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There also have ings along with firms under the Similarly, in 19 years’ age groups year during the same been a few fatalities as P )"*3"31)/0)")+2 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Maharashtra, 99,022 have jumped by 155 per period. well in the State. For Code (IBC) and they are not in 11-20 age group cent and 170 per cent Delhi and Uttar instance, of the 20,162 ))"."*/0)."*32 absolved of liabilities even after Ravindra Bhat held that bench, said. &' #01 and 38,265 children up respectively in compar- Pradesh too are grap- Covid-19 cases regis- resolution plans to revive the approval of the resolution plan The top court also permit- 0234 to age 10 have tested ison to the fugure the pling with the rise in tered in Surat city, 296 *",."))/03"*+)2 sick companies are approved. for revival of sick companies ted simultaneous insolvency Covid positive in the past one year. However, infections among chil- are of children between The verdict, upholding under the IBC does not dis- proceedings against corporate oronavirus, which last few months. from April 1 to May 19 dren. Cases of infection the age group of 0 and 1")".,./0"--.2 Centre’s November 15, 2019, charge personal guarantors of guarantors before National Cspared children in in10 years. notification bringing personal their liability to pay back banks Company Law Tribunals the first wave, has start- guarantors of corporate debtors or financial institutions (FIs) as (NCLTs). ed stalking them in the under the net of the IBC, they are bound by separate “It is held that the second wave with a ' assumes significance in view of contracts. impugned notification is legal string of States like # $ (' the fact that various high-pro- “It is held that approval of and valid. It is also held that Maharashtra, Punjab, file industrialists may now face a resolution plan does not ipso approval of a resolution plan Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, ! , insolvency proceedings along facto discharge a personal guar- relating to a corporate debtor Karnataka, 7#480# 84-# The WHO, in its World with their debt-ridden firms antor (of a corporate debtor) of does not operate so as to dis- Uttarakhand, Delhi and Health Statistics report, said as ! 9 * : under the IBC. her or his liabilities under the charge the liabilities of personal Andhra Pradesh report- t least 3 million people are of December 31, 2020, Covid- + Lenders had last year filed contract of guarantee. As held guarantors (to corporate ing spike in infection in Aestimated to have died 19 had infected over 82 million bankruptcy cases against pro- by this court, the release or dis- debtors). The writ petitions, this vulnerable group, from the Covid-19 globally in people and killed more than 1.8 * moters of alleged delinquent charge of a principal borrow- transferred cases and transfer including newborns. 2020, about 2 times higher million worldwide. ! 4 5 5 companies including Reliance er from the debt owed by it to petitions are accordingly dis- Those with co-morbidi- than the 1.8 million official “With the latest Covid-19 5 ! ) Group’s Anil Ambani, Dewan its creditor, by an involuntary missed in the above terms, ties are failing to survive. fatality figure reported by deaths reported to WHO now 5 & ! 0 & Housing Finance Corp Ltd.’s process, i.e. by operation of law, without order on costs,” the 82- In Tamil Nadu, countries to the World Health exceeding 3.3 million, based on Kapil Wadhawan and Bhushan or due to liquidation or insol- page judgement said. around 1,000 to 1,300 Organization (WHO), a “sig- the estimates produced for ! 7 Power and Steel Ltd.’s Sanjay vency proceeding, does not Now if a corporate debtor children are getting nificant undercount” of total 2020, we are likely facing a sig- Singhal. The cases were how- absolve the surety/guarantor of faces insolvency proceedings infected with the virus deaths directly and indirectly nificant undercount of total ever stayed on appeals filed in his or her liability, which aris- then the same proceedings can ! 4 & ! , every day, while in attributed to the coronavirus, deaths directly and indirectly higher courts. es out of an independent con- be “triggered” against individ- Karnataka, 39,846 chil- the global health agency said attributed to Covid-19,” WHO 5* A bench comprising jus- tract,” Justice Ravindra Bhat, ual guarantors too, it dren aged 0-9 years and on Friday. said in the report. ! 4 * tices L Nageswara Rao and S writing the judgement for the said. R #010234 ,-,. detect both spike as well as nucleocapsid (S&N) proteins of emembering numerous / 0 SARS-CoV-2 virus with a high Rpeople who died of Covid- sensitivity of 97 per cent and 19, Prime Minister Narendra #010234 #010234 specificity of 99 per cent. The Modi on Friday turned visibly #010234 kit was developed in associa- emotional as he offered his srael on Friday said India ays after launching an tion with Vanguard condolences to them. Imay not have made a public aced with the target of Danti-Covid drug, the Diagnostics Pvt Ltd, a devel- While addressing doctors, expression of support to Israel Fmaking available 216 Defence opment and paramedical staff, and other during the last few days, but it crore Covid-19 vaccines Research and manufactur- frontline health workers from understood what Israel was by December-end, the take up the matter with Development ing diagnos- Varanasi, his home con- doing and why, Israel Charge Government is identifying