6 4 :; "' &" 8 &" 8 8 VRGR '%&((!1#VCEB R BP A"'!#$#1!$"$#$%T utqBVQWBuxy( 34! 35%)-' 7"2278 79: ; /"79 ) ; '> +0 *0,3 00* 06+3@## 3A0@ # *@ 35 *56 704 1 0;#51 61#3+4# # * #*;6 #*?# *A*3+*CC- #;;3#5+>0 67?0A 35; * 5+3*+ 3 #6 @3 #1#A*B#@4## <5 012=-33 -/ <#+ " 3#"' 6 $& 7" $ %-&((%8" %(/ # +,-,../# " 3435 * 5,000 beds are available. We met with the Lieutenant % !( s the Covid-19 situation in Governor and have unani- 22 2& Athe national Capital turned mously decided to put a week- grimmer with the number of end lockdown in place. Our daily cases rising to staggering understanding is that people $ 16,699, Delhi Chief Minister need to travel during weekdays %&'(&)*&*'+,(&%-&-'(. Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday for work and other essential announced imposition of activities; however, weekends %&*'&// +,%&%)(. weekend curfew to break the are usually reserved for leisure " 56 704 chain of coronavirus infection. and entertainment activities 0 The Chief Minister — activities that in the given %&(&'/&#*)+,%&%*&)(. mid the surge in corona announced that weekend cur- situation can be curtailed and Acases and subsequent panic few will be implemented in restricted,” he said. 0 %&-/&)) setting in across the State, Delhi along with a closure of Keeping in mind the essen- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath malls, gyms, swimming pools, tial nature of work and jobs 9/-&/#&) has ordered extension of and auditoriums. The cinema done during weekdays, the “Covid curfew” from 8 pm to halls will function at 30 per Government has decided to $%%&#*&/( 7 am in districts with more & ' cent capacity and restaurants issue curfew passes. than 2,000 active cases and also ( will not be allowed to cater to Continued on Page 2 %%&#&- announced postponement of dining — only home the UP Board Exams for Class and also ordered the closure of till May 15. delivery and takeaways will be $ #&-(&#/ 10 and 12. The new dates of UP all Government and private He instructed the officials allowed. Board examination will be schools till May 15. to make all necessary arrange- The weekly markets will be $ *&)'&%/*+,%-&-##. announced later, the CM said “The corona curfew will be ments in view of the changing allowed at one weekly market effective from 8 pm to 7 am in situation every day in all the per-day-per-zone format and all 10 districts with more than districts of the State. Yogi the Delhi Government will " 3435 *856 704 Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil new cases and 81 deaths, while !" # 2,000 active cases, including assured the State was success- also monitor crowds at week- Nadu, Haryana, and Bihar have Tamil Nadu clocked 7,987 cases 13 4 Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi, ful in fighting the first wave of ly markets and the markets and he emergence of several seen alarmingly higher spikes and 29 deaths. #$% Kanpur Nagar, Gautam Budh Covid-19 and similarly, this public places will see stricter TStates as new Covid-19 on daily basis. Meanwhile, in view of the 5& ## Nagar, Ghaziabad, Meerut and time the second wave will also implementation of Covid hotspots besides Maharashtra, After Maharashtra and alarming surge in the Covid-19 New Delhi: All Centrally pro- Gorakhpur. This order should be controlled soon. norms. Chhattisgarh and Kerala con- Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh cases and high occupancy of tected monuments, museums New Delhi: In view of the be implemented with immedi- “For this it is required that Kejriwal appealed to the tinued to push the daily count has emerged as the third-high- patients in the Dedicated Covid and sites under the “unprecedented rise” in num- ate effect,” Yogi said while all citizens strictly adhere to people of Delhi to not insist on of fresh infections to newer est contributor of new cases on Hospitals, the Brihanmumbai Archaeological Survey of India ber of Covid-19 cases in Delhi, reviewing the current situation Covid protocols such as masks, getting admitted to a particu- peaks as several States imposed a daily count. The State report- Municipal Corporation (BMC) (ASI) have been closed with the Union Home Ministry on of the State virtually with the sanitizers and social distancing. lar hospital as beds will be new lockdown like restrictions ed 22,339 new cases and 104 on Thursday converted famed immediate effect till May 15 Thursday said its officers up to Team-11 officials on Thursday. Not only this, it is better that made available in other facili- on Thursday to battle the alarm- deaths during the last 24 hours. Jaslok Hospital into a dedicat- due to the surge in coronavirus the level of Under Secretary can At present, corona curfew people include this protocol in ties if required as Delhi has ing surge that saw India record- Uttar Pradesh was followed ed