• Abstract and Figures
• Public Full-text

./ B ! )#*'-#(C ! %!(-#(C !C SIDI‚SrtVUU@IB!&!!"&#S@B9I‚V69P99I !%! %! ' 2-.&:A>7 (--(0 3(14$ (12#* * =!(  "  "" = ;" "     : ::"       "  NEE"  G :" ""    :E ; D  $-C91) 982 D!" !#!%!)#*   !   @!,9,:D:,,                  
R
! 56 tions, the Left-Congress in Nandigram could be differ- "#    alliance had won 77 seats and ent from what it was in the rest    '   5 were defeated in 70 other seats of Bengal. She said, “I think $   . 7 899 by narrow margins of 150 to there is a conspiracy… they did      tion on the issue saying her pri- :; 7 <6 4,000 votes. something to ensure my defeat ority was to fight the pandemic 
%  .7 9 The only unpleasant news … first they declared that I was peaking to the media on her and save the people of her State. " 9 in the jubilant TMC camp was winning and then they said that Sparty’s hat-trick in Bengal She said “I salute my nation,      the Bengal Chief Minister’s the server was down and then Assembly elections, Chief I salute my voters. voting percentage and number loss to her former colleague I was told that I had lost by a Minister Mamata Banerjee on rinamool Congress’ elec- of seats compared with its per- and BJP rival Suvendu narrow margin… I think a Sunday said that the two high Ttoral “Khela” in Bengal formance in 2016. Adhikari who clinched the game was played there in the- points of her party’s victory were: ended with the Mamata Challenger BJP, which was Nandigram seat defeating the last round of countings … I will “it belongs to the people of Banerjee-led TMC on Sunday expecting to form the Trinamool supremo by a wafer- go to the court challenging the- Bengal and it saved India and its registering a landslide victory Government with200-plus thin margin of 1953 votes. counting process.” democracy,” dropping sufficient for the third time in-a-row win- seats, ended up winning just 70 The TMC has asked for a However, late on Sunday hints that she would now turn ning 218 seats out of 289 that seats while the Left-Congress- recount. night the Election Commission towards Delhi bracing for the went to the longest-ever ISF alliance came at the distant Mamata, however, smelled of India rejected Mamata’s alle- 2024 general elections. Assembly elections in the State. third with one seat. a rat in the entire proceedings gation of conspiracy against her She, however, evaded a ques- TMC surpassed both its Curiously in 2016 elec- wondering whether the trend in Nandigram.  ! Q   %   &'    
 

    member Vasanth Kumar of "  &   the Congress saw the latter’s  R $ %  & fter being in the  5 son establishing a commanding    AOpposition for ten years . 7 915 lead over his rival Pon since 2011, the DMK succeed-  . 7 <> Radhakrishnan of the BJP.    Mani C Kappen, who walked ongress’s Assam president  5 ed in wresting power in Tamil " ? Radhakrishnan’s dreams of  out of the LDF over the front’s CRipun Bora resigned on :; 7 <1 Nadu by scoring an impressive making it to Lok Sabha has or the first time since 1977,  5 refusal to part with the Pala Sunday after the party's defeat 7 12 win in the Assembly election. been vaporised by 6.30 pm FKerala electorate voted back = 69 constituency, defeated Jose in the state elections. " 9 At the time of going to anything to do itself as the lead of Vijay to power a ruling front by = 56 Mani by a big margin of 11,000 Taking responsibility, the Press, the DMK led alliance with the Vasanth, son of late Vasanth returning to power Chief min-  9 votes. Rajya Sabha MP sent the res- was leading in 159 out of the Hindutva party. Kumar, crossed the 1.11 lakh ister Pinarayi Vijayan and his " 6 Vijayan has succeeded ignation letter to Congress total 234 Assembly con- Edappadi and his mark. Counting is progressing LDF and leaving the leadership where Marxist titans like EMS president Sonia Gandhi. the Gohpur seat and lost by stituencies in Tamil Nadu. The deputy Panneerselvam in a slow pace and there is no of the Congress red-faced and Namboodirippadu, EK “I do hereby tender my res- 29,294 votes against BJP's sit- AIADMK-led front that antagonised the followers of possibility of Radhakrishnan the BJP with a big zero. Interestingly, KT Jaleel, Nayanar and VS ignation from the post of pres- ting MLA Utpal Borah, said he includes the BJP, the PMK, and Jayalalithaa by aligning with the snatching the lead from Vijay The CPI(M)-led LDF won Minister for Higher Education Achuthanandan failed to return ident, Assam Pradesh Congress did the best to revive the party the Tamil Manila Congress is BJP,” Sam Rajappa told The Vasanth. 99 out of the 140 seats to (who was also the former chief to power for a second consec- Committee owing to the during the last four years as leading in 75 constituencies. Pioneer. The DMK has absolute which election was held on of SIMI) who had to resign utive term. Even Congress responsibility of the humiliat- president of the Assam unit Political commentators like Stalin thanked the voters majority of its own and does April 6 and the counting of from the Government follow- leaders too had failed in achiev- ing defeat of my party in the despite all the odds. Sam Rajappa said the through his social media plat- not need any help from the votes was taken up on Sunday. ing strictures by Lok Ayukta, ing this rare distinction in the Assam Assembly Election 2021. “However, I pledge to con- AIADMK aligning with the form and has not come out of constituents in the front that The Congress-led-UDF which won from Thavanur con- State. “Madam, I am extremely tinue my fight as a dedicated BJP has not gone down well his residence. include the Congress, the was hoping to wrest power stituency. The notable feature “This is a victory of the saddened and disheartened to Congressman to uphold the with the people of Tamil Nadu “He is likely to make his CPI(M), the CPI, VCK, and from the LDF had to content was the defeat of Mercykutty, people of the State. They want- inform you that despite my ideology and values of Indian and this is being seen as the first public announcement after fringe parties like MMK and with just 41 seats. the fisheries minister in the ed the continuation of the immense hard work we were National Congress. Madam, I main reason for the party’s the ECI declares all results Muslim League. Many Congress leaders, outgoing Government, from good works being done by this unable to combat the divisive shall be ever grateful to you for debacle. from the State,” said a close A section of political com- including K Muraleedharan Kundara in Kollam district. Government and that is why and communal politics played assigning me with such a great “Jayalalithaa after her expe- aide. mentators had opined in the MP, his sister Padmaja Equally shocking was the defeat they chose to elect us back to by the BJP and RSS,” Bora said responsibility of President, riences in 1998 and 2004 had The bye-election to Lok run up to the polls that Tamil Venugopal and VT Balram fell of Jose K Mani, son of late KM power,” Vijayan told the the in the letter. Assam PCC to serve my party,” dumped the BJP and had Sabha held at Kanyakumari fol- Nadu is likely to see a hung by the wayside. Mani, in his home turf of Pala. media in Kannur. Bora, who contested from he added. vowed that she would have lowing the demise of sitting Assembly.

     and his close aide KC  
  Venugopal also comes from the he Congress has once again          same State.    Tsuffered major setbacks, “Both in Tamil Nadu and    faring poorly in all the States Kerala, the party should have he AINRC-led NDA has  5 and drawing a blank in West Former Congress presi- ing camp told The Pioneer that ularly those of Assam and the ground. We will continue to given task to other senior lead- Tcaptured power in  9> Bengal. The party was expect- dent Rahul Gandhi who cam- Rahul will have to do a rethink Kerala where Rahul and his sib- fight for our values and ideals. ers rather than just preparing Puducherry by winning 16   @ ed to grab power in Kerala but paigned in all the five States on strategy and form a new ling Priyanka Gandhi cam- Jai Hind,” Rahul tweeted. a list of star campaigners from Assembly seats. " > it ended way behind the completely ignored disgruntled team as he can’t keep on los- paigned extensively are not on After Rahul side-lined all which many of them were not The Congress-led front incumbent LDF. In Assam also leaders and relied extensively ing elections after elections expected lines. senior leaders like Azad, Anand given a single meeting,” con- emerged victorious in 8 con- its performance was dismal. on his own trusted lieutenants. and expect us to keep our Rahul said the party Sharma, Kapil Sibal, etc, senior fided a leader. stituencies and the indepen- Leaders like Ghulam Nabi mouths shut. humbly accepts the people’s party leader Tariq Anwar was The crucial election in dents in 6. Rangasamy Azad who had wide knowledge “The party lost all the mandate and it will continue to given a rehabilitation task in Assam was handled by AINRC chief and former cheers as he of Tamil Nadu politics were not Assembly elections except in fight for its values and ideals. Kerala after he came back from Chhatisgarh Chief Minister Chief Minister N Rangasamy annexed the seat with a margin even consulted, leave aside Tamil Nadu where the party is “We humbly accept the people’s NCP, and he managed the poll. Bhupesh Baghel and former triumphed in Thattanchavady of 5,456 votes over his imme- asked to undertake a cam- a junior partner to the DMK,” mandate. Sincere gratitude to The Kerala loss is a per- Union Minister Jitendra Singh constituency and wrested the diate CPI rival K Sethu alias paign. the leader said. He pointed out our workers and the millions of sonal setback to Rahul who is who had roped in a PR agency seat from DMK. Rangasamy Sethu Selvam. A leader from the dissent- that the election results partic- people who supported us on an MP from Wayanad there to manage the poll. aspired for annexing two seg- A Namassivayam of BJP ments — Thattanchavady and emerged victorious from Yanam — in the April 6 polls. Mannadipet constituency after However, his move to get defeating his DMK rival A (& 
   (* 
!  elected from Yanam seemed to Krishnan. be a far cry to him as the Namassivayam, who shift- Independent candidate ed his allegiance to the saffron        services of final year MBBS and The PMO said, “The strat- accomplished through PSUs Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok party in January this year after nursing students in Covid duty. egy being used is to identify or private industries operating backed by the Congress turned quitting the Congress, con-         According to sources, medical industrial units which pro- the plant & co-ordination of out to be a formidable rival. tested the April 6 poll from personnel on Covid-19 duty duce gaseous oxygen of requi- centre & state. The Thattanchavady seg- Mannadipet seat as BJP nom-    dents of MBBS, to help India will be given preference in site purity, shortlist those which ment in Puducherry brought inee. battle coronavirus crisis amid Government recruitment as are closer to cities/dense rime Minister Narendra a shortage of healthcare staff. well as a financial incentive. areas/demand centres and  +#, PModi on Sunday held a Sources said the The meeting also discussed establish temporary Covid care high-level review meeting of Government may delay the tapping for medical use gaseous centres with oxygenated beds ---       experts and officials to discuss National Eligibility cum oxygen produced by indus- near that source. A pilot for 5 among other things the possi- Entrance Test and incentivising tries like steel plants, refineries such facilities had already been + :!BB!99!@8: bility of usage of gaseous oxy- MBBS pass-outs studying for it with petrochemical units, initiated and there is good gen for medical purpose and to join Covid duty. The industries using rich combus- progress on this. This is being ;<@!=9!=BA?        conversion of nitrogen plants to Government may also use the tion process, power plants etc.  +,!:A!=B=;<@!98:? oxygen plants to ramp up the O
  !"#$       nose to their sworn enemy and Minister’s post. Subsequent oxygen supply in the country.  %&"$(() P+  + :!>,!>:!A,9 it was a moment to rejoice for events showed that apart from The meeting reportedly ;<,!8B!AA,? n April 5, addressing a them. a hand-holding coming togeth- discussed inviting medical stu-   
 , -..$/- 0% Orally in Debanandapur in But to see Mamata’s Bengal er of Opposition parties in dents, including final-year stu- +@7!::!@=9 Hooghly district, Trinamool victory as the beginning of a Bangalore, nothing ever hap- $%0- "2-- Congress supremo Mamata process of consolidation of the pened to coalesce the  -.+  A78!,,!79:;<=>!>78? Banerjee said, “I will win anti-BJP Opposition camp Opposition parties into a cohe-         
   Bengal with one leg and in the would be grossly misleading. sive force with a single unify- !" "# +:>!@A!88B;<@:!B=B? future, will get victory in Delhi When Rahul Gandhi-led ing political and economic O   P!  !"   with two legs.” Congress wrapped up the narrative. Instead of unity, the 
!" #$%& ! !!  %% P +:>!9:!A>=;<@8!8@@? The reference was to the Assembly polls of Madhya Opposition badly fell apart on   #'(!)# injury she suffered in one leg Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and the issue of the leadership and #  *#  +:@!:@!@>:;<@9!A=8? in Nandigram on March 10 Rajasthan in the 2018 Lok gave a complete walkover to fter the vindication of his   !%)
,
%% that left her wheelchair-bound. Sabha polls, a loud buzz was Narendra Modi. Aforecast that the BJP will ( !%#!
!   + ::!B7!B7>;<,9!@B7? Mamata has fulfilled her created that the Opposition Mamata has exhibited a not cross 100-mark in Bengal he Delhi Government on #-.  '!* first vow by registering a could accept Rahul as the gen- clear ambition to take on Modi elections, polls strategist TSunday released the list of  !O.
 resounding victory. But despite uine claimant for the Prime at the national level. Her two- Prashant Kishore dropped a Covid-19 vaccination centres "     !(*  the excitement her landslide leg remark is a clear expression bombshell on Sunday as he for the people between 18-44 ! %#'!  win generated in the of this desire. Her letter to the announced that he was done years. These inoculation cen- )!0%120 Opposition camp, it would be Opposition leaders ahead of and “quitting this space”. tres have been set up on the # %) !*!0! naïve to think she could the second phase of the West “I have been thinking of premises of 77 Delhi L!'M- emerge as an acceptable face Bengal polls is being seen as a quitting for too long and was Government schools situated for the Opposition ahead of the clear indication that she would looking for an opportunity, in 11 districts of Delhi. official said.    2024 Lok Sabha polls. like to play a dominant role in Bengal gave me that chance,” he “The Government schools Chief Minister Arvind Not much should be seen unifying the opposition. In her told a TV channel. Sources said in Delhi are being prepared for Kejriwal on Saturday had 45  5 in the warm greetings extend- letter, addressed to the major- Kishore may go back to Bihar a vaccination drive scheduled informed that large-scale vac- .0&% .+ ( ! ed to her by the entire spec- ity of the Opposition parties and float a political party. to begin on Monday, schools cination against Covid-19 for  !%#!
! #0 trum of the Opposition - except the Left, Mamata asked “We went through hell. are being converted into vac- people between 18 and 44 !%
!( Sharad Pawar, Lalu Prasad, them to unite against the BJP’s The Election Commission was cination centres in Delhi so that years will start from Monday. "   # ( Akhilesh Yadav, Omar “one-party authoritarian the blatantly partial and made our even if a lot of people show up The Government official )',%#'  Abdullah, Sanjay Raut, rule” and proposing that they campaign difficult... to get their jabbed, the trans- also said that preparations for !*%%.5- Mehbooba Mufti. After all, 
      chart a plan of action after the Modi’s popularity won’t mean mission of the disease is cur- the vaccination drive are !!0' # !) Mamata has given a bloody   ongoing polls. BJP will win all elections,” he tailed,” a Delhi Government underway. )!# 6 !#)"- said.     


 

 

