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Odisha releases SOP to contain Don't hold protest over COVID, it may prove super- TMC turncoats make beeline to re-join party after BJP's loss in Bengal polls COVID-19 spread among children (KCN): party, however, is yet the party diligently," three TMC MLAs, BHUBANESWAR(K- spreader: Punjab CM Amarinder Singh to farmers In less than a month to give a nod to ac- said Sarala. including two minis- CN): In view of the the BJP received a cept the turncoats. Similarly, Amal ters. In protest against CHANDIGARH(KCN): ment. the state Assembly to blow in the recent Sarala, who had Acharya, former this, I decided to quit Punjab Chief Minis- According to a state- contravene the farm assem- switched camp de- MLA of Itahar in the BJP and return to ter Amarinder Singh ment, he urged farm- laws, he said. bly elections, the spite her candidature North Dinajpur, ad- my old party," he on Sunday urged the ers not to act "irre- "It is time for the Trinamool Congress was announced for mitted that the deci- said. BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) sponsibly" and en- farmers now to recip- turncoats, who were Habibpur Assembly sion of joining the Sources in the TMC rise in incidence of in- not to hold their danger their own rocate by supporting inducted in the party constituency in saffron camp was a said most of the turn- fection in paediatric planned sit-in over lives as their planned the state government ahead of the high-oc- age groups in Odisha, his government's protest may negate in the fight against tane state poll, the State government "failure" to tackle the gains made by the the pandemic," he seemed to have been has issued a set of coronavirus, saying state government in said. making a beeline to guidelines to contain their three-day pro- the fight against the He pointed out that the spread. In the SOP return to their old po- prescribed by the test may turn into a pandemic, amid a even during the peak litical platform. Health and Family super-spreader. complete ban on all of the second COVID In the past 24 hours, Welfare department, The farmers' outfit gatherings. wave in Punjab, a former TMC MLA all dedicated Covid has decided to hold a Such a "dharna" will things had not gone and a party leader, hospitals and Covid protest from May 28 draw people mainly out of control here as who was even among Care Centres (CCCs) they had in several have been directed to in Patiala, the CM's from villages, which the list of TMC’s can- create a designated home constituency. are in any case going other states. didates but defected The state had been ‘paediatric Covid Rejecting the allega- through a crisis dur- to the BJP, wrote to wing’ within the exist- one of the best per- tion that his govern- ing the second wave the ruling party’s ing facilities. forming so far as the ment failed to tackle of the pandemic, he supremo Mamata Malda, expressed her wrong decision. coats are now feeling The Collectors, Mu- management of the Banerjee and other desire to return to the "I was hurt after be- that they are nowhere nicipal Commission- the pandemic, the said, adding that the pandemic is con- ers and CDMOs have functionaries seeking TMC on Sunday, a ing denied ticket in in Bengal’s political CM said they fought outfit's action is com- cerned, he claimed. been directed to en- apology for their day after Mamata’s this Assembly elec- arena after the BJP hard to prevent pletely unwarranted, Given the gravity of sure that 15 per cent of Punjab going the way considering the sup- the situation, there is "wrong decision" of former close aide tions. I joined the lost the electoral beds in the isolation of some other states port his government shifting sides. Sonali Guha made a BJP. But after the battle. ward, HDU and ICUs no scope for any lax- are reserved for treat- such as Delhi, has extended to farm- ity in COVID-appro- TMC sources said at similar request. people of West Ben- "With the TMC least 10 turncoats, in- "I committed a mis- gal gave their verdict emerging victorious ment of neonates, in- and ers on the issue of the priate behaviour and fants and other paedi- even , Centre's farm laws, rallies or 'dharnas' of cluding three MLAs take and want Didi in favour of the TMC, with a thumping ma- atric age groups, where bodies floating said the CM. any kind are totally and one MP, con- (Mamata) to pardon the BJP started play- jority in the recent which can be in- in the Ganga exposed His government was unacceptable when tacted the party and me for that. If she ac- ing the politics of Assembly elections, creased by addition of the mismanagement the first to pass the lives of the people urged them to be al- cepts me, I will stay vendetta. They en- now they are trying to beds to this pool, de by the BJP govern- amendment laws in are at stake, he said. lowed to return. The with her and work for gaged CBI to arrest CONTINUED ON: P-7 CONTINUED ON: P-7 Yaas: Very severe cyclonic storm likely to cross north Odisha-West Bengal coast by May 26 evening BHUBANESWAR(K- clone Yaas: The into a depression over Mayurbhanj, Dhen- CN): The tropical choice is between east-central Bay of kanal and Ganjam storm brewing over temporary discomfort Bengal at 11.30 am districts on Tuesday. east-central Bay of and death, says on Sunday and lay Light to moderate Bengal is very likely NDRF chief centered about 560 rainfall or thunder- to head towards north The north coastal dis- km north-northwest shower activity is Odisha-West Bengal tricts - , of Port Blair, 590 km likely to occur at most coast by Wednesday , , east-southeast of places in coastal Odisha, at many places in north inte- rior region and at few places in south inte- rior districts during the period. The re- gional Met office has issued a red warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, , Jagats- inghpur, , evening as a very se- Kendrapara, Jagatsi- Paradip, 690 km Mayurbhanj and vere cyclonic storm. nghpur and Cuttack south-southeast of Keonjhar districts, The Meteoro- are expected to be se- Balasore and 670 km and for extremely logical Department verely affected by the south-southeast of heavy rainfall at iso- (IMD) said the very tropical storm. The . lated places in severe cyclonic storm state government has It is very likely to Mayurbhanj, will continue to move initiated steps for move north- Balasore, Bhadrak north-northw-estw- evacuation of people northwestwards, in- and Kendrapara dis- ards and intensify fur- from coastal areas of tensify into a cyclonic tricts on Wednesday. ther before reaching , storm by Monday On the same day, north-west Bay of Kendrapara, Bhadrak morning and further heavy rainfall is Bengal near West and Balasore apart- into a very severe cy- likely to occur at one Bengal and north ment from some areas clonic storm in the or two places in Odisha coast by of Mayurbhanj dis- subsequent 24 hours. Dhenkanal, Angul, Wednesday morning. trict. Latest satellite Under the influence Deogarh, Khurda and "It is very likely to images and ocean of the tropical storm, Sundargarh districts, cross north Odisha- buoy observations heavy to very heavy and light to moderate West Bengal coast have indicated that rainfall is expected at rainfall or thunder- between Paradip and the low pressure area isolated places in shower activity is ex- Sagar Island as a very which formed over Balasore, Bhadrak, pected at most places severe cyclonic storm east-central Bay of Jajpur, Kendrapara, in north Odisha and at by Wednesday Bengal on Saturday Jagatsinghpur, a few places in south- evening," said became well marked Cuttack, and ern districts. Squally Bhubaneswar Meteo- over the same region Khurda districts, and wind speed reaching rological Centre Di- later in the evening. heavy rainfall is 40 km/hr to 50 km/hr rector HR Biswas. The well-marked low likely to occur at one and gusting up to 60 ALSO READ | Cy- pressure intensified or two places in CONTINUED ON: P-7 THE KALINGA CHRONICLE BHUBANESWAR, MONDAY, 24 MAY, 2021 Popular people’s Daily of Odisha METRO CITY 2

HYDERABAD(KCN): early on Sunday. resolve asap. “ the Later, Minister KT CT Ravi hits out at HUMAN WELFARE TRUST DISTRIBUTES DRY FOOD Hours after IT and In- Following uproar by Minister tweeted late Rama Rao said that dustries Minister KT the rude behaviour of on Saturday. the issue has been dis- Congress over PACKETS TO THE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES IN Rama Rao assured to the police across the Responding to the is- cussed with the Home resolve the issue of state, Minister KT sue, Home Minister Minister and DGP on ‘toolkit’ row BHUBANESWAR DURING THE SECOND WAVE OF COVID food delivery services Rama Rao said that he Mahmood Ali said, “ today’s incidents. BENGALURU: A Bhubaneswar(KCN): cooking oil etc. to the COVID-19 pandemic and other people, who would discuss it with Have been receiving They will issue a state- day after the Centre The human welfare actors and actresses at free of cost. The were stopped and the DGP. “ Received several requests on ment shortly. directed Twitter to state coordinator of beaten up by the police several complaints on this, definitely will “ Held a review meet- remove the “manipu- the Trust Sj. Safdar on Saturday, DGP the police stopping the conduct an emergency ing with 3 commis- lated media” tag from Telangana M food delivery services meeting with the po- sioners of police, regd, Hashim presided over Mahender Reddy held & others in distress lice department re- the several requests the toolkit posts, BJP the programme and National General a review on the issue Will discuss with garding stopping the flagged with 'Disrup- told that, our trust Secretary CT Ravi hit and issued instructions @TelanganaDGP and essential services.” tion of essential ser- out at the Congress. already has “The Congress distributed Mask, toolkit to defame In- trust distributed dry specially singer, Sanitizer, dry food and winter clothes in CNH industrial sets up task force to sup- dia is not fake. It was food packets consists dancer, Technician, created to defame the of essential spot boy, light man the different places of Prime Minister and commodity such as and make up man etc. Odisha due to the 1st the country and try to Rice, Dal, Sugar, Tea, of Bhubaneswar on wave of COVID-19 port employees during COVID 19 pandemic take advantage of the Salt, Guda, Atta, 22nd May, 2021 due to pandemic in previous situation,” Ravi told Biscuit, Chuda and second wave of year. reporters here. Plans vaccination for all employees The Congress, how- Achievements of Covid Vaccination Programme in district Bhubaneswar(KCN): provision of safety CNH Industrial India To track infected em- ever, had earlier Khordha (KCN): A 68 thousands District Head Quarter CNH Industrial gear including masks, & SAARC, said, “We ployee, coordinate rubbished the BJP’s review meeting of 510 doses of Hospital Khordha ex- are monitoring the with hospitals, ar- allegations made achievements Covid covishield vaccine. 