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Saturday, May 1, 2021 Vol. 17 No. 11 Biweekly Midwest Edition www.indiabulletinusa.com FREE INSIDE THIS ISSUE Gupta confirmed India COVID cases cross 18 million, by the U.S. senate gravediggers work round the clock By Neha Arora, Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Alasdair Pal and Francis Mascarenhas

MUMBAI - India’s total CO- VID-19 cases passed 18 million Divided U.S. Senate confi rms on Thursday after another world Vanita Gupta to No. 3 job at Jus- record number of daily infec- tice Department. Page 5 tions, as gravediggers worked around the clock to bury victims United States to and hundreds more were cremat- help India ed in makeshift pyres in parks and parking lots. India reported 379,257 new infections and 3,645 new deaths on Thursday, health ministry data showed, the highest number of fatalities in a single day since the start of the pandemic. The world’s second most The United States to send more populous nation is in deep cri- than $100 mln in COVID sup- sis, with hospitals and morgues plies to India. Page 6 overwhelmed. Healthcare workers place the body of a person, who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the ground for gravedigger Sayyed cremation at a crematorium ground in New Delhi, India on April 28, 2021. PriyankaVirat‘Badrinath Kohli appeals rues Ki Munir Kamruddin, 52, said he the surge.” government said on Wednesday. 1,800 and 1,700 respectively. and his colleagues were working India’s military has begun More than 8 million people However, medical experts forDulhania’ Biden’ssoft ball help non-stop to bury victims. moving key supplies, such as had registered, it said, but it was believe India’s true COVID-19 “I’m not scared of COVID, oxygen, across the nation and not immediately clear how many numbers may be fi ve to 10 times I’ve worked with courage. It’s will open its healthcare facilities had got slots. greater than the offi cial tally. all about courage, not about to civilians. A local offi cial in Mumbai said At Delhi’s Holy Family Hos- fear,” he said. “This is our only Hotels and railway coaches the city had paused its vaccina- pital, patients arrived in am- job. Getting the body, removing have been converted into critical tion drive for three days as sup- bulances and private vehicles, it from the ambulance, and then care facilities to make up for the plies were running short, while some gasping for air as their burying it.” shortage of hospital beds. offi cials said the worst-hit state oxygen cylinders ran out. In Actress appeals Each day, thousands of Indi- India’s best hope is to vacci- of was likely to ex- the ICU, patients lay on trolleys to President Biden to help India ans search frantically for hospi- nate its vast population, experts tend strict coronavirus curbs by between beds. with vaccines. Page 12 tal beds and life-saving oxygen say, and on Wednesday it opened another two weeks. “Someone that should be in for sick relatives, using social registration for all above the the ICU is being treated in the Australian trio media apps and personal con- age of 18 to receive shots from DEATHS LIKELY wards,” Dr Sumit Ray, head of tacts. Hospital beds that become Saturday. UNDER-REPORTED the unit, told Reuters. return from IPL available, especially in intensive But although it is the world’s Only about 9% of India’s “We are completely full. care units (ICUs), are snapped biggest producer of vaccines, In- population of about 1.4 billion The doctors and nurses are de- up in minutes. dia does not have the stocks for has received a dose since the moralised, they know they can “The ferocity of the sec- the estimated 800 million now vaccination campaign began in do better, but they just don’t ond wave took everyone by eligible. January. have the time. No one takes a surprise,” K. VijayRaghavan, Many who tried to sign up However, while the second break.” principal scientifi c adviser to for vaccination said they failed, wave overwhelms the health The U.S. State Department the government, was quoted as complaining on social media of system, the offi cial death rate issued a travel advisory on saying in the Indian Express being unable to get a slot or even is below that of Brazil and the Wednesday against travel to Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson newspaper. to simply get on the website, as United States. India because of the pandemic and Andrew Tye return home “While we were all aware of it repeatedly crashed. India has reported 147.2 and advised its citizens to leave from IPL as COVID-19 cases second waves in other countries, “Statistics indicate that far deaths per million, the Re- the country. Family members of surge in India. Page 20 we had vaccines at hand, and from crashing or performing uters global COVID-19 tracker U.S. government employees in Entertainment...... Page 12 no indications from modelling slowly, the system is perform- shows, while Brazil and the India can voluntarily return to Business...... Page 14 exercises suggested the scale of ing without any glitches,” the United States reported fi gures of the United States, it added. Astrology...... Page 16 Health...... Page 17 - Peter Drucker INDEX “Effi ciency is doing things right; eff ectiveness is doing the right things.” Sports...... Page 20 Thought of the Week: ANYTIME. WWW.INDIABULLETINUSA.COM ANYWHERE. 2 India Bulletin Saturday, May 1, 2021 INSIGHT Documenting the death of a COVID patient outside a Delhi hospital of the hospital was not available ing place in the country under saw as preventable, were adamant for comment. A spokesman from COVID protocols, according to his story be told. Delhi’s state government, which interviews with crematorium and His brothers had first brought oversees hospitals in the capital, cemetery workers. him to the hospital at 6 a.m. on said patients had been arriving India’s federal government Friday. But they said staff deemed at the GTB hospital even though did not respond to a request for him well enough to return it had no way to accommodate comment on the casualty figures, home. them. but a state government health of- Ten hours later, his condition “Due to an exponential rise in ficial told Reuters on condition deteriorating, they came back. COVID-19 cases in Delhi, all the of anonymity the mismatch may But it was too late to save him. hospitals are over-burdened,” the be caused by several factors, in- “The system is broken,” his spokesman, Pritam Pal Singh, cluding over-caution in using younger brother Raj said, weep- said. “Despite this, the govern- COVID protocols even when ing over his body. ment is trying its best to give all a person might not have been Siddiqui has covered wars in patients treatment.” positive. Iraq and Afghanistan and was On the day of Narayan’s death, Documenting the deaths is a part of the Reuters team that the country’s overnight infection delicate task, balancing showing won a Pulitzer prize in 2018 Family members mourn after Shayam Narayan is declared dead outside the total was higher than any recorded the human cost of the virus with for coverage of the Rohingya coronavirus disease (COVID-19) casualty ward, at Guru Teg Bahadur hospital, anywhere in the world since the preserving the dignity of the sub- crisis. amidst the spread of the disease in New Delhi, India on April 23, 2021. pandemic began last year, for the ject. But the second wave of the NEW DELHI - For Reuters patients gasping for air on trol- second day running, at 332,730, “A news picture is about get- pandemic sweeping across his photographer Danish Siddiqui, leys outside the already-full hos- according to federal health data. ting the moment to tell the story. own country is unlike anything he covering India’s second wave pital ICU, some dying before ever Some 2,263 died, with over 300 It should also be respectful of has faced before. of the coronavirus pandemic is being admitted. of those in Delhi alone - figures your subject,” Siddiqui said. “If “Here you don’t know who a daily circuit of crematoriums, Siddiqui and Reuters reporter that are almost certainly conser- it’s not, then we won’t publish it.” you’re fighting,” he said. “You cemeteries and hospitals, captur- Alasdair Pal had been at the vative, given the huge numbers In this case, Narayan’s family, don’t know the enemy and you ing the struggles of a nation of hospital for only a few minutes of cremations and burials tak- who were angered by a death they can’t see it.” 1.4 billion people. when a rickshaw arrived carrying From that experience, he knew Shayam Narayan, a 45-year-old the situation at the Guru Teg Ba- COVID patient and father of five. Italy imposes travel ban from India over COVID variant hadur Hospital, a government-run Narayan’s brothers hauled him Italy has joined other coun- Italy’s Health Minister Ro- India, which is facing a health facility in the capital New Delhi onto a hospital trolley and into the tries by imposing restrictions berto Speranza said on Twitter crisis, is battling a “double mu- with 400 COVID ICU beds, reception of the ICU. Just a few on travel from India to avert the he had signed an order barring tant” strain of COVID-19. On might be chaotic. minutes later they were given the spread of a COVID-19 variant foreign travellers who have been Sunday, the country posted the But he was not prepared for news: he was already dead. as the Asian nation struggles in India in the past 14 days from world’s highest single-day in- what he saw on Friday: critical The medical superintendent with a surge in infections. entering the country. crease in cases for a fourth day.

