®®® Vol - 17 ®®® Issue-259 ®®® Bhubaneswar ®®® 30 April, 2021 ®®® Friday ®® Orissa Today email:[email protected], ®®® Rs.2.00 People’s Voice [email protected] ®®® Pages -8 RNI NO - ODIENG/2005/16409 For e paper : www.orissatodaynews. in [email protected] Gen Narwane briefs PM on Army’s efforts to aid Odisha reports 6988 new covid cases Civil administration in Covid management 12 deaths in past 24 hours Bhubaneswar, Apr 29 (UNI) past 24 hours 4054 covid in- gen for next six months. The Amid indication of possibility fection cases were reported government also declared of community transmission in from the quarantine centres cease-work strikes by all the the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and 2944 local contact cases workers and officials associ- and Cuttack, Odisha reported from 30 districts in the state. A ated with Oxygen production, 6988 new covid cases and 12 record 12 covid patients under supply and & transportation fatalities in the past 24 hours. treatment succumbed to the as illegal with immediate ef- The experts in the state health virus in the past 24 hours tak- fect. Official sources said as department has sounded com- ing the total covid fatalities in many as 19 districts in the munity transmission of covid the state to 2029. Khordha state reported more than 100 19 in the state capital and district reported maximum four new covid cases in the past New Delhi, Apr 29 (UNI) Army oxygen tankers and logistics Cuttack city after both the cit- deaths followed by two each 24 hours, eight of them regis- Chief General MM Naravane support for the transportation ies registered an alarming rise in Puri and Raygada and one tered more than 300 cases. on Thursday briefed Prime of these tankers too in remote in the covid cases in the past each in Angul,Cuttack, clock in laboratories and test- and sealed several markets in Khordha district continued Minister Narendra Modi on areas and bordering states. few days. They have also sug- Keonjhar and Sundargarh dis- ing centres.”Official sources the city for violation of covid to be in the top with 919 cases various initiatives taken by the This was third meeting of gested the government take trict. With the fresh 6988 covid said till midnight of April 28, protocols. The unit 2 market, against 1840 reported on Force to aid the civil adminis- the Prime Minister with De- some stringent and tough mea- cases the tally in the state as many as 1,00,41,204 tests considered as one of the big- Wednesday followed by tration across the country. fence Forces' chiefs. On April sures to prevent the commu- soared to 4,35,513 while the were conducted in the state gest markets in the capital city Cuttack ( 517),Sundargarh ( Medical staff of the Army is 26, the Chief of Defence Staff nity transmission otherwise the recovery cases rose to 3,75,721 and the government has drawing thousands of crowds 474 ),Nuapada ( 420), Bargarh being made available to vari- General Bipin Rawat briefed situation would be out of con- with as many as 4521 covid drawn up a strategy to con- everyday, was sealed till next (330), Angul (325),Sambalpur( ous state governments while Mr Modi on the efforts made trol in the coming days. The patients cured on Wednesday. duct over 50,000 tests. The Monday morning by the 323)and Mayurbhanj( 308). Ex- it has been setting up tempo- by the all Defence Forces in state government, considering The number of active cases in state capital till midnight of BMC. The BMC today sealed perts warned that Odisha would rary hospitals in various parts the Covid management while the gravity of the situation, the state shut up to 57,710 April 28, has reported 42445 the Bhubaneswar judicial be pushed to an explosive of the country and wherever Indian Air Force Chief Air has imposed night curfew in while the state crossed the positive cases, of which 35674 complex for seven days till phase in the coming days as possible, the civilians are be- Chief Marshall RKS Bhadauria all urban areas and clamped milestone of one crore tests. have been cured and the ac- May 5 after covid positive the test positive rate has surged ing treated in Base Hospitals, called on him on Wednesday weekend shutdown. State capi- Taking to the tweeter, the tive cases stand at 6493.The cases were detected. The to nearly 20 percent in most of the PM was told. The citizens and appraised about the vari- tal Bhubaneswar and the Health deparment said “ covid 19 has so far claimed Odisha government in the the places. The situation is can approach their nearest ous initiatives taken in trans- Cuttack city have been report- Proud to share that today over 260 lives. wake of rising demand of medi- more precarious in Western Army hospitals for medical porting the empty cryogenic ing a maximum number of Odisha has crossed the mile- In the wake of rising covid cal oxygen today enforced Odisha districts where some help, he added. The Chief of Oxygen containers from covid positive cases everyday stone of over One Crore cases in the state capital, the Essential Services Mainte- districts are turning into major Army Staff also appraised him abroad and within the country in comparison to other cities #COVID19 tests! We salute Bhubaneswar Municipal Cor- nance Act(ESMA) on the pro- covid hubs with a sharp rise in that the Army has been pro- under the aegis of the Union in the state. our silent Covid Warriors who poration ( BMC) carried out a duction, distribution and the number of covid cases and viding manpower for imported Home Ministry. Official sources said in the continue to work round the massive enforcement drive transportation of liquid oxy- also test positive rate. Rahul calls for free Naveen urges Modi to waive Rs 4561.23 Covid vaccination for all Odisha police collect Rs 5.24 cr fine for not wearing masks New Delhi, Apr 29 (UNI) Con- Seal 300 establishments, seize 1800 vehicles for covid violation cr towards deployment of CAPF gress leader Rahul Gandhi on Bhubaneswar, Apr 29 (UNI) Thursday demanded free vac- Bhubaneswar, Apr 29 Mr Abhay said during the appeals and several steps Odisha Chief Minister Naveen cination for all the citizens of (UNI) Odisha police have last few days he had toured taken by the government the country and used the arrested 418 people, col- some districts and found a some people are still not Patnaik today urged Prime meaning of word 'free' to drive lected fines to the tune of substantial number of following the covid guide- Minister Narendra Modi to home his point. 'free /fri?/ad- Rs 5.24 crore for not wear- people not following the lines. Mr Abhay said in waive the charges towards the jective, adverb costing noth- ing masks, seized over 1800 covid guidelines. He said April last alone Police have deployment of Central Armed ing, or not needing to be paid vehicles and sealed over the main job of the Police collected a fine of Rs 5.66 Police Forces (CAPF) in the for. e.g.- India must get free 300 business establish- is to maintain law and or- crore from the people for state to counter the Naxalites. COVID vaccine. All citizens ments and coaching insti- der and to take action not wearing masks and The Ministry of Home Affairs must receive the inoculation tutions in April for viola- against the criminals. Ac- maintaining social distanc- has asked Odisha to pay Rs free of charge. Let’s hope they tion of covid protocols. tion against the criminals ing. He said 418 people 4561.23 crore towards deploy- get it this time,' Mr Gandhi ment charges of CAPF up to tweeted. Meanwhile, India Disclosing this at a video gives professional satisfac- were arrested and as many as October 1, 2020. In a letter to saw a record single day rise of conference, Director Gen- tion to the police but to take 350 coaching classes, shops 3,79,257 fresh infections, push- eral of Police Abhay today action against the people and other institutions were the Prime Minister, Mr Patnaik ing the total Covid cases to appealed to the people of for violating Covid guide- sealed for their failure to abide requested him to reconsider As many as 30,000 posts have sponse to the request of the 1,83,76,524, the Union Minis- the state to follow all pro- lines is a very unpleasant by the covid norms. During the the matter and direct the Min- been created in Police cadres Chief Minister had stated that try said this morning. With tocols of COVID guidelines thing and it pains him. But months over 18,000 vehicles istry of Home Affairs to waive along with specialised training as per the extant policy of the such an exponential rise in strictly to contain the Police, Mr Abhaya said, has were seized and Rs seven crore the amount. Mr Patnaik said centres and other logistic fa- government-approved earlier cases and shortage of medical spread of the virus. The to do it for the interest of fine was collected from them Naxal violence is a national is- cilities for their deployment. by the Cabinet Committee on care, the US has advised its DGP appealed to people to the state and the people and as many as 1300 excise sue and posed a grave threat Considering the fact that Left- Security all states except a few citizens against travelling to strictly observe night cur- and appealed to people not cases were filed. Mr Abhya to the integrity of the nation. wing extremism is an issue of special category states like India or to leave as soon as few, and weekend shut- to force police to take ac- said “we are not happy with The major challenge has to be joint responsibility and the North East, J &k, and possible. The Centre has al- addressed by both the Union state government is doing a Himachal Pradesh are re- lowed the vaccination for down clamped in all urban tion for flouting Covid the action taken but forced to and the state governments lot to combat the menace, the quired to bear all full charges above the age of 18 from May areas, wear masks and main- norms. do so for the interest of the 1. The registration for this age tain social distancing He said despite repeated people and the state. jointly. The Chief Minister said Union government, Mr for the deployment of CAPFs was started on Wednesday. amidst its tight fiscal situation Patnaik said, may appreciate in their states. The home min- Odisha has been proactive in the difficulties of states like istry maintained that due to creating and deploying secu- Odisha while charging for the the overall constraint of re- Around 38 pc turnout recorded till 1130 hrs in Bengal Assy poll rity forces. Around 15 battal- deployment of CAPF for deal- sources it was not feasible to Kolkata, Apr 29 (UNI) Around 38 per cent Banerjee alleged that she was prevented ions of state police have been ing with left-wing extremism. exempt the state government electorate exercised their franchise till 1130 from entering a booth at Chowringee's raised specifically to combat Earlier, the then Union Home from payment towards de- hours on Thursday in the final phase West Metropolitan school in the central part of left-wing extremism. Minister in August 2015 in re- ployment CAPF. Bengal Assembly election to 35 seats to the city. Reports of bombing was re- decide the fate of 283 candidates under a ported from Entally in the central part of massive security blanket. People queue up the city where the central force began a OXYGEN EXPRESS TO CARRY LMO FROM ANGUL at polling booths across the state as Ben- root march to instill confidence with the Bhubaneswar, April 29: Indian medical oxygen (LMO) carried vide tankers to the Railways. gal votes in the final phase of the Assem- voters. There had been no report of any Railways Oxygen Express con- by Indian railways will reach Railways then proceeds in fast- bly elections. West Bengal Governor injury in the bomb attacks. Voting began tinues transporting life-saving almost 640 MT in next 24 hrs. est feasible mode to bring the Jagdeep Dhankhar and his wife Sudesh with a half an hour delay due to a glitch in Oxygen on mission mode. Two Empty LMO Tankers un- Oxygen supplies from the loca- Dhankhar on Thursday cast their votes at elections takes place today. In line with the EVM, at polling booth number 188 in Oxygen Express Operations of loaded from cargo flight today tions and delivers it the requi- a polling booth in Chowringhee area in the the COVID-19 protocols, I call upon people Birbhum district. Veteran Actor and and Indian Railways continues to has been moved to Angul sitioning State. The deploy- to cast their vote and enrich the festival of city. .After casting his vote, Mr Dharkhar BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty cast his bring relief to the States as its where. This will be loaded on ment and use of this Oxygen is said, “Participated by voting in the most democracy. BJP candidate from Malda, vote at a polling station in Kashipur- operations expanded to the Train to load Oxygen from the done by the State Government significant festival that powers, sustains Gopal Chandra Saha after casting his vote Belgachia area of North Kolkata during and blossoms democracy. for the eighth and final phase of the West the final phase of the ongoing West Ben- States of Haryana & Telangana Steel Plant, tonight and there- . “Democracy flourishes only on vote Bengal Assembly elections at a polling gal Assembly polls. after Maharashtra, Uttar after to proceed towards Liquid Oxygen being a cryo- power and every vote matters. All eligible booth in Malda alleged that the attack on After casting his vote, the actor-turned- Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana. Haryana will receive genic cargo has many limita- must positively vote,” he said. Earlier, the him on April 18 during campaigning was politician congratulated the security per- Delhi. Since the first Oxygen its first Oxygen express as the tions like maximum speed at governor said, “For strengthening democ- either carried out by the TMC or Congress sonnel and said that he never voted so Express with empty tankers left train with two tankers is ex- which it can be carried, maxi- racy levery voter must positively vote in 'goons'. peacefully before. "I had never voted so from Mumbai on April 19 for pected to leave Angul today. mum acceleration & decelera- Eighth Phase today.” “Every vote mat- Mr Saha was allegedly shot at while he peacefully ever before. I must congratu- Visakhapatnam under East Telangana govt. has also re- tion and loading restrictions ters. Your vote sustains democracy. There was returning from campaigning on April late all the security personnel," he added. Coast Railway jurisdiction, In- quested Indian Railways for like availability of liquid oxygen can be just no ground not to vote. Those 18. He received a bullet injury on his neck, Meanwhile, the Trinamool Congress dian Railways has consistently Oxygen express. An empty rake tankers and loading ramps etc. was taken to Maldah Medical Hospital not voting forfeit moral authority to project (TMC) took to its official page to share carrying Liquid Medical Oxy- is on its way from Route mapping also takes care grievances on governance,” Mr Dhankhar where he underwent an operation. the visuals of an alleged polling booth in gen (LMO) towards different Secunderabad to Angul via of the maximum clearances avail- added. As the polling for the final phase Mr Saha had gone to attend a workers' West Bengal's Malda district on Monday. Assembly polls began this morning, Prime meeting at Sahapur Gram Panchayat when The ruling party stated that the 'empty' BJP destinations of the country. Raipur with 5 empty tankers and able along the route (because Minister Narendra Modi , Union Home some miscreants shot at him while he was camp indicated that the people of Bengal Continuing the momentum, is expected to reach Angul to- of various RUBs and FOBs). Minister Amit Shah and BJP national presi- getting in his car, the party said. In Kolkata, have rejected BJP. The Election Commis- there are Two more trains from morrow. Railways is in full pre- East Coast Railway has taken all dent J P Nadda urged voters to come out a crude bomb was hurled near Mahajati sion announced that results of exit polls East Coast Railways, carrying paredness for providing oxy- precautions for safe running of and vote in large numbers. Sadan Auditorium in North Kolkata today. for elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Liquid Oxygen or on the way gen transportation services to Oxygen Special Trains from it’s Taking to his tweeter handle, Mr Modi Election Commission has sought details Assam, Kerala and UT of Puducherry can to the loading plants. It is ex- all the states in need. In the jurisdiction and will send these said, “Last phase of the 2021 West Bengal of the incident. TMC candidate Naina be broadcast after 7pm tonight. pected that cumulative liquid ongoing operation, States pro- trains at the earliest. Orissa Today WORLD Friday 30 April 2021 Bhubaneswar 2 Biden in First Address to Congress Talks Coun- China launches space station tering China, Developing US Infrastructure core module Tianhe Aerospace Science and WASHINGTON, Apr 29 of Representatives, but WENCHANG, Hainan, experts believe it could last Technology Corporation. (Sputnik) President Joe faces an uphill battle in the Apr 29 (Xinhua) China on more than 15 years with Tianhe has a total length Biden in his first speech to Senate. Thursday sent into space appropriate maintenance of 16.6 meters, a maxi- Congress vowed to chal- Biden