1 cept BMC. ADM, situation at our loca- range for beds (both against the party and vaccination Lakhs 68 thousands Khordha Manoj tions on a real-time ICU and general) had termed the toolkit programme in 10 people were vac- basis, to provide help in procuring as fake. In response, timely support to our medicine, oxygen, Ravi said the “actions employees in case of etc. Sourcing Oxygen and reactions of many illness and hospital- Concentrators from Congress leaders ization. We are also their global counter- were similar to what making arrangements parts in China and was mentioned in the for all our employees Italy to manage cur- toolkit”. “Circum- to get vaccinated as rent oxygen crunch in stantial evidence per availability. Once India. Maintaining shows that it was not this is complete, we 50% attendance just a coincidence. aim to make vaccina- norms as per govern- They made all at- tion a mandatory req- ment directives. tempts to defame the uisite for entering our Heads of Depart- country,” he said. facilities to ensure a ments keep tabs on safe work environ- health-related issues Chennai Central bomb ment”. Some of the amongst employees blast accused held in additional measures and their families undertaken by CNH while COVID dacoity case Industrial includes - Marshalls are de- CHENNAI: The Insurance for em- ployed in factory and Chennai city police ployees and their im- other areas to main- have arrested the Khordha district was cinated in 36 vaccine Kumar Padhi said mediate families for tain social distance. main suspect in a held on the Confer- centre of the district "Indian Oil Corpora- COVID infection - As part of COVID-19 dacoity case reported ence Hall of except BMC. tion Limited (IOCL which produces agri- gloves and eye-pro- Financial support of CSR Relief Interven- on May 5, and found Collectorate Khordha District Ad- )through Hindustan cultural equipment tection along with INR 50,000 for em- tion, the company has that he had several Khordha, Additional ministration also ar- Petroleum Corpora- (New Holland and daily regular sanitiza- ployees tested posi- donated one sur- pending cases against District Magistrate ranged vaccination of tion Limited (HPCL) Case IH) and con- tion at all their facili- tive or home quaran- gical masks and him, including a (ADM )Khordha, railway employees at has set up one oxygen struction equipment ties. Besides these tined. Home Care 50,000 bottles bomb blast case at Manoj Kumar Padhi jatni and INS Chilika. plant in DHH, (CASE) has under- regular precautionary Coverage of INR (100ml) of hand Chennai Central in Preside over the People above 45 Khordha. District Ad- taken a host of pre- procedures, what sets 20,000 for all em- sanitizers to various 2014. The accused, S meeting. Chief Dis- years of age regard- ministration provides ventive measures to CNH Industrial apart ployees and their district administra- Rafi alias Noorudhin trict Medical Officer less of comorbidities land and other infra- combat COVID-19 are the additional families per tions. They have do- Ismail (37), was (CDMO )Khordha, can get vaccinated structure develop- including daily tem- measures undertaken instance.Tie up with nated six sets of trac- nabbed from his hide- Dr. Viswaranjan Pati against covid-19. ment to set up the perature checking, to safeguard the Apollo Hospitals - tors and sprayers out in Tiruvottiyur. informed about the When covishield vac- oxygen plant in maintaining social health and safety of 24x7 medical consul- majorly to municipal The police seized covid-19 vaccination cine is available then DHH. The construc- distancing, compul- employees. tation helpline num- corporations that are 74.630 g of gold jew- guidelines and said other age group of tion work of the plant sory registration on Raunak Varma, ber for employees. in charge of sanitiza- els, a car and a bike that till today people were vacci- will begin in the last the Arogya Setu app, Country Manager, Dedicated task force- tion. from him before he Khordha district ad- nated. In the month week of June-2021 was remanded on Fri- ministration except April -2021 to till to- and the plant start to Indian Naval Ships and Aircraft Stand by For Rescue and Relief ops cyclone Yaas day. Bhubaneswar Mu- day there were 17650 supply oxygen on the Khordha (KCN): As closely monitoring sistance as required. der assistance in the The informer in the nicipal Corporation RT-PCR and 30621 month of July this the low pressure area the movement of the As part of the pre- most affected areas case, Sabiyullasin, (BMC)received 1 Antigen test done in year. in the North cyclonic storm. paredness eight flood along the Odisha and was earlier arrested, Andaman Sea's likely Headquarters Eastern reliefs team and four West Bengal coast. and Rs 6 lakh was to intensify as cy- Naval Command and diving teams are Naval aircraft's are seized from him. He TNIE, Prima Farm was taken into cus- tody for two days on Foods hand over masks Friday for further in- vestigations. Rafi has about 10 to Twin City police pending cases, in- BHUBANESWAR: Saumendra Kumar behaviour like wear- cluding credit card As a mark of appre- Priyadarshi by TNIE ing masks and main- and fake currency ciation of the invalu- manager Manisha taining social distanc- fraud, and has a non- able contribution of Sarma and Prima ing to stay safe from bailable warrant is- police in the battle Farm Director the deadlier second sued against him in against Covid-19, Sangram Das at wave of the pan- connection with the bomb blast case. It The New Indian Ex- Commissionerate Po- demic. “About 250 may be recalled that press (TNIE) and lice headquarters personnel in two low-intensity Prima Farm Foods here. The protective Bhubaneswar and bombs exploded in Pvt Ltd on Wednes- gear would be distrib- Cuttack have been kept ready at Naval the wee hours of May day handed over 250 uted among the Twin infected with the vi- clonic storm Yaas Naval Officer -in- prepositioned at Air Stations, INS, 1, 2014, in a N95 masks to be dis- City police person- rus during the second during the next 24 hrs charge at West Ben- odisha and West Ben- Dega at Guwahati-bound tributed among the nel, who are espe- wave. However, most over gal and odisha area gal to augment the Visakhapatnam and train from Bengaluru frontline warriors cially deployed in of them have received and moving North have carried out pre- existing resources. INS, Rajali near Westerly direction paratory activities to Four naval ships are arriving at the working on the vulnerable places like both the doses of Chennai to undertake and likely to cross the combat the effects of on stand by with hu- aerial Survey of the Chennai Central rail- ground. the hospitals. Covid vaccine and way station, killing coast between North cyclone Yaas and is in manitarian assistance most affected areas, The masks were Priyadarshi requested many are under home Odisha and West constant liaison with and disaster relief, casualty evacuation one female passenger handed over to Com- everyone to follow isolation,” said and injuring at least Bengal around 26th the state administra- bricks, diving and and airdrop of relief missioner of Police the Covid appropriate Priyadarshi. materials as required. 14 others. may. is tion for rendering as- medical teams to ren- HE ALINGA HRONICLE ENTERTAINMENT BHUBANESWAR, MONDAY, 24 MAY, 2021 T K C 3 Popular people’s Daily of Odisha Ajay Devgn and Kajol are two of a kind Wife and husband Tanhaji is Ajay’s cen- lieve that hard work more than necessary. On the use of 3D younger generation is and duo Kajol and tennial film in pays off.” He keeps me technology, the actor robbed of Indian his- Ajay Devgn are poles Bollywood. “We At a time when grounded and makes says, “The technol- tory. “Not much has been written about unsung warriors such as Tanhaji in school textbooks. My chil- dren have not even read about him. Dur- ing the British era they did not let people read about In- dian warriors. Our textbooks have not changed much since then. So, I decided to do this film. The least we can do is respect our heroes. Maybe it will bring about a change in our coun- try. But such films re- quire an audience connect. So, we made apart in their didn’t know that it’s stories of celebrity me realise that I am ogy that we’ve used it a commercial film behaviour. While he his 100th film. It is a marriages falling going overboard at has been done for the with lots of music, is quiet and speaks in happy coincidence. apart are on the rise, times,” says Kajol on first time in India by action and drama. ” monosyllables, she is We’d never planned Ajay and Kajol boast how their marriage Indians. I formed my Nonetheless, animated and happy- to celebrate but it has of a 20-year-long re- works. own company for Ajay says controver- go-lucky. The couple all come together. I lationship. “It’s im- The couple re- this. The CGI has sies could be raked up is currently in a was supposed to portant to realise that veals that their chil- been done completely during the release. celebratory mode as write about his jour- marriage is a daily job dren Nysa and Yug by us. I have always “We have tried to they recently marked ney on Instagram but and you need to nur- have not watched the tried to experiment make an interesting their 21st wedding I couldn’t figure ture your husband film yet. “They don’t with new techniques. film and kept the anniversary and are which films to men- and children. You like my movies be- Our director Om Raut story straight so that now busy promoting tion and which not to. have to give them ex- cause they feel I weep had done all the re- we don’t get into con- their upcoming film There are so many tra attention every too much. They feel search before we em- troversies. But the Tanhaji together. The outstanding movies day. Both Ajay and I that I cry in happy barked on the path. In country is divided duo is making a and roles that he has have the same priori- scenes too,” says fact, we met Tanhaji’s now. People can try comeback on screen done,” beams Kajol. ties and we have not Kajol. Ajay laughs family and they and create some con- after a decade. On