regarding During the former MLA's June 17 for further hearing. facie no objection to allow the 12 of ‘Munna traditional system that has been continuing for the last NGT appoints Gang’ get death... many years. Naidu condemns Dalits unsafe Continued from Page 1 ‘unlawful arrest’ of ... panel to probe... Seven people were murdered TDP to hold in four cases in Ongole area. under ‘Raja... Continued from Page 1 be immediately with- Continued from Page 1 Andhra Pradesh said that in The bodies of the drivers and Mahanadu... drawn and the TDP lead- respect of the incident, some cleaners were packed in Continued from Page 1 Minister was not breaking her It was unfortunate that ers should be released It was also mandated to find Committee has been appoint- gunny bags and buried on the Continued from Page 1 silence on the suspicious death while the people were suf- unconditionally, he out whether there was any ed by the state government banks of Gundalakamma The CBI gave this report on of her brother-like Sudhakar. fering greatly due to demanded. excess mining than permitted and they conducted inquiry stream in Inamanamellur, Over 70,000 Covid patients September 2 last year after the The TDP would surely come Covid-19, the Chief It was incorrect on the and whether there are any vio- and some action has been Maddipadu Mandal, took the Ayurvedic preparation Andhra Pradesh High Court to power and take exemplary Minister was giving one part of the police not to lations committed in respect taken against the persons. Prakasam district. at Krishnapatnam in the Nellore ordered a probe suo motu on action against all those officers and only priority to taking book cases based on the of any condition imposed in “It is not known as to In another incident, the district till now. Moreover, June 26, Lokesh said. The who were violating the political vengeance, the complaints given by the the clearances. whether the action was based gang stopped a lorry carrying nobody has filed any complaint Government had put all types Ambedkar Constitution now. former chief minister said. TDP leaders after the The panel will also look on any violations of environ- iron roads from Chhattisgarh against Anandaiah. Even the of mental and financial harass- Naidu demanded the YSRCP attack, Naidu into the nature of damage ment clearance and whether to Kanchipuram and mur- Ayush experts have also ment to Dr Sudhakar that even- The TDP MLC said the Government to explain said. caused to the environment on any environmental compensa- dered driver Bhushan Yadav, announced that this medicine tually led to his death, he said. doctor was also financially how the TDP leaders The TDP chief asserted account of over exploitation of tion has been assessed as nor- as well as cleaner Chandan was not harmful to the patients. Lokesh asked whether the harassed by being suspended could be arrested while that their party would natural resources and assess mally the Committee appoint- Kumar Mehto. The politburo said that for Dalit Ministers were not con- and not given salary for the giving a clean chit to the fight back and pay back to the nature of damage and ed by the department will only The gang was involved in many years, thousands of demning the injustice done to last 14 months. The local YSRCP leaders who the suppressive tactics also the environmental com- go into the question of excess several similar cases. patients were using Anandaiah's their brethren out of fear of Government should give Rs 1 actually resorted to the being used by the pensation to be recovered mining and violation of min- The missing lorries were medicines and there were no victimisation under the 'sadist crore ex gratia and a job to the attacks on the followers of Jaganmohan Reddy from such persons including ing license and take action for found to have been disman- side effects reported till now. Reddy' regime. children of the wronged doc- BC Janardhan Reddy. The regime in due course of the compensation payable to cancelling the license and tled behind a leased tobacco The illegal house arrest of Even the Dalit Home tor, he demanded. fabricated cases should time. the injured and the deceased recover some royalty and godown at Sitaramapuram, Anandaiah was condemnable, person on account of their penalty. They will not go into Maddipadu mandal. it said. over exploitation and viola- the question of assessment of Not only this, the gang also TDP AP president K tions committed. environmental compensation extorted money from its vic- Atchannaidu, party leaders The SEIAA, Andhra caused on account of excess tims. Ravula Chandrasekhara Reddy, Mid-air wedding in SpiceJet chartered flight sparks controversy Pradesh will be the Nodal mining and over exploitation The death sentence award- Varla Ramaiah, Ayyanna PNS n NEW DELHI COVID-19 social distancing before returning there, they SpiceJet has been directed to agency for coordination and of natural resources as has ed to the gang members is Patrudu, Chandramohan norms were violated, sources added. lodge a complaint with rele- providing necessary logistics been directed by this sure to bring at least some Reddy, Devineni Uma A mid-air wedding in the said on Monday. A senior official of the vant authorities against those for this purpose. Tribunal,” said the NGT relief to the families of their Maheswara Rao, Nakka Anand presence of guests and rela- The chartered flight left the DGCA said that the flight who did not follow Covid Counsel appearing for bench. many victims. Babu and Bonda tives took place inside a Madurai airport and remained crew has been off-rostered norms inside the flight, he Umamaheswara Rao took part SpiceJet chartered flight on airborne for approximately for not enforcing the social said. He also said that the in the politburo meeting. May 23 morning wherein two hours on Sunday morning distancing norms onboard. DGCA "will take strict action". Transfer of 7 mandals to AP... VIJAYAWADA BULLION RATES Continued from Page 1 under section 3 of the Andhra law. On-site registration for 18-44 age group... Pradesh Districts (Formation) The reasons for this is that GOLD Speaking to The Pioneer, he Act, 1974 and incorporated the that all the three affected ` Rs.49, 770 (10 gm) Continued from Page 1 ernment has now decided to Umang and through the Government regarding the said: “However, the AP transferred areas into the dis- Assembly constituencies of ` 00 provide facility of on-site reg- Common Service Centres etc., extent and manner of using the Reorganisation Act, 2014 was tricts of West Godavari and Telangana are ST The ministry said in its state- istration/facilitated cohort reg- people requiring facilitated on-site registration and amended after bifurcation of East Godavari. Reserved Constituencies SILVER ment that this is for facilitating istration on CoWIN digital cohort's facility and those with- appointment feature for 18 to the State in July 2014 and While this was perfect from and the reservation of ST con- ` 76, 000 (1kg) vaccination of eligible beneficia- platform for 18-44 years age out access to internet or smart 44 years age group, the state- deemed to have come into the point of view of Revenue stituencies is done on the basis ` 400 ries in the age group of 18-44 group considering that in case phones or mobile phones may ment said. force on May 29, 2014, which Administration, it has led to of the State unlike SC reserva- years, of sessions exclusively organ- still have limited access for vac- Fully reserved sessions can was prior to the appointed day the change in the extent of the tions done on the district- The coverage of vaccination ised with online slots, towards cination. also be organised for providing i.e June 2, 2014.” affected Assembly constituen- basis, Shashidhar Reddy said. CHICKEN was expanded to people in the the end of the day, some doses "Therefore, the feature for vaccination services to benefi- With this amendment, seven cies, three in Telangana and He said that the changing RATES `/KG age group of 18 to 44 years on may still be left unutilised in on-site registration and ciaries belonging to facilitated mandals of Khammam district two in Andhra Pradesh, at the boundaries and extents of May 1 with the implementation case the online appointee ben- appointment is now being cohorts. Wherever such fully of Telangana, linked to variance from the extent of the constituencies was ultra- Dressed/With Skin `155 of the Liberalised Pricing and eficiaries do not turn up on day enabled for the 18-44 years age reserved sessions are orga- Polavaram Project were trans- these Constituencies as speci- vires Section 11 (b) of the Without Skin `175 Accelerated National COVID- of vaccination. group on CoWIN. nized, all efforts must also be ferred to Andhra Pradesh. fied in the Delimitation Order Delimitation Act 2002. Broiler at Farm `104 19 Vaccination Strategy. In such cases, on-site regis- "However, this feature is made to mobilize such benefi- These seven mandals were 2008. Shashidhar Reddy said that The facility of only online tration of a few beneficiaries being enabled only for ciaries in sufficient numbers. part of three Assembly con- Shashidhar Reddy said that the Election Commission has appointment mode initially to may be necessary to minimise Government COVID The ministry has further stituencies of Telangana, name- this should have been appro- no power to delimit any con- EGG people in the age group of 18 the vaccine wastage, the state- Vaccination Centers (CVCs), at advised states and UTs that ly, Bhadrachalam, priately addressed by stituency on population and RATES `/100 to 44 years helped to avoid ment said. the present moment in time," abundant caution should be Ashwaraopet and Pinapaka, Amendment of Article 170 of territorial basis. overcrowding at vaccination Even though CoWIN pro- the ministry said. exercised and extreme due care Shashidhar Reddy pointed out. the Constitution of India and The Election Commission, VIJAYAWADA 534 centres, the statement. vides for features such as reg- The Union Health Ministry should be taken while opening Incidentally, voters of these other election laws. even under the powers of HYDERABAD 456 Based on various represen- istration of up to 4 beneficiaries has advised the states and UTs up of on-site registration and mandals utilised their votes in He said that a notification Section 9(1)(b) of tations given by states and with a mobile number, facilitat- to issue clear instructions to all appointment for 18-44 years the 2019 elections for the issued by the Election Representation of People Act VISAKHAPATNAM 355 inputs received by ministry ed registration and appoint- District Immunization Officers age group, in order to avoid Andhra Pradesh Assembly. Commission of India, dated 1950 has no power to change RETAIL PRICE `5.34 (IN VIJAYAWADA) for the vaccination of 18-44 ments through applications, to strictly adhere to decision of overcrowding at vaccination Thereafter, the AP govern- September 22, 2018 is uncon- the electoral roll for the con- years age group, the Union gov- such as Arogya Setu and respective state and UT centres, the statement said. ment issued a notification stitutional in the eyes of the stituency he added.

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VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | MAY 25, 2021 vijayawada 03 Plea in HC to allow distribution CM puts officials on alert over increasing fungus cases of ‘Krishnapatnam preparation' PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n VIJAYAWADA Chief Minister YS Naidu, Lokesh In surprise Jaganmohan Reddy on A House Motion petition Monday directed officials to was on Monday filed in the take utmost precautions in politicising Andhra Pradesh High Court, visit, JC finds wake of black fungus and seeking directions to the focus on procuring injec- death of doc: Government to allow distri- truant staff in tions for its treatment. bution of the ‘Krishnapatnam During the review meet- Amarnath miracle cure’ by B Anandaiah Covid centres ing on Covid and vaccina- PNS n VIJAYAWADA which he claims can be used PNS n VIJAYAWADA tion held at the camp office to treat Covid-19. here, the Chief Minister said YSRCP MLA Gudivada Advocate Y Balaji filed the Krishna district Joint Colle- that information is being Amarnath came down heavily petition on behalf of one M ctor L Sivasankar on Monday received on white fungus on TDP Chief Nara Uma Maheswara Naidu from made a surprise visit to and yellow fungus and Chandrababu Naidu and his son Anantapur. Machilipatnam Govern ment directed the officials to be on Nara Lokesh for politicising The petitioner stated that hospital where he met alert regarding them. the death of Dr Sudhakar Rao. Anandaiah has been distrib- patients undergoing treat- He told them to make Speaking to the media here, uting the Ayurvedic prepara- ment in the ICU. alternative arrangements for the MLA said people despise tion and many have taken Sivasankar enquired about uninterrupted supply of oxy- Cyclone Yaas: Jagan tells Naidu and Lokesh for seizing and recovered after taking it. the treatment and facilities gen in the wake of Cyclone on every issue to politicise He said that suddenly, the CPM: Centre benefiting being provided to them. Yaas and to focus on supply and warned them not to State government had Upset at the sight of just a few and storage of oxygen. He officials to ensure O2 supply indulge in politicising deaths stopped the distribution of staff, he warned of strict said 15,000 oxygen concen- PNS n VIJAYAWADA Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram for their vested interests. the Ayurvedic preparation, action. trators are being procured and Srikakulam. The MLA said the death of and asked the High Court to corporates in vax supply The JC observed that there and instructed the officials to Directing officials to take all Jagan directed officials to Dr Sudhakar was unfortunate allow Anandaiah to resume were less staff on duty at the focus on their maintenance necessary precautions to arrange diesel generators in and he died due to heart distribution. Meanwhile, PNS n VIJAYAWADA General Budget for health, help desk and information and set up a system to ensure avoid any problems regarding hospitals to ensure attack. Everyone in the state conflicting reports are why was it unable to distrib- cell and admission and dis- they work properly. oxygen supply in the wake of uninterrupted power supply was aware of the incidents emerging about the CPM state leader Ch Babu ute vaccines for free. charge of patients details The Chief Minister said Cyclone Yaas, Chief Minister and also to assign electricity that happened with him a Ayurvedic preparation. Rao on Monday said that it He demanded that all citi- were not done properly. every hospital with more YS Jaganmohan Reddy on department staff to those year ago and a CBI inquiry While the Department of was shameful for the BJP lead- zens, irrespective of age should He discussed the Covid than 50 beds should have Monday directed them to hospitals. He asked them to be was under way. The MLA AYUSH has given the green ers in AP to protest against the be given the vaccine for free. treatment to patients, medical oxygen facility and oxygen ensure Covid patients face no prepared with alternatives in recalled the statements of Dr signal saying that there is no spike in Covid cases, while the Babu Rao said that any com- oxygen supply, supply of generation arrangements inconvenience whatsoever. case there is any difficulty in Sudhakar stating that he was harmful ingredient in the Central government has failed pany that is capable of manu- medicines and other essen- should be completed by The Chief Minister participated supplying oxygen from Odisha caught up in a conspiracy and preparation, the delay in miserably to contain the facturing the vaccine should tials with the hospital author- August in these hospitals. in a review meeting on plants due to the cyclone to praising YS Jaganmohan allowing resumption of its spread of the pandemic as well be allowed to do so, instead of ities and staff. He ordered that He said 30 percent incen- cyclone preparedness which the officials said they Reddy and YS Rajashekar distribution is sowing the as failing to distribute vaccine restricting production to two the Hospital Information tive will be provided to hos- conducted by Union Home are prepared in this regard. Reddy and slammed Lokesh seeds of doubt among people. in time and playing with the companies. This will end the Management System be set pitals that set up oxygen Minister Amit Shah. Chief The Chief Minister instructed for his political drama over The state government has lives of the people. demand and supply gap in the up immediately. plants on their own and Ministers of West Bengal, the officials to keep adequate the death of Dr Sudhakar. already taken steps for a sci- Babu Rao said that the country, the Left leader said. Later, the JC visited Covid ready them by August. Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and reserves of oxygen and ensure He listed out the state- entific study on the drug Central government has Babu Rao also found fault Care Centre at Mopidevi, The officials informed the Lieutenant Governor of no shortage of oxygen during ments made by Naidu, that has received unexpect- thrown the containment mea- with the Central government Area hospital in Avanigadda Chief Minister that they have Andaman Nicobar were part of cyclone affected days. If there Lokesh and other TDP lead- ed response from the peo- sures and public health to the for retaining strict control and Kuchipudi Silicon identified 34 children who the review meeting on are situations where you need ers against Dalits and said it ple. In the presence of the wind and was only focused on over medicines for Covid Andhra hospital. He saw that became orphans after their preparedness in wake of the to move them as a was YS Jaganmohan Reddy AYUSH team, Anandaiah political gains even during a patients, vaccines, and others there were not enough staff in parents died due to Covid. cyclone. During the precautionary measure, take who has been striving hard prepared the ‘miracle cure’ raging pandemic. “Since but leaving the Covid con- Mopidevi CCC and instruct- The Chief Minister instruct- videoconference, Jagan said those steps immediately, he for the development of Dalits and after examining the Independence, all types of tainment measures on the ed the officials concerned to ed the officials to deposit Rs based on its movement, the said. The Chief Minister while the TDP chief and his herbs used and the prepa- vaccinations were carried out state government. depute staff on war footing. 