AstraZeneca, the maker of Organisation tics company stituency, the Prime Minister d’affaires Rony Yedidia Clein manufacturing sites for indige- Covishield, to encourage them (DRDO) on based at New choked and stopped for a while said here. nously-developed Covaxin to grant more voluntary Friday came Delhi. to recollect himself. “Just imagine what would outside India. licences in India. out with an The “This virus took away so the country must be prepared have happened if rockets had The Centre is also taking The MEA and the indigenously Dipcovan kit many people who were close to to fight the potentially fatal been fired on Delhi as they up with vaccine manufacturers Department of Biotechnology designed anti- was devel- us. I offer my deepest condo- condition that is increasingly were fired on Jerusalem on the it has been quiet. So far, the like Moderna, Johnson and (DBT) will also prepare a body detection- oped indige- lences to their families,” said seen in Covid patients in the first day of the campaign? calm has been kept. We hope Johnson, and others the issue roadmap to address raw mate- based kit named Dipcovan. A nously by the scientists, fol- Modi. country. Every country has the right to that it remains that way and of granting voluntary licence to rial supply constraints for Delhi-based pharmaceutical lowed by extensive validation The effect of the pandem- “In recent days we have a defend its sovereignty and its that there will not be any firing third-party manufacturers here Covishield and identify the company will produce this kit on more than 1,000 patient ic has been so vast that despite new challenge of black fungus. citizens … Loss of life is trag- from Hamas.” on transfer of technology. sources of raw material while costing 75 only. The kit is samples at various Covid des- all efforts, numerous lives were It is important to prepare sys- ic,” she said. Interacting with media in The move follows com- as for Pfizer vaccine, the expected to hit the market in ignated hospitals in Delhi. lost, said a teary-eyed PM. tems to tackle it,” said the PM. Making these assertions a virtual conference, she said plaints from various States Department for Promotion of June. Three batches of the product All the while, he went on to He said vaccinations while lauding the truce reached the future course of the cease- about the shortage of vaccines Industry and Internal Trade Giving details here about were validated during last one caution against the “new chal- should be a mass movement in between Israel and Hamas on fire will be determined by which is hampering its nation- (DPIIT) will take up the mat- the kit, officials said it can year, they said. lenge of black fungus” saying the battle against Covid. Thursday, she also said, “So far ground realities. 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- Ministry said World Health nity and liability agreement PO PO P Organization (WHO) will also being proposed by vaccine 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 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 said. "# $ ! $ % ! 03 7#5#018034 ! % '()* % orld renowned environ- when the judgment was pro- adjourned to May 21. #010234 case, infamous 2G scam case, high profile accused including Wmentalist and Chipko nounced early on Friday. Public prosecutor Francis sensational Aarushi Talwar former telecom minister and movement leader Sunderlal “The court has acquitted Tavora told reporters that the hoddy probe and protract- murder case, Salman Khan prime accused A Raja and Bahuguna passed away on Tejpal of all the charges. A session’s court order would be Sed legal proceedings invari- hit-and-run case, and coal DMK leader Kanimozhi were Friday. The 94-year-old detailed order about it will be challenged in the High ably lead to acquittals in high scam case among several such acquitted by a special court Bahuguna was undergoing made available later,” advocate Court. profile cases. From the latest instances. here in Delhi in December treatment at All India Institute ! !"# Suhas Velip, junior to “As soon as we get the acquittal of journalist Tarun BABRI DEMOLITION: In 2017. of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in advocate Rajiv Gomes, who detailed written order, we will Tejpal, the prosecution has lost September last year, a special The court ruled that the Rishikesh since May 8 after O&'( #0102345+ # 64 represented Tejpal in the court, approach the High Court chal- its cases in the politically sen- court in Lucknow acquitted all case was “baseless” the scam testing positive for Covid ear- told reporters. lenging it,” he said. sitive Babri Masjid demolition the 32 accused persons, was created by artfully arrang- lier this month. ) Goa fast track court on Defendant’s lawyer Gomes including BJP veterans LK ing a few selected facts and Expressing grief on the AFriday acquitted journalist died of Covid-19 last week. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, exaggerating things beyond demise of the veteran environ- Tarun Tejpal in a 2013 case of After the court verdict, the Kalyan Singh and Uma Bharti recognition to astronomical mentalist, Prime Minister " sexually assaulting a former prosecution also said it will among others in the 1992 levels. Special CBI Judge O P Narendra Modi said it was a #$ female colleague in an elevator challenge the order in the Babri Masjid demolition case. Saini, who adjudicated all the “monumental loss” for the % #O of a luxury hotel in Goa. High Court. The case relates to the razing 2G matters, had also let off the nation, adding he manifested Following the court ver- Earlier, the court had of the disputed promoters of Essar Group and the centuries-old Indian * * + ) dict, Goa Chief Minister adjourned pronouncement of Ramjanmbhoomi-Babri Loop Telecom. ethos of living in harmony ,+ - Pramod Sawant said the State the verdict in the case on three Masjid structure in the temple AARUSHI TALWAR MURDER with nature. - Government will challenge occasions, citing various rea- town of Ayodhya. CASE: In October 2017, the Among the pioneers of the Tejpal’s acquittal in the sons. Initially, the court was to 2G SCAM: Likewise, in the Allahabad High Court acquit- Chipko movement, Bahuguna * * High Court. deliver the verdict on April 27, 2G spectrum cases, which had ted dentist couple Nupur and had adopted the principles of Additional sessions judge but the judge had adjourned it rocked the Manmohan Singh- Rajesh Talwar in the 2008 sen- Mahatma Gandhi in his life. He + / Kshama Joshi acquitted Tejpal, to May 12. On May 12, it was led UPA-II Government, the sational murder of their was born on January 9, 1927, at / who was present in the court further adjourned to May 19. prosecution failed to secure a teenage daughter Aarushi and Marora village in Tehri along with his family members However, it was again single conviction and all the domestic help Hemraj. district. ! ! ""# "$"% % "! &3 #4 3 that every patient who is eligi- for the awareness of ‘black URGES FARM- team member involved in con- ble for this benefit should get fungus’ among the masses and ERS TO END AGI- ducting door-to-door health aryana Chief Minister it on priority basis. special training has been TATION screening in the rural areas HManohar Lal Khattar on Deputy Chief Minister imparted to the doctors for The Chief Minister under the Haryana Villagers Friday announced that the Dushyant Chautala and Health treating the same. said that the Deputy General Health Checkup State Government will bear all and Home Minister also joined It was informed in the Commissioners should Scheme (HVGHCS) should be expenses of COVID-19 the meeting from Chandigarh meeting that a plan has been make dedicated efforts done on a priority basis. A patients belonging to below and Ambala respectively. formulated for opening special to convince the agitat- team of four including a school poverty line (BPL) category Khattar said that present- clinics along with regular OPDs ing farmers to cooper- teacher, ANM, ASHA worker undergoing treatment in pri- ly as government and private in the civil hospitals across the ate with the govern- and a female panchayat mem- vate hospitals. hospitals of the state are already state to deal with Post-COVID ment to fight this pan- ber or gram sachiv have been Earlier, the State putting up a tough fight against symptoms. demic. Khattar said deployed to conduct door-to- Government had announced the second wave of COVID-19 that he too has urged door survey in villages of financial assistance of up to Rs pandemic, now the focus RESERVE AT LEAST 20 the farmers that under- Haryana. 35,000 to BPL patients. should be shifted on making BEDS FOR 'BLACK FUN- standing the need of During the meeting, the “All the BPL families who adequate arrangements to deal GUS' TREATMENT the hour they should Chief Minister was apprised are not covered under with the patients suffering The Chief Minister while Commissioners should ensure Amphotericin-B, a drug delivery of oxygen cylinders at immediately call off their strike that till date 4097 villages have Ayushman Bharat scheme from post-COVID complica- directing the Deputy that every hospital of their required to treat the said dis- the doorstep of the home of so as to ensure that the virus been covered by these multi- would be eligible to get this tions including keeping a close Commissioner to keep a close respective districts should share ease, the State Government is isolated patients is being spread chain is broken. disciplinary teams, covering benefit and the Deputy vigil on 'Black Fungus' cases. vigil on the increase in the real-time data of the patients proactively focusing on ensur- ensured and till date about "This is the biggest crisis of 1108415 households and fur- Commissioner will ensure that "Every Deputy number of fungal infection, suffering from this deadly dis- ing timely treatment to the 10,000 cylinders have been humanity, that we all have to ther health checkups of as this financial assistance scheme Commissioner has to now act Mucormycosis, commonly ease and the referral for such patients affected with this dead- delivered to the needy patients. fight together. This pandemic many as 4757036 persons has reaches grassroots levels,” said like field commandment and named as ‘black fungus’ said patients should be made in the ly infection along with making So far, 378 NGOs have been does not belong to any person, been conducted. It was the Chief Minister. should ensure proper imple- that reserving atleast 20 beds medical colleges only,” he hands-on strategies to tackle registered on the www.oxy- a city, or a class. This is the informed that about 284 peo- The Chief Minister while mentation of the schemes and for the disease treatment directed. COVID-19 Pandemic. genhry.in portal to supply oxy- fight of the whole world,” he ple are undergoing treatment in chairing a review meeting of strategies executed by the should be ensured in all the The Chief Minister said gen cylinders. Khattar