called on Demo- the core module of its and repairs. mum diameter of 4.2 lenge China, Russia, and crats and Republicans to space station, kicking off "We will learn how to as- meters and a takeoff mass other rivals on security find common ground. a series of key launch mis- semble, operate and main- of 22.5 tonnes, and is the matters, outlined his jobs Biden also called on Con- sions that aim to complete tain large spacecraft in or- largest spacecraft devel- plan to revive the Ameri- gress to work together to the construction of the bit, and we aim to build oped by China. can economy, and called pass stricter background station by the end of next Tiangong into a state-level The space station will be on lawmakers to pass gun checks, and to ban the year.The Tianhe module space lab supporting the a T shape with the core control, police and immi- sale of assault rifles and will act as the manage- long stay of astronauts module at the center and gration reform legislation. high-capacity magazines. ment and control hub of and large-scale scientific, a lab capsule on each side. Biden also talked about The United States has the space station technological and applica- Each module will be over working with the world constantly been plagued Tiangong, meaning Heav- tion experiments," said Bai. 20 tonnes. When the sta- community to take on by mass shootings. Sev- enly Palace, with a node "The station is also ex- tion docks with both shared challenges such as eral deadly mass that could dock with up pected to contribute to the manned and cargo space- climate change and the shootings have taken to three spacecraft at a peaceful development and craft, its weight could novel coronavirus pan- flict from sparking in the child care, financed partly States. place under the Biden time for short stays, or utilization of space re- reach nearly 100 tonnes. demic. region. through higher taxes on US government data re- administration's first 100 two for long, said Bai sources through interna- The station will operate in NATIONAL SECURITY "I also told President Xi the wealthiest Americans vealed that US southern days in the states of Linhou, deputy chief de- tional cooperation, as well the low-Earth orbit at an Biden during Wednesday that we will maintain a Biden also outlined his border apprehensions Texas, Colorado, Georgia, signer of the space station as to enrich technologies altitude from 340 km to night's speech said the strong military presence American Families Plan, soared by more than 70 and Indiana. at the China Academy of and experience for China's 450 km. It has a designed United States seeks no es- in the Indo-Pacific just as which consists of about percent in March. The OTHER DOMESTIC IS- Space Technology future explorations into lifespan of 10 years, but calation with Russia and we do with NATO in Eu- $1 trillion in investments 172,331 migrant encoun- SUES (CAST), under the China deeper space," Bai said. believes both countries can rope - not to start con- over a 10-year period and ters recorded represents Biden in his address to cooperate where their in- flict - but to prevent con- $800 billion in tax cuts for the highest monthly total Congress called for the Macron to unveil phased plan to ease terests converge. flict," Biden said. American families and in more than two de- creation of a new health "With regard to Russia, I Biden added that the workers. This is the sec- cades, with the Biden ad- research agency that France's COVID-19 restrictions made very clear to Presi- United States is consult- ond phase of the $2.3 tril- ministration on pace to would be able to develop dent [Vladimir] Putin that ing closely with its allies lion package. top the previous annual breakthroughs to treat dis- Paris, Apr 29 (Xinhua) while we don’t seek esca- to address threats posed IMMIGRATION record set in 2019 of over ease like diabetes and French President lation, their actions have by Iran's and North The US president called on 977,000 apprehensions. cancer."The National In- Emmanuel Macron will consequences," Biden said Korea's nuclear programs Congress to pass compre- POLICE/GUNS stitutes of Health, the NIH unveil a "progressive and according to the tran- through diplomacy and hensive immigration re- Biden urged Congress to - should create a similar phased" plan to relax the script provided in advance deterrence. form legislation. approve in May a police Advanced Research country's coronavirus by the White House. The president also said "Let’s end our exhausting reform bill that would ad- Projects Agency for health rules on Friday, Prime The US president took White Supremacy is ter- war over immigration," dress the issue of racially to develop breakthroughs Minister Jean Castex said credit for responding "in rorism and represents the Biden's speech read on motivated brutality. - to prevent, detect, and here on Wednesday. a direct and proportionate most lethal threat to the Wednesday night. "On "Let’s get it done next treat diseases like Macron is due to an- way" to Russia’s alleged US homeland. day one of my Presi- month, by the first anni- Alzheimer’s, diabetes, nounce the "prospect of interference in US elec- ECONOMY dency, I kept my commit- versary of George and cancer," Biden said. a gradual return to a more tions and cyberattacks - Biden said the US ment and I sent a com- Floyd’s death. The coun- Biden touted his normal life" as "the epi- the second confinement lockdown at the end of accusations Moscow has economy had created prehensive immigration try supports this reform. administration's efforts to demic situation continues phase) and its impact on March. All shops not sell- repeatedly denied. more than 1.3 million new bill to Congress. If you Congress should act," provide more than 200 to improve at a steady the hospitalization rate, ing basic foods were Biden pointed out the jobs during his first 100 believe we need a secure Biden said in a speech be- million doses of COVID- pace," Castex told journal- notably on the number of closed. Intra-region travel United States and Russia days in office. border - pass it. If you fore a joint session of 19 vaccine doses in the ists. people in intensive care, is was banned. Restaurants, can cooperate in areas of "More new jobs in the believe in a pathway to Congress on Wednesday United States in his first In France, the average limited," the prime minis- bars, cinemas and theatres mutual interest, such as first 100 days than any citizenship - pass it. If you evening. 100 days. He said the weekly number of daily ter said. have been closed since already done by extending president on record," actually want to solve the Floyd, an African Ameri- United States will soon cases has fallen from On Tuesday, the cumula- the end of last October. the New START Treaty on Biden said. problem - I have sent you can resident of Minneapo- provide the world with 38,000 to 26,200, and the tive number of confirmed On a visit to a school nuclear arms and on cli- Biden told Congress his a bill, now pass it." lis, died in police custody vaccines once needs are virus reproduction rate COVID-19 infections in near Paris on Monday, mate change. $2.3 trillion American The Biden administration last May. Earlier this met for Americans. (R0) stands at 0.89, he France was slightly above Macron said that bar and In addition, Biden said he Jobs Plan to renovate US is attempting to improve month former police of- The president also pro- said. 5.53 million, with 103,603 restaurant terraces may notified Chinese President infrastructure will add economic and security is- ficer Derek Chauvin was posed adding two free "That means the circula- deaths. reopen nationwide by Xi Jinping that the United millions of job and trillions sues in the Northern Tri- found guilty of murder in years of pre-school for 3 tion of the virus remains After the emergence of mid-May. Indoor venues States will keep a strong of dollars in economic angle countries that are the Floyd case. and 4 year olds in the at a high level, but we are more infectious virus vari- are expected to reopen in military presence in the growth in the United driving hundreds of thou- The police reform bears United States, then pro- on a real downward trend ants fueled the infections early June in the Indo-Pacific region as a States. The plan would sands of migrants to seek Chauvin's name and has viding two free years of even though it is slower in France, Macron or- country's low-risk re- means to prevent a con- expand education and asylum in the United already passed the House community college. than in November (during dered a third national gions. US to deliver $100mln in supplies Canada's COVID-19 cases surpass 1.2 mln Ottawa, Apr 29 (UNI) Canada reported 5,071 new said Theresa Tam, the country's chief public health COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number to officer, in a statement on Wednesday. to India to battle COVID 1,200,057, including 24,106 deaths and 101,586 vari- An average of 4,382 people with COVID-19 was be- ants, according to CTV. ing treated in hospitals across Canada everyday dur- ing the most recent seven-day period on April 21-27, Canada's national-level data showed a seven-day av- representing a 13 percent increase over last week, Tam erage of 7,992 new cases daily on April 21-27, a 7.5 said. percent decrease compared to the previous seven days, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada This includes, on average 1,365 people who were be- (PHAC) on Wednesday. ing treated in intensive care units, which is 17 percent higher than the previous week, she said. "The mortal- Elevated infection rates continue to impact COVID- ity trend is also still on the rise, with the seven-day 19 severity indicators in the country, particularly in average of 50 deaths reported daily 10 percent higher areas with sustained high levels of disease activity, than the week prior." NATO will never Mmtch Russia's military strength - Ex-US Official Washington, Apr 29 (Sputnik) NATO will never equal regarded NATO as "a Cold War relic that had outlived the power of the Russian military because the alliance its purpose.""To European politicians, this implied a only serves a propagandistic function, former US As- loss of American money and sinecures," he said. "They Washington, Apr 29 (UNI) The United States will of them, the release said. In addition, the US admin- sistant Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts told are pleased that Biden will continue paying them." send $100 million in supplies to India in the coming istration will send multiple field units that can house Sputnik."NATO will never match Russian military However, Roberts pointed out that there are others in days to help the country deal with an overwhelming up to 20 hospital patients, and a team of US experts strength. NATO mainly serves as European approval Europe who see no value in being part of the United wave of COVID-19 cases, the White House said in a will work with Indian medical personnel to operate of US foreign policy," Roberts said. "It has a propa- States’ conflict with Russia."It is all risk and no re- press release. these mobile facilities. gandistic function."Roberts pointed out that it is im- ward. Europe needs Russian energy, and European portant to understand that the United States’ hegemonic businesses desire to participate in Russia’s economic "Reflecting the United States’ solidarity with India India has already received from the United States policy "leaves no basis for agreement." development," he said. "The consequence is strain as it battles a new wave of COVID-19 cases, the 20,000 doses of the antiviral drug remdesivir to help "What Washington demands is the surrender of Rus- within the American empire. But as long as there is no United States is delivering supplies worth more than infected patients, the release added. sian sovereignty. [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s real cost to Europeans for aligning with Washington $100 million in the coming days to provide urgent responsible, low-key, non-confrontational responses against Russia, Washington’s money will keep Europe relief to our partners in India," the release said on The US administration is also providing 15 million to Washington’s threats and insults will not benefit him in line."Relations between NATO and Russia have sig- Wednesday. N95 face masks for patients and Indian medical per- or Russia," Roberts said. "The vicious facts are these: nificantly deteriorated in light of the 2014 Ukrainian sonnel, the release said. Putin and Russia are seen by Washington as obstacles conflict, with the alliance having accused Moscow of Moreover, the United States will re-direct 20 million to US hegemony, and the powerful and pervasive US meddling in Ukraine’s internal affairs and boosting its AstraZeneca vaccine doses to India, the release said. India comes second in terms of the number of con- military/security complex requires Russia as an en- military presence in Eastern Europe. Russia has re- firmed COVID-19 cases following the United States emy to justify its budget and power. This leaves no peatedly expressed concern over NATO's increased The United States will also send more "planeloads" and registers more than 300,000 new ones per day possibility for better relations." activities in the region and has emphasized they pose a of oxygen tanks to India for local hospitals in need over the past week. Roberts noted that former President Donald Trump real threats to its security. Orissa Today Friday 30 April 2021 Bhubaneswar 3

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No favourite, amassing 65 ZEEPlex, along with ac- will also give consumers from the comfort of their ZEE5, and hence this is Airtel Digital TV. vehicle will be allowed before and after cut off timing. US asks its citizens to leave India 48 Remdesivir injections stolen New high-yielding variety of soy- New Delhi, Apr 29 (UNI) from Aurangabad health facility Owing to shortage of Aurangabad, Apr 29 (UNI) In view of shortage of vital bean can help boost production medical facility due to ex- injections in COVID treatment, forty-eight vials of New Delhi, Apr 29 (UNI) girdle beetle, leaf miner, black hilum. Its seeds ponential rise in COVID Remdesivir injections have gone missing from the Indian scientists have de- leaf roller, stem fly, have 19.81 per cent oil cases across the country, Aurangabad Municipal Medical (AMC) Store Room at veloped a high-yielding aphids, white fly and de- content, 41 per cent pro- the US has advised its citi- Meltron Hospital. and pest-resistant variety foliators. Its thick stem, tein content and show zens not to travel to India AMC Administrator and Commissioner Astik Kumar of soybean that gives 14- higher pod insertion (7 good germinability. This or to leave as soon as pos- Pandey has issued a show cause notice to five store 19 per cent more yield. cm) from ground, and re- high yielding, pest resis- sible. employees and ordered an immediate inquiry into the This newly developed va- sistance to pod shattering tant, low water and fertil- matter.The corporation had procured 10,000 of riety called MACS 1407 is make it suitable even for izer requiring soybean va- "Access to all types of Remedicavir from the government quota for the treat- suitable for cultivation in mechanical harvesting. It riety, suitable for me- medical care is becoming ment of corona patients. the states of Assam, West is suitable for rain-fed chanical harvesting has re- severely limited in India Some of these were given to Government Medical Bengal, Jharkhand, conditions of north- east cently been released by the due to the surge in Covid- College and Hospital (GMCH) and District General Chhattisgarh and North- India. Central Sub-Committee on 19 cases. US citizens who Hospital(DGH) at Chikalthana area.It may noted that Eastern states and its "MACS 1407 showed 17 Crop Standards, Notifica- wish to depart India five injections are were from DGH few days back. seeds will be made avail- per cent increase in yield tion and Release of Variet- should take advantage of Department of State and locations. Hospitals are The AMC used 4500 Remdesivir injections for patients able to farmers for sow- over the best check vari- ies of Agricultural Crops available commercial advises U.S. citizens not reporting shortages of at the Melton Covid Center and the rest of the injec- ing during the 2022 Kharif ety and 14-19 per cent under the Ministry of Ag- transportation options to travel to India or to supplies, oxygen, and tions were kept in the Corporation's store room. season. yield advantage over the riculture and Farmers Wel- now. Direct flights be- leave as soon as it is safe beds for both COVID-19 But it was noticed that the 48 Remedesivir injection It is developed by scien- qualifying varieties. It is fare, Government of India tween India and the United to do so due to the cur- and non-COVID-19 re- box had disappeared from the store room. tists from MACS- highly adaptive to sowing making it legally available States are offered daily, rent health situation in lated patients. U.S. citi- It may noted that two days back, Aurangabad crime Agharkar Research Insti- from 20 June to 5 July for seed production and with additional flight op- country, it added. zens are reporting being branch busted a seven-member gang here involving in tute (ARI), Pune, an au- without any yield loss. cultivation. tions available to US citi- denied admittance to hos- selling Remedesivir in black marketing at the cost of tonomous institute of the This makes it resistant to In 2019, India produced zens via transfers in Paris The mission also asked its pitals in some cities due to Rs 20000. Department of Science & the vagaries of Monsoon around 90 million tons of and Frankfurt," the US citizens to visit the Indian a lack of space. Some Technology in collabora- as compared to other va- soybean, widely cultivated Embassy, New Delhi said Ministry of Health and states have enacted Covid lockdown: IGP calls for tion with Indian Council rieties," said Mr Santosh as oil seeds as well as a in a statement. Family Welfare website curfews and otherhassle-free movement of doctors, of Agricultural Research Jaybhay, ARI scientist cheap source of protein for for the latest information restrictions that limit (ICAR), New Delhi using who led this work. animal feed and many The US Centers for Dis- on travel restrictions. movement and the opera- essential services in Kashmir the conventional cross MACS 1407 requires an packaged meals and is ease Control and Preven- tion of non-essential busi- Srinagar, Apr 29 (UNI) Inspector General of Police breeding technique. average 43 days for 50 striving to be among the tion (CDC) has issued a Explaining the reason for nesses." (IGP), Kashmir range, Vijay Kumar has directed se- MACS 1407 gives 39 per cent flowering and world’s major producers Level 4 Travel Health No- issuing the advisory, it curity forces to facilitate hassle-free movement of doc- quintals per hectare mak- takes 104 days to mature of soybean. High-yielding, tice and the Department of said: "New cases and India on Thursday, regis- tors, health workers and essential services during the ing it a high yielding vari- from the date of sowing. disease resistant varieties State has issued a Level 4 deaths from COVID-19 tered 379,257 fresh 84-hour-long lockdown in seven districts of the val- ety and is also resistant to It has white coloured of the legume can help Travel Advisory advising have risen sharply Covid-19 cases and 3,645 ley from Thursday evening amid unabated rise in major insect-pests like flowers, yellow seeds and achieve this target. against all travel to India. throughout India to record fatalities, the highest COVID-19 cases. The current Level 4 levels. COVID-19 testing single-day spike in cases Mr Kumar said that for any assistance people can con- Travel Advisory is the infrastructure is report- and deaths in 24 hours tact a special helpline number 112 during the lockdown. Govt allows import of medi- highest level issued by the edly constrained in many since the pandemic hit. “During the lockdown period, all the Police Units have been directed to facilitate hassle free movement of 2nd wave of COVID more aggres- Doctors, Health Workers and Essential Services. For cal devices for 3 months any assistance Dial-112” the IGP Kashmir said. sumer Affairs in an advi- sive, says Nagaland Heath Dept The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednes- sory said there is a steep day ordered a complete lockdown for 84 hours from demand for medical de- Kohima, Apr 29 (UNI) The Directorate of Health & Family Welfare has informed Thursday evening in seven districts of the valley, in- vices in this critical con- that the second wave of COVID-19 virus is ‘much more aggressive’ than the cluding summer capital, Srinagar, in view of an un- dition on an urgent basis previous year’s and it has targeted people aged between 30 to 40 years.According abated rise in the number of COVID-19 cases. in view of the emergent to a statement issued by the Nagaland Health and Family Department said as per The COVID-19 cases have risen unabated in Kashmir health concerns and im- the data, people aged between 30 to 40 years are the most affected by the COVID- valley, particularly the summer capital, Srinagar, which mediate supply to the 19 with 248 cases from January till April 18 and there have been a total of 13 has recorded the major chunk of positive cases dur- medical industry. deaths in the current year. It said according to the general observation of the data; ing the last about a fortnight. Srinagar alone, out of it was believed that due to the vaccination, there has been less mortality rate among 3023 new COVID-19 cases in J&K, reported 951 cases The government therefore those people belonging to 80 years and above. Moreover the usual flu-like symp- on Wednesday while Baramulla recorded 246 cases New Delhi, Apr 29 (UNI) Goyal said. permitted the importers of toms, new symptoms like vomiting, diarrhea, nerve problem and conjunctivitis like followed by Budgam with 199 cases. The government on medical devices to import infection are being observed in the new wave of COVID-19, it said.It has ex- “There will be complete lockdown in Srinagar, Thursday allowed import "Govt. under the leader- medical devices for three pressed concern on the increase of positive cases day by day and ascribed the Budgam, Ganderbal in central, Anantnag, Kulgam, of medical devices, par- ship of PM months. ‘careless behaviour’ of the people in following COVID-19 appropriate behaviours. Pulwama in south and Baramulla in north Kashmir ticularly oxygen devices, @NarendraModiiji per- Citing the rise of cases in Dimapur district, it said Dimapur has the highest rise in from 1900 hrs on Thursday to 0700 hrs on Mon- for three months to fight mits importers of medical The medical devices that case but our people are being careless about COVID-19 appropriate behaviours day,” an official said. the COVID-19 pandemic devices for making man- can be imported include and they still behave as if nothing is happening. One of the main causes of steep However, essential services have been exempted from which is sweeping the datory declarations re- nebulisers, oxygen con- rise in cases is the people coming back to the State. It stated that discussion was the lockdown.He said in the remaining three Kash- country. quired under Legal Me- centrators, continuous held in the Cabinet meeting on how Dimapur should have a separate protocol and mir districts -- including Kupwara, Bandipora in north trology Rules, 2011 after positive airway pressure how the other districts should take precautionary measures from people coming to and Shopian -- restrictions on assembly of more than The government permitted custom clearance & be- (CPAP) devices, oxygen the State. It also maintained that more resources are being spent on ‘crowd con- five people under section 144 CrPc will remain im- importers of medical de- fore sale. This will help canister, oxygen filling sys- trolling’ and expressed that if people can follow the COVID-19 appropriate behaviours posed. vices for making manda- fulfil demand of medical tems, oxygen cylinders, at all time, it will greatly ease the burden of all involved.It was also informed that As many as 3023 new positive cases of novel tory declarations after devices required for including cryogenic cylin- WHO has offered to assist the Department in setting up makeshift hospitals, to Coronavirus, including 989 from Jammu division and custom clearance and be- COVID-19," said Goyal in ders, oxygen generators, which the department has put forth the necessity to set up the same in the State. As 2034 from Kashmir division, were reported on Tuesday. fore sale, Commerce, In- a tweet. and any other device from the random testing has started in Dimapur, other districts particularly the CMOs Thirty people, including 18 from Kashmir and 12 from dustry and Consumer Af- which oxygen can be gen- and MS have been asked to increase testing in their districts. Jammu, lost their lives to the virus on Wednesday. fairs Minister Piyush The Ministry of Con- erated, among others. Orissa Today Friday 30 April 2021 Bhubaneswar 4 Left unsaid: Modi's address on Covid situation The Chinese card in Afghanistan China’s growing interest in Afghanistan can also be gleaned from its intelligence operations in that country The parallels with the early 1990s in Afghanistan are obvious. They’re also lazy and mask a more complex challenge for India and the world. With the president We are on the fringes of some dramatic defence cooperation of the United States of America, Joe Biden, announcing the withdrawal of American troops from agreements playing out. India would need to weigh in smartly Afghanistan by September 11 and Nato declaring that on new arrangements such as the Quad, and its ability to it will follow suit, some things are clear. The Taliban is almost certain to escalate violence against the contribute meaningfully to it, whilst arriving at an optimal path Sir — As rightly stated by the prime minister, democratically-elected government in Kabul, and it’s that protects our overall interests as an emerging world player. Narendra Modi, in the radio address, the entirely possible that its assaults would help the The upcoming visit by US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin to militant group grab power. That cannot be good news resurgence of the pandemic has shaken the India needs to be seen in this light. country. But what he has left unsaid, too, is worth for many in Afghanistan — especially its women and stating — the country’s political leadership has non-Pashtun communities. failed to do the right thing at the right time to It’s also a particularly worrying scenario for India, contain the disease. Political leaders, especially which has for the most part steadfastly refused to those belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party, engage in dialogue with the Taliban, a group that has made light of the pandemic and declared long relied on financial and logistical support from prematurely that it had been conquered, Pakistan’s military. But while the situation bears discounting the possibility of further surges. Modi close similarities to Afghanistan 30 years ago, there’s himself remarked that he was elated at the sight of one key difference that could help or hurt New Delhi: large crowds at his election rallies in Bengal. the role of China. While the new variants of the virus may have The withdrawal of the Soviet Union from Afghanistan contributed to the rapid spread of the disease, strict in 1989 left the government of Mohammad observance of preventive protocol by the leaders Najibullah vulnerable in Kabul. A civil war ensued, and the general citizenry would have averted the the government collapsed in 1992, and in the chaos exponential increase in cases. The Madras High that followed, the Taliban emerged as the most Court has held the Election Commission powerful player, taking Kabul. The militant group singularly responsible for the second Covid wave was virulently opposed to India, Iran and Russia. And and denounced it for not giving due importance to even though the group emerged from the mujahideen public health and stopping huge poll rallies. The that the US helped create in Afghanistan, relations At the same time, China has been cementing its relations influence to put pressure on the Taliban and other militias prospect of an alarming increase in cases and between the Taliban and Washington plummeted through with the Taliban and its friends like the Haqqani network. to stay in line. In effect, China — unlike the Soviet Union casualties in the weeks to come is frightening. the 1990s, especially after the militants gave shelter to It has hosted Taliban leaders, including in 2019, when it in the 1980s and the US since 2001 — might not need a Hospitals are already overwhelmed and there is a Osama bin Laden. Pakistan emerged as the nation with the helped broker a deal between the militant group and large physical presence in Afghanistan to wield similar shortage in oxygen supply. Patients in intensive most influence in Afghanistan, since it held the Taliban’s America. Like the Afghan government, the Taliban needs influence because unlike those other powers, it isn’t seen care are dying in hundreds. As the death toll rises, puppet — and purse — strings. Three decades later, investments, infrastructure and jobs in the parts of the as the enemy by any major player in the country. cremation sites are running out of space. It is some Russia and Iran have also built ties with the Taliban, and country it controls. China offers them these in return for a Intuitively, a longer Chinese shadow over Afghanistan comfort that foreign countries have extended it’s unclear whether the government of President Ashraf working relationship in which the Taliban ignores isn’t great for India. But look carefully and you’ll find key support, including the supply of oxygen Ghani is destined to collapse the way Najibullah’s did. But Beijing’s human rights abuses against its Muslim Uighur areas where the interests of New Delhi and Beijing align. concentrators, ventilators and raw materials for the biggest difference lies in the surprising player that minority in Xinjiang. China’s growing interest in Like India, China wants Afghanistan to serve as a gateway vaccines. It is now imperative that we break the today wields the greatest clout in Afghanistan, even if it Afghanistan can also be gleaned from its intelligence to the landlocked Central Asian republics. Like India, chain of transmission and improve health does so quietly. In fact, China is the only nation that operations in that country. Last December, Afghan China too will not want a civil war or terrorism in facilities. As for blanket lockdowns and curbs, commands influence over all the factions battling for the officials intercepted a Chinese spy ring that was Afghanistan, as that will disrupt its economic operations their impact on the underprivileged population has future of Afghanistan. Beijing is now the largest foreign coordinating with the Haqqani network to track and target there and call into question its BRI projects in that to be borne in mind. The government should not investor there, making it a critical partner for the Ghani Uighur separatists in Afghanistan. Crucially, Beijing’s country. In 2018, India and China had taken baby steps take any unilateral measure without providing for government as it tries to build an economy amid a never- influence isn’t restricted to the key players within towards cooperating on Afghanistan, jointly training their subsistence. ending war. That includes a $3 billion lease for a giant Afghanistan. It is also the principal economic benefactor officials from that country. Subsequent border tensions Maruthancode, Tamil Nadu copper mine in Aynak, some 32 miles southeast of Kabul. of both Pakistan and Iran, Afghanistan’s two largest brought that partnership to a screeching halt. It’s in India’s Sir — The front-page report on the latest Mann ki China had originally omitted Afghanistan from its Belt neighbours. China has been by far the biggest foreign interests to revive that dialogue. For four decades, Baat address revealed volumes about the prime and Road Initiative, a grand network of railroads, ports investor in Pakistan for a while. And earlier this year, it Afghanistan has been a proxy theatre for brutal global and minister’s priorities. In his 4,732-words long and highways connecting Southeast Asia and South Asia announced a $400 million investment in Iran, while also regional power struggles with America, Russia, Pakistan, speech, he mentioned the word, ‘oxygen’, only to Europe and Africa. But it has since pivoted, with plans continuing to purchase Tehran’s oil despite US sanctions. Iran, China and India all jostling for control. Now there’s once. This, when the nation is reeling from the lack now for branches that will extend out from the China- That clout will prove useful in Afghanistan too. an opportunity for Afghanistan to bring the two bitter of oxygen. His decision to allow the Pakistan Economic Corridor, the marquee project of the Neither Islamabad nor Tehran can afford to upset Beijing, rivals together. New Delhi and Beijing must seize the Days after Ladakh withdrawal, hope floats for peace on LoC pharmaceutical companies to set prices for the BRI, into Afghanistan. which can count on them to use their contacts and moment. vaccines could lead to a disaster. Sir — The Indian Premier League has been a great distraction from the pandemic, but is this what India truly needs at By the people: India's Good Samaritans in the Covid fight A renewed, the moment? Several sportspersons have recently spoken up about this. After Adam Gilchrist Is the Centre — it has fattened itself on delusion and hubris — ready to eat crow and join in? robust questioned the necessity of holding the IPL at such a time, India’s premier marksman, Abhinav Myopia, complacency and apathy on the part of an also in the ability of Indians to rise above the commitment to Bindra, has now expressed concern and elected government have brought India to its knees divisions — the politicians can certainly claim encouraged the stakeholders to take responsible against a deadly contagion. Hearteningly, the aam credit for creating these chasms — during a equality and steps towards alleviating this crisis. Since it is aadmi — India’s faceless, forever besieged, but mortal crisis. Ordinary Indians have redeemed justice by the unlikely that the games will be stopped, the IPL unfailingly generous fraternity — has stood up to the nation even though they have been failed by organizers would do well to donate the major part be counted at a time when the Centre has the very government that they elected to serve State and the of the profits to Covid relief funds. Sir — Several committed monumental follies. Ceaseless grim them. private companies — especially ones in IT — have tidings of the pain of bereavement, acute shortages This spirit of sacrifice and cooperation needs to myriad political switched to alternative-working options, including in oxygen, medicines and hospital beds, the be emulated by politicians. It is doubtful systems staggered working hours and work-from-home implosion of a nation and its healthcare system whether Narendra Modi’s government would system for almost all its employees owing to the have been accompanied by snippets of be receptive to the idea. Any suggestion of around the coronavirus outbreak and the restrictions imposed unprecedented acts of kindness. Not all of India’s cooperation with political opponents is usually in different states. This has been a welcome move Good Samaritans are, unlike the Centre, blessed met with scorn by this regime. But the world is the since the pandemic is affecting public health and with infinite funds and resources. Yet, a farmer Opposition seems to be making the right noises. safety. This option should be further explored not from Madhya Pradesh did not hesitate to donate Rs Sonia Gandhi and H.D. Deve Gowda, two of need of the 2 lakh — he had saved the sum for his daughter’s only for times of crisis but also to combat air India’s senior-most leaders, have underscored wedding — so that oxygen — all of India is hour pollution and everyday traffic, which are common the need for building consensus across the gasping for it — can be bought for Covid-19 patients. organizing hospital beds, arranging food and medical political spectrum. Such a collaboration, if it were to come problems in an urban ecosystem. A people- Another elderly, infirm man from Kerala — a beedi-roller supplies, and providing comfort, with social media to pass, would certainly augment India’s abilities to friendly policy should now be framed to offer the by profession — donated his life’s savings so that people amplifying their efforts. These and many other acts of unitedly defend itself against an invisible speck. But is the work-from-home option even at government can receive vaccines. Meanwhile, an unsung army of unadulterated altruism must be recognized in this hour of Centre — it has fattened itself on delusion and hubris — offices. Several government departments now use citizens continues to wage an unending battle — grief and helplessness. For they renew hope not just in ready to eat crow and join in? online programmes, such as. humanity’s ability to remain empathetic as a species but Breaking the thermometer THE THIN EDGE: Team Modi is in tatters It’s best to state this simply: Narendra Modi needs to to power in 2014 with one aim and one aim only: to turn In India, complacency is a major factor for go. Amit Shah needs to go. Ajay Mohan Bisht aka India into an autocratic Hindu rashtra, bolstering and, in vaccine hesitancy. With the lifting of Yogi Adityanath needs to go. The bunch of turn, bolstered by few big business houses. For the integrity-free incompetents Mr Modi has gathered imperatives of international optics and internal restrictions, most people feel the worst around him as his ministers all need to go. In order misdirection, this was to be executed while maintaining is over. They, however, do not take into for the country to launch the mammoth operation the fake image of a functioning democracy. In a stadium of recovery and repair needed for our survival, the owned by a dictator you may have the ritual of a game account that the Spanish flu had departure of these people from positions of power between two teams, but in reality only the dictator’s team ravaged the world for more than two needs to happen immediately — tomorrow is too can win. Mr Modi and Mr Shah have worked towards a late, yesterday would have been better. hostile takeover of the stadium of Indian Democracy years in three waves. Covid-19 has When Mr Modi took oath as prime minister in May from the day they assumed power in 2014. To aid in this waxed and waned in the US, Europe and 2014, he did so adorned with the many different project, you had the obsessive attention to image- the Middle East in multiple waves. The capes and scarves of hope draped on him by management via the co-opting of large sections of the various worshippers and admirers. Waving away media, then you had robbery in broad daylight in the Indian Council of Medical Research has the sceptics and objectors who had old-fashioned shape of the electoral bonds, and then you had the warned that India may face more waves attachments to secularism, human rights and unprecedented, brazen weaponization of the economic justice, the believers revelled in the investigative agencies in the open service of the ruling in the coming months. proud strutting of their messiah. Remember the party. All this was crowned by the mysteriously proclamations of the core followers and the newly consistent reluctance of the Supreme Court in checking converted, many coming from the man himself. various actions of the Union Government or its agencies. Modi doesn’t eat or let anyone eat (he’s not corrupt The deliberate spreading of distrust and hatred among and doesn’t allow anyone else to be corrupt). He people of different religions, the banana republic may drive over some pesky minorities but he’ll hijacking and the lockdown of Kashmir, the grotesque steer us to genuine progress. Human rights and weaklings previously in charge. been repeatedly humiliated by China. And, now, finally, NRC/CAA ‘laws’, the Ayodhya Ram Mandir ecological protections are barriers to ease of doing Over seven years, even as Mr Modi has preened in name- despite having had a year to shore up the basic defences ‘judgment’, the Bhima-Koregaon arrests, which many business and turning India into an economic embroidered suits and plumed headgear, the virtually against the biggest natural calamity faced by convincingly argue are mala fide, were all dependent on powerhouse; real human rights will be experienced by projected garments have fallen off him, one by one. Even independent India, we are on our knees, physically and this creeping, toxic fungus-like encompassing of the the millions he raises out of poverty. as his ‘brand expansion’ has grown to mind-boggling mentally. The full roster of this regime’s intentional and institutions of the State. What the fungus was not In the first days of Modi-rule, you constantly heard levels, his promises have crashed and burned. Under this unintentional misgovernance will become horrific lore expecting was a deadly attack from a virus. I read gushing praise: he may not be educated but he’s got a regime, corruption has been rocketed into another in the annals of history. In any democracy worth the somewhere that the recent blocking of critical Twitter phenomenal ability to grasp things; whatever you say, dimension, so much so that the word itself becomes name, just one of these two botch-ups — the accounts by the government means that it realizes it has boss, but Gujarati efficiency is something else; his inadequate to describe the massive network of demonetization fiasco and the floundering response to failed to discharge its duties. To which one could say that stamina is just amazing; he hardly sleeps and that’s put a interlocking institutional lying and criminal law- Chinese aggression and the ensuing cover-up — would this government never intended to discharge what fire under the seats of the bureaucrats — the babus are bending. Over seven years, lunatic servility to oligarchic have led to the fall of a government. That this did not millions of us regard as its duties. It simply took the now punctual, the files are moving so fast; here is a man interests along with other monumental cock-ups has happen is due to a much greater malfeasance. If Mr Modi pandemic as an extremely useful tool gifted to it by the with a vision and focus; look how warmly and directly he played havoc with our economy. Under Mr Modi’s and Mr Shah have had efficiency, stamina and detailed gods, a tool it could use to further its agenda — to stifle connects with world figures; he can deal with Pakistan leadership, we have been made a laughing stock by focus towards anything, it is in the deliberate and dissent, to topple Opposition state governments, to ‘win’ and China from a position of strength; they recognize Pakistan with the famed Balakot bombing raid on a relentless hollowing out of democracy itself. It is now elections. Now, when things are spiralling tragically out they can’t mess with him like they could with the clump of trees and the capture of our pilot; and we have beyond doubt that the messiah and his chief acolyte came of control, the government’s main. Orissa Today Friday 30 AprilNATIONAL 2021 (NATIONAL) Bhubaneswar 5 NEWS BOX FICCI partners with At least eight people died and 430 were rescued after a glacier collapses triggering an German counterpart Uttar Pradesh prepares for Phase 3 vaccinations avalanche close to the Indo-China border in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Friday. to procure oxygen concentrators for against Covid; consistent supply big challenge Lucknow The Uttar Pradesh government has vaccinating on a ‘first-come-first-serve’ Indian hospitals said the vaccine against Covid-19 will be basis, he added that regular supply of given to a record number of people in the vaccine is an important aspect of the drive. New Delhi With the country reeling from an state starting May 1 after the registration Along with the government centres, adequate acute shortage of medical oxygen and process of vaccination for those above 18 supply of the Covid-19 vaccine is an area of Several hospitals in Delhi, including the Rajiv Gandhi hospital and Mata Chanan Devi hospital, have been seeking urgent supply of oxygen related equipment in its hospitals, the years of age began on Wednesday. concern for private hospitals too. Federation of Indian Chambers of UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said At present, nine state vaccination stores are saying their stocks will run out in a few hours. Hundreds of Covid-19 patients are at risk at these hospitals. Commerce and Industry (FICCI) around 6.5 lakh people will be targeted on an providing the vaccine in 75 districts of Uttar announced on Wednesday that it is average basis for the third phase of Pradesh. procuring 1,500 oxygen concentrators for vaccination in the state.Regular availability Speaking to India Today, emergency medical private hospitals in India. This is being done of Covid vaccines will, however, be a major officer of SKD Hospital, Dr Lokesh Singh, with assistance from FICCI's partner concern for the UP government even as said there was a shortage of vaccine which association BVMW, the German vaccination of those above 45 years of age affected the vaccination drive in UP. He said Association for Small and Medium-sized continues in the state. Enterprises. the hospital received some doses of vaccine Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath after two days. He added that in order to The first batch of the medical devices and had earlier said an order for one crore provide vaccinations for the third phase, accessories is being airlifted from Frankfurt vaccines was placed for the next phase of Airport and will soon be available in constant supply of vaccine will be critical vaccination from May 1. Yogi Adityanath various hospitals across the country to help for smooth functioning.Young adults, patients in need.BVMW and FICCI put said orders of 50-50 lakh doses were given to meanwhile, are excited to take the jab once together a concerted effort to ease the both Serum Institute of India and Bharat it is made available to them. Gopal Vajpayee Biotech.For vaccination of people above 18 and Arpita Vajpayee, who got married last challenges crippling the healthcare of India. doses of vaccine 9.5 crore people targeted to be covered in the BVMW representative, Daniel Raja said, years of age, all necessary preparations are year during lockdown, are eagerly waiting underway in accordance with the guidelines 1.2 crore people have been vaccinated2.5 lakh third phaseOn the preparations for the next for their turn for the vaccine. “Considering the current crisis in India and phase, Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of of the Centre, with the state government is the average vaccination Speaking to India Today, Gopal said the huge global demand for such medical Medical Science director Dr AK Singh said preparing a comprehensive action plan for 2.25 lakh litres is the vaccine storage capacity vaccination of those above 18 years of age is equipment, this procurement is an the biggest challenge will be the number of the next phase of vaccination from May 1.A 8,000 centers will provide Covid vaccination important. Arpita Vajpayee said that vaccine important achievement which was only possible beneficiaries. He said preparations look at the current vaccination status in Uttar for the third phase is the only way to fight the virus amid the possible due to the close collaboration have to be made to cater to those above 18 Pradesh:Uttar Pradesh currently has 15 lakh UP targets to vaccinate 1.5 crore people in May raging pandemic. between FICCI, the Indian mission and years of age. Saying that the hospital will be BVMW.”Since the signing of a 6.5 lakh average vaccination target from May 1 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between FICCI and BVMW in 2016, Bombay HC warns companies several important initiatives have been Covid-19 goof-up: UP health dept issues test report undertaken to strengthen the business against selling Remdesivir vials relations between India and Germany. directly to citizens FICCI’s presence and groundwork in without taking samples, Ballia CMO orders probe different countries has been crucial for Mumbai Indian companies which are looking to negative for Covid-19.He The Bombay High Court on Tuesday enter into business tie-ups with foreign In a complaint to the administration, further claimed that the health said that if they found any private company companies and also get a foothold in foreign a resident of Hapur claimed that his department informed him over procuring Covid-19 drugs and distributing them to the individuals directly, they would pass an markets.The federation plans to increase its brother’s test report was issued by the phone that his family joint activities with BVMW by organising members were tested for the order of injunction against said entity.A division frequent business studies and events. the health department without even infection on April 23, and that bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish S Kulkarni made the remarks Rajendra Mishra (another taking his sample. while hearing the plea over different issues 3.8 lakh new Covid- brother) had been tested related to improper management of Covid-19 in positive.“But the fact is none of Ballia Aprobe has been ordered into claims Maharashtra.Taking note of the incident in my family members were that the administration in Uttar Pradesh’s Maharashtra in which a BJP leader was found 19 cases, 3,645 tested on April 23. They were Ballia issued Covid-19 test reports without distributing 10,000 vials of Remdesivir to in fact tested on April 20. Also, taking samples, officials said on people, Justice Kulkarni questioned the lack of deaths in 24 hours my brother (Rajendra) had Wednesday. supervision from the Centre on the distribution tested negative for Covid-19,” In a complaint to the district magistrate and of the antiviral drug. as India sees the complainant said in the Remdesivir distribution chief medical officer, Raghvendra Kumar place and took samples of other family letter.When the folly was pointed out to the "There was a news report that a political biggest single-day Mishra, a resident of Harpur locality members on April 20.He said his father and department by Raghavendra, the official claimed that his brother, Brijendra Mishra, mother also tested positive for the personality distributed 10,000 vials. How was said, "Okay, so we are making the (Covid- that possible? When people are running from was tested for the novel coronavirus infection.He alleged that when the team 19 test) report (of Rajendra) as negative." spike infection on April 18 at the district hospital, pillar to post, when Delhi is itself in need. How reached his place, his paternal uncle, Chief Medical Officer of Ballia, Rajendra and the reports confirmed him as Covid-19 could he airlift?" Justice Kulkarni asked. New Delhi India's Covid-19 situation Rishikant, and maternal uncle, Brajnandan, Prasad on Wednesday said the district positive on April 20.Raghavendra said a “We want drugs to reach everyone who is needy continues to remain grim. A record single- were not there, but the officials submitted surveillance officer will probe the charges, team of the health department visited his day rise of around 3.8 lakh cases over the last the duo's test reports stating they had tested and action will be taken against the guilty. 