10 lakh in their account. impact of Cyclone Yaas on instructed the officials to move party leaders cheated them. ration method, AYUSH free, but the Modi government The CPM leader lamented Sivasankar told the author- The Chief Minister asked Andhra Pradesh was likely to Covid patients immediately in “The role of former minister Commissioner Ramu said was working only to benefit that the YSRCP government ities at Avanigadda hospital to the officials to take measures be less than other states. He Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Ch Ayyana Pathrudu in Dr that no harmful substances the corporates by fixing prices had failed miserably in depute sanitary and para- to evacuate Covid patients said officials of all Visakhapatnam districts if Sudhakar's issue will be were used. However, Ramu on vaccines,” he said. administering the vaccine medical staff. On seeing that from areas that lie in the path departments concerned necessary. revealed in the CBI report,” said that Anandaiah medi- Babu Rao demanded to and did not act accordingly in there was not enough oxygen of the cyclone before it attended the videoconference He asked them to ensure no Amarnath said, adding that cine will be considered as a know from the Central gov- taking precautionary mea- in Kuchipudi hospital and makes landfall. held by the Union Cabinet problems arise in electricity there was no involvement of herb until scientific certifi- ernment that despite allocat- sures and putting pressure on spoke to people concerned He said that the Chief Secretary on May 22 and the supply to Covid hospitals and any YSRCP MLA in the case. cation is done. ing Rs 36,000 crore in the the Centre. for the supply of oxygen. Secretary has been directed state government was on high to keep the necessary to be stationed in alert to deal with the cyclone. technical staff ready. The Visakhapatnam to monitor Later, the Chief Minister held a officials were directed to immediately shift people from the situation. review meeting with officials on movement of the storm low lying areas to safe places, The officials informed the especially in Srikakulam Don't ignore plight of migrant workers: NGOs Chief Minister that 36,475 and precautionary measures district. Officials were also patients are being treated in to be taken in view of the Cyclone. The officials informed asked to ensure all facilities, PNS n VIJAYAWADA lems include lack of free trans- They said that there was a Covid hospitals and 18,763 the Chief Minister that they including essentials reach the port for them to return to their lack of local employment medical and paramedical relief camps. Well-known NGOs Vimukthi native places, low access to opportunities and increased staff were recruited till now. have alerted the authorities of and HELP on Monday urged rations due to implementation debt leads to the bonded labor the State and Central govern- challenges in the ‘One Nation, and vulnerability to trafficking. ments to extend relief to One Ration Card’ system, poor “A one-time cash relief pro- migrant workers facing the implementation of the cash gramme along with an urban Permissions brunt of Covid lockdowns, transfer packages and lack of employment scheme in alliance Power dept sets up curfews and rising unemploy- preventive health mechanisms. with urban public works shall to four Covid ment. The NGOs urged the gov- be launched. The State and the Having faced similar hard- ernments to test and quaran- Central Governments should hospitals ship and loss last year, many tine migrant workers at entry also expand MGNREGA and 24/7 control rooms migrant workers are returning and exit points (to prevent Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan to their native places, fearing a community spread) and said to absorb the inflow. The PNS n VIJAYAWADA equipped with all communica- withdrawn complete lockdown. that they should be housed in affordable rental housing com- tion systems with computers, Representatives of the NGOs Covid-19 safe rooms till results plexes need to be fast-tracked In view of the anticipated mobile phones etc. The con- PNS n VIJAYAWADA said that the migrant workers arrive. Migrant support centres and implemented to reduce the rainfall in some parts of the tact numbers, name and des- suffer from problems that have should be established to regis- rent burden on migrant work- state due to Cyclone Yaas, ignation of the responsible Officials of the Covid task not been resolved since the ter migrants and for issuance of ers,” representatives of the energy secretary Srikanth officer will be made available force withdrew permissions Covid first wave. These prob- registration cards, they said. NGOs said. Nagulapalli on Monday alert- to the public to contact for to four Covid designated ed officials to be cautious and immediate relief and restora- hospitals in Vijayawada on prepared to face any eventual- tion operations. Monday. The officials con- ity. Srikanth said the Energy ducted surprise checks on AIG chief Dr Nageshwar Reddy Srikanth took stock of situa- Minister Balineni Srinivas Covid designated hospitals APSSDC launches free online tion and discussed with CMDs Reddy enquired about the in Krishna district and found wins Rudolf V Schindler award of DISCOMS and TRANSCO preparedness of the depart- irregularities. The hospitals - S Nagalakshmi, H Haranatha ment and asked to closely were found to be not follow- PNS n HYDERABAD ments in endoscopic research, Rao, J Padma Janardhana watch the situation and keep ing the guidelines prescribed courses related to Covid teaching and service to the field Reddy and K Praveen Kumar all staff from village to state by the health authorities in PNS n VIJAYAWADA Noted gastroenterologist and of GI Endoscopy exemplified -and senior engineers and level alert to face any eventu- providing treatment. It was chairman of Asian Institute of the standards and tradition of asked them to remain alert ality. "Senior officials in coastal found that the hospital man- APSSDC chairman Challa Gastroenterology (AIG), Dr Schindler," ASGE pres- and take all necessary mea- Andhra should be on alert and agements were not following Madhusudan Reddy, along Dr D Nageshwar Reddy ident Dr Klaus sures in advance. give proper instructions to the Covid GO 210, 52. with its MD and CEO N has received the Mergener said while The CMDs explained that the field level officers," the In this backdrop, permis- Bangaru Raju, on Monday Rudolf V Schindler presenting the award. district level meetings on pre- Minister said. sions to four Covid designat- launched an online programme award in the annual "The award is a tes- paredness of cyclones and Srikanth directed ed hospitals were withdrawn. to provide Covid-19 related Crystal Award of tament to all endo- heavy rains during South West DISCOMs to issue instruc- Permissions of Lalitha online courses for free in col- American Society of scopists worldwide monsoon season-2021 are tions to all superintendent Life, MJ Naidu, Crane and laboration with FIND & Future Gastroin testinal even from the devel- being conducted and pre mon- engineers to ensure to keep Sri Shanti hospitals in Learn and other international Endoscopy (ASGE), oping nations that hard soon inspection and mainte- their men and all the required Vijayawada were withdrawn. collaborators on Monday. one of the apex bodies of work and dedication are nance of all lines are periodi- materials ready at strategic On the occasion, GI Endoscopy, a press release recognised by Society irrespec- cally performed. locations for rectification of Madhusudan Reddy APSSDC said. Named after Dr Schindler, tive of where they work," Dr Constant patrolling of lines works in case of any break- in association with Future who is widely considered as Reddy said. Dr Nageshwar and proper maintenance are down/ interruptions at the Learn and other international 'father of gastroscopy', the Reddy also expressed grati- being done regularly. The dis- minimum. Communications collaborators like FIND, which Rudolf V Schindler award is the tude to colleagues and staff at trict level monitoring control systems with wireless, walkie- brings on-board content from highest category in the Crystal AIG Hospitals for providing rooms for 24 hours have been talkie sets etc should be rein- the London School of Hygiene Awards of ASGE. "ASGE's quality affordable care, promot- set up in all district head forced and cellular phones and Tropical Medicine highest honour is given to a ing education and research quarters. The control rooms shall have to be provided to all (LSHTM) and African Society member who has accomplish- endoscopy. shall be facilitated with well the field engineers. for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM)), Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Jhpiego (a The virtual training sessions are aimed at Johns Hopkins University upgrading the skills of professionals involved TS continues to enforce lockdown strictly Affiliate), and Public Health, England, is providing several in the testing and diagnosis of Covid-19, PNS n HYDERABAD areas under Rachkonda police DGP advised police to ensure self-paced online courses relat- Ministry of Health officials, laboratory commissionerate in Greater seamless delivery of essential ed to Covid-19. Telangana police continued to Hyderabad. He personally services. The food and e-com- He said that this was as per managers, laboratory technicians, clinicians, strictly implement the lock- checked the lockdown enforce- merce good delivery was the vision of Chief Minister YS programme managers, doctors etc. down across the state, which ment at few checkpoints. restored since Sunday. Jaganmohan Reddy and guide- entered its 13th day on The police chief, however, Meanwhile, Rachakonda lines of Minister for Industries Monday. Following the direc- asked officers to display police commissioner said 4,000 Mekapati Goutham Reddy. Nurses or other healthcare for Covid related courses like tion of Chief Minister K restraint with those exempted cases were booked for lock- The virtual training sessions professionals working with effective nursing in time of cri- Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday, from lockdown. His direction down violations on Sunday in are aimed at upgrading the Covid-19 patients, frontline sis, psychological first aid etc, the police became strict with came in the wake of few com- the commissionerate limits. skills of professionals involved or essential workers and volun- said Madhusudan Reddy. the implementation of lock- plaints of police high handed- He appealed to people to coop- in the testing and diagnosis of teers dealing with the public The event was graced by down norms from Saturday. ness with those moving in erate with the police in enforce- Covid-19, Ministry of Health during the Covid-19 pandem- Healthcare Lead FutureLearn Police in the three police medical emergencies or those ment of the lockdown."People officials, laboratory managers, ic will also benefit, partnership manager Christina commissionerates in permitted to deliver services have four-hour relaxation from laboratory technologists and Madhusudhan Reddy said. Melido, FIND India country Hyderabad and surroundings Motorists found on roads after police commissioners and dis- during the Covid lockdown. 6 am to 10 am. They may use technicians, clinicians, pro- He said that 371 of those head Sanjay Sarin, APSSDC and in the rest of the state are 10 a.m. were stopped at various trict superintendents of police Following some incidents of this period to move around to gramme managers, Doctors, who have applied were select- executive director Prof DV dealing firmly with the lock- points and cases were booked have already been directed to police in and around buy essentials and attend other Research Scholars implement- ed for additional skill training. Ramakotireddy, CGM techni- down violators. Traffic jams against them. be firm with those coming out Hyderabad beating up delivery works but many individuals ing partners and others Apart from these, more than cal Dr Kalahasthi Rakesh, were seen at several places on Police have asked people to on roads after 10 am. Director boys of food apps and e-com- even after 10.30 a.m. are seen involved in laboratory testing 1,500 people have registered associate manager Murali Monday after four-hour relax- return home before the end of General of Police M Mahender merce companies and seizing moving on roads without a for Covid-19. for training through webinars Krishna and others. ation ended at 10 a.m. the relaxation period. The Reddy on Monday visited few their vehicles on Saturday, the valid reason," he said. VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | MAY 25, 2021 vijayawada 04 KURASALA KANNABABU Release of MP Raghurama At helm for two years, but losing grip Raju may be delayed DHV SAMBASIVARAO n KAKINADA PNS n GUNTUR

Strictly going by the public Narasapuram MP opinion to gauge the perfor- Raghuram Krishna Raju's mance, Minister for release from jail following Agriculture Kurasala the bail plea granted by the Kannababu considered hav- Supreme Court may be fur- ing lost his charisma among ther delayed, according to the people of East Godavari his lawyer Lakshmi district from where he rose to Narayana. a high level in the state politics. Lakshmi Narayana said On his completion of two years the Supreme Court granted at the helm, Kannababu drew conditional bail to MP more criticism than any other Raghurama on May 21. ministerial colleagues in the Owing to two consecutive district. Though as an holidays for the CBI court Agriculture Minister he was on Saturday and Sunday, seen on the TV screens on sev- the bail papers were submit- eral crucial occasions, party positions as Kakinada iting the Karapa Primary A feeling of discontent was corona last year and also now ted at the Guntur CID Court Kannababu failed to impress rural in-charge and party pres- Health Center once last year growing against the minister going nook and corner of the on Monday. the local people. ident of the Kakinada when the corona was wide- among the locals as well as in district several times as a However, the CID court Raju's lawyer issues Kannababu, who was repre- Parliamentary constituency. spread. Later, his presence was the party. Minister. said it was aware of the senting the Kakinada Rural He was elected as a YSRCP almost zero even the second On the other hand, differ- Comparing the two minis- MP's health condition. The constituency, confined him- candidate with just a margin of wave of the corona pandemic ences between Kannababu and ters, Venu scored good marks Judge said that Raghurama self to government pro- 4.76 per cent votes (8,789 was devastating the people in Kakinada city MLA than Kannababu. It was report- Raju should come to the contempt notice to SP grammes and press confer- votes) in the 2019 elections. the district Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar ed that Minister Venu made Guntur sub-jail after the ences rather than shouldering Despite being a second-time The opposition parties Reddy have been widened. various efforts to infuse confi- discharge from the Army responsibility when the people MLA, Kannababu who won for alleged that the minister was Being a close associate and dence among the corona- Hospital in Hyderabad. Only PNS n GUNTUR submit bonds ten days after were in distress to redress their the first time from YSRCP not coming out even though business partner of Chief affected people. On contrary, it after completing the for- his release. If it was the case grievances. was inducted into the cabinet the people were falling prey to Minister YS Jaganmohan was alleged that Kannababu malities at the sub-jail, there Narasapuram MP Raghurama how the SP would order the Kannababu had entered into with the blessings of the Covid in hundreds. Reddy, Chandrasekhar Reddy totally ignored the people when was a possibility for his Krishna Raju's lawyer escort to bring Raju from the politics as a journalist with his Swaroopananda, the pontiff of Thousands of people tested was being accorded priority in they were in complete distress release. Durgaprasad issued a court hospital, the lawyer affiliation with Praja Rajyam Visakha Sarada Peetadhipathi. positive in the district for the the official circles and even his as he was not seen in the dis- When the MP's family contempt notice to Guntur questioned. Durgaprasad Party founder K Chiranjeevi The primary charge against corona and more than 100 close associate and BC Welfare trict after the corona catastro- members contacted the Urban Superintendent of Police further opined that it was a and won the election as MLA. Kannababu was that he was deaths were reported. Even Minister Chelluboina Venu of phe from last April to May till Army Hospital, the doctors on Monday. Durgaprasad said clear contempt of court to He continued as a Congress almost aloof from the district during critical times, the peo- the same district was also given today. Even the farmers whose told them that he needed information received that the send the escort to bring back MLA as the party eventually ever since he elected owing to ple alleged that the minister did more importance than for Rabi crop was drenched in the medical services for anoth- SP ordered the escort to bring Raju from the hospital when merged with the Congress. some unknown reasons and not pay a single visit or partic- Kannababu, it is felt. rains have expected some er four days, the lawyer Raghurama Krishnam Raju he was already secured the In 2014, he contested as an confined himself to ipate in the relief activities. Significantly, Minister Venu solace from the Minister, but he explained. soon after his discharge from bail. Hence, the contempt independent candidate and Visakhapatnam. People of the However, his father Kursala has become a popular leader didn't turn up. Political analysts Lawyer Lakshmi Narayana the hospital. As per the notice was issued to the lost to Telugu Desam candidate district and also his constituen- Satyanarayana and brother and among the masses as he was observe that Kannababu opined that even if the directives of the Supreme Guntur urban SP, Durgaprasad Pilli Anantha Lakshmi. Then, cy have been criticizing that he film director Kalyan Krishna always in close proximity due should rectify his mistakes and Supreme Court granted bail, Court, it was clear that Raju clarified. Lawyer Durgaprasad he joined YSRCP and within a was not looking down on the went around the constituency to his extensive visits to the try to gain people's trust as a it could take another four to was already given bail. The forwarded the notice to the SP short span, he became the dis- district and recalled that he was and were available to the pub- constituency as an MLA. He leader. five days for the release of MP Supreme Court directed him to from Hyderabad. trict president and later held not seen in the district after vis- lic to some extent on his behalf. made several visits during the Raghurama Krishnam Raju.

