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   , - .   *    $%      holding on its own in a very long standoff which squeezed our economy and tested our       military prowess and diplo- matic skill to the full. At the    same time, it also exploded the myth of the Chinese invinci- ermo MLA Kumar Jay bility. Bmangal Singh laid the foun- China lost face and the dation stone of Garhwal con- stature of India went very high struction, Bhuchungdih - in the elite club of the rich and Karhariya Dam Ghat of powerful nations. India is now Banddih North Panchayat in )8    district is the most affected area looked upon as a nation who village Banchas of Araldih of Jharkhand by wild elephants. can take on all Chinese mis- Panchayat in the border of baby elephant, which fell Regularly herds of elephant adventures. One cannot con- Jaredih Block of Bermo con- Ainto a farm well at a come from the forest and ceive of any grand alliance stituency on Sunday. Nimatand village in Giridih destroy standing crops, mud- 88  of this manmade pandemic against China without India. Singh is also working to district on Sunday late night, built houses, and they have   and held WHO a partner in China has a very deep provide employment by laying was rescued after a mammoth even killed a handicapped this heinous crime. He stopped pocket and it has deep pene- the foundation stone for the 15 hour-long effort of the for- youth, recently. he Wuhan virus, popular- all grants to WHO. It was not tration in the establishments of continuous development of the est department here on Local social worker of the Tly known as Covid 19, is Trumpomania as the complic- important countries of the area and to boost the morale of Monday. village said, “Elephant attacks not a natural virus and reports ity of WHO in covering up world including India and the workers even during the    police; they also started pelting “A herd of a dozen elephants are quite common in our vil- have kept pouring in that it Chinese role in the pandemic America. time of lock-down. stones on police. Our SI was including two baby elephants lages. We have lost property leaked from a laboratory in was as clear as anything in the The vested interests of any Due to the foundation Sub-Inspector of City injured in the incident, police were passing by from the near- and lives for the last several Wuhan. It is debatable whether world. Hence, everything relat- nation want to maintain a sta- work being done by them, the Apolice station Pinku said. by forest and reached Nimatand years. Department has no it leaked accidentally or by a ed to corona pandemic is not tus quo as they are well laborers in rural areas are also Kumar sustained multiple The mob also thrashed the village. Suddenly a baby elephant proper plan to control the certain design. Let us examine as simple as it appears to be. entrenched in the system. getting work. In the time peri- injuries following an attack by SI very badly. fell into the farm well. Our attack of elephants. The life of it in the light of the events that The second wave of coro- Whoever challenges them has od of lock down, Bermo MLA the vegetable vendors at After the incident, shop- team reached there and rescued the local villagers is always at unfolded after the leak of the na which has come upon India to face stiff opposition from has laid the foundation stone of Dundibag Bazar in Bokaro keepers closed all the shops in the elephant from the well. The stake. The herds of elephants virus. like a hurricane has a definite them. more than 150 different Steel City on Monday. the market; the entire area has elephant has no injuries and was are fearless. They don’t fear the The first wave of Covid19 pattern. None of its neigh- Trump referred to them as schemes in the area of 17 pan- One person, Pappu Kumar been converted into a police reunited with the herd,” said bursting of firecrackers, drag- greatly affected America and bours, Pakistan, Bangladesh, deep state which includes oil chayats under Jaridih block by was arrested in this connection camp. Senior police officers Giridih Forest area officer Abhay on torches, or any other local other NATO countries. Brazil Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, lobby, media, different watch- complying with Covid 19 while 10 named and 15 also rushed there to tackle the Kumar Sinha. When the baby means.” was also affected badly but that Maldives and Burma , has dogs of human rights and bla, (Corona) rules through online. unnamed FIR has been lodged situation. elephant drowned, there were 18 Locals said that a baby was an exception. been affected by it. bla...The present Indian gov- Rapid work in all areas is being at City police station, informed It is permissible to open a to 20 other elephants present elephant fell into the well of The other countries includ- How is it possible in this ernment does, not fit in the done with the cooperation of Santosh Kumar OC of City wholesale shop in the market. near the well at the Nimatand Mahavir Yadav, located next to ing India were not affected that modern age of connectivity existing powerful establish- the workers. Information Police station. But the police reached on the village under the Sariya block of it. The depth of the well is said badly as America and others. with modern means of trans- ment in India and the world. about the schemes was given by Police got a complaint that spot on the information of Giridih district. There was panic to be around 30 feet. As soon However, the Indian economy port and communication? For The Indian claim that Security Jaridih Block Congress there was a crowd of people in mobilizing the retail shops too, in the entire area till the rescue as the information was was seriously wounded by the that matter, it is also