 "*    +,-     
        (     
   advised all the colleges and uni- went ahead and organised the versities including Law College    event,” the police official said. aw College Dehradun Dehradun to organise mock Based on a complaint of LNational Moot Court trial of district level courts. aryana Police has regis- the assistant sub-inspector, a    tial surge in the COVID-19 the state’s health bulletin. A day Competition concluded on Additional solicitor gener- Htered a case against case was registered against cases for which State before, the state had recorded Sunday with former chief jus- al of India, Aishwarya Bhati Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Tikait and 12 other farmer mid a sharp surge in Government has imposed com- 125 deaths and 13588 cases. tice of India, KG Balakrishnan stated that latest technologies of Rakesh Tikait and 12 others for leaders. ACOVID-19 cases, Haryana plete lockdown till May 9. In the last 24 hours, 16 as the presiding judge during legal research have brought a violating prohibitory orders. “They violated the orders Government on Sunday Those exempted from the deaths each were reported in the final round and chief guest paradigm change in the work- Tikait and some other under Section 144 as well as the announced imposition of a lockdown restrictions include Hisar and Karnal, 14 each in in the valedictory session. ing of legal profession, making BKU leaders had addressed the orders duly promulgated by the week-long lockdown in the people tasked with law and Rohtak and Fatehabad, 11 in Aarav, Lolita and Aniket it more interesting and chal- 'Kisan Mazdoor Maha public servant (district magis- entire state beginning May 3. order, emergencies and munic- Bhiwani, 10 in Ambala, nine from the School of Law, Christ lenging. Panchayat' in Dhurali village trate) under Section 188 of the The Chief Minister ipal services, duties including each in Gurugram, Panipat, and University, Bengaluru were The organisers informed near Ambala Cantonment on IPC. The other provisions of Manohar Lal on Sunday said that Executive Magistrates, Police Ambala, seven each in Jind and declared winners while Kishan, that the competition was Saturday. Ratan Maan Singh, IPC added in the FIR include the State Government has decid- personnel, Military/ C.A.P.F. Faridabad, six in Sirsa, four each Ashish and Sakshi from the declared open at the national Baldev Singh and Jasmer Saini Section 269 (negligent act like- ed to impose a lockdown from personnel in uniform, health, in Panchkula and Kurukshetra, Central University of South level on March 1. During the are among the other 12 farmer ly to spread infection of disease May 3 to May 9 so as to contain electricity, fire, mediapersons five in Jhajjar, three each in Bihar, Patna were declared research, pleading and argu- two months participants com- leaders who have been booked dangerous to life) and 270 the spread of COVID-19. with accreditation and Kaithal, Yamunanagar and runners up. ments put forward by the final- peted at different levels after by the police. In view of a mas- (malignant act likely to spread Earlier, a weekend curfew Government machinery tasked Sonepat and two in Palwal. Speaking on the occasion, ists were no less than those pre- which 18 teams qualified for sive spike in COVID-19 cases, infection of disease dangerous was enforced in nine districts - with COVID-19 related duties. The worst affected Balakrishnan opined that legal sented by advocates. He the final round. the district magistrate had to life),” the police official said. - Gurugram, Faridabad, The massive surge in Gurugram district reported 3609 imposed Section 144, which While addressing the Panchkula, Sonipat, Rohtak, COVID-19 cases in Haryana has fresh infections. 1755 cases were bars assembly of four or more 'maha panchayat', Tikait had Karnal, Hisar, Sirsa and put huge pressure on the health reported in Faridabad, 934 in persons. A police official said reiterated that the agitation Fatehabad -- from 10 pm on infrastructure. Opposition party Sonepat, 879 in Hisar, 794 in !        that Assistant Sub-Inspector against the Centre's three farm Friday till 5 am on Monday. leaders have also expressed con- Panipat, 773 in Karnal, 638 in Chandi Singh had warned the laws will continue till the time The state on Sunday report- cern over the prevailing COVID Sirsa,583 in Mahendragarh, 525 BKU leaders not to hold the these legislations are repealed. ed the highest ever 145 fatalities situation in the state. The in Rohtak among others. 'maha panchayat' as Section He had also asked the in a single day and 13322 fresh Congress has also demanded an There were 1441 critical &    %  .&
  144 was enforced in the district. farmers to prepare themselves COVID-19 cases. all-party meeting to discuss the COVID patients in the state out “However, BKU leaders for a long battle. “During the lockdown, the current situation. of which 1238 were on oxygen   C. " last two months, which led to scrutinizing the assets of the residents must stay indoors. No support while 203 were on ven- the arrest of as many as 38 accused persons to establish person shall leave their homes or  :7=  ! tilators, the bulletin dopting a zero tolerance bootleggers. their network of financial shall move on foot or by vehicle :@@,,  stated. There were 39255 active Aapproach towards boot- The Police have seized flows. (  
 or travel or stand or roam Haryana reported the high- cases in Gurugram followed by legging, Punjab Police have 7,54,100 kg lahan, 4061.25 “Preliminary investigations around on any road or public est ever 145 fatalities in a single 12990 active cases in Faridabad. busted another illicit liquor litres illicit liquor, 57 working indicate that the accused per- places during the lockdown,” said day as 13322 fresh COVID-19 In the last 24 hours, record manufacturing unit with the stills, 1830 kg jaggery, 297 sons had established a sophis-
  &    an official spokesman. cases surfaced on Sunday. 10423 patients have recovered arrest of five persons during a drums, 78 tarpaulins, 43 gas ticated and semi-mechanized The spokesman said that the With this, the state’s cumu- from the virus taking the total raid at Boparai Khurd village cylinders, four water tanks, 62 scale of production of illicit government has also decided to lative tally reached 514888 and recoveries to 405132 in the state. in Lopoke (Amritsar) on the cans and six motorcycles in liquor, which is based on   ,0123  stop the procurement of wheat the death toll stood at 4486. Till date, more than 74.95 lakh intervening night of Saturday these seven operations since sourcing of raw materials like in all mandis or procurement The active cases jumped to samples have been tested in and Sunday. March 1. Amritsar Rural jaggery from within the village,    Minister said that about 1.1 centres in view of the exponen- 105270 in the state, according to Haryana, the bulletin stated. Those arrested have been Senior Superintendent of and is sustained by extensive crore people of the state fall identified as Sarwan Singh, Police (SSP) Dhruv Dahiya illicit distribution chains radi- aryana Health Minister between the age group of 18 to Angrez Singh, Sanjay, Avtar said that based on specific ating from outside the focal HAnil Vij on Sunday said 45 years. Singh and Resham Singh — all intelligence inputs and metic- ‘hot spot’ village,” he said. that the COVID-19 vaccination Registration for their vac-       residents of Boparai Khurd ulous recee at suspected loca- The SSP said that the of people aged between 18 and cination had started from April village in Lopoke. tions, the joint police teams Police is investigating the case 45 years has started in all dis- 28. A special COVID-19 vac- The Police have also recov- from Amritsar Rural carried from various angles and more tricts of the state. cination camp will be organised     ered 1,18,400 kg lahan (raw out a six hours long operation such illegal liquor making Vij said that free vaccina- at the MLA dispensary on material used for making in the area, which led to units are expected to be tion will be done at all gov- May 3 in which journalists can     Committee president Sunil food, some need medicine or liquor), 390 litres illicit liquor, unearthing of the large scale unearthed soon. ernment hospitals and get themselves vaccinated and   Jakhar. urgent medical help which our eight working stills, 94 drums illicit liquor manufacturing Meanwhile, the case has Vaccination Centres in the they have to just bring along Jakhar, during a virtual party-men have been directed (50 litres each), four gas cylin- unit. been registered under sections state. For this, 66 lakh doses of their aadhaar card.       meeting with leaders from to ensure immediately,” he said. ders, and 20 tarpaulins from Dahiya said that besides 61, 78 (2), 1 and 14 of the COVID vaccine have been Additional Chief Secretary,    across the State, stated that a Jakhar said that All India their possession. undertaking the detailed geo- Excise Act at Police Station sought and its first batch has Health, Rajeev Arora said that     dedicated control room would Youth Congress’s general sec- Notably, this is the seventh graphical mapping exercise of Lopoke and the process to been received. The vaccination 14,918 vaccine doses were also be launched at the party retary Amarpreet Singh Lalli such illegal liquor manufac- the production and supply forfeit the properties of the has been started at about 200 administered to the people of   office at Chandigarh on has been appointed state coor- turing unit busted by the chains of all illicit liquor units accused persons, as per the Centres across the state on 18-45 years age group across   Monday by the state Health dinator, and Punjab Youth Amritsar Rural Police in the busted so far, the Police is also legal provisions, is underway. Sunday, he said. The Health the state on Sunday. Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu. Congress general secretary    “We are passing through a Karambir Singh Bittu has been crisis situation and we all need appointed state co-coordinator xtending a helping hand to to help each other,” said Jakhar who will manage the helpline " '*! H*%)!
## Ethe people fighting against adding that the State task from the state office. The COVID-19, Punjab Congress Government is doing a com- control room will be opera-    a daily basis himself. Capt that there should be a cap on on Sunday set up a committee mendable task to ensure the tionalized from Monday, he    
  Amarinder should also hold what ambulances can charge to reach out to those in need best of medical help to the said. ppealing to the Punjabis to      regular meeting with the team from patients and their rela- and facilitate quick assistance, patients and it has also pro- Underlining that party Ago in for vaccination which has been given the tives. “SAD is ready to cooper- besides deciding to launch a vided ration kits to the needy. leader Rahul Gandhi had been against COVID-19, Shiromani       
! responsibility of combating the ate with the Government as it helpline. “The party cadres have forewarning the arrogant Modi Akali Dal (SAD) president pandemic, he added. has in the past but the govern- To ensure proactive help to also been doing everything to regime about the impending Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday  !  " Sukhbir also asked the ment must adopt a more proac- the people in combating severe complement state efforts to disaster, and the callous incom- asked Punjab Chief Minister Chief Minister to take imme- tive approach to mitigate the COVID-19 wave, a committee curb the virus spread. Our petence that has pushed the Capt Amarinder Singh to    diate action to ensure life-sav- sufferings of the people,” he has been constituted under cadres have been directed to whole country into a grim review the worsening pan- ing drugs are not black-mar- added. SAD chief added that as which the party leaders and ensure all possible help to the medical and health emergency, demic crisis directly with the that there is an extreme reluc- the age of 94 years,” he said keted in the state and people do he had earlier requested the workers have been mandated to needy in this hour of distress in Jakhar said, “Had the Centre Deputy Commissioners to tance on the part of the gener- while accusing the Punjab not suffer for want of oxygen Youth Akali Dal (YAD) to go in reach out to those in need and every manner possible. Some acted on Rahul Gandhi's ensure remedial measures were al populace to get vaccinated,” Government for delay in plac- and shortage of hospital beds. for Plasma donation, the party’s facilitate quick assistance, said families, whose all members are advice, the situation would not taken immediately. he said while appealing to the ing orders for the vaccines. “I am getting calls on this youth wing has created a Punjab Pradesh Congress infected with the virus, need have deteriorated like this.” At the same time, he also people to leave aside all mis- “Government should take issue on a daily basis. Life-sav- Plasma Bank. Appealing to the appealed to needy patients to givings and get themselves vac- required action to ensure avail- ing drugs, like Remedisvir, needy patients to avail of this avail the Plasma Bank facility cinated speedily. “Vaccination is ability of vaccines,” he added. which are worth Rs 1,000 are plasma facility, Sukhbir also initiated by the Youth Akali Dal the only way to tackle this SAD chief asked the Chief selling for Rs 30,000. People are appealed to the YAD to orga- H*(! (YAD). “During my earlier pandemic. Even former Chief Minister to take charge of the being charged Rs 10,000 to Rs nize langars in government tours of the state and interac- Minister Parkash Singh Badal situation and review the situa- 30,000 for short distances on hospitals for patients and their tion with people, I have realized had got himself vaccinated at tion in the worst-hit districts on ambulances,” he pointed adding attendants.
##%9@,??! 0 (       &         %50860@52        Covieshield vaccines with the NCR region patients heading aryana Chief Minister Serum Institute of India (SII). towards Punjab for treatment, HManohar Lal on Sunday unjab may soon initiate At the same time, the Chief the Chief Secretary said that the directed the officials concerned Pvaccinating its younger Secretary said that all the health outsider patients should also be to conduct daily auditing of population, between the age and frontline workers should treated equally in the state. oxygen in all hospitals of the group of 18-45. For, the State is be inoculated irrespective of Sharing the current state so that there is no short- expected to get 3,29,830 doses their age. COVID status in the state, he age of oxygen for any COVID- of anti-COVID vaccine before Mahajan, addressing the apprised the Chief Secretary 19 patient. long. Administrative Secretaries, that last week, on an average, The Chief Minister con- The information was given Deputy Commissioners, 6,532 cases were reported daily ducted a whirlwind tour of five to the state Chief Secretary Vini Commissioners of Police, with overall positivity rate of districts to take stock of health Mahajan by the state Principal Senior Superintendents of 11.7 percent, while the count arrangements made to tackle Secretary (Health and Family Police and Civil Surgeons of daily cases remained 2,896 the COVID-19 situation. He Welfare) Hussan Lal during a through video conferencing, during the first peak in the state visited districts namely high-level meeting to review directed all the Departments during September last year. Kurukshetra, Sonipat, Sirsa, the current COVID-19 situa- concerned to put in their best As many as 2,000 more Bhiwani and Gurugram and tion and vaccination status in efforts to break the chain of beds will be added to the exist- held a series of meetings with the State on Sunday. virus transmission, besides ing bed capacity of the senior officers of district “The State would get increasing the number of Government and private med- administrations. 3,29,830 doses of COVID vac- Level-2 and Level-3 beds to ical colleges and district hos- Khattar while presiding cine for launching Phase-III of provide the best possible care pitals in the State soon. over a review meeting of doc- vaccination drive soon,” said to serious COVID patients as tors and officials at BPS the required material ready that there should be no prob- every hospital should also be required. Lal adding that the Expert 14 of the total 22 districts have 809 MORE VENTILA- Medical College, Gohana in ahead of time by the District lem in the movement of food displayed on the notice boards The government has espe- Group, set up by the been showing more than 10 per TORS PROVIDED TO DIS- Sonipat district said that the Administration, for which nec- items due to the lockdown and in all the hospitals so that no cially managed the distribution Government for preparing vac- cent positivity rate. The Chief TRICTS state's oxygen quota has been essary directions have been the setting of containment patient visiting any hospital is of oxygen so that oxygen can cination strategy to 18-45 year Secretary reiterated that the increased to 257 MT and now, issued to the Deputy zones. In order to prevent exploited, he said. be rationally supplied to all age group, has also submitted work to set up two makeshift Taking another step the number of oxygen beds will Commissioners, he said. black marketing during this Khattar further said that a hospitals as per the prescribed its first report. Notably, the hospitals equipped with ICU towards facilitating the critical also be increased so that the During his visit to five dis- period, the Food and Supplies plan to set up a 10 MT con- quota. Not only this, but the third phase of the vaccination facilities exclusively for COVID COVID patients gasping for life COVID-19 patients can get tricts, he reviewed various Department should fix the tainer of oxygen in BPS government has also created a drive was slated to start from patients in Mohali and and in order to further ramp up treatment easily. health facilities including sup- rate of commodities and Khanpur is being made. special fund of Rs 500 crore to May 1, but the same was Bathinda has been taken up on the health facilities to conquer The Chief Minister said ply of oxygen and other facil- ensure a list of rates is dis- Along with this, medical oxy- provide financial assistance delayed as the State could not the war footing and they will be the devastating second virus that five oxygen plants will be ities being provided to the played outside all food shops, gen plant would also be set up for setting up medical instru- receive the vaccines for the made functional by the end of surge, the Punjab Government started in the state soon and COVID patients in these dis- he said. in the hospital soon. The oxy- ments and oxygen plants etc same. Also facing shortage for this month. Urging the private has provided 809 more venti- the equipment and machinery tricts and further directed the The Chief Minister said gen quota of the Sonipat dis- for the treatment of COVID- the ongoing vaccination drive, hospitals to participate in the lators to the districts. Besides, required for setting up these Administrative officers of these that the rate list of charges by trict has been increased to 13 19 patients, he said. targeting 45-plus population, fight against the pandemic the Chief Secretary has also plants have been received first- districts to gear up their the ambulances should be dis- MT, he added. This fund will also provide the State Government had more actively, the Chief directed all the Deputy ly for five districts namely arrangements to tackle the played in every hospital so that He said that the oxygen interest loans for a period of announced deferment of the Secretary ordered the DCs to Commissioners to install the Karnal, Panchkula, Hisar, Sirsa COVID-19 situation and fur- people do not face any problem quota in Kurukshetra district one year to any industry man- third phase. For the 18-plus extend every possible support new ventilators today itself and Faridabad. ther make efforts to contain the while paying them. With this, has also been increased from ufacturing equipments population, the State to increase bed capacity in the and ensure that not even a sin- For commissioning these virus spread. a rate list of oxygen beds, ven- 4 MT to 6 MT and this quota required for the treatment of Government had placed, on private hospitals. gle oxygen concentrator and oxygen plants, they will get all He directed the officers tilator beds, normal beds in can further be increased if COVID-19 patients, he added. April 26, an order for 30 lakh Taking note of Delhi and ventilator remain unutilized.

                                                                                                                                               !        "                                            #            $ % S                      '                "       (          

Q v‡rq hq ƒˆiyv†urq i’ 6wv‡ Tvuh s‚ hq ‚ iruhys ‚s 8H`F Q v‡rpu G‡q ƒˆiyv†urq h‡ Vvth‡r Brr hy Hrqvh Q‰‡ G‡q  %! Pyq Iru ˆ 8‚y‚’ Pƒƒ V‡‡h hxuhq Ehy Th†‡uh 9uh h€ƒˆ  9ru hqˆ!#' Qu)  "$!%&"  H‚i (#$$&&'& hq ƒ v‡rq h‡ 6€h Vwhyh Qˆiyvph‡v‚† G‡q Qy‚‡ I‚C ‡‚ C% Tryh„ˆv Dqˆ†‡ vhy 6 rh 9ru hqˆ V‡‡h hxuhq @qv‡‚ ) 8uhqh Hv‡ h 6DS TVS8C6SB@ ‚s Sr  @h†‡) 8hypˆ‡‡h Shpuv 7uˆihr†h  I‚ ‡u) Gru) Xr†‡) Hˆ€ihv 2 6u€rqhihq T‚ˆ‡u) 7hthy‚ r 2 8urhv 8r‡ hy ) Fuhwˆ hu‚ 9ryuv Pssvpr) I‚ % 7ruvq Bˆyhi 7uhh 7huhqˆ Tuhu ahsh Hh t Ir 9ryuv  ! Qu‚r)  # #$$ 8‚€€ˆvph‡v‚ Pssvpr) A"  Trp‡‚ % IPD96 Bhˆ‡h€ 7ˆqu Ihth ! "  VQ Qu‚r)  !#'&(' 2 #'&(( Gˆpx‚ Pssvpr) #‡u Ay‚‚  Thuh h Tu‚ƒƒvt 8r‡ r Ahv“hihq S‚hq Gˆpx‚!!%  % Uryrƒu‚r†) $!!!"#%##"#$     #     !"#$%       

%&  ' (( department also reported the ed the death of four patients at     death of 71 patients on Sunday Kailash hospital Dehradun,    2)3 %  which increased the death toll three each at Max hospital   to 2802 in the state. Dehradun and Prayas hospital )P The death rate now is 1.46 Sitarganj in Udham Singh Nagar   /    4! percent in Uttarakhand which district. Two patients each died ))#!    is higher than the national aver- at Swami Bhumanand hospital age. On Sunday 2935 patients Haridwar and HNB base hos-   + ',  (April 18 to 24) 26030 new he provisional capital of were discharged after their pital Srinagar on Sunday. -&, ./ cases and 246 deaths had )! 8I( 
! TUttarakhand is continuing recovery from the disease. The Dehradun district reported he extent of the surge in the occurred. to remain the hot spot in the recovery percentage has now 2580 new patients of Covid-19 Tnumber of patients and (#  The week ending on May   Regional nodal officers for ongoing second wave of Covid- further decreased and is 68.44 on Sunday while 628 patients fatalities from Covid-19 in  .(  1 also saw a dip in recovery rate oxygen and Remdesivir supply 19. The authorities reported a percent. were reported in Haridwar on Uttarakhand can be under-    as 19288 more new patients fter appointing senior IAS management for Garhwal and whopping 2,580 cases of the dis- Out of 71 deaths reported the day. Udham Singh Nagar stood from the fact that a total than recoveries were reported Aofficer Sachin Kurve as Kumaon regions respectively. ease on Sunday which is the on Sunday, 17 deaths were reported 567, Nainital 436, of 38551 new cases were reported in the state on March during this period. The num- state nodal officer for Oxygen Similarly PCS officer highest number of cases on any reported from Sushila Tiwari Tehri 248, Pauri 234, Chamoli reported in one single week 15 last year staggering 629 ber of active patients of the dis- supply and Remdesivir supply Arunendra Singh Chauhan single day. Apart from Government Hospital Haldwani 223, Rudraprayag 186, which ended on May 1. In this deaths with a very high posi- ease too crossed 50000 mark management recently the state was appointed as state nodal Dehradun the state is also con- while 13 patients died at Champawat 173, Uttarkashi week which is 59th week after tivity rate of 13.87 percent was for the first time in the state government on Sunday deput- officer for integration of con- tinuing to reel under the Military hospital Dehradun. 126, Pithoragarh 94, Almora 77 the first case of the disease was reported. In the 58th week during this week. ed two senior PCS officers to trol rooms of 104, 122, Chief onslaught of contagion of Death of 10 patients was report- and Bageshwar reported 34 assist him. In an order the Minister’s help line and others. Covid-19. On Sunday the ed from Himalayan hospital new patients of Covid-19 on top of the table of active cases 1987, Champawat 1654, Almora To contain the contagion of Additional Chief Secretary He would be responsible for health department reported while six patients died at Sunday. of the disease with 18497 1479, Chamoli 1296, Uttarkashi Covid-19, the state administra- (ACS) Radha Raturi appointed fruitful replies on public griev- 5606 cases of the disease which Government Doon Medical The state now has 53612 patients, Haridwar has 10352, 1071, Rudraprayag 915, tion has set up 282 containment Mehraban Singh Bisht and ances regarding Covid-19 in increased the cumulative tally of College (GDMC) hospital on active patients of the disease. Nainital 7007, Udham Singh Pithoragarh 891 and Bageshwar zones in different parts of the Vinod Giri Goswami as the state. the disease to 191620. The the day. The authorities report- Dehradun continues to be at the Nagar 4485, Pauri 3288, Tehri 690 active cases of the disease. state. (R!   )*+     ,-- .(             

  number for any information / 0,-- 1%       regarding Covid, he requested hief minister Tirath Singh the public to contact these CRawat addressed the peo- numbers directly to seek con- ple of Uttarakhand live on the sultation. He said that the avail- social media considering the ability of medicines and oxy- Covid-19 situation in the state gens is being ensured in gov- on Sunday. He informed the ernment and private hospitals. citizens about the measures The state government procured taken by the state government 7,500 Remdesivir injections and the planned measures for from Gujarat on April 27 and tackling the Covid pandemic. two days ago got 2,000 more. Stating that the state too is not Rawat said that the state gov- untouched by the pandemic ernment had also authorised all affecting the whole nation, the the MLAs to spend Rs one crore CM said that the manner in each from their MLA fund for which the people are facing the Covid related works. Rawat pandemic will certainly help in said, “I am in constant touch winning the battle against with senior officials and all pub- Covid. lic representatives and officials He said, “Under Prime concerned of the 13 districts. I Minister Narendra Modi, the am also visiting the Covid hos- Central government is pro- pitals to ascertain the ground viding all assistance to us to situation. tackle Covid-19. I am also in Those aged above 45 are regular touch with the Union other facilities related to Covid. have advanced life support and Covid, do not panic but take the being vaccinated for free, I Home minister Amit Shah and He averred that basic necessi- 96 have basic life support facil- medicines and observe the request you to get vaccinated. Union Health minister Dr ties like ambulance, oxygen ities. Rawat said, “Anyone expe- guidelines issued by the doctor My government has also decid- Harsh Vardhan.” and medicines for treating riencing Covid symptoms with patience. One should not ed that those in the 18-45 years Regarding the steps taken Covid patients are being met on should not be careless and get venture outdoors unnecessari- age group will also be vacci- in the state, he said that the time. As part of these measures, tested immediately. One should ly and maintain cleanliness in nated for free. I assure you all government is working with all 132 new 108 service ambu- not conceal this, as basic alert- the surroundings.” that the state government is its strength for bettering the lances were allotted among all ness by individuals can prevent Informing that the state committed to providing all prevention, treatment, neces- the districts of the state on April many others from getting government had issued toll possible assistance to you,” he sary medicines, equipment and 29. Of these, 36 ambulances infected. If you are infected by free number and WhatsApp stressed.

216 ICU beds, 116 ventilators had been sent twice to 
 # !) 56R 5  4 7  0  and 673 oxygen supported Ahmedabad.    beds which increased to 836 The Inspector General ) ICU beds, 695 ventilators and (IG) Police, Amit Sinha said   .>        3535 oxygen beds on April 1 that in the last two days the  &.% this year. He claimed that now police have received 147 com-
 ' the state has 1336 ICU beds, plaints of overpricing of pulse   sage that they want develop- + )"   842 ventilators and 6002 oxy- oximeters and it has registered >#)!  ment to continue in the con- '!  gen supported beds. About cases. He assured that strict he Bharatiya Janata Party stituency. He said that the the requirement of oxygen in action would be taken against   remain open only till 12 PM Tcandidate Mahesh Jeena vote share of the BJP had "     the state, the secretary those involved in black mar- while medicine shops, petrol won the Salt assembly bypoll by increased while that of the   informed that it has jumped to keting of pulse oximeters, onsidering public safety pumps and gas agencies will defeating his nearest rival- Congress had decreased com- 100 metric tonnes from 15-20 medicines and oxygen. Camid the second Covid remain open for their full dura- Congress candidate Ganga pared to 2017. The opponents   metric tonnes in just one Informing about home iso- wave, the Dehradun district tion. Pancholi by 4,697 votes. While were trying to create an atmos- month. He claimed the state lation and contact tracing the magistrate Ashish Kumar While all public and private Jeena secured 21,874 votes, phere of fear and disinforma- attling to contain a sharp has adequate capability to pro- Deputy Inspector General Srivastava has extended the transport will remain prohib- the Congress candidate tion in the area in which some Bsurge in the contagion of vide oxygen for the patients. (DIG) of State Disaster Covid curfew which was to end ited, movement will be allowed received 17,177 votes. senior leaders of a divided Covid-19 especially in recent He said that on April 1 last Response Force (SDRF), on Monday till May 6. for those travelling by flight, According to the election opposition were also involved, days, the health department of year, the state had 1193 type 2 Ridhim Agarwal said that The Covid curfew will now train or bus. commission, while the BJP said Kaushik, adding that elec- Uttarakhand has added 147 oxygen cylinders which while phone calls are being made to continue till 5 AM on May 6 in A maximum of 25 people secured 52.20 per cent of the tions are contested on the ventilators, 500 ICU beds and it now has 9917 such cylinders. all people in home isolation areas under the municipal cor- will be allowed in a marriage or vote share, the Congress got basis of trust and develop- 2500 oxygen beds in the last Negi added that the state had and in the last six days 26000 porations of Dehradun and other functions. While con- 40.99 per cent and the others ment. one month. 275 oxygen concentrators on people are in home isolation. Rishikesh, Garhi and Clement struction activities and trans- got 5.09 per cent of the vote Surendra Singh Jeena was con- Chief minister Tirath Giving information about April 1 last year, 1275 in April She claimed that the SDRF Town cantonments in port of necessary materials share with 1.72 per cent of the sidered most likely to win the Singh Rawat said that the the steps taken by the state gov- this year and now the state has team of SDRF makes about Dehradun city along with the will be allowed, the shops sell- voters opting for None Of by election. promise made to the people of ernment during the pandem- 3275 concentrators. He said 5000 calls daily and makes areas under the municipalities ing such materials will remain The Above (NOTA). It will be Following the results on Salt regarding continuing the ic, the secretary health Amit that 13200 Remdesivir injec- arrangements for consultation of Doiwala, Vikasnagar, open till 12 PM. Those going recalled that Salt had regis- Sunday, the BJP State president works of the late MLA will cer- Negi said on Sunday that on tions have been made available with doctors of the patients Mussoorie and Herbertpur. for treatment in a hospital and tered about 43 per cent polling Madan Kaushik thanked the tainly be fulfilled. The incom- April 1 last year the state had and for them the state plane who need it. Now the shops selling essential for Covid vaccination will be on April 17 and Jeena, the people of Salt, stating that the plete works of the late MLA commodities will be allowed to allowed. brother of the late MLA voters have sent a clear mes- will be completed, said Rawat. $    2  3  
!  

