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Punjab reported several cases Code (IBC) and they are not cent and 170 per cent respec- Cases of infection in children of adolescents and younger ))"."*/0)."*32 absolved of liabilities even after Ravindra Bhat held that bench, said. &' #010234 tively in comparison to the are trickling in from various population getting inffected, resolution plans to revive the approval of the resolution plan The top court also permit- fugure the past one year. districts like Surat, Ahmedabad while in Telangana, 2.7 per cent *",."))/03"*+)2 sick companies are approved. for revival of sick companies ted simultaneous insolvency oronavirus, which spared However, from April 1 to May and Vadodara in Gujarat. There of Covid victims have been the The verdict, upholding under the IBC does not dis- proceedings against corporate Cchildren in the first wave, 19 alone, the hilly State has reg- also have been a few fatalities children below 10 years. 1")".,./0"--.2 Centre’s November 15, 2019, charge personal guarantors of guarantors before National has started stalking them in the Continued on Page 11 notification bringing personal their liability to pay back banks Company Law Tribunals second wave with a string of guarantors of corporate debtors or financial institutions (FIs) as (NCLTs). States like Maharashtra, ! "#$% under the net of the IBC, they are bound by separate “It is held that the Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, ' assumes significance in view of contracts. impugned notification is legal Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Delhi # $ (' the fact that various high-pro- “It is held that approval of and valid. It is also held that and Andhra Pradesh reporting " & '() file industrialists may now face a resolution plan does not ipso approval of a resolution plan spike in infection in this vul- ! , insolvency proceedings along facto discharge a personal guar- relating to a corporate debtor nerable group, including new- 8#490# 94-# Health Statistics report, said as with their debt-ridden firms antor (of a corporate debtor) of does not operate so as to dis- borns. Those with co-mor- of December 31, 2020, Covid- ! 7 * : under the IBC. her or his liabilities under the charge the liabilities of personal bidities are failing to survive. t least 3 million people are 19 had infected over 82 million + Lenders had last year filed contract of guarantee. As held guarantors (to corporate In Tamil Nadu, around Aestimated to have died people and killed more than 1.8 bankruptcy cases against pro- by this court, the release or dis- debtors). The writ petitions, 1,000 to 1,300 children are from the Covid-19 globally in million worldwide. * moters of alleged delinquent charge of a principal borrow- transferred cases and transfer getting infected with the virus 2020, about 2 times higher than “With the latest Covid-19 ! 4 5 5 companies including Reliance er from the debt owed by it to petitions are accordingly dis- every day, while in Karnataka, the 1.8 million official fatality deaths reported to WHO now 5 ! ) Group’s Anil Ambani, Dewan its creditor, by an involuntary missed in the above terms, 39,846 children aged 0-9 years figure reported by countries to exceeding 3.3 million, based on 5 & ! 0 & Housing Finance Corp Ltd.’s process, i.e. by operation of law, without order on costs,” the 82- and 1,05,044 aged 10-19 years the World Health Organization the estimates produced for Kapil Wadhawan and Bhushan or due to liquidation or insol- page judgement said. have tested Covid-19 positive (WHO), a “significant under- 2020, we are likely facing a sig- ! 8 Power and Steel Ltd.’s Sanjay vency proceeding, does not Now if a corporate debtor between March 18 and May 18 count” of total deaths directly nificant undercount of total Singhal. The cases were how- absolve the surety/guarantor of faces insolvency proceedings this year. and indirectly attributed to the deaths directly and indirectly ever stayed on appeals filed in his or her liability, which aris- then the same proceedings can ! 4 & ! , Similarly, in Maharashtra, coronavirus, the global health attributed to Covid-19,” WHO higher courts. es out of an independent con- be “triggered” against individ- 99,022 in 11-20 age group and agency said on Friday. said in the report. 5* A bench comprising jus- tract,” Justice Ravindra Bhat, ual guarantors too, it said. 38,265 children up to age 10 The WHO, in its World Continued on Page 11 ! 4 * tices L Nageswara Rao and S writing the judgement for the Continued on Page 11 $% PO& ! " & R ' P *+ 7 # 4 ,-,. nucleocapsid (S&N) proteins of ( SARS-CoV-2 virus with a high emembering numerous / 0 sensitivity of 97 per cent and Rpeople who died of Covid- specificity of 99 per cent. The 19, Prime Minister Narendra #010234 O, $% $ % #010234 kit was developed in associa- Modi on Friday turned visibly % P tion with Vanguard emotional as he offered his srael on Friday said India ays after launching an anti- Diagnostics Pvt Ltd, a devel- condolences to them. Imay not have made a public #010234 are of the opinion that the High DCovid drug, the Defence opment and manufacturing While addressing doctors, expression of support to Israel Court should consider looking Research and diagnostics paramedical staff, and other during the last few days, but it bserving that high courts into the possibility of imple- Development company frontline health workers from understood what Israel was Oshould refrain from pass- mentation while passing any Organisation based at New Varanasi, his home con- doing and why, Israel Charge ing directions not imple- directions, and if any such (DRDO) on Delhi. stituency, the Prime Minister d’affaires Rony Yedidia Clein mentable, the Supreme Court direction is not implementable, Friday came Thechoked and stopped for a while said here. on Friday stayed the Allahabad then the High Court should out with an Dipcovan kit to collect himself. the country must be prepared “Just imagine what would High Court order relating to refrain from passing it . indigenously was devel- “This virus took away so to fight the potentially fatal have happened if rockets had management of the COVID-19 It said the High Court designed anti- oped indige- many people who were close to condition that is increasingly been fired on Delhi as they it has been quiet. So far, the situation in Uttar Pradesh in should adopt the doctrine of body detection- nously by the us. I offer my deepest condo- seen in Covid patients in the were fired on Jerusalem on the calm has been kept. We hope which it had also said that the impossibility (a situation when based kit scientists, fol- lences to their families,” country. first day of the campaign? that it remains that way and entire healthcare system in vil- it is impossible for a party to named Dipcovan. A Delhi- lowed by extensive validation said Modi. “In recent days we have a Every country has the right to that there will not be any firing lages and small cities of the perform), which has been based pharmaceutical compa- on more than 1,000 patient The effect of the pandem- new challenge of black fungus. defend its sovereignty and its from Hamas.” state was “Ram bharose” (at upheld by this court. ny will produce this kit costing samples at various Covid des- ic has been so vast that despite It is important to prepare sys- citizens … Loss of life is trag- Interacting with media in God’s mercy). We are staying the order 75 only. The kit is expected ignated hospitals in Delhi. all efforts, numerous lives were tems to tackle it,” said the PM. ic,” she said. a virtual conference, she said A vacation bench of but we are not staying the pro- to hit the market in June. Three batches of the product lost, said a teary-eyed PM. He said vaccinations Making these assertions the future course of the cease- Justices Vineet Saran and BR ceedings before the High Giving details here about were validated during last one All the while, he went on to should be a mass movement in while lauding the truce reached fire will be determined by Gavai said the directions of the Court. The matter be listed on the kit, officials said it can year, they said. caution against the “new chal- the battle against Covid. between Israel and Hamas on ground realities. High Court passed on May 17 July 14, the bench said while detect both spike as well as Continued on Page 11 lenge of black fungus” saying Continued on Page 11 Thursday, she also said, “So far Continued on Page 11 shall not be treated as directives appointing senior advocate but an advice to the UP gov- Nidesh Gupta as amicus curi- ernment. ae to assist in the matter. ! 0 "0 At the same time, the It said the High Court PO PO P bench said there are some while considering a matter on , observations in the order which management of COVID-19 sit- may be well meaning but uation which has a national or Modi on Covid19 handling called “toolkit” as fake. attempt to colour and influence “tweets on toolkit to defame 1 . 0 passed by the court in anxiety trans-national ramification has been marked as “manipu- Fact-checking website Alt the “fair investigation” by the Government’s Covid-19 to provide relief to the gener- should refrain from dealing Q R lated media” by Twitter. News said the “All India local law enforcement agency. efforts” as the matter is pend- al public. with it as the top court is The Government has Congress Committee (AICC) BJP spokesperson’s May ing investigation before a law Such directions cannot be seized of the issue. Q R described the step as “totally Research Department” letter- 18 tweet had contained screen- enforcement agency. implemented and it shall be Taking note of one of the ! unwarranted” and “unilateral” head on the documents was shots of a purported Congress The Centre has sought treated as advice and not direc- directions of the Allahabad and asked Twitter to reverse it forged and raised questions on “toolkit” to allegedly defame Twitter “to remove the tags tions. The state government, High Court that every village #010234 “in the interests of fairness and the content, saying the BJP had the Government and the Prime affixed prejudicially to certain which will work to provide in UP should be provided with equity”. not shared the originals. Minister. By Thursday evening tweets in recent days in the facilities to the people will at least two ambulances having JP national spokesperson The Congress had request- The Government termed Twitter flagged Patra’s tweet as interests of fairness and equi- keep in mind the advice of the intensive care unit facilities, the BSambit Patra’s tweet alleging ed Twitter to remove tweets by the Twitter tagging of Patra’s “manipulated media”. ty... Investigation will deter- High Court , it said. bench said the state govern- the Congress unleashed “toolk- the BJP spokesperson and tweet as “unilateral”, “prejudged According to sources, the mine the veracity of the con- The bench said that look- ment has submitted that there it” to discredit the Government other BJP leaders, citing its and prejudiced” and “totally Union Government has asked tent, not Twitter,” sources said. ing at the matter in depth, We Continued on Page 11 and Prime Minister Narendra police complaint calling the so- unwarranted” and “deliberate Twitter to remove the tag for Continued on Page 11 "# $ ! $ % ! 03 8#5#019034 ! % '()* % orld renowned environ- !, - when the judgment was pro- adjourned to May 21. #010234 case, infamous 2G scam case, former Telecom Minister and Wmentalist and Chipko nounced early on Friday. Public prosecutor Francis sensational Aarushi Talwar prime accused A Raja and movement leader Sunderlal & , "- “The court has acquitted Tavora told reporters that the hoddy probe and protract- murder case, Salman Khan DMK leader Kanimozhi, were Bahuguna passed away on Tejpal of all the charges. A session’s court order would be Sed legal proceedings invari- hit-and-run case, and coal acquitted by a special court Friday. The 94-year-old . R detailed order about it will be challenged in the High Court. ably lead to acquittals in high scam case among several here in Delhi in December Bahuguna was undergoing made available later,” advocate “As soon as we get the profile cases. From the latest such instances. 2017. treatment at All India Institute ! !"# / )! Suhas Velip, junior to detailed written order, we will acquittal of journalist Tarun BABRI DEMOLITION: In The court ruled that the of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in advocate Rajiv Gomes, who approach the High Court chal- Tejpal, the prosecution has lost September last year, a special case was “baseless” the scam Rishikesh since May 8 after O& '( #0102345+ # 64 represented Tejpal in the court, lenging it,” he said. its cases in the politically sen- court in Lucknow acquitted all was created by artfully arrang- testing positive for Covid ear- told reporters. Continued on Page 11 sitive Babri Masjid demolition the 32 accused persons, includ- ing a few selected facts and lier this month. ) Goa fast track court on Defendant’s lawyer Gomes ing BJP veterans LK Advani, exaggerating things beyond Expressing grief on the AFriday acquitted journalist died of Covid-19 last week. Murli Manohar Joshi, Kalyan recognition to astronomical demise of the veteran environ- Tarun Tejpal in a 2013 case of After the court verdict, the Singh and Uma Bharti among levels. Special CBI Judge OP mentalist, Prime Minister " sexually assaulting a former prosecution also said it will others, in the 1992 Babri Saini, who adjudicated all the Narendra Modi said it was a #$ female colleague in an elevator challenge the order in the Masjid demolition case. The 2G matters, had also let off the “monumental loss” for the % # O of a luxury hotel in Goa. High Court. case relates to the razing of the promoters of Essar Group and nation, adding he manifested Following the court ver- Earlier, the court had disputed Ramjanmbhoomi- Loop Telecom. the centuries-old Indian * * + ) dict, Goa Chief Minister adjourned pronouncement of Babri Masjid structure in the AARUSHI TALWAR MURDER ethos of living in harmony ,+ - Pramod Sawant said the State the verdict in the case on three temple town of Ayodhya. CASE: In October 2017, the with nature. - Government will challenge occasions, citing various rea- 2G SCAM: Likewise, in the Allahabad High Court acquit- Among the pioneers of the Tejpal’s acquittal in the sons. Initially, the court was to 2G spectrum cases, which had ted dentist couple Nupur and Chipko movement, Bahuguna * * High Court. deliver the verdict on April 27, rocked the Manmohan Singh- Rajesh Talwar in the 2008 sen- had adopted the principles of Additional sessions judge but the judge had adjourned it led UPA-II Government, the sational murder of their Mahatma Gandhi in his life. He + / Kshama Joshi acquitted Tejpal, to May 12. On May 12, it was prosecution failed to secure a teenage daughter Aarushi and was born on January 9, 1927, at / who was present in the court further adjourned to May 19. single conviction and all the domestic help Hemraj. Marora village in Tehri district. along with his family members However, it was again high-profile accused, including Continued on Page 11 Continued on Page 11 ! " # "!
