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THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA CHENNAI I MONDAY 19 I APRIL 2021 WEATHER Max: 35OC NATION | 4 WORLD | 5 SPORT | 8 Min: 26OC Yediyurappa in Nasa Mars copter Muttiah Muralitharan admitted Rainfall: Nil hospital, stable flight ‘today’ to hospital in Chennai ASTROGUIDE Vol. 17 No. 23 Established 1938 | 8 PAGES| `3.00 Pilava: Chithirai 6 deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle, google.com/+deccanchronicle Tithi: Sapthami Star: Punarpusam Rahukalam: 7.30 am to 9 am Central lens on Yamagandam: Night curfew from tomorrow 10.30 am to 3 Noon PRAYERS ■ TN declares lockdown on Sundays ■ Puts off plus 2 exam medicine prices Fajar: 4.45 am Luhar: 12.14 pm R. MOHAN & DC CORRESPONDENT D. SEKAR | DC RAILWAYS TO NEW DELHI, APRIL 18 INDIA REPORTS Asar: 3.19 pm CHENNAI, APRIL 18 Maghrib: 6.22 pm RUN ‘OXYGEN Singh roots for compulsory The Union home ministry 2.61 LAKH MORE Isha: 7.34 pm It’s back to basics again in is closely monitoring the the fight against Covid-19 movement and pricing of SUNSET TODAY 6.22 PM in Tamil Nadu. Curfew at EXPRESS’ TRAINS essential medicines like CASES; 1,501 DIE SUNRISE TOMORROW 5.54 AM night (10 pm to 4 am) and a licensing to produce vaccine Remdisivir, vaccines and MOONRISE TODAY 11.11AM total Sunday lockdown New Delhi, April 18: oxygen cylinders in all New Delhi, April 18: A MOONSET TOMORROW 1.17 AM have been ordered to kick The Railways will run New Delhi, April 18: states and Union record single-day rise of in from Tuesday, April 20. ‘Oxygen Express’ trains Former prime minister RAHUL GANDHI Territories. 2,61,500 coronavirus infec- The decision to try and over the next few days to Manmohan Singh on Source said a team of tions has taken India's CORONA clamp down was taken transport liquid medical Sunday wrote to Prime senior officials has been total tally of Covid-19 after a lengthy meeting at oxygen and oxygen cylin- Minister Narendra Modi SUSPENDS ALL set up in the ministry cases to 1,47,88,109, while the chief minister’s resi- ders across the country on the Covid-19 crisis, which is in constant with active cases have sur- C UNT dence on Sunday. as the demand for med- stressing that ramping up PUBLIC RALLIES all state police forces and passed the 18-lakh mark, In a statement released ical oxygen in the coun- vaccination was the key to taking feedback on action according to Union Health CASES DEATHS late evening, the govern- try has gone through the battling the pandemic, New Delhi, April 18: taken. The ministry has Ministry data updated on ment spelt out the mea- roof. and mooted steps to boost Congress leader Rahul also assured states that Sunday. (+2,58,095) (+1,570) sures it will be putting in Empty tankers will supply including invoking Gandhi on Sunday can- para-military forces can The death toll increased place to try and stem the begin their journey from compulsory licensing pro- celled all his public rallies also be provided for their to 1,77,150 with a record 1,50,54,027 1,78,743 tide of the coronavirus Kalamboli and Boisar visions as in case of in poll-bound West Bengal assistance to check mis- 1,501 new fatalities. The that has been infecting railway stations in and HIV/AIDS drugs. following a rapid rise in use of Corona medicines active cases stand at close to 8,000 people a day near Mumbai on Monday In a letter to the Prime Covid-19 cases in the coun- and vaccines. 18,01,316, comprising 12.18 covid19india.org in its second wave before to load liquid medical Minister, the veteran can do much better and try. “I would advise all "We are monitoring the per cent of the total infec- exploding past the 10,000- oxygen from Vizag, Congress leader said one very quickly”. political leaders to think situation round the clock tions. — PTI STATE GOVERNMENT BULLETINS mark on Sunday when Jamshedpur, Rourkela must not look at absolute “There are many things deeply about the conse- across the country. All 10,723 new cases pushed and Bokaro, railway offi- numbers but the total per- we must do to fight the epi- quences of holding large state police units have (+10,723) the caseload to 9.91 lakh cials said. — PTI centage of the population demic but a big part of this public rallies under the been directed to take that there would be no 13,113 and total fatalities to that has been vaccinated. effort must be ramping up current circumstances,” stringent actions against shortage of central para- TN: 9,91,451 13,113. “The key to our fight the vaccination pro- he said on Twitter. — PTI hoarders or those selling military forces to assist The night curfew will be banned. Inter-district and against Covid-19 must be gramme,” he said while essential medicines, oxy- the local police in giving WORLD CONFIRMED CASES total with autos and taxis inter-State transport will ramping up the vaccina- making several sugges- gen or other Corona-relat- protection to frontline also banned. In normal not be allowed either and tion effort. We must resist tions. er and taxi drivers, munic- ed important health items health workers like doc- times, autos and taxis are only persons driving in an the temptation to look at The former prime minis- ipal and panchayat staff, at much higher price than tors, nurses and other 14,18,34,251s expected to ply only for emergency will be the absolute numbers ter suggested that states and possibly lawyers who what is prescribed by the staff at hospitals. medical emergencies and allowed on the road. Of being vaccinated, and should be given some flex- have to attend courts as government. In addition, Home ministry officials DEATHS to serve train and air trav- course, essential services focus instead on the per- ibility to define categories frontline workers, and raids are being conducted admitted that maintain- el passengers. There will like the carrying of milk centage of the population of frontline workers who they can then be vaccinat- by respective state police ing laws and order at hos- be strict SoPs on public and making newspaper vaccinated,” he said in his can be vaccinated even if ed even if they are below at various police during pitals or other Covid facil- 30,29,273 transport on working deliveries and hospital letter. they are below 45 years. 45 years. which Remdisivir and ities is a huge challenge COUNTRIES, days. emergency service vehi- Noting that India cur- Currently, people above The suggestions come a Corona vaccine have since people are likely to AREAS WITH State Board exams for cles will be allowed to ply. rently has vaccinated only 45 years of age are eligible day after the Congress been recovered," get agitated in view of the CASES 219 Class 12 have also been Transportation of petrol, a small fraction of its pop- for vaccination. Working Committee met remarked a senior min- high casualty rate or not worldometers.info postponed and classes can diesel and LPG will also ulation, Dr Singh said he He said some states may and discussed the efforts istry official. getting proper facilities be held only online and be exempted. is certain that with the want to designate school required to fight the Covid The home ministry has like bed or oxygen at hos- No lockdown on May 2, summer camps are ■ P2 right policy design, “we teachers, bus, three-wheel- pandemic. ■ P4 also assured all states pitals. says chief electoral officer Acute shortage of vaccines, send The Tamil Nadu chief electoral offi- cer has clarified that there will be no lockdown on Sunday, May 2, the more doses, Stalin writes to Modi day on which votes polled in the elections to five state assemblies, Chennai, April 18: DMK Prime Minister and appea- Centre should allow states including in Tamil Nadu, will be president MK Stalin on led to him to “take a policy to independently procure counted. Sunday urged Prime decision swiftly” over it. drugs, vaccines and med- Minister Narendra Modi Tamil Nadu would need ical equipment as the pan- to direct officials to send more vaccine doses than demic affected states could UK Oppn asks Johnson 20 lakh COVID-19 vaccine allotted now to accomplish not wait every time for doses “requisitioned” by effective vaccinations, Centre's nod for “each and to cancel India visit the Tamil Nadu govern- break the cycle of infec- everything,” he said. London: Britain’s Opposition Labour ment immediately and tion and flatten the curve, Tamil Nadu had on Party on Sunday joined calls for ensure supplies commen- he said. Now, there was a Saturday reported 9,344 Prime Minister Boris Johnson to surate with the state's pop- “huge shortage of vac- new COVID-19 cases push- cancel his visit to India, starting next ulation. cines” across the state and ing the caseload to Sunday, amid growing concerns of In view of rapid increase there are news reports to 9,80,728. Till date, “only a new variant of COVID-19 detected in the number of people suggest that the people 46.70 lakh people” have in the country. getting infected by Covid- who visit government hos- been vaccinated out of Public Health England 19, 'universal vaccination' pitals for vaccination which, 40.64 lakh were has said that 77 cases of the so- is the need of the hour to were returning for want of administered the first called double mutant Indian variant protect lives, the DMK vaccine availability, dose and 6.05 lakh the sec- have been detected in the UK since chief said in a letter to the Stalin, claimed. The ond dose, he said. — PTI last month and that it has now been classed as a Variant Under Investigation. Downing Street had ear- ABD-Maxwell masterclass Sexagenarian, lier confirmed a much shorter schedule for the UK prime minister's visit, with the bulk of the pro- two grandsons gramme including talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi set charred to for a day-long agenda on Monday, April 26. death in blaze DC CORRESPONDENT COUNTER POINT VELLORE, APRIL 18 A sexagenarian and his two minor grandsons were charred to death in a fire accident that dam- aged their cracker shop in Latheri in Vellore dis- trict on Sunday, plung- ing the entire area into deep sorrow. Police identified the deceased as Mohan Reddy (60), and grand- sons Tejas (6) and Tanuj (8). Reddy lighted some new types of crackers Glenn Maxwell (78 off 49 balls) and AB de Villiers (76 outside the shop for a not out off 34 balls) powered Royal Challengers demo after asking his grandchildren to remain Bangalore to an emphatic 38-run win over Kolkata inside. A spark flew from Knight Riders at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in the exploding crackers Chennai on Sunday. It was RCB’s third win in as many and fell into the shop. matches. — IPL ■ P3 Navalny could die at any moment: Doc Moscow, April 18 A doctor ■ Vasilyeva, head of the when he began experiencing for imprisoned Russian NAVALNY’S Navalny-backed Alliance of severe back pain and a loss opposition leader Alexei potassium Doctors union, said on of feeling in his legs. Navalny, who is in the third Twitter that “action must be Russia’s state penitentiary week of a hunger strike, says levels are taken immediately.” service has said he is receiv- his health is deteriorating high: report Mr Navalny is Russian ing all the medical help he rapidly and the 44-year-old President Vladimir Putin’s needs. He was arrested on Kremlin critic could be on of potassium, which can most visible and adamant January 17 when he the verge of death. bring on cardiac arrest, and opponent. returned to Russia from Physician Yaroslav heightened creatinine levels His personal physicians Germany, where had spent Ashikhmin said test results that indicate impaired kid- have not been allowed to see five months recovering from he received from Mr neys. “Our patient could die him in prison. He went on Soviet nerve-agent poison- Navalny’s family show him at any moment,” he said in a hunger strike to protest the ing that he blames on the with sharply elevated levels Facebook post. Anastasia refusal to let them visit Kremlin. — PTI CITY pg DECCAN CHRONICLE | MONDAY | 19 APRIL 2021 | CHENNAI 2

OTHER STORIES Fire service State hits new peak past 10k week observed mark in daily Covid-19 cases DC CORRESPONDENT TIRUCHY, APRIL 18 DC CORRESPONDENT The fire and rescue department CHENNAI, APRIL 18 personnel led by District Fire Puducherry adds 663 fresh virus Officer, G. Anusuya, and her Hitting a new peak on deputy, Karunakaran, and Sunday in Covid-19 cases Station Fire officer, Melghio in a single day, the State cases, overall tally goes up to 47,771 Raja, gave a rousing reception crossed 10,000-mark in the to a team comprising 45 fire and state with 42 deaths. The Puducherry, April 18: vaccination festival which rescue personnel, who culmi- data provided by the State Puducherry registered 663 The fatality and began on April 11 ended nated their cycle rally at the fire Health department shows new coronavirus cases in recovery rates were Sunday and there was station here, on Sunday. the state adding 10,724 24 hours taking the overall 1.48 per cent and overwhelming response The team including Robin cases, which is a sharp tally to 47,771, a senior 89.16 per cent from the people above 45 Castro, Mano Prakasam, jump from 9,344 on official of the Department respectively. The years for inoculation. She Loganathan and Vadivelu, sta- Saturday. This takes the of Health and Family said that there would be tion fire officers of Villupuram, total Covid-19 infections Welfare Services said on Health department no side-effects following Thanjavur, Cuddalore and in the state to 9,91,451 with Sunday. Three more peo- Director said that vaccination. Tiruvarur respectively, com- death toll 13113 including ple succumbed to the 7.28 lakh samples The Lt Governor said menced the rally at Villupuram 4,400 in Chennai. virus, pushing the death have been tested so Covid care centres were on Saturday, as part of the ‘fire Chennai registered 3,304 toll to 708, Director of the being opened to help peo- service week’ celebrations from cases and 16 deaths. New Health and Family far and it was found ple in home quarantine. April 14 to 20, culminated their Fire and rescue service personnel take out corona awareness cycle rally at Ashok cases surged from 2,884 on Welfare Department S that 6.62 lakh out of Areas that reported large cycle rally at Tiruchy on Nagar. — DC Saturday, with which the Mohan Kumar said in a them to be negative number of new cases of Sunday. district records a total of release. infection would become The team paid homage to all 2,83,436 cases so far. The number of active workers and 17,931 front- containment zones, she firemen who had lost their lives Chengalpattu district, cases in the union territo- line workers have been added. A close watch during their service in all fire which has a total of 66,440 ry stood at 4,468 while the vaccinated so far. As many would be kept on people in stations across the state, Sunday lockdowns to be severe positive cases, reported recoveries was 42,595 so as 1,05,642 people coming such zones and their besides creating awareness 954 cases and 6 deaths, far, he added. The 663 new either under the category requirements would be among the people on the servic- also a spike from cases were identified at of senior citizens (those taken care of, she said. es rendered by the department, Saturday’s figures of 807 the end of the examina- above 60 years) or those Tamilisai Sounda- and maintenance of fire-fight- with essential shops too closed new cases and 3 deaths. tion of 5,070 samples and above 45 years with rarajan said the Mahatma ing equipment. The number of daily were spread over comorbidities have been Gandhi Government From P1 cases in Coimbatore Puducherry (497), vaccinated under the sec- Dental College, the Rajiv Journalists, petrol bunks, jumped from around the Karaikal (80), Yanam (35) ond phase of vaccination Gandhi Women and Child Erumbeeswarar continuous process indus- GCC reopens Covid-19 600-mark to 700, adding 727 and Mahe (51). launched on March 1, he hospital and the ESI hos- tries and industries pro- new cases on Sunday. The fatality and recov- said. pital were being used to temple closed ducing essentials will be While Chennai, ery rates were 1.48 per Lt Governor Tamilisai admit patients with com- Tiruchy: In view of the second allowed to work during Coimbatore, and cent and 89.16 per cent Soundararajan visited the plaints of infection. Covid-19 wave, the the curfew, besides per- tele-counselling centre Chengalpettu continue to respectively. The Health Edouard Goubert Big She appealed to the peo- Archeological Survey of India sons on night duty who add over 500 cases every department Director said Market in the city on ple to make use of the (ASI) has ordered closure of Sri