species put together. Humans As they move away from pho- death than compromise with its sun. The biggest mantra in have monopolised all the rights tosynthesis for their depen- eating habits. An elephant can- Coronavirus pandemic is our to eat whatever is eatable on dence, crisis of their existence not opt for fish or chicken or immunity. Well-nourished veg- this planet. We are omnivorous. go on becoming deeper. pork or mutton. But humans etarians certainly have immu- We devour everything we can, The energy of food, which compromised their funda- nity much higher than that of from fruits, grains, vegetables governs our life, is ultimately mental nature and took control non-vegetarians. The variety of to birds, reptiles, amphibians, the light of the sun. If we are over all the food sources, even tastes of foods synthesised with insects and moths. vegetarian, then naturally we those meant for other species. colourful light and their pleas- Our all innate species-spe- are based on abundance of According to its natural devel- ing aroma awaken our sense of cific characteristics reveal that light. As soon as we cease to be opment, man is not born to eat humanity and our psyche, human species has evolved as vegetarian, we deviate away everything, but is born to be physical and intellectual abili- a vegetarian species. A human from the abundance of light. In vegetarian. Being vegetarian ties, our aesthetics and emo- being is a vegetarian creature other words, all our con- means getting your nutrition tional strength, giving our soul   based on human morphology, sciousness is made by sunlight. from the immense biodiversi- the utmost fulfillment. anatomy and physiology. The closer we are to photo- ty of nature. For the non-veg- The famous English writer he state of our contempo- Humans cannot be compared synthesis for food, the more etarians, there are only a few George Bernard Shaw once Trary world is largely attrib- to any carnivorous creature, conscious and active we will be, animals for their food, while for said: "My stomach is not a utable to human food habits. whereas all herbivores are sim- the more intellectual abilities the vegetarians there are thou- graveyard of dead animals." As production, extraction, sup- ilar to us in many ways. Thus, prey by their physical abilities limited despite the fact that its jeopardy. we will attain. If we are vege- sands of trees, shrubs and Non-vegetarians are to blame plies, processing, preparation eating meat and other non-veg- is in accordance with nature’s source- the solar energy, is This ecological analysis tarian, we are saving more herbaceous plants, including all for the violence and torture of and consumption of foods is etarian products by humans is laws and in the process eco- infinite. The flow of energy leads to the conclusion that at energy on earth, we are depen- cultivated crops from which animals slaughtered for con- the largest human activity, its in defiance of the nature’s laws. logical balance is also implied. from the first trophic (food) the first food level (the plants), dent on the most renewable they can choose their food suming meat. Hormones pro- phenomenal impact on global Furthermore, our digestive sys- But it is very expensive to eat level of photosynthesizers to the dependent animals are the resources of nature (plants), we and enjoy the biodiversity of duced in animals resorted to environmental scenario is tem cannot digest flesh direct- meat by human beings and the the higher trophic level of top most stable and healthiest, and are directly dependent on the the earth. About 5,000 years violence also cause a tenden- inevitable. The fate of the future ly, like it would in the case of earth cannot tolerate it relent- carnivores is governed by a 10 they cannot be threatened so first action of light to transform ago we used to derive our cy for violence in humans. to come is mostly to be written carnivorous mammals. We lessly. The carnivorous ten- per cent law according to which long as photosynthesis per- itself into life: the photosyn- foods from about 5,000 types of Vegetarianism is not just a by our foods. Man is have to process the flesh with dency of man is directly relat- only about 10 per cent of the sists; and photosynthesis will thesis. And above all, if we are plants. The variety of food-pro- mode of nutrition, but a phi- omnipresent on Earth. heat treatment to convert it into ed to the ecological destruction. energy contained in one food persist so long as green plants vegetarian then we are close to viding plants has shrunk today, losophy in itself—the philoso- Humans have inhabited the meat. We cannot subjugate or We know that foods on the level flows through the food persist. On the contrary, the the ultimate power of this but we still have a plethora of phy of ecological justice. areas where animals, trees, kill our 'prey' with the help of earth are produced by green chain to the next food level. problem of existence of top car- world—the sun. vegetarian options. When we plants and even bacteria and our body parts, as a tiger, a wolf plants through photosynthesis. This implies that if the energy nivorous animals has become All animals eat according connect directly with photo- (The author is a former viruses could not survive. or a cat can do. A weapon has Therefore, foods obtainable at one food level of the food so deep that many of their to their natural instincts. They synthesis through a variety of professor of Environmental Human species is a bigger con- to be used to kill the intended from flora in nature are avail- chain is exhausted, then the species have become extinct have no alternate choice. A plant-based foods, we absorb Science in GB Pant University sumer of the earth’s resources prey. able in abundance. survival of the animals depen- and many, like lion, tiger, eagle, tiger will die, but cannot eat the seven colors of light and get of Agriculture and than all other millions of the Carnivores’ killing their Food energy in nature is dent on it is bound to be in are on the verge of extinction. grass. A cow would prefer the blessing of the power of the Technology) .    

6 
 
   &       8  
       6      issued orders asking district 5672 8    A magistrates not to allow crowd- &  +7 ing of people at the counting s the counting of votes for centres. “The covid protocol     Athe Panchayat elections including social distancing began in different districts of norms should be followed,” he    Uttar Pradesh, the Covid said in his statement. "
 
 norms and Supreme Court State Election Commission he Election Commission directives were smashed to (SEC) officials here said that Ton Sunday told political smithereens as people jostled the counting process is under- parties that its ban on victory with each other to enter the way but due to Covid norms, processions during and after       her men. TMC men attacked a BJP lead- counting station while sup- the announcement of the counting of votes is being flout- The BJP party office in ers house and torched a tractor porters gheraoed the centres results would be delayed and ed, and asked them to restrain       Arambag was set ablaze on parked in front of it. forcing police to use force to the process may take close to 48 their workers from violating Sunday evening as the TMC Similarly reports of vio- disperse the crowd. hours to complete. Covid-19 guidelines. The EC    moved towards. The house of lence came in from other parts “There is complete viola- Counting of votes for the wrote to the heads of recog- a BJP booth agent at Bishnupur of Birbhum where the TMC tion of covid norms despite    5 6 7       5 panchayat polls in Uttar nised parties about its instruc- he hate rhetoric and a feel- in Bankura district was burnt and BJP men hurled bombs at strict warning by the Supreme   Pradesh began on Sunday tions being ignored, amid Ting of intense animosity left down, sources said. each other in Dubrajpur block. Court to conduct counting morning, an official reports of party workers hold- behind by the senior leaders of The Chief Minister BJP men were also attacked at under covid protocol. People have tested negative for the counting centres thus The Supreme Court on ing celebrations in states where TMC and BJP in the run up to Mamata Banerjee, however, Kultali and Canning area, have thronged the counting COVID-19 in the 48 hours exposing others to this deadly Saturday had refused to stay the counting of votes is underway. the elections continued to take blamed the BJP workers for sources said alleging the police centres and in some places prior to the commencement of infection,” Singh said. counting process. In a special Videos from Kolkata have its toll on the common people unleashing violence saying the were not acting to the com- police had to resort to lath- the counting process or taken Police lathi charge was urgent hearing on a holiday shown celebrations by with reports of violence com- saffron workers had hit TMC plaints being filed. icharge to disperse the mob,” a both doses of the vaccine. The reported from Muzaffarnagar, (Saturday), a bench of Justice A Trinamool supporters in pock- ing in from various parts of Arambagh candidate Sujata Making a frantic appeal to samajwadi party lawmaker SEC said at every counting cen- Lucknow, Bahraich, Meerut, M Khanwilkar and Justice ets of Kolkata and some rural Bengal. Mondal and hit her on the Mamata Banerjee, State BJP Ujjawal Raman Singh told The tre, a health desk will be estab- Kannauj, Basti, Gorakhpur, Hrishikesh Roy passed the areas. Violence continued in the head. vice president HP Majumdar Pioneer here on Sunday. lished, where a doctor will be Sonebhdra, Banda, Ferozabad order after taking note of sev- Hundreds of mask-less post poll scenario with the While BJP IT cell chief said, “We congratulate the her Despite the state being under present with medicines. Those and Mainpuri . In Pilibhit eral notifications and assur- supporters, faces smeared in BJP being the main opposition Amit Malaviya tweeted, “After Excellency the Chief curfew, crowding at a massive showing symptoms of COVID- police had to intervene fol- ances of the SEC that the green, were seen waving flags party bearing the brunt of it all, results for West Bengal assem- Minister offer to give con- scale was seen and covid-19 19 such as fever, cold and lowing clash between the can- COVID-19 protocols will be outside the party office -- a sources said adding the win- bly came in, TMC goons burnt structive cooperation to the norms were flouted at various cough will not be allowed at the didates and counting officials followed at all the 829 count- dangerous situation in a state ning Trinamool Congress down BJP's party office in government but we also hope centres across Uttar Pradesh counting centres. at Puranpur Mandi Samiti ing centres across the state. The where Covid is threatening to cadres went on rampage in Arambagh...” asking “Is this that she would reign in her sup- The State Election “There was no one to check counting centre. court directed that there will be spill out of control. many areas while the State saf- what Bengal will have to suffer porters and stop them from Commission (SEC) had said whether the agents were covid As the news spread about a strict curfew in the entire state Similar celebrations were fron leadership frantically for the next 5 years?” reports of attacking our men just because the candidates and their agents positive or negative. Many peo- chaotic situations at the count- till Tuesday morning and no seen in rural areas. appealed to Chief Minister more violence came in from they had worked for the will be allowed to enter the ple managed to get fake covid ing centres across the state, victory rallies will be Celebrations were also held Mamata Banerjee to hold back Siuri too where the alleged BJP.” counting centres only if they negative certificate and entered Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath permitted. by supporters of the DMK in Tamil Nadu -- where the party is set to come back in power "5 =E   E after a decade.      &-
4    "It has been brought to the 4      
5"  notice of the Commission that even after the directions and   dicted a second wave of coro- Last year, the government model predicted the second advisories already issued by the navirus and its peak in the third had formed a group of scien- wave to peak by the third week &&   &,6
Commission to ban victory n a move aimed to defend the week of April with daily cases tists, mathematicians and of April and to stay most like- celebrations during counting ICentre which is drawing flak of around I lakh. experts to forecast the surge of ly around 1 lakh daily cases," 5  Maharashtra (12,525), Odisha Cumulatively, 15,68,16,031 day until the period of model for failure to foresee the Covid- Intriguingly, while the IIT cases. They said the nature of the scientists said in the state-  (97), Punjab (298), Rajasthan vaccine doses have been admin- code, at some locations in 19 havoc, a group of Indian sci- scientists could not predict the the virus has been changing ment. (1853), Tamil Nadu (527) and istered through 22,93,911 ses- some states, the victory cele- entists working on mathemat- sharp surge in cases, in July last very rapidly, and in such a sce- However, the daily figures n the second day of the Uttar Pradesh (15,792). sions, as per the provisional brations are being carried out ical models to forecast the year, researchers of nario, any prediction must be actually reported were thrice Ophase-3 of the nationwide A senior official from the report till 7 am on Sunday, said today by the party workers and surge of coronavirus cases said Massachusetts Institute of continually readjusted, some- the predicted numbers. vaccination drive covering age Union Health Ministry said that the Union Health Ministry in a representatives in contraven- on Sunday they could not pre- Technology (MIT) had fore- times almost daily. On April 15, India report- group 18-44 years that com- the vaccination will gradually statement here. tion of the Commission's direc- dict the exact trajectory of the casted that “India might wit- "We are working closely ed 2,00,739 cases, while it menced from May 1, just 2,023 pick up as the vaccines will be These include 94,28,490 tions," the poll panel said in its devastating second wave as ness the worst of the coron- with the government and our recorded 3,14,835 cases on people received their first dose made available to the States as Healthcare workers (HCW) letter. the virus dynamics and its avirus pandemic early next inputs have always been April 22. Breaching its all pre- of Covid jabs in 11 States, tak- per the number of registration. who have taken the 1st dose and The Commission said it transmissibility changed sub- year if a vaccine remains elu- received positively. While we vious records, the country hit ing the total beneficiaries to Many States have alleged 62,65,397 HCWs who have has expressed its displeasure on stantially over time. sive.” Based on a recent study could not predict the exact a record daily high with over 4 86,023 till Sunday. Registration shortage of jabs that were forc- taken the 2nd dose, 1,27,57,529 the failure of certain parties to The scientists working on on testing and case data of 84 nature of the second wave ear- lakh new infections on May 1. for the newly eligible population ing them to put off the drive. Frontline workers (FLWs) abide by existing instructions the SUTRA model said that countries, comprising 60 per lier, we continue our efforts to "Clearly, the model pre- groups had commenced from Moreover, said the officials, as (1stdose), 69,22,093 FLWs and guidelines. they had cautioned in March cent of the world population, better estimate its future tra- dictions in this instance were April 28th which does not allow elections results are out in the (2nddose), 86,023 beneficiaries "...it is utmost necessary about the second wave and they said that India might jectory," they said. incorrect because of the reasons walk-in option for inoculation. five States including Tamil Nadu under 18-45 age group (1st that you direct/guide your their warnings were not record 2.87 lakh coronavirus They added that the gov- below," they said, attributing While majority of the States and West Bengal, the authorities dose), 5,26,18,135 1st dose ben- party representatives/follow- ignored by the Government. cases per day by February ernment sought its inputs on the spike to virus dynamics and and UTs deferred the drive cit- are now expected to focus on eficiaries and 1,14,49,310 2nd ers with strictness to stop them A statement issued by the 2021. April 2 when they predicted a its transmissibility to change at ing shortage of vaccines, a few streamlining the inoculation dose beneficiaries more than 60 to celebrate and show restraint Department of Science and The IIT scientists also peak would come around the a faster pace. vaccination centres in the gov- process. Covaxin and Covishield years old and 5,32,80,976 (1st in these challenging times and Technology, and signed by IIT rejected reports that the scien- third week of that month. "A Mathematical models can ernment and private set up in vaccines are being given to the dose) and 40,08,078 (2nd dose) ask them to behave strictly in Kanpur Professor Manindra tists working on the SUTRA meeting was called on April also provide a mechanism to around ten States inoculated the beneficiaries under the nation- beneficiaries aged 45 to 60 years. accordance with the ECI's Agrawal, Integrated Defense model cautioned in March 2nd to seek our inputs by one predicting alternate scenarios beneficiaries the first dose. These wide drive. Meanwhile, the As per the Ministry, over 29 instructions and extant instruc- Staff Deputy Chief Madhuri about the second wave, but that of the very senior officers of the corresponding to various pol- states are Chhattisgarh (987 cumulative number of Covid-19 crore tests have been conduct- tions on Covid issued by Kanitkar and IIT Hyderabad their warning was ignored. government coordinating the icy decisions such as non- beneficiaries), Delhi (1,472), vaccine doses administered in ed so far while the cumulative National and State disaster Professor M Vidyasagar, said "This is incorrect," they said in national pandemic response. pharmaceutical interventions, Gujarat (51,622), Jammu and the country has crossed 15.68 positivity rate has increased to management authorities," the mathematical models had pre- the statement. We indicated that the SUTRA they added. Kashmir (201), Karnataka (649), Crore on Sunday. 6.74 per cent. letter said.          993 4 ! " #
        ,99*+   )8 1       ;.. handover the infrastructure with Moreover, 1453 more    ..: rose from 6,63,658 cases to 6,68,353 cases. 125 bedded ICU facility, to the UT COVID-19 patients have recov- 5  government to focus all attention The fatality rate in the state stood static high level team of DRDO offi- administration soon after estab- ered and discharged from various  in ensuring the uninterrupted n a noticeable drop in the Covid-19 at 1.49 per cent. Acials finalised the location of lishing it. hospitals including 605 from flow of Oxygen supplies to all hos- Ifatalities and infections, Maharashtra With 79 fresh deaths, the Covid-19 the 500 bedded makeshift hospi- The work is likely to begin by Jammu Division and 848 from eaders of 13 Opposition par- pitals and health centres across the logged 669 deaths and 56,647 new cases, toll in Mumbai increased 13,215 to tal for Covid-19 patients in Jammu May 7 and the facility will come up Kashmir Division. Lties, including former Prime country," they said in a joint while 51,356 fully recovered were dis- q3,294, while the infected cases went up near Yatri Niwas in Bhagwati by May 20. The staff and team of Meanwhile, the UT adminis- Minister HD Deve Gowda, on statement. charged from various hospitals in the by 3629 to trigger a jump in the infections Nagar area on Sunday. Despite doctors and paramedics required tration has also constituted a Sunday urged the Centre to launch "We call upon the Central gov- state. from 6,52,368 to 6,55,997. expediting the paper work and to run the facility will be provid- Crisis Management Group (CMG) a free mass vaccination drive ernment to immediately launch a A day after as many as 802 people While Pune accounted for a maxi- raising logistics at war footing it ed by the UT administration. to monitor the rapidly evolving across the country in view of the free mass vaccination programme died of Covid-19 and 63,282 others test- mum 1,09,,254 “active cases” in the state, will take at least another three On the other hand, 41 deaths COVID-19 situation and take unprecedented surge in Covid-19 across the country," they added. ed positive in Maharashtra, the number Nagpur stood second 72,503, followed by weeks time to operationalise the due to covid 19 were reported preventive, control and mitigating cases. The opposition leaders said of daily deaths dropped to 669, while the Mumbai with 61,436, Thane (50,569), facility. across Jammu and Kashmir measures. In a joint statement, they also the budgetary allocation of Rs infections came down to 56,647. Nashik (49,628), Chandrapur (27,841), After inspecting the location whwile 3571 fresh cases were The 5 member CMG will called upon the Centre to ensure 35,000 crore for the vaccination With 669 new deaths, the total num- Ahmednagar (22,761), Satara (20,458), the DRDO team also attended a detected takign the total caseload consist of the Chief Secretary as uninterrupted oxygen supply to all programme must be utilised for ber of deaths in the state climbed from Solapur (20,156), Beed (14,213), Jalgaon meeting with the Divisional of active positive cases to 32421 on Chairman, and FC (Finance), FC hospitals and health centres as this drive. 69615 to 70,284. Similarly, with 56,647 (13,895), Aurangabad (13530), Parbhani Commissioner in Jammu. Sunday. According to the media (Health), PS (Home) and PS they manage the staggering patient JMM leader and Jharkhand infections, the total number of cases rose (12,825), Bhandara (10,808), Latur During the meeting the bulletin issued by the Department (PWD). The PS to LG will be a loads in view of the rising cases. Chief Minister Hemant Soren, from 46,65,754 to 47,22,401. (11378), Buldhana (11,143), Osmanabad DRDO officials projected their of Information and Public special invitee. It will interact with The signatories include DMK chief MK Stalin, BSP supre- As 51,356 patients were discharged (8069)Nanded (7986), Nandurbar (6896) requirements and also discussed in Relations, "3571 new positive cases other officers and medical spe- Congress president Sonia Gandhi, mo Mayawati, National from the hospitals across the state after and Gondia (8589). detail the roll out schedule of the of novel Corona virus (COVID- cialists as necessary. NCP leader Sharad Pawar, Shiv Conference leader Farooq full recovery, the total number of people Of the 2,76,52,758 samples sent to lab- facility.According to official 19),1150 from Jammu division and The CMG will meet daily, and Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray Abdullah, Samajwadi Party chief discharged from the hospitals since the oratories, 47,22,401 have tested positive sources, the DRDO team briefed 2421from Kashmir division were more often if necessary, to Review and TMC supremo Mamata Akhilesh Yadav and RJD leader second week of March last year went up (17.08 per cent) for COVID-19 until the officials of the UT adminis- reported on Sunday. Also 41 the rapidly evolving COVID-19 in Banerjee. Tejashwi Yadav have also signed to 39,81,658. The recovery rate in the state Sunday. tration about various aspects COVID-19 deaths have been terms of cases, testing rates, posi- "In times of the uncontrollable the statement, besides left leaders for the first time in several days rose from Currently, 39,96,946 people are in before launching the facility. reported, 28 from Jammu Division tivity, mortality, recovery, hospital surge of the pandemic across our D Raja (CPI) and Sitaram Yechury 84.24 per cent to 84.31 per cent. home quarantine while 27,735 people are The DRDO is expected to and 13 from Kashmir Division. occupancy and other parameters. country, we call upon the Central (CPI-M). The total “active cases” in the state in institutional quarantine.  =!J .! 7%4 & 7 9 515#0 #! *'11#!)! , #          (%8 %!  E   Dayal Hospital, two died in       were moved followed by 87 companies on SJD, one died in Harduaganj. Saturday and 92 companies on Sunday. As New Delhi: The Ministry of Congress national president the Indian Youth Congress. he corona infection in The patient's report was coro- ollowing instructions issued by Union per the plans, 111 companies will move back External Affairs on Sunday said Srinivas B V that showed a mini "While I thank @IYC for its TAligarh district has once na positive. FHome Ministry for de-induction of the on Monday followed by 124 companies on it is in continuous touch with all pickup van entering the embassy stellar efforts, as an Indian citizen again set a record. 353 people, The number of active Central paramilitary forces deployed on elec- Tuesday, 112 companies on Wednesday and foreign embassies in India and is of the Philippines in Delhi, car- I'm stunned that the youth wing including the station superin- patients has been increased to tion duty in the recently-concluded 54 companies on Thursday, officials said. responding to their medical rying oxygen cylinders. of the opposition party is attend- tendent, were found corona 2302, with 353 people newly Assembly polls, the CRPF has requested the A total of 1,017 companies of the demands, especially those relat- "The MEA checked with the ing to SOS calls from foreign infected. At the same time, 12 infected. So far a total of 73 Railways Ministry to book 55 special trains Central paramilitary forces ans State Armed ed to COVID-19. Philippines Embassy. This was an embassies. Is the MEA sleeping people, including a doctor, people have died in the official to move the personnel. As many as 1.07 lakh Police were deployed on poll duties in West MEA Spokesperson Arindam unsolicited supply as they had no @DrSJaishankar?," he tweeted. died in the district for the first figures from Corona. The total personnel of Central forces were deployed Bengal. Bagchi said the response to med- COVID cases. Clearly for cheap Srinivas also shared a video time. number of infected in the dis- in the State on poll duties in the eight-phased While the Central Reserve Police Force ical demands of the embassies publicity by you know who. of his team supplying oxygen For the first time, a trict has reached 15996. At the elections. was the lead force, other paramilitary forces included facilitating treatment Giving away cylinders like this cylinders to the New Zealand Physician doctor died of a same time, a total of 13621 Upon conclusion of the eighth phase of like the Border Security Force (BSF), Indo- in hospital even as he urged all when there are people in des- High Commission and thanked corona infection in Aligarh. At patients have gone home after the polls on April 29, the Central paramil- Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Central not to hoard essential supplies, perate need of oxygen is simply the IYC team for the quick relief. the same time, the corona recovering. itary forces began de-inducting from the Industrial Security Force (CISF), Railway including oxygen. appalling," Jaishankar tweeted. The New Zealand High report of 353 people, including At the same time, the infec- next day with movement of 33 companies Protection Force (RPF) and Sashastra Seema Earlier, External Affairs "Jairamji, MEA never sleeps; our Commission tweeted, "We are the station superintendent of tion rate in the district has on Friday. Bal besides State Armed Police of the State Minister S Jaishankar hit out at people know across the world. trying all sources to arrange for Aligarh Junction, came posi- reached above two percent. As many as 612 companies are being governments were also deployed in the State Congress leader Jairam Ramesh MEA also never fakes; we know oxygen cylinders urgently and tive. The doctor who died was The DM appealed to the peo- deinducted and sent to their respective loca- for poll duties. after he said on Twitter that the who does," he said in another our appeal has unfortunately AK Varshney (58) MD ple of Aligarh to together tions from April 30 to May 6 through spe- A company of the paramilitary typical- youth wing of the Congress was tweet. been misinterpreted, for which Physician whose clinic is pre- ensure our participation in the cial trains. The remaining 459 companies of ly comprises 100 personnel and a battalion attending to SOS calls from for- Srinivas tweeted the video we are sorry." sent at Dubey Padav. At the mass movement against Covid- Central Forces and State Armed Police are has a strength of 1,000 men. eign embassies and wondered with a caption "#SOSIYC mem- In his statement, Bagchi said same time, a professor of DS 19. Follow Covid compliant demobilised through road and splinter The Home Ministry had ordered de- whether the MEA was sleeping. bers at Embassy of the Philippines the MEA is responding to the College also died in SJD practices at all times, every- train coaches. induction on April 29, the day the polling Ramesh also shared a video post- in New Delhi." In his com- medical demands by the foreign Hospital. The total death toll where and encourage others to On April 30, a total of 33 companies for the eighth phase ended in West Bengal. ed on Twitter by Indian Youth ments, Ramesh complimented missions. PTI was 12. Nine died in Deen do the same. ' 9(49R

