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To strengthen the process gen supply and its projected use Chief Minister Yogi further, the authorities have in the next 15 days. o curb the illegal sale of Adityanath had issued strict been asked to instruct enforce- Yogi Adityanath, who is in Tessential drugs amid the instructions to the UP Police, ment staff to keep strict vigil self-isolation after testing positive rising novel coronavirus infec- State Health Department and especially at sensitive places for coronavirus infection, made a tions in the state, the Uttar State Food and Drug and to take instant action by comprehensive review with senior Pradesh Police have launched Administration (FDA) to conducting raids, special drive officials on Sunday to ensure ade- an extensive drive to check monitor the availability and for monitoring and investiga- quate medical grade oxygen sup- black marketing and hoarding check black marketing and tion. ply in the state amid a massive of Remdesivir and other drugs hoarding of drugs essential for According to ADG (Law surge in demand for critical used for treatment of COVID- treatment of COVID-19 & Order) Prashant Kumar, COVID-19 patients. 19 and overcharging people patients and to ensure that no illegal activity will be tol- “Uninterrupted supply of oxy- coming for these drugs. they were not being sold at erated in this time of crisis and gen should be ensured in all the “The state government high prices. those who are exploiting peo- hospitals for the next 36 hours and has instructed the police to act “It is a crime against ple and creating artificial oxygen cylinders should be regu- tough against people who are humanity and no one dealing shortage of medicine will face larly replaced in all the districts,” black-marketing COVID-19 in hoarding and black-market- the strictest punishment. the chief minister said. medicines,” said a govern- ing of COVID-19 medicines “The state government is During the meeting, Chief ment spokesman. should be spared. The police fully committed to facilitate Minister Yogi Adityanath, while It may be recalled that the should work with the policy of easy availability of reviewing the current availability Yogi Adityanath government zero tolerance to instill fear in (Remdesivir) vials and other of oxygen in the state, asked invoked the provisions of the minds of the culprits,” the Covid-related medicines to Medical Education Minister stringent National Security chief minister instructed the its people, whereas, various Suresh Khanna to access the Act (NSA) against three per- officials. agencies of police have been demand, review the availability of "  )        ! sons who were arrested by the Despite the availability of deployed to check the illegal medical oxygen and maintain its Kanpur unit of Special Task eight essential drugs, includ- sales,” he added. adequate supply on a daily basis Force (STF) earlier this week ing Remdesivir, in abundant Meanwhile, the STF is to ensure synergy across hospitals 3 4       +     with 265 Remdesivir injections quantities in the state, its sale trying to crack the nexus to and the state government. meant for sale in the black in the black market has raised curb black-marketing of “Continuous supply of oxygen market. concerns. The government Remdesivir vials. to Covid hospitals in all districts   7%!1+?6 altogether 71,135 monitoring committees help them find ways to resolve them. A total of 265 vials were has directed the authorities Remdesivir is a key med- must be ensured. The control to keep track of outsiders coming to their Apart from this, following an order recovered from the arrested concerned to verify the stock icine used in the treatment of room set up by the Food Safety he CM Helpline is proving to be very localities and also arranging tests for sus- of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the men identified as Sachin and take immediate action COVID-19. Taking advantage and Drug Administration Thelpful for people infected with pected COVID-19 patients promptly. helpline called 2,115 village heads and Kumar, Mohan Soni and against black marketing, of the rising demand, some Department in this connection novel coronavirus as out of 8,16,962 peo- Furthermore, around 500 employees 1,638 councilors to seek information Prashant Shukla, who were hoarding and overcharging of people have been selling the should remain active 24 hours,” ple who have contacted the CM Helpline from them on the status of the special selling the drug for Rs 4,000 to Remdesivir. vials at high prices. the chief minister said. To cater to on toll free number 1076 for different .8!87'70+84 cleanliness and communicable disease the increased demand of oxygen kinds of support, it has addressed the 74?!?+.!.2"$<B control campaigns in their areas. amid the surge in cases of coron- issues of 8,13,930 people to date. A total of 2,14,140 people have 8  
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The 2015 Yogi Adityanath had recom- launched agitation against the his tenure he led the operation for Ttry has opposed the demand produce in the eastern and north- for the three-tier panchayat bodies will be panchayat polls had registered a polling mended the name of Sanjay commission. the seizure of assets worth over for transport subsidy by the eastern parts of the country. held on Monday. As many as 3.48 lakh percentage of 72.11, according to the SEC. Srinet and it has been approved During the last four years Rs 4,000 crore and detected cases Maharashtra sugar industry. UP “Over a period of three to five candidates are in the fray for over 2.23 lakh In view of the coronavirus situation, by UP Governor Anandiben after Yogi Adityanath took over of tax evasion and smuggling of Sugar Mills Association said the years, production volumes have posts in 20 districts. the SEC has said that not more than five Patel. as chief minister in March 2017, over Rs 100 crore. demand for transport subsidy of gone up in the state, while con- Voting will be held from 7 am to 6 pm people will be allowed to accompany a Srinet is a 1993 batch officer there has been an image Srinet, a native of Lucknow, Rs 1,500 per metric ton for sale sumption of sugar has not and over 3.23 crore voters are eligible to candidate during door-to-door cam- of Indian Revenue Service. makeover in UP Public Service was a student of Colvin of sugar outside the Maharashtra seen much change. As a net exercise their franchise. paigning for the remaining panchayat The appointment of Sanjay Commission. Taluqdars' College. Later he state had the potential to disturb sugar surplus state, it is incum- The second phase polling assumes sig- elections. Srinet as head of UPPSC will During the previous went to Allahabad University the sugar trade in the country. bent on UP to sell its sugar out- nificance as state capital Lucknow and Additional Election Commissioner expedite the process of recruit- Samajwadi Party regime, charges and also JNU and was selected to CB Patodia, president of Uttar side and into its traditional mar- Varanasi will go to polls in this round. Ved Prakash Verma said three-member ment. of corruption and irregularities in IRS. Pradesh Sugar Mills Association, kets,” it said. Apart from Lucknow and Varanasi, teams were formed under the additional Chief Minister Yogi recruitment were order of the day. From 2005-2009, he was first has written to the Union govern- The letter said the association polling will be held in Amroha, Azamgarh, district magistrates to ensure that the Adityanath has ensured flawless During the SP regime competi- secretary in Indian High ment that sugar is an essential was also requesting the UP gov- Etawah, Etah, Kannauj, Gonda, Gautam directives issued by the SEC were being recruitment to government tive examinations held between Commission at London. He was commodity sold freely without ernment to provide a similar Buddha Nagar, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh, followed. At the district level, the chief departments. So far four lakh per- April 2017 and March 2017 were in charge of directorate of revenue trade barriers from sugar-produc- rebate/incentive to sugar mills in Budaun, Baghpat, Bijnor, Muzaffarnagar, medical officers have been made the nodal sons have been recruited in a mired in controversy. The intelligence of Rajasthan and ing states to consuming states and the state so that they could sur- Mainpuri, Maharajganj, Lakhimpur Kheri, officers and stress has been laid on transparent and impartial man- Central investigating agency CBI later special director of northern a transport subsidy would provide vive in the marketplace. Lalitpur and Sultanpur districts. COVID-19 prevention. ner. had also conducted probes into region enforcement directorate an unfair advantage to “In a free market regime, For the 787 posts of members of zila The SEC has made it mandatory for During the previous the recruitment made by the till 2020. Maharashtra. where sugar flows freely from one panchayats, there are 11,483 candidates. the voters to wear masks and maintain “Not only will the sugar sale end of the country to the other For the 19,653 seats of kshetra panchay- social distancing at the polling booths. in UP suffer, the cane price pay- end, what is the need to give pro- ats, as many as 85,232 candidates are in Instructions have also been issued to make 0     *      
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! * out. The minister said they are already working to streamline the oxygen supply and increase   7%!1+?6 cases which are being report- the bed capacity across the ed at the moment,” he added. state. “The focus is on manage- he coronavirus infection Dr Tripathi said the triple- ment of the disease currently Tcases are likely to increase C factor would increase the and discussions are on regard- further in the next two weeks, number of cases and cities ing the problems, shortage and according to medical experts. with more congestion and difficulties,” he said. However, strict measures being crowd would have more cases. On how long the second taken by the government would “This is the reason that there wave is expected to last, Singh bear fruit after that and posi- have been few cases in districts said the best persons to com- tivity as well as mortality rate like Lalitpur but more in other   7%!1+?6 ment on it are ICMR experts  #      
 0     would decline across the state, districts which are congested,” and scientists carrying out       ! they said. he pointed out. olitical Editor of The research. The doctors pointed out He said measures such as PPioneer, Tavishi Srivastava, About the current chal- After intense deliberations Command Centre remained  that the number of cases might night curfew and Sunday lock- died of Covid-19 on Sunday. lenge, the minister said it is the and discussions, a healthcare flooded with complaints of be much more than the official down in places like Lucknow She was 73. She was admitted huge caseload as a lot of peo- wellness committee was consti- Covid facilities not allowing count because many people would make a difference. “The to the Covid facility of King ple are testing positive because tuted to immediately address relatives to have a word with tend to hide symptoms and go self-lockdown by trader com- George’s Medical University of this new type of virus is more the issues of health workers suf- patients hospitalised.  for testing only when the dis- munity is a big step. Whether (KGMU) on Sunday morning infectious and beds have to be fering from Covid-19. The Commenting on this problem, ease gets severe. the government goes for a after she complained of breath- increased. committee will specifically help spokesperson of Vivekananda Lucknow (PNS): The city came shift along with 30 tractor- Member of KGMU’s Covid lockdown or not, people should lessness and high fever. She was “This is the reason why streamline the entire process Hospital Dr Vishal Singh said to a standstill during the first mounted machines covering task force Dr Surya Kant not venture out for no reason,” shifted to ICU in the evening KGMU and Balrampur from admission to discharge of they have an arrangement of Sunday lockdown even as the High Court, Lokayukta office, Tripathi said that in Uttar he added. after her condition deteriorat- Hospital have been converted health workers and their attendants who can help level- roads remained deserted. Even Chinhat market, Sahara Pradesh, relief could be expect- Another doctor said that ed but she succumbed later. into dedicated Covid facili- dependents. 3 patients reach out to their rel- the regular milk and bread Hospital, Chandan Hospital ed from next month but the the cases would peak across the She had started her career ties. SGPGI is expanding and A dedicated helpline num- atives. “Mobiles are allowed for shops were closed and only and Ram Manohar Lohia cases would see a declining country in the next two weeks. with The Pioneer as a freelancer so are Ram Manohar Lohia ber was made available for level-1 & level-2 patients but medicine shops remained open. Institute of Medical Sciences trend across the country The deaths taking place across and went up the ladder of suc- Institute of Medical Sciences providing immediate assistance the problem is that the atten- Doctors said such measures at along with residential areas. In after June. the country could well be much cess through her hard work. and other private colleges. This to these health workers who are dants cannot keep doing this this time when there is an the afternoon, the Silver Jubilee “I predicted 50,000 Covid more than the numbers being She went on to become the is the way we can battle the dis- either in home quarantine or task all along since treatment increase in the number of cases area was covered which includ- cases per day in Uttar Pradesh projected, he said. chief reporter and later politi- ease,” Singh said. need hospitalisation. A surveil- will be impacted,” he added. is necessary to break the trans- ed Chowk, Thakurganj, by the end of April, but the He said the only solution cal editor. Her column ‘Ulta Meanwhile, amidst the lance system is also being cre- Meanwhile, Divisional mission of virus. Incidentally, Balaganj, Kudia Ghat, Lohia measures being taken by the which he sees is a lockdown for Pradesh’ in the Sunday edition unprecedented surge, a large ated to track the progress of Commissioner Ranjan Kumar vegetable vendors and traders Park, Chowk Kotwali, Charak government and the huge fear at least 2-3 weeks across the of ‘Agenda’ was quite popular number of healthcare workers these patients. and DM incharge Roshan Jacob all agreed that this kind of lock- and other hospitals. LMC also factor among people would country so that the infection among the readers. Political at SGPGI and their dependents A dedicated area with 36 held a meeting to discuss mea- down was the need of the hour. covered areas like Narhi, Kalidas help in bringing about a rate could be curtailed at least leaders, social activists and are getting infected. beds is being set up within sures to arrest the surge. The Lucknow Municipal Marg, Talkatora, Shankar decline,” he said. by 50 per cent. “Lockdown journalists condoled her sud- SGPGI spokesperson said RCH-2 and will be allocated for officials said that the number Corporation continued with Purwa, Shringar Nagar, “I have been pointing out should be announced across den death. that a larger number of these the health workers and their of the rapid response teams its large-scale sanitisation drive Vikasnagar, Munshipulia, etc. categorically that the cases are the country and in all zones Another journalist who patients are asymptomatic. dependents. Dedicated coun- should be increased three times at 1090 crossing in the morn- Meanwhile, president of more than being shown. If UP irrespective of the number of succumbed to the pandemic on Health workers are in ters for RT-PCR sampling, and a vendor for supplying ing, around Ghantaghar in the Akhil Bharatiya Udyog Vyapar is currently showing 30,000 cases, as the virus is very infec- Sunday was MDP Gupta, who home quarantine and self- blood sampling and HRCT manpower should also be con- afternoon and Tudiaganj in the Mandal Sandeep Bansal said cases, there is a likelihood that tious,” he added. He said the was working with Pioneer monitoring their situation. scanning and drug dispensing tacted for the same. The offi- night. Municipal that looking into the current sit- there could be over 60,000 way to break the chain of Hindi as a Senior Sub-Editor. Many of them may be shifted will also be set up. cials said that antigen and RT- Commissioner Ajay Kumar uation, the markets would cases. Similar may be the case infection is to prevent people His colleagues condoled the to hospital if their condition Meanwhile, officials at the PCR kits should be made avail- Dwivedi said a 100 hand-held remain closed for the next with Lucknow where there from meeting each other and untimely demise with heavy deteriorates. Integrated Control and able in larger numbers. machines were used in the first three days. could be double the number of force them indoors. hearts. 110# +         +  "    + !  +
 


  7%!1+?6 on bacteria and constructed   7%!1+?6 the Cantonment police sta- wetland treatment system has tion, was arrested by a police rof Ram Chandra from been developed under this our persons, including a team on patrol at a tempo-taxi PBabasaheb Bhimrao funded project by the depart- Fwoman, were arrested on stand in the area. He reached Ambedkar University has ment of Biotechnology, the charges of bootlegging in there with a container having received a patent for developing Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar different places of the state cap- 17 litres of illicit liquor and was an innovative technology based Central University,” she said. ital and 57 litres of illicit liquor pretending to be a milk vendor. on microorganisms (bacteria) She said that through this was seized by police. He told the police that he and constructed wetland treat- technology, the effluents emit- In Gosainganj, Nankua wanted to transport the illicit ment system. This invention will ted by urban sewage and paper Rawat was nabbed near the liquor to Sarojininagar where it help in the treatment and recy- factories can be recycled and main market in the wee hours. is much in demand. cling of water being polluted by reused after water treatment. “In He was found to be carrying 20 Besides, Ayodhya Prasad, a waste generated from the indus- this technology in the first litres of illicit liquor in a con- police picket. She tried to resident of Shivgarh in Rae !               
