®®® Vol - 17 ®®® Issue-262 ®®® Bhubaneswar ®®® 04 May, 2021 ®®® Tuesday ®® Orissa Today email:[email protected], ®®® Rs.2.00 People’s Voice [email protected] ®®® Pages -8 RNI NO - ODIENG/2005/16409 For e paper : www.orissatodaynews. in [email protected] Modi, European Commision president Odisha reports 8914 new covid cases talk on pandemic, Strategic partnership Five deaths in a single day,14 days Lockdown to commence on May 5 New Delhi, May 3 (UNI) Bhubaneswar, May 03 (UNI) State and appealed to the people Ahead of the May 8 India-EU As many as 8914 new covid not to make the market place virtual summit, Prime Minister cases and five deaths were re- crowded and also not to go for Narendra Modi spoke with ported in Odisha in the past 24 panic buying during the President of the European hours taking the total tally to Lockdown period. Mr.Jena said Commission, Ursula von der 4,71,536 with 2073 fatalities. all essential commodity shops Leyen and discussed the pre- Health and family Welfare de- shall remain open from 6 AM to vailing COVID-19 situation in partment sources said 5081 and 12 noon to during the lockdown India and the EU and strength- 3833 covid positive cases were period to facilitate easy pur- ening the strategic partnership reported from the quarantine chase. He further appealed to between the two sides. Prime centres and local contact in 30 adhere to appropriate Covid Minister Modi expressed his districts in the past 24 hours. protocol during the Lockdown appreciation of the EU and its Five covid patients, three from and weekend Shutdown includ- member nations for mobilizing try. This weekend's India-EU ready multi-faceted India-EU Sundargarh district and two in the state has gone up to while , third phase vaccination ing use of mask,hand wash and quick support for India’s fight Leaders’ Meeting will be the relationship. from Bhubaneswar, succumbed 71,835. As many as 28 districts for the age group of 18 to 44 maintain the distance. The state against the second wave of first meeting in the EU+27 for- "There is clear momentum to to the virus while undergoing in the state reported more than years commenced in the state government has announced 14 COVID-19. "Good call with mat. The meeting reflects the strengthen our strategic rela- treatment in the hospital in the 100 covid cases and nine of today and only those registered days complete lockdown from Prime Minister @narendramodi shared ambition of both sides tions on trade, digital, climate Past 24 hours. Sources said till them registered more than 300 in on line and given the slot were May 4 to May 19 next to con- in preparation of the EU-India for further strengthening the change and multilateralism," midnight of May2,about cases. Khordha district contin- allowed to be inoculated in the tain the spread of coronavirus Summit: Team Europe stands in India-EU Strategic Partnership, said the Commission president. 10227321 tests were conducted ued to register the highest num- specified centers allocated to .However, all the shops except deep solidarity with our demo- said the Prime Minister's Office. "I'm encouraged by the pros- in the state and the state has so ber of 1258 cases followed by them. the medicine shops would re- cratic partner India. We are pro- During the phone call, the two pect of intensifying our trade far registered 4,71,536 positive Sundargarh ( 592), Cuttack ( Development Commissioner- main closed on weekend days viding rapid support and are de- leaders agreed that India-EU & investment relations. This cases of which 3,97575 have 587),Sambalpur ( 520) Bargarh ( cum-SRC Pradeep Jena, today due to shut down announced livering assistance to fight Strategic Partnership was wit- would tap into a huge potential been recovered.The active cases 542), Nabarangpur(433). Mean- briefed Covid situation in the by the state government. COVID19, " said von der Leyen nessing a renewed momentum to the benefit of our businesses in a tweet. since the last Summit in July. & citizens," she added. The Mamata to go to ECI defers Pipili Assembly by election in Odisha Modi was to go to Porto, Por- Both leaders noted that the meeting could see progress on court over Bhubaneswar, May 3 (UNI) tugal, for the summit, but can- upcoming meeting is an impor- a free trade agreement and trea- Nandigram counting Election Commission of India celled the visit due the worsen- tant opportunity to provide re- ties on investment protection today postponed the by elec- ing Covid situation in the coun- newed momentum to the al- and Geographical Indications. tion to the Pipili Assembly seat Mamata Banrejee likely scheduled to be held on May Policy paralysed govt can't secure 16 next in view of the surge in to take oath as Bengal Covid pandemic situation. CM for 3rd time on May victory over coronavirus: Rahul Sources here said the by-elec- 5: Partha Chatterjee Gandhi scion had criticised tion to Pipili Assembly was Kolkata, May 3 (UNI) TMC the Modi government, saying postponed on the basis of supremo Mamata Banerjee is a large amount of public the reports of the state Chief expected to take oath as the money was given to compa- Kolkata, May 3 (UNI) West Electoral officer. A fresh chief minister for the third nies manufacturing Bengal Chief Minister and date for the by-election straight term on Wednesday, coronavirus vaccines and Trinamool Congress (TMC) would be announced after on April 17 last was ad- pealed to the ECI to change May 5, according to Partha now the same vaccine is sold supremo Mamata Banerjee on assessing the Covid Pan- journed and fixed for May the date stating that it would Chatterjee. All the newly New Delhi, May 3 (UNI) Con- to them at higher prices. Monday said she will go to demic situation. 16following the demise of be incontinent on their part to elected legislators will be sworn gress leader Rahul Gandhi on 'People's money was given to court over Nandigram count- This was for the third Congress Candidate on April participate in the election as in by the pro-tem speaker Biman Monday attacked the Modi vaccine companies to de- ing. time the by election to the 14 just three days before the Idul Fitri falls on May 16 Now Banrjee on May 6, Mr Chatterje government, saying a policy velop Covid vaccines. Now, Addressing a meeting with Pipili assembly seat was de- election. The date for the by- the By election was post- said after a meeting of the newly paralysed government cannot GOI will make same people party leaders at party head- ferred. The by election to election was again shifted to poned again due to the sec- elected legislators, which was secure victory over the virus. pay the highest price in the quarters here, Ms Banerjee al- Pipili scheduled to be held May 16 after some people ap- ond phase covid situation in presided by Ms Banerjee. The Wayanad MP tweeted , 'A world for these vaccines. leged, the returning officer in the state. policy paralysed GOI cannot Once again, the failed ‘system’ Nandigram messaged her say- Suspended IFS officer Abhaya Pathak serves compulsory retirement secure victory over the virus. fails our citizens for Modi- ing his life was under threat Face it. Don’t fake it.' mitrs' profit,' former Congress and the Election Commission recommended to the central government to give compulsory re- Earlier, on April 28 too, the president had tweeted. tirement to Mr Pathak, an 1987 batch IFS officer for possessing (EC) didn't allow recounting. assets of crores of rupees disproportionate to his known sources Admiral Karambir Singh briefs PM Modi about The TMC supremo, who was of income. Mr Pathak and his son Akash were arrested by the single-handedly spearheaded state vigilance department on November 27 last year for allegedly Indian Navy's efforts in Covid management her Trinamool Congress for possessing assets worth around Rs 9.3 crore disproportionate to the third consecutive term their known sources of income. into the corridor of power, said Later, the Vigilance conducted several raids and detected assets she will go to court. Defeat- worth around Rs 20 crore from their possession. Both the father ing all odds, the Trinamool and the son are now in jail. Sources said Mr Pathak was making Congress (TMC), led by party cash deposits of his alleged ill-gotten money in the bank ac- supremo Mamata Banerjee , counts of his son Akash. Mr Abhay who was the Additional coasted to a comfortable and PCCF of Afforestation and Planning at the time of his arrest also allegedly helped his son Akash to impersonate as the MD of Tata credible majority in West Ben- Bhubaneswar, May 3 (UNI) President Ram Nath Kovind on Motors and duped several job aspirants promising them jobs in gal, won 213 seats, bettering Monday gave his assent to the Odisha government’s recommen- the company. The Enforcement Directorate is inquiring into the its performance of 211 in the dations for compulsory retirement to suspended IFS officer Abhay money laundering activities of both the father and the son to outgoing Assembly. Pathak. The Odisha government on December 17 last year had trace the money trail in connection with the job scam. New Delhi, May 3 (UNI) The duties while the trained ‘Battle Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Field Nursing Assistants’ Our confidence in health care is lost Karambir Singh on Monday would be ddeployed in Covid briefed Prime Minister duties. ( Dr V. Rajendra Raju) of distress. ensure uninterrupted Oxygen Narendra Modi on the efforts Admiral Karambir Singh also Brahmapur , May 03: If we When we are spend- supply to all the hospitals and made by the Indian Navy to updated Mr Modi that Navy will open the pages of the ing crores of rupees in space to launch a speedy mass vacci- aid civil administration in is helping increase oxygen newspapers one thing we will research and in the construc- nation drive across the country. Covid management. He in- availability in Lakshadweep as notice that the people are in tion of temples and beautifica- Retired health care staffs may be formed the PM that the Indian well as Andaman & Nicobar horror to face the Covid-19 tion of cities, at that time the requested to help in this mission Navy has reached out to all Islands. He also apprised him pandemic. Thousands of doctors from different hospi- according to their ability. Gov- state administrations and have that the Indian Navy is trans- people were lost their lives and tals are appeal to government ernment has to postpone some offered help in terms of hospi- porting Oxygen Containers as now no space is found in cre- to provide Oxygen to met the development works to divert tal beds, transportation and well as other supplies from matoriums. The sharp spike in extremely critical situation as that budgetary allocation for the Naval hospitals have been Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Covid-19 cases during this hospitals are not being able to health care fund. The local au- opened for use of civilians in Singapore to India. Earlier, the second wave clearly speaks support ventilated patients. thorities should be empowered various cities. He also in- Prime Minister had met, CDS how the unruly citizens and Then another thing that hap- to take decision and purchase formed that medical personnel Genral Bipin Rawat, Army and the administrators having no pened ie malpractices related all the health care equipments in the Navy have been rede- Air Force Chiefs to review the fore sight are responsible for many examples are found, how was no such government sys- to Covid-19 which include by ignoring all purchase formali- ployed at various locations in aid being extended to the civil it. Despite the warning by the the political leaders like tem at that period to help the overcharge of ambulance, Take ties to meet the audit in future. the country to manage Covid administration by them. health experts in early moment, B.G.Tilak, Gandhiji, Netaji and people. Still the people were medicines and hoarding of They should be under strict vigi- government did not seek to Gopabandhu Dash came for- managed it. Oxygen cylinders. When the lant by a special squad, with Centre seeks report from West impose major restrictions to ward to help the people at their Now countries like people are crying, at that time cross check facilities. If any cor- stop the spread of the virus. door step during the pandemic USA, UK, France, Taiwan Rus- how the black marketers are ruption found in the transac- Bengal Govt on post election violence Rather permission extended to of their period. Even the spiri- sia, Singapore and Bhutan pushing the people into Covid tion or any negligence in duty New Delhi, May 3 (UNI) The Centre on Monday sought report celebrate Kumbhamela where tual teachers like Vivekananda came forward to help India death trap is a matter of con- is found, then it should be from the West Bengal Government following incidents of vio- millions of largely unmasked and Sivannda served the during this crisis period. But cern. treated as criminal offence lence that occurred today in many parts of the State including people attended. Political ral- people during the pandemic of nobody is coming forward to However to meet the with dismiss from the service. Nandigram following the victory celebration of the ruling All In- lies were also permitted to con- their time. The communities lift the dead body from a present situation, the govern- At this time if Government dia Trinamool Congress. Tension prevailed in Nadigram a day duct the election campaign for were also active to help the house. So the death of the fam- ment has to call a special ses- will like, it will be better to na- after the Trinamool Congress got landslide victory on May 2, the which the worlds most popu- people when small pox was af- ily member is not so painful sion of the Parliament to take tionalize all the private hos- Bharatiya Janata Party alleged that its leader Suvendu Adhikari's lous country is now struggling. fected. Small pox was more with compare to noncoopera- positive opinions from all the pitals till the situation comes convoy was attacked in Haldia and one of its offices in Nandigram If we will look to the history dangerous than Covid. There tion of the villagers, at the time parties. The Government has to normal for public interest. was set on fire allegedly by Trinamool Congress workers. Orissa Today WORLD Tuesday 04 May 2021 Bhubaneswar 2 Activists in NY call on US to stop supporting Nepali govt decides to suspend flights Kiev, draw attention to Odessa massacre NEW YORK, May 3 in New York, they held tion in Ukraine. They more and more dependent with India, South Africa, Brazil (Sputnik) A memorial for banners reading "[US continue the brutal war on the military industry, Kathmandu, May 3 (UNI) the victims of the 2014 President Joe] Biden and against the people in it leads to the militariza- The Nepali government massacre in the city of [Ukrainian President Donetsk and Lugansk. tion of the police and en- decided to suspend do- Odessa has been orga- Volodymyr] Zelensky: Washington and its NATO courages them to act like mestic flights fully and in- nized at New York’s Hands off Donetsk and allies continue to arm and an occupying force," ternational flights with In- Union Square, Greg Lugansk!", "Stop the finance this war. Only a Butterfield told Sputnik. dia, South Africa and Bra- Butterfield, a coordinator cover-up! Justice for week or two ago, U.S. The ongoing conflict in zil after the country re- for the "Solidarity with Odessa massacre vic- and Ukrainian escalation southeastern Ukraine, ported record high Covid- Novorossiya and Antifas- tims", and "US-NATO in the region threatened where the Ukrainian mili- 19 cases, two Nepali cabi- cists in Ukraine" move- Out of Ukraine!" to plunge the world into tary launched a special net ministers said. ment, told Sputnik. "What is astonishing is war," Butterfield said. operation against the On May 2, 2014, Ukrai- how completely U.S. He warned that the mili- self-proclaimed Donetsk "The cabinet decided to nian nationalists locked corporate media have tary campaigns the US and Luhansk people’s re- suspend all domestic pro-federalism protesters erased the Odessa mas- has carried out abroad publics in 2014, has flights starting from Mon- in Odessa's Trade Unions sacre from history. So it and the ongoing proxy killed thousands of day midnight," Gauri House and set the build- is an uphill battle, but an wars will only exacerbate people. The Normandy Shankar Chaudhary, min- ing on fire. Almost 50 important one, to break domestic problems. Four format , which in- ister for labour, employ- people died and some 250 the information block- "In 1967, Dr. Martin cludes Russia, France, ment and social security, on Sunday confirmed in- culture and livestock de- tries other than aforemen- protesters were injured in ade. Today we had sev- Luther King Jr. said, ‘The Germany, and Ukraine, told Xinhua news agency fections for 7,211 people, velopment, told Xinhua on tioned three countries clashes with the radicals, eral good conversations bombs dropped in Viet- was established in June on Sunday evening. a new daily record in in- Sunday. "But, flights with would continue on condi- according to the United with people who passed nam also explode here at 2014 to mediate the con- fections since the pan- South Africa and Brazil tion that necessary health Nations. by the memorial about home.’ That is still true. flict after the regions of "International flights with demic hit the Himalayan will be closed for the fore- protocols are followed. "We feel it’s important to these issues. We will U.S. military bases, Donetsk and Luhansk, India, South African and country early last year. seeable future." remember the more than continue organizing to proxy wars and sanc- known together as Brazil will be suspended Nepal witnessed less than 40 anti-fascists who died, build solidarity with the tions hurt people around Donbas, proclaimed inde- from mid-night of May "Due to current COVID- Nepal does not have direct 100 cases for most of the and also to inform the anti-fascist people of the world, but also hurt pendence following what 5." 19 crisis in India, we de- flights with South Africa days in March but saw public here about the U.S. Donbass and Ukraine people here by taking they considered to be a cided to suspend flights and Brazil. So, there won't continuous rise of cases government’s role in sup- and to oppose U.S.- money away from im- coup in Kiev in February The Nepali government's with India for certain pe- be connected flights, ac- since April with over porting the right-wing re- NATO war moves proving healthcare, of that year. Despite sev- decision came after the riod," Padma Kumari cording to Aryal.Aryal 7,000 cases reported on gime in Kiev," Butterfield against Russia," housing, education and eral ceasefire agreements country's health ministry Aryal, minister for agri- said flights with the coun- Sunday for the first time. said. Butterfield told Sputnik. other urgent needs of the reached under the He told Sputnik that on He stressed that the on- people. When the U.S. Normandy format, the Sunday, activists orga- going conflict in the supports fascist groups in Donbas conflict contin- Venezuelan President confirms fifth shipment of nized events in at least 20 southeastern Ukrainian other countries to en- ues. cities across Europe and regions of Donetsk and force its will, that also Activists from the "Solidar- Russian Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 North America in order to Luhansk is a major comes back with the ity with Novorossiya and Mexico City, May 3 vision on Sunday. death toll is at over 2,150. for emergency use in 64 draw attention to the con- threat to global security. spread of far right and Antifascists in Ukraine" (Sputnik) Venezuelan The Sunday delivery was Venezuela started its mass countries. flict in southeastern "The Ukrainian state and white supremacist movement are calling for President Nicolas the fifth Sputnik V ship- coronavirus vaccination According to an interim Ukraine (Donbas). Dur- neo-Nazi groups con- groups here. When the an end to violence in Maduro says his country ment that Venezuela re- campaign earlier this year analysis from a trial pub- ing the Sunday memorial tinue to repress opposi- U.S. economy grows Ukraine's southeast. has received yet another ceived since February. after it received the first lished in The Lancet delivery of Russia’s Sput- According to Alvarado, batch of Russia’s Sputnik medical journal, the vac- Three dead, 27 injured in boat accident off San Diego nik V coronavirus vac- there have been no cases V vaccine in February. cine has 91.6 percent ef- Washington, May 3 (UNI) cine. of side effects from the In August 2020, Russia ficacy. Meanwhile, the A boat, believed to be a "The Minister of Health Russian vaccine in Ven- became the first country Gamaleya National Re- smuggling vessel, has [Carlos Alvarado] was in ezuela. in the world to register a search Center of Epide- crashed into a reef off the Maiquetia [international According to the latest vaccine against the miology and Microbiol- coast of the US city of San airport in the state of La Johns Hopkins University coronavirus, dubbed ogy and the Russian Di- Diego, leaving three people Guaira] receiving new data, Venezuela has more Sputnik V, and developed rect Investment Fund dead and 27 others injured. doses of the Russian vac- than 198,800 confirmed by the Gamaleya research (RDIF) have reported cine Sputnik V," Maduro coronavirus cases, while institute. So far, the vac- that Sputnik V has 97.6 "Multiple agencies includ- announced on state tele- the country’s COVID-19 cine has been approved percent efficacy. ing @SDLifeguards res- cued 25 people from the water. Sadly, two did not Iran rejects reports about prisoner survive. 23 were taken to local hospitals. Federal agencies are still searching boat accident, while a to- water off Point Loma. used to smuggle migrants swap deal with US - Foreign Ministry the water in vessels and tal of 27 were taken to lo- into the United States ille- Tehran, May 3 (Sputnik) Iranian Foreign Minister ing [of the issue] has been done separately from the aircraft," The San Diego cal hospitals with various Authorities believe the boat gally," Supervisory Border Spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh on Monday rejected nuclear deal talks," Khatibzadeh said at a press con- Fire-Rescue service said injuries. was carrying illegal mi- Patrol Agent Jeffery media reports about an alleged prisoner exchange ference. on Twitter on Sunday. grants, although no iden- Stephenson said on Sun- agreement between Tehran and Washington. Earlier this year, Tehran expressed its willingness to According to Romero, tities have been released so day, as quoted by The Los The Lebanese broadcaster Al Mayadeen reported on have a prisoner swap with the US during President Fire Rescue lifeguard Lt the 40-foot cabin cruiser far. Angeles Times. Sunday, citing its Iranian sources, that the two coun- Joe Biden's term. The remark followed the arrest of Rick Romero said during with at least 30 people on tries were planning to exchange imprisoned citizens, Iranian political scientist and scholar Kaveh Lotfolah a Sunday news conference board crashed into a reef "Every indication from According to Stephenson, with Washington promising to give Tehran $7 billion Afrasiabi by the FBI at his home in Massachusetts on that three people had and broke apart on Sun- our perspective is that this the suspected smuggler is from its frozen assets. The US State Department has charges of being an "unregistered agent" of the Is- drowned as a result of the day morning, in rough was a smuggling vessel in custody. already refuted this information. lamic Republic. "The reports about prisoner exchange with the US do Commenting on Iran's proposal for a prisoner exchange not correspond to reality ... The issue of prisoners in March, US State Department Deputy Spokesper- UK to send extra 1,000 ventila- has been and remains a humanitarian issue and they son Jalina Porter said that Washington was open to have always been on Iran's agenda and the monitor- discussing the issue. tors to India to fight COVID-19 UK records another 1,671 London, May 3 (UNI) The UK plans to send addi- tional 1,000 ventilators to Indian hospitals to support coronavirus cases, 14 deaths the country in the fight London, May 3 (Xinhua) cial figures. lateral flow tests to as merase chain reaction) against COVID-19, the Another 1,671 people in Meanwhile, more than 15 many as 40,000 people is tests, whose results usu- UK government said on Britain have tested posi- million people across the successful, Sky News re- ally return in 24 hours or Sunday. tive for COVID-19, bring- UK have now had both ported. so, according to the BBC. ing the total number of doses of a coronavirus The trial will begin on May Experts have warned "India’s fight against a coronavirus cases in the vaccine, which means a 9 and close contacts of that despite progress in surge in coronavirus cases country to 4,420,201, ac- majority of the elderly and people with coronavirus vaccine rollout, Britain is will be reinforced by new cording to official figures most vulnerable are fully will be contacted by "still not out of the UK Government support released Sunday. inoculated against phone and sent seven days woods" amid concerns announced by the Prime The country also reported COVID-19. of the tests if they decide over new variants, par- Minister today. One-thou- another 14 coronavirus- British media reported to participate in the study. ticularly those first sand ventilators will be related deaths. The total Sunday that daily lateral They will have to test emerged in South Africa, sent from the UK’s surplus number of coronavirus- flow tests could be used themselves every morn- Brazil and India, and the supply to Indian hospitals related deaths in Britain as a way to prevent ing for seven days. They third wave of pandemic to help the most severe now stands at 127,538. home-isolation for those will be exempt from the on the European conti- Covid cases," Sputnik that the UK had previ- dian institutions stream- experience of the Indian These figures only include who have been in contact home isolation rule every nent. quoted the government as ously pledged. line their COVID-19 re- healthcare system," the the deaths of people who with someone who tested day they test negative, as To bring life back to nor- saying, citing a statement. sponse. government said. died within 28 days of positive for coronavirus. long as they do not show mal, countries such as The government also their first positive test. Currently, these people any symptoms of Britain, China, Russia, the The new shipment of ven- stated that the country's "The group will include UK Prime Minister Boris More than 34.5 million are required to quarantine coronavirus. United States as well as tilators will be an addition national health service researchers in public and Johnson and Prime Min- people have been given at home for 10 days but Lateral flow tests give re- the European Union have to the 200 ventilators, 495 (NHS England) will es- global health, alongside ister Narendra Modi are the first jab of the the measure could be sults in about 30 minutes been racing against time oxygen concentrators and tablish a "clinical advi- nursing and other health expected to hold a virtual coronavirus vaccine, ac- scrapped if a trial in En- but are considered less to roll out coronavirus 3 oxygen generation units sory group" to help In- professionals who have meeting on Tuesday. cording to the latest offi- gland which gives daily sensitive than PCR (poly- vaccines. Orissa Today Tuesday 04 May 2021 Bhubaneswar 3 Modi, Johnson launch Roadmap 2030 COVID: 3.68 lakh test to boost India-UK partnership Tuesday +ve, 3417 die in India New Delhi, May 3 (UNI) bring broader experience New Delhi, May 3 (UNI) Delhi, Tamil Nadu, West total recovery count to Prime Minister Narendra and geographic represen- India on Monday Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, 1,62,93,003, which is Modi will hold a virtual tation, and demonstrates reported 3,68,147 new Rajasthan and Bihar 81.77 per cent of the Summit with the Prime the importance of the cases of COVID-19 accounted for 73.78 per case tally. The fatality Minister of the United Indo-Pacific region, said during the past 24 hours, cent of the new cases. rate stood at 1.10 per Kingdom Boris Johnson the UK's Foreign and pushing the country Maharashtra has reported cent. on Tuesday and the two Commonwealth Develop- caseload to 1,99,25,604, the highest daily new leaders will unveil a ment Cooperation office. while the death toll cases at 56,647 followed Meanwhile, the Indian roadmap to elevate strate- mounted to 2,18,959 by Karnataka with Council of Medical gic ties and expand coop- Raab earlier said that the with 3,417 more 37,733 while Kerala Research (ICMR) said eration over the next de- G7 meeting is an oppor- fatalities. reported 31,959 new that a total of cade. tunity to show how the cases. 