EasternChroniWINDOW TO THE EAST cle WEATHERWATCH SENIOR HAMAS COMMANDER CABINET NOD FOR MOU MANCHESTER CITY Max 25°c killed as Israel strikes Gaza, between ICAI & Qatar Financial CONQUER 5th Premier Min 20°c Palestinians fire rockets P 6 Centre Authority P 9 League title ` P 10 Humidity 80% VOL XII, ISSUE 357 PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM KOLKATA PAGES: 10 epaper at: www.easternchronicle.net PRICE `9 THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2021 SPOTLIGHT Crescent moon Veteran journalist and eminent litterateur no more not sighted, Eid AGENCIES COVID-19 . Borgohain was said daily Niyomiya Barta at the lynching. He made his decision be remembered for his rich last rites be performed with full to have been recovering at home time of his passing. public through a column in an contributions to Assamese state honours. celebrations on Friday GUWAHATI: Homen Borgohain but fell from his bed on Tuesday He had a stint in the Assamese newspaper, saying literature and journalism. His He also said that the state — Assamese writer, jour- night and fell unconscious. He Civil Service before turning to that a 'silent protest was going works reflected diverse aspects government would take neces- CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE nalist and Sahitya Akademi was rushed to a private hospital journalism and writing, with on inside him since the Dadri of Assamese life and culture. sary steps to preserve the late awardee — passed away at a in Guwahati where he breathed over 15 published works to his killing took place'. Saddened by his passing away. author’s creations and ideology. GUWAHATI: In view of the fact private hospital in Guwahati his last. name, encompassing fiction, Borgohain wrote that he was Condolences to his family and Born on December 7, 1932 in that no crescent moon sight- on Wednesday morning, aged Condolences came in from the non-fiction and poetry. returning the award also as a admirers. Om Shanti.” Assam a village in , ings reported from any part 88. His death occurred due to Assam government and from In 2015, he announced that way of expressing his anguish Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Borgohain left an Assam Civil of Assam or in India, Eid- cardiac arrest. Prime Minister Narendra Modi. he would be returning the over the growing fascist tenden- Sarma also paid his respects, Services job to become a jour- ul-Fitr will be celebrated in Borgohain had been dis- Borgohain was the president Sahitya Akademi Award for cies in the country. Homen Borgohain, (1932-2021). describing Borgohain as an nalist in the early 1970s. Assam on Friday i.e. on May charged from hospital just ear- of , and the his 1978 novel “Pita Putra” Following his death, Prime his condolences on Twitter: “epochal figure in Assamese His career began at the 14. lier this month after a bout of chief editor of the Assamese in the aftermath of the Dadri Minister Narendra Modi paid “Shri Homen Borgohain will literature” and directed that his Assamese paper, Pg 5 The announcement was made by Maulana Fakhruddin Ahmed Qasimi, President of Ashok ’s son Central Hilal Committee Aditya Saikia dies Assam and Imdad Hussain, Secretary on... Pg 5 Curfew from 2pm, all offices of Covid GUWAHATI: Aditya Saikia, the Covid infected mother younger son of former joint secretary in the Prime Min- gives birth to baby in ister’s Office (PMO) and IAS ambulance officer Ashok Saikia, passed closed for 15 days from today away on Wednesday due to Covid19. CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE AGENCIES rate in the urban and adjacent bazars were asked to remain with the presence of a maximum Aditya Saikia was 41 years old. areas have shown a signifi- closed for next 15 days too. of 10 persons while no reception He was undergoing treatment at AGARTALA: The smart am- GUWAHATI: In an attempt to cant surge. Besides, government has also parties will be allowed before or Medanta – The Medacity Hospital bulance service introduced curb the COVID-19 outbreak Assam government has ordered to close down all govern- after marriage. in Gurgaon. He is survived by a in Tripura under National in the state, The newly-formed decided to extend the curfew ment and private offices for the All religious places were boy, aged around 4 years. Aditya Health Mission came as a Himanta Biswa Sarma hours from 2 pm to 5 am from next 15 days. also asked to remain closed for was born on September 1, 1980. blessing for a Covid 19 in- government in Assam on Thursday. All public transport has been the next 15 days in the state. He did his schooling at fected expectant mother in Wednesday announced new All shops and commercial allowed to operate only with 30 However, the religious head or Sunflower, Kendriya Vidyalaya remote Mungiakami area restrictions and containment establishments were ordered to % of seating capacity. Pillion representatives were allowed Khanapara, GD Somani School, under Tripura’s Khowai dis- measures that would come shut down their operations at 1 riding has been banned except to perform minimal religious Camden Junior School and Gyan trict. With the help of local into force from May 13. The pm on all days from Thursday for women and children. prayers. Bharati School. health workers, the infected Assam government said that too. However, e-commerce and Assam witnesses stricter restrictions to contain coronavirus. File photo. Marriage, funerals and reli- Restaurants, dhabas and Aditya completed his gradu- mother gave... Pg 5 the Coronavirus