must produce their ID DC CORRESPONDENT teer services, screening day, Thiruvallur district that 7.28 lakh samples Sunday to see for herself facilities as the govern- Erumbeeswarar temple popu- cards to be out during the CHENNAI, APRIL 18 and testing will be joined the 500-plus club on have been tested so far the progress of vaccina- ment was running testing larly known as ‘Malai Kovil’ at curfew hours. addressed by the counsel- Sunday contributing 503 and it was found that 6.62 tion at a special camp in centres and also centres suburb Tiruverumbur near The Sunday lockdowns Greater Chennai Corpo- lors at the centre. Apart cases. lakh out of them to be neg- the market to cover the for vaccination of people here, on Saturday. are going to be severe with ration (GCC) on Sunday from Covid-19, other epi- Kancheepuram, ative. shopping public. She told above 45 years. The place ‘Tiruverumbur’ vegetable, meat and fish brought back the 24x7 demic related queries will Tirunelveli, Thirupur, and Kumar said 30,171 health reporters later that the — PTI derives its name from this tem- shops, besides commer- Tele-Counselling Centre also be answered. Trichy recorded 300-plus ple dedicated to Shri cial establishments and that can provide Covid19- The Corporation has cases on Sunday. Erode, reached a new peak on third position in the death chy also recorded death. Erumbeeswarar. cinema theatres to be related services for at lea- decided to bring back the Krishnagiri, Madurai, Sunday with 70,391, a toll with 4 cases while Cu- A total of 1,08,155 per- ASI sources said, as per instruc- closed. Entry to public st 100 persons at a time. G. service of the centre after Nagapattinam, Selam, jump from 65,635 of ddalore, Kanyakumari, sons were subjected to tions from the Centre and state parks is also banned on all Prakash, Commissioner, it played a crucial role in Thoothukudi, and Vellore Saturday. The total active Madurai, Nagapattinam, RTPCR tests on Sunday, government, they ordered clo- days, which means people GCC inaugurated the cen- disseminating informa- districts crossed 200mark. cases in the Chennai dis- and Thiruvannamalai re- which is a jump from sure of all temples under their may have to confine them- tre. According to officials, tion and helping the gen- Apart from this, at least 12 trict crossed 25,000mark ported two cases each. In 99,050 on Saturday. More control till May 15. The temple selves to their homes if the general public can eral public during the other districts in the state on Sunday surging from addition, Dindigul, Tenk- than 2.08 crore individuals was closed after completion of they are not out at work contact 044- 4612 2300, 044- first wave in the city. “As registered 100 plus cases. 23,625 on Saturday. asi, Thanjavur, Tirunelve- have been tested so far in daily rituals on Saturday. during daytime. Beaches, 25384520 to get medical many as 4 lakh phone Active cases in the state Kancheepuram reached li, Thoothukudi and Tri- the state. parks and archaelogoical counselling. queries have been addre- sites will also remain Queries relating to ssed by the centre so far closed to the public. Hill Covid19 including vacci- since its inception in Leyland delivers stations like Ooty and nation, medication, hos- March last year”, said the Kodaikanal and a few pital bed situation, volun- officials. light bullet proof monuments have been closed to tourism Hyundai becomes India’s vehicles to IAF Restaurants and plat- Chennai: Ashok Leyland, the forms like Swiggy, Karur all set to tackle Covid-19 largest supplier of logistics Zomatoi, etc., will restrict DC CORRESPONDENT vehicles to the Indian Army, has their working hours to KARUR, APRIL 18 strengthened its Armoured between 6 am and 10 am, top car exporter again vehicle platform by delivering 12 pm and 3 pm and 6 pm The district administration here is taking all possible first of its kind “Light Bullet and 9 pm on Sundays and preventive measures on a war-footing, against the sec- A. ARUL PALANI | DC The all-new i20 that an export of 1,04,342 cars Hyundai also surpassed proof Vehicles” (LBPV) to the lockdown days. Delivery ond Covid-19 wave, which is spreading fast. CHENNAI, APRIL 18 in 2020-2021 stands testa- the 3 million vehicle IAF. The first lot of these mod- services will be allowed A collectorate release said here on Sunday that from has been well ment to our spirit. It is a export milestone earlier ern vehicles was delivered on on Sundays when service March last year till date, they conducted 14,457 fever Hyundai exported 1,04,342 accepted in India moment of great pride for in 2020, exporting to 88 April 13. The vehicle offers providers can function camps across the district, in which 12,35,455 persons cars between April 2020 and in global mar- Hyundai as we step for- countries. Superior protection and combat but other e-commerce were subjected to medical tests, and swab tests done on and March 2021, continu- kets and is being ward in the journey of Hyundai has recorded capability. The crew is well pro- platforms are not permit- 2,39,502 persons. ing its journey as the No.1 making world class quali- multiple export mile- tected from both ballistic and ted to function during From March this year till date, the district adminis- automobile brand export- exported to all key ty cars from India. stones over the years. blast threats and can launch Sundays. tration has organised 1,411 medical camps across the ed from India. Hyundai markets across Our Smart During the successful attacks. The attendance cannot district and 48,000 swab tests were taken. As on date, has also become the lead- Africa and Latin Manufacturing Processes export journey, Hyundai LBPV is an adopted version of exceed 100 guests at wed- there are 47 persons including 20 women are undergo- ing exporter of SUVs with America region have led us to maintain Motor India has won pres- Lockheed Martin’s (LM) CVNG dings and 50 at funerals. ing Covid-19 treatment at the government medical col- over 2 lakh Creta and our leadership position in tigious awards including - (Common Vehicle Next Gen) There will be a limit of lege hospital (GMCH) and from April 15 last year till Veune cars exported to achievement, Mr S S Kim, passenger vehicle exports 7 EEPC National and 5 and has been developed under 50% customers at a time today, there were 3,393 covid-19 positive cases treated overseas markets includ- MD and CEO, Hyundai and strengthened our South Region Awards as TOT from LM to Ashok in malls and shops while at the GMCH. They were discharged after they fully ing Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Motor India Ltd. said, commitment to ‘Make in Top Exporter of Year for Leyland. It is completely indi- 50% of IT staffers working recovered, the release added. South Africa, Nepal and “Despite numerous chal- India’ for the World,” he Large Enterprise category. genised and developed in India. for an office are expected The district administration has readied three special Chile. lenges emerging out of the added. The automobile major is Mr. Vipin Sondhi, MD & CEO, to work from home. In treatment centres at the old government hospital Further, the all-new i20 global pandemic, uncer- Hyundai also com- presently exporting 10 Ashok Leyland, said, short, it is back to the premises with 300 beds, another 300 bedded special that has been well accept- tainty in various markets, menced exports of cars to models to 88 countries “This LBPV is another exam- worst of Covid times like treatment centre located in the government arts col- ed in India and in global restriction on imports and Nepal through rail from across five continents, ple of our team’s capability it was under the first wave lege premises here, and a 200 bedded special treatment markets and is being disruption in supply the Walajabad railway About 32 countries in combined with a strong sense of of the coronavirus. Only centre also located at a private engineering college at exported to all key mar- chain, HMIL has contin- hub near Irun- South America, North understanding of what is the numbers of people suburb Puliyur, the release said, adding that efforts kets across Africa and ued to drive operational gattukkottai, Chennai. As America (Mexico) and 28 required in arduous condi- affected may get far worse were on to establish another special treatment centre Latin America region. excellence to ensure cus- the country’s largest countries in Africa and tions.” now in the second wave. with 200 beds near Karur in a couple of days. Commenting on the tomer satisfaction. And, exporter of automobiles, one in Europe. Gold worth `65.87 lakh Earthly feelings collide with spiritual knowledge PRIYANKA MINJ | DC Long Live the Sullied: The ter silence grips as an excellent student of the story as the story seized by Air Customs CHENNAI, APRIL 18 Sullied Warrior Duology Rudraputra. In the open- theology in gurukul, but, never really develops; it is (Book 2) ing scene, Acharya unlike Eklavya, he finds it just the continuation of DC CORRESPONDENT On removing the white paint, The book is the second By Gaurav Sharma Virbhadra arrives at the difficult to imbibe the the first part with minor CHENNAI, APRIL 18 gold weighing 1 kg valued at part of the sullied warrior gate of the palace to meet sacred teachings and character development of `48.77 lakhs was recovered duology, written by Eklavya. The stage is set philosophies in his life. He the major characters and Based on intelligence that gold and was seized Gaurav Sharma. In this, Rudraputra. He rules with for the characters to play knows ‘Moksha is the ulti- cameos are mundane. was likely to be smuggled from the point of view, changes fairness and justice. There out their parts. mate liberation from Despite this, the story is Dubai by concealing in air- During surveillance in the and the story are seen is peace, justice and har- The main protagonist in Maya.’ But his earthly feel- not repetitive; it is engag- craft, an Indigo Flight from airport transit area two heavy from different perspec- mony in his kingdom and the second part is Pundir, ings, which made him ing and flows smoothly. Dubai was searched when an packets wrapped with white tives by different charac- Kaliyuga, it seems, is Eklavya’s classmate in the human, always collide The language is simple unusually heavy white circular adhesive tape were found in ters. defeated by a benevolent mountain gurukul and his with his spiritual knowl- and easy to understand. disk was found concealed one of the toilets. Gold paste “I was there when noth- and just king. best friend. The conflict is edge. It is this tussle which The plot is engaging with below a wash basin in the air- weighing 503 grams was recov- ing was, I am here when Chaos descends on internal and the story is a forms the backdrop of the lots of philosophical ques- craft toilet. ered which on extraction nothing is, and I will be Rudraputra when Eklavya reflection of the mental, story. tions and answers. In the On removing the white paint, yielded 356 grams of gold val- present in all years to abdicates everything, spiritual and physical tur- The mystery which end it’s all about the choic- gold weighing 1 kg valued at ued at `17.1 lakhs and same come.” The narrator of of Eklavya. By the end of becomes a yogi and leaves moil of the characters. unravels is enthralling es we make and from those `48.77 lakhs was recovered and was and seized as unclaimed this mythological series is the first book, Eklavya is the kingdom in search of This is especially true for though it becomes pre- choices results or reper- was seized. under Customs Act. time, which tells the story crowned as the king of truth and wisdom. A sinis- Pundir. He was regarded dictable in the later part of cussions follow. When Pandora’s Box opened out came B.1.617 more deadly wave than that devices allowing the virus by 75 per cent in vaccinated migrant workers crowding tecting people against the that invest people with, say, of 2020. take the hindmost in the 80 to 83-year-olds within 35 the railway stations of illness. At least it seems to the fear of flying. The politicians are again foolish hope that the much to 41 days of their first dose Mumbai. affect people only in a All we are getting from the to blame for not asking the touted herd immunity will of the jab. The rate of peo- Science points to the vac- milder way. government now is more religious leaders straight- kick in soon. But science is ple getting Covid dropped cine being the passport out It may have taken a bit of obfuscation in terms of hid- R. Mohan away to clamp down on the still showing the way, its by 70 per cent, with the of the pandemic. Vaccinati- courage on my part to go to ing the true extent of the Kumbh Mela in the time of analysis of the post-vacci- number of positive tests ons began in mid January the Omandurar Medical deaths even as hospitals are the pandemic. A majority of nation phase after just the falling from 15.3 per one in India but many years College to take a jab at the overflowing and crematori- Namma Chennai Diary 1.4 billion-plus Indians are first jabs revealing that lakh people to 4.6. The fig- have to elapse before a size- very place where the irre- ums and burial grounds are also to blame for letting infections and deaths ures suggest the link able section of the popula- pressibly witty comedian bursting at the seams. The their guard down and among the most vulnerable between infections and tion is covered. They have and environmentalist data being put out are obvi- he vaccines pro- and the double mutant behaving as if the coron- sections of the population admissions has been broken been proven to do a good job Vivkeh took his shot just ously buttressing very weak tect you, so go get B.1.617 carrying two specif- avirus had spared somehow who were inoculated first by the vaccine programme. of protecting us from the two days before and then arguments over the second “Tvaccinated — ic mutations of concern - the country and gone away had come down consider- The lockdown of 2020 may virus. The problem is the died tragically from a car- wave. As someone said - that’s the message,” says Dr. E484Q and L452R - is wreak- after just one wave. ably. This disproves many have helped the initial fight variants are triggering fear diac arrest. It did seem his "There are lies, damned lies, Fauci, the most visible face ing havoc across the coun- Official India is to blame politicians' assertion that but it seems to make little by sending out confusing death was not caused by the and statistics”. in America’s battle against try. for letting the country the lockdown had more to sense against the second signals. Medical advice has vaccine and there is no need the virus. “If you’re around All of us are to blame. The descend into chaos in the do with declining cases than wave. Lockdowns are deci- it that the vaccines on hand to fear the minuscule statis- (R. Mohan is the other vaccinated people, politicians are primarily to wake of the second wave. the vaccines. sively pro-rich and extreme- are providing a cushion and tical chance of death by vac- Resident Editor of you shouldn’t worry about blame because they still Current government behav- In UK, studies have shown ly anti-poor. We see distress- even if any one vaccine is cine. The odds of allowing Chennai and Coimbatore it at all. Zero.” crave for votes while India iour betrays the fact that it that the rate of Covid-relat- ing proof of this in the exo- less effective against a vari- the vaccine to protect you editions of Deccan The Pandora’s Box is open is crippled by another and has left everyone to his own ed hospital admissions fell dus that has begun again of ant it still appears to be pro- are far better than those Chronicle) STATE DECCAN CHRONICLE | MONDAY | 19 APRIL 2021 | CHENNAI pg 3 COFFEE-BREAK CALVIN AND HOBBES| Bill Watterson Your day today By Dr C.V.B. Subrahmanyam QUICK CROSSWORD Aries: Pay special attention to personal life. At work, expect an opportunity to assess yourself through self-appraisal forms. Pay heed to parental advice for future success. Taurus: Keep off pollution, especially that’s in the air. Someone might mislead today. A younger sibling seeks advice in career THE WIZARD OF ID| Parker and Hartsd planning. 