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You have to take steps District Magistrates to work out ous stakeholders at all levels. District Magistrates they were Bengal Chief Minister Mamta right now. Wherever it is avail- a strategy to keep away Covid- The Prime Minister not allowed to speak. Banerjee for “seeking to inter- able in the world get it,” said a 19 from rural areas and prevent stressed on the “need to use Curiously Mamata used rupt” Prime Minister Narendra bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi vaccine wastage even as he cau- local experiences and the need “we” and “us” words instead of Modi’s meeting with District and Jasmeet Singh which was tioned that the “challenge to work together as a country” usual “me” and “I” while Magistrates on the Covid-19 assured by the Centre that it has remains” as long as the coron- and emphasised that the meth- describing what she called a situation on Thursday “by not already started taking steps to avirus infection is present Prime Minister about the ods and strategies in dealing collective “insult of the allowing DM of 24 Pargana import the medicine. “even on a minor scale”. improving Covid situation in with the pandemic should be Chief Ministers.” from presenting his views”. The court noted the The Prime Minister asked their respective districts and “dynamic as the virus is expert “Why were we invited in He said Mamata did not domestic production of the the officials to work out their shared their experience of using in mutation and changing the the meeting if he was not pre- allow her DM to speak on the medicine lower than required strategy in a rural and urban technology for real-time mon- format”. He said virus mutation pared to listen to our prob- Covid-19 situation saying and the Centre said the pro- specific way and ensure that itoring and capacity building. is concerning the youth and lems… are the Chief Ministers           “what does he know, I know…” duction capacity has been dou- rural India is Covid-free. They also informed him about children outlined the need to puppets in his hand … are we            ! Continued on Page 11 bled now. Addressing the District the various steps taken by boost the vaccination drive. bonded labourers…” she said, Magistrates of 10 States, includ- them to enhance public par- On vaccine wastage, the adding, “I have not seen Why is the PM feeling so inse- others were made to watch like ing Opposition-ruled West ticipation and awareness in Prime Minister said “wastage of such arrogance and ballooning cure — that he does not even puppets… it seems that the Bengal, Jharkhand, Kerala and their districts. a single vaccine means not ego before.” want to meeting was called only for  ++,  Odisha, through videoconfer- The Prime Minister told being able to provide the nec- Taking up the cudgel for listen to us?” some media publicity to show encing, Modi said over the past field officers that coronavirus essary security to an individ- her counterparts in other States Attacking the Prime that yes they are working.” few days active cases have had made the work more ual”. Therefore, he urged the — that many critics called a Minister for handling the pan- “Like me all the Chief started to reduce in the coun- demanding and challenging. officials to ensure vaccine result of her increased confi- demic scenario in cavalier Ministers were ready with their  ,  try but urged them to spread New challenges, new strategies wastage is prevented. dence post the startling victo- manner which had led to the documents and data and were the message about keeping vil- and solutions are needed in the The Prime Minister has ry in Bengal elections — spike in the number of cases, willing to discuss their prob- lages corona-free and the need second wave of the pandemic, been directly interacting with Mamata said, “We feel insult- Mamata said, “This was a casu- lems but they were not allowed to keep following Covid-appro- the PM said and lauded the DMs of States to take their ed and humiliated. This is an al and super flop meeting. to speak… if this was to be   priate behaviour. outstanding work of the State feedback and suggestions to attempt to bulldoze the feder- Only CMs of BJP-ruled States done then where was the need The officials briefed the and district officials in fighting counter the pandemic. al structure of the country. were allowed to speak and calling this meeting,” she said.     near future. Larger size droplets fall to  R   the ground and on surfaces, and smaller aerosol particles    are carried in the air to greater   ) *


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    ences, webinars, examinations, tion difficult and it could have Lord Ram and Hanuman play- Scientific Advisor’s office on People should continue wear-          meetings, chats and socialising far-reaching security implica- ing in the background. The Thursday. However, it said the ing masks, double masks or       among others or even com- tions. Hence, a platform was meeting had a group of infection can be prevented by N95 masks,” said the Principal     "      mitting frauds entailing finan- conceived,” said Prof Abhinav Pakistani diplomats, along with wearing masks, double masks Scientific Advisor’s office.    
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At present, 82,801 positive to provide financial assistance People who are troubled for last 24 hours, 238 people suc- ith the number of deaths Prasad said that a total of cases are under home isolation. to the people reeling under sev- their patients are taking loans cumbed to the viral infection Wdue to black fungus ris- 4.57 crore people have been For their speedy recovery, the eral financial problems due to to pay huge bills and are rais- while 13,590 recovered, push- ing, Chief Minister Yogi tested for Covid in UP so far. system of medical counseling the second wave of Covid in the ing money in some way,” she ing the recovery rate to 91.80 Adityanath has asked the offi- The rate of recovery from coro- should be further improved state. In her letter sent on said. per cent. There are now 1.16 cials concerned to ensure ade- na infection in the state has through tele-consultation. Thursday, Priyanka pointed Priyanka asked the chief lakh active Corona cases in the quate stock of medicines increased to 91.80 per cent. “As “There is a need to increase the out that the second Covid wave minister to sit down with rep- state whereas till Wednesday required for the treatment of compared to April 30, coron- number of doctors. Medical had severely affected the mass- resentatives of private hospitals their number was 1.23 lakh. Of mucormycosis. avirus infection is under con- kits should be made available es and the people had to suffer to determine an appropriate the total active cases, 15 dis- “Ensure adequate avail- trol and recovery rate has to patients of home isolation unbearable pain and trauma. and public-friendly price for tricts accounted for 60,816 ability of all essential medi- increased by more than 17 per and their families as per the The outcry of the helpless peo- treatment so that neither the infected patients. In Lucknow, cines by communicating cent. Active cases have also need through monitoring com- ple in April-May made it clear hospitals were financially affect- as many as 353 people tested with health experts regarding come down by 69 per cent. On mittees. Continuous monitor- that the government had no ed nor there was scope for positive for coronavirus infec- the cause and treatment of April 30, there were 3.10 lakh ing of the medical kit distrib- plans to counter the more fatal exploitation of the people in tion on Thursday while 904 black fungus,” he said, adding active cases which has now ution system should be done. form of the pandemic. trouble. She also suggested that patients recovered. There were that a letter should be sent to come down to 1.16 lakh on Communicate with patients “Many unnecessary rules the government should make 21 deaths in the city even as the Government of India Thursday. Besides, Covid pos- through district ICCC and CM and red tape brought down a an arrangement to provide active cases reduced to 7,363. requesting to increase the allo- itivity rate is also decreasing Helplines and check the facil- mountain of trouble for the compensation to those who Meanwhile, the total num- cation. rapidly and while it was 14.1 ities being provided to them. people. The epidemic took have been charged excess ber of black fungus cases at He also instructed the offi- per cent on April 30, it is Senior, experienced and elder- away thousands of people from money by private hospitals. KGMU climbed to 73 with 23 cials to make sure proper Chairman Dr Vishesh Gupta the Yogi government to set up down to just 2.15 per cent now,” ly physicians should be us and on the other hand it cre- “Due to rising inflation, it new patients admitted in the treatment is being provided in said that PICU wards would be 50-100 paediatric beds in all he said. Earlier, in a Team-9 approached and requested to ated huge difficulties in the is becoming difficult for the last 24 hours. every district, including established within a week in the major cities has been found meeting on Thursday, Chief help patients through tele- form of livelihood, loss in busi- common people to buy daily “The UP government has Lucknow and Meerut, where Pratapgarh (30 beds), very effective in the treatment Minister Yogi Adityanath said counselling,” he said. ness and other work related to consumables and essentials. paced up its testing facilities more patients infected with Prayagraj (25 beds), Jalaun of children. that with the policy of trace, test The CM claimed that UP daily earners. Today, crores of Prices of edible oils, vegetables, and now for the first time this deadly disease have been (10 beds) and Kaushambi (20 Dr Khan said that all the and treatment for prevention of ranked first among the Indian people are apprehensive about fruits, and household use items Covid test reports will be made found. beds). facilities have been provided in Covid-19, efforts being made states in providing Covid vac- their futures. Their means of have just gone through the available within 15 hours which The CM has ordered to Dr Gupta also said that the PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care for the protection of life and cine cover to people above 45 earning have hit rock bottom roof and hence the government used to take 24 hours earlier. In make arrangements at the hos- work of setting up PICUs is Unit) for children above one livelihood of the people of the years and in the age group of and a galloping inflation has should initiate concrete and the last 24 hours, 6,725 new pitals on the lines of ICUs to underway on a war-footing in month, NICU (Neonatal state were yielding satisfactory 18-44. So far, 1.56 crore Covid only added to their miseriest. immediate steps to control cases have been found in the ensure top-class treatment. Jhansi, Amethi, Mathura, Intensive Care Unit) for chil- results as new cases are decreas- vaccines have been adminis- This has particularly put the inflation in the state and check state and Thursday is the first These paediatric ICU beds Moradabad, Ayodhya, dren below one month and ing continuously, while the tered in the state. Vaccine shots middle class in trouble. Instead rising prices so that people do day after April 30, when no dis- with all the resources will be Gorakhpur, Meerut, SNCU (Sick Newborn Care number of healthy people was to 1.07 lakh people aged 18-44 of leaving people in these dif- not face acute problems in trict crossed 500 mark in fresh working as ‘raksha kavach’ in Chitrakoot, Lucknow and Unit) established at maternity increasing every day. years in 23 districts of the ficult situations, it is necessary running the household in this cases in a day. Meerut report- the hospitals in each district of Azamgarh. hospitals. The CM said that acting on state were given on Wednesday that your government initiates time of crisis. “The people of ed the highest number of 442 the state. Dr Salman Khan, a paedi- Severely infected children the policy of aggressive testing, while 7.46 lakh people in this some concrete welfare measures Uttar Pradesh are already new infections followed by State Child Rights atrician at Dufferin Hospital in will be provided with treat- 2 .91 lakh tests were conduct- age group have received vac- so that people can get some plagued by the hike in electric- Lucknow with 353 fresh cases, Protection Commission Lucknow, said the decision of ment and oxygen. ed across the state in the last 24 cine jabs till date. relief from their troubles,” ity prices and smart metres. Priyanka said. Reports are once again surfac- The Congress leader fur- ing about a possible increase in 
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They alleged that across the country, Bahujan ing problems in registering for the demolition was carried out Samaj Party chief Mayawati the vaccination on the CoWin against the orders of the High asked the government to go portal and therefore, it has Court which reflected that no beyond mere announcements decided that CSCs would work rule of law exists in Uttar and help the helpless and dev- in all the villages and extend Pradesh. astated families. registration facilities to people To collect first hand infor- In a tweet in Hindi on free of cost,” a government mation, a Congress delegation Thursday, the former UP CM spokesman said on Thursday. led by UPCC chief Ajay Kumar wrote, “In rural areas of the Earlier, The Pioneer had on Lallu, former MP PL Punia and state, coronavirus is rapidly May 18 carried a news report media chairperson infecting people and killing headlined ‘Vaccination: Digital Naseemuddin Siddiqui and them. People are forced to do divide leaves villagers reeling’, other leaders was on its way to the last rites of victims the demolished structure in without proper rituals. For $644B #$9 Ram Sanehi Ghat area of     &&   &      /    extending every kind of help Barabanki, when they were to such poor and destitute was stopped at Chaupala area Barabanki, the Congress leader Demolishing a 100-year-old property. The Waqf Board and families, the government highlighting the problems that by a team of Barabanki police said, “We want an investigation mosque is a misuse of power. All-India Muslim Law Board should immediately move the villagers were facing in reg- on Thursday. After a heated into the mosque demolition to The BJP has a history of being have demanded a judicial probe beyond mere proclamations istering for the vaccination. discussion with the police, the be done under High Court involved in such acts. With the into the matter. The Waqf and become active.” The villagers complained delegation was forced to return. supervision so that the truth state polls approaching, the Board said the action was mis- Mayawati said that the that they failed to register Later, Lallu told mediaper- emerges. We merely wanted to BJP is trying to create commu- use of power in the name of government claims on cases of because of poor internet con- sons in Lucknow that not go to the spot and talk to the nal tension. It has always anti-encroachment drive, while coronavirus infection being nectivity. They also said that all allowing opposition leaders to local residents to learn the indulged in its brand of politics the All-India Muslim Personal on the decline in the country the CSCs were closed because visit any place amounted to sequence of events, but the at the expense of the country's Law Board sought suspension was a matter of some relief, of a lockdown, hampering the crushing democracy. administration denied our trav- Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb (cul- of the officials responsible for but the spike in number of registration process. “The Congress will contin- el.” ture of harmony). The people it. deaths from the infection is The government ue its struggle against such Earlier on Wednesday, for- need to be wary of this. A judi- The Barabanki administra- increasing. “Whatever the rea- spokesman said that there are repressive policies of the BJP mer UP CM and Samajwadi cial probe into the incident tion however justified the son may be, this is a very sad around 93,000 CSCs in 75 dis- government and will not toler- Party chief Akhilesh Yadav should be carried out by a sit- demolition and District situation for which honest tricts and once this facility is ate this kind of dictatorship. also condemned the demoli- ting judge of the Allahabad Magistrate Adarsha Singh efforts are most important at made available to the villagers, The Yogi government has been tion of the Barabanki mosque, High Court,” SP chief said claimed that the Lucknow all levels,” she advised. it will speed up the registration a failure on every front. People claiming that it was a BJP ploy while reacting to the incident. bench of Allahabad High Court A rapid surge in COVID- process. are dying due to lack of oxygen, to whip up communal tension The Barabanki district had disposed of a petition in 19 cases has been reported “The government will also ventilators and treatment in the in the state as the next administration razed an old this connection on April 2, from the rural parts of India advertise on a large scale in second wave of Covid and Assembly election is scheduled mosque in Ram Saneehi Ghat proving the construction was recently. On May 16, the rural areas so that people are hence lost faith in this govern- early next year. area of Barabanki town, claim- illegal. The single-storey Centre issued guidelines for able to know about this facili- ment. The ruling party is try- “The move to demolish the ing it to be an “illegal” con- mosque with white walls and containment and management ty,” he said. ing to regain power by spread- mosque by the administration struction even as Muslim bod- green doors had stood at Ram of the viral infection in semi- ing religious hatred and divid- goes against the spirit of broth- ies said that the action was Sanehi Ghat area on the urban, rural and tribal ing Hindus and Muslims,” he erhood and communal harmo- against the law since the struc- Barabanki-Ayodhya road for areas by strengthening the said. ny that is enshrined in the ture was an Uttar Pradesh nearly 100 years and devotees primary level healthcare infra- On their proposed visit to Indian Constitution. Sunni Central Waqf Board used to offer prayers there. structure. '!7*5')

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   Mohalla Ram Prasad Gaur in (Qaiserbagh) alleged that man was in a drunken state and failed, she lodged a case with ready to allow me in,” she said. children. Chief Minister Yogi Etah. The blast occurred in Mohammed Aquil of Odeon attacked his wife during a ver- police. Meanwhile, a cyber fraud Adityanath directed the offi- the house-cum-shop owned Cinema road and his aide bal spat with her. The victim was Khushboo Rastogi of duped a Hazratganj resident of cials to immediately extend all area collapsed due to heavy occurred. The deceased were by Ram Bahadur (45). On barged into her house and identified as Soni Singh of Saadatganj said she married over Rs 25,000. Siddheshwar possible help to those affect- rains. The survivors included identified as Afsana (36) and Wednesday evening, he, along demanded more repair charges Faizullahganj locality in the Milan Rastogi of Hardoi in Tripathi of Harinagar locality ed. The CM asked the officials the husband of the deceased her children Sania aka with Shafiq Ansari, was busy than agreed upon earlier. “The area. The family belongs to December last year. “My father said he got a call on May 18 from concerned to review the loss- woman and their son. Chando (12), Eram (10) and making crackers when the link chain of my watch had bro- Motihari in Bihar. Sooraj Singh gave Rs 3.5 lakh in cash and a man who introduced himself es due to incessant rains in the Locals informed police Suhail (14). area was rocked by a blast. ken and Aquil agreed to repair said his father Angad Singh was ornaments to me and Milan at as the employee of the online state during the last 24 after which rescue operations In another incident in Locals found Ram Bahadur it for Rs 60. On May 15 after- in a drunken state on the time of marriage. However, shopping company. “He tricked hours. were started. The victims were Chandauli, a youth was killed dead while Shafiq was griev- noon, he along with his aide Wednesday night. “He picked up Milan, his parents, brothers, sis- me by sending an OTP on my The Shamli incident took pulled out from under the while his friend was injured ously injured. It surfaced dur- reached the house with the a fight with my mother and later ter and brother-in-law were mobile phone and asking to use place early Thursday morning debris and rushed to a hospi- when a tree fell over their ing a probe that the licence watch and I gave him Rs 60. stabbed her in the stomach unhappy as they expected more. it in an application. Soon, Rs 10, when the family was asleep. tal where doctors declared motorcycle on Thursday was issued in Shafiq’s name However, he demanded an before fleeing the scene. With On May 7, they ganged up and Rs 19,999, Rs 1,289 and Rs Reports said that the roof of them brought dead. Those morning. The incident took but the factory was being run additional sum of Rs 100 as the help of neighbours, I rushed asked me to bring Rs 10 lakh. 5,000 were deducted from my the house in Kalandar Shah who survived were not in the place in Sikenderpur locality from Ram Bahadur’s house ‘lockdown charges’, but I asked my mother to the KGMU When I objected, they thrashed bank account,” he said. locality under Sadar Kotwali house when the mishap of Chakiya. The injured per- where the blast took place. him to come back in the Trauma Centre,” Sooraj said.