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He has know who Sikhs are, or give them a hug tive director of the Sikh Coalition, a New spent nearly two decades preaching love and say, ‘Hey, you’re welcome in the U.S.’ Amarjeet Johal, 66 York-based group that has urged investiga- and tolerance after his brother was shot Right now we’re a community that needs a tors to examine bias as a possible motive in dead four days after 9/11 by a man who lot of support, and to know that we have a Jasvinder Kaur, 64 the shootings. mistook him for a Muslim because of his place in this place called America.” Jaswinder Singh, 68 “The impact on the community is trau- turban. Balbir Singh Sodhi was the fi rst of The killings have reverberated nation- matic,” she continued, “not just particular- scores of Sikhs who were the target of hate wide. Pardeep Singh Kaleka, executive Amarjit Sekhon, 48 ly the families that face the senseless vio- crimes in the aftermath of the 2001 terror director of the Interfaith Conference of lence, but also in the community at large attacks. Greater Milwaukee and the son of one Karlie Smith, 19 because it’s community trauma.” “It’s very painful,” Rana Singh Sodhi of seven fatal victims of a 2012 mass In the days since the shootings, the said. “I hope one day ... people will love shooting at a gurdwara in the suburb of John Weisert, 74 coalition facilitated a call with federal each other and enjoy the life and working Oak Creek, Wisconsin, said there are offi cials in which Sikh leaders in Indi- together and living together in this beauti- concerns about an escalating threat of By Casey Smith ana asked for the appointment of a Sikh ful country.” violence. and Luis Andres Henao American liaison in the White House Of- There are between 8,000 and 10,000 Small communities traumatized by fi ce of Public Engagement, among other Sikh Americans in Indiana, where they violence are left to wonder, “Was I tar- INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Ajeet Singh requests. began settling more than 50 years ago and geted for my race?” Kaleka said. “Was had to steel himself for a return to work A monotheistic faith founded more than opened their fi rst house of worship, known I targeted for my ethnicity, for my reli- at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis for 500 years ago in India’s Punjab region, as a gurdwara, in 1999. gion? Was I targeted for something I can’t the fi rst time since a former employee Sikhism is the world’s fi fth-largest religion Most of the employees at the FedEx control?” shot dead eight people, including four with about 25 million followers, including warehouse are members of the commu- And in California, Tejpaul Singh Baini- members of Indianapolis’ tightly knit Sikh about 500,000 in the United States. nity. Gurinder Singh Khalsa of the Indi- wal, a Stockton Gurdwara Sahib member community. Kaur said that as a relatively young ana-based Sikh Political Action Commit- and student of early Sikh American histo- “I’ve been scared to go back,” Singh faith with a low population in the Western tee said many Sikhs live on Indianapolis’ ry, said he’s grappling with a range of emo- said. “I don’t know why this happened world, Sikhism is generally not taught in west and south sides, making the facil- tions including “anger, hurt, hopelessness still. Was it random, or was it because of schools to the same extent as other global ity’s airport location a convenient place to and a feeling of not belonging.” Frustrat- who I am?” religions or integrated in policy-making, work. ing, he said, is that much of the public fo- While the motive for last week’s ram- resulting in misunderstanding and igno- His committee said it had set up a task cus has been on the shooter’s mental state page remains under investigation, leaders rance. Anti-Sikh discrimination can mani- force to seek answers about the shooting rather than the community he wounded so and members of the Sikh community say fest itself in everything from schoolyard and to press government offi cials to take deeply. they feel a collective trauma and believe bullying to verbal attacks to shocking acts action. An important goal, Khalsa said, is “I am tired of the same old narrative,” more must be done to combat the bigotry, of violence. to help people returning to work feel safe. said Bainiwal, who was born and raised in bias and violence they have suff ered for Last year a man accused of running over That would be a relief to people like Ga- the U.S. but has been told to “fi t in.” decades in the country. Amid intense pain, the Sikh owner of a suburban Denver li- ganpal Singh Dhaliwal, who said two of In Indianapolis, the Sikh community is they’re channeling their grief into demands quor store after reportedly telling him and his aunts had just arrived for their shift at focusing on helping the bereaved, who are for gun reform and tougher hate crime his wife to “go back to your country” was the warehouse a Thursday night when the hoping to secure roughly two-dozen fast- shooting started. His mother also works tracked visas so relatives overseas may there. They all survived, but he’s mourn- travel for funeral rites set to take place ing colleagues and friends. in the next two weeks. The proceedings Dhaliwal expressed hope that the trag- will begin with cremation and then be fol- edy will inspire others to better understand lowed by up to 20 days of reading of the the religion and cultural practices: “To all 1,400-page Guru Granth Sahib scripture, my fellow Americans, whether Republi- Dhaliwal said. cans, Democrats, Muslims, Jewish, non- Earlier last week the home of Sukh- religious people, everyone: Google the preet Rai bustled with happy chatter and word ‘Sikh’ today. ... Devote fi ve minutes kitchen activity amid celebrations of Vai- of your time to be aware about another sakhi, a major Sikh holiday festival, and people around you who may not look like an upcoming family birthday. Now it has you.” fallen silent in mourning for two of her Already he’s starting to see some signs relatives, Jasvinder Kaur and Amarjit of raised consciousness, notably in the Sekhon. fl ags fl ying at half-staff outside homes “We were supposed to be celebrating a and businesses across Indianapolis and an birthday and being together as a family,” “outpouring” of support to fundraisers for Rai said. “We’re together, and we have one victims’ families. He urged more people to another, but it’s for something diff erent — build bridges to his community. it’s for a funeral.”

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Saturday, May 1, 2021 India Bulletin 5 HEALTH & SCIENCE NATIONAL NEWS Divided U.S. Senate confirms Gupta to No. 3 job at Justice Dept By Sarah Lynch President Joe Biden’s associ- only her professional credentials ate attorney general in a final ... but the passion that she car- A divided U.S. Senate voted vote of 51-49. Only one Re- ries with her with the work that to confirm Vanita Gupta as the publican - Lisa Murkowski of she performs,” Murkowski said. first woman of color to serve in Alaska - voted to confirm her, Gupta has faced a fraught con- the No. 3 job at the Justice De- saying she felt Gupta was per- firmation process amid attacks partment, a role at the forefront sonally committed to combating by right-wing groups and Senate of the department’s renewed ef- injustice. Republicans who have criticized forts to combat systemic racism “I have looked at her record. I her on everything from prior in policing. have had an extensive sit-down statements she has made on so- Gupta won confirmation as with her. I’m impressed with not cial media to her stock holdings Tennessee man admits committing wire fraud NEWARK, NJ - A Tennessee Ghutadaria contacted Bank of man on Tuesday admitted using America and authorized it to a company’s bank information submit an Automated Clearing to pay off personal debts, Acting House (ACH) debit transaction Vanita Gupta U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig for $53,505 to Company-1’s bank in a company accused of selling following the murder of George announced. account in New York. The release a key ingredient used to make Floyd. Ketan Ghutadaria, 50, of John- of those fraudulently obtained heroin in Mexico. She will also be involved son City, Tennessee, pleaded funds resulted in Ghutadaria “This nomination has revealed with overseeing the depart- guilty by videoconference be- paying off his automobile loan. a lengthy trail of radical claims ment’s civil, antitrust and envi- fore U.S. District Judge Susan Ghutadaria fraudulently caused and hasty backtracks,” the Sen- ronment and natural resources D. Wigenton to an information ny-1’s bank account information Company-1 to pay off $164,109 ate’s top Republican, Mitch divisions. charging him with one count of to pay off his personal debts, in- of his personal debts. McConnell, said. Gupta served as acting as- wire fraud. cluding an automobile loan for The count of wire fraud is pun- As associate attorney general sistant attorney general of the According to documents filed the purchase of a 2017 Audi Q7. ishable by a statutory maximum at the Justice Department, Gupta Civil Rights Division during in this case and statements made Ghutadaria contacted companies sentence of 20 years in prison will play a pivotal role in su- the Obama administration, dur- in court: to whom he owed money and and a fine of up to $250,000, or pervising the department’s civil ing which time she oversaw From March 2018 through provided those companies with twice the gross gain or loss from rights work, including an inves- high-profile investigations into September 2018, Ghutadaria en- Company-1’s bank account num- the offense, whichever is great- tigation announced by Attorney systemic abuses by police de- gaged in a fraudulent scheme to ber and routing number. er. Sentencing is scheduled for General Merrick Garland into partments in Baltimore and enrich himself by using Compa- For example, on June 29, 2018, Sept. 14, 2021. policing practices in Minneapolis Ferguson, Missouri.