his journey in grown apart. Our ba- and adds, “Nysa would be on the sets troversy or the other. Their last film to- Bollywood, Ajay sic topics for the day doesn’t discuss much every day. We recre- gether Toonpur Ka says, “Whatever are family, children about films but Yug ated the sets as such I hope the youth Superhero in 2010 work I have done has and our work. It’s a calls me Tanhaji locales are not avail- realises that it’s not was also made under been very satisfying. good thing that I talk Malsure when I able in the current easy recreating an their own banner— People tell me to pro- too much and he reach home. Even situation.” unknown part of his- Ajay Devgn Films. mote myself but I doesn’t. I am more when I call him he The 50-year-old tory in a movie,” he Incidentally, can’t do that. I be- spontaneous and do says ‘Hello Tanhaji’.” further rues how the concludes. Aditya Roy Kapoor, Disha Patani Common man has always been the hero: Vikrant Massey sizzle in new 'Malang' poster MUMBAI: Actor protagonist and the Agarwal. Vikrant Massey says so-called hero. I have The actor, who A new poster of Suri shares, “Pas- dience perceives it.” for him the common lived a journey. Like was earlier supposed Mohit Suri’s Malang sionate, exciting, en- Malang was shot man is the hero in real Amol in 'Chhapaak' to collaborate with featuring Aditya Roy ergetic, mad, love is in Mauritius, Goa and life and he aims to is a common man, Meghna on "Raazi", Kapur and Disha all this and more. Adi Mumbai. Produced by showcase the same who left his job and says he is happy to Patani is out. The and Disha’s love de- T-Series, Luv Films on-screen. is walking on this have got the opportu- poster highlights an picts their liberated and Ankur Garg, and The actor be- path. There are nity to be part of her intimate moment be- and Malang state of Northern Lights Enter- lieves "aam-aadmi" people, these are latest venture. tween the stars, mind in this poster. tainment, the film is has been ignored by characters, who for "The response framed against a sur- I’m looking forward slated to release on the film industry for me are the heroes." has been positive so real background. to seeing how the au- February 7, 2020. too long and through The actor says he far and we are look- his movies he wants has always drawn in- ing forward to Janu- him to take the cen- spiration from the so- ary 10, when it re- There was strange inherent comfort tre stage. ciety as he is not a leases. It's an oppor- "This is the time trained performer. tunity for any aspir- of common man. The "I travel a lot. I ing artiste to work with Brad Pitt: Leonardo DiCaprio person cleaning the want to bring on- with Meghna, drain is a common screen all my experi- Deepika and on a LOS ANGELES(K- the film, which was working with Brad man, the common ences. I am still learn- story as such. I am CN): Hollywood star well-received across was this strange in- man are out on streets ing, I am very young, fortunate to be a part Leonardo DiCaprio the globe. herent comfort and fighting. what I see around me, of this film." "The common I try to bring it on Vikrant says with man has always been screen. "Chhapaak" their aim the hero and they "I hope audiences is to create awareness have been ignored for like me, they laugh about acid violence. too long. I am an ac- and cry with me and "It is a heinous tor, I can act and what take away something crime and no living I can do through my from the characters I being deserves this. work is, become their play. No one has the right voice," Vikrant told I am not attempt- to have an impact or PTI in an interview ing to change the influence on anyone world, I want people here. else's life in such a Coming from a to get aware of their life-altering way. lower-middle class own self, and relate to says working with ease that we really family, Vikrant says the characters I play," "Through 'Chh- Brad Pitt on Quentin DiCaprio played both clicked into day he has had his fair he adds. apaak' our attempt is Tarantino's "Once an ageing, out-of- one. It didn't need a share of struggles in Vikrant is look- to talk about acid vio- Upon a Time in Hol- work actor, Rick lot of prep work. We life, and he has come ing forward to lence and we hope lywood" was an in- Dalton, in the film set talked about the out stronger. "Chhapaak", featur- people take this film credible experience. in 1960s' Hollywood, script, and we instinc- "I was told I am a ing Deepika in the right way and The actor said while Pitt essayed the tively knew that dy- TV actor and I won't Padukone as an acid there will be more they both clicked in- part of his stunt namic and relation- get to work in films. attack survivor. awareness and dis- stantly and were on double and confi- ship, and who these When I came here The film, di- cussion on this topic." the same page while dante Cliff Booth. guys were to one an- (films) I was told I rected by Meghna The film is portraying their re- ''What was very other," the actor, 45, can only be a hero's Gulzar, is inspired the scheduled to release spective characters in interesting about told Deadline. friend, but I am the life of Laxmi on January 10. HE ALINGA HRONICLE BHUBANESWAR, MONDAY, 24 MAY, 2021 T K C Editorial Popular people’s Daily of Odisha 4 Need a foolproof framework for digital currencies The latest bloodbath in bitcoin prices has put the spotlight back on cryptocurrencies. Digi- Sliding in to U- shaped recession tal currencies aren’t legal tender, have no in- As the IMF has previous fiscal year, the lower incomes in this per cent in March. trinsic value and strictly can’t be categorised cautioned, economic data is unlikely to reflect Dr. Santosh Kumar Mohapatra financial year as the In the past year, as currency, commodity or an equity. Far from recoveries are diverging the full impact of the second wave of Covid- unemployment was the dangerously. The future record rise in virus cases recovery to pre- wave’s biggest hit has 19 spreads across India. highest in May 2020 at being a substitute to fiat currencies, they aren’t can be scary. Unknown and deaths, which has recession levels. This been to demand, with a In aggregate terms, 21.73 percent, when the even a reliable investable asset class right now. viruses with wobbly overburdened the means the economy loss of mobility, family health country was facing the Yet, their prominence positions them as the governments, over- nation’s ramshackle remains depressed for a discretionary spending, expenditure may wrath of the first future of finance. There’s both legal and regu- population, wars among health infrastructure and longer period, possibly and employment, increase by as much as coronavirus wave. In the some countries, led to provincial for several years, before besides inventory Rs 66,000 , or 11% second Covid-19 wave, latory uncertainty in most countries, but be- lockdowns. growth starts to pick up accumulation, while the of their consumption the month of April cause they are not illegal, some allow their According to QuantEco again. aggregate supply is less expenditure, this year turned out to be worse use in payments for goods and services, oth- Research economist According to Singhal impacted. from 2019-20. than expected when it Yuvika Singhal, who India’s second wave of The central bank said This is likely to also came to jobs as various ers as a store of value attaching it to commodi- downgraded her full- virus, cases will hit the despite seasonally result in a crush in states resorted to strict ties like gold and oil, whose attributes are com- year growth forecast for economy by prompting adjusted month-on- expenditure on other lockdowns. While the parable to money, and can be used as a me- this year by 150 basis consumers to save rather month momentum in items of discretionary labour force shrank by dium of exchange. Globally, there are over 100 points to 10%, the than spend, unlike last industrial production consumption, a recipe 1.1 million in April, the expectation of year’s contraction that being positive for the for a cutback in count of the employed million users, of which an estimated 7-10 mil- consumption snag looks was driven mainly by fourth consecutive consumption spending. fell by a much larger lion are in India with total holdings worth more palpable now than supply disruptions. The month, anecdotal According to data from 7.35 million. between $1 billion to $1.5 billion. starvation, penury, last year. In India and in economic drag from the evidence points to the Central Statistics According to data from squalor, water contrast to a V-shaped pandemic in the current feedback loops from the Office (CSO), an the Employees’ Cryptocurrencies are secure and anonymous, shortages, environ- recovery, consumption quarter will be demand contraction additional burden, Provident Fund which is why even central banks are forced to mental collapse are redux could look more dominated by demand seeping through into income per capita fell by Organisation (EPFO), likely to exacerbate the U-shaped this year. The destruction or deferment curtailments of output in Rs 8,637 in 2020-21 more than 35 million weigh in. As per the Bank of International formal sector workers, Settlements, more than 50 global central banks situation. The RBI also said the impact of expenditures. the months ahead unless from a year earlier, disparities will enlarge of the second wave is Apart from a switch to infections recede. causing further over half of all have plans to launch a central bank-backed further between wealthy appearing to be U- precautionary savings as However, the number of diversion from another provident fund digital currency. In India, currently there’s countries that have shaped with agriculture consumers become lives lost will have a far- discretionary spending subscribers, have and technology forming more risk-averse, reaching impact on the to health. What is withdrawn money from both legal and regulatory uncertainty, but trad- extensive access to their retirement savings vaccines, diagnostics, the shoulders of the Singhal also sees pent- livelihoods of people for worrisome is that the ing isn’t illegal. In 2018, the RBI had banned up demand from last long periods which since April 1, 2020, and therapeutics, and letter U and most share of non- reflecting the hardships trading in cryptocurrencies, forbidding banks poorer countries still vulnerable being blue- year’s lockdown fading cannot be measured discretionary spending and spending in rural immediately. faced by salaried people from dealing in