amazing Council is meaningless until President Ashok Kumar the market. To follow the SOP and there was a huge crowd, of the baby elephant was com- received, forest area officer total and sudden lockdown. that America and other India gets a representation was Mandal, Ayush Mathur, Bano and COVID guidelines a police said OC of City police station. pleted. Abhay Kumar Sinha reached Our economy was limping Western countries have not not taken positively by the Kumar Mahato, Rajesh Singh. team rushed to the market A vendor was taken into “The herd of elephant the spot and an attempt was back to normalcy when this been afflicted by the current existing power network of the and arrested a vendor for vio- custody on the spot violation of came from Nimatand forest made to remove the elephant’s second and deadly wave of deadly Indian strain.The sec- world. lation. the norms. He was being taken area and we have alerted the baby. On Monday morning, corona virus hit India and we ond wave has hit only India Once, India becomes a As the vendor was being to the police station for sud- forest department team fol- three JCB machines were were taken completely off the very hard and no other nation. permanent member of the taken to the police station, a denly other vegetable vendors lowing the incident,” Sinha pressed to make the ramp con- guard. The impact of the first In this highly advanced Security Council, the geo-pol- mob of the vegetable vendors started pelting stones from added. necting the well and rescued wave of corona virus was dead- age of science, it is easy to man- itics of the world would change broke out and attacked the behind, said OC. The Sariya block in Giridih the baby elephant. ly on America. The whole ufacture a deadly virus in the dramatically. One China poli- tragedy had a profound polit- laboratory for a targeted genet- cy has already been blunted by ical ramification. Trump, who ic pool. Hence, it appears by India. Just imagine the texture was all set to romp home eas- circumstantial evidence that of geopolitics once India is on & '(     ) ily in the Presidential election India has been targeted by the Security Council. If India is of 2020 was defeated by Joe some vested interests and it is now not made a member, the Biden and Corona pandemic not difficult to identify them. UN and the Security Council        built on the banks of Rajpura District Secretary Om Prakash played an important role in this Who is to benefit from would lose all its sheen. India     village. Mahato gathered. After this, all political outcome. The malady the woes of the Indian gov- has arrived on the international ive people, including     The house was minted on the injured were sent by private of corona subsided in America ernment and her people? stage and the existing Deep FNeelkanth Rai, Sanju Devi Sunday and plaster work was vehicle to Peartand CHC. with the exit of Trump. The Obviously China, the master- Establishment led by China is and Khushi Kumari, died due      being done on the roof on Everyone was referred to new Indian strain that has mind of this biological warfare. fighting its last and losing bat- to lightning in Rajpura village     Monday. During this time there Giridih from here. wrought havoc in India has China wanted to take advan- tle. of Badganwa panchayat in was a thunderclap. Here the JMM leader also strangely left America and tage of our difficulties in the The author is the Registrar Pirtand block on Monday. On the information of the informed Giridih MLA other NATO countries wake of corona pandemic and of Vinoba Bhave University in The injured people were were serious. accident, many people includ- Sudivya Sonu and asked for untouched. made unwarranted incursions Hazaribag. The views brought to Sadar Hospital, out It is being said that ing Chief Girija Shankar help in the treatment of the It has to be noted that on the Laddakh border. But expressed by the author are his of which three died and two Neelkanth Rai’s house is being Mahato, JMM Yuva Morcha injured. Trump openly accused China India astonished the world by own.

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  ! his/her family getting infected the party office on Monday. 20 days of other social events conditions across the country, with Coronavirus the State Congress spokespersons including marriage and said that the source of income has come   
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larmed at various requests Aappearing on social media such as twitter regarding the adoption of kids whose parents   have died due to Covid-19, the National Commission for the tates seem to have to wait Protection of Child Rights Smore to get the adequate (NCPCR) has warned the com- supply of vaccines, particular- mon citizens/NGOs to refrain ly Covishield with its manu- from doing so and written to facturer Adar Poonawalla of States and Union Territories, Serum Institute of India (SII) states and private hospitals in July. urging them to inform child on Monday categorically stat- the next few months. “We Though the Centre has protection authorities about ing that his firm cannot ramp have got all kinds of support, among various steps opened such orphans. up production overnight as be it scientific, regulatory and up vaccination for all above 18 “The commission has vaccine making is a specialised financial. As of today, we years from May 1, the pro- been made aware of instances process. received total orders of over 26 curement of jabs has been left where it has been seen that The missive followed authorities” The statement of crore doses, of which we sup- to states and private hospitals. many NGOs are advertising complaints that a few NGOs He also pointed out that it Poonawalla comes days after plied more than 15 crore This has led to state after about the children who have and individuals had been on was necessary for every indi- he had said that due to “pres- doses. We have also got 100 state rushing to SII, which can become orphans after losing their own on the social plat- vidual, entity, organisation or sure and aggression” for him per cent advance of Rs 1,732.5 meet only a small part of the both their parents to Covid- forms like twitter and NGO to ensure that any infor- and his family temporarily crore by the GOI for the next demand. 