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0/# Mhow Abhilash Mishra is daily ()) ( /& The Shakespeare Quiz’, on story which can show their monitoring the patients in gov- April 21. It is an online virtu- valour during this pandemic. ndore district panchayat ernment Madhya Bharat hos- ringing together all the al quiz based on the life and The fest will end with ‘As ICEO Himanshu Chandra pitals and in different private BShakespeare lovers, Club works of Shakespeare. You Like It’—A retelling of today visited various villages of hospitals who are undergoing ()) ( /& the world that art can be cre- Literati is all set to kickstart A poster-making compe- Shakespearean scenes just as Mhow tehsil including the trib- corona treatment. SDM Mhow ated even with the most weird- four-day Bhopal Shakespeare tition, ‘All’s Well if Drawn you like on April 24. The par- al village khurdi and reviewed Abhilash Mishra told The he art lovers can get infor- est tool used in the history to Fest 2021 from today. Well’, and a storytelling com- ticipants have to reframe a the vaccination drive going on chayats of Mhow tehsil and the Pioneer that the Remdesivir Tmation about rare art pieces create an art. Chris Hadfield The most-awaited event petition, ‘The Winner’s Tale’, scene of their choice from any for covid pandemic. staff of Mhow Janpad office injection which is given to the and work through Artma showed the world that you will be held virtually this year will be held on April 22 and of Shakespeare’s famous plays CEO Janpad Mhow were briefed for the corona vac- critical patients is allotted by Gyan, an art initiative by Kalaa actually don't need the world too, keeping in view the out- 23. and will have to send the Hemendra Singh Chouhan cination drive and also to the Indore collector Manish Kabab aur Kisse. to record your first song. You break of Corona pandemic. All's Well if Drawn Well is organisers a recording of it. accompanied him during his awaken the villagers about the Singh direct to the hospitals Art is way of expressing can do it even if you are in the Notably, the fest is organised a poster making competition Raizada says the partici- visit. CEO Himanshu Chandra precautionary method for and he keeps the record of the things yet some information orbit. to mark the 457th birth wherein the participants need pants can get registered them- told The Pioneer that on corona i.e. wearing mask, social usage of the Remdesivir injec- about Artist and Art can be The interesting facts and anniversary of William to showcase the current sce- selves to participate and join Monday the corona vaccination distancing, stay home and stay tion. interesting as well as enter- rare information about art is Shakespeare. nario keeping in view them to celebrate the vision program was thoroughly healthy and vaccination. After the Remdesivir injec- taining. Artma Gyan is new much loved by the readers and The theme of the four-day Shakespearerian times. and craft of the Bard. reviewed in Mhow tehsil and We are now starting some tion is applied to the patient we segment of Kalaa Kebab aur art lovers. event is ‘Shakespeare and The Besides, A Winner's Tale is alll Registration is compulsory for this a meeting of block new vaccination centers in dif- take the sign of the patients or Kisse focuses on bringing out Kalaa Kebab aur Kisse is a Brave New World’. The fest about story telling. Here the for all to participate in any medical officers, health work- ferent tehsils of Mhow tehsil. attender in the health record of such information for our audi- customised digital platform will begin with ‘Shake it Up— participants have to narrate a event. ers, sarpanchs of different pan- On the other hand, SDM the patient. ence to read and enjoy. for artists which empathise The Artma Gyan tells with the artist and empower about art works from ancient the art that the artist creates. times. Some information like This whole platform started $%&& the lips in the painting Mona during the lockdown and Lisa have always been at spot- artists who were trapped inside light for the mystery it holds. their home realised that there '( ) It was in Paris, at Louvre is a need for a platform where Museum where the experts artists from across the globe ()) ( /& under section 304 A of the IPC verified that Leonardo Da can talk about their journey ! and started further investiga- Vinci took 12 years just to and also showcase their art. It 25-year-old youth died tion. paint Mona Lisa's lips. is an inclusive platform for Awhile other escaped with " Police have not found any Jackson Pollock - did show every artist. injuries after their bike was hit # details of the vehicle which the by a speeding vehicle near hit as no one have spotted the Bhori village under Khajuri errant vehicle. Jitendra was Sadak police station area on $ found in an injured stated and Monday. police were informed by com- Police said that two injured muters and with the help of youths were rushed to a hos- $ locals they he was sent to the pital where one of them died hospital. during treatment and was iden- During the investigation it tified as Jitendra Maran while was found that his friend his friend fled away from the escaped the spot as he got spot after getting injuries. Thus, Bandar when their bike was hit afraid. The deceased used to he could not be identified so by a speeding vehicle. work as labourer in the near- far. After the preliminary by areas of the village. The rea- In the night at around 3, investigation, the body was son of their moving late in the ! " Jitendra, along with his friend sent for the post mortem. The night remained unclear, said # ,was on his way to Barkheda police have registered a case police. *

()) ( /& observed change in the behav- * iour of the accused due to ishbagh police has booked which she stopped talking with prominent ones being taught cy.” Aone person for molestng a him. The victim was aware of ()) ( /& in the workshop. The aspirants Informing about the ()) ( /& University. There are a total of 14-member task force formed 13-year-old girl while the vic- the ill intentions of the accused will be trained under a ‘pro- Chhau dance, he said that the 14 members, who visited the in Hindi University. tim was at her house in and used to remain away from Chhau dance workshop duction based workshop’ orga- Mayurbhanj Chhau dance is fter the outbreak of villages Balampur, Prempura, So far, 2535 people have Chankyapuri on Monday. The him. Awill be organised for the nized by Kirti Ballet and per- practiced without masks. ACovid- 19 second wave, Sukhi Sewania, Piplia been vaccinated in Sukhi victim lodged a complaint with On Monday when the vic- theatre aspirants of the city. forming arts group, Bhopal. Besides, the themes for chhau an awareness campiagn on Zaheepir, Imalia, Devalkhedi, Sevenia under Covid-19 the Aishbagh police. tim was alone accused came to The workshop will be held by The Mayurbhanj Chhau dance dance include local legends, Covid-19 is being carried out Piplia Bajkha and Chaupra awareness campaign, while According to the police, the the house and spotting him vic- Kirti Ballet Troupe and will be is performed in Mayurbhanj folklore and other abstract by students for the Bhopalites. Kalan Village. 663 people are yet to be victim was at her home when tim closed the door to avoid conducted by Chandra district of Odisha. themes. The volunteers of Atal Bihati Maintaining the social deployed. the accused, Faraz Khan, came accused but the accused came Madhav Barik. Earlier the While informing about the The Mayurbhanj chhau Vajpayee Hindi University distance, the volunteers are Similarly, there are a total to her home and tried to molest with the intent to molest her workshop was scheduled to be dance, he said, “I have been has highly evolved techniques are also carrying out an making people aware about of 1300 people in Mughalia , her when she oppose her and and knocked the door and held frim Monday, but due to trained in chhau dance under of its own for which it differ- awareness drive. applying sanitizer and mask. out of which 1120 people closed the door. continued to knock door for lockdown, the dates are post- Guru Shishya convention a enciates itself from other forms The volunteers are dis- Along with this, they also pro- have got vaccinated while 180 The victim raised an alarm long until the victim raised poned. lot many times and keeping the of dance. tributing amsks and sanitiz- mote 100% vaccination on a people are yet to get engaged. after which locals rushed to her alert which forced accused to Under various forms, the essence of the tradition I am The martial arts technique ers. Besides, they are also wide scale. MLA representative, station rescue. The accused escaped escape spot. Shiva Tandava, Dhwaja Tamal teaching the participants in in Mayurbhanj Chhau makes informing about the Covid 19 University Vice in-charge, sarpanch, secre- from the spot. The police have Police have registered a Folk and War dance are the Bhopal, with the same elegan- it even more impactful. vaccinations to be taken. Chancellor Prof. Ramdev tary and dignitaries were pre- started investigation and reg- case against the accused who It is noteworthy that a Bhardwaj said distributions of sent on the occasion of this istered case of molestation. escaped from the spot and is task force has been formed by masks and sanitisers were awareness campaign of Hindi The accused is friend of still absconding. The crime Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi made in in diffrent areas by a University. victim’s brother and used to record details of the accused visit the house frequently and would be investigated, said in the past few days victim police. ) Q

1""!2 patients are losing their lives istration on these disorder due to lack of treatment in the Former Congress MP ongress will organise a hospital, the figures are being Satyanarayana Pawar, with Cmassive demonstration in hidden by the administration. former MLA Batuk Shankar the city if administration fails He further added that peo- Joshi, City Congress President ()) ( /& sacked and almirah carrying to pay serious attention to the ple are not getting injections Mahesh Soni, District valuables was found broken. prevalent chaos of Corona and black marketing of these Congress President Kamal he house of a farmer was tar- After checking the valuables, vic- period. The demand has been injections is at a peak. Cases Patel, State Secretary Chetan Tgeted by miscreants and tim found that the total loss in made in public interest. are being registered against the Yadav Bharat Shankar Joshi, escaped with valuables worth the burglary was around Rs A 13-point memorandum citizens against the rule. The and all Congress senior 50,000 from his house at Gupta 50000. has been given to the collector government and administra- Congressmen have strongly Colony Anand Nagar under The police have registered a by the Ujjain Congress party tion have failed completely. condemned and where the Piplani police station. Later, the case under sections 457 and 380 and Congress spokesperson The people of the city are administration has not victim lodged a complaint on of the IPC and have started fur- Vivek Soni said that the dis- afraid and have lost faith in improved the system in the Tuesday. ther investigation.The victim order is at a peak in the city, this Government and admin- city. Police said that the victim, owns agriculture land in Sagar Durga Prasad Dubey, had gone district and for agriculture work for agriculture work in Sagar on victim had gone with his fami- April 16 and when he returned ly on April 16 and after com- on Tuesday valuables were found pleting agriculture work, he burgled. returned on Tuesday locks were A complaint was lodged by found broken and on entering the victim with the Piplani police the house valuables were found and in his complaint, he stated burgled. In the burglary Rs 5,000 /& ter after which the drivers were the issue. that he had gone for agriculture cash, silver bangles, silver anklet, released by the police and the Meanwhile, ambulance dri- work on April 16 and when he silver belly chain, silver toe rings nder the chaotic conditions drivers protesting the detention ver carrying bodies was slapped returned house were found ran- were burgled. +)) ,-&./ Uprevalent in the State returned to work. by on-duty policemen at Gautam ! " # Capital, drivers and police face- The incident took place at 9 Nagar area and which blown out off was witnessed at two places am when one of the BMC of proportion after driver gath- in the morning on Tuesday. garbage collection vehicles hit the ered and created ruckus at BMC garbage collection vehicle barricades damaging it and Gautam Nagar police station at 011 * 2) 3 * drivers at TT Nagar area and dri- which forced policemen to take 11 in the morning on Tuesday. vers of ambulance carrying bod- action against them. They were Huge ruckus was created by instructed to add 400 more tal authorities to provide bet- ies have heated argument. taken to police station along with drivers of ambulances carrying ()) ( 2#! Covidter services to patients. The drivers of BMC garbage the vehicle and action was taken bodies who gathered at Gautam beds. Appreciating the role of collection vehicle was booked against the errant driver. Nagar police station after one of n the fifth day of contin- Sisodia spoke to the doc- doctors and medical staff, after one of the vehicles hit the Other drivers of BMC the drivers was slapped by police- Ouous hospital visits to tors and medical staff to Sisodia said, “They are the barricade and soon after the garbage collection vehicles men. review the situation, Deputy understand more about their real heroes. They are working news spread over 50 vehicle deployed soon started to gather The drivers alleged that their Chief Minister Manish situation. He also interacted tirelessly, keeping their lives at drivers gathered at the TT Nagar and gheroaed the police station way was obstructed and they * Sisodia went to Dr Baba with the admitted patients stake. They are saving thou- police and demanded action and which forced officials to were only shouldering their * Saheb Ambedkar hospital in and their families and sands of lives. 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2#! speech. While most twitteratis workers will help them, and 4#!/ were relieved that the PM’s did- that they will be vaccinated in &'( ()) ( /& work has been done in many rime Minister Narendra n’t announce a countrywide the city where they are,” he said. districts like Chhindwara, n over crowded bus carry- PModi on Tuesday asked lockdown, several others He said from May 1 all )*)*)+ hief Minister Shivraj Singh Burhanpur, Khandwa etc to Aing migrant labourers from States to “use lockdown as the expressed disappointment that above the age of 18 years will CChouhan has said that col- control Corona infection. Delhi turned upside down at last measure” as he assured his speech did not offer any be vaccinated. He said half of ( (*8 lectors will be ranked on the The Chief Minister said Gwalior highway, killing two people that the nation is well- specific relief. the vaccines produced in the basis of the positivity rate of dis- that it is necessary to make on board on the spot while at stocked with vaccines, medi- Stressing that the country “would go to States” 9::;9<=;%'9> tricts of Corona infection. proper arrangements with the least eight to ten sustained cines and oxygen supply to Government is making all and like last year all ( 8%:;9 <=%9> Effective implementation of District Command and Control injuries. “win” the second wave of Covid efforts are to ensure lives and Government hospitals will pro- Janata curfew should be ensured Center to provide the right The bus was heading to 19. “I urge the States to con- livelihood is least affected, the vide free vaccines. The PM * 8 in all districts till April 30. Kill guidance to the people with Tikamgarh in Madhya sider lockdowns only as the last Prime Minister said, “The asked States to use the “lock- Corona Campaign -2 should be symptoms of Corona at the right Pradesh. The 52-seat bus was option and focus creating on country has the biggest vacci- down as the last measure” and :;<=';;;'> launched in severely affected time. This will save people from reportedly carrying around micro containment zones,” nation drive in the world with rather “focus on micro-con- districts. wandering and confusion. 90 passengers. The rescue was Modi said in a 20-minute 12 crore vaccine doses inject- tainment zones”. Modi remind- *(8:': Every effort should be made Chouhan said that other on till reports last came in. The address to the nation. ed.” The PM said, “I understand ed that, unlike last year, the . (3:9&:9 to improve the arrangements of necessary arrangements includ- migrants were also carrying The Congress and the NCP the pain you are going through it has increased the production country is well prepared to Home Isolation and Covid Care ing food should be ensured in large quantities of luggage on have expressed disappointment and express my sympathies to of medicines by many folds. He cope with the second-wave of ,8;&'& Center. Chouhan was virtually the Panchayat Bhawan, school way back home which also at the PM’s speech. The PM’s the families who have lost their said he had held detailed dis- coronavirus with “enough vac- addressing district collectors buildings etc. in the villages for perhaps led to the incident. speech also triggered a storm loved ones due to Covid.” cussions with leaders of phar- cines, network of labs, PPE kits, ,(,89%&'' from his residence. the isolation of persons return- The police said that those on social media with netizens Modi said pharma sector in ma industry for further increased testing, and expert Chouhan said that the peo- ing from Kumbh and labourers injured in the accident were divided on the contents of the country is very robust and enhancing drug production. knowledge” available to beat (.-8::;% ple with minimum symptoms coming from other states. This rushed to Jaya Arogya hospi- Modi said the Centre-State the pandemic. should be identified and their is necessary to break the Corona tal. and private sector are collec- The PM sought youth to 8 9'<=%:9> proper treatment and isolation infection chain. The migrant labourers of tively trying to step-up the pro- come forward and make small arrangements should be Implementation of Janata Madhya Pradesh have started +R duction of oxygen supply, the committees to “implement ensured. They should be pro- curfew should be ensured effec- heading home after lockdown requirement of which has Covid discipline” which will vided with medical kits imme- tively in all the cities, villages, prohibitions came into force in increased in recent weeks. lessen the need for having con- )0 11"2 70 diately. In case of insufficient streets-colonies of the state. major cities. Recently, several Similarly, the PM said in tainment zones or lockdown, ! %0"2- arrangement of home isola- Such an environment should be migrants were seen crossing many States big hospitals are he said. He appealed to chil- tion, such persons should be created so that people are self- Indore for reaching back home being set up. In reference to dren to ensure in their homes Lucknow: The UP Government kept in Covid Care Centers. motivated to impose and follow from various parts of migrant workers, Modi that none comes out without a on Tuesday decided to admin- These centers must have Janata curfew in their streets, vil- Maharashtra. These migrants requested State administra- serious reason. ister Covid-19 vaccine free of arrangement of doctors visits, lages, and they maintain self- used auto rickshaws to carry tions to “win workers confi- Quoting “shastras”, the cost to all those above 18 years adequate staff, tea, snacks, food discipline to avoid spread of families and their belongings. dence” and ask them to be Prime Minister said patience of age from May 1. The decision etc. so that it instills faith in peo- Corona infection. Chouhan said Besides 22 recently had R hours, 7am-11 am but author- where they are” as they will should not be lost in difficult was taken at a Cabinet meeting ple regarding care taken in that it is necessary to protect walked back to their native ities believe that this too is not continue to get their job and times and instead, right deci- chaired by CM Yogi Adityanath. these Covid Care Centers. oneself and our villages and places in Ujjain from Jodhpur effective in checking the virus employment. sions need to be taken to win The Cabinet also thanked Prime Arrangement of ambulance cities from infection. With the in Rajasthan as they feared spread in the State. “I request State victory over the adverse time. Minister Narendra Modi for should also be ensured at these effective implementation of that lockdown could be According to Maharashtra Governments to urge the work- Modi referred to the “pious allowing administering of coro- centers, so that patients can be Janata curfew, the chain of imposed there and they could Relief and Rehabilitation ers to stay where they are. This month of Ramzan” which, he navirus vaccine to those above shifted to the hospital immedi- infection can be broken in the be stuck for weeks without Minister Vijay Wadettiwar, trust given by the States to the said also teaches discipline. 