transactions related to bitcoin struggling to inoculate collar groups and these jumped to 59% in April since the outbreak of the frontline healthcare will warrant a priority in areas slowing as the new According to Garima from 52% a month and similar assets, but the Supreme Court wave spreads from Kapoor, an economist pandemic. Nearly 7.2 workers. policy interventions. earlier and 84% in April million of these workers quashed it in March 2020. Despite the RBI The economic costs of When the first wave got urban. Pent-up demand with Elara Capital, and May last year. describes a rapid though the gravity of the together availed of the often voicing its apprehensions, it may roll out the pandemic have ebbed, there was debate The present problem is non-refundable Covid its own digital currency after all. fallen most heavily on over whether India is increase in demand for health crisis is severe not simply problems of a service or product, than last year, the advance that was The government too is reportedly open to the those least able to bear facing a V-shaped supply disruptions as allowed last year them. A variety of recovery/recession or a usually following a economic impact of this observed by Yuvika amounting to Rs 18,500 idea and may soon introduce the scenarios has unfolded K-shaped recovery. period of subdued is likely to be far less Singhal the aggregate crore between April 1, Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official around the world, the While the government spending. Consumers subdued than we saw in demand will hit due to 2020, and May 12, Digital Currency Bill, 2021. But what hap- differences attributable machinery was speaking tend to hold off making the first wave. But of decline in their incomes 2021. EPFO to a combination of about V-shaped purchases during a course, it does put and erosion of subscribers’ number is pens to existing private cryptocurrencies, activity, constraints, and recovery, many recession, building up a questions on the ability purchasing power due to about 60 million, which the proposed Bill intends to prohibit? sometimes luck. economists were backlog of demand that of India to spring back inflation and decline in . Hence, in this critical Importantly, should the RBI or Sebi regulate However, the patterns speaking about K- is unleashed when signs quickly. According to a jobs and rise time, it is imperative on of a recovery emerge. State Bank of India cryptocurrencies? In the meantime, the Min- have been foreseeable shaped recovery. nonemployment. The the part of the for a while. Actually, whatever According to the Research, rising fuel dreary employment government to enhance istry of Corporate Affairs has made it manda- The resurgence of recovery is experienced Reserve Bank of India, prices have crowded out conditions impact the expenditure and ensure tory for companies to disclose trading and in- COVID-19 has dented was not V-shaped but K- the second wave of the discretionary household recovery prospects of income transfer, create vestments in digital currencies. It should use but not debilitated shaped. Now, it is a U- COVID-19 pandemic in spending on items like the Indian economy. . more jobs, raise the economic activity as shaped recession. India has had a bigger health, grocery, and According to the Centre purchasing power of this data to set up a foolproof framework pre- there was no stringent A U-shaped recovery impact on aggregate utility services, calling for Monitoring Indian people so as to spur venting their use in illegitimate activities, in- lockdown like the first that resembles a bath demand than on for an urgent cut in oil Economy (CMIE), the demand. cluding the re-routing of black money. Taxa- wave of the pandemic. tube sees an economy aggregate supply, and it prices through tax unemployment rate has The author is an Odisha- believes the economic rationalisation. tion rules too need to be ironed out, besides, When India will report experiences a sharp fall seen a sudden rise to a based eminent columnist/ gross domestic product into a recession like the slowdown was not as Consumers will feel the 49-week high of 14.45 economist and social of course, the need to improve corporate gov- for January-March, the V-shaped scenario, but a severe as a year ago. It double pain of rising percent in the week thinker E-mail ernance. last quarter of the more gradual and slower also says the second health expenditure and ending May 16 from 6.5 at [email protected] The curious case of Odisha’s death data Amid the raging second wave and vociferous Supreme Court of India or the Court of Henry ll? discussions over lives claimed by the virus, Many of us may not know A crime committed on the Mathews J Nedumpara are going back to the exponential rate. They Odisha presents a curious picture. The pro- our connection with the four highways built by early Middle Ages when turned the Supreme Court claimed case fatality rate (CFR) in the state is Roman law. Julius Caesar the Romans was consid- England, was a judge for times of monarchy, even the Normandy Kings, the (like in the days of the not only among the lowest in India, but more invaded Britain in 55 BC ered as a felony, triable by 20years during Henry in medieval times, the weak French invaders by Normandy Kings of the astoundingly, has gone down considerably and England was under the King's Court, because 111's time. concept that nobody can constituting a court/coun- 12th and 13th century) from the first wave. Is it a medical miracle or the Roman rule from AD it affected the King's in- Thanks to Bracton, the be an 'actor' and a judge cil consisting of the Bish- into a 'court of first in- a classic case of data management? Hovering 43 to AD 410. The Ro- terest. Roman law principles, both at once, was consid- ops, Earls,Lords, Barons, stance for all men mans made many high- The Romans were ousted once again, came to be ered to be sacrosanct. sought to rule the empire. (though not really all around 0.4%, Odisha’s CFR is lower than al- ways, some of which are by Saxons (Germans) and the guiding principles of In law schools it is taught The ordinary people then most all states barring Kerala or Mizoram. In men, only the rich and the in existence even today. I they ruled over England justice admini- as the first principles, had no role, whatsoever, powerful) and all causes'. stration.The most impor- namely, "nemo debet esse the last fortnight, the state’s CFR averaged a make a mention of high- till the Norman conquest in the governance of the It has made the Parlia- tant principle is "nemo judex in propria causa". mere 0.16%. The state reported its highest ways because it has a con- of 1066 AD which period realm. Their worth was ment irrelevant in com- potest esse simul actor et However, today we are daily Covid fatality of 25 on Thursday. Be- nection with our criminal is known as the Dark based on their ecclesias- parison. They distorted jurisprudence. In the Ages. The conquerors, judex"- no one can be at perplexed to come across tical status, land holding, fore that, the maximum was 22 on three occa- the concept of judicial re- early medieval days, all led by the Normandy once suitor and judge. "breaking news" on TV the armed men they could view to absurd levels and sions. The total Covid deaths recorded in crimes were not consid- Duke who came from What am I talking about and headlines that the Su- provide in times of war, Odisha, currently, stand at 2,403, which in- ered as an offence against France, faced a lot of op- is the 12th and 13th cen- preme Court and the etc. In the "modern King's conferred the ultimate clude last year’s numbers too. In the second the king and his peace. position and were weak. turies, where the King High Courts have in- Court" which the Su- say, even in matters of wave, the state has officially reported only 485 Offences like treason, They could not have and the few ecclesiasts voked suo motu action. preme Court of India is policy and governance. fatalities. For a state that has been consistently disseisin (seizing of land ruled without the support and nobles whom the And the latest in the long today, the Lord Chancel- They, the PILwallas, do these absurdities in the reporting about 10,000 cases daily for a while, belonging to another) of the clergy, the most King nominates at his op- line of such action since lor, the treasurer of the tion, exercise all judicial, the dawn of the so-called name of the "basic struc- the CFR is too low to be true. States like which affected the King's powerful institution, and exchequer are the amicus interest alone were con- the Lords, Dukes, Earls legislative and adminis- PIL jurisdiction, is the curie, the senior lawyers, ture". They come to the , Chhattisgarh, , Rajasthan and and the Barons. The court trative powers. It took an- Supreme Court's suo who hail from the legal court complaining, not of Punjab—with as many daily infections or of the Norman Kings other 7 centuries to reach motu W.P. no.3/2021, In and judicial dynasties. the violation of their fun- lower—report much higher deaths, which sug- were the courts of first our pre-independance re: Distribution of Essen- The PIL was (40 years damental rights, but of gests something is not right about the num- instances for all men and era, where the concept of tial supplies and services before)not what it is to- the "basic structure". bers dished out on a daily basis in Odisha. But all causes. Though during separation of powers during pandemic, mani- day. It was *'pro bono liti- They assert the right to the dead do not lie. The pyres raging in the the Dark Ages, during the came to be universally festly with good inten- gation'* for the enforce- represent the public at Anglo-Saxon times, in accepted, and to incorpo- tions. I do not wish to be ment of the rights of a large, and the Courts have funeral grounds day and night, the grieving sidered as an offence place of the classical Ro- rated Article 50 of the critical. But a suo motu person(s) aggreived- an failed to insist upon the families in the cremation grounds, they don’t against the state. Other man law, inquisition, or- Constitution which man- PIL in the matter of "In undertrial, a slum bare minimal require- lie either. Nor do crematorium staff, their bod- crimes were regarded as deal and other methods of dates that there shall be Re : Matter Of Great Pub- dweller, a disabled, and ments that a class action ies and minds exhausted and overwhelmed mere tort, matters falling administration of justice separation of powers. lic Importance