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There of Covid victims have been the The verdict, upholding under the IBC does not dis- proceedings against corporate Cchildren in the first wave, 19 alone, the hilly State has reg- also have been a few fatalities children below 10 years. 1")".,./0"--.2 Centre’s November 15, 2019, charge personal guarantors of guarantors before National has started stalking them in the Continued on Page 2 notification bringing personal their liability to pay back banks Company Law Tribunals second wave with a string of guarantors of corporate debtors or financial institutions (FIs) as (NCLTs). States like Maharashtra, !"#$% under the net of the IBC, they are bound by separate “It is held that the Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, ' assumes significance in view of contracts. impugned notification is legal Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Delhi # $ (' the fact that various high-pro- “It is held that approval of and valid. It is also held that and Andhra Pradesh reporting " & '() file industrialists may now face a resolution plan does not ipso approval of a resolution plan spike in infection in this vul- ! , insolvency proceedings along facto discharge a personal guar- relating to a corporate debtor nerable group, including new- 7#480# 84-# Health Statistics report, said as with their debt-ridden firms antor (of a corporate debtor) of does not operate so as to dis- borns. Those with co-mor- of December 31, 2020, Covid- ! 9 * : under the IBC. her or his liabilities under the charge the liabilities of personal bidities are failing to survive. t least 3 million people are 19 had infected over 82 million + Lenders had last year filed contract of guarantee. As held guarantors (to corporate In Tamil Nadu, around Aestimated to have died people and killed more than 1.8 bankruptcy cases against pro- by this court, the release or dis- debtors). The writ petitions, 1,000 to 1,300 children are from the Covid-19 globally in million worldwide. * moters of alleged delinquent charge of a principal borrow- transferred cases and transfer getting infected with the virus 2020, about 2 times higher than “With the latest Covid-19 ! 4 5 5 companies including Reliance er from the debt owed by it to petitions are accordingly dis- every day, while in Karnataka, the 1.8 million official fatality deaths reported to WHO now 5 ! ) Group’s Anil Ambani, Dewan its creditor, by an involuntary missed in the above terms, 39,846 children aged 0-9 years figure reported by countries to exceeding 3.3 million, based on 5 & ! 0 & Housing Finance Corp Ltd.’s process, i.e. by operation of law, without order on costs,” the 82- and 1,05,044 aged 10-19 years the World Health Organization the estimates produced for Kapil Wadhawan and Bhushan or due to liquidation or insol- page judgement said. have tested Covid-19 positive (WHO), a “significant under- 2020, we are likely facing a sig- ! 7 Power and Steel Ltd.’s Sanjay vency proceeding, does not Now if a corporate debtor between March 18 and May 18 count” of total deaths directly nificant undercount of total Singhal. The cases were how- absolve the surety/guarantor of faces insolvency proceedings this year. and indirectly attributed to the deaths directly and indirectly ever stayed on appeals filed in his or her liability, which aris- then the same proceedings can ! 4 & ! , Similarly, in Maharashtra, coronavirus, the global health attributed to Covid-19,” WHO higher courts. es out of an independent con- be “triggered” against individ- 99,022 in 11-20 age group and agency said on Friday. said in the report. 5* A bench comprising jus- tract,” Justice Ravindra Bhat, ual guarantors too, it said. 38,265 children up to age 10 The WHO, in its World Continued on Page 2 ! 4 * tices L Nageswara Rao and S writing the judgement for the Continued on Page 2 !" & R *+ #010234 -.-/ nucleocapsid (S&N) proteins of SARS-CoV-2 virus with a high emembering numerous ' 0 sensitivity of 97 per cent and Rpeople who died of Covid- specificity of 99 per cent. The 19, Prime Minister Narendra #010234 #010234 kit was developed in associa- Modi on Friday turned visibly #010234 tion with Vanguard emotional as he offered his srael on Friday said India ays after launching an anti- Diagnostics Pvt Ltd, a devel- condolences to them. Imay not have made a public aced with the target of DCovid drug, the Defence opment and manufacturing While addressing doctors, expression of support to Israel Fmaking available 216 Research and diagnostics paramedical staff, and other during the last few days, but it crore Covid-19 vaccines Development company frontline health workers from understood what Israel was by December-end, the take up the matter with Organisation based at New Varanasi, his home con- doing and why, Israel Charge Government is identifying AstraZeneca, the maker of (DRDO) on Delhi. stituency, the Prime Minister d’affaires Rony Yedidia Clein manufacturing sites for indige- Covishield, to encourage them Friday came Thechoked and stopped for a while said here. nously-developed Covaxin to grant more voluntary out with an Dipcovan kit to collect himself. the country must be prepared “Just imagine what would outside India. licences in India. indigenously was devel- “This virus took away so to fight the potentially fatal have happened if rockets had The Centre is also taking The MEA and the designed anti- oped indige- many people who were close to condition that is increasingly been fired on Delhi as they it has been quiet. So far, the up with vaccine manufacturers Department of Biotechnology body detection- nously by the us. I offer my deepest condo- seen in Covid patients in the were fired on Jerusalem on the calm has been kept. We hope like Moderna, Johnson and (DBT) will also prepare a based kit scientists, fol- lences to their families,” country. first day of the campaign? that it remains that way and Johnson and others the issue of roadmap to address raw mate- named Dipcovan. A Delhi- lowed by extensive validation said Modi. “In recent days we have a Every country has the right to that there will not be any firing granting voluntary licence to rial supply constraints for based pharmaceutical compa- on more than 1,000 patient The effect of the pandem- new challenge of black fungus. defend its sovereignty and its from Hamas.” third-party manufacturers here Covishield and identify the ny will produce this kit costing samples at various Covid des- ic has been so vast that despite It is important to prepare sys- citizens … Loss of life is trag- Interacting with media in on transfer of technology. sources of raw material while 75 only. The kit is expected ignated hospitals in Delhi. all efforts, numerous lives were tems to tackle it,” said the PM. ic,” she said. a virtual conference, she said The move follows com- as for Pfizer vaccine, the to hit the market in June. Three batches of the product lost, said a teary-eyed PM. He said vaccinations Making these assertions the future course of the cease- plaints from various States Department for Promotion of Giving details here about were validated during last one All the while, he went on to should be a mass movement in while lauding the truce reached fire will be determined by about the shortage of vaccines Industry and Internal Trade the kit, officials said it can year, they said. caution against the “new chal- the battle against Covid. between Israel and Hamas on ground realities. which is hampering its nation- (DPIIT) will take up the mat- detect both spike as well as Continued on Page 2 lenge of black fungus” saying Continued on Page 2 Thursday, she also said, “So far Continued on Page 2 wide vaccination programme ter with MEA, Niti Aayog and launched on January 16. Law Secretary to prepare a Officials in the Union Health status report on issue of indem- !0"0 Ministry said World Health nity and liability agreement PO PO P Organization (WHO) will also being proposed by vaccine 1 . be approached to help it step up manufacturer. Covaxin production. Three public sector com- Modi on Covid19 handling called “toolkit” as fake. attempt to colour and influence “tweets on toolkit to defame !"#$% These issues were dis- panies — Haffkine has been marked as “manipu- Fact-checking website Alt the “fair investigation” by the Government’s Covid-19 cussed in an inter-ministerial Biopharmaceutical Q R lated media” by Twitter. News said the “All India local law enforcement agency. efforts” as the matter is pend- meeting on May 18 to deliber- Corporation Ltd, Mumbai, a The Government has Congress Committee (AICC) BJP spokesperson’s May ing investigation before a law ate upon the options, including PSU under the Maharashtra Q R described the step as “totally Research Department” letter- 18 tweet had contained screen- enforcement agency. voluntary licence, compulsory government; Indian ! unwarranted” and “unilateral” head on the documents was shots of a purported Congress The Centre has sought licence and Government use Immunologicals Limited (IIL), and asked Twitter to reverse it forged and raised questions on “toolkit” to allegedly defame Twitter “to remove the tags authorisation under the Patents Hyderabad, a facility under #010234 “in the interests of fairness and the content, saying the BJP had the Government and the Prime affixed prejudicially to certain Act, 1970, available to increase National Dairy; and Bharat equity”. not shared the originals. Minister. By Thursday evening tweets in recent days in the the availability of drugs and Immunologicals and JP national spokesperson The Congress had request- The Government termed Twitter flagged Patra’s tweet as interests of fairness and equi- vaccines used for treatment of Biologicals Limited (BIBCOL), BSambit Patra’s tweet alleging ed Twitter to remove tweets by the Twitter tagging of Patra’s “manipulated media”. ty... Investigation will deter- Covid-19, the officials said. Bulandshahr, a PSU under the the Congress unleashed “toolk- the BJP spokesperson and tweet as “unilateral”, “prejudged According to sources, the mine the veracity of the con- The Ministry of External DBT are being roped in for it” to discredit the Government other BJP leaders, citing its and prejudiced” and “totally Union Government has asked tent, not Twitter,” sources said. Affairs has also been asked to manufacture of the vaccine. and Prime Minister Narendra police complaint calling the so- unwarranted” and “deliberate Twitter to remove the tag for Continued on Page 2

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<<< 15 RQ! .R0 777 % 000 tions against the liquor mafia, ity of the notification” of the Central environmental protection and 000 Government by alleging that the From Page 1 From Page 1 From Page 1 against the Tehri dam. From Page 1 power conferred under the IBC “Vaccination has provided protection to our frontline “The Ministry of Electronics and IT has written a strong His father Amba Dutt was a After his refusal to accept the “Likewise, a personal guarantor could not have been resorted to in the workers, who could serve the people. In the coming days, we communication to the global team of Twitter, registering forest officer in the then kingdom Padma Shri, tree felling was banned to a corporate debtor, facing insol- manner as to extend the provisions will be extending vaccine protection to everyone,” said the PM its objection to the use of ‘manipulated media’ tag on cer- of Tehri. Bahuguna’s life took a turn in areas at and above altitude of vency, can be subjected to insolven- of the Code to personal guarantors while addressing doctors, paramedical staff, and other front- tain tweets made by Indian political leaders with reference after he came in contact with free- 1,000 metres. This benefited the cy proceedings. All this is to be of corporate debtors. line health workers from Varanasi, his home constituency. to a toolkit created to undermine, derail and demean the dom fighter Shridev Suman when environment of Uttarakhand and resolved and decided by NCLT. In The verdict rejected the plea that “Varanasi has set a great example by the way it has equipped efforts of the government against the Covid-19 pandem- he was 13-year-old. other Himalayan states. Bahuguna other words, the amendment by Centre exceeded its power con- Pandit Rajan Mishra Covid hospital and increased the num- ic,” sources added.In the communication, the Ministry Inspired by Suman, he jumped also undertook a 5,000 kilometre Section 60(2) too achieved a unified ferred upon it by Parliament under ber of oxygen beds and ICU beds in the city, in such a short pointed out that one of the parties concerned had com- into the freedom movement at an march from Kashmir to Kohima in adjudication through the same forum IBC by roping in personal guaran- span of time, “ Modi said as he spoke about the numerous plained to the local law enforcement agency questioning early age. He also launched an agi- support of conservation of the for resolution of issues and disputes tors. “Parliamentary intent was to people who had died of Covid-19. Calling for special atten- the veracity of the toolkit and the same was under inves- tation against the Tehri State. Ganga and environment. He also concerning corporate resolution treat personal guarantors different- tion to rural areas, he also unveiled a new slogan “Jahan Bimar, tigation. It noted that even as the local law enforcement A man of sharp intellect, he headed the protest against the processes, as well as bankruptcy and ly from other categories of individ- Wahin Upchar” and appreciated the micro-containment zone agency was undertaking the investigation, Twitter had uni- was educated at the Government Tehri dam for a long time and con- insolvency processes in relation to uals. The intimate connection implemented by the city. “I thank every Kashiwasi, especial- laterally drawn a conclusion in this matter and arbitrari- inter college in Tehri and after grad- tinued to remain opposed to dams. personal guarantors to corporate between such individuals and cor- ly our doctors, nurses, technicians, ward boys, ambulance dri- ly tagged it as ‘Manipulated Media’. Such tagging by Twitter uating from Lahore in 1947, he Following his demise at noon, debtors,” the verdict said. The judge- porate entities to whom they stood vers, the work you all have done is commendable,” he said. appears prejudged, prejudiced and a deliberate attempt to became active in the Praja Mandal PM Modi tweeted, “Passing away ment came on as many as 75 peti- guarantee, as well as the possibility Modi referred to the threat to children and said they need- colour the investigation by the local law enforcement agency. movement against the Tehri State. of Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna Ji is a tions, including some transfer peti- of two separate processes being car- ed to be protected in the fight against Covid. The Ministry has termed such unilateral action by Twitter In the 1970s, he launched a monumental loss for our nation. tions of firms, individuals and by ried on in different forums, with its “There is a need to protect our children against Covid- an effort to influence the fair investigation process and a campaign on environmental pro- He manifested our centuries-old those who had given personal guar- attendant uncertain outcomes, led to 19. We have had successes in the past in battling diseases which clear overreach, which is totally unwarranted,” sources said. tection, which had a huge impact ethos of living in harmony with antees for loans advanced to their carving out personal guarantors as a affect children, and we have successfully dealt with those ill- This action not only diluted the credibility of Twitter across the country. nature. His simplicity and spirit of firms. The plea filed by one Lalit separate species of individuals, for nesses and ensured the safety of our children. We must imple- as a neutral and unbiased platform facilitating exchange A supporter of public struggles, compassion will never be forgotten. Kumar Jain, against the notification whom the Adjudicating authority ment best practices and do all we can to ensure children are of views by users, but also put a question mark on its sta- he had refused to accept the Padma My thoughts are with his family was taken up as the lead matter. was common with the corporate safe,” he said and praised UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s tus as an “intermediary”, the sources quoted Ministry as Shri in 1981 demanding a ban on and many admirers. Om The common question in all the debtor to whom they had stood role in containing the disease affecting children. observing. felling of trees. He launched agita- Shanti.” pleas assailed the “the vires and valid- guarantee,” it held.