19,” NCPCR chairperson WhatsApp urging people to mation received about leaving the country for the tranche of 11 crore doses in Serum is licensed to man-   past few days, the IAF planes Priyank Kanoongo has written help such kids “get a new life orphaned and abandoned UK, as “everyone wants the the next few months,” he said. ufacture COVID shots from carried out numerous sorties to chief secretaries across the and spread the word,” while children during these Covid vaccine to be available in the Earlier in the day, the AstraZeneca Plc and Novavax ustaining the tempo of air- to ferry the containers from States in a letter. sharing their contact num- times is shared on the helpine quickest possible time.” This is Union Ministry of Health said Inc. But so far, the government Slifting the much-needed Singapore, Thailand and the He said that “in such a sad bers. 1098. likely to impact the vaccina- that 11 crore doses of has approved only oxygen from abroad, an air- United Arab Emirates. situation of the surge in The procedure under the “Similarly, it is further tion drive that was kicked off Covishield are to come from AstraZeneca’s Covishield vac- craft of the IAF flew non-stop An Italian air force trans- Covid-19 cases in the country JJ Act, 2015 ensures that chil- requested that if any such from May 1 to cover 18 + pop- SII during May, June and July. cine for use. for 12 hours to bring home port plane landed here on there are situations arising dren are provided all the min- information for an abandoned ulation i.e. about 60 crore Another 5 crore doses of The Government has also oxygen from Frankfurt, Monday with a team of med- where the child has lost both imum standards of care and or orphaned children is people. Covaxin have been ordered approved the homegrown Germany. The C-17 trans- ical experts, oxygen genera- its parents or is found to be their rights are upheld and received by any entity, organ- In a statement here, from Bharat Biotech India Ltd Covaxin vaccine of Bharat port plane ferried four empty tion plant and ventilators to abandoned. It may be noted protected, Kanoongo said. isation, NGO then the same Poonawalla said that it has for the same months. Biotech. Russia’s Sputnik V cryogenic containers from help India fight the pandem- that the Juvenile Justice (Care “Therefore, it is of utmost can be also be informed to the orders from the Government Poonawalla, however, did vaccine too has been approved there and landed at the ic. The oxygen generation and Protection of Children) importance that these children National Commission for to supply 11 crore more doses not give a timeline for sup- for emergency use. Hindan airbase, Ghaziabad. system capable of supplying Act, 2015 provides for the who have lost their family Protection of Child Rights over the next few months on plying the vaccines. Pune- SII CEO Poonawalla, who Similarly, another C-17 the gas to the entire hospital procedure to be followed for support must be produced either through email top of 15 crore already sup- based SII can produce 6-7 is currently in London, said the aircraft airlifted 450 oxygen will be deployed at the Indo- children who have lost their before the child protection ([email protected]) or through plied, Poonawalla said. He crore doses a month and is population of India is huge and cylinders from Brize Norton Tibetan Border family support and have authorities of the district, and telephone (011-23478250) for further said that another 11 reportedly planning to ramp to produce enough doses for all in the UK to the Chennai air- Police(ITBP)hospital in become children in need of information about these chil- assistance and help to the crore doses will be supplied to up production to 10 crore by adults is not an easy task. base in Tamil Nadu. In the Greater Noida. care and protection.” dren must be shared with the children,” the letter said.

may be made only after com- pleting the mandatory quar- Q'R 4 &(.   #*>'===    ! P antine period to break the chain of coronavirus, reads the order issued on April 28.   activities. tution of a Committee, for  6@   Keeping in view the Further, the investigation obtaining actual scenario Covid-19 situation, the Home he CBI on Monday said it of both these cases was trans- including arrest, false impli- Ministry advised the Jammu Thas registered a case in ferred to CBI. In the cation of the said scientist and and Kashmir administration to connection with the “ISRO Espionage case, CBI submit- to find out ways for taking      take necessary transporta- spy case” in compliance to a ted Final Report (charge appropriate steps against the tion/logistics/accomodation Supreme Court order of April Act 1923 and Section 34 (com- sheet) before the Chief Judicial erring officials, the CBI said. he Union Home Ministry and other arrangements 15 this year for taking action mon intention) of IPC against Magistrate, Accordingly, a Committee Thas ordered deployment required in connection with against the erring police offi- two accused Maldivian nation- Ernakulam(Kerala) which was under the Chairmanship of a of 50 additional companies deployment of the CAPFs cers who allegedly framed sci- als on the allegations that they, accepted by the Court. While retired judge of the SC, was (5,000 personnel) of the within the UT, as per the entist S Nambi Narayanan in a in collusion with some others, submitting the said report in constituted by the Union Central paramilitary forces in Government guidelines on the false espionage case. had taken part in the activities the Espionage case, the alle- Home Ministry, it said. Jammu and Kashmir to aug- subject. The deployment of the Earlier, the case was regis- against the sovereignty and gations pertaining to espi- The Committee, after ment law and order security additional paramilitary per- tered by Kerala Police on integrity of India and indulged onage were found to be false. conducting inquiry, submitted grid in the Union Territory sonnel will be organised by UT October 20, 1994, as Crime No. in other activities which would One of the scientists S its report before the apex from May 7. The move comes Administration, added the 225/94 at Police Station harm the cordial relations of Nambi Narayanan took the court. Based on the said after a request to the effect was copy of the order. Vanchiyoor, Trivandrum India with its neighbours. matter for taking action enquiry report, the SC made J&K DGP through a let- Presently, 60 battalions of against a Maldivian National Later, the investigation of against the erring officials to through an order on April 15 ter on April 27 and it was deployment of the 50 Central panies) to Union Territory of the CRPF and 10 battalions of under Foreigner’s Act on the both the said cases was the apex court by way of fil- directed the CBI to proceed in approved by the Centre the Armed Police Forces (CAPF) Jammu and Kashmir by May 7. other CAPFs are deployed on allegations of overstaying in entrusted to a SIT of Kerala ing a civil writ petition. the matter in accordance with next day. or Central paramilitary com- “The UT Administration the ground in the Union India after the expiry of the police. In Crime no. 246/1994, The SC, in its judgement law, being a Court directed The mobilisation is being panies, the order said, “The of Jammu & Kashmir is Territory for law and order as visa. besides said two accused, four dated September 14, 2018 in enquiry. made “for augmentation of matter has been considered in requested to work out the also for the security duty roles, Subsequently, another case more persons including two the Civil Appeal No. 6637- “Accordingly, as per the existing deployment grid to this Ministry, it has been decid- detailed deployment plan in sources said. The additional as Crime No. 246/1994 dated scientists working at Liquid 6638/2018), awarded com- directions of Hon’ble Supreme effectively manage law and ed to provide 50 companies of consultation with the respec- troops are likely to be also used November 13, 1994, was also Propulsion Systems Centre pensation of Rs 50 lakh to Court, CBI has registered a order and security duties.” CAPF (CRPF-20, BSF-10, SSB- tive CAPFs and the deploy- for the conduct of the registered at Vanchiyoor Police (LPSC) of ISRO were arrest- Narayanan on several counts case,” the agency said in a On the decision for 10, ITBP-05 and CISF-05 com- ment of the CAPFs companies Amarnath Yatra, they added. station under Official Secrets ed on the charges of espionage and also ordered the consti- statement. * #"$ *
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"The BJP government did nothing in past four years Superintendent, Dr Dara Singh, said the Pakistani rangers early Monday morning tar- The Chief Minister, while and remained in isolation due to which it has put entire parents ran away from the geted a BSF patrol party in the Ramgarh sub sec- presiding over a high-level The number of RRTs state in isolation now. The tall claims of Adityanath is hospital. "The baby was admitted to the tor of Samba by opening 'unprovoked' firing on Covid review meeting, said that (Rapid Response Teams) should exposed in frightening pictures and videos coming from hospital on Sunday with congenital them. the rural areas have been a mat- be increased to check Covid hospitals daily," Yadav said in a statement here. heart disease and other problems. The This is the first incident of 'unprovoked' fir- ter of huge concern and we have spread in the villages of each dis- He also questioned the work being done by chief min- baby, who had tested positive for ing on the Indian border guards after both India to protect the villages from the trict.Members of RRTs should ister's 'Team-9', saying that in some cases, entire families Covid-19, expired and the parents and Pakistan had renewed their mutually bro- Covid spread. make door-to-door visits and are COVID-19 positive and no one is there to take care of were told to test themselves for the kered ceasefire agreement from the midnight of To curb the Covid numbers check body temperatures, them. The SP leader also alleged that alive people are being virus. Instead of testing themselves or February 24-25. in rural areas, the government record oxygen level and check declared dead in hospitals. taking the dead baby's body, the Luckily, the BSF patrol party escaped has decided to ramp up testing for other symptoms in people "There is no proper supply of oxygen and no beds in parents ran away from the hospital," he unhurt. Official sources in the BSF confirmed, Interestingly, the Ramgarh sector was wit- in around 97,409 revenue vil- who are into home isolation. hospitals. Hundreds of people are dying due to misman- said. "no loss of life/injury was reported on ground nessing hectic activity for the last couple of lages of 75 districts. The Chief Minister also agement and BJP government is responsible both admin- "Our efforts to trace them have zero". weeks. The focus is to contain the ordered the health department istratively and morally," Yadav said, adding