    :  
2R 21(:9 (44;-2 31(

    predicted such a huge victory ly to win 134-160 seats in Chanakya, on the other hand, than the Congress. for the RJD alliance and 91 for ity. The ABP News-Lokniti and 3-6 to others. Chanakya for Mamata Banerjee. Bengal whereas Mamata have predicted a clear majori- There have been instances NDA, the CNN News 18- Exit Poll had predicted 102-126 gave 140 seats to DMK alliance ost of the pollsters and Exit polls were divided Banerjee’s TMC may come a ty for TMC followed by BJP. when the exit polls have proved Today’s Chanakya predicted seats for NDA and 98-122 for and 90 to the AIADMK. Mpsephologists went wrong over the election outcome, close second with a win in 130- According to pollsters, the either completely or partially 55 seats for the NDA and 180 SP-Congress. The Times Now- However, AIADMK returned about the results of the West with a few of them predicting 156 constituencies. The ABP C BJP is set to return to power in wrong and could not judge the for the Mahagathbandhan. VMR Exit Poll had predicted to power with 136 seats. Bengal Assembly polls a hung assembly and others Voter exit poll, on the other Assam while the Congress public sentiment despite their However, the NDA won 125 190-210 seats for the NDA and In 2014, while most of the where the ruling Trinamool giving an edge to either the hand, has predicted a clear would lag behind in the second ground research. Most of the seats to secure a simple major- 110-130 for the SP-Congress. exit polls gave an edge to the Congress registered a thump- TMC or BJP. A poll of nine exit majority for the TMC. The rul- position. While ABP C Voter psephologists and poll pandits ity in the 243-member Bihar In 2016, most of the exit BJP, they predicted that the saf- ing majority. polls shows that the state could ing party is likely to win 152- and TV9 Polstrat have pre- proved wrong in the Bihar Assembly. polls predicted DMK’s victory fron party would fall short of Belying expectations of a be headed for a fractured man- 164 seats and the opposition dicted a close competition assembly polls in 2020. The results of the Uttar and gave around 95 seats to the a majority. Also, none of the tight contest, the Mamata date. According to the aggre- BJP may secure 109-121 seats, between the two parties, giving In the Bihar Assembly polls Pradesh Assembly election in AIADMK. The News Nation exit polls had predicted that the Banerjee-led TMC candidates gate, the TMC would bag 141 it said. Republic CNX predic- an edge to the BJP, others, 2020, the exit polls and 2017 had surprised everyone. Exit Poll gave DMK-Congress Congress would be reduced to appeared galloping to victory seats while the BJP 138. The tions leaned towards the BJP, including India Today-My Axis psephologists proved wrong. While the exit polls had pre- alliance 114-118 seats and a double-digit figure — just 44 and the party will easily form Left alliance will be a distant predicted its win on 138-148 India, Republic CNX, and They had predicted a massive dicted a hung assembly with AIADMK 95-99 seats, India seats. However, the BJP-led its third successive third with just 13 seats. seats and TMC’s victory on News 24 Today’s Chanakya, majority for the RJD-Congress BJP emerging as the largest Today-Axis gave AIADMK 89- NDA secured a simple major- Government in the State. None According to India Today- 128-138 seats. TV9-Polstrat however, have said that the BJP alliance. The India Today-Axis party, the NDA won over 300 101, DMK-Congress 124-140 ity by winning above 300 seats. of the exit polls and pollsters My Axis India, the BJP is like- and News 24 Today’s would win on far more seats exit poll had projected 161 seats seats securing a massive major-

?#@
   P          &     : "    &   " ! &     P     %   %     
 #         & $%   %
 &% < =%<>  "6  %<  7  -;-,+            +   +  &&   <    "
" 
     789P  7 !: 4" " 
       it failed to build its own local section of “Bhadralok” (upper share now (49 per cent) from as it aspired to. replacement for a true or an Lastly but not the least, the cadre base and organisational class) voting for it but it caused 2016 Assembly poll’s (44.9 per In being able to increase its ‘authentic’ Bengali face as catcalls like ‘Didi o! Didi’ by espite a phenomenal structure and lacked presence the “reverse polarization” too. cent) clearly indicates that BJP tally from three to over 70, BJP party’s Chief Ministerial aspi- Modi and ‘Beramuda’ com-
  5 & Dincrease in its electoral in a number of booths to gal- The TMC winning more could not garner much of has taken the space of the Left rant who could easily connect ment of BJP State president foot-prints in West Bengal, the vanise voters. seats than what it did in 2016 “chotolok” (poor and under- (and the Congress). BJP lead- with the natives. Not having a Dilip Ghosh against Mamata    BJP lost the bigger plot to the As BJP General Secretary Assembly elections (211) also privileged) and they too sub- ers analyse their defeat in terms Chief Ministerial face (like proved to be a self-inflicting TMC with minorities, subal- and party’s election-in-charge point to BJP’s strategy stantially voted for the TMC. of the left and Congress ‘gan- Cricketer Saurav Ganguly) or a wound for the BJP. The shift of ith most of its votes being tern “Chotolok” (underprivi- Kailash Vijayvargiya accepted boomerang and helping the A section of the interme- gin-up’ and transferring their regional satrap proved to be a about 2.5 per cent of votes to Wgobbled up by the BJP leged) and women “largely” post-poll results that it’s base in TMC which en bloc garnered diate and upper castes voted for votes to the TMC to stop it cap- big chink in the battle armour TMC is just one reflection that and the Trinamool Congress sticking with and voting for Bengal missed the required Minorities (Muslim votes) who the Prime Minister Narendra turing the Bengal. This is a of the saffron party vis-a- vis Bengal voters do value gender the mighty Left Front of seven Mamata Banerjee and, in a way, depth and “BJP middle-class moved out to vote in large Modi-led BJP but the rest reversal of what Left did in Mamata Didi — the ‘daughter sensitivities. decades on Sunday was literal- saffron catcalls of “Didi O! voters in the last phases did not numbers despite pandemic seemed remained firmly 2019 Lok Sabha poll, shifting its of the soil’ who often punched The manifold increase in ly decimated to a nonentity in Didi” also did not go down well turn out due to Covid pan- fears. behind Mamata. The defeats of votes to the BJP with the latter the BJP Central leaders as “out- BJP’s seat share despite 4 per- Bengal political kaleidoscope with the gender sensitive demic but that Opposition’s This apart, an about 4 per BJP MPs like Babul Supriyo winning 18 LS seats. siders” in her campaign speech- cent decline from 2919, never- failing to win even a single seat. Bengali electorates. went to Polling booth all-out”. cent decline in BJP’s vote share and Locket Chatterjee indicates Modi’s campaign in Hindi es. The Modi-centric cam- theless, establishes BJP as the The bleeding that had The BJP’s massive election The polarisation may have (37 per cent) from 2019 Lok BJP could not win its key and part dour Bengali did gen- paigning has a diminishing main opposition in Bengal started in 2009 finally resulting machinery could not decisive- benefited the BJP to increase its Sabha poll’s 41 per cent and urban voters, including the erate popular interest and smile rate of return in Assembly which is indeed a ‘tectonic in the downfall of Red empire ly breach the fort of Mamata as seat across Bengal with a wide TMC’s 4 per cent rise in vote Hindi-speaking one, as much but it could not prove to be a polls. shift’ in Bengal politics. in Bengal tended to continue till Sunday with the Front that had polled about 7.5 per cent votes in 2019 General %&'!()
 & Elections managing to muster (( -2-(<991 .(1-- just about 5 percent votes this time round.   Government with the Shiv “Hearty congratulations to and TMC for the remarkable      “Congratulations to DMK As a result for the first time Sena and Congress in the conscious public, combat- victory in West Bengal. The  !#  leader, Thiru MK Stalin on his since Independence, not a sin- ith Trinamool Congress Maharashtra. ive Mamata Banerjee ji and the BJP and a thoroughly partisan rime Minister Narendra  * party’s victory in Tamil Nadu gle Left candidate could go to Wgiving a drubbing to the Sources in couple of dedicated leaders and activists Election Commission threw PModi on Sunday congratu-  ! assembly elections. I extend my the State Assembly. BJP in the in West Bengal, Opposition parties said of the TMC, who defeated the everything including the lated Trinamool Congress :%
!( best wishes to him,” said Defence The CPI(M) politburo Opposition leaders from across Mamata will now have a big BJPs’s politics of hate in Bengal! kitchen sink at you & you pre- supremo Mamata Banerjee for ) )O!  Minister Rajnath Singh. He also however held the massive the country congratulated stake in forging the unity of This is a befitting reply to the vailed. All the best for the her party’s victory in the West 
!#( wished Pinarayi Vijayan on his polarisation politics responsi- incumbent Chief Minister Opposition against the might of insulting sarcasm ‘Didi O Didi’ next five years,” tweeted Omar. Bengal Assembly election say- 
 ,96 (# victory,” Singh said. ble for its debacle. Mamata Banerjee for her “stu- Modi. “Congress president from the BJP,” Yadav said. His Delhi Chief Minister and ing his Government will con- “Congratulations to Chief Even in the naxalite period pendous’ and a “great” victory Sonia Gandhi is also fond of party’s MP, Jaya Bachchan, had Aam Aadmi Party leader, tinue to offer cooperation to   ''(! Minister of Kerala Pinarayi and the Emergency the Left on Sunday. Mamata while others like campaigned for the TMC in Arvind Kejriwal and Jharkhand the State dispensation.  *!!):% Vijayan on his party’s victory in could manage to send a few The Congress also con- Sharad Pawar, Akhilesh Yadav, Bengal. CM Hemat Soren termed In a tweet, Modi said, “The 
*  !!- Kerala Assembly elections. My MLAs to the State Assembly. gratulated Mamata Banerjee DMK, BJD barring the Left Prime Minister Narendra Mamata’s retaining Bengal with Centre will continue to extend =!(%%*!# best wishes to him for his next Among the notable leaders and as well the people of West parties will have no problem Modi had addressed Banerjee a landslide victory’. all possible support to the West !!0:; O!# tenure,” he added. who lost the elections are Left Bengal for decimating the with Mamata. Hence she will as ‘Didi o Didi’ and said that “Congratulations Mamata Bengal Government to fulfil %)##! Rajnath congratulate legislature party leader Sujan vicious divisive agenda as also emerge as the tallest leader her defeat in Nandigram was didi for landslide victory. What people’s aspirations and :; '!
% Banerjee for her win in Chakrabarty, politburo mem- money and muscle power of amongst all as the grand old certain. a fight! Congratulations to the also to overcome the Covid-19 -  # Assembly poll. ber Md Salim, JNU leader the BJP. “People’s mandate is party is yet to come to terms PDP president Mehbooba people of WB,” he tweeted. pandemic.” 
! !'!)!! “Congratulations to the Aishe Ghosh, State DYFI pres- the final word in democracy. with the current political situ- Mufti also lauded the TMC on Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut In another tweet, the Prime ! ))! Chief Minister of West Bengal, ident Minakshi Mukherjee who People of West Bengal, Assam, ation,” said a senior leader of a its performance in the West said except for Puducherry Minister said, “I would like to Mamata Banerjee Didi on her contested against the Chief Kerala, Tamil Nadu and political party. Bengal assembly polls, saying and Tamil Nadu, there will be thank my sisters and brothers party’s victory in West Bengal Minister and Suvendu Adhikari Puducherry have given their The leader also cited that people have rejected disruptive no change in political scenario of West Bengal who have the Left and the Congress had assembly elections. My best at Nandigram, Siliguri MLA democratic mandate for next TMC and DMK have emerged and divisive forces. In a tweet, in the other states. blessed our party. From a neg- joined hands to defeat the BJP. wishes to her for her next and former Minister and five years. We accept the verdict as two major force in political the former Jammu & Kashmir “We have to compliment ligible presence earlier, BJP’s BJP’s IT cell chief and tenure,” said Rajnath Singh. Mayor Ashok Bhattacharjee with humility and a sense of scenario of the country which CM said, “Congratulations to Mamata didi that she accepted presence has significantly party’s deputy-in-charge Amit As about victory of the BJP and sitting MLA Tanmoy responsibility,” said AICC chief will definitely look for a change Mamata on their splendid vic- the BJP’s challenge and con- increased.” Malviya said poll results are in Assam, he said Modi gov- Bhattacharya. spokesman Randeep Surjewala. in the next 2024 Lok Sabha tory today. Kudos to the peo- tested only from one seat. It is “BJP will keep serving the “huge jump for the party which ernment’s “policies led to BJP The Left Front had forged The Congress and the Left elections. ple of West Bengal for rejecting not easy to defeat Mamata, people. I applaud each and had only three seats in 2016 in victory in Assam”. an alliance with the Congress, had fought against Trinamool Samajwadi Party (SP) disruptive & divisive forces”. even though the BJP worked every Karyakarta for their spir- the Assembly and brought “The pro-people policies of and newly formed Indian as well as the BJP in West leader Akhilesh Yadav also She also took the opportunity hard and put in a lot of invest- ited effort in the polls,” said the about an ideological shift in Narendra Modi-led Govt & the Secular Front of Muslim cler- Bengal and the alliance finished congratulated Mamata to appreciate TMC leader and ment to defeat her,” the Rajya Prime Minister Bengal with the BJP turning a state Govt under Sarbananda ic Abbas Siddique. at single digit. Banerjee and her party and said Rajya Sabha member Derek O Sabha member said. While Senior BJP leader major pole in state’s bi-polar Sonowal have once again On the Left’s poor show NCP chief Sharad Pawar “politics of hate stands defeat- Brien on the success of party in Raut also said the Shiv Rajnath Singh also congratu- politics.” helped the BJP in winning political analyst BN termed it a stupendous victo- ed” in the state. Taking to West Bengal. Sena was confident that lated TMC leader for her third- Defence Minister Rajnath assembly elections in Assam. Chakrabarty said while a large ry and said let us continue our Twitter, the former Uttar NCP leader Omar Banerjee would win. He said time successive victory in Singh was one of the first BJP Congratulations to PM Modi, majority of its voters got con- work towards the welfare of Pradesh CM said the “con- Abdullah also took to Twitter everyone was now more wor- Assembly poll in West Bengal, leaders to congratulated CM Sonowal, Adhyaksh JP fused about whom to vote — people and tackling the scious public” have given a to congratulate Mamata ried about the rising COVID- BJP State-in-charge Kailash Banerjee, DMK leader MK Nadda & karyakartas on BJP’s BJP or TMC — in a polarized Pandemic collectively. Pawar’s befitting reply to BJP’s ‘Didi o Banerjee. “Heartiest congratu- 19 numbers than the political Vijayvargiya claimed that all Stalin and Kerala Chief impressive victory in Assam,” situation. Hence a large num- party NCP is in a coalition Didi’ barbs. lations to Mamata Banerjee numbers. Opposition parties, including, Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. said Defence Minister. ber of them ended up voting for both the parties in a bid to stop the other. Another senior Left leader :               ;: requesting anonymity said, “the way Muslim-majority districts of Murshidabad and Malda —     voter to officially register a vote Asaduddin Owaisi-led All According to the Election In Bengal, wherein Left -- the war cry of the past,” said a school principal of which have substantial Left of rejection for all candidates India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul- Commission data, NOTA got Front-have significant pres- Communists in Bengal no Matia Burz area in Kolkata. The and Congress votes — voted for he Assembly election who are contesting, is more Muslimeen (AIMIM) which 1.09 per cent vote share in the ence during agitation and longer resonates in Bengal Congress has managed to get the TMC it seems that the vot- Tresults in West Bengal than these parties. contested in Itahar, Jalangi, State. protests against the ruling now. only 2.91 per cent vote share of ers voted to save themselves make it amply clear that there In Tamil Nadu, 15 region- Sagardighi, Bharatpur, All India Forward Bloc got Government, it has miniscule “The basic reason for this the total vote. from NRC or CAA…Maybe is no space for unrecognised al political parties have got less Malatipur, Ratua and Asansol 0.59 percent vote share; presence when comes to vot- is they have lost connect with In Tamil Nadu, AIMIM these voters would return to the regional parties of other States than one per cent of the total has failed to dent the Muslim AIMIM ( 0.02 percent); AJSU ing. the masses, which is reflected has got ( 0.00 per cent), AITC Left fold after this dust of con- in West Bengal and Tamil vote share. votes in Bengal. Bahujan Samaj ( 0.06 percent); Bahujan Samaj The Left Front -- a coali- in their declining vote share in ( 0.00 per cent), BSP ( 0.24 per fusion settles.” Nadu. In all, 11 regional polit- At least ten parties’ vote Party also failed to dent dalit Party (0.36 per cent); CPI 9 tion of communist parties -- the state assembly. cent), BJP ( 2.88 per cent), CPI Referring to the massive ical parties contested the share is “zero per cent” of the votes as they preferrd to go with 0.25 per cent); CPI (ML)(L) was in power for 34 years in The Left Front’s unruly ( 1.51 per cent), CPI ( M) ( 0.71 footfall at the Brigade Rally the Assembly polls have managed total vote share. the Mamata Banerjee’s (0.02 per cent); IUML (0.00 per Bengal, and was considered championing of labour rights per cent), CPI-ML ( L) ( 0.01 befuddled leaders said “going to get less than one per cent of Buoyed by winning 5 of the Trinamool Congress. Voters cent); Janata Dal (United) ( 0.02 invincible until 10 years back, ensured the flight of capital as per cent), DMDK ( 0.41 per by the Brigade rally — and ours the total vote share in the State 20 seats it contested in the 2020 of Tamil Nadu also rejected per cent); Lok Janshakti Party showed pathetic performance. strikes, gheraos and cussed cent), IUML ( 0.38 per cent), was the biggest — it is strange and their vote share is less than Bihar State polls and retain 44 Owaisi as it got “zero percent” (0.01 per cent); NPEP (0.1 per “Lorai, lorai, lorai, chai, lorai trade unions became the order JD ( S), LJP, NCP, NPEP, RJD, that we lost like this ... not even NOTA, (None of the Above), seats in the high-octave of the total vote share in the cent ); RSP (0. 22 per cent) and kore bachte chai,” (Fight, fight, of the day. Today, Left leaders SHS,and SP ( 0.00) per cent), a single seat! It is strange.” an option which enables the Hyderabad civic polls, State. others 3.82 per cent. fight, we want to live fighting) in Bengal are still living in the each vote share.

')! %! .( !#%!  O ) ( O( ) !,#)! !  (*##O( -"#!%!  ! 
%# !0 !  
#! - %  ).! )!()()!  !  (#!#- ) . , 
I
  ! !'! () !  %!  - )!
% ) .(:!H)!% #% B  !- :%0(0 !0 "!* "
#% # )% #(( !(- :%)!!H#% ! 
I !)!(#).   ) %% )%- (   #!!  :; %(* )! !
  (! ):% 

)!# :%(*#- !% 
%
! (#!# #(- %!   -; 6  66  !#%!  #((( O
)!( ( )!)
!- .. 0 ."0 ';  D ) % "!")  !O%! ##  I ( 
 ( 0 !%D( *
! # '!'!
 )!#% !#%!  "!EH) ! -!  (  :; O 0  ! ! .(:!H . )! !  !' ! ) (!
  !0!
 !(!'*
#!
#! *#)  "!") !