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We will challenge the district in a position of authority over approval from the Drugs Controller of hitting or striking at Israel. We do feel that the underground court conviction, saying neither “Excess deaths” captures not only court’s order before the High Court women, committing rape) and General of India (DCGI), Central Drugs infrastructure (of Hamas) was very severely damaged. We had a the circumstances nor the evi- confirmed deaths, but also Covid-19 soon in this case.” 376(2)k) (rape by a person in a posi- Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) large amount of targets which were successfully hit.” dence was enough to hold them deaths that were not correctly diagnosed The Goa CM said he has per- tion of control). to manufacture for sale and distribution. Moreover, Israel neutralised a vast majority of capabilities of guilty. and reported as well as deaths attributable sonally discussed the issue with the After the verdict, Tejpal issued Dipcovan is intended for the qualita- Hamas and of Islamic Jihad, she said, adding, “So, I believe that The couple was sentenced to to the overall crisis conditions. public prosecutor and the investi- a statement through his daughter tive detection of IgG antibodies in human we’ve had good results for this campaign and hopefully going for- life by a Ghaziabad special court WHO said these estimates provide a gating officer in the case about chal- Tara who read it outside the court serum or plasma, targeting SARS-CoV-2 ward there won’t be any more strikes from Hamas towards Israel. on November 28, 2013 for the more comprehensive and accurate measure lenging the verdict in the High building in Mapusa town near related antigens. It offers a significantly But going forward we need to see that the calm remains on the double murder that shook the when compared with confirmed Covid-19 Court. Sawant claimed that there Panaji, in which he thanked the faster turn-around-time as it requires just ground.”Clein said the Israeli military campaign was successful nation with its element of grue- deaths alone. was enough evidence against the court for its “rigorous, impartial and 75 minutes to conduct the test without any and “we gave a crushing blow to Hamas and their terror infra- some filicide. However, the CBI “All countries must have the necessary accused. The Goa police had regis- fair trial”. cross reactivity with other diseases. The kit structure. We hit hundreds of rockets at Hamas targets and have has challenged the acquittals capacity and resources to accurately col- tered an FIR against Tejpal in “The past seven-and-a-half has a shelf life of 18 months. destroyed their underground rocket making and storing infra- and the matter is now pending lect and use health data even in the midst November 2013, following which he years have been traumatic for my Industry partner Vanguard Diagnostics structure around Gaza”. before the Supreme Court. of an ongoing crisis,” WHO Director- was arrested. The Goa crime branch family as we have dealt with the cat- Pvt. Ltd will commercially launch the Among those eliminated were top leaders of Hamas, includ- SALMAN KHAN HIT- AND- General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had filed a 2,846-page charge sheet astrophic fallout of these false alle- product during the first week of June 2021. ing their heads of cyber, design and engineering projects and the RUN CASE: The Bombay High said. against Tejpal, who has been out on gations on every aspect of our per- Readily available stock at the time of brigadier commander of Gaza city, she said, adding a number of Court had in December 2015 “The Covid-19 pandemic has shown bail since May 2014. During the trial, sonal, professional and public lives,” launch will be 100 kits (approx. 10,000 tests) buildings housing Hamas’s offices and infrastructure were also acquitted the actor of all crimi- the importance of data and science to build the prosecution examined 71 wit- he said. “We have felt the boot of the with a production capacity of 500 destroyed.Informing that so far the ceasefire was holding, the Israeli nal charges for lack of substan- back more resilient health systems and nesses and cross examined five State, but all through it we have kits/month after the launch. It is envoy said, “We hope that going forward, Palestine will reject the tial evidence. He was acquitted equitably accelerate towards our shared defence witnesses. The case of the cooperated fully with the Goa police expected to be available at about Rs 75 per Hamas leadership.”She hoped that the new leadership would have seven months after the sessions global goals,” he said. prosecution mainly relied on the and the legal system, through hun- test. moderates who will see the advantages of having peace with Israel. court held him guilty. The actor The report noted that some countries statement of the victim and aver- dreds of court proceedings,” he The kit will be very useful for under- In fact, she reiterated that Hamas was worried that Palestine would was accused of running his car only report Covid-19 deaths occurring in ments of some of her colleagues said. standing COVID-19 epidemiology and go the way of the neighbouring Muslim nations and try to nor- over some persons sleeping on hospitals or the deaths of people who have besides electronic evidence includ- He further said, “It is with pro- assessing an individual’s previous SARS- malise ties with Israel. Palestine is gearing up for elections. the pavement in suburban tested positive for Covid-19. In addition, ing e-mails and WhatsApp mes- found respect that I thank this CoV-2 exposure. Defence Minister Rajnath The Israeli envoy claimed that her country got “unprecedented Bandra in Mumbai in 2002. One many countries cannot accurately measure sages. court for its rigorous, impartial and Singh appreciated the efforts of the DRDO support from countries around the world” and said some European person died in the mishap. The or report cause of death due to inadequate He faced trial under major fair trial and for its thorough exam- and the industry in developing the kit at the nations flew the Israeli flag from their official buildings in soli- trial court had awarded him a or under-resourced health information sys- Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections ination of the CCTV footage and time of need. darity. five-year jail term. tems. 341 (wrongful restraint), 342 other empirical material on record.

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The World Health said that there are nearly 28,500 corona testing. ing non-residents who have to hospitals as this cannot be Organisation has declared beds in Delhi as of now and Addressing a joint Press come to Delhi for treatment.. treated at homes,” he said. elhi Chief Minister Arvind Covid positivity rate below 5 16,712 beds are vacant. conference along with the Jain said that black fungus Jain cautioned Covid-19 DKejriwal on Friday proper cent to be within the safe Approximately 1748 ICU beds Leader of the Opposition in is happening due to increase in patients against taking steroids vided financial assistance of zone. are vacant.” Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh blood sugar levels and without doctor’s advice. 1 crore to the family of Nitin Delhi recorded 3,009 The Minister also high- Bidhuri, MPs Hansraj Hans decreased immunity by taking “This is very dangerous. A Tanwar who died due to Covid. Covid-19 cases and 252 fatali- lighted upon the shortage of and Gutam Gambhir, Gupta steroids.” Corona patients who patient’’s immunity becomes Kejriwal said that Nitin ties on Friday. This is the third vaccines and stated that said that the AAP Government have been given steroids dur- zero when he/she takes Tanwar, a primary school consecutive day when Delhi’s Covaxin is finished for 18-44 changed its direction and ing treatment should be vigilant steroids. Black fungus, which is teacher, was posted at the MC count of daily new cases has age groups and Covishield is reduced the testing when the for one week after its closure found in soil or decaying Primary School at Naraina. remained below 4,000. 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I for treatment of dreaded black power. been necessitated after Punjab have spoken to him after the fungus, the Union Health AICC sources said that MLAs declined to meet the information about his resigna- Ministry on Friday said licence Congress president Sonia State Incharge senior party tion as MLA. This is a family has been given to five more Gandhi has asked former party leader Harish Rawat. matter, it will be resolved soon,” manufactures for production chief Rahul Gandhi to handle Choudhary resignation Dotasara tweeted. of Amphotericin-B, used in the matter who during the though is yet to be accepted by This is the second time the treatment of black fungus, next few days will be interact- Rajasthan assembly Speaker since his election in the and they will start producing ing one to one with each MLAs CP Joshi and Chief Minister December 2018 state polls that 1,11,000 vials of the drug per from both the States, which is Ashok Gehlot but he men- Hemaram Choudhary has sent month from July. Meanwhile, likely to be first of its kind tioned that he will speak on the across his resignation letter. He in May 2021, 3,63,000 vials of efforts from Rahul or Sonia. reasons that led to his quitting had first resigned in 2019 dur- Amphotericin-B will be To iron out the differences the assembly once it is accepting the first session of the imported, thereby resulting There are five existing total availability in the country in Punjab Congress and ue with his criticism of the lat- police firing cases has created ed. This is second time resig- reconstituted assembly, report- in total availability in the manufacturers of (inclusive of the domestic pro- Government, sources said ter through social media. In a crisis in the party. The party nation by Choudhary after edly because he was miffed that country (inclusive of the Amphotericin-B in the country duction) of 5,26752 vials. Rahul will be conducting one- one of his message on Twitter, high command is working out Congress came to power in Gehlot did not induct him domestic production) of and one importer. These are 3,15,000 vials will be imported on-one meeting with State Sidhu also urged the MLAs and a formula to make the CM take 2018. into his council of ministers. 5,26752 vials. Bharat Serums & Vaccines Ltd, in June 2021. Hence, along with Ministers, MLAs and MPs over party work to apprise the party on the perpetrators of the Hemaram Choudhary is a Hemaram Chaudhary, who The five companies that BDR Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Sun the domestic supply, the coun- the next few days. As per the high command about the prob- police firing case,” said a party six-time MLA from was revenue minister in have been given go ahead for Pharma Ltd, Cipla Ltd, Life trywide availability of plan beginning with Punjab, lems persisting within MLA over phone to The Gudamalani in the Barmer Gehlot’s cabinet in 2008-2013, drug production are NATCO Care Innovations and Mylan Amphotericin-B will be the former party chief who has Amarinder Pioneer. district and was among the 19 had offered to quit before the Pharmaceuticals, Hyderabad, Labs (importer). enhanced to 5,70,114 vials in faced severe criticism for loos- Sonia too has been in con- Punjab Congress chief MLAs who rebelled against 2013 elections over differences Alembic Pharmaceuticals, "The production capacity June 2021," the statement ing elections after elections, will stant touch with Punjab CM Sunil Kumar Jakhar on Ashok Gehlot last year same with another MLA. Vadodara, Gufic Biosciences of these companies was added. schedule to meet on virtual Capt Amarinder Singh enquir- Thursday cautioned party time when the then Deputy While AICC leaders ruled Ltd, Gujarat, Emcure extremely limited in the month According to the govern- mode atleast 15 party leaders ing about state politics and the workers stating that the party CM Sachin Pilot had revolt- out any rebellion brewing up Pharmaceuticals, Pune and of April 2021. As a result of the ment, these companies will each day. pandemic together, sources high command was watching ed and threatened to exit again in Rajasthan politics, the Lyka, Gujarat. hand holding by the Centre, start producing 1,11,000 vials Sources said after the said. and he mentioned that there from the Gehlot government. BJP which has been eyeing to The move follows severe these domestic manufactures of Amphotericin-B per month Punjab leaders declined to While the factionalism led are few leaders who were The situation continued for wrest power from Gehlot after shortage of the anti-fungal will cumulatively produce from July 2021. The Union meet Harish Rawat on a digi- by Navjot Singh Sidhu contin- always trying to seek opportu- almost two months untill a engineering a successful drug across the country even as 1,63,752 vials of Health Ministry and Deptt of tal platform, he is scheduled to ues, some of the party leaders nities in crisis (like pandemic) peace was brokered between attempt in Madhya Pradesh various States and UTs are Amphotericin-B in May 2021. Pharmaceuticals are together visit the State hold initial talks are annoyed with the CM over or by creating a crisis. Gehlot and Pilot by Sonia, last year following the exit of reporting an increasing num- This will be further ramped up trying to proactively facilitate with the dissident leaders. the delay in giving justice to the While in Rajasthan the Rahul and his sibling and Jyotiraditya Scindia, the BJP ber of patients suffering from to 2,55,114 vials in the month these five manufacturers to The other issue on agenda families of the Kotakpura immediate worry is the resig- party general secretary said Hemaram Choudhary’s Covid complications in the of June 2021. prepone some of this proof Rahul meeting, is to sort out police firing incidents. nation of party MLA Hemaram Priyanka Gandhi. resignation letter reflected that form of Mucormycosis, popu- “In May 2021, 3,63,000 duction so that these addi- the differences between Sidhu "The adverse high court Choudhary, a sharp critic of Before Rahul to reach him there was no internal democ- larly known as Black vials of Amphotericin-B will be tional supplies begin in June and CM as the former contin- judgment on the Kotkapura Rajasthan chief minister Ashok to pacify so that the Gehlot racy within the Congress. 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The US announced earlier #010234 headquarters in Dimapur, the External Affairs Minister S Hit by a devastating second this week that it will share an n an effort to rule out any Army Chief was briefed by Lt Jaishankar’s main focus during wave of the coronavirus pan- additional 20 million coron- #010234 he Supreme Court on Friday grant- Isurprises by China, Army Gen Johnson Mathew, General his US visit next week will be demic, India has been focusing avirus vaccine doses with other Ted bail to rebel YSR Congress MP Chief General MM Naravane Officer Commanding of Spear procurement of these vaccines on ramping up domestic pro- countries in addition to the 60 he Enforcement Directorate on Friday searched Krishnam Raju in the sedition case reg- on Friday reviewed the opera- Corps and the Division from there. An estimated 80 duction of COVID-19 vac- million it has already committed. Tthe premises linked to businessman Navneet Kalra istered against him by the Andhra tional readiness of the troops at Commanders on the prevailing million doses of vaccine are cines as well their procurement The Biden administration has and his associates in connection with a money laun- Pradesh police. The vacation Bench of the Line of Actual Control situation and operational pre- available there. from abroad. not yet announced the possible dering probe linked to a recent case of alleged hoard- Justices Vineet Saran and BR Gavai said (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh. paredness along the Northern During his five-day visit "In Washington DC, the recipients of the vaccine doses. ing and black-marketing of oxygen concentrators Raju was possibly ill-treated while in He is on two-day visit com- borders," the Army said. starting May 24, the minister External Affairs Minister will Recently, Charge D'Affaires which are in high demand amid Covid-19 pandem- police custody. During the previous mencing Thursday. It said the Chief of Army besides pressing for early pro- hold discussions with his coun- of the US embassy here Daniel ic surge. hearing, the Court had ordered Raju’s Incidentally, he had said on Staff complimented all ranks curement of the vaccines is also terpart Secretary of State B Smith said the US was look- The searches are being conducted at various loca- medical examination. Wednesday the Indian forces are for maintaining excellent vigil likely to seek raw material to Antony Blinken. He will also be ing at joint production of tions in the national Capital under provisions of the "Charges against the petitioner (Raju) ready and deployed in ade- and exhorted them to stay alert boost domestic production. He meeting Cabinet members and Johnson and Johnson's Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), are not such that custodial interrogation quate numbers at the LAC and keep watch on activities may also explore possibilities of Senior Officials of the COVID-19 vaccines in India agency sources said. would be required. Considering the total- adding it will not be taken by along the LAC. On Wednesday, joint production of the much- Administration dealing with and ways to help manufactur- Through the searches, the ED is seeking to gain ity of the plea and the health condition of surprise. This observation came Naravane said the Army will needed vaccine here or in the US. the bilateral relationship," the ers like the Serum Institute of additional evidence to take the money laundering the petitioner since he has undergone in the backdrop of China hold- maintain an enhanced presence Announcing the schedule, MEA said in a statement. India (SII) to boost production. probe forward, they said. open heart surgery, we deem it fit that peti- ing its annual military exercise on the entire northern front from the Ministry of External It said he will have two As India was facing a rapid The ED had recently booked Kalra and others tioner be enlarged on bail,” said the apex now in its area opposite Eastern Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh till Affairs(MEA) said here on interactions with business increase in coronavirus infec- under the anti-money laundering law after taking court while prohibiting the MP from inter- Ladakh. Last year, it diverted "de-escalation" is