that such irre- failed so far and we have kept the body According to official sources, "early Monday On March 16, 2021 alert BSF jawans had spread of the infections in rural to complete preparations for the sponsible government is of no use to people. in the hospital mortuary. IANS morning Pakistani rangers stationed at one of killed a Pakistani intruder in the same sector areas."We have to protect vil- successful implementation of the Pak post 'Tipu' and 'Hussain' fired around after he refused to retrieve inside the Pak ter- lages from Covid infection at this large testing drive which 20 rounds of small weapons targeting the ritory and kept advancing towards the Indian any cost. There is a need for spe- will begin from Tuesday. working party of BOP Majra near mount no 8/36 side. cial vigilance in the villages. In "We are hoping that the vil- $$ 0<= pillar no 81". In response, BSF jawans exercised Several aeroplane shaped balloons with PIA such a situation, a massive cam- lagers will recognize the bene- utmost restraint but maintained a close watch written on it were also recovered from agricul- paign of Covid testing should be fits of getting tested to help on the activities of the Pak rangers. tural fields in the Hiranagar, Arnia and RS Pura conducted in all the 97,409 reduce the spread of the virus,"     1.49 per cent. while the infected cases went up After gathering inputs and making prelim- sectors of Jammu frontier. revenue villages of the state", he said a government With 78 fresh deaths, the by 2624 to trigger a jump in the inary assessment of the ground Meanwhile, local villagers in the border directed. The initiative starting spokesman. n a relief to the health author- Covid-19 toll in Mumbai infections from 6,55,997 to situation, PRO BSF, DIG SPS Sandhu, Jammu areas were living peacefully for the last two from May 4, aims to drive Yogi Adityanath asked the Iities, the number of Covid 19- increased from 13,294 to 13,372, 6,58,621. frontier in a formal statement claimed, "Pakistani months and focusing on harvesting their wheat down Covid-19 rates and trans- officials to seek help from the triggered deaths in Maharashtra rangerscrops standing in the fields. mission in the rural areas by monitoring committees. Those dropped further to 567 on resorted to 'unprovoked' firing at 06:15 a.m in Local civilians bore the maximum brunt of identifying positive cases. who are found unwell or those Monday, while the state logged Ramgarh sector on BSF patrolling party ahead cross border firing in the past and were lead- The Chief Minister has who tested positive, should be 48,621 new infections.  +  !     of fencing." No loss of life/injury was reported, ing peaceful lives since the past more than two asked the officials to make all given treatment according to A day after the state record- he added. months in the forward areas. the necessary preparations. Covid medical protocols.IANS ed 669 deaths and 56,647 new !  
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The Anna Makkal Munnetra the state witnessed 802 deaths Municipal Commissioner I S nearly 44000 per day,” Chahal Jammu: The Union Territory 3733 new positive cases1294 TEdappadi Palaniswami sub- began late Sunday evening and Kazhakam launched by TTV on May 1 and 669 deaths on Chahal on Monday appealed said. of Jammu & Kashmir on were reported from Jammu mitted his Government’s res- continued throughout Monday Dhinakaran and the Makkal May 2. With 567 new deaths, to the citizens in the city to “It has been observed that Monday recorded 51 deaths, division and 2439 from ignation to Governor with bureaucrats and police Neethi Maiam, launched by the total number of deaths in the come forward to get tested so the testing figures have fallen highest so far in one single day Kashmir division. Banwarilal Purohit on Monday officials calling on Stalin at his film actor Kamal Hassan failed state climbed from 70,284 to that “a minimum of 40,000 in last few days from 50,000 while 3,733 new cases of coro- The death toll due to morning as a follow up to the palatial residence many times. to win at least one seat from the 70851. Similarly, with 48,621 tests are done every day” in the plus to 38000 day before & navirus tested positive taking Covid 19 touched 2421 after 35 Election Commission of India In the 234 strong State. Both Dhinakaran and infections, the total number of country’s commercial capital. 28,000 yesterday. It’s likely to the tally of active positive cases deaths were reported from declaring the results of the Legislative Assembly, the DMK Haassan were defeated in the cases rose from 47,22,401 to In an appeal made on a fall further during weekends,” closer to 35,000 cases. Jammu division and 16 from Legislative Assembly election would have 133 members while hustings. 47,71,022. day when the number of daily the civic chief said in the According to a media bul- Kashmir division. held on April 6. the AIADMK with 66 mem- Sixty eight year old Stalin As 59,500 patients were Covid-19 tests dropped to morning. letin, only 11 Covid ICU beds Moreover, 1536 more M K Stalin, president of the bers would don the role of the would be the oldest person to discharged from the hospitals 23,542 as against 56,000 tests As per the Covid-19 have been left vacant in GMC, Covid-19 patients have recov- DMK, who led his party as well principal opposition party. be sworn in as Choef Minister. across the state after full recov- done in a single day the update released by the Jammu, four in Chest Diseases ered and discharged from var- as the Secular Front to an The Indian National His predecessor Edappadi ery, the total number of people metropolis last month, Chahal Birhanmumbai Municipal Hospital, 20 in Gandhi Nagar ious hospitals including 626 impressive