Touching the like. Pro bono litiga- litigation should demand. from watching the flames consume the de- in the domain of the were introduced, the Ro- The development of law Upon The Independence tion which received great They have reduced the ceased hour after hour. Across the state, as Baron's Court, Manorial man was not completely has not been seamless. In Of Judiciary", where then amount of appreciation, Supreme Court into their the 16th century, the CJI headed a bench to districts scramble for new cremation grounds Court, etc. Kings used to dead. An ecclesiast even internationally, did private domain, where sell jurisdiction, which (bishop) was the Prime House of Commons as- hear a case where he him- not last even for a decade. they alone have a right to to accommodate the mounting bodies, the led to rapine and unjust Minister and the Chief serted to itself the judicial self is the accused, is dif- Naturally, with thousands government’s numbers make little sense. What be heard, because of the judgements at the hands justitiar( judge). The power to adjudicate pri- ficult to be erased from of poor people sending commanding position vate disputes. We also one's mind. does the under-reporting achieve? Nothing, of private tribunals dis- King's council (court) thousands of letters and they enjoy in society as find a diametrically oppo- The point I wish to drive because, eventually, it is all going to reflect in pensing justice. This, continued to be the Su- postcards to the courts, parliamentarians cum se- site proposition at the home is that 70 years af- death certificates and Registrar General of among other reasons, led preme legislative, admin- the courts found that the nior lawyers, activists en- to the Barons revolting istrative and judicial body hands of Cheif Justice ter independence, in the floodgates had opened India data. On the other hand, honesty helps. joying a great clout, etc. against the King and during the subsequent re- Edward Coke, in Dr. name of doing good, now and nothing could be Some simple souls too It builds confidence and trust among people compelling him to issue gimes as well. King Bonham's case, 1610. He in name of distribution of done. The "new jurispru- that the government acknowledges their loss. the Magna Carta, the Henry 11 was succeeded said "Iniquum est essential supplies (which dence" of postcard writ approach the court invok- It also aids the medical community, research- great charter, where the by King John, Henry 111 aliquem rei sui esse nobody can really find petition came to an end. ing PIL, and to their ers and experts prepare a road map for a bet- King undertook "Nulla and then Edward l. Ed- judicem"- that if the Par- fault with) and sometimes 'Pro bono litigation' shock they get rebuked and fined. ter strategy when the crisis comes calling next vendemus, nulla ward l has been called the liament were to make a in the name of "protect- which was legal and con- time. The raging pandemic has put govern- negabimus aut 'English justitian' for the law where one of the par- ing the independence of stitutional, namely, in The author is the differemus, rectum aut judicial reforms he ties to it is made judge judiciary" to protect Jus- consonace with the con- President of NLC ments not just through a gruelling test of abil- justitiam" - to no man will brought in. The great thereof, such a law is tice Gogoi from the alle- cept of "right, remedy, fo- (National Lawyer’s ity but also one of character. It would pay to Campaign for Judicial we sell, or deny, or delay, Bracton, known for his void. gations, which has caused rum". In its place, a new Transparency and be transparent to the very people they serve. right or justice. Treaties on the Laws of In short, even during the irreparable damage, we industry of PIL grew at an Reforms) THE KALINGA CHRONICLE BHUBANESWAR, MONDAY, 24 MAY, 2021 National / International 5 Popular people’s Daily of Odisha State Ready To Face Cyclone Bhubaneswar: Chief precious. So in our after leaving the post. equipment from other and ensure a flawless electricity were ity departments have Minister R Minister Naveen current situation, the “Therefore, all our states to be stockpiled preparation process,” ready. also been instructed Balakrishnan, DGP Patnaik on Saturday most important thing coastal districts and if necessary. he said. Development Com- to be ready for recon- Abhay, Additional assured the people is to relocate people their surrounding dis- The Chief Minister The Chief Minister mission and Special struction immedi- Chief Secretary that the State Govern- living in low-lying tricts are fully pre- suggested that special also said that the state Relief Commission ately. Health PK ment is ready to face areas and in vulner- pared and take all attention should be government was PK Jena said in a pre- Districts have been Mohapatra, Principal any eventuality due to able areas,” he said necessary precau- paid to oxygen sup- ready to deal with the sentation that accu- advised to shift all Secretary Women and possible cyclone in while directing the tions for heavy rains ply at this time due to storm and that the rate information pregnant women to Child Development hospitals,” Women & Anu Garg, Fire Ser- Child Development vice DG M Akshay department Principal and Director of Re- Secretary Anu Garg gional Meteorologi- informed. cal Department H R Principal Secretary Biswas. Industries Hemant Meanwhile, as per the Sharma briefed on latest information the supply of oxygen from the India Me- and said that adequate teorological Depart- arrangements have ment (IMD), a Low been made to stock pressure area has up on oxygen. formed over east-cen- “All refilling stations tral Bay of Bengal have been given ad- (BoB) today morning ditional DG sets and and it is to intensify districts have been into a cyclonic storm instructed to refill all by May 24. oxygen cylinders in It may intensify fur- advance,” he said ther into Very Severe adding, “Even though Cyclonic Storm, there is a possibility move north- of winds, the supply northwestwards and several coastal dis- district magistrates and winds,” he said. the coveted situation. people should not be would be received by of oxygen to other cross West Bengal tricts by 26 May. and SDPs to monitor The Chief Minister The Chief Minister intimidated and heed tomorrow evening. states will continue as and adjoining North Reviewing the pre- the activities person- also suggested that directed that special the advice of the au- All sorts of prepara- before,” he said. Odisha & paredness of the ad- ally. the disaster manage- measures be taken to thorities and take the tions have been made The District Magis- coasts ministration for the He directed the Chief ment team of ensure that there is no necessary precau- to deal with the trates of Balasore, around the evening of cyclone here, he said Secretary to monitor ODRAF, NDRF, problem in the supply tions. storm. Bhadrak, Kendrapara May 26. that every life is pre- the storm prepared- Road Clearing Ma- of oxygen within and Chief Secretary Twenty-two NDRF and Jagatsinghpur Ahead of the possible cious for the govern- ness program and chines and all the outside the state dur- Suresh Chandra teams, 66 ODRAF districts informed formation of the cy- ment and the admin- provide necessary ad- necessary equipment ing the storm. Mohapatra said pre- teams (Formations), about their prepara- clonic storm, the istration will ensure a vice to the district ad- for rescue operations “Odisha has a special paratory meetings 16 fire service teams, tions at the meeting. IMD has predicted flawless preparation. ministration. be kept ready in all ability to manage di- were being held regu- etc. are ready for the As many as 1,223 thunderstorm with Mr.Patnaik directed The Chief Minister the places where the sasters and we are larly to deal with the rescue operation. shelters have been the administration to said that according to impact of the cyclone facing storms every storm. All concerned Multifaceted wind identified in lightning and heavy take steps to protect the meteorological is likely to be severe. year,” he said. The departments are shelters and addi- Balasore, 400 in to very heavy rain to the lives of the people department, winds “It’s important to situation is further ready for this. Shel- tional shelters have Bhadrak, 40 in occur in several parts and deal with pos- are likely to form in clear the road as soon complicated by the ters have been set up also been identified. Kendrapara and 223 of Odisha for the next sible storm surges. the Bay of Bengal in as possible after the Covid epidemic. to relocate people. He Covid regulations in Jagatsinghpur. few days. It has is- “Our only principle the next two days. It storm,” he said and “Given the situation, said the team and will be followed in all The meeting was at- sued Yellow Warning for managing all di- is unknown at this directed that addi- the administration equipment needed to transfers. The tended by Chief Ad- for several districts of sasters is ‘all lives are time what he will do tional equipment and will be fully prepared restore water and telecom and electric- viser to the Chief Odisha till May 26. She nursed patients, now she cremates Covid victims in Odisha Juhar Foundation brings oxygen aid to western Odisha BHUBANESWAR: the hurtful comments “Starting from lifting BHUBANESWAR: settled in different “During the second The foundation has banks at their places”, At 37, Madhusmita from friends and rela- the body to pyre, ar- In Western Odisha, parts of the country. wave, we saw that tied up with 12 vol- said Sameer, adding Prusty did not just tives for donning the ranging wood, ingre- where the cata- Since the second many patients in the untary groups and the 24 X 7 helpline break a glass ceiling, role of a cremator dients for rituals and strophic outbreak of wave hit, the region, which shares NGOs (having 15 to numbers of the oxy- she decided to do when she decided to gen banks have been Brahmin, I do it Covid-19 in the sec- organisation has so a border with the 20 members each) something that many sacrifice the Rs alone. They say a ond phase has put an far opened 10 oxygen worst-affected working in the dis- released on social media platforms. of her ilk would not 30,000 per month job person who arranges unimaginable pres- banks at Bargarh, Chhattisgarh, are not tricts to distribute and “The volunteers pro- even dare to think. and joined her hus- funerals earns merit sure on the healthcare Bhawanipatna, getting oxygen cylin- refill the cylinders