achieved. Friday Jaishankar will hold forums on economic and tions, the US sent six plane loads cognisance of a Delhi Police FIR filed on May 5 as acting with media on the matter under some forces from the exercise to In view of the border row discussions with US Secretary COVID-related cooperation of life-saving supplies in support PMLA comes under the ambit of a predicate probe. intrude into India leading to with China in eastern Ladakh, of State Antony Blinken and between the two countries. of the country's fight against the offence. Raju is required to furnish a bond of ten-month long stand-off. the Army last year significant- meet other senior officials of Jaishankar had met pandemic. Earlier this month, Following registration of the case, the Delhi police Rs 1 lakh and two sureties of the same As regards his visit to the ly ramped up deployment of the Biden administration. It Blinken earlier this month on the US sent to India raw mate- searched some restaurants and premises owned and amount before the trial court within 10 eastern sector in the last two troops in all sensitive areas will be the first visit by a senior the sidelines of a meeting of rials for vaccine production linked to Kalra. days. On perusing Raju's medical reports, days, officials said here on along the nearly 3,500-km- Indian minister to the US after foreign ministers of G-7 coun- which it said would enable the The police had recovered more than 500 life-sav- the Court found that he had suffered a Friday, Naravane arrived at long LAC including in the President Joe Biden assumed tries in London. The MEA manufacture of 20 million doses ing oxygen concentrators from the searched premis- fracture to his toe among other injuries. Dimapur in Nagaland on Sikkim and Arunachal sectors office in January. said Jaishankar will also meet of the Covishield vaccines. es. The police alleged that they were being hoard- Raju and Chief Minister Jaganmohan Thursday to review the opera- The Indian Air Force(IAF) There is a view in India UN Secretary-General Antonio Providing raw materials ed and sold in the black market on a high premi- Reddy are in loggerheads for some time. tional readiness along the also deployed additional fight- that the Defence Production Guterres in New York. for the production of coron- um. He had approached Courts to cancel the Northern borders of Arunachal er jets and attack helicopters in Act (DPA) of the US has put On Thursday, the ministry avirus vaccines was a major Kalra has denied any wrongdoing and claimed the bail given the Chief Minister in corrup- Pradesh and the security situ- key bases looking after the some restrictions on the export spokesperson Arindam Bagchi component of the Biden consignment was meant for regular sale. tion cases and all of a sudden Andhra ation in the hinterland in the airspace along the LAC in the of raw materials by American had India is engaged with administration's announce- Earlier, the police produced Kalra before a court Pradesh Police slapped sedition charges on Northeastern region. Arunachal sector. companies. In early February, American entities for procurement on medical aid to India. that sent him to 14-day judicial custody. the MP. ,"& !"#$%0 & 6 *&8 ) "00 " " ', & &'99 .! &9 *(;2 #010234 2 virus is the best-known researchers said. #010234 cially those who visit laborato- were found positive for the member of the family, other Eventually, the only people ries, to get vaccinated on pri- virus in the IIT-Roorkee which n what could come as a relief seasonal coronaviruses circu- who will be exposed to the ith the vaccination drive ority. At present at IITs we have led to sealing five hostels. Iduring Covid-19 times that late in the human popula- virus for the first time will be Wopen to everyone above vaccination centers for the pri- Similarly IIT-Jodhpur wit- has ravaged the world, a study tion, and they are less dan- children who are naturally less the age of 18 years, the Indian ority groups, where the central nessed 65 positive cases among has said that over the next gerous. prone to severe disease, they Institutes of Technology (IITs) government is providing the students, due to which, G 3 decade, the severity of The researchers noted that said. have asked the Central vaccines. We cannot use them block of the campus was Covid-19 may decrease as pop- some evidence indicates that "The novel approach here Government to look into the for people below 45 years old declared as a containment ulations collectively develop one of these cold-causing rel- is to recognise the competition feasibility of having a common as state government’s need to zone. immunity and the novel coro- atives might have once been taking place between mild and vaccination policy for its stu- provide for this section. State Sharing details about the navirus could cause no more severe, giving rise to the severe Covid-19 infections and dents, especially the research governments are all struggling meeting, an official said than common cold-like coughs "Russian flu" pandemic in the ask which type will persist in scholars who visit the labora- and there is a paucity of vac- Pokhriyal “commended the and sniffles. late 19th century. the long run," said Alexander tories. cines," a Director of one of the institutes in developing low- Published in the journal The parallels led the sci- Beams, study first author and #010234 Nicobar islands,” the IMD said In a review meeting of the IIT told The Pioneer. cost RT-PCR machines, kits, Viruses, the prediction is based entists to wonder whether the graduate student at University in its special weather update, IITs and other top chains like A senior Ministry of ventilators, mathematical mod- on mathematical models that severity of SARS-CoV-2 could of Utah. he India Meteorological issued on Friday afternoon. NITs, IISERs, on Thursday Education official said said the elling of predicting the trend of incorporate lessons learned similarly lessen over time. "We have shown that mild TDepartment (IMD) on With the arrival of the evening, the officials of the demand for vaccination for COVID-19 and successfully from the current pandemic on They built mathematical infections will win, as long as Friday said that southwest monsoon, light to moderate institutes requested Union researchers who visit labs was placing them at the disposal of how our body's immunity models incorporating evidence they train our immune systems monsoon has advanced into rain is forecast till Sunday over Education Minister Ramesh taken up in the meeting which State Health Departments. changes over time. on the body's immune to fight against severe infec- the south Andaman Sea on the Andaman and Nicobar Pokhriyal ‘Nishank' for inocu- is of utmost importance to Many of the research products "This shows a possible response to SARS-CoV-2. tions," Beams said. Friday morning. The develop- islands. Squally winds with the lation of all their students, so encourage research in the fight have been commercialized future that has not yet been Analysing several scenarios However, the researchers noted ment also marks the start of the speed of around 50 km/hour to that they can safely return to against covid as well. through the incubation cells fully addressed," said Fred and their versions set up a sit- that the models do not account four-month rainfall season. 60km/hour could blow along their respective campuses. With An IIT-Delhi internal sur- and startups set up by these Adler, a professor of mathe- uation where an increasing for every potential influence on The IMD has already predict- the southeast Bay of Bengal and shortage of vaccinations in the vey last month with 3,910 stu- institutes." matics and biological sciences proportion of the population disease trajectory. ed that the monsoon is expect- south Andaman Sea from country, the administration of dents as part of the findings, the An official statement from at the University of Utah in the will become predisposed to For instance, if new virus ed to be normal this year. Friday onwards, the IMD said. top-engineering colleges urged results showed that almost 22 the Ministry added, “researchers US. mild disease over the long variants overcome partial Meanwhile, a low-pressure area The IMD said that the the government to step in. per cent of the students had developed Corona testing kit "Over the next decade, the term. immunity, Covid-19 could take is expected to develop over the cyclone, once formed, is During the meeting of IITs, tested positive for Covid-19 ‘Corosure’, research for the severity of COVID-19 may "In the beginning of the a turn for the worse, they said. central and adjoining southeast expected to travel towards IISc, NITs, and IISERs along during the March- April peri- development of a vaccine, which decrease as populations col- pandemic, no one had seen the The team also noted that these Bay of Bengal and this system either coasts of Odisha or West with the Education Ministry, od this year whereas 61 per can be stored at room temper- lectively develop immunity," virus before. Our immune sys- predictions will hold up only if is most likely to intensify into Bengal, where the Met depart- the number of rising cent saw at least one family ature, Genome sequencing to Adler said. tem was not prepared," Adler the key assumptions of the a cyclonic storm by May 26. ment was warned of heavy COVID-19 cases among stu- member testing positive for the identify the variants of Corona The study suggests that explained. models hold up. "Our next “In association with the rainfall to commence from dents were discussed along deadly viral infection. Keeping Virus, ‘COVIRAP’ device for changes in the disease could The models show that as step is comparing our model strengthening and deepening May 25. Sea conditions will be with online classes as well as the survey results in view, the rapid diagnostic of pathogenic be driven by adaptations of more adults become partially predictions with the most cur- of the southwesterly winds, rough to very rough over the implementation of the new authorities of IIT-Delhi had infection, methods to optimize our immune response rather immune, whether through rent disease data to assess the southwest monsoon has southeast Bay of Bengal & National Education Policy. relaxed norms which included the use of Oxygen in ventilators, than by changes in the virus prior infection or vaccination, which way the pandemic is advanced over the southwest south Andaman Sea from 21st All the IITs demanded a flexibility in attendance as well development of Oxygen con- itself. severe infections all but disap- going as it is happening," Adler and southeast Bay of Bengal, May onwards till common policy on vaccination as work-related deadlines. centrators, low-cost portable Although the SARS-CoV- pear over the next decade, the added south Andaman Sea and 23rd May . for our research scholars, espe- Last month, 60 students ventilators, etc." % " !"#$!% !% &&' &(&)

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,-2, 8 release on bail in the six-year- is no less than arrest. They all the four and at least seven High Court admitted an appeal ,-2, 8 within six months of swearing- from she should be an MLA.” old Narada payoff case. should be released” as an others were seen on a video filed by the CBI late on Monday in. According to Article 164 of Chattopadhyay would con- n a twist to the legal tangle The Court rejected the “Interim situation should be accepting cash for benefit from evening and stayed the bail engal Chief Minister the Constitution a Minister test from Khardaha seat in Iover the arrest of four senior CBI’s plea that being influential freedom” because being minis- a sting journalist. The incident which was heard on Friday. BMamata Banerjee who including the Chief Minister North 24 Parganas which was Trinamool Congress politicians persons the foursome could ters and MLAs there was no took place in 2014 but it was While three of the four roared back to power for the who does not become an MLA also won by the TMC by more including two Bengal Ministers, influence and manipulate wit- possibility of flight risk. The released before the 2016 accused were currently in the third consecutive time in a within six months has to resign. than 28,000 votes. The TMC an MLA and a former Minister nesses and refused to stay the Court however said that a Assembly elections. hospital getting treated for their keenly fought March-April State State Agriculture Minister candidate however succumbed a two-judge Bench of the house arrest order. release could not be ordered till In a high-pitch drama that ailments Hakim was in the elections would contest in a by- and the sitting MLA and from to corona infections soon after Calcutta High Court on Friday While senior counsel the matter was disposed of by a followed their arrests thou- Presidency Jail hospital where poll from the Bhawanipore seat Bhawanipore Sobhandeb the elections. put them under house-arrest Abhishek Manu Singhvi argued larger Bench a time frame for sands of people gathered at the he was being treated for mild — her home turf for years to get Chattopadhyay who on Friday Banerjee who resides at following a split of opinion in favour of an interim bail formation of which was how- Nizam Palace office of the CBI fever. Hakim was likely to be an entry into the State Assembly. submitted his resignation to Bhawanipore has been an MLA between the judges on whether pending the constitution and ever not given. where the foursome was kept. shifted to his house whereas the Banerjee lost to her former Speaker Biman Banerjee said from the area since 2011 but left they should be granted bail or hearing by a larger bench the The four accused Firhad Even Chief Minister Mamata other accused would stay put in close-confidant Suvendu that he had done so out of his it in 2021 for Nandigram which kept in judicial custody. Court said retained its order for Hakim, Subroto Mukherjee Banerjee too staged a sit-in at the hospital, sources said. Adhikari who later joined the own will and “there was no pres- she called “a lucky place for me.” All four will now be placed house arrest granting however (both ministers), Madan Mitra, the same office for more than six Meanwhile, even as the BJP in a close contest at sure from the party to do so.” Incidentally the TMC had under house arrest, the court the Ministers leverage of being an MLA and a former Ministers, hours demanding their release. parties prepared for a hearing Nandigram in East Midnapore He said “the way Mamata trailed BJP from the ruled. The order of house arrest virtually consulted by the offi- and Sovan Chatterjee — a In the evening a local CBI before a larger Bench of the where she was defeated by a Banerjee has fought against the Bhawanipore Assembly seg- was passed by acting Chief cers of their respective depart- “TMC-turned-BJP-turned-neu- court granted bail to the four High Court the CBI sources said wafer-thin margin of 1,927 evil forces is an example for the ment — which falls in Kolkata Justice Rajesh Bindal following ments on important issues like tral” politician and a former accused after the CBI failed to that the Agency was planning to votes. entire country and it is neces- South parliamentary con- a difference of opinion between handling of the pandemic situ- minister— were arrested on produce them personally at the move the Supreme Court seek- Banerjee who was sworn in sary that she continues to lead stituency — in 2019 general him and Justice Arijit Banerjee ation. Monday morning by the CBI in court following the ruckus out- ing to quash the High Court as the Chief Minister has to win the House … and for that elections by a few thousand who ordered the four leaders’ Singhvi said, “House arrest the Narada pay off case where side its office. Soon after the order of house arrest. a membership of the House Bhawanipore is the best place votes. "/ "( "##"##("1(1"( ;% $; . - &

)#21"#!(1# )7)/ 4 per cent. 00 The total “active cases” in the &30## 4 and other Dravidian outfits that continues without even a aharashtra on Friday recorded State dropped from 3,83,253 to )7)/ 4 from a hilltop at around 6 am. The com- were trying to get the assassins single Navodaya Vidyalaya. M1,263 Covid-19 deaths—includ- 3,67,121. The fatality rate in the state mandos retaliated, killing 13 Maoists on hile Tamil Nadu Congress released claiming that they have “My request is that the Tamil ing 708 old unaccounted deaths that went up from 1.55 per cent to 1.57 n what is being seen as the second the spot. Those Maoists killed in the WCommittee paid homage put in nearly three decades of Nadu Government allows the were added to the day's cumulative per cent. Ibiggest success after they eliminated as encounter comprised seven women and to Rajiv Gandhi, the former hardship in jail as part of the setting up of such schools in the tally, while the infections dropped With 54 fresh deaths, the Covid- many as 40 naxalites in two separate oper- six men. Prime Minister on his 30th imprisonment. State,” he said . Tamil Nadu is the marginally to 29,644. 