Teachers' Minister Venu launches campaign against Covid unions oppose

PNS n KAKINADA stop the car all of a sudden and reopening of went towards the workers who As part of the campaign 'Mana were engaged in the fields. schools from Vooru - Mana Badhyata' (Our Since more than 50 people hometown - Our responsibil- were working there and a June 1 ity) seeking control of the majority of them were work- PNS n VIJAYAWADA corona pandemic, Minister ing without wearing masks. for BC Welfare Chennuboina They were not even maintain- The proposal to reopen the Srinivasa Venugopala Krishna ing the physical distance. He schools should be post- was touring his constituency then interacted with the work- poned in the wake of the every day. He departed from ers and advised them to wear prevalence of deadly Covid Ramachandrapuram in East masks and made an attempt to catastrophe in the state, Godavari district and went create awareness over the Andhra Pradesh Teachers' around the villages on When he was moving along along the green pastures, the deadly corona pandemic and Sangham (APUS) state pres- Monday. with the escort and convoy minister asked the driver to its prevalence. ident CH Kumar has said He said the annou ncement made by Minister for TIMELY HELP Education Adimulapu Suresh that the schools Police foil TDP leaders' attempt to visit GGH would be reopened from District Collector Vivek Yadav inspecting 50-bed Covid Care Centre set up with a German hangar aided by the US- June 1 caused a panic among based NGO Empower and Excel in Tenali of Guntur district on Monday. PNS n GUNTUR action and the manner where the students and the parents it was trying to suppress the as the coronavirus was dev- Mild tension prevailed at the opposition leaders. TDP astating the state. Government General Hospital, leader GV Anjaneyulu asked The association chief sec- Vaccination will while the Telugu Desam lead- who would take care of the retary S Balaji said the issue Woman's suicide; action ers tried to throng Covid wards common people if the people's would be brought to the continue in 24 in the hospital in Guntur on representatives were not attention of the government Monday. When the police allowed inside the government through a virtual meeting to initiated against two cops centres: Kodali Nani stopped them at the entrance Narasaraopet Parliament TDP hospital. He alleged that the be held on Tuesday with the gate, the TDP leaders staged a President GV Anjaneyulu. facilities at the hospital were recognised teachers' unions PNS n GUNTUR Umadevi alleged that the CI of PNS n GUDIVADA MP writes to demonstration in front of the The TDP activists wanted to inadequate and medical ser- with the education minister. Nagarampalem police station GGH main entrance gate. know the medical services vices were not up to the mark Meanwhile, AP SC, ST The higher police officials and constable Mani acted in Minister for Civil Supplies As per the call given by extended to the Covid patients that was why the police per- teachers' union state presi- have taken a serious note over bias in the dispute. The police and Consumer Affairs Kodali Centre seeking TDP chief Chandrababu and the infrastructure in the sonnel prevented the TDP dent Samala Simhachalam the suicide of an employee of bosses took it seriously and Srivenkateswara Rao (Nani) Naidu, TDP leaders hospital. The police, however, leaders to hide the facts. Later, and General secretary the agriculture department sent the two officers to VR has said that the vaccination supply of black Kovelamoodi Ravindra, prevented the TDP leaders the police arrested the TDP Mekala Shivarjuna have Umadevi, who allegedly (Vacancy Reserve) on charges drive was going on in 24 cen- Kanaparthi Srinivas and from entering the hospital. leaders who were staging appealed to the state govern- poured chemicals on her per- of harassing the woman tres in the Gudivada division. fungus drugs Chittibabu visited the GGH The Telugu Desam leaders protests and shifted them to ment to take steps to address son and ended life in the employee. On Monday, Minister under the leadership of condemned the government's the Kothapet police station. the teachers' problems. office after she was humiliat- Guntur Range DIG Kodali Nani reviewed the PNS n GUNTUR ed by the police personnel in Trivikram ordered a probe vaccination process in the Guntur. into the incident. Ratnaswamy Gudivada division, the per- Narasaraopet MP Lavu It may be recalled that was currently the CI in-charge formance of the Covid Care Srikrishna Devarayalu has Vengamamba Umadevi was summoned to of the Nagaram Palem police Center set up at the Area requested the Central the police station following a station. A case has already Government Hospital, sani- Government to increase the jayanti today Covid: Shrimp hatcheries' union complaint by her daughter-in- been registered against the CI tation and curfew enforce- supply of medicines to treat law over a property dispute. and the constable over the sui- ment. The first dose of black fungus infection. In PNS n TIRUMALA The family members of cide case of Umadevi. Covaxin was given to 15,560 a letter to the Centre, the donates Rs 50 lakh MP said steps should be The TTD is organising the taken to ensure the avail- 291st Jayanti celebrations of PNS n KAKINADA ability of black fungus drugs Matrusri Tarigonda at all Jana Oushadhi medical Vengamamba, an ardent disci- The East Godavari District stores. Since the people were ple of Lord Sri Venkateswara Shrimp Hatchery Association CM Jagan committed to farmers' in deep concern over the on May 25 at Tirumala. has stepped forward to assist increase in the number of The utsava fetes will be the activities of the district black fungus cases across observed in adherence to administration in providing welfare: MLA Granthi Srinivas the state, he appealed to the Covid guidelines at the medical and other services to Centre to increase the pro- Ranganayakula mandapam the patients along with the PNS n BHIMAVARAM duction of these emergency in Srivari temple, Covid control activities in the drugs to save lives during Vengamamba Brindavan at district. On Monday, the asso- Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan the corona pandemic. He Tirumala and Annamacharya ciation President S Veerreddy, Muralidhar Reddy in the pres- Reddy thanked the members of Reddy's government dedicated said people were facing it Kala mandiram at Tirupati. All India Shrimp Hatchery ence of Kakinada urban MLA the association on behalf of the to the welfare of the farmers difficult to get Matrusri Tarigonda Association Secretary Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar people of the district. District and it sanctioned Rs 4.12 crore Amphotericin B injections Vengamamba was born in Madhusudhan Reddy handed Reddy. On the occasion, Fisheries Department JD PV towards the YSR crop insur- to be used to treat the fun- 1730 in Chittoor district of over a check of Rs 50 lakh to District Collector and MLA Satyanarayana and others par- ance scheme in Bhimavaram gal infection due to short Andhra Pradesh. District Collector D Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar ticipated in the programme. mandal, MLA Granthi Srinivas supply, he explained. said on Monday. As the government was He interacted with the farm- unable to provide the drugs ers at the local camp office for the fungal infection, the here on Monday. Later, medicines were sold in the Overbilling by RTPP fuel station decried addressing the media persons, back market at higher PNS n KADAPA society. to external bunks. However, he said that farmers were prices. While the MRP price Nearly 4,000 families were there were allegations that severely affected by heavy of the drug was around Rs People raised a hue and cry staying in the RTPP colony. some RTPP officials were flout- rains in the Kharif season last Under the YSR crop government itself started 5,000, it has come to his over overbilling of petrol at a Petrol was sold at Rs 102 per ing the rules for making year. Under the YSR crop paddy procurement centres notice that it was sold rang- petrol bank run by Genco at litre at the bunk which was money. insurance scheme, Rs 4.12 insurance scheme, directly and bought grain at ing from Rs 70,000 to Rs 1 the Rayalaseema Thermal nowhere found across the state As the matter of selling crore has been sanctioned for support prices. lakh in the black market. Power Project in Kadapa dis- when the bunks outside were petrol at high prices has gone Bhimavaram mandal in West Rs 4.12 crore has Apart from it, it also set up The MP sought Prime trict violating the norms. The selling petrol at Rs 98.74 per viral on social media, the Godavari district and Rs 1.41 Rythu Bharosa Kendras and Minister Narendra Modi petrol station was required to litre. The RTPP petrol bank media tried to contact and take lakh crore for Veeravasaram been sanctioned for was providing quality seeds and Union Health Minister maintain the rules and regula- was charging Rs 4 extra. the version of the RTPP offi- mandal to support the affect- Bhimavaram mandal and fertilizers at the lowest Harshavardhan's interven- tions of the Central Similarly, diesel was sold at cials, but in vain. ed farmers. prices below market prices. tion to improve the supply Government. Rs 92 per litre outside; the The people were urging the Chief Minister Jaganmohan in West Godavari Agriculture in-charge AD of the medicines. He urged This petrol bunk got a RTPP bunk was charging Rs district authorities to take Reddy on Monday released the Narayana Rao, AOs the Center to take immedi- license through IOC and it was sell locally available essential 92.97 per litre. The IOC was action against the petrol bunk funds and deposited them Nimmala Srinivas and Geeta ate steps as the black fungus formed by a society of RTPP commodities at nominal paying a higher commission to operators immediately for into the farmers' bank present dalwa season cultiva- Devi were present on the cases were increasing alarm- employees under the auspices prices. Similarly, gas and petrol bunks that operate within the excess charging on petrol and accounts. He said that the tion was encouraging and the occasion. ingly in the state. of OCC stores, which would stations were also operated by consumer quota than they do diesel. VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | MAY 25, 2021 nation 05 Goyal tells officials to ensure SC to hear in summer break Yaas causes zero casualties Gali’s plea to visit Bellari PNS n NEW DELHI

PNS n NEW DELHI The Supreme Court Monday Keep ‘alive' oxygen plants, linked agreed to hear during ongoing Commerce and Industry summer vacation the plea of Minister Piyush Goyal on former Karnataka minister Monday said collective efforts roads in Odisha, WB: NDRF and mining baron Gali of all the stakeholders to deal PNS n NEW DELHI the onslaught of Cyclone Tauktae Janardhana Reddy seeking per- with cyclone Yaas can ensure on the western coast where over mission to visit his home town zero casualty. The National Disaster Response 70 personnel working at a barge Ballari which was prohibited He said central and state Force (NDRF) has directed its off the Mumbai coast have been while being granted bail in a governments are working rescue teams to ensure that the killed till now. Cyclone Yaas is mining case. together to ensure an orderly country's major medical oxygen very likely to cross north Odisha- Reddy, accused in a multi- planning, relief and rehabilita- generation plants based in West Bengal coasts between crore illegal mining case, is out tion measures post cyclone. Odisha and West Bengal are Paradip and Sagar Island around on bail since 2015 and sever- "We must ensure a complete- "running and alive" during May 26 noon. It is expected to al conditions including pro- ly zero casualty situation and Cyclone Yaas that is developing bring in winds of 155-165 hibiting him from visiting matter. It will be listed before in Karnataka as he holds con- the collective efforts of govern- in the Bay of Bengal, a senior kilometres per hour, gusting up Ballari in Karnataka and another bench during the siderable influence and might ments and industry partici- officer said on Monday. to 180 kmph. "Both Odisha and Ananthapur and Kadapa in vacation only,” Justice Bhsuhan interfere with the investigation pants can actually make that NDRF director general (DG) S N West Bengal are major supplier Andhra Pradesh were imposed said on Monday, adding the "He has led multiple peti- happen," Goyal said while tries and large industries stakeholders is important in Pradhan said the force has from the eastern grid to the by the apex court in its order. date of hearing and the bench tions, witnesses under police interacting with industry rep- should ensure the suppliers are this situation. The meeting earmarked a total of 149 teams south, northern and central grid A vacation bench compris- would be decided by the CJI. protection have been threat- resentatives on preparedness given all the support that is was attended by officials from for undertaking evacuation and when it comes to medical oxygen ing Ashok Bhushan and M R The CBI, represented by ened and vehicles have been set for cyclone Yaas. Several peo- required," he added. IMD, representatives from state rescue operations, of which 99 (required for the treatment of Shah took note of Reddy's Additional Solicitor General on fire. Over 40 witnesses are ple have been killed in inci- He said oxygen plants and governments of West Bengal, will be deployed on the ground coronavirus infected patients)." fresh plea seeking permission Madhavi Divan, opposed the there. We do not know what dents related to cyclone Oxygen Express will continue Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and the remaining 50 will be "For example, all the oxygen from to visit Ballari and said the plea of senior advocate Mukul will happen if this gentleman 'Tauktae'. The minister also to serve the hospitals as soon and Odisha, besides senior available at its various bases Angul (in Odisha) goes by train matter would be listed before Rohatgi, appearing for Reddy, is allowed to enter the area," emphasised on ensuring min- as the cyclone passes by. industry members. across the country for quick and roads towards central, south another bench probably next that the interim application be the probe agency had said. imum outage of power and Petroleum Minister Dharm A presentation was made on airlift, if required. and parts of north India. week by Chief Justice N V listed during the summer Reddy was granted condi- communication. endra Pradhan said there is no the cyclone track and intensi- Pradhan added that all the states Likewise, oxygen produced from Ramana. break itself, saying, “It looks tional bail by the apex court in He said all essential workers challenge with regard to oxy- ty, districts/regions that may expected to face the fury of the Kolkata and Haldia (in West On April 5, a bench com- like a side wind to get into January 2015 after spending should be provided with nec- gen supply, but there could be experience heavy rains, winds 'very severe cyclonic storm' have Bengal) goes towards the north, prising Justices Bhushan and R Ballary”. more than three years in jail. essary resources to carry on the a challenge at the power sup- and storm surge, likely damage been asked to "not take any east and north-eastern parts of Subhash Reddy had reserved The law officer said the Reddy and his brother-in- work efficiently. ply front due to the cyclone. and measures to mitigate dam- chance" and evacuate each and the country," Pradhan told PTI. verdict on a similar plea by bench had already reserved its law B V Srinivas Reddy, man- "Railways has also kept res- "I think states are preparing age. Some of the issues raised every person from its likely path All these have "to be kept running Reddy seeking modification of order on the similar plea after aging director of the cue equipment on standby themselves accordingly," he in the meeting included ensur- well in time. This advisory has and alive" apart from securing the bail conditions imposed by the arguments got over. Obalapuram Mining such as Accident Relief Trains, said. Union minister for Ports, ing the need for complete been reiterated specifically in the any possible damage to COVID- the apex court in 2015. Earlier also, the CBI had Company (OMC), were arrest- Medical Relief Vans and Tower Shipping and Waterways communication and power backdrop of the recent on-sea 19 facilities and even quick “I have discussed with opposed Reddy's similar plea ed by CBI on September 5, Wagons. All of us should Mansukh Mandaviya said back-up, and stockpiling emer- accident that took place during transport of patients to safer Justice Reddy. He has also saying that he should not be 2011 from Ballari and brought work to protect small indus- coordination between different gency materials. locations, he said. consented to the release of the allowed to visit district Bellary to Hyderabad. Around 500 cases of 12 held for socially INDIA CORNER boycotting man, HC seeks Centre's stand over soy, Andamans reports 24 new COVID- black fungus in Delhi family members almond to treat as milk products 19 cases, 2 more deaths ndaman and Nicobar Islands PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n MUMBAI PNS n NEW DELHI COVID-19 tally rose to 6,844 as A24 more people tested positive Chief Minister Arvind Twelve people were booked The issue whether products for the virus while two new fatalities Kejriwal on Monday said there in Akola in Maharashtra for derived from non-mammal pushed the death toll in the union are around 500 cases of black allegedly ordering the social sources, particularly plants, territory to 103, a health department fungus or mucormycosis in boycott of a police patil and can be termed as milk or milk official said on Monday. All the new Delhi and the city has been his kin after he objected to products was raised in a plea cases were detected during contact grappling with a shortage of the construction of a village before the Delhi High Court tracing, he said. The archipelago Amphotericin-B injection assembly hall, an official said which on Monday sought now has 268 active COVID-19 cases of which 260 are in South used in its treatment. tion. There are around 500 on Monday. response of the Centre, Delhi Andaman district and eight in North and Middle Andaman district, the "We have set up dedicated cases of black fungus in Delhi The incident took place in government and food safety official said.Thirty-two people were cured of the disease during the centres for the treatment of at present, he said, adding Sonuna village under Channi regulator FSSAI