vide oxygen cylin- This mother of two band Pradeep who for the afterlife, but I system, NGOs and Balangir, ders or hospital beds. and help in local lo- ders to patients only left her nursing job at was finding it diffi- believe this is a life- volunteers have Brajrajnagar, Odisha has surplus gistics, while funds on the recommenda- Fortis Hospital in cult to cremate bod- stepped up to man the tion of doctors”, he time opportunity to Kolkata to cremate ies all alone. serve the society. I wall against the added. bodies in her native “After my marriage, I consider this as one deadly coronavirus. Going a step ahead, state Odisha. completed BSc Nurs- of the noblest works As the region wit- the organisation on Defying the age-old ing and joined Fortis Friday opened a 50- nesses an unprec- Hindu tradition that in 2010. Whenever I one can do,” she bed Covid Care Shel- maintained. edented number of ter in association with even resists the pres- was at home, I used infections and deaths, ence of women at fu- to accompany my Sometimes unable to Trilochan Netralaya, buy PPE kits, she the volunteer com- a unit of Vision India nerals, she has cre- husband who has munity has joined Foundation, at mated more than been cremating bod- never forgets to use hands to meet the Sambalpur. What 1,500 bodies in the ies for the last over double masks while emergency oxygen makes the facility dif- last 10 years. And two decades. I re- dealing with Covid needs of hospitals and ferent is that each bed amid the challenging signed from my job in patients or Covid sus- people in home isola- Khariar, Kuchinda, production of oxygen for the purpose are is provided with an Covid times, she has mid-2019 to support pects. tion besides, pulling Rourkela, Sambalpur but the last mile de- being raised mostly oxygen concentrator cremated around 500 him as some of his Police officials also and multiparameter seek the couple’s up resources to pro- and Sundargarh, with livery remained an from friends and monitoring device. bodies since the be- teammates got en- cure oxygen concen- a stock of 10 to 40 issue because of well-wishers besides, Every patient will ginning of the pan- gaged elsewhere. help for collecting trators and arranging cylinders at each of shortage of oxygen western Odisha resi- have one wellness demic in March last Now I am cremating abandoned bodies oxygen beds for pa- the banks. While the cylinders. So we took dents associations mentor who can be year without charging four to five bodies a from railway tracks tients. cylinders are being the initiative of living abroad. “There contacted anytime by a penny. Madhusmita day,” she said. and hospitals. The Leading them in this provided to people in mobilising resources is a large demand for the patient/attendant. is cremating bodies of Be it midnight or couple has now got a virus fight is Juhar need free of cost, the for procuring oxygen oxygen cylinders in Yoga teachers will both Covid patients early morning, the registered body - Foundation, founded organisation has also cylinders and supply- the region and almost conduct yoga classes and suspects at gritty woman never Pradeep Seva Trust - and teach breathing by Sameer Panda, supplied jumbo cylin- ing the same to Covid 90 to 100 pc of our Jagamara, Bharatpur, says no to any caller. through which they exercises, which the Sundarpada, Kha- Once she gets a call, Arabinda Pati, ders to some of the patients who are in cylinders are getting patients can watch on are committed to con- Pradeep Panda, Covid hospitals in the home isolation”, says used everyday. We a large ndagiri and Satya she readies herself in tinue the noble work. Dipak Pujari, region. Each of the Delhi-based Sameer, have been getting a LED screen and prac- Nagar cremation minutes and drives While Madhusmita is Dibyendu Patnaik oxygen banks has a former research large number of re- tise. To manage the grounds in their ambulance to now looking after the and Pratyush Panda, two local doctors as scholar of VSSUT in quests from many facility, the Bhubaneswar. the spot. Sometimes, cremations, Pradeep all alumni of CSB mentors who can Sambalpur who is the other small towns of organisation has A resident of she does everything is vending vegetables roped in local doc- Bhimtangi in the city, on her own without Zilla School in guide over phone and founder of western Odisha to and fruits to run their tors. Madhusmita ignored the help of Pradeep. Sambalpur and WhatsApp. TycheeJuno Tyres. start similar oxygen family of four. STATE SCAN BHUBANESWAR, MONDAY, 24 MAY, 2021 THE KALINGA CHRONICLE Popular people’s Daily of Odisha 6 Odisha Faces Secretary To CM Bags FIH Presidents Award Double Whammy Bhubaneswar: Top Hockey India has Hockey India January 2023. Mandarin V congratulated tweeted. When India hosted Bhubaneswar: Amid trict Collector, ADM, Kolkata. The inten- colleges are also most Karthikeyan Pandian, Mr.Pandian for the While Odisha orga- the 14th edition of the the surge of the sec- Tehsildars, are al- sity of infection was essential. At the same ond wave of the ready overworked in less because the cy- time, village-level COVID-19 pan- the pandemic. Now, clone Amphan im- PHCs, CHCs and demic, Odisha now they too have to look pact was accessed even District Head- faces a double after the cyclone. Is it from Kolkata. No one quarters Hospitals whammy following humanly possible to has the idea what ex- should be upgraded IMD forecast of the manage the situation actly happened in ru- regularly to face such possibility of a very smoothly with inad- ral Bengal through difficult situations. In severe cyclonic storm equate physical sup- which the cyclone addition, large scale in the Bay of Bengal. port? passed. vacancies of nurses The storm is likely to The state, during just Odisha, which started and health care staff impact the North two decades, has its fight against natu- needed to be filled up. Odisha region and achieved a lot on the ral disasters with 3Rs It is heartening that the state has set up two hospitals, one at Puri and another at Jharsuguda, with oxygen support beds and ICUs. Similar fa- cilities should be available across the state to be helpful during acute crisis period. Setting up an institu- tional framework within the govern- ment system and thus a cause of con- disaster management – Relief, Restoration, keeping an eye on di- cern for the state ad- front. All the strate- Rehabilitation, in saster management ministration. gies were prepared early 2000, has has helped the state, It is a fact that Odisha keeping in view the shifted its focus to said an expert in ca- has emerged as a cyclone or flood and 3Ps – Planning, Pre- lamity management, model of disaster not the severe pan- paredness and Pre- adding that capacity management across demic like COVID- vention. Odisha has building at all levels Secretary to Chief award, stating that it’s nized 14th Edition of the globe for success- 19. Nobody has ever exhibited in a real to respond to disas- Minister has been a well-deserved ac- Men’s Hockey world World Cup in 2018, fully handling all the thought of a situation sense that necessity is ters in different stages honored in a big way knowledgment for Cup in 2018, , all the matches of the calamities after the when the cyclone will the mother of inven- should now be the fo- by the International his outstanding con- Hockey India and the competition were 1999 super cyclone. come amidst the pan- tion. As the state is cus. The state has fo- Hockey Federation tribution and services Odisha Government held at the Kalinga The state has the ca- demic. Therefore, to yet to recover from cused on the commu- (FIH) for his huge to Hockey in Odisha. are gearing up to host Hockey Stadium in pability to handle the tackle both the issues the 1999 shock when nity while preparing contribution for the “Congratulations to the 2023 Men’s Bhubaneswar. situation, but is the simultaneously, about 10,000 people for any disaster, promotion and devel- Mr. V Karthikeyan Hockey World Cup. However to promote preparedness suffi- Odisha must revisit died like insects due maybe cyclone flood opment of Hockey in Pandian, IAS, and In 2023, India will Hockey two Stadi- cient during the its strategy to achieve to the super cyclone, or even the CoVID- Odisha. Private Secretary Pri- host the competition ums are chosen and double whammy situ- its goal of ‘Zero Ca- its spirit and will to 19. Community- FIH in its 47th Con- vate Secretary to for a record fourth ation? The question is sualty’. It is another win over the disaster based disaster pre- gress on 22 May con- Chief Minister, time since its incep- an ultra modern evident because the matter that the state’s has gained strength. paredness became the ferred with the pres- Odisha, on being rec- tion in 1971. Hockey Stadium is people in coastal vil- efforts will save pre- The state can now policy of the State tigious Presidents ognized with the FIH The tournament is coming up in lages need to be cious lives from the make things possible Government. The Award to Presidents Award slated to be held in Rourkela, thanks to evacuated in the impact of the cy- and encourage other Gram Panchayat was Mr.Pandian. during the 47th FIH Bhubaneswar and overdrive of the Top event of the cyclone clone. Still, none can states to follow the strengthened as an On this event, the Congress today”, Rourkela from 13-29 Mandarin. “Yaas” hitting the guarantee whether model to beat nature, institution for re- shore. As such, the the evacuated people at least minimising sponding to disasters Sarma Takes Board Of Revenue Charge state is facing an and the officials en- human loss due to ca- along with develop- Bhubaneswar: Vet- Mr.Venugopal has as Member Secretary both of the Top Man- acute health crisis as gaged in the disaster lamity if not of prop- ment. Similar atten- eran Mandarin G V been appointed as has been very helpful darins interacted on people are left unat- management will not erties. tion is needed for Venugopal Sarma has Chief Administrator for the State and was various other issues tended in their homes get infected by the However, under the PHCs to be main- taken over as Mem- KBK and has been facilitating the ‘Di- due to lack of ad- COVID-19. The situ- changed circum- tained. pertaining to Board ber Board of Rev- assigned additional saster Zone’ in a big equate provisions in ation is such that stances when the two While going to the of Revenue. health facilities like Odisha is caught be- calamities come hand roots, the Naveen enue, Odisha. Mr.Sarma was wel- Primary Health