  ! tries and sewage. stage, micro-organisms decom- tainer to nearby villages for escape when the police opened Bareli, was nabbed by police BBAU spokesperson Dr pose the pollutants in the prop- sale. the container and found liquor near Smriti Upvan tri-section Rachna Gangwar said protective er environment which can break In Ummed Kheda village stored in it. The police also under Ashiyana police station. disposal of industrial effluents down easily, resulting in of Gosainganj, a woman, iden- impounded the two-wheelers He was found to be carrying 10 O3 
        P and urban sewage has always reduced toxicity of the polluted tified as Dayawati, was arrest- as she did not have its registra- litres of illicit liquor to his been challenging for the coun- water. Subsequently, the second ed for carrying 10 litres of illic- tion documents. native place. He was said to be Lucknow (PNS): Mango lovers places. The entire northern try, carbide has been banned try. “Various regulations have level residual non-polluting pol- it liquor on her two-wheeler. Meanwhile, Sunil Kumar, a in this trade for the last five are gradually developing a belt is dependent on south- and people have started using been formulated and standards lutants that are soluble in water Earlier, she was stopped at a resident of Neelmatha under years. strong belief that early fruits in Indian mangoes during the ethylene for ripening but still in set by the government for the are decomposed during the the market are force-ripened early season. Southern states different mango-growing areas safe disposal of polluted water treatment of wastewater by and lack quality and taste, have an advantage of early where people are not aware of coming out of industrial units. using the constructed wetland '( )
!(! according to CISH director fruit maturity due to early the alternatives to replace the However, due to lack of appro- treatment system, which is a Shailendra Rajan. During the flowering and mild winters. In carbide depend on this tradi- priate technology, it was very special type of plant and in   7%!1+?6 room. Police said the woman not well and needed rest. After past 4-5 years, it is a general subtropics which include the tional way of ripening. difficult for industrial units to which some other types of bac- was alone as her son was out some time, Shukla reached observation of the farmers and belt starting from Jammu to Gradually, different states are meet these standards set by the teria contained in the roots of domestic help was of station while daughter, who the room of her daughter and traders that the supply of early West Bengal, the crop is com- banning carbide used for ripen- government. In view of this, on the plants used work jointly,” she Aaccused of stealing valu- is an eye surgeon, and lives to her surprise, she found mango is not that profitable as paratively late, therefore, south- ing. Several alternatives in near the instructions of Prime explained. ables from the house of Gyan with her husband at some almirah latches broken. When it was a few years back, he Indian mangoes dominate the future may be available for for Minister Narendra Modi, scien- She further said that this Garima Shukla, a resident of other place in the city. As she she opened the almirah, she pointed out. market till the local mangoes ripening of the mango. This tists working in various research new technology is a result of River Bank Colony (C-block) was not keeping well, her found the valuables missing. “Experienced mango lovers are not available,” he said. year, the corona pandemic has institutes and universities were several years of continuous under Wazirganj police sta- daughter employed Jyoti to She lodged a complaint and avoid early arrival and wait for Early mangoes in all the not affected transportation invited to develop suitable tech- efforts under the project fund- tion, on Sunday. The accused look after her mother. Jyoti alleged that Jyoti stole the properly mature fruits to come. markets across the country are much, therefore, a lot of man- niques for the treatment of pol- ed by the Ministry of was identified as Jyoti who used to live in the house with valuables as no other person With better transport facilities, mostly of not that good quali- goes will be available across the luted water under the Namami Environment and Forests and allegedly decamped with the the woman. barring her had entered the mangoes are harvested early ty because of forced ripening country in addition to the Gange project. In this context, Department of Biotechnology, valuables kept in the almirah Jyoti left for her house room in the past several and forced to ripe by different using various means. locally produced fruits,” he an innovative technology based Government of India. at Shukla’s daughter’s bed- around 10:30, saying she was months. means and marketed to distant “In many parts of the coun- added.     !"#$#     /
   

  
     

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    sised. He is also taking feed- emphasis on social distancing emphasised and directed the and Director of IMS, BHU back from the people of his and using of the face masks by officers to discharge their Prof BR Mittal were present parliamentary constituency one and all and directed the responsibilities to the patients during the video conferencing regarding the situation, officers to motivate the people in home isolation and their at the auditorium of the office  @    778/2 patients admitted to SRN sequence starts from 8 in the tals of wood arrived. informed the PM. aged above 45 years for the families with sensitivity. of the divisional commission- Hospital, Beli and Railway morning and continues till late Immediately after removing He took a stock of the vaccination. The PM praised the NGOs er, here. s many as 14 people lost Hospital. Some people have in the evening. More than 40 the wood, the staff of the ghat Atheir lives within a single shifted to private hospitals. On bodies are being burnt at the there took the sticks and made day due to deadly coronavirus. Saturday, it was a relief that a ghat daily. This sequence has a pyre. After this, the body was The fear of deadly corona total of 998 people got free been around for two weeks. taken out from the ambulance infection in the district is from infection. In this, 64 were Earlier, 12 to 15 bodies were of the SRN Hospital and placed        8  increasing with each passing discharged from SRN, Beli and being brought for cremation on the pyre and set on fire. day. While 2,436 new infections private hospitals while home every day. Radheshyam Mishra said were found during 24 hours on isolation of 934 people has The district administra- that the number of bodies of  @    A&+40 a deserted look and only the Saturday, 14 people lost their been completed. tion has established the Covid people who died due to infec- Ganga Aarti was performed by lives. Two hundred more new On Friday, oxygen was corpse site in Phaphamau, tion has increased. Owner he situation of COVID-19 organisers as per arrangement patients were found on supplied to all operated Covid which operated only last year. Devendra, the driver and vehi- Thas turned the worst in the made by the district adminis- Saturday than on Friday. hospitals including SRN, Beli, Those who died of corona are cle bringing the wood daily district as 10 more deaths have tration. The employees of the According to Corona's Railways in line with demand. burnt and cremated. The num- from the pickup to the ghat, been recorded during the last Health department and munic- Nodal Officer, Dr Rishi Sahai, PN Mishra, who is looking ber of bodies arriving at the said that wood was being 24 hours increasing the death ipal corporation sanitised the the number of corona infected after Naini-based Perera Haat ghat on Sunday was significant- searched daily to burn the toll to 437. Though, the district important areas and markets in who died on Saturday is a distribution, said that the situ- ly different from the dead in bodies. All the nearby sawing administration could heave a order to break the chain of record so far. However, it was ation was normalised by sup- government figures. More than machine operators, including sigh of relief as there is a slight coronavirus. a relief that 998 people became plying oxygen on Saturday. He one-and-a-half dozen bodies Phaphamau, Sewait, decrease in the number of pos- There were complaints that infection-free on Saturday. informed that there will be no were seen burning at half past Nawabganj, Soraon, have itive cases. As many as 1,597 the people have to pay more Dr Rishi Sahai said that shortage of oxygen in the dis- one in the afternoon. Some arrived. 100 quintals of wood have tested positive on Sunday than the fixed rate for the cre- 11,567 people were examined trict. Both the company's units bodies were lying in an ambu- is required daily, but not evening increasing the total mation of their dear and near on Saturday. Out of that, 2,436 are producing sufficient lance. enough wood is available. number to 42,303 crossing the and taking a serious note of it, were found infected. The amounts of oxygen. Where In addition to three gov- Therefore, less wood is 42K-mark. During the last 24 the police fixed the rate of Rs Health department team is needed, supplies will be made ernment ambulances, half-a- being used to burn Covid car- hours, 1,149 patients have been 5000 for the cremation of a getting information from the immediately. On the other dozen small and private ambu- casses. This situation has recovered and all of them in +     (            normal body and Rs 500 for the infected people. However, the hand, after the supply of oxy- lances were standing there, remained the same for about 10   ! home isolation. The total num- cremation from natural gas. condition of hospitals is not yet gen, other hospitals including including the SRN Hospital. In days. The Nodal Officer of ber of patients cured in the dis- The district administration has right, there is no place for new Ojha Hospital also became all these ambulances, the bod- Corona said that he is releasing trict is 26,891 including 23,877 the active cases to 14,975. nessmen had already also decided to make 600 oxy- patients. The SRN Hospital, operational. ies of those who died from the the complete data of those in home isolation and 3,014 in Earlier, in view of finding hun- announced to shut down their gen cylinders available from Beli and the Railway Hospital VIEW OF GHAT AT corona were kept. who died from Corona in the COVID-19 hospitals. The dreds of new positive cases, business establishments on Ahmedabad to meet out the are fully flooded. Even beds in PHAPHAMAU: Whatever be Every body was lying there district. But in contrast, the number of active cases has with 325 new hotspots, the Saturday and Sunday and thus, shortage in view of the sharp private hospitals now remain the death toll in the official fig- in a queue for cremation. story of ghat is telling some- jumped up to 14975 crossing number of active hotspots has all the markets remained increase in the corona cases. counted. ures, the view of the ghat at Woods were also reduced on thing different every day. Most the 15K-mark. increased to 550 with 14 green closed. The district administra- Meanwhile, the state min- District administration and Phaphamau was such that the spot to burn the bodies. of the bodies are coming from In the first report of the zones having been converted to tion has imposed restriction on ister Ravindra Jaiswal Health department officials every might be shocked on Therefore, those who per- Swarooprani Nehru Hospital. day, 631 positive patients were red zones by a day ago. Out of the movement of people and announced Rs 1 crore from his are also concerned about this. Sunday. More than one-and-a- formed the cremation ceremo- Apart from this, the bodies of found out of 2,712 reports total 2,960 hotspots, 2,410 are vehicles as well on the weekend MLA fund for the treatment of They do not understand what half dozen bodies were burnt ny had brought the woods those who died in Sainik received and this figure green zones and 550 are red as per the directive of the state corona patients and he also to do in such a situation. together at one-and-a-half in from the saw machine opera- Hospital, Railway Hospital, increased to 1,597 as per report zones. government and that all the shot off letter to the CDO Things are constantly getting the afternoon. According to the tor at Soraon. In a short time Beli Hospital or Home isolation provided by the Health depart- In the meantime, the city roads also wore a deserted to release the fund at the ear- worse. People wandered to get people living there, this a cart carrying about 10 quin- are coming. ment in the evening increasing wore a deserted look. The busi- look. Even the ghats also wore liest. 2  