18 years of age. ately if required. Exemplary state in the next few days. resources. Chief Minister Uddhav 2#! Thackeray will take a final call on complete lockdown as n the absence of a uniform merely tightening of restric- % Ipolicy for lockdown, the tions are not delivering the State Government have gone desired result. for different approaches amid UP has, on the other hand, confusion and uncertainty, taken a contrarian view to the # triggering, in some cases, the lockdown prescription saying exodus of migrant workers it had to “protect both, lives and hoarding and back mar- and livelihoods.” * + ( 2#! counter placed at various keting. The Jammu & Kashmir heights of the toilet and urinal While Maharashtra on Government on Tuesday lanning to use a public loo to capture the size and number Tuesday prepared for complete ordered the extension of night Por restroom to attend of droplets generated upon lockdown, and Jharkhand has curfew to all municipal and nature’s call? Beware, for high flushing. announced a seven-day “shut urban areas due to the rise in chances are that you might risk Results demonstrated that down”, other States have the cases of Covid-19. contracting the deadly coron- public restrooms could serve as announced night curfew, avirus from there, researchers hotbeds for airborne disease weekend lockdown, and sev- have warned. transmission, especially if they eral other restrictions. * *0$ 0 They pointed out that do not have adequate ventila- National Capital Delhi is $"0 1 "23- while respiratory droplets are tion or if toilets do not have a already in the midst of an the most prominent source of lid or cover. The study holds extended 24x7 curfew till "56 0"1 transmission for Covid-19, the importance in the context of next Monday morning. Uttar 0 0"1 "2"21" " small numbers of viable virus- India too where most public Pradesh has refused to imple- es have, however, been found to loos often are not equipped ment a High Court order to New Delhi: The Supreme be in urine and stool samples. with toilet seat lids and urinals implement lockdown in five Court on Tuesday stayed the Hence, public restrooms or vomit. When dispersed wide- are not covered. - +-* 45 +4 ! " districts and got a stay from Allahabad High Court order toilets can be cause of concern ly through aerosolisation, these For the study, researchers # the Supreme court. directing the Uttar Pradesh for transmitting the pathogen pathogens can cause Ebola, obtained data from three dif- Maharashtra, the State Government to impose strict because they are relatively con- norovirus that results in violent ferent scenarios: toilet flushing; with the largest positive cases restrictions till April 26 in fined, experience heavy foot food poisoning, as well as covered toilet flushing and uri- 3* * in the country has placed five cities due to the surge in traffic and may not have ade- Covid-19 caused by SARS- nal flushing. They examined stringent measures of restrict- Covid-19 cases. A bench of quate ventilation, researchers CoV-2, said the scientists who the data to determine the 2#! studying 65,000 people. director of the Allergy and ing the timing of groceries and Justices Vipin Sanghi and from Florida Atlantic investigated droplets generated increase in aerosol concentra- “Our main goal is to enable Clinical Immunology Unit at shops to curb the crowding but Rekha Palli said oxygen sup- University’s College of from flushing a toilet and a uri- tion, the behavior of droplets of ndividuals with severe aller- as many individuals as possible MGH. However, people with a will take a couple of days ply of various hospitals will Engineering and Computer nal in a public restroom under different sizes, how high the Igies to foods, oral drugs, to receive a Covid-19 vaccine recent severe allergic reaction to before completely shutting run out in 4-8 hours and in Science have now cautioned. normal ventilation conditions. droplets rose, and the impact of latex, bee stings or venom can safely and avoid unnecessary polyethylene glycol (PEG) — an down the State. such a situation there was no It is already known that a The study is published in covering the toilet. Ambient safely receive the Covid-19 vac- vaccine hesitancy due to a lack ingredient in the vaccines — As of now, Maharashtra justification in implementing variety of pathogens are usual- the journal Physics of Fluids. aerosol levels were measured cines, a team of scientists at of knowledge around allergic should see an allergist before has tightened curbs, limit the ban from April 22 as the ly found in stagnant water as To measure the droplets, before and after conducting the Massachusetts General Hospital reactions to vaccines,” said lead getting the jabs, they recom- timings of grocery shops to 4 need was now. well as in urine, feces and researchers used a particle experiments. (MGH) in the US has said after author Aleena Banerji, clinical mended. -+- 0 ! "! # "$ % #$%!&! ' pandemic and hence, as per the SOP, those who came in () * contact with them was to 2#! advised to ensure medical ser- in Lucknow for Covid-19 mandatorily quarantine to pre- vice to patients among both patients. ,,-.+ Former President Pranab vent further spread of deadly iving a boost to the nation- cantonment residents and non- Rajnath was briefed about 2#! Mukherjee, Congress chief virus. Gal effort to fight corona residents. the measures taken by the political strategist Ahmed Patel, Union Ministers Arjun pandemic, the armed forces The DRDO chief G DRDO, Defence Public Sector fter former Prime Minister Union Minister Suresh Angadi Munda, Sanjeev Baliyan, Arjun have opened the doors of their Satheesh Reddy informed the Undertakings (DPSUs), AManmohan Singh, now succumbed to the deadly virus Meghwal were amongst the hospitals to civilians. The Minister that a Covid-19 facil- Ordnance Factory Board former Congress chief Rahul last November. Former crick- few Ministers who also tested Defence Research and ity developed by DRDO has (OFB) and the National Cadet Gandhi and Telangana Chief eter and a Minister in Yogi Covid positive. Development Organisation again been made functional in Corps (NCC) in providing aid Minister K Chandrashekhar Cabinet Chetan Chauhan too Early this month, Kerala (DRDO) is setting up huge New Delhi and efforts are being to the civil administration in Rao have tested Covid-19 pos- died battling corona in the his rallies in West Bengal over a Chief Minister Pinarayi hospitals in Varanasi, made to soon increase the num- this hour of crisis. itive while Delhi Chief Minister first phase. frightening surge in Covid-19 Vijayan tested positive just Ahmedabad, Lucknow and ber of beds from 250 to 500. He urged the DPSUs, OFB Arvind Kejriwal had to isolate Rahul Gandhi tweeted to cases across the country. Prime two days after polls were con- Patna for exclusive use of coro- He also informed the meet- and DRDO to work on war himself as his spouse caught the say that he has tested positive for Minister Narendra Modi wished ducted in Kerala. He has now na patients. ing that the ESIC Hospital, footing to provide oxygen cylin- infection. Uttar Pradesh Chief the Covid-19 infection. He said him a speedy recovery. recovered. CPI leader D Raja Reviewing the pace of these which was converted to Covid ders and extra beds to civil Minister Yogi Adityanath is he had mild symptoms of On Monday, Manmohan also was diagnosed with coro- projects here on Tuesday in a hospital in Patna, has started administration at the earliest. He recuperating while several Covid-19 and simultaneously Singh was admitted to AIIMS na amid the peak of Kerala virtual meeting with the functioning with 500 beds. He also delegated the emergency MLAs, Ministers and candi- asked all those who may have after he tested positive for the Assembly elections. Defence Ministry top brass, informed that work is on war powers of procurement so that dates of the recent Assembly come into his contact in the past infection. Congress candidate PSW Defence Minister Rajnath directed Army Chief General footing to set up a 450-bed hos- critical needs are procured. polls have succumbed to the few days to get themselves test- Other politicians who test- Madhav Rao from Tamil Nadu Singh also asked the three MM Naravane to instruct local pital in Lucknow, 750-bed hos- The DRDO chief further disease. ed. ed positive for Covid-19 were died of COVID-19, a few days Services to be in regular touch commanders to reach out to pital in Varanasi and 900-bed said SpO2 (Blood Oxygen Last year, too, when the “After experiencing mild Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister after he contested from the with the State Governments on Chief Ministers of States and hospital in Ahmedabad. Saturation)-based supplemen- nation saw a long lockdown, symptoms, I have just tested pos- Yogi Adityanath who fell ill Srivilliputhur on April 11. the preparations for fighting offer whatever help The DRDO on Monday tal oxygen delivery system bigwigs like Vice President M itive for Covid. All those who’ve after coming back from elec- the disease. possible in dealing with the supplied 150 jumbo cylinders developed for soldiers posted at Venkaiah Naidu, Union been in contact with me recent- tion rallies in West Bengal The meeting was attended Covid-19 situation. of medical oxygen to the Uttar extreme high-altitude areas Ministers Amit Shah, Nitin ly, please follow all safety pro- last week. He developed com- * ?9 . by the three Services chiefs. Following this, Defence Pradesh Government, as per can be used or COVID patients Gadkari, Madhya Pradesh tocols and stay safe,” he said. plications during the course Rajnath asked them to offer Secretary Ajay Kumar also directions by the Defence as their conditions become Chief Minister Shiv Raj Singh Rahul had held an election and now is on a recovery path. " ( * )0 #* available facilities and expertise issued instructions that during Minister. An additional 1,000 similar. The product will be Chouhan had tested positive rally on April 14 in West Bengal’s All the leaders used the '5 6785 6879 to the civil administration dur- the current surge of coron- cylinders would be provided by available soon in the market for Covid and undergone pro- Uttar Dinajpur. He later social media platforms to share !(-'7:658 65;< ing the ongoing Covid crisis. avirus cases, 67 Cantonment the DRDO later. 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2#! nered with Indian ! ! 611 Immunologicals (IIL) to man- ith the third phase of ufacture the drug substance WCovid-19 vaccination for Covaxin. opening up in less than two The technology transfer weeks for everyone above 18 process is well underway and years largely through private IIL has the capabilities and " # facilities, almost all small 2#! expertise to manufacture States and Union Territories inactivated viral vaccines at are still entirely or mostly s India starts vaccinating commercial scale and under dependent upon Government Aall those above 18 years biosafety containment. 2#! facilities, according to the of age from May 1, Bharat Biotech uses a Government’s CoWIN portal. Hyderabad-based Bharat proprietary adjuvant Algel- he Centre on Tuesday The role of private facili- Biotech has announced scal- IMDG, which has now Tdirected Delhi and other ties conducting vaccinations ing up of manufacturing proven to be a safe and effec- Union Territories to plan aug- holds importance in view of capacity at its various facili- tive adjuvant, especially to mentation of hospital infra- the Government’s announce- ties to produce 700 million stimulate memory T cell structure for next three weeks ment to liberalise the vacci- doses per annum of Covaxin responses, said the statement. and ramp up testing and strict nation drive to allow States, annually to meet the growing The synthesis and man- enforcement of Covid appro- private hospitals and indus- demand. Sources said the ufacture of the IMDG com- priate behaviour. The high- trial establishments to pro- company had 200 million ponent has been successfully level meeting chaired by Union Lakshadweep has seen a sud- Government for augmenting cure the doses directly from doses capacity when it start- indigenised and will be man- Home and Health Secretaries den spike after 14th April, their hospital beds capacity, manufacturers in the third ed producing Covaxin in the ufactured at commercial scale reviewed and discussed Covid 2021 primarily due to travel of during last year and this year. phase of Covid-19 vaccina- beginning last year. within the country. status, and the management large number of people to Their efforts to ramp up test- tions to be launched from According to a press This is the first instance and response strategy with mainland to shop for the recent ing and reduce the turnaround May 1. release issued by the city- timeline, mainly due to the Emergency Use where a novel adjuvant has Chief Secretaries of all the festive occasions. Most UTs time for the test results were However, as per the based vaccine maker, manu- availability of new specially Authorisations in several been commercialised in India. Union Territories of India. have imposed movement also outlined,” it added. Government data, 13 small facturing scale up has been designed BSL-3 facilities, first countries across the globe EUAs have now been Home Secretary Ajay restrictions, including night Expressing concern over States and Union Territories carried out in a stepwise of its kind for manufacturing with another 60 in process. obtained from Mexico, the Bhalla pointed out the steep curfew, restriction of intra- the worrying scenario, Health have less than 10 private facil- manner across multiple facil- in India that have been repur- Manufacturing partner- Philippines, Iran, Paraguay, growth in a number of cases all island movement in the island Secretary Rajesh Bhushan and ities where vaccination ities at Hyderabad and posed and preexisting exper- ships are being explored with Guatemala, Nicaragua, across the country. From UTs. Chandigarh informed Dr V K Paul pointed out the against Covid-19 infection is Bangalore. tise and know how to manu- our partners in other coun- Guyana, Venezuela, 20,000 cases reported on 1st that they are conducting door criticality of next three weeks being conducted and out of Capacity expansion in facture, test and release high- tries, who have prior expertise Botswana, Zimbabwe, among January 2021, India has almost to door counselling for increas- for COVID response mea- these while five States and vaccines manufacturing is a ly purified inactivated viral with commercial scale man- several other countries. 10 times more cases (more ing vaccination. 90% of the sures. The UT administra- Union Territories have no long and tedious process, vaccines,” the firm said a day ufacture of inactivated viral Pricing for international than 2,00,000 cases) being patients are in home isolation tors were advised to plan in private facilities for vaccina- requiring investments and after the Government opened vaccines under biosafety con- markets and supplies to gov- reported daily since 15th April who are being monitored by advance for three weeks. A tion. several years, the release said. up vaccination policy includ- tainment, the Bharat Biotech ernments under EUAs have 2021. In the last 11 days, new mobile teams,” said Centre in survey to promptly identify The States and Union “Bharat Biotech is able to ing all those above 18 years of said. been established between cases have almost doubled a statement. the COVID positive people Territories with less than 10 expand Covaxin manufac- age. To further increase capac- USD15 - 20/ dose, the vaccine from 1.31 lakh reported on 9th “UT of Delhi discussed should be taken up. Paul private facilities for vaccina- turing capacity in a short Covaxin has received ities, Bharat Biotech has part- maker said. April to 2.73 lakh reported on shortage of beds and the pre- stressed on planning the tion are — Andaman and 20th April. sent efforts to augment this minutest details of COVID Nicobar (0 private facility), “The UTs shared their pre- through Central Government management. For UT of Arunachal Pradesh (0), Dadra (2), according to the CoWIN absence of such facilities there. Kerala and Uttar Pradesh above 18 years of age will be sent efforts for containment infrastructure and support Ladakh, he recommended and Nagar Haveli (2), Daman portal’s dashboard. Interestingly, Tamil Nadu reporting high numbers of eligible for Covid vaccination. and management of the posi- through the DRDO’s recently regulation of the incoming and Diu (0), Ladakh (0), A senior health ministry is the only state in the coun- Covid-19 cases have 817, 230, The announcement tive cases. Ladakh, J&K, and operationalised COVID labourers and supervised con- Lakshadweep (0), Manipur official had earlier said some try with over 1,000 private 1101 and 561 private facilities comes as India grappled to Lakshadweep pointed to the Hospital. Delhi Government tainment. Islands can be made (3), Meghalaya (7), Nagaland states and union territories facilities conducting vacci- conducting vaccinations rein in the surging coron- rise in cases due to a large expressed gratitude for the large containment zones, he (4), Puducherry (7), Sikkim have no private facilities con- nations. It has 1118 facilities. respectively. In the third phase avirus infections that crossed number of inbound travelers. timely support of Union suggested. (1), Tripura (1) and Mizoram ducting vaccination due to In comparison, Delhi, commencing from May 1, all 1.50 crore. 5 ' ' -:(- (.<65 (('. # , , 2#! the CRPF, 68 in BSF, 113 in CISF, 26 in SSB and 14 in infected families in their he Central paramilitary ITBP. 2#! respective areas, according to Tforces have clocked near- The CRPF has reported Party General Secretary Arun ly 3,700 Covid-19 cases, till 87 deaths due Covid-19, JP national president JP Singh. Monday, in the second wave including 10 casualties this BNadda on Tuesday chaired On the direction of party with the BSF registering 1,864 year. The BSF has suffered 51 a meeting to review prepara- president, BJP will also open cases, followed by 837 cases in casualties due to the pan- tions for Prime Minister a dedicated Covid-19 helpdesk CISF and close to 650 cases in demic till so far including six Narendra Modi’s public rallies with not more than 500 peo- and Covid helpline in all states CRPF. In all, the CAPFs have this year. The CISF suffered in the ‘new Covid-19 format’ ple will be held by Prime and start the campaign ‘Apna recorded 215 deaths since loss of lives of 49 personnel, in poll-bound West Bengal. Minister Narendra Modi and Booth - Corona Mukt’ (my the beginning of the disease including one in March and In view of the alarming other Union Ministers in West booth, coronavirus free). in early 2020. While the Central and the ITBP has recorded four in April this year. surge in coronavirus cases Bengal. All these public meet- The first five phases of the Likewise, the Sashastra Reserve Police Force (CRPF) 4,767 cases till so far. The The SSB, ITBP, NDRF across the country in the ings will be held in open eight-phase West Bengal Seema Bal (SSB) has record- has reported 15,791 cases, NDRF has recorded 664 cases and has not suffered any recent weeks, the BJP has spaces following Covid-19 Assembly elections have been ed 186 cases followed by 125 the Border Security Force and the NSG had 358 cases in deaths due to Covid this year. decided to hold only small guidelines,” according to a completed. The sixth phase of cases in Indo-Tibetan Border (BSF) has recorded 15,278 its ranks. Out of a total of 58,211 public meetings with not more BJP statement. the State Assembly polls is Police (ITBP), 28 cases in cases and the Central During the 24-hour peri- infections in these forces, as than 500 people in poll-bound The party has set a target scheduled for April 22. Polling National Disaster Response Industrial Security Force od as on Monday, a total of many as 54,298 patients have West Bengal. of the distribution of six crore for the seventh and the eighth Force (NDRF) and 14 cases (CISF) has registered 11,682 401 persons were confirmed recovered from the disease The party has suspended masks and sanitisers in West phase will be held on April 26 National Security Guards cases till now. The SSB has to be positive for corona and 3,698 patients continue to the big rallies and public meet- Bengal. and April 29. The counting of (NSG). reported a total of 5,758 cases virus, including 179 cases in be active. ings in remaining three of the Dedicated Covid-19 votes will take place on May 2. 