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   suant to Circular No. 422/Annexure-E of LIC HFL A proposal for the mortgage residential plot, the    Lucknow (PNS): Blaming local Meanwhile in Basti, the concerned document i.e. original chain deed which has been executed on dated 09.02.2010 vide Serial   %89!65 will be filled," she added. Dr for them,” she said. Sonia Nityanand said that police for inaction, a youth cops of Kotwali police station No. 1559, registered in the office of Sub-Registrar- +,-./+, Sadar, Hardoi, executed by Mrs. Urmila W/o Mr. Laxmi Nityanand said that she took The RMLH director said studies had shown that it does ended his life in Ayodhya while were shocked upon learning Narayan Azad in favour of Mrs. Asha W/o Mr. Lal r Sonia Nityanand, who a round of the Covid hospital that she had identified a 50- not play a major role in mor- in a separate incident, bodies of that the body of an unknown Mohammad in respect of Plot, Part of Khasra No. 453Kha, admeasuring 73.88 sq. mt., situated at   $ 0 Dtook over charge as direc- of RMLH on Shaheed Path bed facility as a preparation tality in COVID-19. “The a youth and a girl missing since youth and a girl was floating Village-Hardoi Dehat (Out of Nagar Palika), Pargana- Bangar, Tehsil & District Hardoi, which have been mis- tor of Ram Manohar Lohia after taking charge. for the third wave of COVID- plasma therapy will continue Tuesday afternoon were found in Kuano river near Siyrapar place somewhere. It is informed to us that the above Lucknow (PNS): The Uttar Hospital recently, said that her “It is well established and 19 outbreak because it was but one does not need to floating in the river in Basti on Ghat on Thursday morning. noted original sale-deed is mortgage with any per- son(s), Financial Institution(s), Bank(s) or any other Pradesh government claimed priority would be recruitment managed. However, patients likely to hit children. “This pursue it with force for Thursday morning. During investigation, the one, may inform immediately to LIC Housing Finance Ltd., Lucknow, or Anoop Kumar Singh Advocate, LIC that the sugar mills across the of staff and faculty of the insti- who have tested negative for will be made into an ICU COVID-19 patients,” she In Ayodhya, Amit Maurya deceased were identified as HFL, Mobile No. 9455032691, 9554472272 otherwise state have cleared the cane tute. “There is a huge paucity the infection, continue to grade in anticipation of the added. of Bachada Sultanpur area of 16-year-old Roshni and Anuj the above noted proposal shall be finalize immedi- ately after the expiry of 15 days of this publication. dues of farmers for the year of faculty and other man- require the ICU care because third wave for Covid pediatric She said that currently City Kotwali police station, (19) of Raghunathpur locali- (Anoop Kumar Singh), Advocate 2019-20, thus showing its power and I have already ini- of lung involvement and can- care,” she said they had 75 patients in the made a video in which he ty of Walterganj. Chamber No. 4, Krishna Tower, Chakbast Road, commitment to protect the tiated the process for recruit- not be discharged. There is no When asked about plasma Covid hospital and two preg- accused the local police for cor- Near Registrar Office, Kaiserbagh, Lucknow interests of cane growers. ment on a fast track though it separate facility for them and therapy in treatment of nant Covid women. It may be ruption and inaction in a com- “Sugar mills have paid is bound to take some time. so I have identified nine beds COVID-19, a clinical hema- noted that prior to taking plaint lodged by him before 100 per cent cane price to There are 414 posts of nurses for these patients and we have tologist and a bone marrow charge, Dr Sonia Nityanand jumping in front of a speeding farmers against the due cane and 120 posts of faculty which created a post-Covid ward transplanter by training, Dr was working at the SGPGI. train on Thursday morning. In price of Rs 35,898.85 crore for the video, Amit claimed to be the crushing season 2019-20. having a property dispute but Besides, around 63 per cent despite several complaints, the payment has been done  ()*!++,$-./ !, ,
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     &       8      Kidwani New Basti in Georgetown, Tagore Town The strong rain caused a may rain as well. The strong when the locals are given relax- Barakhamba Road, were flooded, and the drain of slight difference in tempera- winds will cause the cyclone to ation during ongoing corona struction of Lahartara-Shivpur ened due to flyover construc- the city areas, heavy water-log- Puramnohardas of Khuldabad, Jawaharlal Nehru also started ture. Now the temperature has rain. curfew which entered 22th four-lane, was collapsed in tion work. ging was seen at many places. Juj Part of Kalindipuram, overflowing. Seeing the prob- dropped to ten degrees Celsius. In the month of Baishakh, day, to purchase various essen- which five persons were Due to heavy rain, a part of At Andhrapul, several two- Kareli, Allapur, Lowder Road, lems of the people, Zonal The maximum tempera- rains like Sawan-Bhadon on tial items including vegetables injured. Later, one named Raj the boundary walls of Lal wheelers and three-wheelers Medical Crossroads, Hindu Officer Sanjay Mamgai and ture was measured at 29.4 Thursday set a new record. and fruits. The changed weath- aged eight years succumbed to Bahadur Shastri International were stranded and movement Hostel Crossroads, adjoining Executive Engineer Anil degrees Celsius. The mini- According to the er conditions also brought his injuries, while all others are Airport, Babatpur also col- of vehicles was slowed down. In area, Balsan, Rambagh, Bai Ka Maurya were called and mum temperature stood at Meteorological department, down temperature which was being treated at Shree Shiv lapsed. Meanwhile, according several places in rural areas like Bagh, Station Road, Nurulla Corporator Kamlesh Singh 23.9 degrees Celsius. Humidity 25.1 mm of rain was recorded almost 10 degree Celcius less Prasad Gupta (SSPG) to the airport report, half-a- Panchkoshi Marg, Jakhani Road, Road opposite Prayag asked to open Mori Gate. At remained at a maximum of 96 from Tuesday evening to than the normal one and dur- Divisional Hospital. The col- dozen flights were cancelled Road and many others in Raja Hotel-Khuldabad and FCI around 6.50 pm, Mori Gate was and a minimum of 81 per Thursday at five o'clock. Earlier, ing the last day the maximum lapsed house was acquired and four of them were coming Talab areas were also water- godown located at Alopibagh opened when the work of cent. Due to the increasing level in 2009, 26.8 mm of rainfall temperature was recorded at under the four-lane project here from Delhi while one logged. According to informa- got waterlogged. One to one draining water started. At of humidity in the atmosphere, was recorded and on May 31 30.6 degree Celcius while min- and the owner had already each from Mumbai and tion, the city would receive and a half feet on roads and six times, drizzle continued to there is a possibility of rain. and in the year 2018, 31 mm of imum 24. received compensation but Bengaluru. Since Tauktae hit more rains as in late afternoon to eight inches of water in the flow slowly from the affected The Meteorological depart- rain was recorded May 3. This According to information, despite receiving notice to the western coastal areas sev- hours, once again, it has streets were seen flowing areas amid strong showers. ment has forecast the weather is the third record in ten a house, which was damaged vacate the premises given a eral flights coming from received good rains. The rain almost all parts of the city. Due Due to heavy rains, the FCI to be cloudy for the next 72 years of extremely high rainfall due to recent demolition work month ago the family was still Mumbai, Ahmedabad and also paralysed life in most of to sewer line choked in Punjabi godown at Alopibagh got water hours. Experts have issued in the hot summer season in in Phulwaria road for the con- staying in the house weak- other places were cancelled. In the districts in this region. Colony and Alopibagh, Pritam up to the knees. Due to water thunderstorm warnings. May. *  1*" 
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Phaphamau Ghat has of panic among the people, is a curable disease. However, often occurs in immunodefi- body. According to him, the reported a total of 96 fresh 100. areas, in rural areas this figure arrangements for cremation of especially Covid recovered he cautioned the people as ciency patients who had used main reason for increasing cases of COVID-19 in the last CMO Dr Prabhakar Rai is being reported nearly four Covid infected people. Every patients, as many cases of the during the last few weeks, sev- corticosteroids and anti-cancer cases of black fungus during 24 hours on Wednesday night. said that due to the decrease in times more. day, two to four people per- same have already been detect- eral cases of the same came into medicines and suffering from the second wave of corona is The number of newly the number of newly infected The families of 1,182 peo- formed the last rites at a sepa- ed in this region of Purvanchal the light in this region. ‘Despite diabetes,’ he said, adding that the supply of oxygen to control infected people came down to people, there will be no relax- ple who lost their lives in the rate ghat, or buried bodies (eastern UP) and about 10 are rapid increase in the number of earlier, the rate of black fungus the mutant virus of corona and a hundred after 50 days. This ation in the corona control corona transition period because of no restriction. being treated at Sir Sunderlal patients of black fungus in was 0.14 cases per thousand wrong intake of steroids in gave the Health department operation. The tracing and test applied for death certificates in Daraganj is the cremation Hospital, Banaras Hindu Purvanchal (eastern UP), most population but during corona comparison to the first wave of and district administration a will be more intense than eight zones of the Municipal ground under the Ganga University (SSH BHU) at pre- patients are not getting treat- period the number of its the coronavirus. “Tightness of sigh of relief and described a before so that the number Corporation. Of these, 611 Bridge on the banks of the sent, is a curable disease, said ment at the right time due to patients has increased consid- the nose, headache, pain in the major achievement for the becomes zero. Those who got people applied for death certifi- Ganga. Due to the location, five In-charge, Eye Cancer and lack of information and are los- erably. eyes, nose and face, foggy or corona control campaign. With infected on Wednesday includ- cates in April, while 414 peo- to six pyres are put together Oculoplasty Unit, Regional Eye ing their lives,’ said Dr Maurya, Dr Maurya said ‘black fun- sudden illumination, double this, 324 people have also ed RAF constable, hydrologist ple died from Corona. here. Wood traders say that up Institute (SSH-BHU) Dr who is also member of the gus does not occur in all the appearance, sudden upper eye- become infection free. of Jal Nigam, CHC Jasra's Asha Similarly, till 5 pm on May 19, to 20 pyres were placed at one Rajendra Prakash Maurya newly-formed ‘Post Covid corona patients. It occurs only lid fall (ptosis), ocular exuda- However, four people have also worker, NTPC Meja's JE, High 571 applications for death cer- time. After performing the while talking to ‘The Pioneer’ Fungal Infection Control Team’ in some high risk patients like tion (proptosis), nose stench, died. Court advocate, Railway staff, tificates had been received, cranial action, the work of here on Thursday. at BHU. uncontrolled diabetic, ketoaci- black nose colour or bloody Nodal Officer of Corona, assistant professor of while the number of people immediately cleaning and ‘Black fungus is not a new According to him, dosis, cancer patients who have mucus, swollen face and eyelid Dr Rishi Sahai said that on Psychology Department of who lost their lives in Corona putting the second pyre contin- disease. Effective medicines undoubtedly, black fungus is a been on ventilator, consumed on one side, black blisters on March 30, the number of new University of Allahabad, DRM during this period is only 149. ued for several days. Not only are available for this so there is fatal disease caused by an infec- steroids in excess or given oxy- the eyelid and face, visible corona infected was below 100. Office staff. The Municipal Corporation this, cremation was done till no need to panic. If the initial tion of fungus called 'mukor'. gen for more than three weeks. spots, sores (ulcers) on nose On March 30, a total of 60 new About 31 people from issued 559 death certificates in late night. At the same time, symptoms of black fungus are The fungus is generally ubiq- In corona patients, the reason and palate, numbness or paral- infections were detected. Corona were discharged from April and 391 in May. In this people who brought the body seen, the patient should contact uitous and found in air and soil for the increase of black fungus ysis of face etc are the main Thereafter, the number of various hospitals including way, the death certificate of 950 to Rasulabad Ghat had to wait a specialist (eye or ENT) with- and also in the nose of a nor- is the lack of immunity and due symptoms of the disease,’ he patients steadily increased. On Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital, people was issued in a total of for hours. When the platforms out wasting time so that the mal person. This fungus dam- to damages to the nasal upper said. Wednesday May 19, the num- Beli, Railway Hospital on 50 days, while 232 applications fell short, more than ten crema- ber of new corona infections Wednesday. Apart from this, are still pending. At Rasulabad, tions were made at a time in the came down to 100. He said that home isolation of 293 people Daraganj Ghats, the last rites in Kachar below the cremation a total of 10,274 people have was completed. The beds in the April are arranged for crema- ground. ,.      4 been tested for corona in the hospitals became vacant after tion at Rasulabad and On the instructions of district on Wednesday. 31 patients were discharged. Daraganj, Phaphamau Ghats of Commissioner Sanjay Goyal, About 96 people were On the other hand, the con- the city. the Health department is con- ered from the hospitals. The ago. On Wednesday evening, as at as many as 85 vaccination found infected with corona. Of sumption of oxygen has also The cremation figures ducting an audit of the deaths.    : EB total number of patients cured many as 244 positive cases centres on Thursday with a this, 42 people are from the city decreased. recorded on the ghats show A five-member committee has in the district increased to were recorded and the total reverse system. Out of them, and 26 are from the rural area. 1,182 APPLY FOR that the maximum cremation been constituted for this pur- he district recorded an 74,060 including 69,551 in number was 79,855, while 5 the vaccines were adminis- Antigen test of 5,595 people DEATH CERTIFICATE: was done in the month of pose. Details of the bodies cre- Tincrease in the number of home isolation and 5,459 in deaths were reported and the tered on the beneficiaries aged was done in those who con- More than the frightening fig- April. On an average 35 bod- mated at the cremation ghats positive cases after a day and COVID-19 hospitals. death toll was 710. Earlier, in above 45 years at as many as 61 ducted the test. It got 13 posi- ures of death in just 50 days of ies were cremated daily in are being collected. Officers are the figure crossed 300 marks In the first report of the view of finding hundreds of vaccination centres and at as tive cases. While RTPCR test of the Corona transmission peri- April and May at Rasulabad silent on who is on the commit- once again. As many as 309 day, 182 positive patients were new positive cases, with 2 new many as 24 centres for the ben- 4,386 people took place. Of od, applications for the death Ghat. Similarly, there were tee, how long the report will be cases of COVID-19 were found out of 7,718 reports hotspots, the number of active eficiaries aged between 18 and them, 57 persons were found certificate in the municipal many days during this period prepared. ACMO Dr. recorded on Thursday evening received and this figure hotspots was 440 and 3 green 45 years. infected. 145 people were test- corporation are staggering. It is at Daryaganj Ghat when more Mahananda Yadav said that the increasing the total number to increased to 309 out of 13,750 zones having been converted to On Wednesday, a total of ed in a private lab. The 26 per- because at least 563 people have than 50 bodies were cremated. report of the audit of the deaths 80,164. And, with six more received samples as per report red zones by a day ago. Out of 8,087 beneficiaries were vacci- sons found infected by the died of Covid in the months of These include people from the will be sent to the government. deaths during the last 24 hours, provided by the Health depart- total 3,312 hotspots, 2872 are nated at 85 vaccination centres the death toll increased to 716. ment this evening. green zones and 440 are red including 7,868 beneficiaries As many as 501 patients of The total active cases con- zones. took the first dose and the sec- home isolation recovered, while tinued decreasing to 4,388 The Health department ond dose was administered on as many as 50 have been recov- from 4,636 which was a day continued the vaccination drive 219 beneficiaries. 