29,16,47,037 samples world’s biggest democra- According to the Union have been tested so far India-UK Strategic Part- cies work together to en- Health Ministry, the In terms of deaths, for coronavirus. Out of nership since 2004 has sure equitable access to active cases rose by Maharashtra saw the this, 15,04,698 were been marked by regular global efforts to fight the UK.Jaishankar and the UK Group 2021, led by HMS vaccines, build back bet- 63,998 to stand at maximum casualties tested in the past one day. high-level exchanges and pandemic Foreign Secretary Queen Elizabeth, will sail ter from the pandemic and 34,13,642. It is now (669) followed by Delhi growing convergences in Dominic Raab are ex- to India in the autumn on agree on action to tackle 17.13 per cent of the (407) and Uttar Pradesh On the vaccination front, diverse areas. "The Summit will be an pected to discuss the its maiden operational de- climate change. total caseload. with 288 daily deaths. as many as 15,71,98,207 important opportunity to Covid-19 challenge and ployment, signalling the vaccine doses have been "The comprehensive elevate our multi-faceted security in the Indo-Pa- "Indo-Pacific tilt" in the On Friday, the UK an- Of the fresh cases, 10 The past 24 hours saw administered so far while Roadmap 2030 will pave strategic ties and enhance cific. country's foreign policy. nounced it will host next states including 3,00,732 people a total of 29,16,47,037 the way for further ex- cooperation on regional year a summit with the Maharashtra, Karnataka, recovering from the tests have been panding and deepening and global issues of mu- On Sunday, Raab told Sky As well as G7 countries Coalition for Epidemic Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, deadly virus, taking the conducted as on date. India-UK cooperation tual interest," the MEA said News that the UK was (Canada, France, Ger- Preparedness Innovations across five key areas, in a statement. “doing everything that our many, Italy, Japan, US (CEPI) - a leading scien- namely people-to-people Indian friends need in their and UK, plus the EU) the tific coalition - to raise Traffic allowed from Srinagar relationship, trade and External Affairs Minister S hour of need.” UK government has also funds for vaccine re- prosperity, defence and Jaishankar will also be in invited India, Australia, the search and development. to Jammu after three days security, climate action London from May 3-6 to The first shipment of Republic of Korea, South Srinagar, May 3 (UNI) Heavy Motor Vehicles to Srinagar from Jammu and healthcare," said the participate in the G7 For- medical equipment, in- Africa, and the Chair and The G7 is looking for- Traffic was on Monday (HMVs) in Qazigund area on Saturday and those Ministry of External Af- eign Ministers Meeting, at cluding 100 ventilators Secretary-General of the ward to discussing ad- allowed from Srinagar to will be allowed to move closed on Saturday trav- fairs. which India has been in- and 95 oxygen concentra- Association of Southeast vancing economic Jammu after three day up towards Jammu. elled on Sunday on the vited as a guest country. tors from the UK arrived Asian Nations (ASEAN), growth, human rights, convoy to allow free Security forces vehicles highway. The two prime ministers in New Delhi last Tues- to join parts of this year’s food security, gender movement of vehicles , will also ply from Srinagar However, the historic 86- will also discuss COVID- He will thereafter under- day, meeting as guests. equality, and women’s and carrying darbar move to Jammu only, he said. km-long Mughal road, 19 cooperation and the take a bilateral visit to the The UK's Carrier Strike Their attendance will girls’ empowerment. employees on the national On Saturday and Sunday, seen as alternative to highway, the only all traffic was allowed from Srinagar-Jammu national AINEF hails Odisha govt’s decision of de- Mayawati demand free weather road connecting Jammu to Srinagar to en- highway remained closed Kashmir valley with the sure vehicles carrying though snow clearance claring journalist as frontline warriors Covid vaccine, treatment rest of the country. Darbar Move employees operation has been com- Vijayawada, Apr 3 (UNI) taken a decision bringing thanked Odisha Chief However, the historic to ply smoothly on the pleted since December All India Newspaper Em- all the journalists in the Minister Naveen Patnaik Mughal road, linking highway. last year. Several political ployees Federation state under the Frontline on behalf of AINEF. He Shopian in south Kashmir Jammu an Kashmir Union leaders and residents liv- (AINEF) welcomed the Warrior’s list, extending appealed to the Chief Min- with Rajouri and Poonch Territory (UT) Lt Gover- ing on both sides of the Odisha government’s de- Gopabandhu Sambadika isters of two Telugu states in Jammu region, re- nor Manoj Sinha has de- road expressed their con- cision declaring journalists Swasthya Bima Yojana in- to declare journalists as mained closed through ferred the biannual Darbar cern over continued clo- as ‘Frontline COVID war- surance cover under ‘Frontline warriors’ and snow clearance operation Move to Srinagar and said sure of the road despite riors’ and appealed the which 6,944 journalists extend the benefits. was completed last month. the civil secretariat, which clearance of snow. How- governments of Andhra would get Rs 2 lakh. Mr Rao deplored that as Lucknow, May 3 (UNI) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Traffic was on Monday is the seat of the UT ad- ever, private vehicles are Pradesh and Telangana He said that the Odisha many as 30 journalists supremo Mayawati on Monday has demanded free allowed from Srinagar to ministration, shall function plying on the road illegally, state to declare journalists Chief Minister recognized have died of Coronavirus Covid vaccine for all and free treatment for the poor. Jammu on the 270-km- from Srinagar and Jammu they alleged. as Frontline COVID war- the great services of jour- in the two Telugu states- "Rising above party politics, all parties should demand long highway, a traffic cities simultaneously. The national highway link- riors in their states. nalists in making people Andhra Pradesh and that the central government bear all expenses for the police spokesman said. However, all the employ- ing the UT of Ladakh with In a statement here on aware of issues relating to Telangana-during the last treatment of COVID-19-affected poor and weaker However, the Light Motor ees whether he or she Kashmir was also through Monday, IANEF national Covid-19 and taking part 10 days. He urged the section people and administer the vaccine free of cost," Vehicles (LMVs) had to moves to Srinagar or re- for one-way traffic. To- vice-president Mr in the battle against the governments of both the Mayawati said in a series of tweets in Hindi.She said if cross Zig Qazigund in main in Jammu will be day vehicles will ply from Purnachandra Rao said pandemic, risking their states to extend financial the Centre refuses to accept this, state governments south Kashmir between paid Rs 25,000 as travel Srinagar to different parts that the Odisha Chief Min- lives. help to the bereaved fami- must take up the responsibility themselves by cutting 0700 hrs to 1200 hrs, he allowance, he has an- of Ladakh. However, ve- ister Naveen Patnaik had Mr Purnachandra Rao lies. down on non-essential expenditure. She also appealed said adding no vehicle will nounced. hicles had to ply between to all the political parties to rise above political lines to be allowed after cut off He said employees of de- 0700 hrs to 1400 hrs from Assam: BJP led NDA wins 75 seats in fight with Covid.BSP is ready to support the political timing. partments which were Sonamarg in central Kash- parties in their fight against Covid, Mayawati said. He said only stranded closed on Friday travelled mir district of Ganderbal. Assam; Congress-led Grand Alliance BJP claims 60+ success in UP panchayat polls: SP too claims of good result garners 50 seats in the final tally Lucknow, May 3(UNI) Singh's sister-in-law lost sults were declared. Guwahati, May 3 (UNI) In As counting of panchayat the elections in BDC polls. Officials said that all re- the final results of the polls continued even after Dispute arose in Unnao sults would be declared by Assam Assembly elections 24 hours after it begun on during counting of votes Monday afternoon. 2021, the BJP led NDA Sunday, the political par- on Monday morning There were mismanage- won 75 seats out of the ties, the ruling BJP and when less ballot papers ment and crowd at every 126 assembly seats while principal opposition were found in the box. counting centers on Sun- Congress-led Grand Alli- Samajwadi Party has day morning when the ance managed to win 50 claimed good achieve- Similar incident happened counting started even af- seats. ment in the rural polls. when the ballot box of ter strict warning by the Sibsagar seat. party’s defeat in the Banthar village in Supreme Court . BJP won 60 seats and However, newly-floated Assam Assembly election. UP BJP vice-president and Sikendrapur was opened. Congress was able to gar- another political party and in charge of Panchayat SP spokesperson Dharmendra Yadav, was People thronged the ner 29 seats as announced Raijor Dal’s partner Ripun Bora himself failed polls Vijay Bahadur Pathak Rajendra Chowdhury has defeated by SP candidate In Chitrakoot, son of a counting centres violating by the Election Commis- Assam Jatiya Parishad to win the Gohpur As- here on Monday claimed claimed that the party Pramod Kumar by a mar- dacoit Aridaman Singh Covid norms. sion of India (ECI). (AJP) failed to open its sembly seat and was de- that party supported can- candidates have per- gin of 1907 votes. was elected pradhan of account. feated by BJP candidate didates have won in 60+ formed well in the Shitalpur Tauraha village. There are a total of 829 BJP’s alliance partners Utpal Bora. seats in the state and it will panchayat polls. While Sandhya got 5,998 counting centres which Asom Gana Parishad According to the ECI further increase when all votes, Pramod received Aridaman's father dacoit will decide the fate of (AGP) won 9 seats and website, in this election, Luronjyoti Gogoi, the the results were declared "Our candidates have 7905 votes. Radhe alias Subedar Singh 12,89,830 candidates. United People’s Party Lib- BJP’s vote share in- president of Assam Jatiya this afternoon. swept the polls in Etawah, was the right hand man of eral (UPPL) won 6 seats. creased to 33.21% while Parishad (AJP) and former Mainpuri, Azamgarh, In the 30 DDC seats of dreaded dacoit Dadua and Polling for 58,189 village Congress’ vote share was All Assam Students Union "The party's official can- Prayagraj and several Mainpuri, SP has won 5 is presently in jail. panchayats of Uttar The Congress-led Grand 29.7%. (AASU) general secretary, didates have performed other districts," he said. and was leading in 11 Pradesh took place in four Alliance partners, All In- lost the poll battle from as per the expectation and seats while BJP has won Elections were held for phases, between April 15 dia United Democratic The vote shares of other both Naharkatia and even some rebel too have Meanwhile, in Mainpuri, 2 and leading in four oth- 58,194 gram Pradhan, and 29, with polling per- Front (AIUDF) won 16 parties are AGP – 7.91%, Duliajan seats. won. We are assessing BJP had to suffer in the ers. 7,31,813 gram panchayat centage ranging between seats, Bodoland People’s AIUDF – 9.29% and oth- the situation and a detailed DDC elections when niece members, 75,808 BDC 72 to 75 per cent . Party (BPF) 4 seats and ers – 13.7%. BPF’s all three ministers report would be issued of Mulayam Singh Yadav, Senior BJP leader and members and 3050 DDC Communist Party of India in the BJP-led coalition soon," Mr Pathak said. the official candidate of state cabinet minister members. Termed as a semifinal be- (Marxist) won 1 seat. Meanwhile, Assam Con- government, Pramila Rani the BJP lost to SP candi- Ramapati Shastri's fore the 2022 assembly gress president and Rajya Brahma, Chandan Brahma Though the politicial par- date. nephew lost the pradhan Till Sunday late night, polls on the state, The jailed activist and Sabha Member Ripun and Rihon Daimary failed ties have fielded their can- elections in Mankapur 112358 posts of Gram panchayat elections have president of newly-floated Bora has resigned as the to come out victorious in didates in the panchayat Ms Sandhya Yadav, BJP area of Gonda district panchayat members, engaged all the political Raijor Dal Akhil Gogoi has state party president tak- the Assam Assembly elec- polls but symbols of the candidate and sister of while BJP's Harriya MLA 16510 gram pradhans and parties in the state for the won the election from ing responsibility for the tion. parties were not used. former SP MP in Basti district, Ajay 35812 BDC members re- first time. Orissa Today Tuesday 04 May 2021 Bhubaneswar 4 Fix the blame: A doctor grieves Torn between the professional and the personal He is the world’s doctor, and for months he has Covid crisis tirelessly led the global response to the coronavirus pandemic while privately nursing a piercing anguish. Tedros Adhanom We are on the fringes of some dramatic defence cooperation Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the agreements playing out. India would need to weigh in smartly World Health Organization, has largely kept his pain secret, maintaining a stoic public on new arrangements such as the Quad, and its ability to front. But when I probed, he wept. Tedros is contribute meaningfully to it, whilst arriving at an optimal path from Tigray, a part of Ethiopia that since that protects our overall interests as an emerging world player. November has endured crimes against humanity by Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers. The upcoming visit by US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin to The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has India needs to be seen in this light. properly described atrocities in western Tigray as ethnic cleansing, but the world has largely been indifferent. Tigrayan children are starving to death, men have been clubbed to death, and women and Sir — It is laudable that Indians are not holding back girls have been subjected to mass rape. from helping their fellow citizens in these very Ethiopian Opposition parties claim that more dark times. But in hailing these people as heroes, than 50,000 people have been killed — that is we should not forget that they are doing the job that not verifiable, and the toll is unknown — and the government has failed to do. This is not to take the scale of torture, starvation, murder and anything away from the kindness of people, but a destruction in the past few months may have country is not supposed to run on the goodwill of been the worst in the world. “Hunger is its citizens. We elect representatives by spending weaponized, rape is weaponized, there is thousands of rupees of public funds to do just this. indiscriminate killing,” Tedros said. “The No time is wrong to demand accountability from whole region is hungry.” the government, especially when one has bungled “It’s so painful,” he added. “I don’t have up as badly as ours has with the pandemic. Sage words.” advice His cousin, a 68-year-old woman, was killed Sir — Around the time when the Narendra Modi while trying to take shelter in a church, he said. regime was meeting and trying to make up for its Another relative, a 16-year-old high school massive mismanagement of the Covid-19 crisis, student, was shot in the street. Internet and telephone links be impartial and the horror of an ethnic cleansing of his serious and credible allegations are against the Ethiopian the Supreme Court — the only hope for Indian have been cut off, so Tedros can’t reach family members own people. Presiding over these crimes against and Eritrean armies and their allies. As WHO chief, democracy — asked the government whether it has in Tigray to get more information about who has been humanity in Tigray is Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Tedros has tried to get vaccines distributed more considered Section 92 of the Patents Act, 1970, tortured or murdered. My colleague, Declan Walsh, has Ethiopia, who came to power in 2018 and was initially equitably around the world, while dealing with Donald which enables compulsory licensing of patents in a reported on atrocities, such as a 26-year-old man being hailed as a great reformer; he even won the Nobel Peace Trump’s appalling decision to pull the US out of the WHO public health emergency. This echoes