7"..:732 Vaishnavi Singh, a student of City Montessori School, Aliganj 28&,#-1 rose to the occasion. The Medical Education Campus I, has been offered ! " . . department also made beds available and admission hief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that with collective efforts, we were able to turn with a schol- Cthe good work done by the state govern- the tide,” CM said. arship of ment in combating coronavirus infection has Another challenge, the CM said, is vac- US$ 81,700 started showing results as the fatality rate in - " '& cination. “So far, 1.62 crore people have been by the pres- Uttar Pradesh has come down to 1% while vaccinated, but our aim is to vaccinate as tigious the recovery rate has climbed to over 28&,#-1 launched and the first three villages that many people as possible before the proba- Simmons 92 per cent. become corona-free, will be rewarded by the ble onset of the third wave. It has been University “In the mid of April, there was apprehen- hief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that state government. Also, an additional finan- brought to our notice that registration for of USA for sion that Uttar Pradesh would become the Cbeing the most populous state in the cial aid will be provided to these villages for vaccination in villages is a big issue. We have pursuing hotspot of global corona infection as the pos- country, Uttar Pradesh faced numerous chal- their development,” he said. declared that all the CSCs in rural areas higher edu- itivity rate was very high at that time. Experts lenges to overcome the pandemic but with The chief minister ordered Common should function and help villagers in this cation there. had predicted over 1 lakh cases would be the support of representatives, administra- Service Centres (CSCs) across the state to regard,” he said. This scholarship has been reported per day, but just over 7,000 tors and district officials, it successfully help the people of remote areas in register- “As the third wave is likely to hit the chil- offered to her for the entire study cases have been reported in the state achieved a sharp dip in the positivity rate ing for Covid vaccination. These centres will dren, our target is to vaccinate at least one period of four years. Apart from today, which proves that the efforts of the in a span of a few days. provide the registration facility to the citi- parent so that at the time of emergency, par- this, Tiffin University of USA has state government have borne fruits,” the chief Yogi visited Lakhimpur Kheri to over- zens free of cost. Officials have been told to ents can stay with their kids, if needed,” he also offered her admission with minister told reporters after a review meet- see preparedness to combat the viral inec- make medical aids and facilities available to said, adding that an advisory has been issued scholarship. ing in Lucknow Commissionary here on tion spread. It is amongst the largest districts people with the help of public representa- against black fungus. Friday. of lowland in terms of areas, but has the least tives. The CM said that screening has also ++F 4 H He said the government has been able number of active cases (1,400) with a pos- “Among the districts that I have visited been intensified in rural areas. The I , (A8 & to turn the tide because of the increase in itivity rate of just 4 per cent, as on Friday. April 30, corona cases were increasing in the so far, the representatives of Lakhimpur have rapid response teams (RRTs) are screening (=) J( ==@< KK(K testing. “When the corona surge was at its “Experts had predicted that UP would state, positivity rate was high and recovery given their best support for the setting up people and distributing medicines. He (OK) 2>+>=<>>, L 68 peak, we did not lose heart and increased report over 1 lakh cases between April 25 rate was low. But in the last 20 days, as many of oxygen plant. Everyone has made all pos- also announced that the government J8I
I Saroj Kumari Spouse of JC OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, 797734P Ris (NA Vet) Prem 4 7 AYODHYA AMBEDKAR NAGAR CIRCLE, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, Kumar resident of Vill- AYODHYA Nandipur, Post Dawatpur Teh. Bindki Distt. Fatehpur (UP) 28&,#-1 lightning. by Varanasi-Sultanpur-Lucknow party were returning to Sitapur E-Tender Notice Pin- 212664 have changed my Elsewhere in Bahraich, the highway on an Innova SUV. after attending a function in Itauli No : 2361/3 KAM Ayo Ambe/E-Tendering/2021 Dated : 10-05-2021 name from Saroj Kumari to ncessant rains and thunderstorm driver of a speeding DCM truck As they were crossing Baba of Tadiyawa area of Hardoi on a 1. The S.E. Ayodhya Ambedkar Nagar Circle, U.P. P.W.D., Ayodhya on behalf of Governor of Uttar Pradesh Saroj Devi vide Affidavit No. claimed about a dozen lives, suddenly lost control over the Dhaba near Asroga toll plaza in Pickup Van when their van invites the item rate bids from the eligible and approved Contractors registered with UP PWD, class 144 Dt. 30/04/2021, place of I A as the case may be. Bidders are advised to note the minimum qualification criteria specified in including five who were struck by vehicle when a tree was uprooted Kudebhar area of Sultanpur, pploughed into a tractor trolley due Clause 3 & 4 of the SBD qualify for the award of the contract. the Distt. Court Fatehpur. lightning in Sonbhadra, in the last due to strong winds and suddenly the driver failed to see a tractor to poor visibility caused by heavy SL. Distt. Name of Work Estima- Bid Cost of bid Times of Address of Address Address 24 hours. Earlier on Thursday fell on the road in the wee hours of trolley parked by the roadside rains in Kala Aam Bagiya area of No. ted cost Security Documents Comple- Executive of Supe- of Chief NOTICE morning, a woman and her three Friday. due to heavy rains and rammed Pratapnagar police station area on (Rs. In (Rs. In tion Engineer rintending Engineer children died following roof As the vehicle rammed into a the vehicle into the trolley Sitapur-Hardoi road early Friday lacs) lacs) Executing Engineer collapse due to heavy rains in roadside tree on Balrampur- seriously injuring all the occu- morning. the Work " My self Smt. Neeta Singh W/o Shamli. Bahraich road in Kotwali Dehat pants. Three of the guests died on the 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Sri Vijay Pal Singh owner of the In Sonbhadra, lightning struck police station area, the driver Some local residents with the spot while eight others were seri- 1 Bara- Widening of Dariyabad 650.00 13.00 Total Rs. 6 Executive Superintending Chief Bhukhand No.-526 Block -C at Kurchi hamlet of Duddhi in Mohammed Javed along with two help of police rushed the victims to ously injured. The tractor driver left banki Barinbagh road (ODR) 2354.00 Months Engineer Engineer, Ayodhya Engineer Scheme No.- IInd Sujatganj under Twarit Arthik vikas CD-1, PWD, Ambe. Circle, Ayodhya which Ranjan Kumar (24) was other occupants off the truck, a nearby hospital where the driver, the vehicle and escaped from the yojna in financial year Barabanki PWD, Zone, PWD, Kanpur Nagar, area is 167.22 killed while in a similar incident, Vicky Gaur (30) and another youth, Saifi (24) off Khadra area in spot. 2020-21 Ayodhya Ayodhya Sq. Mtr. of in chain deed of Ramesh (22) died in Hydel Colony died on the spot. Lucknow, was pronounced dead Those killed in the mishap 2. Time allowed for completion is including Rainy Season. Original Allotment Letter No.- in Chopan. Likewise, cowherd In another road mishap caused upon arrival. were identified as Izhar (35) of 3. Validity of bid will be 120 days. 1389/D./Bhu.Dated 12/06/1967 Nandlal Yadav (32), who was due to heavy rains, a speeding Devendra was referred to Bhauriya Khera in Beniganj, Kallu 4. Bid document with detailed terms and conditions will be available online on website and Possession Letter dated grazing animals was also electro- Innova car hit a tractor trolley in Trauma Centre of KGMU in (50) of Akhora area of Beniganj and http://etender.up.nic.in. 20/01/1975 & Mutation letter 6. Bids must be submitted online only at e-tendering portal of http://etender.up.nic.in from cuted. which two persons, including a Lucknow but he died before reach- his wife Sona (45). 27-05-2021 to 01-06-2021 upto 12.00 hours. Bidders have to upload/download all documents dated 21/08/1998 have missed In nearby Chainpur Railway engineer, were killed while ing the hospital. Upon learning of The condition of Neetu (32), according to the provisions of G.O No. 1/2018/3070/78-2-2018/42 IT/2017(22) Dated 03-01-2018. on the way, which is the part of hamlet of Babhni, an 8-year-old four others were seriously injured the mishap, District Magistrate her daughter Julie (14), son Nitin Technical bids received online will be opened on 02-06-2021 at 12:30 hours. 7. Technical evaluation of tenders is to be done by Prahari Software, the details of which are avail- property document, which use Lucky, who came to attend a mar- in Sultanpur. Ravish Gupta rushed to the district (10) along with Sohit (12), Soni aka of above documents by any able in NIT enclosed with bid document riage function along with Devendra Singh Tomar (58) hospital to enquire about the inci- Kiran (32), Amber Pal (45) and his (Kishore Kumar Pahuja) person will be illegal" Mankunwari (35) were killed while of Hind Nagar LDA Colony in dent. daughter Guddi (15), Rajwati (45) Superintending Engineer, UP- 163607 Date 19.5.2021 Ayodhya Ambedkar Nagar Circle, www.upgov.nic.in over a dozen others were injured in Lucknow was returning with Elsewhere in Hardoi, over a of Ikri in Beniganj were stated to P.W.D, Ayodhya the district after being struck by his three friends from Jaunpur dozen members of a marriage be serious.