2#! eight-phased polling in helplines have been installed India reported 2,59,170 new Bengal. by the party in all the states COVID-19 infections and ith Covid pandemic rag- “It has been decided that and workers have been asked 1,761 deaths in the last 24 - + Wing across many parts of only small public meetings to provide help to the corona hours. the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday * # $1$. urged vaccine manufacturers to continuously scale up the pro- $"%&&' (( duction in shortest possible time to vaccinate more ) ) 7 and more people. Appreciating the efforts of vaccine manu- ) #( ( #) # 2#! facturers for their achieve- *% ments and professionalism, Modi said that biggest strengths tiative and he Supreme Court on + of our vaccine industry are its AtmaNirbhar’ TTuesday directed all High # ‘Samarthya, Sansadhan and campaign Courts to adopt the Draft Rules Seva Bhaav’, and these are what and would of Criminal Practice, 2021 as make them a vaccine leader in help develop- part of the rules governing the world. ment of criminal trials and ensure that Noting the fact that vac- infrastructure the existing rules, notifications, cines manufactured here are like roads, rail- orders and practice directions # the cheapest, PM Modi said ways water, etc. are suitably modified and pro- India the world’s largest vac- providing mulgated within six months. cine programme is under- major boost to “If the State Government’’s way in India and reiterated economy in co-operation is necessary in them to gear up for May 1, the eastern this regard, the approval of the hearing, the court should con- when vaccination is opening part of the concerned department or sider the total number of wit- up for people above 18 years. country 2#! not be protected without departments, and the formal nesses, and classify them as “PM Modi remarked that including pro- ordering a provisional attach- notification of the said Draft eyewitness, material witness, throughout this process of moting ancil- he Supreme Court on ment. Rules, shall be made within the formal witness (who would be developing and manufactur- lary industry. TTuesday said the power to The top court said the said period of six months,” a asked to produce documents, ing vaccines, the country has The project order a provisional attachment Commissioner is duty bound bench headed by Chief Justice etc) and experts,” the bench said. constantly worked with the city and airport. He said the will also provide New busi- of the property including the to deal with the objections to S A Bobde said. The Draft Rules of Criminal spirit of public-private part- 2#! new metro lines of 59 kilo- ness opportunity in form of bank account of the taxable the attachment by passing a The apex court also direct- Practice, 2021 deals with vari- nership under the ‘Mission meters worth 14,788 crore ancillary industries in the person is draconian in nature reasoned order which must be ed that the State Governments, ous aspects of criminal trial Covid Suraksha’, and created he Union Cabinet on will provide economic pros- catchment area of the project,” and must be based on tangible communicated to the taxable as well as the Union of India (in including post mortem report, an end-to-end vaccine devel- TTuesday approved further perity, last mile connectivity said Government in state- material. person whose property is relation to investigating agencies charge, trial, recording of evi- opment ecosystem. The development of Bangalore and sustainable transporta- ment detailing the Urea sub- A Bench of Justices D Y attached. in its control) shall carry out dence among others. Government ensured that all Metro Rail project worth tion in Bangalore city. sidy project. Chandrachud and M R Shah The apex court’’s judge- consequential amendments to According to the draft rules, the vaccine manufacturers 14,788 crore. The two pro- “Considering the strategic Coal gasification plants said the exercise of the power ment came against an order of their police and other manuals, as per Every Medico Legal not only get all possible help jects titled as phase 2A and 2B energy security and urea self- are strategically important as for ordering a provisional Himachal Pradesh High Court within six months from today. Certificate, Post Mortem Report and logistic support, but also will connect the metro rail to sufficiency of the country, coal prices are non-volatile attachment must be preceded which dismissed the writ peti- “This direction applies, shall contain a printed format of the process of vaccine Central Silk Board Junction to looking into the country’s and coal is abundantly avail- by the formation of an opinion tion instituted under Article specifically in respect of Draft the human body on its reverse approval is speedy and scien- K.R. Puram and K.R.Puram vast coal reserves, it has able. Talcher plant shall also by the Commissioner that it is 226 of the Constitution chal- Rules 1-3. The appropriate and injuries, if any, shall be indi- tific, said the Prime Minister. to Airport via Hebbal been decided go ahead with reduce dependence on impor- necessary to do for the purpose lenging orders of provisional forms and guidelines shall be cated on such sketch. He also assured all possible Junction. The Cabinet Talcher Fertilizer Limited tant Natural Gas for produc- of protecting the interest of the attachment. brought into force, and all agen- The rules state that the support and smooth approval Committee of Economic plant based on coal gasification of urea leading to reduc- government revenue. The petitioner Radha cies instructed accordingly, depositions of witnesses shall be process for the vaccine can- Affairs chaired by Prime tion technology. tion in LNG import bill. “Before ordering a provi- Krishan Industries challenged within six months from today,” recorded, in typed format, if didates which are currently Minister Narendra Modi also The project shall improve The gasification process sional attachment the the orders issued on October the bench said. possible and the record of evi- under trial phase. approved the proposal of the availability of adopted in Talcher unit is a Commissioner must form an 28, 2020 by the Joint The three-judge bench also dence shall be prepared on “The Prime Minister said Department of Fertilisers for fertilizer to farmers thereby Clean Coal Technology giving opinion on the basis of tangi- Commissioner of State Taxes comprising Justices L computers, if available, in the the health infrastructure of the formulation of exclusive boosting development of east- negligible SOx, NOx and free ble material that the assessee is and Excise, Parwanoo in Nageswara Rao and S Ravindra Court on the dictation of the our private sector has played subsidy policy for Urea pro- ern region and will save trans- particulate emissions as com- likely to defeat the demand, if Himachal Pradesh provision- Bhat said that the courts in all Presiding Officer. a big role in the country’s fight duced through coal gasifica- port subsidy for supply of pared to directly coal fired any, and that therefore, it is ally attaching the appellant’’s criminal trials should, at the The judgement came on a against Covid-19 and in the tion route by Talcher urea in processes. Talcher Fertilizers necessary so to do for the pur- receivables from its customers. beginning of the trial, i.e. after suo motu case of 2017 related to coming days, the private sec- Fertilizers Limited (TFL). eastern part of the country. It Ltd. (TFL) is a Joint Venture pose of protecting the interest The provisional attach- summoning of the accused, the “deficiencies and inadequa- tor will play an even more Addressing media though would assist in reducing Urea Company of four PSUs name- of the government revenue,” ment was ordered while invok- and framing of charges, hold a cies” in criminal trials in the active role in the vaccination video conference Union imports to the tune of 12.7 ly Rashtriya Chemicals & the bench said. ing Section 83 of the Himachal preliminary case management country in which it proposed to drive. This will require better Minister Piyush Goyal said LMT per annum leading to Fertilizers (RCF), GAIL It also clarified that the Pradesh Goods and Service hearing. amend the criminal manual coordination between hospi- that the development project savings in foreign exchange. (India) Ltd. (GAIL), Coal expression “necessary so to do Tax Act, 20172 and Rule 159 of “This hearing may take and the rules which can be tals and industry,” said PMO of Bangalore Metro will give “The project will also give India Ltd. (CIL) and Fertilizer for protecting the government Himachal Pradesh Goods and place immediately after the incorporated in the existing said in a statement. more connectivity with the a boost to ‘Make in India’ ini- Corporation of India Ltd. revenue” implicates that it can- Service Tax Rules, 2017. framing of the charge. In this ones of the High Courts. , #!$ " %$) $& *+,*-*+

4 # Chennai: As Covid cases are On Monday, Puducherry rising, the Union Territory of reported 565 fresh cases taking --( ?/?% announced the much-delayed lous” dealings and “mecha- adults from May 1 and also lift- but indulge in empty rhetoric. get vaccines for their citizens. Puducherry will impose night the total number of active 'universal' vaccine policy on nisms” she warned reminding ed the bar on the State She wrote “when the number of “You all know how the curfew from 10 pm to 5 am cases to 4,692 of which 3,849 ith the country’s corona 19th April, 2021, which appears the Prime Minister that he had Governments to procure stocks cases...is spiraling...the Centre pandemic is rising … the work- from Tuesday. All the hotels are under home isolation and Wgraph rising to helpless to be hollow, without sub- yet to responded to her earlier from the manufacturers and has chosen to tactically indulge ers are coming back … now we have been directed to shut treatment. 365 people have levels Bengal Chief Minister stance, and a regrettable show letter written on April 24 seek- the open market. in empty rhetoric...” needed to vaccinate them and their doors by 8 p.m. and to recovered from the disease on Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday of evasion of responsibility...at ing permission (for her Considering the fact that Later launching a vitriolic the other residents … but even allow only parcel services after Monday. shot off a second letter to the time of crisis.” Government Bengal) to pur- the young people going out for attack on the Prime Minister if I have the intention to pro- this time band. The Health Department Prime Minister Narendra Complaining that the chase vaccines directly from earning livelihoods were more from an election rally at vide vaccine to the people free The beach road at has sent 7.33 lakh swab samples Modi in which she faulted him Centre has failed to address the market. likely to contact and transmit Murshidabad she said that her the Centre acted as a stumbling Puducherry will remain closed for testing in the union terri- for “evading” “responsibility.” issues like quality and stable flow Later she told in rallies that the disease faster a number of Government could have vacci- block … Here was a Prime after 5 p.m. tory of which 6.66 lakh samples Days after writing to the of drugs in the market Banerjee “I am sitting with money ready. States like Maharashtra, Bengal nated many people by this Minister who was busy build- It may be noted that the turned negative and more than Prime Minister to make wrote, “the announcement does I am willing to buy the vaccine Andhra Pradesh etc had com- time but the Centre’s faulty pol- ing his image internationally by fatality rate in the union terri- half of the population of the arrangements for 5 crore vac- not address major issues like the from the market and distribute plained about shortage of vac- icy failed her initiative. exporting vaccine doses … tory touched 1.5 per cent on union territory underwent cines and life-saving drugs like quality, efficacy, stable flow of it free among the people but here cines and demanded opening Attacking the Prime how can we feed others Monday which is above the Covid test. Puducherry has a remedesivir Banerjee on supply...” reminding that the is a Government that will not up the vaccination drive for Minister she said Modi had remaining hungry ourselves national average of 1.2 per population of 14 lakh people. Monday tore into the central policy “appears to be based on allow me to do so.” people of all ages. exported vaccines to other … and now they are saying that cent. A press release from the Government’s “belated” deci- market prices which may put the With the medical system In the strongly-worded let- countries to earn praises from they are opening up vaccina- Puducherry headquarters Directorate of Health and sion to universalize the distri- common people under huge buckling under huge pressure of ter, the Chief Minister also the international community tion for the States also but has the maximum number of Family Welfare states that it has bution of vaccines even as she financial burden.” demand in the backdrop of ris- wrote that the Centre through whereas States like where is the stock … they have deaths with 572 fatalities; so far administered Covid 19 wrote, “I'm informed that the The Government’s policy ing cases, the Centre had earli- its new policy had preferred not Maharashtra, Delhi, Rajasthan, already been exported out of Karakkal has 84 deaths fol- vaccines to 30,202 healthcare Central government has could encourage “unscrupu- er okayed vaccinations for all only to shirk its responsibility and Bengal were struggling to India,” she said. lowed by Yanam 45 and Mahe workers, 17,961 frontline work- 12. Interestingly, the recovery ers and 1,08 lakh others taking rate of the union territory is the total of people who were 5 88.8 per cent which is above the administered vaccine to 1.55 /-% national average of 86 per cent. lakh people. IANS !!" % 0 .. (1& 0(.(. ( -( 010 ! O 5 $ " 0705 * ?/?% phases into one a request the Election # #6# 0 Commission turned down in the @ !4 mid the surge in the infec- '(--- (( fter the Left Front, Congress and interest of what it called free and fair Ations and fatalities, the 5 ! $! 2 Athe Trinamool Congress it is the elections. Considering the fierceness he victim, who was hurt due to non-action Maharashtra government on ; 5 %65(# (.)6 '(.. '( turn of the BJP to truncate the size of of violence during the earlier phases Tagainst the accused in the case of molestation, Tuesday tightened the pan- "5"235 ! 1# 23 $ its rallies. of polls the ECI needs about 3 lakh which occurred about 15 days ago, consumed the demic restrictions further, by ! # 1 #0" " N .' Amid criticisms that its leaders central forces --- it has toxin at the SSP office. This stirred up the staff pre- mandating the shops and out- (0 were more interested in winning ruled out using State police --- which sent there. In a hurry, she is admitted to JN lets vending groceries, vegeta- *#" 7 10 0" 0 5 elections than preserving the lives and is not possible for the poll panel to Medical College. SSP Kalanidhi Naithani said that bles, fruits, other kinds of food , 2 $"2#"0$ 0 Badaun (Uttar Pradesh): A Meerut (Uttar Pradesh): health of the people who were giving procure, sources in the Commission the investigation of this case has been handed over and essential commodities to 17-year-old girl, who went Suspicion drove a man to stran- them votes, the saffron party on said. to CO Atrauli. Action will be taken against whoso- remain open for only 5 hours materials for impending rainy missing from her house, has gle his wife to death in front of Monday declared that the it would no The BJP too had opined against ever is found guilty in the investigations. daily instead of the earlier 13 season for individuals and been found dead in a haystack their six-year-old daughter in longer organise big rallies and that all clubbing the election phases while A woman from a village in Atrauli area had hours for the next 10 days in organisations. with injury marks on the neck. Bhawanpur area. the rallies would be truncated to a size Pradesh Congress president Adhir filed a case against some youths in the area 15 days order to break the chain of the ‘Home delivery from these The body, which was found The victim, Meenakshi of 500 people to the maximum. This Chowdhury went to the extent of ago, stating that the accused molest her. It is Covid-19 in the state. shops however may be allowed outside her house in the Ujhani Singh, 28, was seven months announcement would apply for Prime requesting withholding of the polls for alleged that even after the registration of the case, Amending its “break the between 7 am to 8 pm. These area in Badaun district on pregnant and was staying with Minister Narendra Modi’s rallies too the time being till the situation the police did not take any action against the chain” order issued on April 13 timings may be changed by the Monday, has been sent for her parents. the party has said adding that it would improved. accused. After this, the accused started harassing in which it had allowed the local authorities,” Chief post mortem. Her husband, Gajraj Singh, use its “massive digital footprint” for The CPI(M) was the first party to the victim further. shops and outlets vending Secretary Sitaram Kunte stated Ujhani Station House was also staying with her. campaigning where the message of the declare holding of small rallies and Recently, the victim had come to the SSP office essential commodities to in his order. Officer (SHO) Vinod Kumar The incident took place top leaders would be taken to the peo- street-corner meetings followed by the along with several people from her village and remain open from 7 am to 8 The State government has told reporters "The girl's body over the weekend and after the ple through digital meetings. Congress. Its leader Rahul Gandhi has demanded action against the accused. The girl pm, the Maharashtra govern- empowered the local authori- was found under mysterious couple quarrelled over some- BJP's IT wing chief Amit Malviya already cancelled his rallies in Bengal. reached the SSP office and consumed the toxic ment – in its latest order – said ties to include any additional circumstances. Her family is yet thing, Gajraj allegedly strangled said that his party would use its “mas- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has substance, saying that she was indifferent to the all groceries, vegetable stalls, entities/services with the con- to file a complaint. They have her. Other members of the sive digital footprint” to take the also said that her party would organ- attitude of the area police. Shortly after the woman fruit vendors, dairies, bakeries, sent of the State Disaster remained silent so far. We have family were out for work when message of the Prime Minister and ise small meetings in Kolkata. began to faint, the staff at the office was stirred up. confectioneries, all types of Management Authority. sent the body for autopsy and the incident took place. other leaders to the people. “We did Saying that hence forward it Immediately the girl was taken to JN Medical shops vending food items An official said that this are waiting for the report." According to her family, that successfully during Bihar elec- would hold public meetings in open College. She has been admitted for treatment chicken, mutton, poultry, fish effectively means that people He further said, "The fam- Gajraj was Meenakshi's second tions… The opposition had then places in accordance with pandemic there. and eggs, can remain open only will not be allowed outside for ily's role looks suspicious as husband. They had married complained that it gave us an edge,” guidelines BJP leader Jayprakash In this case, the police has something else to between 7am and 11am daily. these activities for 19 hours they are not sharing much two years ago and the daugh- he maintained. Bengal has three more Majumdar said that apart from hold- say. According to the police, earlier the woman had The order will also cover daily, though they will be per- information. We are question- ter was from her first marriage. phases left for voting. ing small rallies his party would dis- accused some people of the village of assaulting shops related to agriculture mitted to go out anytime for ing the neighbours and will Police claimed that Gajraj While the Trinamool Congress tribute six crore masks and sanitisers her. In this case, the police sent two people includ- implements and farm produce, medical emergencies as in the ensure that the truth comes out suspected that his wife was had been asking to combine the three in the state. ing the woman to jail from the accused side. pet food shops, shops related to past. soon." involved with another man. Sources said that the girl "We have arrested him was involved with a local boy from his residence in T.P. Nagar 5 and may have been killed to area. He was suspicious that his 5 .8$ 0/4/; 7%6 save the family's honour. wife was having an affair but ) *)) The young girl was the could not say what was the 8:?