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A total of A total of 17,53,588 voters GKumar Tripathi reviewed future needs was also discussed take immediate decisions on Special, 01821/01822 Mahoba- he district administration wise desks were made for the 10,372 polling personnel will exercise their franchises status of COVID-19 with in detail. matters related to safe and Khajuraho-Mahoba Special Thas completed all the departure of polling parties including presiding officers including the maximum Additional General Manager While reviewing, General efficient train operations and will be cancelled. preparations to ensure the free and the nodal officer was have been appointed to ensure 2,90,650 voters in Aarajiline Ranjan Yadav, all PHODs of Manager Tripathi said that we those related to health of In the same sequence, & fair and peaceful election for appointed for each desk. The the smooth polling. development block and the NCR, DRMs of Prayagraj, will have to work continuous- Railway employees and their 01887/01888 Gwalior-Etawah- the gram pradhan and mem- polling parties departed for A total of 850 polling cen- minimum 1,65,187 voters in Jhansi and Agra divisions and ly keeping in mind the situation family members. Gwalior Special, 01889/01890 bers of gram panchayat, kshetra the polling centres by the fixed tres have been made in eight Harahua block. Besides, other senior officers through of COVID-19 and take real- MANY TRAINS CAN- Gwalior-Bhind-Gwalior panchayat & zila panchayat. buses and the corona protocol blocks of the district for the 2,50,170, 2,19,550, 2,12,963, video conference. time based decisions so that CELLED: Many trains running Special, 01909 Agra Cantt- The polling parties reached was maintained during the voting of gram pradhan and 2,08,750, 2,07,482 and 1,98,650 General Manager Vinay safe and efficient rail operations in North Central Railway area Mainpuri Special, 01911/01912 the polling booths with ballot departure. The Transport members for the gram pan- electorate will cast their votes Kumar Tripathi directed all will continue uninterrupted. of Indian Railways have been Idgah-Bandikui-Idgah Special, boxes and ballot papers on department has made available chayat, kshetra panchayat & in Pindra, Cholapur, Badagaon, departments and divisions to General Manager further said cancelled on a particular date 01913/01914 Agra Fort-Etah - Sunday. The security and police 880 heavy and 220 light vehi- zila panchayat including the Sevapuri, Kashi Vidyapeeth continuously monitor and pro- that Railway personnel are . Before leaving the journey, Agra Fort Special, 01915/01916 personnel were deployed at cles to the district administra- maximum 145 in Aarajiline and Chiraigaon block respec- vide every possible treatment always known to face stiff chal- passengers should also know Tundla-Etah-Tundla Special, polling centres. The polling in tion to carry the polling parties. and minimum 80 in Kashi tively. A total of 10,749 candi- and assistance to each Covid lenges and in the current situ- which train has been cancelled 01917/01918 Farrukhabad- Varanasi is scheduled to be To ensure the peaceful Vidyapeeth, while 132, 107, dates are in election fray positive railway employee and ation also our hard working on which day, so that there may Tundla-Farrukhabad Special, conducted on Monday from 7 polling, the district administra- 101, 101, 95 and 89 polling cen- including 554 for 40 members infected family members. personnel will set new stan- be no problem. 04171/04172 Mathura am to 6 pm under the second tion has appointed eight super tres in Pindra, Cholapur, of zila panchayat, 4,338 candi- General Manager Tripathi dards in safe and efficient rail 32 trains will be canceled Junction-Alwar-Mathura phase of three-tier Panchayat zonal magistrates, 31 zonal Sevapuri, Badagaon, dates for 694 seats of gram emphasised that it is extreme- operations. due to increase in operation of Junction Special, 04187/04188 bodies. The counting will be magistrates and 115 sector Chiraigaon and Harahua block pradhan and 4,530 candidates ly important that the railway COVID-19 Isolation special trains and repair of Kanpur Central-Tundla- held on May 2 from 8 am magistrates, while 13 magis- respectively. As many as 75 for 986 members of kshetra personnel working in stations coaches were also discussed track. Kanpur Central Special also onwards. The District Electoral trates have been kept in reserve. polling centres have been iden- panchayat. As many as 1,327 and fields be constantly com- during the meeting and divi- 04101/04102 Prayagraj will also remain cancelled. Officer Kaushal Raj Sharma has There will be the personnel of tified as the most-sensitive candidates are testing their municated and the work done sions confirmed that all neces- Sangam-Kanpur Central- 04191/04192 Kanpur announced the public holiday the paramilitary forces at the polling centres while as many luck for the members of gram by the railwaymen in this dif- sary steps have been taken to Prayagraj Sangam Special will Central-Fafand-Kanpur on Monday. polling centre to ensure the as 27 polling centres have been panchayat. As many as 4,772 ficult time should be encour- make these coaches available to be cancelled. Apart from this, Central Special will also be can- The polling parties depart- peaceful voting. A total of 134 identified as sensitive polling candidates have been elected aged constantly. the state government as 01801/01802 Manikpur- celled on April 19 and 01910 ed for the respective polling sub inspectors, 1,788 police centres. Similarly, a total of unopposed on various seats as During the meeting, the required. All the situations Kanpur Central-Manikpur Mainpuri-Agra Cantt Special centres amidst the adequate constables and 2,732 home 2,594 polling booths have been they were only candidates who Divisional Railway Managers arising out of COVID-19 on Special, 01813/01814 Jhansi- and 01816 Manikpur-Jhansi security arrangements. They guards have been appointed to made including the maximum submitted the nomination and the PHODs of North Central Railway are con- Kanpur Central-Jhansi Special, Special on April 19. were provided the ballot boxes, be deployed at the polling cen- 433 in Aarajiline and the min- papers for the various seats. ballot papers and other sta- tres. In addition, three compa- imum 291 in Kashi Vidyapeeth, The polling is scheduled to tioneries two hours before the nies and sections of PAC will while 378, 317, 308, 308, 305 be conducted on Monday from departure for the polling cen- also be deployed at polling cen- and 254 in Pindra, Cholapur, 7 am to 6 pm. The counting ; (      tres on Sunday early morning. tres. The district has been Sevapuri, Badagaon, will be held on May 2 from 8 A polling party consists of one divided into 28 zones and 105 Chiraigaon and Harahua block am onwards.

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 all sectors of society particu- Sankatmochan temple and passed through the In the march the incharges of Dankeenganj and larly during the COVID-19 Vasliganj police outposts along with heavy police pandemic in future also. force. He said it was the first uni- WORK ON : On the direction of DM versity in the state to provide Praveen Kumar Laxkar the Health department (  *  free online medical consulta- has swung into action and work was on to tion. increase more 100 beds in L-2 hospital at dis- The team of doctors deput- trict hospital apart from the remaining 50 beds.  @    1+'%& city magistrate. missioner that the work in this immediately. He said the onus ed for online free consultation Giving more detail aboutthe work plan, Chief He said the allotment of regard would be streamlined rested on the officer incharge included Dr Pankaj Gulati Medical Officer (CMO) Dr PD Gupta said that anpur Divisional bed and its management was from Monday. and asked the DM to issue (ENT), Dr VK Tandon (paedi- in the building located in front of trauma cen- KCommissioner Dr Raj not satisfactory and said in Dr Shekhar said for each notices to all the personnel atrics), Dr Ashok Puri (paedi- tre under first phase 50 beds had been set up Shekhar, on Sunday, visited minimum four hours the avail- Covid hospital, a nodal officer absent from duty and take atrics), Dr Sharmili Oberoi and preparation was on to equip them with the the Integrated Covid ability of beds should be shown needs to be nominated to effec- strict disciplinary action against (gynaecologist), Dr RM Katiyar modern facilities as in L-2 hospital. He further Command Centre to take a at ICCC. He said the doctors in tively and timely coordinate all them. (medicine), Dr Gautam Dutta said that very shortly facility of supply of the oxy- firsthand feedback on the effec- Covid ICCC must keep in activities. He also directed that Meanwhile, the divisional (orthopedic), Dr Sanjiv Rohatgi . !8  !"8       gen through pipeline at each bed will be avail- tive control of COVID-19. touch with the patients and said the district magistrate, chief commissioner made a fervent (eye), Dr Rohan Kumar (psy-  88#   able and the beds will be operational with ICU He expressed concern over a more efficient team of doctors development officer and chief appeal to people suspected to chiatrist), Dr Ronal Kumar facility. About other progress he said that the working of the ICCC and should be deployed at the medical officer need to review be infected but did not have (psychologist), Dr DK Jaipuria, main markets, including Vasliganj, Ghantaghar, Vishram Singh PG College at Chunar, Bapu its current capacity and direct- ICCC. the situation and working of severe symptoms to confine Dr Abhinav (dental) and Dr Kotwali, Basnai Bajar, Trimohani etc. During the Uparaudh Inter College at Lalganj at Deen Dayal ed that it be improved imme- He said the ambulance the ICCC. themselves to home quarantine Pravin Katiyar (physician). march officers appealed to people to cooperate Upadhyay Ashram Paddhati Vidyalaya at diately. He said there were allotment facility was also not He said RRT reporting, and follow the Covid protocol. with the administration in the fight against pan- Madihan were being equipped for quarantine only four phone lines which satisfactory and said it had home isolation reporting all He said it had been observed demic by following the guidelines of the gov- centres with 100-bed facility. were inadequate seeing the come to light that in the past 48 need to be done systematical- that in crowd social distancing present demand and directed hours a big number of patients ly and all the distress calls need was not being properly main- 8  5 that 10 more lines be immedi- were forced to reach the allot- to be attended on priority and tained and as a result a big sec- ately added and assigned the ted hospitals in their personal problem solved also. He direct- tion of people were not able to   6( $''     0  : = >  task to Tech Mahindra to be vehicles. He said there were lots ed the DM, the CDO and the reach doctors for physical accomplished in the next 24 of complaints that there was CMO to ensure strict moni- check-up.   8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $' ()#* from Jhansi at 02.20 hrs, from Bayana at 03.05 hrs, from Sawai hours. He was accompanied by too much delay in the avail- toring and for one week to ded- Additional director health Bina at 04.45 hrs, from Bhopal Madhopur at 05.25 hrs, from Chief Development Officer Dr ability of ambulances. icate two hours extra to get was also present during the he railway administration at 07.00 hrs, from Itarsi at 09.25 Kota at 07.05 hrs, from Ratlam Mahendra Kumar and City He said in addition to this things streamlined. meeting and the divisional  @    1+'%& Twill for the convenience of hrs, from Bhusaval at 14.30 hrs, at 12.25 hrs, from Vadodara at Magistrate Himanshu. He said the patients in home isolation He said in the last week less commissioner extended his passengers run the 01209/ from Nashik Road at 18.05 hrs, 16.45 hrs, Surat at 18.50 hrs, to handle the increased lines were not being monitored by than 50 per cent personnel had thanks to the IMA for its kind iven the escalating num- 01210 Lokmanya Tilak from Kalyan at 21.45 hrs and Vasai Road at 22.30 hrs, additional staff be deployed the officials. The city magistrate reported for duty and warned gesture. Gbers of COVID-19 cases, Terminus - Gorakhpur - reach Lokmanya Tilak Bhiwandi Road at 23.05 hrs, and assigned this task to the assured the divisional com- that it should be set right all schools in Kanpur, includ- Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Terminus at 23.15 hrs. Thane at 23.58 hrs and reach ing Kendriya Vidyalaya, have summer special train from A total of 22 coaches, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at once again shifted to online Lokmanya Tilak Terminus on including 17 of general second 00.40 hrs on the third day. A classes for students of grades 1 April 21 and 25 and from class chair car, three of air con- total of 22 coaches, including to 12. Gorakhpur on April 19, 23 and ditioned chair car class and two 20 of general second class  -# (   (  In order to facilitate better 27. It will also run of generator-cum-luggage van besides two of SLRD will be execution of virtual class- 01211/01212 Lokmanya Tilak will be attached in this special attached in this special train. rooms, the principal and Terminus - Chhapra- train.  @    1+'%& 12 noon and her mobile num- teachers of Kendriya Vidyalaya Lokmanya Tilak Terminus LTT-CHHAPRA SPL:  @ ber 9307831529; Dr Shiva Kant shall use Google's G-Suite summer special train from The 01211 Lokmanya Tilak     anpur Divisional Mishra (general laparoscopic technology now. With the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus on Terminus-Chhapra summer KCommissioner Dr Raj surgeon) between 10 am and 12 deployment of this measure, April 18 and from Chhapra on special train will on April 18 In view of the guidelines Shekhar said the Indian noon on his mobile number no external student will be able April 21. All coaches in this depart from Lokmanya Tilak issued by Ministry of Health Medical Association-Kanpur 9307831529 (both numbers to enter an ongoing class on train will be of reserved cat- Terminus at 14.30 hrs, from and Family Welfare and had extended all possible help common); Dr Nandini Rastogi the online platform. egory and passengers travel- Thane at 14.55 hrs, from Ministry of Home Affairs, to the district administration (diabetologist) between 12:30 Not only the studies, the ling in them will have to fol- Bhiwandi Road at 15.30 hrs, Government of India from and started the facility of con- pm and 2”30 pm on mobile periodic tests of KV students low the Covid-19 prevention from Vasai Road at 16.25 hrs, time to time, extensive steps tactless consultation. He said number 9305891548; Dr Sanjay from classes 3 to 11 would be guidelines, Chief Public from Surat at 19.50 hrs, from have been taken by Ministry of on the request of the district Rastogi (orthopaedic surgeon) conducted online before May Relations Officer (CPRO) PK Vadodara at 22.00 hrs, the sec- Railways for prevention of administration, the IMA- between 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm 9. Singh said. ond day from Ratlam at 02.20 Covid-19 pandemic infection. Kanpur team had started tele on mobile number 9305891548 Earlier, the annual exam- LTT-GKP SUMMER SPE- hrs, from Kota at 07.40 hrs, Wearing masks is an effective consultation by specialists. He ; Dr Nidhika (paediatrician) inations of KV students from CIAL: The 01209 Lokmanya from Sawai Madhopur at way for preventing it. Keeping said this facility had become between 12 noon and 2 pm on classes 3 to 8 were also con- Tilak Terminus - Gorakhpur 09.15 hrs, from Bayana at it in mind on railway premis- functional from Sunday (April her mobile number ducted online. summer special train will on 11.35 hrs, from Agra Fort at es (including trains) for all per- 18, 2021). He said different 8318917727; Dr Dinesh Sachan KV-IIT Principal RN April 21 and 25 depart from 14.30 hrs, from Tundla at sons spitting here and there time slots had been allocated (paediatrician and cancer spe- Wadalkar said students from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 15.35 hrs, from Kanpur and not wearing masks/face for different specialists for has- cialist) between 12 noon and 2 classes 3 to 11 would have to 22.00 hrs, from Kalyan at 22.53 Central at 21.05 hrs, from covers under Indian Railway sle-free online consultation. pm on his mobile number undergo online periodic tests hrs, on second day from Nasik Aishbagh at 22.50 hrs, from Rules-2012 a provision of fine He said on the request of   , "%8 