on the issue. period, taking the total number of recoveries in the archipelago to black fungus at Lok Nayak Delhi has been receiving police station limits, over Justice Rekha Palli issued 6,473.The administration has so far tested 3,83,265 samples for Hospital, GTB Hospital and around 400 to 500 injections 580 kilometres from here, he notice to the Centre, Delhi COVID-19 and the test positivity rate is 1.79 per cent. The official said Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty per day. said. "Police patil (village government, Food Safety and a total of 1,20,801 beneficiaries have been inoculated in the union Hospital but we do not have The central government has level functionary liaising with Standards Authority of India territory so far. A lockdown has been imposed in the South Andaman drugs.... We did not get the been distributing the injection police) Ramesh Kadam and (FSSAI) and various compa- district which has reported the maximum number of cases from injections on Sunday," he told among states. There is a severe his kin, who have been resid- nies, including Hershey, Federation of India beverages or products Monday till May 31 to break the chain of the coronavirus infection. All reporters. shortage of this drug in the ing in Sonuna for the past 35 which sells such products -- (NCDFI). derived from soya, almonds shops selling essential items will remain open between 6 am and 8 Four to five injections per market and its production years, objected to an assem- like soy milk -- seeking their NCDFI, the apex body of and so on cannot be sold as am daily during the period. patient per day are used in the should be ramped up, the bly hall being constructed stand on the plea by the the the cooperative dairy 'milk' or 'milk products' like treatment of the fungal infec- chief minister said. near a temple. National Cooperative Dairy sector, has contended that paneer, curd or yogurt. Police officer wears PPE kit to shift COVID-19 patient to hospital FLOUTING COVID NORMS Check mosquito Communal clash: FIR police officer donned a PPE kit and carried a COVID-19 positive infestation Apatient, whose oxygen Guj coaching centre raided, level had dropped to critical level, to against over 2,000 people an ambulance for shifting him to a during Covid:HC hospital in Assam's Chirang district, PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n GIR SOMNATH Director General of Police Bhaskar 555 students found;1held Jyoti Mahanta said. The Officer in Expressing concern over PNS n AHMEDABAD Police have registered an FIR Charge of Dhaligaon police station mosquito infestation in against nearly 2,000 unidenti- Prasenjit Das received a call seeking help on the Chirang Police the national capital, the A coaching centre owner in fied people on charges of COVID helpline on Saturday night from a coronavirus Delhi High Court Monday Jasdan town of Gujarat's Rajkot attempt to murder and rioting positive patient who was in a critical condition with his SPO2 said if the situation is not district was arrested for after members of two commu- level falling and had reached the 50s. Das rushed to the patient's controlled immediately, allegedly flouting COVID-19 nities clashed with each other house with an ambulance and found that there was nobody to carry the rise in vector-borne norms after police found more here in Gujarat, leaving six the semi-conscious positive patient to the vehicle. The police officer, diseases could lead to than 550 students in his policemen and around a realising that the condition of the patient was deteriorating, decided more problems and com- premises during a raid, police dozen other people injured, an with sticks, swords, iron and not to waste anytime looking for people but immediately wore a PPE plexities amidst the ongo- said on Monday. official said on Monday. plastic pipes, and also hurled kit and carried the patient to the JSB Civil hospital. "At a time when ing COVID-19 pandemic. The raid on the centre, The FIR also names 47 stones and empty glass bottles, corona has created fear in the minds of people, Das displayed a deep A bench of Justices located some 215 kilomeres other persons for similar the official said. sense of duty and selfless service to take humanity to a different level Vipin Sanghi and Jameet from here, took place on gent act which may spread ed the premises and found 555 offences in connection with When police intervened to altogether", the DGP said. Singh took suo motu cog- Sunday and its owner, identi- infection. The children have students between the age of 9- the incident that took place on control the mob, the rioters nizance of the mosquito fied as 39-year-old Jaysukh been handed over to their 10 taking tuition. These chil- Sunday, he said. attacked them, injuring six infestation in Delhi and Sankhalva, was arrested on parents," he said. dren were not wearing masks The clash broke out at Nava personnel, including Assistant Covid: HP CM dedicates 250-bed said that on account of the Monday, said Rajkot According to police, nor was social distancing being Bandar village in Una taluka Superintendent of Police Om prevailing pandemic, the Superintendent of Police Sankhalva runs a coaching maintained. The centre was of Gir Somnath after an alter- Prakash Jat, two sub-inspec- makeshift hospital at Dharamsala steps to be taken by the Balram Meena. centre-cum-hostel to provide functioning despite the state cation over collision of two tors and three constables, an Delhi government and "He was arrested under IPC training to students appearing government's ban on class- fishing boats at a jetty in the official from Nava Bandar imachal Pradesh Chief Minister civic authorities have and Epidemic Diseases Act for Jawahar Navodaya room teaching due to the village, he said. Marine police station said. Jai Ram Thakur on Monday taken a back seat and they provisions for disobeying Vidyalaya and Balachadi Sainik COVID-19 outbreak," Jasdan Around 1,500 to 2,000 peo- The police had to lob sever- Hdigitally dedicated to the state need to pull up their police notification on COVID- School entrance exams. police station sub inspector JH ple belonging to two commu- al teargas shells to control the a 250-bed, anti-Covid makeshift socks. 19 norms as well as for negli- "Based on a tip off, we raid- Sisodiya said. nities allegedly hit each other mob, he said. hospital near Dharamshala.The hospital with oxygen beds was set up at a space provided by Radha Soami Satsang Beas at Paraur in SC BATS FOR REGISTRATION Kangra district, for which Tahkur thanked the organisation.“The volunteers of Radha Soami Satsang Beas would also provide food to patients and their attendants free of ‘Expedite Covid benefit schemes for migrant workers’ cost which is a great service towards humanity,” said the chief minister, thanking the religious organisation. Elaborating various measures aimed at expanding health infrastructure capacity to tackle PNS n NEW DELHI year passed directions regard- that if the contractors and ing registration of migrant employers are not cooperating the pandemic, the chief minister said, “It was due to the efforts of the The Supreme Court Monday workers. in the process of registration of state government that the Centre has doubled Himachal's oxygen quota from 15 MT to 30 MT.”“Now the government has urged the said the process of registration The bench said for extend- workers then the state govern- Centre to increase the same by 10 MT more for which the of migrant workers is “very ing the benefits of schemes, the ment may consider cancelling government has agreed in principle,” Thakur said. slow” and it must be expedit- authorities must complete the their licences. ed so that benefit of various process of registration and the The top court said there schemes can be extended to government should also reach must be supervision of these them amid the COVID-19 to these workers to complete it benefit schemes to ensure that COVID-19 curfew restrictions pandemic. expeditiously. it reaches the concerned ben- The apex court observed it is “We want this process to the eficiaries. extended till June 1 in Uttarakhand “not happy” with the efforts of completed. We also want that “On paper, we have every- The Uttarakhand government on the Centre as well as the states all organised workers be regis- thing which says that govern- Monday extended the COVID-19 related on the issue of registration of tered,” it said, adding, “We ment has spent thousands of curfew period across the state till June unorganised workers. will ask the government to crores on this, but the issue is 1.The period of the ongoing curfew in While stressing on the need speed up the process”. whether it is reaching to the the state was scheduled to come to an to register migrant as well as “It is a difficult task but has concerned persons. You have to end at 6 am on Tuesday morning. unorganised workers, a bench is very slow. We are not happy eficiaries, including migrant cash transfers, transport facil- to be achieved,” the bench monitor and supervise it,” the Giving the information here, Cabinet of Justices Ashok Bhushan and with the efforts undertaken by workers, and the process must ities and other welfare mea- said, adding, “Our main con- bench observed. Minister and the state government's M R Shah said the benefit of the Centre and states on regis- be monitored and supervised. sures for migrant workers who cern is that benefits meant for “It is the anxiety of the court spokesman Subodh Uniyal said shops schemes meant for them can be tration of unorganised work- The apex court was hearing are facing distress due to the them must reach them”. that the benefit of schemes dealing in essential commodities like milk, meat, fish, fruits and extended after they are identi- ers,” the bench said. an application filed by three curbs clamped in several parts During the hearing con- must reach to the concerned vegetables will open daily for three hours from 8 am to 11 am during fied and registered by author- The top court said the gov- activists who have sought of the country amid the pan- ducted through video-confer- person,” the bench said, adding the period. The timings for the opening of shops have been changed ities. ernment must ensure that ben- directions to the Centre and demic. encing, the bench told the that it would pass order in the in accordance with the demands of businessmen and traders after “The process of registration efit of schemes reach the ben- states to ensure food security, The top court said it had last counsel appearing for Gujarat matter during the day. discussions with Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat, he said. VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | MAY 25, 2021 06

www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Do the States have Pandemonium It is the Centre’s duty to make available the anti-COVID jabs to all the States any responsibility? A SURYA PRAKASH OVID-19 is a national disaster. There is a national task force in place handling the pandemic centrally. However, when it comes to the procurement of vac- Ccines, the one and only element to fight the virus with, it is being done in a Several COVID patients have tragically died, either due to the depletion decentralised manner, with the Centre and the States both in a race to get hold of as many doses as they can from the market, even from abroad. Why is procure- in oxygen supply at hospitals or for other reasons, across 14 States ment not a national task being taken up by the Centre? The question has been doing the rounds since the third phase of the Government’s vaccine policy was announced he death of patients due to depletion of oxygen earlier this month. Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia made a pertinent in some hospitals in point to bring out the pointlessness of such an exercise when he asked rhetorical- Delhi and in many other TStates in the past weeks along ly what if the States asked the districts to procure their own vaccines, just like the Centre is asking with the shortage of beds and drugs for COVID-19 patients the States to? The Chief Minister of Punjab, Captain has shaken the nation’s con- Amarinder Singh, has already said that US phar- science. Apart from Delhi, ma giant Moderna has refused to supply the vac- dreadful stories of criminal neg- cine directly to the State, saying it deals with ligence and utter incompetence, leading to the death of COVID requests only from the Government of India and patients due to oxygen shortage, not from the States or private companies. The are surfacing from many States. Supreme Court a fortnight ago asked the Centre In Karnataka, 24 COVID why cannot it buy 100 per cent of the requirement patients lost their lives on May 2 and 3 when the district hospi- and why cannot the Centre follow the national tal in Chamarajanagara ran out immunisation programme policy with respect to the of oxygen. A three-member procurement of COVID-19 vaccines? committee appointed by the The control of infectious diseases falls in the Concurrent List and is, therefore, High Court indicted the district said to be a shared responsibility between the Centre and the States; that is how the administration and the hospital authorities for their failure to former’s argument goes. However, former Health Secretary K Sujatha Rao pointed supervise the crisis and said the out that all these years, the Union Government was supplying vaccines and drugs oxygen shortage was the result of to the States under the National Programme and that it was for the first time that the callousness at various levels. Centre was leaving the States alone to buy vaccines on their own and at a price to 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 be determined by the manufacturers. The Centre is the nodal agency to facilitate near- in the Goa Medical College and Congress, the Telangana Therefore, no State can claim summed it up when he said ly all aspects of vaccination. It is the Centre, not the States, that can persuade the Hospital reportedly lost their Rashtra Samithi and the DMK. that it was helpless or power- after the first wave of COVID- United States for the raw materials; can help the suppliers expand production capac- lives because the hospital ran out The Maharashtra Government less to deal with these issues. 19: “The Government, admin- ity; approve more vaccines and balance the domestic supply with obligations of the of oxygen. While the hospital is run by a coalition of eight Over the last month, the istration and public dropped authorities claim not all of these parties, including the Shiv Sena, Prime Minister has been made their guard.” However, this is Indian manufacturers under Covax. Procuring vaccines is a logical extension of the cases can be linked to depletion the Congress, the NCP and the the fall guy — a convenient not the time for finger-point- Centre’s job. The current policy has created a divide of sorts: The Centre lowered of oxygen, one hears that this SP. The DMK-led coalition in ruse to deflect blame from all ing. “We have to stay positive the threshold age for vaccination to 18 years but will not vaccinate the nearly 90 institution had a very primitive Tamil Nadu has the Congress, other entities. But once we …. to keep ourselves COVID- crore people in the 18-45 age group. It is left to the States while the Centre takes system of oxygen supply and the CPI, the CPM and the overcome this crisis, we must negative,” he says. insufficient storage capacity. MDMK, among others. take stock of what the follow- Emphasising the need for care of the older, high-risk categories. Where will that leave Punjab? Where will that The Goa Bench of the Bombay While everyone is ing entities did or did not do positivity at this juncture, leave the other States if the rest of the pharma companies react like Moderna? The High Court also had to step in indulging in the blame game, in the first quarter of this year: Bhagwat referred to a partic- vaccination, obviously, cannot stop. The Centre will then be forced to retract its pol- and press for speedy action to it must be noted that the Prime The Chief Ministers; State ular phase in World War II icy; something it can do voluntarily and without compulsion today. resolve the logistics issues. Minister has chosen not to WHILE EVERYONE IS Health Ministers; Chief when England appeared to be In Haryana, such deaths blame anybody. However, some INDULGING IN THE Secretaries; Health Secretaries; losing the war. Yet, there was were reported in hospitals in fundamentals must be under- BLAME GAME, IT the Indian Council of Medical a note on Prime Minister PICTALK 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- MUST BE NOTED THAT tors of all major Government read: “There is no pessimism that were hit by oxygen short- marily responsible for hospitals THE PRIME MINISTER 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 HAS CHOSEN NOT TO the Union Health Ministry in of defeat. They don’t exist.” not enough, there have been and the States is delineated in BLAME ANYBODY. particular, the Union Health Bhagwat said India too needs disastrous fires in hospitals in the Seventh Schedule, which HOWEVER, SOME Secretary and all senior offi- to have such courage and several States. lists the items that fall within the cials in that Ministry. Did any resolve to defeat COVID-19. An analysis of the death of domain of each entity. FUNDAMENTALS MUST of the administrators of private He is absolutely right. While COVID patients due to oxygen Item six in the State List in BE UNDERSTOOD. hospitals who are studio-hop- it is true that not a single fam- shortage shows that such incidents this Schedule states: “Public UNDER THE 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 CONSTITUTION, THE the oxygen depletion, take tial bereavement, we have to Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, words, public health and the STATE GOVERNMENTS any measures to augment the exhibit superhuman courage, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, management of hospitals and ARE PRIMARILY supply and storage of oxygen resolve and positivity in the Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra dispensaries is wholly the in their hospitals over the past face of personal tragedy to Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Goa, a responsibility of the States RESPONSIBLE FOR year? But, as stated earlier, this defeat this rampaging scourge. total of 14 States — half the num- and they cannot get away by HOSPITALS AND THE is not the time for this exercise. (The writer is an author ber of the States in the country. pointing fingers at somebody DISASTERS THEREIN 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.)

