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-/ - R % ! R ! " &' # ( #$ # ! fter Prime Minister " ANarendra Modi’s appeal to keep the remaining part of Kumbh Mela symbolic con- # sidering the surging Covid-19 cases, the Juna Akhada he ordeal of Covid-19 test Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Tand quarantine awaits Swami Avdheshanand Giri on thousands of devotees who are ndia added nearly 10 lakh Saturday announced the formal returning home after attending Icases in just seven days end- conclusion of the Maha Kumbh the Maha Kumbh at Haridwar. ing April 17 as the country for the Akhada. As India grapples with a dev- recorded over 2.6 lakh new Panch Dash Nam Juna astating second wave of the Covid-19 infections and a Akhada is the largest of the 13 coronavirus and States impos- record 1,493 deaths during the Akhadas. ing lockdown, several States last 24 hours on Saturday. + / % ( / " 010, ,- # %2* Swami Avdheshanand Giri +,- # %2* and UTs, including Karnataka, infected will be isolated The addition of nearly said the remaining Shahi Snan Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, for 14 days. 25,000 new cases over the pre- of the Kumbh should be Delhi and Gujarat, have made Maharashtra Minister Anil vious day count amounts to a ity of the State have also com- observed symbolically on April succumbed to the virus during only symbolically. Covid-19 test mandatory for Parab has announced those rise of nearly 10 per cent, plained of a shortage of vac- $%& 27 and later tweeted that pro- the last two weeks inviting The remaining Snans are to Kumbh returnees. Some States coming into the State from which shows that the growth of cines and shut down several '('(') tecting the lives of Indians is both domestic and interna- be observed mainly by the are also keeping the returnees Kumbh Mela will be Covid-19 has more than dou- vaccination centres. “our first priority”. tional outrage for allowing Bairagi Akhadas. Earlier, the in mandatory quarantine. quarantined. bled during the last two weeks. Several States have belat- “Considering the rising such massive gathering at the Niranjani Akhada had asked its Thousands of Kumbh vis- Nasik district administra- Maharashtra, Delhi, edly imposed lockdown restric- threat of Covid-19, we have for- time when the second wave of Sadhus to leave for their respec- itors and hundreds of “sadhus” tion is also taking necessary Karnataka, Kerala, Gujarat and tion to tackle the surge, but it ! mally immersed the various Covid-19 was spreading like tive destinations on April 17 who attended Kumbh Mela in steps for quarantining those Madhya Pradesh are registering is too early to see if these are deities invoked for the Kumbh wildfire across the country. considering the Covid surge. Haridwar have tested positive coming from Kumbh. newer peaks and the situation going to work effectively at this " # ! Mela,” he said. Earlier, addressing the The Anand Akhada had also for the coronavirus disease. Earlier, Brihanmumbai remaining equally grim in the stage on the ground. Earlier in a tweet in Hindi, media here, Giri said the PM supported this view. On Saturday alone, 175 “sad- Municipal Corporation (BMC) rest of the country. Delhi and Maharashtra $" the PM said, “I prayed that two had telephoned him to enquire A majority of the 48.51 hus” who attended Kumbh mayor Kishori Pednekar The country had 1.52 lakh recorded their biggest single- # ! ‘Shahi Snan’ have taken place about the Kumbh Mela and the lakh people who took part in Mela have been found infect- claimed on Saturday that the daily cases on April 10 when day rise in coronavirus cases and Kumbh (participation) health of the seers. The PM had the last two royal baths (Shahi ed from coronavirus. devotees returning from the the death count stood at 838. A since the beginning of the pan- $ # should now be kept symbolic. also requested that since the Snan) held on the occasion of Gujarat on Saturday Kumbh Mela will distribute relative comparison shows that demic in January 2020. The This will boost the fight against main Shahi Snans have con- Somwati Amavasya on April 12 declared that all devotees coronavirus like “Prasad” and the death rate is steadily climb- national Capital registered over this crisis.” cluded, the remaining Kumbh and Mesh Sankranti on April returning to the State from said they should be quaran- ing up vis-a-vis new infec- 24,375 new cases, taking its Later, Modi thanks all the should be observed symboli- 14 were seen openly violating Kumbh Mela will have to tined “at their own cost” on tions. tally to 8,27,998, while sants for cooperation with the cally. The Juna Akhada head Covid norms like face masks undergo a mandatory RT-PCR their arrival. Amid the alarming rise in Maharashtra’s count rose to administration and expressed said he would request devotees and social distancing. test before they are allowed to The Madhya Pradesh new infections and deaths, the 3,7,70,707 with 67,123 new ## his gratitude for their gesture. from across the nation to visit The Kumbh has already enter their respective cities Government has issued order country is battling a paucity of infections. Thousands of Kumbh vis- Haridwar only in small num- been shortened this year to just and villages. to put those returning from hospital beds, oxygen supply, The death count in Delhi " # itors have tasted Covid-19 pos- bers, adding that the remaining one month from April 1 to 30 Gujarat Chief Minister Kumbh in quarantine ventilators, and life-safe antivi- rose to 11,960 with 167 new itives and dozens of seers have Shahi Snan will be observed due to the pandemic. Vijay Rupani said those found or self-isolation. ral drug Remdesivir. 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infection on the day — the specify any date for the exams. highest among the 24 districts The active caseload on overnor Droupadi Murmu in Jharkhand. The district also Saturday crossed the 10,000 Gwas among the nearly 4,000 reported five Covid casualties mark in Ranchi, which is at least 19 has also triggered an people who tested positive for in 24 hours. On the other 7,000 more than East unprecedented rise in the Covid-19 in the state on hand, East Singhbhum report- Singhbhum, the second worst- growth rate of infection in Saturday. The sexagenarian was ed 521 cases and six casualties affected district in terms of case- Jharkhand, reveals government admitted to Bagwan Mahavir on the day, the NHM stated in load. As many as 10,510 Ranchi data. On Saturday, the growth Medica Superspecialty Hospital its bulletin. residents were battling the viral rate of cases in Jharkhand was in Ranchi and is undergoing While at least four Covid infection by the end of Saturday, 1.89 per cent against the n the wake of increasing treatment under Dr Vijay patients died in Bokaro, while the count of patients in national average of 1.03 per Idemand for anti-viral drug Mishra, who also treated Sahebganj, Ramgarh and West East Singhbhum was 3,373. cent. The doubling rate of Remdesivir from across the Education Minister Jagarnath Singhbhum reported two As per Government data, cases in the state was down to States, the Centre on Saturday Mahto in Ranchi before he was deaths each on Saturday. the State on Saturday tested 36.93 days against the nation- urged the injection makers to price of REDYX, which used to shifted to Chennai. Dhanbad, Godda, Dumka, swab samples of at least 37,152 al average of 67.94 days. slash its price considerably. cost 5,400 earlier to 2,700 now. Doctors from the hospital Khunti, Koderma and Pakur people and more than 10 per On Saturday, the state The Union Health Ministry in Similarly, Cipla has reduced said Murmu was stable. ( " ")* reported one Covid casualty cent of them were found infect- administered the first dose of its “Clinical Management price of its CIPREMI brand to However, she was kept under +,- ! . # % each on the day. ed by the Covid-19 virus. So vaccine against Covid-19 to Protocols for Covid-19” has 3,000 from 4,000 earlier. observation and administered In the wake of the spike in far, more than 1.58 lakh 37,243 people, hardly 37 per recommended the use of Jubilant Generics has cut the the antibiotics and multivitamins the Covid toll in the State up at took the active caseload to Covid cases, the Jharkhand Jharkhand residents have been cent of those registered for the Remdesivir in patients in the price of its remdesivir brand to prescribed to Covid patients. 1,406, a bulletin released by the 25,619 on the day, the NHM Academic Council (JAC) decid- infected by Covid-19 and jab. The second jab was admin- moderate stages of the illness. 3,400 from 4,700 earlier. Meanwhile, as many as 30 National Health Mission bulletin highlighted. ed to postpone the board exams around 82.99 per cent of them istered to 8819 beneficiaries, According to a statement Minister of State for Covid patients died during (NHM) stated. At least 3,838 Ranchi alone reported as for class 10 and 12 students. have recovered. only 3 per cent of the nearly 3 from the Government, the Chemicals and Fertilisers treatment on Saturday, taking cases against 1,234 recoveries many as 1,410 fresh cases of However, the council did not The second wave of Covid- lakh registered for the dose. Union Ministry of Chemicals & Mansukh Mandaviya said the Fertilisers, Department of Government plans to double Pharmaceuticals, NPPA - the production in the country Advisor (Costs) NI Chowdhury and has given permission to 20 on Saturday ordered all pharma more plants recently to increase companies to comply with the capacity to manufacture. revised norms with immediate Ensuring adequate supply of and retrospective effect. Remdesivir to the people of Pharmaceutical companies Maharashtra remains the pri- have reduced the price from 25 ority of the Centre, he said. per cent to up to 68 per cent. As per the Government’s According to the details record, there is only one unit of he distraught families of shared by the NPPA, Cadila EoU and one in SEZ. TIndian-Americans work- Healthcare has reduced the price Government has reached out to ing at a FedEx facility in the US of its REMDAC injection to all the Manufacturers of state of Indiana have expressed 899 from 2,800 earlier. Remdesivir. No consignment is their anger, fear and Similarly, Syngene International stuck, the Minister said as he anxiety in the aftermath of the has cut the price of its brand asked concerned people to latest mass shooting RemWin to 2,450 from 3,950 share the list of 16 companies, incident in the country that earlier. Hyderabad-based Dr availability of stock and WHO- killed eight people, including Reddy’s Laboratories has cut the GMP with them. four Sikhs. he Jharkhand High Court Ton Saturday granted bail to former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD Chief Lalu Prasad in granted bail to him on the basis a fodder scam case involving of depositing a bond of 5 lakh illegal withdrawal of funds and a personal bond of 1 lakh. from Dumka treasury, paving He has also been asked to sub- his release from jail on commit his passport and has been pletion of half the sentence asked not to change his phone period. Lalu is presently being number and address. treated at AIIMS, Delhi. This case is related to RC- The court granted bail to 38A/96 in connection with the Lalu on bail bond of 5 lakh illegal withdrawal from Dumka and a personal bond of 1 lakh. treasury. There is a case Lalu’s lawyer Devarshi of illegal withdrawal of about Mandal told PTI that they will 3.13 crore. move Special CBI court in Mandal said all the for- Ranchi after it opens on malities are expected to be Monday to seek his release fol- completed expeditiously and lowing High Court order. the release in all probability will Explaining the release pro- happen on Monday. Llau will cedure, Mandal said, they have be freed after 39 months and 25 send an application to Lalu for days of incarceration. his signature which will be sub- Earlier, taking the plea of mitted to the CBI court here on the CBI as true, Justice Aparesh Monday along with the High Kumar Singh had rejected ! " ! Court order. Lalu’s bail plea. " # $ %% &&' % Mandal said the court has Continued on Page 4 (&" ' "&* &( 12 3431