19 toll in Mumbai increased from ations in May 2018, the anti-naxal com- In a bid to loot the arms and ammu- death anniversary at K S Alagiri president, only State in the country which A day after the State logged 984 14,410 to 14,464, while the infected mandos of the Maharashtra Police on nition being carried by the police party, Sriperumbudur, 30 km from TNCC, K V Thangabalu, former does not have a single Navodaya deaths and 29,911 infections, the cases went up by a relatively low 1415 Friday morning gunned down 13 Maoists, the Maoists fired indiscriminately at the Chennai, where he was mur- TNCC president and AICC Vidyalaya though all districts in infections dropped to 29,644 while to trigger a jump in the including 7 women, in a fierce gun-bat- ANS commandos. “At that the ANS dered by the terrorists of the leader C D Meyyappan led the rest of India boast of such con- the State added 1,263 deaths – com- infections from 6,92,785 to 6,94,200. tle in the deep forests of Kotmi in Etapalli commandos asked them lay down their dreaded Liberation Tigers of party cadre at Rajiv Gandhi cept school. prising 369 that occurred in the last The situation in Pune improved taluka of Gadchiroli in eastern arms and surrender. However, the Maoists Tamil Eelam in this day in Memorial at Sriperumbudur in The Dravidian parties’ 48 hours, 186 that took place last vastly as the “active cases” dropped Maharashtra. opened fire at the commandos more 1991, Muthuvel Karunanidhi paying homage to the departed hatred for Hindi and Sanskrit is week and 708 old unaccounted deaths from 64,084 to 58,840. After the gun-battle that lasted for intensely. The commandos had no alter- Stalin, Chief Minister of Tamil leader. Speaking to reporters, the reason behind their opposi- that were added to the state’s daily Mumbai with 28,579 active more than 90 minutes, the elite C-60 com- native but to retaliate. Seeing the increased Nadu, wrote a letter to the Meyyappan said he was making tion towards Navodaya Schools, Covid-19 toll. cases stood second in the state, fol- mandos of the Anti Naxal Squad (ANS) intensity of the firing from the com- President of India asking him to use of the anniversary to plead said Dr Y R Johnson, a former With 1,263 new deaths, the total lowed by Thane (26,248), Nagpur of the Gadchiroli police recovered a mandos in the encounter that went on for release the seven convicts in the with the Tamil Nadu principal of Navodaya Schools. number of deaths in the State climbed (19,745), Solapur (18,881), huge cache of arms, ammunition and 90 minutes, the naxals fled the scene,” a murder case. Government to help realize the “The Dravidian leaders are from 85,355 to 86,618. Similarly, with Ahmednagar (18,479), Satara explosives, including one AK-47 rifle, statement issued by the Gadchiroli police S Nalini, Murugan, Santhan, dreams of Rajiv Gandhi. against teaching Hindi and 29,644 new infections, the total num- (17,513), Nashik (16,618), Amravati SLR, Carbine, 303 and 12 bore rifles and said. Perarivalan, Jayakumar, Robert “Navodaya Vidyalaya, a public Sanskrit because they identify ber of cases climbed from 54,97,448 (9927), Beed (9734), Chandrapur an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Friday’s operation is being seen as the Payas and P Ravichandran, the school in the lines of high end these languages with Hindutwa. to 55,27,092. (7713), Jalgaon (7696), Osmanabad from the spot. Among those killed were second biggest success after the security accused in the Rajiv Gandhi schools was a dream project of But the truth is that there are no As 44,493 patients were dis- (7240), Aurangabad (7056), Latur a naxal operative identified as one Satish, agencies gunned down 40 suspected Murder case were sentenced to Rajiv Gandhi. He wanted all rules that Hindi and Sanskrit charged from the hospitals across the (5024), Jalna (4952) and Buldhana a member of the north Gadchiroli divi- Maoists in two separate anti-naxal oper- death by the Supreme Court. But children in the country to get should be taught in Navodaya state after full recovery, the total num- (4814). sional committee of CPI (Maoist). ations in Gadchiroli district of eastern the death sentences of six per- quality education free of cost all Schools. These languages are ber of people discharged from the Of the 3,24,41,776 samples sent The encounter between the ANS Maharashtra on May 22, 2018. sons were commuted to life over India. This was part of the optional in nature. I had plead- hospitals since the second week of to various laboratories across the state commandos and Maoists took place The elimination of 13 Maoists came imprisonment by the Supreme New Education Policy drafted by ed with Stalin whm he came to March last year that had breached the so far, 55,27,092, have tested positive between 6 am and 7.30 am when the for- three weeks after the ANS’ C-60 com- Court of India while that of him during his tenure as Prime Kanyakumari for election cam- 50 lakh mark on Thursday, increased (17.04 per cent) for Covid-19 until mer were carrying out a combing oper- mandos gunned down two hardcore Nalini was commuted under Minister,” said Meyyapan. paign to establish such schools from 50,26,308 to 50,70,801 on Friday. Currently, 27,94,457 people ation in the Kotmi forest AREA. Some Maoists –Vinay LaluNarote (31) and Article 161 of the Constitution. He pointed out that Tamil in Tamil Nadu,” Dr Johnson told Friday. The recovery rate in the state are in home quarantine while 20,946 60 to 70 began firing at the ANS com- Vivek alias Suraj alais Manohar Kanu The DMK , the AIADMK Nadu is the only State in India The Pioneer. went up from 91.34 per cent to 91.74 people are in institutional quarantine. mandos, numbering more than 100, Narote. 24567#"81"19* ' <;0 0 8#%&%")"81"( >6?' " 5= $8"%7 !2 6 ))7 ious hospitals including 1.730 )7)/ 4 with knowledge that it is likely CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu saw from Jammu Division and 2.736 to cause death), 338 (causing 467 people succumbing to or the first time in the last from Kashmir Division”. our days after the accom- grievous hurt by an act endan- Covid-19 on Friday, according Fthree weeks a silver lining According to the Principal Fmodation barge Papaa-305 gering life or personal safety of to the Directorate of Public emerged on the horizon as the of GMC, Jammu Dr Shashi sank amid Cyclone Tauktae off others) and 34 (common inten- Health and Preventive Medicine Union Territory of Jammu & Sudan Sharma, the patient, who the Mumbai coast claiming at tion) of the Indian Penal Code. release. Kashmir reported less than 50 died due to 'black fungus' suf- least 60 lives and seeing many Confirming the develop- The 12 hours ended Friday deaths due to Covid 19 on fered from a high degree of dia- more go missing, the Yellowgate ment, Mumbai Police 6 PM saw 36,184 people getting Friday. A total number of 43 betes of 900 level and was police on Friday booked the Spokesperson and Deputy diagnosed with the pandemic patients succumbed to the virus, immunocompromised when he Master of the barge and others Commissioner of Police S. across the State. Tamil Nadu has 27 in Jammu division and 16 in was shifted to the hospital. He for culpable homicide not Chaitanya said: “The captain of 2.74 lakh patients undergoing Kashmir division. must have taken a lot of steroids amounting to murder. the barge acted negligently on treatment for Covid-19 as on Meanwhile, J&K reported resulting in the uncontrollable The development came on the warnings issued related to Friday evening. first death due to black fungus diabetes level resulting in dia- a day the management of Oil Cyclone Tautkee and that More than 1.65 lakh per- after a 40-year-old Covid-19 betic ketoacidosis syndrome, and Natural Gas Commission allegedly led to the mishap due sons were subjected to RT-PCR recovered patient died of she said. (ONGC) announced a relief of to which we have registered an test across the State, said the mucormycosis at Government The patient had tested neg- 2 lakh to the families of each offence. We have so far men- release. J Radhakrishnan, Medical College (GMC) hospi- ative of Covid-19 before he those killed in the mid-sea tioned the barge’s captain and Principal Secretary, Health, told tal. Since May 1, a total num- was admitted to hospital for the mishap and 1 lakh to those others in the FIR. On the basis reporters that the hike in the ber of 1,135 patients succumbed fungal infection. Deputy who survived the mishap. of the findings of the investi- number of patients across the to the deadly virus across J&k. Commissioner Jammu, Anshul Simultaneously, M/s Afcons gation, we will book more offi- State was in expected lines. Out of these 720 deaths were Garg, Friday said the overall Infrastructure Ltd. (AIL) is cials.” “The second wave of Covid-19 reported across Jammu division positivity rate which was above working on the compensation Meanwhile, the toll in the is getting peaked up in Tamil and 415 patients died across 10 percent in the first week of for the affected crew, which will mid-sea mishap involving the Nadu. It will peak by May 31 Kashmir division. May has dropped to below 7 be operationalized soon. accommodation barge Papaa- and then we will see a reduction. The patient care services percent in the last few days. Acting on a complaint 305 went up to 60 as eleven We are seeing 35,000 cases per were badly affected across He said despite the decreas- lodged by the Barge chief engi- more bodies were recovered by day across the State. This will Jammu region due to lack of ing trend in positive cases, the neer Rahman H. Shaikh who the Indian Navy on Friday. come down shortly. The neigh- facilities and poor management District Administration has not was among the survivors res- Another 15 oil workers are bouring States of Kerala and of the available resources and lowered its guard and it is tak- cued by the Indian Navy earli- still missing. Karnataka has crossed the peak- manpower. Significantly, the ing all measures to combat er this week, the “Sixty mortal remains were ing and the pandemic is on the positivity rate across Jammu dis- Covid-19 pandemic. Yellowgate Police Station filed a recovered from under the sea. wane in these States,” said trict, which reported 423 deaths “Equivalent emphasis has First Information Report invok- Search and Rescue operations Radhakrishnan. since May 1, dropped below 7 been given on testing in urban ing charges of culpable homi- for remaining others are con- There are ten districts in the percent while the overall posi- as well as rural areas. Around 7 cide not amounting to murder tinuing. There are in all 188 sur- State with more than1,000 cases. tivity rate of J&K stood at 8.15 thousand to 8 thousand tests are against the Master of the Barge vivors – 186 from Papaa-305 Chennai has the highest num- percent on Friday. According to being conducted on a daily Papaa-305 and others. and two from tug Varaprada,” ber of new cases on Friday as the media bulletin, “4,466 more basis out of which 50% have The police registered under Defence spokesperson Mehul 5,913 new persons were diag- Covid-19 patients were recov- been conducted in rural areas”, Sections 304(II) (an act done Karnik said. nosed with Covid positive.PNS ered and discharged from var- he informed. %% % ; 6;. %<== 9 <=<, 63" 1> ) +)&

KOCHI: Lockdown in Kerala has 29,673 new persons were diag- been extended to May 30, taking nosed with Covid-19 on Friday. into consideration the hike in the The death toll on Friday was 143. daily Covid-19 cases in the State. The Test Positivity Ratio as on This was announced by Chief Friday was 23.3 per cent, he said. Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in his The State subjected 1,33, 558 daily press briefing on Friday. persons to RT-PCR Test on New Delhi: For the second consecutive Kattankulathur: SRM Medical College Hospital Vijayan, who was sworn in as Friday, said Vijayan. The Chief year, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh and Research Centre (SRM MCHRC), Chief Minister for the second Minister said there was a dis- Baghel transferred 1,500 crore to 22 lakh Kattankulathur has set up a Covid care centre term on Thursday had some good cernible reduction in the number farmers of the State as the first installment with 200 bed capacity in the campus. Out of this news for the people of the State. of Covid-19 cases while the death of agricultural input subsidy under Rajiv 200 bed facility, 100 beds will be for allopathic “Since there has been improve- toll remained on the high side. Gandhi Kisaan Nyay Yojana for kharif sea- treatment. ment in the Covid-19 position in “Doctors have told us that the fatal- son 2020-2021. It was inaugurated by Pro-Vice Chancellor, the districts of ities would be higher for the next The Chief Minister also transferred the Medical Health Sciences, SRM MCHRC Prof. Lt. Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam few weeks and we have to be cau- amount of 7 crore 17 lakh directly to the Col. Dr. A. Ravikumar. Also present were SRM and Thrissur, the triple lock down tious,” he said. accounts of villages and cattle rearers as Institute of Science and Technology’s Registrar in force in these districts is being Kerala is in the process of set- payment for the dung procured from 15 (Interim) Dr. S. Ponnusamy, Medical (Dean) Dr. withdrawn from Saturday. But ting a vaccine manufacturing facil- March to 15 May, under the multi-pronged A. Sundaram and Dental (Dean) Dr. Vivek among Malappuram district where the sit- ity in the State, disclosed the chief Godhan Nyay Yojana of Chhattisgarh others. uation remains unchanged would minister. He said the Government government. Besides, he also transferred As per the Govt. guidelines and AIIMS Delhi continue to be under triple lock is in talks with leading Vaccine 3.6 crore to the gauthan samitis and guidelines, only patients with moderately and down,” said Vijayan. manufacturers for vaccine manu- women self-help groups. severe disease are admitted to the hospital. The Chief Minister said that facturing in the State. PNS !"#$!% !% &&' &(&) "2

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The total range of vari- at the mercy of several mete- Gregorian calendar every year. of every Hijri month based on ation is about 13 hours. orological factors. Between Islamic civilisations, how- intelligence received from various Qureshi’s dissertation the eighth and 19th century, ever, could not live by religion 8 S sources. The principal source is informs that the earliest math- well over 200 location-specif- alone. While the Hijri calendar $ # Pakistan’s meteorological depart- ematical model of lunar cres- ic zijs (astronomical hand- satisfied liturgical purposes, it !(, ment, which maintains 288 cent visibility was worked out books) were complied in the could not sustain the agrarian, observation centres across the by Muslim astronomers at the Islamic world, informs revenue and administrative / / + $ / 7 S 7 B nation. They even employ Abbasid court of Al-Mamum Stephen P Blake in Time in work. Blake, in his study of * @ C ; ( theodolites, a precision instru- in the ninth century. Among Early Modern Islam. Safavid, Ottoman and Mughal # ment with movable telescopes. those astronomers was Al- 4847+44# The lunar crescent (Hilal) Empires in Iran, Turkey and “The problem of determining Battani. In modern times, 13?)0409 2 could not be visible before India, found that each one the day when the new lunar cres- Schmidt, Fortheringham, Shukla Tritiya, if not Chaturthi, used solar calendars whether cent can be seen first at any site Maunder, Bruin, Schaefer, Ilyas )724) on account of its faintness and Zoroastrian, Julian or Indic &-. of observation has remained an and Odeh, among others, have ) 830) 84&4 #5 slenderness. In the 21st centu- (Saka Samvat) sometimes open problem since antiquity. The contributed to better pre- 8-#-)0 ry, we have apps like modifying it to their needs. phenomenon remains impor- dictability. MoonCalc, which provide loca- Seljuk ruler Jalal al-Din tant for beginning a lunar month The Hindu religious cal- 4208-0902-+ tion-based information on the Malik Shah (1055-92), who set in a purely observational lunar endar is also based on lunar 27# & 20# timing and trajectory of the up Islam’s first astronomical calendar,” observes Muhammed months. The months are, / 0-# moon. Yet, the Muslim world observatory at Isfahan, used the Shahid Qureshi. Qureshi com- however, determined by calcu- insists on the naked eye sight- services of famous astronomer pleted his PhD on the compara- lations rather than observa- & 2&72 84-#8- ing (Ruya), which now includes and poet Omar Khayyam tive study of mathematical mod- tions. It is based on the con- 4)+24?834# telescoping sighting, where (1048-1132) to devise a solar els for earliest visibility of the cres- cept of tithis, where each tithi 830? 83010#8 split verdicts are common. calendar. He established a new cent moon from the University of in the series represents 12 The most disadvantageous era Tarikh-i-Jalali that began on Karachi in 2007. degrees of progressive angular 4#-&-)+24& 80 aspect of the Hijri calendar is Vernal Equinox (coinciding Why have lunar observations separation of the Moon from )-02)002?8- its purely lunar character. The with Zoroastrian festival Nau remained a thorny issue since the Sun. Every tithi, beginning year comprises 354 days (12 Roz) on March 21, 1079. The ancient times? This is because from Shukla Pratipada to +04&8830&70 lunar cycles of 29½ days each). Era was used in Iran until the the mean value of the moon’s Amavasya, could have reli- +4#&4+20- The intercalation used by the Islamic revolution in 1979. synodic revolution around Earth gious significance for the 27# 4384# pagan Arabs, to keep the year (The writer is an author is 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes Hindus. It is surprising why abreast of the seasons, was and independent researcher and 2.87 seconds. Still, significant medieval Muslim mathemati- prohibited by Prophet based in New Delhi. The views variations are possible on cians/astronomers failed to Mohammed as per a command expressed are personal.) 4 5 6 ,& 54 SOUNDBITE 2 * O 2P* ( ( 8 F Sir — As our country unitedly fights the sec- &-94!D ond wave of the deadly COVID-19 virus, ! 4 # G * another worry, the black fungus, is creating havoc and causing concern. The Central * +)H8 & 4 & . R Government has even advised the States to !A* declare mucormycosis as an epidemic. This * 0 .- "0 would mean that the health facilities will have &-94!D 59C8%9 to screen for the fungal infection and report K+ $ it to the Government. & ) ) * + , ) ) + # Mucormycosis or the black fungus 8 8 $ ) )S ( infection is a rare but highly dangerous dis- K K ease that is now increasing among the &-94!D S , ) # ) # ) COVID-19 positive patients in India. The dis- * O * ) ) ease is caused by one’s exposure to the * 1 + * -. / +0$ / ( mucormycetes mould and has a high mor- L M *& tality rate. It affects the ear, nose, throat and * 8 7 6 B! ) ) F)G * * * 12 $ S ) mouth, particularly in people with diabetes issues or whose immunity is compromised. &-94!D 98%9 , The use of steroids in COVID-19 treat- 1/& ) F&)G) K 6 8 , ) ment is being cited as a reason for the increase / K ) ( in its cases. Steroids help in fighting COVID- & ) + ) K / * F89 -88G $ ) S 19 but could lead to higher sugar levels, making the patients vulnerable to mucormyco- * ) * +0$ sis. The mucormycosis menace is a new threat L ) and the healthcare centres should spot out /6+ 8 * * P Q the disease at an early stage and nip it in the 8 /6+O ) * ) S bud with the state-of-the-art medicines. @%5 CKR Nathan | Ghaziabad )* 8 K * % S &) 1 &) * ( 6%5 , * ( Sir — As temples in India are intermittent- There lies a real and inherent value to the curbs were first imposed in the State on April S ly being closed during the pandemic, we all temple bells that are used during household 5. The curbs were further tightened on April are very eager to visit the places of worship * 3 # +0$S * + , ) pujas during the pandemic. 15 with Section 144 of the CrPc, banning the after a long gap. The accursed Coronavirus CK Subramaniam | Chennai ) has kept us away from our respective places assembly of five or more people at one place. A week later, on April 22, the Chief , ) * / of worship and from reaching out to the divine over the last nearly 14 months. Minister announced a complete lockdown $ Sir — As per reports, the Uddhav Thackeray- to control the deteriorating situation. On #5 9 D@>% However, we very keenly wait for the led Maharashtra Government may lift the K, ) 5 ( reopening of the religious places so that we May 20, the daily positivity rate in the State lockdown restrictions gradually owing to a was 10.6 per cent, the lowest in months. can once again worship God there. As soon 4+ , / % ,678( as we enter a temple, its bells provide us solace decline in the number of COVID-19 cases It was 9.3 per cent in mid-February, when in the State. After weeks of continuing strug- -9 8 ,678 and the will to worship the Almighty in a sat- the second wave began, and rose to 29 per isfying way. The sound of the bell has always gle, the signs of the ebbing of the second cent by April 4. With the increase in test- , : ( COVID-19 wave in Maharashtra are appar- * 1 been considered auspicious, which wel- ing, it has been steadily declining since. : comes divinity and dispels evil. ent as the positivity rate and the number of With this, there is good chance of the lock- &-94!D / % * P ( The sound of a bell is said to disengage active cases have dropped by almost half in down getting lifted. Q # ( the mind from the ongoing thoughts, thus a month. Rajesh Tope, the State Health Bhagwan Thadani | Mumbai making it more receptive. Ringing a bell dur- Minister, has indicated that the lockdown ( ing prayers is said to help control the ever- restrictions, extended till June 1, could be / : 9@%5=996 wandering mind and focus on the deity. eased to some extent. The lockdown-like 69%%98%5>599? 67@5 K# -4 !"#$!% !% &&' &(&) "1