 !!0  !* :%D*)! (  !#-: ( !
   )
!   6   5      5

3 
         (

+,"!)+'! )#*'-#(C ! B ! %!(-#(C !C 913-2< -( :    8
 . R   !      = . >   4  4          0 $)92     )*+,(.F                                      ! ,    "             (  !#%)!(#!!0 ,  )#  
 ,      ,S                           "   (                   S  *( )!%#)!               ,      ( common element in  #     32    #            Nepalese politics has    (           32     been the uncertainty        0 <   and unpredictability of Apolitical moves. These moves are            ( often far removed from national            welfare and have severely dam-      1 O , 0   aged its diplomatic endeavours.                 The KP Oli-led incumbent Government has neither been able           to focus on domestic priorities nor             !    bothered about strengthening its      .=(       foreign policy. While Nepal is wit-              nessing a surge in COVID-19 cases and panicking to manage   #           the supply of vaccines from India      2       and China, the country is expe-          ;   riencing diplomatic isolation. -            ( Diplomatic isolation: Nepal’s absence at the Raisina Dialogue in              New Delhi, the BOAO Forum #                   meet in China and the Climate      0                  Summit convened by the US has         0           sparked a debate whether this Government is serious on the for-        ,      1         eign policy front. While Nepal is  ,      1       0       ( yet to assure India of greater coop- The Government has for political benefits. At the time for the treaty in a shorter span.    ,         ,     eration, China seems to have announced the Sagarmath India provided help to Nepal in While the Oli-led     ()               S  ( given a second thought to blind- Sambad (Everest Dialogue) as fighting against COVID-19, Communist Government may ly relying on Oli to meet its a multi-stakeholder dialogue Oli was engaged in a border have surrendered before the   8 )   "            0   strategic interests. The US, on the forum committed to deliberat- fiasco with India to appease Chinese interests, Beijing will              (         other hand, is irked by Oli after he ing on the prominent issues of China. As a responsible neigh- not bargain for anything less                "      showed no interest in joining the global, regional and national bour, Nepal could have used than the extradition treaty as it     ,S     ,           Millennium Challenge significance. The first Sambad diplomatic channels to discuss concerns its Tibet policy.               ,S     Cooperation (MCC), which aims was to be convened on April 2- the border issues, but it chose Conclusion: Politics and to provide affordable and green 4 but it has been postponed due to demonise India. diplomacy are two sides of the                 (   S ( transportation, electricity, region- to the pandemic. Although Bonhomie in question: same coin, and they require    8   ,               ( al security, peace and development Nepal has invited the US, India  E " The Nepalese Prime Minister equal attention at the mint. In                  to partners, only because China and China to participate in the .. " may swear upon the so-called Nepal, the personal and party E                   calls it a military platform. deliberations, a no-show for “peaceful intentions” and coop- interests have been prioritised No-show invite: Nepal stands Nepal at the Climate Summit  E." eration with China and defend over national interests. Leaders       ,S              on the verge of severe climate chal- says a thousand words of an its micromanagement of Nepal’s like Oli have spared “special      O              lenges. The devastation caused by increasing unease in    , domestic affairs, but Beijing is relations” with India for elec-                  the 2015 earthquake to implica- Washington DC towards  E. not at all pleased with Oli. He toral gains and surrendered tions on Mount Everest, forest Nepal. For the record, Nepal played a masterstroke by invit- diplomatic autonomy to fires, toxic air quality and the has prioritised climate change E. "" ing Chinese President Xi Chinese interests. While Nepal 9+ ./ scarcity of freshwater supply in the as a “national security threat” in  G"   Jinping to Nepal, where sever- is a landlocked country and country are a few examples where its first-ever National Security al pacts were signed in 2019. requires assistance from India Nepal requires international aid. Policy 2016; it stands as a =     However, China did not get and other friendly countries, its Under the Biden Administration, political manifestation to seek what it wanted during Xi’s visit. diplomatic conduct towards the US has re-affirmed its com- international funds to the cause. := "- Beijing was expecting an extra- them has been shortsighted. A mitment to climate change, and Soured ties: With India,  .   dition treaty with Kathmandu, furbished relationship with the Paris Declaration and the Oli has left no stone unturned which would allow China India and the US will help recent climate summit were a in capitalising on soured ties. As  E   greater control to suppress the Nepal keep China in balance. fresh effort in this regard. While a next-door neighbour, India   =   “free Tibet” voices of the As Nepal’s politics and politi- an invitation to Nepal was obvi- has stood with Nepal in all Tibetan refugees living in Nepal. cians remain unreliable, its peo- ous at the summit, the diplomat- rough seasons. India was at the  " E ,960 With mounting international ple will have to take the lead in ic mishandling over the MCC by heart of bringing the guerrilla  " pressure from the UNHCR, charting the course of its destiny. the self-centred Oli saw no tick- Maoist fighters down from the human rights organisations (The author is an ICSSR et to the show for Nepal. The US hills for the dialogue which ulti- :  and the Opposition at home, Doctoral Fellow at the JNU has often requested Nepal to mately resulted in the establish- the treaty was taken off the table and Visiting Fellow at the consider the MCC on priority. ment of democracy in Nepal. = "     at the last minute, which has Asian Institute of Diplomacy Still, all successive Communist Yet, all the previous Governments   "   not gone down well with and International Affairs, Governments have made it a US and the Oli-led Government China. In the joint statement, Kathmandu. The views versus China deal. have misused India’s goodwill Beijing had conveyed its hopes expressed are personal.) ;22;< 2=220;;+2=< SOUNDBITE      (       #   +            % Sir — It is not only the shortage of medical ! !  oxygen, hospital beds and essential medi-    !Q #! % cines that are taking a toll on people dur- -
 7
   %  
( # #!(% ing the second wave of COVID-19 but also J (- :  !))!(    "   (  tragedies like the fire accidents in hospitals. !(  !  ))!#, )#! ))#! <       R     It is really shocking to read that at least 18    (#   J #'  M  N%%- people were killed after a fire broke out at ! !#  %%J ( , 4             the ICU of a hospital in Bharuch district of $0% -&  0 ! #0 ( #0
!  K !'  Gujarat on Saturday. There is an urgent need !#!#(!)!
##( )# !,  (       ()*+,       ( to not only ramp up the healthcare infrastruc- %-"* % !  *
!      - . ,        ,         ture in the country but also make the exist- (!  P922 (   0 # % #    O        )(0,       ing infrastructure safer and more robust. %!  90222!)*%# !091( #!% The fire department officials believed 61(' 9(!  %#-  O  %          1          that a short-circuit might have led to the   !   % !# !R               ,         !#((  !% :  (!! !# ()! blaze while the patients slept. After notic- ! !)!Q#( )# !% !# !         0 2   3 $    %    ( ing the fire, the hospital staff tried to res- E   (#   (  912  *)% )!(  O ,    0#(' !
((        2     cue the patients who were on ventilators. 
!82( ) E ,96
##- !*(  - The hospitals in our country, especially the !- 
## !( ,        4     #  ! 0!#!, "!())0" 0!( ones in big cities, often fail to comply with .G&(-&
$  56  7            #% !0!#     )"  !!'% the fire safety norms and standards. The cor- #  !
  !)   - =!#  K"= #             rupt officials of fire safety and other depart- *! *# 
) (#-  !0%"%!0!(  !(%! ments give these hospitals the No-Objection #(      )       ! ),


! ) !   %" ' Certificate (NOC) after pocketing hefty !) !#(0   * 3  0  8     0   ((0 "  !*0 % E
##-   #! , bribes. Most private hospitals are owned by !! %0  
 #    ))!*  
!(  ! $    $         rich or politically connected people and thus ( )!( #(% !#  ( , !!#(( -   ,      )        no action is taken against them. It is high  G

 .--.0               time that a hospital be allowed to operate #%#!# !)# - !         ,  P    ( only if it fulfils all safety conditions. Several #     hospital buildings in metropolitan cities are these elections. It’s true that election results absolutely appalling considering the fact ( -         Q also not earthquake-resistant. matter as politics determines everything. that we are the “pharmacy of the world”. ($ ;    3 <  -  Bhagwan Thadani | Mumbai Elections were held in the midst of a pan- We have now become an international K  %        .6====   demic. Still public health did not figure embarrassment but what is even more dis-      prominently as an election issue. It was real- gusting is that we are still defending our   !( 2 +    <    - .        .((  Sir — The Assembly elections in four States ly shameful that when the country was busy horrendous rollout of vaccines. Q ,!  !          # ( "      and a Union Territory are associated with fighting the pandemic, political parties and Vaccine Maitri has been an absolute ;(       , > *  .5?     =(.@  the spread of Coronavirus infection at a their leaders organised large rallies and road sham and the Centre has ripped its own peo- ! )!((-     AB.B    .6(B6     BCAC     B6C    rapid rate. They will be recorded as super- shows that eventually led to a spurt in the ple off. We have become beggars, asking for number of COVID cases. The issue of the aid and alms from the international com-    B6    0               spreaders that worsened the COVID-19 cri- 6( (  sis than as a democratic exercise to express health of society is certainly above the elec- munity. It has never happened in the his- K 
 !           D .B        political aspirations and elect new tions and results. tory of our country. We were busy gifting         1   ..          Governments. It doesn’t depreciate the G David Milton | Tamil Nadu ventilators and oxygen to the world instead "! ! % 2            ,     B6 ( proverbial wisdom of the Indian electorate of realising that we might need them. When : !          the second wave was crushing the world, we !# %*)!             #           in any way. The Election Commission drew strictures from the Calcutta and Madras Sir — As I write to you, another hospital messed up by not preparing for the worst. # !%   > -          32    E  ( High Courts for turning a blind eye to the is maxed out on capacity. We are averag- We are the worse off now than we were ear- ))!!
         ,            reckless disregard for the mandatory pro- ing 150 deaths per hour due to COVID- lier. And, the worst is yet to come! ! -      8                tocol and COVID-appropriate behaviour 19. The people are dying due to lack of Sean Colin Young | New Delhi !)  * ! basic items such as oxygen and Remdesivir.  H #-       ,          0 S   ( during the election campaigns. The countrymen facing the worst times We are a country that spends a mere one  && 4  "0        > are not at all attached to the outcomes of per cent of our GDP on healthcare; it’s - $/$0 F%"-C($" K! !.      %

+,"!)+'! )#*'-#(C ! B ! %!(-#(C !C FIRSTCOLUMN ? 4 4  5(( 2 ; 2-549 -:9 292   4  / . 0< !!
! !#  %!!'
! ! ) *   @            QA R     66B   =     ! 4 4 4             alf a century ago, an entire populace of a largish Indian town vanished into the jun- Hgles in a matter of hours. They converged 0   0=2< in the neighbouring satellite villages and silently                   )*$AB watched the city burn from a distance; an event now remembered as the ‘Zoram Day.’ And now,  %              while millions of citizens of this diverse land go %              ( on with their daily lives, the pervasive forgetful-          )    )   ness of a nation that takes its history lightly can- 32            %    ( not relegate painful memories of a catastrophe that                 continues to evoke strong opinions among the old            %$ $   ( and the young of Mizoram.   ,            ( For, it was the day when we bombed our own people. And how can the memories be wiped clean            #     — when shell casings are still found in nooks and        $           corners of Aizawl and elders talk of the event in                  ( a hushed tone? Yet, sitting in an overcrowded                 .6 )   Sumo Maxi-cab, a friendly Mizo neighbour nar- A=6=               ( rates his story nonchalantly as he chews a heady     1            ( cocktail of fresh betel nuts. Friendly, warm and        at ease with nature, the Mizo also happens to be one of the last remnants of a true ecosystem com- munity in India. As he speaks, it becomes apparent that as proud custodians of one of the most forested States in the nation, Mizos make constant efforts to pro-  tect their natural landscape. The younger gener- "  ation is aware and they take steps to protect the .  " ancient forests. Several initiatives to protect ==   bombings stopped and temporary wipe out the memories of the days. society. Many did not even return water sources are ongoing. However, the high for- ..  " peace was restored. It is a story that Late in the day, a jarring feeling and continued staying near the est cover is deceptive with almost 67 per cent of has few parallels in modern Indian returned. And it was then, that a camp grounds. E       ;  <  (  E forest area categorised as open forest. With the   history. Unbelievably, it is true and Mizo friend spoke about the unnat- The break up meant that many  ,S   ;   .6 )        ( increasing threat of plantations and barely 200    the collective scars of those days urally hanging villages by the road- small clusters of pseudo-villages                 square kilometre of very dense forest remaining, " constitute a significant portion of sides. After the bombings of 1966 came up in the State. Administrative                 A@B Mizos are taking an active interest in protecting   the memories of all Mizos who which was not even officially decisions on developing infrastruc-        ,S     A.    their land.   remember the event in precise accepted by the Government till the ture in the villages became a chal-     <           Hearing these stories while driving in the State  E": details while the rest of us are bliss- 1980s, the Government decided to lenge as choices had to be made makes the hill more mesmerising than at first fully unaware. create Protected and Progressive upon where to start a school, which     AAA@@          #  glance. Seeing their sustainable lifestyle, one wish-   The anti-establishment move- Villages (PPV). A misnomer if village should get a water supply                es that the rest of the country was as environmen-   ment finally came to an end in June there ever was one, the authorities and so on. The results have been   1               tal conscious as the Mizos. But then, your co-pas- "= 1986 when the Mizoram Peace herded villagers from across the tiny long drawn but often visible in the    "          0  senger reminds you to visit prominent landmarks   " Accord was signed between the hill State into 110 such camps and faces of children who must walk !    ,            ?C in Aizwal. And you visit the graveyard there. Criss- 0  MNF and the Government of India. sowed the seeds of an undisguised long distances to attend school, crossed with graves and a small monument, the :  As per this agreement the region annihilation of traditional cus- increased isolation and poverty,     47             ..  (    , ,S ;  <      .? first reaction of a visitor is usually “It must be relat- was given statehood and the sepa- toms. poor healthcare and scanty water ed to the Japanese Invasion”. But that is not the "  rate State of Mizoram was born in The sociocultural impacts of supply, the hinterland is still pick-   3   -  2     ( case. The graveyard commemorates the Mizo peo- "   February 1987. MNF chief forcing communities to leave their ing up the pieces from living          C=          ple who died during the period of conflict in the = "" Laldenga became the State’s first traditional lands while their lives forcibly.         #        ( 1960s and 70s. The monument was a reminder =  Chief Minister. burnt to the ground is felt to this day Now New Delhi’s measures to               of the rarest of rare atrocity that a State could per- """" A young local stooped over a with a bewildered community still prevent Myanmarese nationals flee-              ( petuate against its own people — bombing the   = mobile phone, mentions wistfully searching for answers for that ing the junta from entering Indian          town using fighter jets of the Indian Air Force :  that his generation looked at the senseless act of brutality. States bordering Myanmar have (IAF). events of those days through histo- For many people, the bombing opened up old wounds. 0              ( During the turbulent times of the insurgency ry books and often cannot relate to was a minor event when compared The Mizos do not ask for          ,       in February 1966, the Mizo National Front the events. But it is the elders who to the PPVs. These forced segrega- much, as those lucky enough to           2       (MNF) launched ‘Operation Jericho’ to throw out have a painful memory and do not tions had a long-lasting effect on make the arduous journey to the          ;2% ,       ( the security forces stationed in Mizoram — want to talk about it. Many elders Mizo society as many people lost Mizo hills will attest to. They love

    .=?=       ?FF       launching simultaneous attacks on Assam Rifles fall into a chilling silence and seem their ancestral bearings. The pain unconditionally and care for their 6= #             garrisons in Aizawl and Lunglei and capturing sev- to want to forget it. But he goes on was not even about burning of land as few other communities do.        ,   8    S ;2% eral significant buildings including the to add that there are a lot of peo- assets, but the perceptible change in Above all, they exude the same Government treasury at Aizawl. The front sub- ple who keep the memory alive, societal norms with people forced extraordinary warmth that many     2;8,S       8  !   sequently declared independence from India forc- especially the younger generation, to live in proximity with other vil- hill communities display — be it the 2 !             ing the then Central Government to take a step some of whom have made short lagers. Himachali, Uttaranchali, Sikkimese               that is unprecedented in India’s post-Independence films on the era. The widespread human rights and Arunachalis. However, the      S   2       ( history. On March 5, 1966, fighter jets of the IAF Local organisations have also abuses, pervasive food shortage in Mizos do clamour for closure so             ( strafed Aizawl with machine gunfire. worked hard to claim compensation a new place, and a growing discon- that the burden of ‘Zoram Day’ and The jets returned on March 6 to drop incen- The writer is Assistant for victims who faced atrocities dur- nect from their ancestral villages, life in PPVs can be relieved. Closure               3  ( Professor at Azim Premji           ;2%     " ( diary bombs. This bombing continued till March University. The views ing those years. As he succinctly have left a scar. Even after the PPVs and acknowledgement of those 13 with significant damages reported across the expressed are personal. mentions, “The collusion of the suf- were disbanded and many people days will sow the seeds for a deep                 town. Then just as suddenly as they started, the ferers”, especially the old, does not returned, they reverted to a broken reconciliation in the future.    ;2%   %                H5       0  ; E  E       ,S ;  POINTCOUNTERPOINT <                                        (   "      -           5   5 P                     5 E  !         J K     %               ,  !5PC 5      5 5 K              L     L              (  1  4                    6            7 ? :       !   R    .                      DE

here was a tempest in a dogs — and religion has socialism that promised to conquered enough land from half a century later it still explicitly, but a majority of small teapot recently, as played a big role in politics in drown all the national hatred Syria, Jordan and Egypt to does, and it doesn’t want to Jewish Israeli voters under- THuman Rights Watch both countries. But the cara- in a shared post-nationalist quadruple its size. It gave the give that land up. But it can- stand and accept it. It is that (HRW) accused Israel of vans are moving in opposite paradise, or a nationalism Sinai Peninsula back to Egypt not afford to give all those the Arabs in the occupied ter- apartheid. That echoed the directions: South Africa that created a sovereign state in exchange for a peace treaty Arabs citizenship and all the ritories will have to live under views of the Israeli human towards democracy, Israel to protect all Jews. in 1977, but Israelis could not rights that go with it, so the permanent military occupa- rights group B’Tselem, which away from it. The younger generation bring themselves to return the only solution is permanent tion, in order that Jewish said in January that the cur-  >;< The usual chicken-or-egg of Jewish activists split: The rest. They kept it, which subjugation of all its post- Israelis may continue to live rent Israeli Government is an question arises at this point. idealists became Communists meant keeping all the 1967 Arab subjects. Only in a Jewish State that extends “apartheid regime.” But the Was it extreme Right-wing and the realists became Palestinians who lived there. hard Right-wing from the Mediterranean to official response was differ- politics that drove Israel to its Zionists — Jewish national- That was the fatal step. Governments can do that the Jordan River. ent. The Israeli Government current dilemma, condemned ists, in other words. Both Just before the Six-Day War, and still be at peace with In four consecutive elec- ignored B’Tselem, but its to perpetual subjugation of its groups achieved their goals: thanks to massive Jewish themselves, so that is what tions in the past two years, Washington Embassy gave Arab population under the A significant proportion of immigration from the diaspo- Israel has ended up with. Netanyahu has failed to get an HRW the standard response leadership of a political thug the Bolshevik leaders in ra, Jewish Israelis outnum- As former Prime Minister outcome that delivers him a to foreign criticism: “We like Binyamin ‘Bibi’ Russia in 1917 were Jews, and bered the Arabs who had not Ehud Barak said in 2017: “If possible winning coalition. strongly reject the false accu- Netanyahu? Or was it the Zionists created the state of alternated between Left and been driven out in the 1948 we keep controlling the whole He’s playing for a deadlock sations that HRW is spread- need to keep the Arabs down Israel in 1948. Right. For all but three years war by around seven-to-one. area from the Mediterranean and a fifth election now, but ing about Israel. This is an that drove Israelis so far But despite their nation- of the past quarter-century That’s a comfortable majori- to the river Jordan where he may end up out of office organisation known to have Right? alism, most of the Zionists (since 1996, when Netanyahu ty, big enough that Israel some 13 million people are and in jail instead. a long-standing anti-Israel History says the latter. For were also tempted by social- first became Prime Minister), could afford to let its Arabs living, if only one entity Any politician who agenda.” Then the caravan Jews in the shtetls of late 19th ism, and for the first 30 years Israel’s Governments have all have citizenship, the vote, all reigned over this whole area, replaces ‘Bibi’, with or with- moved on, leaving the bark- Gwynne Dyer’s new century Eastern Europe, fac- after independence all Israeli been led by the Right. Nor is the usual democratic rights. named Israel, it would out another election, would ing dogs behind. book is ‘Growing Pains: ing unrelenting prejudice and Governments were Left-wing that situation likely to change And it did. become inevitably … either pursue the same basic policy. Some aspects of Israel The Future of Democracy occasional pogroms in the coalitions led by the Labour in the foreseeable future. But after 1967 Israel ruled non-Jewish or non-democra- The centre of gravity of Israeli and Work’. The views are reminiscent of South expressed countries where they were Party. You can trace the drift to a far larger territory on which tic.” politics is now far to the Africa — high fences, lots of are personal. born, there were only two For another two decades, the Right back to the Six-Day almost exactly half the pop- Netanyahu’s solution to Right, and still moving right- guns, and large, unfriendly ways out: A revolutionary until 1996, Israeli coalitions War of 1967, when Israel ulation was Arab. More than this dilemma is never stated wards.     ,   ; "Q &  