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it would be very difficult to efited (by self-use testing kit) it ogist from a well known Covid the patient. He said that all anti- / )<=> 28&,#-1 reach the remotest villages. would be of great help,” she said. facility said that the good thing gen tests had false negativity in “If there is an emergency kit Dr Jain said these kits was that an Indian company the range of 60-70 per cent. ith the Indian Council of in the house and a test is car- would help people caught in the had got the nod for its self-use “But positives are 100 per 233 245 & WMedical Research ried out with it then it should curfew/lockdown who have no COVID-19 testing kits but she cent positives, means very spe- (ICMR) giving its nod to the not be a problem. In a country young ones to accompany doubted that the kit could be of cific with no false positivity,” he self-use Covid testing kits of a which has a vast population liv- them. “However, if they come any help. “It will not be very said and added, “The problem private company priced at Rs ing in rural areas where health- to know that they are coron- useful in the sense that if a per- which will come with these self- 250, experts in the city were care facilities are not so much, avirus positive through these son tests himself and comes use testing kits would be regard- divided on the use of such kits. this would be an added help kits they would call for help and negative then he or she will have ing proper interpretation, coun- Head of microbiology and could be used along with get themselves treated,” she to go for an RT-PCR test. If a selling, post-diagnosis steps department of King George’s the regular testing.” she said. added. She admitted that there person has to again go for a test and care.” Medical University, Dr Amita Dr Jain said that in the sec- could be practical problems what is the use of home testing,” He said that only one com- Jain, who has been at the fore- ond wave of COVID-19 out- when the people actually begin she said. pany had been approved which front in the testing of novel break it was observed that there to use the test kits which will Meanwhile, the Organised would not help because then coronavirus samples in the were so many people who emerge later. Medicine Academic Guild again there would be a hue and state, said that it was an added required testing but could get “Sample collection is an (OMAG), an umbrella body of cry regarding the shortage of facility for the testing of the themselves tested because they important part of testing and it 15 professional medical associ- these kits. He pointed out that virus and would be of great did not know how to reach a is not the same as collecting ations of post-graduate doctors, what was important was the advantage. She said that if a per- testing centre. urine. In this one has to get a confirmed that for a year they mitigation of the problem son was allowed to use the preg- “Some of them did not nasal swab which many people had been demanding that RAT which could not be done nancy kit then why not the have conveyance, others who may not be able to do. The good (rapid antigen test) from swabs through such means. Covid home test kit. “If a per- had a vehicle could not drive thing in these kits is that if a and Covid antibody tests on “Take the case of self med- son comes to know that he or and were in a dilemma on how person tests positive then he or blood be done at any clinic or ication, people started taking she has coronavirus infection, to reach the centre because if she will be considered positive any nursing home. steroids left, right and centre,” the person can immediately iso- they went with someone then and if the test is negative then OMAG secretary Dr he said. He said that using the late himself or herself,” she there was a chance that he could the person will have to go for Ishwar Gilada said that allow- kits also required their proper said. Dr Jain admitted that it get infected. There were sever- RT-PCR test for confirmation,” ing the use of home kits was disposal which was another was a fact that no matter how al logistics issues involved and she said jumping the gun and going aspect that needed to be looked much the testing was increased, so even if 20 per cent get ben- Another senior microbiol- straight from the company to into.
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Commission has completed the Power Consumer Forum, 12 died. There were still 6,631 days, the number of deaths said the recovery rate is con- needy people. “In the beginning she “Lakshmi also joined the public hearing on the petition opposing the hike in tariff, active cases in the city. District dropped below the 200-mark tinuously increasing in the Lakshmi Yadav, a student started this work at her per- Covid support group where filed by UP Power Corporation pointed out that there was a Magistrate Abhishek Prakash even as Uttar Pradesh report- state. Currently, the rate has of MSc second semester of the sonal level by sharing infor- she worked with a team of Limited for the hike in power huge gap between the connect- said Lucknow’s Covid positiv- ed 7,735 fresh cases in last 24 increased to 92.5 per cent. In chemistry department of mation on social media plat- about 150 people and has tariff for current fiscal, 2021-22. ed load and the installed capac- ity rate has come down from hours while 17,668 patients the last 24 hours, 2,89,210 BBAU is one of them who is forms about those people who helped hundreds of people so The regulator is likely to ity of the 132KV substations or 30 per cent to 1.5 per cent. The recovered. As many as 172 Covid tests were conducted in working day and night to were in urgent need of help. far. Along with providing oxy- announce the tariff order in the there was surplus capacity. The DM flagged off 15 mobile test- patients succumbed to the the state. help the novel coronavirus- She also made contact with gen, beds, plasma, ventila- first week of June. forum argued that there was no ing vans from Aishbagh CHC deadly infection. Ghaziabad recorded the infected people. those people who were pro- tors, Remedesvir to people, The regulator first invited justification in the demand by on Friday. Additional Chief highest number of fresh infec- BBAU spokesperson Dr viding medical supplies and she also provided blood to the the objections from the con- the transmission corporation The DM said that to fur- Secretary, Health, Amit Mohan tions at 1,003, followed by 892 Rachna Gangwar said that assistance. By working as a needy. She said that it was not sumers over the ARR (annual for the hike in tariff of 0.23 paisa ther disrupt the transmission Prasad said on Friday that the in Gorakhpur, 427 in Meerut Lakshmi disclosed that her bridge between the needy and a few hours’ work but a 24- revenue requirement) filed by per unit. UPPCL, seeking a of virus, the mobile testing active cases were 30,320 less and 286 in Lucknow. In the last family was the main source of corona relief workers she did hour responsibility. She gets the UPPCL and its four sub- hike in power tariff, had filed vans would go urban and rural than the maximum cases 24 hours, 15 patients died in her inspiration. a very splendid job. She pro- only 3- 4 hours of sleep every sidiaries. The regulator on Friday fresh ARR for 2021-22 with parts of the district for Covid which were reported on Varanasi, followed by 12 in “There was a time when vided verified helpline num- day but today the society heard the objections over the UPERC in January last. ARR is testing. “Besides, there are 246 April 24. Lucknow, 11 in Saharanpur many of her family members bers of these people through needs us and helping people ARR filed by the UP Power a projection of power tariff RRTs, including Chetak, work- In the last 24 hours, 17,668 nine in Meerut, and eight in contracted the disease. She different social media apps. provides her immense satis- Transmission Corporation, which UPPCL seeks to recover ing to break the transmission patients have recovered while Gautam Buddha Nagar. sought help from social sites Later she joined a non-gov- faction,” Dr Rachna said. which had also sought a hike in in a new financial year. ') 260 . Q9 ? 5 # / + R / 28&,#-1 navirus positive and two for Lucknow (PNS): With reports 28&,#-1 work. Instructions have been those who were negative and had coming in about cases of white issued to officials to resolve any 28&,#-1 B in saline, ‘fungisome’ that has rise of mucormycosis, Lifecare wenty-three more patients of developed complications later. He fungus in Covid patients, ENT espite corona curfew, the problem in the construction no toxicity to kidneys, has Innovations has increased pro- Tmucormycosis, commonly said that they were expecting that specialists say it is being high- Dwork on Purvanchal work there and then. The earth ifecare Innovations, a com- high efficacy at low dose and duction by running the plant known as black fungus, have the black fungus cases would lighted unnecessarily. They Expressway continues and it is work of Purvanchal Lpany Biotech Park-based is relatively more economical round the clock. been admitted to the King decline in the coming days. point out that white fungus or likely to be thrown open to Expressway is complete while company is the first Indian too. It is potently effective “For further increase, the George’s Medical University hos- Doctors say that early diag- candidiasis is a common fun- commuters by the end of June. the complete project is 85-90 firm to manufacture the drug against mucormycosis. Dose, company has ordered addi- pital during the past 24 hours, nosis of mucormycosis is impor- gus and not a new thing. The access-controlled road net- per cent complete. We are con- ‘Liposomal Amphotericin B’ in safety and efficacy were deter- tional manufacturing units taking their number to 96 on tant for treatment and better out- President of UP ENT work is being developed by UP fident that the expressway will India for the treatment of mined through multicentre that are expected to arrive Friday. KGMU spokesperson Dr comes. “It is only when we get Association, Dr Amit Keshri Expressways Industrial be thrown open to public by mucormycosis or black fungus. clinical trials in compliance soon. The government is very Sudhir Singh said, “Fortunately cases late that we have to remove from the neurosurgery depart- Development Authority (UPEI- June-end,” Awasthi said in The company was formed with government rules,” he supportive of the company in there has been no death on a part of the eye or even the entire ment of SGPGI, said white fun- DA), an agency set up by the Lucknow on Friday. by renowned liposome tech- explained. its efforts to ramp up produc- Friday and surgeries have been eye. The patients report problems gus invades the lungs and state government to steer its The 340-km-long nologist Dr Jitendra N Verma, “Lifecare Innovations also tion. For the import of plant, performed on six patients though in their vision and we carry out brains when the immunity of a expressway expansion pro- Purvanchal Expressway, along born and educated in Ayodhya. makes ‘Liposomal machinery and raw materials, no patient has been discharged in an MRI and this happens because patient is suppressed. gramme. CEO of Uttar Pradesh with 294-km Bundelkhand Putting in a word of praise for Amphotericin B’ gel which the government has alerted the last 24 hours.” this fungus comes in the sinus “There are some infections Expressways Industrial Expressway and 91-km the Biotech Park in Lucknow, contains the same potent lipo- embassies to contact suppliers He said 18 cases of black fun- which is close both to the eye and common in ICUs and white Development Authority (UPEI- Gorakhpur link, is set to trans- Verma said it has made pio- somes and can be used in the and expedite deliveries,” he gus were from Lucknow and the the brain,” said a senior doctor fungus is one of them. If a DA) Awanish Awasthi said that form UP and connect the west- neering contributions for start- surgery wounds to kill the added. other patients were from other from another Covid facility. patient has been in the ICU for the second wave of corona did ern part of the state to the east- ing the biotech industry in fungus locally and prevent To minimise the supply- districts such as Barabanki, “The high risk patient group a long time and getting antibi- impact the progress, but not so ern region. These expressways Uttar Pradesh. further spread,” he elaborated. demand gap, few more compa- Hardoi, Gorakhpur and Varanasi includes patients receiving otics, infections happen some- muchto delay the launch of the interlinked with Yamuna “The park has been devel- He said fungisome has nies have been granted manu- as KGMU was a tertiary care cen- steroids as a part of their COVID- times. White fungus cases are Greenfield Expressway. Expressway and Agra-Lucknow oped for nurturing innova- been developed under the self- facturing licences. With efforts tre. Dr Singh said that in compar- 19 treatment; those who have very common and it is very “Initially, there was an Expressway will reduce the tions, for translational research, reliance programme of the paying off, the situation of drug ison to the first wave of novel received immunomodulatory indolent. It is easily treatable impact of 40 per cent due to the travel time between Delhi and for encouraging industry-acad- Government