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went to my village in tance in rural India for get- CSCs are operated and man- ayurveda and homoeopathy holds surveyed),each village Meerut district of Uttar ting vaccination which is aged by women and their medicine. Medicine too is now has a trained person for IPradesh during Holi now identified as one of the credibility within the commu- dispensed online through the whose services can be utilised ( March 2021) and found that best ways for dealing with nity is higher. Most CSCs are CSCs. Citizen consultation for epidemiological studieson no one was wearing a mask or covid and as a long-term, sus- now extending banking ser- with doctors during the pan- virus behaviour patterns at adopting prescribed COVID- tainable solution.The chal- vices to rural population dur- demic through CSC can ben- the local level. As these appropriate norms. I was told lenges for addressing the ing the pandemic, specially- efit a large section of the reports will be available that villagers had natural . 97& pandemic in rural India farmers who get the PM rural population, particular- online and instantly, any immunity due to their hard needs a different approach. Kisan Samman Nidhi fund, ly in cases of people with mild strange patterns can be imme- working lifestyle inthe fields, Advocacy about follow- Jan Dhan Account holders, infection. diately noticed and diag- ahealthy environment and ing the prescribed norms , Ujjwala beneficiaries and pen- CSC has also provided nosed. simple eating habits. They dealing with misconception sioners under various govt mobile vans to 29 district- The villagers can also use firmly believed that Covid ,and convincing for vaccina- schemes. They even visit level Virtual Learning the CSC Grameen e-stores - was mainly restricted to the tion for all eligible person homes to extend the banking Environment (VLE) societies. the hyper local e-commerce urban areas.Even the admin- need to be factored in any services for the old, infirm They have computers and platform was launched last istration implicitly accepted approach designed for deal- need to be designatedin every this rural initiative. There are and sick. With such a large connectivity and are used for year - to place orders for thisand no efforts were made ing with covid pandemic for panchayatto motivate and CSCs in almost all the 2.54 customer base and local influ- creating awareness, vaccine essential items online without to educate or improve health Rural India . Utilisation of educate the community. lakh Panchayats in the coun- ence. CSEs withan appropri- registration and teleconsulta- having to go out to shop. The infrastructure in rural areas. ASHA (Accredited social Vaccination camps in vil- try. The village-level entrepre- ate incentive can play a sig- tion. In some places with the CSCs are in an advanced However, the second health activist ), Anganwari lageswill help in making neurs who operate the CSCs nificant role in extending support of the district admin- stage of enabling delivery of wave of COVID has been workers, Auxiliary Nursing access easy and affordable. can help in registration of vil- support to government for istration, CSC vans are also medicine to villagers and sup- devastating. Everyone is Midwives, Self Help Groups Fully vaccinated Panchayats lagers for vaccination. They dealing with the COVID pan- being used for antigen tests. portive roles in conducting caught unawares. Even now (The author is Managing and Panchayat functionaries can be rewarded, same for can also be effectivelocal demic in rural areas. Surveys, testing and online diagnostic tests. Rural India is the perception is that the Director, Common Service are important for a sustained districts too, to encourage level influencers as they are CSC telemedicine service data entry work can be effec- complex and has unique villagers will be all right if Centre (CSC) campaign to create awareness competition. already involved in mobilising is also very popular in rural tively taken up as well. With behaviour norms and, there- they get infected because e- Governance. The views and influence villagers for The government can also the community for various India. It helps connect a per- the CSCs conductingthe sev- fore, needs an innovative expressed are personal.) their life style will protect vaccination. Local level utilise the Common Service government schemes and son to through video link enth economic census digital- approach to deal with the them. There is still resis- 'Covid prevention champions' Centres across the country for programs. More than 70,000 with doctors of allopathy, ly (more than 40 cr house- COVID pandemic. !"#$!% !% &&' &(&) ": "' 607 20) """# 0 0" srael and the Palestinian mil- #)($"(11"7"* , 83) #7 claim for the post of prime prime minister. Iitant group Hamas have "& @ minister. The Opposition's Deuba, 74, is the president agreed to a ceasefire, bringing 7 "( # epal's political crisis deep- decision came after Prime of the Nepali Congress and to an end 11 days of bom- 9 Nened on Friday as both Minister Oli reportedly served as the prime minister of bardment, the heaviest flare-up Geneva: The World Health embattled Prime Minister K P expressed unwillingness on Nepal on four different occa- since the 2014 Gaza War, that - ) 0 Organization has tallied “sig- Sharma Oli and the Opposition Thursday to undergo another sions; first from 1995 to 1997, has left over 240 people dead nificant trauma needs” in parties staked a claim for the floor test to prove his govern- then from 2001 to 2002, again and threatened to destabilise Gaza City: Palestinians rallied Palestinian areas, where at least formation of a new government ment's majority in the House of from 2004 to 2005, and from the volatile region. by the thousands Friday after a 243 people have been killed dur- by submitting letters compris- Representatives. 2017 to 2018. The ceasefire, which fol- cease-fire took effect in the lating 11 days of fighting between ing signatures of lawmakers to Leaders of the Opposition The veteran politician cur- lowed mounting pressure from est Gaza war, with many view- Palestinians and Israelis. President Bidya Devi Bhandari. alliance including the Nepali rently serves as the Leader of the US, Egypt and other inter- ing it as costly but clear victo- WHO spokeswoman Prime minister Oli reached Congress (NC), CPN (Maoist the Opposition since the 2017 national brokers to halt the vio- ry for the Islamic militant Margaret Harris said a total of the President's Office Shital Center), the Upendra Yadav- general elections. He is also the lence, came into effect on group Hamas. Israel vowed to 8,538 people had been injured Niwas a couple of minutes faction of Janata Samajbadi current president of the Nepali Friday. respond with a “new level of across Palestinian areas during ahead of the Opposition lead- Party (JSP) and the ruling CPN- Congress, having been elected The Israeli Security force” to any further hostilities. the violence, and 30 health facil- ers. He submitted the letter UML's Madhav Nepal faction to the position in 2016. Cabinet voted to accept the The 11-day war left more ities in Gaza had been damaged claiming support of 121 law- claimed to have the support of The ball is now in the ceasefire late Thursday as the &9 than 200 dead — the vast -- with one clinic fully destroyed makers from his own party 149 lawmakers of the House of court of President Bhandari. Israeli south and Gaza remain ' 9 majority Palestinians — and and another sustaining signifi- CPN-UML and 32 lawmakers Representatives (HoR), said President Bhandari had inflamed. brought widespread devasta- cant damage. She said damage of Janata Samajbadi Party- Nepali Congress senior leader given the parties a deadline The Security Cabinet Celebratory demonstra- worked as a caregiver attending tion to the already impover- to infrastructure was impeding Nepal (JSP-N) for his reap- Prakash Man Singh. until 5:00 pm, Friday, to present unanimously agreed to a tions took place in the Gaza to an old woman at a house in ished Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. the access of ambulances. pointment pursuant to Article The number includes 61 their claim. "mutual and unconditional" Strip and West Bank as well, the southern Israeli coastal But the rocket barrages that The comments to a U.N. 76(5) of the Constitution. MPs of Nepali Congress, 48 of On Thursday, the govern- cessation of hostilities, accord- following the ceasefire. city of Ashkelon. brought life to a standstill in Briefing in Geneva came as JSP-N president Mahantha Maoist Center, 13 of JSP and 27 ment had recommended the ing to a statement from Prime Fireworks, singing, and Egyptian President Abdel much of Israel were seen by humanitarian aid workers Thakur, JSP-N Parliamentary of UML. The leaders from the president to initiate the for- Minister Benjamin parades down the streets could Fattah al-Sisi thanked US many Palestinians as a bold assessed the fallout from the Party leader Rajendra Mahato Opposition alliance left for the mation of a new government Netanyahu's Office. be seen in uploaded videos on President Joe Biden for his response to perceived Israeli latest fighting between Hamas and PM Oli had signed the let- President's official residence, pursuant to Article 76 (5) of the “The political leadership social media. role in the success of the abuses in Jerusalem, the emo- militant fighters and Israeli ter submitted to the President, Shital Niwas, to submit the sig- Constitution of Nepal as Prime emphasised that reality on the Both Israel and Hamas Egyptian brokered tional heart of the conflict. forces. CPN-UML leader Bishnu natures of 149 lawmakers rec- Minister Oli was not 'in the ground is what will determine have claimed victory in the ceasefire between Israel and Israeli Prime Minister Fabrizio Carboni, regional Rimal was quoted as saying in ommending Sher Bahadur mood' to withstand another if the campaign continues or conflict that has left over 240 Hamas. Benjamin Netanyahu warned director for the Near and The Himalayan Times. Deuba's appointment as the floor test. not,” the statement said. people, including an Indian He added that both see the against further attacks, say- Middle East at the International Earlier, Nepali Congress Netanyahu did however caregiver in Israel, dead. urgency in managing the con- ing, “If Hamas thinks we will Committee of the Red Cross, President Sher Bahadur Deuba inform the Israel Defence Soumya Santosh, 30, was flict between the parties tolerate a drizzle of rockets, it estimated there were “several claimed to have garnered the 2 5 Forces (IDF) to prepare for a killed in a rocket attack by through diplomacy. is wrong.” He vowed to respond hundred” pieces of unexplod- support of 149 lawmakers. scenario in which Hamas did Palestinian militants from Biden hailed the ceasefire, with “a new level of force" ed ordnance strewn about in Deuba, along with the leaders not respond to Egypt's ceasefire Gaza. Santosh, who hailed saying both Palestinians and against aggression anywhere in Gaza and said medical supplies of Opposition parties, reached '. offer. from Kerala's Idukki district, Israelis deserve to live safely. Israel. AP were a pressing need. AP the President's Office to stake Kathmandu: Nepal President ment in accordance to Article Bidya Devi Bhandari on Friday 76(5) of the Constitution, cit- 9 6855 told the Opposition alliance ing that he does not have ade- ().()#"# & 0 ..-969@%5"! %%9 that she will seek advice from quate support to go through 6%8%9>>9%5 constitutional experts before another floor test. taking a call on government The letter he submitted ""(P)## >99%%C5 formation after her office reg- had his signature along with " ., &64 %D>59 istered separate premiership the signatures of Janata claims from it and Prime Samajbadi Party-Nepal chair (1$ Q(1#"$$"# # ?+?48 1 "We will investigate and Minister KP Sharma Oli, Mahanta Thakur and the consider whether the party according to a media report. party's parliamentary party Hong Kong: Hong Kong's gov- Hong Kong said its he head of Myanmar's mil- should be dissolved, and Both Oli and Opposition leader Rajendra Mahato. ernment on Friday said it has Economic, Trade and Cultural Titary-appointed state elec- whether the perpetrators leader Sher Bahadur Deuba Likewise, Nepali Congress pulled all of its staff out of Office will remain closed while tion commission said on Friday should be punished as traitors,” presented their claims to the President Sher Bahadur Deuba Taiwan and accused the island's it closely monitors develop- that his agency will consider he said. president on Friday, minutes along with other leaders of the government of having “gross- ment and considers the way dissolving Aung San Suu Kyi's The NLD, which has before the 5:00 PM deadline Opposition alliance reached ly interfered” in the semi- forward “in a holistic manner.” former ruling party for its thrown its weight behind the set by Bhandari for the parties Shital Niwas with signatures of autonomous Chinese city's Relations between the sides alleged involvement in electoral mass popular movement to stake a claim to form a new 149 lawmakers including 27 internal affairs. have deteriorated in recent years fraud and have its leaders against the military takeover, government. lawmakers from the Khanal- Taiwan responded by say- as Beijing tightens its control charged with treason. has faced constant harassment Oli was the first to declare Nepal faction of the CPN- ing Hong Kong had politi- over Hong Kong and ratchets up Suu Kyi's National League since the coup, with its mem- that he had the support of 153 UML. The president appar- cized a connection that was diplomatic, military and eco- for Democracy party first came bers arrested and offices raid- lawmakers of the House of ently told the Opposition lead- dedicated to serving the pub- nomic pressure on Taiwan, to power after a landslide 2015 6 %+ ed and closed. Representatives, a day after ers that she would take a call lic, and that it supports uni- which it claims as its own ter- election victory, and won an : ' 9 The junta initially recommending to the presi- after consulting constitution- versal values of free speech and ritory, to be brought under its even greater majority in last announced that it would hold dent to initiate the process for al experts, The Himalayan assembly. control by force if necessary. AP November's general election. It “there was terrible fraud in the to discuss planned changes in new elections a year after tak- formation of a new govern- Times reported. PTI was set to start a second term voter lists.” The army-backed the electoral system at a meeting power, but later hedged and in February when the military Union Solidarity and ing Friday, There, Union said the delay could be up to seized power in a coup, arrest- Development Party, which suf- Election Commission chair- two years. Before the start of 23!/ 75' ing her and dozens of top gov- fered unexpectedly heavy loss- man Thein Soe said an inves- democratic reforms a decade 45 &7 ernment officials and party es in the election, made simi- tigation of last year's election ago, Myanmar was ruled by the 3 members. lar allegations. that would soon be completed military for 50 years. = ' Junta leader Senior Gen. Independent observers showed that Suu Kyi's NLD had The NLD also won a 1990 3 ( Min Aung Hlaing cited elec- dispute the assertions of wide- illegally worked with the gov- election, but the military 86 ! toral fraud as the justification spread irregularities. ernment to give itself an advan- stepped in to prevent it from !" for the army's takeover, saying Political parties were called tage at the polls. taking power. ** + /702 + O / 2O 0 C C 8 * * ATO will continue to train NAfghan special forces out- ' / ;& O side the country after it winds + up 18 years of security work in !! * 8 * conflict-torn Afghanistan in 3 #3' coming months, the military 4 Beijing: China on Friday organisation's top civilian offi- B>( 1 34#8-# Senator Mazie Hirono and asserted that any successor to cial said Friday. * Representative Grace Meng in the present Dalai Lama should “As we end our military ) S President Joe Biden has the House, and incorporated be approved by it, ruling out presence, we are opening a new Usigned a legislation to the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE recognition to any heir nomi- chapter,” NATO Secretary :G#P address the sudden increase in Act. nated by the India-based General Jens Stoltenberg told hate crime against Asian- This legislation will address Tibetan spiritual leader or by reporters in Paris after talks 59 -!! Americans in the aftermath of the current rise in anti-Asian his followers. with French President *+ O the Covid-19 pandemic and hate and improve the reporting The reincarnation of the Emmanuel Macron that were # expressed hope that such of hate crimes. Biden also Dalai Lama and other grand focused on preparations for a * +,!!B crimes would now be more urged people to change their Living Buddhas has been sub- summit of the alliance's lead- + * accurately counted and report- mind and heart. jected to approval by the cen- ers next month. O ed so that it can be ended. “But of all the good that the tral government since the Qing Stoltenberg said NATO's 8 4* 3 & “It will provide resources to law can do, we have to change Dynasty (1644-1911), claimed revised role would involve giv- +)2# create specialised hate crimes our hearts. We have to change an official white paper issued ing “advice and capacity-build- units that will also help states the hearts of the American peo- by the Chinese government ing support to Afghan securi- *B(B( create hotlines for hate crimes ple. I mean this from bottom here. ty institutions, as well as con- 8 J at state and local levels that will my heart — hate can be given The document has also tinued financial support.” He J be accessible for people with no safe harbor in America. I asserted that Tibet was an said NATO also plans “to pro- limited English proficiency. mean it: no safe harbor. It inseparable part of China since vide military education and G( = $ And it provides resources for can't be dismissed like, Well, ancient times. training outside Afghanistan, ( training for state and local law that's just what happens. My "In 1793, after dispelling focusing on Special Operations D / enforcement to identify, inves- sister, Valerie, and I talk about Gurkha invaders, the Qing Forces.” "( tigate, and report these heinous it all the time. You've got to government restored order in It was not immediately * 3 * 8 crimes,” Biden said after sign- speak up. Speak up and speak Tibet and promulgated the clear where the training will ing the legislation which has out,” he said. Imperially Approved take place. become a law after his assent. Senator Hirono said after a Ordinance for Better Earlier this week, the year in which the Asian Governance of Tibet, improv- House of Representatives American and Pacific Islander ing systems by which the cen- passed the Senate-approved (AAPI) community experi- tral government-administered , " version of the Covid-19 Hate enced a horrifying rise in hate Tibet," the white paper titled Crimes Act with an over- crimes and incidents driven by 'Tibet Since 1951: Liberation, whelming bipartisan vote. racist and inflammatory lan- Development and Prosperity" AA220. This bill was introduced by guage during the pandemic. said. PTI