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By Alasdair Pal deaths, as the pandemic spiralled last Thursday. The prospects out of control. for patients and their distraught Sirens wailing, a police convoy A dire shortage of oxygen - es- families was disastrous. escorting a tanker carrying oxy- sential for the survival of criti- “The hospital came to us and gen reached a hospital in India’s cal COVID patients - has meant told us to make our own ar- capital just in time, to the huge states are closely guarding their rangements,” said Bhirendra relief of doctors and relatives supplies and even posting armed Kumar, whose COVID-positive of COVID-19 patients count- police at production plants to father was admitted 10 days ing on the supply to stave off ensure security. ago. death. Several hospitals, including “We’re not an oxygen compa- India last Friday posted the Shanti Mukand in the west of ny - how can we make our own world’s largest daily COVID-19 the New Delhi with 110 COVID arrangements?” caseload for a second day, with patients, said they had almost Earlier in the day, the hospital’s 332,730 new cases and 2,263 exhausted their oxygen supplies chief executive, Sunil Saggar, Indian hospitals turn away patients in COVID-19 ‘tsunami’ By Sanjeev Miglani deaths. “We know how people react, An empty tanker is seen outside an oxygen plant, amidst the spread of the and Manoj Kumar COVID-19 deaths rose by let’s not have a law and order coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi, 2,624 over the past 24 hours, the situation,” the court said in its India on April 22, 2021. Overwhelmed hospitals in In- highest daily rate for the country direction to the authorities. choked back tears as he described ficer said they had been given dia begged for oxygen supplies so far. Crematoriums across Delhi India surpassed the U.S. record the decision to discharge some orders to escort trucks to waiting last Saturday as the country’s said they were full up and asked of 297,430 single-day infections patients because the lack of oxy- hospitals. coronavirus infections soared grieving families to wait. anywhere in the world on Thurs- gen meant there was nothing his Welcome though the extra se- again overnight in a “tsunami” Hospitals in Delhi have gone day, making it the global epicen- hospital could do to help. curity is, a supervisor at the facil- of disease, setting a new world to the city’s high court this week tre of a pandemic that is waning At the hospital’s oxygen sup- ity said it was impossible to meet record for cases for the third seeking it to order the state and in many other countries. plier, Inox in Uttar Pradesh state demand. consecutive day. federal governments to make about an hour from the capital, a “Even if we build another five Max Healthcare, which runs a emergency arrangements for WINTER EASING line of a dozen trucks from cities plants here we won’t be able network of hospitals in north In- medical supplies, mainly oxygen. The federal government had across north India waited to fill to,” said the supervisor, who de- dia, tweeted that it had less than “It’s a tsunami. How are we try- declared it had beaten back the up. clined to be identified due to the two hours of oxygen left while ing to build capacity?” the Delhi coronavirus in February. Half a dozen drivers told Re- sensitivity of the situation. Fortis Healthcare, another big high court asked the state and fed- Health experts said India be- uters they had been waiting Eventually, a truck left the chain, said it was suspending new eral governments in response to came complacent in the winter, for as long as three days to get plant, reaching the New Del- admissions in Delhi. this plea. when new cases were running at their trucks filled, as surging hi hospital late last Thursday “We are running on backup, Television showed families about 10,000 a day and seemed demand from hospitals in the evening. waiting for supplies since morn- tending to the sick in hospital cor- to be under control. Authorities capital and elsewhere outstripped A relieved crowd of doctors ing,” Fortis said. ridors and streets as they waited lifted restrictions, allowing for the supply. and relatives who had gathered India is in the grip of a rampag- for medical attention. resumption of big gatherings. Vakeel, who goes by one outside to wait for the truck’s ing second wave of the pandemic, One man identified as Amit Others said that it could also be name, has been working as a arrival headed back in. hitting a rate of one COVID-19 who was grieving for his brother a more dangerous variant of the driver for Inox since 1994. He “Some things in life are diffi- death in just under every four at Delhi’s Jaipur Golden hospital virus coursing through India. It is said the level of demand was cult,” hospital chief Saggar said minutes in Delhi as the capi- said he had seen families running the world’s second most populous unprecedented. as the needle on the hospital’s tal’s underfunded health system around with oxygen cylinders country and people live in close “Every hospital wants three or storage tank ticked back up from buckles. trying to get them refilled. proximity, often six to a room. four times what they did before,” close to zero. “You have to learn The government has deployed “You can’t leave me in the “While complacency in adher- he said. to manage.” military planes and trains to get lurch,” a lawyer appearing for the ing to masks and physical dis- But the reprieve is only tempo- oxygen to Delhi from the far cor- Jaipur Golden hospital told the tancing might have played a role, ‘LEARN TO MANAGE’ rary. ners of the country and overseas high court last Saturday, seeking it seems increasingly likely that The Inox plant has seen fre- “Every day is like this now,” including Singapore. its intervention. this second wave has been fuelled quent visits from government of- Saggar said. The number of cases across the The court asked the govern- by a much more virulent strain,” ficials and police, some wielding In less than 24 hours, the hos- country of around 1.3 billion rose ment to ensure supplies, as well wrote Vikram Patel, Profes- assault rifles, ensuring that there pital will have to do it all over overnight by 346,786, the Health to make security arrangements sor of Global Health at Harvard is no disruption of any kind to again, as the needle sinks back to- Ministry said, for a total of 16.6 for medical centres amid people’s Medical School, in the Indian supplies. wards empty with new supplies, million cases, including 189,544 desperation. Express. An Uttar Pradesh police of- hopefully, on the way. 10 India Bulletin Saturday, May 1, 2021 INTERNATIONAL NEWS WHO steps up aid to India to stem COVID surge supplies provided for testing. bated by some people going to ing the B.1.617 variant with two He urged people not to stock- hospital when home care would mutations, first detected from pile essential supplies. Wider suffice, Jasarevic said. samples collected last December, distribution of high-quality Less than 15% of people in- he said, citing some evidence that masks was also key to control fected with COVID-19 actually they may be more contagious. transmission, he said. need hospital care and even fewer “The extent to which these More than 2,600 WHO experts will need oxygen, he said. virus changes are responsible already working in the country Community-level centres for the rapid increase in cases on other health programmes have should screen and triage patients in the country remains unclear, been deployed to respond to the and provide advice on safe home as there are other factors such as pandemic, the U.N. agency has care, he said. recent large gatherings that may said. Studies continue into virus have contributed to the rise,” he The problem has been exacer- variants circulating there, includ- said. Germany will send oxygen, medical aid to India to help in COVID crisis A patient wearing an oxygen mask is seen inside an ambulance waiting to BERLIN - Germany will send the new mutation in Germany,” the emergency. enter a COVID-19 hospital for treatment, amidst the spread of the coronavirus oxygen and medical aid to In- Maas told the Rheinische Post A German defence ministry disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad, India on April 25, 2021. dia in the coming days to help it newspaper. spokeswoman said the foreign By Stephanie Nebehay WHO spokesman Tarik tackle its COVID-19 crisis, For- Germany has classified India ministry had asked the military Jasarevic said the crisis had wors- eign Minister Heiko Maas said on as a coronavirus high incidence to look into providing a mobile The World Health Organiza- ened due to mass gatherings of Monday. area and also put the country oxygen production facility as tion (WHO) said on Tuesday it people, more contagious variants India is suffering from a spike on a separate warning list for well as support to transport other was stepping up efforts to help and low vaccination rates. in coronavirus infections, with coronavirus variants. emergency and relief goods to India as hospitals there struggled “We are working with the the number of cases surging by From Monday onwards, Ger- India. to cope with a huge surge in coro- government to bring in essential 349,691 in the past 24 hours, mans arriving from India will German Chancellor Angela navirus cases, including bringing supplies like oxygen and alle- the fourth straight day of record only be allowed to enter the coun- Merkel on Sunday expressed her in oxygen and other essential viate the immediate situation,” peaks. Hospitals are turning try with a negative test result and “sympathy over the terrible suf- supplies. Jasarevic said. away patients after running out of will then have to begin a 14-day fering” that the pandemic had India’s death toll is now near- The WHO was providing 4,000 medical oxygen. quarantine. Foreign travellers brought to India. ing 200,000, and some hospitals oxygen concentrators, which “The second wave is currently coming from India will no longer “Germany stands in solidarity are turning away coronavirus pa- only require an energy source, rolling over India with unprece- be allowed to enter Germany. with India and is urgently prepar- tients as they do not have enough he said. Mobile field hospitals dented power. It was right that we Mass said Germany would do ing a mission of support,” Merkel oxygen supplies and beds. are being set up and laboratory acted quickly to stop the entry of its utmost to help India overcome said in a statement. 