Covid-19 hospital. cases in the country, the Union work from home and only 50 is being enforced in these dis- their lifestyle. People should be more than 5,000 beds vacant. ing over 2 lakh cases (2,16,642) by Karnataka and Madhya Mumbai Municipal Culture Ministry said on per cent staff need to attend tricts between 9 pm and 6 am. made aware about this,” he said. Addressing the media, he during the last 24 hours. Pradesh. While the southern Commissioner IS Chahal said, Thursday. office. To prevent the spread of In a bid to ensure an effec- said, “Corona cases are rising in While Maharashtra’s tally States reported 14,738 new “Additional 250 Covid beds in An order to this effect was In an office memorandum, the disease among the children tive Covid-19 management Delhi but the hospital man- rose marginally from the pre- cases and 66 deaths during the Jaslok Hospital will come on issued by the ASI and it was the Home Ministry said all offi- and safeguard them from the system, Yogi said inflow of agement in Delhi is under vious day, ending at 61,695 new last 24 hours, MP reported BMC’s online dashboard by tweeted by Culture Minister cers who attend the office can second wave of coronavirus patients from other districts in control. There is no dearth of cases and 349 deaths, 10,166 cases and 53 deaths. Saturday morning to help Prahlad Patel on Thursday stagger timings with entry into infection, the CM said schools Lucknow is natural. beds in Delhi as more than Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat recorded 8,152 needy patients.” evening. Continued on Page 2 up to Class 12 should be closed Continued on Page 2 )*! $ % & ' !" + # $ " 3 #6 $," # ( )* ! % onfirming the fears of the " Cexperts that the mega reli- # " 3435 * gious congregation of Kumbh &! $#% " " in Haridwar would accelerate " 3435 * " & n view of a spike in the num- the pace Covid-19 infection, Iber of Covid-19 cases, the the authorities on Thursday he Election Commission National Eligibility-Cum- confirmed that 1,700 people % !( Ton Thursday evening Entrance Test (postgraduate) were tested positive for the dis- imposed a 24-hour campaign !#"' (NEET-PG), which was sched- ease from April 10 to 14 in the " 3435 * ban on the BJP’s West Bengal ( ' uled to be held on April 18, has Mela area. president Dilip Ghosh for his " been postponed, Union Health The Kumbh Mela which is ismissing speculation that “there will be Sitalkuchi in " ' ' Minister Harsh Vardhan said considered as the biggest reli- in Madhya Pradesh was in Dthe final four phases of the several places” remarks. * ' on Thursday. gious congregation in the world Haridwar to attend the Kumbh. ongoing Assembly elections in The commission “sternly” &' The decision was taken officially started on April 1. The ascetic was admitted in a West Bengal could be clubbed warned Ghosh and advised " ""! keeping the well-being of the The medical workers con- private hospital in Dehradun due to an exponential rise in him to desist from using such ' ! young medical students in ducted 2,36,751 tests during the after he was found positive for daily cases of Covid-19 across statements while making pub- & "# mind, he added. “In light of the five-day period (April 10 to 14) Covid-19 in Haridwar on April the country, the Election lic utterances during the peri- surge in #Covid19 cases, GoI in the Mela area. Out of these, 12. Commission (EC) on Thursday od when the Model Code of " has decided to postpone 1,701 samples came out posi- Meanwhile the condition said there is no plan of clubbing )*+# #* Conduct is in force, the order " #NEETPG2021 exam which tive for Covid-19, that means of the president of Akhil the remaining phases. ' " said. + was earlier scheduled to be 0.7 per cent positivity rate. Bharatiya Akhada Parishad EC officials said that the Four people were killed in held on Apr 18. Next date to be It is learnt that in the (ABAP), Narendra Giri admit- chief electoral officer (CEO) of the eastern State, mentioning The EC has come under a firing incident by CISF per- ," decided later. Decision has Kumbh area a number of the ted in All India Institute of West Bengal has called an all- that instances of elections cam- fire for scheduling the sonnel in the Sitalkuchi " been taken keeping well-being Sadhus belonging to different Medical Sciences (AIIMS) party meeting in Kolkata on paigns/meetings, in which Assembly polls in West Bengal Assembly seat during the "-../ " of our young medical students Akhadas and sects have been Rishikesh is improving. He Friday to discuss adherence to social distancing norms, wear- in eight phases. fourth phase of polls in West *+ 0"' in mind,” Vardhan tweeted. reported positive for the dis- was admitted in hospital April Covid-19 guidelines issued by ing of masks were flouted were Earlier in the day on Bengal on Saturday.