&078 F+ 4#G another Spanish territory 350 kilometres (220 miles) west ver 6,600 of the more than along the Mediterranean Sea O8,000 migrants who swam next to Morocco, border secu- or jumped over border fences rity forces on both sides into one of Spain's North repelled groups of youths try- African enclaves this week ing to get into Spain. The have been sent back to Spanish government's delega- Morocco, authorities said tion in Melilla said a few dozen Friday. made it in. No fresh arrivals were Relations between the two recorded for the second day in Mediterranean neighbours a row in Ceuta, the Spanish city have dipped to a low over of 85,000 at the center of a Spain's decision last month to diplomatic row between Spain grant entry for medical trea- and Morocco, after Moroccan ment to the man leading the authorities stepped up vigi- movement that has fought for lance on their side of the bor- Western Sahara's independence der. since Morocco annexed the But in nearby Melilla, vast territory in the 1970s. !"#$!% !% &&' &(&) "#

.CC/&R 11*(( ##(" )*/78?695 Shaktikanta Das, “approved the Annual Report and accounts of the Reserve Bank /4O 7(1?6 ;@A%( for the transition period. “The Board also approved the transfer of 99,122 crore as ; )7)/ 4 billion to USD 546.87 billion in surplus to the central govern- the reporting week, as per ment for the accounting peri- )7)/ 4 buffer for the central bank crore, and has been enabled by he country’s foreign weekly data by the Reserve od of nine months ended along with the contingency the increased returns from the Texchange reserves rose by Bank of India (RBI). March 31, 2021 (July 2020- fter the RBI surprised the risk buffer at 5.5 per cent. RBI’s domestic assets and USD 563 million to reach USD Expressed in dollar terms, March 2021), while deciding to ACentre with a record So far, in response to the changes in its accounting prac- 590.028 billion in the week the foreign currency assets maintain the Contingency Risk 99,122 crore in surplus trans- second wave of the pandem- tices -- the RBI recently ended May 14, RBI data include the effect of apprecia- )7)/ 4 current economic situation, Buffer at 5.50 per cent.” fer for FY21, analysts said ic, the government has set allowed itself to book profits showed on Friday. tion or depreciation of non-US global and domestic challenges Deputy governors Mahesh this will help the Government aside only 26,000 crore for on its forex transactions from The reserves had touched units like the euro, pound and he Reserve Bank on Friday and recent policy measures Kumar Jain, Michael Debabrata tide over the revenue losses free food distribution to 80 a weighted average cost per- a lifetime high of USD 590.185 yen held in the foreign Tapproved the transfer of taken by the Reserve Bank to Patra, M Rajeshwar Rao, T Rabi from lockdowns and extend crore people. spective. billion in the week ended exchange reserves. 99,122 crore as surplus to the mitigate the adverse impact of Sankar attended the meeting. more support to the pandem- Barclays India chief econ- “Our estimates show that January 29, 2021. Gold reserves rose by USD central government for the the second wave of Covid-19 Other directors of ic hit industries and to the omist Rahul Bajoria said the this move could have helped In the previous week ended 174 million to USD 36.654 bil- accounting period of nine on the economy. the Central Board, N poor people. upside surprise increases the the central bank boost yields May 7, 2021, the reserves had lion. months ended March 31. With the change in the Chandrasekaran, Satish K In fiscal 2020, the RBI had spending bandwidth of the fis- on its foreign asset holdings. increased by USD 1.444 billion The special drawing rights The decision to transfer the Reserve Bank’s accounting year Marathe, S Gurumurthy, paid only 57,128 crore in div- cally stretched Government, Further, increased holdings to USD 589.465 billion. (SDRs) with the International surplus to the central govern- to April-March (earlier July- Revathy Iyer and Sachin idend to the government and giving it more room to provide of Gsecs likely further ampli- During the reporting week Monetary Fund (IMF) ment was taken at the meeting June), the Board discussed the Chaturvedi also attended the the finance minister had bud- more reliefs to alleviate the fied the central bank’s income ended May 14, 2021, the rise in increased by USD 2 million to of the Central Board of working of the RBI during the meeting. Debasish Panda geted only 45,000 crore from impact of the second wave of for the year,” he said. The the forex kitty was mainly on USD 1.506 billion. Directors of RBI. The meeting transition period of nine Secretary, Department of the central bank. the pandemic. record dividend payout will account of an increase in for- The country’s reserve posi- was held through video con- months (July 2020-March Financial Services and Ajay The higher payout fol- The dividend pay- relieve some of the fiscal pres- eign currency assets (FCA), a tion with the IMF increased by ferencing. 2021). Seth, Secretary, Department lowed the Bimal Jalan panel out of 99,122 is 0.5 per cent sure on the government, pro- major component of the over- USD 10 million to USD 4.999 The RBI Board, according During the meeting, the of Economic Affairs too attend- report that had set a new eco- of GDP, more than double of viding it with more room to all reserves. billion in the reporting week, to a release, also reviewed the board, headed by Governor ed the meeting. nomic framework capital the budget estimate of 45,000 spend in the current fiscal. FCAs jumped by USD 377 the data showed. , >@0%*A @ ; % ' (AB )4= ' P C*BD, E=5 % 0 % % * % ,* 00 0 #010234 contract and casual employ- index compiled by the Labour 6 > )7)/ 4 ees/workers. Bureau. /0# 277 he Ministry of Labour & Talking to PTI, Chief The average CPI-IW for of New Delhi:The Delhi High he country’s largest lender )7)/ 4 Further, assumption of TEmployment on Friday Labour Commissioner Central July to December 2020 was Court has put on hold state-run TState Bank of India (SBI) ndia’s homegrown e-com- second wave of COVID-19 to announced a hike in variable (CLC) DPS Negi said, “the used for undertaking the latest ONGC’s notice inviting tender reported an 80.15 per cent Imerce marketplace Flipkart quity benchmark Sensex peak by the end of May or mid dearness allowance for more dearness hike ranges from 105 VDA revision. (NIT) and the consequent e- jump in its standalone profit on Friday said that its kirana Eskyrocketed 976 points on of June holds true and adverse than 1.5 crore workers in the to 210 per month for workers Labour Minister Santosh auction with regard to sale of after tax (PAT) of 6,451 crore partners across the country Friday, led by gains in index impact of second wave should central sphere by 105 to 210 in the central sphere”. Gangwar said the revision will natural gas from its block in the in the three months to March registered an increase of near- heavyweights HDFC twins, not be felt beyond Q1 FY22, he per month. In a statement, the labour benefit about 1.50 crore work- Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin 2021, aided by higher interest ly 30 per cent in average ICICI Bank and SBI as steady noted, adding that a visible The hike, which will be ministry said it has notified and ers engaged in various sched- in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. income and lower provisioning monthly delivery incomes in earnings reported by key finan- decline in daily caseload has effective from April 1, 2021, revised the rate of Variable uled employments in the cen- A bench of Chief Justice D for bad loans. 2020. cial stocks lifted investor sen- offered comfort to investors. will also result in an increase in Dearness Allowance (VDA) tral sphere across the country. N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh The lender had posted a According to insights by timent. Elsewhere in Asia, bours- rate of minimum wages for with effect from April 1, 2021. “This hike in VDA will sup- said a prima facie case is made profit after tax of 3,581 crore Flipkart, the average monthly The 30-share BSE index es in Shanghai and Seoul ended central sphere employees and This will be a major relief port these workers particular- out in favour of the petitioners in the same quarter of FY20. delivery incomes for kirana ended 975.62 points or 1.97 per on a negative note, while Tokyo workers. to different category of work- ly in the current pandemic - two GMR group companies For the full year, its standalone partners in the south grew the cent higher at 50,540.48, and and Hong Kong closed with It will be for scheduled ers engaged in various sched- times”. - and balance of convenience PAT grew by 41 per cent to most, followed by east, west the broader NSE Nifty soared gains. employment in central sphere uled employments in the cen- The enforcement of was also in their favour, as 20,410 crore as against and north. 269.25 points or 1.81 per cent and applicable to the estab- tral sphere at a time when the Minimum Wages Act in the finalisation of the bidding 14,488 crore in FY20. “We Among the top cities, to 15,175.30. lishments under the authority country is struggling with the central sphere is ensured would cause irreparable loss to have further consolidated our kirana partners from HDFC Bank was the top *C of central Government, railway second wave of the Covid-19 through the Inspecting Officers them. “We, therefore, stay the performance in the previous Hyderabad saw the highest gainer in the Sensex pack, ral- administration, mines, oil pandemic, it added. of Chief Labour Commissioner operation, implementation, quarter (Q4 FY21) both in growth followed by those from lying over 4 per cent, followed : BD fields, major ports or any cor- The VDA is revised on the (Central) across the country for execution and finalization of terms of profitability and asset Ahmedabad, Mumbai, by SBI which zoomed after the poration established by the basis of average Consumer employees engaged in the the NIT dated April 12, 2021 as quality. Bengaluru and Pune. lender posted robust quarter- 7Q central Government. These Price Index for Industrial scheduled employment in the well as corrigendum We have been able to deliv- The kirana delivery pro- ly earnings. rates are equally applicable to Workers (CPI-IW), a price central sphere. to the NIT issued on April er consistent improvement in gramme continues to benefit The country’s largest lender )7)/ 4 27, 2021 and the consequent e- all the areas of profitability scores of kirana partners, help- reported an 80 per cent surge auction, till the next date of despite the disruptions caused ing sustain them financially in standalone net profit at Rs he Indian rupee surged by ( 3 hearing,” the bench said in its by the pandemic,” its chairman during the lockdown period, 6.450.75 crore for the fourth T29 paise to hit an eight- 1%/1#111Q# May 20 order. PTI Dinesh Khara told reporters. 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hirty-four-year-old Ladoo, a are stronger than they’re given ent cities. As a result, I’ve lived in consuming it, in a phenomenon simple, middle-class divorcee credit for. That’s why I wrote about more than 30 homes. This exposure known as antilibrary. That’s fine, as Tfrom Rishikesh, wants only Ladoo, the protagonist of this novel. has given me a wonderful platform long as it translates into sales for one thing from life — a baby. She To debunk everything we’ve been to immerse myself in worlds and publishing houses, bookstores and eats gondh halwa, drinks badam taught about motherhood, mar- cultures different from mine. It’s authors, but if you want to go back milk and takes folic acid to slow riage and the biological clock. made me sensitive to what sets peo- to reading, it’s not an either-or. down her ticking biological clock ple apart and brings them togeth- Don’t get FOMO (fear of missing and become the world’s most fertile The plot says, “This humorous er. I think travelling is the best way out). Prioritise. Read during the woman. When an accidental meet- yet inspiring story of a small-town to absolve yourself from who you weekends when you have time to ing with a gynecologist reveals that woman’s fight against social stig- are. You realise the smallness of your immerse yourself in a book. Binge- her ‘eggs are drying up’ and finding ma will resonate with every fears and the largeness of your watch during weekdays after work. a sperm donor is her last chance of woman and man.” How and why smiles. Read in the mornings, watch at having a child, Ladoo races against do you think so? As a child, I also read a lot. night. Read a book whose series you time to find the right father for the I think women’s issues are From Enid Blyton, Sidney Sheldon, just watched. You can read and baby, whose kundali matches hers, everyone’s issues, and humour is Jeffery Archer, Somerset Maugham, watch, without compromising one while addressing her own mixed essential for every gender as we try Ruskin Bond, Shakespeare and RK for the other. feelings about whether ‘Mr Right to survive this pandemic. Narayan, the typical fare that Indian Change is inevitable, let’s cele- Donor’ can also be ‘Mr Right’. children growing up in the 80s-90s brate it instead of diminishing it. Along the way, Ladoo must figure Mainstream cinema is now grad- were given to read. Gone With The out whether motherhood means ually warming up to the idea that Wind was the first book I stayed up Reports implied that your book marriage, whether being a single there is no set age for motherhood till six in the morning reading, and will soon be seen as a feature film, mother means loneliness, whether with films like Badhaai Ho... How till today I don’t think there is a Badnam Ladoo. Do you think ‘my body, my rules’ apply to women, do you think your book can help book as perfect as that or a charac- film adaptations do justice to the and whether doing something scan- shape public perception of preg- ter as finely etched out as Scarlett books they’re based on? Why or dalous is outrageous or courageous. nancy after a certain age? judge in what way a woman wants O’Hara. Reading has had a defini- why not? We talk to the author of the book I want women to know that ‘my to have a child — whether it’s tive impact on my writing. The book is under development — The Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad body, my rules’ apply to each and through surrogacy, IVF, adoption or with a big studio. Films take time Good News — Meghna Pant, to find every one of them. Let no one tell the traditional way. What does the future of the writ- to gestate, on average two to three out the answers. Excerpts: you if you should have children, ten world look like since we are years, and more during the pan- when you should have them, how Is comedy a good way to address swamped by digital entertain- demic. So, we’ll have to be patient. How did you conceptualise The you should have them, and what to social issues? ment? But this is a film that people will Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Good do after you have them. Society is It’s the only way to communi- I don’t buy into the competition love because it’s entertainment with News? What went into its research? opinionated about everything a cate the truth without being offen- between OTT and books. I think insight. After I found myself childless woman does with her body — sive or pedantic. that both books and OTT are going Books need only one person — and single at the age of 33, I spend from the way she chooses to dress, to co-exist in the future. A good the author — in order to work. But years torturing myself and allowed pleasure herself, the hours she How did you come up with the story must be told no matter what film adaptations need many people society to shame me for my ‘failure’. occupies in public space to her bio- title? its medium is. I also think that OTT to come together to work. Despite having a good career, living logical clock — and yet assumes a It is inspired by a sweet shop I platforms are a fantastic way to Adaptations can lift the book but around the world, surviving an wide distance when a woman’s saw in Lucknow, where my parents scale your book and talent, if they never diminish it. For example, I abusive relationship, publishing body is beaten, raped, mutilated or sometimes live. The protagonist’s fit, to a larger audience than you think films like Guide, The books and winning awards, I let killed, just because she’s a woman. pet name is Ladoo and she becomes ever imagined. Therefore, as a Namesake, 7 