R  R 

 "  did not detail findings of the policy. In March, he conduct- called the statement a prepa-      review, but suggested the ed short-range ballistic missile ration for “all-out showdown orth Korea on Sunday administration would seek a tests for the first time in a year, with us.” Nwarned the United States middle ground between though he still maintains a Kim’s powerful sister, Kim will face “a very grave situation” Donald Trump’s “grand bar- moratorium on bigger weapons Yo Jong, also slammed South because President Joe Biden gain” and Barack Obama’s launches. Korea over anti-Pyongyang %   77 “made a big blunder” in his “strategic patience” “If Pyongyang agrees to leaflets floated across the bor- recent speech by calling the approaches. working-level talks, the starting der by a group of North Korean  : ;  North a security threat and Kwon’s statement didn’t point of negotiations would be defectors in the South. The revealing his intent to maintain mention Psaki’s comments. a freeze of North Korean test- group’s leader, Park Sang-hak, hina’s Shandong aircraft a hostile policy against it. After a series of high-pro- ing and development of nuclear said Friday he sent 5,00,000 Ccarrier group has recently Last week, Biden, in his file nuclear and missile tests in capabilities and delivery sys- leaflets by balloon last week, in conducted routine annual exer- first address to Congress, called 2016-17, North Korean leader tems,” Leif-Eric Easley, a pro- a defiance of a new, contentious cises in the South China Sea, North Korea and Iran’s nuclear Kim Jong Un launched summit fessor at Ewha University in South Korean law that crimi- the People’s Liberation Army programs “serious threats” to diplomacy with Trump on the Seoul, said. “If, on the other nalizes such action. said on Sunday, after Beijing American and world security Republic of Korea, the North’s take, and his statement could future of his growing nuclear hand, Kim shuns diplomacy “We regard the maneu- criticised the US for sending and said he’ll work with allies official name. be seen as an effort to apply arsenal. and opts for provocative tests, vers committed by the human Navy ships into the strategic to address those problems “It is certain that the US pressure on the Biden admin- But that diplomacy Washington will likely expand waste in the South as a serious area. through diplomacy and stern chief executive made a big istration as it’s shaping up its remains stalled for about two sanctions enforcement provocation against our state The Chinese Defence Navy spokesperson Gao deterrence. blunder in the light of the pre- North Korea policy. years over differences in how and military exercises with and will look into correspond- Ministry last week urged the Xiucheng said in a statement “His statement clearly sent-day viewpoint,” Kwon said. The White House said on much sanctions relief North allies.” ing action,” Kim Yo Jong said US to restrain its front-line that the exercises were com- reflects his intent to keep “Now that the keynote of Friday administration officials Korea could win in return for Also Sunday, an unidenti- in a statement. forces in the air and seas near pletely legitimate and part of enforcing the hostile policy the US new DPRK policy has had completed a review of US limited denuclearization steps. fied North Korean Foreign She accused the South China. US reconnaissance air- safeguarding national sover- toward the DPRK as it had become clear, we will be com- policy toward North Korea, In January, Kim threat- Ministry spokesman vowed a Korean Government of “wink- craft and warships have eignty, security and develop- been done by the US for over pelled to press for corre- saying Biden plans to veer ened to enlarge his nuclear strong, separate response to a ing at” the leaflets. South become more active around ment interests, as well as main- half a century,” Kwon Jong sponding measures, and with from the approaches of his two arsenal and build more high- recent State Department state- Korean officials earlier said China since President Biden taining regional peace and sta- Gun, a senior North Korean time the US will find itself in a most recent predecessors as he tech weapons targeting the US ment that it would push to pro- they were checking if Park took office, it said. bility. Foreign Ministry official, said very grave situation.” tries to stop North Korea’s mainland, saying the fate of mote “accountability for the truly floated the leaflets and The South China Sea is “We hope the outside in a statement. DPRK stands Kwon still didn’t specify nuclear program. bilateral ties would depend on Kim regime” over its “egregious that they would deal with the particularly contentious world will view it in an objec- for the Democratic People’s what steps North Korea would Press secretary Jen Psaki whether it abandons its hostile human rights situation.” He case in line with the law. because China’s smaller neigh- tive and rational way. In the bours also have competing future, the Chinese navy will claims to one of the world’s continue to hold similar exer- ; 
! :  8R 
 0).1
 busiest sea lanes, which Beijing cises as planned,” said Gao. .    claims virtually in its entirety. The Shandong is the sec-   !
( (
, China has constructed several ond Chinese aircraft carrier to " &
& 

   man-made islands in the dis- enter service after the Liaoning,   +)8+ , "1 puted waters in what the US which was originally purchased  .  9    /  
#$7>>>+ 8 says is a move to militarise the as a hulk from Ukraine and 4   !,'  area. entirely refurbished.  ;". representatives to head an      ".: Colombo: Sri Lanka’s health $=7; appeal committee and the  . authorities have issued new 2 8 !  2<=22+?$ srael has temporarily barred its panel reviewing special cases. he UK is very close to akistan’s Covid-19 death tough guidelines, including Icitizens from travelling to India Meanwhile, the Health Tturning the corner in its epal on Sunday reported a Ptoll on Sunday crossed the banning wedding receptions and six other countries, citing Ministry proposed that those fight against the coronavirus Nrecord 7,137 new cases of 18,000-mark after 113 people and gatherings at religious 
!- -   high Covid-19 infection rates returning from the seven coun- pandemic and it is important to Covid-19, the highest daily succumbed to the deadly con- sites, to prevent the spread of  6  there. A joint Press release issued tries enter a two-week manda- remain careful in the last lap of surge in the country. tagion in one day, according to the coronavirus as the Island & !" & 2)-+ !%* by the Prime Minister’s Office tory quarantine, even if they the process, UK Foreign According to the latest data health officials. nation continued to record a !! ! %
!)  and the Health Ministry on have been vaccinated or recov- Secretary Dominic Raab said received from the Ministry of According to the Ministry spike in daily infections. !
  '!!! %) Friday said that Israelis will not ered from Covid-19, local on Sunday. Health and Population of National Health Services, as For the fifth on Friday, the )%#) *  be allowed to travel to Ukraine, media reports said. The senior Cabinet minis- (MoHP), as many as 7,137 many as 4,414 new cases were daily number of cases report- Istanbul: A close aide of killed ' 
 H ! Brazil, Ethiopia, South Africa, Those who have received ter was defending the govern- new cases of Covid-19 were reported in the last 24 hours, ed crossed the 1,000-mark. Islamic State group leader Abu 9?!0 !!.! India, Mexico and Turkey. two negative Covid-19 test ment’s roadmap out of the detected while conducting RT- taking the national tally to The country recorded sev- Bakr al-Baghdadi has been caught  "  - 
%! This regulation will come reports will be required to be lockdown, which is now set to PCR tests on 16,147 people in 8,29,933, while the number of eral cases of the UK variant in Istanbul, police said on Sunday. !#(*%! % into force on May 3 and will in a 10-day quarantine, they ease further on May 17 when the past 24 hours. deaths jumped to 18,070. which has a bigger mortality The Afghan national, only iden- )'! remain in place until May 16. said. These additional restric- greater indoor interactions are There are currently 48,711 It said that 5,193 people rate, health officials said. tified by the codename Basim, ( !%!  % Non-Israelis, however, will tions are also expected to come expected to be allowed, with active cases across the country. recovered in the same period “We continue to monitor was detained in the Atasehir dis- # %)( be able to travel to these coun- into force on May 3, but are June 21 set as the date for a near Similarly, 1,612 people who while 5,448 patients were still and place isolations on critical trict on the city’s Asian side on !! ! %! tries, provided they plan to subject to the approval of the complete end to lockdown were earlier infected have been in a critical condition. areas," Army chief Gen Wednesday, according to an " ! 0 .! reside there permanently, the Knesset’s (Israeli parliament) rules. discharged after their recovery The positivity rate was 9.75 Shavendra Silva, the head of Istanbul police statement. '(!J!- press release said. Arrangements Committee. Some groups and busi- in the past 24 hours. per cent. Meanwhile, the gov- COVID prevention, said. News reports of the joint The regulation will not be A record 3,689 daily Covid- nesses such as restaurants have The Health Ministry also ernment has banned all kinds He said the government operation with Turkey’s intel-  6 applicable to those who stay at 19 fatalities pushed India’s death called for a quicker lifting of recorded 27 more fatalities due of religious processions ahead was reluctant to order blanket ligence agency said the suspect     airports in transit in one of toll to 2,15,542, while the infec- restrictions. to Covid-19, taking the total of Ramadan. lockdowns due to possible had been involved in helping these countries for a time peri- tion count reached 1,95,57,457 "I know that people are number of Coronavirus relat- Separately, the official data adverse economic impacts. hide al-Baghdadi in Syria’s od of up to 12 hours while wait- with 3,92,488 more people hankering to go a bit faster but ed death to 3325. The number of the Health Ministry showed Under the new guidelines, Idlib province after the fall of ing for a connecting flight. being confirmed positive for the actually we feel vindicated at of people diagnosed with that over 15,000 children and wedding receptions will not be the group in 2019. Al-Baghdadi The Israeli government disease, according to the Union taking steady steps out of the Covid-19 in Nepal has people between one and 20 permitted until May 21. No was killed in a raid on his also authorised its health and Health Ministry data updated lockdown is the smart way to increased by 136.8 per cent years of age tested positive for gatherings are allowed at reli- Syrian hideout by US special interior ministers to appoint on Sunday. go,” Raab told ‘Sky News’. compared to the last week. the Covid-19 in April. gious sites. PTI forces in October 2019. AP

L0(;6$04  %$
0?+ #  &<    #  .     *8   
& ! )(!!!% )!% !)! * !  :  lies took place in the German   !%!  ! *, capital on Saturday and the vast  !  
3    %  #(:O t least 93 police officers majority of them were peace- #!#)Q#- !% Awere injured and 354 pro- ful. However, a leftist march of (O()( 0 testers were detained after tra- 8,000 people through the city’s      appears there’s some relation- *!
. ((% ditional May Day rallies in Neukoelln and Kreuzberg ship that had to do with (!-!!
% Berlin turned violent, Berlin’s neighbourhood, which has ran’s Foreign Minister apol-  : employment.” )!!) (*%)! top security official said often seen clashes in past Iogised on Sunday for record- “Whether or not they all !#*)!! % Sunday. decades, turned violent. ed comments that were leaked gunman killed two people worked there, we’re still work- 
!( 0 More than 20 different ral- Protesters threw bottles to the public last week, creat- Aat a Wisconsin casino ing on,” he said. #!!(!! ing a firestorm in Iran less than restaurant and seriously The wounded person was #*%#%( two months before presidential wounded a third before he being treated at a Milwaukee (*! %)!(( elections. was killed by police late on hospital, Pawlak said. #*!'!    &&     &&&    The recordings of Saturday, in what authorities The attack happened )122(* !)#-      # Mohammad Javad Zarif said appeared to be a targeted around 7:30 pm at the Oneida   "   % included frank comments on attack. Casino, operated by the Oneida   powerful late Iranian Gen. Brown County Sheriff’s Lt. Nation on the western side of   and rocks at officers, and Qassem Soleimani, who was post Sunday he hoped Kevin Pawlak said investigators Green Bay, with the casino . 0+ #(#)#!! burned garbage containers and killed by a US drone strike in Soleimani’s family would for- believe the gunman was seek- tweeting that an active shoot- #!#)T(# % wooden pallets in the streets. 2020. The attack at the time give him. "I hope that the great ing a specific person he was er was on the scene. )!"  0 !(  “Violence against police brought the US and Iran to the people of Iran and all the angry at. Jawad Yatim, a witness, !! 0*H !  officers and a blind, destructive brink of war. Soleimani’s funer- lovers of General (Soleimani) “He was targeting a specif- said he saw at least two people )!)%!-E  rage has nothing to do with al processions in Iran drew mil- and especially the great family ic victim who was not there, shot.  
*#'(' political protest,” Berlin state lions of people to the streets. of Soleimani, will forgive me," but he decided to still shoot “I know for sure two, !%)!(.
 #(# interior minister Andreas In the recordings, Zarif he said. some of the victim’s friends or because it happened right next )#!
#)T(0 Geisel said. criticizes Soleimani’s separate Zarif’s leaked comments co-workers, it appears,” Pawlak to us, literally right next to us,” ) !O!(!%  Geisel condemned the relations with Russia and his were highly controversial in said. Yatim said. #-# )* throwing of bottles and rocks refusal to stop using the nation- Iran, where officials mind their Neither the gunman nor “But he was shooting pret- '-)! and the burning barricades on al carrier Iran Air for Syrian words amid a cut-throat polit- the shooting victims were ty aggressively in the building, % 912)!)%! the streets and especially the operations despite Zarif’s ical environment that includes immediately identified. so I wouldn’t doubt him hitting ! # 0 violence toward police saying, objections. Iran Air has been the powerful Revolutionary Pawlak wasn’t sure if the other people.” ())# "%# “The high number of injured sanctioned by the US. Guard, ultimately overseen by shooter was a former employ- Yatim said the shooting J  T()! !( officer leaves me stunned. Zarif said in an Instagram the country’s supreme leader. ee of the restaurant, but said “it began in a casino restaurant. '(%-  
"

2:/-    
 7C   *     8R
1   !  ?;    D     4
!     “The Americans accepted to pay $7 billion and swap four  
 
 ran will free prisoners with Iranians who were active in    EM"N IWestern ties in Iran in bypassing sanctions for four exchange for billions of dollars American spies who have paceX returned four astro- Lahore: The administrative from the United States and the served part of their sentences,” Snauts from the International control of historical Katas Raj United Kingdom, state television state TV said, quoting the offi- Space Station on Sunday, mak- Temples has been handed over reported on Sunday. The US cial in an on-screen crawl. ing the first US crew splash- to the Evacuee Trust Property immediately denied the report, US State Department down in darkness since the Board (ETPB), a statutory body while the UK did not respond. spokesman Ned Price imme- Apollo 8 moonshot. of the federal government The state TV report quot- diately denied the Iranian state The Dragon capsule para- which looks after holy places of ed an anonymous official just TV report. chuted into the Gulf of Mexico minorities in Pakistan, for its as Supreme Leader Ayatollah “Reports that a prisoner off the coast of Panama City, "proper upkeep". Ali Khamenei began giving swap deal has been reached are Florida, just before 3 am, end- Katas Raj is one of the holi- what authorities earlier not true," Price said. "As we ing the second astronaut flight est places for the Hindu com- described as an “important” have said, we always raise the for Elon Musk’s company. munity in Pakistan. The temples speech. However, Khamenei cases of Americans detained or It was an express trip in Punjab province form a com- did not immediately discuss missing in Iran. We will not home, lasting just 6 1/2 hours. plex surrounding a pond named any proposed swap amid nego- stop until we are able to reunite The astronauts, three $%%  :  + &+5 < 
+  (  +6 Katas — which is regarded as tiations in Vienna over Tehran’s them with their families.” Price American and one Japanese, %   7  % =6%B%>   $  +    sacred by the devotees. tattered nuclear deal with world did not elaborate. flew back in the same capsule     B # '    &  B<8 "In the light of the Supreme powers. The official quoted by Tehran holds four known — named Resilience — in $
 
    & 
     < &&  && Court decision, the adminis- Iranian state TV said a deal Americans now in prison. They which they launched from  & +@   % trative control of historical made between the U.S. And include Baquer and Siamak NASA’s Katas Raj Temples has been Tehran involved a prisoner Namazi, environmentalist Kennedy Space Center in launching from the US The Saturday night’s undocking taken back from the Punjab swap in exchange for the Morad Tahbaz and Iranian- November. previous record of 84 days was left seven people at the space government and given to the release of $7 billion in frozen American businessman Emad Their 167-day mission is set by NASA’s final Skylab sta- station, four of whom arrived ETPB after 15 years. PTI Iranian funds. Shargi. the longest for astronauts tion crew in 1974. a week ago via SpaceX.      @

#()!!0 (     !  0E 
  
" " (#!'! %   "  &
! 
(( # !)A   5 2  +=-, ! 

   while there could be a “little bit : ".    of slowdown in new installa- ndustry body TAIPA has tions” in the immediate short  ?" he Government has waived Isaid that essential telecom term, the momentum will pick Tlate fee for delayed filing of infrastructure operations and up from May onwards with  T  monthly return GSTR-3B and maintenance activities are by- vaccination drive opening up to tax payment for the months of and-large running smoothly a larger population, and given March and April and also amid pandemic-induced cur- that surge in data consumption    reduced interest rate for late fil- fews and movement curbs will continue unabated. ers. across various states. Elaborating on the TAIPA’s nsold housing inventories The Finance Ministry in a The telecom tower indus- outreach programme, Dua Uin primary markets across statement said it has provided try is better prepared to handle informed that the association eight major cities fell margin- several relief measures in view the work on ground as many had reached out to its members ally by 2 per cent at 7.05 lakh of the challenges faced by tax- rocesses and practices are and various circle heads to units during January-March payers in meeting the statuto- already in place following last ensure contingency planning as compared to the previous Both the cities together have reported a drop. ry and regulatory compliances year’s nationwide lockdown. measures were in place, and quarter and it will take four account for 54 per cent of the Unsold housing stocks in under the Goods & Services The association had also that a portal with dashboard years for developers to sell total available stock, followed Ahmedabad rose to 42,991 Tax (GST) law due to the out- After 30 days, the normal 18 introduced compliance-related reached out to the Centre and tracking 8-9 key parameters these units at current speed, by NCR and Bengaluru with units from 38,614 units in the break of the second wave of per cent interest would be reliefs for the block of two- various states to address some including movement of people, according to a report. 15 per cent and 10 per cent previous quarter, while in COVID-19 pandemic. levied. month March and April, 2021. of the issues early on, leading availability of diesel, support In its report ‘Real Insight’, share, respectively, “ said Mani Chennai, the numbers grew to Taxpayers with a turnover The Central Board of Every taxpayer of the country to timely action and outcomes, needed and coercive actions, if housing brokerage firm Rangarajan, COO of 37,697 units from 36,609 units. of over Rs 5 crore have been Indirect Taxes and Customs is eligible for some form of T R Dua, director-general, any, is up-and-running to mon- PropTiger reported that near- Housing.Com and PropTiger. In Bengaluru, unsold given 15 days extra time to file (CBIC) on May 1 issued the extension irrespective of the Tower and Infrastructure itor on ground activities. ly 18 per cent of the total In terms of inventory inventories declined to 69,285 monthly summary return notification, saying that these size of operations. Providers Association (TAIPA), “Sporadic issues will keep unsold inventory falls in the overhang, Housing.Com and units from 71,198 units. GSTR-3B and pay taxes with- relaxations come into effect “Large taxpayers will told PTI. coming but there has been ready-to-move-in category. PropTiger Director Research Delhi NCR has out paying any late fees. They from April 18. enjoy a full waiver of late fee, “This time we are better continuous flow of informa- As per the data, unsold Ankita Sood said the overall 1,05,279 unsold housing units would be required to pay a Also the due date for fil- and partial relief in levy of prepared in so far as process- tion, so movement of techni- housing stock declined to inventory overhang increased in January-March 2021 lower 9 per cent for these 15 ing April sales return GSTR-1 interest wherein GSTR -3B fil- es are concerned, and we took cians and field personnel has 7,05,344 units during the first to 47 months as of March period as against 1,06,689 days, after which the rate would has been extended till May 26, ings are delayed up to 15 days. immediate timely action think- not been prohibited. Things are quarter of 2021 calendar year 2021, as compared to 28 units in the previous quarter. be 18 per cent. from the original due date of However, small taxpayers will ing COVID wave is likely to be moving smoothly for now,” across eight cities from months in Q1 2020 and 43 In Hyderabad, unsold Businesses with turnover May 11. For composition deal- enjoy similar benefits even if more stronger,” he said. Dua said adding that the indus- 7,18,483 units in the previous months in Q4 2020. inventories dropped marginal- of up to Rs 5 crore in the pre- ers filing sales return GSTR-4, such filings are delayed up to 30 Remote working and mas- try has not encountered major quarter. “This implies that with the ly to 39,191 units from 39,308 ceding financial year, have 30 the deadline for filing returns days,” Mohan added. sive data requirements of peo- issues as it had faced last year This was because housing current sales velocity, it will units. Unsold housing stock in days more time from their for the financial year ended While businesses file ple have led to 65,000 new tow- in the immediate aftermath of sales across eight major cities take nearly four years to absorb Kolkata decreased to 28,827 original due date for filing 3B March 31, 2021, has been GSTR-1 of a particular month ers coming up over the last one the March 2020 lockdown. stood at 66,176 units while new the current residential inven- units from 30,210 units. returns for March and April, extended by a month till May by the 11th day of the subse- year, Dua said. Earlier, TAIPA had sought supply was 53,037 during tory,” she said. In Maharashtra’s two with late fee waiver. Interest rate 31. AMRG & Associates Senior quent month, GSTR-3B is filed Asked if the recent surge in Telecom Department’s support January-March 2021. According to the data, major markets, Mumbai saw would be ‘Nil’ for the first 15 Partner Rajat Mohan said in a staggered manner between COVID cases will hit new to ensure round-the-clock “Mumbai and Pune con- unsold inventories in unsold housing stock declining days, post which it would be a owing to Covid induced exi- 20th-24th day of the succeed- tower installations to some availability of telecom connec- tinue to hold the maximum Ahmedabad and Chennai have to 2,54,183 units from 2,63,987 concessional 9 per cent rate. gencies, the government has ing month. extent, Dua said in his view tivity as strict movement . share of unsold stock. risen while the other cities units. 3! )(   P &    % 

7<+;A ) 145 ,
") !       -- fell to 5.9 million tonnes in  -.+ !#!#)  M N  April 2021, down 1.7 per cent )#) #"   !51 63 he second wave of coron- from the previous month and  !  # !
 Tavirus sweeping the nation 9.9 per cent from April 2019. ()!!! has pummelled fuel sales in Diesel sales in April 2020 were !)!(#!#  ..: existing supervisory rating April as local restrictions 2.84 million tonnes. ##  !#!!   models under CAMELS clamped to curb the spread of With airlines continuing to M"%,9N (-  he Reserve Bank has decid- approach for improved risk inflection stifled demand, pre- operate at less than capacity, jet (O .O  
  Ted to review and strength- capture in forward looking liminary data showed. fuel (ATF) sales in April were # !