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OTHER STORIES Fresh move by activist ‘Elephant Rajendran’ A ‘Hub in the Sky’ at IIT-M research park DC CORRESPONDENT Industry Interaction comprise of alumni Eyewitnesses: First CHENNAI, APRIL 17 Center (AIIC). and faculty from the Situated on the 10th IITs, selected alumni explosion occurred ‘Hub in the Sky’, an floor of Phase 2 of the from IIM, ISB, XLRI Notice to collector against ultra-modern facility research park, the cen- and IISc, designated at 11.30 am to provide a meeting tre, designed by world senior employees from From P1 ground for Corporate famous Hafeez select corporates and Eyewitnesses said that the first R&D, industry profes- Contractor, will help ex-officio members explosion occurred by 11:30 am, sionals, faculty and in catalysing industry- such as directors from resulting in quick multiple students for network- academia engagement all the IITs. regularising illegal resorts ing and increased col- through its industry At the inauguration, explosions and fire engulfing the entire shop. laborative work in a round table, a key Prof Bhaskar Rama- Reddy ran in to rescue Tejas B. RAVICHANDRAN | DC In a fresh notice, their illegal dealings by any orders and directions of the relaxed yet profession- strategic initiative of murthi, Director IITM and Tanuj who were trapped OOTY, APRIL 18 Rajendran stated means, it is learnt that some High Court and Supreme al ambience, was the IIT-AIIC. said, he was delighted inside, but the three were sur- resort owners have started Court, all these ‘illegal opened recently at the The huge facility will that such a magnifi- rounded by flames and could not The Chennai-based environ- that he came to collecting money in lakhs to resorts’ and ‘homestays’ IIT Madras Research also help in organising cent facility has come be rescued, police sources said. ment activist ‘Elephant G. know that about 65 bribe the officials and politi- shall be demolished. Any Park, in Taramani. international meets up in the IITMRP cam- Since there is no fire station in Rajendran’ who was instru- cians. I presume there is a regularization move would Spread across 30,000 requiring state of the pus, which will be a Latheri, fire tenders from mental in sealing of 65 ille- resorts and a few deep-seated unwritten agree- amount to ‘contempt of square feet of space, art facilities to make catalyst for growth of Katpadi and Gudiyatham, each gal resorts and homestay residential houses ment between the local offi- court’, noted Rajendran. which includes a the conferences/meet- the Indian industry in roughly 10 kms away, were alert- tourist cottages in Masina- cials, resort and homestay VAOs and police inspectors 10,000 square feet open ings very meaningful the years to come. ed. Onlookers and neighbouring gudi limits along the Mudu- that functioned as owners. For this, some resort need to be asked to file a terrace overlooking and worthwhile for all Any organisation residents tried extinguishing malai Tiger Reserve (MTR), homestay tourist owners have conducted a report about the existence of the luscious greens of participants. interested in R&D and the fire by bringing water in a after a wild elephant was homes, have meeting in Masinagudi. resorts and homestays in South Chennai and the The IIT Alumni using the expertise tractor and throwing soil. torched to death by the own- Hence, an enquiry by a DSP their respective jurisdiction, Bay of Bengal, “Hub Industry Interaction and experience of Police and fire and rescue ers of a private illegal resort applied for (vigilance), may be ordered and take suitable action. in the Sky” is the new Center has over 650 IITians can log in and services personnel arrived at in Masinagudi area in Jan- regularisation to find out the truth,” he Since only in Masinagudi abode of the 10-year- members from differ- take advantage of this the spot and managed to control uary, has now issued a legal said, adding that the Block area, sealing of illegal old IIT Alumni ent IITs in India. They facility. the blaze after a struggle of notice to Nilgiris Collector to tourist homes, have applied Development Officer (BDO) resorts and homestays have over one hour. The rescue team take immediate steps to for regularisation. These and president, Masinagudi been initiated, the Nilgiris retrieved the charred bodies demolish those illegal struc- resorts and homestays con- panchayat, had allowed a re- district administration shall and shifted them to the govern- tures across the hills. structed without any permis- sort in Singara road in Ma- now issue suitable orders to ment medical college hospital, In a fresh notice, Rajendran sion are functioning without sinagudi to function. Nece- concerned officials to lock Adukkambarai. stated that he came to know proper permission, and ssary legal action is needed and seal all such illegal Reddy’s daughter Divya is said that about 65 resorts and a hence, they should not be to be taken to close it down.” resorts and homestays func- to be the license holder of the few residential houses that regularised. Taking into consideration tioning across Nilgiris dis- shop. Investigations are on. functioned as homestay “In order to regularize the various judgments, trict, he noted. It’s time to bust myths on liver donations T. SUDHEESH | DC On the occasion of Liver to worry too much about the to refrain from depending on heart disease, liver disease, CHENNAI, APRIL 18 day, experts talking to DC risk of the health of the donor. painkillers and traditional diabetes, blood pressure, and say that there should be Currently liver donation pre- medications, especially if they respiratory disease,” he World Liver Day is being absolutely no fear for a dominantly takes place among have cirrhosis,” he explained. added. observed on Monday but kin donors. But this situation Dr. Neelamekam Thoppa Dr. Joy Varghese, Director - awareness among people on healthy person to donate his needs to be changed through Kapali, general surgeon, Hepatology and Transplant liver donation remains poor liver. Sunil Shroff, president- dissemination of right infor- Fortis Malar Hospital, said Hepatology, Gleneagles Global despite the country being one elect, Indian Society of mation and awareness. If you that a healthy person required Health City (GGHC), who has of the top liver- demanding Organ Transplantation and want to donate your liver, first just 30 percent of his liver to conducted 38 liver transplants nations across the world. Liver founder of Multi Organ of all you have to consult with survive. There is no complica- since the pandemic broke out, donation is quite prevalent in Harvesting Aid Network an expert doctor and get neces- tion for donating liver in mod- said that it was very difficult society but there is a lot of (MOHAN) Foundation, said sary things done as per his ern times as technology and to conduct liver transplants as myths around liver donation taboos and myths are preva- instructions. It is the easiest expertise have developed. But the pandemic delayed all in general. Busting these lent in the society on liver way to donate liver and save people should be absolutely processes. “The liver trans- myths is necessary in order to donation the lives of many,” he said. careful of keeping the liver plant is always being conduct- increase the number of dona- He also pointed out that healthy. Alcoholism is the ed only after making sure the tions. founder of Multi Organ patients were finding it diffi- major villain in liver compli- donor is able to grow the On the occasion of Liver day, Harvesting Aid Network cult to consult their medical cations as it leads to cirrhosis. removed portion of liver in a experts talking to DC say that (MOHAN) Foundation, said professionals due to the ongo- In these tough pandemic six-month period. Often 60-70 there should be absolutely no taboos and myths are preva- ing Covid19 pandemic. times, staying home, wearing percent of the liver is removed fear for a healthy person to lent in the society on liver “Individual suffering from a mask, practicing strict social from the donor. However, the donate his liver. Sunil Shroff, donation. liver disease should not stop distancing is strongly recom- donor doesn’t have to worry as president-elect, Indian Society “Since the liver has the abili- medications as prescribed by mended as Covid-19 can be the body has capacity to re- of Organ Transplantation and ty to re-grow, there is no need their doctor. They are advised dangerous to people who have grow it liver,” he said. NATION pg DECCAN CHRONICLE | CHENNAI | MONDAY | 19 APRIL 2021 4

SHORT TAKES MP: Row over RAIPUR HOSPITAL FIRE: PROBE death of 10 in ORDERED Raipur, April 18: Authorities have ordered an investigation govt hospital after five Coronavirus patients died in a fire at the Covid-19 RABINDRA NATH ● KIN OF the deceased, ward of a private hospital in CHOUDHURY | DC however, claimed some Chhattisgarh’s capital city BHOPAL, APRIL 18 patients in the ICU were Raipur, police said on Sunday. Raipur collector Dr S. Ten Covid-19 patients seen gasping for oxygen Bharathi Dasan has ordered died reportedly due to when the pressure in the an investigation into the inci- lack of oxygen in a gov- oxygen supply system dent. Officials have been ernment hospital in had gone down. directed to conduct safety Madhya Pradesh, trigger- check at Coronavirus hospi- ing an outcry. oxygen supply to the sys- tals in the city. The incident took place tem. The fire broke out at Raipur’s in the medical college However, no provision Rajdhani hospital on Saturday, hospital in Shahdol late of liquid oxygen pillars police said. “Five Coronavirus on Saturday night. was made till two in the patients died in the incident. While six patients died morning. One was charred to death and around midnight on Oxygen was supplied to the others died due to suffoca- Saturday, four others the patients through oxy- tion,” a police official said, passed away in the early gen cylinders, he added. adding a case of negligence morning. The dean said a probe will be registered against the “Six people admitted in was ordered into the inci- owners of the hospital. the ICU died last night. dent. A supervisor saw smoke The deaths were not due Kin of the deceased, coming out of the ward and to lack of oxygen. There however, claimed some informed the hospital authori- City streets wear a deserted look during weekend lockdown to curb Covid-19 cases in Agra on Sunday. — PTI were 62 patients in the patients in the ICU were ties, who alerted the police. ICU. Overall, there were seen gasping for oxygen The fire brigade and hospital 255 Covid-19 patients in when the pressure in the staff rescued the other the Covid hospital last oxygen supply system patients. “The fire broke out in night. Out of them, 155 had gone down. the Covid-19 ward of Rajdhani were on oxygen”, Milind “I watched my brother Super Speciality Hospital Shiralkar, dean of the dying due to lack of oxy- located at Pachpedi Naka With 2.71 lakh new cases, medical college hospital gen in the ICU”, Ravi under Tikrapara police station said on Sunday. Kumar Jaiswal whose at 4.30 pm and was brought The hospital has its own brother was admitted in under control by the firefight- oxygen plant. the ICU told visiting ers in 20 minutes,” tikrapara He, however, said the reporters. station house officer Sanjeev India sees highest ever rise oxygen pressure was State medical education Mishra said. going down in the system minister Vishwas Sarang When the fire broke out, since Saturday evening. denied that lack of oxy- there were around 30 patients States running out of beds, oxygen, drugs; govts scrambling to save lives He has reported the mat- gen had caused the death in the ward, Mishra said. ter to the local adminis- of ten Covid-19 patients Chhattisgarh Chief Minister VINEETA PANDEY | DC on Saturday halted its tration and sought liquid in Shahdol medical col- Bhupesh Baghel expressed with agency inputs innoculation drive in over oxygen pillars to resume lege hospital. grief over the incident and NEW DELHI, APRIL 18 1,000 session sites includ- announced a compensation of Delhi oxygen quota given ing in the hotspot Nuapa- `4 lakh each to the families of With 2,71,204 new cases, da district, a senior health the deceased. India saw the highest ever department official said. daily spike of Covid-19 on The states vaccine stocks 14-day quarantine Sunday. The daily positivi- to other states: Kejriwal will be exhausted in two CENTRE NOD TO ty rate in the last 12 days days, family welfare direc- has doubled from 8 per New Delhi, April 18: official has rejected Kejri- A senior official in the tor Bijay Panigrahi said. BOOST MEDICAL cent to 16.69 per cent and Chief Minister Arvind wal’s claims as “blatant Commerce Ministry said Only 56,472 people were must for Kumbh the death in the last 24 Kejriwal on Sunday said lies” and said there was no that the allegations made given jabs at 465 session OXYGEN SUPPLY hours due to the virus was Delhi is facing an “acute panic situation in indus- by the Delhi CM are “bla- sites on Saturday against 1,570. As states are run- shortage” of oxygen for tries minister Piyush Go- tant lies”. 91,195 who had been vacci- New Delhi, April 18: The ning out of hospital beds, Covid-19 patients and yal urging him to ensure According to official fig- nated in 781 centres on mela returnees Centre has sanctioned instal- medical oxygen, and sev- alleged that the quota of “uninterrupted” supply of ures, Delhi hospitals Friday, he said. The state lation of 162 pressure swing eral life saving drugs, the the city has been diverted 700MT of oxygen on daily received 254 MT of med- has so far vaccinated AKSHAYA KUMAR website, the Delhi adsorption (PSA) plants in union and state govern- to other states. basis and restore supply of ical oxygen on April 16 49,58,447 people, the health SAHOO | DC Disaster Management public health facilities in all ments are scrambling to The Chief Minister’s 140MT of oxygen by a sup- and 612 MT on April 17. As department official said. with agency inputs Authority said in an states, the health ministry save lives. remarks came hours after plier INOX. of April 17, the daily Panigrahi said that the BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 18 order. said on Sunday, as demand of Railways is gearing up to he wrote a letter to Prime The output of INOX, one demand of oxygen from vaccination drive could The order issued on medical oxygen goes through transport Liquid Medical Minister Narendra Modi of the major suppliers to Delhi was 197 MT. The not be taken up in rural Apparently worried over Saturday said those who the roof amid spiralling Coro- Oxygen (LMO) and seeking his help in Delhi hospitals, has been total stock at INOX and Odisha due to the scarcity the sudden surge in visited Kumbh from 4 navirus cases in the country. Oxygen Cylinders through enhancing the number of “diverted” to other states Goyal Gas, Linde, Air of Covishield vaccines. Covid-19 cases across April onwards or those The PSA plants manufacture “Oxygen Express” via hospital beds and immedi- which has already started Liquide for Delhi is 311 Covaxin is being adminis- Odisha and Delhi, the who plan to do so till end oxygen and help hospitals green corridors to ensure ate oxygen supply for causing “critical short- MT and the total stock tered in Bhubaneswar, state governments on of the religious congrega- become self-sufficient in their fast movement of these patients in Delhi. ages”, he charged in the position of oxygen in the while it is Covishield in Sunday made 14-day quar- tion at Haridwar on April requirement for medical oxy- trains. This came after A central government letter. capital is 700 MT. — PTI the rest of the state. antine mandatory for 30 will have to upload gen, while also reducing the Madhya Pradesh and More than 6,000 people Kumbh Mela returnees. their personal details, ID burden on the national grid Maharashtra state govern- have been vaccinated Several thousands of proof and dates of depar- for its supply of medical oxy- ments approached the for not checking RT-PCR Maharashtra minister Thackeray. against Covid-19 at ‘man- people, most of them ture and arrival back to gen. Ministry of Railways to negative reports of incom- Aditya Thackeray said the Prime Minister Nare- dis’ in Punjab during the from western Odisha, had Delhi at the website A total of 162 PSA oxygen explore whether Liquid ing passengers. It is state is preparing for a ndra Modi on Sunday held ongoing procurement of visited Kumbh mela at www.delhi.gov.in. plants have been sanctioned Medical Oxygen (LMO) expected that the Delhi third wave though it can- a review meeting to see crops, according to an offi- Haridwar in “All residents of Delhi by the government for installa- tankers could be moved government may extend not be determined now if Covid containment meas- cial statement on Sunday. Uttarakhand. who have visited or are tion in public health facilities through it. the weekend curfew for it will be as strong or ures in his constituency In addition to putting in “The whole country is going to visitKumbh 2021 in all states, the ministry