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4 " # R are with the government. mulate further strategies to in 10 to 15 days, while six new tions were given by political black marketing of medicines, from political and social organ- solution to the problem, some $ Whatever decision will be deal with Corona. The CM said RTPCR labs are also being set party representatives in the increase in infrastructure and isations, setting up hospitals in parties suggested weekly lock- taken by the government, they that he is constantly keeping an up. Instructions have been meeting, which include beds in hospitals of State, tak- indoor stadiums etc. Different down and some suggested full will cooperate. There will be no eye on preventing the second given to arrange 50 oxygen-rich helpline numbers in all dis- ing help from Central hospitals, political parties gave different lockdown. At the same time, all politics of any kind in this. wave of Corona and providing beds in each district and 100 tricts, production of oxygen by nursing students and doctors, opinions on the issue of lock- parties agreed to strictly follow olding an all-party meet- The CM discussed in detail better treatment facilities to the additional oxygen-rich beds local industrialists, availability screening of migrant workers down. While the Left parties the government guidelines Hing on virtual mode here with representatives of various infected persons. in the division. Apart from this, of life saving drugs, curb on returning to State, taking help said that lockdown is not a regarding corona. on Saturday Chief Minister political parties for effective Addressing the represen- medical kits are also being Hemant Soren appreciated all control over Covid-19. During tatives of political parties, the made available in every the political parties for making this time, several important CM said, “We are all aware of Anganwadi center. The way the suggestions in the meeting. suggestions were made by the present situation in Corona. government was successful in " “With the cooperation of all, we political parties in relation to Every day the number of infect- stopping the first wave of will be able to prevent the prevention and rescue of ed is increasing rapidly and the Corona with limited resources, ability of Redmesivir. infection of Corona once again. Corona. The CM said that the number of dead is also increas- now it is taking all appropriate The CM said that the number of coro- Strict steps will be taken to important suggestions that ing significantly. In such a sit- steps to stop the second wave na infected patients is increasing daily. So break the corona chain,” he have come up during the delib- uation, the government is as well.” patients should be closely monitored and said. At the same time, various erations in the all-party meet- working fast in the direction of The CM said that for the special vigilance should be taken in the political parties told the CM ing are very important. This test, testing and treatment. To treatment of Covid-19, com- areas where more cases of corona are com- that in this time of crisis, they will help the government to for- speed up the investigation, plaints of shortage and black hief Minister Hemant Soren today ing. marketing of some life-saving Cdirected officials to provide medical The CM said that in order to ensure drugs are constantly being kit to the corona infected patients living that the infected patients do not face prob- received. In such a situation, in home isolation. The departmental offi- lems, medics should be fully prepared. the government has started cers were instructed to provide all the nec- " # In the meeting, the Health Secretary negotiations to buy such med- essary medicines, oximeters and masks etc . # apprised the Chief Minister about the lat- icines directly from its pro- in the medical kit. % est status of Corona infected patients and ducing companies. He also The CM said that pulse oximeter preparations related to the system of said that the corona vaccination should be ensured in all Anganwadi cen- tricts make an action plan and appoint treatment. campaign is constantly being ters in the State. He directed the Health manpower. He said that every possible The meeting was attended by the expedited, as vaccine consign- Secretary to appoint trained youths of the effort should be made to increase oxygen- Chief Secretary of the State Sukhdev ments are being received, peo- State who have done para-medical cours- rich beds in hospitals and maintain ICU Singh, Development Commissioner Arun ple are being put in place. On es on contractual basis to overcome the beds etc in hospitals. Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary to the the issue of reducing the age shortage of medical staff in hospitals as per He directed that the hospital man- Chief Minister Rajeev Arun Ekka, Health limit for taking vaccine by requirements. The CM was holding a agement should work by preparing a bet- Secretary KK Soan, Disaster Management some political parties, he said high-level meeting held at his residence on ter action plan for the treatment of coro- Secretary Amitabh Kaushal, Urban that it is a matter of the central Friday. na infected patients. The CM said that the Development Secretary Vinay Choubey, government and the center Soren said that to overcome the hospitals should ensure the provision of Campaign Director of NRHM Ravi " # Kovas machines are being pur- will be requested in this regard. shortage of medical staff in dedicated hos- Oxygen Plant and Air Separation Unit. 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adhupur Assembly con- Mstituency today witnessed hagwan Mahavir MEDICA 71.60 per cent polling despite BSuperspecialty Hospital, the district facing increasing Ranchi (A unit of Medica cases of Covid -19 in the sec- Hospitals Pvt. Ltd.) is intro- ond wave. Till 6 pm, the total ducing the Fellowship in percentage of polling in the Critical Care Pharmacotherapy constituency was about 71.60 (FCCP) programme, first of its per cent, out of which the kind in the country, partnering female voting percentage was with the University of Findlay, 73.31 and male voting per- Ohio, USA for the centage was 70.07, informed PharmD (Doctor of Pharmacy) Deputy Commissioner cum + graduates. It's a 2-year post- DEO, Deoghar, Manjunath " 4+! " # % graduate superspecialty pro- Bhajantri. gramme to train the fellows to The Deputy Commissioner from the security point of view. Police personnel were deployed be the critical care pharma- while addressing the media Bhajantri was informed for this. Along with the FST cotherapy specialist so as to said that voting in the con- that a media center has been team, the QRT team also did its cater to the needs of the stituency was conducted in a constructed at the Strong job in a very good way. Thanks Critical Care Unit of the hos- completely fair, safe and peace- Room Complex situated in to all the officers and police pitals in the country to provide ful environment. Charki hill where all arrange- personnel along with the peo- safe and superior patient He said that the voting per- ments have been made for ple of Madhupur assembly care. centage was slow in the first media representatives. constituency for a peaceful Dr. Vijay Kumar Mishra, one hour. As the day pro- Apart from this, instruc- and successful election. Medical Director, Director of gressed, the turnout percentage tions have been given to offi- During this time, District Critical Care & increased. cers and personnel to reach the Public Relations Officer Ravi Neuroanesthesia and also the Bhajantri said that this counting hall by 6 pm, so that Kumar, Cyber DSP Neha Bala, Fellowship Program Director, time in Madhupur bye-elec- counting can be started at the Assistant Public Relations said, "It's a proud moment for tion, special facility was given scheduled time. No personnel Officer Rohit Kumar Vidyarthi, me to introduce such a pro- to old and differently-abled shall bring mobile phone or SMPO Sudha Raj, Media Cell gram through Medica Hospital voters at polling stations, which electronic gazette to the count- personnel and representatives Ranchi, which is happening for made them very comfortable to ing venue. Instructions relat- of various media institutions the first time not only in the vote. As a result, Divyang vot- ed to this have been given to all etc. were present. state but also in the entire ers took an active part in this personnel. In the event of inad- The DC and SP thanked country, this course Mahaparva and their num- vertently bringing a mobile and congratulated all the vot- “has the potential to give a new bers got increased. phone or electronic gazette to ers of the district for making shape to the critical care prac- The DC said that the Vajra the counting venue, arrange- peaceful voting successful in tice in the country and today Griha Center at Charki Hill has ments have been made to keep the district. He also thanked all we have signed the official been constructed for the count- it at the counting place itself. the officials and employees MoU with the University of ing of votes. Teams of JAP and Superintendent of Police deputed for election work, Findlay, Ohio, USA, with a Para Military forces have been Ashwani Kumar Sinha said security personnel and magis- belief that through this collab- deployed for the security of that peaceful polling was held trates and said that it was pos- oration we will be able to pro- strong room. Apart from this, in Madhupur Vidhan Sabha. sible to conduct peaceful and duce a world-class training barricading and CCTV cam- Adequate number of paramil- fair voting only with the coop- programme". eras have also been installed itary forces and Jharkhand eration of all. (&" ' "&* &( 12 3431 / E 5/* = #

! the main accused Deepak series. Deepak was inspired by Deepak after murdering his had called his friend Roshan Kumar was inspired by a web a character Hathoda Tyagi in family had invited Roshan and Kumar to drop in at his place series to kill his wife, two daugh- Web series Pataal Lok therefore his wife to lunch at his house for lunch. ters and also had plans to kill he had executed all the murders where he had plans to kill them. Roshan who is a resident of <+ )K few others. by attacking them with a ham- But his plans could not succeed Telco had come along with his The SSP said that after mer,” revealed Vanan. after which he fled to Rourkela, wife, brother-in-law and a tod- orty two-year-old man killing his wife and daughters he The SSP went on to inform Puri, Ranchi and was finally dler daughter at Kadma. But FDeepak Kumar, the main killed their tuition teacher as she that the assailant was under nabbed by Dhanbad police Deepak who was in a killing accused who was wanted in had seen the dead body of his financial crisis due to loans while he was trying to deposit spree had also attacked his connection with four murders wife. Not only did he kill her but therefore he killed his wife and money in the bank on friend and the friend' brother- which had taken place on April also raped her dead body, the daughters so that they did not Friday. in-law Ankit Kumar with a 12 on Teesta Road under SSP said. have to suffer once he went to It may be recalled that after hammer, leading to grievous Kadma Police Station area was “During interrogation we jail. He said that due to his child- killing his wife, two minor injuries to Roshan and Ankit. inspired by a web series to found that Deepak was inspired hood friend Prabhu and his daughters and the 22-year-old Roshan managed to escape commit the gruesome act. The by web series Pataal Lok to plan brother in law Roshan he was tuition teacher at his residence from Deepak's residence along assailant was sent to jail today. the entire conspiracy. Deepak under the burden of loan. in Tista road in Kadma, Deepak with his wife, toddler daughter Revealing about the break- was a fan of Pataal Lok and Asur and brother-in-law had through, SSP Dr M Tamil web series and one day before 7 ++ /! informed Deepak's brother-in- Vanan said that during interro- executing the crime he with his ,0 2 . law Binod Kumar, leading the gation they came to know that wife had watched one of the web / % # ! # % latter to inform the police. 04+$"4/4%4 4 : - "

& ,/+% ,( ,0>.++*0 +% "" <+ )K viral proteins (antigens) expressed sanitisers and following social dis- ()?*8(?*9.,&.+ /%(?.+,& %6 ?8.& by the Covid-19 virus in a sample tancing — in public spaces has midst rising deaths due to ,:+*8 ,( :%)60 ?%(.+.* 0)8.67 +/* he city has turned into a Corona taken from the respiratory tract of become a priority,” said Krishna Acorona in coal capital the Sindri *&*9+.%6 9,>?,.76 ,+ ,0/)?)8 ,60 Thot bed with more than 500 a person. " The result of the test is Kumar, city manager, JNAC. MLA Indrajeet Mahto who was positive cases reported from the made available within 15 minutes, The Kolhan Division which undergoing treatment at local private (%>* ?,8+( %: ;*(+ 5*67,& past three days. The figures are all " he said adding that the objective was under green zone, came under hospital has been airlifted to time high ever since the first posi- is to trace, track and treat Covid coronavirus map with two persons Hyderabad after complaints of infec- conducted on Friday. tive case was reported on May 12 positive patients. The East singhb- testing positive at Chakulia, under tion in lungs . The doctor from Hyderabad last year. Out of 5000 tests being hum health department has inten- East Singhbhum district on May 12. Mahto was admitted to ADDJ was contacted for advice and on his conducted in the city, more than sified the rapid antigen test drive The officer admitted that the superspeciality hospital on April 12 directive an air ambulance from 500 positive cases are being report- keeping in view the spurt in Covid- Covid cases are increasing fast, after was found positive during the New Delhi took him to Hyderabad ed every day. The positive cases 19 cases. informing that the department is election campaign at Madhupur and from.Bokaro". have crossed the 23000 mark so far. Meanwhile with a quantum paying more and more focus on some parts of West Bengal. Meanwhile, after seven deaths In view of the rising number of rise in the number of COVID – 19 detection of cases as well as vacci- On Saturday he was advised to reported in a day due to corona the Covid cases, the health department positive cases in the city, the admin- nating the people. be shifted to a higher center as was district administration has decided is conducting Rapid Antigen Tests istration has decided to conduct Significantly, there is a crisis of finding difficulty in breathing and his to increase beds in district.Now it has (RAT) on the go for people at pub- raids at different public places, Covishield vaccine at the govern- oxygen level too was below normal. decided to convert Divisional railway lic places. RAT is also conducted shops, and markets where norms of ment-run health hubs. In most of Though none of the doctors of hospital too as covid hospital for con- through nasal and throat swabs like social distancing are being violated. the 20 health hubs, the vaccine is aforementioned hospital were avail- tinence of positive patients. RT PCR tests. On Friday night several shops at being given to the recipients of sec- able for comment BJP rural district This hospital would have 42 However, the result of the test Jugsalai, Bistupur and Telco areas ond dose only due to the short sup- president Gyan Ranjan Sinha, who beds for corona patients including 6 is out within an hour. Doctors say were sealed for the violation of ply. accompanied Mahto from Dhanbad beds with ventilator and oxygen that RAT is a low sensitivity test Covid norms for 48 hours. On the other hand, 27 private to Bokaro from where he was taken facility. when compared to RT PCR, and “Despite the rising number of health hubs which are also con- to Hyderabad said , "The MLA was In addition the private clinics may not be as accurate as the lat- COVID-19 cases, people are still not tributing to the Covid vaccination not feeling well due to chest con- and the nursing homes too have been ter. The RT PCR test, on the other following the rules. Strict enforce- drive by accepting Rs 250 per dose gestion though he had turned entire asked to ensure more beds for coro- hand, takes around 48 hours, but ment of the triad of precautionary apparently do not face any supply according to report of test that was na positive patients. the results are more accurate. The official explained that rapid antigen tests detect the presence of measures — use of masks and crisis. 