0' (! en the Risk Based Supervision manner and for harmonising “At the end of April, over- 377,000 tonnes, down 11.5 per    (RBS) of the banking sector the supervisory approach all fuel demand is down by cent over March 2021 and 39.1 . !!#
 with a view to enable financial across all SEs,” it said. about 7 per cent from pre- per cent over April 2019. Jet #%!-"!!H .  0 sector players to address the Annual financial inspec- Covid level of April 2019,” fuel sales in April 2020 were ! 0 I!* emerging challenges. tion of UCBs and NBFCs is Arun Singh, Director for month and so comparing cur- owned fuel retailers. 5,500 tonnes. .! )  The RBI uses the RBS largely based on CAMELS Marketing and Refineries at rent month sale to April 2020 Petrol sales in April were Sales volume of cooking ) #-"!- - 0!#!MN0 0!-! !!
model, including both qualita- model (Capital Adequacy, Bharat Petroleum Corporation will not throw a correct inter- 6.3 per cent lower than March gas LPG fell 3.3 per cent to 2.1 :!0 ! 0   (##M N "!"  tive and quantitative elements, Asset Quality, Management, Ltd (BPCL), said. pretation. 2021 and 4.1 per cent lower million tonnes in April 2021 ! 0!#!!0"! !)  M" N! to supervise banks, urban Earnings, Liquidity, and India was under one of the Sales of petrol -- used in than April 2019. Petrol sales in when compared with the pre-  ) !- cooperatives banks, non-bank- Systems & Control). world’s severest lockdowns in cars and motorcycles -- fell to April 2020 were 872,000 vious month. ing financial companies and all The RBI undertakes April 2020, bringing to a halt 2.14 million tonnes in April, the tonnes. The sales were 11.6 per 4  P   India financial institutions. supervision of SEs with the almost all economic activity. lowest since August, according Demand for diesel -- the cent higher than 1.88 million N4 “It is now intended to objective of assessing their Fuel sales had halved that to the preliminary data of state- most used fuel in the country tonnes in April 2019. !E0=  !I #!0E 0 # E.! review the supervisory process- financial soundness, solvency, "#! H!((.!"#!(  es and mechanism in order to asset quality, governance  !%#  !%, make the extant RBS model framework, liquidity, and oper- %!%!%!(( #::0 more robust and capable of ational viability, so as to protect D% $   (7 8-=0)   F :- (-00:-"#- :--   addressing emerging chal- depositors’ interests and finan- ! !%!(()!(# (# lenges, while removing incon- cial stability. !8289,88-!"E  0E# sistencies, if any,” the RBI said The Reserve Bank con- =  " USD 6.92 billion. In April 2021, oil imports stood at #!0E ,  E while inviting bids from tech- ducts supervision of the banks Imports too rose by over three-folds USD 10.8 billion as compared to USD 4.65 .!"#!)!:! ! nical experts/consultants to through offsite monitoring of  "91-8?: to USD 45.45 billion last month as against billion in the corresponding month last #!# !- !#!0 carry forward the process for the banks and an annual USD 17.09 billion in April 2020. year.  ( #  %922U banks. inspection of the banks, where “India’s merchandise exports in April Major export commodities which #!)!!)!%!((- In case of UCBs and applicable.    2021 were USD 30.21 billion, an increase have recorded positive growth in April NBFCs, the Expression of In case of Urban of 197.03 per cent over USD 10.17 billion include gems and jewellery, jute, phar-   6 6 Interest (EOI) for ‘Consultant Cooperative Banks (UCBs) ndia’s exports in April jumped nearly in April 2020 and an increase of 16.03 per maceuticals, carpet, handicrafts, leather, /) + " )) (*!)* )' !
* !)! for Review of Supervisory and NBFCs, it conducts the Ithree-folds to USD 30.21 billion on cent over USD 26.04 billion in April 2019,” electronic goods, oil meals, cashew, engi- !() E -(
*)* )! E  Models’ said the supervisory supervision through a mix off- account of healthy growth in key sectors the ministry said in a statement. neering, petroleum products, marine ) !*% ! - ) functions pertaining to com- site monitoring and on-site including engineering, gems and jewellery, In percentage terms, the growth rate products and chemicals. !
 !() E )#!*! mercial banks, UCBs and inspection, where applicable. and petroleum products, even as trade in exports and imports are at record high, Exports of engineering, gems and jew- *)!-##! %)!(!#
 0 (*!)#(( NBFCs are now integrated, A technical advisory group deficit widened to USD 15.24 billion, mainly due to base-effect. ellery, and petroleum products rose mul- *  ! !#6@@0 )#<><* !
#- with the objective of harmon- consisting of senior officers of according to commerce ministry’s pre- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic tifold to USD 5.55 billion, USD 3.3 billion, '0 (*!)%*  ! !#89<20 ising the supervisory approach the RBI would examine the liminary data released on Sunday. induced lockdown last year, exports shrank and USD 2.12 billion, respectively in  9912)* !
#-0555 )1@?*  based on the activities/size of documents submitted by the The country’s merchandise exports by a record 60.28 per cent in April 2020. April. Gold imports surged to USD 6.12  50 )#959* !
#- “It is intended to review the EOI. April 2020. Trade deficit in that month was per cent to USD 34.45 billion. against USD 2.83 million in April 2020. ' .-
 
,Q '!"!)1 ( P F "       2C- &!  ,#!   "
!5
5,
,'!(      &   &    +   
 !  - 0
 ! &8
'!    478 &2DEC? (!')# 
&
 New Delhi:As many as 462    March 2021 was at 19.79 MT as infrastructure projects report-     60>16  against 19.87 MT imported in  ..:  ..: country was in a national lock- ed a cost overrun of over 4.36  . "  ndia’s coal import is expect- the same month a year ago, down. SBI took the lead in the lakh crore as of April 1, 2021. la Electric is looking at tak- Ied to be subdued in coming mjunction said. s the severe Covid crisis es Bank’s rescue act in early rescue and was supported by all The Flash Report on Oing its electric scooter to E = E ,96 months on account of various For the financial year Aand the resultant lock- YMarch 2020 happened in the lenders in the system, who Central sector projects for international markets, includ- factors like prevailing Covid sit- 2020-21, total coal and coke downs have again brought the the nick of time ahead of the have become stakeholders in March published by the ing countries like France, Italy    uation, high coal stock in the imports stood at 215.92 MT, travel and hospitality industry Covid-19 pandemic, and even the bank by infusing capital. Ministry of Statistics and and Germany, this fiscal, a top system and higher interna- about 12.62 per cent lower to a halt, the Hotel Association a 15-day delay in it would have “We are at least very happy Programme Implementation company executive said. napping their six-month tional prices, according to than 247.10 MT imported dur- of India (HAI) has written to meant great difficulty for a in terms of what we have showed that 557 projects are The company, which is Sbuying spree, foreign mjunction. ing FY20. the Central government seek- lender about to close down, its achieved,” Kumar said, listing running behind schedule. working on setting up a investors turned net sellers in Mjunction - a joint venture During FY21, non-coking ing liquidity support in the new managing director and out the 55 per cent growth in “Out of the 1,737 projects, ‘Hypercharger Network’ for its April and pulled out 9,659 between Tata Steel and SAIL - coal import was at 141.02 MT form of lower interest rate and chief executive Prashant Kumar deposits, a 42 per cent jump in 13 projects are ahead of sched- electric vehicle, is slated to crore from Indian equities, - is a B2B e-commerce com- as against 170.75 MT import- further customisation in the said. operating profit during pan- ule, 229 are on schedule, 557 launch its electric scooter in spooked by the intense second pany and also publishes ed during FY20. Coking coal Emergency Credit Line Speaking for the first time demic-marred FY21 and a Rs are delayed, 462 projects India in July this year. wave of coronavirus and its fall- research reports on coal and import was recorded at 49.44 Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS). about the journey since the RBI 5,000 crore cash recovery as key reported cost overrun and 136 “We are going to be out on the economy. steel verticals. MT, flat against 49.17 MT The industry body has also and the government moved in wins. projects reported both time and launching internationally...This If the fears of Covid-19 The country’s coal import imported during FY20. sought a complete or partial to bailout the lender seeing an However, the timelines of cost overrun with respect to financial year itself, we will be increases among foreign fell 12.62 per cent to 215.92 Of the total imports in waiver of statutory expenses exodus of deposits with a Rs the recovery got stretched their original project imple- selling internationally also. We investors, we can witness fur- million tonnes (MT) in FY21 March 2021, non-coking coal like property tax, lease rentals, 10,000-crore rescue act led by because of COVID and what mentation schedules,” the start with India first but soon, ther redemptions, which can from 247.10 MT in FY20, was at 12.12 MT, against 13.16 license fee, and excise fee SBI, Kumar acknowledged that should have been achieved in report said. we move into international result in some more volatility according to a provisional com- MT imported in March 2020. payable by hotels to various the thread was very slender and FY21 got deferred to the next It, however, said that the markets with a focus on in the market, Harshad pilation by mjunction services, Coking coal import was at government authorities. the timing was very apt. fiscal, he said, acknowledging number of delayed projects Europe,” Ola Chairman and Chetanwala, co-founder based on monitoring of vessels’ 5.47 MT during March 2021, HAI noted that the second “… if this decision had that the second wave is upon us decreases to 412 if delay is cal- Group CEO Bhavish Aggarwal Mywealthgrowth.Com, said. positions and data received up against 4 MT imported in wave of the pandemic has been delayed by even 15 days, now. culated on the basis of latest told PTI. The company has not According to data available from shipping companies. March 2020. stopped the recovery of the I don’t know whether we would “I think COVID is creat- schedule of completion. Further, yet disclosed details like pric- with depositories, foreign port- “The overall decline in The second wave of the hospitality and tourism sector. be able to see … whether we ing more issues for us. There for 938 projects, neither the year ing of the e-scooter. Last year, folio investors (FPIs) withdrew coal imports during the year COVID-19 pandemic has Hotels in India, which were would be able to speak today,” are no regrets, but the timelines of commissioning nor the ten- Ola had announced a Rs 2,400- a net sum of 9,659 crore from 2020-21 was on expected lines. wreaked havoc across the shut for nearly 6-8 months Kumar told PTI, expressing sat- have a little elongated,” he said. tative gestation period has been crore investment for setting up Indian equity markets in April. In coming months, import country, bringing the entire reopened in a staggered man- isfaction at the way the recon- He says the overall quan- reported.”Total original cost of its first electric scooter factory This was the first net with- demand is likely to be subdued healthcare system to its knees. ner and were recovering some- struction has panned out. tum of stressed assets from the implementation of the 1,737 in Tamil Nadu. Upon comple- drawal since September 2020, in view of the surge in COVID- The country’s daily coronavirus what on the strength of domes- Within six days of the legacy book has now come projects was 22,33,409.53 crore tion, the factory will create when they had pulled out a net 19 infections, high coal stock in tally crossed the grim milestone tic leisure tourism and wed- move to supersede the board down to Rs 45,000 crore from and their anticipated comple- nearly 10,000 jobs and will be of 7,782 crore from equities. the system and high prices of four lakh, while the death toll dings and family get-togethers, and freeze deposit withdrawals, the Rs 50,000 crore at the time tion cost is likely to be the world’s largest scooter man- Prior to the last month’s out- prevailing in the international rose to 2,11,853 with 3,523 only to be impacted yet again the WHO announced COVID- of the bailout and includes 26,69,649.35 crore, which ufacturing facility that will ini- flow, FPIs invested over 1.97 market,” mjunction services fresh fatalities, according to on account of lockdowns in 19 as a pandemic. Infections over Rs 28,000 crore in non- reflects overall cost overruns of tially have an annual capacity lakhcrore in equities between MD and CEO Vinaya Varma data updated by the Union some states, night and weekend kept on increasing across India performingassets and written- 4,36,239.82 crore (19.53 per of 2 million units. October 2020 and March 2021. said. India’s coal import in Health Ministry on Saturday. curfews, it said. and within 20 days, the entire off loans. cent of original cost),” it said.     ,   ! "# ## # $% %# $#& $%  "# %    L(%% & &## %)**   *

#*

Q   allowing them to express themselves up. It takes time and patience and without judgement, remember to by maintaining this consistent com- focus on the ‘emotion’ or the munication, you have allowed them !
) moment as opposed to the individ- to know that they can connect ual. During a temper tantrum with you which is critical for the !!6 instead of calling the child, a ‘bad emotional needs. boy’ considers saying, ‘I sense that  Maintain a journal and a diary you are feeling bad about some- of the child’s behavioural changes !', thing, and I know it is making you if any. It is important to understand upset, once you are ready to talk, I the trigger points, the pattern and 5 !
) am here to listen.’ Sometimes, a hug in some cases of trauma or abuse, will work and at other times walk- it must be important to report this ing away will do wonders. to the counsellor to seek profession-   The 2 F’s (Food and Fitness) for al intervention me are always a huge trigger point  As facilitators, it is critical to that results in emotional and behav- understand that this Covid school- ,
)(  ioural challenges. Ninety per cent ing requires a re-orientation of can be attributed to lack of exercise some academic targets for the stu- ",' or fitness routines and a diet that dents in favour of mental well- does nothing for the nutrition that being. Children need to feel will not help them regulate their enthused to learn, and if there is a moods. Kids need to have some period of ‘languishing’ then better form of physical activity be it yoga, to bring in the ice-breakers and skipping, running, playing, or even games than try and teach them frac- doing errands through the day by tion word problems. Be flexible, organising themselves! For every adjust and prioritise well-being.   two hours of sitting in one place,  Planning activities to include there must be 20-minute breaks. plenty of group work, group games,  Kids need to interact with the etc will help children slowly regain kids of their own age, and therefore their confidence with social skills. recommend to families to make an They can be ‘taught’ these by   effort (if safe) to connect with other encouraging words, giving them families in their building or neigh- strategies, and reassuring them bourhood to meet with social dis- that they are on the right path by hile some states and cities tancing and safety norms. This role modelling as well! in India saw the partial ‘physical’ presence helps them devel-  Home-school partnership can- Wopening of schools for a op the social skills. Or try to games not be emphasised enough, and the short period of time prior to the new played online with fellow kids, connection must be real-time, virus mutations that make the sec- The conversations around Covid a school year has gone by, and to be chatting in zoom parties, or partic- proactive, and transparent about the ond wave so much more severe, it are not joyous ones and be it news told yet again that the world will not ipation in summer classes where challenges faced in school and at is a fact that pre-schoolers and those channels or discussions at home with normalise despite some ‘vaccines’ they can engage with children of home to help the child transition to in elementary years, including pri- everyone is locked in did their fair because the ‘numbers are rising’ is their own age. this Covid phase. mary years, continued to operate share of damage to these little minds all too much for children this young.  Sleep deprivation is another con- Academic milestones are criti- with their virtual engagements. who suddenly found themselves If adults are experiencing languish- tributor to the emotional and behav- cal when one thinks of develop- As it was not deemed ‘safe’ for ‘distanced’, isolated, restrained, and ing, lethargy, lack of motivation, ioural changes in a child. A child mental goals, but these can be them to be in physical environments being exposed to circumstances depression, and loneliness, imagine needs 10 to 12 hours of sleep to ‘made-up’, what is extremely diffi- other than the safety of their homes that were totally alien. From the the children. As Harvard researchers allow the mind and the body to cult is regaining the strength or the given a host of reasons that were ‘breaks’ they got from their home point out, they are still ‘work-in- develop and this sleep deprivation confidence to be emotionally agreed upon by governments, edu- when in school, or outdoors, play- progress’ and do not have the expe- is a major cause, this would be non- secure, and content, aware and cation departments, local adminis- ing or even in classes, this around the rience to manage or cope, and yet negotiable as a recommendation to more which means the focus for tration, etc. In fact, if reports are to clock with nowhere to go and they are being forced to! parents. adults who engage with these chil- be believed, even those that could dependent on their family for sup- This makes for a strong case for  Communication does not always dren must be about well-being a attend school as a physical class had port was a challenge for these chil- adults be it teachers or parents to have to be direct with children. Use priority. many parents deciding against this, dren and that is a simple fact. They think long and hard about the well- books, YouTube videos, or a movie Schooling isn’t about words forcing schools to adopt the blend- missed their friends, the comfort of being — emotional, social, and to get kids into conversations and and numbers, and learning about ed format of learning. their teachers helping them and gen- behavioural health — of the chil- 10 simple things to remember: respond with ease when the atten- discuss about their feelings, their mountains and rivers and moon This ‘wait’ for the physical erally life turned on them! dren. For starters, consider that  Be alert for signs and have a ‘rou- tion is shifted to someone else, and fears, their joys. Instead of the neg- and stars, what does any of this school for those that were denied The ‘distance’ for the younger they are a ‘little broken’ despite those tine’ of checking-in protocols which while they begin to identify with the ative, focus on the positives. It mean when the child is lugging entry, to the ‘anxiety’ associated with children was especially difficult and smiles and the strong facade and are not ‘how are you feeling’ ques- story, they may find themselves allows the child to ease into a con- around a heart that is so full of emo- the physical classes did create a fur- teenagers have complained of fatigue with that create an approach of being tions, but instead sharing a story of opening up without pressure. versation and makes it less threat- tion, and pain that it dulls every ther impact on children and the way as well. Their little world turned compassionate, communicative, someone feeling low and testing  Before jumping into solving the ening. Also, do not play the guilt information coming in! they express themselves. upside down in the past 12 months, proactive, and empowering. what their reactions are. Children problem, and being very mindful of game or reward them for opening —IANS

he ordeal of finding a parking C;77; Tspot to park is daunting. Standing in the queue and waiting ")1( '1 for your chance to park your vehi- cle, or constantly roaming around in the hope of finding that one spot is     indeed a cumbersome process.         4 =  <.F 5F.:   1    I +   However, this can be managed             efficiently with a few simple hacks.       "  1         J 2  S   1         This is one of the most basic yet feasible parking solutions one could ever provide you. Whenever you visit an extremely crowded venue, be it festivals, concerts, sports matches, etc. you often find your- self in a fix. You struggle with find- ing a parking spot and then exiting the place seems to be a hassle. In sit- uations like these, reverse parking comes to the rescue. This will not only save time but efforts as well as you will be able to make a smooth exit. For those who are amateur dri- vers, all you need to do is spot two spots before an empty parking space. Check for any passing car or people and once the way is clear, you just need to turn the vehicle.    P All one has to do is place your                 -  -   # car two feet ahead of the vehicle  (                   parked right after you. Then, you          need to cut your wheels towards the right and simultaneously reverse your car. You need to keep doing so   till the time the license plate of the next to the curb. However, your can be a major issue. However, by #    car behind you is clearly visible in steering should always be away following the simple rule of science        the side view mirror. Straighten the from it to avoid the occurrence of and parking your wheels facing the 6     car and back it up until you are right accidents. While parking down the east direction will allow the sun rays   S    before the other car and you will slope, you need to turn your steer- to directly fall on the windshield.      have parked the car in a parallel ing towards the curb that is in the This sunflower technique will help     manner. opposite direction. in de-frosting them in the morning  It might seem complicated but In cases when there is no curb, and will help save the scraping time is extremely simple when it comes you just need to turn your wheel to as well. to execution. However, not many the right, and voila! You would suc-   5  5  people are aware that this is one of cessfully park your vehicle on the 5 5 the viable parking hacks and helps slope! There are scenarios when even      E a lot of space, time, and efforts. after knowing all the tips and tricks, and help in real-time data collection, desired destination or in its proxim-       5 P !6 you still struggle with getting the analysis, and algorithm applica- ity. Using the parking app will save    5 S     right parking spot. In the present tion. you from the aimless roaming   !     Parking on the slope is anoth- This parking solution is specif- digital times, smart parking apps All you need to do is input your around in search of that one spot.       er dreadful situation that many of us ically for people living in cold or help resolve this issue. They make destination on the app and it will —The author is co-founder and        often refuse to face. All you need to snowy regions. In these regions, use of the state of the art predictive share information about the avail- CEO, of a tech start up that integrates   )    do is park parallel on the incline parking amidst the snow and frost software, ultrasonic sensor systems, able vacant parking spaces in your parking and mobility globally 2<;? 7B;< . 0Q  9.0  L!
!!    L ) !

0  0. :   *'  ) 0    0!((, 0 ##, *!---  O)% L L! ! #!)0. $)* 
 !# (#' )! !!  % (0!# * (0 : #!!##( ! !!)#%-   !H!---)!  'O#    
!') *#)!  ##!#'!)# (!% !% #  *!) )( *'0(  #%!
 %!!% (-' )
 !%   !%
!  !%- #!!  !#---!! ##(0 0V O L( ))# !%% ))  #! #(! %  % 0* 0  !- '(!() ,#)  !, *---!*  '% !- O()
 !  !- 
!)  
! 
# (  ##'!' %0*# O!'- *#  (  !-H !, ' )!!%  **#--- ")  ! K %%   O'  %0)!00 !((*!0) % ('- O! !) ))# ) (  #) -M )!!-M #' (!% 
 0* %%*!0V- !!%!-M     && &## %)**   *