A group of Barabanki residents jumps into the Saryu to avoid vaccination against COVID-19 AP LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SOUNDBITE PUT AN END TO FARMERS’ AGITATION Vaccination is the Sir — Many rounds of talks between the key to controlling Oli-garchy farmer unions and the Government have Time to fix responsibility the pandemic but remained inconclusive due to the adamant the Centre doesn’t Thanks to Oli’s mismanagement, Nepal attitude of both sides. The growers are rigid But the barge was stuck in the sea. The seem to care. on their demands: To repeal the three farm main danger for ships and barges during laws and a written guarantee from the Centre cyclones is the wind speed. The tidal waves Congress leader is looking at fresh elections in November — Rahul Gandhi on the Minimum Support Price (MSP). The were as high as 10 metres, the survivors said. n the day Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli failed to prove his majority in Government, on the other hand, is willing Due to the high wind speed, the barge went The US’ maximum the House of Representatives, he had published an appeal in The Guardian, request- to negotiate with the farmers on any issue adrift and swayed to hit a rig, resulting in water pressure campaign Oing the UK Government and the international community for assistance in Nepal’s apart from the repeal of the laws. leakage. Many life rafters were reportedly punc- against Iran has fight against COVID-19. The article received significant backlash within his country. The Meanwhile, the farmers need to be wary tured, making them unsuitable for emergen- proved ineffective; of the self-styled intellectual activists who have people were unconvinced since Oli has left no stone unturned to turn Nepal into a polit- cies. Many men jumped into the water with Iran in the face of the wormed their way into the dispute. They floating rings, hoping to be spotted by rescuers. American sanctions has triumphed. ical mess; beginning with his quest to remain in power, to misusing the office of the seem motivated more by their animus The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) against the Union Government than by the everal lives were lost due to overconfi- President. Despite losing majority in the House, Oli was invited to form a minority dence and negligence, both in equal mea- has said it repeatedly warned the ONGC about Iranian President Government. Within days, the same Parliament has welfare of the farmers. The cultivators, if good the cyclone. The company claims the cyclone — Hassan Rouhani sense prevails, should quit the agitation route Ssure, after the oilfield accommodation been dissolved again, and new elections have been barge, “Papaa-305”, with 261 men sank into “changed its path” and caught the barge while the going is good for them. My friends, the Arabian sea 35 nautical miles off the unawares. Surely, it’s an unverified claim that scheduled for November. Noteworthily, Nepal is expe- Instead of intensifying their protest, it acquaintances, riencing the worst of COVID-19 amid rising cases, fatal- would be wiser to use the six-month land- Mumbai coast. The Coast Guard had warned needs to be taken with a pinch of salt. Luckily, two other barges that went adrift were safely followers, our mark to move beyond the politics of agita- the shipping boats and fishermen against ven- volunteers, friends ities and looming doubts over the supply of vaccines brought to the shore. tion and put an end to it. May 26 marks the turing into the sea. from the TV and film from international manufacturers. The shadow of cor- But for the admirable job done by the Navy completion of six months of the protest. With Did the captain ignore the advisories? Was industry, Government officials and ruption in procuring vaccines and medical equipment the Centre reiterating that its offer is on the the decision to keep going his own? When a and the Coast Guard, the number of casualties donors — I’m amazed and is dark enough to be seen. So, a plea from Oli is noth- table, the unions must accept the 18-month cyclone warning is given, the captain is would have been much higher. A detailed inves- overwhelmed to see how everyone ing but a mockery of good governance and a forced suspension of laws and end their agitation. expected to steer his vessel to the safety of the tigation into the tragedy should be conducted is standing with us in this initiative. and responsibility fixed. Heads must roll; oth- blindfold on the international community to overlook. Yash Pal Ralhan | Jalandhar harbour. The warning was sounded on May 11, Dancer and actor so the ONGC had enough time to evacuate its erwise there will be little accountability. Oli has become an authoritarian leader who disrespects Akola — Raghav Juyal WAKE-UP CALL FOR OUR POLITICOS personnel. Ganapathi Bhat | the will of the people, political mood and remains Sir — The second wave of the Coronavirus I spoke with Kohli unbothered by what the country is facing. has exposed the inefficiency and inertia of vaccines may end up being the last in inoc- September 16, 2020. While the overall num- our Central and State leaders. It seems they during IPL when DC If anyone can be held responsible for paralysing Nepal in every sphere, it’s the pre- ulating its citizens. While the other coun- ber saw a declining trend from March (3,617) played RCB. He told never took the killer infection as seriously as tries announce freebies to those getting the sent-day “Oli-garchy”. The apex court has nullified Oli’s earlier attempt to dissolve Parliament, to April (3,371), there was an increase in me that I bowled they take elections, big or small, in different jab, our politicians seem interested only in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra well and should and ill-intended overnight ordinances on political parties were withdrawn by the President parts of the country. Our country neither garnering votes to cling to power. and Haryana, where the calls more than dou- continue doing this. amidst opposition. He was once again challenged to prove his majority, but he failed. upgraded the infrastructure nor stepped up V Nagendra Kumar | Hyderabad bled from 73 in March to 170 in April. the pace of the vaccination campaign. Most of the callers over the past month Currently, unashamed, Oli continues to be the caretaker Prime Minister. Voices are ema- MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ARE NEXT PROBLEM Delhi Capitals bowler While most developed countries booked raised concerns regarding the second wave nating from the Army veterans, civil society and the democratic forces to hold Oli respon- vaccine orders in far excess of their popula- — Avesh Khan Sir — Anxiety, depression, tension, frustra- after being diagnosed with COVID-19. The sible for the current crisis. These are the same voices that fought an autocratic monar- tion, India lagged way behind in its strate- tion and post-traumatic stress have been gic planning. Often, even the courts had to officials said the increase in the number of The PM is taking chy for more than a decade to establish an envisaged democratic order in the Himalayan among the most common problems for calls could be partially due to the helpline credit for Corona interfere and pulled up the Governments on Indians, as reported by the Social Justice country. However, in less than 15 years, leaders like Oli have done no good but fueled the handling of the crisis. The cost of inoc- being promoted as a COVID-related men- vaccination; his the ethnic divide, economic slowdown, soured relations with India and institutionalised Ministry’s mental health helpline. Not surpris- tal health resource during the second wave photograph should ulating the whole country is 0.36 per cent of ingly, many States are experiencing more calls corruption. When Nepal became the world’s sixth Communist-ruled country in 2008, the GDP which, experts say, can be achieved in the region. The majority of the callers had also be printed on to these helplines during the second wave. been men in the age group of 15 to 40 years. the death certificates questions were asked whether Communism and democracy could coexist. With parties easily. If India exhausts its vaccine fund allo- of Corona victims. cated in the Budget of 2021, a lion’s share of According to the Department of Bhagwan Thadani | Mumbai like the CPN-UML led by Oli and the Maoists in Nepal, self is prioritised before ideology, the population can be vaccinated. Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Hindustani Awam Morcha nation and people. Therefore, Nepal needs a second wave of democracy to re-establish If the Indian leaders still do not wake (DEPwD) data, 26,047 calls were received by Send your feedback to: (HAM) president institutions in the truer sense with education, medical and economy at the priority. up, then the world’s largest manufacturer of the KIRAN helpline till April 30 since [email protected] —Jitan Ram Manjhi VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | MAY 25, 2021 07 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ FIRSTCOLUMN Supply chain strategies REIN IN METHANE EMISSIONS, NOW to manage vaccination ANITA KUMAR The rising levels of methane gas have the potential to add to patients’ misery Yes, there are problems but there are also solutions that can be leveraged to add order to the campaign, mitigate bottlenecks and increase supply & distribution n January 16,2021, the Covid-19 vaccina- tion programme was launched with SRIRAJ much fanfare by Prime Minister Narendra KOTA Modi. It was touted as the only ray of hope afterO a year of human suffering. An ambitious pro- t a time when COVID-19-induced patient load is over- whelming, it is critical to ensure that factors such as cli- ject to vaccinate 1.3 billion population in a two-dose mate change do not add to the disease burden. In these regimen, an event of this magnitude had never been A attempted in India before. Although India has been trying times climate change made worse by rising methane lev- one of the largest exporters for vaccines in the last els has the potential to add to the health miseries unless urgent decade, several questions were raised: Does India mitigatory measures are applied. The global methane emissions have the capacity to manufacture 2.6 billion doses? too are anything but under control as per a report by the United Does India have adequate infrastructure to man- Nations Environment Program (UNEP). 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 The UNEP report has underlined the urgent need to reduce approach to propose solutions that can be leveraged the human-caused global methane emissions especially from the to add order to the vaccine programme, mitigate agricultural sector with its livestock emissions from enteric and bottlenecks and increase the supply and distribu- manure fermentationcontributing up to 32 per cent of global tion of vaccines. Supply chain management is the SUPPLY CHAIN facilitation of of flow of goods from the raw mate- MANAGEMENT methane emissions. Even though the carbon dioxide levels dropped rial suppliers to the manufacturers, dealers, distrib- IS THE turing capacity and capability for vac- across the country, it needs to invest For this, a supply chain info- during the coronavirus pandemic,however, the same did not hap- utors, retailers and finally to the customer; it is also FACILITATION OF cines was not questioned earlier as further in logistics infrastructure as directoryneeds to be established pen with methane as the concentration in the atmosphere reached the management of bilateral and seamless flow of THE FLOW OF the country houses the largest vac- the vaccines need to bestoredand that can help suppliers and pur- record levels last year, according to the data from the United States information end-to-end. The principles of supply GOODS FROM cine manufacturer in the world and transported at temperatures 2-8 chasers traverse the volatile and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This is wor- chain management advocate creating strong net- THE RAW exports 60 per cent of its production degrees from the point of manufac- uncertain environment. The info- risome as methane being an extremely powerful greenhouse gas works and integrated relationships between the dif- MATERIAL to other countries as part of the ture to the point of administration. directiory would serve as a central is responsible for about 30 per cent of global warming. ferent echelons of the chain. SUPPLIERS 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 The UNEP report calls for cutting down methane emissions TO THE PROCUREMENT OF RAW MATERIALS MANUFACTURERS, production capacity has been severe- vaccines degrade by the time they needs of different states and regions, by 45 per cent to avoid worst consequences.If achieved it would 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- prevent a rise in global warming by up to 0.3 degrees Celsius DEALERS, rials for Covid 19 vaccine were identified as: 1) raw DISTRIBUTORS, India manufactures vaccines large- perature errors. Thus, need of the plies and manufacturing capacity for by 2045. Besides, it will help prevent 2,60,000 premature deaths, materials and technologies needed for the fight RETAILERS AND ly intended for children, therefore it hour is to create public-private and input materials and finished prod- 7,75,000 asthma-related hospital visits annually, and 25 million against COVID-19 are under intellectual property was presumptuous to assume that public-public partnerships to outfit ucts, delivery times, and so on. protection and therefore inaccessible to many coun- FINALLY TO this high capacity would easily be transportation modes, storage hubs, Moreover, Chain of Custody also tonnes of crop losses. In India, the agri sector contributes to THE CUSTOMER; nearly 47 per cent of the anthropogenic methane emissions. 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- IT IS ALSO THE Moreover,India's decision to export handling areas and health centers tracking of vaccines in the supply The European Commission for instance had adopted the age domestic production. The US has assured that MANAGEMENT OF vaccines to the rest of the world was with freezers. chain and prevent counterfeiting of European Union Methane Strategy in October 2020 which has it willexpedite export of raw materials, but when is BILATERAL AND premature as the combined produc- India's primary healthcare cen- data and systems. outlined measures to cut methane emissions in Europe and inter- the question. Meanwhile,an international agreement SEAMLESS FLOW tion of Covishield (60 million per ters which are last mile storage and The challenges to vaccinatethe nationally.India has the potential to reduce methane emissions that compels majority of countries to remove or not OF INFORMATION month) and Covaxin (five million administration points are ill- Indian population against Covid-19at in the agriculture, waste and energy sectors. create trade barriers that disrupt the global flow of END-TO-END per month) is insufficient to service equipped to handle these the earliest are humungous.The sup- India must begin by addressing the losses and waste in the 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- food sector. A UN report pegged domestic food waste in India 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 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- at 68.7 million tonnes annually. This waste releases immense quan- can be expanded rapidly. In this context, it makes ing capacity along with conducting er training of healthcare workers who rials, limited manufacturing capac- tities of methane. Implementing behavioural change methods can 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 help reduce waste and diverting the waste towards energy gen- indigenous vaccine developed in India.Alternate and seamless production. Rather emergencies. Verifiable transcript of logistics infrastructure and insuffi- eration can help reduce methane emissions. Improvement in live- supplier base from other countries such as Russia than relying on one manufacturer, the vaccine's lifecycle and journey cient trained manpower. On the stock management, encouraging adoption of health diets should be developed to procure and supplement raw the Union and state governments needs to be documented as counter- demand side, although the popula- focused on vegetarian can reduce methane emissions by 65-80 materials for large-scale commercial production should consider public-private part- feiting is rampant in the pharmaceu- tion numbers are fixed, demand million tonnes per year and help script a low methane emissions while strictly adhering to the biosafety standards. nerships, advanced purchase agree- tical supply chain. remains uncertain at the micro level ments, incentives and benefits with The Indian government has due complications suffered by some future for India.In the agriculture sector the adoption of zero tillage MANAGING MANUFACTURING CAPACITY concessional loans to propel vaccine done well to launch the Co-Win patients, misinformation regarding practice, coupled with efficient use of fertilisers and better man- 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 agement of water in rice crops can go a long way in gaining con- cine is complex and requires specialized production CII School of Logistics, this has brought visibility and trans- information related to the highly trol over the carbon footprint of the agriculture sector. capacity. Moreover, adjuvant materials such as con- Amity University. VACCINE MID-MILE LOGISTICS parency to the front-end opera- mutant strain of the virus makes mat- These measures are excellent ways to get a handle on 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 the runaway methane levels in India.However, the government 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. must not fritter away the precious progress made through these measures. One such activity is the continuing usage of coal in India. The government must urgently look towards dialling POINTCOUNTERPOINT down coal usage and lend scalability to alternative sources of energy. This must be combined with reducing the mining activities and closing the abandoned coal mines effectively WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY WORLD WRESTLING DAY. THE APPLICANT (SUSHIL) IS BEING FALSELY IMPLICATED. so that they do not keep leaking methane. THIS DAY IS ALL ABOUT HELPING EACH OTHER THE PURPORTED VICTIMS WERE TRYING TO Rising methane emissions can have disastrous conse- TO FIGHT COVID-19 AND MOTIVATE EACH OTHER. DEFAME AND FIX (SUSHIL) FOR A LONG TIME. quences for human's and environment alike. India must rein in — WRESTLER — WRESTLER AND OLYMPIC MEDALLIST the emissions before they assume unmanageable levels. BAJRANG PUNIA SUSHIL KUMAR (The author is an environmental journalist. The views expressed are personal.) A wake-up call for Delhi's health infrastructure The city Government must heed warnings and ensure that no life is lost due to systemic failures or misplaced priorities 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 VIJENDER GUPTA 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- pRelax 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, p 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 pMandate 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 pProvide subsidy and simpli- hospitals and incentivise pri- existing infrastructure such as oxygen supply should be Delhi government. VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | MAY 25, 2021 Money 08 Sensex jumps 111 pts; Nifty