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 days ago. CIAL: The 01210 Gorakhpur- Siwan at 06.35 hrs, from Bhatni the railway premises. There is All schools for students of Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 07.10 hrs, from Gorakhpur an appeal to all rail users and standards 1 to 12 have been summer special train will on at 09.20 hrs, from Basti at general public to follow all closed in the city till April 30. April 19, 23 and 27 depart from 10.25 hrs, from Gonda at 12.00 Covid protocols such as wear- While the physical classes Gorakhpur at 13.00 hrs, from hrs, from Aishbagh at 15.30 ing face masks, taking care of 
  
( were suspended for pupils till Basti at 14.20 hrs, from Gonda hrs, from Kanpur Central at hand hygiene and maintaining grade 8 initially, all students at 16.15 hrs, from Lucknow at 17.20 hrs, from Tundla at 22.55 a safe distance etc in ordrer to are taking online classes now. 19.20 hrs, from Kanpur Central hrs, from Agra Fort on the sec- prevent the spread of infection, rare temples like ISKCON tem- harming priceless archaeolog- Pradesh Self-Financed Colleges As per reports, 70 per at 21.10 hrs, on the second day ond day at 00.10 hrs, from CPRO PK Singh said.  @    1+'%& ple, JK Temple, Panki ical magnum opuses, damaged Association was held online cent of students studying in Panchmukhi Hanuman it. She said the onus rested on under the chairmanship of Kendriya Vidyalaya want he Uttar Pradesh govern- Mandir, Anandeshwar Mandir, youth in creating awareness Vinay Trivedi on Sunday where online classes. When off-line ?++      +  Tment has decided to give a Vaishno Mata Mandir, and conserving the rich cul- the major challenges faced by school was initiated, a small facelift to the mythological Tapeshwari Mandir, Jagannath tural heritage which was a the educational institution, count of students flocked to QIT  . /0, temples in and around Kanpur Mandir, Baradevi Mandir, piece of the superb history of especially self-financed col- the campus. Taking note of Nagar to boost tourism. Chandrika Devi Mandir and our nation. leges, due to coronavirus pan- this, the school officials under- long with the entire Indian The theme of World Ram Janki Mandir. He said the She said the WHC was demic was discussed thread- stood that the students were ARailways the Varanasi divi- Heritage Day 2021 was UP government had allocated making every effort to ensure bare. wary of the COVID-19 situa- sion of North Eastern Railway 'Complex Pasts: Diverse massive funds to not only save that it identified the heritage Trivedi said this year poor tion and did not wish to attend (NER) is making various efforts Future'. The theme appeals to the structures but to develop buildings which were not only admission in colleges, includ- offline classes. to prevent Covid-19 infection. the masses from various reli- them into places of tourism. being damaged but were in a ing BEd, DLEd 2020 and G-Suite assembles a digi- In this sequence, on the direc- gions to come together, keep- Addressing the session Dr clandestine manner being con- entrance exam 2021 were pos- tal infrastructure that enables tion of Divisional Railway ing aside their differences, and Priya Kapoor said our heritage verted into modern housing ing a big challenge to self- easy distribution of docu- Manager (DRM), Varanasi, give out the message of soli- provided clues to our past and complexes and shopping malls. financed institutions. He said it ments, collaborations and Vijay Kumar Panjiar, a team of darity to save the dilapidated how our society had evolved. She said the people would have was shocking that in the fourth communications. With the Railway Protection Force (RPF) scanners, any corona suspect or passengers are being made structures and ensure they are She said it helped us examine to support the UP govern- semester of DLEd over 70 per help of cloud-based technolo- jawans led by Senior Divisional infected passenger is being aware about prevention of converted into famous tourist our history and traditions and ment on this issue and ensure cent students had failed. gy, this system provides all the Safety Commissioner (SDSO) identified and being sent to the coronavirus through public spots. enabled to develop awareness that Kanpur was promoted as He said apart from this the necessary tools that facilitate Dr Abhishek made the pas- quarantine centre or a hospital. address system at major railway This was informed by about ourselves and under- one of the best tourist centres parents were in a fix over an improved virtual environ- sengers aware to strictly follow The thermal check record of all stations. Along with it through Neeraj Srivastava, coordinator stand and explain why one was especially because it had hun- depositing fees whereas the ment for online classes. The Corona prevention guidelines passengers entering video messages and at of Smart City, who has already conserving the 'living' heritage, dreds of temples of rare archi- all-round economic situation smart platform offers an inter- at Manduadih station of the Manduadih station will also be Manduadih station through started the identification of therefore, offered the potential tecture. Several other members was getting from bad to worse. active interface that is con- division. Besides masks were preserved, which will be used large video panels effective heritage buildings in and to conserve both traditional of the centre were present on He said online teaching had ducive to easy and augmented distributed among helpless by the administration in future, messages are being broadcast to around Kanpur Nagar. buildings and traditional ways the occasion. brought to fore major chal- facilities. Through this initia- people on the occasion. if required. With this it has prevent people from coron- Addressing a meet of of building. SELF-FINANCED COL- lenges and problems between tive, the school officials Meanwhile the thermal scanner been made mandatory for avirus infection and aware- Kanpur Heritage Centre on She said it was discourag- LEGES DISCUSS CHAL- the students and the teachers attempt to scale up the avail- at the entrance of Manduadih employees to pass through ness-related messages are being Saturday late night he said ing to note that a few people, LENGES BEFORE THEM: A and yet the government had able setup for the online class- second entry has been reacti- thermal scanners to enter displayed in the station premis- Kanpur Nagar possessed some overlooking that they were top level meeting of the Uttar done nothing in this regard. es. vated. With the help of these Manduadih station. In addition es through posters.    !"#$#   

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Dilip Mondal local TMC lead- to 80 countries, Banerjee said, fight the pandemic give --- to purchase vaccines Hon Sunday said that Chief Taking a dig at the Chief ers who had allegedly threat- Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh): The n tandem with writing a let- “we have no problem if you situation. directly, wrote in Sunday’s let- Minister Mamata Banerjee was Minister for campaigning in the ened the victim with dire con- Ayodhya administration has Iter to Prime Minister help others, but first give it to The medical urgency ter that Bengal needed 5.4 a demoralised person today as elections with a plastered leg - sequences for resisting the decided to call off the 'Ram Narendra Modi seeking express Maharashtra, UP, Bengal, and expressed in the letter seemed crores vaccines, 6,000 vials of she knew that she was going out -- following an alleged fracture Trinamool bid to capture the Navmi Mela' on April 21, assistance in handling the ris- other states. But you ignored to bear political underpinnings remedesivir and other drugs. of power and that the BJP was that she received while cam- booth on Saturday’s fifth phase which attracts a huge gathering ing corona cases in Bengal, thatduty,” which implied that even as the Chief Minister “We need around 6,000 winning with huge margin. paigning at Nandigram on polling. The BJP later gheraoed of pilgrims on the last day of Chief Minister Mamata “you are only concerned about requested “your urgent inter- vials of Remedesvir and 1,000 Addressing a huge rally at March 10 --- Shah urged “Didi Chakdaha police station. The Navratri. Ayodhya's borders Banerjee on Sunday demand- your image-building exercise vention to ensure that the State vials of Tocilizumab daily. Burdwan East Shah said assert- please make sure that your accused had yet to be arrested. will be sealed and nobody, ed his resignation for preferring across the world.” gets its requirement of vaccine However, at present only 1,000 ed that out of 180 seats that went plaster comes out by May 2 Elsewhere, BJP and TMC including seers from Haridwar election rallies over pandemic Later in a press briefing her doses fulfilled at the earliest,” vials of Remedesvir is available to polls in the first five phases when the result comes out so workers fought a pitched battle Kumbh, will be allowed entry. management. senior Cabinet colleague Bratya considering a sharp rise in daily and no fresh supply of till Saturday the BJP was sure to that you can walk up to the at Lakhimpur Maath at Hundreds of seers were “Narendra Modi must Basu too said that the official corona cases in particularly Tocilizumab is coming,” she win 122. Governor’s house on your own Burdwan where many houses of scheduled to come to Ayodhya resign as the Prime Minister for view of the Trinamool view of “coming of large num- wrote requesting the Prime “Didi looks demoralized to tender your resignation.” the rival party members were to offer prayers at Ram mishandling the COVID-19 Congress was that the Prime ber of outsiders to the State for Minister to instruct SAIL a these days as she knows the out- The BJP had been of the shattered. Similarly many peo- Janmabhoomi temple on Ram situation,” Banerjee said, hold- Minister had “betrayed the election campaign and other public sector undertaking to come of the elections … she view that the Chief Minister was ple were injured as street fight Navmi. The district adminis- ing him primarily “responsible Indians” alleging he exported purposes at the behest of some ensure a steady supply of med- knows that she is losing,” Shah making a mountain of a mole ensured between BJP and TMC tration has directed devotees to for the present situation” corona vaccine out to of India political parties.” ical oxygen too. said advising the Chief Minister hill insofar as her leg injury was workers in many places at celebrate Ram Navmi at home because “he did not make any when there was a shortage of Banerjee had been accus- Daily of rate Bengal’s coro- to “please do not get angry and concerned so that she could Krishnagar, sources said. and curtailed pilgrim presence administrative planning for the medicine in the country. ing Modi and Amit Shah of na cases have gone up from a please remain cool as you have derive sympathy votes. Back in Kolkata BJP candi- at temples. District Magistrate 2021.” “Instead of addressing election brining large number of “out- few hundred the last fortnight to walk back home after May 2” Meanwhile post-poll vio- date Kalyan Chowbey was Anuj Kumar Jha said, "Our pri- Pointing towards the “ter- rallies in Bengal the Prime siders” for election campaign to about 10,000 per day with when the result would come lence continued in various parts attacked by the TMC support- ority is to break the corona rifying situation” in Gujarat she Minister should have stayed put without knowing whether they the State Health Department out. of the State with on BJP booth ers at Sinthi More near Rabindra chain. We have taken all pre- said “the BJP has failed to in Delhi,” monitoring and were carrying the disease or on Sunday complaining of Referring to the polling in president Dilip Kirtaniya being Bharati University and he had cautionary measures and handle the pandemic in Gujarat streamlining the situation, he not, thereby putting the lives of shortage of hospital beds and high-profile Nandigram seat murdered by alleged Trinamool to be rescued by the police men. banned all gatherings in … and now they have spread said. the people in danger. instructing the health facilities Shah said that BJP nominee and Congress goons at Simurali in At Duttabad in Bidhannagar Ayodhya." The administration this to the entire country The attack notwithstanding Banerjee who referred to to admit only seriously infect- former lieutenant of the Chief Nadia district. area the BJP and TMC men has ensured low-key Navratri including Bengal.” Banerjee on Sunday wrote an her previous letter written in ed patients and send the rest to Minister Suvendu Adhikari The angry BJP supporters fought each other and vandal- celebrations in the temple Accusing the Prime express letter to the Prime February seeking permission - “safe homes.” would win from that seat. “Take blocked NH 34 and the Railway ized local shops. town.  *(( ,    !