4" : !" $ 5 819 Bokaro: In the second wave of uted to a severe decline in com- Deputy Commissioner Chandigarh: To contain the the coronavirus infection, a pliance of COVID-appropriate Bokaro, Rajesh Kumar Singh coronavirus spread, the majority of the fresh cases behaviours, particularly in the has deputed one Incident Haryana government on (infections) are being reported use of masks and social dis- Commander in each police Saturday restricted the physical from urban areas across the tancing,” added Pathak. station of the district to com- attendance in its offices to 50 district. It has been seen that peo- ply with the SOP issued by the per cent. Also, the entry of out- In fresh COVID-19 ple in urban areas do not ade- government. siders to the offices is curtailed. reports, Bokaro saw a steep quately follow the COVID The Incident Commander In an order, the Chief surge; the district recorded guidelines. Flouting of safety has to comply with the proto- Secretary said to allow officers 404 new positive cases of coro- norms, gatherings, the fre- col of each containment zone, of the rank of undersecretary or navirus in the past three days, quent flow of travelers, and under which the COVID-19 equivalent and below to work including a magistrate and 24 ing the country rapidly, around increased testing are the other positive person or his family from home and their physical others engaged at judiciary 80 to 90 per cent of cases are main reasons behind the rise in members should not walk out- attendance be restricted to 50 services, 41 Bokaro Steel Plant’s being reported from urban the cases in the city areas, he side unnecessarily, and he has per cent. It further said all offi- employees and others, areas, he said. said. to provide the information to cers of the level of deputy sec- informed AK Pathak Civil The number highlights that Meanwhile, the overall the people around the said retary or equivalent and above Surgeon Bokaro. people should need to be more number of positive reported area, said Singh. are to attend offices regularly. “Majority of cases belong to cautious in urban areas amidst cases in the district rushed to Closer to the commercial The officers attending the the urban areas,” he added. the administration to focus on 840 while the district's death shops around each contain- office should stagger their Last year during the first expanding the vaccination toll stands at 78, including ment zone is also the respon- arrival timing between 9 a.m. COVID-19 wave the urban drive, said Pathak. four deaths on Friday. Though, sibility of the Incident and 10 a.m. to avoid areas of the district were not so “According to my opin- 60 patients were recovered and Commander so that the crowd crowding in the lifts and cor- badly affected, but during the ion, the key reasons behind the discharged from the hospital, does not gather there, he ridors. IANS second wave, which is sweep- sharp increase could be attrib- said Pathak. said. PNS %

< been asked to lodge cases under disaster management act and alamu administration has IPC section as well if the vio- Pwarned people serving lator of the home isolation home isolation not to indulge proves stubborn. in any outside activity like The district epidemiologist roaming around, mixing with Dr Anup Kumar said till April people going to grocery shops, 17 afternoon 217 people are coming over to tea stalls or undergoing home isolation and paan shops or for any gossip or are doing fine. Anup Kumar street corner talking etc. said just two people who were DC Palamu Shashi Ranjan having their home isolation said every such home isolation developed some complications serving people must adhere to who were brought and placed the strict Covid appropriate in the dedicated Covid care behaviour and under no cir- center in Daltonganj. cumstances violate it. He said Anup Kumar said people all block level officers are told having mild symptoms have to be very careful of the home been asked not to panic and isolation people. long for beds in the hospital as SP Palamu Sanjeev Kumar beds are meant for the severe said police have been ordered Covid symptoms ridden peo- to tame and contain people vio- ple. Sources said the number of lating norms of the home iso- the home isolation people is set lation. to shoot up in the next few days The SP said police have in Palamu. From Page 1 Lalu had then once again requested for bail from the Jharkhand High Court. Lalu was serving jail sentences in four cases of fodder scam. Recently, Lalu’s bail plea was filed in the High Court on the basis of completing half of the sentence. According to Lalu’s Advocate, on April 9, half of Lalu’s sentence in the Dumka treasury case has been completed. Ranchi’s CBI Court had sentenced him to seven years in the Dumka treasury case. However, in the biggest and fifth case of fodder scam of illegal withdrawal from Doranda treasury, hearing is going on in Ranchi’s special CBI Court. In this case also, a decision can be made against Lalu and can go to jail once again. The RJD chief is suffering from serious diseases and undergoing treatment at AIIMS in Delhi. Earlier, he was getting treatment in Rajendra Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) in Ranchi. (&" ' "&* &( 12 3431 0 3 # ##" " 5*

their need of safe transporta- : ,;+ ( tion as indeed their suitable rehabilitation in host as well as home States,” Sonia said. At the meet, she said that O P the Modi government was unprepared in evaluating and managing the crisis. She added that the Congress believed tions. This convoluted “me that fighting the pandemic versus you” debate is childish was national challenge and aintaining that India has and totally unnecessary,” she that it should be kept above Mbeen caught off guard in added. party politics. She said that the its fight against the deadly Sonia said Goods and government did not listen to coronavirus once again despite Services Tax (GST) on all constructive suggestions made rappling with the surge in ># having a year to prepare, Narendra Modi after her meet- equipment, instruments, med- by the Opposition on the man- GCovid-19 cases, various Congress president Sonia ing with chief ministers of icines and support required to agement of the pandemic, and States in a meeting with the Gandhi on Saturday urged the Congress-ruled states to take a prevent and treat Covid-19 that Union ministers attacked Centre on Saturday highlight- ! %" Government to ramp up its jibe at the Centre. should be made free. “It is a leaders of opposition for giv- ed the shortage of oxygen strategy to tackle the menace Both Sonia and Rahul ear- matter of grave concern that ing suggestions. cylinders, Remdesivir in hos- much store on the Quad vaccine. as she pointed out to the over- lier have written to Modi ask- life saving drugs like “This convoluted ‘me ver- pitals, ventilator stocks and alliance, must ensure that the “The scaling up of vaccine whelmed medical infrastruc- ing him to expand the coun- Remdesivir etc. and medical sus you’ debate is childish and poor supply of vaccine doses. he CPI(M) polit bureau on Biden administration keeps production in India is being ture and shortage of vaccines try’s vaccination drive against oxygen as also other basic totally unnecessary,” Sonia Eleven States and Union TSaturday said that the to its committed word and hampered by the shortage of and drugs. Covid-19. supplements are subjected to asserted accusing the Centre of Territories, including United States must lift their immediately ensures supply of the intermediate material Sonia was speaking during “I have written to the GST @ 12%. Even basic equip- giving preferential treatment to Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh export ban on raw materials for essential vaccine material to required for vaccine produc- the meeting of the Congress Prime Minister after meeting ments like Oxymeters and life some states while maintaining and Delhi, account for 79.32 the production of vaccines. India. This is the least that tion. Much of this material Working Committee (CWC) with them. Our Chief saving critical equipment like “thundering silence” on per cent of the new coron- In a statement, the Left must be done when India is such as filters, solutions and meeting, which was attended Ministers have spoken to the ventilators are subjected to requests of states ruled by the avirus cases in the country party pointed out that the facing vaccine shortage in the plastic bags come from the by former party chief Rahul Prime Minister and written to 20% GST. In the current state Congress and opposition par- were present at the meeting. export ban by the US is a dou- face of an unprecedented surge United States. But the U.S. Gandhi, general secretaries the concerned minister from of affairs, this is inhuman and ties. The high-level meeting blespeak, citing US President of Covid infections,” said Administration has banned and State in-charges of the time to time pleading for relief. untenable,” she added. “As the central and state was chaired by Union Health Joe Biden’s assurances in the CPI(M). the export of vaccine materi- party. Some of them were left with The Government must governments move ahead to Minister Harsh Vardhan with recently convened Quad The CPI(M) also pointed al under its Defence She reiterated her insis- only a few days of vaccine, no provide financial support for control the situation by resort- the Health Ministers of 11 Summit. out the concerns raised by Production Act. Despite tence on lowering the immu- oxygen or ventilators. But the poor in the form of month- ing to partial curfews, travel States and Union Territories to “The ban on exports of Serum Institute of India head requests by the Indian author- nisation age to 25 years and there has been thundering ly income support and trans- restrictions, closure and lock review measures taken by them materials used in vaccine pro- Adar Poonawala on hamper- ities, no relaxation or exemp- above “as also all younger per- silence on the part of the fer 6,000 in the account of downs; we will again be for prevention, containment duction goes completely ing of production in India due tion has been given for export sons with at-risk health disor- Government. On the contrary every eligible citizen, who restricting economic activity and management of the recent against these stated aims. The to the US Government’s ban of these items,” the CPI(M) ders like asthma, angina, dia- some other states have have been hit by the partial that will hit the already belea- surge in Covid-19 cases. Modi government, which sets on export of raw materials of said in a statement. betes, kidney & liver diseases received preferential treat- curfews, travel restrictions, guered people, especially the Prime Minister Narendra and other similar ailments.” ment/relief,” she said. closure and lockdowns put in poor and the daily wagers,” she Modi is scheduled to meet top prices of essential drugs like Response Fund, and that of the manufacturers in the country. The Congress came out “Instead of listening to place by authorities, she said in said. officials of several ministries Remdesivir which has been Union Health Ministry, allow- The steps taken for unhindered with a 14-point attack on the constructive suggestions of her CWC meeting statement. Taking on these challeng- later in the evening to review sold in the black market at ing utilisation of unspent movement of oxygen cylinders Government over ‘grave errors’ the opposition, Union “Similarly, with reverse ing times as Indians rather the overall covid situation and exorbitant prices. pending balance under from their manufacturing units in Covid-19 management. Ministers are pressed into ser- migration of labour already than as political opponents will vaccination drive. “Double mutant strain in National Health Mission as on across states were also detailed, Sonia also spoke about vice to attack leaders of oppo- having started, it will be crit- be true ‘Rajadharma’, Sonia Maharashtra, Maharashtra was a key point of April 1, 2021 for COVID man- the Ministry said. her letter to Prime Minister sition for giving those sugges- ical to immediately address stressed. Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, concern. The Delhi agement purposes, were reit- Taking note of the active Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Government requested for erated, it said. surge in cases witnessed since Kerala, West Bengal, Delhi, additional beds in Central Union Health Secretary last February in which most cases with the onset of early of the lifesaving machines, population, Vardhan also Vardhan said about 1.58 Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Government hospitals as was Rajesh Bhushan informed the states have now crossed their symptoms so that prompt and saying 1,121 ventilators are to addressed the issue of vaccine crore doses are still available Uttar Pradesh have been done in 2020 to help tide over states on the steps taken to pro- highest tally, Harsh Vardhan effective treatment checks the be given to Maharashtra, 1,700 shortage. with the states while another reporting an unprecedented the emergent health crisis,” vide medical grade oxygen urged the states to give special deterioration of health in the to Uttar Pradesh, 1,500 to “The total consumption 1.16 crore doses are in pipeline, surge in new infections. the Ministry said. and augmenting Remdesivir focus on the prominent five to deceased, the statement said. Jharkhand, 1,600 to Gujarat, of vaccines so far (wastage to be delivered by next week. In a statement here, the The notification of the stocks in the country. six cities in their administra- Large containment zones 152 to Madhya Pradesh and included) has been approxi- Emphasizing that there is Ministry said “Many of them Home Ministry, granting per- The states were also tion and map medical colleges for achieving community quar- 230 to Chhattisgarh. mately 12.57 crore doses no shortage of vaccines, he (States) raised the issue of mission to states to utilize up informed about the issuance of to either these cities or adjoin- antine were also suggested as Detailing the number of against the 14.15 crore doses strongly pushed for further dovetailing the medical oxygen to 50 per cent of their annual the calendar of medical oxygen ing 2-3 districts. The states a strategy. During the meeting, beneficiaries vaccinated in provided by the Centre to the ramping up the vaccination supply lines and capping of allocation of State Disaster supply from different oxygen were asked to seek out positive Vardhan assured fresh supply each targeted segment of the states,” he said. exercise. ? 0 3 # / "3 % # 5 + ! #'#)