Cen- tween the devil and to hand, the state government strength- 1986 Batch IAS, comed by senior offi- ters (PHCs) and the deep sea. If one is needs to be doubly ened and assisted the Mr.Sarma, who was cials of the Board of Community Health saved from the cy- alert, and strategies Women Self Help serving in Govern- Revenue (BoR) and Centres (CHCs). clone, they will get should be prepared Groups, encouraged ment of India was later he held discus- Therefore, can the into the trap of accordingly. Now, and supported them roped in by the State sion with them on ur- state now claim that COVID-19. one should not be to emerge as a poten- Government for han- gent issues of BoR. it can smoothly The complacent that the tial tool to ensure dling crucial assign- During the discus- ment of Board of handle both the pan- presented a similar Odisha model is the community discipline sion, Additional Sec- Revenue. demic and the disas- situation. It came last best for disaster man- and community ac- retary Abhiram In fact this is second ter at the same time year amidst the first agement. But, this countability. During Kerketa and other se- time, Mr.Sarma has with its limited re- phase of the pan- model should further the last 20 years, the nior officials includ- housing stock, public been appointed as sources, both human demic and moved on stretch, keeping in ing Debananda Das infrastructure and fa- Member Board of and machinery? As to West Bengal after view the double and Jarman Tudu such, the state is fac- causing negligible whammy situation. cilities have been im- Revenue as before were present. ing humongous prob- impact in Odisha. How can this be pos- proved. However, moving out to Centre, Mr.Venugopal also lems in tackling the West Bengal, Kolkata sible? The COVID- health vulnerability is he was serving in this pandemic which city, in particular, was 19 pandemic has needed to be ad- crucial assignment. took charge of KBK would be multiplied pulverized. There taught a lesson. The dressed by the gov- Mr.Sarma served as Chief Administrator in the event of a cy- was a massive rise in state first needs to fo- ernment and deci- Member Board of on 21 May, which clone. Though the the COVID-19 cases cus on better medical sion-makers. And for Revenue from May was handled by 1986 state has enough re- in Kolkata even as the facilities in rural ar- it, short-, medium- 2018 to July 2019. Batch IAS Sudarshan and long-term ap- sources to handle a cyclone left the area eas instead of only Mr.Sarma took Pal Thakur as addi- proaches are neces- disaster, one should after two days. This is concentrating on de- charge from 1988 charge of Chief Resi- way. tional charge. sary. The state has to Batch IAS C J dent Commissioner While Mr.Sarma and not forget that both evident from the fact veloping medical col- prioritise improving Mr.Thakur is now Venugopal in the . Mr.Venugopal held the men and logistics that about 300 per- leges. While stress is primary health care Director General are already deployed sonnel of the NDRF, on the tertiary sector, facilities, which will Camp Office of Mr.Sarma during his discussion about the Training & Coordi- to tackle the pan- ODRAF and Fire the primary sector help the people in the Member Board of days in National Di- ongoing programs on nation, Gopabandhu demic. These same Service got infected needs attention. It is long run to save their Revenue at saster Management Land Revenue Man- Academy of Admin- people, be it the Dis- while working in a fact that medical lives. Bhubaneswar. Authority (NDMA) agement in the State, istration. THE KALINGA CHRONICLE BHUBANESWAR, MONDAY, 24 MAY, 2021 Business/Commerce 7 Popular people’s Daily of Odisha Microsoft Office for Adani Green Energy arm transfers 74 per Android gets dark mode cent stake of Mundra Solar Energy to ATLLP NEW DELHI: Adani Adani Renewable an entity falling under line of business un- Green Energy Ltd on Energy Holding Four the joint control dertaken by Adani

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While the as they find it pro- tem preference on app for Android com- Adani Renewable subsidiary of Adani The transaction is Office app has been vides a more comfort- your Android device. through its subsidiary bines Word, Excel, Energy Holding Four Green Energy Ltd done at arm's length namely, Mundra So- available on iOS and able visual experi- Dark mode can also and PowerPoint into Ltd has transferred 74 (AGEL), has trans- basis and Android for more ence for reading and be toggled from the lar PV Limited. a single application. per cent shareholding ferred 74 per cent shareholding trans- than a year, only the working on mobile home tab in the Of- It stated that this ac- It also includes quick of Mundra Solar En- shareholding of ferred based on the iOS version has in- devices," Sourab fice app, the report quisition will bring actions like scanning ergy Ltd to Adani Mundra Solar Energy basis of an indepen- cluded built-in dark Nagpal, a product said. Tradecom LLP Ltd (MSEL) to dent valuation report. synergy in its current mode support until manager at The company said it PDFs, or even captur- (ATLLP). ATLLP on May 21, The MSEL is yet to manufacturing opera- now, The Verge re- Microsoft, was is rolling out dark ing whiteboards, text "7,400 equity shares 2021, it added. commence its busi- ported. quoted as saying. mode for Office on and tables into digital tions and enhance the are transferred to The MSEL is step- ness operations. "It's been a highly re- The latest Office app Android over the versions. market share by its ATLLP at face value down subsidiary of The MSEL is incor- brand value. The i.e.Rs 10 each. Ag- the company and the porated to manufac- authorised share capi- Slackening economic momentum to limit non-compulsory purchases: ICRA gregating to Rs same has been trans- ture crystalline sili- tal of the MSEL is Rs NEW DELHI:: As expected, the such as GST e-way the second wave of 74,000," a BSE filing ferred to ATLLP, con solar PV cells, Slackening economic shrunken base of na- bills, electricity gen- COVID-19," said stated. It also said that which is a wholly- modules and ancil- 5,00,000 while the momentum driven by tionwide lockdown in eration, vehicle regis- Nayar. paid-up share capital the second wave of April 2020 boosted trations and rail She said that the the deal is done for owned LLP of Adani lary operations, COVID-19 infec- the pace of year-on- freight traffic dis- sharply higher daily cash consideration. Enterprises Limited, which is in a similar is Rs 1,00,000. tions in India has year expansion of played a slowing se- infections in second emerged as a concern several high-fre- quential momentum, wave of COVID-19 Amazon to retire Prime Now, allows with bruised senti- quency indicators in reflecting the rise in will have a prolonged ment, high healthcare April this year, result- COVID-19 cases and negative impact on costs and fuel ex- ing in a widespread imposition of consumer sentiment. two-hour deliveries on main app penses likely to limit improvement com- localised restrictions. "Substantial healt- discretionary pur- pared to the perfor- "Early data available hcare expenses along chases in the immedi- mance in March. for May confirms that with high retail prices ate term, rating "However, the opti- this trend is continu- of fuels are likely to agency ICRA has mism generated by ing as the lockdowns squeeze disposable said. this trend is limited as have both been ex- incomes in urban as Chief Economist 8 of the 13 non-finan- tended and spread to well as rural areas," Aditi Nayar said that cial indicators last other states to curb Nayar said. in addition, contact- month remained be- Odisha releases SOP to contain intensive services can low their pre-COVID expect cutback in levels," she said. COVID-19 spread among children spending. Moreover, indicators Continued from page-1 pending on caseload in the future. Cyclone Yaas: Very severe cy- The Covid facilities will also have to earmark clonic storm likely to cross Covid-19 newborn units in existing SNCU/ Continued from page-1 NICU with strict isolation and infection preven- km/hr will prevail over north Bay of Bengal, tion and control measures. The SOP has also advised nursing mothers to continue along and off Odisha-West Bengal- breastfeeding with Covid appropriate behaviour Bangladesh coasts from Monday evening. even after detected positive. Additional Chief ALSO READ | PM Modi reviews prepared- Secretary of Health PK Mohapatra said the dis- ness to tackle Cyclone Yaas, wants no disrup- tricts and civic bodies have been asked to move NEW DELHI: Ama- website. cery at Amazon. ment on Friday. tion in Covid treatment, vaccination Odisha State Medical Corporation Ltd for nec- zon has announced to "In the US, we began Prime Now was The company said The wind speed will be reaching 50 km/hr to essary logistics, consumables and other require- shut down its making two-hour de- launched back in that the feedback 60 km per hour and gusting up to 70 kmph ments to set up the facilities. from customers who “Covid hospitals will allow one of the parents standalone Prime livery from Amazon 2014. Now, there will from Tuesday evening. Wind speed will fur- Now quick delivery Fresh and Whole be one convenient have shopped two- to remain as an attendant in case an infant is hour delivery on ther increase, becoming gale and reaching 60 admitted. This may be considered on a case to app, and the two-hour Foods Market avail- app for shopping, km/hr to 70 km/hr and gusting up to 80 kmph Amazon has been case basis and the caregiver parent will be ad- delivery options will able on Amazon in tracking orders and overwhelmingly from Wednesday morning along and off West equately counselled on Covid appropriate now be available on 2019. Globally, we'll contacting customer positive, and it's a Bengal, adjoining north Odisha and behaviour, such as personal hygiene, hand wash- its main app and move our third-party service. "The same natural next step to Bangladesh coasts. The regional Met office ing, use of hand sanitiser and use of mask,” he website. The com- partners and local ultrafast delivery on simplify the ultrafast said the wind speed will be reaching 90 kmph said. The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Post Gradu- delivery experience ate Institute of Paediatrics (SVPGIP), Cuttack pany said that in In- stores to the Amazon everyday essentials, to 100 kmph and gusting up to 110 kmph from dia, Japan and shopping experience gifts, toys, high qual- globally. In the US, Wednesday afternoon