of India and its availability is expected to coronavirus infection, there were drugs like tocilizumab; previous- and can be cured by four oral surge of corona cases. But over Ghazipur to just 12 hours. emia alliances to foster production started in 2003 improve in the next few days, more cases of black fungus in the ly immunocompromised patients drugs,” he said. the last fortnight, work is going Media advisor, UPEIDA, research and encourage young and now it is manufactured in Verma said. second wave because of the long on cancer treatment or with Another ENT expert said on almost at full steam. The Durgesh Upadhya said, “About scientists and technologists for Lucknow. “Fungal infections He added that Lifecare stay of patients in hospitals. autoimmune conditions; those that white fungus is being labourers who had gone away 89 per cent of road work and entrepreneurship. It has mul- are not very common and Innovations’ Laboratory for “Hospital stay is an impor- on steroids for other medical con- blown out of proportion. “It fearing infection spread have 95 per cent of the construction tiple laboratories for biotech mucormycosis is rare. Because Translational Research is work- tant factor. If a patient stays too ditions, solid organ transplant, can be treated easily with very returned to work. Construction of small bridges and under- start-ups to incubate ideas and of the rarity of these infections ing on several applications of long in hospital then such types impaired renal functions or renal cheap drugs. “Making it of only four structures, main- passees were complete. Work of develop prototypes,” he said. Liposomal Amphotericin B liposome technology for devel- of infections are likely to occur,” failure; patients on ventilators and reportable is ridiculous. It can ly ROBs, are to be completed. major bridges, ROBs and fly- Verma said there are two has not been in high demand,” oping drugs for diseases like he said. Dr Singh said that the on long term oxygen therapy and be cured in three days and can In the last two days, the heavy overs is going on at a rapid pace types of ‘Liposomal he said. kala-azar, PKDL, TB, malaria, KGMU had set up three wards patients with low number of be seen as white blotches on the downpour in various regions and over 91 per cent work is Amphotericin B’ in India. “A Verma said that to meet cancer and several antifungal for mucormycosis patients, one white blood cells and iron over- tongue because of weak immu- also affected the pace of the over. novel Liposomal Amphotericin the requirements of the sudden dose forms. for those who were novel coro- load,” he added. nity,” he said. 0 !! 0 4? 0 4 OO OO9 , 8I 7, .))) 99, OO II WW, . 96 TT ++@DC><>:CB@: 7 T [email protected] ' Lucknow (PNS): For the first J && ) time after the raising of (" (, 8I 7 < . . R J ) =@ 67 . ." National Cadet Core, a NCC Lucknow (PNS): Refusal to where doctors referred her to 9 X 9 . 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: $ 22 3 / tres to get Covaxin dose some- how. mid the second wave of Except for a few days in the $ + , .678)&ACorona infection, there district, the percentage of vac- were hopes of major relief cination due to corona curfew from the COVID-19. The is not more than 85. In urban : $ 7 # 4 Varanasi Division office of Prayagraj district reported a centres, 95 per cent of the North Eastern Railway (NER) total of 94 new cases of Corona people are getting vaccinated nti-terrorism Day was under the chairmanship of in the last 24 hours on against the target, but on an Aobserved at different places Divisional Railway Manager Thursday night. average, only 85 per cent are in the city including Banaras (DRM) Vijay Kumar Panjiar. The number of new infect- getting vaccinated for two- Locomotive Works (BLW), The pledge was also taken by all ed was less than a hundred for three days. Varanasi Division office of the heads of departments, fol- the second consecutive day. New patients are getting North-Eastern Railway (NER) lowing COVID-19 guidelines. The number of deaths during confirmed in the RTPCR test- and many others here on Speaking on the occasion, treatment came to the level of ing in the Covid screening of Friday, on the occasion of DRM made the employees March 31. After March 31, two infected people in the district. death anniversary of former aware, through virtual means, people died during treatment At the same time, a small Prime Minister (PM) Rajiv of the problems being faced by on April 20. In 24 hours 94 number are being confirmed in Gandhi. Following the the people due to terrorism and new infections were marked. Wednesday, 10,274 people were Corona vaccine at 98 centres in the antigen test. On Thursday, COVID-19 guidelines, on the violence and the adverse effects During the treatment, two peo- tested for Covid. On Thursday, the district. These included a total of 11,180 people tested, day, the participants pledged at on national interests. On the ple died. L3 SRN Hospital has 11,180 Covid tests were carried 120 people who took the sec- of them, antigen test conduct- different workplaces and open occasion, the Congressmen 130 Covid infected admitted out, increasing the number. A ond booster dose. ed of 5,929 people, RTPCR of places in BLW. Maintaining also paid floral tributes to Rajiv currently. total of 215 people beat According to District 5,120 people and Truenat test social distance, the employees Gandhi by garlanding his stat- After the Holi festival, on Corona, with 52 people dis- Immunisation Officer Dr of 132 people were conducted. took anti-terrorism pledge ue at Maidagin. The event was March 30, the number of charged from various Covid Tirath Lal, those registering on Of the total 94 infected, 12 peo- which was administered by organised under the joint aus- infected people was recorded at hospitals. 163 people complet- the Covin portal were given ple tested positive through their respective heads of pices of city and district units 60. After this, the figure had ed home isolation. He said Corona vaccine at 98 centres. antigen, RTPCR of 62 and tru- departments and officers. They of the party. While highlight- jumped to 222 a day later. that so far 66,490 people have 6,334 people in the age group enat testing of 20 people con- pledged, ‘We, the people of ing the contributions of Rajiv Then the number of infected become infection free by of 18 to 44 were administered firmed the infection. India, having abiding faith in Gandhi they said that had continued to increase every choosing the home isolation the first dose of vaccine. At the After several days, the our country’s tradition of non- taken the progress of the coun- day. Now a few days the situa- option. The percentage of same time, 120 people in the decreasing figure of infection in violence and tolerance, hereby try to the heights as he always tion seems to be giving relief. healthy people is increasing age group of 45 years got a sec- villages is also going to give solemnly affirm to oppose with worked with the people of all Congestion in hospitals has now. ond booster dose. relief. Of the 94 new Covid pos- our strength, all focus of terror- parties. Prominent among reduced. The number of infect- 8,153 PEOPLE ADMIN- Covaxin vaccine is being itive patients identified in the ism and violence. We pledge to those present were district ed has been reduced to 94. ISTERED VACCINE: administered at four centres in district, 55 are from urban uphold and promote peace, president Rajeshwar Patel, city District Surveillance Hundreds of people who the district. Medical Colleges, areas and only 19 from rural ,&-3" 14 5 .6 4 5 social harmony, and under- $ + , 3 / chief Raghavendra Chaubey, Officer Dr Rishi Sahai said that arrived at Beli Hospital Centre CHC Pratappur, Bahria and areas. At the same time, among standing among all fellow Durga Prasad Gupta, Fasahat with the low number of infect- for vaccination to prevent coro- Soraon centres are attracting the newly infected, 20 infec- human beings and fight the Hussain Babu, Dr Rajesh Gupta ed people, the number of na infection suffered hours people from the city to get tions were confirmed by the forces of disruption threatening human lives and values.’ The day was observed at and Hasan Mehdi. healthy people is also increas- after the portal’s server was Covaxin. Truenat test. ing. Nearly two-and-a-half down. There was an atmos- Due to the first slot being Among these, the propor- times more people are beating phere of panic at the vaccina- booked at the medical college tion of urban and rural areas is corona than new positive tion centre for about two hours. centre, the citizens booked the 70 and 30 per cent respective- patients while the scope of Later, when the portal ran, peo- slot for vaccination at the rural ly. In this testing, most of the 1). testing is being increased every ple got vaccinated by making a centres. confirmed infected are admit- day. beeline. On Thursday, 8,153 Even after the detention, ted to hospitals and are under- According to Dr Sahai, on people were administered the people are reaching rural cen- going treatment. : $ 7 # 4 role in providing justice to the own rights. which will be introduced with- poor and deprived sections. This portal is one such in the next few months. It is dding another feather to The Union Ministry of platform providing solutions to made available in most of the Acap, an ambitious project Education had organised an such multiple problems. It pro- popular Indian languages. The of Legal Aid and Service Clinic innovation competition at the vides an online dispute resolu- portal is a tribute to Mahamana 0 ; 0 3 " (LASC), Faculty of Law, national level in 2020, in which tion mechanism via online Pandit Madan Mohan Banaras Hindu University thousands of teams from all client counselling and if Malaviya, founder of the BHU : $ 22 3 / division that the work of con- Issue of remodelling of (BHU) namely National Legal over the country participated. required, online mediation, and a great public spirited struction of 132KV of trans- Prayagraj Chheoki along with Aid & Legal Services Portal A total of 127 teams got select- which is free for the margin- lawyer and well known free- cting Chief Justice Sanjay mission line between Prayagraj commissioning of additional ‘Legal Aid Portal’ has been ed in the final round and alised sections for society and dom-fighter. AYadav will be appointed as and Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay platform at Prayagraj Chheoki selected in the final stage of LASC is the only team from provides at least possible costs This success is result of the Chief Justice of Allahabad section is almost completed. and third line between Naini National Innovation Contest BHU to get selected. As we to all other concerned sec- hard work done by team led by High Court. The collegium of Chief Bridge Engineer and Prayagraj Chheoki was 2020 organised by Innovation know the courts in India are tions. Not only that, the portal Shresth and student members the Supreme Court has sent a Narendra Singh presented a also discussed and it was decid- Cell of Union Ministry of flooded with an alarmingly provides most of the general including Ritwik Kumar proposal to this effect to the PPT and informed about the ed that the work should be Education. The team earlier increasing number of cases. legal information in audio- Shukla, Saumya Pandey, Central Government. progress of RUBs and ROBs to completed by December 2021. cleared regional, institutional The justice delivery system visual mode making it easy to Ashwini Prasad, Shashank Justice Yadav has shifted be constructed. GM instructed General Manager said that and national rounds before has turned out to be a justice grasp for even laymen, and Shekhar Shukla, Pragya from Madhya Pradesh High that the work of insertion of although this is tough time, still the final selection. On this delayed system. One court case through Digital Legal Services Mishra, Dhairya Jaiswal, Court to Allahabad High girders should be completed the pace of infrastructure occasion, the Dean of the can honestly take away all the Unit (DLSU), specific legal Divyam Gupta, Shubhangi Court. After the retirement of before monsoon. works should not get hampered Faculty, Dr Ali Mehdi congrat- life savings of a person strug- information is provided on Soni,Shail Jaiswal and Amit Chief Justice Govind Mathur, Issue of communication on account of Covid. Necessary ulated the team and empha- gling hard to earn his bread. request (via call/email), free of Pandey who have played vital he has been appointed as act- $ ' 12 between stations of DFC and modifications in activities may sised that since 1977, the Clinic Lack of legal awareness makes cost. All India based mediation role in the implementation of ing Chief Justice. Now it is rec- control rooms of Railway was be planned to get the entire has been playing a pioneering them unable to claim their is the future goal for the team, this project. ommended to appoint him as reviewed the progress of DFC also discussed and it was project meet the deadlines. He Chief Justice here. works. The meeting was assured by the DFC authorities further emphasised that all It may be pointed out here attended by MD DFCCIL RK that all the stations of DFC necessary precautions regard- that the Central Government Jain along with other officers of stretch between New Bhaupur ing Covid must be taken on 0 1) appointed Justice Sanjay