directed said. Village Isolation Centres. COVID-19 management with Government to the grassroots medical colleges. that from declaring ‘black fun- 10,000 OXYGEN CYLIN- the officers concerned to During the meeting, the Chief the Deputy Commissioners levels,” said the Chief Minister. He said that every possible gus’ a notified disease, setting DERS DELIVERED AT ensure that the delivery of this VACCINATE THOSE Minister was apprised that till and Administrative Secretaries The Chief Minister was effort should be made to damp- up centres for its prevention DOORSTEPS TILL NOW life saving gas should be INVOLVED IN DOOR TO now more than 51 lakh vacci- held here through video con- also apprised that in the com- en the disease spread in its early and further constituting an The Chief Minister was ensured within a time period of DOOR HEALTH CHECKUP nation doses have been admin- ferencing said that the Deputy ing days a massive awareness stage only. expert committee to decide apprised that in its battle not more than 2 hours. The Chief Minister direct- istered to the eligible benefi- Commissioners should ensure campaign would be launched “The Deputy on the distribution of Injection against COVID-19, timely ed that vaccination of every ciaries. &3 #4 3 Bharat Haryana Health treatment of COVID-19 Protection Mission,” the Chief patients covered under this ore than 11000 patients Minister said. scheme, he added. In Haryana Mhave received Covid-19 "The mission of the gov- 15.50 lakh families are regis- &3 #4 3 ry then they can invite us and treatment under the Ayushman ernment is that nobody should tered under the mission who we will hold camps for them at Bharat Haryana Health be deprived of medical aid are entitled to free medical he unrelenting second wave a place of their choosing. Protection Mission in the state. due to the family's poor finan- treatment worth Rs five lakh Tof Coronavirus on Friday People above the age of 18, will The Chief Minister cial condition," he said. annually. In all, 593 hospitals in claimed 14 more lives in have to come to our 61 gov- &3 #4 3 The State Government has Manohar Lal has directed the Khattar said that the state the state are empanelled of Chandigarh even as the city ernment centres.” also appealed to the Centre to deputy commissioners and the took a novel initiative by con- which 176 are the government added 406 new infections, tak- In all, 4270 more people ost-COVID care centres provide 12000 Amphotericin- health officers that special care stituting 'Ayushman Bharat hospitals and 417 are the private ing the active tally to 5675, the were vaccinated on Friday in P'Umang' will be started in B injections, he added. be taken during the Covid Haryana Health Protection ones. So far, these hospitals have union territory's health bulletin Chandigarh, taking the total all major government hospi- The state has reported times of people below poverty Authority' which has so far claimed an amount of Rs 315 showed. With 406 more covid- count to 306,278 as per the UT tals in Haryana, Health more than 300 cases of black line who have been finding it spent an amount of Rs 4 crore crore for the treatment of 2.59 19 cases reported in the city, its health department’s medical Minister Anil Vij said on fungus. A day before, the difficult to make both ends on the COVID-19 testing of lakh patients. Out of these, a tally rose to 57,737. The death the figure to 21 in the institute. bulletin. Meanwhile, Director Friday. State Government had decid- meet in these trying times. 10791 persons. Furthermore, claim of Rs 263 crore has been toll is now 680. The total num- of Health services, Dr Vij said such centres will ed to float tenders for procur- The Chief Minister on an amount of more than one paid by the government for the ber of samples tested in the last CoWIN PORTAL FOR Amandeep Kang said that be started to ensure complete ing Amphotericin-B and Friday also annouced free treat- core has been spent on the treatment of 2.33 lakh patients, 24 hours was 3314 while the 18+ VACCINATION EVERY- Chandigarh has revised its pol- recovery post COVID-19. Tocilizumab. ment for COVID-19 in private treatment of 583 patients. the Chief Minister said. overall number of tests con- DAY AT 10 AM icy and decided to increase the These Centres named 'Umang' hospitals for all BPL families Testing and Treatment of Ayushman Bharat - ducted was 477,484. UT Adviser Manoj Parida total number of vaccine slots are being started where the COMMITTEE TO RE- including those which some- COVID-19 Pandemic is also Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Chandigarh recorded 790 on Friday said that the admin- from 2000 to 3000 and take it Corona recovered patients EXAMINE OVERCHARG- how could not register them- included in the Ayushman Yojana was launched in the recoveries in the last 24 hours, istration has decided to open up to 4000 slots for beneficia- will not only be treated but ING ALLEGATIONS selves under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan country on August 15, 2018 the bulletin showed. CoWIN portal for 18+ vacci- ries in the 18 to 45-year cate- will also be given training by Vij on Friday directed the Bharat. “The State Government Arogya Yojana from April 4, and under this, Haryana is the Meanwhile, five more nation everyday at 10 am in gory. More people can come trainers for their physical fit- authorities concerned to con- has made a concerted effort to 2020. Since then, the Haryana first state in the country