In Delhi, the weekend few more days as huge weak. “We have come to Varanasi and Congress place adequate protocols witnessing a surge in the at Haridwar, shall be tweeted. “These will augment curfew ends on Monday surges in daily cases con- the genuine belief that leader Rahul Gandhi at the 154 mandis (whole- number of Covid-19 required to compulsory medical oxygen capacity by but traders in Chandni tinue. The decision in this under-reporting is not announced to suspend all sale markets), the state cases. Spurt in the num- home quarantine them- 154.19 MT.” Chowk have decided to regard is expected after a going to help...Now we are his election public rallies government has started ber of cases in the neigh- selves for 14 days on Thirty-three of the 162 PSA pull the shutters down till meeting between Chief preparing for the third in view of rising cases. special camps to inoculate bouring states specially arrival to Delhi,” said the plants have been installed — Sunday. Delhi government Minister Arvind Kejriwal wave. We have five lakh Meanwhile, facing acute all stakeholders and has so Chhattisgarh is affecting order issued by Vijay Dev, five in Madhya Pradesh, four has filed FIR against four and Lieutenant Governor beds, 70 per cent of them shortage of Covid-19 vac- far vaccinated more than the border districts of chief secretary and chair- in Himachal Pradesh, three airlines under DDMA Act Anil Baijal on Monday. oxygenated,” said cines, Odisha government 6,000 eligible persons. Odisha,” said director of person on executive com- each in Chandigarh, Gujarat public health Niranjan mittee of DDMA. and Uttarakhand; two each in Mishra. If a person returning Bihar, Karnataka and Telanga- “As Kumbh mela has from Haridwar Kumbh na; and one each in Andhra BIHAR IMPOSES ended, it is expected that fails to upload his partic- Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, many participants will ulars on the Delhi govern- Haryana, Kerala, Mahara- Singh roots for compulsory return to the state and it ment portal, he will be shtra, Puducherry, Punjab and NIGHT CURFEW may worsen the situation. sent to institutional quar- Uttar Pradesh, it said. A list of the returnees antine centre for 14 days Fifty-nine more PSA plants ALL OVER STATE has been prepared and it by district magistrates will be installed by April-end, has been sent to all the concerned, the order said. while 80 more will be installed NAYYAR AZAD | DC licensing to produce vaccine district administrations. Violators of the DDMA by May-end. PATNA, APRIL 18 All the returnees have to order will be liable to be stay in compulsory quar- proceeded against under Bihar Chief Minister FROM PG 1 expand their manufactur- been cleared for use by antine for 14 days. Even the Disaster Management BSY IN HOSP FOR Nitish Kumar on ing facilities quickly by credible authorities such the quarantine period is Act 2005 and other legal Sunday imposed new Dr Singh said the Centre providing funds and other as the European Medical mandatory for the provisions, it added. COVID, STABLE restrictions including a should publicise vaccine concessions. Agency or the USFDA returnees with Covid-19 A total of 1,701 people statewide night curfew dose orders placed and “I believe this is the time should be allowed to be negative certificates,” had tested positive for AND RECOVERING from 9 pm to 5 am to con- accepted for delivery over to invoke the compulsory imported without insist- said Mishra. Covid-19 in the Haridwar trol the surge in the next six months. He licensing provisions in the ing on domestic bridging “If situation gets out of Kumbh Mela area from Bengaluru, April 18: Coronavirus. said the government law so that a number of trials. “We are facing an control in these states, April 10 to 14 confirming Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. According to the state should indicate how vac- He suggested that the companies are able to pro- unprecedented emergency the migratory Odias fears that one of the Yediyurappa who is undergo- government’s directives, cine supplies are to be dis- central government could duce the vaccines under a and, I understand, experts working there will be world’s largest religious ing treatment for Coronavirus all educational institu- tributed to states. retain 10 per cent for dis- licence. This, I recall, had are of the view that this forced to return to the gatherings may con- at a private hospital is now sta- tions, religious places, “If we want to vaccinate tribution based on emer- happened earlier in the relaxation is justified in state. Odisha government tribute further to the ble and recovering, his office malls, cinema houses a target number in this gency needs, and states case of medicines to deal an emergency.” is preparing a master rapid rise in Coronavirus said on Sunday. and parks have been period, we should place should have a clear signal with the HIV/AIDS dis- The relaxation could be plan to deal with any kind cases. “The Chief Minister who shut till May 15. enough orders in advance of likely availability so ease,” he said. for a limited period during of eventualities,” added A majority of the 48.51 was admitted in a hospital on Offices and shops have so that producers can that they can plan their Citing Israel's example, which the bridging trials Mishra. lakh people who took part Friday for Covid treatment is also been asked to adhere to an agreed sched- rollout. which has already invoked could be completed in Meanwhile, Delhi resi- in the last two royal baths being monitored by a team of follow strict Covid-19 ule of supply,” he noted. Noting that India has the compulsory licensing India, he said. dents who have visited (shahi snan) held on the expert doctors. The health of guidelines and close The former prime minis- emerged as the largest provision, he said there is Dr Singh said he is for- the Kumbh Mela in occasion of Somwati the Chief Minister is stable after 5 pm. ter said the government vaccine producer in the an overwhelming case for warding his suggestions Haridwar or are planning Amavasya on April 12 and and he is recovering,” the The decision to impose should indicate how this world, he said at this time India to do so as well for consideration in a spir- to do so will have to Mesh Sankranti on April office of the Chief Minister new restrictions was expected vaccine supply of a public health emer- quickly. it of constructive coopera- undergo compulsory 14- 14 were seen openly vio- tweeted on Sunday. taken after a high-level will be distributed across gency, the government With domestic supplies tion in which he has day home quarantine on lating norms like wearing Yediyurappa is spending his meeting chaired by states based on a transpar- must proactively support being limited, Dr Singh always believed and acted their return and upload of face masks and social time in the hospital reading Chief Minister Nitish ent formula. vaccine producers to said any vaccine that has upon. their details on an official distancing. his favourite books and is in Kumar. touch with officials to give Briefing reporters them necessary directions, the after his meetings with tweet further said. the health ministers and SEVERE | SHORTAGE Gujarat reported 10,340 new Covid-19 cases and 110 deaths on Sunday The Chief Minister had fever administrative officials, on Friday and when he got Kumar said “the deci- himself tested, the report sion has been taken to came positive for Coronavirus. control the surge in Accordingly, he got admitted Coronavirus cases. Guj Dy CM admits shortage of beds, health infra to the hospital. Government and private This is the second time offices will be open till 5 Ahmedabad, April 18: more patients, it fell short health department and refuse to admit patients. Yediyurappa contracted pm. Market places and Gujarat deputy chief min- of demand. administration’s capacity. Such patients then come to Coronavirus. mandis have also been ister Nitin Patel on “Over 9,000 new Çoron- In view of the spike in us for treatment. Such This was despite the fact asked to close after 5 pm. Sunday admitted that the avirus cases are emerging cases, we are adding more queues are not a pleasant that the Chief Minister took Bihar government has present requirement of in Gujarat everyday. beds to accommodate the sight, but it is our obliga- the first dose of Covid-19 also decided to provide beds and other healthcare Though we are adding new patients,” he said. tion to save each and every vaccine. one month salary as a facilities in the wake of facilities and beds at regu- Commenting on the long patient. Till they are adm- He was supposed to chair an bonus to all health work- the spike in Coronavirus lar intervals, it falls short queue of ambulances car- itted in the hospital, till all-party meeting on Sunday to ers who have been work- cases is more than the against the demand as the rying Coronavirus they are in ambulance, we take a stringent measure in ing for the safety of peo- state administrations’ inflow of Coronavirus patients outside the civil try to keep them alive by view of rising Coronavirus ple across the state”. capacity. patients is much higher,” hospital, Patel said it is the giving oxygen,” he added. cases in Bengaluru. Officials said that the Patel, who handles Patel told reporters at civil government’s obligation Gujarat reported 10,340 However, the meeting has steep rise in cases across health portfolio, said hospital campus here. to save each and every cases and 110 deaths on been postponed to Monday and the state has prompted though the state govern- “Requirement for beds patient turned away by Sunday, the highest one- revenue minister R. Ashoka the Bihar government to ment is adding more facili- and other healthcare facil- other hospitals. day case count and death A Covid patient receives primary treatment outside will now preside over the impose new restrictions ties and beds at regular ities in the present situa- “Long queues happen toll for the state since the Kanpur LLR Hospital in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. — PTI meeting. in the state. intervals to accomodate tion is higher than the because other hospitals pandemic began. — PTI WORLD pg DECCAN CHRONICLE | CHENNAI | MONDAY | 19 APRIL 2021 5

IN BRIEF Afghan mosque Masks off as Israel vaunts virus win hit kills eight Marks key milestone as the country vaccinates its way out of a Coronavirus nightmare Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Ap- ril 18: Eight members of the Jerusalem, April 18: same family were gunned down Israelis stepped into the HIGHEST DAILY in an attack on a mosque in streets without masks on eastern Afghanistan, officials Sunday for the first time SPIKE OF 6,000 said Sunday. The shooting hap- in a year, a key milestone pened on Saturday night in the as the country vaccinates CASES IN PAK city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar its way out of a Corona- Alexei Navalny province, and was believed to virus nightmare. Islamabad, April 18: be over a land dispute, the “It's very strange but it's Pakistan on Sunday province's governor Zaiulhaq very nice,” said Eliana reported its highest sin- ‘ÇONSEQUENCES’ Amarkhil said. Gamulka, 26, after getting gle-day Coronavirus spike Five brothers and three of off a bus near the busy this year with over 6,000 their male cousins were killed. Jerusalem shopping boul- new cases and about 149 IF NAVALNY DIES, “The incident is under inves- evard of Jaffa Street and deaths, as the country tigation but initial information removing her face cover- struggled to speed up its WARNS U.S. shows a land dispute has ing. “You can't pretend vaccination programme. caused the incident,” Amarkhil that you don't know any- The previous highest Washington, April 18: said. Fareed Khan, a one any more,” she smiled. surge was recorded last US National Security spokesman for Nangarhar With over half the popu- year on June 20 when the Advisor Jake Sullivan police, confirmed the attack. lation fully vaccinated in country reported 6,825 warned Sunday that one of the world's fastest infections and 153 deaths. Russia will face “conse- anti-Covid 19 inoculation The country on Sunday quences” if hunger-stri- 4 cops sprayed, campaigns, the health reported 6,127 new cases, king Kremlin critic ministry announced on pushing the country's Alexei Navalny dies. hospitalised Thursday that masks wou- infection tally to 756,285. Jailed opposition lead- Sacramento (US), April 18: ld no longer be required in The death toll rose to er Navalny, President Four Sacramento police office- public outdoor spaces. 16,243 with 149 more fatal- Vladimir Putin's most rs were hospitalised with inju- For Gamulka, a project ities. The government prominent opponent, ries after they were sprayed manager, the good news announced that it will was arrested in Jan. with a liquid irritant during came at the perfect time: start vaccinating people upon returning to Russ- protests Saturday night, police just two weeks before her in the 50-59 age group ia after recovering from told KCRA TV. wedding. It will be “very A woman walks along a closed vaccination centre in the city of Nice, France, on Sunday, amid the spread of the from April 21. — PTI a near-fatal poisoning The demonstrators had gath- nice to celebrate with Covid-19 pandemic. The centre closed due to a lack of candidates for the proposed vaccination. — AFP attack he says was orc- ered at the state Capitol down- everyone, now without hestrated by Moscow. town to protest the police sh- masks,” she said. “The pic- “In terms of the specif- ooting deaths of Daunte Wrig- tures will be great! I'm sophisticated medical data POPE BACK TO ic measures we would ht in Brooklyn Center, Minnes- very relieved. We can start systems. undertake, we are look- ota, and Adam Toledo in Chic- living again.” Since Dec., some 53 per- ing at a variety of differ- ago. Protesters met at the Cap- The vaccination of close cent of Israel's 9.3 million Canada records second IN-PERSON ent costs that we would itol Rose Garden after 8 p.m. to five million people has people have received both impose, and I'm not and began marching around sent Israel's Coronavirus doses of the jab, including SUNDAY BLESSING going to telegraph that the downtown area later in the caseload tumbling from around four-fifths of the publicly at this point,” night, KCRA reported. some 10,000 new infections population aged over 20. case of rare blood clot Vatican City, April 18: Sullivan told CNN. Demonstrators briefly sat in per day as recently as mid- As recently as Jan. it was Pope Francis says he is “But we have commu- the streets in the Lavender Jan., to around 200 cases a registering 10,000 cases Toronto, April 18: Cana- ● BLOOD CLOT formati- would “continue to moni- happy to be back greeting nicated that there will be Heights area before marching day. That has allowed the per day. But as the effects dian health authorities ons linked to the Astra- tor the use of all #COV- the faithful in St Peter's consequences if Mr. back toward the Capitol. The re-opening of schools, of mass vaccination kick- said Saturday the country ID19 vaccines closely and Square for his traditional Navalny dies.” The 44- protest ended about 11 p.m. bars, restaurants and oth- ed in, by March it was able has recorded a second case Zeneca vaccine “remain examine and assess any Sunday noon blessing aft- year-old Russian began a er indoor gatherings — to implement a gradual re- of rare but serious blood very rare” and Canada new safety concerns.” er weeks of lockdown me- hunger strike on March although masks are still opening. clotting linked to still believes that the va- At the end of March asures. Italy later this 31 to demand proper Syria prez poll required in indoor public “There's no better adver- AstraZeneca's Covid-19 ccine's benefits “outwei- Canada's National Adviso- month will start gradually medical treatment for spaces. tisement for Pfizer,” said vaccine, but still recom- gh the potential risks”. ry Committee on Immun- lifting some anti-pandem- back pain and numbness on May 26 And even before Health Shalom Yatzkan, a compu- mend the shot for use. isation (NACI) recommen- ic restrictions, allowing, in his legs and hands. Damascus, April 18: (AP) Minister Yuli Edelstein's ter programmer who had The patient, who lives in ded suspending the use of for example, outdoor din- On Saturday, Navalny's Syria's parliament speaker announcement came into been in quarantine after the western province of woman who received the the AstraZeneca vaccine ing at cafes and restau- doctors said his health announced Sunday that presi- effect, punters in the popu- catching the virus. Alberta and received a ver- same shot. in