24 hours pushed the overall tally to 1,83,76,524 on Thursday. India has been seeing over 3 lakh new cases every day for over a week now. India has Global community rushes financial, medical been seeing over 3 lakh new cases every day for over a week now after the country first topped the 300,000 mark on April 22 when 314,835 cases tested positive.Coronavirus in assistance to India to combat Covid surge India LIVE Updates As per Union health ministry data updated on New Delhi The global community on sure we have other vaccines like Novavax already being distributed to Indian Thursday morning, India reported 3,79,257 Wednesday rushed much-needed life- and others coming on probably, and I think hospitals.British Prince Charles made an new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, ending saving drugs, oxygen cylinders and we will be in a position to be able to share impassioned plea as he backed an Thursday morning, while 2,69,507 people machinery that India needs to combat the vaccines as well as know-how with other emergency appeal launched by his charity, and should not be only in the hands of a few,” the recuperated from the disease.The death toll massive surge in the coronavirus countries who are in real need," Biden British Asian Trust, and urged people to bench said.The court also noted that its due to Covid-19, meanwhile, climbed to 2.04 cases.India is struggling with a second wave said.In London, Britain on Wednesday help India.”With support from the Indian Aurangabad bench had already taken lakh following 3,645 fresh fatalities, the of the pandemic with more than 3,00,000 confirmed that following the first tranche of diaspora, the British Asian Trust has cognisance of the incident on Monday. A updated data showed. With this, a total of daily new coronavirus cases being reported vital medical equipment a further 400 launched an emergency appeal for India to petition has been filed by four agriculturists 1,50,86,878 people have recovered in India in the past few days, and hospitals are oxygen concentrators will be sent to India channel this desire to do something about before the Aurangabad bench, seeking so far. Active cases in India, meanwhile, reeling under a shortage of medical oxygen over the course of Wednesday and Thursday this terrible situation and help save lives," registration of an FIR against the BJP stand at 30,84,814 with over 15,00,20,648 and beds.US President Joe Biden, who to help the country meet an overwhelming the 72-year-old heir to the British throne leader.Meanwhile, the bench also directed vaccinated against the deadly disease.ndia, a spoke with Prime Minister Narendra Modi demand amid a "horrific" second wave of said in a statement released by Clarence Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) country of nearly 1.4 billion people, became on Monday, has said that his country is the Covid-19 pandemic. House.Canadian Prime Minister Justin to inform the court about the functioning of its the fourth nation on Wednesday to crossed sending immediately a whole series of help "The thoughts of members across the House Trudeau has announced to provide 10 helpline number for Covid bed management in 200,000 deaths due to Covid-19 infection, that India needs, including providing for are with the people of India," British Prime million dollars to India to support its fight hospitals.The Maharashtra government was behind the United States, Brazil and Mexico. those Remdesivir and other drugs that are Minister Boris Johnson told the House of against the unprecedented second wave of ordered by the court to order all district On Wednesday, a record single-day rise of able to deal with this."We are sending the Commons. "We are supporting India with the pandemic.Trudeau said that Foreign collectors to ensure immediate effective 3,60,960 new cases was registered in 24 actual mechanical parts that are needed for vital medical equipment and we will Minister Marc Garneau had "direct management of the dead bodies of Covid hours. Maharashtra, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh the machinery they have to build a vaccine, continue to work closely with the Indian conversations" with his Indian counterpart victims and a synchronised system for are among the 10 states that account for and that is being done as well," Biden told authorities to determine what further help S Jaishankar about how Canada can best crematoriums."The crematorium syste needs to 78.53 per cent of the new Covid-19 deaths reporters at a White House news conference they may need."It was also highlighted that help, including the donation of extra be improved. We cannot have bodies lying in reported in a day, the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday.The president said he had Britain was the first country to deliver medical supplies.Singapore said on crematoriums for hours. If there is no place in said on Wednesday.Maharashtra reported the discussed with Modi when the US would be support, as the first shipment of 200 Wednesday that it has sent a consignment of crematoriums, you should not be releasing highest daily new cases at 66,358. able to send actual vaccines to India. ventilators and 95 oxygen concentrators oxygen cylinders to support India's Covid- bodies," said the court after lawyers pointed out "The problem is right now, we have to make arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday and is 19 pandemic response. to the HC about bodies being stacked up at crematoriums. People will keep dying, you'll keep sitting: Delhi HC raps Centre on non-supply of full oxygen quota

New Delhi The Delhi High Court on oxygen to the national capital from three far supplied."It actually pains my heart. I don't for administering Remdesivir need any Wednesday expressed its unhappiness with off plants in West Bengal and Odisha that know what to say now. At least take empty modification."Don't change the protocol only the Centre over non-supply of the full oxygen consumes a lot of time in transportation. tankers back by air," Justice Palli said. to reduce the shortage. That is wrong. As a quota allocated to the national capital and "The allocation made by the Centre to Delhi is The bench further said, "You have to do it on result, doctors are not able to prescribe objected to a "change" in Covid treatment 490 Metric Tonnes per day. Not for a single SOS basis. You can't say one round of oxygen Remdesivir," the court said and added, "This protocol on Remdesivir use, saying "it day, Delhi has been able to get the complete for Delhi will take 5 days. You can airlift is complete mismanagement."The high court appears you want people to die"."This is quantity," it said adding that this is primarily empty tankers. If your turn around time is five is handling multiple petitions relating to the wrong. This is a complete non-application of because three of the plants are situated in West days, we must say your allocation is bad."To pandemic with various benches conducting mind. Now people who do not have oxygen Bengal and Odisha which are at a distance of this, Additional Solicitor General Chetan marathon hearings.The bench headed by will not get Remdesivir either," Justice 1300-1500 km from here.The bench, which Sharma said whatever is humanly possible is Justice Sanghi appointed senior advocate Raj Prathiba M Singh said when the central heard the matter for four hours, asked senior being done and there is a complete Shekhar Rao as amicus curiae to assist the government submitted that under the Covid advocate Raj Shekhar Rao, who was concerned denied it, Mehra said they would coordinated effort in this regard.During the court in dealing with the medical oxygen treatment protocol being followed now only appointed amicus curiae, to study the national again do it and this time the communication hearing, Mehta assured the bench that the crisis and other issues related to the Covid-19 patients on oxygen support were being given allocation order and give suggestions on would be in writing."People will keep dying government will re-apply mind on mapping pandemic.It also asked the Delhi government Remdesivir."It appears you want people to optimal usage of tankers and minimisation of and you will keep sitting. So many lives we and said if the amicus looks at it, it will be to place a report on the number of RT-PCR die," the judge said. turn-around time. are losing because of your inaction. What counter-productive.The bench said the tests conducted in the last seven days and the Noting that the nation is facing an It said Rao may communicate the suggestions to about the promise of 480-490 Metric Tonnes amicus will come up with suggestions and the reasons for the reduction in the tests.The court unprecedented crisis, the court also appealed Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who had of oxygen per day. How many states are Centre shall look into the logistic problems was informed that at the time of discharge of to citizens and suppliers not to hoard oxygen initially opposed the idea of amicus looking facing the kind of shortage Delhi is facing," relating to transporting oxygen from the far Covid-19 patients from hospitals, the process cylinders and medicines to avoid creating an into the national allocation plan. the bench said to the central government away plants to Delhi.The court asked the of a no-objection certificate by Third Party artificial shortage."People will keep dying During the hearing, senior advocate Rahul officer.The bench said now Delhi government Centre to file its response in this regard by Administrators (TPA), attached to insurance and you will keep sitting," a bench of justices Mehra, representing the Delhi government, has even arranged the tankers and what was April 30.Justice Singh also said the court will companies, is taking a long time of 7-8 hours Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli said, said the issue was raised at the central war the point of allocating certain quantity of consider later whether a medical committee resulting in a delay in discharge and questioning the Centre's order which allots room.When the central government officer oxygen to Delhi when it was not being should review if the protocols or guidelines admission of new patients. FCC chief, who ended net neutrality, to quit in January NEW DELHI: US Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai said he’ll leave the agency on January 20, 2021, eliminating the possibility of a holdover Republican majority at the agency that could have temporarily stymied changes sought by the incoming Biden administration. Since being elevated to the chairmanship by President Donald Trump in 2017, Pai, a Finance secretary Ajay Republican, has led the commission in dismantling net neutrality regulations and Bhushan Pandey on pushed for fast wireless broadband service.Pai’s term as a commissioner Sunday hinted that the extends to July 2021 and he could have Centre is working on stayed on as a commissioner, without the chairman’s power to set the agency’s another stimulus agenda, but has opted not to. With another Republican leaving after his term expired, package to boost the the FCC will have a 2-to-1 Democratic majority on Inauguration Day unless the economy. Senate confirms Nathan Simington, a Republican whose nomination is to be considered on December 4 by the Commerce Committee. Under Pai the FCC in 2017 revoked so- called net neutrality rules put in place by the Obama administration that barred broadband service providers from interfering with web traffic — for instance by slowing competitors’ content.Pai’s change gutted the FCC’s authority over internet service providers. It was welcomed by carriers such as AT&T and Verizon Communications. Pai pressed to assign more airwaves for high- speed mobile broadband.

The top court also issued notice to All India Online Vendors Association and Competition Commission of India

Fuel prices hiked for second day: Petrol nears Rs 90/litre in Mumbai, Check revised rates New Delhi.Oil marketing companies been hiked eleven times in the past 14 on Thursday hiked the prices of petrol days alone.In Mumbai, the revised and diesel for the second consecutive petrol and diesel rates stood at ? 89.33 day after a two-day pause. Petrol and per litre and ? 79.42 per litre diesel prices were hiked by around 20 respectively.Petrol and diesel prices paise across the metros.Petrol price in remained unchanged for 48 days and Delhi was hiked by 17 paise to Rs saw a revision on November 20. Since 82.66 per litre while diesel prices Then, oil marketing companies were increased by 19 paise to Rs Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum and 72.84 per litre, according to Bharat Petroleum have raised notifications from Indian Oil domestic fuel prices on eleven Corporation. The fuel rates have now occasions.

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Orissa Today Friday 30 April 2021 BUSINESSBUSINESS 6 NEWS BOX Sensex, Nifty open higher as investors eyes blue-chip Where can you fly right now? India’s earnings Bengaluru. Indian shares climbed to their highest since mid-March on Thursday as investors looked past surging coronavirus outbreak stalls global travel rebound cases at home and focused on earnings reports from blue-chip companies. The NSE Nifty 50 index rose 1.12% to 15,031.1 by New Delhi: The ferocious surge in new one of the world’s fastest-growing comeback “has been very strong 9:24 am, while the benchmark S&P BSE coronavirus cases that has turned India into the countries for aviation before the and it will be strong again,’’ Burcu Sensex was up 1.19% at 50,324.55. global pandemic hotspot has also reversed one recent Covid-19 outbreak. Short- Geris, chief financial officer of Reliance Industries, India's largest company of the airline industry’s biggest travel haul carriers such as IndiGo Istanbul-based airport operator TAV by market value, rose as much as 2.4% to a comebacks. Carriers in India had reached 87% propelled India to the world’s third- Havalimanlari Holding AS said in three-week high, boosting the benchmark of their pre-pandemic seat capacity through largest market. And earlier on in the an interview with Bloomberg indexes. The Financial Times reported on early April, based on a Bloomberg analysis of pandemic, the South Asian country Television. India’s troubles have Wednesday that Saudi Aramco has held talks data from flight tracker OAG. That progress of 1.4 billion people won plaudits for already spilled over into connected with Reliance about a cash-and-share deal for has now unraveled as the surge in infections enforcing strict social distancing markets. A blossoming trade in a stake in its refining and petrochemicals arm. led to a pullback in domestic flights, which rules that lowered the infection rate. getaway flights to the Maldives has make up the vast majority of the market. But now the country’s public health now faded. The same has happened Benchmark Nifty 50 components Bajaj Auto, system is being overwhelmed by an with non-stop journeys that had Hindustan Unilever, and Titan Company are As of the start of this week, capacity had fallen to 71% of 2019 levels, a 16 percentage-point aggressive surge in cases, with daily been added by US carriers such as slated to report results later in the day. Asian infections exceeding 300,000. As the United Airlines Holdings Inc. and shares were also higher after the U.S. Federal drop over three weeks, the data show. Further eroding demand is a move by nations outbreak overwhelms the nation’s American Airlines Group Inc. Reserve said it was too early to consider hospitals and crematoriums, an earlier in the crisis. “What’s rolling back emergency support for the including Singapore, Australia, the UK and the United Arab Emirates to impose upturn in air travel won’t happen happening in India is nothing short economy, and as U.S. President Joe Biden until the latest crisis is contained, of a humanitarian crisis and we see unveiled plans for a stimulus package. restrictions on visitors from India. Using market could plummet to as little as 25% of weekly OAG data, Bloomberg has built a said Rob Morris, the head of consultancy at that,’’ Larry Culp, chief executive officer of UK aviation advisory firm Cirium. “It looks as normal, says John Grant, chief analyst at OAG. engine-maker General Electric Co., said flight tracker to monitor the pulse of the global Reacting to surging cases, Turkey imposed a air-travel comeback. The latest update shows though things will get worse for the Indian Tuesday in an interview. “It’s our second- COVID-19: Gram aviation industry before they get better,’’ three-week lockdown. Thailand, too, could be largest footprint for GE, so we’ve got continued progress in China, while plans to forced to tighten restrictions on businesses and increase capacity in the US and Europe Morris said. unfortunately very good visibility on all of panchayats ban entry of travel as an outbreak that began from nightlife that.” The US airlines have been using the haven’t yet taken hold. With operators still The Path Ahead venues in Bangkok overwhelms hospitals and canceling flights from India, the number of Among major economies, only Thailand and flights to replace a fraction of the international cold drinks, ice creams healthcare facilities. The reversal in India business they’ve