#* VALLEY PREPARES FOR THE NEXT WAVE      2            5 / &         4   2)3  .7F 

ter. As the Covid-19 burden is increasing, we need to strengthen the peripheral hospitals and make them fully functional to take care of patients with mild to moderate symptoms and not refer them to tertiary care. This will avoid overburdening of the ter- tiary hospitals with referral cases. This can help us handle the situation in a better way,” Dr Qadri suggested, adding that doctors at tertiary care should redistribute patients to the peripheral hospitals after treating them in the acute stage. Peripheral hospitals have every- 7  &     thing in place, he said, including infrastructure, medical equipment, !  
!)
! and specialists. What needs to be strengthened is the regular supervi- !%0;  :. .  ; ; sion of these hospitals and quick response to their requirements which t’s a known fact that religion is deeply rooted in us and can act as a roadblock for patient Ifrom time immemorial it has been a dominating fac- he second wave of Covid-19 has concentrators are with patients as the management. tor in the way we think and behave. In its earliest stage, caught the entire country demand is quite high and the avail- Dr Irtifa, spokesperson of resident every religion had an inner strength of morals and spir- Tunprepared. Alerted by the ability low in the market,” the volun- doctor's association, Shri Maharaja ituality, its followers have more genuine devotion, sin- extreme situation in states like Delhi, teer informed. They have also donat- Hari Singh Hospital — another ter- cerity, simplicity and renounce creature comforts. They Gujarat, Maharashtra and Kolkata, ed 54 oxygen concentrators to differ- tiary care hospital in Srinagar — said have the inner power to face heavy odds without giving medical practitioners, and heads of ent NGOs across J&K and Ladakh. that seeing the sudden spike in the up their principles and values. But with the passage of non-profit organisations in Jammu Apart from this, the managing cases, the hospital authorities imme- time and increase in the number of followers, the com- and Kashmir have started preparing body of Athrout is planning to set up diately shut the outpatient department munity passes through some tests and begins to give up for it in the newly formed Union an ‘Oxygen Baitulmaal’ at their head to avoid patients with other ailments. morals and principles for some mundane considerations. Territory (UT) as well. They have office in Srinagar’s old city. Here, they “Keeping in mind the situation we As a result, their inner strength of tyaag, tapasya and seva appealed to the people on social will provide oxygen to the patients in faced last year, it was decided to acti- weaken a bit. So, from its earliest stage that was spiritu- media to strictly follow all the precau- a dedicated space that will have prop- vate the isolation wards for Covid-19 ally powerful, practiced meditation and where spiritual tionary measures. They have also er beds and will be supported by para- positive patients and allocate staff for experiences were the backbone, it now down to the next requested them to arrange oxygen medical staff. Covid-19 duty. As far as availability of stage. During the last 2,500 years or so this has been hap- cylinders and concentrators at the “We will be offering PPE kits to oxygen is concerned, we have three oxy- pening with every religion as we know these today, local Mohalla Committee level to be the families with Covid-19 positive gen plants here and the fourth one is So, the utmost degen- prepared for future emergencies. members. We will also offer oxime- in the pipeline and an adequate num- eration of moral and spir- On April 21, the Superintendent in the number of cases in the UT. On plan is to provide a bed, an oxygen ters to those in need. The caretakers ber (more than 1,000) of large oxygen itual values, which is quite of North Kashmir's Baramulla dis- April 30, a total number of 14,5441 concentrator, one high-flow oxygen of the patients admitted in a hospital cylinders are available. Kashmir is in a visible today, is because trict's Government Medical Hospital cases were reported while more than cylinder to each patient who would can also avail this facility at our office,” better situation than other states. What all religions, without a requested the people of the valley to 2,283 patients had died of the dead- also be visited by medicos assigned to he added. is helping us is that several people are single exception, are now follow the SOPs both in letter and ly virus. them twice a day or as per require- Medical practitioners are anxious opting for home management and at the end of their Iron spirit. He suggested that social organ- After medical practitioners raised ment. This plan is in the pipeline and about the next three weeks which, only severe cases are coming to the hos- Age. Every religion has isations and religious groups should the alarm, many local voluntary hopefully, we will be able to execute they feel, will be crucial in deciding pital,” shared Dr Irtifa. become more a faith act proactively and must prepare to organisations that were already pro- it, shared Aafaq. the intensity of the second wave of He added that several NGOs are today than the practice of deal with the second wave of COVID- viding medical facilities to the peo- At present, he said, they have Covid-19 in J&K. helping people to get oxygen concen- meditation, self-abnega- 19 which can possibly overwhelm the ple across Kashmir valley, have enough infrastructure to deal with the Dr Syed Mudasir Qadri, trators at home. “I would suggest that tion and purity of mind, health infrastructure of J&K in the stepped up their work. They have virus, but if the cases rise at a rate sim- Consultant and Associate Professor, people should consult with the doctor word and deed. It is more same way which it has in other states started keeping stock of necessary ilar to Delhi, then it would not be Internal Pulmonary Medicine, Sher- over the phone and if there is a need to a set of rituals and less a of the country. equipment that might be needed in enough. “Precaution is better than I-Kashmir Institute of Medical visit a hospital, please be proactive. practise of withdrawal “All Masjid/Mohalla Committees the coming days. cure. It is better to take early precau- Science (SKIMS), while speaking to Don't play with your lives and with that from the sense-organs should arrange oxygen facilities in Mohammad Aafaq Syed, Project tions to save our people from suc- the writer over the phone said, of others," he said. and body. As a result, the their respective areas. A disastrous Director, Oxygen — which is run by cumbing to this virus,” said Aafaq “Doctors are noticing a considerable “We are in a better situation but followers or the disciples wave is on its way. This little time Social Reform Organisation (SRO) whose organisation is operating difference in the second wave of the with the number of cases increasing lose the power of self-control, mental concentration, inner should be utilised to build these Kashmir, a Srinagar-based non-gov- round the clock and is currently pandemic. This year, we are seeing every day and people not taking prop- silence and tolerance. They have also very little power to small domiciliary facilities which ernment organisation — informed receiving more than 50 calls for oxy- patients who are as young as 19-, 20- er precautions, we are bound to regis- obey faithfully the commandments of their founders and will help the system from overload- that they have been arranging for var- gen. and 30-year-olds infected with the ter a spike. As predicted by the senior to maintain the purity of mind, speech and action. Again ing,” Syed Masood, Superintendent ious essential medical equipment to One of the volunteers at Srinagar- virus, which is quite disturbing.” epidemiologists, there will be a big wave and again, they wish and resolve that they will give up Government Medical College (GMC) fight the second wave of this deadly based Athrout — another non-gov- Kashmir is witnessing 2,000 pos- in early or mid-May. There is a need to anger, hatred, ego and more only to fail as they are defeat- Hospital posted on social media. pandemic. ernment organisation, committed to itive cases every day. As per Dr have systematic lockdowns that can save ed by maya or satanic forces. They come to believe that, On April 25, J&K reported 2,382 "We have around 250 oxygen assisting vulnerable communities in Qadri, these are the registered cases. the lives of thousands. You cannot have as long as their spirit is in human flesh, it will be subject fresh positive cases of Covid-19 — the cylinders, 220 oxygen concentrators, this crisis — said that they have more There are hundreds of people, he markets closed while keeping the gar- to temptations. They think that only the merciful or the biggest single-day spike and around 30 Non-Invasive Ventilator (NIV), than 200 oxygen concentrators of believes, who are Covid-19 positive dens open, which makes no sense. founder of their respective religion can, by His grace, extri- 20 deaths. Till April 24, 2,030 positive and 120 oxygen tanks of 25 LPM. which 125 have already been provid- and opt for home consultation with- There should be a proper mechanism cate them out from the wired web of maya. cases were recorded with 15 fatalities Besides, we are planning to procure ed to the people in need. out informing the authorities. They in place which can take people into Reflecting deeply on this will lead us to the conclu- while on April 23, 1,937 cases and 19 small ICU set-ups which can be used “Currently, we have around 75 conduct self-tests (RAT) at home and account for violating Covid-19 guide- sion that though the Almighty, or whosoever else, will deaths were reported. Compare this at home. These can monitor the five concentrators in stock. We have 37 do not report them, so the actual lines,” Dr Irtifa noted. guide us and help us, we, on our part also, will have to with April 1, when there were only parameters of a patient including auto BIPAP and CPAP machines numbers may be more. The UT is under complete lock- make sincere efforts so that we determine our future as 461 positive cases. It was from this blood pressure, oxygen saturation, which we are supplying to the patients “We have a good supply of oxy- down till 7 am on May 3. distinguished from others. This would also lead us to feel week onwards that a surge was seen temperature, pulse, and ECG. The as per requirement. All our 10 litre gen and our infrastructure is also bet- — By Charkha Features the great joy of our achievement in our own efforts. The effort will have to be for spiritual empowerment because it is our moral and spiritual weakness, as has been In summers we tend to wash If you want your hair to bangs at some stage of our explained earlier, that has resulted in our present our hair often, so it is recom- shine and smell wonderful, lives, and this will be the per- predicament. If we were to put it briefly, spiritual power mended to dilute your sham-      take a few drops of either fect time to don them since you comes from –— and in the form of main achievements poo every time with water. lavender, lemon or ylang ylang don’t have to cut them really — purity and divine virtues, spiritual meditation based Those who have dry hair you essential oil on your palm and short, rather have them long, on soul-consciousness, tyaag -vairaga, unconditional ser- can wash your hair with a con- just rub your hands over the covering your forehead and vice (sevã), good wishes for all and surrender of self to ditioner also, that will not only )+3.00&/ ,  )'), entire length of your hair. side face giving your face a Supreme and leading a life as His trustee. nourish your hair but make it slimmer demure. Purity and divinity are the essences of spirituality, as dirt free also. (" !) 
)  !  Summer styling always they enable the soul to stabilise its original nature and involves high ponytails, but it Natal wavy hair is super pop- stature. Purity comes when one realises fully the conse- In summers it is better that packs at this time and go for is very important to remember ular these days. Open your quences of sinful actions and tendencies such as anger, you avoid heavy oils for oiling, rinses. Use a vinegar rinse to not use rubber bands, they Instagram and every celebrity hatred, arrogance, observes self-restraint and inculcates rather use a hair toner. Massage where you can add a regular or make your hair tight which or influencer that you follow divine qualities as opposed to vice, avoids bad compa- your hair with it for about five- apple cider vinegar to your last leads to hair fall. Rather pull a will be donning long beachy ny, books or visual material and eating satvic food. 10 minutes and wash it off. mug of water and just pour it few strands from below the waves. Remember we are not Spiritual meditation gives one the experience of with- This will close the pores and on your hair. If you do this ponytail and tie it around the talking about tight waves, done drawal from the body, peace and bliss and naturally makes tame the dandruff. two-three times a week you ponytail. This will look stylish with ironing rods and loads of the foundations and the edifice of purity and divine qual- will see how beautifully your and will also protect your hair spray. These are more in layers ities strong. It is through meditation that one's spiritual Like our skin, our hair also hair will shine. In case you feel from breakage. and give your hair bounce and battery is charged and one gets guidance and help from requires exfoliation. A good & you are having hair fall give it such a fresh look. Almighty. Meditation also builds the spirit of renuncia- natural way to exfoliate your because of vinegar rinse, Since, we can’t do much tion, dispassion while creating and sustaining an attitude hair is take our shampoo, add reduce the quantity of vinegar makeup nowadays considering So there are two ways about of good wishes and service. Similarly, the spirit of ser- aloe vera gel and about half that you put in your mug. that half of it is covered with a this trend, either you go for vice enables one to get the blessings of all. Now, to achieve teaspoon of sugar to it. Another rinse that you can try mask, but that doesn’t mean pop colours or you have just all these, one has to make a little effort to understand the Massage it thoroughly into is, tea water rinse. This will that you can’t deck up your learned to live with your nat- true knowledge, inculcate divine qualities and viceless- your hair, like you do your reg- give body to your hair. hair. Try to accessorise your ural hair colour. There is noth- ness while practising soul-consciousness and meditation, ular shampoo and rinse it off. Another option that you can hair, use organza scrunchies, ing in between. We have seen having good wishes for all and doing seva through the The aloe vera will nourish the try is take equal amounts of ultra- wide headbands or hats people going all out and trying mind, speech and action. The rest will be done by the hair and sugar will remove all soda and water and add few ice to pep up your look. purple, wine, red colours and Merciful Almighty. Remember! It’s not as difficult as it the dead skin. cubes to it. A last rinse with then there are others who just sounds. Nor does it take long to experience the self and this will make your hair look Curtain bangs are very big want to keep their colour as supreme if one sincerely practises what He has revealed It is better to avoid hair fresh and frizz free. this year. We all have wanted natural as possible. and asked us to practise. C D    ! E LA ?  

(9 2-21:945  -9-.92-(1(29-<:99@1(49--449 - 11- 9 19(( $ %     &  $   %   ##  #('!  !0 *  !  92!#(
!#  #  !
!% ! %!))!*# !(% (#!
*)# H !0    (#!!%!)(0! %85( ".#.! " #%#*)#!*!, #(( ))#%!!#- !!
*    )   
 , (#!!%
!!0!!#)  -  ! 
!0  0  %,!(##! %. #- ## !, 
 96
# ! 0 (A(#!!%!#((K(! 
   %0 #! !')%,  #! (!%# !***
- #%% !#!-(  !!0 %0 ( #0 
 ,96#- "", E,8
!    O) %!#
0??( (*() !  !(!) ! !*!- *#  (% #' !%#
!( - ##! % !0 '!M N((   %%#
 !
 !* O!
# !(M#(!% !)!
* #  (*!(%* #( !0 * 
N# !   )!(  
%!#( 
!#( 
-) % #! !!# (#!!%% # )    ( !  !
# #! 
 ,96O 
!)(%   !! !
 
!  %##!-  (*!) ## #(#0 #   !)! ! !  # -   L  0 #
! (*(0! )# !!#(!))#
!0"'   !!  * !)! !%N *O0) #! * ( !0# % # !' K!(%!!'!  ( !-"'!!#!#*!   * *59!! M()(!'*)#  ( #
!) )!"%  #  !%!%#! ! ! !K #%)!L#(  
 ,96*)!*% !
N !-  ( !,'%) #0M " '0   %  !')!!
 ! !K!#! '-#) L)')!!! 0* O     !) -L #(!)%-  0% # #' ( # !  (#!!% #(!

! )( # . (*!- !
# ! -#  (  ! %0!*!
! ) #) ! #( #!# 0*)## !'%!*# (#
!) 
!'0 (
  #! 
#))! (
(#!!%-M  #*! !%!,%(*( ! % !
!-)!%,!())#0!% !*  #% * :#'!=! (  )! !!)* -#((*( :#0
!))#!#! !%#0 !! !!%! #-M *   ) %!#(!
 !(( (0##! % #(#O*  )!(!
!!# 

# !  !%0M"'   )#!) )!!-.!    ##*( )  ( #!-L %0 #!
 ( . (* !%)!
) 
 ,96 J   !)!!.!0#,! !) 0 *
(#!!%!(* O) % ((#(*() ( !-( )  # )
!!(#!0M  !  !%0 !- %- !%# ' 
) - !*!  )! ( !
!(- .0!#          92+?P  '(

.: ="    - G" . " - = "  ": :   "" . ;"." K 5

+I;A<= TODAY 0 /C>- 2 0 0% 0  /

" meter B ,$ 8= 20;7= 0 C #

9>;< <)?  R  ;0-   H)0*I     4  7   +? ' ="> ;; <+@& => ;< ;+ #=#> ;   quoteunquote Vijay Shankar (1/42) and Sandeep included two sixes, off all-rounder Sharma (1/50) picked a wicket Vijay Shankar in the seventh over. 9>;< C42 os Buttler announced his " " : each. Having successfully navigated +(   ='"> = return to form with belliger-  ; "-E " The Royals were off to a Rashid’s four overs, Buttler and ent maiden T20 hundred as sedate start as they managed just Samson upped the ante in the 13th <+%
=#> > J  ."-E  . Rajasthan Royals made a five runs of the first two overs. over, plundering 17 runs. The ;+  =''> > mincemeat of an out-of-sorts  =. =.  " Williamson, searching for Englishman muscled a six over SunRisers Hyderabad, winning "= " wickets early on in the innings, wide long on before lofting one =2+H; Sunday’s IPL encounter by a  7 # introduced spin in third over by over extra-cover for boundary. +? ' ="> ? whopping 55-run margin. bringing in star bowler Rashid. With all bowlers leaking runs, <+6"  ='(> @ Opening the innings, "; "G" Jaiswal smashed three fours, Williamson turned to Mohammad Buttler smashed a breathtaking before the Afghan showed his class Nabi, who is playing his second ;+% '=> ; 124 off 64 balls while Sanju " - : and trapped the youngster leg game of the season, but Buttler Samson was effective in his 48    = before. hammered the off-spinner for off 33 deliveries which powered  "    RR skipper Samson, who was two sixes and as many fours. SUMMER SLAM Rajasthan to a commanding  G "  " dropped on 23 by Manish Pandey Vijay Shankar managed to MOTION PICTURE 220 for three. . " .  in the 10th over, announced his get rid of Samson in the 17th over Even a change in captain- arrival with a six over mid-wick- with young Riyan Parag (15 not cy couldn’t bring in luck for   "882 et off pacer Khaleel Ahmed. out) walking in. SRH as they could manage only  3  7 "# At the other end, Buttler, who There was no stopping Buttler, 165 for eight in their 20 overs. looked in sublime touch, also hit who was in complete control, as Chris Morris (3/29) and Buttler and Samson stitched a 150- Bhuvneshwar Kumar for two he continued to hit boundaries at Mustafizur Rahman (3/20) did run partnership for the second boundaries in the sixth over as the will. Sandeep Sharma, eventually the bulk of the work with the wicket after the Royals lost open- Royals amassed 42 runs for the brought his innings to an end of ball while Kartik Tyagi (1/32) er Yashasvi Jaiswal (12) cheaply. loss of one wicket in the the penultimate over but he had Rahul Twetia (1/45) picked a While the Englishman hit the Powerplay. inflicted the required damage by wicket apiece. ball 11 fours apart from eight max- The duo continued to hit then. With the win, the Royals imums, Samson also had four boundaries at regular intervals at SRH were guilty of being moved up to fifth spot while fours and two sixes to his credit. the small Feroz Shah Kotla sloppy in the field, dropping catch- SRH continued to stay at the For SRH, Rashid Khan (1/24), ground, collecting 18 runs, which es and missing run outs. bottom, having won only one match all season.

GOOD START Looking to register their 4  &" 
 " 
second win of the season, SRH raced to 57 for no loss in the first six overs. '"  &     & &  M    N  L &     
1,H However, Bangladesh '! '  6 "   &       -; 1    P HHI !,CC1C   #      &          pacer Rahman struck right    ?        ( G!  after the first strategic time out, !          G'"  getting rid of Manish Pandey ets tumbled at regular intervals. five overs the lower and mid- (31). The dangerous Jonny Mohammad Nabi (17 off dle order struggled. '       (
   Bairstow (30) and Vijay 5) injected some hope in the In the end, the top heavy " )!#*(
 !  ' Shankar (8) soon followed. SRH camp, as he smashed SRH did not have enough fire-      HH)!)%* With the pressure mount- Tewatia for two sixes in the power to pull off the mammoth *H# !)#)!(# !G#!#'*! - ing, skipper Kane Williamson 14th over. However, the Afghan chase. Ahmedabad: Punjab Kings ##! %!!058,!, 0( (20) went for the big shot only was back in the dug out after a skipper K L Rahul has been !#()!:"'   to be caught at deep midwick- quick cameo. 150-RUN STAND diagnosed with acute appen-  #) H !-!!0
!0 et by Morris off Tyagi as wick- With 91 needed in the last Earlier, put in to bat, dicitis and has flown to  * 
!
  - Mumbai for surgery and further treatment, which 

#>>&  

  will likely keep him on the  !# !#'#M N sidelines for at least two "   # * %922 #) 7 2     ,


! %##!! weeks and might even force him out of the tournament. 
!()! !* #!#! “K L Rahul complained )##- of severe abdomen pain last 3  8 A  !! 
/   4  &&  night and after not respond- 
 !!L#'    M)! ing to medication, he was *% ! )!("%W * (G taken to emergency room !#!) !#'(.  )  L! &DG 6 FGD7 VENUE: NARENDRA MODI STADIUM, AHMEDABAD "   %      #   ?-;D for further tests which #M0%( (  G(- revealed that he was diag-     .: )!(!!G #!! 0;2=0; L Rahul, steadied the innings nosed with acute appen- * ! *)!#)!#'))!(-L )C
  !  5 alongside IPL debutant Dawid dicitis,” the team said in a &'  <=  ('! #0(* (   )6)
Q 5'1! tand-in captain Mayank Malan (26) as the two shared a 52- statement.   )! G(-G#'   5 , (5(  /!1/(  ,) > SAgarwal’s well-paced 99 took run partnership. “It will be resolved sur-  -  *  0M.  ! () 3(!) ; Punjab Kings to 166 for six Capitals took total control of gically and for safety mea-  "!"!*)!!(#%- against Delhi Capitals here on the game in the 14th over when sures, he has been trans- E5 Sunday. Axar Patel found the stumps of ferred to the hospital for the  " ) 5,
'1(  ;;2+?$+?+9  & It was a brilliant display of Malan before Deepak Hooda ran same,” it added. 9=+?227; %3/06& !), !
, clean hitting from Agarwal who himself out following a mix up Rahul is expected to 1!'!
 )
 ! () 3(!) used the straight bat effectively in with Agarwal at the other end, operated on Sunday night at %  .  % 0 ,,/!1/(  ,) his crucial knock comprising leaving Punjab at 88 for four. the Breach Candy Hospital : 0/ < 1 8 79-8>5 :9 5;A)
   eights fours and four sixes. Agarwal did not get much in Mumbai.  .: Delhi Capitals kept things support from the other end there- His franchise expects ,  < 1 8 72-?>> :9 tight in the powerplay, conceding after but he took it upon himself him to return to action tar-studded Royal Challengers Bangalore 39 runs and sending back to take the team to a competitive within a week or 10 days. @ 3 < 1 8 ,2-9<9 :9 Swould look to get their mojo back when they &@@ Prabhsimran Singh (12) and the total. 7 & < ? 5 72-2>8 A face struggling Kolkata Knight Riders who need mighty Chris Gaye (13). Agarwal making a slight in the 20th over, smashing cou- a complete overhaul for their revival here on Gayle missed a fast full toss room for himself and sending ple of boundaries and a six to end = < 5 ? ,2-962 > Monday. )/! 5'!  from Rabada after pulling the Rabada for a straight six in the the innings on a high. > %3/0 < 5 ? ,2-8>? > From leading the table with four wins on the ")!'!",!
5 South African for a massive six. penultimate over was one of the The last over went for 23 and 8 // < 8 1 ,2-?6? 7 trot, the Virat Kohli-led team has slipped to third '
)!'  %.  !)+ Agarwal, leading the side in best shots of his innings. Delhi Capitals leaked 64 runs off spot at the halfway stage after suffering two defeats the absence of in-form skipper K He was brutal on Avesh Khan the last 30 balls. A 0 < 9 > ,2->85 , from their last three matches.   ",BB'   ! In fact, RCB would have lost three in a row )!) ! () if pacer Mohammed Siraj had not defended 14 3(!) '<A runs in the final over against Delhi Capitals’ explo- passes sive duo of Rishabh Pant and Shimron Hetmyer. The onus would be on their famed batting BASILASHVILI WINS IN MUNICH lineup of Kohli, AB de Villiers and Glenn & '   +':
)) Maxwell to start firing once again and put pres- #!! # )8289"   sure on the KKR batsmen. Talented opener  ) ;,! "! ))>,?0<,> Devdutt Padikkal would also be keen to get back 0
)5'! )  M'   ' 51 #% "  ?,2 failed to inspire, suffering five defeats in 1(  ,5
<<
#!
!((-!'%G  seven matches. They are at the seventh @ @@  91,
%
!# ,# "E 6    6 spot in the eight-team table, staring  
0
) !(#- at early elimination for a third   .  season in a row. skipper Morgan lead the side. CHELSEA VS BARCA IN WCL FINAL The biggest letdown for KKR Given the current sce-  + !! !#! ' ewis Hamilton delivered a this season has been their top- nario, skipper Morgan % =! !* #  flawless drive in his Mercedes 
! ! 8,9)!,% )#?,9   &     #   &&     &     L order batting as the top three needs to take some tough &    %       % to win the Portuguese Grand Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul calls with regards to
#!
!:!. #  Prix on Sunday from his arch Tripathi have failed to give the his top-order, some- (G )%:!#- title rival Max Verstappen. team a decent start. thing he has stuck to Seven-time world champi- OSAKA DUMPED OUT )0'
,! Supremely-talented Gill is since match number on Hamilton’s 97th Grand Prix struggling in the T20 scheme of one against Sunrisers   +( ' ))! # , triumph extended his early sea- things and has failed to convert his starts Hyderabad this season. !  . !  #  .  ing. dynasty. Not even in my son lead over Red Bull’s  >,?05,>0>,9 !. #
-

at the top, while the likes of Nitish Rana It’s a pity that KKR are yet to Conte had started wildest dreams could I Verstappen in the Formula One and Rahul Tripathi have been patchy. give an opportunity to new signing nter Milan claimed the Juventus’s record run, have imagined that we’d drivers’ standings to eight points. Head coach Brendon McCullum Karun Nair who has a strike rate of DORTMUND ROUT KIEL ISerie A title on Sunday winning the first three make up this much In third place in Portimao had questioned their batsmen’s “intent” 155.49 and has two centuries as a T20  6+:! !(  ! # , for the first time in 11 titles in a winning streak ground on the team that was pole-sitter Valtteri Bottas in after they posted a below-par 154/6 to opener. They also have uncapped talent- % 
 1,2" ! ! years to end Juventus’ that stretched from 2012 dominated Serie A for the other Mercedes with Sergio go down to Delhi Capitals by seven wick- ed batsman Venkatesh Iyer. 0 !( (,)
,#!! nine-year reign in Italy. to 2020. nine years in the space of Perez in the second Red Bull in ets in their last match. The bowling on the other hand has  !%:!    - Antonio Conte’s side The 51-year-old took two seasons. fourth. At the same stage, under Dinesh impressed, especially the spin duo of < clinched their 19th over Inter in 2019 and lift- Inter are now second “That was such a tough

Karthik in IPL 2020 in UAE, the team Sunil Narine and Varun ; REAL MADRID DEFEAT OSASUNA Scudetto after nearest ed the trophy after finish- for league trophies in Italy, race physically and mentally. I had fared a shade better with four Chakravarthy. Their eight overs   +. !  !!
* rivals Atalanta drew 1-1 at ing second last season. one ahead of city rivals didn’t get a good start and also wins and three defeats, before he against the likes of Kohli, De Villiers 0  8,2%" ! #  Sassuolo to leave the “I’m astonished,” said AC Milan’s 18, but still lost out at the restart but it was relinquished the captaincy to let and Maxwell would be key as they 2 #O  ! (  Nerazzurri 13 points clear Conte. some way short of a great result in the end,” said )!!#; !- %  English World Cup-winning look to avenge their first leg defeat. = with four games remain- “We’re breaking up a Juventus’ 36. Hamilton.

Load more

  12

Copy Link