the advice of beaten to death with beer bottles and girls as young as Prize in 2019. Abiy is a pro-Western figure over whom the (overturned by President Joe Biden on his first day in the former prime minister, Manmohan Singh, who eight being sexually assaulted. United States of America has considerable influence — if office). In public, Tedros is focused on Covid-19 and has wrote to Modi, “I believe this is the time to invoke The United Nations humanitarian chief, Mark Lowcock, it will only use it. The Tigray crisis is rooted in ethnic mostly kept quiet about atrocities in Tigray. “The public the compulsory licensing provisions in the law, so described a woman whose husband was killed, who lost tensions and a power struggle. For almost three decades, sees Tedros devoting every day to managing the that a number of companies are able to produce the her unborn baby and who then was gang-raped in front of people from Tigray dominated Ethiopia’s Central pandemic, but privately he is also managing his pain vaccines under a licence”. Given his hubris, Modi her children. Even though Tedros is one of the world’s government; Tedros became Ethiopia’s highly regarded about Tigray,” said Annie Sparrow, an assistant professor did not even acknowledge Singh. The health most recognized public servants, he may have become a health minister in that period, then foreign minister. This at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, who was an adviser to minister responded to the letter instead. This is the refugee. He is now based at the WHO headquarters in Tigrayan-led government ruled effectively, greatly Tedros. Tedros was reluctant to give this interview, but same person who claimed that the Vedas had Geneva, but he would probably not be safe if he tried to raising living standards, but it was also repressive, when he did his torment was unmistakable. “We have theories superior to the theory of relativity. How return to Tigray. Ethiopia’s military chief has denounced torturing critics, imprisoning journalists and stirring deep Covid and are doing our best. On top of that, to have this can one expect a rational reply from this person? him as a criminal. I’ve known and admired Tedros for 15 resentments among other Ethiopians. After taking power, pain,” he began, and then the stoic broke down. For more “History shall be kinder to you Dr Manmohan years, but we have periodically tangled over his deference Abiy reined in Tigrayans and dispatched troops in than a minute, he couldn’t speak and sobbed. I respect a Singh ji if your offer of ‘constructive cooperation’ to dictators. I asked Tedros about that, but he didn’t want November to crush what he said was a mutiny in the man who loses it when contemplating war crimes. I wish and valuable advice was followed by your to discuss politics of any kind — including whether region. That triggered a civil war with Tigray fighters, and more would. And I hope President Biden and other world [Congress] leaders as well in such extraordinary countries should pressure Ethiopia to stop the slaughter of Eritrea’s army entered to back up Ethiopia’s forces. There leaders will hear that agony on behalf of so many in Tigray times,” the health minister tweeted. This Tigrayans. He seems deeply conflicted, torn between is also a risk of a wider war involving Sudan. All sides in who are being starved, raped and murdered, and will use government has only one trick up its sleeve — feed what he sees as a professional duty to his organization to the conflict have committed atrocities, but by far the most their influence to end this catastrophe. Days after Ladakh withdrawal, hope floats for peace on LoC people lies and bombast. What happened to the claim of ‘Modi hai toh mumkin hai’? Why can the prime minister not make India’s betterment a possibility? Even though India is being ravaged by Double lives A renewed, the second wave of the pandemic, Modi’s pride will not allow him to take the advice of a former Is there a dirty secret behind the MI5 joining Instagram? robust prime minister. We will have to see how the government responds to the Supreme Court’s The world wide web has been left both shaken and stirred at jokes. But all of this may not be as benign as it commitment to concerns, not just regarding Section 92 of the by the decision of MI5 to infiltrate the realm of seems. An independent study conducted at the equality and Patents Act, 1970 but also about its comments in Instagram. No one can miss the irony of an intelligence University of Colorado suggests that a lot of what the context of clamping down on those criticizing organization making its social media debut in the name intelligence agencies do on these platforms is justice by the the government or asking for help on social media. of transparency. Is secrecy no longer cool for the secret patently ugly business. As such, appearing ‘cool’ or Sir — Compulsory licensing can be the shot in the agent? Britain’s domestic intelligence agency is known ‘funny’ — the CIA’s first tweet was “We can neither State and the arm we desperately need to tackle this crisis. This for its functions of spying and keeping secrets, confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet” — is is a weapon in the hands of the governments to performed — at least in the popular imagination — by essentially a way of airbrushing troubling legacies. myriad political supply its citizens with generic versions of suave, tuxedoed men drinking martinis. But rushing to It only grows curiouser and curiouser from here. The systems patented drugs, either through domestic follow MI5 on Instagram in the hopes of smouldering security service’s embracing of Instagram comes production or imports. Section 92 of the Patents selfies of secret agents might not bear fruit. “Martini- days after it warned that social media was being used around the Act, 1970 empowers the Central government to drinking stereotypes” are exactly what the MI5 is trying on “an industrial scale” by rogue States and to debunk, according to its director-general. The aim, grant licences to applicants who are willing and organized crime to mine personal data and target world is the apparently, is to paint a picture of inclusion, people. In a world where lives are increasingly being can manufacture the said drugs. In simple words, if encouraging citizens irrespective of socio-economic bared online, intelligence gathering cannot remain need of the the patented drug costs thousands of rupees, we background, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, disability, and The MI5, though, is not the only intelligence agency on indifferent to social media. What is worrying though can make its generic version at a fraction. But does so on to see themselves as possible recruits. This is Instagram, or social media for that matter. Be it the Central is that they have at their disposal tools that can make hour the Narendra Modi government have the wish or significant in light of the fact that a 2018 parliamentary Intelligence Agency or the Mossad, social media is snooping on these platforms equivalent to infringements even the inclination to help people over lining the committee report strongly criticized the United teeming with spies. However, those looking to be thrilled on citizens’ privacy. In 2015, an intelligence and security pockets of capitalists? Sir — The prestigious Kingdom’s spy agencies for failing to assimilate the would be sorely disappointed. Tweets and posts on their committee report — it was almost immediately redacted American daily, The New York Times, recently notion of modern Britain in their rank and file: women and social media sites include recruitment ads, the occasional — revealed that intelligence agencies in the UK were decided to rename its ‘Op-Ed’ page and instead ethnic minorities in senior positions were too few. puzzle, retweets from intelligence officials, and attempts collecting not only targeted data on specific suspects. call contributions to the section.

Vaccine Action Plan of another time when politics wasn't war

There was a time when politics in India was not a An interview of the senior Assam minister and hateful war. While political parties had ups and Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Himanta Biswa downs in their personal relations, meaningful Sarma, to a popular web portal in early April In India, complacency is a major factor for systemic engagements never got disrupted asserting there was no Covid-19 in Assam and, between the Centre and state governments. thereby, no need to wear masks, adding that the vaccine hesitancy. With the lifting of When, as the prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi state would celebrate Bihu with usual fervour, restrictions, most people feel the worst undertook the Vaccine Action Programme in stands out in sharp contrast to his media briefings is over. They, however, do not take into the country on a war footing, the Central team and daily tweets on the overall situation and what received better cooperation from Opposition- he has been doing to stem the spread of the deadly account that the Spanish flu had ruled states. Chief ministers like Jyoti Basu in coronavirus. When he gave the interview, Assam ravaged the world for more than two West Bengal, RM Hegde in Karnataka, NT had around 617 active cases and 1,109 overall Rama Rao in Andhra Pradesh, and EK Nayanar deaths. By April-end, active cases rose to 23,826 years in three waves. Covid-19 has in Kerala responded to the plan which did not and the death toll to 1,307 on account of the deadly waxed and waned in the US, Europe and have mass support with greater enthusiasm second wave sweeping the country. Altogether, than Congress-ruled states. They helped in 198 persons died within 26 days since his fateful the Middle East in multiple waves. The creating awareness among the people which interview. The worsening situation not only keeps Indian Council of Medical Research has was a gigantic task given the absence of reminding the aam janta about his premature communication tools. State instruments — claims about Covid-19 being a thing of the past warned that India may face more waves Doordarshan and All India Radio — played a but also about all the violations of safety protocols in the coming months. vital role along with local language media in by politicians, cutting across party lines, during states. The vaccination drive became a electioneering. The interview has also provided thundering success. Now, even with a Sarma’s many detractors with a weapon to have a communication explosion in the form of go at him. This is not good for a seasoned multiple television channels and social media, politician, seen by his supporters as the CM-in- the Narendra Modi government could not deal waiting. Silence could be bliss sometimes for with the initial vaccine hesitancy and politicians such as Sarma, for any act of inexplicably blamed the Opposition for this. indiscretion is bound to haunt them at some point While there was a massive outreach to the of time in their career, said a senior politician. scientific community, civil society and political Footnote parties to ensure a consensual approach, the The Karnataka CM, BS Yediyurappa, has the tough Modi government did little to reach out to other task of defending his government that has been parties before unveiling the vaccination drive. It is rebuffed and ridiculed. Muraleedharan has forgotten that the application was Loaded silence developed by the Centre in Delhi and is run by the teetering under pressure from both the Covid-19 spike strange that Modi could make the entire country clap and and the under-performing ministers who have been a bang thalis on one call but had to blame others for The minister of state for external affairs, V Muraleedharan, ministry of health and family welfare headed by his senior colleague, Harsh Vardhan. To make matters burden for long. But the latest headache for the Lingayat vaccine hesitancy. The government has failed to is known for his strident criticism of the Left Democratic strongman came in the form of gross insensitivity by his understand that while it has its own role in democracy, Front government in Kerala. Rarely a day goes by worse, an unusual silence pervaded the usual media channels that echoed Muraleedharan’s remarks after food minister, Umesh Katti, who asked a farmer to ‘go the Opposition too has responsibility. Campaigning for without the minister launching some attack or the other and die’ for asking the government why the five-kilo free the Opposition to vanish — a Congress-mukt Bharat — against the government or the chief minister, Pinarayi people across the country slammed the Centre since the CoWIN application went on the blink. What, one rice supplied through ration shops was reduced to just and expecting cooperation is absurd. The Congress still, Vijayan. In one such allegation, Muraleedharan two kilos. Already beleaguered by high Covid numbers with its decades-long experience in governance, gave questioned the state government for the malfunctioning wonders, does Muraleedharan have to say about that? Costly slip and sparse medical resources like beds, oxygen, constructive suggestions during the crisis, only to be of the CoWIN application in the state. But perhaps medicines and vaccines. Orissa Today Tuesday 04 May 2021 Bhubaneswar 5 HOW TO BECOME A MALE MODEL PRAY FOR INDIA IN INDIA {Career opportunities} Here is what you need to know before marching in the modeling industry Perhaps, Pray for India beds, cremation ground, to respect the law of the tribulation which can be Women have been rul- lotions are a great op- is a sentence, which no people of India will resort land, if there is widespread attained only by prayer. ing the modeling indus- tion, the eye serum is a Indian would like to hear. to needless violence in visible lack of resources, It is a natural phenom- try, for decades for ob- must, a good lip balm, But now the world is of- days ahead. Rapid escala- negligence and anarchy. 