lost to the pandemic. At the Failed UPI transactions? seats offered globally may have fallen slightly Turkey have seen even bigger setbacks, “highlights how fragile the recovery is and from last week. What’s Happening in Air though neither had made it back as far as India. start of the outbreak last year, India suspended New Delhi: Gram panchayats in several will be in the coming months as incidents like regular international travel rules that would Banks to pay Rs 100 per villages across the country have banned the Travel This Week With airlines still cancelling flights and this occur elsewhere,’’ Grant said. While the India’s expansive domestic network made it countries throwing up more barriers, India’s typically see many long-distance passengers sale of cold drinks and ice creams, keeping in industry is going through volatile times, the routed through connecting hubs. day penalty for delay view the spike in Covid-19 cases and deaths amid the pandemic. beyond 2 days In some part of the country, these apex rural Good news! bodies have also barred the entry of outsiders New Delhi: On April 1, the Financial Year end until the situation gets normal. Currently, closing had led to some UPI and IMPS India is gripped with the second wave of India Inc ramps up efforts Families of transaction failures at few banks. Covid-19, which is way scarier and deadlier than the first one. As a result, villagers are The National Payments Corporation of India striving to protect themselves from the wrath frontline workers in a tweet said that it had have observed that of Covid-19 by placing sops for outsiders. most of these bank systems are back to However, there’s no scientific relation to get Rs 100 crore normal since the evening of April 1 while between the spread of Covid-19 and soft to address oxygen shortfall customers may avail uninterrupted IMPS drinks/ ice creams. It is usually the elders of and UPI services. How to operate. Domestic the village that have reportedly reflected from THIS company Diesel, Petrol prices transactions i.e., those where both the issues with the sale of cold items. FMCG The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), on Tuesday, formed a task force on Oxygen originator and beneficiary are within India makers are facing difficulties in cracking this Healthcare workers are The Enforcement Directorate are covered under this framework, RBI says. hoax. In some villages, even the sale of Supply Chain to work with Central and state governments to augment oxygen supply. hiked after 2-day ‘srikhand’ has been banned by the authorities. working round the clock (ED) has attached assets Meanwhile, in many villages, shops are to save the lives of lakhs of pause– Check fuel reportedly only open from 7 Am to 9 PM, New Delhi: As the country battles to meet the maintenance shutdown, originally scheduled its output to supply 1,000 tonne of medical worth Rs 4.87 crore leading to a fall in sales of FMCG goods. shortfall of medical grade oxygen amidst rising for June, to 1st to 9th May,” said the company grade oxygen per day, a senior official with Indians battling Covid-19. prices in metro cities on Gram Panchayats have imposed a Rs 500 fine Covid-19 cases and mortality, India Inc has in its statement. The Confederation of Indian Jindal Steel and Power Limited said that the belonging to Kalpesh Daftary, if anyone is seen flouting the rules. The fear stepped up in a big way. If some are importing Industry (CII), on Tuesday, formed a task company is producing 100 tonne of medical among villagers is quite normal, considering ventilators and oxygen concentrators, a number force on Oxygen Supply Chain to work with grade oxygen per day. Steel Authority of India director of Sunkkalp Creation December 2, 2020 the fact that the first Covid-19 wave impacted of steel manufacturers and petrochemical Central and state governments to augment Limited is supplying an average of around mostly cities. But this time, the coronavirus is companies have diverted their resources to oxygen supply. Companies including Tata 650 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen per day Private Limited, and others severely infecting people living in the produce medical grade oxygen. Group, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), JSW over the last few days. ArcelorMittal Nippon villages. With no proper healthcare On Wednesday, Maruti Suzuki India Limited Group, Adani, ITC, and Jindal Steel and Steel India is supplying 220 MT of liquid who have been accused of infrastructure at many places, it is advisable announced that it will shut down its factories Power, to name a few, have come forward to oxygen per day to Gujarat. While ITC is selling agriculture and village to place restrictions on movement to break the in Haryana for nine days beginning May 1, in supplying medical oxygen, cryogenic vessels, airlifting 24 Cryogenic ISO Containers, with chain, because prevention is better than cure. a bid to make oxygen available for medical portable concentrators and generators, said 20 tonne capacity each, Adani Group is industry schemes to However, for FMCG makers, this might emerge needs. “As part of the car manufacturing CII in its statement. While RIL is importing 4 ISO cryogenic tanks with 80 MT as a serious problem at some point. The firms process, Maruti Suzuki uses a small amount manufacturing 700 MT of liquid medical liquid oxygen from Saudi Arabia. On New Delhi: Mankind Pharma is Reliance. were betting on the speedy recovery of the of oxygen in its factories while relatively oxygen per day, it plans to raise the capacity to Tuesday, Amazon said that it would ship 100 donating Rs 100 crore to the families of rural economy after the first wave of Covid- much larger quantities are used by the 19. Local suppliers are already facing the 1,000 MT per day. Tata Steel, on Monday, said ICU ventilator units to India from the US. It deceased frontline workers, including manufacturers of components. In the current that it has increased its daily oxygen supply had earlier worked with partners to airlift doctors, police officers and Petrol, Diesel Prices Fuel prices remain heat, as they are unable to sell their stocks situation, we believe that all available oxygen with the restrictions set in place. limit to 600 MT per day. Among other leading more than 8,000 oxygen concentrators and pharmacists. Families of other should be used to save lives. Accordingly, players, while JSW Steel Limited has reduced 500 ventilators from Singapore. healthcare workers who lost their lives Maruti Suzuki has decided to advance its fighting the pandemic will also receive unchanged for 7th day; check prices in metro Covid: S&P warns of a part of the donation. New Delhi: Fuel prices remained "As a responsible organisation, unchanged for sevenange in the downside risks for Mankind Pharma is standing alongside prices of fuel. Petrol and diesel India only country to bring in seminal the families of these heroes and will prices were slashed Monday. US Indian economy donate ?100 crore to support them," West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Mankind Pharma said. Currently, India New Delhi. Global credit rating agency is faced with the second wave of Covid- crude futures rose 80 ceport said. Standard and Poor’s (S&P) on Wednesday changes how we think about economy: CEA 19 which is proving to be deadlier than warned of downside risks for the Indian the first one. Healthcare workers are economy if the second wave of the pandemic New Delhi. MOST HIGH frequency handled the first wave by enhancing working round the clock to save the persists. A long-drawn outbreak will impede indicators were peaking in India before the permission through portals and giving lives of lakhs of Indians battling the India’s economic recovery and may force the pandemic hit the country in March last, the industry time to recover, Malkani disease, even if it means exposing credit rating agency to revise its 11 per cent said Chief Economic Adviser, acknowledged the proactive measures themselves to the coronavirus. In its official statement, Mankind Pharma growth forecast for 2021-22 if wider Krishnamurthy V Subramanian. announced by the Central government to said as the country continues to grapple containment measures are re-imposed. The According to him, if the pandemic had, boost growth, though it would with the second wave of coronavirus report says lenders’ asset quality remains counter-factually, hit in April, India’s ultimately depend on implementation pandemic, healthcare and frontline strained and will hold back profitability this growth would have reached 6 per and execution, she said. Aziz pointed to workers are racing against time to fiscal and banks will continue to face a high cent.“The decline has been because of the India’s dependence on globalisation and contain its spread. “Many dedicated level of systemic risk. “In addition to the overhang of the financial sector and the how with the decline in global trade, the heroes have lost their lives in the substantial loss of life and significant policies that were brought in after July effects showed in the nation’s GDP. He process,” it added. The pharma major is humanitarian concerns, S&P Global Ratings when the pandemic struck … said, “What happened to India is a releasing the money with immediate believes the outbreak poses downside risks However, India is the only country to have structural change … If you go back to effect and hopes to complete it within to GDP and heightens the possibility of changed its narrative and brought in Maharashtra Industrial Development 2000, where India is an emerging market three months. On the initiative, business disruptions,” the rating agency said seminal changes to the way we think about the Corporation; Jahangir Aziz, Chief Economist, economy that latched on to the globalisation Mankind Pharma MD and Vice- in a note. S&P has a long-term credit rating of economy,” he said during a recent panel Emerging Markets, JP Morgan; Rohini bandwagon, it is largely exports … But by Chairman Rajeev Juneja said, being the ‘BBB-’ on India, just one notch above junk. discussion organised by The Indian Express Malkani, Senior Vice President, Global 2012, Indian exports slowed down and first line of defence they are highly corporate investment slowed down … and exposed to this deadly disease. Many Powered By PLAYSTREAM and Financial Times (FT). Sovereign Ratings, DBRS Morningstar. The have lost their lives fighting the The country already faces a permanent loss of The topic of the panel discussion was ‘India’s panelists discussed the role of the state and India lost that driver of growth. It hasn’t pandemic and protecting us. "As a output versus its pre-pandemic path, Economy: How it can regain sustained investment climate for businesses, what an recovered over the last 10 years through homage to them, we have pledged a suggesting a long-term production deficit growth’ and it was part of a day-long online ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ meant, what factors reforms or policy changes to find a new driver fund of ?100 crore to support and care equivalent to about 10 per cent of GDP, series to discuss India’s place in the post- contributed to the slowdown, the fault lines in of growth, which is basically domestic for the families of these lost warriors. according to S&P.“Economic recovery right pandemic world. Other panelists in the session the Indian economy, and the impact of the demand … Together with demonetisation, This is not our duty, but a debt we owe up until March 2021 has partly alleviated moderated by Amy Kazmin, South Asia second wave of Covid-19 on growth. While GST and liquidity shocks, the situation has them. Because they are truly our hope," non-performing loan stress,” it noted. Bureau Chief, FT, were: P Anbalagan, CEO, Anbalagan elaborated how Maharashtra worsened.” he added. The government’s measures such as emergency credit guarantees for small to midsized enterprises have helped too. Under the state’s partial guarantee programme, the States implementing key institutional government promises to cover up to 20 per cent of the loss incurred by banks on certain bonds issued by finance firms. S&P said strong economic growth will be critical to sustain the government’s aggressive fiscal reforms can borrow Rs 1.06 lakh crore more stance, and to stabilise its high debt stock relative to GDP. The pace of the post-crisis New Delhi. The Finance Ministry has borrowing limit of Rs 13,201 crore linked borrowing window, recovery will have important implications permitted additional borrowings of Rs 1.06 in lieu of power sector reforms. In states were to get access to for sovereign credit rating, it added. lakh crore as at March-end to those states providing leeway for extra funds of up to Rs 2.14 lakh ADB projection which have carried out some key borrowings, the Centre had crore on completion of all the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said the institutional reforms. Last October, the stressed on the need to push four reforms. The Centre had economy is projected to grow at 11 per cent Central government had linked permission reforms in citizen-centric areas announced additional fiscal in the current financial year on the back of for additional borrowing of 1 per cent of and processes. Among the states leeway to states as they were the strong vaccination programme, but their GSDP (Gross State Domestic Product) that have implemented all four asking for greater fiscal cautioned that the second wave of Covid is to implementation of four critical reforms. reforms include Andhra Pradesh, headroom to tide over the crisis worrying. Another risk is the further This was announced to provide an additional Goa, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, triggered by the pandemic. For tightening of global financial conditions, leeway to states in order to cope with the Punjab Rajasthan, Telangana and states completing three of the which would put pressure on India's market adverse effects of Covid-19 pandemic on the Tripura, sources said. This four reforms, the Centre would interest rates and, therefore, affect economic economy. provides them extra cushion to provide additional funds normalisation, the report added. Sources said additional borrowing limit of Rs borrow from the market in order to assistance of Rs 2,000 crore for IHS Markit view 37,600 crore has been given to states for tide over any shortfalls in revenues capital expenditure. The states IHS Markit has said they expect the Indian implementing the ‘One Nation One Ration and to push capital expenditure that have implemented three of economy to grow at 9.6 per cent in 2021-22. Card’ system, while another Rs 39,521 of (capex). these four reforms include Maharashtra’s lockdown, it said, represents a borrowing has been allowed to 20 states that States implementing at least three of Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, conditions for the increased borrowing Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and significant dampener on growth as the state implemented Ease of Doing Business these reforms get additional grants from the space, permitting only 0.5 per cent of GSDP accounts for 16 per cent of national GDP. reforms. While the first reform is aimed at Centre for Capex purpose. In the fifth Uttarakhand. For FY22, the net borrowing as an unconditional increase. The next 1 per ceiling for states has been fixed at 4 per cent “There is scope for further reductions in providing ease of delivery of subsidised tranche of Aatmanirbhar economic stimulus cent was to be in four tranches of 0.25 per economic growth as wider restrictions would ration and free food, the latter is to facilitate package announced last May, the Central of the projected GSDP (about Rs 8.46 lakh cent, with each tranche linked to expenditure crore), based on recommendations of the mean income and job losses for workers better environment and seamless process for government announced support measures on ‘One Nation One Ration’, urban local alongside significant output and revenue entrepreneurs and companies to operate. for states allowing them to raise their Fifteenth Finance Commission. An amount body revenues, power distribution, ease of of Rs 1.05 lakh crore, or 50 basis points of losses for firms,” wrote Deepa Kumar, Eleven states that have implemented urban borrowing limit to 5 per cent of the GSDP doing business reforms. The last 0.5 per cent deputy head, Asia-Pacific, IHS Markit, in a local body and utility reforms have been from 3 per cent, translating into additional the total 4 per cent borrowing limit, has been was to be allowed if at least three of four earmarked for incremental capital by each co-authored . given additional borrowing limits of Rs borrowing space of Rs 4.28 lakh crore. milestones are reached. Under this reforms- 15,957 crore. Another 17 states received However, the Centre had attached state in the current financial year. Orissa Today Friday 30 April 2021 SPORTSSPORTS 7 Champions League: Pep Guardiola wary despite Manchester City's comeback win over PSG in semi-final 1st leg