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"We will supply KOCHI: The Kerala Government led against ED was termed by Union Supreme Court to fight the cases. 3,000 cases by 11 am itself,” said the jumbo cylinders to private hos- by Pinarayi Vijayan of the CPI(M) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman The murder of Muslim League ituation in Kerala has become doctor. mid the pandemic's second pitals, which do not have liquid which is in the last days of its five-year as an attempt to delay and subvert the leader Manzoor in Kannur district on Salarming as the Department of Both Dr Rajeev and the Awave and reported short- oxygen tanks, from state-run tenure is suffering setbacks after set- probe into gold smuggling and hawala April 6 too has embarrassed the Health on Sunday diagnosed 18, 257 Government physicians were more age of beds and drugs, hospitals to overcome the backs from the judiciary as well as Lok transactions masterminded from the party. Rathish, one of the prime persons with Covid-19. The State bothered about the post-covid syn- Karnataka on Sunday set up a shortage and meet the Ayukta which has forced the party Chief Minister’s Office. accused, a CPI(M) activist, was found has 1.23 million Covid-19 patients drome which is expected to hit the war room to ensure supply of demand," said Sudhakar, a commissars to press the panic button. Last week also saw Lok Ayukta of dead under mysterious conditions as on Sunday evening, according to people in the 15 to 45 age group. medical oxygen to hospitals for medical doctor by profession. On Friday, the Kerala High Court Kerala pronouncing that K T Jaleel, after three days and the police a press release issued by the Health “They are the one that sustains the treating Covid patients, espe- Though about 800 tonnes quashed two FIRs registered by the minister of higher education who was announced on Saturday that it was a Department of Kerala. The day nation. If they suffer any physio- cially in Bengaluru. of oxygen is produced by four Crime Branch of the State Police also the chief of the outlawed SIMI has case of murder. Rathish was murdered also saw 25 persons succumbing to logical changes because of Covid-29, "A dedicated war room bottling plants across the state, against ‘unnamed officials’ of the committed impropriety in appointing by the other accused in the case to the pandemic taking the death toll we are in for major trouble, eco- has been set up at the office of demand for the gas has been Enforcement Directorate for allegedly his close relation as the general man- silence him from disclosing sensitive till date to 4,929. nomically and socially,” said both the state Drug Controller here exceeding supply due to surge coercing the accused in gold smuggling ager of the State Government owned materials. Details release by the State the doctors. to facilitate availability of med- in cases and despite the Centre case to give false and incriminating financial institution set up to offer help Hands of a 23-year-old youth at administration belied the claims Meanwhile Tamil Nadu too ical oxygen in both state-run rushing 300 tonnes to the state statements implicating the chief min- to people belonging to the Muslim Kathirur in Kannur was blown off on made by Chief Minister and Health continued to test increased cases on and private hospitals," Health recently. ister and other functionaries in the community. April 14 as he was assembling a ‘coun- Minister that everything was under Sunday. The State diagnosed 10,723 Minister K. Sudhakar told "We have urged the Centre party. Though the CPI(M) leaders try bomb’ to be used in a murder control in Kerala. “Today’s data new cases on Sunday while 42 reporters here. The war room to supply 7,500 jumbo oxygen The FIR stated that the ED officials declared unanimously that Jaleel need planned by party leaders. The victim, proves that the Government has lost fatalities were registered in the comes up following complaints cylinders to meet the demand forced Swapna Suresh and Sandeep not resign based on Lak Ayukta verdict a CPI(M) activist, was a specialist in control and direction of the pre- State. The administration tight- of oxygen shortage in hospitals in the state, as cases continue Nair, the gold smuggling kingpins to the party leaders dropped the minis- assembling lethal and crude bombs. ventive mechanism in the State. ened the restrictions and regulations in the capital, which recorded to spike daily," said Sudhakar. give statements blaming chief minister ter like a hot potato when it was dis- On Saturday, G Sudhakaran, min- Since day one the Kerala to take Covid-19 head on. A release 11,404 new cases on Saturday The war room has been set Pinarayi Vijayan as the ultimate ben- closed further that Abeed, the relation ister for public works, came out with Government failed to convince the by the Government of Tamil Nadu and 87,724 active cases. up a day after Private Hospitals eficiary of the illegal operations exe- was appointed based on the orders of allegations that some “political crimi- people to regulate and alter the life said the entire State would be put Karnataka registered a and Nursing Home Association cuted with the connivance of the UAE Vijayan. Jaleel resigned as minister nals” were scheming to finish him off. style to check the spread of the pan- under curfew from 10 pm to 4 am. whopping 17,489 positive cases (Phana) wrote to Sudhakar on Consulate General office at within hours and left for his home Though he did not name any leaders, demic. No vehicles will be allowed during on Friday, taking the state's the acute shortage of oxygen in Thiruvananthapuram. Interestingly, town. it was clear that Sudhakaran was tar- Wearing masks and maintain- the curfew hours. Covid tally to 11,41,998, their hospitals and nursing the Centre ordered the probe into the The Kerala Government has geting his rivals in the party. ing social distance alone would not While Sundays would see total including 1,19,160 active cases. homes to treat Covid smuggling operations as demanded by already suffered loss of face when its Sudhakaran, a leading poet in Kerala, prevent Covid 19,” said Dr B Rajeev, lock down, tourism operations have Out of 80 deaths, 43 were patients. "Many private hospi- Vijayan in a letter to Prime Minister opposition to a demand for CBI probe is being seen as an honest politician. a physician specialising in Indian been suspended fully in hill stations from Bengaluru on Saturday, tals, which have been ordered Narendra Modi. into the butchering of two Congress But he was denied party ticket in the System of Medicine to control the like Nilgiris, Kodaikkanal and taking the state's toll to 13,270 to reserve 50 per cent of their Judge V G Arun held that the prop- activists at Kasaragod and rape and April 6 election which according to his pandemic. Yercaud. Only on-line classes are and the city's toll to 5,063. beds for Covid patients are fac- er remedy would have been for the murder of two teenaged sisters at close aides was the handiwork of chief A Government physician told allowed in colleges and universities. Of the 589 Covid patients ing oxygen shortage and if the police to approach the special court that Walayar where overruled by the High minister Vijayan and his new Man The Pioneer that the health depart- While the Government post- in ICUs, 124 are in Bengaluru situation persists, they will be has taken cognizance of the ED’s final Court and asked the CBI to conduct the Friday, A Vijayaraghavan. ment was manipulating figures to poned the 12th Board Examination, hospitals, followed by 109 in out of stock soon," said report with the complaint that the ED investigation. The Pinarayi Vijayan The CPI(M) is undergoing a har- suit the convenience of the political parks, beaches, museums will Kalaburagi, 45 in Kolar, 40 in Prakriya Hospital chief execu- officials were fabricating evidence. administration had spent crores of rowing time as none other than chief masters. “Though the release says remain out of bound for all till fur- Mysuru, 29 in Dharwad, 24 in tive Srinivas Chirukuri in a The FIR filed by the Kerala Police rupees to hire leading advocates of the minister is seen with a smiling case. Ernakulam district has 2,835 ther orders. Bidar and 23 each in Davangere statement here.   

6?&72O4E207@ classes are allowed in colleges and uni- tragedy. We have been in touch with the rise in the number of cases and said, “The 45 (83%) of 54 uninfected, and in six (32%) PM finally mentioned that currently, versities. Centre, and have asked for aid, which we primary reason for the rise in cases is a of 19 reinfected participants during the six India has vaccinated only a small fraction !?A02!44>&?0+20 While the Government postponed the are getting; and for that, we’d like to thank rampant violation of Covid protocols. Alsp, weeks of observation). of its population. “I am certain that with The situation in Kerala has also 12th Board Examination, parks, beaches, them,” he said. more youth are going out when compared In the study, most new Covid-19 the right policy design, we can do much become alarming as the Department of museums will remain out of bound for all “The Delhi government will be able to to the elderly people.” cases were asymptomatic - 84% (16 out of better and very quickly.” Health on Sunday diagnosed 18, 257 per- till further orders. create more than 6,000 oxygen beds in the Also, a more in-depth understanding 19 participants) in the seropositive group Singh concluded the letter hoping that sons with Covid-19. The State has 1.23 mil- next 2-3 days. There is a limit under which of the mutant strains and their virulence vs 68% (732 out of 1,079 participants) in the Government will “accept these sug- lion Covid-19 patients as of Sunday /..70+34!?+26A$ we can increase the number of ICU beds. is needed by conducting genome sequenc- the seronegative group - or had mild symp- gestions immediately and act on them evening, according to a press release It has been noted that maximum patients ing of more samples, she added. toms and none were hospitalised. promptly.” issued by the Health Department of 8>&4&26A9 require high flow oxygen. Hence, we are Experts are certain that without social Kerala. The day also saw 25 persons suc- 20.@ trying to provide high flow oxygen in hos- distancing measures, the virus would 7.4..42>0+ &8%74%4'+246/ cumbing to the pandemic taking the pitals so that more such beds can be set up,” spread quickly and infect a high propor- death toll to date to 4,929. In Mumbai, meanwhile, after a mid- he said. tion of the population. !.3?&@?>>&?+.70+ &7704$!?+3..!14 Details released by the State admin- night drama at the Bandra-Kurla Complex The Chief Minister expressed his 6?&1&4>?&/ ?20?A&!?A02 istration belied the claims made by Chief (BKC) Police station in north-central gratitude to the Centre for the 500 ICU +.0/?2@30+4. Minister and Health Minister that every- Mumbai over the detention of a director beds set up by DRDO and stated that if this '&0?&0.@94.?' 8+270+3 thing was under control in Kerala. “Today’s of a pharmaceutical company for alleged- number were to increase to 1,000. !?A022?4+O.'&?.!. data proves that the Government has lost ly hoarding 60,000 Remdesivir vials, State @?%.8>&? “There are many things we must do to Backing Rahul Gandhi, former control and direction of the preventive Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil on +64@'.?4 fight the epidemic but a big part of this Finance Minister P Chidambaram accus- mechanism in the State. Since day one the Sunday indicated that the state the gov- &0+>!.0?+94.%2@ effort must be ramping up the vaccination ing Modi of showing “shocking callous- Kerala Government failed to convince the ernment might initiate action against 4.&17@20>>&+.$ programme. I have some suggestions in ness” by addressing rallies in West Bengal people to regulate and alter the lifestyle to leader of the Opposition Devendra 4@F'&.4 While seronegative study participants this regard. In making them I want to “instead of staying in Delhi” to handle the check the spread of the pandemic. Wearing Fadnavis and other BJP leaders for “inter- had a five times greater risk of infection emphasise that I am putting them forward Covid pandemic situation. masks and maintaining social distance fering” in the investigations by the police. Many individuals have reported signs than seropositive participants, the study for your kind consideration in a spirit of “Thank you Prime Minister for spar- alone would not prevent Covid 19,” said Hours after a major controversy broke of fatigue and weakness before being test- showed that seropositive people are still at constructive cooperation in which I have ing a little time for Covid amidst the urgent Dr B Rajeev, a physician specializing in the out over Fadnavis and other State BJP lead- ed positive for the virus while doctors have risk of reinfection. always believed and acted upon,” Singh war to conquer WEST BENGAL and Indian System of Medicine to control the ers’ visit to the BKC Police station short- said that many individuals who have The study population consisted of wrote. annex it to the BJP’s empire,” pandemic. ly before midnight ostensibly to “enquire” been tested positive for Covid-19 have 3,249 predominantly male, 18-20-year-old The former PM said the Government Chidambaram said on Twitter reacting to A Government physician told The about the detention of the director of Bruck been experiencing severe body, joint, and Marine recruits who, upon arrival at a should indicate how the expected supply PM’s urgent meeting to review COVId sit- Pioneer that the health department was Pharma, the State Home Minister con- muscle pain. Marine-supervised two-week quarantine of the vaccine will be distributed across uation a day earlier. manipulating figures to suit the conve- firmed that he had taken cognizance of the The main reason for muscle and body prior to entering basic training, were States based on a transparent formula. The In another tweet, Chidambaram said nience of the political masters. “Though incident at the police station and hinted aches is myalgia, which is a result of the assessed for baseline SARS-CoV-2 IgG Central Government could retain 10 per while “no vaccine” boards hang on the the release says Ernakulam district has at the possibility of initiating action coronavirus attacking important muscle seropositivity . cent for distribution based on emergency doors of most hospitals, Union Health 2,835 patients as on Sunday evening, the against Fadnavis and other BJP. fibres and tissue linings in your body. In After appropriate exclusions, includ- needs, but other than that, States should Minister Harsh Vardhan claims that “there district had registered more than 3,000 some cases, patients are reporting extreme ing participants with a positive PCR dur- have a clear signal of likely availability so is no shortage in the supply of vaccines”. cases by 11 am itself,” said the doctor. &4&A1/24 chills and unusual cold that could be a sign ing quarantine, the study team performed that they can plan their rollout, Singh sug- The former Union Minister alleged the Both Dr. Rajeev and the Government of virus infection. Fever and chills are com- three bi-weekly PCR tests in both seroneg- gested. Central Government which assumed all physicians were more bothered about the >?&!?A02'.0+.4$ mon symptoms in the case of the mutant ative and seropositive groups once recruits The former PM also said the States powers and authority failed to ensure ade- post-Covid syndrome which is expected 1&067.?!+.& virus. left quarantine and entered basic training. should be given some flexibility to define quate production and supply of COVID- to hit the people in the 15 to 45 age group. Also, nausea and vomiting are now Recruits who tested positive for a new categories of frontline workers who can be 19 vaccines. The spread of the infection can “They are the ones that sustain the nation. Kejriwal said, “In the last 24 hours, being looked at as signs of Covid-19 infec- second COVID-19 infection during the vaccinated even if they are below 45 years only be contained with massive vaccina- If they suffer any physiological changes approximately 25,500 cases of COVID tion in its early stages while many people study were isolated and the study team fol- of age. For example, States may want to tion, he noted. because of Covid-29, we are in for major have come up. Before that, we had around have reported that they have been expe- lowed up with additional testing. Levels of designate school teachers, bus, three- trouble, economically and socially,” said 24,000 cases and before that we had riencing neurological symptoms of the neutralising antibodies were also taken wheeler and taxi drivers, municipal and both the doctors. 19,500 cases. Currently, the cases are Covid-19 infection like dizziness, fatigue, from subsequently infected seropositive panchayat staff possibly as frontline work- >.&44.