&1%%/ ! &/!%! third among five sisters and a basis of his suspicion," said the ' "4 ( -( 010 ! brother. IANS police spokesman. IANS ( -( 010 ! in several days rose from 81.04 per n a significant development that will have bear- cent to 81.14 per cent. Iing on the academic careers of lakhs of students n an alarming development, the The total “active cases” cases in the slated to appear for 10th standard exam this year, Idaily Covid-19 toll shot up a record state rose from 6,76,520 to 6,83,856. 4% 36 the Maharashtra government on Tuesday decid- 519 in Maharashtra on Tuesday, even The fatality rate in the state dropped ,-.* lives across Tamil Nadu. ed to cancel the state board SSC examinations in as 62,097 people tested positive for the from 1.56 per cent to 1.55 per cent. ?/!,22! The hike in the number of view of the worsening Covid-19 situation in the pandemic in various parts of the With 34 fresh deaths, the Covid- persons afflicted with pan- state. state. 19 toll in Mumbai rose from 12,301 to ith hundreds of ambu- demic in both the States are a Announcing the cancellation of the SSC Two days after the pandemic had 12,354, while the infected cases went Deoria (Uttar Pradesh): A him on April 18 and fined him Wlances blaring the emer- fall out of the high pitched examinations, Maharashtra Education Minister claimed 503 lives on a single day in the up by 7192 to trigger a jump in the man from Deoria has become for Rs 1,000. We had also given gency sirens speeding to hos- campaigns for the election to Varsha Gaikwad tweeted: “Given the worsening sit- state, Maharashtra logged 519 deaths, infections from 5,86,867 to 5,94059. the first offender to be fined Rs him a mask." pitals with patients in the last assemblies. Though Tamil uation of the #Covid-19 pandemic, the taking the total number of deaths in While Pune accounted for a max- 10,000 for not wearing a mask. Superintendent of Police, phase of their lives, the num- Nadu ahead of Kerala in the Maharashtra government has now decided to the state from 60,824 to 61,343. imum 1,117521 “active cases” in the This was the second time Deoria, Shripati Mishra said ber of Covid patients in Kerala number of Covid-19 patients CANCEL the state board exams for class 10th. Similarly, the number of infections state, Mumbai stood second with that he had been caught with- with sudden surge in Covid-19 crossed past the 1.2 million by leap and bounds, as on Health & safety of students & teachers is our top- rose from Monday’s tally of 58,924 to 82,761, followed by Thane (80440), out a mask. Earlier, he had been cases across the state, the police mark by Tuesday evening. The Tuesday there were only 1.01 most priority”. 62,097 on Tuesday. The state had Nagpur (78,484), Nashik (44,279), fined Rs 1,000 for not wearing were trying to enforce safety day saw 19,577 new persons million positive cases in Tamil “As the current atmosphere is not conducive recorded an all time high of 68,631 Ahmednagar (21,634), Latur (19,062), a mask. protocols in the district which getting diagnosed with Covid- Nadu against Kerala’s 1.27 mil- to exams, we had earlier postponed our exams infections on Sunday, On Saturday, the ), Chandrapur (15,744), Bhandara According to police, had 390 active cases on 19 on a single day taking the lions. while requesting other boards to reschedule theirs. state had recorded 67,123 infections. (15,186),Aurangabad (14779), Satara Amarjit Yadav of the Monday. total number of patients in the Both Kerala and Tamil In response to our communication, other boards With 62,097 fresh infections (14,183), Jalgaon (13,475), Nanded Bariyarpur police circle area in "We have formed teams State to 1,27, 2645. The day also Nadu have declared night cur- have now cancelled their exams, so maintaining reported on Tuesday, the total num- (13,233), Parbhani (12,964), Solapur Deoria was found to be roam- and divided the district into saw 28 fatalities across Kerala few for the nest fortnight with parity, we have cancelled ours too,” she tweeted. ber of infections went up from (12487), Beed (11,359) Gondia (9762) ing around without a mask on sectors to enforce Covid-19 due to Covid-19. effect from Tuesday night. The minister said that the criterion on the basis 38,98,262 to 39,60,359. and Nandurbar (7128). April 17 and 18. safety protocol. People not fol- As leaders of the Indian Kerala has announced stringent of which results would be declared for class 10th As 54,224 patients were discharged Of the 2,43,41,736 samples sent to Station House Officer lowing protocols are first Medical Association described rules to discipline people who & date of result declaration would be announced from the hospitals across the state after laboratories, 39,01,359 have tested (SHO), Lar, T.J. Singh said, "On warned and then slapped with that the situation has gone out do not wear masks and main- shortly. “The School Education Dept is commit- full recovery, the total number of peo- positive (16.27 per cent) for COVID- Monday, Amarjit was spotted a challan of Rs 1,000. If some- of control in the State, a polit- taining social distancing. ted to devising a fair and accurate assessment cri- ple discharged from the hospitals 19 until Tuesday. at the main crossing in Lar one flouts norms even after ical diatribe commenced with Though the Government has terion,” she tweeted. since the second week of March last Currently, 38,76,998 people are in without a mask. Immediately, this, a fine of Rs 10,000 is real- ministers and politicians blam- tightened the rules and limit- “As far as the state board exams of class 12th year went up to 32,13,464. The recov- home quarantine while 27,690 people cops imposed the fine of Rs ized from him," he ing the Centre for short supply ed the number of guests who are concerned, we have already conveyed our deci- ery rate in the state for the first time are in institutional quarantine. 10,000. We had already warned added. IANS of vaccines. Though Chief could be invited for marriages sion to postpone the exams till May end. The sta- Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had and social functions, the police tus remains the same. We are closely monitoring claimed before the assembly officials turn a blind eye to vio- the health and safety situation in the state,” the min- '.. '(. (('.( election that the State would lations of rules. ister tweeted. 39' & initiate measures to manufac- “So long as nobody regis- It may be recalled that on April 12, the .')''( . ture its own branded vaccine, ters any complaint, we do not Maharashtra government on Monday postponed he is maintaining silence on the have any issues. But ensure that the board examinations of Standard 10th and 12th $ 1:1 .:' Kohima/Shillong/Agartala/ in Assam as the situation is issue once the election was your neighbours do not create in view of the worsening Covid-19 situation in the Guwahati: With a surge in the under control," the minister over. any problems,” is the standard state. Jammu : Jammu & Kashmir logged 2,030 new Covid cases on Tuesday, the high- number of Covid-19 cases, the told the media in Guwahati. Meanwhile neighbouring advice from the cops to persons The State Education Minister had at that time est single day spike since the beginning of the pandemic while the number of northeastern states have taken Sarma, in a tweet, said: Tamil Nadu too saw the num- who are holding such said that “keeping in mind the schedule of active cases crossed 13,000. Officials said that the new cases included 944 from diverse actions, including "Districts where the number of ber of Covid-19 patients shoot- events. entrance exams for professional courses, class 12th the Jammu division and 1,086 from the Kashmir division while 716 patients imposition of night curfew Covid-19 cases are more than ing up though not as badly as Situation in Kerala is grave exams will be held by end of May, while 10th stan- were discharged from different hospitals after recovery. and closure of educational 100, classes at Upper Primary, Kerala. On Tuesday, and medical doctors asked dard exams will be in June”. Eight patients -- five from Jammu division and 3 from Kashmir division - institutions, to prevent the Secondary and Senior Directorate of Public Health people in other States to The postponement of the SSC and HSC - succumbed on Tuesday, as the total number of people killed by coronavirus spread, officials said on Secondary levels will run with and Preventive Medicine said reschedule their travel plans to examinations had come on the state government rose to 2,071. So far, 150,238 people have been infected with coronavirus in Tuesday. 50 per cent attendance. The in a release that the State saw God’s Own Country till the announcement made on April 3 that all state board J&K out of which 134,697 have recovered. The Assam government same will also apply for class- 10,986 new cases of Covid-19 Covid-19 situation is brought students from standard 1 and 8 would be promoted The number of active cases is 13,470 out of which 5,575 are from the Jammu on Tuesday ordered that all es in colleges & universities of while the pandemic claimed 48 under control. to the next without any examination. division and 7,895 are from the Kashmir division. IANS markets, shops and malls to such districts." shut by 6 p.m. Chief Secretary The Nagaland and Tripura Jishnu Barua, in an order, said governments have ordered clo- that the government permitted sures of educational institu- 0,1 233 +45 50 per cent of lower-level staff tions. to work from home in the dis- In Meghalaya, the night ( -( 010 ! Diu, free of cost through special setup process to produce and Corporate houses held here on ity to 260. ICMR to be part of a multicen- tricts having 100 or more active curfew in East Khasi Hills tankers. supply medical-grade oxygen by Saturday last, Maharashtra chief Reliance Foundation also tre clinical trial to evaluate the coronavirus cases. District, in which capital mid the shortage of liquid The 700 tonnes of medical diverting industrial oxygen to minister Uddhav Thackeray developed a fully-equipped iso- efficacy of plasma therapy, set State Health and Family Shillong falls, has been extend- AOxygen across the country, oxygen is sufficient to provide produce medical-grade oxygen had among other things lation facility at Lodhivali in up an exclusive 10 bedded dial- Welfare Minister Himanta ed for another week until April the Reliance Industries Ltd relief to at least 70,000 critical- to pitch its contribution to meet appealed to them to make Maharashtra and handed it ysis centre in HBT Trauma Biswa Sarma, meanwhile, said 25. The state government also (RIL) has tweaked its manu- ly ill Covid-19 patients daily in the demand for medical arrangements for priority pro- over to the district authorities Hospital, Mumbai in collabo- that Covid neutral certificates announced a series of mea- facturing process at Jamnagar three states and UT. Oxygen. “Currently, the entire duction and supply of oxygen there. It also supported the set- ration with BMC. from other states would not be sures, including banning entry Refinery to produce and dis- Sources said that the RIL supply of oxygen, including for Covid patients in the state ting up of a quarantine ward for Sir HN Reliance accepted and all air and train of tourists from other states. tribute around 700 metric was prepared to supply medical transportation in special tankers The industrialists had unani- suspected patients at Spandan Foundation Hospital, the Sir passengers would have to Chief Minister Conrad K. tonnes of medical grade oxygen Oxygen for other states in the at (-) 183oC is being made free mously agreed to do the need- Holistic Mother-And-Child H.N. Reliance Foundation undergo both Rapid Antigen Sangma said that all schools everyday to three states and a country as well, provided there of cost to the state governments ful. It may be recalled that Care Hospital in Mumbai. Hospital also provided home and RT-PCR tests on reaching will close till May 4 in Shillong Union Territory. were specific requests from the as a part of RIL’s CSR initiative. Reliance Foundation had earli- Reliance Foundation sup- quarantine services. It provided Assam. The text reports would area and government and pri- For the past two days, RIL states concerned and they were This is one more initiative of the er set up country’s first Covid ported digital and medical infra- over 5.5 lakh litres of free fuel, be available within 24 hours, till vate offices will function with has been transporting 700 met- ready to bear the transportation Reliance Industries and Reliance hospital in Mumbai In collab- structure at Sardar Patel supporting over 14,000 ambu- which time the passengers 50 per cent attendance. ric tonnes of medical Oxygen cost. Foundation to provide relief in oration with the Brihanmumbai COVID-19 Care Centre, Delhi. lances across 249 districts in 18 should stay in isolation. Night curfew and various daily to the states of Gujarat, Given that the medical the ongoing pandemic,” an RIL Municipal Corporation (BMC) In addition, Sir HN Reliance states. It produces 1,00,000 PPE "Assam's Covid situation is other restrictions continue to Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh grade oxygen was not produced spokesperson said. in just two weeks. After setting Foundation Hospital, which and face masks per day for mostly linked to people with be in effect in Mizoram capi- and Union Territory of Dadra, earlier at the Jamnagar refinery, At a meeting with promi- up a 100-Covid bed hospital ini- was the first institute in India’s health and frontline travel history. There would be tal Aizawl and other parts of Nagar Haveli and Daman & RIL has installed equipment and nent industrialists and leaders of tially, it scaled up the bed capac- Maharashtra identified by workers. no night curfew and lockdown the mountainous state. IANS #!$ " %$) $& *+,*-*+ -

# # '')*'+,- '( $% & '( (.+*'+,- '(, #$#%&'()*#$(+, 5 !" 5 8 / %!()' ' ./( 5 + #.67)(89 5 %+'O.. (D-+((' .(- (6 ( ) 2E.&0?&/ .''-'..'(- + fter the Supreme Court 0 of Nepal on February S 23 overturned Prime 6 - . #*. AMinister (PM) KP Oli’s decision to dissolve Parliament, he prorogued the House session 3 . on Monday afternoon. +:$ A two-year power struggle ( between Oli and his bête noire, $ * revolutionary leader Prachanda, has ended in a climactic anti-cli- * 3 max with Oli providentially ; keeping his chair. Witness the events in the last six months: Oli ( dumped the Prachanda-Madhav Nepal group, ditched the Chinese # . by refusing to step down as the PM, dissolved Parliament, 5 + ; ordered elections and reinstated S % himself as the PM — not caretak- er — of a revived Government, < #*. O 3 +:$ insisting that it was business as O S . ; usual. Except that the quality of 12( ( governance had declined further # +:$ + " > 3!3( through rule by ordinances, makers in a House of 275. No to the hurriedly drafted good and quiet work by boosted by the party faithful party or combination of par- Constitution of 2015. Ambassador Vinay Kwatra .7(1 12( ? 0 S President Bidhya Devi Bhandari. ties has filed a motion of no- Nepal has had seven and agencies. The S 3 S In a shock-and-awe judg- confidence according to Constitutions (1948, 1951, Kathmandu-Raxaul DPR for 0 +:$ ment, the Supreme Court Article 100 (5) of the 1959, 1962, 1990, 2007 and a broad gauge railway line, S + . deprived the Nepal Communist Constitution that requires 68 2015). It is a federal, secular, 198-km-long and costing Party (merged CPN-UML and lawmakers. (The new democratic republic, not com- $3.15 bn, has been submitted CPN Maoist Centre) of its label Constitution bars a no-confi- pletely inclusive though one- to Singha Durbar. India has and symbol, reducing it to sep- dence motion in the first two third of Parliament’s strength said it will complete the rail- +:$( % arate constituents. Prachanda’s years of any Government.) is meant to be women. But way five years after the land is .67)(89 ( writ petition for the NCP’s The political conundrum con- janjatis and Madhesis are dis- obtained. In addition, several revival was rejected. Strangely, tinues with Oli at the helm. 2& satisfied with its provisions. legs of the Hulaki Rajmarg 6 .67)(89 . the Election Commission with- The arithmetic of the The Madhesis in the JSP are connecting the East-West * 8 ( held its decision on allotting the revived House is the CPN- 2 negotiating with Oli to redress Highway with the Indian bor- ! NCP’s ‘Sun’ symbol and party UML - 121 (including 38 /2%!%1%!/2 their constitutional grievances der are being completed. The label to either faction, saying the dissident lawmakers belong- in lieu of supporting the grand China-Nepal Economic ( !2 79 *!%! . 0 party had not split. The story of ing to the Nepal-Khanal fac- Government’s formation. It is Corridor, which includes a political hara-kiri was scripted in tion); Nepali Congress - 63 interesting that in 2008-09, road and railway line from " ( the NCP despite its overwhelm- (fractured among Sher >616 Nepal turned away from a Kyrong-Kathmandu-Pokhara- ing and unprecedented political Bahadur Deuba, Ramchandra 0/%! Maoist Government (Maoists Lumbini, is awaiting the green stability in Parliament, majority Poudyel and Koirala factions); won nearly a 2/3rds majority light and funds. Once com- Governments in six of the seven Janata Samajwadi Party - 32 &1 !62/% but were relegated to the pleted, Chinese goods will % *$%&' provinces and 80 per cent of (Upendra Yadav, Baburam /0&% third position in 2013). In reach the rich markets of the posts in the local elections. Bhattarai, Mahanta Thakur 2021, Nepal has shied away Indo-Gangetic Plain. Landmark dates in the cal- and Rajendra Mahto groups), !21! %/14 from Communist rule despite While Deuba has said endar of events are February CPN Maoist Centre - 48 to 53. /2@%!/> China’s Herculean efforts to there is no chance of a new 2018 (Oli elected as the PM with The Government-formation keep the Left flock together. Government till Maoists Maoist support); May 17, 2018 combinations realistically at &!02%E Ambassador Hou Yanqui has withdraw support to Oli, the (the merger of the NCP factions); play are the CPN-UML plus not abandoned her efforts to PM has prorogued the House July 2, 2020 (Oli prorogues JSP; NC, Maoists plus JSP; and %24%! keep the Left parties united again even as a no-confidence House); December 20, 2020 (Oli CPN-UML plus NC. As Oli is 02%%/ and has met both former vote was being planned. The dissolves Parliament); February tarred by the brush of poor Prime Ministers Madhav political conundrum seems 23, 2021 (the Supreme Court’s governance and “self before #/02* 1% Nepal and Prachanda. But the embedded in the verdict on revival of the House service”, the NC is unlikely to 2 unity project appears to be Constitution of Nepal. on March 7); April 19, 2021 (Oli support Oli, who has not beyond reach. The (The writer, a retired Major prorogues the House again). sought a vote of confidence. 0! Himalmedia Public Opinion General, was Commander, While Oli has not resigned Strange are the ways of Nepali !%!>!#!% Survey April 2021 has blamed IPKF South, Sri Lanka, and on moral grounds, the Maoists politics (imbibing the Belgian Oli and Prachanda for putting founder member of the Defence have not withdrawn support to model where the country !%&/ !!