PNS n MUMBAI broader NSE Nifty rose 22.40 ends near 15,200 points or 0.15 per cent to Equity benchmark Sensex 15,197.70. advanced 111 points on SBI was the top gainer in the Monday, tracking gains in Sensex pack, advancing over 2 HDFC twins, SBI and L&T per cent, followed by L&T, ITC, amid mixed cues from global Dr Reddy's, Axis Bank and markets. PowerGrid. The 30-share BSE index On the other hand, IndusInd climbed 111.42 points or 0.22 Bank, UltraTech Cement, Titan per cent to finish at 50,651.90. and Bajaj Finserv were among RDIF, Panacea Biotec launch The the losers. Domestic equities remained positive despite mixed global production of Sputnik V in India cues as persistent decline in daily caseload and improve- PNS n NEW DELHI As announced in April, countries around the world, he ment in recovery rate in second RDIF and Panacea have agreed added. wave of COVID-19 continued The Russian Direct Investment to produce 100 million doses On the development, to lift investors' sentiments, said Fund (RDIF) and Indian drug per year of Sputnik V, it added. Panacea Biotec MD Rajesh Binod Modi, Head - Strategy at firm Panacea Biotec on "Launch of production in Jain said, "This marks a signif- Reliance Securities. Monday announced the launch India in partnership with icant step as we initiate pro- Elsewhere in Asia, bourses of production of the Sputnik V Panacea Biotec marks an duction of Sputnik V. Together in Shanghai and Tokyo ended coronavirus vaccine in India. important step in helping the with RDIF, we hope to help on a positive note, while Hong The first batch of the country fight the pandemic," bring a sense of normalcy Kong and Seoul were in the COVID-19 vaccine produced RDIF chief executive Kirill back to people across the red. at Panacea Biotec's facilities at Dmitriev said. country and around the Equities in Europe were Baddi in Himachal Pradesh The production of Sputnik world." largely trading with gains in will be shipped to the Russia's V supports efforts of India's Sputnik V was registered in mid-session Gamaleya Center for quality authorities to leave behind the India under the emergency use deals. Meanwhile, interna- control. acute phase of coronavirus as authorisation procedure on tional oil benchmark Brent Full-scale production of the soon as possible while the April 12, 2021, and vaccination crude was trading 1.81 per cent vaccine is expected to start this vaccine will also be exported at against coronavirus with the higher at USD 67.55 per summer, RDIF and Panacea a later stage to help prevent the Russian vaccine started on barrel. Biotec said in a joint statement. spread of the virus in other May 14. MONEY MATTERS Antibody Cocktail Dr Reddy's Laboratories lines up Igarashi Motors' Gold gains Rs 95; silver Chennai units jumps Rs 154 launched in India at Rs 1K-cr capex for current fiscal old in the national capital shut from May on Monday gained Rs 95 PNS n NEW DELHI Gto Rs 48,015 per 10 gram Rs 59,750 per dose 24 till May 30 amid a positive global trend PNS n NEW DELHI Drug major Dr Reddy's PNS n NEW DELHI and rupee depreciation, Laboratories has earmarked a according to HDFC Securities. Drug majors Roche India and Capex of around Rs 1,000 Auto components maker In the previous trade, it had Cipla on Monday announced crore for the current fiscal as Igarashi Motors India on closed at Rs 47,920 per 10 launch of Roche's Antibody it remains positive about sus- Monday said its manufactur- gram. Silver also jumped Rs Cocktail in India priced at Rs taining its growth trends in the ing units and corporate office 154 to Rs 70,998 per kg, from 59,750 per dose for the treat- current fiscal and beyond, as in Chennai will be closed Rs 70,844 per kg in the previous trade. The rupee depreciated by 4 ment of mild to moderate per a top company official. from May 24 to May 30 due paise to 72.87 against the US dollar in the early trade on Monday. In COVID-19 in patients who are pack (each pack can treat two The Hyderabad based firm to restrictions imposed by the international market, gold was trading in the green at USD 1,882 at high risk. patients) is Rs 1,19,500 inclu- invested about Rs 1,000 crore TN government to curb the per ounce and silver was flat at USD 27.67 per ounce. HDFC "The first batch of the sive of all taxes in the 2020-21 fiscal. "While the current business Dr Reddy's has a net surplus second wave. Securities Senior Analyst (Commodities) Tapan Patel said, "Gold Antibody Cocktail As per the statement, the "The Capex will be around environment continues to cash of Rs 751 crore as of The company, which prices continued upside after gaining for three consecutive weeks. (Casirivimab and Imdevimab) drug will be available through the same numbers, maybe a bit remain uncertain owing to March 31, 2021, he added. manufacturers DC motors, Gold prices traded near four-month high on weaker dollar." Motilal is now available in India while leading hospitals and COVID higher if everything goes the global pandemic, we On the company's North has two units in Chennai. Oswal Financial Services Vice-President (Commodities Research) a second batch will be made treatment centers. through," Dr Reddy's believe that the foundation is America Generics business, It supplies to global auto- Navneet Damani said, "Gold steadied near the highest level amid available by mid-June. In total The CDSCO had recently Laboratories CEO Erez Israeli solid and there are multiple Israeli said that as of March 31, motive parts majors, weaker dollar and pullback in US yields showing the investors they can potentially benefit provided an EUA for the said in an analyst call. growth levers available for us 2021, the drugmaker had 95 including Bosch, Contine- increased optimism on the precious metal." 2,00,000 patients as each of the Antibody Cocktail in India. It However, it depends on the to sustain growth trends in cumulative filings pending ntal, Cooper, Magneti 1,00,000 packs that will be has also received a EUA in the COVID-situation that how FY22 and beyond". approval with the US Food and Marelli and Delphi. available in India offers treat- US and several EU countries. much the company would be The drug maker's growth Drug Administration In view of government ment for two patients," Cipla “We are optimistic that the able to put in during the fiscal, would be primarily driven by (USFDA), which included 92 directive of May 22 of com- Canara Bank board meeting and Roche said in a joint state- availability of Antibody he noted. organic moves, focusing abbreviated new drug applica- plete lockdown in the state ment. Cocktail (Casirivimab and He was responding to a around pipeline monetisation, tions (ANDAs) and three new to prevent and contain the to consider capital raise Cipla will distribute the Imdevimab) in India can help query whether the company's productivity enhancement, drug applications (NDAs). spread of COVID-19 sec- tate-run Canara Bank product by leveraging its strong in minimising hospitalisation, Capex for FY22 would be diversifications and capability "Overall, in the year (2020- ond wave, "our manufac- on Monday said it is distribution strengths across ease the burden on healthcare higher than FY21. ramp-up in marketing and 21), we launched 28 new prod- turing units and corporate Slooking to raise capital the country, it added. systems and play a key role in "We had about give or take digitalisation, he added. ucts, including one relaunch. office at Chennai will be through a mix of equity and The price for each patient treatment of high risk patients a little bit less than Rs 1,000 "Further, our strong bal- We expect the strong new closed from May 24, 2021 debt instruments in the dose [a combined dose of 1,200 before their condition worsens,” crore of Capex in FY21," Israeli ance sheet allows us to contin- launches momentum to con- until May 30, 2021", current fiscal and a meeting mg will be Rs 59,750 inclusive said V Simpson Emmanuel, said. ue to invest in the right set of tinue through the current year Igarashi Motors India said of the board of directors will of all taxes. The maximum Managing Director and CEO, On the growth outlook for inorganic moves to enable as well with a similar number in a regulatory filing. take place on May 28. retail price for the multi dose Roche Pharma India. the current fiscal, Israeli noted: long-term growth," Israeli said. of launches," he added. However, the bank has not mentioned how much amount it plans to raise during 2021-22. "The board meeting of the bank is scheduled to be held on May 28, 2021 at the head office, Creditors' panel Bengaluru, to consider and approve the capital raising plan of the Amazon to offer Covid financial bank for FY 2021-22," Canara Bank said in a regulatory filing. The defers voting on lender said the capital is slated to be raised through qualified institutional placement (QIP), follow-on public offer, rights issue, Suraksha's offer preferential issue or any other means or a combination. It may also support for frontline teams, staff PNS n NEW DELHI include the issue of Basel III bonds or other such securities. Canara Bank stock traded at Rs 155.70 apiece on the BSE, up 1.96 per cent PNS n NEW DELHI Jaypee Infratech's financial from previous close. creditors have decided to Amazon India on Monday defer the voting process on Nestlé to set up O2 said it has launched a COVID- Suraksha group's bid, that 19 Relief Scheme (CRS) under was scheduled to start Anmi urges Sebi to reconsider which it will provide financial from Monday, to acquire assistance to frontline teams of the troubled realty firm plants in 5 hospitals associates hired through through insolvency. proposal on 100 per cent levy staffing agencies and other The decision to defer PNS n NEW DELHI those communities in need tock brokers' association eligible employees with a the voting was taken on during the pandemic, with Anmi has urged markets COVID-19 allowance and Monday morning in a FMCG major Nestlé India on initiatives that focus on safe- Sregulator Sebi to reconsider additional hospital reimburse- meeting of the CoC, Monday said it will set up oxy- guarding the wellbeing of peo- the proposed 100 per cent levy ment. Amazon India said it is reimbursements and facilitat- which was called after gen plants in five hospitals ple at large. "We have lent a on intra-day trade peak margins, The COVID-19 allowance is encouraging all its employees ing easy access to hospitals. NBCC suo motto sub- near its factories across the helping hand in augmenting as the higher-margin will reduce a one-time grant per employ- and frontline teams to get vac- Amazon India had recent- mitted 14 page adden- country, as part of its support much needed medical supplies hedging opportunities. In a ee of Rs 30,600 for in-house cinated at the earliest possible ly announced that it will cover dum to its resolution plan. to fight against the coronavirus like ventilators, masks, PPE letter to Sebi on May 15, the COVID care, medical equip- opportunity and making vac- the COVID-19 vaccination When asked whether pandemic. kits, face shields, and oxime- Association of National ment, or medication related cination a ready choice for its cost for more than 10 lakh voting on Suraksha bid has The company is in the ters, etc," he added. Exchanges Members of India expenses, Amazon India said teams. people including its India been deferred, JIL IRP process of setting up the oxy- Narayanan further said, (Anmi) said that there is a great disconnect between what is being in a blog. The company is also provid- employees, sellers, associates Anuj Jain said: "Yes". gen plants in hospitals near its "Recognising the need for collected from clients and what needs to be collected vis-a-vis the If employees exceed their ing a special pay of up to Rs as well as its operations part- Sources said homebuyers' factories in Punjab, Himachal oxygen support for COVID-19 attendant risks arising in intraday trades. It, however, reiterated that maximum insurance cover due 1,500 to all associates working ner network of Delivery representative in the panel Pradesh, Uttarakhand, patients, my team is in the they are not against the collection of intraday margin levied on to COVID-19 related hospital- through staffing agencies for Service Partner (DSP) associ- will this week conduct a Karnataka and Goa, Nestle process of setting up oxygen clients nor the levy of full margin on the clearing member isation expenses, Amazon both doses of the vaccine. ates, including Amazon Flex voting process for fla- India said in a regulatory filing. plants in five hospitals near irrespective of the nature of the trade. The bookers' association India will also additionally In addition, it is enabling drivers, I Have Space (IHS) towners to decide whether Nestlé India Chairman and our factory locations in requested Sebi to reconsider the proposed 100 per cent levy on day reimburse insurance-approved vaccination for its associates store partners, trucking part- extra time should be given Managing Director Suresh Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, trade peak margins as the margin is 300 per cent of what should hospital expenses up to Rs 1.9 and employees through vari- ners and their eligible depen- to both the bidders. Narayanan said the company's Uttarakhand, Karnataka and have been the actual levy. lakh, it added. ous other channels, including dents. team is continuing to help Goa." Zydus Cadila launches breast Icra pegs India’s Q4 MFIs credit costs may be in 3-6 pc range cancer treatment drug Ujvira PNS n MUMBAI the incidence of most of the ydus Cadila on Monday launched relevant provision will also Ujvira, a drug used for treatment of With their collection efficien- fall in FY22, given that the bulk Zbreast cancer. The company has GDP growth at 2 pc cy getting impacted amid dis- of the second wave portfolio launched Trastuzumab Emtansine, the PNS n MUMBAI The agency has projected ruptions caused by the second deterioration would happen first antibody drug conjugate (ADC) the GVA growth at 3 per cent wave of COVID-19 pandemic, at the beginning of FY22. biosimilar and a highly effective drug Domestic rating agency Icra in Q4 of FY21, up from 1 per microfinance institutions "As a consequence, the for treating both early and advanced on Monday forecast a 2 per cent in Q3, suggesting that the (MFIs) may see their credit impact of the credit costs on HER2 positive breast cancer, under the cent uptick in growth during double-dip recession implied cost in the 3-6 per cent range account of the second wave brand name Ujvira, Zydus Cadila said in a statement. "In a step the March FY21 quarter, and by the NSO for Q4 is averted. in the current fiscal, a report would be higher in the annu- that can significantly reduce treatment cost by almost 80 per cent, 3 per cent from the gross "We have forecast GDP said. al financials for FY22 than the drug is being offered at Rs 32,495 for a 100 mg vial. The value-added perspective. growth to trail the GVA India Ratings and Research "MFIs could again see cred- cent drop in collections com- FY21 and possibly even the current MRP of existing Trastuzumab Emtansine drug is Rs This would mean that the expansion in Q4, on account in its report said that collec- it costs in the range of 3-6 per pared to March 21), as states demonetisation crisis,” it said. 1,59,225 for 100 mg vial. Ujvira will be available in two strengths, NSO projection of a double-dip of the assessed impact of the tions of micro lenders and cent in FY22, if the early trends implement stricter measures to During demonetisation, 100 mg and 160 mg," the company added. Zydus Cadila said HER2 contraction is avoided. The back-ended release of subsi- small finance banks (SFBs) of the collection performance manage the second COVID MFIs credit costs were spread positive breast cancer is considered an aggressive form and agency has placed the full-year dies by the government. Given are likely to have declined 3-5 were to persist,” the agency wave. The variation among over three years as the event constitutes 20 to 25 per cent of all breast cancers. Dr Sharvil Patel, contraction at 8.45 per cent. Its the latter, we believe the trend per cent in April 2021 and said. MFIs could be wider, depend- occurred at end of the third Managing Director, Cadila Healthcare the launch of Ujvira reinforces chief economist Nayar expects in the GVA performance may additional 5 -7 per cent May It said May 2021 could see a ing on their level of concentra- quarter of FY17 and the regu- the innovation capabilities that India has to be able to create the annualised GDP growth at be a more meaningful gauge of 2021 (first fortnight of the higher drop in collections (5- tion in regions where lifting of lator provided forbearance for complex therapies like ADCs and Zydus' ongoing commitment to 2% in the March quarter, up the economic recovery in Q4," month), both on a month-on- 7 per cent) than even April restrictions could be slow, it NPA (non-performing assets) offer breakthroughs backed by science and innovation. from 0.40% in December. Nayar said. month basis. 2021 (cumulative 10-15 per said. The report further said recognition, the report said. 9