people under the age of rants in areas of the coun- had rapidly deteriorated dential elections in the war- lar bars of Jerusalem's “I was sick for three sion of the AstraZeneca Blood clot formations 55 while it evaluated the try where the Covid-19 and demanded prison ravaged country will be held Mahane Yehuda market days, I had neck pains and vaccine supplied by the linked to the AstraZeneca risks. Health Canada said outbreak has been show- officials grant them on May 26. were mask-free and smil- felt weak,” he said as he Serum Institute of India, vaccine “remain very that limiting the use of the ing signs of improvement. immediate access. Speaker Hammoud Sabbagh ing on Thursday evening. walked through central “has received treatment rare” and Canada still vaccine to certain popula- A couple of hundred “Our patient can die said the window for nomina- Yet on Sunday, office Jerusalem. “I just hope the and is recovering,” Cana- believes that the vaccine's tions was not necessary people, including nuns any minute,” cardiologi- tions will be open for 10 days worker Ester Malka said new variants don't catch dian health authorities benefits “outweigh the for the moment. and families, standing a st Yaroslav Ashikhmin starting Monday. Syrians she wasn't quite ready to up with us.” wrote on Twitter. potential risks,” Health After a slow start, safe distance apart in the said, pointing to Naval- abroad will vote May 20, he let down her guard. “We're Another Sunday land- Canada reported its first Canada and the Public Canada's vaccine cam- vast square, turned out to ny's high potassium lev- said. The election is widely allowed, but I'm still mark in Israel's exit from case of blood clotting asso- Health Agency of Canada paign is gaining momen- see the pope speak from a els and saying he should expected to give President afraid, I got used to (wear- Coronavirus restrictions ciated with low platelets said. Canada's health au- tum. window of the Apostolic be moved to intensive Bashar Assad a fourth seven- ing a mask),” she said. was the full resumption of on Tuesday in a Quebec thorities added that they — AFP Palace. — AP care. Both France and year term. “I feel like it's part of my the country's educational Germany on Sunday joi- It is unclear whether any life. We'll see what hap- system, without restric- ned a growing interna- candidates will run against pens when everyone has tions on the numbers of tional chorus of protest him but any such runs would taken them off. If it goes pupils in classrooms. at Navalny's treatment. be symbolic. well for a couple of mont- Speaking at a Jerusalem Sullivan said the White The United States last month hs, then I'll remove mine.” high school, Prime Minis- 80K Germans remembered House had told the Kre- warned Assad that the Biden Israel just months ago ter Benjamin Netanyahu mlin that Moscow would administration will not recog- had the world's highest hailed the “festivity” of Berlin, April 18: Germa- bereaved who could not atively small number of reported 3.14 million cases be “held accountable by nise the result of its presiden- infection rate, a Coronav- the day for the schools, ny is paying tribute on accompany their relatives deaths in the pandemic's since the pandemic began. the international com- tial election unless the voting irus outbreak that left while warning of compla- Sunday to the nearly when they died and for first phase, but saw much Chancellor Angela Merk- munity” for what hap- is free, fair, supervised by the 6,300 people dead among cency. “We're not done 80,000 people it has lost to whom important and com- higher infection levels in el is trying to get a bill pens to Navalny while in United Nations and represents 836,000 cases. with the Coronavirus yet, the Coronavirus, even as forting rituals of mourn- the fall and winter. In Jan., through parliament that Russian custody. US Pre- all of Syrian society. But the Jewish state sent since it can return,” he the country struggles to ing were not possible. more than 1,000 deaths per would mandate an emer- sident Joe Biden said Syria has been in the throes its coronavirus caseload said, stressing the need to get a grip on another rise Germany's confirmed day were reported at times gency brake in areas that Navalny's situation of civil war since 2011. tumbling after striking a obtain “millions more vac- in infections. death toll from Covid-19 in the country of 83 mil- where there are more than was “totally unfair,” but deal for a vast stock of cinations”. President Frank-Walter stood at 79,914 on Sunday, lion people. 100 weekly new cases per he is facing criticism for Pfizer/BioNTech jabs. “Sooner or later, we'll Steinmeier will lead a an increase of 67 over the Infections have increas- 100,000 inhabitants. The not bringing up the dis- In exchange, it agreed to need another vaccination memorial event with previous day. That is the ed again over the past two nationwide rate stood at sident's treatment in a JIHADISTS KILL pay above market price (dose),” he said. The situa- other top officials at fifth-highest total in months as a more conta- 162 on Sunday. It would phone call to Putin last and share data it gathers tion in Israel is in stark Berlin's Konzerthaus con- Europe, after the UK, Italy, gious Coronavirus variant require the closure of week or being more FIVE NIGERIAN on the recipients, using contrast to the occupied cert hall. His office says it Russia and France. first detected in Britain stores, cultural and sports forthright in his public SOLDIERS one of the world's most West Bank. — AFP is also dedicated to the Germany had a compar- took hold. Germany has facilities. — AP comments. — AFP Kano, Nigeria, April 18: Five Nigerian soldiers were killed, four injured and dozens miss- ing when IS-aligned jihadists B’desh arrests hardline Sikhs seek probe into shooting attacked a military base in northeast Nigeria's Borno Washington, April 18: state, two military officers told Influential American law- ONE KILLED IN AFP Saturday. leader of Islamist group makers and Sikh commu- Wisconsin shooting Fighters from the Islamic nity leaders have sought a State West Africa Province Dhaka, April 18: An ● A joint team of police its leaders preferring thorough investigation OMAHA MALL (ISWAP) on Friday dislodged influential hardline cleric and detectives raided an anonymity said the group into the mass shooting at a troops from a base in Kamuya of an Islamist group was Islamic seminary in planned to face the cases FedEx facility in the US claims three lives SHOOTING village, 35 kilometres (22 on Sunday arrested in Mohammadpur area of constituting a strong state of Indiana as a miles) from regional district Bangladesh on charges of lawyers’ panel. potential hate crime that Kenosha, April 18: A Officials were still work- Omaha (US), April 18: A Biu after a gunfight. instigating deadly violen- the capital Dhaka on Dozens of Hefazat lead- killed eight people, includ- shooting at a tavern in ing to determine the iden- shooting at a Nebraska “The terrorists killed five sol- ce in the Muslim-majority Sunday and arrested ers and activists have ing four Sikhs. Wisconsin killed three pe- tities of the people who mall left one person dead diers and injured four others country. A joint team of Hefazat-e-Islam Joint been arrested in recent Indian-American Congr- ople and seriously injured died. The two people who and another wounded as in the attack on the Kamuya police and detectives raid- Secretary General weeks after the hardline essman Raja Krishnamoo- two others early Sunday, a were wounded were taken terrified shoppers ran for base,” a military officer told ed an Islamic seminary in Mamunul Haque, who Islamist group waged rthi on Saturday called for sheriff's department offi- to area hospitals, Wright cover. Authorities believe AFP. The insurgents sacked Mohammadpur area of has been in the limelight anti-government protests. investigation of potential cial said. said. The road leading up the shooting at Westroads the base, forcing troops to the capital Dhaka on Officials said Haque and anti-Sikh motivations in The shooting happened to the tavern remained cl- Mall in Omaha was an iso- withdraw in disarray, said a Sunday and arrested due to some recent con- fellow Hefazat leaders the incident that took at Somers House Tavern osed early Sunday as offi- lated incident, and not a second military officer, who Hefazat-e-Islam Joint Sec- troversies, officials said. were likely to be charged place late Thursday night. in the Village of Somers, cials investigated the late- random attack. Police gave the same toll. retary General Mamunul ● TEACHERS AND stu- for instigating violence While the Indianapolis Kenosha County Sgt. st in a string of recent determined the suspects “So far 41 troops have Haque, who has been in dents of the seminary during Prime Minister and Sikh communities David Wright said. The shootings. Last month, had fled the scene after returned while 58 are still the limelight due to some Narendra Modi's Banglad- continue to mourn, and as suspected shooter was not four people were killed at searching the mall, acco- missing and are presumed to recent controversies, offi- initially staged protest esh tour last month and the rest of our country immediately captured. an office shooting in Cali- rding to Omaha police Lt. have escaped the attack,” said cials said. and tried to obstruct the ruthless demonstrations mourns with them, inves- Wright said the shooting fornia, eight people were Neal Bonacci. Officers the second military officer. Dhaka Metropolitan raid. Haque was in 2013 when several other tigators must also deter- appeared to be a “targeted fatally shot at massage first gave the “all clear” Search and rescue operation Police (DMP) Joint Com- detained from a room on people were killed as the mine if this mass shooting and isolated incident,” businesses in the Atlanta around 1 p.m. — about an was ongoing to “locate the missioner (Detective Bra- the first floor of the group was demanding a was a hate-motivated and authorities didn't area, and 10 died in gun- hour after multiple shots missing soldiers”, the officer nch) Mahbub Alam said building, officials said. blasphemy law. Seventeen attack. believe the general public fire at a supermarket in were fired. added. Kamuya is the home that 47-year-old Haque people were killed and — PTI was in danger. Boulder, Colorado. — AP — AP village of Nigeria's former was arrested around 12:30 ● HAQUE AND other scores injured in violence army chief Lieutenant-Gene- pm. Teachers and stu- Hefazat leaders had in different parts of Ba- ral Tukur Buratai which has dents of the seminary ini- been accused in several ngladesh during the prote- been repeatedly targeted by tially staged protest and sts in late March. WEEK’S | DELAY Mission equal to Wright Brothers’ 1903 flight jihadists, prompting the set- tried to obstruct the raid. cases, including attacks Meanwhile, a local court ting up of a base to end the However, Haque was on law enforcers and in Dhaka on Sunday pla- attacks. ISWAP has focused on detained from a room on police stations and van- ced Hefazat-e-Islam Dhaka targeting military installa- the first floor of the build- dalism. city President Junayed Al tions and troops since it split ing, officials said. Dhaka Habib and its Assistant Nasa Mars copter flight ‘today’ from mainstream Boko Haram Metropolitan Police's Secretary General Jalal in 2016 and rose to become a Deputy Commissioner rt. DB officials said Haque Uddin on seven-day Washington, April 18: ● A PIECE of fabric initially set for last touched down on dominant group. Harun-ur-Rashid said that is also an accused in a remand each in a case Nasa's Ingenuity Mars from that plane has Sunday, but was delayed February 18. After the More than 20 people were Haque and other Hefazat number of cases. lodged over the group's Helicopter could make its been tucked inside after a potential issue helicopter's flight, Ingen- killed following days of attac- leaders had been accused Earlier, the Hefazat 2013 violence in the capi- first flight over the Red emerged during a high- uity will send Persev- ks on the town of Damasak in several cases, including leader made the headlines tal. Dhaka Metropolitan Planet as soon as Monday, Ingenuity in honour of speed test of the four- erance technical data on this week where the militants attacks on law enforcers by his controversial rem- Magistrate Shahinur Rah- the US space agency that feat. pound (1.8 kilogram) heli- what it has done, and that burnt offices of international and police stations and arks regarding sculptur- man passed the order as reported, following a delay copter's rotors. information will be trans- aid agencies and several hom- vandalism. These cases es. He is also accused of police produced them bef- of more than a week due Nasa calls the unprece- mitted back to Earth. es. The attacks have forced are being investigated. threatening the govern- ore the court and pleaded to a possible technical 19, for the first flight of its dented helicopter opera- The helicopter mission 65,000 residents to flee into He had been watched for ment in the past. In Nov. to place them on 10-day issue. Ingenuity Mars Helico- tion highly risky: The is be the equivalent on neighbouring Niger, according some time now, said the last year, he demanded an remand in the case lodged The mini-helicopter's pter,” the space agency flight is a challenge Mars of the first powered to the UN. senior officer. The Hefazat immediate halt to the with the capital's Paltan trip will mark the first- reported Saturday. because the air on Mars is flight on Earth — by the The 12-year jihadist conflict leader has been sued in installation of a sculpture police station. Separate ever powered, controlled Data will return to Earth so thin — less than one Wright brothers in 1903 in has killed 36,000 people and several cases filed over of Bangabandhu Sheikh units of police arrested flight on another planet, “a few hours following the percent of the pressure of Kitty Hawk, North displaced around two million violence in Baitul Muka- Mujibur Rahman in the Junayed from the capital's and will help Nasa reap autonomous flight,” Earth's atmosphere. Carolina. A piece of fabric from their homes in Nigeria's rram National Mosque in capital's Dholaipar. The Baridhara area and Jalal invaluable data about the which would take off at The helicopter arrived from that plane has been northeast. The violence has Dhaka and following his Islamist group is yet to from the Mohammadpur conditions on Mars. approximately 3:30 am on Mars attached to the tucked inside Ingenuity in spread to neighbouring Niger, confinement with a wom- issue any statement over area on Saturday. “Nasa is targeting no (0730 GMT), Nasa said. underside of the honour of that feat. Chad and Cameroon. an at the Sonargaon reso- Haque's arrest but one of — PTI earlier than Monday, April Ingenuity's first trip was Perseverance rover, which — AFP EDIT DECCAN CHRONICLE | MONDAY | 19 APRIL 2021 | CHENNAI pg 6