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Bollywood Beat Priyanka appeals The real reason why Kartik Aaryan is to President Biden to help India no longer a part of ’s Dostana 2 The social media is debating over the Later, Karan off ered him another fi lm, recent development of Karan Johar taking a cricket story directed by Sharan Sharma the decision to not work in the future with of Gunjan Saxena fame. To avoid being Kartik Aaryan. Some are in favour of the dropped out of the fi lm, Kartik asked Karan director, whereas some are slamming him to execute and sign a contract with him. for the move. Various conspiracy theories The insider continued further, “Meanwhile, are making rounds, with the common one Kartik continued giving reasons of the being Kartik being unprofessional and Covid 19 pandemic to not start shoot for creating troubles due to his break up with Dostana 2 and Karan didn’t push him much As India battles the deadly Janhvi Kapoor. Hungama has either given their relationship. But when Coronavirus, Priyanka Chopra tried to get the real reason for this fall out. he shot for Dhamaka, Karan was upset. is leaving no stone unturned “Kartik Aaryan had come on board agreed to come on board the said fi lm and They had an indoor meeting where Karan to help her countrymen in cri- Dostana 2 in 2019 for a minimal amount was all charged up for a quirky ride. But expressed his disappointment.” Kartik was sis. Taking to Twitter, the ac- of Rs. 2-3 crores, and at present his market to his surprise, he found himself replaced clear he wouldn’t shoot for Dostana 2 till tress expressed her concern value is upside of Rs. 10 crores. At fi rst he all of a sudden by Vicky Kaushal without he signed Sharan’s next and apparently about India’s horrifi c struggle asked Karan for a hike in his acting fees being notifi ed. Kartik was also upset with told Karan, ‘I will shoot for Dostana 2, during the second wave of mid-way as his market value had gone Dharma Productions when they gave only after you sign the contract for Sharan the virus. She also urged the up big time in the last two years. While Shashank Khaitan’s Yoddha to Shahid Sharma’s next.’ Karan felt there was a President of the United States Karan believed it was unprofessional on Kapoor. Although Shahid soon quit, they total lack of trust and couldn’t commit of America, Joe Biden, and Kartik’s part to renegotiate the remunera- never approached Kartik for the role any- to the film until the script and screen- other high-ranking offi cials to tion mid-way, he tried to compensate him way,” an insider shared with Bollywood play were locked,” the insider further help her nation with vaccines with another fi lm, Mr. Lele. Kartik also Hungama. said. “urgently”. The actress said, “My heart breaks. India is suff ering from “We need many, many more COVID19 & the US has or- Ayushmann and Tahira dered 550M more vaccines celebrities and influencers to come than needed @POTUS @ contribute to Maharashtra WHCOS @SecBlinken @ forward to offer help” - Sonu Sood JakeSullivan46 Thx for shar- Chief Minister’s Relief Fund ing AstraZeneca worldwide, but the situation in my country is critical. Will you urgent- ly share vaccines w/ India? #vaxlive.”

Pooja Hegde tests positive for COVID-19 Pooja Hegde has been shoot- ing for multiple projects back- Ayushmann Khurrana and aged by the crisis. to-back. The actress has a long Sonu Sood’s newly-started en- channels to source their needs. his wife Tahira Kashyap have They said in the joint state- list of movies lined up for deavour to connect the distressed We are instrumental in bringing come forward to contribute to ment, “We have been in the the coming two years. From with the correct source of help is the needy together with those the Maharashtra Chief Minis- eye of the storm since last year. Cirkus to Kabhi Eid Kabhi Di- going great guns. He takes time willing to provide help.” ter’s Relief Fund to help aid This pandemic has broken our wali, to Radhe Shyam, she has off from his hectic schedule to tell Sonu’s army of Covid warriors people crippled by the CO- hearts, made us endure pain been at work most of the time. me. “24x7 I am on the phone, try- is growing. “We’ve the top 25-30 VID-19 pandemic in the state. and suff ering like never before, With the rising Covid cases, ing to cope with the enormity of technicians to make this happen. Ayushmann and Tahira upload- showed us how solidarity with a lot of celebrities have con- this pandemic. Trying to provide, We’ve created a support system ed a note on their social media one another can make us handle tracted the virus owing to their hospitals beds, injections, medi- where separate state-wise, we are thanking each and every Indian this humanitarian crisis. Today, work commitments and Pooja cines, oxygen. I know that peo- looking at the pandemic needs who have constantly inspired again, this pandemic asks us to Hegde is the latest to join the ple from all over the country are for plasma, injections, oxygen the couple to contribute more show fortitude, resilience and list. struggling trying to fi nd the right etc.” towards helping people rav- mutual support.”

Bollywood Trivia UNKNOWN Which actor is known as Karisma Kapoor ‘the angry young man’? ’s dropped out of 1) Amitabh Bachchan actual surname was school after her sixth 2) Shrivastava, his

FACTS ABOUT standard and started 3) father had adopted 1 Answer: acting. Karisma has 4) Tiger Shroff the pen name appeared in over Bachchan. So, the Who played the female lead in BOLLYWOOD 50 fi lms till date and family adopted this the movie ‘Kabir Singh’? most of them have surname. 1) been super hits. 2) Kiara Advani

3) Sara Ali Khan CELEBRITIES 2 Answer: 4) Kriti Sanon Saturday, May 1, 2021 India Bulletin 13 ENTERTAINMENT

MOVIE REVIEW Bollywood Beat Ajay helps set up a family, comprising of his father (Rajendra Gupta), brother Arjun 20-bed Covid ICU Banner: (Harsh Sharma) and wife Seema T-Series () in Mumbai. in Mumbai White Feather Films His family sells vegetables on the streets and are harrowed as Producer: they have to pay ‘hafta’ (bribe) Bhushan Kumar to the goons of Gaitonde (Amole Krishan Kumar Gupte). One day, Arjun argues Anuradha Gupta with one of the goons who then Sangeeta Ahir throws Arjun off from a bridge. Director: Amartya saves him in the nick of time before Arjun gets crushed The second wave of Coro- under the train. Amartya till now navirus has been far more ex- Starring: had decided to not get involved treme and has spread its wings with gangsters. However, he across the country. The city of loves Arjun to death and the at- Mumbai is now past it’s peak tack on him enrages him. He sin- and has seen a steady decrease Sunil Shetty gle handedly assaults Gaitonde’s in cases. But still, around 4000 Kajal Aggarwal men and even chops off the hand people are testing positive for of one of the goons. Gaitonde, the deadly virus each day, re- Anjana Sukhani who operates from the jail, tells sulting in shortage of hospital the police to get Amartya arrest- beds. ed. Moreover, he puts Amartya in It has now come to light Samir Soni the same jail as him. Gaitonde’s that Bollywood superstar Ajay Amole Gupte henchmen attack Amartya in the Devgn has made a significant Gulshan Grover prison. Yet again, Amartya single contribution in this regard. Music By: handedly defeats them. Gaitonde He, along with the help of his Yo Yo Honey Singh now realises that Amartya is too colleagues from Bollywood, Payal Dev dangerous. The next day, Am- gave Brihanmumbai Mu- artya is released on bail. This is Amartya’s trend. In retaliation, few moments are exceptional in nicipal Corporation (BMC) a made possible by Bhau (Mahesh Gaitonde tries to kill Arjun when the film and are very well thought sum of Rs. 1 crore to help set Released Date: Manjrekar), the unofficial king of the latter is in Mumbai on a short of. Sanjay Gupta's dialogues (ad- up a 20-bed Covid ICU. This March 19, 2021 Mumbai. Bhau offers Amartya to visit. Arjun escapes unhurt. An ditional dialogues by Vaibhav makeshift hospital has been work for him and to find a solu- angry Amartya then finishes Vishal) enhance the film’s mass erected at the Bharat Scouts The Mumbai underworld has tion to Gaitonde and his menace. off Sunil Khaitan in broad day- appeal. Some one-liners are sure and Guides Hall, located in been a fascinating and intrigu- In no time, Amartya learns the light. His widow, Sonali (An- to induce claps in the theatres. Mumbai’s Shivaji Park area. ing chapter in the history of the tricks of the trade. He also usurps jana Sukhani), goes to the police Shikhar Bhatnagar's cinema- Maximum City. Sanjay Gupta Gaitonde’s territory, between Da- headquarters and announces that tography is sans complaints. Priya has already made two films in this dar and Byculla. Gaitonde has no she’ll reward Rs. 10 crore to the Suhas and Sunil Nigvekar's pro- Twinkle, Akshay space – Shootout At Lokhandwala choice but to accept defeat. The cop who kills Amartya. Vijay Sa- duction design and Nahid Shah's donate 100 oxygen [2007; as producer and writer] story then moves 12 years ahead. varkar (Emraan Hashmi) gets in- costume are authentic. Anbariv's and [2013; Arjun (Prateik Babbar) has now terested in this offer and decides action is one of the highpoints concentrators as director, producer and writer]. grown up and Amartya sends that he’ll kill Amartya, come what of the film. Nube Cirrus's VFX The second wave of the CO- And now he’s back with Mumbai him off to UK to protect him. may. What happens next forms is good at some places. Bunty VID-19 pandemic has hit the Saga. It features Emraan Hashmi Meanwhile, Sunil Khaitan (Samir the rest of the film. Nagi's editing could have been nation badly. With over three and John Abraham together for Soni) is an industrialist who owns Sanjay Gupta's story is inter- crisper in the second half. lakh cases reported daily, the the first time. Both have a strong a mill, built by his ancestors. He esting and full of thrills and even On the whole, Mumbai Saga is healthcare system is falling presence amongst the masses wants to fire all the mill work- twists and turns. The film is in- a film that deserves to be experi- short of essentials like beds, and hence, this film has aroused ers, demolish the mill and sell the spired from true events. More- enced on the big screen. It is em- oxygen cylinders and medi- excitement for viewers and even land for an astronomical price. over, it is based on those people bellished with massy moments, cines. Many celebrities and exhibitors. So does Mumbai Saga He takes the help of Gaitonde to who many might not know about. clap worthy dialogues, sudden influencers are doing their bit give the audiences an entertaining evict the mill owners. Bhau tells and Sanjay Gupta's twists and loads of style. At the by amplifying requests and do- time? Or does it fail? Let’s anal- Amartya to stop the Khaitaan screenplay is effective. The writ- box office, it’ll find patronage in nating. Now, author Twinkle yse. Mill from materializing so that he ers try their best to ensure that the the theatres and bring the smiles Khanna has said that she along Mumbai Saga is the story of can get the votes of mill workers. focus remains on the main plot back on the faces of distributors with her husband actor Ak- a gangster and his rivalry with a Amartya meets Sunil and warns and that viewers don’t get bored and exhibitors. shay Kumar have donated 100 cop. In the mid-80s, Amartya Rao him of dire consequences. Sunil even for a second. Hence, the film oxygen concentrators to an (John Abraham) lives with his complains to Gaitonde about moves at a supersonic speed. A Rating: organisation.