and will increase fur- will act as the nodal centre for monitoring and customers can now provision of technical input to treating Singapore, it has al- before the Prime ity groceries, and ther till the evening. Private weather forecaster easily add items from paediatricians in other parts of the State. ready moved the Now app and website more you've come to Skymet said, "Likely cyclone over the east- their Alexa shopping The Superintendent of SVPGI, Cuttack has been Prime Now experi- are retired later this expect with Prime central Bay of Bengal is developing fast. The list to their Amazon instructed to form a technical group which will ence onto Amazon year," informed Now and now avail- cyclonic storm is expected to intensify into a be available to treating physicians, Fresh or Whole paediatricians, intensivists and paediatric and retired the Prime Stephenie Landry, able on Amazon," Foods Market shop- severe cyclonic storm and further to a very ping cart. severe cyclonic storm by May 25. It will move anaesthesiologists across the State over phone, Now app and vice president of gro- Landry said in a state- north-west to head for West Bengal and north mobile and WhatsApp for technical inputs, TMC turncoats make beeline to the BJP was a wrong decision. Odisha coast. Landfall is expected on May 26 whenever needed. Similarly, all private hospi- tals and hospitals by corporate houses, NGOs, re-join party "It was their mistake, not BJP’s. They joined during the later half of the day." missionaries and philanthropic organisations Continued from page-1 Though the exact place and time of crossing our party with expectations and when they have been directed to create such facilities. regain their foothold on the soil of Bengal’s the coastline with precision will need another All hospitals dealing with paediatric patients found it was not fulfilled, they are showing politics. The turncoats, both who were fielded 24 hours, West Bengal and Odisha border is will create one dedicated counselling centres, interest to return to their old party," he said. the preferred location for a strike. Extremely where the parents can be counselled and be but failed to win and those who were denied TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said not only heavy rains and high-velocity winds in excess shared with information about the status of the ticket by the BJP, found themselves completely patients. “Now the arrangements will be man- these three turncoats but many others, who had of 150 kmph are expected over the sea and sidelined in the saffron camp,’’ said a senior coastal parts, it added Once intensified, it will aged by the existing trained staff available in the State. A pool of trained manpower will be defected to the BJP, are showing interest to be called cyclone 'Yaas' named by . This TMC leader. created in all Medical Colleges and Hospitals return and writing our leaders. will be the second cyclone to hit the Indian and District Headquarters Hospitals by impart- BJP’s state president Dilip Ghosh said those coast within 10 days after that ing handhold training in ICUs, PICUs and who expressed their desire to return to the "The party has not taken any stance about these crossed on May 17. NICUs,” Mohapatra added. TMC admitted that their decision of joining turncoats willing to re-join the TMC," he said. BHUBANESWAR, MONDAY, 24 MAY, 2021 www.thekalingachronicle.com THE KALINGA CHRONICLE SportS Popular people’s Daily of Odisha 8 La Liga: Luis Suarez, Diego Simeone celebrate Atletico Madrid title with tears and smiles MADRID: When the scare. A win for team its second and Madrid twice, in- had to do too. We goal by Óscar Plano bench, apparently were only a few min- final whistle blew, Madrid and draw for league title in 25 cluding last season. have to congratulate in the 18th minute, searching for answers utes left in Valladolid, Diego Simeone broke Atlético would have years. Atlético's pre- "It has been such a Atlético. I believe the but Ángel Correa as his team appeared though, and Atlético out into a broad kept the title with vious league title be- difficult year, with so team that wins the equalized in the 57th nervous and contin- held on for the vic- smile, laughed and Madrid on the head- fore 2014 was in many people dying. league deserves it. and Suárez sealed the ued to struggle. tory and the title. breathed a sigh of re- to-head tiebreaker. 1996, when Simeone For Atlético to win My players gave it win in the 67th for his Madrid thought it had EUROPEAN SPOTS lief. A few moments Suárez's goal came as still played for the the title this season, their all until the last 21st league goal with equalized against Real Sociedad se- later, Luis Suárez was redemption in what club. it's different. It was a minute, so I have no Atlético. Villarreal with a cured fifth place and sitting on the field he called his "tough- As players chanted difficult year, just like reproaches for my Like last weekend, header by Karim a Europa League spot weeping profusely est year". He was key and celebrated on the our own history. This team," said Madrid when Atlético needed Benzema in the 55th, with a 1-0 win at while on a video call. for Atlético through- field, several hundred was one of the best coach Zinedine two late goals to beat but video review de- Osasuna. Sixth-place After a seven-year out the season after Atlético fans held years for Atlético to Zidane, whose future Osasuna and stay in termined he was Real Betis won 3-2 at wait - and a dramatic practically being their own celebra- be the champion," at the club remains the lead, things offside. The play was Celta Vigo and also final round - Atlético uncertain. changed quickly at still under review at guaranteed a spot in Madrid had won the Barcelona was out of the top in a tense the Di Stéfano when European competi- Spanish league title. contention entering round. Atlético took the lead tions. Seventh-place Fans and players later the final round and A win by Atlético in Valladolid two Villarreal will play in celebrated together closed its season with would clinch the title minutes later. Wednesday's Europa outside the stadium in a 1-0 win at last-place no matter what but it Correa scored after League final against Valladolid, with more Eibar without Lionel went down a goal dribbling past two Manchester United supporters rejoicing Messi, who was al- early to open the door opponents outside the and can secure a spot back in Madrid. lowed to start his va- for a Madrid come- area and finding the in the Champions Atlético outlasted cation early. The back. net with a low shot second-place Real Catalan club secured At the Alfredo Di between the legs of a League with a vic- Madrid after coming third place after Stéfano Stadium, defender. tory. from behind to defeat Antoine Griezmann Madrid captain Atlético started RELEGATION Valladolid 2-1 on Sat- scored an 81st- Sergio Ramos, who breathing a sigh of Valladolid and urday and finish two minute winner. was with the substi- relief 10 minutes later Huesca joined Eibar points ahead of its handed to the team by tions outside the José said Simeone, who Atlético led the tutes, tried to alert his as Suárez scored the as the three relegated city rival after almost Barcelona. The Uru- Zorrilla Stadium in won a record eighth league since the ninth teammates that go-ahead goal in a teams for next sea- losing a lead that it guay striker was Valladolid. Some title with the club round but had Atlético was losing, breakaway, calmly son. Eibar had al- had held since the deeply moved after players later joined since arriving as struggled near the but it took only a few sending a shot into ready been demoted ninth round. the match and broke them on their way to coach in 2011. end and allowed seconds before the net in a one-on- last weekend. Elche Suárez, who was let down while appar- the team bus, sharing After embracing his Barcelona and Madrid also con- one situation with escaped on Saturday go by Barcelona ently talking to his hugs and chanting to- family, Simeone Madrid to get back in ceded. Valladolid goal- after beating Athletic against his wishes last family on the phone. gether, many without jumped on the team the title race. Both Villarreal's opener by keeper Jordi Masip. Bilbao 2-0 at home. season, scored the "This has been a hard masks despite the bus as his players Madrid and Yéremi Pino came Atlético wasn't safe Huesca drew 0-0 winner for Atlético season for the situa- coronavirus. were celebrating and Barcelona squan- two minutes after yet, though, as against Valencia, also which won its first tion I had to go Police had to inter- singing "We Are the dered chances to Valladolid's goal Madrid rallied with at home. league title since through, starting the vene to keep some of Champions". Real move to the top in the against Atlético. In Benzema scoring in Valladolid, owned by 2014 in a wild finish season the way it did, the fans away. The Madrid was trying to final weeks. Valladolid, Simeone the 87th and Luka former Brazil great that had plenty of being disrespected trophy will be pre- win back-to-back Atlético risked losing was down on a knee, Modric striking in Ronaldo, played two twists with the two (by Barcelona) and sented to the club on league trophies for the lead on Saturday shaking his head. He stoppage time to give straight seasons in the remaining title con- having Atlético open Monday. Atlético's the first time since after Valladolid raised his arm and the defending cham- first division after the tenders playing at the its doors to me. I will 11th league title 2007-08. jumped ahead with a looked back to his pions a chance. There Brazilian took over. same time. always be thankful to ended a seven-year It finished the season Madrid couldn't re- this great club for dominance by without any title for peat as champion de- that," Suárez said. Barcelona and the first time in a de- spite rallying to de- The results left Madrid in Spain. cade. feat Villarreal 2-1 at Atlético top at the end Since 2014, "We did what we home and giving of the 38-round sea- Barcelona had won needed to do, and Atlético a very late son, giving Simeone's the league four times they did what they Puma comes forward with sponsorship after Zimbabwe cricketer posts photo of worn-out shoes HARARE: Spor- have to glue our am so proud to an- Heath Streak and Neil tsgear brand Puma shoes back after ev- nounce that I’ll be Johnson, who once came forward with a ery series," Burl joining the represented the Afri-

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