Yadav, DFCC. and New Khurja have been work sites and instructions the senior-most judge of the Tripathi emphasised that connected to control room issued by local administration Allahabad High Court, as the the targets fixed and deadlines Tundla and if required, further should be followed. : $ 7 # 4 The decision to resume decisions would not apply to Regional Research Centre Acting Chief Justice on April already committed needs to be communication will be provid- The meeting was attended online classes and open offices services related to the control (Unani) of Ayush Ministry 14. Justice Yadav started his honoured and should not get ed as per NCR’s requirement. by Principal head of the depart- he online classes in Banaras were taken at a meeting two of medical and emergency ser- provided the tablets to the dis- career as a lawyer of Madhya affected on account of the pan- Emphasis was given on ments NCR, DRM Prayagraj THindu University (BHU) days ago which was held under vices such as Sir Sunderlal trict administration. The Pradesh High Court. In the demic. He expressed his satis- early opening of Rooma- along with other concerned have resumed from Friday. the chairmanship of the Vice- Hospital, Shatabdi Super District Magistrate Kaushal year 2007, he was appointed as faction that this period has well Shujatpur section of DFC and officers of Prayagraj Division. They were suspended due to a Chancellor and attended by Specialty Block, Trauma Raj Sharma made the tablets Judge in Madhya Pradesh High been utilised in completion of it was assured by the DFCCIL BODY FOUND: Body of sharp increase in cases due to directors of various institutes, Centre, Pharmacy, Water and available to Sanjay Chaurasia, Court. After this, he was also paper work like approvals of that it well get started by a missing drunkard was found the second wave of the coron- deans of faculties and heads of Power Supply Department, Surendra and Amit of social the acting Chief Justice of Engineering Scale Plans, and October 2021. under a canal culvert in avirus pandemic. Office work various departments/ offices of Cleaning and Support Services, organisation Seva Bharti to be Madhya Pradesh High Court. Signal interlocking plans. Principal Chief Engineer Lakhanpur Ramnagar village has also been conducted in the university. In the meeting Security, Dairy and distributed among asympto- He was transferred to the NCR GM further laid NCR SK Mishra instructed under the Meja police station strict compliance with the after reviewing the status of Agricultural Farm. Their ser- matic corona patients who are Allahabad High Court in stress that all such procedural Prayagraj Division to expedite on Friday. The body has been guidelines of COVID-19 with global pandemic COVID-19, vices will continue as usual. in home isolation. The asymp- January last. formalities should be taken up necessary approvals and pro- sent for postmortem, while a 50 per cent attendance (ros- the decision was taken to Strict compliance of COVID- tomatic patients can take two PACE OF DFC WORK and completed so that overall vide all assistance required by two villagers who had enjoyed ter system) and employees who resume working in online 19 guidelines is required by all tablets in the morning and NEEDS TO BE MAIN- targets may not get bursted. DFCCIL to adhere to the tar- liquor with the above person were not present in office on mode. The online meeting was teachers / staff. evening in a day with warm TAINED: Pace of Dedicated DFC stretch between New get. Another major issue dis- have been taken into custody. rotation basis worked from also participated by the regis- ADMN RECEIVES 2.64 water after one hour of lunch Freight Corridor (DFC) work Bhaupur and new Khurja has cussed was a Rail Flyover at It is learnt that Gendalal their homes. If required, more trar, dean of students, controller LAKH TABLETS OF and dinner while the corona needs to be maintained despite already been commissioned Dadri which will connect and two others had enjoyed than 50 per cent of the employ- of examinations and chief proc- AYUSH-64: The district patients from mild to moder- Covid, said General Manager with goods train started run- Indian Railway system with drinks sitting on the culvert on ees can also be called to the tor, along with other senior administration received 2.64 ate can take two tablets with North Central Railway VK ning in this section. Now, the DFC at upcoming Boraki yard. Wednesday. Suddenly Gendalal office by the Head of the officials. In view of the guide- lakh tablets of Ayush-64 to be same prescription but for three Tripathi. efforts are being made to open GM instructed to take it on pri- lost control over his body and Department / Office. All offi- lines issued by the Government distributed among the Covid times in the morning, noon General Manager con- the balance section in NCR at ority so that stretch of DFC fell down in the canal which cers and employees are now of Uttar Pradesh, it was decid- asymptomatic patients who are and evening, the doctor Ashok vened a virtual review meeting the earliest. In this regard, it between Khurja and Dadri was flooded owing to heavy available on the phone. ed in the meeting that these in home isolation. The Kumar informed. with DFCCIL authorities and was informed by Prayagraj may be started at the earliest. downpour. ! " # % "
"- . " $ " " 8PSS@TQPI9@IU 1, 2#+ under Adalhaat police station, had married his daughter Nisha (24) to Jaihind Vishwakarma, a 9" istrict Magistrate Praveen Kumar Laxkar resident of Kuaan village under Baburi police Dreviewed the progress in Covid vaccination station, Chandauli. At present the couple was : $ , #+8 drive at Collectorate on Thursday. Addressing residing at Ramnagar in a rented room. Nisha the meeting the DM asked all the departments was admitted to a private hospital in Narainpur he Bilhaur police arrested a to make the drive a success. He asked them to under Adalhaat police station where she died. Tman on Thursday on On the application of the father of the deceased charges of evading tax of over a case was registered at the police station and 1 crore. her body was sent for the post-mortem exam- The accused had raised ination. Investigation into the matter was on, last bills of over Rs 6 crore through reports received here said. his bogus firm without supply FIRE: Property worth lakhs was reduced to of any goods. ashes when a devastating fire broke out in a med- Bilhaur Inspector Santosh ical store at tehsil Chauraha under City Kotwali Singh said Deputy in the wee hours of Thursday. When the locals Commissioner (Trade Tax), saw the flames in the shop they informed the Kanpur, Chandra Shekhar, had shopkeeper Sandeep Jaiswal. The fire brigade '" , 7,&1 ''7' ' " ,' 9 lodged an FIR against Sudama reached the spot and succeeded in extinguish- Bajpai of Ludhaura Atrauli, ing the flames. Shopkeeper said that he had suf- Sandila (Hardoi) on December ,- ". ' fered a loss worth lakhs in the incident. 8, 2018. ' ARRESTED: Dehat Kotwali police arrest- In his complaint, the ed five accused of culpable homicide not deputy commissioner (trade ensure vaccination of all staff along with their amounting to murder on Thursday. Reports said 7 tax) had alleged that the family members, train them how to register for that Samsuddin, son of Suleman, had sustained accused, after setting up a vaccination and tell them to assist others too for injuries in a clash which took place in Shahpur bogus firm under the name of registration. He directed all incharges of PHCs village on May 15 and a case had been registered M/s SV Enterprises in as well as CHCs to keep themselves updated with at the police station in this connection. On Nasirapur village had raised the slot status, availability of vaccines and arrange Thursday the victim succumbed to his injuries , bills for over 6 crore on a party them in advance according to the registration. at a hospital at Varanasi. On getting informa- without supply of goods and He directed the officials concerned to involve tion about his death the police altered the case had recovered trade tax of the field staff to make the people aware to get under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal director medical health and insensitivity towards littering Yogi Adityanath held a virtual 109.71 lakh from him but did themselves vaccinated without fail. The DM Code (IPC) and arrested Mahendra and Vikesh, : $ , #+8 family welfare to ensure there and piled up garbage and session with the district not deposit it. directed the officials of the Health department sons of Pannalal, Mahendra, son of Meva Lal, was strict monitoring of vacci- directed him that a cleanliness officials late on Thursday in The accused was arrested to hold camps in villages and motivate the peo- Santosh, son of Phool Chand and Dinesh, son anpur Divisional nation without fail. drive be carried out in seven which he praised the efforts from Nanamau trisection on ple to come forward for maximum registration of Somaroo, all residents of Chindalikh Dubey KCommissioner Dr Raj The divisional commis- days. made by GSVM Medical Thursday and was being and get themselves vaccinated. He directed to village, from Kataran village under Dehat Shekhar, on Friday, directed the sioner, who is the Covid nodal He then visited all the vil- College and said it was due to quizzed. ensure the sending of RTPCR and Antigen test Kotwali police station. Meanwhile an earlier officials in the district officer of the Kanpur Division, lages close to the highway and the efforts of the divisional During interrogation, the reports to the laboratory within 24 hours pos- report said that three persons, including two Integrated Covid Command toured the Kanpur Dehat areas there too he found unhygien- commissioner, district magis- accused disclosed that on the itively and also keeping detailed information, women, were nabbed along with 35 litres and Control Centre (ICCCC) for effective management of ic surroundings and directed trate and principal of the med- pretext of setting up a firm and including phone number of the person whose liquor recently. Padari police during routine to spread awareness among COVID-19. He interacted with officials to ensure that the ical college. providing him employment at test was done to apprise about the report. In the patrolling spotted a suspicious-looking person. people about the control room the members of nigrani smaitis entire area was cleaned up in The divisional commis- 10,000 per month, he had col- meeting CMO Dr PD Gupta apprised that for The police intercepted him and on frisking and its phone number through of Lodhipur gram panchayat seven days time. sioner informed that the chief lected the Aadhaar and PAN people in the 18-plus category as many as 17 recovered 10 litres of illegal liquor from him in wall paintings in every gram and took feedback on COVID- He then visited the Rania minister’s focus was on improv- cards of his brother Ankit. He booths had been reserved for vaccination apart Madhavpur village. After registering the case panchayat and schools. He said 19 from them. Community Health Centre and ing testing and vaccination also disclosed the involvement from 52 others for people in the 45-plus cate- under Excise Act the police sent the accused the control room phone num- Dr Shekhar was later took feedback on vaccination. and said he had directed that of two others in the fraud. gory. Among those who attended the meeting identified as Mahendra, a resident of Naili vil- ber should be prominently dis- informed that a survey had He directed the officials con- the medicine kit should Raids were on to nab them. were CDO Shrilaxmi VS, ASP (City) Sanjay lage under Padari police station to jail. In anoth- played on the wall paintings. been carried out in village cerned to speed up the vacci- mandatorily be made avail- The accused was sent to jail Kumar Verma, DIOS Devki Singh, BSA Gautam er case, on being tipped off by an informer Dr Shekhar expressed con- Rarua where 223 families were nation drive. able to the patients with symp- on Friday. Prasad, and DPRO Arvind Kumar. Lalganj police raided Khajuri village, arrested cern over the unhygienic con- screened and 44 symptomatic The medical officer toms. WOMAN DIES: A woman died under two women and recovered 25 litres of illicit liquor ditions in villages and directed persons were identified in four informed him that from May 1 He said as per the chief suspicious circumstances under Adalhaat police from them and destroyed raw material and brew- officials to ensure that they houses and distributed free only 831 persons had been vac- minister’s guidelines, more sttion on Thursday. Reports said that Rajendra eries. After registering a case under relevant sec- were cleaned within seven days medicine kits. The people there cinated. He warned that in community kitchens would be Vishwakarma, a resident of Garaudi village tions of law the police sent the accused to jail. without fail. He also gave a were not aware if antigen tests case the vaccination was not set up and every care would be dressing down to the officials had been carried out in the vil- increased, action would be taken to ensure that the Covid for the poor vaccination rate lage or not. He pulled up the taken against the officials. protocol was followed in the 0 & , and directed the additional zila panchayati raj officer for his Meanwhile, Chief Minister right earnest.