which Black Fungus patients on Chandigarh. Parida said, “If and get their vaccines as the ness through Yoga and stitute a committee of three enroll as many families as pos- government has spent an has paid the medical claim Friday were admitted at there are more than 100 bene- number of slots will be Pranayam. senior-level officers to re- sible under the the Ayushman amount of Rs 5 crore on the raised under Ayushman Bharat. PGIMER, Chandigarh taking ficiaries in the 45+ age catego- increased, she said. Besides this, services of examine the allegations of physiotherapists and other over-charging levied on physicians will also be avail- COVID-19 patients by Paras able at these Centres, he Hospital in Panchkula. added. Vij said that due to A few days ago, Haryana increasing cases of Vidhan Sabha Speaker Gian Coronavirus, patients are fac- Chand Gupta had given a been succumbing to the infec- Surgery, Medanta Hospital, patients either survives or dies. ing problems even after recov- written complaint to the #010234 tion over the days. Gurugram said: “The deaths “The death can take place ering from it. Home Minister in which he Dr Kanwar added that being reported this week are a in the second, third, fourth and Till now, more than said that the Hospital was he national Capital has even as the number of cases result of the infections which fifth week,” he said. 650000 people have recov- accused of overcharging three Tbeen reporting a high death reported in the national Capital occurred two weeks ago when Dr Rommel Tickoo, ered from COVID-19 in the patients. A committee was rate even after the Delhi has gone down in the last one the number of Covid cases Director, Internal Medicine, state. The state also has over constituted at the district level Government resolved the oxy- week, the Current Fatality Rate were very high. Those who got Max Healthcare said that the 60000 active cases. to investigate these allega- gen crisis and the shortage of (CFR) will continue to be rel- infected during the peak and death rate now is a result of a tions, which submitted its beds. However, experts say atively higher for some time as were admitted in hospitals will high number of severe cases OVER ONE CRORE report. This investigation that the number will come some of the critical patients continue to die over the next reported all at once earlier. VACCINE TO BE PRO- report has revealed some down drastically in a week or who were admitted during the one or two weeks.” “Thousands of people caught CURED THROUGH GLOB- irregularities being committed two. Doctors at various hospi- peak period and who had gone Now that the number of infection at the same time and AL TENDERS by the tals attributed the high number on to ventilators and were cases reported is less com- many of them were admitted in The Health Minister said Hospital. of deaths in Delhi as compared struggling for their lives in pared to April, the death rate ICUs with severe complica- that one crore COVID-19 Vij said that Director to the number of cases, to the ICUs finally succumb to the will come down in three weeks tions. Many of them are still vaccination will be procured General of Medical Education critical patients who were virus infection. from now, he added. critical and dying. The number by the State Government and Research Department, admitted to hospitals earlier “The fatal disease with a Explaining it further Dr will gradually come down through global tendering. This Dr. Shaleen, Additional during the peak of the out- longer morbidity period tends Kumar said that death does not along with the fall in cases,” he will ensure enough doses of Director General of Health break. to have a significant lag period $%& '( $%& occur the same day if a person added. vaccination to inoculate the Department, Dr. VK Bansal Dr MS Kanwar, Senior between the fall in new cases )**+ ,-* . / is infected with Covid as the Experts also stressed that citizens of Haryana, he said. and a Senior Accounts Officer Consultant Respiratory and in mortality. The current virus causes fever for about five Delhi has passed its peak since About the surge in cases of of Accounts Department will Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo CFR tends to go up temporar- ber of recorded deaths in the down in days to come as the sit- to seven days and then most of the initial wave of the Covid- black fungus, Vij said that due be in the Committee to con- Hospitals, said that the current ily as many critical patients do city was the result of patients uation has improved. With the the lung involvement manifests 19 hit the city as the positivity to the spike in such cases, duct further investigation in death rate consists of the data not survive,” he explained. admitted to ICUs with severe cases going down, the number between eight to 14 days. rate came down to 4.76 per cent Amphotericin-B used for its this regard. This Committee of patients who were admitted Dr Anant Mohan, Head of Covid-19 infection in April of deaths will also start falling. Depending on the line of treat- on Friday from about five treatment will be imported. will seriously examine all the to hospitals with severe com- Pulmonary Medicine at AIIMS, and the first week of May. Dr Arvind Kumar, ment, the level of care and any times that figure only a few At present, there is a facts and submit the report plications weeks ago and have Delhi, said that the high num- Now, the fatality rate will come Chairman of Institute of Chest secondary complications, the weeks ago. shortage of this medicine. within a week, he added. 