positivity home delivery services were allowed before 1 pm also. All weekly markets and gious functions will be allowed other eateries... Pg 5 ation in... Pg 5 SC Justice DY Covaxin recommended 3-day Assam WHO blames religious, political for trial on 2-18 PM reviews availability and Chandrachud tests assembly session events for Covid-19 peak positive age group supply of oxygen, medicines to begin on May 21 NEW DELHI: Bharat Biotech's AGENCIES NEW DELHI: Supreme Court COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin GUWAHATI: After the for- judge Justice D Y Chandra- was on Tuesday recom- AGENCIES that states are being provided mation of the new BJP-led UNITED NATIONS: The World chud has tested positive for mended by an expert panel medicines in good quantities. government in the state, the Health Organisation has said COVID-19, the apex court for phase II/III clinical trial NEW DELHI: Prime Minister The Prime Minister was also session of the Assam Legis- a recent risk assessment of the sources said on Wednesday. on those aged between two Narendra Modi on Wednesday apprised that the production of lative Assembly will be held situation in India found that The top court meanwhile to 18 years, official sources chaired a high-level meeting to all drugs including Remdesivir from May 21, 2021. "resurgence and acceleration" issued a notice which said the said. review availability and supply have been ramped up signifi- According to sources, the of COVID-19 transmission in scheduled hearing on Thursday The trial will take place in of oxygen and medicines to cantly in the last few weeks. Assembly session will be the country had several po- viruses in the B.1.617 lineage before a three-judge bench head- 525 subjects at various sites, tackle Covid. "India has a very vibrant held for three days. During tential contributing factors, were first reported in India in ed by Justice Chandrachud in including AIIMS, Delhi, He was informed that the gov- pharma sector and the govern- the session, a new State including "several religious October 2020. the suo motu case for ensuring AIIMS, Patna and Meditrina ernment is in regular touch with monitoring the supply of drugs ment's continued close coordina- Assembly Speaker will be and political mass gathering "The resurgence in COVID- distribution of essential supplies Institute of Medical Sciences, the manufacturers to enhance being used in the management of tion with them will ensure prop- elected. events which increased social 19 cases and deaths in India has and services during the COVID- Nagpur. Pg 5 production of medicines and Covid as well as mucormycosis. er availability of all medicines," Former Rajya Sabha mem- mixing". raised questions on the potential 19 pandemic stands deferred as extend all help needed. He was also informed about the the Prime Minister said. ber Biswajit Daimari, who The WHO, in its COVID-19 role of B.1.617 and other variants one of the judges of the bench has The Prime Minister was told current production and stock He also took stock of the situ- was elected to the... Pg 5 Weekly Epidemiological Update, (e.g, B.1.1.7) in circulation," the "tested positive" for coronavirus. Govt to preserve that the government is actively of APIs for each such drug and ation on oxygen... Pg 5 published Wednesday, said that update said. Pg 5 The top court... Pg 5 Homen Borgohain’s creations 71 more succumb At 4,205, India reports ‘Testing, tracking key CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE

GUWAHATI: Chief Minister to Covid-19 in Assam to combat Covid’ Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma record C-19 deaths in a day said that the State govern- AGENCIES The overall positivity percent- AGENCIES Odisha, J&K, and Telangana, ment would take all neces- age of Assam stood at 8.85% on AGENCIES cases in country now stands at to review the progress of the sary steps to preserve the GUWAHATI: Assam reported 71 Wednesday. 2,33,40,938. NEW DELHI: Union Health Min- COVID-19 vaccination drive creations and ideology of more Covid19 deaths and 5,657 Sharing the Covid19 data, the NEW DELHI: India saw a record The active cases have reduced ister Harsh Vardhan has said and steps to accelerate it. noted litterateur Homen new positive cases in the last chief minister said of the new rise in COVID-19 deaths with to 37,04,099 comprising 15.87 per that testing, tracking is the key Meanwhile, the Ministry of Borgohain, who passed 24 hours. cases, Kamrup Metro district 4,205 fresh fatalities taking the cent of the total infections, while to combat COVID-19. Science & Technology has said away in Guwahati Wedday. Confirming the news, Assam alone reported 1,456. country's death toll to 2,54,197, the national COVID-19 recovery The minister gave this state- that the current production The Chief Minister... Pg 5 chief minister Himanta Biswa The Covid19 recovery rate of while 3,48,421 new coronavi- rate has improved to 83.04 per ment after his meeting via video capacity of the Covaxin vaccine Sarma in a tweet on Wednesday the state stood at 85.74% on the rus infections were reported, cent, the data updated at 8 am conferencing with health minis- will be doubled by May-June 2021 night said. The new cases were day, Sarma informed. according to the Union Health Wednesday. showed. ters of Uttarakhand, Haryana, and then increased nearly 6-7 Kamakhya Temple confirmed out of 63,956 tests. “Summary of ... \Pg 5 Ministry data updated on The total tally of COVID-19 The number of... Pg 5 Punjab, Bihar, Jharkhand, folds