, cases since onset of the pan- 3 **"# demic, but visuals of lakh of " plea has been filed in the devotees crowding in ASupreme Court seeking Haridwar for Kumbh Mela directions to the Centre and and in election rallies in states others to clear the “mass gath- have surfaced. ering” from Haridwar amid a “On the one hand, poor earing two face coverings surge in Covid-19 cases across common man on the street is Wor masks can nearly dou- the country and prescribe a often punished and treated ble the effectiveness of filtering safety protocol with respect to violently by the police and out SARS-CoV-2-sized parti- people returning from Kumbh executive authorities for indi- cles, preventing them from Mela. vidual violations of COVID-19 reaching the wearer’s nose and The plea, which referred to rules and regulations in the mouth and causing Covid-19, the recent spike in COVID-19 name of strict enforcement, as per a recent study. cases, has also sought direc- and on the other hand, the The findings published in tions to the Centre and the authorities are not only per- JAMA Internal Medicine also Uttarakhand government to mitting but facilitating and states that the reason for the immediately withdraw the promoting congregation of enhanced filtration is not about advertisements inviting people people in the events like adding too many layers of to Haridwar for Kumbh Mela. Kumbh-2021 and election ral- cloth but eliminating any gaps It said that the Election lies,” the plea has alleged. or poor-fitting areas of a mask. Commission should be asked It sought the apex court’s “The medical procedure to issue direction to the direction to the Centre, masks are designed to have authorities in the states where Uttarakhand government and very good filtration potential elections are being held to the National Disaster based on their material, but the strictly enforce COVID-19 Management Authority to not way they fit our faces isn’t per- of religious activities happen religious sentiments are not guidelines during the poll encourage or promote any fect,” said Emily Sickbert- in our country and polls are hurt and Covid-appropriate process and take appropriate gathering or event “inconsis- Bennett, PhD, associate pro- ack of Covid-appropriate also underway. We must behaviour can be followed,” he action against the violators. tent with the spirit and object fessor of infectious diseases at Lbehaviour and mutation of understand lives are also said. The plea, filed by Noida- of the COVID guidelines” and the UNC School of Medicine the virus are the two main rea- important. We can do this in His remarks come in the 2 21 positively, it said. resident Sanjai Kumar Pathak, orders issued by these author- and lead author of the study. sons behind the rapid spread of a restricted manner so that backdrop of the ongoing Through the order, the said that COVID-19 cases are ities. To test the fitted filtration coronavirus infections in the religious sentiment is not hurt Kumbh mela in Uttarakhand, he Centre has conveyed to ADG (Medical), CAPFs, Dr increasing rapidly across the “It is axiomatic that the efficiency (FFE) of a range of country, AIIMS director Dr & Covid appropriate behav- which has attracted people from Tthe Gujarat Government Mukesh Saxena has also named country and the health infra- respondents have turned a masks, UNC researchers Randeep Guleria on Saturday iour can be followed,” said Dr different parts of the country in that DRDO is establishing a Devarshi Raval as the nodal structure is “crumbling” in blind eye towards the violation worked with James Samet, said even as he expressed con- Guleria. He also highlighted large numbers. 900-bedded hospital in officer for making logistical many states. of COVID-19 guidelines at the PhD, and colleagues in the cern over the religious and that India was witnessing a Talking about the immuni- Ahmedabad to cater to the arrangements at Gujarat It claimed that hospitals Kumbh Mela and during elec- USEPA Human Studies Facility political activities taking place huge strain in the healthcare sation drive, Dr Guleria said that “alarming surge” in Covid-19 University. and crematoriums are running tion campaigns and rallies on the campus of UNC-Chapel in a few States, cautioning system and efforts need to be India should gradually lift or cases there. The letter has been circu- out of space and shortage of which have the potential to Hill. There they filled a 10-foot that they must be done in a stepped up to keep increasing lower the age bar for beneficia- The Union Home Ministry lated to Inspector General essential drugs has been become super spreader events by 10-foot stainless-steel expo- restricted manner. our hospital beds/resources ries to widen the vaccination has also directed the Central (Medical) of the Border reported from many cities. but common people on the sure chamber with small salt “The cause for the surge ... for the increasing number of ambit. “We should gradually lift Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) Security Force (BSF), Central The petition said that street is being fined and chal- particle aerosols and had is multifactorial. But two main cases. or lower the age bar so that or the Central paramilitary Reserve Police Force (CRPF) India is currently witnessing lans are being issued,” the plea researchers don combinations causes are that people have We also have to urgently more and more people come forces to spare 25 doctors and and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). its highest surge in COVID-19 has claimed. of masks to test how effective stopped following Covid- bring down the number of into the pool of people who can 75 paramedics and ensure that The BSF will send 10 doc- they were at keeping particles appropriate behaviour during Covid-19 cases, he added. be vaccinated. That will happen they report by April 21 to man tors and 30 paramedics, the ) $/$40//3 out of their breathing space. January-February when the “This is a time when a lot in the coming few weeks. the hospital in Gujarat. CRPF) will spare 10 doctors A transmission electron vaccination started and cases of religious activities happen “We will have more and “The hospital is being and 25 nursing staff and SSB to 0#55/0/"#%$#$ microscopic image that shows went down. Also, at this time, in our country and polls are more vaccines that will come established at the Gujarat chip in with five doctors and 20 SARS-CoV-2 also known as the virus mutated and spread also underway. We must into the common pool which University Convention Centre, paramedical personnel for the 2019-nCoV, the virus that caus- more rapidly,” Dr Guleria said understand that lives are also will allow us to open up the vac- Ahmedabad to cater to the DRDO hospital in Ahmedabad. place. es Covid-19, isolated from a to a news agency. important. We can do this in cination to a larger population,” alarming surge of the Covid Through the communica- The trial court, after con- patient in the US, as the Virus “This is a time when a lot a restricted manner so that he said. cases there,” reads an order tion to the heads of CRPF, BSF private vehicle does not sidering the evidence on particles are shown emerging issued by Additional Director and SSB, the Ministry has asked Acome within the expres- record, acquitted accused from the surface of cells cul- undergo a series of range-of- altering the fit is about 40-60 General (Medical) of CAPFs them to send their team on sion of a “public place” as per Major Singh but convicted tured in the lab- the spikes on , motion activities to simulate per cent effective at keeping under the Union Home priority and the doctors and the explanation given under accused Boota Singh, Gurdeep the outer edge of the virus par- ! the typical motions a person Covid-19-sized particles out. A Ministry on Friday. paramedics have to report to the Narcotic Drugs and Singh and Gurmohinder ticles give coronaviruses their may do throughout their day - cloth mask is about 40 per cent It has further been decid- the nodal officer of the said hos- Psychotropic Substances Singh, under the NDPS Act name, crown-like. 1((2 - bending at the waist, talking, effective. ed and conveyed that CAPFs pital latest by April 21. (NDPS) Act, the Supreme and sentenced them to rigor- Each individual mask or and looking left, right, up and Their recent findings on are required to provide 25 The Defence Research and Court has said. ous imprisonment for 10 layered mask combination was down,” said Phillip Clapp, PhD, doubling of face masks show medical officers and 75 para- Development Organisation A bench comprising jus- years. fitted with a metal sample port, ! an inhalation toxicologist in the that when a cloth mask is medical/nursing staff, reads (DRDO) hospital set to be tices U U Lalit and K M They were also asked to which was attached to tubing in P UNC School of Medicine who placed over a surgical mask, the the order. operationalised by late next Joseph made the observation pay a fine of Rs 1 lakh, failing the exposure chamber that 4 has been testing mask FFE FFE improved by about 20 per “It is, therefore, requested week, officials said. while deciding an appeal which they were directed to measured the concentration with Sickbert-Bennett since cent, and improved even more that the following number of On Friday, the Defence challenging an order passed undergo further rigorous of particles entering the breath- the pandemic began. with a snug-fitting, sleeve-type doctors and paramedics/nurs- Minister Rajnath Singh direct- by the Punjab and Haryana imprisonment for two years. ing space underneath the According to their find- mask, such as a gaiter. When ing staff be detailed for the pur- ed the DRDO to reopen the High Court affirming their The accused argued researcher’s mask. A second ings, the baseline fitted filtra- layered over procedure masks, pose please,” it said. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Covid conviction and sentence before the top court that the tube measured the ambient compared to that in the cham- tion efficiency (FFE) of a mask cloth masks improve fit by The detailed staff should care hospital here which was set under the NDPS Act. vehicle in question was a pri- concentration of particles in the ber, researchers determined differs from person to person, eliminating gaps and holding report to the nodal officer up in July last year. He has also Two bags of poppy straw vate one belonging to accused chamber. By measuring parti- the FFE. due to each person’s unique the procedure mask closer to (Colonel B Chaubey, DRDO asked the defence body to set were recovered from the Gurdeep Singh and was not a cle concentration in the breath- “We also had the face and mask fit. But general- the face, consistently covering Hospital, Ahmedabad by April up a new facility in Lucknow. accused while they were sit- public conveyance, though it ing space underneath the mask researchers in the chamber ly, a procedure mask without the nose and mouth. ting in a jeep at a public was parked on a public road. (&" ' "&* &( 12 3431 5 2 3 % firmed by his ex-wife Cynda Johnston, reported The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper. Dunkley co-founded the The Myanmar Times, an efore the complete with- English-language daily, but was Bdrawal of US troops from forced to give up his share in it. Afghanistan by September 11, He became well-known for there might be an increase in * co-founding or acquiring number of soldiers to ensure English-language publications safe and orderly drawdown, the yanmar’s junta on in formerly socialist states that Pentagon has said. MSaturday announced it were seeking foreign invest- “It is not out of the realm pardoned and released more ment as they liberalised their the possibility that for a short than 23,000 prisoners to mark economies, but was sometimes period of time, there will have the traditional Thingyan New criticised for doing business to be some additional enabling Year holiday, but it wasn’t with authoritarian regimes. capabilities added to immediately clear if they Early prisoner releases are Afghanistan, to help effect a included pro-democracy customary during major holi- safe, orderly, and deliberately of Defense is still working out capabilities available to us and activists who were detained in days, and this is the second planned drawdown of every- what the future bilateral secu- we’re not going to speak to the the wake of the military’s batch the ruling junta has body by the president’s dead- rity relationship is going to be details of exactly how we’re seizure of power in February. announced since taking power. line, early September,” with