19 APRIL 2021 Vital shortages hit India amid Covid’s 2nd wave Subhani rime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to the people concerned to use the entire national capacity in the production of vaccines against Covid-19 comes at a time when poor anticipation and planning coupled with a lack- Padaisical approach of the government he heads have started having a telling impact on the pandemic situation in the country. For more than a year, the world has been under the grip of the fear the micro-organism has unleashed, but the nation which the government and the Prime Minister have been tom-tomming as the pharmaceutical hub of the world is now facing a shortage of everything that the healthcare workers need to fight the virus and save lives — hospital beds, anti- viral life-saving drugs, vaccine, oxygen, intensive care units and ventilators. This, despite the fact that the government has set up a dedicated fund — PM-Cares — to promote initiatives to fight the virus. The nation has no idea whether the government was, like most people in India, thinking if the pandemic had vanished, given the very little effort it was seen to be taking to face an exigency like the one we are facing now. There was little or no extra investment made to augment healthcare infrastructure in the country in the interregnum or to step up production capacities The government must of the same materials, which we now face a short- invest in health infra- age of. That the government has learnt little from the past is reflected from the fact that even the LETTERS structure, ban gather- Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, the national trade ings and work with union belonging to the Sangh Parivar to which Ideology or competence: BEASTLY HUMANS every institution, Mr Modi’s BJP belongs, has cautioned about the reverse migration of guest workers from the state or otherwise, to It was shocking to learn enforce Covid-appro- towns and cities to the villages, in anticipation of another nationwide lockdown. It is stating the that a pet dog was tied priate behaviour obvious that the government did not show as much alacrity as the guest workers did about What do the voters want? to a two-wheeler and planning for the future in the face of a pandemic attack. dragged along some dis- It must not also go unsaid that the government had been busy plucking the low goes, iss hamaam mein The Indian administra- hanging fruits from the beginning of the corona fight. It started with the prema- sab nangey hain. In short, tive system was built on tance on a road in ture show of gratitude to the healthcare fraternity even before they started the real all political parties in gov- the assumption that a mer- Malappuram district fight. Even the Indian Air force was dragged into the farce of showering flower ernment across different itocratic and technocratic (Kerala). But for the petals on them from the skies when, on earth, they were fighting the virus with Sanjaya Baru states have been equally bureaucracy would com- their back to the wall, with little availability of infrastructure and consumables. guilty of an incompetent pensate for the lack of expe- timely intervention of The government missed no chance to advertise the world’s largest vaccination response. Many public rience in governance of an some kind-hearted peo- programme with little idea about the number of people it will have to vaccinate or Sanjayovacha health experts believe elected political leadership. the quantity of vaccine it would require or how to produce and distribute the same. Kerala is an exception, This assumption worked ple, the canine would Today, the vaccine manufacturers are running pillar to post seeking financial help but it is interesting that as long as the civil service have met a horrible end. to augment production capacity but the government does not seem to understand the Left Front’s compe- was willing to speak its Last year, too, the same it at all; we heard no firm and immediate commitment from the government till here are many cannot recall the last time tence in dealing with the mind and politicians in now. versions of a politician went to the pandemic has not been an power were willing to lis- place had hit the head- But it’s not all lost as yet — the government must launch massive investment Murphy’s Law. polls campaigning on a overt political issue in the ten to them. When civil ser- lines for the gruesome programmes in healthcare infrastructure, put its foot down firmly and ban all The most popular platform of competence, recent elections. vants and professionals in social, religious and political gatherings that can turn superspreaders, and work one states that if rather than loyalty or As more and more evi- government are either plight of a pregnant ele- with every institution, state or otherwise, to enforce Covid-appropriate behaviour. somethingT can go wrong, it grievance based on caste, dence mounts up of admin- scared to speak their mind phant who died due to Every rupee, every action and every moment count now. will. Among the many ver- community or some other istrative and political or have little to contribute sions the oldest one is identity. incompetence in dealing and politicians imagine an explosion in her attributed to a British mer- So, why should it sur- with the pandemic, it they know everything on mouth after she ate a chant, engineer and owner prise anyone that the voter remains to be seen if Indian anything, one ends up with fruit stuffed with fire- Don’t recoil from scrutiny of ships, Alfred Holt, who has come to terms with the voters will just shrug their incompetent response to told his fellow engineers in incompetent management shoulders, throw up their administrative challenges. crackers. A few months he Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, in a majority 1877: “It is found that any- of the Covid-19 pandemic hands, point to the gods For all its lack of democ- ago, a pet dog was tied vote, has expressed concern over the deteriorating human rights situation in thing that can go wrong at and that this is not a defin- above and quote Murphy’s racy, the Chinese to a car and dragged TIndia. It has pointed out that “human rights defenders and journalists in the sea generally does go ing issue in the ongoing Law. Or, will they hold Communist Party has cre- country lack a safe working environment” and commented on “concerns about the wrong sooner or later.” elections to state legisla- their elected representa- ated an internal merit- along the road in Kochi. difficult situation faced by Indian women and minority groups, caste-based dis- That proposition became tures? Caste and commu- tives and governments based bureaucracy that The frequent instances of crimination”. This could not have come as sweet music to the ears of the rulers popular as Murphy’s Law nal identity, allegations of accountable? In the last allows political leaders to who seem convinced that vaccine diplomacy and a presence in Quad as a counter- when an American aero- corruption and nepotism two years more doctors rise to the top only after cruelty to animals indi- balance to China in the difficult time of the pandemic proves that India enjoys a space engineer, Edward seem to ignite political pas- and nurses have died fight- proving their administra- cate that the existing pride of place in the international community. Murphy, declared: sions more during elec- ing the pandemic than sol- tive and governance cre- The EU stance on India’s recent human rights record only adds to concerns “Anything that can go tions than the competence diers in fighting the dentials at every step of the laws do not have the already expressed by US freedom watchdogs and the UN. While an ostrich-like pos- wrong, will go wrong.” or incompetence of con- nation’s enemies. While power ladder. The Chinese teeth to create a sense of ture is easy enough to adapt on foreign perceptions of what ails Indian democracy From the sea to space, engi- tending candidates in han- politicians become all people have sacrificed fear. Pity, some humans now, a moment’s reflection might show what the reality is. Dispassionate neers devised systems that dling a pandemic. patriotic when it comes to democracy at the altar of observers have signalled that India has been guilty of demonising its minorities, could be as failsafe as possi- India is no exception. the death of soldiers and meritocracy and the behave like wild animals! subverting institutions, intimidating journalists and social media executives, ble, forewarned by Consider the fact that in demand votes in the name Communist Party of China P.G. Menon, criminalising dissent and whimsically controlling the Internet. The incarceration Murphy’s Law. the United States, Donald of nationalism, why don’t has for long functioned like of so many who opposed the CAA and the harsh treatment meted out to those sup- As an analyst of Indian Trump secured more votes the deaths caused by the Indian Administrative Chennai porting the months-long farmers’ protest by lending their voices to global social political, economic, social in the 2020 election com- incompetence stir voters’ Service, creating a “man- media criticism are symptomatic of contempt for a dissenting opinion, be it from and governance systems I pared to the 2016 election emotions? darinate”, so to speak. This celebrities, academics and media-persons. have long held the view even though every medical There have been many has made China’s response SONIA GANDHI’S CALL It is paradoxical that while we seem to crave international attention and pat our- that in India Murphy’s professional in the United examples of competent cri- to Covid-19 crisis more pro- Apropos the report Vaccinate25-plus, selves on the back when we come in for praise, we recoil from any kind of scruti- Law works with a States will vouch for the sis management in the past fessionally competent. scrap GST on medicines, Sonia tells ny. Beyond reflection, there is a need to accept criticism, understand the reasons vengeance. Anything that fact that his administra- and they stand in contrast In India, the gap between PM. Sonia Gandhi’s call which is why and act on it to move away from an undemocratic path. Corrective action can can go wrong, invariably tion’s response to the to the present incompe- political power and admin- applicable to the current Covid con- begin even in a small way by looking first at why a few elderly academics and goes wrong. The unfortu- Covid-19 pandemic was tence in dealing with the istrative competence has ditions is wholly welcome. Did any activists are in prison for interminable periods without even getting a trial, which nate downside to that reali- “incompetent”. Mr pandemic. As chief minis- widened with an increas- politician think on those two vital in the Indian system inflicts inordinate delays and is the equivalent of extended ty is that most Indians have Trump’s incompetence did ter of Gujarat, Narendra ing number of elected issues that affect and threaten every imprisonment. It is no democracy which shows no inclination to support the right come to accept a certain not defeat him. The unity Modi took great pride, and politicians taking charge of individual day-in and day-out? In the to dissent and, on the contrary, throttles it. degree of incompetence in of non-white voters finally rightly so, in his govern- day-to-day functioning of U.S., vaccines are tested to suit peo- most systems. Given the did. ment’s handling of the the government and an ple of 16 and above. Field tests are DECCAN CHRONICLE generally high level of citi- For all his continued Kutch earthquake in 2001. increasing number of civil now being conducted now to include zens’ tolerance for incom- popularity, at least as Why has the same Gujarat servants either abdicating all children aged 12 and above. With KAUSHIK MITTER K. SUDHAKAR Editor Printer & Publisher petence, it rarely becomes shown in the opinion state been so incompetent their responsibilities or the onslaught of the second wave of R. 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he BJP may or may not win “other” those who are not the majori- the BJP and several dozen allied sued with serious intent to switch Awestruck by the energy brought to the Assembly elections in ty, leading to the making of such organisations that are the repository sides so that the BJP may unfairly get bear by the BJP to win all elections, Assam. In West Bengal, its patently unjust policies — which defy of the notion of the “Hindu Rashtra” to form the government and make a big or small, some commentators have Anand K. Tchances may be considered to the idea of equality before the law — (the idea that the land mass of India — mockery of the people who voted for urged other parties to emulate the saf- be less bright than in Assam on the new normal in a sharp deviation in its present political geography as them and against the BJP, a small hint fron party’s methods. This is miscon- Sahay account of the structural makeup of from the political tradition whose well as in its mythological connotation from the top levels of the RSS leader- ceived advice. It leaves out of account the state, notwithstanding the pre- roots were laid over 70 years ago. — is the natural home of the Hindus of ship may have done wonders. It would the fundamental proposition — that Far & Near Partition communal politics rampant The Westminster system of party the world, where all others must have worked as a discouraging factor. the BJP is unlike any other party that in undivided Bengal. But winning a politics, which is enshrined in our resign themselves to the fate of being But the RSS top brass have little to say. we know. poll fair and square is not the metric Constitution, has been stood on its less equal). The inference is that they approve of It sanctions the use of majoritarian any longer. We have seen popular ver- head in the post-Atal Behari Vajpayee The RSS lays claims to being exalted. dishonourable conduct in the interest force (which may be unseen), rather dicts being overturned in state after BJP. When the BJP fails to bag the Its propagandists and adherents have of making an ideological conquest. than the commonly understood consti- state to the BJP’s benefit. numbers in an election, it simply sets prided themselves on being seekers of Whether it is an election to a pan- tutional methods. Ordinary civil soci- Under Prime Minister Narendra up a trade mart in which MLAs a higher morality and ethical conduct chayat, a district board, a trade union, ety sometimes transforms into un- Modi and his principal operative, become the commodity. The gomash- in the family, society, and the a social club, a professional associa- civil society under its gaze. This is a Union home minister Amit Shah, the tas, or middlemen, and auctioneers “nation”, the last being an expression tion — and not just the state or nation- phenomenon that is anathema to a The idea behind saffron party’s new sutra is to form a are out in strength. which in its most recent manifestation al legislature — the BJP uses every democratic order. government in a state through any When elected legislators on party in India has been so thoroughly trick in the book to “capture” the In both Assam and West Bengal, means. The capture of power is evi- tickets other than BJP fail to take the weaponised as to cause unease among body. Only then can it pass rules, reg- the political actors in the fray, as capturing power dently crucial for erecting a scaffold- bait (offered in the form of incentives), “citizens” — namely, those Indians ulations, laws, to influence civil soci- well as the general public, need to ing — a formal platform — for the sys- the punitive element kicks in and var- who are not swayed by their religious ety as well as the government. remain alert to the “capture” and tematic spread of ideas in the public ious agencies of the Central govern- identity alone in the running of public More, only then does it gain the for- “takeover” syndrome. A successful realm through unrestrained heavy- ment raid and begin so-called investi- affairs and policymaking. mal legitimacy and the authority to takeover bid may be expected to give in any kind of duty propaganda, the rapid dissemina- gations against the BJP’s opponents. It was expected that the self-appoint- direct the making of budgets and play rise to the unbridled spread of com- tion of communal politics through The law courts simply watch helpless- ed custodians of the “culture” of the the lead hand in the disbursal of munal fires in (fragile) border enabling instruments of State power ly. The Election Commission has little Hindus would object to such weaponi- funds to its favourite schemes and states. The Congress and the Left way: fair or foul (the police and the bureaucracy), and to say. The governors of various states sation in the interest of political outfits. The stamp of approval is thus parties have given little evidence of the unleashing of policy with a com- frequently don the garb of appa- hygiene and harmony in society. They gained to promote unworthy commu- understanding the parallelogram of munal slant. ratchiks. The Speaker is happy to have not done so. nal agendas. The general media tom- forces at work, especially in West The last indubitably means going receive instructions remotely. When after an election, newly elect- toms this, rather than interrogate the Bengal. They may live to rue the out of the way to disadvantage and The RSS is the ideological mentor of ed MLAs of non-BJP parties are pur- phenomenon. day. pg MONDAY | 19 APRIL 2021 | CHENNAI 7 ■ Govt holds 93% stake in Pune-based bank, may sell 51% now Future’s board quick BoM seen as first selloff pick approves debt MADHUSUDAN SAHOO the first round of privati- tured. BITES NEW DELHI, APRIL 18 sation, and may later go The government cur- with large banks for rently holds 93 per cent recast plan With the bank privatisa- divestment. stake in the Pune-based % tion process gaining The Bank of BoM. Additionally, LIC INDICATORS speed, state-owned lender Maharashtra stock moved holds 4 per cent. The SANGEETHA G Sensex 48,832.03 0.06 Bank of Maharashtra up nearly 70 per cent from remaining 3 per cent hold- CHENNAI, APRIL 18 Nifty 50 14,617.90 0.25 (BoM) has emerged out to mid-February when an ing is with the public. S&P 500* 