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ing in order to stay strong and healthy. One such easy exercise to reduce eye strain while working from home is the 20-20-20 rule exercise. COULD COVID CAUSE One should practice to look away from the screen after every 20 minutes and focus on any object that is 20 feet away for 20 seconds. This ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IN MEN? will surely work as a strain relief to your eyes. Post-work workout long with physical and mental health, To stay fit, people need to sexual health prob- include at least 150 minutes A lems are also aggra- of moderate-intensity physi- vated by the ongo- cal activity per week; or 75 ing pandemic, a minutes of vigorous exercise primary reason being weekly. You can pick from a increasing stress due to fac- wide range of workout tors such as job, work life regimes that can be easily balance, financial challenges, done at home. Some of these lack of socialising and workouts include Yoga, strained relationships. A Zumba, Pilates, Functional recent study has revealed that Training, and High-Intensity Covid increases the risk of Interval Training (HIIT) developing erectile dysfunc- among others. To stay on tion (ED) by nearly six times. track and enjoy the best Sexual health and wellness results, you can even join is defined as a state of physi- online classes. Most such cal, emotional, mental, social, How to incorporate exercise digital platforms even offer and spiritual dimensions in the option of one-on-one relation to sexuality. Sexual training with instructors. intimacy is a highly stigma- in your inactive WFH day With fitness being the top tised and taboo topic in priority of many, these are India, and people are usually ne of the most are also known to better the required movement while just a few things that one unwilling to talk openly common changes symptoms of diabetes and simultaneously breaking the can include in their daily about their sexuality and sex- post-pandemic is effectively lower chronic monotony of sitting in one lives. Professionals can make ual health. recent study and the co-rela- among those who had Covid- School of medicine, Miami, O the global adop- pain. They help in keeping position for far too long. It adjustments in this plan Stress directly affects our tion between the coronavirus 19 infection in the past and USA notes the presence of tion of the work- the body adequately oxy- even reduces soreness and depending on their specific hormones and mood and can and erectile dysfunction. very aptly commented that Covid-19 in the penis even 7 from-home genated, which is very nec- stiffness. Some of these work routines, says the take away a person's libido, Pramod Krishnappa, Mask up to keep IT up.” months post infection. The (WFH) culture. As profes- essary during the present exercises like neck rolls, side Fitternity expert. thereby affecting quality time Consultant Andrologist, NU Raman Tanwar, MBBS, increased risk of endothelial sionals set up their indoor times. stretch, back and upper back However, to regularly of a couple. It can also cause Hospitals, Bangalore tells a MS, FMAS, MCh (Urology) dysfunction can lead to a risk workstations, their overall Walk and talk stretch, seated hip stretch, engage in some form of one to indulge in smoking or news agency: “The Covid-19 Gold Medallist, Department of erectile dysfunction in physical activity has spinal twist are a few physical activity is some- alcohol consumption which pandemic has wreaked havoc of Urology and Andrology at affected men.” reduced. The shutdown of With most office meet- stretches that can be per- thing you can’t afford to in turn can adversely affect on humans causing both Uro centre, Jyoti Hospital, Sanjay Pandey, Head of public spaces like gyms, ings turning into conference formed right at your desk. compromise. Consistency is sexual performance. These physical and mental illness. Gurugram adds, “Covid Uro-Andrology at Kokilaben beaches and parks, coupled calls, you end up staying Just like our body, our eyes the primary ingredient in can lead to problems such as Although the lung is the infection leads to widespread Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, with restrictions on other seated for longer time peri- also need some rest. the recipe for a healthy life. premature ejaculation, erec- most prominent organ affect- endothelial dysfunction Mumbai shares: “Covid-19 outdoor activities such as ods. You can start taking Eyes need rest too Exercise not only improves a tile dysfunction, reduced ed, a recent research paper which means that the linings affects different men in dif- walking, jogging or cycling, your calls while walking person's physical health but libido, and male fertility. from Miami has revealed the of blood vessels do not func- ferent ways. There is a possi- has further added to the around your workspace to Eyes have muscles which also works wonders for their Erectile dysfunction, or presence of Covid viral parti- tion properly once infected. bility that some men might problem, says Dhara Tanna, stay active. Apart from also require proper exercis- mental well-being. ED, is a common condition cles in the most sensitive For erection the optimal develop ED after suffering Senior Vice President of improving your blood circu- that can make sexual activity organ, penis. The authors function of blood vessel lin- from Covid-19. So particu- Fitternity. Advocating for lation, it will also help you difficult. It may lead to a loss have also hypothesised that ing is needed and many stud- larly for young and healthy inclusion of varying forms benefit from the much- of intimacy in a marriage or this widespread endothelial ies across the world are find- people who abruptly develop of exercise in one's daily needed break from screen long-term relationship, dysfunction could lead to ing an increased incidence of erectile dysfunction, and routine, Tanna believes indi- time. Additionally, walking affecting the mental well- erectile dysfunction. An erectile dysfunction in especially after having Covid- viduals can achieve their fit- induces the release of being of both partners. Some Italian survey led by Sansone patients who are positive. 19, this can be a sign of ness goals right from the healthy endorphins or leading Indian andrologists also revealed that the erectile Studies have also pointed that something more serious safety of their homes. happy hormones in the share their thoughts on the dysfunction was common those who have ED are more going on. This could last for Here are some workouts body as well as helps in likely to have Covid-19 infec- long term or short term. ED that she suggests you can loosening muscles. You can tion.” is usually a symptom of easily include in your WFH even increase your steps by If an individual is diag- another medical condition. If regime to seamlessly achieve going to the kitchen for nosed with ED, the first step your health isn't great to the balance between work water; instead of sitting with is to reach out to a doctor as begin with, you’re more likely and well-being. a bottle. You can also keep it can be a sign of underlying to have severe or unwanted Before starting your yourselves motivated by health problem. Heart dis- symptoms from Covid-19, work day having a healthy competi- eases, clogged blood vessels, such as ED.” tion with a friend or family high blood pressure, choles- Doctors suggest that with It is essential to start your member on who achieves terol, diabetes, obesity, anxi- the number of cases increas- day with a calm and relaxed the most steps. ety, stress, depression and ing every day and multiple approach. Engaging in some Well-being breaks lifestyle habits like smoking studies indicating that men breathing exercises like and alcohol consumption are are more prone to Covid19, pranayama or anulom vilom Replace screen time while a few of the main causes of this study makes it more will help you stay focused you take your in-between erectile dysfunction. imperative that men must be and stress-free. Further, breaks with some quick Vineet Malhotra, Clinical extra cautious in their every- practicing these will ensure stretches. They are benefi- Director, Diyos Men’s Health day life ignoring which could lowered blood pressure, cial for both the mind and Centre shares: “The recent affect various aspects of their heart rate, and risks of the body. It will provide study conducted at the Miller lives. depression. These exercises muscles and joints with the FUN

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SHIKHA DUGGAL can cause this syndrome,” speaks Dr. Kartikeya Sangal, an opthalmologist. ou may have seen A recent report from a global news stories about computer market leader showed BROKEN possible vision dam- that 91 percent of respondents y age from the blue in India agree that they have light emitted by com- increased laptop usage during puters, smartphones, this pandemic, even more than tablets, televisions, and other the global average of 85 percent. electronic devices. Too much "While this development signals BUT screen time is a common pitfall a lasting change in modern in this digital age and it can work practices, it also causes cause eyestrain in many. But the several problems related to chances of permanent vision eye health. Especially for damage are low. Digital eye- adults who work from home, strain often leads to dry eyes who communicate with BEAUTIFUL and puts an extra burden on the friends via video chat, who muscles that help the eye focus. streams content from over- Also, the eyes do not blink as the-top platforms, and frequently when looking at digi- finally for children taking tal devices which cause faster online courses. All this disruption and evaporation of leads to interesting new the film of tears that protects trends in how people the surface of the eye. That can deal with various eye- cause minor eye irritations such related topics," con- as burning and stinging. So, if cluded the business you grew up listening to your head. Here are some parents tell you to move away of the consumer from the TV screen because trends that have you’ll ruin your eyes, you prob- given shape to eye ably rolled your eyes at them in care during the response and the fact is, pro- pandemic: longed screen time can have an -There's a effect on your eyes if you aren’t growing careful. “Thanks to the eye irri- demand for tation and redness, it feels like I lenses! More am crying all day and for a and more par- change, my boss is not to be blamed for it, haha! The increased screen time with almost no breaks is the reason for my growing eye troubles. I have been using eye drops, but I will be visiting an ophthalmolo- gist soon. I am afraid that I will have to wear glasses now for the first time in my life,” says Sonali EYE CARE AMID Singh, a social media manager fter winning ence of working in television and OTT mediums, with a marketing firm. hearts as the the heartthrob informs, “I know the whole world is Covid-19 came with enor- nation’s heart- hooked to the web platforms, and I feel it is the mous challenges, and its reper- A throb on televi- new medium now. OTT consumption, especially cussions are being felt around sion, Sidharth since the last year, has tremendously increased. the globe. “Changing lifestyles Shukla is set to People are consuming different things, and actors in the age of work from home broaden his horizon as an are willing to experiment more with content on the and home-schooling is leading actor by entering the world of web space.” to modified visual conditions. THE PANDEMIC the web soon. The popular “Both the mediums have their share of chal- Viewing a computer or digital actor is eagerly looking forward lenges. As actors, our job is to act in any medium. I screen often makes work for the solution. As a result, to launching his highly antici- strongly believe if the content is good, people will human eye harder! As a result, omnichannel sup- pated digital debut, Broken But watch it, irrespective of the medium. I am truly the unique characteristics and pliers are becoming Beautiful 3! Sidharth's undeniable excited about my digital debut and am looking for- high visual demands of comput- increasingly charm and acting skills earned ward to the audience’s response to Broken But er and digital screen viewing important, espe- him a massive fan base in no time, Beautiful 3,” Sidharth adds. make many individuals suscep- cially as they thanks to shows like Bigg Boss 13 His last fictional show was Dil Se Dil Tak in tible to the development of enable a rethink and Khatron Ke Khiladi 7, which which he was seen with Rashami Desai and Jasmin vision-related symptoms,” of the customer made him extremely popular in the Bhasin. The actor will be now seen making his dig- informs Rohan Paul, Business experience by entertainment industry. ital debut with Ekta Kapoor’s web series Broken But Head at ZEISS Vision Care offering the Sharing his thoughts on the experi- Beautiful 3. India. Staring into a screen for best of both an extended period of time can worlds while cause ‘computer vision syn- improving drome.’ What is it? Computer customer vision syndrome, also referred safety in to as digital eye strain, describes the current a group of eye-related problems pandemic. that result from prolonged com- puter, tablet, e-reader, and cell phone use. Often the letters on ents are concerned about poten- designed to ease the use of digi- ÆDue to the use of face the computer or handheld tial eye strain and visual irrita- tal devices such as laptops, e- masks, the demand for anti-fog device are not as precise or tion of their children and want readers, or smartphones. Special solutions for eyeglass lens wear- sharply defined, the level of to make sure their kids enjoy optimisation of the near zone ers and cleaning solutions is contrast of the letters to the clear, natural, and healthy considers the typical move- also increasing. background is reduced, and the vision. Here are a few consumer ments of the eyes and the short- Anti-fog lenses help ensure presence of glare and reflections trends that are giving shape to er reading distance required by clear vision during the day and on the screen may make view- eye care: these devices. lens wipes help keep the glasses ing difficult. “Continuous expo- ÆPeople with increased ÆThere is an increased clean and clear. sure to gadgets, binge eating screen time during the pandem- demand for contactless consul- ÆAs a result of the sensitive while watching TV, poor light- ic often experience symptoms of tation. As people continue to environment, the demand for ing, poor posture while using eye strain, including sore or maintain social distance, the use protection against bacteria and gadgets, wrong angle while irritated eyes, neck pain, of remote refraction devices by viruses and more hygiene looking at the screen, not blink- headache, difficulties in focus- optometrists to perform con- around optical products is ris- ing adequately, uncorrected ing on tasks, and even disrupted tactless eye exams under obser- ing. vision problems, not taking fre- sleeping behaviour. vance of the needed hygiene ÆLastly, people want to quent breaks, and screen glare ÆOptimised lenses are being measures is on the rise! experience a secure shopping