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With dedicat- can be available the same day. OXYGEN EXPRESS: Two was delivered to the district pandemic and thus, to gener- Kumar Gupta in the awareness the production of honey in the The programme set a tar- ed efforts of GM/NCR VK During this crucial time of Oxygen Express reached administration by the siding ate consciousness particularly programme. district, the Horticulture get of extending the honey pro- Tripathi a Four Channel ongoing pandemic this Truenat Kanpur and Agra over North authorities. At 1400 hours, among small farmers about Describing beekeeping as a Inspector Jyoti Kumar Singh duction at village level and pro- Truelab Real Time Quantitative machine will be very helpful for Central Railway on Wednesday. train carrying empty contain- self-employment, the district concrete medium of self- said adding, at present, the pro- moting beekeeping for the self- Micro PCR Analyser system early diagnosis of Covid as it First Oxyegen Express reaches ers departed from Kanpur for Horticulture department on employment and income for duction of honey has been employment of each family. has been installed in the will reduce the waiting time Agra with 64 MT liquid med- further loading at Durgapur. Thursday organised a beekeep- the small farmers who have no estimated to be up to 400 The applications were submit- Department of Microbiology, significantly. Earlier the hos- ical oxygen. 360 MT liquid This is the eighth Oxygen ing awareness programme at more farming fields, Gupta quintals. He appealed for the ted for the registration of five Central Hospital, NCR. This 4 pital could perform only eight medical oxygen reached Express for Kanpur ran by Company Bagh, here on the said, the growth of crops could pollution-less environment by farmers in the Horticulture Channel Truenat PCR system to 10 test per day but with the Kanpur by eight trains so far. Indian Railways in view of occasion of World Bee Day. be enhanced 20 per cent more preserving bees. As many as department, informed Gupta is in addition to the already availability of this 4 channel The train containing 40 serving the needs of Covid Honey has been used as an through pollinating in farming 300 farmers were made aware adding, the awareness pro- existing single channel Truenat Truelab PCR system other tests MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen patients of the city and adjoin- Ayurvedic medicine during and appealed to the farmers about beekeeping and honey gramme was organised by PCR Machine which was used like MTB, HBV can be easily (LMO) in two cryogenic con- ing area. Cumulatively, a total the COVID-19 pandemic and and employees to generate production through seminars maintaining social distancing in the lab until now. With the performed along with COVID- tainers loaded from Durgapur of 360 MT of LMO has been thus, there were some who consciousness among farmers and awareness programmes and following the corona pro- availability of this 4 channel 19 easily. Besides this the lab at by Eastern Railway reached delivered to the city by adopted beekeeping as their about this. under the guidance of the dis- tocol. The World Bee Day is Truenat RTPCR machine, the Central hospital has started Kanpur yard at 11.48 Hours. It Railways so far. Another profession after losing their For as many as 510 bee trict magistrate, he informed. observed each year on May 20 number of tests performed will doing D-Dimer, Ferritin, PCT, was immediately placed inside Oxygen Express also jobs during the present crisis boxes including 300 boxes in There are 80 persons in the to acknowledge the role of be increased to up to 30-40 CRP in house and reports are the Inland Container Depot for reached Yamuna Bridge, Agra and also earned handsome district’s model Sevapuri devel- district who are currently pro- bees and other pollinators for tests in single shift. Several available the same day. decanting where ACM Kanpur, at 15.40 Hours with eight con- money. 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  DKumar Laxkar reviewed Government Rajendra Kumar in order to build an oxygen KCommissioner Dr Raj the progress of works related to Tiwari reviewed the status of the plant at district hospital having Shekhar, along with rural development at division regarding the availabil- the capacity of 300 litres per Commissioner of Police Aseem KANPUR (PNS): Once again Collectorate on Wednesday. ity of ventilators as well as oxy- minute 1 crore had been given Arun felicitated the seven- dozens of people returned During the meeting the DM gen through video conferencing. by the MP and 50 lakh from member fire fighting team on home without being vaccinat- became aware with the ongo- Divisional Commissioner (DC) the carpet industry. He said the Thursday and praised their ed even after creating a lot of ing works along with physical Yogeshwar Ram Mishra Excise department had sanc- effort in rescuing the critical bedlam at the vaccination cen- progress as per the report. He apprised him that the supply of tioned an additional plant at patients from the first floor of tres on Wednesday. This is was apprised by the working oxygen was satisfactory in the Aurai, About Sonbhadra dis- a hospital that caught fire by becoming the order of the day agencies that 5,045 labourers division but in near future it trict the DC said the con- putting their own lives to risk. with seniors returning sans were in job through 1,784 The divisional commis- the vaccine despite sitting there works. In the meeting the sioner said fire fighting was an for over five hours. This com- works related to water conser- act which required valour and plaint is coming regularly from vation, water collection and presence of mind and the fire most of the vaccination centres water source renovation were fighters exposed themselves to and the district administration discussed under which the big risk but managed to save has failed to make effort to District Magistrate emphasised lives and reduce the losses to ensure adequate vaccines at the over works for rainwater har- the minimum.  & *
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Public Grievance Committee the District Bar Association. less, political interference etc. TNorth Eastern Railway is monitored through thermal carry out probe against hospi- On Monday morning (PPGC) held here on During the Bahujan Samaj The maximum complaints constantly trying to protect its scanners and thermal cameras tals and their doctors who when the condition of Gautam Wednesday, City Magistrate Party regime, he was appoint- were from centres where the employees from Coronavirus and in case of doubt check up refused to admit an ailing again started deteriorating, he Himanshu Kumar Gupta ed the district counsel. 45+ category was being vacci- infection. In this sequence is being done. Marking has senior lawyer a few days ago was immediately taken to the assigned the probe to ACM Meanwhile, the chief met- nated. Ironically the 45+ cate- under the direction of done in order to maintain which ultimately led to his Cardiology Hospital where the (VI) PN Singh. Other com- ropolitan magistrate while gory was majorly shifted to Divisional Railway Manager social distancing in stations and death. doctor referred him for the LLR mittee members including addressing an emergency meet- semi-urban areas like Panki, (DRM), Vijay Kumar Panjiar, railway premises. Entry with- The ACM (VI) is required Hospital saying he was suffer- Chief Metropolitan Magistrate ing of the Pandemic Public Nankari, Meharban Singh Ka under the leadership of Chief out masks has been barred in to submit his report to the ing from pneumonia. However, Shailendra Yadav and head of Grievance Committee at the Purwa, Bhitargaon, Gangapur Medical Superintendent (CMS) the station premises and trains committee within 24 hours. the LLR Hospital again sent pathology department of Kanpur Nagar Nigam control and several more. Dr MS Nabiyal in collaboration and strict action is being taken An inquiry has also been him back to the Cardiology GSVM Medical College, Dr room, said all additional city SANCTIONED: The with the district administration against those without them. set up against Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital where the doctors Mahendra Singh, were also magistrates and sub-division- Department of Science and at NE Railway Divisional Necessary steps are being taken Hospital administration for had already refused to admit present in the meeting. al magistrates would take up all Technology (DST) has sanc- Hospital, Lahartara, Varanasi, at all stations of Varanasi divi- sending a message about the him. The city magistrate said on the complaints, received direct- tioned the production of oxy- on Wednesday the Covid-19 sion to ensure compliance of condition of a woman admit- This compelled Prince to receipt of the report, action ly, through committee or gen concentrators by one of its vaccination of 39 railway the Corona protocol. ted there two days after her cre- take his father to a private hos- would be initiated against the through media, of their juris- science incubators at the Indian employees and their family POST-COVID mation. pital on Mall Road where he guilty hospitals and their doc- diction immediately and ensure Institute of Technology, members and 140 others in the PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC : According to reports, was denied admission on pre- tors. transparent inquiry and present Kanpur. 18 to 44 age group, and 38 rail- Under the direction of General lawyer Sunil Kumar Gautam text of non-availability of oxy- Prince said as the hospital the report to the PPGC the The startup, Indeema way employees and their fam- Manager Anjali Goyal, (52) of Sitaram Colony in gen. Gautam was then taken to prescription carried the signa- same day. Fibres Pvt Ltd in Kanpur, along ilies and 62 others in the over programme will continue as a Principal Chief Medical Officer Shuklaganj (Unnao) was a private hospital in Shuklaganj ture of the doctor on duty it Others who took part in with its sister concern 45 age group was done. All the campaign on Varanasi division. (PCMO) Dr Sujit Mallik has undergoing treatment in the (Unnao) where he was denied was very easy to ascertain his the meeting were city magis- ChemDist Membrane Systems railway personnel working on Apart from it in Varanasi divi- started Post-Covid Psychiatric Cardiology Hospital, Kanpur, an ICU bed. By late evening, identity during the investiga- trate and ICCCC incharge Dr Pvt Ltd based in Pune, will roll Varanasi division are being sion’s various rail sections, sta- Clinic. This OPD will run at for the past few years. On when an ICU bed was given in tion. Prince said he would Mahendra Singh of the GSVM out the first batch of 5,500 oxy- vaccinated on a priority basis in tion premises, stations and Central Hospital, BLW, every Sunday afternoon, after the a hospital of Unnao, the lawyer hand over all the evidence and Medical College. gen concentrators. order to protect them from trains every day deep cleaning, Tuesday between 02:00 pm and Covid-19 and they are also sanitisation and cleanliness is 04:00 pm. A total of six patients being encouraged to get them- being done. Simultaneously at were given medical advice in selves vaccinated, Public major stations entrance and the OPD on the first day. All rail              )  $ * !' Relations Officer (PRO), Ashok exit was through single route. beneficiaries of BLW can take Kumar said. This vaccination Health check-up of passen- full advantage of it.

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  hospitals across the country for disease despite serving the liaise in person. Please instruct direction to Centre and State for heart patients or pregnant Manufactured by Pune-    management of Covid-19 cases nation for decades. all offices/units to make sincere Governments to ensure ade- women, it is very difficult to get based Mylab Discovery despite the paramilitary having On the contrary, other efforts for proper utilisation of quate medical treatment and admission,” said the plea. Solutions, the kit is likely to   *  a large number of hospitals with forces, like the ITBP, have been seized life saving Covid equip- facilities are provided to all The petitioner emphasised reduce the pressure on the     
 * an authorised pool of about 740 using their composite hospitals ment.” non-Covid-19 patients in all that in some private hospitals, overburdened labs and delay in  +    doctors, including specialists for both vaccination as well as Through an order earlier Government and private hos- online consultation is available, tests and reports.      and over 3,000 paramedical treatment of their personnel this month, the CRPF had pitals, even during the lock- whereas in government hospi- Mylab Discovery Solutions’ and nursing staff. and even opened the service for directed the medical direc- down period. tals, there is no such facility Managing Director Hasmukh 19 tests. prehensive guide of the testing Facing shortage of essential other paramilitary forces like torate to allow admission of The plea, moved by advo- available. “There should be Rawal said that a positive test All symptomatic individu- procedure and will provide a medicines like Remdesivir and the CRPF, sources said. The family members of the para- cate G.S. Mani, said the right to more government hospitals, will take five to seven minutes als who test negative by RAT positive or negative test result equipment like ventilators as BSF on Wednesday said it has military personnel at dedicat- public health was a funda- exclusively for non-Covid-19 and a negative result will take should get themselves imme- to the patient,” Dr Bhargava also oxygen, the CRPF reiter- ramped up facilities at its Covid ed Covid centres as they are mental right and insisted that patients. The doctors say that a maximum 15 minutes. “We diately tested by RT-PCRRapid said. “All users are advised to ated to the various formations Care Centres at Chhawla and facing shortage of beds in civil all governments should ensure they get many calls for other currently have a capacity of 70 antigen tests are considered click a picture of the test strip across the country to liaise Tigri Camp in the national cap- hospitals. that fundamental right to life, emergencies. People are con- lakh test kits per week and will less sensitive than lab-based RT- after completing the test pro- with the State police forces to ital by adding 10 oxygen beds The CRPF topped the list liberty, health and equality of fused a lot. Emergencies are enhance it to 1 crore test kits by PCR tests. This means that cedure with the same mobile acquire seized items on “zim- each at the two camps. of the paramilitary forces with non-Covid-19 patients are filled with Covid-19 patients, early-June,” he said. some results from the RAT may phone, which has been used for manama” basis. The CRPF had on May 7 the most number of infections enforced and protected effec- others can’t go in there,” the At a press conference, Dr show false negatives – wrong- downloading the mobile app The CRPF has also been written to all the formations to with 22,216 personnel con- tively. plea said. Balram Bhargava, DG, ICMR, ly indicating that the infection and user registration.” relying on hospitals under the depute commandants to liaise tracting the disease as on The petitioner said that The plea contended that said, “The testing by the kit is is absent. However, experts The research body has also civil administration in various with the State police for taking Monday and also recorded the after the second wave, most of right to life and public health advised for use only on symp- believe that accuracy of the tests asked residents to take the test states for vaccination of serving possession of life saving drugs most number of recoveries the state governments have is a fundamental right guaran- tomatic individuals and imme- increase if the viral load is high. according to the user manual personnel and their depen- and equipment seized by the that stood at 19,235. The CRPF put restrictions and protocols, teed under Article 21 of the diate contacts of laboratory- Dr Bhargava said that users provided by the manufacturer dents as also the next of kin of police for use of its personnel. has suffered the most deaths which resulted into denial of Constitution, and there was no confirmed positive cases.” will have to download the and strictly follow the guide- martyred men and veterans. On Tuesday, the CRPF again with 114 casualties in its ranks regular treatment and check-up pre-planned mechanism in the Incidentally, the company home testing mobile application lines on the disposal of the kits. Insiders in the paramilitary shot off a letter stating, “Few due to Covid-19. It also has the of patients with heart, kidney, states in connection with pub- had last year also given India its available on Google Play Store Users can download the man- said, the ad hoc manner of han- offices have written letters to highest number of active cases liver and lung ailments. “Non- lic health and medical treat- first RT-PCR Test kit which is and Apple store. ual for Mylab Discovery dling Covid-19 cases has even the State police, but merely at 2,867. Covid-19 patients are facing a ment. now commonly used for Covid- “The mobile app is a com- Solutions test kits, CoviSelf.