Afghanistan. going to maintain those capa- The releases were Following the release of Pentagon spokesman John “We’re going to transition bilities and utilise those capa- announced on state broadcast- more than 23,000 convicts to Kirby told reporters at a news to a bilateral relationship, a mil- bilities,” he said. er MRTV, which said that junta mark Union Day on February conference on Friday. itary relationship that’s more During a televised address chief Senior Gen. Min Aung 12, there were reports on social However, Kirby did not akin to the kinds of relation- to the nation earlier in the Hlaing had pardoned 23,047 media that some were recruit- elaborate on the nature of the ships we have with other coun- week, President Joe Biden said prisoners, including 137 for- ed by the authorities to carry increase in US troops. “I can’t tries,” he said. that keeping thousands of eigners who will be deported out violence at night in resi- speak today with exactly what “It will not include a US troops grounded and concen- from Myanmar. He also * @ ! " # % dential areas to spread panic, that would look like, how many, military footprint on the trated in just one country at a reduced sentences for others. especially by setting fires. Some when they would be going in. ground in Afghanistan with the cost of billions each year made The move comes as daily Unconfirmed but credible formance troupe where were drawn the special wrath of the areas responded by setting up But as we transitioned out of exception of what’s going to be “little sense” to him. protests against the February 1 accounts with photos on social arrested during that year’s New military because they performed their own neighborhood watch Iraq, of course, it’s logical to required to support the diplo- He said all US troops ouster of the elected govern- media claimed that three peo- Year celebrations for skits that in army uniforms. groups. assume that you may need matic mission there. All that’s would be withdrawn from the ment of Aung San Suu Kyi con- ple were killed Saturday by poked fun at military represen- Several members were also In March, more than 600 some logistics help, maybe some still being worked out. So, I strife-torn country by tinue, as does the use of dead- security forces in a violent tatives in Parliament and mili- found guilty of online defama- people who were imprisoned engineering help,” he said. can’t speak with specificity September 11 to end America’s ly force against them. crackdown in the central city of tary involvement in business. tion for livestreaming their for demonstrating against the “You may have to add today about what contract sup- longest war that has cost tril- According to the Mogok, in Myanmar’s gem Their traditional style of act- performances. It could not be February coup were released some force protection capabil- port the Afghan security forces lions of dollars and the Assistance Association for mining region. ing is called Thangyat, a mash- ascertained if all imprisoned from Insein Prison, a rare con- ities, temporarily, just to make are going to need going for- lives of over 2,400 American Political Prisoners, which mon- Detainees released up of poetry, comedy and music members of the troupe were ciliatory gesture by the military sure that the drawdown goes in ward,” he said. soldiers. itors casualties and arrests, Saturday from Yangon’s Insein with a sharp undertone of satire. released. that appeared aimed at placat- a safe, orderly, and effective The United States, he said, The US and the Taliban government forces have killed Prison included at least three Several members of the troupe Another freed prisoner was ing the protest movement. way. Again, we’ll know more as will maintain counterterrorism signed a landmark deal in at least 728 protesters and political prisoners who were were convicted under a law Ross Dunkley, an Australian Those freed were mostly we get closer, but that would capabilities to continue to pre- Doha on February 29, 2020 to bystanders since the takeover. jailed in 2019, said witnesses banning circulation of infor- newspaper entrepreneur sen- young people caught in sweeps not be out of the realm of pos- vent Afghanistan from becom- bring lasting peace in war- The group says 3,141 people, and local press reports. mation that could endanger or tenced in 2019 to 13 years in a of street demonstrations, while sibility,” Kirby said. ing a launching pad for terror- torn Afghanistan and allow including Suu Kyi, are in deten- The three are members of demoralise members of the mil- Myanmar prison for drug pos- those considered protest lead- Responding to a question, ist attacks on the US. US troops to return home tion. the Peacock Generation per- itary. The actors may have session. His release was con- ers were kept locked up. Kirby said that the Department “We have a vast range of from America’s longest war. ; ! 4" 9 < " R Moscow: Russia detained a discussed the free and open Dhaka: At least five people Ukrainian diplomat for alleged- Indo-Pacific. That set off a deluge of criticism working at a under construc- ly receiving classified infor- S President Joe Biden and “We agreed that while from top allies on Capitol Hill < country. Even as the U.S. And tion coal power plant being mation from a database of the UJapan Prime Minister Japan and the US will take the acing swift blowback from such as the second-ranking Britain see their vaccination built by a Chinese firm in country’s main security agency. Yoshihide Suga, in their first in- lead to promote the vision Fallies and aid groups, the Senate Democrat, Dick Durbin he global death toll from drives hit their stride and they Chittagong were killed and 20 The Federal Security Service, person bilateral meeting at the through concrete efforts. We White House said President Joe of Illinois, who called that ini- Tthe coronavirus topped a begin to contemplate life after others injured in a clash with or FSB, said Saturday that White House, discussed the will also cooperate with other Biden plans to lift his prede- tial limit “unacceptable.” White staggering 3 million people the pandemic, other places the police following a protest by Alexander Sosonyuk, Ukraine’s increasing Chinese influence countries and regions, includ- cessor’s historically low cap on House press secretary Jen Psaki Saturday amid repeated set- both rich and poor — France the workers over wage and consul in St Petersburg, was over the peace and prosperity ing the ASEAN, Australia, and refugees by next month, after said later that Biden is expect- backs in the worldwide vacci- and India among them — are allowances, Bangladeshi media taken into custody on Friday dur- of the Indo-Pacific and ways to India,” he said. initially moving only to expand ed to increase the refugee cap by nation campaign and a deep- lagging behind in putting shots reports said on Saturday. ing a meeting with a Russian in strengthen the QUAD, com- “We also had serious talks the eligibility criteria for reset- May 15, though she didn’t say by ening crisis in places such as in arms and have imposed The incident happened which he received “information prising of India and Australia on China’s influence over the tlements. how much. Brazil, India and France. new lockdowns and other when the protesting workers of of a classified nature contained in as the other two nations in the peace and prosperity of the In an emergency determi- Biden has been consulting The number of lives lost, as restrictions as cases soar. the plant clashed with the police, the databases of law enforcement grouping. Indo-Pacific and the world at nation signed by Biden earlier with his advisers to determine compiled by Johns Hopkins Worldwide, deaths are run- prompting them to open fire in agencies and the FSB”. Other issues like climate large. We agreed to oppose any Friday, he stated the admission what number of refugees could University, is about equal to the ning at over 12,000 per day on which five workers were killed, The FSB statement, report- change, fight against coronavirus attempts to change the status of up to 15,000 refugees set by realistically be admitted to the population of Kyiv, Ukraine; average and new cases at more the Dhaka Tribune reported. ed by Russian news agencies, pandemic and North Korea did quo by force or coercion in the former President Donald Trump United States between now Caracas, Venezuela; or metro- than 7,00,000 a day. “The violence broke out didn’t give further details. appear in their talks on Friday, East and South China Seas and this year “remains justified by and October 1, the end of the politan Lisbon, Portugal. It is big- The US toll alone is over around 10:30 am at the coal- Ukrainian Foreign Ministry which was the first for Biden intimidation of others in the humanitarian concerns and is fiscal year, Psaki said. ger than Chicago (2.7 million) 5,60,000, accounting for more fired power plant. Five have died spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said with a foreign leader as the region,” Suga said. otherwise in the national inter- “Given the decimated and equivalent to Philadelphia than 1 in 6 of the world’s while at least 20 others were Sosonyuk has been released president of the United States. Beijing claims almost all of est.” But if the cap is reached refugee admissions program we and Dallas combined. Covid-19 deaths, by far the injured in the clash, including from custody and is on “Our alliance has served its the 1.3 million square mile before the end of the current inherited,” she said it’s now And the true number is highest reported by any coun- police and local residents,” a Ukrainian diplomatic property. role as the foundation of peace South China Sea as its sover- budget year and the emergency “unlikely” Biden will be able to believed to be significantly try. The United States is fol- senior police officer was quot- It wasn’t immediately clear if and stability for the Indo- eign territory. China has been refugee situation persists, then a boost that number to 62,500, as higher because of possible gov- lowed by Brazil, Mexico, India ed as saying in the report. Russia would move to expel him. Pacific region and the world. In building military bases on arti- presidential determination may he had proposed in his plan to ernment concealment or the and Britain. This month, the “They attacked police who Nikolenko said Ukraine light of the current regional sit- ficial islands in the region also be issued to raise the ceiling. Congress two months ago. many cases overlooked in the US recommended a pause in are on duty, forcing the police- was preparing a response, but uation and the severe security claimed by Brunei, Malaysia, early stages of the outbreak that the use of Johnson & Johnson’s men to retaliate. Four were didn’t elaborate. The detention environment, the importance the Philippines, Taiwan and began 16 months ago in Covid-19 vaccine while author- killed during the incident while comes amid escalating ten- of our alliance has reached new Vietnam. Wuhan, China, at the end of ities investigate extremely rare three policemen were injured,” sions between Russia and heights,” Suga told reporters at Beijing has impeded com- 9 2019. Around the world, the but dangerous blood clots, and Chattogram Range Deputy Ukraine amid a Russian mili- a White House news confer- mercial activity like fishing or trajectory of the virus and the some European countries are Inspector General Anwar tary buildup along the border ence with Biden. mineral exploration by coun- 8 race to bring it under control putting the vaccine on Hossain was quoted as saying by with the eastern Ukraine In addition to the bilater- tries like Vietnam and the vary widely from country to hold, too. the Daily Star newspaper. PTI region. AP al relationship, Suga said they Philippines. Portland: Police in Portland, ple killed in police shootings Oregon, said on Saturday they nationwide. They include 13- !R " 4 "#* # arrested four people after year-old Adam Toledo of '" declaring a riot Friday night Chicago and Daunte Wright, a * when protesters smashed win- Black man in a Minneapolis "- dows, burglarised businesses suburb. Deputy Police Chief $%&' and set multiple fires during Chris Davis told reporters a Seoul: US climate envoy John Fukushima nuclear plant into demonstrations that started white man in his 30s had been Kerry met with South Korea’s the sea in two years. ' verbal pyrotechnics of his broth- olution. after police fatally shot a man shot and killed in Portland by foreign minister in Seoul on Chung also requested US er Fidel, who died in 2016. “One has to step aside for while responding to reports of police. The man was pro- Rome: A judge in Sicily on Saturday for talks ahead of a help for South Korea’s efforts to aul Castro said he is step- Castro didn’t say who he the young people,” said 64-year- a person with a gun. nounced dead at the scene in Saturday ordered former virtual climate summit of world secure more coronavirus vac- Rping down as Cuban would endorse as his successor old retiree Juana Busutil, for Police said they dispersed Lents Park, a leafy, residential Interior Minister Matteo leaders called by President Joe cines as it wrestles with a slow Communist Party leader, leav- as first secretary of the whom Castro “is going to con- the crowd so firefighting crews neighbourhood of the city. Salvini to stand trial for having Biden for next week. vaccine rollout and a steady rise ing the island without a Castro Communist Party. But he pre- tinue being the leader.” could douse fires before they Two officers fired a 40mm refused to let a Spanish migrant Kerry arrived in South in infections, South Korea’s guiding affairs for the first viously indicated he favors yield- The transition comes at a spread in extreme fire hazard device that shoots non-lethal rescue ship dock in an Italian Korea after a four-day visit to Foreign Ministry said. The time in more than six decades ing control to 60-year-old difficult time for Cuba, with conditions. projectiles, and one