New Delhi. Pep Guardiola has insisted that there will be no let-up in intensity from Manchester City HIGHLIGHTS when they take on Paris Saint-Germain in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final. / The Premier League leaders made a stunning Manchester City came comeback after being 0-1 down to beat PSG away from home in the first leg of the semi-final on back from behind to beat Wednesday. Manchester City fell behind in the semi-final first leg after 15 minutes when Marquinhos headed home from Angel Di Maria's PSG 2-1 in Paris on corner. PSG looked sharp and focused, but lost control of the game to a transformed City side after the break. Wednesday Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez scored second- Conway joins Green, ruled out of ongoing half goals to earn Manchester City their 18th / consecutive away win in all competitions and a Goals from Kevin de huge advantage in the lead up to the second leg. tour game against India due to concussion Neymar and Kylian Mbappe threatened to hit back Sydney.Australian cricket's injury woes against India. Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez on the counter umpteen times but Manchester City continued on Saturday with medium pacer Australia Test hopeful Cameron Green took a cautious approach in the first half, making Harry Conway ruled out of the ongoing suffered a concussion while bowling after a sure no more damage was done after the early goal pink ball warm-up match against India rasping straight drive from Jasprit Bumrah helped City overturn a 1-0 from PSG. "They're a team who are able to do after suffering a delayed concussion struck him on the head during the warm-up whatever they want because they have the quality, here.Mark Steketee was named as game on Friday. so that's why you play a bit cautious. You cannot Conway's concussion replacement for the While Green was subbed immediately, deficit in 2nd half win the qualification in the first leg, but you can final two days of the game.Number 11 Conway showed signs of concussion later lose it in the first leg," Guardiola said. "I told them batsman Conway, who was peppered with in the day. 'I understand you guys, I was a player myself. If / a barrage of bouncers by the four-pronged Conway did not report concussion symptoms We know that anything you lose you lose but you have to try to play our Indian pace attack, was hit on head late in game. What is our identity as a team without the when assessed by medical staff on the field "The second half was better in every way, our football Guardiola said. De Bruyne said there would be the evening of the opening day's play at the at the time of impact. However, when ball and with the ball'?" The City players showed they was better." Guardiola urges City to be wary of PSG in moments in the second leg when City would suffer. Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. can happen in the second got the message as they played with more intent after checked again at the conclusion of 2nd leg Despite the advantage they carry into the "We know how good they are you have to set your He thus joins Cameron Green and Will Australia A's innings, he reported the interval. "We were more aggressive in our game. In second leg, Guardiola is well aware that City will need mind on the fact you're going to work hard for the team Pucovski as Australian cricketers suffering symptoms, following which he was the first 45 minutes we played not to lose the ball but to be at the top of their game again next Tuesday. "We and that's gonna happen in the second game also," he concussion during the ongoing contests replaced. leg: Pep Guardiola with no intention to break the lines," Guardiola added. know that anything can happen in the second leg," said. WTC Final: Virat Kohli not MS Dhoni's parents recover from Covid- IPL 2021: Ravindra Jadeja is getting much help from close to peak of his powers, teammate Kyle Jamieson 19, discharged from hospital in Ranchi CSK lucky to have him in his New Delhi. In the IPL nets, Virat Kohli is Z MS Dhoni's mother Devaki Devi and father Pan Singh tested negative for Covid-19 and showed no prime - Stephen Fleming literally using every trick in the bag to prepare health problems before they were discharged from a private hospital in Ranchi on Wednesday. for the World Test Championship final against New Delhi. Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen RR vs RCB: Sanju Samson New Zealand but is not getting much help Ranchi. Former India captain MS stressed that the franchise was Fleming is delighted to have Ravindra Jadeja, in acknowledged the Rajasthan from current teammate and Black Caps pacer Dhoni's parents have recovered offering support to their skipper. his prime, playing for the 3-time champions, Kyle Jamieson. RCB all-rounder Dan from Covid-19. Dhoni's mother, "I had a talk with MS and the saying the in-form all-rounder gives a lot of Royals' batting woes and assured Christian has revealed that Jamieson, who is Devaki Devi and father, Pan Singh situation is under control for now. options to them with his skillset in the middle- playing his first IPL after being bought for Rs were discharged from a private We will monitor the situation for order. Stephen Fleming pointed out that there that his team will bounce back 15 crore, is carrying a couple of Dukes balls, hospital in Ranchi, wherein they the next few days," Fleming had were doubts over Jadeja's form at the start of IPL from their fourth-successive defeat which will be used in the WTC final in were undergoing treatment, on told last week. "It is a tough time 2021, considering he was out of competitive Southampton from June 18 between India and Wednesday. Dhoni's parents were for everybody, especially in India action for more than 2 months after suffering a in IPL 2021 on Thursday night. New Zealand. discharged after they showed no at the moment. We are spending finger injury during the Test series against However, when his RCB skipper Kohli asked signs of health problems following quite a lot of time talking about Australia in January. Jadeja missed the England Jamieson to bowl with the Dukes to him in the their negative Covid-19 test results. care in the wider group of friends series at home and recovered from the injury at the nets, the New Zealander did not fall for that In a photo, Dhoni's father Pan Singh and family. National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru before joining CSK in Mumbai for the new IPL season. trick. “Pretty cagey from Virat actually, right was seen on a wheelchair We have that responsibility to Australia vs India: Head coach Justin Langer confirmed the hosts are hopeful of having David Warner back in the first week we were here. The three of us accompanied by Devaki Devi as the ensure MS has the support that he The former New Zealand captain said Jadeja were sitting down after the nets and these two couple made their way out of the private Premier League (IPL) 2021. Dhoni was in needs. We hope his family recovers worked really hard at the nets to get up to speed for the 3rd Test but the injured opener is still having issues with his strained groin. were talking about Test cricket. “Virat said: hospital in Ranchi. Mumbai when the news of his parents quickly." Notably, MS Dhoni on ahead of the new season and returned to form ‘So Jamie (Kyle Jamieson) have you bowled Notably, Dhoni's parents were admitted to testing positive for Covid-19 emerged. Wednesday led Chennai Super Kings to an "really quickly". much with the Dukes ball?’ and they are Pule Superspeciality Hospital in Ranchi on Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen emphatic victory over Sunrisers Jadeja has been in fine form for CSK in IPL 2021. talking about that stuff. “Jamie says: ‘Yeah, I April 20 after testing positive for Covid- Fleming had shed light on the situation, Hyderabad in their first match of the The India all-rounder has hit 109 runs in 6 have a couple of them here, I will have a bowl 19. The hospital had said on April 21 that saying MS Dhoni had told him last week season at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in matches, striking at close to 190. With the ball, leading in before I go over there’ and Virat their oxygen levels were stable. MS Dhoni that the situation back in Ranchi was under Delhi. Dhoni's side have managed to win 5 Jadeja has picked up 5 wickets and has conceded at says ‘Oh, if you want to have a bowl against continued to represent Chennai Super control. The former New Zealand opener out of their first 6 matches in IPL 2021 and little over than 6 runs per over so far. Notably, me in the nets, I am more than happy to face’. Kings in the ongoing edition of Indian said that CSK players and support staff are on top of the points table. Jadeja left the cricket fraternity awestruck with a “Jamie was like, ‘No chance I am going to ball at were aware of Dhoni's situation and 28-ball 62 not out against Royal Challengers you!’ He would have looked at his release Bangalore on Sunday. He hit 5 sixes in Harshal point and everything that he does with the Patel's last over as the RCB pacer conceded the Dukes ball! (chuckles),” Christian said on The Yohan Blake writes heartwarming letter for Covid-hit India: Love the Umpires joint-most expensive tally of 37 runs in the over. Grade Cricketer’s YouTube channel. On Wednesday, Jadeja came up with 3 tidy over Jamieson had troubled the Indian batsmen, Nitin Menon and Paul Reiffel pull out of IPL 2021 amid COVID-19 crisis in India and gave the finishing touches with the bat in their including Kohli, when they toured New chase of 172 against Sunrisers Hyderabad as CSK Zealand early last year and it was the main Umpires Nitin Menon and Paul Reiffel are the latest to have withdrawn from the Indian Premier League returned to the top of IPL 2021 points table. reason why the lanky pacer attracted a huge "Without doubt, [Jadeja is] close to the peak of his bid at the IPL auction. When it comes to off (IPL) 2021 as India continues to reel under the dangerous second wave of COVID-19 in the country. powers. That last game (against RCB) , I don't the field activities in the RCB camp, Christian think you can ask for much more. He's still said Kohli is not as involved as other stars like New Delhi. Indian umpire Nitin Menon Richardson (Royal Challengers working very hard," Fleming told the presss after AB de Villiers and Glenn Maxwell. “You and his Australian counterpart Paul Bangalore), Adam Zampa (Royal CSK's 7-wicket win over SRH. "Our doubts were don’t see Virat a lot off the field, you see a Reiffel are the latest in a growing list of Challengers Bangalore), Liam around his lack of cricket coming into the little bit. He will, maybe, come to half of the people who have decided to pull out of Livingstone (Rajasthan Royals) and tournament, so we had to work really hard to get things but he has his family here too from the the ongoing Indian Premier League Andrew Tye (Rajasthan Royals) in him up to speed. He did that by hitting a lot of balls start so we might see more of him now. “So (2021) due to personal reasons. Nitin withdrawing from the IPL mid-way and training very hard and he got up to speed really AB (de Villiers) is the happiest, most Menon, who is the only Indian in ICC's into the 2021 edition amid the quickly. humble… never got a bad word to say about Elite panel of umpires, is believed to worsening coronavirus crisis in India. "We think he's one of the most versatile players in anybody, will be there from start to finish. have left the IPL 2021 bio-bubble to The three Aussies - Richardson, the world, in T20 in particular, but in other formats Maxi (Glenn Maxwell) is there from start to return home to Indore. Menon's wife and Zampa and Tye - have already too. We're lucky to have him right now in his prime finish as well,” said Christian. mother have tested positive for COVID- returned home due to personal and he forms the core of the middle-order and 19, according to reports. reasons while Liam Livingstone went allows a lot of options within the team with his "Yes, Nitin has left as his immediate family BCCI that he fears not being able to go back to England citing bubble-fatigue skillset," Fleming added. Meanwhile, Fleming members have COVID-19 and he is home due to the Australian government’s as the reasons behind his decision to leave. also heaped rich praise on senior South Africa star Manchester City rally currently not in a mental state to conduct decision banning all flights from India. Ashwin, the only Indian to have pulled out and CSK opener, Faf du Plessis, saying he is going games," PTI quoted a BCCI official as "The BCCI already had several local of IPL 2021, decided to take a break from from strength to strength even at this stage of his saying. Former Australian fast bowler Paul umpires as back-up so they will be the tournament as he wants to be with his career. Du Plessis, 36, holds the Organe Cap for to win 2-1 at PSG in Reiffel meanwhile, has returned home a officiating in games in which Menon and "family and extended family are putting up most runs so far in IPL 2021 after having hit 3 few days back due to anxiety about the Reiffel were scheduled to stand,” a BCCI a fight against COVID19". The Chennai- successive fifties, including one against SRH on Australian government not allowing official was quoted by The Indian Express. based off-spinner stated that he would Wednesday. Faf du Plessis and younger partner first leg of CL semifinal flights from India. “Nitin has a small child Menon and Reiffel joined Ravichandran return to play for the franchise "if things go Ruturaj Gaikwad helped CSK make light work of to look after as his mother and wife have in the right direction". IPL 2021 is being a 172-run target,"Faf in particular is in outstanding New Delhi. Paris Saint-Germain lost its Ashwin (Delhi Capitals), Kane held in strict bio-bubbles. composure and the match as Manchester City tested positive while Reiffel informed form. rallied to win 2-1 away from home in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal on Wednesday. PSG led 1-0 through captain Marquinhos’ early IPL 2021: Sunrisers Hyderabad wicketkeeper Shreevats header from a corner, but City skipper Kevin De Bruyne equalized in the 64th minute when goalkeeper Keylor Navas misread his dipping cross and it bounced inside his post. Riyad Mahrez’s free kick — through a wall that Goswami donates Rs 90,000 to help provide oxygen supplies jumped early and left an inviting gap for the Algeria winger — put the visitors ahead in the ? Shreevats Goswami New Delhi. Sunrisers Hyderabad Goswami is the second 71st. “We deserved the lead, but in the second wicketkeeper Shreevats cricketer from IPL 2021 to half they were better than us. Physically they also urged everyone to Goswami became the latest donate money towards the HIGHLIGHTS were a little bit more aggressive, it was cricketer to make a donation Covid crisis in India after difficult for us to recover the ball,” PSG coach help in India's fight towards India's fight against the Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Both India and Pakistan had Mauricio Pochettino said. “We’re very COVID-19 pandemic. Goswami, Pat Cummins, who was the disappointed with the two goals. It’s difficult against Covid who hasn't featured in any of the first to give away USD 50,000 had a good campaign so far to accept that this happened in the semifinal, ? Happy to help, please games for SRH in the Indian to the PM-Cares Fund for the it’s really painful.” After City’s quick 1-2 Premier League (IPL) 2021 so purchase of oxygen supplies and expectations were high punch, PSG’s composure soon crumbled, as donate and reach out, far, has donated Rs 90,000 to for Indian hospitals. Former has often been the case in recent seasons when provide oxygen supplies. A Australian fast bowler Brett from the semi-final clash under pressure. Pochettino’s side finished the we are in this together: charity organisation named Lee, who is part of the game with 10 players as midfielder Idrissa Donatekart took to social media broadcast crew at IPL 2021, Tickets had been sold out Gueye was shown a red card in the 77th minute Goswami tweeted to thank the 31-year-old cricketer followed his compatriot for a dangerous tackle on midfielder Ilkay ? for his generous donation. Cummins and donated 1 before the semi-finalists for Gundogan. City could have taken a bigger lead India saw a global "Thanks a lot @shreevats1 for Bitcoin to Crypto Relief to the 2011 World Cup were into the return leg next Tuesday, but winger record spike in cases for your generous contribution of Rs help purchase oxygen in Phil Foden shot straight at Navas after a the 8th day in a row 90,000 to provide oxygen second wave of the coronavirus bit during this crisis, @donatekart hospitals across India as the declared brilliant jinking run through PSG’s flagging supplies in this hour of need," which has brought whole nation on helps you to reach them,I have country continues to battle with defense.