/2 the democracy at risk. Planning Staff, currently the him. No single party has the operates seamlessly without a India has made an impres- Integrated Defence Staff. The necessary majority of 138 law- Government), probably due sive comeback, thanks to the views expressed are personal.) 0.((.) (1((/.. (1) SOUNDBITE "'* * ; 5 5 #" % .('')-'( ('((- Sir — It refers to the editorial ‘The guides’ '-'('(-' (April 20). The decision taken by the polit- ( '' -!- ( ' ..* ')-'(. ) '+* ical parties to break the chain of virus came quite late as the voting for five phases already (.. - .. . ( +( .+ % (. '( (' 5 over and campaigning for the sixth phase is +'.6 ('+.). .. ('-6 (.'* going on. A huge damage has already been (. '(( .''+G( ( R 7 R +- (-''-. (-.' " ."2" 0 done by the political leaders through their K& .4' rallies and campaigning as West Bengal is + (').-'.'.' S )S ( reporting significant number of COVID-19 ('-. ).*>6..'.@ ( cases. Earlier it was the TMC and the ((- .+.(E-@ 0'.'E.- -*/ .6')-'( ('. . * # Congress which announced that they would ('+( ( not conduct or organise mega rallies and ')-'( +'.- ( (-+( ((--'.* : 9++( '( ( ' . . '+( '. + . -''. '( finally the BJP also followed in their foot- .('(' %4'(+(..'. .' (.+ .. '().( ( *''@'@ steps and showed some restraint by ' .+* announcing that rallies with only 500 peo- - .(. '(')- . '(.'(.(- -''. ((- ('.'.+'+ ple will be organised. 6.-'( (. '( ( .-.+. ((. -*. + S -''+ ''( (+(.6 * 1#. % Anyhow, West Bengal is going to be a * % . . '( ( F K(-D . high-stake battle where innocent people have (6 O. '( ..+E. - .. . ( lost their lives to dirty politics. However, it 4'(+(. ) . ' * .''*% . ..'(- S % (6('. (.. (.+ . .- .* !+'. ( ')-'( (- seems that the leaders of political parties have #('' - ('('.'/ ! ( '(.* -' ( ..+.(E. realised the importance of the lives of citi- '%.((- '6 (.'++. 4'(+( + ( (' ( '(* ( zens and hopefully lessons would be learnt -.+ ( from it. Any public gatherings of large mag- '' '(''.. (-* ) ( ')-'(.((''+-'( (@ +(. (' (@ )'( .(- nitude should not be allowed anywhere in ('(.+ .. '(- ((. !+) ( ( # the country till we develop herd immunity -. '.'+. '')@ '('D'+* $# " $$ ) '.* + , $ by way of aggressive vaccination. With the . (- . .+- ( 1 0 * - ( Government allowing everybody above 18 K?(?''?( years of age to get the jab from May 1, we The Government has been working hard for mere target-oriented exercise entrusted to the .! will soon develop herd immunity. It’s good over a year to ensure that the maximum enforcing agencies, including the police, by / that the States can buy doses directly from number of Indians are able to get the vac- the Government to show that they are seri- %%')'/+ . vaccine-makers in the “liberalised and - (' cine in the shortest possible time. India’s ous in tackling the menace. It, however, +*!E+( (' accelerated Phase 3 strategy of COVID-19 approach to building scientific and epidemi- appears that our politicians are in a class by ''('+ vaccination”. We have reported 2.73 lakh new ological pillars is guided by the global best themselves in that they seem to exempt '.*.+ % # daily cases in the highest spike since the pan- practices, SoPs of the WHO as well as the themselves from the orders passed for +6!E+'+ ( demic broke out a year ago. vision of experts in the National Expert effective control of COVID-19. Is the * 0 S Bal Govind | Noida Group on Vaccine Administration for Coronavirus biased in its virulent approach S COVID-19. The total vaccinations across the that it makes clear-cut distinctions between 01# 0 . 12 country have crossed more than 13 crore. politicians and the common man while it K )?+ Sir — It’s a good decision by the Centre to This is the right step towards a decisive bat- tears across the country on its infecting spree! *3*/ ( announce that all Indian citizens above the tle against COVID-19. Hope that people will While the need of the hour is to stave off the 42 )S %$ / 3 % age of 18 years can get COVID-19 vaccine come forward for vaccination and cooper- threat of the virus by standing unitedly %&0. . starting May 1. The immunisation drive was ate in curbing the pandemic. against it, the State Governments blaming '+ -' ' -.(.' # % currently restricted to only citizens aged Amit Singh Kushwaha | Satna each other for the huge COVID-19 surge at above 45. The Government has allowed such a time is uncalled for. .6- '(' # States, private hospitals and industrial estab- Pachu Menon | Goa -. - ( . ) % lishments to procure the doses directly from Sir — The manner in which flying squads +.. +( . . S the manufacturers. It’s good to scale up their have been enforcing pandemic-related pro- (* manufacturing by increasing the role played tocols in public places and behaving with ) * 2 *230 $ 0 # by the private sector and State Governments. the citizens needs to be condemned. It is a 0 6"2 0D35 "15 K& ()4(- #!$ " %$) $& *+,*-*+ 4

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ast month’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence, brought back Lsome memories of those times. Here they are, %*'%+,- 2("3 for those whose interest may have been aroused by $ % Prime Minister Modi’s recent visit to our neighbour- # ( (- $ @#-$A ing country on that occasion. Fifty years ago, in 1971, # I was in the Indian Foreign Service and assigned < $ # #-$ (! as Political Counselor in India’s permanent mission to the UN, at New York. My work involved follow- $ ing current events and the role of the UN. The ongo- 0 3 . ) 128B #-$ ( ing tension and conflict in then East Pakistan was $ ( a part of that job. This became especially so in the ( heated environment of late 1971 for the subconti- P @ $ AQ #-$ nent. The Cold War was at full blast, the US was < seeking a historic opening with China, and India < $ was steadfastly maintaining its policy of non-alignment, while grappling with massive refugee inflows $ * ( fleeing the genocide inflicted by the Pakistani army < ) *$ $ on its own population in the East. < ( Much has been written about this conflict. Here /20 <6 P @ AQ are some key vignettes from the sidelines of action %&?!%2! < . : 8B9E at the UN. As the situation escalated, with rising >/12 F - 8G pressure at the UN from the US on behalf of their 2?%%? Pakistani proxies, in August 1971 there was a news !0% flash that India and the Union of Soviet Socialist ! !24 Republics (USSR) had just signed a bilateral treaty. 12#/2 : There was then an immediate media request for an >/# interview on this treaty with the Indian Mission in #%2 New York. We could not delay a response and I was !2!2! * asked to go for this interview, though we had not %!2!2! India’s support ironically). A cease- would also be drawn further into the Sen went to the UN bar-lounge to till then received the treaty’s text. >/144 fire would have been severely prej- debate by the US, with memories in meet his Pakistani counterpart Agha I prepared carefully, as best as I could, based on %!/>>2 udicial to Bangladesh and India, India running high of the 1962 con- Shahi. I happened to accompany Sen what we knew within the Mission on India’s over- % !! given the ongoing ground operations flict with its northern neighbour. to this meeting. After some time, we all policy posture. A main question asked by the of the Indian Army in support of Three very personal memories of were also joined by Bhutto. Asked to media was if this treaty with the USSR affected 1&!/!%/ Bangladeshi liberation. that time have remained with me. get Bhutto a drink from the bar, I #-$ !H < India’s policy of non-alignment. I denied this firm- %&?!%2* We were not members of the The first was of corridor talk, on the went back there for a glass of Black $ * ) F ly, non-alignment being a cornerstone of our for- %!#2# UNSC at the time, but our margins of the UNSC chamber, Dog whiskey (his reputed favourite). !02!/2/> ) 5 eign policy, and on return to office, was glad to find Ambassador was invited to the ses- about yet another ceasefire resolu- As I handed it to him, and sat down, that my position had been in line with the treaty !%0!!% sion, where I went with him and we tion, this time by a Soviet ally mem- he looked at us and said something @ ,3 ,F % ) A /2>!% %#2 $ text that had meanwhile arrived. lobbied heavily behind the scenes. ber, as all other members were get- that I still remember. “Some forces As the conflict continued, some Bangladesh rep- !2!2 With Indian support, the USSR ting increasingly concerned about the were opposed to our being together. + ) F resentatives also came to New York to further their &?!%262% insisted that members of the prolongation of the conflict on the Otherwise, we would not have been $ cause in late 1971. I was asked to help them. Some 0%%# Bangladeshi liberation movement ground and its potential for wider separated. Then I may not have ) 128I ) F # of these visitors later became important figures in >1%%?21& also be invited to the UNSC to pre- conflict. But before any such even- become the Prime Minister but - S independent Bangladesh. One of them was Rehman !2%12/2 sent their case and evidence of tuality, news also came of the would certainly have been the Sobhan, a friend from our student days, who also 0 9 heinous crimes by the Pakistani Pakistani forces surrendering to the Foreign Minister of a united India,” -" #7 wrote about our discussions in his memoirs, pub- army. The ceasefire resolutions were Indian side on December 17, ending he said. 0 * ( lished just five years ago. Referring in them to me, ultimately vetoed by the USSR. a matter that then seemed rather Not much later, Bhutto did he wrote that I “assured him that no action by the The Soviet veto gave a brief win- touch-and-go. The other is of listen- become the Prime Minister of $ ( $ / UN would frustrate the march of the Indian Army dow to the Bangladeshi freedom ing to Bhutto’s fierce final speech to Pakistan, and visited India. His . # ) F to Dhaka as the Soviet Union had told them of a forces, supported by the Indian the UNSC, when he tore up his meeting with Prime Minister Indira veto,” in the UN Security Council (UNSC). The sit- Army, to persevere with their goal of papers and walked out of the meet- Gandhi, and their famous Simla < uation continued to escalate through the fall, an liberating their country. As the fighting. Some speculated that it was Agreement are of course well-known. * , $ ( important and busy time at the UN as this conflict ing continued, some days later the meant more for his home audience So is the subsequent history of con- continued. Growing pressure on the Pakistani mil- UNSC reconvened on December 6 and politics rather than the UN tacts between India, Pakistan and itary from the Mukti Bahini freedom fighter forces to forward the case to the General where the matter of conflict seemed Bangladesh over the next five in Bangladesh led to a rapidly unfolding end-game Assembly. This time both India and almost over. decades. During this period, all ) ( in December 1971. Pakistan sent senior Ministers to rep- But my most vivid memory is of these three subcontinental neigh- $ ) F On December 3, the Pakistan air force launched resent their positions. From India it an encounter with Bhutto himself. 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#2 1 & 8% < ;) ** !(- = 2E"026 members but by the National Deby’s death could not imme- -( ( ( @)* Assembly. diately be independently con- Beijing: Chinese President Xi video link. had’s longtime leader has “The army seizing power firmed due to the remote loca- Jinping on Tuesday hit out at "Big countries should ( !0 ,/ French ambassador will be Assembly for the expulsion of Cdied of wounds suffered and conferring it on the son of tion of the fighting. The gov- the US, saying there should be behave in a manner befitting to presented on Tuesday in the the French ambassador from during a visit to front-line the president ... is a coup and ernment has released few no "bossing" and "meddling" in their status and with a greater uccumbing to Islamists' National Assembly,” Interior Pakistan over the issue of blas- troops battling a little-known unconstitutional," Sogunro details of its efforts to put the internal affairs of other sense of responsibility," he said. Sdemands, Pakistan's Imran Minister Sheikh Rashid said in phemous cartoons being pub- rebel group, the military tweeted Tuesday, calling for the down the rebellion in northern countries as Beijing is increas- His snide remark against Khan-led Government on a video statement. lished in the European announced on Tuesday, just African Union to condemn Chad. The army said Tuesday ingly coming under pressure Washington came as US Tuesday decided to introduce The cases against TLP work- country. hours after he was declared the the transfer of power. that Deby had fought heroically from Washington and its allies President Joe Biden vigorous- a resolution in Parliament to ers, registered under terrorism Amjad Ali Khan of the rul- winner of an election that Deby's 37-year-old son, but was wounded in a battle. over issues of human rights vio- ly pursued a strong China con- expel the French ambassador charges, will also be quashed. ing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf would have given him anoth- Mahamat, is best known as a He was then taken to the cap- lations, Taiwan and Hong tainment policy initiated by his and quash all criminal cases Besides, the names of TLP lead- (PTI) party presented the res- er six years in power. top commander of the Chadian ital where he later died of Kong. predecessor by Donald Trump. filed against the banned radi- ers from the Fourth Schedule will olution in the National The military quickly forces aiding a U.N. peace- unspecified wounds. "Bossing others around or Biden united US allies like cal Islamist party TLP after they also be taken off, Rashid said. Assembly with Speaker Asad announced President Idriss keeping mission in northern Some residents of the cap- meddling in others' internal the UK, the EU and Japan over reached a deal following a The expulsion of the Qaiser in the chair. Technically, Deby Itno's son as the central Mali. The military said Tuesday ital, though, said they feared affairs would not get one any his China policy. He also held marathon round of talks. French ambassador is one of the it was not an official document African nation’s interim leader, he now will head an 18-month there was more to the story of support. We must advocate the first quadrilateral summit The agreement came a day main four demands of the rad- as it was moved by a member succeeding his 68-year-old transitional council following Deby’s demise. peace, development, equity, of the emerging alliance called after Prime Minister Khan said ical Islamist party, which was in his private capacity but it was father who ruled for more his father's death. “The rumors that are going justice, democracy and free- Quad which included US, that the expulsion of the French banned last week after its mem- accepted for discussion. than three decades. The military called for around about the transitional dom, which are common val- Australia, Japan and India. ambassador was not a solution bers staged violent anti-France The resolution condemned Some observers immedi- calm, instituting a 6 p.m. cur- council give me the impression ues of humanity, and encour- The US, the European to stop the incidences of blas- protests across the country. the publication of blasphe- ately questioned the chain of few and closing the country's that some information is false,” age exchanges and mutual Union, Britain and Canada phemy in the western world, On Monday, the National mous caricatures by French events leading up to Tuesday's land and air borders as panic Thierry Djikoloum said. “They learning among civilizations to have imposed coordinated noting that “it will only trigger Assembly session was magazine Charlie Hebdo in stunning announcement on kept many inside their homes are already talking about dis- promote the progress of human sanctions on China over alleged incidents of blasphemy in other adjourned to meet again on September last year and national radio and television. in the capital, N’Djamena. solving parliament ... So for me, civilization," Xi said, without human rights violations against countries as in the West they April 22. However, shortly after expressed regret over the Ayo Sogunro, a Nigerian “In the face of this worrying I’d say it was a coup d’etat. He directly referring to the US. Uygur Muslims in Xinjiang, a call it freedom of expression”. the minister's statement, a ses- French's president "encour- lawyer and fellow at the South situation, the people of Chad was killed.” "What we need in today's charge Beijing denied. "Under a marathon round sion of the lower house of agement of the elements hurt- Africa-based Center for must show their commitment to Some foreign observers world is justice, not hegemony," These countries have also of talks and an agreement Parliament was summoned in ing the sentiments of the hun- Human Rights, said that under peace, to stability, and to nation- also questioned how a head of he said addressing the annual taken united position on China reached with the Tehreek-e- the late afternoon. dreds of millions of Muslims in Chadian law the term of an al cohesion,” Gen. Azem state could have been killed, Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), a firming up its control over Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a res- Hours later, a resolution the name of freedom of expres- incumbent president who dies Bermandoa Agouma said. saying it cast doubt on his pro- China promoted influential Hong Kong. olution on the expulsion of the was tabled in the National sion". is completed not by family The circumstances of tective guard. AP think tank based in Hainan via PTI 4 $ * 2;) 0 11-) -8 9 New Delhi/Washington: In US during the next two decades. and soft power aspects in the to shape global norms, rules, and the international system, no In the next 20 years, the international system. These institutions. $1 single state is likely to be posi- intensity of competition for power elements, which will be The US, along with its tioned to dominate across all global influence is likely to more accessible to a broader longstanding allies, and China Kabul: Six armed militants were killed and 28 people were freed Tokyo: Japan's Osaka prefec- be held in the afternoon on regions or domains, and a reach its highest level since the range of actors, are likely to be will have the greatest influence from a Taliban detention centre after the Afghan army launched ture will on Tuesday request the Tuesday, Xinhua news agency broader range of actors will Cold War, the US Intelligence concentrated among leaders on global dynamics, supporting a special operation in Helmand province, the Defence Ministry Central Government to declare reported. If the central govern- compete to advance their ide- Council has forewarned. that develop these technologies. competing visions of the inter- said on Tuesday. a fresh state of emergency due ment approves the request, the ologies, goals and interests. "Countries and other actors The US Intelligence Council national system and gover- "The commandos of Afghan National Army launched the raid to the continued surge of prefecture would be empowered The forecast has been pub- are likely to compete over food, claimed that these power nance that reflect their core in surrounding areas of Helmand's Musa Qala district. A gun- Covid-19 cases and the ensu- to implement stronger measures lished in the seventh edition of mineral, water, and energy dynamics are likely to produce interests and ideologies, the fight took place when the troops arrived at the targeted facility, ing strain on healthcare facili- to tackle the spread of the virus. the US National Intelligence sources made more accessible, a more volatile and confronta- report said. Their rivalry will and six armed militants were killed," Xinhua news agency quot- ties, authorities said. On Tuesday, quasi-emer- Council's Global Trends report. more valuable, or scarcer," the tional geopolitical environment, affect most domains, straining ed the Ministry as saying in a statement. The Osaka prefectural gency steps came into effect for The document, published report said. reshape multilateralism, and and in some cases reshaping The freed people received medical checkups after they were Government will formalise parts of Tokyo's surrounding every four years since 1997, Expanding technological, widen the gap between transna- existing alliances and interna- shifted to an army camp, according to the statement. their decision to request the prefectures of Saitama, Chiba assesses the key trends and network, and information tional challenges and coopera- tional organisations that have Taliban insurgents frequently detain civilians and off-duty emergency virus period, the and Kanagawa, as well as for uncertainties that will shape the power will complement more tive arrangements to address underpinned the internation- soldiers from villages and highways and punish civilians for spy- third for the hard-hit prefec- Aichi prefecture, and will be strategic environment for the traditional military, economic, them. Rival powers will jockey al order for decades. IANS ing for government security forces. IANS ture, at a task force meeting to effective through May 11.IANS & 7 &: ! %! : .,# New Delh: Global energy-related carbon diox- ?110&1 ide (CO2) emissions are on course to surge by 1.5 billion tonnes in 2021,the second-largest ormer Malaysian Prime Minister Najib increase in history, reversing most of last year's FRazak was accused on Tuesday of coming decline caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, up with a "cock and bull story" to try to over- according to a new International Energy Agency turn his 12-year jail sentence for corruption and (IEA) report released on Tuesday. abuse of office. This would be the biggest annual rise in emis- Prosecutor V Sithambaram told Malaysia's sions since 2010, during the carbon-intensive Court of Appeal that Najib's claim that his bank recovery from the global financial crisis. account was "manipulated" was "bizarre" and "a The IEA's Global Energy Review 2021 esti- trick", reports DPA news agency. mates that CO2 emissions will increase by Sithambaram said Najib's story was under- almost five per cent this year to 33 billion tonnes, mined by text messages between the appellant based on the latest national data from around the and Low Taek Jho, a fugitive "financier" better world as well as real-time analysis of economic known as Jho Low. growth trends and new energy projects that are Najib was sentenced to 12 years in jail in 2020 set to come online. on charges related to the theft of 42 million ring- The key driver is coal demand, which is set git ($9 million) from SRC International, a sub- to grow by 4.5 per cent, surpassing its 2019 level sidiary of the 1MDB state fund set up by Najib. and approaching its all-time peak from 2014, with Up to $4 billion dollars could have been stolen the electricity sector accounting for three-quar- from 1MDB, according to the US Department ters of this increase. of Justice, which has returned hundreds of mil- "Global carbon emissions are set to jump by lions of dollars to Malaysia after seizing assets 1.5 billion tonnes this year, driven by in the resur- bought using 1MDB money, including by Jho gence of coal use in the power sector. 