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Krisha Rao, Presi- countries are undertaken from has said. need more than natural expectations your natural beauty In containers of rice on Tuesday fol- dent TREA, Mr. Rajiv Kumar, ED, various ports of India such as APEDA has promoted rice ex- “selfies”, there are two that come along and the End Not everyone lowed by around 500 containers TREA, Rice Exporters, Senior of- Kakinada, Vishakhapatnam, ports through collaborations with kinds of portfolio- one of them is having gets a modeling job the over the next three months from ficials including Capt Sudeep Chennai, Mundra and various stakeholders in the value online and hard copy. flawless skin. Taking first day they try or go PICT to Vietnam. A consignment Banerjee, Vice President & Ter- Krishnapatnam. Paradip will chains. The government had set We suggest you have good care of skin is to an audition, you of one of the Agricultural and Pro- minal Head, PICT, and officials soon emerge as one of the ma- up the Rice Export Promotion Fo- both just in case an kind of ‘mandatory’ need to be patient on cessed Food Products Exports from Directorate of Industries & jor rice-exporting port of the rum (REPF), under the aegis of the agency or client asks for a male model. Not all occasions. Success Development Authority Export Promotion, Port Officer, country, Angamuthu, Chairman, APEDA. REPF has representa- for both. While build- just face skin, we mean comes with consistent (APEDA)’s member exporter M/ PQ official, representative of APEDA said. The sharp spike tions from rice industry, exporters, ing your portfolio make overall well-main- hard work and great s Sarala Food will be shipped to trade and labour attended the in rice exports especially during officials from APEDA, ministry of sure to include tained teeth, nails, and dedication. It can Hai Phong port, Vietnam on flag off ceremony. During the a phase where globally the commerce and directors of agricul- headshots, full-body hair. You can start with seem tough in the be- Tuesday. “The rice exports April – February period of 2020- COVID19 pandemic has dis- ture from major rice producing shots, and a variety of regular moisturizing ginning, but with time through PICT would hugely 21, the shipment of Non- rupted supply changes many states including West Bengal, poses. then add an extra it will get easier just to boost India’s exports of non- Basmati Rice witnessed an im- commodities, has been attrib- Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Ease Out in Front of grooming activity to hold on and give your basmati rice to south-east coun- pressive spike. The non- uted to the government taking Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, the Camera your routine. Aloe vera best each day. tries while boosting income of at basmati rice exports were Rs prompt measures to ensure ex- Assam, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. Ministry of Tourism’s DekhoApnaDesh Webinar on Odisha Collects Highest Ever GST Of Rs1126.67 Cr In April 2021 Bhubaneswar, May 03 return scrutiny, said an was collected during April 90% return filing within “Mountains to Mangroves – A Journey of 1000 Kilometers” (TNB): In a major break- official statement issued 2021 as against Rs 130.11 due date. The total New Delhi, May 03 (TNB): journey started from the the world, flowering alpine Kolkata- the City of Joy, through, Odisha Govern- by Commissionerate of CT crore during April 2020 ewaybill generated during The Ministry of Tourism’s Himalayan range of moun- meadows, mountain lakes Sundarbans (UNESCO ment has recorded the and GST, Cuttack There and Rs 183.92 crore dur- April 2021 was Rs 15.28 Dekho Apna Desh tains from Sikkim through etc.Gangtok, the capital of World Heritage Site), highest ever OGST Collec- is also collection of Rs ing April 2019 with growth Lakh as against Rs 11.91 Webinar series held its the Queen of the hills the State of Sikkim, Digha Beachand the list tion since inception of the 952.43 crore in CGST, Rs rate of 68.28% Out of the lakh during April 2019 and 86th webinar titled Darjeeling to the Gangetic Pelling, Lachung, Lachen, is endless of this incred- GST during the month of 1157.05 crore in IGST and above, collection from pe- Rs 3.56 Lakh during April “Mountains to Man- Plains in south across the Yumthang, Nathula Pass, ible state. April this year. The state R613.33 crore in Cess. The troleum products regis- 2020. groves – A Journey of 1000 coastal region to the Gurudongmar Lake The Webinar was pre- collected a whopping Rs total GST collection dur- tered a growth of 175.31% During the recent review Kilometers” on 24th April world’s largest Delta aresome of the famous sented by Shri Debajit 1126.67 crore as against Rs ing April 2021 is also high- with collection of Rs with tax officials, CT & 2021. India stands apart which is known for the tourist destinations in Dutta, Director &CEO of 927.60 crore in April 2019 est ever with Rs 3849.48 166.87 crore in April 2021 GST Commissioner Sushil from the rest of Asia, natural habitat of Royal Sikkim.To visit Sikkim for- Impression Tourism Ser- and Rs. 360.36 crore dur- crore as against Rs against Rs 60.61 crore in Kumar Lohani instructed marked off by the moun- Bengal tigers of eigners must obtain Re- vices (India) Private Lim- ing period in 2020. Last 2955.60 crore collected April 2020. The CT & GST all the field officers to de- tains and the sea, which Sundarbans. A journey stricted Area Permit (RAP) ited, expert in experiential month, Rs 954.62 crore during April 2019 and Rs has been focusing on in- tect the wrong return filers give the country a distinct through spirituality, previously known as tours, adventure tours OGST was collected.’ The 774.29 crore during April creasing the tax-base of by applying data analytics geographical entity. breathtaking landscapes, InnerLine Permit.More in- and offers voluntary sharp rise in OGST collec- 2020. GST with regular survey and collect all taxes from Bounded by the Great tea gardens, trekking formation on Sikkim State Project services & com- tion during April this year Since all VAT paying and registration. Total them as per the provisions Himalayas in the north, it trails, UNESCO World and permits can be found munity tourism initia- is a result of better com- dealers (petrol and liquor) 52,210 numbers of new of law. Tax Officials have stretches southwards and Heritage site of Darjeeling on the Official Website of tives as a part of sustain- pliance, increased collec- had paid tax till March 25 registrants have been been further instructed to at the Tropic of Cancer, Himalayan Railway Sikkim Tourism-https:// able tourism practice. tion from iron and steel during the month of brought under the GST facilitate genuine tax pay- tapers off into the Indian &Sundarbans National www.sikkimtourism.gov.in/ The DekhoApnaDesh sector as well as collection March itself, the balance fold in the financial year ers and ensure that they are Ocean between the Bay of Park, heritage & colonial . The State of West Ben- Webinar Series is pre- from matured GST demand collection of remaining 5 2020-21. All circles have not put to any unneces- Bengal on the east and the rich architectural treasures gal has rich history, sented in technical part- made by tax officers after days i.e. Rs. 218.95 crore been instructed to ensure sary harassment. Arabian Sea on the west. of West Bengal. breathtaking landscapes, nership with National e Every state in India is dis- The State of Sikkim and heritage architecture, fin- Governance Department, New Computer Lab set up in Deepika Ispat Sikshya tinct from each other in its West Bengal are one of the ery arts and crafts, vibrant Ministry of Electronics Sadan- the free school of SAIL, RSP for underprivileged children landscapes, heritage, arts most preferred states on folk festivals, music-the- and Information Tech- Rourkela, May 03: A new computer lab has been made functional in Deepika Ispat Sikshya Sadan, the free school run by & crafts, cuisine and of- the travel lists as both of- atre-drama, traditional cel- nology. The Sessions of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) for the underprivileged children staying in and around Rourkela township. The school fers varied tourism options fer wide range of tourism ebrations, delicious cui- Webinar are now avail- being managed by Deepika Mahila Sanghati, a leading philanthropic organization of the steel city has at present 675 to travel enthusiasts. In products be it adventure, sines and much more to able on the https:// students. The new Computer lab is furnished with 10 fully equipped networked computers with remote classroom this webinar, the journey spiritual, heritage, wildlife offer. To name few sites www.youtube.com/chan- facility, a large 55" LED display screen and internet connection along with required furniture etc. As the students of this school are from BPL families or slums, they don't have ready access to computers at home, of 1000 kilometers from and many more. The State are Darjeeling Himalayan nel/UCbzIbBmMvtvH which is a drawback in the current scenario. The new Computer Lab will go a long way in getting them engaged in remote mountains to mangroves of Sikkim isblessed with Railway (UNESCO 7d6Zo_ ZEHDA/fea- classes modes in small groups, learn programming for further vocational skill development, engage in web learning and were focused on two of the natural abundance with World Heritage Site), tured and also on all so- interactive education modules. It is worth mentioning here the students of this school are being provided with almost most picturesque states the magnificent Mt. Kalimpong, Dooars, cial media Handles of all educational materials right from regular and winter uniforms to books, school bags and shoes as well as nutritious that is West Bengal and Khangchendzonga, the Jaldapara, Malda, Ministry of Tourism, mid-day meal, free of cost. The students are in turn performing exceptionally well in both curricular as well as extracur- Sikkim. The marvelous third highest mountain of Bishnupur,Santiniketan, Government of India. ricular activities. Its first batch of students appeared the Class-10 Board examination conducted by Board of Secondary Education, Odisha in 2016 and since then the pass percentage of the school has been 100 percent. FCC chief, who ended net neutrality, to quit in January NEW DELHI: US Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai said he’ll leave the agency on January 20, 2021, eliminating the possibility of a holdover Republican majority at the agency that could have temporarily stymied changes sought by the incoming Biden administration. Since being elevated to the chairmanship by President Donald Trump in 2017, Pai, a Finance secretary Ajay Republican, has led the commission in dismantling net neutrality regulations and Bhushan Pandey on pushed for fast wireless broadband service.Pai’s term as a commissioner Sunday hinted that the extends to July 2021 and he could have Centre is working on stayed on as a commissioner, without the chairman’s power to set the agency’s another stimulus agenda, but has opted not to. With another Republican leaving after his term expired, package to boost the the FCC will have a 2-to-1 Democratic majority on Inauguration Day unless the economy. Senate confirms Nathan Simington, a Republican whose nomination is to be considered on December 4 by the Commerce Committee. Under Pai the FCC in 2017 revoked so- called net neutrality rules put in place by the Obama administration that barred broadband service providers from interfering with web traffic — for instance by slowing competitors’ content.Pai’s change gutted the FCC’s authority over internet service providers. It was welcomed by carriers such as AT&T and Verizon Communications. Pai pressed to assign more airwaves for high- speed mobile broadband.

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

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

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Orissa Today Tuesday 04 May 2021 BUSINESSBUSINESS 6 NEWS BOX Indian-origin billionaire businessman Vinod Khosla With change in vaccine procurement policy, pledges USD 10 mn for oxygen supply in India Budgetary allocation likely to see tweaks New Delhi .Indian-origin billionaire businessman Vinod Khosla has pledged USD 10 million for supplying medical New Delhi. The Centre’s Budgetary evolves, including the possibility of industries that have facilities to oxygen to hospitals in India amidst an allocation of Rs 35,000 crore for Covid-19 providing booster doses, vaccine administer the vaccine, will be unprecedented second wave of the vaccine in 2021-22 is coming under prices increase and wastage rates. able to procure doses directly from COVID-19 pandemic in the country. question after it decided to procure only 50 “We arrived at this Budgetary manufacturers. From Saturday in Taking to Twitter, the 66-year-old venture per cent of the total supply, leaving the allocation after detailed study and order to vaccinate anyone, capitalist said that there was a need to save remaining to be purchased by states and examination. See, we have about including those in the priority lives as further delay may end up in more private channels at market prices. In 135 crore people, and with two group of age 45 years or older, deaths. "For @GiveIndia this isn't enough. determining the Budgetary allocation for They've received requests for 20,000 vaccine shots required for each one private hospitals will have to oxygen concentrators, 15,000 cylinders, vaccine, the Finance Ministry initially and taking the vaccine wastage into procure supplies directly from the 500 ICU beds, 100 ventilators, 10,000-beds estimated requirement of a total of 290 crore account, our internal understanding open market. COVID centres with requests coming from vaccine shots for the entire population, after is that nearly 290 crore vaccine Possible requirement of booster non-profits & hospitals all across India taking into account two shots per individual shots will be required. Even if the shots, price increases and wastage every day. We need to do a lot more and also the vaccine that is wasted during the central government procures 50 per are three key elements that impact urgently,? Khosla said on Sunday. entire process. cent of the required vaccines, and the Budgetary requirements of the This is in continuation with the Sun Now, with the Centre procuring 50 per cent of we don’t know yet if booster shots government for the inoculation Microsystems co-founder's efforts to fund the total requirements, at a price of Rs 150 will be required, they may be drive. The country’s overall hospitals for oxygen supplies. "The Khosla per jab, its total cost for 145 crore shots needed, the costs involved may even wastage rates of Covid-19 vaccine Family is adding USD 10 million to vaccination for all and provide funds for any could come to Rs 21,750 crore. However, be higher than Rs 35,000 crore,” sources in booster shots that may be required as well. had hovered around 13.5 percent in early @GiveIndia to its previous commitment as a this does not take into account any booster the Finance Ministry said. “One also needs March, before coming down to around 6.5 match and hoping others will join in this But, we believe after reasonable internal urgent need," Khosla said. On Sunday, a shots that may be required and any increase to keep in mind price escalation that we may assessment that vaccine procurement costs percent in April. But the wastage of vaccines record 3,689 daily COVID-19 fatalities in price of vaccines for the Central need to factor. We have to see as things will exceed Rs 35,000 crore, keeping these within states also varies. In April, India pushed India's death toll to 2,15,542, while government as well. Government officials evolve. The FM (Finance Minister Nirmala factors in mind,” they said. witnessed the highest demand for vaccines the infection count reached 1,95,57,457 with said they are not yet clear whether there will Sitharaman) has said the government is As per new policy, from May 1, the vaccine in a month with 90.50 million doses 3,92,488 more people testing positive for the be any savings from the Budgetary committed to providing more funds if supply are divided into two baskets: 50 per administered by 6.30 pm on Friday, contagion, according to the Union Health allocations on vaccines even after