&07$ Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu too continued increasing rapidly. Another concern is that malaise, and nausea. and selected seropositive participants who ers. They can then be vaccinated even if to test increased cases on Sunday. The State in the last 24 hours, the positivity rate has One of the faculty of genetic epi- were not reinfected during the study they are below 45, Singh wrote to Modi. !?+3.?&?' diagnosed 10,723 new cases on Sunday increased to 30 per cent. This is despite the demiology at King’s College London, period. “In addition, I believe this is the time 0+/387>?&%''?77 while 42 fatalities were registered in the fact that it was around 24 per cent the day Professor Tim Spector, took to his Twitter To understand why these reinfec- to invoke the compulsory licensing pro- State. The administration tightened the before.” handle and said, “One in five people with tions occurred, the authors studied the visions in the law, so that a number of com- !'03+ restrictions and regulations to take Covid- “We have noted that the number of Covid still present with less common reinfected and not infected participants’ panies are able to produce the vaccines 19 head-on. A release by the Government available beds reserved for COVID is symptoms that don’t get on the official antibody responses. under a licence. This, I recall, had hap- The appointment of Tiwari as AICC of Tamil Nadu said the entire State would reducing at a fast rate in the city. A large PHE list – such as skin rashes. Seeing They found that, among the seropos- pened earlier in the case of medicines to secretary for Uttar Pradesh recently is be put under curfew from 10 pm to 4 am. number of patients are being admitted to increasing numbers of Covid tongues itive group, participants who became deal with the HIV/AIDS disease. As far as being seen as a step in this direction. No vehicles will be allowed during the cur- hospitals and we are falling short of ICU and strange mouth ulcers. If you have a reinfected had lower antibody levels Covid-19 is concerned, I have read that A senior Congress leader said the few hours. beds. In Delhi, we are now left with less strange symptom or even just headache against the SARS-CoV-2 virus than those Israel has already invoked the compulso- experiment of deputing a Chief Minister While Sundays would see total lock- than 100 ICU beds. We are falling short and fatigue stay at home!” who did not become reinfected. ry licensing provision and there is an over- to oversee the poll campaign in another down, tourism operations have been sus- of oxygen as well. Last night, a private hos- Dr Gauri Agarwal, Founder-Director, In addition, in the seropositive group, whelming case for India to do so as well state has been a success. He attributed it pended fully in hill stations like Nilgiris, pital told us that the shortage was so severe Genestrings Diagnostic Centre talked neutralising antibodies were less common quickly,” the former PM said. to be the brainchild of former party chief Kodaikkanal and Yercaud. Only on-line that they just about managed to prevent a about the factors that may have led to the (neutralising antibodies were detected in Stressing on several points, the former Rahul Gandhi.    !"#$#   

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He reviewed Modi asked the officials t least, 162 Pressure Swing the Covid-19 situation in to discharge all the responsi- AAdsorption (PSA) oxygen Varanasi through video con- bilities towards patients living plants have been sanctioned for ferencing and sought rapid in home isolation and their installation in public health vaccination of all above the Emphasising the impor- families in a sensitive manner. facilities in all States to augment age of 45 in the district. tance of vaccination, Modi Lauding the role played the medical oxygen capacity by The Prime Minister said said that the administration by Varanasi NGOs, the prime over 154 Metric Tonnes, the become self-sufficient in their the expansion and moderni- should make all people above minister said that the way Union Health Ministry said on requirement for medical oxy- sation of medical infrastruc- 45 years of age aware of this. they worked with the gov- Sunday. gen, while also reducing the ture and facilities in Varanasi He also asked the adminis- ernment should be encour- In a series of tweets, the burden on the national grid for in the last 5 to 6 years have tration to provide all possible aged. Ministry said, out of 162 PSA its supply of medical oxygen. helped the city cope with the assistance to the people of Modi said there was a plants sanctioned by the A total of 162 PSA oxygen Covid-19 pandemic. Varanasi with full sensitivity. need for greater vigilance and Centre, 33 have already been plants have been sanctioned by The holy city has been According to the PMO’s caution in view of the situa- installed of which five are in the Government for installa- witnessing a surge in COVID- statement, the Prime Minister tion. Madhya Pradesh, four in tion in public health facilities 19 cases like other major was informed that so far Public representatives and Himachal Pradesh, three each in all states, the Ministry cities of Uttar Pradesh. On 1,98,383 persons have been officials of Varanasi informed   +62780 firmed cases. contact details be shared with in Chandigarh, Gujarat and tweeted. “These will augment Saturday, Varanasi accounted given the first dose of vaccine the Prime Minister about the In a letter to the Ministries, States and UTs as well as the Uttarakhand, two each in medical oxygen capacity by for 1,664 of the 27,357 infec- and 35,014 persons have been preparations made in the dis- gainst the backdrop of the Union Health Secretary Union Health Ministry. Many Bihar, Karnataka and 154.19 MT.” tions reported in Uttar given both. trict for the protection and Ashortage of beds reported has said that the surge in States and UTs across the coun- Telangana and one each in “The entire cost of 162 Pradesh. The Prime Minister treatment of COVID-19, from some States, the Centre Covid-19 cases across the try have been reporting a surge Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, PSA oxygen plants amounting According to a statement expressed his gratitude to all according to the statement. has written to all Central country calls for similar sup- since the past few weeks in the Delhi, Haryana, Kerala, to 201.58 crore has been issued by the PMO, during the doctors and medical staff The Prime Minister was Ministries and public sector portive action as last year from cases and deaths caused by Maharashtra, Puducherry, borne by the central govern- the meeting with the top offi- of the country and said informed about the control undertakings (PSU) to dedicate all such Central Ministries or COVID-19, the ministry said. Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. ment. This also includes a 7- cials of district administra- that even in the time of crisis, room set up for contact trac- their hospital beds for Covid- departments and their PSUs The move comes as India The Ministry further said year maintenance cost to start tion, health department and they are following their duty ing, command and control 19 management in and hospitals under their con- battles a massive surge in coro- that in addition to 162 plants from 4th year onwards after area MLA, MLC and other faithfully. centre for home isolation, States/Union Territories (UTs). trol. navirus cases. The active num- already sanctioned, the States three years of warranty,” the public representatives, the He said that learning from dedicated phone line According to the Health The Central Ministries ber of cases in the country have requested the Centre for ministry said in a series of Prime Minister was apprised the experiences of the last ambulance, telemedicine Ministry, the dedicated hospi- have also been advised that stands at 18,01,316.In the last 24 more than 100 such addition- tweets. about testing, the availability year, we have to be cautious. arrangement from the control tal wards/blocks have to be details of such dedicated hos- hours with 1,38,423 people al plants which are also being India reported a record of beds, medicines, vaccines, Modi said that as a rep- room and deployment of the equipped with pital wards or blocks should be having recovered from the dis- sanctioned. Out of 162 PSA 2,61,500 new coronavirus cases and manpower, etc. for the resentative of Varanasi, he is additional rapid response supportive/ancillary services provided to the public, duly ease. With this, the total recov- Oxygen plants, 33 have been and 1,501 deaths on Sunday, prevention of coronavirus also constantly taking feed- team in urban areas, said the including oxygen supported coordinating with the respec- eries reached 1,28,09,643. installed. while active cases have sur- and proper treatment of back from the general public. statement. beds, ICU beds, ventilators, tive health departments of State According to the Indian By the end of this month, passed the 18-lakh mark, the infected patients. Pointing out to development Amid a rise in the num- specialised CCUs (wherever and UTs and the district health Council of Medical Research, 59 will be installed and by the Ministry data stated. Modi directed the offi- of health facilities in ber of Covid cases, the available), lab/imaging ser- administration of States and 15,66,394 samples were tested end of next month 80 will be Earlier, the ministry had cers to provide all possible Varanasi, the Prime Varanasi district administra- vices, kitchen etc., with a ded- districts wherever these hospi- on Saturday. And, as many as installed. The Ministry said, decided to float a tender for assistance to the public at the Minister said the availability tion has made it mandatory to icated health workforce. tals are located. 26,65,38,416 samples have been the entire cost of 162 PSA import of 50,000 MT of med- earliest, said the of beds, ICUs and oxygen is present a negative RT-PCR These hospitals/blocks It has further been sug- tested across the country till Oxygen plants amounting to ical oxygen. It has been direct- statement. being increased in Varanasi. test report for people coming should have separate entry and gested that a nodal officer may April 17. over 201 crore rupees has been ed to finalise the tender for the The Prime Minister, dur- Emphasising the need for to three prominent temples - exit points for the management be nominated from the min- The cumulative number of borne by the Central same and also explore possible ing the meeting, specifically ‘Test, Track and Treat’, the Vishwanath Temple, of Covid-19 cases, to provide istry or department for neces- Covid-19 vaccine doses admin- Government. sources for import identified stressed upon adherence to prime minister said that like Sankatmochan Temple, and treatment services including sary coordination with respec- istered in the country stands at The PSA plants manufac- by the missions of the Ministry “Do Gaj Doori Mask Hai the first wave, the same strat- Annapurna Temple- in the specialised care for the con- tive States and UTs and their 12,26,22,590 till today. ture oxygen and help hospitals of External Affairs. Zaroori” by all the people. egy has to be adopted to win city. >  ! 9      #,      -  3#P9:%         ? ry statement” while address-   +62780 into conspiracy for showing ing a public rally in Bengal. undue favours to some of the   +62780 Basu had expressed regret for 0    he CBI on Sunday busted a candidates appearing for the his remarks and submitted Trecruitment racket alleged- oral examination after qualify- he Election Commission that he had never intended to  !" #  ly involving public servants of ing Computer Based Ton Sunday imposed a 24- make any statement contra-   +62780 Directorate General of Mines Examinations for Managers, hour campaign ban on two vening the MCC. $
 & Safety (DGMS) in collusion Certificate of Competency candidates – one each from Basu was alleged to have he Union Home Secretary  ("!! )#* with private persons, who (Restricted & Unrestricted), the Trinamool Congress said: “Don’t play the game too TAjay Kumar Bhalla on manipulated and influenced conducted by DGMS. They (TMC) and the BJP. The ban much, we will play the game Sunday has written to Chief #!# the members of Interview also allegedly manipulated and on campaigning by the lead- of Sitalkuchi. If you kill one, Secretaries of States and Board for ensuring qualifica- influenced the members of ers will be in force from 7 PM we will kill four of you. Administrators of Union decision taken by the Central tion of certain candidates in interview board for qualifying on April 18 to 7 PM on April Sitalkuchi has witnessed it.” Territories reiterating that they Government today, on the rec- Oral Examination in lieu of such candidates in lieu of huge 19. The Commission has should issue necessary instruc- ommendations of the huge amount of bribery and amount of illegal gratification. The EC banned TMC carefully considered his reply tions to all authorities con- Empowered Group-II, that the recovered bribe amount of 35 The Oral Examination was candidate Sujata Mondal for and is of the considered view cerned in their States and supply of oxygen for industri- lakh in cash in a trap operation. conducted by DGMS between her “SC voters are beggars” that he has violated the Union Territories to take nec- al purposes by manufacturers The agency also conduct- March 8 and March 20, 2021. comment. Mondal is BJP MP ‘General Conduct of Model essary measures to prohibit and suppliers is prohibited ed searches at 12 locations “It was further alleged that Saumitra Khan’s wife. have caused tensions between complaint by Union Minister Code of Conduct for the supply of oxygen for industri- (except in nine industries) including Lakhisarai, Dhanbad, the Dy. Director General The Election Commission different communities in the Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. Guidance of Political Parties al purpose, except in nine forthwith from 22.04.2021 till Ranchi, Nagpur, Udaipur, (Central Zone) had got 48 had earlier served a notice to state. TMC has fielded Mondal and Candidates’ and made industries as allowed by Union further orders, so as to aug- Shahdol, Hyderabad, Bilaspur candidates qualified in the said Mondal after they received a “The Commission hereby from the Arambagh assembly highly provocative remarks Health Ministry. ment supply for medical oxy- which led to recovery of interview who were referred to complaint from a BJP delega- sternly warns Sujata Mondal constituency. Mondal had which could have a very seri- “This is keeping in view the gen in the country and to save incriminating documents and him by the said private person,” tion, which had accused and advises her to desist from joined the TMC in December ous consequence on the gen- rapid rise in Covid-19 cases in precious lives,” said Home articles. the CBI said in a statement. Mondal of making the com- using such statement while 2020. eral maintenance of Law and various parts of the country Ministry in a statement. The CBI has registered a For each such candidate, ment during an interview to a making public utterances dur- The EC also imposed a Order thereby adversely and the resultant rapid demand The nine sectors allowed case against Deputy Director Kumar allegedly agreed to news channel. ing the period when Model ban on BJP Bengal general affecting the election process, for medical oxygen, particu- for industrial oxygen produc- General (Central Zone), accept an amount of Rs 1.5 Mondal was asked to Code of Conduct is in force,” secretary and party candidate the EC said in its order impos- larly in high-burden States of tion are medical, pharma, DGMS, Head Office, Dhanbad, Lakh, totaling to Rs 72 lakh, it explain her comment to the the EC’s ban order stated. Sayantan Basu from cam- ing a 24-hour ban on Basu Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, petro, nuclear, steel and food Arvind Kumar; two private said. EC. The EC observed that In her defence, Mondal paigning for 24 hours for his Five persons were killed in Gujarat, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and water purification sectors. persons— Kailash Mandal and It was alleged that the said Mondal violated the Model had asserted that she had comment in connection with Sitalkuchi in firing by the Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Union Health Ministry wrote a Triloki Nath Singh besides amount was to be delivered in Code of Conduct with her made the contentious state- the Sitalkuchi incident. CISF, which alleged the mob Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, separate letter to the States on other unknown persons on two instalments to another statement denigrating the ments in good faith and The electoral watchdog had attacked the force. Politics Punjab, Rajasthan, etc. this regard on Sunday on the the allegations that Kumar private person (relative of Scheduled Caste community denied violating the MCC. had issued showcause notice has since been in full play over “The letter of the Union exemption of sectors in indus- along with the accused private Kumar), at Lakhisarai (Bihar), in West Bengal and could EC’s action was based on a to Basu for his “inflammato- the deaths. Home Secretary follows the trial oxygen production. persons and others had entered it further said.