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Moscow: US Ambassador to that is another important rea- Sergey Lavrov said at a press Russia John Sullivan on son for me to return home for conference on April 16 that Tuesday said that he will return a visit. I will return to Moscow presidential aide Yuri Ushakov to Washington for consulta- in the coming weeks before any at a meeting with Sullivan had tions "about the current state of meeting between Presidents recommended that the US bilateral relations" between the (Joe) Biden and (Vladmimir) Ambassador return to the two nations. Putin," the Ambassador added. Washington for consultations. "I believe it is important for According to the US Russian Ambassador me to speak directly with my embassy, "Ambassador Sullivan Anatoly Antonov to Washington new colleagues in the Biden is returning to the US for con- returned to Moscow amid wors- administration in Washington sultations this week". ening bilateral ties on March 22 about the current state of bilat- Sullivan's announcement after he was recalled following eral relations between the US comes after an exchange of President Biden's remarks on and Russia" he told Russia's harsh sanctions between the March 17 that Russia will "pay TASS News Agency. two countries, including mutu- a price" for its alleged interfer- "Also, I have not seen my al expulsions of 10 diplomats. ence in the 2020 American elec- family in well over a year, and Russian Foreign Minister tion. IANS #!$ " %$) $& *+,*-*+ 7

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Agricultural Labourers (CPI- The major contribution bers for agricultural labourers it held that the power to order procedural, embodied in the continued to dent investor sen- Tgains to close marginally At the interbank forex AL) and Consumer Price towards the fall in the general and rural labourers was expe- a provisional attachment of statute and the rules,” said the timent. down by 1 paisa at 74.88 market, the domestic unit Index-Rural Labourers (CPI- index of agricultural labourers rienced by Tamil Nadu (-9 property, including a bank bench. The BSE Sensex slipped against the US dollar on opened at 74.65 against the RL) had stood at 2.67 per cent and rural labourers came from points and -8 points, respec- account, of a taxable person, In the 61-page judgement, 243.62 points or 0.51 per cent Tuesday due to worries that US dollar, but lost ground to and 2.76 per cent, respective- food with (-) 3.69 points and (- tively), mainly due to fall in the under the GST law is “dracon- the bench observed the for- to close the session at the alarming surge in Covid- touch the day’s low level of ly, in February 2021. ) 3.34 points, respectively, prices of jowar, onion and veg- ian in nature”. mation of the opinion must be 47,705.80, an over two-month 19 cases could derail the eco- 74.98. The rupee finally closed “Point-to-point rate of mainly due to fall in prices of etables and fruits. The top court emphasised based on tangible material low. Intra-day, the BSE gauge nomic recovery in the coun- at 74.88 against the US dollar, inflation based on the CPI-AL jowar, onion, chillies green, On the contrary, the max- that this power of attachment which indicates a live link to rose as much as 529 points to try. down by 1 paisa over the pre- and CPI-RL increased to 2.78 garlic, vegetables and fruits, the imum increase in the CPI can’t be used as an “unguided the necessity to order a provi- touch the day’s peak of An increase in crude oil vious close. per cent and 2.96 per cent in ministry stated. numbers for agricultural discretion” by the authorities. sional attachment to protect the 48,478.34. March 2021 from 2.67 per cent The fall or rise in the index labourers and rural labourers A bench of Justices D.Y. interest of the government rev- Likewise, the NSE Nifty Finance, Bajaj Auto, M&M global cues and the possibility and 2.76 per cent, respective- varied from state to state, it was experienced by Tripura Chandrachud and M.R. Shah enue. climbed over 167 points to and Maruti were among the top of a stricter lockdown in ly, in February 2021,” the labour said. (+8 points and +7 points), said: “The power to order a “The commissioner must reclaim the key 14,500-level gainers, climbing up to 3.70 per Maharashtra. ministry said in a statement. In the case of agricultural mainly due to a rise in the provisional attachment of the be alive to the fact that during the day, but surrendered cent. Market analysts said a “Despite the vaccine drive It showed that CPI-AL and labourers, the index recorded a prices of rice, mustard oil, property of the taxable person such provisions are not all its gains to end at 14,296.40, continued spike in fresh kindling hopes of recovery, CPI-RL stood at 8.98 per cent decrease of 1-9 points in 13 vegetables and fruits, and including a bank account is intended to make pre-emptive showing a drop of 63.05 points COVID-19 cases in the coun- the trend in the market will and 8.69 per cent in March states and an increase of 1-8 kerosene oil. draconian in nature and the strikes on the property of the or 0.44 per cent. try and announcements of depend on positive develop- 2020. points in seven states. In the statement, Labour conditions which are pre- assessee, merely because prop- On the Sensex chart, restrictions by several states ments like decreasing COVID According to the state- Tamil Nadu, with 1,243 Minister Santosh Gangwar scribed by the statute for a valid erty is available,” the bench UltraTech Cement, HCL Tech, have clearly dented investor cases and lifting restrictions. ment, inflation based on the points, topped the index table; said, “The decline in index exercise of the power must be said. HDFC, Tech Mahindra, HDFC sentiments and posed a threat IT and FMCG were the food index of CPI-AL and whereas Himachal Pradesh, (month-on-month) will bene- strictly fulfilled.” The top court allowed an Bank and HUL emerged as the to earnings recovery. sectoral laggards while mid CPI-RL are at (+) 1.66 per cent with 814 points, stood at the fit the millions of workers in The bench noted a provi- appeal by Radha Krishna major laggards -- falling as “Indian markets witnessed and small-caps outperformed,” and (+) 1.86 per cent, respec- bottom. rural areas, as it will put sional attachment under Industries, challenging the much as 4.70 per cent. a bounce-back in its opening said Vinod Nair, Head of tively, in March 2021. In the case of rural labour- lesser burden on their daily Section 83 is contemplated Himachal Pradesh High Court On the other hand, Bajaj trade, however, failed to hold Research at Geojit Financial The All-India CPI num- ers, it recorded a decrease of 1- budget.” during the pendency of cer- order of January 1, 2021. Finserv, Dr Reddy’s, Bajaj on to its early gains due to weak Services. , R ) > . ?@ &./ / 01 >@ ( 2#! 2+ ( 2#! sources added. ( 2#! 11 per cent higher as Reliance accine major Serum The government earlier Industries-BP started output VInstitute of India (SII) on ( 010 ! he Government is likely to this month allowed emergency ndia’s crude oil production from their KG basin fields. Tuesday hailed government’s Twaive 10 per cent customs use of imported vaccines to Ifell by 5 per cent and natur- Gas production in March initiative to provide financial ith the pandemic case- duty levied on imported vac- curb spread of coronavirus al gas output slumped by 8 per 2021 was higher “due to new aid to manufacturers to ramp Wload remaining over 2.5 cines in a bid to keep low the infections. With 2.59 lakh new cent in the fiscal year to March field D-34 (KG-D6 block of up production of Covid-19 lakh for the second day, a cost of overseas vaccines that infections, the caseload has 2021 as private and public sec- Reliance-BP), which started vaccine in the country. report has warned of the grim are being eyed to supplement crossed 1.53 crore, making tor firms produced less, gov- production in December 2020 “On behalf of the vaccine economic scenario as with domestically made shots ahead India the second-worst affect- ernment data showed on with 1.3 million standard cubic industry in India, I would like even limited restrictions on of opening Covid-19 vaccina- ed nation after the US, which Tuesday. meters per day, ramped up to to thank and applaud Shri people’s movement and some tion to all citizens over 18 has reported more than 3.1 Crude oil production fell 9.6 mmscmd in March 2021,” @narendramodi Ji, @nsithara- businesses, power consumption years of age, sources said. crore infections. India’s deaths to 30.5 million tonnes in 2020- notes accompanying the data man Ji, for your decisive poli- and e-way GST bill collections While Russia’s Sputnik V from COVID-19 rose by a 21 from 32.17 million tonnes a said. cy changes and swift financial are already down. vaccines are due to arrive this record 1,761 to over 1.8 lakh. year back, according to the lat- With the pandemic pum- aid which will help vaccine Sources said the finance virus.Under the third phase of The report has also called month or latest by next month, Sources said discussion on est data released by the melling economic activity, production and distribution ministry has relaxed rules to its vaccination strategy, manu- for speeding up the vaccination manufacturers like Moderna duty exemption on vaccines Ministry of Petroleum and resulting in fall in fuel in India,” SII CEO Adar allow advance payment without facturers will be required to drive that of late has been on and Johnson and Johnson have started sometime in Dec last Natural Gas. demand, India’s public and Poonawalla said in a tweet. bank guarantee to help the vac- supply 50 per cent of their the decline on a weekly basis. been urged to seek emergency year when overseas manufac- Oil and Natural Gas private sector refiners In order to ramp up sup- cine makers ramp up produc- monthly doses to the govern- With cases spreading very use approval in India. turers such as Pfizer sought Corporation (ONGC) pro- processed nearly 13 per cent plies ahead of the opening of tion. ment and the rest to state gov- fast, more and more states are The government present- approval to supply its vaccines duced over 2 per cent less oil at less crude oil at 221.7 million Covid-19 vaccination to all SII will get Rs 3,000 crore ernments or the open market. clamping down more localised ly levies 10 per cent customs or to India. 20.2 million tonnes than a tonnes in 2020-21. citizens over 18 years of age, the in advance and Bharat Biotech Under the third phase of its restrictions on people move- import duty plus a 16.5 per cent The finance ministry and year back as a nationwide lock- Reliance Industries Ltd’s government has approved a about Rs 1,500 crore. Earlier vaccination strategy, manufac- ment and commerce, falling I-GST and social welfare sur- its indirect tax collection arm down that lasted over two twin refineries at Jamnagar in payment of about Rs 4,500 this month, Poonawalla had turers will be required to sup- just short of a complete lock- charge on vaccines coming had done some preliminary months shut some of its fields. Gujarat had a 11.5 per cent less crore as advance to vaccine said that the company would ply 50 per cent of their month- down. from overseas. These taxes calculations on the implications Oil India Ltd (OIL) pro- crude throughput at 60.94 mil- makers like Serum Institute of require around Rs 3,000 crore ly doses to the government and This already has electric- would make the imported vac- of a duty waiver but a decision duced 5.4 per cent less oil lion tonnes while Rosneft-led India (SII) and Bharat Biotech to ramp up production capac- the rest to state governments or ity consumption and GST e- cines costlier than the ones was put off until the govern- while fields operated by private Nayara Energy processed over against future supplies, sources ity for making vaccines for the open market. way bills collection, which are made by Serum Institute of ment approved use of import- firms such as Vedanta’s Cairn 13 per cent less oil at 17 million said. COVID-19. Vaccination will continue used as proxies to track eco- India (SII) and Bharat Biotech. ed vaccines, they said. saw 12.6 per cent less output. tonnes. SII will supply 200 million Meanwhile, the govern- as before in the government of nomic activity, softening some- “A customs duty wavier is The govt, which on Natural gas production at Public sector refiners such doses and Bharat Biotech is to ment on Monday allowed cit- India vaccination centres free what and it needs to be seen being considered,” a source Monday allowed citizens over 28.67 billion cubic meters was as Indian Oil Corporation supply another 90 million izens over the age of 18 years of cost for the eligible popula- whether this softening is a aware of the matter said. the age of 18 years to receive over 8 per cent less than 31.18 (IOC) had nearly 12 per cent doses to the government by to receive COVID-19 vaccination - healthcare and frontline blip, or marks a shift in a Another source said a COVID-19 vaccinations “from bcm output in 2019-20. less crude processing at 127.5 July at a pre-agreed rate of Rs tion from May 1 as it seeks to workers and all people above 45 trend, Crisil said in a note on decision is likely to be made May 1, currently regulates the However, output in March was million tonnes. 150 per dose. control the rapid spread of the years of age. 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An indication of the which were aimed at clarifying Understanding (MoU) between As theatres and offline Interestingly, during the increased dependence on and rationalising tax proposals India’s Director General of , entertainment avenues festive season (October- indoor entertainment while for 2021-22.The amendments Trade Remedies and the remained shut consumers December 2020) there was a 45 working from home,” the find- were essential to clarify and Bangladesh Trade and Tariff turned to indoor entertain- per cent spike in the number of ings showed. rationalise the proposals fur- Commission to increase coop- ment, the OTT segment wit- online transactions vis-a-vis Travel and hospitality were ther and address stakeholders’ eration in the area of trade with various provisions of nessed an incredible 144 per the same period in the previ- some of the most impacted sec- concerns arising out of the pro- remedies, an official statement World Trade Organization cent increase in the number of ous year.The number of UPI tors with an 86 per cent drop posals enumerated in the said. (WTO) in the area of anti- transactions and a 139 per transactions grew by 288 per in the number of transactions Finance Bill. The Finance Bill The MoU was signed on dumping, countervailing and cent increase in expenditure cent and expenditure through and expenditure between pre became the Finance Act, 2021 March 27 in Dhaka. safeguard measures in bilater- between 2019 and 2020, UPI grew a phenomenal 331 and post-COVID quarters on March 28, 2021 after receiv- The primary objective of al trade between the countries. according to online payments per cent between 2019 and (January-March vs April-June ing the President’s nod. An offi- the MoU is to promote coop- The MoU seeks to foster solution provider PayU. 2020.The gaming segment saw 2020). cial release said that the gov- eration between the two coun- better cooperation between the The pandemic gave a huge a phenomenal 100 per cent Compared to 2019, there ernment’s amendments to the tries in the area of trade reme- relevant authorities of both boost to online payments, seen increase in expenditure and a was a 46 per cent drop in the Finance Bill, 2021 tried to dies, exchange of information, the countries so as to discour- in the 24 per cent increase in 154 per cent increase in aver- number of transactions and a address the concerns of the undertaking capacity building age unfair trade practices and the number of transactions age ticket size between the 52 per cent in drop in expen- stakeholders with regard to activities and activities in accor- promote rule based bilateral and 23 per cent increase in two years. diture in ‘20. the tax proposals for the fiscal dance trading, the statement added % >A33 ! 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2# 5-##! 