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The AIIMS, ation with the strengthening Thursday said: “The Supreme   45 4%1 control. Delhi is likely to come out with and deepening of southwesterly Court Collegium on 20th May, “This fungal infection is a guidelines on management of winds over the region. 2021 has recommended eleva- larmed over the rapid leading to prolonged morbid- the disease soon. Meanwhile, the IMD has tion of Justice Sanjay Yadav, Asurge in the cases of black ity and mortality amongst The Telangana warned that it can’t rule out the Judge, Allahabad High Court fungus, the Central Covid 19 patients,” Joint Government and Tamil Nadu possibility of a new cyclone [PHC: Madhya Pradesh] as Government on Thursday Secretary in the Ministry, Lav too on Thursday declared the heading towards the Eastern Chief Justice of Allahabad High directed all States and Union Agarwal, said in the letter to the black fungus as a notifiable dis- seaboard of India, Cyclone Court.” Territories to declare States. ease under the epidemic act. Yaas, intensifying like Cyclone After Chief Justice Govind mucormycosis an epidemic The treatment of this fun- “We are making black fungus Amphan. Mathur demitted the office on that will help its better man- gal infection requires multi- a notifiable disease under the   45 4%1 24 hours. May 24, 1976, which was 60 “A low pressure area over April 14, Justice Yadav has agement. disciplinary approach consist- Public Health Act. So now, we’ll The IMD data says that mm. A record 119.3 mm rain north Andaman Sea and been serving as the acting Now, all confirmed or sus- ing of eye surgeons, ENT spe- know what all cases are there. yclone Tauktae coupled Jaipur has received 80 mm fell in Delhi between 8.30am on adjoining eastcentral Bay of Chief Justice of the Allahabad pected cases of the fungal dis- cialists, general surgeon, neu- Now, we’ll also get the data Cwith a western disturbance rainfall, Meerut 85.9 mm, Wednesday and 8.30am on Bengal is very likely to inten- High Court. ease have to be reported to the rosurgeon and dental maxillo from private hospitals,” Tamil has led to incessant rain in Varanasi 82.8 mm, Meewat in Thursday, which is a new sify into a Cyclonic storm by Justice Yadav enrolled as Union Health Ministry. facial surgeon, among others, Nadu Health Secretary J Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Haryana 84 mm, Mussoorie record for May,” Kuldeep May 25. It’ll move northwest- advocate on August 25, 1986. The Ministry’s recommen- and institution of Radhakrishna said on Maharashtra, Gujarat, 103 mm and Mukteshwar 85 Srivastava, the head of IMD’s wards and reach near Odisha- He practised on civil, revenue dation come days after a few Amphotericin-B injection as an Thursday. Rajasthan, Haryana, mm. regional forecasting Centre, West Bengal coasts around and constitutional sides in the States like Maharashtra, antifungal medicine. According to the doctors, Uttarakhand, and Delhi. According to the IMD, said. May 26 morning”, the IMD High Court of Madhya Pradesh Haryana, Rajasthan and “You are requested to make black fungus is a complication According to the India Delhi received the highest- In Uttarakhand, the IMD said. at Jabalpur. Serving as Deputy Gujarat notified the disease. mucormycosis a notifiable dis- caused by a fungal infection Meteorological Department ever rainfall of 119.3 mm in has warned of more rain in few Last year in May, India saw Advocate General of Madhya “In the recent times a new ease under the Epidemic and people infect it by coming (IMD), Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly May for the first time since districts including Uttarkashi, the formation of two cyclones, Pradesh, he was elevated as a challenge in the form of a fun- Diseases Act, 1897, wherein all in contact with the fungal has received 146 mm highest 1951. The perpetual rainfall Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Tehri, Amphan on the Eastern coast judge of the High Court of gal infection namely mucormy- government and private health spores in the environment. rainfall; Uttarakhand’s Nainital was due to the impact of Pauri, Bageshwar, Nainital, and Nisarga on the Western Madhya Pradesh on March 2, cosis has emerged and is facilities, medical colleges will Covid-19 patients having dia- 132 mm of rainfall, followed by cyclonic storm Tauktae and a Almora and Champawat. The coast. A UN report released last 2007, and then elevated as reported from many states follow guidelines for screening, betes or compromised immu- Delhi which received 119.3 western disturbance ending upper Himalayan regions of the month calculated that Amphan permanent judge on January amongst Covid-19 patients, diagnosis, management of nity are vulnerable to the dis- mm; Jhajjar 117 mm; Gurgaon 8.30am on Thursday. This was state, including Badrinath in caused more than $14 billion 15, 2010. He was appointed as especially those on steroid mucormycosis, issued by the ease. At least 50 per cent cases 115 mm and Dholpur in double the previous record Chamoli district and worth of economic damage in acting Chief Justice of the therapy and deranged sugar Ministry of Health and Family result into fatality. Rajasthan 103 mm in the last rainfall received by Delhi on Kedarnath in Rudraprayag, India alone. Madhya Pradesh High Court with effect from October 6, 2019, till November 2, 2019 and & &   ,   - *     #   48 from September 30, 2020, till     January 2, 2021.    / 
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  the person does not wear a     Hare the top most causes of mark, the hand to mouth con-  45 4%1 close coordination with states mid reports of severe short- premature mortality and peo-     tact increases, salivating and     8    and UTs to provide all Aage of Covid -19 jabs in the ple consuming tobacco in any     spitting puts others at risk, 45 4%1 s remnant of cyclonic required assistance expedi- country, Hyderabad-based form are at high risk of many    and sitting together to drink Astorm “Tauktae” has tiously,” Gauba said. Bharat Biotech on Thursday diseases, as nicotine is solely   ! .   and smoke leaves no room for wadeshi Jagran Manch       weakened, Central Ministries Chief secretaries of states announced that it has ramped responsible for constricted social distancing, thereby S(SJM) on Thursday and agencies have been and advisors to administra- up additional manufacturing arteries, heart failure, inflam-    *  increasing the risk of spreading requested European Union directed to work in close tors of the UTs apprised the capacities for the Covaxin vac- mation, many types of cancers,     the infection. (EU) ambassador here to  45 4%1 coordination with States and NCMC of the cine. Covishield and Covaxin are blindness, and gangrene, while      “To counter the threat of drop ‘ambiguity’ in its Union Territories to provide damages to infrastructure, being provided under the it also complicates existing Covid-19, it is imperative to support to changing Patent rime Minister Narendra all required assistance as well crops as well as loss of life in Government’s nationwide vac- hypertension. Kashyap. combat the misinformation rights and thereby facilitate PModi on Thursday con- as restoration work expedi- the affected areas and the cination programme. The above was mentioned Hypertension is the most campaigns. The studies that cost effective production and gratulated Pinarayi Vijayan on tiously. measures taken by them to Chiron Behring, a subsidy by noted interventional widely prevalent vascular dis- purportedly claim consump- adequate availability of taking oath as the Chief Cabinet Secretary Rajiv restore telecom, power, roads, of Bharat Biotech in Ankleshwar, Cardiologist Dr (Prof) (Col) ease among the low and mid- tion of alcohol or smoking Covid-19 vaccines and med- Minister of Kerala. Gauba gave the instruction on water supply and other utili- Gujarat, plans to produce 200 Shekhar Kashyap while speak- dle income group countries. can prevent Covid-19, may be icines in India. In a tweet, the Prime Thursday while reviewing the ties. million doses of Covaxin per ing at a webinar on It is also one of the biggest manipulated and, therefore, as Noting that the Euopean Minister said, “Congratulations rescue and restoration efforts It was noted that due to annum in the GMP (good man- ‘Hypertension, Covid-19 and causes of premature deaths in a vigilant society, there needs to Union (EU) is not clear in its to Shri @vijayanpinarayi Ji on during National Crisis the timely and accurate fore- ufacturing practicing) facilities Tobacco – A Deadly Triad’. the world. be a high index of suspicion support to changing Patent taking oath as CM and com- Management Committee cast of India that are already operational for Kashyap is the former Today, one in every four around such studies, he added. rights in the World Trade mencing his second term in (NCMC) meeting. Meteorological Department the production of vaccines based Head of Department men and one in every five Kashyap advised that peo- Organization (WTO)’s office.” He also reviewed the relief (IMD) and coordinated on Inactivated Vero Cell (Cardiology), Army’s Research women today are suffering ple should rely on information meeting, next month, the Vijayan was sworn in on and restoration efforts made efforts of all concerned cen- Platform Technology, under & Referral Hospital in New from hypertension. and guidelines from credible SJM, an RSS outfit, asked it Thursday as Kerala Chief by the State Governments tral and state and UT agen- stringent levels of GMP and Delhi. “Those who consume sources such as the WHO, US to “unconditionally support Minister for the second time and Union Territory cies, damages and loss of lives biosafety, the company said in a “Although the tobacco tobacco have poorly controlled CDC, Ministry of Health and the TRIPS Waiver Proposal”. amid the Covid-19 crisis in the administrations and Central have been limited. statement here. Product avail- lobby promotes that nicotine hypertension. It is a myth that Family Welfare and ICMR. In a letter to the state. Ministries or agencies in the Due to advance and time- ability at Ankleshwar will com- does not cause hypertension, it smokeless tobacco or non- He said that there is a lot Ambassador The oath ceremony took aftermath of cyclonic storm ly action taken by all agencies, mence from fourth quarter affects all the organ systems. combustible tobacco has no ill- of ground that needs to be cov- Delegation of the place with Covid protocols in ‘Tauktae’. Gauba stressed that it is apprised, functioning of 2021, it added. Tobacco consumption in any effects. There are ample stud- ered, which can begin with European Union to India place at the Central Stadium in “restoration of hospitals and Covid care cen- The addition in manufac- form be it cigarettes, chewable, ies to prove that these cause sensitising kids at the kinder- and Bhutan Ugo Astuto SJM Thiruvananthapuram. telecom, power, roads, water tres in the affected areas also turing capabilities takes the vol- and nicotine gum, causes many diseases,” Kashyap said, garten level about the harmful Co-convenor Ashwini Governor Arif Mohammed supply and other infrastruc- remained unaffected. ume of covaxin doses to up to increase in blood pressure and adding that tobacco blunts the effects of tobacco on our Mahajan said the Global Khan administered the oath of ture by the concerned agen- The efforts carried out by 1 billion doses per annum, the elevates the heart rates. effects of medicines taken to health. health crisis due to office to 76-year-old Vijayan. It cies and State and UT the Indian Navy and Coast company said. The company Nicotine cessation can help stabilise blood pressure. Further, surrogate adver- Coronavirus is the second stint of the Governments may be contin- Guard along with other ramped up capacities at its own immediately. Within 20 min- Kashyap said persons with tisements promoting the use of pandemic has prompted Marxist veteran in the top ued and completed expedi- agencies, to rescue persons on established campuses specialised utes of cessation, blood pres- cardiometabolic factors face a tobacco in any form should not several countries to support office. tiously”. three barges and one offshore for manufacturing inactivated sure returns to normal and 15 higher risk of severe Covid-19 be allowed in the vicinity of the Indian and South African Along with Vijayan, 20 “Central Ministries and drilling vessel of ONGC, were viral vaccines under the highest years of cessation eliminates all condition along with compli- schools or other educational application for a patent others also took oath. agencies would work in also discussed. biosafety levels. hazards of smoking,” added cations and mortality. institutions. waver.   0    !" # !