changes needed for the vaccines. Whether there will cent for the Centre, and 50 per cent for the compared to 50.60 million doses in March, Ministry. The active cases have also crossed in the government policy. In fact, the fund be any savings on account of procurements 10.05 million in February and 3.71 million the 33-lakh mark, it said. open market. Through the second — non- requirement, they said, could be even higher by states and private parties, we are not sure. government of India — channel, state in January, according to the Ministry of than Rs 35,000 crore as the situation We are working to ensure successful Health and Family Welfare. FPIs turn net sellers in governments, private hospitals, and April, pull out Rs 9,659 Rising COVID cases cr from Indian equities Manufacturers take onus, shut spook markets! Mumbai: Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) ended their buying spree in April as they Sensex tanks over pulled out net investments worth Rs 9,659 crore from Indian equities during the month. plants to combat virus surge 400 points The reversal in trend came at a time when the surging Covid cases and the resultant lockdowns spooked investor sentiments. The New Delhi. Even as state governments are still and spread of coronavirus. Among others, MG during this period. Last week, Honda FPIs turned net sellers after a gap of five contemplating complete shutdowns, Motor and Honda Motorcycle and Scooter Motorcycle and Scooter India announced Diesel, Petrol prices months. In September, FPIs pulled out net manufacturers have started announcing India have also announced temporary temporart shutdown of its four manufacturing investments worth Rs 7,783 crore. Along shutdown of their plants in the wake of rising suspension of production at their respective plants for 15 days with effect from May 1, hiked after 2-day with the second wave of Covid-19, weakness Covid cases. While Hero MotoCorp on facilities. Toyota Kirloskar Motor, too, has 2021. MG Motor India, too, had last week in the Indian rupee also led to the outflow of Saturday announced an extension of its undertaken scheduled annual maintenance announced shutdown of its facility in Halol, pause– Check fuel foreign funds last month, analysts said. The shutdown of plants by six more days till May programme across both its plants from April Gujarat for seven days — from April 29 to net FPI investment in 2020 now stands at Rs 9, JCB India, a leading manufacturer of 26 to May 14.\ May 5. While Hero MotoCorp had halted prices in metro cities on 46,083 crore, including the net investments earthmoving and construction equipments, on JCB India cited the rising number of Covid plant operations temporarily in a staggered of Rs 19,473 crore, Rs 25,787 crore and Rs Friday announced a 10-day pause across all its cases for this temporary suspension of manner for four days from April 22-May 1, The 30-share BSE index sank December 2, 2020 10,482 crore in January, February and manufacturing facilities in India, beginning production across its facilities at Ballabgarh, citing rapid escalation in the spread of Covid- 403.45 points or 0.83 percent to March, respectively. May 1. Pune and Jaipur. “We have decided to pause 19 across the country, on Sunday it announced Maruti Suzuki India, last week, announced the manufacturing operations for 10 days, starting to extend the plant closure till May 9. “In 48,378.91 in early trade. advancing of its June maintenance shutdown 1st of May 2021… It is important to break the keeping with its commitment to the safety and Similarly, the broader NSE Rising engineering, to May and close production in all factories chain of the infection. Most of our employees welfare of its people and to break the chain of Nifty tanked 97.05 points or between May 1 and May 9. All the three are in our offices are already working from home the spread of Coronavirus, Hero MotoCorp gems shipments help industry leaders. While Hero MotoCorp is the and this temporary pause of manufacturing has decided to extend the shutdown at its 0.66 percent to 14,534.05. largest two-wheeler manufacturer in the activities will further help in lowering the manufacturing facilities across India, its New Delhi: Mounting COVID-19 cases exports jump to $30.2 bn country, Maruti Suzuki and JCB are leaders in active number of cases in and around our Global Parts Center (GPC) in Neemrana and the R&D facility — the Centre of Innovation continued to spook domestic their segment. Industry insiders say many manufacturing facilities,” said Deepak Shetty, investors on Monday, with equity in Apr more companies are contemplating shutting CEO and MD, JCB India. The company, and Technology (CIT) in Jaipur by another six days till May 9, 2021. The plant operations indices opening in the red tracking New Delhi. The country’s exports in April production for a week, keeping in mind safety however, said it has built sufficient inventory of their employees and to help break the chain levels to support demand for its products will resume on May 10,” the company said. selloff in financial stocks amid a jumped nearly three-folds to $30.21 billion negative trend in Asian equities. on account of healthy growth in key sectors The 30-share BSE index sank 403.45 including engineering, gems and jewellery, points or 0.83 percent to 48,378.91 in and petroleum products, even as trade deficit early trade. Similarly, the broader widened to $15.24 billion, according to Bank holidays May 2021: Banks will be closed for 12 days Commerce Ministry’s preliminary data NSE Nifty tanked 97.05 points or 0.66 released on Sunday. The country’s percent to 14,534.05. Major losers in merchandise exports were to the tune of the Sensex pack were Titan, SBI, RIL, $10.17 billion in April 2020. Trade deficit in in total, check out important dates before visiting branch ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, ONGC, that month was $6.92 billion. HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finserve, Bharti Imports too rose by over three-folds to $45.45 ? New Delhi: Before visiting your Airtel, Ultrachem, Kotak Bank and billion last month as against $17.09 billion in Check bank branch in the month of HDFC, falling upto 3.62 percent. April 2020. “India’s merchandise exports in May, you must note down the list On the other hand, major gainers were April 2021 were $30.21 billion, an increase elaborate list of important days during which Maruti, Bajaj Auto, HUL, Nestle, of 197.03 per cent over $10.17 billion in banks will remain closed. The Powergrid, IndusInd Bank, M&M, April 2020 and an increase of 16.03 per cent of bank Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has Sun Pharma, Asian Paint, HCL Tech, over $26.04 billion in April 2019,” the mentioned some days when the TCS, and DrReddy, rising upto 1.83 ministry said in a statement. In percentage holidays in banking operations will remain percent. Among Asian peers, MSCI`s terms, the growth rate in exports and imports closed in the month of May broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares are at record high, mainly due to base-effect. May 2021 2021, although online banking outside Japan was all but flat after Due to the COVID-19 pandemic induced ? Holidays also activities will continue to work. taking a bit of a spill on Friday. lockdown last year, exports shrank by a Banks will remain closed for total Japan`s Nikkei was shut for a holiday, record 60.28 per cent in April 2020. In March depend on 12 days in the month of May, as but Nikkei futures edged up 0.2%. this year, exports grew by 60.29 per cent to per the Reserve Bank of India Wall Street extended its bull run with $34.45 billion. In April 2021, oil imports specific state (RBI) holiday calendar list, Nasdaq futures and S&P 500 futures stood at $10.8 billion as compared to $4.65 although banking activities in both up 0.3%, said a Reuters report. billion in the corresponding month last different states may vary from year.Major export commodities which have festivals. The dollar index stood at 91.253 and off each other. Reserve Bank of a two-month trough of 90.422, though recorded positive growth in April include ? India places its Holidays under gems and jewellery, jute, pharmaceuticals, Plan bank it still ended April with a loss of 2%. three brackets --Holiday under However, it must be noted that the notification of specific occasions in Meanwhile, Oil prices ran into profit- carpet, handicrafts, leather, electronic goods, Negotiable Instruments Act; oil meals, cashew, engineering, petroleum transaction bank holidays vary in various states those states. Here is an elaborate list taking on Friday but still ended the products, marine products and chemicals. Holiday under Negotiable as well not observed by all the of bank holidays falling in the month month with gains of 6% to 8%. Brent activities in a Instruments Act and Real Time banking companies. Banking of May 2021. Check out the list. was last up 16 cents at $66.92 a barrel, Gross Settlement Holiday; and holidays also depend on the festivals Maharashtra Din/May Day (Labour while U.S. crude firmed 18 cents to Covid infects ATC, better way. Banks’ Closing of Accounts. being observed in specific states or Day): May 1 $63.76 per barrel, Reuters added. power grid ops as staff, kin fall sick New Delhi. At last count, nearly one in every five air traffic controllers at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport — the As claims rise, insurers go slow country’s largest — was out of action, either directly or indirectly affected by Covid-19. Officials at POSOCO — India’s electricity grid manager — have alluded to a “worrying shortage” of operators, including those on covering Covid-recovered manning some control rooms. These are some of the critical infrastructure operations New Delhi. With the daily number of Covid before getting themselves covered person’s health. “In the past, that could be potentially at risk from the cases rising steeply, insurance companies again. “A cooling off period is to we’ve seen patients who have second surge that the country is witnessing. are refusing to give health cover to persons ensure that customers have recovered from Covid-19 According to Health Ministry data, as of recovered from Covid-19 and are asking recovered completely, (and they) are experience a reinfection or have Sunday morning, there were 33,49,644 them to wait up to six months for renewal of not experiencing any immediate other complications. This is active Covid cases in India, an increase of policies. Most insurers are iffy about on- side effects of the infection and are exacerbated when the patient has 80,934 over the previous day. A senior boarding customers who have just recovered in optimum health at the policy comorbidities. Underwriting of officer involved with POSOCO said there from Covid, said an insurance sector proposal stage. As most Covid such proposals is more case was a “worrying shortage” of operators, official. “As a result, insurers have put a survivors only experience mild specific, individuals with or adding a similar shortage of trained, cooling off period of 3-6 months after Covid symptoms, availing insurance cover without co-morbidities, extent of experienced manpower handling power detection,” he said. should not be a problem,” said treatment and sequel of Covid,” plant control rooms has also been cited, with The delay in renewals has come amid reports Anand Roy, managing director, Star Roy said. Meanwhile, insurance community-level infection spread resulting that insurers are refusing to pay up in many Health and Allied Insurance. “This companies settled only 54 per in entire batches or shifts being forced to cases despite the directive of the Insurance means one can buy a health cent of the claims received from quarantine if either one of them, or their Regulatory and Development Authority of insurance policy only after 3-6 the customers who have taken family members, gets infected. “Most of India (Irdai) that hospital bills under the months of having turned Covid Covid health insurance as of these are involved in operations that cannot ‘cashless system’ will have to be settled negative. Given the rate at which March 2021. Of total claims of Rs be handled outside the control room, the severity and virulence of this mutant, it is within two hours of discharge. “There are Covid is spreading right now, it’s advisable advisable to stay safe, take precautions and 14,608 crore under the Covid health however trained a personnel is,” the officer even complaints that some insurers are for all to get a health insurance plan now, and insurance schemes, insurers settled only said. “There are very few reserves, given that have yourselves covered under the umbrella refusing to issue new Covid policies to don’t wait, because in case one gets Covid, it of health insurance. Considering the rapid claims worth Rs 7,900 crore, which is 54 per a shift of 10 may have only small number as persons without any illness fearing a spurt in will become difficult to get the health cent of the amount claimed by the insured back-up. With entire shifts gone in one go, spread of new variants of Covid-19, it is hard claims,” said a source. According to insurance plan immediately,” said Amit to say anything about the long-term effects people. On top of this, while 9,96,804 people there is a problem. The situation is being government data, there are 1.87 crore Chhabra, head-health insurance, made claims as of March 2021, insurers handled for now, but there is a concern,” the of it,” Chhabra said. According to Roy, confirmed Covid cases in the country, of Policybazaar.com. The second Covid wave Covid-19 is a new disease and there is yet a settled the claims of 8,55,250 people, officer said. This is more worrying since which 1.53 crore have recovered. These has led to an unprecedented surge in new leaving out 1,41,554 people who are yet to across a number states. lot we need to understand about this illness people may have to wait for some time infections. “Given the lack of clarity around in ascertaining long-term effects on a get the money from insurance. Orissa Today Tuesday 04 May 2021 SPORTSSPORTS 7 Premier League: Gareth Bale hat-trick fires Tottenham Hotspur to 4-0 win over Sheffield United