officer — port in 2019, keeping the peo- China where he held closed- ministry didn’t release any spe- and handing control of the Miguel Díaz-Canel, who suc- many on the island anxious The vandalism downtown an eight-year veteran — fired ple at sea for days. door meetings with senior cific comments made by Kerry party to a younger generation. ceeded him as president in 2018 about what lies ahead. came after the police shooting a gun, police said Judge Lorenzo Iannelli set Chinese officials in Shanghai. during the meeting. The 89-year-old Castro and is the standard bearer of a The coronavirus pandem- earlier Friday and was also in a statement. The officer September 15 as the trial date While Kerry’s discussions Chung and Kerry agreed made the announcement in a younger generation of loyalists ic, painful financial reforms was part of vigils and demon- is on paid administrative leave, during a hearing in the with South Korea’s Foreign that the countries should coop- speech Friday at the opening of who have been pushing an eco- and restrictions imposed by the strations already planned for and his or her name will be Palermo bunker courtroom, Minister Chung Eui-yong were erate to create “mutual syner- the eighth congress of the rul- nomic opening without touch- Trump administration have the night in the name of peo- released, authorities said. AP the LaPresse news agency focused on Biden’s climate gy” between the virtual sum- ing party, the only one allowed ing Cuba’s one-party system. battered the economy, which reported. Salvini, who attend- meeting and another video mits hosed by each country on the island. “All processes have a con- shrank 11% last year as a result ed the hearing, confirmed the summit on environmental in the coming weeks, “I concluded my task as first tinuity and I think Díaz-Canel of a collapse in tourism and outcome and insisted he was issues that South Korea will host which would help set up the secretary ... With the satisfaction should be there now,” said 58- remittances. Long food lines only doing his job and his duty in May, Chung also conveyed UN Climate Change of having fulfilled (my duty) and year-old driver Miguel and shortages have brought by refusing entry to the Open Seoul’s “serious concerns” over Conference scheduled to be confidence in the future of the Rodríguez. Castro’s retirement back echoes of the “special Arms rescue ship and the 147 Japanese government plans to held in Scotland in November, fatherland,” he said in a typical- ends an era of formal leader- period” that followed the col- people it had rescued in the start releasing treated radioac- the ministry said in a state- ly terse, to-the-point finale that ship that began with his broth- lapse of the Soviet Union in the Mediterranean Sea. AP tive water from the wrecked ment. AP contrasted with the impassioned er Fidel and country’s 1959 rev- early 1990s. #

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tions about the health of the wave in the country. Sources said that like last economy. Last year, the government year, the package may include fiscal stimulus package There are some discus- and the RBI came up with a measures by the government as 3((2 ,( 4,13 Amay be on the cards again sions within the government series of announcements to well as compliance relief offered as the Government looks at about the need, shape and tim- provide relief to the common by the Reserve Bank of India + +&* done to support manufactur- 2028-29. According to the that the incentive per benefi- ways to prevent the present ing of a fresh fiscal stimulus man and businesses impacted (RBI). ing of components which are notification of the DPIIT, the ciary will be applicable on surge in Covid-19 cases and the package. by the Covid-induced lock- Already, various ministries ,, not made in India presently. Empowered Group incremental sales (net of ensuing restrictions imposed The idea is to see that the down. are providing inputs to the It said that mere assembly of Secretaries chaired by taxes) of manufactured goods by the States from derailing the poor and small businesses do Under its ‘Aatmanirbhar Centre. & of finished goods would not be Cabinet Secretary will moni- (as distinct from traded goods) economic recovery. not suffer and their livelihood Bharat’ package and the Garib The worry for the govern- incentivised and companies tor the PLI scheme, undertake over the base year (2019-20) After last year’s lockdowns, support is not disturbed, said Kalyan Yojana, the government this time round is also ' investing in basic/core com- periodic review of the outgo subject to ceilings. which resulted in the country’s an official source, on condition ment had announced packages about inflation that has seen an ponents would get a higher under the scheme, ensure uni- “Mere assembly of fin- GDP contracting by (-) 23.9 per of anonymity. worth over Rs 20 lakh crore. increase in the last few months. priority. formity of all PLIs and take ished goods shall not be incen- cent, it was hoped that the The source said that any While the economic situa- This actually means that Earlier this month, the appropriate action to ensure tivised. Selection of companies economy will grow hand- such package, if finalised, tion is still much better than people are already struggling he department for pro- government approved a pro- that the expenditure is within for the scheme shall be done somely in FY22 to register a would come up later this last year and the government with higher food prices while Tmotion of industry and duction linked incentive (PLI) the prescribed outlay. so as to incentivise manufac- double digit growth. month or next month. has indicated against a com- their income is dogged with internal trade (DPIIT) has scheme for white goods - Air The group will be empow- turing of components or sub- For this to happen, the RBI The Union Finance plete lockdown this year, uncertainty. notified the PLI scheme for Conditioners (ACs) and LED ered to make any changes in assemblies which are not man- has projected a Q1 FY22 GDP Ministry has so far not indi- support measures could just The RBI will also have to ACs and LED lights and said Lights - with a budgetary out- the modalities of the scheme ufactured in India presently growth of 26.2 per cent. But the cated about any new stimulus look at the most vulnerable sec- do a balancing act over growth that selection of companies to lay of Rs 6,238 crore. It will be within the overall financial with sufficient capacity,” it recent surge in the pandemic to contain the disruptions tions of the society and the aspirations and containing avail the incentives would implemented over 2021-22 to outlay of Rs 6,238 croreIt said said. has again raised serious ques- caused by the fresh Covid-19 industry. inflation. ( < ! 4" !" %=6$ 3 >7% $ * & Growth rate seems rela- pharma to grow by reducing tively big as the exports of import dependnce and devel- ?( :9 harma exports from India March 2020 was crunched due op export potential in the days mated to ensure supply deficit them on the same page and Pwitnessed over 18 per cent to lockdown across the world to come as most of the coun- of 1.3 million barrels of oil per revive the deal. growth to USD 24.44 billion and supply chain disruption, he tries are looking at India for lobal crude oil prices are day in calendar year 2021 and Indications are that US Besides, export demand during the last financial year was quoted as saying. APIs ( active pharmaceutical Gexpected to be in the range keep Brent above $60/bbl,” the sanctions on Iran exports may for woven fabrics is expected to against USD 20.58 billion in When the global pharma ingredient) he said. of $60 a barrel over the long brokerage said. be lifted as early as before he second wave of Covid- plunge over Q1FY22 with key FY20, Pharmaceuticals Export market is negatively grown by North America is the term period as OPEC+ deci- The expectation for the Iran’s presidential elections due T19 resurgence can poten- destination countries grappling Promotion Council of India 1-2% in 2020, there is a big largest exporting region for sion to cap supply until crude was that it may surge in on June 18. tially disrupt fabric demand, with a second wave of pan- (Pharmexcil) said on Saturday. surge in demand for Indian Indian pharmaceuticals with demand recovers and the pan- 2021 on the back of economies “While OPEC+ capping said India Ratings and demic. “We have observed a big made generics owing to its more than 34 per cent share. demic continuing to keep a recovering as vaccinations supply should keep Brent above Research (Ind-Ra). “Fabric exports remained leap in our exports in the quality and affordability, the Country wise exports to check on consumption. tamed the spread of Covid-19. $ 60/bbl, delay in demand “Woven fabrics produc- muted in January 2021 on a month of March 2021 which is official said adding Drug for- the US, Canada and Mexico According to a research But the lockdowns again due to recovery and US lifting sanc- tion continued to improve mom basis, and 17 per cent USD 2.3 billion (figures for mulations and Biologicals is the have recorded a growth of report by ICICI Securities, fresh surge in Covid cases has tions on Iran exports would cap mom, though marginally, in YoY lower. March are provisional) and is second largest Principal com- 12.6, 30 and 21.4 per cent Brent has recovered and is delayed demand recovery in further rise. We estimate long- January 2021, despite remain- Demand for imported fab- highest among the exports of modity being exported by respectively. South Africa being over $ 60/bbl since February, 21 Europe. term Brent at $60/bbl,” ICICI ing 21 per cent YoY lower,” rics surged over December all the months of this financial India.The Pharma exports the second largest exporting vs April, 20 low of $ 21/bbl dri- Also, the probability of US Securities said. Ind-Ra said. 2020-January 2021, led by year, the growth rate for this body is expecting big growth in country, recorded a big jump of ven by demand recovery from sanctions on Iran’s oil exports With regard to gross refin- “While recoveries for restocking by retailers.” month is 48.5 per cent against Indian vaccine exports in the 28 per cent growth while lows and OPEC+ capping sup- being lifted appears to have ing magind (GRMs) the out- blended and knitted fabrics “Imports in value terms the exports in March 2020 coming years and the govern- Europe was the third largest ply to ensure supply deficit increased substantially. look is modest as capacity were quicker, that of woven is doubled between November (USD 1.54 billion),” Udaya ment policy on PLI (produc- exporting region which has since July last year. EU and other signatories to addition is expected to exceed expected to be delayed with 2020-January 2021 with high- Bhaskar, Director General of tion Linked Incentive) scheme recorded approximately 11 per “OPEC+ capping supply the nuclear deal are talking to to refined products demand micro-lockdowns and work- er shipments from China, Pharmexcil said in a release. will also help the domestic cent growth over previous year. until demand recovers is esti- Iran and US separately to bring growth. from-home culture.” Bangladesh and Vietnam.” .1, A >(44(! @4 % ! $%@; 7@003 * . 4" 0 & around 4.2 million MT. 3 "A7#5 ICRA expects sugar " ! he operating margins of exports at around 5.5 million +K+& government authorities and Tsugar companies are likely MT supported by the export policymakers have ruled out priate behaviour rather than dani Green Energy arm to moderate in FY22 due to policy and the closing stocks arket correction due to national lockdown.” lockdown. uel prices in the country AAREHFifteenL has bagged higher production cost and are likely to remain higher MCovid resurgence is an Consequently, MOFSL rec- ndustry body FICCI has “The population may be Fremained unchanged on a 150 MWac solar energy pro- reduced export subsidy, ratings than normative sugar stock opportunity to add cyclical ommend that correction Iwritten to Chief Ministers of sensitised about the Covid Saturday as oil marketing com- ject capacity from Torrent agency ICRA said in a state- levels of 6-6.5 million MT at stocks said Motilal Oswal should be viewed by the 25 States urging them to avoid appropriate behaviour like panies decided to go on a Power. ment. around 9.5 million MT for Financial Services. investors as a buying opportu- imposing partial or total lock- wearing masks, physical pause mode and analyse the Adani Renewable Energy Besides, benefits from SY2021 season. In a report, MOFSL said nity and advocated adding a down in the wake of fresh surge distancing and personal global developments on oil Holding Fifteen Ltd improved distillery perfor- However, the stocks are resurgence in second wave of balanced mix of growth, cycli- in Covid cases. hygiene. prices before effecting a revi- (AREHFifteenL), a wholly- mance was also cited by the expected to be lower than the Covid-19 has led to elevated cals and defensive stocks in The industry body also Support may be taken by sion. owned subsidiary of Adani agency as a factor that might previous season at around 11.0 market volatility and correc- their portfolios.”We continue to argued that the economy has involving volunteers from the Accordingly, pump price of Green Energy Ltd (AGEL), moderate operating margins. million MT. tion.Lately, both Nifty and be ‘OW’ on the BFSI, IT, barely begun to turnaround schools, colleges and the petrol and diesel remained at participated in a Tender issued “In the medium term, the “Given the sugar surplus Bank Nifty are down 5 and 15 Metals, Cement and Capital from the impact of the earlier NGOs. Strict compliance to 90.40 a litre and 80.73 a litre by Torrent Power Ltd for pro- government support measures scenario in the domestic mar- per cent from their recent Goods, Neutral on Consumer, lockdowns and such decisions Covid protocol may be ensured respectively in Delhi. curement of power through for higher diversion of sugar for ket, any significant