79>,' -/4  788-        !   +7  >        #8#& Similarly, with 29,911 new The situation in Pune infections, the total number of improved vastly as the “active he Covid-19 infections cases climbed from 54,67,537 cases” dropped from 67,295 to      !691 3,969 new cases were logged in Tdropped to 29,911 in to 54,97,448. 64,084. Thiruvananthapuram. Maharashtra on Thursday, even As 47,371 patients were Mumbai with 28,987 hile Chief Minister Ernakulam, which is also under as the State logged 984 deaths discharged from the hospitals active cases stood second in the WPinarayi Vijayan and 20 triple lockdown orders record- – including 246 deaths arising across the State after full recov- state, followed by Thane of his Cabinet colleagues were ed 3,336 new patients. out of consolidation of old ery, the total number of people (27,604), Solapur (19,783), being administered the oath of Out of the 30, 441 new unaccounted figures, even as discharged from the hospitals Nagpur (19,615), Ahmednagar office and secrecy by the cases tested positive today, 28, 47,371 patients were discharged since the second week of March (18,976), Satara (18,942), Governor, the Covid-19 176 had contracted the pan- from various hospitals across last year breached the 50 lakh Nashik (18,151), Amravati situation in Kerala continued to demic through contact. The the State after full mark to touch 50,26,308. The (10,685), Beed (10463), be grave and critical. The State number of health workers test- recovery. recovery rate in the state went Chandrapur (8111), Jalgaon saw 128 lives being claimed by ed positive on Thursday were A day after the pandemic up from 91.06 per cent to (7839), Aurangabad (6929), the pandemic during the last 24 101, underscoring the demand claimed 594 lives and left 91.34 per cent. Osmanabad (6692), Latur hours that ended on Thursday by the Kerala Government 34,031 people infected in var- The total “active cases” in (5588), Buldhana (5088) and 6 pm. Medical Officers Association ious parts of Maharashtra, the the state dropped from 4,01,695 Jalna (4745), A total of 30,441 new cases about the need to deploy more infections dropped to 29,911, to 3,83,253. The fatality rate in Of the 3,21,54,275 samples were diagnosed by the depart- doctors, nurses and para-med- while the state recorded 984 the state went up from 1.54 per sent to various laboratories ment of health on Thursday. ical staff in all hospitals. Every deaths – 429 that occurred in cent to 1.55 per cent. across the state so far, 54,97,448 The Test Positivity Rate for the day in Kerala sees a the last 48 hours, 309 record- With 37 fresh deaths, the have tested positive (17.15 per day was 23.18 per cent. minimum of 100 health work- ed in the last week and 246 old Covid-19 toll in Mumbai cent) for COVID-19 until Malappuram topped the ers newly getting afflicted unaccounted cases. increased from 14,373 to Thursday table of districts with highest with Covid-19. With 984 new deaths, the 14,410, while the infected cases Currently, 29,35,409 people number of new cases. The dis- There were 3.17 lakh per- total number of deaths in the went up by a relatively low 1433 are in home quarantine while trict saw 4,746 persons diag- sons under treatment for state climbed from 84,371 to to trigger a jump in the infec- 21,648 people are in institu- nosed with Covid-19 while Covid-19 across the State. & 
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E       :6   7-3.     87    96E      7 #8 E9        3;8       %CB1 bidity and mortality,” the VC To tackle the current crisis    :   ##8 said in an open letter to AMU and prepare for a possible third MU Vice Chancellor Tariq community. wave of COVID, the Vice- hile the UT administration across Jammu Guwahati: Assam reported 74 deaths due to Covid- active cases they are being treated at different hospi- AMansoor on Thursday said Last week, Uttar Pradesh Chancellor has also instituted a W& Kashmir is gearing up to strengthen 19 on Thursday, while the number of coronavirus cases tals and Covid Care Centres (CCCs) across the state vaccine hesitancy played a big Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath high-level 15 member commit- Covid care facilities at Panchayat level the active rose by a record 6,573 persons testing positive, push- along with some being at home isolation. role in the spread of coronavirus had visited the AMU campus tee to draw a roadmap for case load is not showing signs of major ing the total number of infections to 3,53,574, the Out of the new cases, the highest 1,084 patients in the campus, where at least 40 and pointed that vaccination shoring up resources and med- improvement. National Health Mission (NHM) said. were detected from the state capital, followed by 490 serving and retired teachers could have saved lives. ical facilities at the campus. On Thursday, 67 more patients succumbed With 10 persons in Kamrup Metropolitan, nine in Dibrugarh, 477 in Nagaon and 432 in Kamrup. have died in recent weeks due to Notably, 19 serving teachers The committee will be to the virus while 4,169 cases tested positive in Barpeta, eight in Kamrup, seven each in Dibrugarh With 3,53,574 total COVID-19 positive cases in COVID or COVID-like symp- at the university and at least 21 headed by the AMU registrar taking the tally of active positive cases to 50,554. and Goalpara,Nagaon (5), Tinsukia (4),Darrang and Assam, the overall positivity rate stands at 3.58 per toms. retired teachers lost their and will include the principal Out of these 67 deaths, 41 were reported from Sivasagar (3 each),Bongaigaon, Cachar, Golaghat, cent against total testing of 98,79,158 samples so far. Aligarh Muslim University lives due to COVID-19 and dean and the superintendent of Jammu division and 26 from Kashmir. The pos- Lakhimpur and Sonpitpur (2 each), and one each in The Kamrup Metropolitan district, which pri- (AMU) authorities also COVID-like symptoms in the medical college hospital. itivity rate reported across J&k stood at 8.7 per- Baksa, Biswanath, Chirang, Hojai, Kokrajhar, marily comprises the Guwahati city, has so far report- launched a vaccination audit recent weeks. It will also plan additional cent. Government Medical College hospital in Morigaon, Nalbari and Udalguri districts, the total ed a total of 94,228 cases of Covid-19 . During the and urged all employees to pro- The Vice-Chancellor said resources and equipment for the Jammu reported highest number of 17 deaths number of deaths rose to 2,507 persons. day, the state reported fewer recoveries than the num- vide their vaccination status two vaccination centres are cur- paediatric wards keeping in while seven patients succumbed to the virus in NHM said 1,347 more Covid-19 patients have ber of new infections at 3,071 discharges, NHM said and that of their family mem- rently operational at the campus mind the possible threat to GMC, Rajouri, two each in Doda, Katra and died till now, but the government's Death Audit Board in its daily bulletin. bers for “future health planning and appealed to the AMU com- children. Udhampur. has not included them in the tally of fatalities caused In Assam, 2,97,902 COVID-19 patients have so and streamlining the vaccina- munity to shed doubts regard- Earlier, at the request of the According to the media bulletin, out of 4169 by the Covid-19 virus as they had other ailments too. far recovered and were discharged from different hos- tion drive”. ing the efficacy of the vaccines Vice-Chancellor, ICMR had new positive cases of novel Corona virus With detection of 6,573 patients against testing of pitals and CCCs. The NHM further said a total of “Vaccine hesitancy has in preventing any further loss of conducted genome sequencing (Covid-19) 1518 were reported from Jammu 1,02,684 samples on Thursday, Assam has reported 36,19,400 doses of vaccines have been administered. played a significant role in the life. of coronavirus samples around division and 2651 from Kashmir division. a positivity rate of 6.40 per cent for the day, the NHM This includes 28,59,130 first doses and 7,60,270 sec- incidence of large number of “All studies indicate that the campus but found that no Significantly, 4042 more Covid-19 patients were daily bulletin said. ond doses. cases of COVID-19 among uni- vaccines provide protection new strain was responsible for recovered and discharged from various hospi- The State had reported 6,143 coronavirus posi- It said that a total of 50,488 persons were vacci- versity employees and their against serious disease, hospi- the large number of deaths in tals including 1533 from Jammu Division and tive cases on Wednesday against testing of 1,02,040 nated on Thursday, up from 38,235 shots on families, and consequent mor- talizations and deaths,” he said. the area. 2509 from Kashmir Division. samples. 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      !691 tory of Kerala, the swearing in Communists claim the riots of ceremony of Vijayan was pre- 1946 a part of the Indian free-      ##8 inarayi Vijayan was sworn ceded by a musical show por- dom struggle. Pin as the 13th Chief traying the growth of the In a significant develop- ammu & Kashmir Lt-Governor Manoj Sinha on Minister of Kerala in a color- CPI(M) in the State starting ment, Yechury, while speaking JThursday dismissed tainted police officer, Davinder ful and unique function held at from the 1957 E M S to reporters at Singh, who was earlier suspended and subsequently Thiruvananthapuram’s Central Namboodirippadu-led United Thiruvananthapuram, set to charge sheeted by the NIA in a terror case, from ser- Stadium on Thursday. The Front Government to the rest all controversies associat- vice with immediate effect. oath of office and secrecy was impressive victory gained by ed with the non-exclusion of K Singh was arrested last year on January 11 after he administered by Arif the party in the 2021 election K Shylaja, the health minister was found travelling in a car along with two terrorists Mohammed Khan, Governor that returned the ruling front in the outgoing government in -- Naveed Babu and Altaf on Srinagar-Jammu National of Kerala to the Chief Minister to power, the first such win in the new council of ministers. Highway. At the time of the arrest he was posted at designate and 21 members of the last fiur decades. The CPI(M) general secretary Srinagar International Airport. his Cabinet as per strict Vijayan came to the venue said that the decision to bring Initially two AK-47 rifles were seized from the car Covid-19 guidelines and pro- of the ceremony accompanied in new faces in the government intercepted by police at Mir Bazaar in South Kashmir tocol. by wife Kamala, grandson (son in Kerala was taken in the long district of Kulgam. Later, police had also recovered two The swearing in ceremony of Veena through her first term interest of the party and pistols and another AK 47 rifle from the residence of was attended among others by marriage), Veena and new son- for the State. Singh. the family members of the in-law Mohammed Riyaz. When he was asked about During the probe, Singh also came on the radar designated ministers, senior Riyaz was also sworn in as a the reason behind the exclusion of the investigating agencies for having links with offi- bureaucrats and leaders of the minister in the cabinet, making of Shylaja, he said the question cials of the Pakistan High Commission through constituent parties in the Left the Kerala cabinet a unique one of who will contest the election secure social media platforms. Democratic Front. Sitaram which has the father-in-las as and who of the elected MLAs According to the order issued by the Commissioner Yechury, the CPI(M) general chief minister and son-in-law become ministers are matters Secretary to the Government, General Administration secretary had flown into holding important portfolios within the domain of the Department, “ the Lieutenant Governor is satisfied Thiruvananthapuram to attend (PWD and Tourism). respective State committees in under sub-clause (c) of the proviso to clause (2) of the oath taking ceremony. Earlier in the day Vijayan every State. He pointed out that Article 311 of the Constitution of India that in the inter- Vijayan was the first min- and the minister designates 26 CPI(M) MLAs of the previ- est of the security of the State, it is not expedient to ister to be sworn in and Veena offered floral tributes at ous House were denied tickets hold an enquiry in the case of Davinder Singh, Deputy George the last person to be Punnapra-Vayalar Memorial for the 2021 assembly election. Superintendent of Police (Under Suspension) S/o administered the oath of office. in Alappuzhaa , the resting “These MLAs included many Deedar Singh R/o Overigund Tral, Pulwama. Nobody from the principal place of many party workers senior ministers. I Accordingly, the Lieutenant Governor hereby dismisses opposition party Congress and who were killed in police firing think that decision was in the him from service, with immediate effect. the BJP were present during the in the riots staged by the unit- long term interest of not only Soon after his arrest Singh was stripped off his gal- ceremony. ed Communist Party of India the CPI(M) but for Kerala lantry award by the Jammu & Kashmir For the first time in the his- in October 1946. The itself,” he said. administration. &     /     %
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ndia is profligate. Its eco- wants to create an illusion of 80,000 revenues every minute. inflation comprising 39 per cent Another concern is the rising 20-year-low as it falls 12 per cent. nomic policies are away boosting economy through But it has ruined the real estate weight has come down. Food prices of edible oils of all sorts. Export figures do not show an Ifrom realism dependent on doses of impractical expendi- as work from home has hit inflation “slumps” as vegetable Latest to be added after mustard, encouraging trend. only one aspect of development tures. History abounds with demand for workspaces of prices came down to two per groundnut and soya oil is the The pandemic has led to a - build, build and build more - many misadventures, including about 38 million square feet. cent from 4.9 per cent in March, palm oil used by bakery and suspension of several business- the real estate that has virtual- the Alai Minar in Delhi, which These companies are siphoning 2020. Vegetable prices fall by other processing units. es of Tatas and other IT compa- ly bust with little activity any- could never be completed. off funds from India leading to 14.2 per cent in April, cereals and The rising fuel prices are nies. Wipro, TCS and Infosys where else at a time when the 5 "#" The real estate across the another revenue crisis. products contracted by three per also reducing consumption lead- have deferred pay hikes. Reliance fiscal 2020-21 touched 14.1 country is in deep crisis. The Amid such scenario the lat- cent, biggest ever since January, ing to distress for petrol pump and OYO have cut wages. lakh crore deficit, 76 per cent of companies have invested billions est GDP figures are a misnomer: 2012. Crash in vegetables pos- owners as their overall income The nation’s response to revised estimates of 18.5 lakh in acquiring land but projects Industrial output rose 22 per sibly reflect fall in purchasing slumps. But it is to increase com- correction is not being seen. The crore, 31 per cent more than last could not even take off through cent in March, on the back of a power and supply disruption modity prices, fare and freight Congress-ruled Chattisgarh is year’s corresponding level of slowdown in 2019-20 and con- incurred a loss of over 1 lakh 19 per cent decline a year ago. due to lockdown curbs. The continuously. A lopsided argu- the only state to stop construc- 10.4 lakh crore. It is a grim sit- sequent lockdowns, job and crore since the pandemic broke In reality, factory output shrunk cereal and veggie price crash will ment that for revenue generation tion of new governor’s house, uation. The government is on wage losses and stoppages of out, according to a KPMG almost 10 per cent in 2020-21 have adverse impact on farm tax rises on fuel are must. assembly, chief minister’s house, Charvak philosophy of borrow- work. It is hit by falling proper- report. The credit shortage because of the lockdown, the incomes and possibly further The governments forget residences of ministers and ings without a thought how, ty prices except in Ayodhya, brought down the residential biggest shock to manufacturing consideration for more cash that they are the largest owners senior officers, new circuit who or when repayments where land prices are shooting sales from four lakh units in activity since 1982-83, according doles. of vehicles in the country and house. It saves over 500 crore. would be made. It will impact up as 40 more acres of land is 2019-20 to 2.8 lakh units in to Index of Industrial It is a reflection of the agri- each rise drains large sums The centre also needs to many future budgets - genera- being acquired to make an aus- 2020-21 across the top seven Production (IIP). The March culture policy that is not serving from its coffers though it consider such wasteful expens- tions - and the expectation of a picious figure of 108 acre. The cities of India. spike needs to be seen in the the growers. How the three adversely affects the economy. Is es on various unnecessary con- recovery merely through GDP prices have been jacked up by The work from home has context of an 18.7 per cent con- new farm bills would impact that a wise decision? Let the structions and pride in heritage projections is fraught with risks speculative projects around a given a boost to Google, traction in March, 2020. In the farm health should be a matter political leaders have a rethink. buildings like Parliament House. because most projections are (The writer is a senior supposed new tourist city. Amazon, Facebook, Apple and following months IIP numbers of concern. But retail inflation is Another “achievement” is These may be symbolic but unreal. The government journalist. 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After touching the 50,000-mark in open- down in bond buying ‘at some point’, a shift in Among the states, the high- ing trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex was dragged policy in the future, which will have an impli- est increase in CPI-AL and lower by selling in banking and energy coun- cation on emerging markets,” said Vinod Nair, CPI-RL was experienced by ters. It finally finished at 49,564.86, down 337.78 Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services. West Bengal with 17 points and   45 4%1 Research (ICAR). ts with suit- points or 0.68 per cent. Binod Modi, Head - Strategy at Reliance 18 points, respectively. It was able technological options can On similar lines, the broader NSE Nifty gave Securities, said the visible decline in daily mainly due to a rise in the head of sowing of kharif show sustainable pathways up the 15,000-level to close 124.10 points or 0.83 COVID-19 cases in India has offered comfort   45 4%1 in a statement. prices of rice, mustard oil, fire- A(summer) crops, the gov- under such circumstances, it per cent lower at 14,906.05.ONGC was the top to investors. Food inflation based on wood, kerosene oil, vegetables ernment’s premier agri- said. loser among the Sensex constituents, tumbling “However, minutes of FOMC meeting indi- etail inflation for farm CPI-AL and CPI-RL stood at and fruits. research body ICAR has come Stating that the 2021 kharif 2.70 per cent, followed by Sun Pharma, cates diversions among members’ view about Rworkers and rural labour- 1.24 per cent and 1.54 per cent On the contrary, the high- out with an advisory to help season is approaching in midst PowerGrid, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Bharti higher inflation and accommodative stance and ers in April eased marginally to in April 2021, respectively, it est decrease in the CPI-AL was farmers overcome the impact of second wave of Covid pan- Airtel, Kotak Bank and Nestle India. ECB’s warning toward potential bubble in 2.66 per cent and 2.94 per cent, added. experienced by Andhra of the second wave of the pan- demic, the ICAR advisory said, On the other hand, M&M, IndusInd Bank, financial assets do not bode well for global equi- respectively, mainly due to The change in the index Pradesh. In the CPI-RL, demic on farm production and “Therefore, disruption in nor- Titan, L&T, Bajaj Finserv and Infosys were among ties, including India. lower prices of certain food varied from state to state. Andhra Pradesh and Tripura (- their income. mal operations/ logistics usu- items. In the case of agricultural 4 points each) saw the most “During 2021-22, second ally undertaken during the “Point-to-point rate of labourers, it recorded an decrease. It was mainly due to wave of COVID-19 pandemic pre-kharif period is likely.” B#     <=,,,    3 inflation based on the CPI-AL increase in the range of 1-17 fall in the prices of rice, onion, is again posing a serious prob- To cope with shortages in (Consumer Price Index for points in 16 states and a tamarind, saree cotton mill, lem to the nation, halting eco- labour and timely availability of New Delhi: RMSI, a leading cyclone event that has impact- Nearly, 25-40% losses are Agricultural Labourers) and decrease of 1-4 points in four vegetables and fruits, it said. nomic activities in one way or inputs at affordable prices, global catastrophe risk man- ed all the western coastal expected from the agriculture CPI-RL (Consumer Price states. Tamil Nadu, with 1,249 The All-India CPI-AL and the other. The resultant actions farmers need to enhance the agement consultancy offer- states and UT of India. sector from all the above Index for Rural Labourers) points, topped the index; CPI-RL for April 2021 rose 6 may impact agricultural pro- use of on-farm inputs especially ing solutions for risks associ- Though the cyclone effect on impacted states. Around 15- decreased to 2.66 per cent and whereas Himachal Pradesh, points each to stand at 1,041 duction and consequently organic manures, adopt best ated with natural and man- Kerala, Karnataka, 20% from transportation sec- 2.94 per cent in April 2021, with 813 points, stood at the and 1,049 points, respectively. national food and nutrition practices for increasing made hazards, analysed Maharashtra and Goa was tor, primarily ports, and a sim- from 2.78 percent and 2.96 per bottom. The two indices were at 1,035 security,” said the 400 page resource use efficiency and potential loss due to wind and not severe, Gujarat and Diu ilar loss share from the utili- cent, respectively, in March, In the case of rural labour- points (CPI-AL) and 1,043 advisory prepared by the reduce cost of cultivation, it flood impact following are badly impacted.” ty sector, primarily power and 2021,” the labour ministry said ers, it recorded a rise in the (CPI-RL) in March 2021. Indian Council of Agricultural said. Cyclone Tauktae at 15,000 The initial potential loss telecom. cr. The cyclone made landfall from Cyclone Tauktae is esti- These estimates are based on the Gujarat coast between mated to be  15,000 crore. on RMSI’s cyclone model '!