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Addressing BJP’s national ing callousness for holding big In view of this threat, the office-bearers and its state   +62780 political rallies in poll-bound enior Congress leader P agencies have advised the banks unit chiefs in a virtual meet- Bengal amid the rise in SChidambaram on Sunday to ensure end-to-end encryp- ing, Nadda asked state units to ongress leader Rahul COVID-19 cases. took a swipe at Prime Minister tion in the communication set up help desks and put out CGandhi on Sunday can- He said the Prime Narendra Modi, thanking him network from the ‘’ATM a helpline number for the celled all his public rallies in Minister should be at his job, for sparing “a little time” amidst Terminal’’ or the computer and people. poll-bound West Bengal fol- sitting at his desk and coor- the “urgent war to conquer the ‘’ATM Switch’’ which autho- They should take mea- lowing a rapid rise in dinating with chief ministers West Bengal”, to review the rises the transaction from the sures to help COVID patients COVID-19 cases in the coun- in handling the Covid pan- coronavirus situation in the backend, they said. admitted in hospitals, he said. try. demic. country. The banks have been According to a party state- He also advised all other Prime Minister Modi has He also criticised the prime   +62780 (MiTM) attacks on ATMs operandi to withdraw money advised to physically secure ment, he said BJP members politicians to think about the been addressing public rallies minister for his “Didi-O-Didi” wherein the fraudsters seek to from ATMs, sources said. the network cables, input/out- should distribute masks and consequences of holding large in West Bengal for the eight- remark, asking if this is the mid an emerging trend of infiltrate the computer net- As per the latest trend, the put port within the ATM sanitisers and also coordinate public rallies. phase assembly elections in manner in which the prime AATM frauds, the security works of the ATM, compromise fraudsters first tamper with premises. with local administration to “In view of the Covid sit- the state. minister should refer to a chief agencies have advised the it and withdraw cash fraudu- the Internet network (LAN) The Reserve Bank of India launch campaign for plasma uation, I am suspending all India has been witnessing minister. banks to bolster security mea- lently. cable of the ATM. ATM cards has also issued a similar advi- donation. my public rallies in West a massive surge in coron- “Thank you Prime sures like physically concealing The advisory has warned are then inserted in the cash sory following the security Party units should also Bengal.I would advise all avirus cases. Minister for sparing a little time of LAN and other cables in the that the MiTM attacks have dispensing machine and “pay- agencies’ alert. launch preventive measures political leaders to think A record single-day rise of for Covid amidst the urgent ATM premises as also ensure been increasing under which ment declined” messages from According to the Indian like cleanliness drive and cam- deeply about the conse- 2,61,500 coronavirus infec- war to conquer WEST BEN- proper encryption of the net- messages sent by ‘’ATM Switch’’ ATM Switch are altered to Computer Emergency Response paign to raise awareness in quences of holding large pub- tions has taken the country’s GAL and annexe it to the BJP’s work and the messages relayed to ‘’ATM Host’’ are altered by “successful cash withdrawal Team (CERT-In), as many as people about following lic rallies under the current total tally of COVID-19 cases empire,” Chidambaram said by the ATM switch or backend attackers to withdraw cash transactions” and subsequent- 1,59,761 cyber security inci- COVID-19 guidelines. circumstances,” he said on to 1,47,88,109, while active on Twitter. authorisation machines for fraudulently. ly cash is withdrawn from the dents relating to digital banking Nadda said party mem- Twitter. cases surpassed the 18-lakh His remarks came after banking transactions. Security agencies have dis- machines. were reported in 2018 followed bers across the country should The Congress has been mark, according to the Union Modi chaired a Covid-19 This comes amid increasing covered that cyber fraud gangs Such attackers first insert a by 2,46,514 incidents in 2019 undertake these measures to critical of Prime Minister Health Ministry data updat- review meeting with govern- incidents of Man in the Middle are adopting the new modus device between the ATM and 2,90,445 cases in 2020. help curb the pandemic. Narendra Modi and Home ed on Sunday. ment officials on Saturday.    !"#$#  +

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Further, the company shall, nomic recovery. growth in overseas ensure that its customers con- In a regulatory filing, the prior to undertaking the This was reflected in shipments in recent tinue to have the greatest flex- company said that the board restructuring of the NCDs as rupee’s trajectory. The curren- to weigh on the rupee,” said weaken as the pace of fund months. ibility if their travel plans approved the plan in its meet- per the resolution plan, obtain cy had made a year high of Rahul Gupta, Head of inflows by the FIIs remains The meeting will change with increased uncer- ing on Saturday. the approval of the relevant 72.25 to a greenback on March Research- Currency, Emkay slow. At the same time, recent be chaired by tainty and travel restrictions, It now requires the stock exchanges where the 25 and an eight month low of Global Financial Services. economic numbers released Commerce and Industry restrictions, imposed by dif- the airline has extended this approval of the expert com- NCDs are listed, under the 75.30 on last Monday. “However, a fall in the dol- from the US have been better- Minister Piyush Goyal. ferent states to contain the ris- offer on its new website mittee, under the chairmanship applicable provisions of the “This was despite no big lar index will act as a respite. than-estimates that could Confirming the meeting, ing coronavirus cases, for long www.airasia.co.in as well as of the KV Kamath constituted LODR Regulations. changes in global factors or Also, RBI is not letting the strengthen the dollar,” said Federation of Indian Export time could have a bearing on other major booking chan- by the Reserve Bank of India. The resolution plan shall domestic macros. Some of it rupee depreciate beyond the Gaurang Somaiya, Forex & Organisations (FIEO) Director industry. nels,” it said.The airline said “As part of the resolution be implemented after execu- can be attributed to liquidity 75.40 zones. So we expect Bullion Analyst, Motilal Oswal General Ajay Sahai said that the surged by 60.29 per that it left no stone unturned in plan, the debt raised through tion of necessary agreements, enhancement measures,” Sajal USDINR spot to trade in Financial Services. ministry holds these meetings cent to a monthly record high adopting a multi-layered the non-convertible deben- deeds, undertaking and other Gupta, Head, Forex and Rates between 74-75.50.” “For the week, the USD- regularly to discuss issues of of USD 34.45 billion in March approach to offering safe and tures issued by the Company relevant documents between at Edelweiss Securities told The increase in infections INR (Spot) is expected to trade exporters and ways to further on growth in sectors such seamless travel for guests from under Series IA, IB and II the company and the lenders IANS. has forced many state govern- with a positive bias and quote increase outbound shipments. as engineering, gems and booking to check-in and (“NCDs”) are also part of the which shall be executed on or “Expect next week to be ments to implement fresh in the range of 74.20 and Chairman of the Gems jwellery and pharmaceuticals, arrival.All aircraft undergo Existing Debt and are pro- before April 26, 2021, said the volatile amidst rising Corona Covid-19 restrictions during 75.20.” and Jewellery Export even as the outbound ship- deep cleaning and sanitation, posed to be restructured,” it filing. cases and hopes of early vaccine last two-three weeks, fasting According to Devarsh Promotion Council (GJEPC) ments contracted by 7.26 per while cabin disinfection takes said. It further said that pur- delivery from Sputnik and oth- hopes of an early economic Vakil- Deputy Head of Retail Colin Shah said that these cent during the full 2020-21 fis- place before each flight, it said. The company has received suant to the implementation of ers.” recovery. Research at HDFC Securities: meetings are helpful as cal to USD 290.63 billion. the written consent of 100 per resolution plan of the existing Last week, the rupee closed On the bright side, it said “Spot USDINR has support at exporters get a platform to raise The exports have increased cent of the holders of the debt the board expects that the at 74.40 to a USD. that vaccinations are gradual- 73.7, the 200 days simple mov- their issues. to USD 13.72 billion during NCDs to amend the terms company would recover from “The coronavirus-led ly beginning to accelerate. ing average, and continues to The meeting also assumes April 1-14 this year, according and conditions of the NCDs as the financial stress caused by regional lockdown and rapid “Next week, we expect that face resistance beyond 75 significance as certain to the provisional data of the per the resolution plan the Covid-19 pandemic, with- increase in cases will continue the rupee could again start to mark.” exporters are of the view that Commerce Ministry. approved by the other lenders in the resolution timeframe. @!,   C 9 ( .   + 3<3? 8 '$02 < 7+ 1  2    :-=:?      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In the national capital, from the Indian equities. The RBI had, on February “Considering the chal- “We request that benefit of Dr. S V Kota Reddy, Vice- petrol was sold for 90.40 per This is a reversal from the 11, 2020, allowed one-time lenging environment for PSL classification for lending by Chancellor, VIT-AP University litre on Sunday. bullish sentiments among the restructuring of existing MSME MSMEs and lenders, it will be Banks to NBFCs for on-lend- after signing the MoU with Similarly, price of the fuel foreign investors over the past advances, classified as “stan- helpful, if the RBI extends the ing may please be regularised Master Minds, told that this in Mumbai, Chennai and one year. dard”, without downgrade in said notification till at least as part of the overall PSL pol- collaboration will help facul- Kolkata also was unchanged at So far in 2021, net FPI the asset classification subject March 31, 2022,” the letter icy. This will enable the banks ty and students to get CA 96.83, 92.43 and 90.62 per investments into the equity to certain additional provi- said. and NBFCs to cater to the integrated Curriculum, Once completed, the grad- Master Minds said that the litre, respectively. market have stood at  51,099 sioning and compliance with The NBFC body also needs to MSME sector in a Optional additional training uate may pursue further stud- partnership between VIT-AP In line with petrol, prices of crore, with net investments in the conditions as prescribed in requested that the benefit of more organised manner,” it for CA, ideally student can fin- ies or may take up said job and MASTERMINDS will be a diesel also were same for the January, February and March at the said notification. The time PSL (priority sector lending) said.Further, under the on- ish CA Foundation and Inter opportunities associated. VIT- game changer in Commerce third straight day. 19,473 crore, 25,787 crore limit for implementation of classification for lending by lending model, only fresh loans by the time they pass B.Com. AP University is most ideal for Education. With this partner- Price of the fuel in Delhi, and 10,482 crore, respective- the said restructuring was till banks to NBFCs for on-lending granted by NBFCs are allowed Graduates of B.Com in those who wish to pursue ship large number of VIT-AP Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata ly. December 31, 2020. be regularised as part of the PSL benefit. The existing unen- Finance have a wide range of Chartered Accountancy, Cost students will be benefited and was 80.73, 87.81, 85.75 and The sell-off in April comes In a letter to RBI Governor overall PSL policy. cumbered pools of eligible job opportunities like Banks, and Management Accounting will be able to pursue B. Com Rs 83.61 per litre, respectively. amid the rising cases of Covid- Shaktikanta Das, FIDC The RBI on April 7, 2021, PSLs do not qualify for such Business Schools, Credit and Company Secretaryship as and CA simultaneously and Fuel prices have been 19 and the possibilities of par- Director General Mahesh extended PSL classification for classification benefit. Organizations, Consultancies, our B. Com (Finance) cur- will be able to save their valu- unchanged after declining on tial localised lockdowns, which Thakkar said that owing to the lending by banks to NBFCs for “We hereby request the Economic consulting jobs, riculum is blended to meet the able time. April 15. may bring a halt to the reviv- severe second wave of Covid- on-lending by six months, till RBI to allow refinance, apart Indian civil services, health standards and requirements of Dr.C.L.V. Sivakumar, Fuel prices in the country ing economic and business 19, the MSMEs, as also the September 30, 2021, which is a from by way of buy-out but also departments, Insurance indus- Professional Accounting and Registrar, VIT-AP University, have been unchanged as OMCs activities, market experts said. retail and wholesale trader welcome step, it noted. qualifying for hypothecation try, securities industry and Finance Certifications. Dr. S. Jeyavelu, Dean VIT-AP decided to go on a pause mode Weakness in the Indian industry, have not been able to The FIDC further said that for DP for bank finance against investments, Mortgage agen- The programme is spread School of Business, and analyse the global devel- rupee also has led to the out- revive their economic activities NBFCs are important drivers of existing unencumbered MSME cies etc. over six semesters and is com- Dr. Ravindhar Vadapalli , opments on oil prices before flow of foreign funds, analysts and therefore, are in urgent credit to MSME sector and pool originated by NBFCs,” The opportunities are not patible with CA Syllabus. CA. Program chair witnessed the effecting a revision. said. need of support from the therefore, improve the out- the letter said. limited to the said fields. M.S.S. Prakash, Director, MoU ceremony.    -9 3      /0 * 