8PSS@TQPI9@IU $/ 0(#+ elling in them will have to follow all the Covid- 19 prevention guidelines issued from time to 2:+$ he railway administration will cancel the fol- time, CPRO PK Singh said. / Tlowing special trains due to operational rea- PUNE-GORAKHPUR SPECIAL: The sons and lack of adequate number of passengers, 01329 Pune-Gorakhpur special train will be run : $ , #+8 Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Pankaj on May 22, 25, 27 and 29 and 01330 Gorakhpur Kumar Singh said. - Pune special train on May 24, 27, 29 and 31 tent house employee was BARAUNI-LKO SPECIAL: The 05203 for additional trips. According to the changed - Aduped of 2.51 lakh by a Barauni-Lucknow special train will remain composition, a total of 19 coaches, including 11 youth on the pretext of getting cancelled from May 22 until further notice. of sleeper class, four of general second class, two a loan sanctioned for him, in Likewise the 05204 Lucknow-Barauni special of air-conditioned (AC) third class, and two of : $ , #+8 section of society joins hands and guidance of academia and wash hands and use sanitisers. Naubasta police station area. train will remain cancelled from May 23 until SLRD will be attached in the train. to tackle the current and the political leaders it could be He said above all they need to On coming to know about further notice. CSMT-GORAKHPUR SPECIAL: The ven as the nation battles approaching situation and to managed effectively. maintain social distancing. the fraud, when the employee MUZAFFARPUR-AHMEDABAD 01359 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Ewith the second wave of minimise the losses. Rai quoted the IIT-Kanpur He said the major cause of and his wife visited the house SPECIAL: The 05269 Muzaffarpur-Ahmedabad (CSMT)- Gorakhpur special train will run on COVID-19, the threat of the This was stated by city study ‘Wave three is projected worry was the people who of the accused, they were held special train will remain cancelled from May 27 May 21, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30 and 31 and the 01360 approaching third wave of coordinator of Atmanirbhar to surface in October’. He said resided in one room with a big hostage at gunpoint and beat- until further notice. The 05270 Ahmedabad- Gorakhpur-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj novel coronavirus infection Bharat, Dr Sudhanshu Rai, the pace of vaccination was family as such places were the en up. The accused also cast a Muzaffarpur special train will remain cancelled Terminus special train on May 23, 25, 26, 28, 30 looms large on the nation and while addressing a virtual ses- slow and it was a cause of con- reservoirs of novel coronavirus. slur on their caste and threat- from May 29 until further notice. and June 1 and 2 will be run for additional trips. thus it is necessary that a com- sion on Friday. He said with the cern and the current rate had He said only social distancing ened to kill them. SONPUR-CHHAPRA MEMU SPECIAL: According to the changed composition, a total prehensive plan is chalked out nation making concerted effort come down as compared to and lockdowns were the The victim later lodged an The 05245 Sonpur-Chhapra MEMU special of 21 coaches, including 10 of sleeper class and well in advance. to come out of the present sit- April. He said the government effective way to curb the FIR against the accused. train will remain cancelled from May 22 until five of general second class, four of AC third class Pandemics have always uation, it was the duty of each was posed with a big challenge pandemic from spreading fur- According to reports, further notice. The 05246 Chhapra-Sonpur and two of SLRD will be attached. wreaked havoc on the world and every person to join the of availability of oxygen and ther. Chhote Paswan of Dalelpur in MEMU special train will remain cancelled from CSMT-CHHAPRA SPECIAL: The 01365 and India is currently reeling battle. even this day oxygen was far Prominent among those Bidhnu, is employed in a tent May 22 until further notice. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus - Chhapra under the COVID-19 pan- He said the social, indus- too short than what was need- who took part in the session house. He said Abhishek Soni special train will be run on May 22 and 29 and demic with an added threat of trial and entrepreneurial sec- ed. were IIA divisional president of B Block in Hanspuram, # 01366 Chhapra - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj mucormycosis, commonly tors would have to sit togeth- He appealed to the people Alok Agarwal, Tarun Naubasta, had demanded ( Terminus special train will be run on May 24 known as black fungus. The er and work out the future to strictly wear masks, refrain Khetrapal, Gopal Tulsiyan and some documents, blank Keeping the convenience of the passengers and 31 for additional trips. According to the need of the hour is that every strategy. He said with the help from moving out, frequently Tikam Sethia. signed cheques and 51,000 in in mind the running period of the following changed composition, a total of 21 coaches, cash from him on pretext of trains will be extended and their rake compo- including 10 of sleeper class and five of gener- completing formalities for sition will be changed. All coaches in these trains al second class, four AC third class and two of getting a loan sanctioned for will be of reserved category and passengers trav- SLRD, will be attached. him. - ' When Chhote expressed his inability to produce any '# (# '%)! ! ' %**! guarantor, Abhishek took the responsibility for it and QIT - )., cination programme will con- ' informed about Pranjul Bajpai tinue as a campaign on agreeing to become his guar- he Varanasi division of North Varanasi division. Apart from antor. TEastern Railway (NER) is con- it in various rail sections, sta- : $ , #+8 sory committee. He said the government defaulter and should not have On March 10, a loan of stantly trying to protect its employ- tion premises, stations and Endocrinologist Dr Rishi had decided to provide finan- availed of any other benefit 2 lakh was sanctioned to ees from coronavirus infection. In trains of Varanasi division he district administration is Shukla said villagers had to take cial support to such youths and under different projects. Chhote and 1.92 lakh was this sequence under the direction everyday deep cleaning, sani- Tnow contemplating to fix all precautions against COVID- the last date for submitting He said application could credited to his account. When of Divisional Railway Manager tisation and cleanliness was the responsibility of COVID-19 19. He said taking medicines applications was June 15, 2021. be sent on Abhishek came to know about (DRM), Varanasi, Vijay Kumar being done. Besides entry and treatment and checking deaths for fever and other COVID-19- He said a total project cost http://www.diupmsme.upsdc.g the sanction of loan, he imme- Panjiar, and under the leadership exit at major stations was in rural areas through the like symptoms from untrained was approximately 25 lakh ov.in and in case of any doubt diately got the amount trans- of Chief Medical Superintendent (CMS) Dr MS through single route. Moreover health check-up supervisory committee con- village doctors and medical and the projects put up by one could contact Prashant ferred to his account using the Nabial, at the NER Divisional Hospital, of passengers coming from metros is being done stituted under micro planning stores was wrong and people youths would be entitled to 25 Singh, 9839321557 on all work- blank signed cheques collected Lahartara, in the 18 to 44 age group as many as at the stations. Besides monitoring of passengers and is likely to launch a big should go to community health per cent (maximum 6.25 lakh) ing days within the stipulated from Chhote. 36 railway employees and their family members was being done through thermal scanners and campaign to check the spread centre or primary health cen- which would be given in the official time. When Chhote asked and 141 others were administered Covid-19 vac- thermal cameras and if in case of doubt check- of novel coronavirus infection tre or district hospitals for form of margin money. He said CSJMU TO STREAM- Abhishek about the reason cine on Thursday. Besides in the over 45 years up is being done. In order follow social distancing in villages. testing, medical advice and for projects higher 50 lakh it LINE ONLINE TEACHING: for this transfer, he asked age group, the vaccination of 68 railway employ- guidelines at stations and railway premises The spread of novel coro- treatment. was 20 per cent or a maximum Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj him to collect the amount ees and their family members and 32 others was marking has been done. Entry without masks has navirus infection in rural areas Dr Shukla said people were 6.25 lakh would be given as University (CSJMU) Vice from him the next day from his done, PRO Ashok Kumar said. All the railway been barred in the station premises and trains is a cause of concern and the not taking the novel coron- margin money. He said for Chancellor Prof Vinay Pathak house. personnel working on Varanasi division are and strict action is being taken against those with- state government has directed avirus seriously.“They think higher projects, the allocation said that in view of the focus on As per promise, when being vaccinated on a priority basis in order to out them. Necessary steps are being taken at all the district administrations to they are living in a healthy was 150 lakh and an amount online teaching, it had been Chhote along with wife protect them from Covid-19 and they are also stations of Varanasi division to ensure compli- intensify testing, tracking and atmosphere in comparison to of 10 lakh (10 per cent) would decided to design the e-content Sulochana went to Abhishek’s being encouraged to get vaccinated. This vac- ance of the Covid-19 protocol. treatment there. cities and so coronavirus will be given as margin money. of all the subjects. He directed house to collect cash, he and his District Panchayati Raj not affect them. As a result, sev- Yadav said for projects the heads of four departments father abused the couple and Officer Kamal Kishore said eral villagers have lost lives,” he above 1.50 lakh, the cost’s 10 to ensure that the e-content was held them hostage. the responsibility would be added. Dr Shukla said around per cent or maximum 20 prepared at the earliest so that Chhote alleged that he was % (# ) '%"!* fixed on committee members, 45 per cent of COVID-19 cases lakh, whichever was less, would online teaching could be beaten up by four armed secu- including ANM, lekhpal, in April were reported from be given as margin money and streamlined. He said all the rity guards of Abhishek who 8PSS@TQPI9@IU '()*+ , that Rampravesh Pandey (51) examination. Their family ASHA bahu, panchayat secre- rural areas, which also account- later it would be accommo- departments would prepare e- also threatened to kill them. and his son, Arvind Pandey members were shell-shocked tary, and stern action would be ed for 50 per cent of deaths. dated as grants.He said for content. Addressing a session, Chhote alleged that Abhishek n a heart-rending incident a (28), residents of Sai village when they heard the news initiated against them for any APPLICATIONS INVIT- general candidates, the person Dr BD Pandey said in the pre- and his accomplices cast asper- Iman and his son who were under Alinagar police station, about their tragic and untime- lapse. He said houses in each ED FROM YOUTHS UNDER would have to arrange 10 per sent times e-content was the sions on his caste and threw going on a motorcycle on the were coming from Alinagar ly death. lane would be allocated to ODOP SCHEME FOR YEAR cent of the amount whereas for most powerful tool of educa- them out of the house after road lost their lives when a tree towards Chakia. However, a Meanwhile another report members for supervision. They 2021-22: Deputy SC, ST OBC, minority, women tion and very valuable to the issuing threats of dire conse- fell on it near Golhia village. On roadside Gulmohar tree sud- said that two persons were will arrange examination of Commissioner, Industry, SP and disabled categories, they learners and also helpful to quences. receiving information about denly fell on their bike on injured when a four-wheeler hit sick persons, distribute medical Yadav, while addressing a meet- will have to deposit 5 per cent teachers. The victim has lodged an the incident, Chakia Kotwali Chakia-Sikandarpur road near their motorcycle in kits and urge people to get vac- ing on Friday said that under of the amount. He said the educational FIR against Abhishek, his police reached the spot, the Indian Petrol Pump close Shivnathpur village under the cinated. the One District One Product He said it was mandatory system around the world was father and four armed securi- informed their family members to Golhia village as a result of Baburi police station late on He said the superinten- scheme, applications were that the applicant should be undergoing increasing pres- ty guards with the Naubasta about it after identifying the which both of them sustained Wednesday evening. The vil- dent of community health cen- invited for year 2021-22 from resident of Uttar Pradesh and sure to use the new information police. Station House Officer bodies and sent them to the serious injuries and died. After lagers from the nearby areas got tre and block development youth who were keen on tak- at least 18 years of age and and communication technolo- Satish Kumar Singh said district hospital for the post- establishing the identity of the two injured admitted to a officer would carry out village- ing up trade like leather, added that educational quali- gy to acquaint students with the after investigations, action mortem examination. the two victims their bodies private hospital. The driver wise micro-planning and draft hosiery, textiles and a few fication was no barrier. ‘He said knowledge and make them would be initiated against the Inspector incharge of Chakia were later sent to the district escaped from the spot with the an action plan for the supervi- more. the applicant should not be a techno savvy. accused. Kotwali Nagendra Singh said hospital for the post-mortem vehicle after the accident. ! " # % "/