increase in highs, respectively. Auto and Pharma while staying now will push the push the with suitable penalties for vio- The price of the two auto competitive bidding process, ethanol production would the sugar prices is ruled out in “To contain the pandemic, ‘UW’ on Energy, Utility and economy into downward spi- lations,” the letter states. fuels had fallen by 16 paisa and from grid connected solar pho- reduce the sugar surplus and the near term. However, the several states have announced Infrastructure.” ral. FICCI has represented to 14 paisa per litre respectively tovoltaic power projects to be support in improving the higher diversion of sugar localised restrictions with On the bright side, it said In the letter written to the Union Government to open on Thursday after a 15 day setup in Gujarat. demand supply dynamics of towards ethanol and the remu- Maharashtra yesterday unveil- that vaccinations are gradual- state CMs by FICCI President up the vaccination for all the break when OMCs kept its AREHFifteenL has been the industry on a sustainable nerative pricing of ethanol is ing set of broad-based mea- ly beginning to accelerate. Uday Shankar, the chamber has people above 18 years of age to prices static. awarded a project capacity of basis,” ICRA said. expected to result in an sures for two weeks mini-lock- “As vaccination pick up acknowledged the need to give a massive push to the Across the country as well 150 MWac Solar Power As per the agency, domes- improved distillery perfor- down,” further with approvals for more break the Covid chain but has vaccination drive as there is no the petrol and diesel price Project, a BSE filing said. tic sugar production is expect- mance in FY2022,” said “We expect the set of vaccines now in place, we suggested the strategy to focus shortage of vaccines and the remained unchanged on The fixed tariff for this pro- ed to increase by 10 per cent to Sabyasachi Majumdar, Senior restrictive measures to impact expect the focus to shift back more on ramping up covid test- inoculation capacity can be Saturday but its retail levels var- ject capacity is Rs 2.22/ kWh 30.2 million MT in SY2021 and Vice President & Group Head, near-term economic recovery to growth, cyclical recovery and ing, awareness drive and increased with the participation ied depending on the level of for a period of 25 years. outstrip consumption by ICRA. till cases stabilise. 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Dhoni has been leading the side since the inaugur- The 33-year-old now has 217 sixes in IPL, one al edition of the league in 2008. ahead of Dhoni. “His longevity has to be mentioned and appreci- With Rohit and de Kock looking in full flow, ated... To play 200 games and still have a desire to do it seemed MI will put up a big score. well is a testament to his attitude towards the game and However, MI soon slipped to 71 for 2 with franchise,” Fleming said after CSK’s win against Vijay Shankar dismissing Rohit and Suryakumar Punjab Kings. Yadav (10) in his two overs. “I think the franchise has grown and MS has grown . . ) + 4 # While the MI skipper holed out to Virat Singh with it, so it is a great relationship and great fun,” the ) in the sixth over, Suryakumar was caught and former New Zealand skipper added. C bowled in the 9th over. 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tories have disseminated consciousness of describes in great detail how a 12th century my historical fiction books, I create the historical our past cultures since times immemori- cathedral is built. He makes a tale of its unusual period through visual pen pictures of the dress, al. Whether through cave paintings or architecture, politics and weaves civil war, famine Read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and cuisine and traditions of the period and place. In oral narrations, the earliest mode of pass- and religious strife around it. we find out about chaises, stagecoaches, barouch- The Curse of Nader Shah, I have exposed Nader ing traditions, history, customs, and ritu- Bimal Mitra’s Bengali novel Saheb, Bibi, es, phaetons, and curricles. What about 20,000 Shah’s obsession with the colour red on his gar- Sals through generations has been only through Golam made into the famous film, Sahib, Bibi Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne to know ments and his creation of the four-cornered hat, storytelling. Before written language was discov- Aur Ghulam is set in a zamindari mansion that about submarines or fictional wonder vehicles the kulah-e-naderi. In The Legend of Genghis ered, even certain work skills were passed from resonates with the culture of the period. His such as the muggle car from the Harry Potter Khan, I have described the wide range of knives father to son through stories. The reason is sim- entire story is about the feudal and patriarchal series? that the Mongols always carried on their belts ple, anything woven into a story is unforgettable. traditions which emanate from the mansion. Pather Panchali by written by and their varied purpose. Padmavati has numer- Storytelling is a powerful tool that has mas- Another story like that is Shatranj Ke Khilari Bibhutibhushan Bandhopadhya and put on cellu- ous regional words sprinkled across the story for sive lasting impact. When we listen to stories or about the nawabi culture that has been filmed in loid by Satyajit Ray shows its protagonist’s obses- the sake of authenticity. read them, they boost our feelings of trust, com- the old palaces of Lucknow. sion with the train that passes his village. Since My latest book, The Cursed Inheritance focus- passion, empathy and positively influence our his only travel experience had been on a bullock es on the city of Kolkata and its cultural nuances. social behaviour. Storytelling has a unique ability cart, the speeding train enthralled him. The zamindari mansions that dot the city to build connections. When we hear a well-told An amazing story that revolves around food, inspired the setting of this cozy mystery inside a story, your brain reacts as if we are experiencing its concoction, history and influence is Like dilapidated yet grand mansion of Kolkata, called it ourselves. We respond to stories because they Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. Tita, the Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is a wonderful Sarkar Bari. I describe egg concoctions being cultivate a sense of togetherness. Thus, stories tragic protagonist of the story, is only able to cameo on the traditional Christmas spirit. cooked that are special to Kolkata as well as a that tell us about our past or what we have inher- express herself when she cooks. The chapters Similarly, Sense and Sensibility by Austen profiles coal stove built inside an iron pail, a common ited from our ancestors make us feel, we are part even carry recipes. They fascinated me and I even the Victorian custom of older men marrying cooking implement in Bengal. of something bigger than ourselves. cooked some of them. The stories about food young girls. Emily Bronte’s novel Wuthering Kolkata is one of few cities which still has the gave me a wonderful view of regional cuisine. Heights is all about how social class creates con- hand-pulled rickshaws. Mentioned numerous Another book that has enamoured me is The flicts among its characters. times in my new book, is Kolkata’s iconic vehicle Heritage is the complete scope of inherited Flavour of Spice by Marryam H Reshi that glori- Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan, Jhumpa though the protagonist also empathises with the traditions, monuments, objects, and culture. ously celebrates spices. Reading her book, I Lahiri’s Namesake and The Lowlands are excellent emaciated pullers and their livelihoods. I have Most significantly, it is the range of contemporary embarked upon a delightful foray into the her- profiles of traditions and rituals in different parts chronicled the tradition of celebrating the festival activities, meanings, and behaviour that we draw itage of Indian cooking as she traces history of of India. Arvind Adiga’s The White Tiger gives of Durga Puja in the mansions of old zamindari from them. Heritage includes, but is much more spices as far back as possible. insights into class disparities of an India of a families in this novel. Belief in tantric practices than just preserving, excavating, displaying, or decade ago. Chitra Divakaruni’s Palace of Illusions and demons as guardians of treasures is one the restoring a collection of old things. takes the reader back to the rituals of the regional features of rural Bengal which has been Heritage is tangible as well as intangible. Reading Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mahabharata period of Indian history while exploited to the hilt. Monuments, artifacts, books, archived records of Mitchell gives the reader an excellent insight into ) Before We Visit the Goddess is about multi-gener- Stories, narratives, and storytelling are central events are tangible while traditions, lifestyles and lifestyles, dresses, social customs and attitudes ational bonds, that rise from the countryside of aspects of all cultures and thus, a part of heritage. mannerisms are some of the intangible elements prevalent in southern parts of USA during the &K Bengal, India and sweep into the streets of For the storytelling to become an effective propa- that we inherit. We can explore heritage through American Civil War in the 1800s. The book has *K ' Houston, Texas. gator of cultural history, it must engage the listen- excavations, conservation, restoration and display become a reference point for scholars of that er or reader, and provide a narrative that is both , of concrete objects. However, history of songs, period. 2 cognitively and emotionally compelling. People recipes, cuisine, nuances of language, dances, Vikram Seth’s novel A Suitable Boy brings us Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer are natural storytellers. They tell narratives about dress and other conventions of legacy need to be the perfume of courtesans and old-world charm K > is a wonderful study of the use of dialect by dif- their experiences and the meanings that these perceived and appreciated. An excellent mode of of the pre-independence period. It gives us a K ferent social classes in nineteenth century experiences have in their lives. All cultures and keeping the history of heritage alive, generation peep into lifestyles, notions and sentiments of a & K K) America. In fact, introducing dialect into literary societies also possess their own stories or narra- after generation, is through stories. For what is bygone culture. writing goes back to Chaucer. Non-standard tives about their past and their present, and history but story telling? ' spellings and slang are used often in literature to sometimes about their view of the future. The Let’s see how some of the palpable as well as , + delineate characters and give them identity. memories and retelling of the past provide a abstract elements of heritage have benefited Dramas written by playwrights such as K Evolving language is one of true measures of sense of security in an uncertain world. Stories, through telling stories. Shakespeare, Kalidas or Anton Chekov, when +(K ,> heritage. Do you remember Eliza Doolittle in both written and verbal, are veritable source for staged, are a feast for costume designers. They George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion? If only learn- this history. display the fashions worn during a specific peri- ) , ing the correct dialect could make a flower girl Stories are a thread of timelessness that runs Old forts and castles, mansions and monu- od in a certain parts of the world where the dra- + into a lady of consequence, how important can through a rapidly changing environment. Hence, ments are natural source for stories, myths, and mas are set. However, stories are created not only & language be in the reconstruction of society? stories revolving around heritage bring a special tales. When I visited Chittorgarh fort, one of the by writers but are also told by raconteurs. K ' Ruskin Bond often uses regional nuances and sense of belonging and of continuity. It reduces myths I heard was about how the religious fer- When the Ramcharitra Manas or Meghdoot dialect to create atmosphere and build his charac- global conflict and brings empathy for co-exis- vour of Meera Bai, the Princess of Mewar, had is recited there are vivid descriptions of garments, ters. Many of his stories are set in the terai of the tence. All said and done, storytelling is one of the kept intact her chamber in the huge palace headdresses and weapons which make them Himalayas and his villagers often use words in dominant means of preserving heritage and pass- though the rest of the royal residence had been come alive through mental visuals for the listen- their own dialect in dialogues. ing down of values and traditions that make the flattened. Obviously, I went back and read up ers. History and heritage of dresses come alive With such eminent authors to light up my global social fabric stronger. everything available about the history of the only through these descriptions. We can then path, I have included many features of heritage in The writer is an author and poet. Her book, palace and fort. I discovered more such myths. compare them and find out what of that heritage my books to build ambience, build characters The Cursed Inheritance, has In The Pillars of the Earth, author Ken Follet still remains in our fashions today. and bring authenticity to my storytelling. In all been recently published + ++ * K& &* + yvixiari K +''( %847