4,185.47 0.36 be the first strong candi- agency report named the The government is likely Future Retail's board has date for the government's lender among the privati- to divest 51 per cent in the approved a resolution plan Dollar (`) 74.35 0.76 proposed disinvestment sation candidates. Last current round and reap to restructure the existing Pound Sterling (`) 102.46 0.85 plan. Weighing in all Tuesday, the BoM stock the benefits of privatisa- secured financial debt options, both Niti Ayog moved up nearly 20 per tion in the balance 42 per from the bankers. This has Euro (`) 89.06 0.77 and the finance ministry cent with high volumes on cent holding in later been permitted under a Gold (10gm)* (`) 46,431▼9 0.00 officials have already dis- renewed market buzz years. Resolution Framework for cussed the pros and cons about its privatisation. As per a report by Covid-19 related stress Brent crude ($/bbl)* 66.82 0.18 of privatisation, a top Attempts made by Denofwealth, Pune-based announced by the Reserve IN 10-Yr bond yield 6.088 -0.02 finance ministry source Financial Chronicle to corporate giant Bajaj Bank of India. nificant financial stability US 10-Yr T-bill yield* 1.578 0.048 said. reach out to the bank's MD Group, which has a signif- The resolution plan, risks to the business. "The government is & CEO A.S. Rajeev proved icant presence in the already approved by the Hence, the restructuring of * As of Friday/Saturday actively looking for ways futile. He had earlier told financial sector, could be lenders, is subject to the the debt is crucial and to elicit strong interest from the prospective of Maharashtra, Bank of the media that BoM would a strong aspirant for the approval of the expert essential," it said in a stock from investors for state- investors for Bank of India, Indian Overseas aim at growing at 10 per BoM buyout. Besides, two committee under the exchange filing. run banks that are up for Maharashtra," the source Bank and the Central cent per annum and that other corporates that are chairmanship of K. V. As per the plan, repay- Steel prices may privatisation. Though we said. Bank of India. It is also only Rs 1,000 crore loan also reportedly throwing Kamath. ment of short term loans, have shortlisted four pub- There is a wide media expected that the govern- book now against Rs their hats into the ring are The debt raised through term loans, NCDs, overdue take 2 yrs to cool lic sector banks, initially speculation that the four ment is considering mid- 15,000 crore in 2016 were Tata Capital and Catholic the non-convertible deben- working capital loans (con- we received huge response PSBs shortlisted are Bank sized or small banks for required to be restruc- Syrian Bank. tures also will be restruc- verted into Working tured. The company has Capital Term Loans) will down: JSPL MD received the written con- be extended up to a maxi- Steel prices might take at least sent of all the holders of mum of two years. Interest two years to cool down as its the NCDs to amend the during the moratorium demand is consistently increas- terms and conditions of period between March 1, ing. In the current financial year, the NCDs as per the resolu- 2020 and September 30, the demand for steel in India is Global jewellery brands fear inventory delay tion plan. 2021 shall be converted into also expected to exceed the pro- Debt from 28 banks and Funded Interest Term duction numbers, Jindal Steel SANGEETHA G ed these short-term key markets like the US closed, then it can affect financial institutions, Loan, which shall be and Power Ltd (JSPL) managing CHENNAI, APRIL 18 impacts; however, if the and China owing to the exports," said Prakash including working capital payable by December 2021. director V. R. Sharma told PTI. duration and magnitude Valentine's Day and Pincha, chairman, east- demand loans, term loans, Cash Credit will be contin- While the demand in FY22 will be After a robust March of these inventory slow- Chinese New Year and ern region, Gems and cash credit, short term ued at a reduced level in the range of 140-150 million quarter, international downs intensify, there improved consumer senti- Jewellery Export loans, NCDs, purchase bill based on bank assessment. tonnes, the country's production jewellery brands are now could be future negative ment. Promotion Council. discounting limits, other All securities created on is expected to be somewhere worried about "inventory impacts on the company's This robust demand had Lower frequency of working capital loans and the company's assets shall around 125 mt, he said. delay" due to the surge in full year guidance," reflected in the March flights too can hit exports. unpaid interest which continue to operate in Covid-19 cases in India. Signet cautioned. exports of cut and pol- According to an indus- became overdue will be favour of the lenders in They fear the delays could Signet had posted ished diamonds, which try insider, the diamond restructured. the ranks assigned origi- impact their full year stronger-than-expected grew 123.55 per cent com- certification process is According to the compa- nally, exception being Printed & Published by sales. conversion and average pared to the same month causing the current delay ny, the pandemic has extension of second K Sudhakar on behalf of Deccan US-based Signet ticket values in the first in 2020. in shipments and the deeply impacted the long- charge on movable fixed Chronicle Holdings Limited. Printed & Jewellers, in its quarterly quarter and also upped its However, chances of dis- backlog is swelling owing term business viability assets being extended to Published at Deccan Chronicle Presses update, said that it has full-year revenue guid- pared to the same quarter ruption in exports cannot to fewer staff. and led to significant working capital consor- situated at SP-3 Developed Plot, evaluated the impact of ance. of 2020 and 80 per cent be dismissed. Bharat Part of the labour force financial stress across the tium lenders as a part of Industrial Estate, Guindy, Chennai. inventory delays related Similarly, French luxu- compared to that of 2019. Diamond Bourse was in Surat's polishing units industries. "The debt bur- the restructuring. All Editor: T.Venkatram Reddy, RNI Reg. No. TNENG/2008/25473 Air surcharge Re to recent Covid-19 surges ry goods Louis Vuitton's Russian diamond miner closed in the first week of also have gone to their den has become dispropor- penal interest and 1. © All rights reserved. Reproduction in in India and other parts of watches and jewellery Alrosa too saw demand April due to rising Covid hometown to leave their tionate relative to the cash charges, default premi- whole or in part without written per- the world. division recorded revenue from end consumers for cases in Mumbai. "BDB family back there, fearing flow generated by the com- ums, processing fees mission of The Editor, Financial "At this time, the compa- growth of 138 per cent in diamond jewellery show- has been closed and if a lock-down, said Dinesh pany owing to the multiple unpaid since March 2020 Chronicle ® is prohibited. ny believes it has mitigat- the March quarter com- ing robust growth across Mumbai port is also Navdiya of the GJEPC. lockdowns since the pan- to implementation date demic surfaced, posing sig- will be waived off fully. GAMES Nketiah saves Arsenal blushes Messi wins Copa SHORT TAKES crown for Barca Srihari creates Eddie scores last-gasp equaliser to earn a 1-1 draw against lowly Fulham London, April 18: Eddie Madrid, April 18: Lionel ● It remains to be Nketiah delivered a ham- Messi scored twice, national record mer blow to Fulham’s bid BLUES END CITY’S including a stunning solo seen if his seventh Tashkent: Ace Indian swimmer for Premier League sur- goal, as Barcelona blew Copa del Rey Srihari Nataraj created a national vival as the Arsenal strik- QUEST TO REACH away Athletic Bilbao to triumph is the last record in 50m backstroke while er’s last-gasp goal rescued win the Copa del Rey on trophy Messi lifts in winning his second gold of the a 1-1 draw at the Emirates Saturday, consigning their Barcelona colours Uzbekistan Open Championship Stadium on Sunday. FA CUP FINAL opponents to a second here. The 20-year-old clocked Mikel Arteta’s side were London, April 18: final defeat in two weeks. but if this was to be 25.11 seconds to bag the top seconds away from a first Chelsea ended Manchester The cup was won and a final flourish, the prize in the FINA-accredited ever home defeat against City’s quest for a historic lost in a whirlwind 12 min- 33-year-old crafted Olympic qualifying event on Fulham as they laboured quadruple of trophies as utes in Seville, which saw a fitting farewell. Saturday night. to find a response to Josh Hakim Ziyech’s goal Barca score four times to Indian swimmers enjoyed a rich Maja’s second half penalty. earned a 1-0 win to take the clinch an emphatic 4-0 vic- haul of 29 medals — 18 gold, But Nketiah pushed Blues into the FA Cup final tory, with Messi at his dev- beyond the summer. seven silver and four bronze — in Fulham closer to relega- on Saturday. astating best. “To win a title is impor- the meet. tion deep into stoppage- A damaging day for City It remains to be seen if tant for me,” Koeman It was Srihari’s third national time when he tapped in also saw them lose Kevin his seventh Copa del Rey admitted afterwards. record in two days as the after the visitors failed to De Bruyne to an ankle triumph is the last trophy Yet Laporta was notice- Bengaluru swimmer had rewrit- clear a corner. injury just over a week Messi lifts in Barcelona ably evasive when asked ten the national marks twice in It was a major setback for away from the League Cup colours but if this was to about Koeman’s future. 100m backstroke, his pet event, third bottom Fulham, who final, where they face be a final flourish, the 33- “He is doing well,” he earlier this week. — PTI are six points behind Tottenham, and the first year-old crafted a fitting said. fourth bottom Burnley and leg of their Champions farewell. “It’s very special Koeman took over a team fifth bottom Brighton with League semi-final against to be captain of this team at rock bottom, humiliated Krishna Poonia just five games left. Paris Saint-Germain. where I have spent my by an historic loss to After losing their previ- Chelsea were good value whole life and very special Bayern Munich and ous four matches, Fulham for another impressive to be able to lift this cup,” wounded by the attempts tests covid positive were on course to mark win under Thomas Tuchel Messi said. of Messi to leave the club New Delhi: Delhi Commonwealth Scott Parker’s 100th match and will be favourites for His first goal, and for free. Games gold medallist and sitting in charge with a memo- the German’s first silver- Barca’s third, started with But this 31st Copa del Rajasthan MLA Krishna Poonia rable scalp. Arsenal’s Eddie Nketiah (right) scores against Fulham in an English Premier League ware in English football the Argentinian in his Rey success for the club is on Sunday tested positive for Instead, they slipped match at the Emirates Stadium in London on Sunday. — AFP when they face Leicester own half before a charg- a testament to progress Covid-19 and is undergoing closer to an immediate or Southampton May 15. ing run down the right made and Koeman will treatment at a Jaipur hospital. return to the Villarreal in the semi- malaria. Ceballos looped his header Tuchel could land an and a surge forward into hope it not only helps con- The 43-year-old Krishna, who Championship. finals after cruising to a 4- Martinelli should have past Areola from Hector even bigger prize in the the penalty area gave him vince Messi to stay but became the first Indian woman Next up for Fulham is a 0 victory at Slavia Prague given Arsenal the lead Bellerin’s cross. Champions League just the chance for a simple gives Barca momentum to bag an individual gold in the west London derby at in the quarter-final second inside 40 seconds when he But the Spaniard was months after replacing the finish. now in a neck-and-neck CWG by winning the discus Chelsea on Saturday leg on Thursday. ran onto Alexandre denied his first Premier sacked Frank Lampard in With the club’s new pres- title race in La Liga. throw event in 2010, is now before a decisive clash Lacazette’s pass and League goal after VAR January. ident Joan Laporta in the “Despite the changes at HEARTBREAK FOR admitted at the Rajasthan with Burnley on May 8. clipped his shot just wide. ruled Bukayo Saka’s toes His side showed they can crowd, Ronald Koeman’s the club and the young FULHAM University of Health Sciences Ninth placed Arsenal are Martinelli threatened were in an offside position get the better of City in first title as Barcelona players, at Barca you have hospital. “She had cough and nine points adrift of the The Spaniard made five again with a low shot on in the build-up. what could be a dress coach should also signifi- to always fight for tro- mild fever and she took a test on top four and their best changes to the side that the turn from Emile Smith Saka hit the outside of rehearsal for the cantly boost his chances of phies,” Koeman said. Saturday but the virus could not hope of reaching next sea- thrashed Slavia, with Rowe’s cross, but Alphonse the near post with a cross- Champions League final remaining in charge — AFP be detected. Today, we went to son’s Champions League is Gabriel Martinelli among Areola sprawled to his left shot before Fulham should the English clubs RHUS and doctors there took a winning the Europa those to come in as Pierre- to make a good save. received another helping see off PSG and Real CT scan from which it was diag- League. Emerick Aubameyang Arsenal thought they had hand from VAR in the 59th Madrid in the last four. nosed for Covid-19,” her husband Arteta’s men face remained absent with taken the lead when Dani minute. — AFP — AFP Virender Poonia said. — PTI VERSTAPPEN EMERGES ON Quartararo wins, FIVE INDIAN BOXERS ENTER TOP IN CHAOTIC IMOLA RACE Jhilli lifts gold at Asian meet Imola (Italy), April 18: Max Verstappen kept his Marquez seventh cool to claim a chaotic rain-hit Emilia Romagna QUARTERS OF YOUTH WORLDS Tashkent, April 18: However, 45kg is not a 164kg (71kg+93kg) in the Grand Prix on Sunday as seven-time Formula One Portimao, Portugal: Fabio India’s Jhilli Dalabehera Olympic weight category. four-woman field. Her champion Lewis Hamilton recovered from a rare mis- Quartararo won his second con- New Delhi, April 18: just one win away from clinched the gold medal in The silver medal went to final standing will be take to sneak in second. Red Bull driver Verstappen secutive race when he took the Five Indian boxers ensuring a medal for the the 45kg category in a Philippines’ Mary Flor determined after the end muscled past pole sitter Hamilton on the first corner Portuguese MotoGP at Portimao advanced to the quarterfi- country. severely depleted two- Diaz for her effort of of the group A proceed- at Imola to set up his impressive first win of the sea- on Sunday, with six-time champi- nals of the youth world However, the campaign lifter field at the Asian 135kg (60kg+75kg). ings. son. “I surprised myself. We worked really hard to on Marc Marquez seventh championships for men ended for Nisha Gurjar Weightlifting Champi- With the win, Jhilli bet- Jhilli’s gold was India’s make that better. In these tricky conditions we did a in his first race back after nine and women after clinch- (64kg) after a 1-4 loss to onship here on Sunday. tered her silver-winning second medal of the tour- great job,” Verstappen said. months out. ing comfortable victories Latvia’s Beatrise Jhilli, a junior world performance in the last nament as star Lando Norris in a McLaren took third for the Repsol Honda Team rider in their last-16 stage bouts Rozentale. championship bronze edition. However, it was weightlifter Mirabai Briton’s second successive podium ahead of Charles Marquez’s seventh-placed finish in Kielce, Poland. Earlier, Gitika defeated medallist, lifted 69kg in an underwhelming per- Chanu had smashed the Leclerc for Ferrari. The outcome of a compelling sec- came on his return after three Among the women, Kazakhstan’s Arailym the snatch and followed formance as she had lifted world record in the clean ond leg of the Formula One season confirmed bouts of surgery on the right Gitika (48kg) made the Marat 5-0. that up by 88kg in clean 162kg (71kg+91kg) at the and jerk category enroute Verstappen’s stature as a formidable obstacle to arm he broke in the 2020 opener last eight on Saturday. Narwal went past jerk for a total of 157kg to same event in 2019. a bronze medal on Hamilton’s quest for an unprecedented eighth driv- at Jerez. From the men’s contin- Poland’s Oliwier finish on top of the podi- The other Indian in the Saturday. The Olympic- ers’ crown. He qualified in the second row gent, Asian silver-medal- Zamojski 4-1, while Vishal um in all three categories fray, Sneha Soren finished bound Chanu lifted 86kg After winning the season-opener in Bahrain and and admitted on Saturday that list Ankit Narwal (64kg), out-punched Croatia’s of the gold level Olympic third in group B of the in snatch and a world putting in the fastest lap on Sunday Hamilton leads he was “going to suffer” after Bishwamitra Chongtham Borna Loncaric in his pre- qualifier event which was women’s 55kg event. record of 119kg in clean Verstappen by one point ahead of the Portuguese such long time away from racing. (49kg), Sachin (56kg) and quarterfinal bout. postponed last year due to The 20-year-old from and jerk for a total of Grand Prix next time out. — AFP — AFP Vishal Gupta (91kg) stood — PTI the pandemic. Odisha lifted a total of 205kg. — PTI SUMMER IPL 14 SLAM G CHENNAI SUPER KINGS G DELHI CAPITALS G KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS G MUMBAI INDIANS G PUNJAB KINGS G RAJASTHAN ROYALS G ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE G SUNRISERS HYDERABAD DECCAN CHRONICLE, CHENNAI, MONDAY, 19 APRIL 2021 pg 8