win in the election Congress, the principal ally of Planiswamy was 63 when he discharged from the hospitals said: “It has been the consistent Corporation (BMC), the num- hospital, three in ASCOMS from Jammu Division and 910 would be sworn in as the next the DMK, won 18 of the 25 took oath of office as chief min- since the second week of March policy of MCGM to do maxi- ber of Covid-19 tests done on Hospital. The situation in from Kashmir Division. Chief Minister on Friday. The seats it contested, while the two ister in 2017, while M last year went up to 40,41,158. mum testing to flush out a single day dropped to 23,542 Srinagar is no different. As per Both the capital cities of newly elected MLAs of the Communist parties shared two Karunanidhi, Stalin’s father The recovery rate in the state for Corona virus from Mumbai’s on Monday. the media bulletin, only 1 Srinagar and Jammu continue DMK are meeting at the party seats each. The VCK, a Dalit had become the chief minister the first time in several days rose environment”. “Our aggressive testing Covid ICU bed was vacant in to record the highest tally of headquarters in Chennai on outfit, managed to win four at the age of 45. K Kamaraj was from 84.31 per cent to 84.7 per “Our highest single day policy has resulted in reduc- SMHS hospital in Srinagar, 2 in positive cases despite observing Tuesday to formally elect Stalin seats. The DMK will not 57 when he was sworn as chief cent. testing from March 2020 till tion of the positivity rate. This SKIMS, Soura. corona curfew. On Monday, as the leader of the legislative include any of the allies in its minister while C N Annadurai, The total “active cases” in 10th Feb 10, 2021 when sec- might have reduced the natural Meanwhile, there has been Srinagar recorded 1136 cases assembly. Stalin had told media government as the party com- the first DMK chief minister the state dropped from 6,68,353 ond pandemic wave hit demand for home collection of no let up in the total number taking the tally of active posi- persons late Sunday evening mands a safe and secure was 60 when he became the to 6,56,870 cases. The fatality Mumbai was 24,500,” the civic swabs by our citizens in the last of new cases. On May 3 out of tive cases to 10,143. 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But why did ber (say 259 or 1,379) he will zero our ancestors could con- towards the end of the 18th and so on in medicine, Civilisation in China’ Needham China’s progress in science write it from left to right. This ceive of astronomically large century AD during the Anglo- Edmond Halley and so on in posed the problem, known as +)$567 4* 76 and technology stop there- indicates that these numbers numbers. Thus, 1,000 had Mysore wars, and that too, astronomy, James Hutton in “Needham’s grand question”, in after? According to Needham were taken from a language three zeros after one. If we add from a traditional physician Geology, Linnaeus, Buffon, respect of China, but which it could have been the which is written from left to two more zeros we get one lakh who lived near Pune. and Darwin in biology, and so applies equally to India. Confucian philosophy, which right. And now it is accepted and so on. The harbour at Lothal in on. No doubt we produced CV The question is this: Why was incompatible with scien- universally that the decimal Aryabhatta, who reputed- Gujarat, which is regarded as Raman, Srinivasa Ramanujan, did China (and India), which tific development, which was system and the number zero, ly lived in the 5th Century AD quite modern in its construc- Chandrashekhar, S Bose and so were far ahead of Western responsible for this. But is this was invented in India. worked on quadratic equa- tion, was built around 5,000 on but these are just a handful countries in science and tech- explanation not superficial? The importance of zero tions, the binomial theorem years ago, and is regarded as What happened that made nology at one time, later fell As for India, it was far can be understood by consid- and calculated the value of pie part of the Indus valley civili- in the history of India the behind, did not have an indus- ahead of the West in ancient ering the following: The M for 1,000 (or millennium). to a fairly accurate degree. He sation. Why, then, did we fall development of science and trial revolution, became back- times. Indians invented the ancient Romans built a great There was no alphabet express- also made significant contribu- behind the West? Why did we technology less important ward and consequently victims decimal system in mathemat- civilisation of Caesar and ing a number greater than tions to astronomy, being per- not have an industrial revolu- (after the great burst of scien- of imperialism and colonisa- ics, which was one of the rev- Augustus. But if we were to ask 1,000. 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COVID-related relief materials, that goods are meant for free India’s single day COVID *%4$%  quity benchmark Sensex per cent. The Finance Ministry in a including Remdesivir injec- distribution for Covid relief. infections had crossed a record Estaged a smart recovery “Domestic equities recov- statement said the government tion and its APIs, Inflammatory After imports, the 4 lakh mark last week. On     residential sales concluded from the day’s low to end with ered sharply from day’s low had received a number of rep- diagnostic (markers) kits, med- importer shall produce, to the Monday, 3.68 lakh new infec- in the same month, while 93 marginal losses on Monday, despite weak global cues. While resentations from charitable ical grade oxygen, oxygen ther- Deputy or Assistant tions and 3,417 deaths were he second wave of Covid- per cent of the registrations propped up by robust buying in growing