by July-Aug 2021. Pg 5 to remain shut for PM talks to next 15 days Health minister Keshab Mahanta Odd-even car formula to Tripura CM, Covid CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE situation reviewed visits Covid-19 Care Centres GUWAHATI: In view of the significant increase of COV- begin in Assam from today AGARTALA: Prime Minister AGENCIES ID-19 positive cases in the Narendra Modi on Friday took Kamrup Metro district, the AGENCIES odd dates. (Example: Vehicle used for medical duty/COVID- stock of the latest COVID19 GUWAHATI: A day after being historic Kamakhya temple number ending with 1/3/5/7/9 19 duty on production of valid situation in Tripura and re- appointed as the new health in Guwahati’s Nilachal Hills GUWAHATI: Odd-Even Car For- on May 13/15/17/19/21/23/25, ID proof, and personal vehicles viewed the preparedness. minister of Assam, Keshab will remain shut from May mula to begin in Assam from 2021 etc) used for a medical emergency. The Prime Minister took the Mahanta on Wednesday vis- 13 onwards. Pg 5 tomorrow – In view of the sig- Similarly, vehicles with even Further, this restriction will review while speaking to Chief ited a number of Covid Care nificant increase of COVID-19 numbers will be allowed to ply also not be applicable for the Minister Biplab Kumar Deb Centres including the Giri- positive cases in Kamrup Met- on even dates. (Example: Vehicle vehicles plying in National over telephone. Soon after the jananda Chowdhury Institute 12 Oppn leaders ro district, the district disaster number ending with 0/2/4/6/8 Highways. conversation with the Prime of Management and Technolo- management authority under on May 14/16/18/20/22/24/26, It is to be noted that as per the Minister, Deb tweeted that the gy (GIMT), Guwahati. write to PM for free govt of Assam has come up fol- 2021 etc). fresh SOP by the Government of Prime Minister had assured all Before his visit to GIMT, Health minister Keshab Mahanta talks to health workers during his to visit jab lowing restrictions in regards However, this restriction will Assam, all vehicles other than possible support to Tripura in the Guwahati, which has been Covid care centres in Guwahati on Wednesday. to plying of private/personal not be applicable in respect of government vehicles across fight against COVID19. turned into a Covid Care The Covid Care Centre at is administered under the NEW DELHI: Leaders of 12 op- vehicles from 5 am to 2 pm Government vehicles/water the state will be allowed to ply In the meantime, the Chief Centre, the new health minis- GIMT Guwahati, located at guidance of Shrimanta Shankar position parties Wednesday from May 13, 2021 tankers/milk carrying vans, in accordance with an odd-even Minister accompanied by the ter of Assam visited Guwahati Azara, has a bed capacity of 700. Academy (SSA) Society, was also wrote to Prime Minister Nar- Vehicles with odd num- ambulances, LPG distribution formula to be decided by the officials concerned inspected a Medical College Hospital The prominent technical used as a Covid Care Centre after endra Modi seeking a free bers will be allowed to ply on vans, vehicles hired/private jurisdictional... Pg 5 Covid Care... Pg 5 (GMCH). institute in Guwahati, which the first wave... Pg 5 mass vaccination campaign against coronavirus, and suspending the central vista revamp project and utilise SOONER THAN UN PROJECTIONS OF 2027 that money in fighting the Bear climbs electrical pandemic. In a joint letter to the prime minister, the opposition lead- India may overtake China ers, including some chief min- poles and sits on wires isters, have also demanded providing foodgrains... Pg 5 AGENCIES to get the bear to leave. as most populous country However, the bear was seem- 11 more deaths, NEW DELHI: Residents of a ingly unfazed by the reactions AGENCIES populated country through the small border city in Arizo- of the people and eventually 466 new cases in end of the current century, the na were left in disbelief last climbed down and ran away. Tripura BEIJING: Chinese demogra- report said. week after a bear made a Due to this, there was panic phers say India will become In 2019, India had an estimat- surprise appearance in their among two dozen onlookers. the world's most populous ed population of 1.37 billion and neighbourhood and went on Luckily, no injuries were country earlier than the China 1.43 billion, according to to climb an electrical pole. reported. United Nations' projection the UN figures. According to the Arizona Last year, a fully grown of 2027, surpassing China The once-in-a-decade census Game and Fish Department, brown bear was filmed shop- where a steady drop in the released by China on Tuesday the bear appeared in downtown State wildlife officials, lifting crispers from a super- birth rate has been recorded said China's population grew Douglas on Sunday. Douglas police, the Cochise market before nonchalantly in the last few years. population between now and will cross China as the world's at its slowest pace to reach 1. The animal climbed two util- County Sheriff’s Office, and walking off with the packet in India is expected to add 2050, a UN report said in 2019, most populous country by 2027. 41178 billion, keeping its ity poles and even managed to US Border Patrol had to close his mouth. Full Story on Page 5 nearly 273 million people to its forecasting that the country India will remain the most status as the... Pg 5 sit on the wires at one point. US Highway 191 in order to try The cheeky animal... Pg 5