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US is worried about the gun sion to qualify for a seat here. Till you purchases reaching alarming levels as a sizeable section of harbour emotions, don’t attain Gyan Asian Americans are in some kind of an insecurity syndrome. or intuitive knowledge, you can read Worry and fear are all at the top of the mind as death seems about this loka but not live here. The to be lurking round the corner. The situation is eerily sim- senses especially the sense of sound ilar to the Corona scare round 1 suggesting that experience and hearing needs to be history at this is not always a good teacher. Rather, it accentuates the past point. behaviour many times over. Against this backdrop, we once When self-respect turns to self- again need to ask the same questions that were raised dur- reverence, when one feels the justifi- ing the previous round. The responses are of the same trial cation of self-worship, one takes and error nature. To add to the woes some new questions birth, if and when one needs, on have cropped up. Is this a different Corona? Does the vac- Bhulok as a spiritual leader and an cine has the answer? Difficult to say but history seems to be aspirant to a higher loka. When repeating itself. As the scare mounts and the toll counts rise Duality becomes an amalgam and to alarming levels, there is a need to have a relook at the entire wisdom hands the baton to observer- scenario and examine things in totality. And things may not ship or Sakshibhav, one gets catapult- appear to be as simple as they look. Yes, it has impacted lives, ed to the ‘Tapalok’. This is the loka of ruined families and caused death and destruction of enor- Divya Bhakti and reflection of oneself mous proportions. Yes, it has shattered economies and as divinity. You cease to be judgemen- crashed GDPs. But there is another side of the story. It has tal and identify as one with the uni- raised the number of billionaires in both developed and devel- t is believed that it is only when I have in the vision state visited a Remember this is a world ruled versal consciousness. As this is a place oping countries and there are some in the queue to gradu- you have suffered enough and few lokas but never connected the dots and perceived by senses. Our senses of the third eye in the body, one has ate to the trillionaire status. It has pushed the growth of e- built a resolve to change, do you and never pondered on the subject. do not offer us more than 5% to 10% started the journey to shift con- commerce companies astronomically while online platforms set an opportunity to get birth Unfortunately my experience was of reality. Between the Bhuvarlok and sciousness. rose in geometric proportions. Investors now realise that on the Bhulok or Earth. This is limited and though theory not my the Swalok or Swarg, the difference is There are 3 centres between the putting money in Pharma stocks yields big dividends, and Isupposed to be true for most of the normal choice, but in this case I had quite huge. Tapalok and the Satyalok. Above the rather fast, even though there is no sure medicine in sight. lokas and for movement from one to to resort to borrowing a few pages At the Bhuvarlok, we have a Ajna Chakra are 3 chakras including It also threw quacks and charlatans in thousands sermon- the other, either upwards or down- from the ancients and so these &' slightly different set of off loads the Sahasra, the location for final ising on dos and don’ts on the social media. YouTube has wards. Only the Earth dimension pro- thoughts are a mixture of my realisa- & ' because this is a loka of intellect, mem- emancipation. become the most handy tool for the propaganda brigade who vides the infrastructure for the rele- tions combined with those of others. ory, relationships, heroic attitudes, and It is believed that above the are delivering unsubstantiated pearls of wisdom almost at vant criss-cross Visas. This is the Before we come to our own to do ()(" "( emotions. On the other hand it is also Satyalok are lokas like Vaikunth, the same pace as the speed of the spread of the virus. Quite Karma loka, where there is opportu- list, let us look at the ladders that stand (*(+,' a loka of attainment. Goloka, Shivalok etc. It is possible that interestingly the biological virus seems to have acquired traits nity to go against your nature and parallel to the snake. What are the And then Swarlok is a place the Bhramlok and these are parallel of computer virus. 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It is not just the medical angle. An interesting aspect rebirth to uplift their disciples and Climbing is greater effort and needs and aspirations begin. People learn the Dhruv Tara or the pole star to get is that one voice of dissent on the social media meets with help them gain completion. They do agility. For those who like to sound ) detachment and how to focus on the to where we belong. He also men- systemic campaign from troll brigade that makes sure that so to manipulate a change in their profound call it Purusharth. '& K purpose of the self. They also prepare tioned that we come across crossroads, such voices are lost in the din. That apart, there are many gunas through example setting, moti- Technically, you cannot climb up the for rebirth on Bhulok when spiritual and at these crossroads, one side has intriguing aspects to ponder. But we must understand that vation, counselling and sharing their ladder to higher lokas, you need to assets dwindle. 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n the hollow emptiness within, a dark e, human beings, are pro- passage to seemingly nowhere, I search grammed to fear. Why blame Ifor myself, or perhaps dismiss myself in WGod for this? What do we do the perfect burial ground that one’s con- with our children? We instil discipline sciousness could serve. The more inward I in them by scaring them. This process look, the more beyond me the vision wants of scaring into submission is reinforced to travel. Whereto, if not Krishna’s feet or throughout one’s life. If a growing child the sound of His Flute that beckons many is not paying proper attention to his hearts. The outcome is peace when I tread studies, his parents may paint a very with faith, and frustration when I digress to dark picture of his future. Then, there alleys not in His name. That alternating is law to be afraid of for everyone. As peace and frustration is because I am a result, we are all insecure without human. In that lies both my hope and dis- exception. The thought of insecurity appointment. comes regularly, which makes us care- Why Krishna, and not simply empti- ful, cautious and fearful. ness? Buddhist proponents may argue. Or, In short, we are programmed to be another name to fill the void such as Jesus insecure. How else can a world with its or Mohammed, that few minority religious seven billions plus population coexist? minds in India might be provoked to ask. In This is the cosmic design, which is to raising those questions, the adult mind stop us from acting irresponsibly by remains minor. For all of us, whether in being fearful. Unknowingly, we con- them. The demonic try to cause harm people are assured of not ending up your heart or mine, are trying to fill the ceived from His Flute. “Climbing shall not end. Know this, tribute to instil fear in others. to the world by their cruel acts. (16.9) badly (6.40) or never perishing. (9.31) void with energy. In my case, it is Krishna Indeed, from atop that peak, one of love that with every step of yours howsoever This is not all, we are also pro- Those with divine endowments are cru- So what did we learn? That the pro- energy. The big personal journey inside and not marriage, I saw Krishna more rele- made, I will make one towards you.” grammed to think that in spite of all the cial for the proper functioning of the gramming of being fearful or having the would be best served without the myopic vant. So, I decided to talk to Him through Replied the Master. talk about God, if He exists at all, will world. That is why God and His divine feeling that God will not protect does lens of religion, and instead with an intu- my writings, in a more inspired version of In that leap of faith I continued. The not protect us. What good is God to us establishment favour them. There are not have to be permanently inched into itive eye of the seeker. It is in Krishna con- myself and in His own language of creation. only glimmer of light in the dark passage if, He will not protect us. Is our secu- three categories of such divine souls. us, it can be changed. However, there sciousness that this pen flows. In humility, I called my spirit to drop ink on within. The light of Krishna energy, that I rity not a major concern for us. This The first one consists of just good peo- are conditions, as mentioned earlier. If “Among the mountains, I am the paper floor. Then, with abandon, I danced nurtured from emptiness, dropping off all feeling is a big factor in people not hav- ple, who do mostly good acts not want- we have qualified, then, we need not be Himalayas.” said He. upon it. Krishna must be merry in the heav- that was useless in the climb towards the ing faith in God. On the other hand, we ing to harm anyone. so fearful or anxious; we can come to We are all trying to climb successive ens too. next peak. are told that God will punish us if we The next or higher lot is of good the level of being cautious, careful, etc., peaks that we see. Any relative comparison As I wrote in my book, Conversations I conjured up Krishna’s idol of white, stray, though this is factually incorrect, people, who also do public service. For which is necessary for our own good. among the peers is useless. Glorious peaks With My Love: Creativity is God. In it, we spotless marble. Ganges flowed down His because giving punishment is done by this reason, God does intervene in their This is when peace descends. One for a few could be futile plateaus for others. find ourselves; His scheme, how he fulfills; entire length and out through the door that divine authorities, based on our cases by protecting them by extricating knows in his heart that he is never alone Within us those subjectively defined heights Promises He makes, Ours’ that He keeps; my soul had opened. “It is my birthday, bad/sinful acts. God stays away from them from harmful situations, caused and helpless; God is with Him. (6.7) He are measured and more importantly, a Many through progeny, follow the creative mate,” said He, “of your Venusian heart, tell such administration of justice except in by their bad acts done earlier. enjoys God’s protection. God is real; He climbing process where life is felt and lived. path; I found other way, I came to write. me which void shall I fill?” rare cases like that of Ravana. At that Remember, these souls must have is no longer a figment of imagination. I saw the peak of a woman, and in her Another peak climbed, and yet not high My Lord, in your presence, and when time, God chooses to perform many erred like the rest of us human beings. Every time a fearful thought comes true love, my elixir. The energy that flows enough. Krishna was not always there to your eyes meet mine, there is no void any- functions like re-establishing dharma. God has to help out; He does. God does in the mind then one thinks that he is in true love is the same, whether it is for keep me drowned or submerged in Him. He more. The ocean fills all empty spaces. Only (Bhagavad Gita 4.7) This programming much more for His devotees — the not alone; God is with him; He will pro- God or a person. If I could not be con- had not yet granted me that fortune. depths remain unexplored, now that I have is also part of the cosmic design. highest category He puts them in the tect. Gradually, the earlier program- sciously in God’s love round the clock, then “Krishna, wither those clouds, that hide taken the dive. Call the mermaid with Your There are two kinds of people in “yogakshemam” group — (9.22). God ming will change from negative to pos- I needed her love. May be, through her love the next peak, and not my limbs,” said I, Flute and ask her to pull me deeper. the world — those born with predom- helps in getting what one does not have itive and life will be much better. only, could I hope to reach the higher and continued, “before I leave my pot of The writer is the author of book, inantly divine and demonic qualities. and provides security of what one has. 4 realms in my spiritual world that was con- earth behind, present yourself Master.” Conversations With My Love (16.6) There is always friction between This is how the two higher groups of C I uvitiut !" #$#! ! ( )

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Integration mortality due to Covid-19 and of these idiosyncratic the type of diabetes. It finds that reported cases of mortality in lation aged 45 years and above, viduals suffering from comor- need of the hour and has been hypertension, and stage-2 and approaches into policymaking the odd ratio of in-hospital India, Bangladesh and Pakistan we estimated that 18.28 per bidity are hardly ever or never followed from March 1 to curb stage-3 hypertension at 1 per will illustrate its ability to deaths is 3.51, and 2.03 for per- are comparatively low so far. cent have comorbidity. About engaged in vigorous physical the second wave of covid. cent each. On blood pressure improve both the effectiveness sons with type-1 and type-2 The climatic and geographical 60 per cent of the patients with activities. 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This co- and it increases with the rise in 16 state that obesity has given The National Programme likely to need admission to the Aging Study in India (LASI, occurrence of more than one income from the second to fifth a steep rise to hypertension for Prevention and Control of (Pratap C Mohanty teach- intensive care unit or to die, 2017-19) database of the disorder in the same individual income quintile. among people with BMI more Cancer, Diabetes, es Economics at IIT Roorkee. He and similar cases are also noted Harvard, IIPS and the is a matter of utmost concern The Government’s initia- specialises in Health Economics. than 30. While 11 per cent of Cardiovascular Disease and %. (@ 22 B) from other parts of the world. 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