uncertainties about organisations, corporate enti- apy related equipment such as Commissioner of Customs at reported. T19 and the rollback of the were from properties trans- FMCG and telecom counters. collection efficiency and asset ties, and other Associations/ oxygen concentrators, cryo- the port within a period of six Last week, the government stamp duty cut in acted between December Reliance Industries and quality of banks/NBFCs entities outside India seeking genic transport tanks, etc, and months from the date of slashed IGST rate on import of Maharashtra impacted the 2020 to March 2021 for which banking stocks accounted for dragged heavy weight finan- exemption from IGST on the Covid vaccines. importation or within such oxygen concentrators for per- housing sales in April, showed applicable stamp duties were most of the losses, while a cials, strong buying in FMCG import of Covid-19 relief mate- The IGST exemption given extended sonal use to 12 per cent, from a report by Knight Frank paid during the lower rate rebounding rupee also provid- and Metals supported recovery rial, donated/received free of on Monday would be subject to period not exceeding nine 28 per cent, for two months till India. window, it said. ed support, traders said. in markets,” said Binod Modi, cost from outside India for free nodal authorities, appointed months, a statement containing June 30. The report noted that The Maharashtra state After plunging over 750 Head Strategy at Reliance distribution. by the state governments, details of goods imported and Under Goods and Services Mumbai recorded upwards of government in December points in early trade, the 30- Securities. “Accordingly, the Central authorising any entity, relief distributed free of cost. Tax (GST), the tax levied on 10,000 residential property 2020 had given a leeway of share BSE index made a U-turn While persistent rise in Government has ... 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Moreover, hares were higher in Europe he rupee rose by 14 paise to percentage points (pp) on aver- cases,” Crisil said. duction in line with a further increased at the slowest rates assumption of 4.4 per cent, excess cash used for delever- Son Monday after a retreat in Tclose nearly one-month age in the week ending May 2, Furthermore, it said that improvement in demand. since last August due to an though. aging across sectors will result Asia, where some markets high of 73.95 against the US while workplace mobility Covid-19’s second wave is clos- Consequently, the head- intensification of the Covid-19 The service-oriented sec- in higher operating leverage including those in Tokyo and dollar on Monday following slowed 7.1 pp. ing in on rural India. line seasonally adjusted IHS crisis, there was a faster upturn tor is the worst hit so far when supporting the overall credit Shanghai were closed for hol- losses in the American cur- Besides, toll collection “The share of predomi- Markit India Manufacturing in international orders,” the it comes to supply-side dis- profile of corporates, the idays. London was also closed rency in the global markets. through electronic mode nantly rural districts in new Purchasing Managers’ Index report said. ruption from the second wave agency noted. for the May Day holiday. A fall in crude oil prices declined 2 per cent on-week. cases in April was 30 per cent (PMI) inched up from 55.4 “Moreover, quantities of of the pandemic, the report But sectors like pharma, Hong Kong and Seoul and positive economic data Similarly, Goods and up from 21 per cent in March. (index reading) in March to purchases expanded at one of said on Monday, adding this chemicals, cement and steel declined while Paris and helped the local unit pare early Services Tax e-way bill collec- This is still lower than the peak 55.5 in April. the strongest rates seen for over has pushed back their recovery may witness some capex on Frankfurt advanced. US futures losses. tion (volume) declined 6.9 per reached in the first wave (at 40 The PMI ranges between 0 nine years as firms sought to beyond the current fiscal. account of higher liquidity were higher. The rupee had opened cent on-week for week ending per cent in August 2020).” and 100, with a reading above boost their inventories.” While FY22 is likely to be cushion with them, it added. Oil prices were mixed and lower at 74.25 and hit the day’s April 25. “Further, daily vaccina- 50 indicating an overall Furthermore, survey par- better than FY20 for most of Lower revenue growth is the yield on the 10-year low of 74.33 later in line with Lately, India’s crushing sec- tions are slowing as vaccine increase compared to the pre- ticipants signalled a steep the sectors due to an improve- likely to test the credit profile Treasury note was steady at early losses in the domestic ond Covid-19 wave has been supplies are choked. They vious month. increase in input costs, the ment in revenue benefitting in FY23 due to the moderation 1.62 per cent. equities. making new peaks with every dropped from 1,992 per million Besides, the report said quickest since July 2014, and largely from elevated prices in consumption and invest- Markets have mostly The local unit, however, passing day, as daily cases near in the week prior to 1,585 per consumer goods sector was upward revisions to selling and pent-up demand resulting ment demand outlook and climbed in recent weeks as pared its losses in afternoon the 4 lakh plus level. million on average, in the week the strongest-performing cate- prices. in higher volume growth, smoothening out of supply investors remain optimistic trade on the back of dollar sale “If it was any consolation ending May 02. This is the third gory, followed by capital goods “The rate of charge infla- volatile commodity prices chain issues, and the conse- that the pandemic is slowly and by exporters, positive manu- amid the steep rise in daily straight week that daily vacci- and then intermediate goods. tion climbed to the highest in along with interest rates rever- quent possible moderation in steadily coming to a close, at facturing data and a recovery cases and deaths, growth in nations have declined.” “While output and sales seven-and-a-half years.” sal and the rupee fall are like- prices, the rating agency said. least in the United States. in stock indices. $  ! J>    +*   % '') * +! #( (4&    ! (1I10 ! F   H4)( )" #(- +  ( 8*6* 5!/*  ."/ "# ,/   '  . (       Sankar was (=(=/(09$*   Ministry of Information & Executive Director of the )