Celebrity Birthdays Upcoming Films May 4th May 11th May 15th Radhe Shyam Bell Bottom Thalaivi Anang Desai (1953) Suraj Jagan (1967) Shiney Ahuja Prabhas, , Vaani Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut (1975) Trisha Krishnan (1983) Adah Sharma (1992) Pooja Hegde and Huma Qureshi and Lara Dutta and Vijay Deverakonda Madhuri Dixit Kunal Basu (1956) Pooja Bedi (1970) Krishnam Raju (1967) Gangubai Kathiawadi Radhe May 5th May 13th Maidaan Alia Bhatt, Parth Samthaan, Salman Khan, Vishakha Singh (1986) Benny Dayal (1984) Ajay Devgn, Priyamani and Emraan Hashmi Disha Patani, Jackie Shroff (1981) May 8th and Keerthy Suresh and Punit Malhotra (1982) Brahmastra Prakriti Kakar (1995) May 14th Bachchan Pandey Ranbir Kapoor, 83 May 10th Ranveer Singh Zareen Khan (1987) Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol Alia Bhatt and Hrishitaa Bhatt (1981) and Riteish Deshmukh Amitabh Bachchan and 14 India Bulletin Saturday, May 1, 2021 HEALTHBUSINESS & SCIENCE Biz Briefs From Amazon to Tata, industry steps Moderna boosting vaccine-making up to combat India’s coronavirus crisis By Ravikumar, over the prior 24 hours car- capacity Nivedita Bhattacharjee ried India’s toll past 200,000 Moderna Inc said on Thurs- and Chris Thomas on Wednesday, a situation that day it is boosting manufactur- experts blame on lack of oxy- ing capacity for its COVID-19 MUMBAI - Global and Indian gen supplies and infrastructure vaccine and expects to make firms are flexing their industrial challenges. up to 3 billion doses in 2022, muscle to help the world’s sec- On Tuesday Amazon said it more than twice its previous ond biggest population battle would ship 100 ICU ventilator forecast. coronavirus, coming to the res- units to India from the United It also said it is increasing its cue of a public health system States. expectations for 2021 vaccine buckling under the weight of It had earlier worked with production to between 800 mil- surging infections and deaths. partners to airlift more than lion and 1 billion shots, raising Amazon.com, Intel and 8,000 oxygen concentrators and the bottom of its range from 700 Google, as well as Indian firms 500 ventilators from Singapore, million. Tata Sons, Reliance Industries relying on its massive global The final number of inocula- and JSW Steel have pitched in logistics network to hasten tions will depend on how many with everything from airlifts of procurement, a spokeswoman are lower-dose formulations for medical equipment and fund- said. Tata Motors logos are seen at their flagship showroom before the announce- boosters and immunizations for ing pledges to making medical Google promised $18 million ment of their Q3 results in Mumbai. children. Moderna shots cur- oxygen. in new funding for India, in- its plants, so that they can be that the corporate sector gets rently deploy 100 micrograms “What we need is better plan- cluding advertising support for serviced via a pipeline. into motion,” said Kunal Kun- of vaccine substance but some ning with the recognition that public health campaigns. Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s du, India economist at Societe future shots may use only 50 government’s capacity is limited India’s largest steel maker by Reliance Industries tweaked Generale in Bengaluru. micrograms. and therefore requires private market value, JSW, has stopped manufacturing at its oil refineries “We need all the help we can participation,” said economist making some of the construc- to produce hundreds of tonnes of get.” Madhura Swaminathan of the tion raw material as it diverts oxygen for hard-hit areas such as Economist Swaminathan McDonald’s sales Indian Statistical Institute in resources to turning out liquid Maharashtra, India’s richest and called for the scope of private Bengaluru. oxygen instead. worst-hit state. sector contribution to be wid- growth breaches Hospitals struggling with a From April 21 to 23, JSW sup- Tata Group, one of India’s old- ened beyond the merely volun- 2019 levels massive second wave of infec- plied 898 tonnes of oxygen each est conglomerates, imported 24 tary. tions are turning away patients day from its plants, equivalent cryogenic containers to trans- “Anybody who has surplus McDonald’s Corp on Thurs- as beds and oxygen supplies run to about 13% of the combined port liquid oxygen, while its Tata funds and equipment should step day smashed Wall Street es- out, and social media brim with daily demand for 6,785 tonnes of Steel unit ramped up oxygen in to help,” she added. “In terms timates for comparable sales desperate calls for help in find- the life-saving gas in India’s 20 supply. of logistics, beds, oxygen, hos- and returned to pre-pandemic ing supplies of oxygen and drugs worst-hit states. “The government single-hand- pitals, the private sector has to levels of growth as the eas- such as remdesivir. JSW said it was building large edly cannot deal with this crisis be asked to do its task as part of ing of COVID-19 restrictions A record increase in deaths COVID patient centres around any more, it is very important policy.” in a number of its largest mar- kets revived customer traffic at restaurants. India’s second COVID wave may impede economic recovery, says S&P First-quarter global com- parable sales growth of 7.5% NEW DELHI - Credit rat- GDP and heightens the possi- just one notch above junk, said it systemic risk”. surpassed pre-pandemic 2019 ing agency S&P Global said on bility of business disruptions,” may have to revise its base-case The rating agency noted that levels, Chief Executive Officer Wednesday the second wave the rating agency said in a assumption of 11% growth over the pace and scale of recovery Chris Kempczinski said. Those of COVID-19 infections in In- note. fiscal 2021/2022, especially if from the second wave of CO- numbers trounced expectations dia could impede the country’s India’s healthcare system has wider containment measures are VID-19 infections will have im- of a 4.71% growth, according economic recovery and expose been overwhelmed, with the re-imposed. plications for India’s sovereign to analysts polled by Refinitiv other nations to further waves of world’s second most populous S&P expects the consumer re- credit rating. IBES data. outbreaks. country reporting more than tail and airport sectors to have a The Asia-Pacific region is sus- An intense vaccination drive “In addition to the substan- 300,000 new COVID-19 cases dragged out recovery with local- ceptible to contagion from the and the distribution of relief tial loss of life and significant daily over the past six days and ized lockdowns and curfews in highly infectious COVID-19 checks are encouraging more humanitarian concerns, S&P the death toll set to cross 200,000. several parts of the country, and variants present in India, given people in the United States to eat Global Ratings believes the out- S&P, which has a long-term said the Indian banking sector the low ratios of vaccination in out. break poses downside risks to credit rating of ‘BBB-’ on India, continued to face a “high level of the region, S&P said.