Khoon Maaf, Omkara myself be told that I wasn’t woman F*** that hypocrisy. Your body, badnam after she decides to become writer, I see OTT as an opportuni- and 3 Idiots have been better than enough until I’d had a child. I was your choice — that’s the main mes- a mother without getting married ty and not a threat. We cannot hold the books, while films like Slumdog Ladoo. Fortunately, I met a wonder- sage of the book. first. it against someone that, if after a Millionaire, Mistress of Spices and ful man, got married, and — at age long day at work, they want to Atlas Shrugged did nothing for the 37 and 39 — I had two beautiful Why did it not occur to Ladoo How have your formative years decompress by watching Netflix books, but could not take away daughters. After all the cautionary that she could have simply adopt- influenced your writing? rather than reading a book. But from them being classics. tales I’d been fed my entire life, of ed a child and fulfil her own To be able to sit down and write humans need both sensory and the difficulty older women have desire of being a mother while, at about the world, it’s crucial to first semantic experiences to grow. Can you share some anecdotes? conceiving, I’d braced myself for the same time, giving a child a stand up and see what’s out there. That’s where books come in. The I have a childhood friend whose futility. But both my pregnancies home? Does your book address My parents worked for the govern- joy of holding a book, of smelling nickname I’ve borrowed for the were natural and smooth. I worked this thought? ment, so I’ve seen most of India (20 it, of snuggling with it under your character of 4-10 (Four-Ten), the till the day of my delivery. The book addresses this. Ladoo states). My studies and jobs have blanket, can never be replicated by protagonist’s best friend. All my This led me to the obvious ques- wants to experience pregnancy and taken me from Zurich to Singapore digital entertainment. characters are slivers begged and tion: Was everything I’d been told have her own biological child. to New York and Dubai. I’ve trav- My bigger concern is that borrowed from real life. about pregnancy and fertility a lie? Motherhood is more about emo- elled to 34 countries across four nowadays people are more con- (The book has been published by It would seem so. Women’s bodies tions than biology, so we cannot continents and lived in eight differ- cerned about owning a book than Penguin Random House India.) ,&5 6 +" ;& "&()("#" #1)7"*(")"1 P#7"Q1" "17* 4 0 #")14"1 $7 1"#1()#" - 7##") / etting the premise of the film Sthrough a parents’ point of view, Ek Mini Katha journeys through some of the hilarious ‘incidents’ of Santosh Shobhan’s life. Santosh suffers from a psy- chological problem that causes him to be insecure about his ‘size’, which leads to some life-altering dilemmas. Struggling to find a ritish adventurer and survivalist solution, Santosh is at loggerheads BBear Grylls says the wild has with fate and erases the idea of taught him the importance of marriage altogether until he resilience and helped him imbibe a meets Amrutha (essayed by never-give-up spirit. Kavya Thapar), with whom he “Life has truly been challenging falls in love. Is there nothing a for so many people around the ‘love story’ cannot solve? world this last year, but if the wild has “A story like this needs fine taught me anything, it is the impor- storytelling and proper represen- tance of resilience and a never-give- tation, and I feel fortunate to have up spirit,” Grylls said. collaborated with Merlapaka Grylls will next be seen on Gandhi, who is the writer of this Sunday Thrills With Bear Grylls, a film and an accomplished direc- two-hour special adventure stack tor himself. Watching actors like starting May 23 that will present four transform us and inspire us to be excited to work with him and collab- Santosh, Kavya and Brahmaji unique and hasn’t been explored Santosh added, “It was an thrilling, action-packed shows featur- stronger, more determined and to orate on a Sunday special that has bring to life a simple yet relevant in the past. I also decided to not absolute riot while filming this ing Grylls. This India special will view the storms of life as times of been curated especially for our situation so seamlessly was a give the film a serious tone, film. The writing, the direction include shows such as Running Wild opportunity. Together we can beat Indian viewers. We hope that this wholesome experience. Ek Mini purely because it becomes was so spot on, that playing the with Bear Grylls, Get Out Alive with this and come through this challeng- programming gives them an oppor- Katha will not only make audi- preachy. Issues like these, when character came easily to me. The Bear Grylls, Mission Survive With ing time,” he said. tunity to explore the world of the ences laugh, but will also make addressed in a light-hearted man- fact that this topic is so ingrained Bear Grylls, and Britain’s Greatest “We are committed to bringing wild and adventure and keep the them ponder about some of these ner become conversational and in reality made it easy to portray Adventurers With Bear Grylls. ground-breaking stories and experi- spirits high alongside their favourite issues,” said debutant director more acceptable. I am glad that the finer nuances of such a char- “With this special adventure ences that help people see, engage icon,” said Kevin Vaz, President and Karthik Rapolu. this film is releasing on an OTT acter. The film is an absolute programming across all these with and care about the world Head, Infotainment, Kids and Gandhi, of the Venkatadri platform, we will be able to ini- delight to watch, and I can’t wait Sundays ahead, the goal is to take through an optimistic, energetic and Regional Entertainment Channels, Express fame, added, “This story tiate this conversation with so for the audience to watch it.” viewers with me on many journeys hopeful voice. Bear Grylls has Star and Disney India. is very close to my heart. I want- many more people.” (The Telugu film premieres on and expeditions to help them expe- become the embodiment of adven- (Sunday Thrills With Bear Grylls ed to write something that is Talking about his character, May 27 on Amazon Prime Video.) rience how the wild places can ture and outdoor survival and we are will air on National Geographic.) !"#$!% !% &&' &(&) + 233 3 3

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What led you to conceptualise the wise. The book further provides clini- life, you can also increase your produc- els of inflammation which is also the they eat. Of your meals, 50 per cent book? cal evidence as to why the practises are tivity. All you need to do is put on your root cause for many lifestyle diseases should be vegetables. It is the simplest I hail from the corporate sector and helping people across age groups and headphones and listen to any playlist such as high cholesterol, hypertension way to reduce anger, fear and frustra- I was in a senior management position borders. I have summarised their habits that you like, or you could also make use and most heart diseases, kidney diseases tion while increasing the chances of when I experienced my health break- and given a scientific explanation as to of the numerous guided meditation and even some forms of cancer. If you being in a good mood as well as hav- down and emerged triumphant in a bat- why their methods worked and then tracks and self-affirmation audio files need to slow down your ageing process, ing a well-functioning digestive system, tle against rheumatoid arthritis. Truth formulated the practises highlighted in found on YouTube or Spotify etc. there is a plan highlighted in this book which reduces inflammation. It also be told, I could have sworn I was liv- the book. Whatever works for you. Scientific that activates a gene called SIRT1, an strengthens the heart while helping you ing a healthy life. It is hard to explain evidence will back my statement that anti-ageing gene. lose weight. what one experiences while dealing with During WFH, people exert them- after spending 20 minutes daily, in the Now when I say ‘slow down the age- All you need to do is visually con- a chronic disease or when you are selves throughout the day and thus, manner highlighted above, for three ing process’, I don’t mean your wrinkles sider your plate. If half of your plate is bedridden and told that there would be feel drained towards the end. weeks you can repair will disappear right away. However, yes, filled with vegetables, it would be safe no end to the pain, fatigue and brain Devoting time and energy to self-care your DNA. The prac- I do mean that you will decrease the risk to assume that half of what you are eat- fog. Then suddenly that same person might seem hard. Is there a way tise and the explana- of contracting diseases by reducing your ing is equal parts of carbohydrates and experiences life again. Such miracles are around such limitations? tion behind this levels of inflammation and your skin proteins. Do this for every meal over 10 what led me to write Alive! Lifestyle It has to be noted that in a typical methodology have will reflect the same with a healthy glow. consecutive days and you will see a Changes to Age-Proof Your Mind and Indian household odds are that we don’t been expanded upon We meet so many people who may be noticeable difference. Body — to help others improve their get physical space, let alone emotion- in the book. 45 years of age and notice how some of quality of life. The book highlights what al. There are two things one could do For those who them look a fresh 45 while others look What would you say is the most worked for me and thousands of my in these times. The first and most are experiencing the a bedraggled and tired 45. essential element of self-care? patients, across 27 countries, in a clin- important one would be to move. ‘Work From Home’ I feel ‘making time for self’ is the ically evidenced manner. The moment we start moving, lifestyle, I The book talks about being happy all key element. You need to go ahead and People out there who think they are blood circulation increases. would the time. While that sounds good, give yourself a break. I have observed living a healthy life are most likely miss- And that is when something would it be healthy to ignore other people sitting idle and just mindlessly ing out on a few critical steps. I am cer- wonderful happens. thoughts/feelings/emotions such as scrolling through their smartphones. tain my book lists out the steps people Nutrients start travel- anger, jealousy, et al? Nobody pauses to calm the fluctuations tend to overlook. My recommendation, ling to the parts of the Never ignore emotions. You have to of their mind. They are always busy no, my prescription is based on the body where they are insist you do this after lunch, right in acknowledge and release them. And we diverting that energy because they experience of healing others, clinical- required. Mobility the middle of your working hours have made it a habit to not acknowledge know that if they sit with their thoughts, ly backed via their blood work results and circulation also because that is when stress levels are our thoughts and feelings. There is this they will not like them. Most of us are and other health reports. This book is result in thirst. When highest. Additionally, lunch is usually widespread concept of ‘hi, I am fine, we in denial because the only alternative is a result of my emotional journey of you start quenching your heaviest meal. Ayurveda and the are fine and we are a happy family’, and to acknowledge the root of the problem; healing while scientifically proving your thirst, the digestive Japanese encourage the practice of tak- beneath that tagline of a happy family, our immediate choices. So make time why it works. system is activated and ing afternoon naps. This also has mul- relationships are crumbling. There is for yourself. Like your own company. in due time the liver tiple scientific evidence such as reduc- resentment that is building up. So the Solitude is the soul’s holiday. It is an Can the methods highlighted in releases toxins. The ing high BP and stress levels while first step is to acknowledge that you opportunity to stop doing for others and your book work for everyone? The simple exercise of strengthening the heart. The bottom have resentment and/or anger and/or to surprise and delight ourselves general consensus on self care is that walking indoors line is, 20 minutes of mindful self-care fear. Such emotions also suppress the instead. In the end, people who really one should explore and discover what for a couple of in a day is all you need to observe some immune system, I have highlighted this want to help themselves will find a way works best for them on an individual minutes after surprising health benefits. in a chapter called Fear And Your to do so. level. Mind. When you read the book, you will The cosmetic There are multiple ways to release You mentioned that, ‘it’s not about see that I have interviewed people industry has cre- such pent up energy. If you think that the years you live, it’s about how much across varying age groups who have ated a market the person you resent can hear you out, life you put in each year’. However, this benefited from the lifestyle high- for age-defying you should initiate a conversation with seems contrary to your book, which lighted in the book. From millen- quick-fix solu- them. If you feel they lack the ability to focusses more on the aspect — how nials to people who have clocked the tions etc. hear you out, then you should write can we lead longer, healthier and 80-year mark, I believe, I inter- However, age- your thoughts down or record them. happier lives? viewed over 50 people across the ing is a natural The moment you release your resent- Well, many might feel that the idea globe and I have quoted most of process, so do ment and anxiety, it is replaced by relief. is somewhere striking a contrast. them in my book. The only common you think the The release of such energy makes space However, I think that both are impor- factor among them all was how they everlasting urge for some pleasant feelings and thoughts. tant and closely related. If you take the were following a set of practices and all to reverse the effort to live on your own terms and be of them happened to be disease-free. every half an hour effects of ageing It is said that there is no shortcut to present every day while being mindful, While some of them were suffering can go a long way. can be somewhat toxic? achieving your goals. But in these fast- you are alive. And when you experience from serious health concerns and recov- The other important Ageing might be natural paced times, if someone wanted a this quality of life on a daily basis, you ered after adopting such a lifestyle, oth- thing is to create a space for but accelerated ageing is not, and that shortcut to improve their quality of slowly but surely increase your lifespan. ers possessed a natural disposition to self-nurturing. By spending just 20 is what causes diseases. People who life, what would you tell them? 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He was able to work through brother William, The Duke of Paris after the car she and friend This new, outspoken prince Winfrey said Harry pushed to TQueens Special’ episode of Geeta Kapur was thrilled to wit- any trepidation using coping skills Cambridge, have long championed Dodi Fayed were riding in, who shares his emotions is a con- present a global perspective. “This Super Dancer Chapter 4, Arshiya ness her performance and expressed learned in therapy. “It definitely the importance of mental health. crashed during a high-speed chase trast to the “never complain, never has got to be a world thing and not Sharma, a contestant from Jammu, that Arshiya is naturally gifted and made it a lot easier, but the heart In 2016, Harry, William and his to flee cameras. Harry was 12 and explain,” “keep calm and carry on” just a US thing,” she recounted him showcased a mesmerising dance she has an exceptional mentor in still pounds,” said Harry, the Duke wife Catherine, the Duchess of suppressed his own feelings to mantras that are part of the pro- saying, adding: “I think we’ve performance on Rekha’s iconic song Super Guru Anuradha. She further of Sussex and grandson of Britain’s Cambridge, launched Heads meet the mourning public gath- totypical British way. accomplished that really well.” Salaam-e-Ishq Meri Jaan. The stated, “People think Bollywood Queen Elizabeth II and her late Together, an initiative to speak up ered outside Kensington Palace. The British tabloids have had Harry jokes he’s “slowly catch- judges were compelled to give a dance is the easiest form of dance, husband Philip. and not be ashamed to ask for help Cameras rolled and snapped a field day picking apart his state- ing up” to Winfrey’s decades of standing ovation for the beautiful but I feel it is the most difficult one In The Me You Can’t See, when mental well-being is at away as he walked behind her cas- ments. Some royal commenta- inner-work and encouragement of act. out there. It is an amalgamation of Harry revealed that he first saw a stake. ket to Diana’s funeral, alongside tors have also cried foul over a others to do the same whether on Judge Malaika Arora said, many things like expressions, move- therapist approximately four years Their collective work led to William, father Prince Charles, contradiction between seeking a The Oprah Winfrey Show or her “Arshiya did a brilliant job. This is ments, grace and beauty. To express ago at the encouragement of then- interactions with people across the Philip and Diana’s brother Charles private life yet granting inter- Super Soul Sunday interviews on a very difficult song. Rekha ji has a as much as required is an art. girlfriend Meghan (Markle). globe, from all walks of life and Spencer. views and revealing family strife. OWN. Even Winfrey said she’s had superior quality about her and it is Today, we are giving a special trib- They’d had an argument and she they recognised a common thread. Harry’s revelations coincide Harry appears to be cautious a lot to learn. not easy for a child to perform with ute to Bollywood queens and they recognised his anger seemed mis- “Sharing your story in order to be with Queen Elizabeth’s official in choosing what he wants to “I have dealt personally with such maturity. I feel blessed and for- all have this specialty, a penchant for placed. The series is another chap- able to save a life or help others is confirmation a few months ago speak about, and neither he nor one of the girls from my school tunate to be a part of this show and keeping viewers glued to the screen. ter in the unprecedented openness absolutely critical,” said Harry. that he and Meghan will not Meghan seem interested in shar- (Oprah Winfrey Leadership witness such ethereal perfor- And today Arshiya did just that, we that Harry has brought to his life Harry is practicing what he return to their senior royal posi- ing their every move with the Academy for Girls in South Africa), mances.” were on the edge of our seats for the and his royal family relationships preaches and laying bare his own tions within the family, following world. They do not operate a who had schizophrenia,” Winfrey Terence Lewis added with a duration of her performance. And since stepping away from his struggles with trauma and grief. a one-year trial period. social media account. said. “Only after hearing the doc- wide smile, “You look just like I am sure that those who would be duties and moving with his wife to He describes in The Me You Can’t The couple now lives about 90 He is undeterred by naysayers, tor say that ‘it’s a diagnosis. It’s not another famous actor. Apart from watching this episode on their tele- California. In March, he and See, the instances of feeling help- minutes north of Los Angeles in he says, because there’s a greater your life, it’s not who you are,’ that looking beautiful, your dance moves vision sets are sure to be glued to Meghan gave a headline-making less as a young boy while riding in an exclusive area near Santa good in being honest about his I had my great awakening about it. are spot on as well. You have to let their screens.” interview to Winfrey that elicited the car with his mother, Princess Barbara called Montecito. They struggles. “I see it as a responsibil- ‘That is not you. You are a person us know, Arshiya, whether you (To catch Arshiya’s performance, a rare public response from the Diana, who cried as they were sur- count Winfrey, Katy Perry and ity. I don’t find it hard to open up,” who has a diagnosis of schizophre- plan on becoming an actor...” watch the show today and on Sunday palace. rounded by paparazzi and she Orlando Bloom as neighbours. he said. “Knowing the impacts and nia.’ That is powerful.” Arshiya couldn’t stop smiling after at 8 pm on Sony Entertainment Harry’s self-work may be rel- struggled to drive. The paparazzi still lurks but it’s less the positive reaction that it has for L9 receiving such extravagant com- Television.) ! !"#$!% !% &&' &(&) Eng Tests great preparation for WTC final: Southee