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& / !"P Gehlot, and pro Sachin Pilot government is once again not #010234 camp, cause of concern in on the verge of a collapsed at Punjab which will go for the hands of BJP, Rajasthan fter a loss of face for the assembly polls next year is the Congress president Govind ACongress in the recent huge rift between various fac- Singh Dotasara has made Assembly elections, the inter- tions. efforts to reach out to nal squabbling within Punjab Rahul is scheduled to con- Choudhary and assured the and once again in Rajasthan duct the meeting one virtual party leaders that he would be #010234 State unit, in the midst of pan- mode as per his health condi- able to convince him to with- demic has drawn huge concern tion since he is recovering draw the resignation letter. o supplement the domes- to the high command as in from post covid and the “Hemaram is a senior and Ttic availability of the drug both the States the party is in sources said the meeting has respected leader of our party. I for treatment of dreaded black power. been necessitated after Punjab have spoken to him after the fungus, the Union Health AICC sources said that MLAs declined to meet the information about his resigna- Ministry on Friday said license Congress President Sonia State Incharge senior party tion as MLA. This is a family has been given to five more Gandhi has asked former party leader Harish Rawat. matter, it will be resolved soon,” manufactures for production chief Rahul Gandhi to handle Choudhary resignation Dotasara tweeted. of Amphotericin-B, used in the matter who during the though is yet to be accepted by This is the second time the treatment of black fungus, next few days will be interact- Rajasthan assembly Speaker since his election in the and they will start producing ing one to one with each MLAs CP Joshi and Chief Minister December 2018 state polls that 1,11,000 vials of the drug per from both the States, which is Ashok Gehlot but he men- Hemaram Choudhary has sent month from July. Meanwhile, likely to be first of its kind tioned that he will speak on the across his resignation letter. He in May 2021, 3,63,000 vials of efforts from Rahul or Sonia. reasons that led to his quitting had first resigned in 2019 dur- Amphotericin-B will be To iron out the differences the assembly once it is accept- ing the first session of the imported, thereby resulting There are five existing total availability in the country in Punjab Congress and ue with his criticism of the lat- police firing cases has created ed. This is second time resig- reconstituted assembly, report- in total availability in the manufacturers of (inclusive of the domestic pro- Government, sources said ter through social media. In a crisis in the party. The party nation by Choudhary after edly because he was miffed that country (inclusive of the Amphotericin-B in the country duction) of 5,26752 vials. Rahul will be conducting one- one of his message on Twitter, high command is working out Congress came to power in Gehlot did not induct him domestic production) of and one importer. These are 3,15,000 vials will be imported on-one meeting with State Sidhu also urged the MLAs and a formula to make the CM take 2018. into his council of ministers. 5,26752 vials. Bharat Serums & Vaccines Ltd, in June 2021. Hence, along with Ministers, MLAs and MPs over party work to apprise the party on the perpetrators of the Hemaram Choudhary is a Hemaram Chaudhary, who The five companies that BDR Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Sun the domestic supply, the coun- the next few days. As per the high command about the prob- police firing case,” said a party six-time MLA from was revenue minister in have been given go ahead for Pharma Ltd, Cipla Ltd, Life trywide availability of plan beginning with Punjab, lems persisting within MLA over phone to The Gudamalani in the Barmer Gehlot’s cabinet in 2008-2013, drug production are NATCO Care Innovations and Mylan Amphotericin-B will be the former party chief who has Amarinder Pioneer. district and was among the 19 had offered to quit before the Pharmaceuticals, Hyderabad, Labs (importer). enhanced to 5,70,114 vials in faced severe criticism for loos- Sonia too has been in con- Punjab Congress chief MLAs who rebelled against 2013 elections over differences Alembic Pharmaceuticals, "The production capacity June 2021," the statement ing elections after elections, will stant touch with Punjab CM Sunil Kumar Jakhar on Ashok Gehlot last year same with another MLA. Vadodara, Gufic Biosciences of these companies was added. schedule to meet on virtual Capt Amarinder Singh enquir- Thursday cautioned party time when the then Deputy While AICC leaders ruled Ltd, Gujarat, Emcure extremely limited in the month According to the govern- mode atleast 15 party leaders ing about state politics and the workers stating that the party CM Sachin Pilot had revolt- out any rebellion brewing up Pharmaceuticals, Pune and of April 2021. As a result of the ment, these companies will each day. pandemic together, sources high command was watching ed and threatened to exit again in Rajasthan politics, the Lyka, Gujarat. hand holding by the Centre, start producing 1,11,000 vials Sources said after the said. and he mentioned that there from the Gehlot government. BJP which has been eyeing to The move follows severe these domestic manufactures of Amphotericin-B per month Punjab leaders declined to While the factionalism led are few leaders who were The situation continued for wrest power from Gehlot after shortage of the anti-fungal will cumulatively produce from July 2021. The Union meet Harish Rawat on a digi- by Navjot Singh Sidhu contin- always trying to seek opportu- almost two months untill a engineering a successful drug across the country even as 1,63,752 vials of Health Ministry and Deptt of tal platform, he is scheduled to ues, some of the party leaders nities in crisis (like pandemic) peace was brokered between attempt in Madhya Pradesh various States and UTs are Amphotericin-B in May 2021. Pharmaceuticals are together visit the State hold initial talks are annoyed with the CM over or by creating a crisis. Gehlot and Pilot by Sonia, last year following the exit of reporting an increasing num- This will be further ramped up trying to proactively facilitate with the dissident leaders. the delay in giving justice to the While in Rajasthan the Rahul and his sibling and Jyotiraditya Scindia, the BJP ber of patients suffering from to 2,55,114 vials in the month these five manufacturers to The other issue on agenda families of the Kotakpura immediate worry is the resig- party general secretary said Hemaram Choudhary’s Covid complications in the of June 2021. prepone some of this pro- of Rahul meeting, is to sort out police firing incidents. nation of party MLA Hemaram Priyanka Gandhi. resignation letter reflected that form of Mucormycosis, popu- “In May 2021, 3,63,000 duction so that these addi- the differences between Sidhu "The adverse high court Choudhary, a sharp critic of Before Rahul to reach him there was no internal democ- larly known as Black vials of Amphotericin-B will be tional supplies begin in June and CM as the former contin- judgment on the Kotkapura Rajasthan chief minister Ashok to pacify so that the Gehlot racy within the Congress. Fungus. imported, thereby resulting in 2021. 0&! . ; R ), '" - ;7- "- 5 7 0 ., " # #010234 the US government invoked ment of COVID-19 vaccines ' <! the DPA to limit exports of the and their possible manufac- s India faces shortage of raw materials to expand turing in India subsequently. #010234 "On arrival at the Corps Aanti-corona vaccine, domestic vaccine production. The US announced earlier #010234 headquarters in Dimapur, the External Affairs Minister S Hit by a devastating second this week that it will share an n an effort to rule out any Army Chief was briefed by Lt Jaishankar’s main focus during wave of the coronavirus pan- additional 20 million coron- #010234 he Supreme Court on Friday grant- Isurprises by China, Army Gen Johnson Mathew, General his US visit next week will be demic, India has been focusing avirus vaccine doses with other Ted bail to rebel YSR Congress MP Chief General MM Naravane Officer Commanding of Spear procurement of these vaccines on ramping up domestic pro- countries in addition to the 60 he Enforcement Directorate on Friday searched Krishnam Raju in the sedition case reg- on Friday reviewed the opera- Corps and the Division from there. An estimated 80 duction of COVID-19 vac- million it has already committed. Tthe premises linked to businessman Navneet Kalra istered against him by the Andhra tional readiness of the troops at Commanders on the prevailing million doses of vaccine are cines as well their procurement The Biden administration has and his associates in connection with a money laun- Pradesh police. The vacation Bench of the Line of Actual Control situation and operational pre- available there. from abroad. not yet announced the possible dering probe linked to a recent case of alleged hoard- Justices Vineet Saran and BR Gavai said (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh. paredness along the Northern During his five-day visit "In Washington DC, the recipients of the vaccine doses. ing and black-marketing of oxygen concentrators Raju was possibly ill-treated while in He is on two-day visit com- borders," the Army said. starting May 24, the minister External Affairs Minister will Recently, Charge D'Affaires which are in high demand amid Covid-19 pandem- police custody. During the previous mencing Thursday. It said the Chief of Army besides pressing for early pro- hold discussions with his coun- of the US embassy here Daniel ic surge. hearing, the Court had ordered Raju’s Incidentally, he had said on Staff complimented all ranks curement of the vaccines is also terpart Secretary of State B Smith said the US was look- The searches are being conducted at various loca- medical examination. Wednesday the Indian forces are for maintaining excellent vigil likely to seek raw material to Antony Blinken. He will also be ing at joint production of tions in the national Capital under provisions of the "Charges against the petitioner (Raju) ready and deployed in ade- and exhorted them to stay alert boost domestic production. He meeting Cabinet members and Johnson and Johnson's Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), are not such that custodial interrogation quate numbers at the LAC and keep watch on activities may also explore possibilities of Senior Officials of the COVID-19 vaccines in India agency sources said. would be required. Considering the total- adding it will not be taken by along the LAC. On Wednesday, joint production of the much- Administration dealing with and ways to help manufactur- Through the searches, the ED is seeking to gain ity of the plea and the health condition of surprise. This observation came Naravane said the Army will needed vaccine here or in the US. the bilateral relationship," the ers like the Serum Institute of additional evidence to take the money laundering the petitioner since he has undergone in the backdrop of China hold- maintain an enhanced presence Announcing the schedule, MEA said in a statement. India (SII) to boost production. probe forward, they said. open heart surgery, we deem it fit that peti- ing its annual military exercise on the entire northern front from the Ministry of External It said he will have two As India was facing a rapid The ED had recently booked Kalra and others tioner be enlarged on bail,” said the apex now in its area opposite Eastern Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh till Affairs(MEA) said here on interactions with business increase in coronavirus infec- under the anti-money laundering law after taking court while prohibiting the MP from inter- Ladakh. Last year, it diverted "de-escalation" is achieved. Friday Jaishankar will hold forums on economic and tions, the US sent six plane loads cognisance of a Delhi Police FIR filed on May 5 as acting with media on the matter under some forces from the exercise to In view of the border row discussions with US Secretary COVID-related cooperation of life-saving supplies in support PMLA comes under the ambit of a predicate probe. intrude into India leading to with China in eastern Ladakh, of State Antony Blinken and between the two countries. of the country's fight against the offence. Raju is required to furnish a bond of ten-month long stand-off. the Army last year significant- meet other senior officials of Jaishankar had met pandemic. Earlier this month, Following registration of the case, the Delhi police Rs 1 lakh and two sureties of the same As regards his visit to the ly ramped up deployment of the Biden administration. It Blinken earlier this month on the US sent to India raw mate- searched some restaurants and premises owned and amount before the trial court within 10 eastern sector in the last two troops in all sensitive areas will be the first visit by a senior the sidelines of a meeting of rials for vaccine production linked to Kalra. days. On perusing Raju's medical reports, days, officials said here on along the nearly 3,500-km- Indian minister to the US after foreign ministers of G-7 coun- which it said would enable the The police had recovered more than 500 life-sav- the Court found that he had suffered a Friday, Naravane arrived at long LAC including in the President Joe Biden assumed tries in London. The MEA manufacture of 20 million doses ing oxygen concentrators from the searched premis- fracture to his toe among other injuries. Dimapur in Nagaland on Sikkim and Arunachal sectors office in January. said Jaishankar will also meet of the Covishield vaccines. es. The police alleged that they were being hoard- Raju and Chief Minister Jaganmohan Thursday to review the opera- The Indian Air Force(IAF) There is a view in India UN Secretary-General Antonio Providing raw materials ed and sold in the black market on a high premi- Reddy are in loggerheads for some time. tional readiness along the also deployed additional fight- that the Defence Production Guterres in New York. for the production of coron- um. He had approached Courts to cancel the Northern borders of Arunachal er jets and attack helicopters in Act (DPA) of the US has put On Thursday, the ministry avirus vaccines was a major Kalra has denied any wrongdoing and claimed the bail given the Chief Minister in corrup- Pradesh and the security situ- key bases looking after the some restrictions on the export spokesperson Arindam Bagchi component of the Biden consignment was meant for regular sale. tion cases and all of a sudden Andhra ation in the hinterland in the airspace along the LAC in the of raw materials by American had India is engaged with administration's announce- Earlier, the police produced Kalra before a court Pradesh Police slapped sedition charges on Northeastern region. Arunachal sector. companies. In early February, American entities for procure- ment on medical aid to India. that sent him to 14-day judicial custody. the MP. ,"& ! 