8 $ # 8 L $( =!4+/ D+D!, , )+5)" he Department of IEEE at SRM Institute of Science and TTechnology, Kattankulathur conducted HackTrix, a three day international virtual hackathon with an add-on conference recently. Students chose from eight diverse tracks to pit against each other as they revolutionised their chosen field. The event turned out to be the perfect place for participants to foster their learning skills. The flagship hackathon was presided by leaders and veterans of their respective fields. Participants were from Australia, Germany, USA, Canada, Russia, Turkey, Mexico among others. With a vision to coordinate splendid mentalities, IEEE SRM Student Branch constantly tries to incorporate Discussion, Demonstration & Development, and encourage technological advances in new are- nas and promote application-based knowledge. Winners of this mega event were TRIX4; Commit Cats for first runners up; second runners up went to Code Linguists and an hon- orary mention was awarded to Ctrl-Alt-Elite. Judges include Alon Grinshpoon, CEO and founder of echoAR; Soham Dixit, Alumni of SRMIST and winner of Smart India Hackathon 2018 and Airbus Hackathon (Aerothon 2019) and Akshay Saini, Founder & CEO of Boiling News. Saini has been with Paytm as an SDE and currently with Uber. Satya Iyengar and Devasheesh Saxena, Principal Architect and Global Delivery Leader for Digital Business for QuEST Global also graced the panel. The mentor’s panel was graced by Ayon Roy who has been a mentor in 70+ hackathons; SDE1 at Hackerrank, Aditya Agarwal, TR Rohith who is a Software Engineering Intern at Bajaj Health, +##'4+C-## Jahanavi Bhagat, a mentor at Tesseract Coding and Praveen Kumar Puroshattam an ex-Microsoft MVP. This is not all. \Sahil Rahman, a mentor at Future Blink and Anustup Mukherjee who is a mentor from Dark Horsealong with the international names Bormotov he postponement of JEE Main of JEE Advanced exam as well. But stu- tically and if they don’t and get relaxed, dents,” says Swoyan Satyendu, Director, Dmitrii who is a mentor from Flow Health and Michael Pautav, April session is not a surprise. dents can see it as a blessing in disguise ,. their score might drop,” Srivastava says. ODM Public School. mentor from Deem incorporated were also present. TWith the recent deadly surge in and use this time to practice more. Another student, Namrata Jha, While postponing the examina- From the IEEE SRM SB Web Dev domain, Ahmed Mawia, COVID cases, it is a welcome move. They should also revise the Class XI '(O (- (. ( + who studies at VMC, feels that there tions was a necessary step taking into Harsh Gour and Shaurya Bhandari graced the occasion as men- The session was supposed to be syllabus and study all the concepts that wasn’t a need of postponing this ses- account the rising Covid-19 cases all tors. Mawia is a full stack developer with understanding of soft- held on April 27, April 28 and April 30. they find tough,” Kumar explains. #')'(').D. sion. “I don’t think that there was any over the country, the news has come ware development concepts. He is currently experimenting with After the intervention of Education While, a majority of students are (-'(. need for this postponement, because as a shock to the students who had pre- blockchain technology and the decentralised web. He was the Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal, the happy with the decision, bright stu- the number of JEE Mains this year has pared themselves for the exams. “JEE winner of VIT Hackathon held in 2020 and was the Web Dev National Testing Agency (NTA) gave dents who wanted to prove their met- ..+( +.. already been increased from two to is one of the most popular entrance Leader at IEEE SRM SB. He is also an SDE Intern at Fibonalabs out the statement. tle are left disappointed. However, a '.. four, and one attempt is expected in exams in our country and it often and got selected as a mentor for Girlscript Summer of Code 2021. The agency has stated that the new checkpoint which was there ever since May too. So students could have defines the career trajectories of many While, on the other hand, Gour is an experienced developer and dates of these exams will be announced in class 10th has suddenly disap- '(O'6 +). decided to not give this attempt, if they students. Several students had not even a SD Intern with FibonaLabs and the Web Development Lead 15 days in advance and students peared, on the other hand class 10th +( wanted to. Postponing exams create appeared for the February session for IEEE SRM SB. should not put a halt or become marksheet was only used to verify date uncertainty and distress and should be and had opted instead to prepare for lenient in studies. of birth only. However, the exit exam +(- ( avoided,” she asserts. the April session as it gave them more “Earlier this month, the Class X for school system is class 12th which Experts, however, are of the opin- time to focus on improving their Boards were also cancelled. Whereas is still intact and is key factor for admis- '(O'')).' ion that this delay is the best time for weak areas. The fact that it has been Class XII Boards were postponed sion in multiple graduation courses” '+( students to brush up their knowledge postponed now has left them in a state given the importance that they hold. Kanishk Srivastava, a VMC of the subjects. “The decision might of limbo — not knowing what to do. All these are much needed steps in the Student says that the postponement % ()' .-.'(. leave some students disappointed. I would advise students not lose hope view of the current situation,” Saurabh won’t concern the students who +' '( However, the wise thing to do is to keep and continue revising their syllabus. Kumar, National Director Academics, attained a good percentile in previous on practicing. The delay simply means The situation may seem unsalvageable Vidyamandir Classes (VMC), says. sessions are now preparing for JEE -(.( . extra time for preparation. Don’t lose at the moment but we must realise that While this was a crucial time for Advanced. ' hope. Think of this time, like last year, the most important thing right now is students who were all set to appear for “For those who couldn’t perform ' as a bonus. Work on your weak con- to stay safe and healthy. It’s like they say, Boards, this delay is a blessing in dis- well in preceding sessions, this is a .-.-' cepts, revise as much as you can and “live to fight another day,” Mena Mittle, guise for them. “The postponement of make or break situation. If they study +. don’t indulge in wasting time. This is Vice-principal, Modern Public School, Boards may also lead to postponement hard, they can improve their score dras- indeed the best time for serious stu- Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi, says. 7 D0=3 ! + (('' .' '(.-'.'++ B ('... ('+''-@.-'K- ( =0+!C '+(6.. !?"!2 he pandemic’s occurrence in 2020 dis- has no further scope of growth. managerial are some of the abilities that are n this digital era, when Trupted the entire job market. While From the business perspective, no longer optional and have become req- Iadvanced technology like many employees lost their jobs, others had reskilling helps organisations to retain the uisite skills to be possessed in the talent Artificial Intelligence and to step up their game to ensure their sur- performing employees, boost job satisfac- pool of the firms. Reskilling employees will Machine Learning has been vival and sustenance. Understanding the tion, maintain their competitive position help the organisations imbibe these soft transforming each and every tight scenario, organisations are now intro- in the market and optimally utilise the full skills amongst their employees which will industry in our country, how ducing various innovations in their func- potential of their existing workforce. further boost their performance. can Human Resource tioning so that they can maintain their lead Some of the major benefits of reskilling Financially feasible Management (HRM) be left position in the market. making it relevant for every professional Another major benefit of reskilling is behind? Even HR is going Reskilling and upskilling are two of the are: that it is a financially viable process. through a new wave, which is recent solutions adopted by both brands Helps retain top talent Hiring new talent will not only be time- called as HR 3.0. Through HR and start-up ventures to ensure that their Reskilling helps employers to retain consuming but financially stressful as technology, the complex HR operations are smooth as well as attract & performing employees. They are consid- well. Reskilling existing employees will help processes like recruitment, per- retain quality talent. While both the terms ered valuable for the company and retain- save costs and also ensures trust-building formance management, are often used interchangeably, they are dis- ing them would eventually benefit the at both ends — the employee will be sat- employee engagement, payroll tinct concepts with differentiated benefits. organisations. A company that makes isfied that his/her job is not at risk and the among other have been sim- Why reskilling is important? efforts to retain their employees success- firm is content having retained the best of plified and can be performed in Earlier, upskilling was considered as a fully develops a relationship with their tal- their employees and having saved the addi- just a click. Emerging tech- feasible option and the firms were focus- ent which makes the employee loyal tional costs associated with hiring new tal- nologies have completely rev- ing on training their employees to expand towards their organisation. ent. olutionsed the HR goals from their skill set for their current job role. Helps overcome the digital skills gap Helps in engaging the employees merely getting processes in However, with the changing times, In the present times, where one needs Employees be it experienced or from place to a more broad-based reskilling has picked up an equal pace and to be digitally advanced, it is critical to the young generation tend to face redun- goal — driving value from tal- is now increasingly preferred by organisa- reskill your employees to bridge the digi- dancy from their job roles. This leads to ent. tions. tal skill gap. For instance, the IT knowledge decreased engagement and also affects their With the current technol- They have understood that an employ- need not be limited to the IT team any- performance. Implementing reskilling ogy at place, popular American ee can possess various traits ideal for a job more. The other departments can possess strategy helps encourage collaboration worldwide management con- role other than he/she is already working a basic understanding so as to resolve amongst the employees and also helps sulting firm McKinsey and in. Hence, the firms are training their work- minute issues at their end. extend them continuous learning. Company has suggested that force for a different job role that will be apt Boosts soft skills When reskilled, employees feel valued nearly 56 per cent of their hir- as per their skill set and experience. Firms over the past few years have & benefitted and hence engage pro-active- ing to retiring tasks have been panies have automated their ing from the HR is the can the importance of effective This is usually done when the organ- started giving preference to the soft skills ly. A place that welcomes constant learn- automated using the technolo- basic HR administration, these being a big change in the recruiting and realised that isation wants to retain the employee of their employees. Communication, prob- ing is further valued by the employees. gies available including the organisations have actually process of talent hunting and without the technological sup- understanding that he/she is an asset to the lem-solving, team building and manage- " 5 - * HR software. The HR’s role has determined the use of tech- acquisitions. Decision making port, it cannot be done. The company and their present job designation ment, analytical thinking, leadership, and + also been expanded and more nology to transform their HR needs data but managing and HR people are now making use emphasis has been put on pro- practices and market their HR using this data needs to be effi- of the various job portals that ductivity and employee brand. cient to be effective. are available online to look for '-.' !%.-(. engagement. Gone are the days Key challenges of talent Role of HR during the the best candidates for the , *, * when HR was a person, now it acquisition current crisis scenario position. The complete recruit- has become portal. Shifting to Finding the right talent HR is now adopting new ing process has become easy he team from VIT School of Law, VIT Chennai, has SAAS based HRM softwares when you have a huge skilling ways to operate and support and effective with the use of the 2#! tual workshop for students on Tmade its college proud by winning the second Surana has provided the firms to have gap in the country is one of the every new decision the com- technology. as many people Sunday, April 11, to mark Pet and Surana and Army Institute of Law, Mohali, Family universal access to HR services biggest challenges in these pany is taking to reduce the come to know of the offer and pending time with pets when Day. Law National Moot Court Competition held virtually even when you're remote work- unprecedented times. It is piv- effect of the pandemic. The hence increases the probabili- Sstaying indoors all day can In an interactive session between April 9 and April 11, 2021. ing, dramatically changing the otal that HR team is using the new role of HR is to become ty of hiring efficient employees. help children develop non-ver- Abodh Aras, CEO, Welfare for A total of 37 law schools from all over the country practice of human resource right technology in order to more agile, adaptable and aug- Employers can present all nec- bal communication, compas- Street Dogs, taught students how participated in the competition and the team compris- management. streamline the whole process of menting. HRM must aim at essary information related to sion and empathy, say experts. to become responsible pet own- ing N Asmitha (third year BBA, LLB), Nivedita The need of cost cutting or managing the various job achieving competitiveness in job, careers and personal devel- Pets who are normally accus- ers and how to take care of stray Muchilote (third year BBA LLB) and Aarcha Sasikumar expansion or providing better vacancies and spreading out the the field of HR by providing opment of each employee on tomed to outdoor activity can animals amid the lockdown. (second year BA, LLB) from VIT School of Law, VIT services has propelled these right messaging. An advanced constant educational and train- portals online. This is a great also benefit similarly from their The students from Classes Chennai has emerged as the winners and won a cash changes. Recent research shows HRMS helps to manage all the ing programs for the personal promotional tool for the organ- indoor interactions with chil- IV to VIII, from Gurugram, prize of 20,000. organisations that successfully vacancies at one platform. It and professional development isation. dren, which can help to destress Vadodara, Surat, Lucknow, Asmitha has also shared the Best Student Advocate adopt sophisticated HR tech- has been observed that mas- of the employees of the organ- " ? ' them. Nashik and Indore participated award with Chaturya Srinivasan, student of NLU nology tools outperform those tering the art of balancing effi- isation. It has been seen that the 5* *7+) With this view, Vibgyor in the hour-long virtual fun and Jodhpur. And Nivedita has been declared as the Best that do not. Since many com- ciency and quick decision mak- companies have understood ! Group of Schools hosted a vir- engaging session. 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As such, teacher intervention becomes is through the hybrid model: Anyone s the admission season life. Biotechnology is used in the the study of micro-organisms ing for pharmacology make a bet- completely inadequate. The technology who wants to study and get access to starts students become different sectors of healthcare, : such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, ter future in laboratories, forensic utilised should also enhance the way the higher education courses can do so at the Aconscious about their pharmaceuticals, food produc- protozoa, etc and their impact on labs and pharma companies. teacher intervenes: the tools used should comfort of their own living space with- career after Class XII Boards on tion, animal husbandry, agricul- the human body. This course Biotechnology is a field, grow- support the teacher’s delivery and ped- out having to travel to bigger towns or which course to choose from. ture, textiles, and nutrition, etc. also covers the topic of diseases ing faster everyday majorly after agogical style in order to ensure the best spend extra money or resources. Hybrid Already COVID-19 affected the The different courses that are < related to bacteria and viruses. the period of COVID19. It is lead- outcomes. learning can help to increase the gross academic delivery in 2020-21 due available after Classes X, XII and = 8( Agri- Tech: Agri-Tech is also ing a way towards a healthier envi- How does it allow educational insti- enrollment ratio and decrease the to which students have not attend- graduation are Diploma in known to be Agricultural ronment as well as providing a vast tutions to prepare for changing sce- dropout ratio across the country in the ed the classes. In the present sit- Biotechnology, B.Sc, B.Tech or B.E Engineering where we study to field of opportunities. The global narios? long run. uation also, most of the classes are in Biotechnology, MSc. , M.Tech improvise the agricultural sector pandemic of COVID-19 has The lockdown have already changed How do we ensure students of all abil- being conducted virtually. The in Biotechnology, or P.G in through innovation and different changed so much and shows us the learning landscape in India. With the ities are accounted for in our new unprecedented COVID 19 made Biotechnology. Many of us get biological technology. The main the reality of our medical and second wave of rising cases, it is appar- learning systems? the students confused about their confused with topics that are cov- # role of agriculture engineers is to healthcare systems. ent that schools are not going to open A proper learning management career and due to this unhealthy ered in Biotechnology subjects but make agriculture production bet- Our country needs to produce up fully anytime soon. Given that we system creates equity for all students. For surrounding, stopped from it is simple and vast. The different ter and give more effective crops more such techno biologists who can’t do away with technology for the example, teachers or faculties are able to exploring various career options branches of this latest covered sub- to the farmers. It also helps in can work on different experi- foreseeable future, it is critical for the manage the delivery of the learning, and opportunities. Here’s knowing ject of technology are machinery, bio-gas, new tech- ments, design equipment, and institutions to understand that adopting from the content or topic, through to the all there is about biotechnology. Microbiology, biochemistry, nology, and other agricultural work in the field of medication. a robust learning platform ensures that activity, based on the abilities of the stu- genetics, molecular and cellular ## products, allowing making a These fields will also lead to a quality education is still delivered in spite dents. It is not only important to create ( * - biology, pharmacology, dairy tech- brighter career in agricultural strong and upgraded healthcare of the unavoidable circumstances. equity across all abilities of students, but Biotechnology is the course nology, agri-tech, virology, biotechnology. system in the country. The pace of Why is the hybrid learning model it is also important to have equity in pursued by Science students basi- statistics, and many others as The subjects cover majorly the Pharmacology: This course is development will increase and especially essential for India? terms of accessibility and inclusion cally after class 12th; it compris- well. structure and behavior of complex the study of pharmacological sci- everyone will get proper health- Today, as the Internet is made avail- challenges. Equity is also about ensures the subjects including biology, Some of the topics covered in molecules and the formation of ence where we get to know about care facilities and at a very afford- able across all parts of India, being able ing that any student can use any device chemistry, technology, and minor the vast area of the Biotechnology cells, tissues, and DNA, etc. drugs and their effects. The study able cost. This will break our to deliver education to even the remote to access the course and learn — be it mathematics. The terminology courses are as follows; Microbiology: This is the provides students a basic under- dependency on other countries for parts of the country becomes a legitimate mobile devices, or assistive devices like of ‘Biotechnology’ explains Biochemistry: This topic course mostly opted by Science standing of drugs or medicine medicines and equipment. possibility and not just a far-fetched screen readers. Getting the right tech- Biology+ Technology, covering the deals with the study of Biology + students for a future career in required by a living organism. It dream. At present, higher education nology to include and support all stu- topic of cellular and biomolecular Chemistry as a major; it is the biotechnology as it opens up mul- also comprises the study of organ " - ) ! courses are skewed towards bigger dents and give them excellent access to for the development of the latest study of the chemical process tiple job opportunities in the systems like cardiovascular, neu- ) towns, and rural areas tend to be less learning is another critical area of cre- technology required in our daily occurring inside the living cells. healthcare industry. It comprises rological and ortho. Students opt- ) ; 5 catered to. The only way to reach them ating an equitable classroom.