A; Porbandar and Mahuvan, near Out of this, at least half of the which is a scientific estimation the Union Territory of Diu on losses are expected from of the physical phenomena. As New Delhi:The Income Tax from June 1 to June 6,” said a cir- taxpayers from the portal. others. Due to unavailability of has directed that any hearing or May 17 night. Gujarat and Daman & Diu. with any model of physical Department will launch a new cular by the Income tax Likewise, taxpayers also use the system for six days, officers compliance is to be fixed only Pushpendra Johari, Senior The remaining losses are systems, the actual losses from income tax filing portal on June Department. As per the circular, extensive use of the portal for fil- have also been advised to not fix from June 10 such that taxpay- Vice President – expected from Kerala, catastrophic events may differ 7. Therefore, the existing portal officers including AOs, CIT(A) ing their ITR, checking refund anything for compliance during ers are given ample time to Sustainability, RMSI, said, Maharashtra, Goa and from the results of simulated will remain suspended for 6 days etc access the information for and raising grievance among these 6 days. The Department respond via the new system. “Cyclone Tauktae is a unique Karnataka. analyses.   BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 15042.60 15069.80 14884.90 14906.05 -124.10 Script Open High Low LTP GLENMARK 619.40 621.05 604.50 607.10 NTPC 111.90 112.70 110.95 111.75 EXIDEIND 188.15 188.70 184.75 186.80 ASHOKA 87.75 88.80 86.00 86.35 CIPLA 906.00 927.90 905.00 925.50 21.55 IEX 369.00 369.00 356.00 360.90 HINDZINC 351.00 351.00 336.05 344.45 SHREECEM 27600.00 27855.15 27420.5527522.60 VENKYS 2400.00 2400.00 2244.55 2262.40 AJANTPHARM 1963.00 1975.65 1932.35 1942.15 M&M 784.05 809.55 782.00 803.00 18.20 TATASTEEL 1139.90 1139.90 1098.95 1104.85 MARUTI 6819.00 6819.00 6729.95 6737.55 TRENT 833.00 833.70 795.50 811.95 NLCINDIA 62.85 62.85 61.25 61.40 SJVN 27.00 27.00 26.40 26.50 TATAMOTORS 314.90 316.50 306.10 307.75 WIPRO 515.15 517.15 503.80 508.40 FINOLEXIND 154.95 160.55 154.10 159.05 RVNL 29.65 30.35 29.40 29.80 STARCEMENT 108.30 108.40 104.90 106.75 BPCL 448.00 457.85 441.50 455.80 9.35 CIPLA 906.00 928.00 905.00 924.60 HINDUNILVR 2362.00 2362.00 2338.40 2344.10 DEEPAKFERT 300.55 309.00 290.30 295.25 NOCIL 214.45 214.90 209.65 212.70 NESCO 526.50 530.00 522.00 523.65 INDUSINDBK 963.00 987.90 963.00 976.50 9.50 PNB 36.65 37.90 35.95 37.45 CONCOR 602.00 612.30 589.05 591.90 WABAG 268.90 281.65 265.50 277.65 ALKEM 2990.00 3014.95 2961.65 2991.35 GREAVESCOT 136.05 136.95 132.15 132.50 TITAN 1523.00 1566.25 1522.50 1535.50 14.35 BHEL 74.50 77.70 72.00 72.50 APOLLOTYRE 217.80 218.25 213.45 214.00 TVTODAY 289.25 334.50 288.20 320.30 LAXMIMACH 6839.00 6973.65 6547.55 6874.55 ZENSARTECH 280.05 286.40 278.85 279.60 SBIN 387.00 387.80 382.00 386.80 2.40 RBLBANK 201.60 207.80 200.35 203.95 GRSE 181.80 188.35 181.80 185.95 PERSISTENT 2406.00 2421.35 2319.45 2330.35 HIMATSEIDE 174.80 176.00 167.75 169.20 LT 1410.80 1426.95 1401.65 1409.35 5.90 JINDALSTEL 414.90 418.05 390.00 401.25 ASTRAL 1814.95 1824.80 1764.00 1772.40 ORIENTELEC 290.00 299.40 286.15 291.80 IFCI 11.35 11.35 11.10 11.13 INFY 1348.40 1349.10 1335.00 1341.95 4.95 SBIN 387.80 388.00 382.00 384.55 TORNTPHARM 2780.00 2789.95 2702.85 2725.70 MOTILALOFS 746.00 769.20 745.00 748.35 EPL 248.00 255.00 243.50 248.05 BAJAJFINSV 11260.00 11299.95 11130.70 11250.05 34.90 IBULHSGFIN 198.00 214.60 192.50 209.30 AFFLE 5111.00 5162.35 5085.00 5099.35 MPHASIS 1759.00 1796.35 1758.50 1763.75 PRESTIGE 270.05 272.00 267.00 267.65 HDFCLIFE 669.00 679.00 665.70 667.85 1.70 RELIANCE 1996.35 2010.80 1981.10 1985.30 SRF 6450.00 6506.05 6381.60 6434.15 LTTS 2650.90 2664.95 2600.00 2611.85 PHOENIXLTD 720.40 733.50 714.50 719.00 DRREDDY 5255.00 5286.00 5225.00 5246.00 8.20 SAIL 126.35 126.35 121.00 121.50 UNIONBANK 36.70 37.30 36.45 36.85 WHIRLPOOL 2094.00 2131.00 2090.50 2099.05 FORCEMOT 1270.00 1270.00 1233.05 1235.55 ULTRACEMCO 6600.00 6632.45 6520.70 6572.00 10.80 BOSCHLTD 14837.95 16250.00 14560.0515838.15 TATAMTRDVR 149.05 150.25 144.20 145.15 SYNGENE 589.90 589.90 574.00 575.35 FCONSUMER 6.70 6.74 6.64 6.67 SHREECEM 27700.00 27800.00 27370.05 27569.95 37.25 JSWSTEEL 702.70 703.40 683.45 694.30 SUDARSCHEM 665.50 695.40 660.95 686.20 IDFC 53.65 54.05 52.80 53.45 IFBIND 1014.00 1014.30 986.70 989.80 DIVISLAB 4049.65 4059.00 3964.35 4041.80 2.15 JUSTDIAL 732.35 842.00 730.90 797.65 INDHOTEL 129.00 129.00 125.20 128.35 MRPL 51.85 52.30 50.00 50.15 SUNDRMFAST 763.95 763.95 730.65 739.15 NTPC 112.00 112.75 110.90 111.70 -0.25 HINDALCO 391.25 394.00 379.60 385.15 PFC 116.70 117.85 115.05 116.95 JINDALSAW 87.95 88.00 85.55 85.90 BRIGADE 260.00 268.75 254.20 264.05 ITC 208.45 209.30 206.80 207.10 -0.65 BHARTIARTL 528.35 530.75 520.10 520.70 GRANULES 331.50 331.50 322.55 323.55 BSOFT 270.25 273.35 266.95 269.85 PARAGMILK 145.90 145.90 140.55 141.00 BAJAJ-AUTO 4095.95 4129.00 4062.10 4080.00 -15.95 MAHINDCIE 183.20 191.30 182.50 189.55 TATAELXSI 3699.80 3699.80 3601.85 3621.75 PTC 96.50 96.50 92.25 92.65 TIMKEN 1283.00 1284.70 1255.75 1274.45 HINDUNILVR 2360.00 2362.00 2340.00 2349.00 -10.75 ADANIPOWER 103.00 104.00 99.00 100.05 JSLHISAR 185.00 186.30 180.70 182.65 INFIBEAM 41.10 42.00 39.85 40.20 SYMPHONY 1079.10 1082.60 1060.35 1067.75 HDFC 2467.00 2488.00 2440.10 2448.40 -11.45 KOTAKBANK 1730.00 1735.95 1705.35 1708.55 GUJGAS 526.00 526.00 510.00 511.85 OFSS 3542.20 3636.00 3525.00 3621.15 ERIS 720.00 723.00 711.00 715.95 TECHM 984.80 984.80 965.20 972.90 -4.75 ADANIPORTS 783.50 783.50 761.50 765.60 SWSOLAR 251.30 253.55 240.05 242.75 JUBLPHARMA 820.00 854.00 820.00 847.70 WABCOINDIA 6920.35 6956.20 6806.80 6832.30 MARUTI 6780.80 6814.70 6729.50 6739.00 -36.90 IOC 109.90 109.90 104.50 104.70 APLLTD 969.50 974.95 950.45 957.45 SUNTECK 263.50 265.00 256.00 260.60 GHCL 260.45 263.50 255.35 256.85 BAJFINANCE 5628.00 5658.00 5545.00 5595.00 -36.20 INDUSINDBK 967.00 987.50 961.70 975.50 ENGINERSIN 83.00 83.55 80.40 80.95 DCMSHRIRAM 676.00 691.25 676.00 681.55 VRLLOG 246.00 254.75 240.95 246.55 TITAN 1522.00 1566.00 1522.00 1531.35 L&TFH 90.50 91.80 88.85 90.20 CROMPTON 389.00 391.30 380.10 383.50 GESHIP 400.25 405.80 397.50 399.55 JBCHEPHARM 1390.00 1390.00 1371.25 1375.25 HCLTECH 932.00 934.80 922.05 925.45 -5.95 BAJFINANCE 5629.75 5656.50 5545.20 5590.00 BIRLACORPN 1339.90 1387.90 1242.00 1255.45 RALLIS 319.30 323.85 313.95 315.30 RECLTD 142.00 142.30 139.60 140.90 PNBHOUSING 398.50 398.50 389.55 392.25 TCS 3067.10 3088.80 3052.10 3060.65 -21.35 HCLTECH 930.00 934.45 922.05 924.60 PETRONET 243.40 243.40 234.00 236.15 TRIDENT 16.80 17.12 16.65 16.82 3MINDIA 25957.00 26177.90 25021.0025523.30 PGHL 5866.60 5875.15 5813.75 5834.60 NESTLEIND 17460.00 17499.65 17222.00 17325.00 -124.35 ADANIENT 1305.00 1320.00 1284.00 1301.80 KRBL 226.20 244.25 226.20 242.05 DBL 547.30 556.20 540.00 545.70 JSL 95.25 96.35 92.25 94.60 HEIDELBERG 245.45 249.35 243.50 248.00 WIPRO 516.00 517.00 503.60 507.95 -3.70 UPL 788.00 797.10 763.00 766.90 SUNTV 533.00 540.00 522.10 524.00 MMTC 53.90 55.35 52.35 53.75 UCOBANK 12.65 12.77 12.46 12.53 HUDCO 46.55 46.75 45.70 45.90 RELIANCE 1997.90 2010.90 1981.00 1982.00 -15.05 VEDL 278.35 280.70 270.05 275.95 EICHERMOT 2565.00 2578.85 2521.60 2530.00 JKLAKSHMI 451.65 470.40 446.75 467.10 CGCL 466.50 467.50 458.00 460.00 SPANDANA 574.95 575.00 556.65 568.00 SBILIFE 981.45 984.45 965.80 969.60 -8.45 ICICIBANK 627.00 632.90 616.65 618.55 CUMMINSIND 836.50 866.45 831.00 848.10 CEATLTD 1313.00 1323.00 1290.50 1297.75 MAHABANK 25.35 25.35 24.75 24.85 BDL 348.85 352.00 345.15 350.00 ASIANPAINT 2814.00 2845.00 2778.50 2791.05 -24.80 TATACOFFEE 180.95 185.80 179.05 183.15 GSFC 124.70 124.70 120.70 121.40 POLYCAB 1670.00 1670.00 1605.85 1614.90 MARICO 479.50 479.50 468.15 468.90 KANSAINER 567.70 567.70 555.50 558.85 ICICIBANK 628.05 632.90 616.65 619.40 -6.05 M&MFIN 153.25 161.00 152.60 160.10 VOLTAS 1022.20 1028.55 1001.45 1008.65 SIEMENS 2007.20 2048.40 1995.00 2000.35 POWERINDIA 1710.05 1727.05 1698.15 1704.70 GLAXO 1499.25 1500.40 1450.00 1460.65 GRASIM 1389.00 1389.00 1365.10 1376.00 -13.70 CADILAHC 619.00 626.00 610.45 614.95 MANAPPURAM 159.50 162.90 158.40 159.75 NATCOPHARM 930.65 937.30 919.00 932.90 ADVENZYMES 484.35 494.00 476.30 485.75 MINDACORP 111.55 113.85 110.75 112.70 ADANIPORTS 776.50 779.50 761.05 764.50 -7.90 IBREALEST 84.50 92.85 83.70 91.85 ICICIGI 1505.75 1547.65 1503.70 1527.40 KALPATPOWR 390.00 408.10 387.45 400.30 AEGISLOG 335.95 337.55 325.25 327.60 SCHNEIDER 107.15 107.90 103.25 103.95 KOTAKBANK 1732.00 1737.00 1705.10 1712.00 -18.55 SBICARD 1011.65 1046.90 1011.50 1034.75 BANKINDIA 78.50 78.50 75.55 77.45 TORNTPOWER 432.10 437.00 423.00 430.80 PNCINFRA 245.00 249.85 241.70 245.80 JCHAC 2247.20 2247.20 2202.00 2210.75 JSWSTEEL 698.00 703.40 683.20 698.10 -7.75 NMDC 181.50 183.65 176.85 178.95 TATAMETALI 1089.65 1098.35 1063.55 1077.90 IGL 519.90 519.90 501.10 502.45 ABB 1470.00 1470.00 1417.40 1425.35 OIL 134.10 135.00 131.45 133.00 EICHERMOT 2565.00 2582.00 2521.20 2535.00 -29.70 M&M 785.00 809.95 781.90 803.15 LTI 3765.00 3786.45 3656.35 3673.65 GMRINFRA 26.65 26.90 25.90 26.10 TIMETECHNO 82.45 84.50 81.30 81.65 SKFINDIA 2380.00 2415.00 2371.00 2378.15 BHARTIARTL 531.00 531.00 520.00 521.20 -7.00 ADANIGREEN 1268.55 1289.00 1239.70 1268.95 DLF 265.00 269.00 261.50 267.40 SHANKARA 387.55 428.45 382.65 414.75 TCNSBRANDS 535.50 584.10 532.75 578.90 NBVENTURES* 92.00 93.25 90.20 90.40 UPL 786.40 797.40 763.00 771.00 -11.15 LT 1402.55 1426.20 1402.00 1409.65 BHARATFORG 693.10 693.10 654.25 656.20 GODFRYPHLP 913.70 919.95 892.35 893.55 MINDAIND 580.90 590.75 556.75 563.75 GALAXYSURF 3173.00 3173.00 3081.10 3110.75 TATACONSUM 656.00 656.00 640.10 643.70 -9.50 AXISBANK 709.50 714.55 704.50 705.90 AMBUJACEM 321.90 321.95 314.50 320.05 SUZLON 5.61 5.62 5.51 5.53 HAL 1001.40 1032.00 1001.40 1012.60 BAJAJELEC 1184.60 1184.60 1120.05 1143.45 AXISBANK 708.60 714.40 704.55 706.00 -10.80 INDIAMART 7399.00 7596.80 7220.15 7531.30 TECHM 984.00 984.00 965.20 972.95 GODREJAGRO 554.95 554.95 540.00 540.75 MGL 1122.45 1125.20 1108.65 1116.55 VARROC 391.85 404.00 386.85 393.40 HDFCBANK 1458.35 1465.90 1428.50 1435.30 -22.90 HDFC 2463.00 2488.20 2440.05 2445.05 JUBLFOOD 3015.85 3060.00 2968.40 2981.15 CUB 171.00 174.50 169.85 171.60 WELSPUNIND 96.75 97.50 95.40 96.00 ASTRAZEN 3793.20 3807.25 3757.75 3771.85 HEROMOTOCO 2911.35 2916.80 2861.75 2867.90 -47.10 TV18BRDCST 40.75 44.40 39.10 39.60 HSCL 49.10 51.20 48.85 49.85 MCX 1620.00 1642.70 1617.15 1622.55 EQUITAS 88.95 89.70 87.30 88.25 FDC 340.75 344.50 337.95 338.95 POWERGRID 234.00 234.95 228.40 229.45 -4.30 NATIONALUM 72.50 73.70 70.45 71.60 BALKRISIND 2145.60 2187.70 2142.00 2177.15 VINATIORGA 1832.40 1870.00 1794.85 1801.90 SONATSOFTW 587.05 608.50 587.05 598.60 IIFL 260.00 269.00 260.00 262.30 IDEA 8.50 8.50 8.35 8.40 SCI 109.50 116.65 109.50 114.65 INDIGO 1689.35 1693.75 1657.00 1669.50 HERITGFOOD 354.90 354.90 332.55 333.70 CHOLAHLDNG 576.00 595.00 571.80 587.15 TATAMOTORS 316.00 316.60 306.10 308.00 -6.45 BPCL 446.35 457.80 441.50 454.85 ULTRACEMCO 6629.00 6630.00 6522.00 6570.75 VIPIND 360.60 372.65 346.50 349.40 STLTECH 240.50 240.50 235.15 239.15 BLUESTARCO 816.85 816.85 799.80 803.15 SUNPHARMA 700.00 701.65 685.00 688.30 -15.10 WOCKPHARMA 680.00 715.00 678.35 690.00 GODREJIND 569.95 571.75 547.00 559.45 AVANTI 544.10 565.00 534.30 538.10 CESC 697.50 698.55 680.65 685.00 KTKBANK 68.25 68.25 66.75 67.25 IOC 109.70 109.70 104.50 104.75 -2.45 DEEPAKNI 1798.70 1809.45 1753.70 1773.60 SOUTHBANK 10.99 11.47 10.78 11.34 SUPREMEIND 2267.00 2267.00 2196.05 2219.50 PRSMJOHNSN 143.00 143.45 138.60 140.05 LINDEINDIA 1705.00 1705.00 1683.00 1685.45 ONGC 113.45 114.70 111.20 111.60 -3.30 INDIACEM 178.50 200.00 177.55 196.65 GRASIM 1385.55 1388.85 1365.05 1375.90 DCAL 193.70 193.70 183.35 184.80 COCHINSHIP 376.00 392.00 376.00 386.30 AIAENG 1975.00 1975.00 1942.00 1964.65 BRITANNIA 3500.00 3517.70 3415.00 