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By Swati Bhat renewed onslaught,” the RBI lockdowns in some states to con- said. tain the spread of the virus but AHMEDABAD - India’s “Apart from contact-intensive stricter norms could disrupt sup- economic activity has held up sectors, activity indicators large- ply chains and add to infl ation well against the recent spike ly remained resilient in March concerns as they did in 2020. in COVID-19 cases but the and grew beyond pre-pandemic The RBI, however, is hope- rise in infections risks pro- levels on the back of strong mo- ful the economic recovery will tracted restrictions and infl a- mentum rather than statistical continue based on data points tionary pressures, the central base eff ects,” it added. like early corporate earnings, and bank (RBI) said in its monthly India’s coronavirus infections steady rises in capacity utilisa- bulletin on Monday. hit a record peak for a fi fth day tion and electricity consumption. “It is noteworthy that econom- on Monday with 353,991 new “It is not out of place to hope ic activity in India is holding up cases. that these positive monthly de- admirably against COVID-19’s The country still has localised velopments reinforce each other India smartphone sales set record, but COVID-19 surge to hit demand says report NEW DELHI - India’s smart- taken with caution... consumer Overall, Chinese brands con- phone sales set a record for the demand will take a hit due to the trolled 75% of the Indian smart- January-to-March quarter this ongoing COVID-19 wave and phone market, the research A view shows empty roads during a 14-hour long curfew to limit the spreading of year, but a massive second wave subsequent lockdowns,” Counter- showed. coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country, in Ahmedabad, India. of COVID-19 infections will hit point analyst Prachir Singh said. Meanwhile, Apple tripled its and extend into a continuum that The RBI has repeatedly assured future sales in the world’s No.2 The research comes as India Indian sales in the fi rst quarter of spans the medium-term,” the bond markets that it would en- smartphone market, a research battles a massive surge in CO- 2021, maintaining a leading posi- RBI said. sure ample liquidity in the bank- report showed on Monday. VID-19 infections, which has tion in the premium smartphone The RBI said policy makers ing system and help smoothly ex- Indians bought more smart- spurred lockdowns in many re- segment thanks to strong demand know from painful experience ecute the government’s massive phones during the period due to gions and pressured the country’s for the iPhone 11 and discounts that it is perilous to withdraw 12.06 trillion rupees ($161.15 pent up demand after a pandem- health system. on the iPhone SE. stimulus too soon and that infl a- billion) market borrowing ic-ravaged 2020, sending phone China’s Xiaomi Corp contin- Apple sold more than 1 mil- tion is less sensitive to demand programme. shipments up 23% year-over-year ued to be the top brand favoured lion iPhones in India - the world’s pressures than once feared, Bond yields, however, to more than 38 million units, the by Indian buyers with a 26% biggest smartphone market af- hence most central banks would have remained sticky above best sales for any fi rst quarter, re- market share, followed by South ter the United States - for two lean towards growth in pandemic 6% and broadly traded in a search fi rm Counterpoint said. Korea’s Samsung, Counterpoint straight quarters for the fi rst time, times, knowing that infl ation is 6-6.25% range over the last two “These numbers should be said. Counterpoint added. still only catching up. months.

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She lived plation about your professional life, personal life and life in at 14 and went on to become the in the home with family until her general. oldest living American with more death. than 120 great-great-grandchil- Her 12 children gave her 68 Taurus (April 21 to May 21) dren has died peacefully in her grandchildren, 125 great-grand- Some days you eat salads and go do yoga, some days you eat home, according to her family. children, and at least 120 great- cupcakes and refuse to get up. It’s called balance. This week Hester Ford was either 115 great-grandchildren. will be all about an amazing work-life balance. Advice: Balance or 116 years old depending on “She not only represented the is what you should. which census report was ac- advancement of our family but curate. Either way, she was the of the Black African American Gemini (May 22 to June 21) oldest living American when she Hester Ford race and culture in our country. You should rather lose an argument to your loved ones, than died Saturday in Charlotte, ac- lina, in 1905, if you accept the She was a reminder of how far to lose your loved ones to an argument. A week wherein cording to the Gerontology Re- more conservative estimate of we have come as people on this you should be very careful about what you speak, and more search Group, which tracks “su- her age. earth,” Patterson-Powe said. importantly, how you speak. percentenarians.” They listed her She married John Ford at age In her final years, her fam- age as 115 years and 245 days. 14, and gave birth to the first of ily said her routine involved a Cancer (June 22 to July 22) “She was a pillar and stalwart her 12 children at age 15. breakfast that always included The four most important words in a marriage or any to our family and provided much The couple moved to Charlotte, half a banana, a trip outside for relationship...”I’ll do the dishes”. A week wherein the focus is needed love, support and under- where she remained for the rest fresh air, weather permitting, and on relationships, happiness and little things of life like watch- standing to us all,” said her great- of her life. Her husband died in sitting in her recliner looking at ing a movie together or cooking together or simply not doing granddaughter, Tanisha Patter- 1963 at age 57, three years after family albums, doing puzzles and anything together. son-Powe, in a statement emailed the couple moved to Charlotte. listening to gospel music. to news outlets. Hester Ford then lived in the “I just live right, all I know,” Leo (July 23 to August 22) Ford was born on a farm in home on her own, without assis- she said when asked about the se- Winners know they are not perfect. They respect their weak- Lancaster County, South Caro- tance, until the age of 108, when cret to her longevity. nesses, while making the most of their strengths. The week will be a rollercoaster ride and you will do amazingly well when it comes to the balancing act. Indian Americans in U.S. Congress and Virgo (August 23 to September 23) Maturity is the art of living in peace with that which we cannot tech organize COVID-19 aid to India change. This week, you will display a high level of maturity, both in your professional and personal life. A good week to review Some U.S. lawmakers and to underwrite the initiative. your financial investments and take professional help if need be. wealthy technology executives Khosla declined a request for have joined forces to boost aid an interview. Libra (September 24 to October 23) to India as it grapples with a se- Google said on Monday it Those who live in the past limit their future. It’s high time you let vere spike in coronavirus infec- was donating another $18 mil- go of a few things about your past and live in your present. An tions, with a focus on ensuring lion in India for victims and emotional week that will make you think a lot about everything aid is equally distributed across medical supplies, and con- related to your life. the country, a Congress member firmed chief executive Sundar said. Pichai was personally donating Scorpio (October 24 to November 22) U.S. Representative Ro Khan- $700,000 to UNICEF’s India A bad day sailing is 100 times better than a good day at work. na, Democratic vice chair of response. IBM did not imme- While this is applicable to all of us, it’s more pertinent to the the Congressional Caucus on diately return calls requesting exhausting days you are going through at the workplace. It’s India, told Reuters that Indian- Vinod Khosla comment. high time you realise that this corporate life is a never-ending American billionaire and Sun and other urgently needed medi- The U.S. Chamber of Com- maze that leads nowhere. Microsystems co-founder Vinod cal equipment, and pushing the merce, the largest U.S. business Khosla and other Indian-Amer- White House to do more for lobby, and CEOs from 40 firms Sagittarius (November 23 to December 21) ican tech executives at Google, India, the world’s largest de- on Monday launched a separate This week, your alarm clock will be clearly jealous of the IBM and Microsoft are work- mocracy, as a surge in infections task force focused on providing amazing relationship you have with your bed. A week wherein ing closely with the bipartisan overwhelms hospitals. India with critical medical sup- your will be at your best when it comes to procrastination and Congressional Caucus on India. On Twitter, Khosla offered plies, oxygen and other assis- laziness. The group is trying to match to fund the bulk import of oxy- tance. It includes a new portal Indian hospitals and other fa- gen and other supplies to India. where U.S. firms can offer in- Capricorn (December 22 to January 20) cilities with supplies of oxygen Khanna said Khosla has offered kind donations. Being the best is great, you’re the number one. Being unique is greater, you’re the only one. While you always strive to be a perfectionist, this week will make you realise that this race Uber driver faces sexual assault charge to be the best is simply not worth the effort. Advice: Maintain work-life balance. BOSTON (AP) - A 25-year- assault and battery on a person the television station that his old Uber driver has been over 14. client is a “hard-working young charged with sexually assault- NBC 10 Boston reports Singh man with no prior criminal con- Aquarius (January 21 to February 19) Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow, so it’s ing a female passenger, Boston had made suggestive comments victions” and looks forward to a high time you get out of the planning mode and do something police said. throughout the ride to the victim trial. meaningful today for a better tomorrow. Do not procrastinate Sonpreet Singh, of Somer- and then reached into the back A spokesperson for Uber told and get into execution mode as soon as possible. ville, surrendered to police seat and grabbed her breasts. The The Boston Globe that Singh after a woman told detec- station reports she then punched no longer has access to the ride- tives on April 14 that she’d him in the face before exiting the hailing app. Pisces (February 20 to March 20) Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything been assaulted by a driver for vehicle. “What’s been reported is new. However, if you keep making the same mistakes again a ride-hailing service, police Police say they were able to deeply troubling,” the com- and again, it’s something else. It’s high time you introspect and said. identify Singh with information pany said in a statement to the realise that emotions are not applicable in all aspects of life, Singh is expected to be ar- provided by the victim from her newspaper. “We thank local and sometimes, it’s important to be practical. raigned in Brighton District Uber app. law enforcement for their swift Court on a charge of indecent His lawyer, Vikas Dhar, told action.” Saturday, May 1, 2021 India Bulletin 17 HEALTH & SCIENCE HEALTH & SCIENCE Situation in India ‘beyond heartbreaking’, WHO chief says tem that we have seen in India,” she said. decision to delay vaccine exports, said: The COVAX vaccine-sharing facility, “We had expected 90 million doses for run by the GAVI vaccine alliance and the March and April for the 60 lowest income WHO, has provided more than 45 million countries including India and those have doses of COVID-19 vaccine to 120 econ- not been made available. Given the crisis omies. The majority so far are the Astra- in India now they are being used domesti- Zeneca shot made by the Serum Institute cally. of India. “And we are waiting for when supplies GAVI CEO Seth Berkley, asked how will resume, we are looking at other op- COVAX was compensating for India’s tions at the same time,” he said. Indian hospitals swamped by coronavirus as countries promise aid Health workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) carry wood to prepare a funeral pyre By Shilpa Jamkhandikar “Air, Rail, Road & Sea; Heaven & earth for a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victim during a mass cremation at a crematorium in New Delhi. and Neha Arora are being moved to overcome challenges The situation in India, where CO- Friday. thrown up by this wave of COVID19,” VID-19 cases have surged, is “beyond India ordered its armed forces on Mon- India ordered its armed forces on Mon- Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on heartbreaking”, and the World Health day to help tackle surging new corona- day to help tackle surging new coronavirus Twitter. Organization is sending extra staff and virus infections that are overwhelming infections, as nations including Britain, Modi said he had spoken to U.S. Presi- supplies there to help fi ght the pandemic, hospitals, as countries including Britain, Germany and the United States pledged dent Joe Biden about the crisis, discussing WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreye- Germany and the United States pledged urgent medical aid to try to contain an supply chains for COVID-19 vaccine raw sus said on Monday. to send urgent medical aid. emergency overwhelming the country’s materials and medicines. On Sunday Biden “WHO is doing everything we can, pro- “The exponential growth that we have hospitals. said his country would send medical sup- viding critical equipment and supplies, seen in case numbers is really, truly as- The situation in the world’s second most plies to India to help fi ght the pandemic. including thousands of oxygen concen- tonishing,” Maria van Kerkhove, WHO populous country is “beyond heartbreak- Modi has urged all citizens to get vacci- trators, prefabricated mobile fi eld hospi- technical lead on COVID-19, told the ing”, World Health Organization chief nated and to exercise caution amid what he tals and laboratory supplies,” Tedros told news conference. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, add- called a “storm” of infections, while hos- a briefi ng. “We have seen similar trajectories of ing that WHO is sending extra staff and pitals and doctors in some northern states The WHO has redeployed 2,600 staff increases in transmission in a number supplies including oxygen concentrator posted urgent notices saying they were un- members from other programmes in India of countries, it has not been at the same devices. able to cope with the infl ux. to help support the eff ort to fi ght the dis- scale and it has not had the same level of In a meeting with India’s Prime Minister In some of the worst-hit cities, bodies ease, he said, citing fi gures provided last impact of burden on the healthcare sys- Narendra Modi, the Chief of Defence Staff were being burnt in makeshift facilities of- General Bipin Rawat said oxygen would fering mass cremations. be sent to hospitals from armed forces re- The southern state of Karnataka, home U.S. ends J&J COVID-19 vaccine pause; serves and retired medical military person- to the tech city of Bengaluru, ordered a nel would join COVID-19 health facilities. 14-day lockdown from Tuesday, join- shots to resume immediately Where possible, military medical infra- ing the western industrial state of Ma- The United States can immediately briefi ng. “Based on the in-depth analysis, structure will be made available to civil- harashtra, where lockdowns run un- resume use of Johnson & Johnson’s CO- there is likely an association but the risk ians, a government statement said, as new til May 1, although some states were VID-19 vaccine, top health regulators is very low.” coronavirus infections hit a record peak for also set to lift lockdown measures this said last Friday, ending a 10-day pause to Top U.S. FDA offi cials said the deci- a fi fth day. week. investigate its link to extremely rare but sion was eff ective immediately, clear- potentially deadly blood clots. ing the way for shots in arms as early as The Centers for Disease Control and last Saturday. The agency said it would Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug warn of the risk in an updated fact Administration said the risks of experi- sheet given to vaccine recipients and encing the syndrome involving severe providers. blood clots and low platelets as a re- In an analysis presented at the meet- sult of the vaccine was very low. They ing, CDC staff said that the cases of found 15 cases in the 8 million shots the syndrome that they had found oc- given. curred at a rate of seven per one million “We are no longer recommending a doses in women under age 50, with the pause in the use of this vaccine,” CDC highest risk occurring among women Director Rochelle Walensky told a news ages 30 to 39. 18 India Bulletin Saturday, May 1, 2021 HEALTH & SCIENCE U.S. drugmakers step up supplies as India battles COVID-19 surge World Health Organization said would help boost the produc- nies were scaling up their batch it was working to deliver 4,000 tion of remdesivir in India, sizes and adding new manu- oxygen concentrators, calling where the drug is approved facturing facilities and local the situation in India “beyond for restricted emergency use contract manufacturers. heartbreaking”. to treat severe COVID-19 Hospitals are facing supply In addition, India expects to cases, by offering technical as- shortages of remdesivir due to secure the biggest chunk of the sistance to its manufacturing indiscriminate use. The drug is 60 million AstraZeneca CO- partners. being sold at over 10 times its VID-19 vaccine doses that the Seven Indian companies have listed price in the black market, United States will share glob- licensed the drug from Gilead, stoking fears of hoarding as peo- ally, two Indian government with a total installed capacity ple queue up outside clinics and sources told Reuters. of about 3.9 million units per millions take to social media to Gilead said on Monday it month. Gilead said the compa- secure supplies. U.S. CDC says children can get within 3 feet at summer camp The logo of Gilead Sciences Inc pharmaceutical company is seen in Children attending summer between children - and at least 6 shots approved in the United Oceanside, California on April 29, 2020. camp can get within 3 feet (1 feet (2 meters) when eating and States. Pfizer Inc and BioN- U.S. drugmaker Merck & duction and access to its ex- meter) of each other but should drinking. Camp counselors and Tech SE’s COVID-19 vaccine Co joined Gilead Sciences on perimental COVID-19 drug wear masks to limit the spread other adults should stay at least is authorized for use starting at Tuesday in lending support to molnupiravir. of COVID-19, according to 6 feet from children and each age 16, with approval now be- India as the world’s second- With the death toll from CO- fresh guidance issued by the other, the CDC said. ing sought for children ages 12 most populous country scram- VID-19 racing towards the U.S. Centers for Disease Control Summer camp activities to 15. Moderna Inc and Johnson bles to address drug shortages 200,000-mark in India, medical and Prevention. should be held outdoors as much & Johnson are studying their and bring a raging new wave supplies from across the world The CDC’s updated recom- as possible, and if indoors, doors vaccines in children. of COVID-19 cases under are being flown into the country mendations for camps, issued and windows should be left open The CDC said that while control. to helpoverburdened hospitals on Saturday, have been eagerly when possible, the CDC said. fewer children have gotten Gilead said it would give In- struggling with a severe short- awaited by parents as the end