ORANGE POINTS TABLE Teams P W L N/R Points Net RR RCB 3 3 0 0 6 +0.750 Shikhar DC 3 2 1 0 4 +0.453 Dhawan,DC 186 MI 3 2 1 0 4 +0.367 DHAWAN & ONLY CSK 2 1 1 0 2 +0.616 Glenn 176 RR 2 1 1 0 2 +0.052 Maxwell,RCB Shikhar’s 49-ball 92 powers Delhi to 6-wicket win over Punjab KKR 3 1 2 0 2 - 0.633 KL Rahul, PBKS 3 1 2 0 2 - 0.967 Mumbai, April 18: Delhi PBKS 157 Capitals beat Punjab SCORECARD SRH 3 0 3 0 0 - 0.483 Kings by six wickets in PURPLE the IPL here on Sunday. Punjab Kings: KL Rahul Mayank Agarwal top- c Stoinis b Rabada 61, scored for Punjab with 69 Mayank Agarwal c off 36 balls while his open- Dhawan b Meriwala 69, CSK, Rajasthan Harshal ing partner and skipper K Chris Gayle c sub (RV L Rahul made 61 off 51 Patel) b Woakes 11, Patel,RCB 9 balls, taking them to 195 Deepak Hooda (not for four. out) 22, Nicholas in battle royale Rahul In response, Delhi Pooran c Rabada b Chahar, MI 7 Capitals chased down the Avesh Khan 9, Mumbai, April 18: Three- target rather comfortably Shahrukh Khan (not time champion Chennai Live on TV Avesh in 18.2 overs with Shikhar out) 15. Extras (lb 6, nb Super Kings and Rajasthan 6 Dhawan scoring 92 off 49 2) 8. Total (for four Royals would look to build Chennai Super Kings vs Khan, DC balls. wickets in 20 overs) on their first wins and gain Rajasthan Royals Dhawan said: “It was a 195. momentum when they from 7.30 pm on conscious effort from my FoW: 1-122, 2-141, 3- clash in the Indian Star Sports 1, HD1 Off the field side to increase the strike- 158, 4-179. Premier League (IPL), here rate and I started taking Bowling: Chris Woakes on Monday. The two sides more risks. I’m not afraid 4-0-42-1, Lukman bounced back after losing HEAD to HEAD of changes. I’m always Meriwala 3-0-32-1, R. their opening fixtures with open towards changes and Ashwin 4-0-28-0, wins, albeit in contrasting I make sure I give it a good Kagiso Rabada 4-0-43- styles. Matches 23 try in the nets and then in 1, Lalit Yadav 1-0-11-0, While the MS Dhoni-led the games. I’ve worked on Avesh Khan 4-0-33-1. CSK had it easy against CSK 14 RR 9 the leg-side shots, coming Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Punjab Kings, the Royals in the crease, using the Shaw c Gayle b scraped through against FOR THE RECORD pace of the bowler.” Arshdeep Singh 32, Delhi Capitals in the final GG Suresh Raina’s 609 runs at an Earlier, Mayank and cap- Shikhar Dhawan b over. Both teams would be average of 29.00 in 21 innings is the tain Rahul stitched a cen- Richardson 92, Steven eyeing a second win to give second most against Rajasthan in Smith c Richardson b after AB de Villiers (648). tury-run opening stand to their campaign a boost. GG guide Punjab Kings to a Meredith 9, Rishabh CSK hit back superbly Deepak Chahar who has claimed Pant c Hooda b 48 wickets at an average of 25.10 in challenging 195 for four. after a chastening defeat to 45 innings needs just two wickets to Agarwal made 69 off 36 Richardson 15, Marcus Capitals with Deepak become the sixth bowler to com- balls, while Rahul scored Stoinis (not out) 27, Chahar putting his hand plete to wickets for CSK. 61 off 51 deliveries as Lalit Yadav (not out) up with a four-wicket haul LAST YEAR’S MATCHES 12. Extras (lb 2, nb 3, w Punjab made a flying start to break the back of the GG to their innings. 6) 11. Total (for four Punjab batting line-up, set- Rajasthan beat CSK by 16 runs at wickets in 18.2 overs) Sharjah. Robin Uthappa’s son Neale Nolan Delhi Capitals skipper ting up a six-wicket victory. GG Rishabh Pant's decision to 198. Skipper Dhoni would Rajasthan beat CSK by 7 wickets sports a CSK jersey. at Abu Dhabi. bowl after winning the FoW: 1-59, 2-107, 3-152, have been happy with the toss backfired as the open- 4-180. bowlers' performance after STATS: S. PERVEZ QAISER Rohit bats for ‘save ing duo of Agarwal and Bowling: Arshdeep 3- they had been taken to the Rahul took the attack to 0-22-1, Mohammed cleaners by Prithvi Shaw of action in the win over corals’campaign the opposition bowlers Shami 4-0-53-0, Jalaj and Shikhar Dhawan in Punjab and that should from the onset, hitting Saxena 3-0-27-0, Jhye the opener. please the CSK think-tank. umbai Indians skipper boundaries and sixes at Richardson 4-0-41-2, Chahar, in particular, He picked up a wicket with MRohit Sharma has envi- will. Deepak Hooda 2-0-18- came up with a fine spell, his off-spin and batted flu- ronmental issues very close to While Agarwal was the 0, Riley Meredith 2.2-0- which helped CSK restrict ently. his heart, it seems. The crick- aggressor of the two ini- Delhi Capitals opener Shikhar Dhawan en route to his 49-ball 92 against Punjab Kings 35-1. its opponent to a below par Faf du Plessis made an eter came out on the field tially, Rahul upped the in an IPL game on Sunday. — IPL 106 which the batsmen unbeaten 36 despite not against Sunrisers Hyderabad ante after a relatively chased down without being at his fluent best and (SRH) on Saturday wearing sedate start. Agarwal was looking comeback into the match. Marcus Stonis at mid- Nicholas Pooran (9) much trouble. would hope to build on the shoes with “Save the Corals” Agarwal and Rahul dangerous during his 36- While Agarwal was the wicket off Rabada. failed yet again but The Super Kings will knock while the likes of art on them. Against the adopted an aggressive ball knock and ended up first to depart, slicing a Rahul’s knock was laced Deepak Hooda (22 not out expect Chahar to continue Ruturaj Gaikwad and Royal Challengers Bangalore approach against debu- hitting seven boundaries Meriwala delivery with seven boundaries off 13) and Shahrukh the good work while also Ambati Rayudu need runs (RCB), Sharma was seen tant Lukeman Meriwala and four hits over the straight to Shikhar and two sixes. Chris Gayle Khan (15 not out off five) hoping that Sam Curran, to get their confidence wearing spikes with “Save the and Kagiso Rabada, tak- fence. But DC dismissed Dhawan at sweeper cover (11) failed to make a mark, provided the much needed Shardul Thakur and the back. Suresh Raina's pres- Rhinos” art, while in the sec- ing their team to 94 for no both the batsmen in quick in the 13th over, Rahul perishing soon in search big hits towards the end. others also step up. ence has certainly boosted ond tie against the Kolkata loss in 10 overs. succession to make a handed a simple catch to of a maximum. — Agencies Also, South African pacer the CSK batting unit and Knight Riders (KKR) on April Lungi Ngidi is out of quar- his form will be crucial in 13, the stylish India player antine and could be drafted the long run. He will be had “Plastic-free Ocean” art into the playing XI to give keen to get a big score after on his shoes. more teeth to the CSK pace returning to the IPL with a ABD GAME FOR attack. fifty. Dhoni didn't bat in the England all-rounder game against Punjab. Warner lambasts INTERNATIONAL Moeen Ali was in the thick — PTI poor SRH batting COMEBACK unrisers Hyderabad cap- Stain hit out at his side’s Chennai, April 18: poor batting after they lost Versatile South African their third successive match cricketer AB de Villiers in this year’s IPL. Warner and on Sunday said it will be Jonny Bairstow had provided “fantastic” to make an their side a platform with a international comeback quick 67-run opening-wicket ahead of the upcoming partnership. But the batsmen T20 World Cup. The T20 that followed disappointed. World Cup is scheduled to Manish Pandey, newcomers be held in India in Virat Singh and Abhishek October-November. Sharma threw their wickets “If I can slot in, it will be away. fantastic,” de Villiers said “I don’t know how to take after he played another that. Obviously disappoint- match-winning innings ing. Two of us were set but it for his franchise Royal proves that if you don't bat Challengers Bangalore in deep, you can’t win. If you get the IPL here. a partnership and if there is The prolific batsman RCB’s AB de Villiers during his unbeaten 76 against added he will be fine with one person at the end, you can Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai on Sunday. — IPL chase it down,” said a disap- it even if he is not able to Rajasthan Royals allrounder Chris Morris during a pointed Warner. make a comeback. training session. — RR “These scores are very De Villiers, 37, said he is chaseable, it’s just poor bat- going to communicate ting. The guys need to play with South Africa head smart cricket in the middle. coach Mark Boucher The bowlers have been fantas- RCB make it three in three towards the end of the ROTATING STRIKE CRUCIAL ON tic,” added the left-handed IPL. opener. Chennai, April 18: Patidar with one that dart- “I am absolutely inter- Glenn Maxwell was good SCORECARD ed back on landing. ested, with regards to my SLOW TRACKS, SAYS LAXMAN but AB de Villiers was bet- Mixing aggression with form, my fitness, we have Murali undergoes ter as Royal Challengers Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli c Tripathi b caution, Maxwell and to get the best 15 together, Chennai, April 18: we will plan accordingly. I It’s very important to Bangalore bested Kolkata Varun 5, Devdutt Padikkal c Tripathi b Prasidh Krishna Devdutt Padikkal (25) Sunrisers Hyderabad men- keep the dot-ball per- 25, Rajat Patidar b Varun 1, Glenn Maxwell c am speaking with angioplasty Knight Riders by 38 runs revived the RCB innings tor VVS Laxman rued that centage low, and the in their IPL match here on Harbhajan Singh b Cummins 78, AB de Villiers (not after the early blows. Boucher towards the end his batsmen could not only way you can do it is ri Lankan cricket legend Sunday. Batting first, De out) 76, Kyle Jamieson (not out) 11. Extras (nb 3, w 5) While the young Indian of IPL,” he added. rotate the strike when get- SMuttiah Muralitharan, Villiers' master class and 8. Total (for four wickets in 20 overs) 204. seemed content playing On Friday, Boucher had ting boundaries was tough by manipulating the field who is part of the Sunrisers Maxwell's counter-attack- FoW: 1-6, 2-9, 3-95, 4-148. the second fiddle, the hinted at de Villiers' pos- against Mumbai Indians by rotating the strike. Hyderabad support staff in ing half-century propelled Bowling: Harbhajan 4-0-38-0, Varun Chakravarthy 4- swashbuckling Australian sible international come- bowlers on a tough Chepuk — VVS LAXMAN the ongoing IPL, has under- RCB to an imposing 204 0-39-2, Shakib Al Hasan 2-0-24-0, Pat Cummins 4-0- counter-attacked in fine back. wicket. Chasing a modest SRH mentor gone an angioplasty at a pri- for four. In reply, KKR 34-1, Prasidh Krishna 4-0-31-1, Andre Russell 2-0-38- fashion and played the big Boucher, a former South 151-run target, SRH could vate hospital in Chennai. were stopped at 166 for 0. shots with consummate Africa wicketkeeper-bats- manage only 137 in 19.4 ESPNcricinfo reported that eight as RCB regained the Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana c Padikkal b ease. man, has also revealed overs as their batsmen the champion off-spinner top spot in the pecking Chahal 18, Shubman Gill c sub (DT Christian) b The in-form Maxwell about the conversation he struggled to score runs in other fast bowlers were “had a stent fitted to unblock order. Jamieson 21, Rahul Tripathi c Mohammed Siraj b upped the ante when he had with the RCB star the middle overs on bowling in the middle an artery, and will rejoin RCB smashed 56 runs in Washington Sundar 25, Eoin Morgan c Kohli b Patel cleared his front leg to ahead of the IPL 2021. Saturday. overs.” Sunrisers Hyderabad when the last three overs, 29, Dinesh Karthik lbw b Chahal 2, Shakib Al Hasan b plonk Shakib Al Hasan “I did chat to him before “That’s (taking singles Laxman said as the ball discharged”. including 21 in the final Jamieson 26, Andre Russell b Patel 31, Pat Cummins c over long-on for his first he went to the IPL,” and twos) a very important got old in the second half The 49-year-old is the lead- six deliveries, thanks to de de Villiers b Jamieson 6, Harbhajan Singh (not out) 2, maximum in the sixth Boucher had said. skill especially on these of the innings, playing ing wicket-taker in interna- Villiers 34-ball 76 not out. Varun Chakravarthy (not out) 2. Extras (w 4) 4. Total over. “The conversation is kind of wickets because it aggressive was challeng- tional cricket with 1347 Maxwell blazed away to (for eight wickets in 20 overs) 166. The one bowled by still very much open. AB is not easy to hit through ing. He also stressed the scalps. Muralitharan repre- 78 off 49 deliveries, hitting FoW: 1-23, 2-57, 3-66, 4-74, 5-114, 6-155, 7-161, 8-162. Shakib turned out to be a being the person he is, he the line. You can’t rely on importance of using the sented Sri Lanka in 133 Tests. nine boundaries and three Bowling: Mohammed Siraj 3-0-17-0, Kyle Jamieson 3- productive over for RCB wanted to perform very just boundaries and sixes,” powerplay. “The ball was maximums before the 0-41-3, Yuzvendra Chahal 4-0-34-2, Washington as they got 17 runs off it. well at the IPL, to prove to Laxman. just stopping on the wicket genius from South Africa Sundar 4-0-33-1, Glenn Maxwell 2-0-24-0, Harshal Morgan's decision to himself and everyone else “It’s very important to and it is two-paced. And strode in and struck the Patel 4-0-17-2. take out both that he is still a very key keep the dot-ball percent- also the spinners are same number of fours and Chakravarthy and figure in world cricket age low, and the only way extracting turn along with Regd. No. TNENG/2010/35692 sixes as his teammate the second over. delivery that drifted away Harbhajan at a time when and could dominate at you can do it is by manipu- bounce. That is one of the from Australia. Opening the bowling for from the right-hander, they were bowling well that level,” Boucher had lating the field by rotating aspects we definitely dis- Printed & Published by K. Sudhakar on behalf of Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited The Knight Riders were KKR, veteran off-spinner Rahul Tripathi pulled off was baffling, but RCB did- said. the strike. That is one cussed. If you see the way and Printed at Deccan Chronicle Presses off to a brilliant start with Harbhajan Singh bowled a a sensational catch run- n't mind at all as they cap- In May 2018, de Villiers aspect of the game which Jonny Bairstow and David situated at SP 3, Developed Plot, italised on the surprising had announced his retire- Industrial Estate, leg-break bowler Varun tight line and length to sti- ning back from extra- is very important on these Warner capitalised on the Guindy, Chennai - 600 032. Chakravarthy leaving fle the RCB batsmen in his cover. The top batsman move. ment from international kind of wickets. powerplay, that will be very RNI Registration No: TN ENG/2005/14987 RCB in early trouble at 9/2 first two overs. was nowhere close to the After reaching 45 for two cricket. He played 114 “Unfortunately we were important going forward Ph Nos: 22254747, 22254748, 22254750, Tests, 228 ODIs and 78 22254751 with the big wickets of After Chakravarthy ball. at the end of the six pow- not able to do that especial- especially when you are Editor: KAUSHIK MITTER skipper Virat Kohli (5) lured Kohli to go over Chakravarthy then went erplay overs, Maxwell T20Is. ly when Rahul Chahar was playing on slow tracks.” and Rajat Patidar (1) in cover with a tossed-up through the defence of shifted gears. — Agencies — Agencies bowling and even when — PTI