n view of the sec- WHAT ARE THE POSSI- table ond wave of BLE DISADVANTAGES ¬ Before you proceed Covid-19 that has OF THESE TESTS? with the test, please down- put extreme pres- load the app mentioned in I sure on diagnostic All you need to know about There could a possible the testing kit, fill in the cre- path labs, the discomfort while sample col- dentials and then proceed Indian Council of Medical lection, if you do not do it with the test. This is impor- Research (ICMR) recently correctly. Also, RATs have tant so that no positive case approved Covid-19 home the tendency to interpret is missed testing using Rapid Antigen incorrect results. The other Always remember that Tests (RATs). home testing Covid-19 kits possibility is that people may there are many factors that The self-use test can be test positive and resort to come into play when it used by symptomatic indi- self-medication which could comes to home test kits. viduals and immediate con- If only quality Control be harmful to them. These tests work best with tacts of confirmed cases as HOW DOES THE HOME Line C appears but the Test ARE THERE ANY people who have symptoms per the ICMR guidelines. TESTING KIT WORK? Line T does not appear, this PREPARATIONS TO DO of Covid-19. If you test a lit- Users of this test will not indicates that novel coron- BEFORE THE TEST? tle early or say if you are need sample collection by a Each kit provides all test- avirus antigen has not been asymptomatic, most likely healthcare professional. ing materials, instructions to detected and the result is Firstly, it is important that your test may show negative This will ease pressure on use (IFU) leaflet and a bio- negative. you find a clean place to do and that might give you a overburdened labs and hazard bag to be safely dis- HOW DO YOU KNOW the test. false sense of reassurance reduce delays in testing. posed of after testing. WHEN THE RESULT IS ¬ Identify a table and that this negative test means However, these tests should The test is designed to be INVALID? sanitise the surface thor- you are not transmissible, be done wisely and in lieu of done using a nasal swab (not oughly when you really could be. the said Covid-19 norms. the deep nasopharyngeal For invalid results, if the ¬ Wash your hands with So, if you are sick, it is According to the ICMR, swab) to reduce the discom- quality control line C is not soap, and make sure that important to seek medical individuals who test positive fort. observed, it will be invalid your hands are dry before aid from your healthcare using the home testing kit The kit is supposed to regardless of whether there you perform the test provider, and report the may be considered as true provide results in 15 minutes is a test line T. In this case, ¬ Tear the pouch and lay findings of the test to the positives, and no-repeat test- and people who test positive the test shall be conducted the contents of the kit on the local municipal body. ing is required. All sympto- should immediately isolate again. matic individuals who test so that they do not infect WHAT DO POSITIVE negative must get tested by others, and quickly contact RESULTS INDICATE? RT-PCR, as RATs are likely the local municipal bodies to miss few positive cases. and their healthcare Positive results indicate Md. Shakeel Ahmed, provider. the presence of viral anti- Head-Emergency Medicine, Those who test negative HOW DO YOU KNOW gens. People who test posi- Fortis Hiranandani Hospital, and continue to experience WHEN THE RESULT IS Control Line C and the Test around 15 minutes for tive with the home Covid-19 Vashi, answers to a news Covid-like symptoms should POSITIVE? Line T appear in the car- results to appear. Antigen Test should self-iso- agency the commonly asked seek follow-up care from tridge, the presence of novel HOW DO YOU KNOW late and seek to follow up questions about home test- their healthcare provider The kit has a control line coronavirus antigen is con- WHEN THE RESULT IS care with their physician or ing kits. It’s as simple as and conduct an RT-PCR and a test line that will indi- firmed, and the result is pos- NEGATIVE? healthcare provider for fur- these following steps: test. cate the result. If both itive. This takes up to ther action. VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | MAY 25, 2021 sport 11

No Ramos, Real Milan, Juve qualify for CL Madrid players in Rossoneri, Bianconeri without Ronaldo win on final day to seal top 4 spot as Napoli miss out after 1-1 draw against Hellas Verona Spain Euro squad AFP n MADRID Ramos could be selected as AFP n MILAN 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 AC Milan players celebrate after 2-0 win against Atalanta in the Serie A match on Sunday @acmilan 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 Luis Enrique has been able Cristiano Ronaldo was left on did not start. to test many young talents in the bench by Juventus coach Andrea AFP n LILLE 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 Madrid player in the Spain Euro, including Garcia, Pau Morata flanked by Federico Chiesa Lthanks to a 2-1 victory at Angers Lille end PSG’s dominance 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 honest Garcia, Aymeric Laporte, ity team, with many choices avail- of second-placed Paris Saint-Germain, since they were taken over by Qatar and sincere,” he wrote Jordi Alba, Diego able.” who won 2-0 at Brest. Sports Investments in 2011 — and 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 shortpasses 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. MADRID: Sevilla set a club record for points of Lille to celebrate at the final whis- Champions League position despite where they are Forwards: in the La Liga by beating Alavés 1-0. Papu tle. only managing a goalless draw at Lens, scheduled to Dani Olmo, Lille players & coaches celebrate after the Ligue 1 match between Angers and Lille at the Raymond Gómez scored a stoppage-time winner for Supporters lit flares and chanted as Lyon lost 3-2 at home to mid-table kick off the Mikel Kopa Stadium in Angers on Sunday. Lille won the match 2-1 to clinch the League 1 title AP Sevilla, which finished with 77 points that is songs in the northern city’s central outfit Nice and allowed the Principality tournament Oyarzabal, one more than the previous record set by the 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, team in 2014-15 under Unai Emery. 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, ROME: The Italian Super Cup will return to 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, Saudi Arabia next season when champions 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. Inter Milan face cup winners Juventus, the Italian League announced on Monday. SHAPOVALOV PULLS OUT PARIS: Canada's world No 15 Denis Shubman focussed on playing England players should dream Shapovalov has made the “difficult decision” to withdraw from the upcoming French Open due to a shoulder injury. sessions on his first UK tour of Euro glory: Southgate AMOL, JAFFER APPLY FOR COACH PTI n NEW DELHI a room for 14 days there is not AFP n LONDON “We’ve only been to one MUMBAI: Domestic doyens Wasim Jaffer much to do. We are given work- European semi-final as a and Amol Muzumdar along with former ndia opener Shubman Gill out schedules, we do that. We try ngland manager Gareth country, never mind to a final India leg-spinner Sairaj Bahutule have Ifeels the team can’t be better to keep ourselves busy watching ESouthgate has told his play- or winning,” said Southgate. applied for Mumbai head coach's post. 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.” KARACHI: The Afghanistan Cricket Board is importance of playing session by so far. pares to name his squad. keen to host Pakistan for a white ball series session in English conditions. Gill has been with the Test England, who reached the POPE DOUBTFUL in the UAE in August-September. A source Gill is undergoing a 14-day squad since 2019 but got his big semi-finals of the 2018 World Burnley and England in the Pakistan board said that the two quarantine in Mumbai along break with the Boxing Day Test Cup in Russia, were crowned goalkeeper Nick Pope is a boards had opened talks on the planned with the rest of the squad. It will at the MCG in December. world champions on home soil major doubt for Euro 2020, series which would include three ODIs and be his first tour of England with Asked about time spent in in 1966 but their record in with the Premier League club three T20 matches in Abu Dhabi or Dubai. 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 JOHANNESBURG: Pacer Anrich Nortje and He did not have the best of “Virat bhai tells me to play fear- Croatia, Scotland and the 29-year-old will be assessed to batsman Aiden Markram were among the times in the home series against lessly whenever we speak about Czech Republic in next see if he can make Gareth names nominated for Cricket South Africa's England and he is looking to Gill told India TV. the game. He speaks about month’s group matches, which Southgate’s squad for the player of the year award, with the pacer make amends starting with the “It is very important to play mindset a lot, that you have to are being held across Europe. Euros. England boss Gareth Southgate will have high hopes from Harry Kane in Euro featuring in the ODI as well as the Test list. WTC final against New Zealand session by session. In England be in good frame of mind when The semi-finals and final are “Unfortunately, Nick is from June 18. whenever there is cloud around, you go out to bat and shares his 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 experiences. He will name his 26-man “But we’ve got to make record is poor — they have tion on his knee this week,” MILAN: Croatian striker Mario Mandzukic 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 confirmed Monday he was leaving AC Milan 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. at the end of his six-month contract. The 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 35-year-old joined the club last January as 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 cover for Ibrahimovic but made just 11 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 appearances and scored no goals. 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. DUBAI: India were off to a confident start at team, and I think we achieved the Asian Boxing Championships with CWG that,” he said. Bronze-winner Mohammed Hussamuddin NZ IPL contingent joins team’s training “Some of that is about (56kg) beating Kazakhstan's Makhmud results, and some of that is Aguero close to Barca deal: Guardiola Sabyrkhan in his opening bout to enter the Southampton: New Zealand about the way the team con- Manchester: Sergio Aguero If the move goes ahead quarterfinals on Monday. 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 ISLAMABAD: Star all-rounder Shahid Afridi joined the team’s training ses- there, that’s the reality. Argentine superstar Lionel before the move to has been ruled out of the PSL due to a back sion for the upcoming two- “And of course now we’ve Messi, according to Manchester in 2011. injury, the PCB said on Monday. Afridi match Test series against hosts been to two semi-finals Manchester City manager Aguero’s final season at represented Multan Sultans in four of its England, New Zealand Cricket (including the Nations League Pep Guardiola. City was dogged by injury five league games at Karachi, scoring just said on Monday. semis) and we are as keen as City’s record goalscorer, and a coronavirus infection three runs and picking up two wickets. 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. CHANDIGARH: Legendary sprinter Milkha 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 Singh, who has tested positive for Covid- and Chris Donaldson, the news the IPL contingent have to go and win.” League final against Chelsea. going to enjoy,” said 19, was on Monday hospitalised, with his 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 son and ace golfer Jeev Milkha Singh 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 saying that the move was a precautionary 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 measure. Hospital sources said that 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 Milkha's condition is “stable”. Agencies over after their departure from tweeted. PTI everybody to dream, we want 12

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Chandra Mohan announces WHEN THE YETO SAM EXPRESSES INTEREST TO retirement from acting VELLIPOYINDI MANASU ACTRESS WORK WITH RANBIR KAPOOR handra WAS ASKED TO Mohan, amantha Akkineni one of the NAME ONE making her digital and senior- Bollywood debut with C most BOLLYWOOD ACTOR The Family Man 2 is actors of WITH WHOM SHE S known news. A few Tollywood, on his days ago, the makers of birthday recently WOULD LOVE TO The Family Man 2 launched the announced a shock- SHARE SCREEN trailer of the second season. ing decision. During a recent interaction with After playing a key SPACE WITH, APART the media, the Rangasthalam actress role in Allu Arjun’s FROM MANOJ expressed her interest to work Duvvada Ranbir Kapoor in Bollywood. Jagannadham, BAJPAYEE, When she was asked to name one Chandra Mohan has SAMANTHA Bollywood actor with whom she duction stages. not been seen in any wants to romance on-screen, apart She will be sharing screen space with super- noted film post that. REPLIED, “RANBIR from Manoj Bajpayee, Samantha star Nayanthara and Vijay Sethupathi in On the occasion of replied, “Ranbir Kapoor”. Vignesh Shivan’s directorial venture Kaathu his 81st birthday on KAPOOR”. Meanwhile, on the work front, Vaakula Rendu Kadhal. Sunday, the senior Samantha has a couple of big South She is also playing the titular role in actor officially con- movies, which are in different pro- Gunasekhar’s Shaakuntalam. firmed his retire- ment. Chandra Mohan cited health-related However, his approach issues as the reason for tak- towards life changed after ing such a decision. Rakhi. Chandra Mohan also After acting in more than suffered health issues during Upendra wants 932 movies, Chandra Duvvada Jagannatham Mohan started his journey because of which he had to as a hero and went on to do postpone the shoot. supporting roles as a charac- The actor revealed the ter artist, and a comedian in same and added that it is to be a ‘CM' multiple languages. On his never good to keep a pro- birthday, the senior actor ducer waiting for him. After while interacting with the that, he decided to call it a ctor Upendra of to become a CM, as he media spoke about a lot of wrap for his career in S/o Satyamurthy wrote, “I want to be CM of things including his career movies and is currently fame, is one of the this state. Will you elect me and life in general, one of relaxing at home, with his most popular if I contest in the election? which is the announcement family. A actors in the south See, I am doing social ser- of his retirement. The actor said he is Indian film indus- vice! I am buying directly Chandra Mohan under- watching movies on televi- try. He’s wowed audiences from the farmers, distribut- went bypass surgery after sion and online to keep him- with films like Super Star, ing it free to the needy. I the film Rakhi. Until then, self entertained and Hollywood, Raktha will also fight vigorously he did not realise how observed that a lot of people Kanneeru, and many more. during elections, scream important it is to keep one- are showering him with even Eversince Upendra about the ruling party, the self healthy. He had often more love ever since his launched his own political opposition party’s failures, joked to his colleagues that movies have been made outfit Prajakeeya, his fans and ask you to elect me. I he’s iron man and nothing available on YouTube and and followers have been will work for the bright would happen to him. other platforms. waiting for him to future of everyone, I will announce a decision on work day and night for contesting elections and making Karnataka the raising his voice regarding greatest state. Can you elect various issues. me??” But he concluded Upendra, who is an saying, “For that power, I Prabhas-John active user of social media will be permanently be a ith every passing sites, took to his Instagram CM (Common Man) (sic)”, film, Devi Sri and revealed that he wants he added. Prasad is increasing Abraham's duel the standards of W music, giving audi- ences “We want Salaar more” feelings. He is also on in board for Allu Arjun’s pan- he star- India film Pushpa. dom of Whenever DSP, one of Prabhas is Telugu cinema’s most celebrat- un- Pushpa ed music directors, has com- T matched posed music for an Allu Arjun across the movie, more often than not, the country. So in order result has been purely magical. to elevate his heroism After all, how else would you to another level, the describe the chartbuster music, makers are trying to which no doubt, helped the cast powerful and blockbuster fortunes of movies macho actors as like Arya, Arya 2, Julayi, S/O antagonists opposite Satyamurthy, and DJ! Prabhas. We now here that Prabhas will be According to the latest locking horns with Bollywood macho hero report in the film industry, DSP John Abhram in his upcoming high octane has already churned out some action entertainer Salaar. which is generating hit numbers for the film tremendous buzz across the country, as direc- Pushpa and the item song has tor Prashant Neel earlier created records with come out very well and they’re KGF. We hear he has penned a powerful all set to be a rage. antagonist role in Salaar and is keen to have a We also hear that the music Bollywood star. In the meantime, reports have director is giving Pushpa’s it that Prabhas will be seen in dual roles in the music a pan-India theme and a film, and in one role he is seen as a mechanic glimpse of it was seen in the and in another role as an army officer. Shruti DSP renders raging teaser. Haasan plays a journalist, Ramya Krishna, item song for Prabhas’ sister in the film which will have music by Ravi Brasure.