London. Gareth Bale scored a hat trick as Tottenham stayed in the Champions League qualification race with HIGHLIGHTS a 4-0 win over relegated Sheffield United on Sunday. Bale claimed his first treble since returning on loan from Real Madrid for this season, and Son Heung-min / Tottenham's 2nd league also netted, as Tottenham rose to fifth place — five points behind Chelsea with four games left to play. Bale took his Premier League tally to eight goals in the last win under interim manager eight games, but with that must come a sense of what might have been this season. Ryan Mason lifted them to Bale was under-used by former manager Jose Mourinho, even when he had regained peak condition. Playing with freedom in a front four with Harry Kane, Son and Conway joins Green, ruled out of ongoing 5th position Dele Alli, Spurs were a constant threat and a far cry from the pragmatic style that dogged Mourinho’s era. It / Gareth Bale took his may have come too late to gatecrash the top four this tour game against India due to concussion season, but playing like this makes them a strong bet to Sydney.Australian cricket's injury woes against India. finish in a Europa League spot under interim manager continued on Saturday with medium pacer Australia Test hopeful Cameron Green Premier League tally to eight Ryan Mason. The onslaught started early as Son forced Harry Conway ruled out of the ongoing suffered a concussion while bowling after a Aaron Ramsdale into a smart stop, with the Blades pink ball warm-up match against India rasping straight drive from Jasprit Bumrah goals in the last eight games goalkeeper getting a strong hand to a low shot that was after suffering a delayed concussion struck him on the head during the warm-up heading into the bottom corner. Kane, on the march for here.Mark Steketee was named as game on Friday. a third Premier League golden boot, Conway's concussion replacement for the / uncharacteristically missed two chances he would While Green was subbed immediately, Spurs are five points final two days of the game.Number 11 Conway showed signs of concussion later normally convert, first seeing a shot blocked after batsman Conway, who was peppered with slaloming into the area and then sending Sergio in the day. cursing VAR twice in the opening seven minutes of the the hour with a devastating counterattack. After a barrage of bouncers by the four-pronged Conway did not report concussion symptoms behind Chelsea with four Reguilon’s pullback embarrassingly over. But Spurs second half. First Peter Bankes ruled that John Fleck clearing Sheffield United's corner, Son evaded two Indian pace attack, was hit on head late in finally went ahead in the 36th minute with a moment of when assessed by medical staff on the field did not commit violent conduct when he appeared to challenges and sent Bale clear on goal, with the the evening of the opening day's play at the at the time of impact. However, when quality. Bale broke from deep to latch on to Serge stamp on Giovani Lo Celso’s face and then VAR ruled Welshman delivering an emphatic finish into the top Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. games left to play in the Aurier’s ball over the top and then sent it past Ramsdale checked again at the conclusion of out a goal by Son, judging the South Korean’s armpit to corner. Bale, whose future next season remains unclear, He thus joins Cameron Green and Will Australia A's innings, he reported with a cute finish with the outside of his boot. The be in an offside position when he ran on to Toby then completed his hat trick with another moment of Pucovski as Australian cricketers suffering Wales international was back in the starting lineup after symptoms, following which he was Premier League Alderweireld’s long ball. The hosts were not denied for quality, drilling in a low effort after a fine team move concussion during the ongoing contests replaced. coming off the bench in the League Cup final and long, however, as they did double their lead just after which involved Alli and Aurier. delivered his 12th goal in all competitions. Spurs were RR vs SRH: 'Batsman' IPL 2021: Shikhar Dhawan is looking like a million La Liga: Lionel Messi David Warner not brace fires Barcelona to playing was baffling to bucks at Delhi Capitals, says Sunil Gavaskar 3-2 win over Valencia, ? Ahmedabad. Former taking it easy at all. Delhi Capitals India captain Sunil Sometimes, batsmen me, says Deep Dasgupta (167/3) beat Gavaskar heaped praise tend to take the good Real Madrid beat Osasuna RR vs RCB: Sanju Samson on Delhi Capitals opener form for granted, get acknowledged the Rajasthan New Delhi. Former India wicketkeeper Deep Punjab Kings Shikhar Dhawan, who into bad habits. But he Dasgupta said he was baffled to see David guided the team to a 7- hasn’t got into any. Royals' batting woes and assured Warner missing from Sunrisers Hyderabad's (166/6) by 7 wicket win over Punjab “Look at some of his playing XI in the game against Rajasthan Kings in Match 29 of the shots. These are the that his team will bounce back Royals on Sunday. Warner was replaced by wickets in Match Indian Premier League shot which has always from their fourth-successive defeat all-rounder Mohammad Nabi, who went (IPL) 2021 in got runs. He hasn’t wicketless and scored just 17 runs in SRH's 29 Ahmedabad on Sunday. tried to do anything in IPL 2021 on Thursday night. 55-run defeat agains the Royals in Delhi. Dhawan once again top- different. What's more, the Australian star was stripped ? Shikhar Dhawan scored for the Capitals that he plays in all forms off captaincy just a day before the game with and remained unbeaten Kane Williamson being handed the job for the top-scored for DC Rahul (331 runs) to top the of the games, in the on 69 off 47 balls as they chased longer formats as well. And remainder of IPL 2021. SRH lost 5 of their down the target of 167 in 17.4 Orange Cap-holders list thanks first-6 games under Warner which led to his with 67 not out off to his third fifty of the season. they are paying for him and he Australia vs India: Head coach Justin Langer confirmed the hosts are hopeful of having David Warner back overs to grab the top spot on the is looking like a million bucks,” sacking from the top job but Dasgupta still IPL 2021 points table. Dhawan has amassed 380 runs for the 3rd Test but the injured opener is still having issues with his strained groin. couldn't make sense of SRH's decision to 47 balls from 8 games so far at 54.28 Gavaskar said on Star Sports. Valencia. Lionel Messi led Barcelona to a quick-fire leave out the opener from their playing XI. ? The left-handed Delhi cricketer while Rahul, who missed the Delhi Capitals will get to enjoy comeback to win 3-2 at Valencia on Sunday and The left-handed batsman was in decent form Dhawan is the top- batted from start to finish and game after being diagnosed a short break now before keep the pressure on La Liga title rivals Atletico with the bat, having scored 132 runs in the 6 scorer in IPL 2021 was involved in 3 big with acute appendicitis, has getting back on the road where Madrid and Real Madrid. Barca fell behind in the games at an average of 32.16 with 2 fifties but partnerships with Prithvi Shaw scored 331 runs from 7 at 66.20 they next face two-time 50th minute when Valencia defender Gabriel it's his strike rate (110.28) which has been a with 380 runs from (39), Steve Smith (24) and with 4 half-centuries. “He has champions Kolkata Knight Paulista headed into an empty net from a corner big cause of concern for the Sunrisers. "Pre- Rishabh Pant (14) which set up been in a tremendous right from Riders in their next game at the after keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen had stumbled tournament, Sunrisers was one of my top-four 8 games so far the game for DC. Dhawan the start of the season. He is Narendra Modi Stadium on ay to the ground in his attempt to come for the ball. teams but they just fell apart. Yes, Bhuvi and overtook PBKS skipper KL carrying his form and he is not 8. The Catalans, who had blown the chance to go top Natarajan got injured and Warner wasn't in of the league with a shock 2-1 defeat at home by great form. But some of the decisions were Granada on Thursday, reacted well to going behind baffling to me. "Warner not playing was and soon won a penalty thanks to a handball from baffling to me. Yes, you have one of the top Cricket Australia donates USD 50,000 to Valencia's Toni Lato. Messi saw his spot-kick captains in Kane Williamson so you pass it on saved by former team mate Jasper Cillessen but to him. But Warner, the batsman not playing, Valencia failed to clear the danger and the for me that is a little baffling. "It would be Argentine followed up to score on the second unfortunate and unfair of not giving, whoever UNICEF's India COVID-19 Crisis Appeal rebound in the 57th minute. Antoine Griezmann gets an opportunity in place of Warner, him a gave Barca the lead six minutes later, also netting few more games because you can't really New Delhi. Cricket Australia on fight the super-contagious second on the rebound after Cillessen could only parry a judge a player based on 1 match. But I find if Monday announced an initial wave of coronavirus which has header from Frenkie de Jong, while Messi looked very difficult to accept that Warner the donation of USD 50,000 towards the brought the country's already- to have clinched the points in the 69th by firing a batsman is not playing," Dasgupta told Sports Covid-19 crisis appeal set up by the weak healthcare system to its freekick in off the post. Valencia got back into Today after SRH's 6th defeat this season. United Nations International knees. PAT CUMMINS SHOWS contention out of nowhere when midfielder Carlos Children's Education Fund THE WAY Cricketers from all Soler scored with an unstoppable strike from long (UNICEF) for India. The money (Rs around the world started range in the 83rd and had a couple of half chances Spanish La Liga: Messi 37 lakhs, approximately) donated by contributing towards the cause to equalise but Barca clung on for the win. Ronald the Australian cricket board will be after Cummins, who is currently Koeman's side are third on 74 points with four used to procure oxygen for seriously in India plying his trade for the games remaining, level with second-placed Real strikes twice in 2nd half to ill patients, providing testing Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL Madrid and two behind leaders Atletico Madrid equipments in affected regions as 2021, showed them the way. after both sides won on Saturday. Fourth-placed well as supporting the roll-out of Former Aussie pacer Brett Lee Sevilla, on 70, host Athletic Bilbao on Monday. keep Barcelona near top COVID-19 vaccines. donated 1 Bitcoin (Rs. 40 lakhs, OTHER RESULTS Madrid. Lionel Messi came through for CA, along with the Australian week. "In that same spirit, we are proud to approximately) to the Crypto Villarreal moved to sixth place by beating Getafe 1-0 Barcelona again, keeping the Spanish league’s Cricketers' Association, is also partnering partner with UNICEF Australia to raise Relief Fund to help his “second home” at home thanks to a late winner from Yéremi Pino. title race wide open. Messi scored two second- with UNICEF Australia to collect funds funds that will help the people of India by India. Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, Villarreal coach Unai Emery rested some regular half goals on Sunday — including his 50th for the COVID-19 Crisis Appeal. providing the health system with much- who had contracted coronavirus last starters ahead of the second leg of the Europa from a free kick — as Barcelona came from “Australians and Indians share a special needed oxygen, testing equipment and month, donated Rs 1 crore to a fundraising League semifinals against Arsenal on Thursday. behind to beat Valencia 3-2 and get within two bond and, for many, our mutual love of vaccines," CA’s interim chief executive campaign, while opening batsman The Spanish club won the first leg 2-1 at home. points of leader Atletico Madrid ahead of their cricket is central to that friendship. We Nick Hockley said. It was Aussie quick Pat Shikhar Dhawan pledged Rs 20 lakh Seventh-place Real Betis was held 1-1 at key match at the Camp Nou Stadium next were all deeply moved by the sentiments Cummins who was the first cricketer to towards 'Mission Oyxgen', as well any relegation-threatened Valladolid, while Granada weekend. expressed and donations given by Pat make a sizeable donation of $50,000 cash reward that he receives in the followed its surprise win over Barcelona with a 1-0 A win will give Ronald Koeman’s team the Cummins and Brett Lee over the past towards the PM Cares Fund to help India remainder of the IPL 2021. home loss against Cádiz.Valencia league lead for the first time this season. Antoine Griezmann also scored for Barcelona, which is tied on points with second-place Madrid with four rounds to go. Madrid has a IPL 2021: I think this will be the last time we see better head-to-head tiebreaker against both rivals at the top. Sevilla also remains in the title race. It can move within three points of the lead if it beats Athletic Bilbao at home on Monday. David Warner in an SRH shirt, says Dale Steyn Sevilla visits Madrid next weekend. Barcelona made the trip to Valencia under pressure after New Delhi. Former Sunrisers happening behind closed doors both Atletico and Madrid won their matches on Hyderabad fast bowler Dale that the public are not aware of. It Saturday Atletico edged Elche 1-0 and Madrid HIGHLIGHTS Steyn reckons the ongoing Indian is strange that he's not still part of defeated Osasuna 2-0. The Catalan club was / Premier League (IPL) 2021 could the playing XI it would be coming off a shock 2-1 home loss to Granada David Warner was be the last time David Warner understandable if they want to on Thursday, when it could have grabbed sole plays for the franchise after he change ownership in terms of the possession of the lead. “It was an important win stripped off captaincy after was stripped off captaincy and captaincy for next season (but) to keep us in the fight after that unexpected SRH lost 5 out of their first dropped from their playing XI on he's still a phenomenal batter. " I loss,” Barcelona captain Gerard Pique said. Sunday. Warner handed over the think this will be the last time we “We’ll try to win next weekend and take the 6 games in IPL 2021 captain's job to New Zealand star see David Warner in an orange lead. It’s in our hands.” The pressure increased / Kane Williamson just a day army (Sunrisers) shirt," Steyn, Sunday after Valencia opened the scoring at the Warner was also dropped before Match 29 against who played 37 matches for SRH Mestalla Stadium with Gabriel Paulista’s goal Rajasthan Royals, who won the between 2013 to 2015, told in the 50th minute. The midfielder beat from SRH playing XI for contest by 55 runs. He was seen ESPN. Barcelona defender Clement Lenglet to the ball carrying drinks and doing 12th- for an easy header by the far post. Video review the game vs Rajasthan SRH CAMP out, I heard him say something WARNER FUTURE IN DOUBT man duties on the sidelines But Steyn thinks all may not be well along the lines of 'It wasn't his Warner, who led SRH to their was used to check on a possible foul away from Royals during the match. The decision to the ball but the goal stood. Messi led in the SRH camp and Warner may decision' Sometimes maiden IPL title triumph in 2016, / make Williamson the skipper for have been sacked from the job for management don't appreciate might not make it back in the Barcelona’s recovery. The Argentina star SRH are languishing in the remainder of this season came equalized in the 57th in the fallout of his own questioning some of the team that." "The captain of the team playing XI in the near future as after SRH lost 5 out of their first-6 management's selection also needs to take ownership of SRH head coach Trevor Bayliss penalty kick after his poor shot from the spot last place on the IPL 2021 matches under Warner and was saved by Valencia goalkeeper Jasper decisions this season. this squad and know who is going hinted that he