of Group events and large gather- sick with COVID-19 compared dia at least 450,000 vials of age of life-saving oxygen and the school year approaches. ings should be avoided, it added. to adults, they still can be in- its antiviral drug remdesivir, drugs. The agency said its camp COVID-19 vaccinations have fected with the coronavirus and while Merck said it was part- Nations including Britain, guidance aligns with its evi- ramped up across the country, spread it to others and some- nering with five Indian generic Germany and the United States dence for social distancing at but younger children are not cur- times can have severe outcomes drugmakers to expand pro- have pledged support, while the schools, with at least 3 feet rently authorized for the three themselves. Saturday, May 1, 2021 India Bulletin 19 HEALTH & SCIENCE HEALTH & SCIENCE Citing ‘stunning progress’, Biden lifts outdoor mask guidelines Fully vaccinated people can considered by experts one of the overcome vaccine hesitancy, safely engage in outdoor activi- most effective ways of control- and Biden offered the new mask ties like walking and hiking with- ling virus transmission. With guidelines as another reason to out wearing masks but should most COVID-19 transmission get the jab on Tuesday. continue to use face-coverings occurring indoors, and vacci- “So, for those who haven’t in public spaces where they are nations on the rise, the use of gotten their vaccination, es- required, U.S. health regulators masks outdoors has been under pecially if you’re younger or and President Joe Biden said on public debate for weeks in the thinking you don’t need it, this Tuesday, while urging those who United States as Americans look is another great reason to go get have not to get the shot. to enjoy the benefits of being vaccinated,” Biden said. The updated health advice fully vaccinated. comes as more than half of all The CDC called the new SMALL OUTDOOR adults in the United States have guidelines a “first step” in help- GATHERINGS now received at least one dose of ing fully vaccinated Ameri- The CDC said fully-vaccinat- COVID-19 vaccine, according cans resume activities they ed Americans can safely dine to the U.S. Centers for Disease had stopped because of the outdoors with friends from mul- Control and Prevention (CDC). pandemic. tiple households at restaurants Biden said the new advice was New COVID-19 cases and attend small outdoor gath- a result of steps the country had dropped 16% in the last week as erings with a mixture of fully taken to fight the coronavirus. the United States surpassed 140 vaccinated and unvaccinated “We’ve made stunning prog- million people having received people. ress because of all of you,” at least one shot of authorized CDC continues to recom- Biden said, adding that CO- vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech, mend masking for crowded VID-19 cases are “down dra- Moderna or Johnson & John- outdoor events such as parades matically.” Deaths among senior son’s one-dose vaccine. and sporting events and indoor Fully vaccinated people can safely engage in outdoor activities like walking and citizens have dropped by 80% as Just over 29% of the U.S. pop- visits to the hair salon, shop- hiking without wearing masks but should continue to use face-coverings in pub- vaccinations have increased, he ulation is fully vaccinated, the ping malls, movie theaters and lic spaces where they are required, U.S. health regulators and President Joe Biden said on Tuesday, while urging those who have not to get the shot. said. CDC reported, and 43% have houses of worship. “If you’re vaccinated, you had one dose of the two-shot The agency classified ac- outdoor gatherings with fully before going out without masks. can do more things, more safe- vaccines. tivities as “red,” “yellow” and vaccinated family and friends. This is an update to the CDC’s ly, both outdoors as well as in- Last week’s figures were “green” based on level of safety Data on whether vaccinated guidance, which in March said doors,” Biden said, while adding the biggest percentage drop in for unvaccinated people. people can spread infection to people who have been fully vac- that masks should still be worn weekly new cases since Feb- It said unvaccinated people those who did not receive their cinated against COVID-19 can in big crowds and at stadium ruary, according to a Reuters can also walk and run unmasked shots is limited and the CDC meet without masks indoors in events. analysis of state and county data. with household members out- warned that people should eval- small groups with others who Wearing face masks has been The White House is trying to doors safely and attend small uate risk to friends and family also have been inoculated.

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radio station SEN. Australian fast bowler Nathan stay in the bubble... Worst comes Zampa and Richardson fol- Coulter-Nile said he felt safer in to worst, we’ll have to quarantine lowed suit, with Royal Challeng- the tournament bubble. in for a couple of weeks ers Bangalore on Monday saying “I was surprised to see AJ go before we can fly home.” the pair were returning to Austra- home, then Zamps and Richo, Australia said last week it lia for “personal reasons”. but when you speak to them, would cut flights from India and A number of Australia’s top you definitely understand where reduce the number of its citizens cricketers remain in India, in- they’re coming from,” the Mum- able to return from other red- cluding batsmen Steve Smith and bai Indians player told cricket. zone countries to prevent more David Warner plus paceman Pat com.au. virulent strains of COVID-19 Cummins. “I feel like it’s safer for me to spreading. Kohli becomes first batsman to score 6,000 IPL runs BANGALORE - Royal Chal- lengers Bangalore captain Virat Adam Zampa Kohli became the first batsman to score 6,000 runs in the Indian MELBOURNE - Australia’s asthan Royals, flew to Sydney Premier League (IPL). Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson on Sunday, citing the “stress of India skipper Kohli reached and Andrew Tye have cut short bubble life” and concerns about the milestone in 196 matches their Indian Premier League (IPL) borders closing in Australia. and leads the list ahead of Chen- season and headed home as India “I just thought I should try nai’s Suresh Raina (5,448 runs), struggles with a massive surge in and get on the front foot and get Delhi’s Shikhar Dhawan (5,428), COVID-19 cases. home before I got locked out of Hyderabad’s David Warner Tye, who was with the Raj- the country,” he told Australian (5,384) and Mumbai’s Rohit Virat Kohli during a match. Sharma (5,368). Kohli’s unbeaten knock of become the youngest batsman smashed six sixes and 11 fours. ICC names qualified teams for 72 was eclipsed by 20-year-old to score a century during an IPL “You can’t always be the guy go- Devdutt Padikkal, who smashed chase. ing dominant… Tonight my role 2022 Commonwealth Games 101 off 52 balls in a 10-wicket “I had the best seat in the was different and I wanted to DUBAI - Australia, India, New ners of a qualifying event to be win over Rajasthan Royals to house,” Kohli said after Padikkal hang in there.” Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa held by Jan. 31, 2022. and England have all qualified for “Cricket is a sport that is syn- the 2022 Commonwealth Games onymous with the Common- Indian Premier League under fire for plan in Birmingham, England as crick- wealth and we are so excited to to keep playing despite COVID-19 crisis et returns to the event next year, have it back in the Games for the the International Cricket Council first time since the men’s compe- NEW DELHI - The Indian Pre- made it safe to continue. The Chennai-based New Indian (ICC) said on Monday. tition at Kuala Lumpur,” Com- mier League (IPL) will carry on “IPL provides a much-needed Express said its decision to sus- Women’s cricket will feature at monwealth Games Federation with games, its organisers said distraction for all from the doom pend coverage was “a small ges- the Games for the first time, and President Dame Louise Martin on Sunday, but came under heavy and gloom around us,” the official ture towards keeping the nation’s cricket for the second time, after said. criticism for the plan as the coun- said, requesting anonymity. attention focused on life and death a men’s one-day international “The debut of women’s T20 try grapples with a massive surge “Yes, cases have surged in ven- issues.” (ODI) competition, which was cricket will be a historic mo- in coronavirus cases. ues like Delhi, but we have two Australia’s Adam Gilchrist, who staged in Kuala Lumpur in 1998, ment for Commonwealth Sport The New Indian Express and standby venues in Hyderabad led now-defunct Deccan Chargers was won by South Africa. and a wonderful showcase a sister publication said on Sun- and Indore and we’d use them if to their maiden IPL victory in Athletes from the Caribbean for women’s sport across the day they had decided to suspend needed.” 2009, also waded into the debate. represent their individual coun- world.” its IPL coverage, while hundreds India’s number of COVID-19 “Best wishes to all in India. tries at the Games and a qualify- The 2022 Commonwealth of fans lambasted the league on cases surged by 349,691 on Sun- Frightening Covid numbers. #IPL ing tournament for those nations Games, which will attract social media. day, a new global record, and continues. Inappropriate? Or im- will decide which team takes 4,500 athletes from 72 nations An IPL governing council hospitals in Delhi and across portant distraction each night? West Indies’ spot. and territories, is scheduled to member told Reuters the league the country are turning away pa- Whatever your thoughts, prayers The final place in the tourna- run from July 28-Aug. 8 next has “a robust bio-bubble” and is tients after running out of medical are with you,” tweeted the former ment will be allocated to the win- year. being played without fans which oxygen and beds. test player.

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