01234 343084#20 state on the day. The cumula- Rudraprayag 193, Almora 187, ?0&-90? tive death count in the state is Pithoragarh 178, Pauri 177, now at 5,600. The department Tehri 129, Uttarkashi 89 and ## #010234 agriculture laws, had turned >@"!A20 8 also added 46 such deaths in Champawat 48 new cases of the ## #010234 violent as the protesters devi- the tally on Friday which had disease on Friday. ## #010234 he Delhi Police has filed a ated from the pre-designated #7)/0-#01 occurred in the past but not The State now has 63,373 elhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain Tcharge sheet in the Republic routes, attacked police person- & 04#830 reported earlier. Interestingly active patients of the disease. he positivity rate in Delhi has come down to 4.76 Don Friday said that 197 cases of black Day violence before the con- nel, overturned vehicles and 43 such deaths had occurred in Dehradun continues to remains Tper cent on Friday while 16,712 Covid beds and 1748 fungus have been reported in the nation- cerned court. The charge sheet hoisted a religious flag on the )-#83-) ? Haridwar district only. at the top of the table of active ICU beds are vacant in hospitals, Delhi Health Minister al Capital so far including non-residents included statements of the sev- ramparts of the iconic Red The recovery percent now cases of the disease with 17,787 Satyendar Jain said. who have come to Delhi for eral accused persons and also Fort. 0+-80-# stands at 75.84 and the sample patients; Haridwar has 10,371, Delhi recorded 3,009 Covid-19 cases and 252 fatal- treatment.. the evidence collected relating Later, on February 9, police 4 ? positivity rate is 6.92 percent. Udham Singh Nagar 6,320, ities on Friday. This is the third consecutive day when Jain said that black fungus is hap- to the violence. Around 16 arrested Deep Sidhu on Out of the 70 deaths report- Pauri 5471, Nainital 5,034, Delhi’s count of daily new cases has remained below pening due to increase in blood sugar lev- people have been named in the February 9 and alleged that he ed on Friday, nine each occurred Tehri 4,618, Chamoli 2441, 4,000. The positivity rate in the city stood at 5.5 per cent els and decreased immunity by taking charge sheet and 13 of them are had instigated the violence and 03 7# at All India Institute of Medical Rudraprayag 2437, Almora on Thursday. steroids.” Corona patients who have on bail. was the key conspirator. Sidhu Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh and 2402, Uttarkashi 2,091, “We can see a prominent downward trend in been given steroids during treatment Around 3422 charge sheet had gone missing after videos he Covid 19 curfew Himalayan hospital Dehradun, Bageshwar 1,793, Pithoragarh Covid cases. We have dropped down significantly from should be vigilant for one week after its was submitted before the Tis and photos of him surfaced Timposed in the state is act- eight at Government Doon 1,669 and Champawat 939 28,000 cases to about 3000 hence this is a hopeful sign. closure and do not leave the house, be Hazari’s Duty Magistrate Sahil from the Red Fort violence on ing as a deterrent on the spread Medical College (GDMC) hos- active cases of the disease. The positivity rate is now below five per cent. extra vigilant and minimize social inter- Monga on May 17 against 16 January 26 and he had been of pandemic in Uttarakhand. pital Dehradun, seven at HNB To contain the contagion However, we cannot afford complacency and must fol- action,” he said. persons including Punjabi regularly posting videos on The state health department Base hospital Srinagar and six at of Covid-19, the state admin- low covid-appropriate behavior by all means,” he The Minister also talked about the actor, Deep Sidhu, Iqbal Singh, Facebook denying his involve- reported 3,626 cases of the dis- Sushila Tiwari government hos- istration has set up 531 con- added. problem of shortage of black fungus med- Jugraj Singh, who raised ment in the violence. ease on Friday which is the pital Haldwani. Similarly four tainment zones in different Asserting the situation of Covid beds in Delhi so icine in the entire country including Nishan Sahib at the Red Fort, Sidhu was granted bail on lowest single day count in the deaths each occurred at Kailash parts of the state. In the ongo- far, Jain said that there are nearly 28,500 beds in Delhi Delhi. “The central Government is con- Maninder Singh Moni, who April 26 after being denied bail month of May. To add to the hospital Dehradun and Military ing vaccination drive only as of now and 16,712 beds are vacant. Approximately trolling the medicines of black was seen in a video swinging on multiple occasions with good news the authorities also hospital Dehradun and three at 14,860 people were vaccinat- 1748 ICU beds are vacant.” fungus. two swords at Fort and respect to the Republic Day vio- reported highest single day Base hospital Kotdwar on the ed in 231 sessions in different The Minister also highlighted upon the shortage of They are giving medicines according Khempreet Singh, who assault- lence. Meanwhile, on March 10, recoveries (8731) on the day. day. The provisional state capi- parts of the state on Friday. A vaccines and stated that Covaxin is finished for 18-44 to State wise quota. They have allocated ed police personnel on duty. the Ministry of Home Affairs The tally of the disease in the tal Dehradun reported 699 new total of 6,80831 people