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Sunday announced that it has added. by the Shopping Centres extend the one-time restruc- the lenders. current account deficit (CAD), The CAD is the difference become the first payments The bank deposits are Association of India (SCAI). turing scheme of MSME "Considering the challeng- rose by 22.58 per cent to USD between inflow and outflow of bank in the country to enable insured under the Deposit In a statement, the indus- advances till March 31, 2022, as ing environment for MSMEs 34.6 billion (about 2.54 lakh foreign exchange. India’s cur- 2 lakh day-end balance Insurance and Credit try body noted that it has been these players are unable to and lenders, it will be helpful, crore) during 2020-21 due to rent account swung to a deficit account limit. Guarantee Corporation urging the government to sup- close to 90 per cent of their revive their businesses. if the RBI extends the restruc- increased domestic demand, for the first time in the current The bank has increased the (DICGC) which is a wholly port the industry with financial business and 75 per cent of In February last year, the turing scheme till at least according to the Commerce fiscal, with the gap coming at day-end balance limit to  2 owned subsidiary of the RBI. waivers and allow shopping their footfalls which drop dras- Reserve Bank had permitted March 31, 2022," the Finance Ministry data. USD 1.7 billion or 0.2 per cent lakh from1 lakh. Airtel Payments Bank has malls to operate once they tically due to the local restric- one-time restructuring of exist- Industry Development Council Silver imports during the of the GDP in the December “The RBI’s decision to 55 million engaged users and reopen the other markets. tions. ing MSME advances, classified (FIDC) wrote. NBFCs last fiscal, however, dipped by quarter. increase the balance limit is an serves them through technol- In order to supplement On an average during pre- as 'standard' without down- primarily cater to the funding 71 per cent to about USD 791 India is the largest endorsement of the role ogy and a retail-based distrib- the government’s effort in car- covid days, the industry was grade in the asset classification needs of micro, small and million. Imports of the yellow importer of gold, which main- Payments Banks have in fur- ution network. rying out an extensive vacci- clocking Rs 15,000 crore per subject to certain additional medium enterprises (MSME), metal stood at USD 28.23 bil- ly caters to the demand of jew- thering financial and digital The bank has built a strong nation drive, SCAI has also month and had reached the provisioning and other com- including retail and wholesale lion (about 2 lakh crore) in ellery industry. Gems and jew- inclusion in India. network of over 500,000 neigh- approached the state govern- same during mid of March pliances. The time limit for traders. The industry body 2019-20, the data showed. ellery exports declined We are glad to enable this borhood banking points, which ments to conduct the vaccina- 2021, but, with the local restric- implementation of the scheme also urged the RBI to allow Despite growth in gold by 27.5 per cent to USD 26 increased day-end balance limit is bigger than the total number tion camps at malls. tions, almost 50 per cent rev- was till December 31, 2020. restructuring of certain imports, the country’s trade billion in April-March 2020-21. for our customers,” Anubrata of bank branches and ATMs in “The industry body has enue slashed, it said. In a recent letter written to RBI MSMEs loans that already have deficit narrowed to USD 98.56 In volume terms, the Biswas, MD and CEO, Airtel India. also urged to treat mall employ- The shopping centre indus- Governor Shaktikanta Das, got the similar relief under the billion during 2020-21 as country imports 800-900 Payments Bank, said in a state- These neighbourhood ees as frontline workers and try is supporting nearly 1.2 FIDC, an industry body of same scheme during the first against USD 161.3 billion in tonnes of gold annually. ment. banking points take services should be vaccinated on pri- crore livelihoods directly and NBFCs, said due to the severe wave of COVID-19, but are 2019-20. The government in the “At Airtel Payments Bank, closer to the customer and ority irrespective of their age,” indirectly who are associated second wave of COVID-19, the now facing challenges. Gem and Jewellery Export Budget reduced the import we have always believed that have even reached deep rural it said. with malls, retail, and manu- Promotion Council (GJEPC) duty on the yellow metal from higher balance limits would pockets that never had access As a public infrastructure, facturing retail. Most of the Chairman Colin Shah said that 12.5 per cent to 10 per cent (7.5 enhance consumer usage of to banking services. with ample parking space, employees working in this sec- increasing domestic demand is per cent customs duty plus 2.5 training rooms, among others, tor are coming from other     pushing up imports of gold. per cent Agriculture malls do have the requisite states. 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It is a layered and ing on our physical and mental well- interdependent network of judgments being has become crucial. and decisions shaped by specific socioe- Back in the day, when people conomic contexts and must consider weren’t so blinded by the allure of both existing and preferred states of modernity and took time to unwind complex Anthropocene situations. themselves in the lap of nature and the Along with which architects also face arms of their loved ones, daily routines challenges while narrating their envi- did not turn exhaustive as quickly as ronmental concerns to the clients they do now. With the electronic skein who, on most days, are inspired by the rapidly winding around us, there is a fanciful ideas and foreign concepts for pressing need to identify the impor- their dream abodes that might not tance of hosting built environments that sanction a contextually inclusive design iterate a harmonious lifestyle. intervention. Working on tight sched- Throughout humanity’s life histo- ules and a decline in skilled labour fur- ry, evolution has been central to its syn- thers this dilemma on the creator’s side ergy with nature. We, as human beings, when, as a designer, all he aspires for are inextricably bound to the well-being are meaningful and appropriate design of our environment. We thrive when solutions. our natural surrounding thrives. Since We, as architects, hustle with the  its prevalence, architecture has helped situational impositions and invest all A three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an humans to devise this affiliation with our will in crafting architectural vol- impossible choice when an unplanned passenger its context through tangible curations. umes that strike equilibrium amid the jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board. Starring But amid the prevalent technocrat- user, nature and the context. We iden- Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette and Daniel Dae Kim, the ic paradigm, where we have resource- tify with the moral sense of safeguard- film releases on April 22 on Netflix. fully restructured all aspects of earth- ing the environment and composing ly life; it becomes an architect’s social poetic architectural vocabulary derived responsibility to identify with the urge from human behaviours in response to to express affinity towards nature its habitat. where an environmental disaster seems Spaces rooted in the landscape and to be pending. inspired by the local vernacular have Seeking the well-being of current been apparent in introducing a healthy and future generations within the lim- living experience and motivating pro- its of the natural world, architects are ductivity in the work-life. Tethered to now trying to strike a balance between user experience and sustainability, how short-term interests at the individ- these spatial identities offer a deeper ual and organisational levels are at odds resonance with harmonious life pat- with the global systems and commu- terns by inducing a contextually inclu- nities in the longer run. sive built environment. Today’s conscious design behaviour Conclusively, in today’s time when at the architect’s end can orchestrate chronic modifications to the environ- responsible end-user behaviour for ment have registered a direct impact on generations at the inhabitant’s end. our quality of life and health, holisti- Whereas end-use behaviour can deter- cally curated sustainable built forms mine what happens in a situation, able solar energy or with mechanical Individual comfort can only be endured and, have started resorting to new willingly induce a sense of calmness design behaviour often determines the systems powered by fossil fuels. if achieved collectively with a sustain- approaches towards more sustainable among its inhibitors by offering them        case itself. While the end-user is an An architectural design that does able consciousness on a larger scale. energy usage in buildings. While tech- a contemplative pause they rightfully A young woman discovers that both her husband and office worker deciding whether to put not contemplate its local and global Design practices worldwide, have nological advances pose some chal- deserve amid their fast-paced lifestyles. their new home harbor sinister secrets after they leave on a sweater or turn up the air condi- repercussions and fails to adapt to the started feeling accountable for devising lenges in creating contextually sound (The writer is the principal design- Manhattan for small-town life. Starring Amanda Seyfried, tioning device, the architect decides ever-evolving future dynamics becomes socially equitable development that is built forms, its progressive attributes in er and co-founder of Taliersyn - Design James Norton and Natalia Dyer, the film releases on April whether to heat that office with renew- infeasible for subsequent generations. respectful of nature now more than ever terms of modern innovations ease the & Architecture.) 29 on Netflix.

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The influential that broad grin, that vigorous Belgian playmaker hobbled off shake of the huge cup. with an apparent ankle injury Their goal was indecision a better position, financially Was Messi finally seeing just as City is entering a crunch on my hands and I’ll learn from stronger and with much more the folly of ever thinking he period of the season. it, Steffen said. experience in the squad,” said could find a better home? A 11-point Premier League You have to keep going and Paul Heckingbottom, the inter- Or was the club’s all-time lead makes collecting that tro- I’m proud of how the boys im manager since Chris leading scorer relieved that he phy a near-certainty but there fought and didn’t give up. The Wilder’s firing by the club’s could give Barcelona at least is also a first Champions good thing is there is another Saudi ownership last month. one more title before saying League semifinal with City for game in three or four days so “Everyone will be committed to goodbye? Guardiola against Paris Saint- we can't get too low on this going straight back up. Messi did not mention his Germain in what remains the one.” There were no Chelsea It’s everyone’s careers at future after he received the tro- priority title for the club. fans to witness the goal in per- stake, personal pride. They phy from Spain’s King Felipe We started the game a lit- son. But they should be allowed have to take control of their VI, one of the few dignitaries tle bit slow and struggled a bit back into Wembley for the own performances. The fight along with Spanish Prime in the first half,” City midfield- May 15 final as coronavirus and spirit is there, we have just Minister Pedro S nchez in er Fernandinho said. restrictions are eased. been short. There has been a lot attendance at a stadium closed what we most want. And today It has been a difficult year, The bombardment started exchanging two quick passing While Guardiola has been How to get safely back of hurt in the dresing room for to fans due to coronavirus Messi gave a master class of but like in life, sometimes you in the fifth when Messi set up combinations with the star. in charge almost five years at into venues will be assessed at a long time.” restrictions. soccer while being supported fall down and just have to get Frenkie de Jong, who played a Messi capped the move by City, Thomas Tuchel has only Wembley on Sunday when up Instead, Messi focused on by a great team. back up, said Barcelona defend- perfect aide to Messi through- dribbling past the last defend- been at Chelsea three months. to 4,000 locals from the north @   those who were not able to Barcelona’s record 31st cup er Gerard Pique, who excelled out the match, to hit the post. er before slotting in his team's After picking up the pieces London district are allowed in -  share in the celebration. comes at a crucial junction for in shutting down Bilbao’s coun- The second half continued third goal in the 68th. following the firing of Frank to see Leicester take on Newcastle moved nine This is a very special cup Messi and Barcelona. Barcelona terattack. This is like starting with Messi dictating the pace, Messi rounded off his stel- Lampard, the German now Southampton if they can pro- points clear of the relegation for me to lift, Messi said. has seen its finances badly anew, a reset I think we have and now Unai Sim n had to lar performance that earned has a shot at a trophy in the FA duce a negative coronavirus test zone with a 3-2 victory over It is too bad we cannot cel- damaged by the pandemic and turned this around. save Bilbao. him a 35th career title for Cup final against Leicester or result. West Ham. Newcastle led ebrate it with our family and its former president Josep Bilbao has now lost two But the Spain goalkeeper Barcelona when he fired in a Southampton next month. And through Issa Diop's own-goal fans. But that is the situation we Bartomeu was forced to resign Copa del Rey finals this month could do nothing to deny pass from Alba. like City, Chelsea remains in -  and Craig Dawson was sent off have to accept. after the team’s poor perfor- at La Cartuja Stadium in Antoine Griezmann in the Messi had again showed, at Champions League contention   for receiving a second booking Even though Messi avoid- mance last season when it Seville. Bilbao lost 1-0 to Real 60th minute. Griezmann's age 33, that he can still com- with Real Madrid awaiting in With six games remaining, in the buildup. Joelinton’s tap- ed the burning question of his failed to win a title and alleged Sociedad just two weeks ago sliced in a one-touch strike off pletely dominate a final. the last four. All the ways are the Premier League lost its in extended Newcastle's lead plans, his great game will raise administrative irregularities. when they met in the 2020 final De Jong’s cross from the right But hanging over the cup still open, everybody is excit- first team on Saturday. Sheffield before halftime but it was wiped hopes for Barcelona fans of the Bartomeu has denied any that had been postponed due to after Messi had again taken the was what it truly meant to the ed by it,” Ziyech said. United experienced the joint- out by Diop’s header in the 73rd soccer great staying at Camp wrongdoing. the pandemic. Sociedad's reign ball and forced Bilbao to inscrutable Argentine. “And we cannot wait to earliest relegation in the com- and Jesse Lingard’s penalty after Nou. But the peak of the club’s as Copa champion lasted all of scramble back into its box. For coach Ronald Koeman, play these games. petition’s history, alongside Ciaran Clark handled. And for Joan Laporta, who crisis came last summer when 14 days. With Bilbao reeling, with his team also in the league The performance against Ipswich, Derby and Newcastle recovered its lead returned to the club's presiden- Messi said that he wanted to We were far from our best, Barcelona struck again in the title race, nothing has changed. City will offer Tuchel encour- Huddersfield after losing 1-0 to through substitute Joe Willock’s cy last month, Messi should put an end to his highly suc- said Bilbao coach Marcelino 63rd this time from the left. It is up to Messi to decide, while agement of silverware. While Wolverhampton. powerful header. I’m not going have an easy choice ahead of cessful two decades with Garc a Toral. Messi also played a subtle part Koeman crosses his fingers. Timo Werner struggles for Last season both Wolves to take anything for granted,” him. Barcelona. Since then, he has And even playing our your in this goal, making a dummy Messi showed he is a born goals, assists are less of a prob- and Sheffield United finished in Newcastle manager Steve Bruce Leo is the best player in the only said he will make a deci- best it is tough to beat Bar a. run to open space for De Jong winner, Koeman said after lem. It was his 12th of his first the top half of the standings. said. I’ve always said it’s the world, Leo has deep roots in sion when his contract is up at Only some tenacious to push forward and head in claiming his first title since the season at Chelsea, setting up Wolves have plummeted to accumulation of points, and this club, and I am convinced the end of this season. defending in its area kept Jordi Alba's cross. former defender returned to Ziyech for the close-range fin- 12th this campaign and Willian 35, in my opinion, is not that he wants to stay, Laporta The cup, however, puts an Bilbao in the match until De Jong then helped Messi coach the club last summer. ish in the 55th minute in an Jose's goal confirmed the end enough, so you won’t get me said. end to a title drought since Barcelona erupted with four slalom through Bilbao from We hope this is not Messi’s unguarded net after American of last-place United’s two-sea- jumping and hollering at the We will do all we can for Barcelona won the 2019 goals between the 60th and near the middle of the field into last Copa. 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