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In March this year he came ment of B P Kanungo on April “In pursuance with the With regard to sugar cent, the Centre for Monitoring but I can see stress on the 1,000-bed hospital for the treat- A bench of Chief Justice D across several hoardings across 2. Government of India notifica- exports, mills have contracted Indian Economy (CMIE) said employment front,” Vyas said. ment of patients in some of the N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Delhi advertising the alcoholic The other three deputy tion dated May 3, 2021, T for shipments of 5.4 to 5.5 mil- on Monday. What is likely to happen worst-affected States. State Singh issued notice to the beverage of Pegasi and filed a governors are Michael D Patra, Rabi Sankar took over as the lion tonne so far. Out of which, The situation on the is that unemployment can Bank of India (SBI) has allo- Government of National complaint with the Advertising who heads the all-important Deputy Governor of Reserve 3.5 million tonne has been employment front is expected remain at high levels, he said, cated 71 crore to undertake Capital Territory of Delhi, the Standard Council of India monetary policy department; Bank of India today for a peri- exported, while another 1 mil- to continue to remain chal- adding that the labour force various support initiatives to New Delhi Municipal Council (ASCI) regarding the same. Mukesh Kumar Jain, the com- od of three years or until fur- lion tonne is expected to be lenging going forward as well, participation rate can also fall. combat the second wave of (NDMC) and the beer manu- He also filed an application mercial banker-turned-central ther orders, whichever is ear- done by this month, it said. CMIE’s managing director and “In worst situation, both can Covid-19, SBI said in a release. facturer - Pegasi Spirits - seek- under the Right to Information banker; and Rajeshwar Rao. lier,” the RBI said. On ethanol, Indian Sugar Mills chief executive Mahesh Vyas happen,” Vyas added. The State-owned lender ing their stand on the plea by Act seeking details with regard Association (ISMA) said mills said. He, however, said that the has allocated 30 crore for a a lawyer. to any sanction or permission have supplied 117.72 crore litres “In the month of April, situation right now is not as makeshift hospital while 21 Advocate Dhruv Chawla, given by NDMC to put up the of ethanol to oil marketing compared to March, we have dire as the one witnessed in the crore will be used to support in his plea, has said that the hoardings. companies till April 19 of this lost 75 lakh jobs. That is what first lockdown, when the initiatives such as procure- year against the total contract- has caused the jump in the unemployment rate had ment of life-saving healthcare ed quantity of 302.53 crore unemployment rate,” he told touched up to 24 per cent lev- equipment, oxygen supply to litres, it added. Releasing updat- PTI. els. hospitals, Covid-care centres, ed production figures, ISMA The national unemploy- The country is reporting ambulances, PPE kits, masks as said mills across the country ment rate touched 7.97 per cent around 4 lakh new infections a well as food relief efforts. have produced 29.91 million as per the centre’s proprietary day and over 3,000 deaths. In Besides, 0 crore will be used tonne of sugar during the Oct- data, with urban areas wit- an address to the nation last to supplement government’s April period of the 2020-21 nessing higher stress at 9.78 per month, Prime Minister effort in genome sequencing, marketing season (Oct-Sept). cent and rural joblessness at Narendra Modi had advised and 10 crore will be ear- ISMA has estimated sugar 7.13 per cent. states to look at lockdowns as marked to collaborate with production to be 30.2 million The national unemploy- a last resort, because of its on-ground NGOs to address tonne in the 2020-21 market- ment rate had stood at 6.50 per impact on economic activity. the community needs, SBI said. ing season, higher than 27.42 cent in March, and the number million tonne achieved in the on both rural and urban front previous season. As per was lower. the ISMA data, Sugar produc- The second wave of the tion in Uttar Pradesh, the COVID-19 pandemic has led country’s largest sugar-pro- to a slew of pockets going ducing state, remained slight- ly lower at 10.56 million tonne till April of this year, as against 11.65 million tonne in the year-ago period. Whereas the output in Maharashtra, the country’s sec- ond-largest sugar producer, rose substantially to 10.56 mil- lion tonne from 6.09 million tonne in the said period. Similarly, output in Karnataka, the country’s third-largest sugar-producing state, rose to 4.16 million tonne till April of this year as against 3.38 million tonne in the year-ago period. Most mills in these key pro- ducing states are expected to close their operations in the next fortnight or so.  *!+ ;  !#$ %  % &'(') $0  *  ,- * .  / . .0   1 2  0    0    
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