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(-3 6 +'( cussed the issues related to information literacy, Shippensburg University of he University of Sheffield The Portland State University ()3 ((.*'+, , <9;<57 misinformation, disinformation and fake news Pennsylvania, USA will deliv- invites applications for its invites applications for its - (3 :76: : that is vigorously circulated in the social net- er his lecture on the topic TNCUK Postgraduate Taught International Achievement working sites. ‘Nature and Types of Social Scholarships. International appli- Scholarships for 2021/2022. * ((<)*>( The experts concluded that fake news erodes Science Research’. cants are eligible to apply. Award: Up to $10,000 per .. @( the credibility of the traditional media as well. The Faculty Development Courses: Postgraduate taught academic year. ' '(3#')>'+'+ Professor Jatin Srivastava from Institute of Programme was inaugurated degree in Faculty of Arts and Eligibility: Master’s and doc- International Journalism, E W Scripps School of by Ambassador Akhilesh Humanities, Faculty of Social toral applicants may be eligible for (-3 6 +'( Journalism, Ohio University, USA discussed the Mishra (IFS), OSD Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, this application depending on ()3 ((.*'+, , <9;< importance of information and media literacy in (Development Partnership Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and funding availability. Students who - (3 :76: : his address titled ‘Research in Communication Administration), Ministry of Health, and Faculty of Science. have not yet met the and Media Studies: An Information Literacy dri- External Affairs, Government Eligibility: Must accept an TOEFL/English Language .,((((J-( ven agenda’. He discussed the democratic poten- of India. The ceremony was offer to study a full-time or part- Proficiency requirement are eligi- ' '(3 tial of new media whereas cautioned regarding the graced by Padma Shri Prof time postgraduate taught pro- ble for this application ; however, (-3: 6 +'( digital divide and other challenges. (Dr) Mahesh Verma, Vice gramme at the University of activation of the support will be ()3 ((.*'+, , <9;< Professor Nikolaos Panagiatou from Aristotle Chancellor, Guru Gobind Sheffield. You must be studying a delayed until after the ESL restric- - (3 :76: : University of Thessaloniki, Greece discussed the Singh Indraprastha University, premaster’s qualification at an tion has been lifted and the students need and potential of Data Journalism. He New Delhi. 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'' *5 $E 0# - 7@#!')A 6 Mumbai suffered a middle-order 7 ## ) *5 1 8# 5@+!A 6 collapse on a sluggish Chepauk track after hennai Super Kings skipper ' ## *> . :# '> + @#!')A 9 they were 67 for 2 at one stage as Delhi ' ##**5 $ CMahendra Singh Dhoni on led by Mishra (4/24) made a spectacular 3 DD *+* $: Monday said it is hard to “keep up” comeback. with younger players in the squad + Opting to bat, Mumbai lost opener # * E but it will be a “big positive” for the SUMMER SLAM Quinton De Kock (1) early, who edged a 3 !! : 39-year-old if they are not able to Marcus Stoinis (1/20) delivery to Rishabh " !! . point fingers at him over his fitness. MOTION PICTURE Pant in the third over. @*1 *E 1 *1 1A E The 39-year-old Dhoni, who Suryakumar Yadav (24) then joined " @/ $1 A .:6 retired from International cricket Rohit Sharma (44), who got his first ? 2/&.@C ' $8.A E6&$ last year, admitted that “getting old boundary — an elegant drive, which raced @) D E8EA 6E&:@+ ) F80A and being fit are two difficult things”. to deep extra cover fence in the third over. 66&0@7 # F8EA F.&%@' # “When you are playing, you The duo rallied the innings with their .180A F0&E@' # ..8%A .$:&6@ don’t really want anyone to say he’s 58-run stand. ' .68:A .$/&F@3 D .F8%A .:%&/ unfit. I have to keep up with the Rohit took on ace off-spinner @+ ./80A younger guys, they are very fast, it’s Ravichandra Ashwin (0/30) in the 4th good to challenge them,” Dhoni said over which fetched 15 runs. 5 )) :&1&$1&. after CSK beat Rajasthan Royals by The Mumbai skipper hammered a + 0&1&:1&1 45 runs in their IPL match. boundary and a maximum — a loft over ' ++* :&1&$%&. “Performances are something extra cover, while Surya also got one 55 0&1&$0&0 that’s guaranteed. I wasn’t guaran- boundary, courtesy an outside edge. '' $&1&.%&$ teeing performances when I was 24. Rohit then hit Kagiso Rabada (1/25) > DD 0&1&.6&. I can’t guarantee when I am 40, but for a six over long-off. Surya then hit suc- at least if people can’t point finger cessive fours off Mishra as Mumbai quoteunquote at me that he’s unfit then that will raced to 55 for one after six overs. be a big positive for me.” However, Delhi pegged back the !>#2 /1 /#!2 Dhoni said it was good to have defending champions by grabbing three %: 6/1"1% %/%? Moeen Ali, who took three wickets +! , ' quick wickets. #!?%6%2/2/12 from seven runs from three overs, ) B , First Avesh Khan (2/15) dismissed as the wicket was turning a bit and Surya, who nicked one to Pant and then &1%%/&&/!%!/2%0 becoming more sticky. $4+,'+,R)&%)&()*(*+) Mishra removed Rohit and Hardik 12&1 “The first six balls I played D.('. ((D+.'( .(''- Pandya (0) in the 9th over as Mumbai $-4 3 . (( could have cost us in another ' .(-. -'-'( (' . slipped to 77 for 4. game.” .'.(-)'( ('.'*L!-'(E Both Rohit and Hardik holed out at Kieron Pollard (2) in front of the wicket, He said a lot has changed since ('. +.'.(-)'( (! long on. as MI was teetering at 84 for six. last year when they finished seventh ''-'*'6!E+.' ('' .'( Mumbai then lost half its side for 81 In the end, a responsible 26 from out of eight teams. *!+('' -' ('6 as Krunal Pandya (1) chopped an under- Ishan Kishan, who became Mishra’s “The way we have prepared. .+ +6! - ( '')')'('( ( cutting arm ball by Lalit Yadav (1/17) onto fourth wicket, coupled with Jayant Yadav’s The bowlers have been under the '++E. ' ('+ (+.*M his stumps. - 5 * 5 * + 23 took the side beyond the 125-run pump last year also, so they’re used Mishra then used his googly to trap ) #> 5 *) " B- mark. to the conditions.” $ ( &(,2$ 6&+7,8$ 7% %4(,2 ?-'(>+ (.0'( ..((-+. (.@'(- ' 6 .+ ..- (.!&..'(*L . 22) $ -- ((@'(-.''+ )-.6M>+ (. -' *L .'( '( )+7 . .D.'') ('*#.' ( 010 ! VENUE: WANKHEDE STADIUM, MUMBAI ..-6M>+ (. -* ( 22! VENUE: CHIDAMBARAM STADIUM, CHENNAI n a roll after back-to-back wins, the /. (1/. Q.*+7 7( )%$4$&+7,:$7R >'+((- (0 (. -? ruised and battered after Ovintage Chennai Super Kings would 88 suffering a hat-trick of /. (1/. look to extend their winning run when they .'- - +'(- (-"-D B ' ' * 0= '(. - ( .@'(- .*L'+. defeats, a desperate Sunrisers 07 clash with struggling Kolkata Knight Hyderabad would seek inspi- Riders at Wankhede stadium on / ! ' >6 '( ':@<+'.E.'(.6 ration from skipper David "? ' >; Wednesday. E.(''((-*''E Warner to arrest any further After their abject campaign in UAE last 0 (?.)P (*/. ''.'') (''( -+'(- ! ( 00 (-'+6 (-"-D .) (-' )! slide when they take on year, the CSK started the season in an omi- ' ' * Punjab Kings at Chepauk on nous fashion, losing to Delhi Capitals by '- -++'(-*!D. ()E.''- / ! ' 0> 6 ( -6 ((-6 . Wednesday. 0 (?.)P (*/. seven wickets in a one-sided affair. % + (-.6 .+( .''-6M. - (* SRH couldn’t have asked ! ( But since then, the MS Dhoni-led side for a worse start to the sea- has come on its own with the Captain Cool / ! ' son as they slumped to three "? ' @'A."B 71 making the most of his resources at the bat- ' ' * 7 %1 '( (0. straight defeats, and in all ting-friendly Wankhede stadium. occasions while chasing. Deepak Chahar’s brilliance handed " 5 & +** "$! "? ' @'A."B ? ?? Punjab are a tad better them their first win of the season against ''+ !5 */ < < L *5; & than SRH, having registered ! ( 08 Punjab Kings and on Monday new recruit 5 B''+ friendly conditions. one win out of three games Moeen Ali shines with bat and bowl to Morgan also has persisted with the vet- /!' < : L * 79 ' to be placed at seventh in the ? ?? script another big win for Chennai. Sunrisers Hyderabad, KKR have slipped to eran Harbhajan Singh and gave him the standings, a rung above their And come Wednesday against a side fifth spot with defeats to Mumbai Indians opening overs in all the three matches. Left- : / < : L *9;< ' Wednesday’s opponents. which will play its first match of the sea- and Royal Challengers Bangalore. arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav could be ' . < : L *<85 ' Chasing has been SRH have also been hit hard by the son at the Wankhede, smarting from two And in both the defeats, the Morgan- a better option. Sunrisers’ achilles’ heel so far in the poor show of Bhuvneshwar Kumar successive defeats, the Dhoni-led CSK will led side had the upper hands but could not As for CSK, opener Ruturaj Gaikwad ''* < : L *8<< league. They have been hit hard by the and T Natarajan. start as overwhelming favourites against capitalise on their starts. is enduring a terrible form with scores of & ** < : @ *5 7 lack of depth in their playing XI and Natarajan was replaced by Khaleel KKR as Eoin Morgan is all set to ring in It remains to be seen if Morgan per- 5, 5 and 10 and it remains to be seen below-par Indian bench strength. Ahmed in their last match and the lat- some changes to revive their campaign. sists with Shakib or bring in seaming Aussie whether he is given a longer rope by Dhoni ; "'! < : @ *785 In these circumstances, the onus ter did a good job to restrict Mumbai. After their emphatic start against all-rounder Ben Cutting in the less spin- who is not known to tinker his XI much. % !*( < < @ *9 < rests on Warner to do some magic and But Bhuvneshwar continues to be on inspire his side to bounce back in the the expensive side. tournament. Rashid has been economical but passes A big innings is due from the SRH didn’t look menacing so far. " F,FQ 8 captain as he has scored just 93 runs Punjab too are on a losing streak from the three matches. after the win in their tournament MASON INTERIM HEAD COACH He also needs some serious intro- opener over Rajasthan Royals. They 8%'(+'( +-'(%.- 2 spection before deciding his playing lost to Chennai Super Kings and '++ - -(0.'('- + 1., XI on Wednesday. Delhi Capitals. ()( (-'..'( ( 1 ! Warner and Rashid Khan are After a batting collapse against '' (.) ('"'.0' ('* certainties in the foreign players’ CSK, Punjab made a significant he World Test Championship final “There is no doubt whatsoever of FIFA’s slots, but the absence of Kane improvement to post a challenging 7 MORE BOXERS IN SEMIS Tbetween India and New Zealand will disapproval for this.” Williamson has been badly 195 for four against DC. 8 'D .(('..- go ahead as planned in Southampton from Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester felt as he can provide But a below-par effort -(- ('(+ '(. June 18, the International Cricket Council City, Manchester United and Tottenham solidity to the middle- from their bowlers ? )..(!(- ('..'+- (' (ICC) has assured after Britain added India Hotspur are the six English clubs involved, order, especially after spoiled the hardwork .+ @ (.''- to its travel ‘red list’ following a massive together with Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and they faltered in three of the openers. + '(. . (? 6&'(-* surge in Covid-19 caseload. Real Madrid from Spain and Italian trio consecutive chas- Mohammed India’s entry into the ‘red list’ effective- Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan. es. Shami has not been in NZ PLAYERS GET VACCINATED ly bans all travel from the country and UEFA has said the teams would be Going by his best form so far and 82M(- )N2MO. -'( makes a 10-day hotel quarantine compul- banned from domestic and other European Wridhhiman leaked runs but what %.-' ).' sory for UK residents arriving back home. competitions, including the Champions Saha’s poor would be a concern for (' ''((-( However, the ICC expressed confi- League. form, Jonny KL Rahul is the perfor- (-* dence in staging the WTC final in a bio- Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, Bairstow is the mance of Australian pace secure environment. the head of the new ESL, has insisted that frontrunner for duo of Jhye Richardson LEEDS HOLD LIVERPOOL “The ECB and other members have ) 0/2%1P would be “impossible”, but Infantino threat- the wicket-keep- and Riley Meredith. 8 ''-' @ - demonstrated how we can stage ened action as FIFA took a stronger stance er’s position. Both Richardson '-.1( -'(0'(- (+ International cricket safely in the middle IFA boss Gianni Infantino on Tuesday than it did with its initial statement when the But what would and Meredith were '.-'- '..'(.' of a pandemic and we are confident that Fblasted the proposed European Super news first broke. 0.. -.E((- ('+( (

be troubling Warner most is expensive in all $ we can continue to do that and that the League and warned that the clubs involved “It is our task to protect the European the lack of depth in the the matches )'(*- WTC Final will go ahead as planned in could face “consequences”. sport model, so if some elect to go their own team’s local batting resources. they played * . @- '''' (.- ' June in the UK,” said the ICC in a state- Twelve major clubs launched plans on way then they must live with the conse- It’s high time the likes of without ) '@-#.+ (* ment on Monday night. Monday for a new breakaway league which quences of their choices,” said Infantino. Manish Pandey, Vijay much suc- " “We are currently discussing with the would drastically change the landscape of the “They are responsible for their choices. Shankar, Abhishek Sharma cess and it ! NO ICC INTERVENTION IN CSA UK Government the impact of countries world’s most popular sport. “Either you’re in or you’re out. You can’t and Abdul Samad pulled is time for . (-@8%!'(%.-. - being on the 'red list',” it added. “At FIFA we can only and strongly dis- be half in and half out. Think of it, this has up their socks as the Rahul to ) (' (( ('(( . . A BCCI source told PTI that it’s dif- approve the creation of the Super League, to be absolutely, absolutely clear.” likes of seasoned Kedar think of . ( (' ( ) ficult to say anything at this point in time which is a closed shop, a breakaway from the UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin Jadhav and Priyam other alter- '(E.'-.).' 6 and the Board is hoping that India will not current institutions, from the leagues, from said there was still time for clubs to pull out, Garg are waiting in the natives like / ( '(+ (...-'((. be in the ‘red list’ by the time the team the associations, from UEFA, and from FIFA,” addressing the owners, particularly of the wings for their Chris ( ''.. ..(. '(+E.' leaves for UK in early June for the WTC Infantino told a UEFA congress in Premier League teams involved, and saying opportunities. Jordan. 1 '( ('-* final. Switzerland. they could row back on their “mistake”.