3428.90 -105.50 PIIND 2610.00 2641.00 2569.00 2588.70 IPCALAB 2170.05 2257.95 2170.05 2209.40 GMDCLTD 76.00 76.20 73.30 73.45 CENTRALBK 18.70 18.90 18.00 18.15 MHRIL 219.05 221.70 215.50 217.10 COALINDIA 152.40 152.40 146.05 146.65 -5.20 MOTHERSUMI 242.00 244.40 232.85 237.80 AMARAJABAT 797.80 804.30 788.35 790.70 NAVNETEDUL 73.60 82.90 72.55 78.20 FLUOROCHEM 812.00 863.00 812.00 840.35 TASTYBIT 15702.40 15783.15 15200.0015325.30 HINDALCO 390.00 393.20 379.45 386.20 -17.10 HDFCLIFE 669.00 678.90 666.15 667.60 RADICO 560.60 607.10 559.40 598.95 INDUSTOWER 245.50 246.65 241.80 243.65 SHRIRAMCIT 1726.20 1789.60 1680.15 1728.40 HAWKINCOOK 5607.10 5645.00 5600.00 5600.85 TATASTEEL 1131.10 1135.50 1098.05 1104.90 -59.35 AARTIIND 1681.00 1738.05 1678.05 1701.00 DIVISLAB 4045.05 4058.55 3964.15 4042.40 NCC 82.40 84.75 81.00 83.30 UJJIVAN 210.00 218.75 210.00 213.50 GPPL 103.55 104.65 100.80 101.75 AUROPHARMA 1020.00 1031.15 1010.85 1025.60 PEL 1688.00 1710.00 1671.35 1681.45 CARBORUNIV 599.50 609.45 589.35 592.85 EIHOTEL 99.50 99.85 97.00 97.20     GRAPHITE 732.00 763.80 715.80 747.70 NBCC 50.35 50.80 49.20 49.35 GRINDWELL 1254.95 1254.95 1168.05 1201.05 BBTC 1213.85 1213.85 1187.20 1191.00 TATACONSUM 659.00 659.00 640.15 644.55 PVR 1201.70 1210.15 1188.00 1204.40 JKCEMENT 2830.00 2925.25 2830.00 2902.65 ARVINDFASN 143.95 144.25 139.25 139.95 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE CHOLAFIN 544.00 573.50 543.95 569.80 JAICORPLTD 95.70 104.25 93.75 103.20 ORIENTREF 329.70 329.80 311.15 313.80 MASFIN 872.00 890.00 850.00 858.20 NIFTY NEXT 50 37047.35 37129.25 36762.20 36946.60 -20.70 ASIANPAINT 2818.60 2845.00 2777.45 2795.20 GODREJCP 823.10 828.00 812.05 815.25 ASTERDM 155.00 155.00 147.70 148.60 WESTLIFE 466.00 477.00 463.40 473.05 BOSCHLTD 14770.00 16250.00 14550.20 15845.00 1064.45 HDFCBANK 1458.70 1465.85 1428.65 1432.85 JKPAPER 157.00 166.45 147.25 155.30 JTEKTINDIA 84.65 91.50 84.65 90.90 DBCORP 92.60 92.60 90.35 90.65 ADANITRANS 1338.00 1389.50 1326.05 1389.50 66.15 DRREDDY 5264.00 5286.10 5225.10 5236.30 KAJARIACER 927.00 927.00 898.10 910.45 IRB 111.05 111.95 108.50 108.80 MAHSEAMLES 294.30 297.40 286.60 291.40 PNB 36.50 37.90 35.95 37.90 1.70 ENDURANCE 1399.95 1430.30 1374.30 1399.75 FINEORG 3422.95 3548.70 3351.85 3507.90 SUMICHEM 318.00 320.95 312.00 314.05 INOXLEISUR 295.70 296.55 288.45 291.50 ADANIGREEN 1274.00 1284.75 1240.10 1270.00 26.35 RCF 85.60 87.75 84.20 84.50 GNFC 402.00 403.30 382.30 384.35 UJJIVANSFB 29.85 30.40 29.40 29.90 JMFINANCIL 81.10 81.10 79.40 79.80 MRF 79800.00 82469.95 79246.35 81244.00 1560.80 ASHOKLEY 124.75 127.00 123.50 125.85 FORTIS 222.70 226.50 220.00 221.45 GUJALKALI 430.00 430.00 413.45 415.15 ITDC 368.50 377.10 366.05 366.95 ICICIGI 1508.95 1547.00 1494.90 1532.00 27.05 ADANITRANS 1330.10 1389.70 1325.00 1385.95 ESCORTS 1184.90 1184.90 1146.90 1161.65 CASTROLIND 129.40 129.40 126.90 127.60 VTL 1301.00 1317.00 1270.05 1276.85 BANDHANBNK 290.10 297.70 287.00 294.75 5.20 BAJAJFINSV 11230.00 11303.00 11137.1511225.45 HINDPETRO 274.00 274.95 265.15 266.45 MAHLOG 529.00 541.00 519.40 526.75 RITES 249.50 250.45 244.60 245.00 SBICARD 1019.00 1047.05 1011.15 1030.00 18.15 INFY 1345.00 1350.00 1335.40 1339.45 HATHWAY 23.45 24.95 23.25 24.20 CHENNPETRO 123.00 124.65 120.50 121.20 VMART 2700.00 2719.80 2673.05 2703.95 ACC 1940.00 1963.50 1921.00 1959.25 32.00 HFCL 42.10 45.40 41.70 44.40 LAOPALA 233.15 277.85 232.95 274.80 MOIL 176.00 176.80 170.50 171.75 SUPRAJIT 266.65 269.15 262.25 267.80 AUROPHARMA 1022.20 1031.00 1011.00 1028.00 10.90 BANKBARODA 77.60 77.60 75.90 76.50 FSL 137.80 141.95 134.85 140.80 METROPOLIS 2326.40 2350.00 2280.85 2296.10 ECLERX 1183.90 1218.60 1161.05 1201.50 COLPAL 1604.90 1632.00 1597.90 1621.00 15.10 ATGL 1340.00 1348.20 1310.00 1334.80 NIACL 166.00 170.30 163.40 165.75 HONAUT 42578.00 42578.95 41650.0042046.90 BLISSGVS 111.80 111.80 108.20 108.55 PIDILITIND 1928.00 1950.00 1921.50 1938.30 17.35 COALINDIA 152.15 152.45 146.05 146.70 PIDILITIND 1936.00 1949.95 1921.55 1935.20 TNPL 139.45 147.35 139.15 146.00 EMAMILTD 518.00 518.00 494.50 498.60 AMBUJACEM 319.45 322.00 314.35 320.40 2.75 ITC 209.90 209.90 206.85 207.00 POWERGRID 233.65 234.90 228.50 228.90 LEMONTREE 41.00 41.30 40.05 40.15 OMAXE 81.35 89.40 80.40 81.55 CADILAHC 617.00 626.00 610.50 620.05 5.10 APOLLOHOSP 3240.00 3271.00 3215.00 3221.90 MINDTREE 2108.70 2115.00 2077.00 2094.10 WELCORP 147.00 147.00 141.15 141.90 MAHLIFE 548.80 554.85 525.55 535.10 NAUKRI 4400.00 4459.05 4345.10 4433.00 33.30 TATACHEM 716.00 718.80 705.60 706.80 DELTACORP 164.00 164.05 157.25 158.95 CENTURYPLY 397.60 400.10 380.45 382.55 AAVAS 2299.40 2315.00 2276.55 2294.45 DLF 264.05 269.15 261.40 267.00 1.95 IRCTC 1855.05 1871.10 1823.00 1855.00 GODREJPROP 1284.00 1301.30 1253.55 1289.25 TATACOMM 1064.05 1084.85 1061.20 1082.10 SHOPERSTOP 215.00 215.00 207.30 208.15 ADANIENT 1301.30 1320.00 1283.95 1303.00 8.30 ISEC 557.50 583.00 557.50 577.60 JKTYRE 128.95 131.25 124.40 125.60 NAM-INDIA 354.80 356.60 348.45 349.85 LUXIND 2109.25 2109.25 2046.60 2055.60 ALKEM 2973.45 3015.00 2960.00 2992.00 18.55 ZEEL 195.00 195.00 189.25 191.60 RAMCOCEM 990.00 1002.00 969.20 997.70 EIDPARRY 428.00 431.00 419.00 423.00 AMBER 3008.00 3020.85 2971.45 2978.60 HAVELLS 1080.00 1088.00 1066.00 1078.00 3.90 SUNPHARMA 703.00 703.00 685.30 686.80 HEROMOTOCO 2945.00 2945.00 2861.15 2865.15 BAYERCROP 5364.80 5402.00 5346.25 5390.05 INDOCO 345.20 345.20 335.00 337.40 MCDOWELL-N 569.50 583.20 567.50 573.20 0.80 TCS 3074.00 3087.55 3053.00 3060.00 CENTURYTEX 489.00 511.90 485.80 496.05 CANFINHOME 521.90 527.20 514.25 516.70 TTKPRESTIG 7111.80 7227.00 7042.80 7196.60 UBL 1283.20 1297.85 1262.50 1285.00 1.80 HINDCOPPER 169.20 177.50 168.00 171.00 ICICIPRULI 549.20 557.30 539.80 541.65 APLAPOLLO 1289.00 1289.00 1259.70 1264.80 ESABINDIA 1800.20 1879.80 1800.00 1868.50 MUTHOOTFIN 1259.00 1298.00 1257.70 1265.85 1.40 RELAXO 1033.00 1079.00 984.70 1027.65 OBEROIRLTY 594.00 627.70 576.45 597.85 GICRE 196.00 202.60 194.70 195.90 CREDITACC 621.10 621.10 608.00 611.30 DMART 3055.00 3055.00 3001.00 3030.00 2.10 CSBBANK 324.95 345.90 301.00 306.45 BERGEPAINT 791.00 796.10 782.25 788.65 INDIANB 127.05 128.05 125.25 126.75 SHK 148.75 149.00 145.45 145.70 ABBOTINDIA 16001.00 16135.00 15967.00 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Simple strate- cine producers approved by cated that they would be cines from the US and their production will not suffice. It is not clear by when the gic placement of fans, open windows and doors, 9D&4B #$66B the World Health floating tenders soon. The possible manufacturing in the augmented production will come in actual production.” even slightly open windows can introduce outdoor Organization and United volumes likely to be sought country subsequently, the The Bench said, “The Centre may place on record air and improve the air quality inside,” it stated. These fake facial expressions are often con- States Food and Drug by them are not clear as yet. Ministry of External Affairs the steps taken to import the medicine to augment sup- Introduction of cross ventilation and exhaust vincing to human eye and can have serious impli- Administration. The EOI floated by the said on Thursday. plies within the country.” The Bench said there were fans will be beneficial in curtailing the spread of the cations. The IIT claimed that the tool has achieved The Maharashtra Tamil Nadu Medical Services disease, it said. over 90 per cent accuracy ever since being used as Government went for the Corporation said the official said. pilot project in recent times. This software platform global EOI after a lack of Government sought a deliv- As per the Health 4%4B 514 A8C8 is independent of video conferencing solutions and response to the ery schedule of 180 days pro- Ministry’s data, over 8.31 has been tested with Zoom and Skype applications. BrihanMumbai Municipal gressively from the date of crore people have registered B4B  14 The device has already been tested and would hit Corporation’s separate tender purchase order for 3.5 crore in the age group of 18-44 the market soon. for the supply of 1 crore (35 million) vaccines for Rs since April 28. Of them, only Symptoms of VVC include white, cottage cheese- The Deepfake detection tool, “FakeBuster”, Covid-19 vaccine doses. The 2,00,00,000 (20 million). The 10-12 per cent got the first like discharge, edema, redness, pain, and burning works in both online and offline modes. Since the BMC was forced to extend last date for submission of dose of vaccination so far. sensation, said the study published in the journal device can presently be attached with laptops and the bid submission deadline tenders is June 5 at 11 am. Many States have stopped Cureus. desktops only “we are aiming to make the network by a week. Rajashtan in its EOI said the inoculation to 18-44 age “Out-of-control blood glucose levels result in smaller and lighter to enable it to run on mobile The Uddhav Thackeray international manufacturers, group category due to short- various metabolic changes, like a rise in glycogen phones/devices as well”, informed Associate Government is exploring whose vaccine has been age of vaccine. levels. This can cause a remarkable increase in the Professor Subramanian. He said the team is work- options of procurement of approved by the Government The Ministry of Health colonizing and pathogenic abilities of Candida ing on using the device to detect fake audios also. vaccine doses from Pfizer, of India, can participate in and Family Welfare on two things at a premium here, that is, time and human species, as raised glycogen levels cause a fall in the Deeming a couple of platform unsafe, the Johnson & Johnson, Zydus, the bid process. Many States Thursday claimed the lives. “You need to import this to bridge the gap between pH of the vagina, making the environment more Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had advised Cadila among others. The also seem to be competing Government has provided your plan to enhance the capacity and completing man- susceptible to the establishment of a VVC com- Government officials not to use a particular video EoI rolled out, however, has amongst themselves to place more than 21 crore vaccine ufacture before we lose more precious lives. So act fast munity,” authors Dr Lubna Mohammed, Internal meet app for holding meetings. According to the added a clause that bars global bids in order to send doses (21,07,31,130) to States on this,” it said and asked the Central Government to Medicine at the California Institute of Behavioral Government, the app can be easily hacked and con- countries sharing land bor- a message to their populace and UTs. 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They also examined the issued detailed guidelines to prevent unauthorised any company or vaccine that “The EOI’s outcome and nearly two crore Covid- the increased capacity. pathogenesis of Candida species and why they affect entry in the conference room, to prevent an unau- comes from China. remains to be seen as most of 19 vaccine doses are still The court, which was told that Delhi had over 200 patients with DM. thorised participant to carry out malicious activi- While Tamil Nadu issued the affluent countries have available with states and cases of black fungus, also asked the Centre to inform They also noted that patients may have asymp- ty on the terminals of others and avoiding DOS an EoI for procurement of already booked the vaccines union territories while it about the present case load and expected load in two tomatic infection due to the immune system keep- attack by restricting users through passwords and five crore doses, Uttar much in advance. 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The benefits of rational thinking spill over to life itself. Did you know that the most pro- lific minds in human history like Thomas Edison, Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton, were endowed with rational thinking that honed their intelligence? Rational thinking makes chil- dren cognizant of the consequences of each action. This logical deduction makes one take the right path in life. The child grows up with a strong moral compass. Performance in school shoots up as the child is able '     to relate learning with knowledge, a lifelong asset. It prepares the student to look beyond the traditional prob- lem solving methods to hunt for the  right approach.