have age groups and Covishield is also nearly finished with 2000 medicines for Delhi. The Delhi On January 26, the tractor (MHA) accused the Samyukt state has now climbed to cases of the disease on Friday. been fully vaccinated while which a lot of centres are closing down from today. Government will give medicines to hos- parade by the protesting farm- Kisan Morcha (SKM) of vio- 3,07,566. The department also Nainital reported 555, Haridwar 20,77,722 have received the The vaccine supply is completely controlled by the pitals as soon as we get them. We can ers that was to highlight the lating permission granted for reported the death of 70 535, Udham Singh Nagar 383, first dose of the centre and we can inoculate only what we are receiv- only give it to hospitals as this cannot be demand of the farmer unions taking out Kisan Tractor patients in different parts of the Chamoli 238, Bageshwar 215, vaccine. ing from them,” he added. treated at homes,” he said. for repealing the three new Parade. chhattisgarh 03 RAIPUR | SATURDAY | MAY 22, 2021
CM administers 22L Chhattisgarh farmers get richer by 1500 cr anti-terrorism oath STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR He also inaugurated the beautification work of the statue site at Rajiv Gandhi STAFF REPORTER n hief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Chowk in Raipur. RAIPUR CFriday transferred Rs 1,500 crores For the transfer of funds under Rajiv as input subsidy into the bank accounts Gandhi Kisan Nyaya Yojana and hhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh of 22 lakh farmers in Chhattisgarh Godhan Nyaya Yojana, Congress leader CBaghel on Friday administered the anti- ahead of the Kharif season on occasion Sonia Gandhi sent a message praising terrorism oath to members of the cabinet and of 30th death anniversary of former the Chhattisgarh government’s efforts other dignitaries at an event held at his prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. to boost economic growth as residence-office on the 30th death The amount was released as the first commendable. anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv installment of the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan She said that Rajiv Gandhi had always Gandhi.All those present pledged to oppose Nyaya Yojana 2021. Under the scheme, envisioned the empowerment of farm- all forms of terrorism and violence, embrace Rs 5,597 crores will be given to the ers, labourers, poor and backward non-violence and tolerance, and maintain farmers in four installments as input people. peace, social harmony and understanding subsidy. The Chhattisgarh government has paid among all sections. At the event, Baghel, Speaker Dr. a true tribute to Rajiv Gandhi on his At the commencement of the programme, Charan Das Mahant and all Cabinet martyrdom day. Baghel, Speaker Dr. Charan Das Mahant and ministers paid floral tributes to Rajiv Baghel said the input subsidy provided Ministers Tamradhwaj Sahu, T.S. Singh Deo, Gandhi, who was assassinated on this to the farmers has significantly Ravindra Choubey, Dr. Premasai Singh day in 1991 at an election rally near improved the agriculture and farming Tekam, Mohammad Akbar, Dr. Shivkumar Chennai by a female Tamil Tiger sui- status in the state. Dahriya, Kawasi Lakhma, Anila Bhendia, cide bomber from Sri Lanka. anti-terrorism to the people. payment for the dung procured in The Chief Minister launched the super The Chief Minister also spoke about Guru Rudrakumar, Jaisingh Agarwal, Umesh The programme started with the state He also transferred Rs 7.17 crores to Gauthans between March 15 and May compost fertilizer manufactured in the steps taken by his government to Patel and Amarjeet Bhagat paid floral trib- song. Baghel administered the oath of 72,000 villagers and cattle rearers as 15 under the Godhan Nyaya Yojana. gauthans for sale to the farmers. battle Covid-19. utes to a portrait of Rajiv Gandhi. Chhattisgarh Covid ∑§Êÿʸ‹ÿ ∑§Êÿ¸¬Ê‹Ÿ •Á÷ÿãÃÊ CM launches ‘Super Compost Manure’ ª˝Ê◊ËáÊ ÿÊ¢ÁòÊ∑§Ë ‚flÊ ‚¢÷ʪ ‚È∑§◊Ê, Á¡‹Ê-‚È∑§◊Ê (¿U.ª.) positivity rate is 8 percent // ‚Ê◊ª˝Ë ‚å‹Ê߸ „UÃÈ ¬˝Õ◊ ÁŸÁflºÊ •Ê◊¢òÊáÊ ‚ÍøŸÊ (N.I.T-03)// ∑˝§◊Ê¢∑§/|y/ / ‹πÊ/ ª˝Ê.ÿÊ¢.‚flÊ/ wÆwv-ww ‚È∑§◊Ê ÁºŸÊ¢∑§- v|/Æz/wÆwv STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR NIT-03 65,168 Covid v. ∞∑§Ë∑Χà ¬¢¡ËÿŸ ¬˝áÊÊ‹Ë •¢Ãª¸Ã ‚ˇÊ◊ üÊáÊË ◊¥ ¬¢¡Ë∑Χà ΔU∑§ºÊ⁄UÙ ‚ ‚Ë◊¥≈U he Covid-19 infection posi- ÁŸ◊ʸÃÊ ∑¢§¬ŸË/Áfl∑˝§ÃÊ ∞fl¢ ∑˝§·⁄U ‚¢øÊ‹∑§ ‚ ‚Ê◊ª˝Ë ¬˝ºÊÿ ∑§⁄UŸ „UÃÈ ÁŸêŸ Ttivity rate has touched 8 Á‹Áπà ∑§Êÿ¸ „UÃÈ ◊ÒŸÈ•‹ •ÊÚŸ‹Ê߸Ÿ ÁŸÁflºÊ •Ê◊¢ÁòÊà ∑§Ë ¡ÊÃË „ÒU —- percent in Chhattisgarh samples ∑§Êÿ¸ ∑§Ê Áflfl⁄UáÊ •ŸÈ◊ÊÁŸÃ whereas it is 15 percent at the ‹ÊªÃ national level, the government tested daily (M§.‹Êπ ◊¥) said on Friday. v w Due to the effective measures STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR taken by the government to ‚◊ȺÊÿ ∑§ Á‹ÿ ¬ÈÁ‹ÿÊ ÁŸ◊ʸáÊ ∑§Êÿ¸ (‹¢’Ê߸-vw ◊Ë.) ‹ÒπŸ¬Ê⁄UÊ, x~.z| ‹Êπ check the corona infection, the n an average, 65,168 ª˝Ê.¬¢.-Á‚⁄U‚≈˜U≈UË rate of infection in various OCovid-19 samples are test- ‚◊ȺÊÿ ∑§ Á‹ÿ w Ÿª ¬ÈÁ‹ÿÊ ÁŸ◊ʸáÊ ∑§Êÿ¸ (Æy ◊Ë≈U⁄U) ◊Ÿ ⁄UÙ«U v}.w{ ‹Êπ districts is steadily falling, an ed every day in Chhattisgarh. ‚ Á≈U◊◊‚¢«U (•ÙÁ«U‚Ê ‚Ë◊Ê) ª˝Ê◊ ¬¢øÊÿÃ-’È«UºË official release said. In the last one week, 456,178 ÁŸÁflºÊ ¬˝¬òÊ «UÊ™§Ÿ‹Ù«U ∞fl¢ «UË.«UË. ’ŸÊŸ ∑§Ë •¢ÁÃ◊ ÁÃÁÕ w|.