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The weeks. completing the postponed WTC final final is scheduled “So, the guys are refreshed IPL, the England and Wales from June 18. in some sort of way, using the Cricket Board (ECB) said on Asked if the focus will be next couple of weeks to get our- Friday. on the WTC final, Southee selves prepared and ready to British media had report- said: “Anytime you get to play play three Test matches. They ed about a possible approach a Test match for New Zealand, are in quick succession but we from the BCCI to advance the it’s an amazing opportunity have had a chance to prepare first Test, starting August 4, by crore if the 2021 edition of made. Who said that and I don’t think you treat them physically leading into this a week so that the remaining Indian Premier League (IPL) enquiries mean official com- as warm-ups. Our focus is first with some strength and condi- 31 matches of the League is not completed. munications,” a BCCI source and foremost on the two match tioning stuff. could be held. Former England captain said. series against England.” “Now, it’s just getting our However, the ECB said and renowned cricket writer The Test series as of now But the 32-year-old with loads to a point over the com- they plan to follow the origi- Michael Atherton wrore in his is scheduled to conclude at the 302 Test wickets didn’t deny ing weeks so that we can rock nal schedule since their Indian column for The Times that the Old Trafford. The fifth Test that it is indeed a great oppor- on to those three Test match- counterparts have not yet BCCI has enquired about the will begin on September 10. tunity to gear up for the big bat- es.” made any official request for possibility of moving the final The game match is expected tle against India. He said stepping in to the a change. Test of the English summer to to attract big crowd and the “....But great to have those Lord’s ground will be emotion- “We talk to the BCCI on make room to complete the Lancashire county has already matches leading to the final. So al for them remembering the a regular basis about a wide postponed IPL. started selling the tickets. for us, it’s great preparation for World Cup final which they 1G %* % *% % @ %* * . 1% * * % range of issues especially as we When approached, a If India make a formal that final but we are looking at lost on boundary countback. P % % I( address the challenges of BCCI source said the Board is request, the ECB will have to two-match series against a “It’s tough being emotion- Covid-19 but have had no certainly exploring options tweak the window for their quality English side in their al and caught up with it, you who will have mixed emo- guys who haven’t been here to Test cricket left in him with a official request to change dates but the ECB has not been ambitious project The conditions,” Southee said. look at it as an amazing game tions,” Southee said. be able to come here and expe- role model like James and are continuing to plan for approached officially. Hundred along with limited Southee also didn’t feel of cricket, which did wonders The post-quarantine train- rience it,” he said. Anderson to emulate. the five Test series as sched- “The situation is pretty overs series against Pakistan. that three Tests in three weeks for the one day game, from the ing in Southampton is also very “And when you come back “Age is just a number and it’s uled,” an ECB spokesperson fluid now. There are options Pakistan will play three will be much of a workload players that were involved in it. helpful as they would play for the final, you’re a little bit great to see guys like Jimmy bowl told PTI when asked about the that are being explored but no ODIs and as many Twenty20 after a welcome break for many. “It’s one of those matches India at the same venue. more comfortable having spent at 38, and it’s a dream playing for possible change in the sched- official request has yet been Internationals between July 8 “It’s exciting to play three you relive and relive for the rest “I imagine we’ll probably some time here.” your country and I would like to ule. sent. Obviously as Atherton and 20. The Hundred will be Test matches in a short space of of your lives. When we turn up be in the same room when we At 32, Southee believes do it for many more years to The BCCI stands to lose wrote in his column, there are played between July 23 and time,” Southee said after his at Lord’s there will be few guys come back and it’s nice for the that he has many more years of come,” he signed off. revenues to the tune of 2500 some specific enquiries being August 22. - 8"#$# % /( 8 % WES MORGAN TO RETIRE #010234 to be done. What I observed is that prepared. South Africa ended up win- 2 O+ 2 1#)((1"1# a lot of girls are struggling with their ning both T20s and ODIs. 1) ndia’s women cricketers are not as throwing techniques. “We have to accept that there is * * Iathletic and strong as their foreign “If you develop wrong technique a huge difference between foreign ) "B> &-2-)/- counterparts when it comes to run- in your early days then it troubles you teams and our girls. The South !> 2 ning around the park and that is with injuries. Once the technical African girls were more athletic, ri Lanka’s leading cricketers something fielding coach Abhay side is taken care of, then you can they cover the ground quicker and HALEP OUT OF FRENCH OPEN Sled by Test captain Dimuth Sharma will work on extensively build on the strength part,” Sharma they are little stronger also,” said 3 B(!C - Karunaratne along with host of with them during the upcoming UK said before entering the bio-bubble in Sharma. senior players, including tour. Mumbai ahead of the UK tour. “What I see that we are standing O * Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Sharma, who has worked a lot In the home series against South on technique, we are not standing on Mathews have refused to sign with the men’s India U-19 team, was Africa, Sharma observed that the strength. We need to be strong on the central contracts offered by with the national women’s team for opposition players were much faster both fronts,” he said. DEPAY WILL LEAVE FOR FREE the board which they believe is the first time during the home series in the field. Improvement is also needed on ' ) 2 far less compared to other against South Africa in March. “This time I will interact with catching and running between the countries. Since the series was organised last more on a one to one basis rather than wickets, he said. If the dispute is not sorted minute, Sharma did not get a lot of group and assess what they feel about “Last series what I saw was there * in due course of time, it could time with the players but he is look- the game and then try and match up was a lapse in judgement in some well affect Sri Lanka’s bilateral ing forward to working with them on to my expectations. cases, may be because they were play- MESSI TO MISS LAST MATCH series with India in July, where an individual basis during the UK “But as of now technically they ing after a long time. A lot depends ( 2 ) /O six white ball matches is tour, starting June 16. really need to work hard. What I have on the frame of of mind. We will work 22 0 * expected to fill the coffers of a The Indian team is scheduled to noticed in women’s cricket is that a lot sincerely on that front. LM* cash-strapped cricket board of play a Test, three ODIs and as many of U-19 players are going on to play “The running between wickets is & * the island nation. T20s against the hosts. for the senior team. Workload is more a huge part of the game. If the team A statement from the attor- “Overall development is needed on their shoulders and they are not is having good coordination then you FLICK TO BE GERMAN COACH ney representing almost all said in a joint statement that as far as fielding is concerned. The that strong.” can convert those singles into twos ( 3 top players including the Test they were “shocked and dis- game is changing, you have to be ( %7 It was India’s first series in 12 and that is one area where we can add L M skipper Karunaratne, Mathews mayed” by SLC’s decision to go more athletic. Technically, work needs %9 K (8 months and the players looked under pressure on the opposition.” /* and others said remuneration public with specific payment 0 B(B( proposed to players are one details of players. third compared to some other They feel that public dis- BUFFON LINKED WITH MONZA cricket playing nations. closure has affected their peace '+&,J P8 Colombia removed as Copa America co-host / * The SLC this week said that of mind. ) 4 24 of the leading players had “These disclosures amount # /--8 tournament is due to kick off. 6 been offered contracts under 4 to a grave security concern to ( ! <=<< Colombia is in the midst of 4 categories and they had been each and every player,” it stat- olombia will no longer co- a wave of protests and social given a deadline until June 3 to ed. New Delhi: The U-17 Council approved key dates Chost this year’s Copa unrest that has resulted in 42 RANIERI TO LEAVE SAMPDORIA sign on dotted lines. The chairman of the women’s World Cup will be for the International match America after street protests deaths. Covid-19 cases have & In the categories released Cricket Advisory Committee held in India from October calendars, including the and social unrest swept the also shot up in the last few only six players are in the cat- (CAC) of the SLC Aravinda de 11 to 30 next year, Fifa dates of the 2022 U-17 country. weeks. L egory A and their annual pay Silva told reporters that they Council said on Thursday. world Cup in India. South American football’s Demonstrators initially took ranges between $70,000 to were forced to make harsh India were earlier “The Council also governing body CONMEBOL to the streets to protest a pro- 100,000. Batsman Dhananjaya decision based on the past scheduled to host the 2020 approved dates for the FIFA on Thursday rejected a plea by posed tax reform. The plan was BOYD RANKIN RETIRES de Silva draws highest — performances of the players. U-17 World Cup but it was U-17 Women’s World Cup Colombia to postpone the June quickly shelved, but protests 0 R4 / 100,000 with the rest of them The players however postponed to 2021 before India 2022 (11-30 October 13-July 10 tournament that it have since morphed into a were to receive $70-80,000. refused to take the entire blame being cancelled due to the 2022), FIFA U-20 Women’s was to share with Argentina. broader manifestation of anti- Just for comparative analy- for Sri Lanka’s shoddy perfor- Covid-19 pandemic. World Cup Costa Rica 2022 The Colombian country would be ready to host Government sentiment. 4O sis, India’s group C (lowest mances over the years. The governing body (10-28 August 2022), as Government had pleaded with all of the matches. Large and sometimes vio- category) centrally contracted They maintain the admin- then handed the hosting well as a 14-team playoff for CONMEBOL to postpone the CONMEBOL said it would lent demonstrations have been TAYLOR TEARS ACHILLES players annually earn a retain- istrators and the local structure rights of the 2022 edition to the FIFA Arab Cup 2021, tournament until November now decide where the games taking place in Bogota, Medellin :' 8 - ership fee of 1 crore were contributory factors to Sri India last November. taking place between 19 but the federation refused. which were due to be held in and Cali — cities where Copa & 8 ($137,000). Lanka’s decline in International On the eve of the 71st and 25 June this year,” the Argentinian President Colombia will be played, with America games were to be The Sri Lankan players rankings. FIFA Congress, the FIFA governing body said. PNS Alberto Fernandez said his barely three weeks to go until the played. 8 9 ' @9 ."((1#"1 "(17 # 2-#-# City are reported to be he wants to topple the former # ) #&3080 GRAB CHANCE OF TOP FINISH interested in signing the Blackburn and Newcastle Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool have ottenham forward 27-year-old, but Spurs will striker. anchester United captain Harry their destiny “in our hands” as they seek THarry Kane has hinted not let their talisman go The forward, who has 22 MMaguire is unlikely to be fit for to end a disappointing season on a high at a move to without a fight, especial- top-flight goals this season, next week’s Europa League final against by finishing in the top four of the Manchester City as ly as he is under con- told Neville’s YouTube channel Villarreal, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said on Premier League. speculation tract for the next three The Overlap that injuries were Friday. The deposed champions are battling mounts over his years. the main threat to his ambition The 28-year-old central defender is with Chelsea and Leicester for the two future, calling Kane is deter- to break the record. making progress in recovering from an remaining slots in next season’s the champi- mined to stay in the “Of course there’s always ankle injury he suffered against Aston Champions League. ons’ star mid- Premier League and the option of maybe moving Villa earlier this month and was pic- Klopp’s men are level on points with fielder Kevin De when asked by for- abroad one day but I don’t tured walking without crutches on Leicester but their goal difference is supe- 1 8 Bruyne a “striker’s mer Manchester think that really interests me Thursday. rior, meaning all the Reds have to do at dream”. United defender Gary in the near future,” he added. However, Solskjaer was downbeat home to Crystal Palace is match the London: Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Kane has reported- Neville which player Kane has been involved in about his chances of being fit for the Foxes’ result against Tottenham. Santo will leave the club after Sunday’s ly told Spurs he wants would help him score two Premier League title races match against the Spanish side in the Third-placed Chelsea, one point final game of the season, the Premier to leave at the end of more goals he said: “De with Spurs, has lost two Polish city of Gdansk on Wednesday. clear of Liverpool and Leicester, travel to League team announced on Friday. the season and the Bruyne for sure. League Cup finals, and was on “He’s walking but it’s a long way face mid-table Aston Villa. Nuno led Wolves to promotion England captain has “When I watch De the defeated side in the 2019 from walking to running so, to be hon- “We just found stability, created from the Championship and estab- been linked with City, Bruyne play he’s a spe- Champions League final. est, I don’t think we’ll see him in confidence again or got it back, and lished them in the top-flight during Manchester United cial, special player and The forward admits the Gdansk, no,” the Norwegian said. in Maguire’s absence — they have lost scored goals in the right moments and his four seasons at Molineux. and Chelsea. some of the balls I see him club missed opportunities to “But, as I’ve said so many times, I’m two and drawn one of their past three conceded less, let me say it like this,” With Tottenham still looking Kane has now put in for City are just a win silverware under former going to give him until Tuesday night, Premier League games. Klopp said on Friday. for a new manager after Jose raised the prospect of striker’s dream if I’m hon- boss Mauricio Pochettino, the last training session, and see if he Solskjaer will give Maguire up to the “It was a strange season, nothing will Mourinho’s sacking in April, it has a move to Pep est.” who is now in charge at Paris can try to be out there. last minute to prove his fitness and change that,” he added. “It was an incred- been reported that Nuno is among Guardiola’s title win- Kane has scored 165 Saint-Germain, and chal- “Steadily but surely he’s improving expects the defender to play an impor- ibly intense season, nothing will change the contenders to take charge of the ners, naming City’s Premier League goals, 95 lenged Spurs chairman Daniel but ligaments, they take time to heal.” tant role off the field if, as expected, he that. But we have it now in our hands to north London side. AFP De Bruyne as a perfect behind all-time top scor- Levy to deliver quality addi- United’s defence has looked shaky does not make it. make a top, top finish of the season.” team-mate. er Alan Shearer, and tions to help rebuild.