  It builds enduring bonds between onyLIV is all set to stream the ious shades associated to her students and teachers. Smuch-anticipated series, character and that has been a Rational thinking opens minds. Maharani, but just before the great honour to portray. To get Even as teachers look forward to con- show goes live; the makers have into the skin of the character, we necting with each student individu- dropped yet another fascinating tried on various looks that ally, they understand how the child’s and intriguing look doned by helped establish the phases in her mind works. These interactions go actor Huma Qureshi. After tak- life.” beyond academic progress and text ing the internet by storm with Illiterate yet wise enough to   book learning. The student has an the teaser, Huma’s Chief Minister separate the wheat from the adult looking out for them in the look is designed brilliantly. chaff, docile yet combative when school environment, senses sup- For the look, the actor has danger looms large on her fam- *     port, trust, security, and a two-way donned dark shade sarees ily, Rani Bharati is a woman with channel for communication. This clubbed with shawls symbolising striking contrasts. Her life turns     teacher-student bond develops the right attitude required for her upside down following a deci- mutual respect, and fosters emotion- role. With dark kohl eyes and a sion her husband takes. From   )> al well-being. red bindi, Huma proves that milking cows, making gobar sing reason and logic to when the mind is trained to think While some students take on learn- Strong teacher student bonds she is here to stay and the upalas to standing by her   ) ) deduce a belief, conclusion or rationally. The cognitive process is an ing easily, for a few others it is a strug- based on rational thinking sets the look is perfectly adorned by family despite all odds, what Udecision, may seem like a accumulation of thinking, knowing, gle, often caused more by psychoso- ground for healthy relationships. her character. lies ahead of her is a mystery natural ability. But the truth is, chil- remembering, judging and problem cial reasons than a real learning dis- Students imbibe this experience as Talking about it, that’s waiting to unfold.      ) dren are not trained to think ratio- solving. If rational thinking in the ability. It then falls upon the teacher the foundation for long-term con- Huma said, “I’m Will Rani be able nally. Precisely why the earlier they form of reasoning and logic is added to control the disruptive behaviour. nections. excited and look- to sail through this?     are introduced to it and encouraged to the mix, the result can be based on The learning environment of the class “People don’t think like scientists; ing forward to Directed by to practise it, the better. It builds clar- a rock-solid foundation. has to be protected like a fragile eco- they think like lawyers,” concludes the show Karan Sharma    ity of thought, problem-solving abil- In subjects like Science, system. Not just for distracted school Peter Ditto, a psychologist who stud- streaming and created by ities and decision-making power: Economics, Mathematics and kids, but also for the ones who are ies decision-making at the University soon. We’ve Subhash    Crucial skills that go on to improve Philosophy, it gives wings to a stu- eager to learn. of California, Irvine. In numerous got a great Kapoor, the show well-being in all spheres of life as they dent’s curious mind, boosting it to go Inculcating rational thinking at ways, rational thinking is the steady response to the teas- features Sohum Shah, grow. beyond what they study in books and this stage prepares children for the way to build scientific thinking for er and I’m sure the Amit Sial and Vineet      learn in the classroom. future. In such cases of disruptive prudent decision-making, comple- viewers will be well Kumar among others. Benefits are evident as early as in behaviour, instead of the traditional menting the natural gifts of a child. entertained through Maharani is a fiction-   ) performance at school. It helps overcome behavioural method of reprimanding, the teacher (The writer is the Managing the show. Playing alised series that is set to Numerous studies prove that problems in class. may lay out choices for the student. Director of The Green Acres Academy, Rani Bharati is mul- release on May 28 on @&19 @<61 cognitive skills are more efficient Classrooms are dynamic spaces. Each choice is attached to a conse- an educational institution.) tifaceted, she has var- SonyLIV.

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England at Sydney in games will also be needed,” she Chennai Super Kings contingent maybe more teams coming in equalling 10th league title continue their wait to win @BCCIwomen will play in their The only Day-Night November 2017 which ended added. who contracted the virus during from overseas (for the T20 still a possibility. the French Cup for the first first-ever pink ball day-night the IPL, which had to be sus- World Cup), there’d be more The French champi- time since 1991, in their first Test later this year in Australia,” pended after cases were detect- venues. 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I It was also and can finish The team will also play will make the pink ball Test a favour … our conditions and buckling opener Smriti Hussey had also spent two think there will be a lot of the second tro- it on a happi- three ODIs (from September well-contested affair despite the Australian style of cricket Mandhana and ODI skipper weeks isolating in India after cricket boards around the world phy of coach er note at the 19 to 24) and as many T20I the conditions at Perth being but having said that, looking at Mithali Raj. testing positive for the virus in that’d be pretty nervous about Mauricio weekend by matches (from October 7 to 11) more suited to the hosts. the Indian team, some of the While the WACA is Delhi from where he was trans- going back to India for a crick- Pochettino’s man- qualifying for the Down Under. “It’s an absolutely wonder- skills of their players, particu- known to aid pacers, the 30- ported to Chennai in an air et tournament," said Hussey. agerial career after Champions India last played a Test ful venue for a women’s Test. larly their batters, it’s going to year-old said the key will be to ambulance. UAE has already emerged as he won the League for the against Australia in 2006. The pitch provides that little bit be a really well-contested Test pick a balanced side, something “We’re talking about eight the back up venue and the ICC Champions Trophy first time since The pink ball Test between of extra pace and bounce, the match and a great opportuni- which has led to the team’s suc- teams in the IPL. I think there is likely to take a call on the for PSG in January, 2018. India and Australia will be ball carries through really well, ty for both sides.” cess in the recent years. PTI are probably similar number, tournament on June 1.   * <    !    6

  N    O ! B4CC6 4#% London: Tottenham striker Harry Kane has given the ndrea Pirlo insisted he ! &8B%4D “We had to win the ‘semi- biggest indication yet that he Awanted to continue as final’ and we did. Nothing is is ready to leave the Premier Juventus coach after lifting his iverpool set up a dramatic decided yet but we improved our League club and says he will second trophy this season in the Lfinal-day battle to qualify for position and we have the final,” control his own future. Coppa Italia final. the Champions League with a Klopp said. Kane is reported to have The dethroned league vital 3-0 win at Burnley, while “That’s what we needed. It’s told Spurs he wants to be sold champions beat Atalanta 2-1 to Tottenham’s bid to reach the what we deserve because this at the end of the season after win the Italian Cup for the 14th Europa League suffered a blow was a top performance.” becoming frustrated at the time after winning the Super in a 2-1 defeat against Aston Fifth and sixth place finish- lack of progress at the club. Cup in January. Villa on Wednesday. es secure a spot in next season’s The England captain, Federico Chiesa scored the Jurgen Klopp’s side moved Europa League, while seventh who is 28 in July, says he needs winner with quarter of an hour into fourth place in the Premier place brings entry into a play-off a conversation with chair- to go after Dejan Kulusevski League thanks to goals from for the new Europa Conference man about his future. struck after half an hour, in a Roberto Firmino, Nathaniel League. “I think it’s definitely a game played in front of fans for tinue, I love this club.” keeper was solid on the night Phillips and Alex Oxlade- Tottenham will have to wait conversation to be had with the first time in over a year. Atalanta coach Gian Piero winning his sixth Coppa Italia 22 Chamberlain. until their last game of the sea- the club,” Kane told Gary “It was a great match, Gasperini, 63, was denied a years after his first with Parma, Liverpool are above fifth- son to discover their European Neville’s YouTube channel between two beautiful teams first trophy of his coaching where he played alongside placed Leicester on goal differ- destiny. The Overlap. “I want to be who fought to the end, a final career, and his club’s second tro- Chiesa’s father Enrico. ence, with the Reds on +24 and A second defeat in their last playing in the biggest games, worthy of this name, also a big phy after the 1963 Coppa Italia. It was Juventus’s first Coppa the Foxes on +20. three games left them in seventh the biggest moments.” “I’m celebration for the public, with “It’s a disappointment,” said Italia since 2018, having finished If Liverpool win their final place, level on points with sure that (Daniel Levy, Spurs " everything that has happened Gasperini. “We are happy to be runners-up last year to Napoli. game at home to Crystal Palace      &     6
& C   eighth-placed Everton and three chairman) will want to set out this season,” said Pirlo, who at this level, to be able to play this Atalanta also lost the 2019 final on Sunday, they should finish in Chelsea, one point above Phillips got the second goal points behind sixth-placed West the plan of where he sees it but turned 42 on Wednesday. type of game and to qualify for to Lazio. the top four and salvage a diffi- Liverpool, travel to Aston Villa. in the 52nd minute with a head- Ham. ultimately it’s going to be “I would really like to sit on the Champions League for the Ronaldo failed to score on cult campaign that saw them Firmino put Liverpool on er from Sadio Mane’s cross for They will have to beat down to me and how I feel the Juventus bench again next third consecutive season.” the night but has now won every tamely surrender the title to course for their fourth consec- his first goal for the club. Leicester and hope West Ham and what’s going to be the best year,” he continued. “I think I did Gianluigi Buffon was in the trophy in three of Europe’s five Manchester City. utive victory with a clinical fin- Oxlade-Chamberlain lashed lose to Southampton to pip for me and my career this my job well day by day, trying to Juventus goal for the final time major leagues — England, Spain Leicester host Tottenham on ish from Andy Robertson’s 43rd in Liverpool’s third in the 88th their London rivals on goal dif- moment in time.” AFP win finals. I would like to con- in his career and the veteran and now Italy. Sunday, while third-placed minute cross. minute. ference.