Æz.wÆwv Currently, the positivity rate in samples were examined. w. ©U¬⁄UÙÄà ∑§ÊÿÙ¸ ∑§Ë ÁŸÁflºÊ ∑§Ë ‚Ê◊Êãÿ ‡Êø, œ⁄UÙ„U⁄U ⁄UÊÁ‡Ê, ÁflSÃÎà ÁŸÁflºÊ Rajnandgaon, Sukma and Chhattisgarh is testing 2,295 Bijapur districts is 2 percent, 3 samples per 10 lakh population ÁflôÊÁåÃ, ÁŸÁflºÊ ºSÃÊfl¡ fl •ãÿ ¡ÊŸ∑§Ê⁄UË Áfl÷ʪËÿ fl’ ‚Ê߸≈U percent in Kabirdham and per day, http://cg.nic.in/resworks ‚ «UÊ™§Ÿ‹Ù«U ∑§Ë ¡Ê ‚∑§ÃË „ÒU– Kanker, 4 percent in Durg, 5 against (∞.∑§.⁄UÊΔUı⁄U) percent in Korba and the ∑§Êÿ¸¬Ê‹Ÿ •Á÷ÿãÃÊ Narayanpur, 6 percent in national ª˝Ê◊ËáÊ ÿÊ¢ÁòÊ∑§Ë ‚flÊ ‚¢÷ʪ Bilaspur, 7 percent in Raipur, average G- 60701/4 Ryp/Dtd 21.05.21 Balodabazar-Bhatapara, of 1,523, Á¡‹Ê-‚È∑§◊Ê (¿U.ª.) Jashpur and Dantewada and 8 an offi- STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR tilizer from cooperative societies at a amount of Rs 3.06 crores to gauthan percent in Bemetara. cial press ∑§Êÿʸ‹ÿ ∑§Êÿ¸¬Ê‹Ÿ •Á÷ÿ¢ÃÊ discounted rate in bags of 2 kg, 5 kg committees and women self-help As on Thursday, the infection release said on Friday. ‹Ù∑§ SflÊSâÿ ÿÊ¢ÁòÊ∑§Ë πá«U ’Ê‹Ùº, Á¡‹Ê-’Ê‹Ùº (¿U.ª.) hhattisgarh Chief Minister and 30 kg. Its minimum value is Rs 6/ groups. rate in Balod, Mahasamund, In the last week (May 14 to 20), CBhupesh Baghel on Friday kg. The Godhan Nyaya Yojana was Gariaband, Janjgir-Champa, 63,094 samples were tested on ߸.•Ù.•Ê߸. ∑˝§. Æx/‹.‡ÊÊ./ ∑§Ê.•./ ‹Ù.SflÊ.ÿÊ¢.πá«U/ wÆwv ’Ê‹Ùº, ÁºŸÊ¢∑§ — wÆ-Æz-wÆwv launched the high-quality ‘Super Along with vermi compost, the cow launched on July 20, 2020 to promote Surguja, Bastar and May 14, 70,239 on May 15, Compost Manure’, produced from the dung procured is also utilized to pro- livestock conservation and organic Kondagaon was 9 percent. In 52028 on May 16, 65,000 on ߸-¬˝ÊÄÿÙ⁄U◊¥≈U ¬˝Õ◊ ÁŸÁflºÊ •Ê◊¢òÊáÊ ‚ÍøŸÊ cow dung procured under the Godhan duce super compost manure in the farming and to provide additional other districts, the positivity May 17, 69,873 on May 18, •ÊÚŸ‹Ê߸Ÿ ÁŸÁflºÊ∞¢ ¬˝¬òÊ-∞ ◊¥ ¬˝ÁÇÊà º⁄U ¬⁄U ŸËø ©UÀ‹Áπà ∑§Êÿ¸ ∑§ Nyay Yojana in gauthans. Gauthans, an official communication income sources for villagers, livestock rate is more than 9 percent, the 69,402 on May 19 and 66,542 Á‹ÿ ∑§Êÿ¸¬Ê‹Ÿ •Á÷ÿ¢ÃÊ ‹Ù∑§ SflÊSâÿ ÿÊ¢ÁòÊ∑§Ë πá«U ’Ê‹Ùº mÊ⁄UÊ ‚ˇÊ◊ üÊáÊË Farmers can get this super compost fer- said. Baghel also transferred a dividend farmers and farmers. release said. samples May 20. ◊¥ ¬¢¡Ë∑Χà ∞¡¥‚Ë/ΔU∑§ºÊ⁄UÙ¥ ‚ •ÊÚŸ‹Ê߸Ÿ “M§Áø ∑§Ë •Á÷√ÿÁÄÔ (EOI) •Ê◊¢ÁòÊà ∑§Ë ¡ÊÃË „ÒU– ∑§Êÿ¸ ∑§Ê Áflfl⁄UáÊ - Chhattisgarh ensuring CM unveils beautified ‚.∑˝§. ÁŸ.‚Í.∑˝¢§. Á‚S≈U◊ ∑§Êÿ¸ ∑§Ê Áflfl⁄UáÊ •ŸÈ◊ÊÁŸÃ ‹ÊªÃ Ÿ¢. (M§. ∑§⁄UÙ«∏U ◊¥) 1 03/Dt.26-04-2021 77160 Expression of Interest M§. ~~Æ.~Æ (EoI) from national and ∑§⁄UÙ«∏U optimum use of Rajiv Gandhi Chowk international NGOs/ Self Help Groups (SHGs)/ CBOs/ VOs/ similar Social n Development Oriented vaccines, wastage 0.6% STAFF REPORTER Organizations/Foundations RAIPUR /Trusts for empanelment as n Implementation Support STAFF REPORTER Agencies (ISA) under Jal RAIPUR hhattisgarh Chief Jeevan Mission being CMinister Bhupesh implemented by State Water and Sanitation hhattisgarh is Baghel on Friday unveiled Mission. Censuring optimum a beautified statue of use of vaccines and the former Prime Minister v. Á’«U ‚’Á◊‡ÊŸ ¬˝Ê⁄¢U÷ ∑§Ë ÁÃÁÕ - w|/Æz/wÆwv wastage of doses is far Rajiv Gandhi and the Rajiv w. Á’«U ‚’Á◊‡ÊŸ ∑§Ë •¢ÁÃ◊ ÁÃÁÕ- Æ|/Æ{/wÆwv below the national Gandhi Chowk (Square) ©U¬⁄UÙÄà ∑§ÊÿÙ¸ ∑§Ë ÁŸÁflºÊ ∑§Ë ‚Ê◊Êãÿ ‡Êø, œ⁄UÙ„U⁄U ⁄UÊÁ‡Ê, ÁflSÃÎà ÁŸÁflºÊ ÁflôÊÁåÃ, average, the govern- virtually at an event held at ÁŸÁflºÊ ºSÃÊfl¡ fl •ãÿ ¡ÊŸ∑§Ê⁄UË ß¸-¬˝ÙÄÿÙ⁄U◊¥≈U fl’ ¬Ù≈¸U‹ ment said on Friday. his residence-cum-office. The Health Raipur Smart City Ltd, in https:\\eproc.cgstate.gov.in ◊¥ ÁºŸÊ¢∑§ w|-Æz-wÆwv ‚ ºπ ¡Ê ‚∑§Ã „ÒU– Department said that association with the ∑§Êÿ¸¬Ê‹Ÿ •Á÷ÿ¢ÃÊ as against 797,110 Municipal Corporation, ‹Ù∑§ SflÊSâÿ ÿÊ¢ÁòÊ∑§Ë πá«U ’Ê‹Ùº doses made available it said in a statement. made available and has given a new look to Á¡‹Ê-’Ê‹Ùº (¿U.ª.) to the state for the 18- The percentage 61,67632 persons have the statue of the former G- 60707/4 Ryp/Dtd 21.05.21 44 age group, 666,101 wastage was 0.6 per- been vaccinated. A Prime Minister, giving the persons have been cent, far below the total of 616,970 doses site an attractive look. ∑§Êÿʸ‹ÿ ∑§Êÿ¸¬Ê‹Ÿ •Á÷ÿ¢ÃÊ, immunized so far. national average of 2 are left. The wastage in Friday marked the 30th Raipur Smart City Ltd The statue of Gandhi has based lighting. The process of percent. this age group was death anniversary of Rajiv and the Municipal been painted with special Landscaping, granite ‹Ù∑§ SflÊSâÿ ÿÊ¢ÁòÊ∑§Ë π¢«U Á’‹Ê‚¬È⁄U (¿U.ª.) vaccinating 125,970 Similarly, for age group 56,608 doses or 0.8 Gandhi, who was Prime Corporation have given deco paint. The site has work, focus lighting and persons is on and only above 45 years, percent, the statement Minister from 1984 to the site a grand been illuminated in tricol- luminous lighting have —— •ÊÚŸ ‹Ê߸Ÿ ÁŸÁflºÊ •Ê◊¢òÊáÊ ‚ÍøŸÊ —— appearance. or with Thematic RGBs added to the attraction. 5,039 doses got wasted, 68,640,210 doses were said. 1989. 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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 license 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 accept- ing 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 pro- of 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 procure- ment on medical aid to India. that sent him to 14-day judicial custody. the MP. 6 +$' $) +/7- == #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. 7* @ )7)/ 4 per cent. ! 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. "# $ &