may not feature in points table with 1 win dropped to the last position on the "I don't know whether David may out onto the field, and sometimes the upcoming matches as well. Cillessen. Barcelona midfielders Sergio points table, as a result. Busquets and Pedri Gonzalez both had from 7 matches so far have questioned some of the that gets taken out of their hands. "Difficult decision, big decision attempts before Messi got to the loose ball and STEYN SMELLS decisions they had made. Maybe I don't know. "It just seems like but we wanted to try and change scored from close range. SOMETHING FISHY IN when Manish Pandey was left there's definitely something the makeup of the team. Orissa Today STATE Tuesday 04 May 2021 Bhubaneswar P-8 Government appeals people not to create crowd near shops Virtual Tour to State Tribal Museum PVTGs, is regarded as Grocery shops will remain open during lockdown one of the best Tribal Bhubaneswar, May 03: and other essential com- tial items will remain un- Museums in India. Additional Chief Secre- modities would remain abated. There is no need Located at Bhubaneswar, tary and Special Relief open from 6 AM to 12 for buying more things at the Museum has been Commissioner Sri Noon for 5 days from a time. "Going to crowd conceptualized as a "Mu- Pradeep Kumar Jena has Monday to Friday. The near the shops will infect seum of Man", which is a appealed the people not shops will be closed only you and ultimately your hub of anthropological to do panic buying and during weekend shut- family", said Sri Jena. He knowledge for visitors create rush in front of the down on Saturday and urged the people not to and research scholars. shops. He said as per in- Sunday. There is suffi- invite corona to home by Bhubaneswar, May 03: up by ST&SC Develop- The Museum represents structions of Hon'ble cient stock of essential creating crowd and enter- During the rising Covid- ment Department to en- the richness of indig- Chief Minister Sri Naveen commodities. Transporta- ing the crowd. Creating 19 cases, the ST&SC De- able the audience to visu- enous tribal culture and Patnaik the shops dealing tion of food items and crowd would defeat the velopment Department alize the exclusive arti- social systems followed with grocery, fish, veg- other goods is also con- real purpose of the temporarily shut the facts and unique aspects by tribal communities. In etable, milk, food items tinuing. Supply of essen- lockdown. Odisha State Tribal Mu- of Tribal Museum being addition to five Galleries seum located in the pre- at home on every Sunday showing different tribal 329 TONNE LMO CARRIED THROUGH RORO mises of the Scheduled by opening the Facebook arts and crafts there is an Caste and Scheduled and Twitter pages exhibition gallery on SERVICE FROM ECoR JURISDICTION Tribes Research and @scstrti, @stscdev. The PVTGs called PVTG Training Institute Museum of Tribal Art and World. The tribal shrine Bhubaneswar, May Bhushan Steel Plant at Special Trains from its ju- (SCSTRTI), Bhubaneswar Artifacts now known as crafts arena has also been 03(TNB): East Coast Rail- Angul loaded with 63.6 risdiction and sending for public. As an innova- Odisha State Tribal Mu- developed, along with au- way has carried 329 tons Tonne of LMO in five tank- these trains at the earli- tive initiative virtual tour seum, celebrates the life ditorium facilities for of Liquid Medical Oxygen ers and left for Telengana est. Liquid Oxygen being of Odisha State Tribal and culture of Odisha's 62 screening of films on (LMO) from different Steel by RoRo service of Indian a cryogenic cargo utmost Museum has been taken tribal communities and 13 tribal life and culture. Plants in it’s jurisdiction Railways. care have been taken towards different States like 30.6 Tonne of LMO in about the maximum Fake currency notes seized- one arrested Maharastra, Telengana, Two Tankers from Tata speed at which it can be Akshya rout said the IIC of Jajpur Haryana and Delhi and Bhushan Steel Plant, 30.86 carried, maximum accel- Jajpur, May 03: Police on Town police station, taken it as a challenge to Tonne in two Tankers from eration & deceleration. Monday arrested a person Manas Ranjan Chakra. supply Oxygen at the earli- Jindal Steel Plant and again East Coast Railway Gen- in Jajpur district on the The arrested person has est during the current gen on priority basis. Get- through Oxygen Express, 60.23 Tonne of LMO in four eral Manager Shri Vidya charges of circulating been identified as Ramesh COVID upsurge for saving ting requests from Differ- thus bringing respite to the Tankers from Tata Bhushan Bhushan earlier in- counterfeit currency notes Mohapatra of Telibandha life of patients. A total of ent State Governments, In- needy. Steel Plants were sent to structed officials to take after a shop owner in village . He was booked 187 Ton of LMO has al- dian Railway has prepared The first Oxygen Express Faridabad, Delhi Cantt and it as a challenge to sup- medical road raised an under sections- 489( A) ( B) ready been transported itself for providing oxygen loaded with 105 Tonne of SNAG respectively ply Oxygen at the earliest alarm as the accused had and (C) of Indian Penal from Tata Bhusan Siding transportation services to LMO was left from through RoRo service. during the crisis for life- attempted to buy grocery Code. Police suspect , the Angul. Similarly 105 Ton of all the states in need. Green Visakhapatnam in 7 Tank- More Empty Liquid saving of patients. He has items with counterfeit cur- arrested accused had been LMO has been transported corridor has been provided ers. The Second Oxygen Medical Oxygen Tankers stressed upon proper rency notes from a shop circulating fake currency from Rashtriya ISpat Nigam for the faster movement of Express from ECoR was from different States are on lashing and packing of at Jajpur town. The ven- police and during the in- notes in the district and its Limited, Visakhapatnam the Oxygen Express. Indian loaded with 32 Tonne of the way to carry LMO from the tankers on the rake. dor, who was approached vestigation police seized nearby areas . We also sus- and 31 Ton of LMO from Railway is ensuring that the LMO in two tankers from ECoR jurisdiction. East ECoR is in full prepared- with fake notes, had Rs 2500 rupees of five pect that he has nexus Jindal Steel Angul. Differ- medical oxygen is made Tata Bhushan Steel Plant coast Railway has taken all ness for providing oxygen drawn the attention of the fake Rs 500 denomina- with some fake currency ent Hospitals in various available to Covid-19 pa- for, Haryana. The third precautions for safe run- transportation services to shop owner Sk. Salim , tions and arrested the racketeers of other places States are in need of Oxy- tients across the country Oxygen Express from Tata ning of Oxygen Express all the states in need. who then informed the fake currency racketeer , , added the police officer. Isolation Centre Started At Nistha family cremated a beggar JSPL’s Angul Plant supplying every day 100 tonnes of Liquid Berhampur Press Club Medical Oxygen across India to fight Covid-19 pandemic Rajani Mohapatra Bhubaneswar, May 03 standing with the Country and Maharashtra and sev- Berhampur, May 03: (TNB): Responding to the and Countrymen during eral other states as per the The district administra- shortage of oxygen for calamities and emergen- advice of the Government. tion isputting all its ef- treatment of COVID-19 af- cies and will continue to A dedicated team, under forts to fight against fected persons in the do so during this Pan- the direct supervision of the pandemic in the dis- Country, leading demic. For us, it is Nation JSPL’s Chairman Shri trict. The Berhampur Steelmaker Jindal Steel & First. I am sure together Naveen Jindal, are working press club became the Asutosh Rath Power Ltd (JSPL), since we shall defeat the Pan- day and night to ensure first Isolation Centre Bargarh, May 03: A young man namely Parameswar April has been supplying demic,” JSPL’s Chairman the timely dispatch of oxy- for the working jour- Pradhan from Sayan village gave a phone call to the Liquid Medical Oxygen Shri Jindal had stated a few gen as per Government di- nalists and their fami- Nistha family and said, "The body of a woman was found (LMO) from its 6 MTPA days before. “We are im- rective. An Oxygen Ex- lies. last night. It would have been better if your Nistha family mega steel complex at proving our efficiency. press run by the Indian The working jour- had cremated it. The deceased was identified as Kamala Angul, Odisha. Several Government is also ensur- Railways also carried LMO nalists have been risk- Bhue, 45, of Banabira. She used to begging at Sayan area. hospitals across the coun- ing the best way to tackle produces LMO at its oxy- being dispatched to sev- tankers to other States. ing their lives by collect- She wanted to see her mother and had been to Banabira. try have received oxygen logistics on oxygen sup- gen plant within the steel eral States who need medi- Similarly, two tankers air- ing news and spreading But sadly, her family members didn't allow her to enter into despatched through tank- ply,” he adds in a Twitter complex at Angul and cal Oxygen like Andhra lifted from Maharashtra awareness among the the house. After that she returned to village Saya where ers as per the Govt advice message. tankers are filled in round Pradesh, Telengana, Delhi were also filled with LMO people day and night. she resides and unfortunately she died. The body had “JSPL has been always The company continually the clock. The tankers are NCR, Madhya Pradesh from JSPL Angul recently. Even in the past few been lying on the ground for ten hours. Neither her family days some journalists nor the villagers of Saya set fire to the body. Eventually, The State Government Guideline Will Be Strictly Enforced and their families have with the help of the administration and Nistha Family she Rajani Mohapatra strictly enforced in Sat- playground is strictly lost their lives due to in- was brought in a car and her body was cremated. Nistha Berhampur, May 03: The urday and Sunday. The prohibited. Some veg- fection. Keeping in view family's secretary Ashwini Tripathy, treasurer Shyam guidelines issued by the District Magistrates of- etable shops and fisher- the Berhampur Munici- Sundar Sahu, Manas Meher, Dayanidhi Sarangi, Laba state government will be fice said in a statement men are doing their busi- pal Commissioner Sidhe Sahu, Rinku Sahu were present at the cremation..ground strictly enforced in Ganjam that it had closed down ness without wearing Baliram Bondar has ex- district. The lockdown, the market and encour- proper masks and are not tended his helping hands Sambalpur District Administration which will begin on May aged the selling of the following the social dis- to start an isolation cen- gears up active surveillance 05, will take effect until essential commodity in tancing rule. Let them sit ter at Berhampur Press Kshirodra Bag May 19. In a meeting to- carts visiting door to five feet away from one Club for working jour- Sambalpur, 03 May: The Sambalpur district administration day at the district reasons. All traffic, includ- like, fish, meat, and veg- door and online deliver shop to another, and if nalists and their fami- has geared up active surveillance in the main towns of the collector's office, the DM ing bus, is prohibited dur- etable shops, grocery, egg system and home deliv- they do not follow the lies. 8 beds including 2 district like Sambalpur, Burla and Hirakud. The administra- said in a statement that ing this period. Only one will be open for public that ery facility. People will rules, their shop will be Oximeter, 2 Thermal tion has engaged mobile testing van to conduct test in people should not go out person is allowed in a two- too is in accordance with not go outside if they can closed. Doctors have Screening devices have every house. People are cooperating with the administra- from their homes unless wheeler vehicle. Vaccina- the Panchasutri rules. find essentials items in been asked to decide been supplied to press tion and are praising it for this initiative. On the other hand they are very urgent. tion and testing will not be Shops that violate the their doorsteps. Newspa- where the patient will be club. Burla police have sealed three shops in Burla town for vio- Those who go out on an stopped during lockdown. Panchasutri rules will be pers are allowed to dis- transferred and treated. The Lions Club of lating Covid guidelines. It seems people are still indifferent urgent basis will not be He advised the residents closed. The weekly mar- tribute daily from 5 am to The district magistrate Berhampur has prom- to the fatal effect of the Corona virus though 20 deaths was detained by the adminis- that not to rush to the ket is strictly denied. The 8 am. Development work, asked the district resi- ised to donate 2 oxygen reported yesterday only in Burla Covid hospital. tration if they cite proper crowd. Essentials foods weekly shutdown will be building work, agricul- dents to follow the guide- cylinders for the in- ture, and self-help lines which are published fected persons. The lo- group's work will not be during this lock down by cal administration has Sanitisation continues in different parts of Steel Township of stopped. Playing on the the state government. started its efforts to pro- vide oxygen to every SAIL, RSP for containing spread of COVID - 19 bed. Berhampur Press Rourkela, May 03: In line in association with the tenders and jetting ma- Club requests to the with the instructions and Fire Services Department chines to safeguard the chief of odisha sales and guidance of Shri has been actively engaged public places of Steel Town- representative union to Dharmendra Pradhan, in cleaning and decon- ship by undertaking mas- supply required medi- Hon'ble Union Minister of tamination of public sive scale cleaning and sani- cines to this new isola- P & NG and Steel, SAIL, places. On 28th April tization on a war footing. It tion centre. Suspected Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) sanitisation was carried out may be noted that the mar- and infected working has been taking all pos- at Ispat Haat, the popular ket places witnessing a lot journalists may have re- sible measures to combat vegetable market of the of public movements and quired facility to recover and contain the Covid Steel Township. The hence RSP is making all out from the infection if they pandemic. The various ground, the platforms, the efforts for regular cleaning prefer to isolate them- initiatives in this direction public toilets and the gar- and sanitizing of these selves in Berhampur include proactive bage bins were disinfected. places so as to prevent the Press Club of Ganjam. sanitisation, communica- as augmenting tracing, the Town Engineering De- The Fire Services depart- spread of the disease and This noble deed has tion drives, developing testing and vaccination. partment of SAIL, ment has been utilizing all to ensure health safety of been praised by all. treatment facilities as well The Public Health unit of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) its resources including fire its residents.

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