“In football you need to believe,” with 3,79,257 positive Donekart tweeted. its knees. "Happy to help, please done my bit.Requesting people the surge in Covid-19 cases. India Pochettino said. “Of course we are under a Goswami also urged people to make donate and reach out :) we are in who can afford please reach out saw a global record spike in cases Tendulkar hit a memorable little bit of pressure, but in football you need to results and 3,645 donations towards and help in t h i s t o g e t h e r . " S e v e r a l and help as much as you can . We for the 8th day in a row with try.” “All I want is for us to be ourselves in the whichever way possible towards verified/legit NGOs like the are in this together," Goswami 3,79,257 positive results and 3,645 knock of 85 runs as India second leg,” he said. deaths India's fight against the dangerous @Hemkunt_Fdn are doing their wrote in a couple of tweets. deaths in the last 24 hours. managed to score 260 runs after batting first Orissa Today STATE Friday 30 April 2021 Bhubaneswar P-8 Rourkela Steel Plant steps up Coca-Cola India pledges to help #Stop The Spread–Positively impacting over 10 lakh lives efforts to address COVID-19 challenges New Delhi/ Bhubaneswr,Apr awareness and distribute bev- To stand in support of the 29 (TNB) :As efforts acceler- erages to our nation’s front Covid-19 pandemic, The Rourkela, April 29(TNB): With bers has now been equipped ate nationwide to provide re- line, to positively Coca-Cola Company has cre- the rapid rise in the number of with round the clock Oxygen lief from the devastation of the impact over 10 lakhIndians. ated a special “Stop the COVID positive cases in supply and medical attention. second wave of the In addition to its direct re- Spread” Rourkela and nearby places, Besides, various quarantine coronavirus, Coca-Cola in In- sponse, Coca-Cola India’s fund worldwide. This fund SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant facilities have also been devel- dia has committedINR 50 bottling partners have ar- will be channelized towards (RSP) has stepped up its ef- oped in the township. Apart crores to augment the ranged vaccination camps, facilitating vaccine distribu- forts to address the chal- from the three vaccination cen- nation’s effort in combating supported community kitch- tion, COVID safety kits (PPE - lenges. As per the direction of tres being operated by RSP the crisis and containing the ens, provided relief material masks, gloves, sanitizer) the Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, with the help of District Ad- spread of the pandemic. The and ambulance support, do- andcreating awareness Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum ministration at IGH, Sector-22 Coca-Cola system in India will nated mobile Covid beds, ven- around vaccination and sani- & Natural Gas and Steel, the Hospital and Sector-6, another facilitate COVID vaccination, tilators and oxygen concen- tary practices to contain the ICU facility of the new Super vaccination booth has been set provide safety kits, create trators throughout the nation. spread of pandemic. Specialty Hospital of RSP is up at the New OPD of IGH for now being used for treatment employees and their dependants. SMC and Merchant of critically ill COVID patients A system has also been intro- Special covid hospital to Association decided to with the help of District Ad- duced to provide the Fitness be set up in Puri: DC followup half-day ministration. Process is on for tres running in Ispat General formation and lessen the men- Certificates to the employees lockdown procuring new ventilators on Hospital and Sector-6 Hospi- tal and physical stress of the online, after their recovery from Puri, Apr 29 (UNI) The district will have a 150 bedded special Kshirodra Bag a war footing, so that the num- tal, another testing centre has employees, the COVID test re- COVID. When the challenges Covid hospital with oxygen support, 40 ICU and 4 ventilators Sambalpur, April 29: The di- ber of ventilators can be en- been opened exclusively for ports of employees as well as thrown by COVID-19 are increas- soon District collector Samarth Verma told media persons here sastrous effect of deadly Co- hanced to at least 100. employees and their family dependants are being made ing day by day, SAIL, RSP is also today. Mr Verma said the hospital would be established on PPP rona is being witnessed day by Identification, isolation and members at the new OPD of available on-line in the Em- proactively stepping up its ef- mode with Bhubanesawar based SUM hospital. The decision to day. Looking at this the treatment of COVID impacted IGH. Besides, antigen testing ployee Zone of RSP Portal. forts simultaneously to extend establish the hospital was taken as the surge in corona positive Sambalpur Municipal Corpo- persons and contact tracing is is being carried out in differ- The 108-bed COVID Care every possible help to employ- cases continue to rise in the district. Today 259 fresh corona ration (SMC) and the Mer- going on in full swing in RSP. ent sectors on rotation basis. Centre of RSP meant for em- ees, their dependants and the positive cases including 43 from the town and four deaths due chant Association have jointly Apart from the two testing cen- To facilitate quick flow of in- ployees and their family mem- people of Rourkela. to covid were reported in the district. decided the daily business time in the district to be from 7.00 Madhubabu Jayanti Sanitizers installed at Rajgangpur am to 2.00 pm from today. The shops and business offices Celebrated at Baragarh will be opened at 7 O'clock in Asutosh Rath offices are out of service the morning and will be closed Bargarh, April 29: The All India Advocates Council, Bargarh District Rajesh Dahima electricity departments, municipal fices and the office officials at 2 O'clock in the afternoon. Branch has celebrated Madhubabu Jayanti / Advocate Day through Rajgangpur,April 29: In the last offices. According to the news, were also responsible for tak- The Sub-Collector and many Google Meet. The meeting, chaired by district president Rabindra August, Rajgangpur MLA Dr CS more than 25 automatic sanitizing ing care of it. great businessmen were Panda. State president Kambhupani Padhi highlighted the relation- Rajan Ekka had installed automatic machines were installed at that But just like that, the present in the meeting. The ship between the Bar and the Bench. He also added that in order to sanitizing machines in all govern- time. After the installation of the coronavirus wave stopped for Sub-Collector thanked the improve the judiciary, lawyers must first be strong, study-minded and ment offices in the wake of preven- businessmen who presented a patriotic. State Secretary Gyanalok Mohanty discussed and said the machines, all of them tied the bridge some time. All the officers were council focused on raising awareness among national lawyers and tion of Corona's growing infection with thanks and thanks to the relieved of the responsibility letter of consent to the officer. how justice can be done to the last person in the society. and effects. These automatic sani- MLA. of taking care of the machines The SMC made the decision Hiralal Panda and Ramesh Chandra Meher, Vice President, tizing machines were installed to It is also news that for a few days and left on the condition of public by mike in the main Chittaranjan Panda and Rashmirekha Sahu, Senior Advisory Council, sanitize the growing corona pa- these machines continued to work turning the machines into junk. towns of the district. On the Aparamit Mishra, Executive Secretary, Rajaram Tripathy and Ashish tients and the entire body of people properly and everyone looked Today, the second wave of other hand police action Das Council Spokesperson, Chittaranjan Panda and Jagannath who came to the offices with co- quite happy using it. But gradu- Corona epidemic is proving against Covid guidelines Mahananda, Coordinator, Bhairabi Sahu, Pratima Nayak, rona warriors. These machines ally these machines deteriorated deadly with havoc. Had it breakers continues as Burla Madhusmita Dora, Sudarshan Sahu and Kshirodra Bagh execu- were procured in August 2020 with due to lack of care and stopped been properly maintained and police have collected a fine of tive members, Amaresh Pradhan from Bhatli, Chinmay Panda the initiative of MLA Dr. CS Rajan working. If it is rightly said, all cared for, the epidemic could Rs. 15,600/- and Sambalpur from Padmapur, Sarat Chandra Panigrahi from Barpali and Manas Ekka and the MLA inaugurated it these machines have turned into have prevented the dangerous police raided a marriage party Ranjan Tripathy from Atabira were elected as executive mem- with his own hands and made me- and stopped the ceremony. bers. Manabhanjan Tripathy,Prakash Kumar Pattanaik, Hemanta junk or are on the verge of hap- effects and infection. There is Purohit and Jayashree Mohapatra were announced as the in- dia headlines. pening. In this episode, the dig- a lot of fury among the city Tahasildar Caught vited members. District General Secretary Manoj Kumar Rath These machines were installed nitaries of the city say that auto- dwellers due to waste of money. Red Handed at other places, including health matic sanitizing machines were in- The question arises as to who and Jayashree Mohapatra coordinated the program and finally Rajani Mahapatra Keshab Sahu, Joint Secretary, offered the thanks. centers, community health centers, stalled in all the government of- should be held responsible. Berhampur, April 29: Accord- ing to the report of SP Don't Force Doctors to Give You Oxygen-DM "Road Accidents in Odisha-2019" and Berhampur Vigilance, accd. Chakradhar Padhi , Tahasildar, Let The Doctor Decide The Needy One "Integrated Road Safety Action Plan" released Raikia , Kandhamal dist has Rajani Mahapatra Bhubaneswar, 29/04/2021 Sri been compiled by Sri Tapas "Integrated Road Safety Ac- been caught red handed in his official quarters while demand- Berhampur,April 29: In India, the second wave ago, a video of the incident surfaced on social Padmanabha Behera, Minister, Mishra, Deputy Director, Com- tion Plan" for the State has been of corona infection is on the rise. The number media. ing and accepting illegal grati- commerce & Transport, Plan- merce and Transport Depart- developed with a target to re- fication ( bribe )of Rs.40,000/- is over three lakh every day. Such infections A woman made the video, after seeing this ning and Convergence re- ment. Reasons of occurrence duce fatalities by 20% every in India are also a matter of concern to the video the District Collector went to the (Rs. Forty thousand)only from leased "Road Accidents in of accidents, list of black spots year. Taking into consideration Sri Senapati Pradhan of Village World Health Organization. The death toll from Berhampur Medical College and Hospital to Odisha-2019" and "Integrated in the districts, time of occur- the Action Plan of the depart- Mandakia Dist Kandhamal for the second wave is due to a lack of oxygen. In look out the situation and see how the pa- Road Safety Action Plan" in the rence of accidents and other ments like: Health and Family releasing a tractor bearing reg- the first infection, everyone was treated with tients were being treated. The rumours about presence of Sri Madhu Sudan relevant information have been Welfare, Police, Road Owning istration no OD-12C- 4106 medication, while in the second infection, they the lack of oxygen are completely false. The Padhi, Principal Secretary, incorporated in "Road Acci- Authorities, School and Mass loaded with stones engaged in had difficulty in breathing. district has the required amount of oxygen and Commerce and Transport De- dents in Odisha-2019", which Education, Transport for reduc- MGNRA work .The bribe At a time like this, the whole country is is being monitored properly. There is no partment and Sri Sanjeeb will be helpful to officials in plan- tion of road accident fatalities, money of Rs.40000/- has been going through a problem of lack of oxygen. In problem with lack of oxygen in the district. Panda, Transport Commis- ning their strategies for reduc- the Integrated Road Safety Ac- recovered from the table of his quarters . Chemical reaction of our state, the number of infections is more than Therefore, the district administration is urg- sioner. Both the books have tion of fatalities. tion Plan has been developed. 6,000 a day, and the government is trying its ing everyone not to spread such false infor- wash of the right hand of the best to prevent the spread of the virus. In such mation in times of danger. If there are any prob- RTO Bargarh reluctant to obey the direction of the court accd and newspaper on the a situation, some videos of the Ganjam district lems and complaints, please let the administra- table on which the accd. kept Asutosh Rath the bribe money were posi- about lacking oxygen and patients not get- tion know and we will try to resolve them. The Bargarh, April 29: One Sri Jayaram Seth s/o- tive . The office and official ting oxygen are circulating on social media. District Collector Vijay Amrut Kulange said Indra Seth now residing at Bargarh ward no-18 quarters of the accd at Such messages are confusing the minds of strong action would be taken against him if is an ex- employee of RTO Bargarh. Illegally he Raikia are being searched . Covid warriors and the district residents. The anyone spread such false information and video has been terminated from service since January Arrangements made for the District Magistrate Vijay Amrut Kulange has in social media without verifying it. He also re- 2000. Due to this illegal termination, he has ap- search of his house at Jajpur commented on this. He requested the people quested the district residents to support the peared before the Hon'our High court of Odisha, . This relates to Berhampur not to pressurise the doctors to give you oxy- decision of merchant association and vendor Cuttack. The Hon'ble High court has passed an Vigilance PS case no 09 dt gen. The doctor will decide which patient association regarding the closure of shops and order in his favor & directed the Authority con- 28.04.21 u/s 7 PC Act 1988 needs oxygen, and unnecessarily everyone markets after 2 PM. If not necessary don’t come cerned i'e Transport Commissioner, Odisha, amended in the year 2018 . should not be scared and don’t put pressure outside and stay at home and stay safe, said Cuttack. Addl.Transport Commissioner, Odisha, on the doctors to give you oxygen. A few days the District Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange. Cuttack & Regional Transport officer Bargarh. As per the court order, Sri Jayaram Seth re- quested several time to the RTO Bargarh and he ICG locates the fishing boat Mercedes has also given his joining report on dated 27/09/ 2019, which was also received by dealing Asst. Distance was 1100 Km from Goa But the RTO Bargarh neither accepted nor al- to un Employment situation in this pandemic Manoj Das lowed him to work in the office. The then Trans- covid-19 his family is in starvations now. port minister govt of Odisha Sri Ramesh ch. Majhi Paradeep, April 29: The In- garding sighting of debris by the search operation along In this regard, the chief minister's 5T commis- also interfered and correspondence regarding the with fishing boats operating sioner & the district collector May look into the dian Coast Guard in yet an- other fishing boats operating re-employment of Sri Seth. Present Transport other successful Search and in the area presuming the fish- in the area. After four days of matter and save the family in this crucial situa- minister Sri Padmanabha Behera also instructed tion. Mrs. Seth and his family members told to Rescue operation at Sea has ing boat Mercedes to be continuous search amidst the departmental officer to look into the matter the media person that if any unpleasant situa- challenges of distance from located missing Tamil Nadu sunk. The Maritime Rescue of Sri Seth,as the Honourable High court Odisha, tion comes relating to the same then the govt fishing boat Mercedes in a Co-ordination Center (MRCC) mainland and weather, the Cuttack has passed an order in his favour. Due will be held responsible for the same. massive search operation of Indian Coast Guard at missing boat was located launched since 24 Apr 21 at a Mumbai activated Interna- around 200 miles (around 370 IFFCO Paradeep unit will supply Oxygen from 15th June distance of about 1100 kms tional Safety Net to alert mer- kilometers) from Manoj Das (590 miles) from Goa. The fish- chant vessels transiting near Lakshadweep Islands. ICG Paradeep,April 29 : IFFCO will establish its 4th oxygen ing boat had sailed for Deep reported position to lookout Dornier located and corrobo- plant at Paradeep and target commence production from 15th Sea fishing on 06 Apr 21 with for the missing boat. Simulta- rated presence of the fishing June 2021. IFFCO will be giving Free Oxygen to hospitals in 11 crew onboard West of neously, ICGS Samudra boat today morning. . MRCC the nation's service. During this Covid Pandemic time to ful- Kerala for 30 days voyage Prahari on Concurrent De- (Mumbai) established com- fil the demand of medical grade oxygen in the country. IFFCO from Thengapattnam Fishing ployment was diverted for munication with the fishing has taken various initiatives and now given order for its 4th harbour in Tamil Nadu. The search. MRCC (Mumbai) co- boat on satellite phone held Oxygen plant in Paradeep. It’s time to together fight this pan- Tamil Nadu Fisheries authori- ordinated with merchant ves- by the boat and ascertained demic & take the country out of this situation. IFFCO has ties on 24 Apr 21 intimated re- sel Maersk Horsburgh to join the crew to be safe. always given its service for nation building.

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