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Iduring Covid-19 times that late in the human popula- virus for the first time will be Wopen to everyone above vaccination centers for the pri- Similarly IIT-Jodhpur wit- has ravaged the world, a study tion, and they are less dan- children who are naturally less the age of 18 years, the Indian ority groups, where the central nessed 65 positive cases among has said that over the next gerous. prone to severe disease, they Institutes of Technology (IITs) government is providing the students, due to which, G 3 decade, the severity of The researchers noted that said. have asked the Central vaccines. We cannot use them block of the campus was Covid-19 may decrease as pop- some evidence indicates that "The novel approach here Government to look into the for people below 45 years old declared as a containment ulations collectively develop one of these cold-causing rel- is to recognise the competition feasibility of having a common as state government’s need to zone. immunity and the novel coro- atives might have once been taking place between mild and vaccination policy for its stu- provide for this section. State Sharing details about the navirus could cause no more severe, giving rise to the severe Covid-19 infections and dents, especially the research governments are all struggling meeting, an official said than common cold-like coughs "Russian flu" pandemic in the ask which type will persist in scholars who visit the labora- and there is a paucity of vac- Pokhriyal “commended the and sniffles. late 19th century. the long run," said Alexander tories. cines," a Director of one of the institutes in developing low- Published in the journal The parallels led the sci- Beams, study first author and #010234 Nicobar islands,” the IMD said In a review meeting of the IIT told The Pioneer. cost RT-PCR machines, kits, Viruses, the prediction is based entists to wonder whether the graduate student at University in its special weather update, IITs and other top chains like A senior Ministry of ventilators, mathematical mod- on mathematical models that severity of SARS-CoV-2 could of Utah. he India Meteorological issued on Friday afternoon. NITs, IISERs, on Thursday Education official said said the elling of predicting the trend of incorporate lessons learned similarly lessen over time. "We have shown that mild TDepartment (IMD) on With the arrival of the evening, the officials of the demand for vaccination for COVID-19 and successfully from the current pandemic on They built mathematical infections will win, as long as Friday said that southwest monsoon, light to moderate institutes requested Union researchers who visit labs was placing them at the disposal of how our body's immunity models incorporating evidence they train our immune systems monsoon has advanced into rain is forecast till Sunday over Education Minister Ramesh taken up in the meeting which State Health Departments. changes over time. on the body's immune to fight against severe infec- the south Andaman Sea on the Andaman and Nicobar Pokhriyal ‘Nishank' for inocu- is of utmost importance to Many of the research products "This shows a possible response to SARS-CoV-2. tions," Beams said. Friday morning. The develop- islands. Squally winds with the lation of all their students, so encourage research in the fight have been commercialized future that has not yet been Analysing several scenarios However, the researchers noted ment also marks the start of the speed of around 50 km/hour to that they can safely return to against covid as well. through the incubation cells fully addressed," said Fred and their versions set up a sit- that the models do not account four-month rainfall season. 60km/hour could blow along their respective campuses. With An IIT-Delhi internal sur- and startups set up by these Adler, a professor of mathe- uation where an increasing for every potential influence on The IMD has already predict- the southeast Bay of Bengal and shortage of vaccinations in the vey last month with 3,910 stu- institutes." matics and biological sciences proportion of the population disease trajectory. ed that the monsoon is expect- south Andaman Sea from country, the administration of dents as part of the findings, the An official statement from at the University of Utah in the will become predisposed to For instance, if new virus ed to be normal this year. Friday onwards, the IMD said. top-engineering colleges urged results showed that almost 22 the Ministry added, “researchers US. mild disease over the long variants overcome partial Meanwhile, a low-pressure area The IMD said that the the government to step in. per cent of the students had developed Corona testing kit "Over the next decade, the term. immunity, Covid-19 could take is expected to develop over the cyclone, once formed, is During the meeting of IITs, tested positive for Covid-19 ‘Corosure’, research for the severity of COVID-19 may "In the beginning of the a turn for the worse, they said. central and adjoining southeast expected to travel towards IISc, NITs, and IISERs along during the March- April peri- development of a vaccine, which decrease as populations col- pandemic, no one had seen the The team also noted that these Bay of Bengal and this system either coasts of Odisha or West with the Education Ministry, od this year whereas 61 per can be stored at room temper- lectively develop immunity," virus before. Our immune sys- predictions will hold up only if is most likely to intensify into Bengal, where the Met depart- the number of rising cent saw at least one family ature, Genome sequencing to Adler said. tem was not prepared," Adler the key assumptions of the a cyclonic storm by May 26. ment was warned of heavy COVID-19 cases among stu- member testing positive for the identify the variants of Corona The study suggests that explained. models hold up. "Our next “In association with the rainfall to commence from dents were discussed along deadly viral infection. Keeping Virus, ‘COVIRAP’ device for changes in the disease could The models show that as step is comparing our model strengthening and deepening May 25. Sea conditions will be with online classes as well as the survey results in view, the rapid diagnostic of pathogenic be driven by adaptations of more adults become partially predictions with the most cur- of the southwesterly winds, rough to very rough over the implementation of the new authorities of IIT-Delhi had infection, methods to optimize our immune response rather immune, whether through rent disease data to assess the southwest monsoon has southeast Bay of Bengal & National Education Policy. relaxed norms which included the use of Oxygen in ventilators, than by changes in the virus prior infection or vaccination, which way the pandemic is advanced over the southwest south Andaman Sea from 21st All the IITs demanded a flexibility in attendance as well development of Oxygen con- itself. severe infections all but disap- going as it is happening," Adler and southeast Bay of Bengal, May onwards till common policy on vaccination as work-related deadlines. centrators, low-cost portable Although the SARS-CoV- pear over the next decade, the added south Andaman Sea and 23rd May . for our research scholars, espe- Last month, 60 students ventilators, etc." % "0 ! 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'" ,' #' % .*# !* )8)/ 4 per cent. 00 The total “active cases” in the &30## 4 and other Dravidian outfits that continues without even a aharashtra on Friday recorded State dropped from 3,83,253 to )8)/ 4 from a hilltop at around 6 am. The com- were trying to get the assassins single Navodaya Vidyalaya. M1,263 Covid-19 deaths—includ- 3,67,121. The fatality rate in the state mandos retaliated, killing 13 Maoists on hile Tamil Nadu Congress released claiming that they have “My request is that the Tamil ing 708 old unaccounted deaths that went up from 1.55 per cent to 1.57 n what is being seen as the second the spot. Those Maoists killed in the WCommittee paid homage put in nearly three decades of Nadu Government allows the were added to the day's cumulative per cent. Ibiggest success after they eliminated as encounter comprised seven women and to Rajiv Gandhi, the former hardship in jail as part of the setting up of such schools in the tally, while the infections dropped With 54 fresh deaths, the Covid- many as 40 naxalites in two separate oper- six men. Prime Minister on his 30th imprisonment. State,” he said . Tamil Nadu is the marginally to 29,644. 19 toll in Mumbai increased from ations in May 2018, the anti-naxal com- In a bid to loot the arms and ammu- death anniversary at K S Alagiri president, only State in the country which A day after the State logged 984 14,410 to 14,464, while the infected mandos of the Maharashtra Police on nition being carried by the police party, Sriperumbudur, 30 km from TNCC, K V Thangabalu, former does not have a single Navodaya deaths and 29,911 infections, the cases went up by a relatively low 1415 Friday morning gunned down 13 Maoists, the Maoists fired indiscriminately at the Chennai, where he was mur- TNCC president and AICC Vidyalaya though all districts in infections dropped to 29,644 while to trigger a jump in the including 7 women, in a fierce gun-bat- ANS commandos. “At that the ANS dered by the terrorists of the leader C D Meyyappan led the rest of India boast of such con- the State added 1,263 deaths – com- infections from 6,92,785 to 6,94,200. tle in the deep forests of Kotmi in Etapalli commandos asked them lay down their dreaded Liberation Tigers of party cadre at Rajiv Gandhi cept school. prising 369 that occurred in the last The situation in Pune improved taluka of Gadchiroli in eastern arms and surrender. However, the Maoists Tamil Eelam in this day in Memorial at Sriperumbudur in The Dravidian parties’ 48 hours, 186 that took place last vastly as the “active cases” dropped Maharashtra. opened fire at the commandos more 1991, Muthuvel Karunanidhi paying homage to the departed hatred for Hindi and Sanskrit is week and 708 old unaccounted deaths from 64,084 to 58,840. After the gun-battle that lasted for intensely. The commandos had no alter- Stalin, Chief Minister of Tamil leader. Speaking to reporters, the reason behind their opposi- that were added to the state’s daily Mumbai with 28,579 active more than 90 minutes, the elite C-60 com- native but to retaliate. Seeing the increased Nadu, wrote a letter to the Meyyappan said he was making tion towards Navodaya Schools, Covid-19 toll. cases stood second in the state, fol- mandos of the Anti Naxal Squad (ANS) intensity of the firing from the com- President of India asking him to use of the anniversary to plead said Dr Y R Johnson, a former With 1,263 new deaths, the total lowed by Thane (26,248), Nagpur of the Gadchiroli police recovered a mandos in the encounter that went on for release the seven convicts in the with the Tamil Nadu principal of Navodaya Schools. number of deaths in the State climbed (19,745), Solapur (18,881), huge cache of arms, ammunition and 90 minutes, the naxals fled the scene,” a murder case. Government to help realize the “The Dravidian leaders are from 85,355 to 86,618. Similarly, with Ahmednagar (18,479), Satara explosives, including one AK-47 rifle, statement issued by the Gadchiroli police S Nalini, Murugan, Santhan, dreams of Rajiv Gandhi. against teaching Hindi and 29,644 new infections, the total num- (17,513), Nashik (16,618), Amravati SLR, Carbine, 303 and 12 bore rifles and said. Perarivalan, Jayakumar, Robert “Navodaya Vidyalaya, a public Sanskrit because they identify ber of cases climbed from 54,97,448 (9927), Beed (9734), Chandrapur an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Friday’s operation is being seen as the Payas and P Ravichandran, the school in the lines of high end these languages with Hindutwa. to 55,27,092. (7713), Jalgaon (7696), Osmanabad from the spot. Among those killed were second biggest success after the security accused in the Rajiv Gandhi schools was a dream project of But the truth is that there are no As 44,493 patients were dis- (7240), Aurangabad (7056), Latur a naxal operative identified as one Satish, agencies gunned down 40 suspected Murder case were sentenced to Rajiv Gandhi. He wanted all rules that Hindi and Sanskrit charged from the hospitals across the (5024), Jalna (4952) and Buldhana a member of the north Gadchiroli divi- Maoists in two separate anti-naxal oper- death by the Supreme Court. But children in the country to get should be taught in Navodaya state after full recovery, the total num- (4814). sional committee of CPI (Maoist). ations in Gadchiroli district of eastern the death sentences of six per- quality education free of cost all Schools. These languages are ber of people discharged from the Of the 3,24,41,776 samples sent The encounter between the ANS Maharashtra on May 22, 2018. sons were commuted to life over India. This was part of the optional in nature. I had plead- hospitals since the second week of to various laboratories across the state commandos and Maoists took place The elimination of 13 Maoists came imprisonment by the Supreme New Education Policy drafted by ed with Stalin whm he came to March last year that had breached the so far, 55,27,092, have tested positive between 6 am and 7.30 am when the for- three weeks after the ANS’ C-60 com- Court of India while that of him during his tenure as Prime Kanyakumari for election cam- 50 lakh mark on Thursday, increased (17.04 per cent) for Covid-19 until mer were carrying out a combing oper- mandos gunned down two hardcore Nalini was commuted under Minister,” said Meyyapan. paign to establish such schools from 50,26,308 to 50,70,801 on Friday. Currently, 27,94,457 people ation in the Kotmi forest AREA. Some Maoists –Vinay LaluNarote (31) and Article 161 of the Constitution. He pointed out that Tamil in Tamil Nadu,” Dr Johnson told Friday. The recovery rate in the state are in home quarantine while 20,946 60 to 70 began firing at the ANS com- Vivek alias Suraj alais Manohar Kanu The DMK , the AIADMK Nadu is the only State in India The Pioneer. went up from 91.34 per cent to 91.74 people are in institutional quarantine. mandos, numbering more than 100, Narote. ,/012)! % # %31( / 860 0 * *# 4##54%'" *% %! 8CD/ " => 9 O 6#'* %4 #)!*! !2 6 ))8 ious hospitals including 1.730 N CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu saw from Jammu Division and 2.736 )8)/ 4 Sections 304(II) (an act done 467 people succumbing to or the first time in the last from Kashmir Division”. with knowledge that it is likely Covid-19 on Friday, according Fthree weeks a silver lining According to the Principal O our days after the accom- to cause death), 338 (causing to the Directorate of Public emerged on the horizon as the of GMC, Jammu Dr Shashi Fmodation barge Papaa-305 grievous hurt by an act endan- Health and Preventive Medicine Union Territory of Jammu & Sudan Sharma, the patient, who sank amid Cyclone Tauktae off gering life or personal safety of release. Kashmir reported less than 50 died due to 'black fungus' suf- the Mumbai coast claiming at others) and 34 (common inten- The 12 hours ended Friday deaths due to Covid 19 on fered from a high degree of dia- least 60 lives and seeing many tion) of the Indian Penal Code. 6 PM saw 36,184 people getting Friday. A total number of 43 betes of 900 level and was New Delhi:The Government more go missing, the Yellowgate Confirming the develop- diagnosed with the pandemic patients succumbed to the virus, immunocompromised when he has objected to Twitter using police on Friday booked the ment, Mumbai Police across the State. Tamil Nadu has 27 in Jammu division and 16 in was shifted to the hospital. He ‘manipulated media’ tag for Master of the barge and others Spokesperson and Deputy 2.74 lakh patients undergoing Kashmir division. must have taken a lot of steroids tweets on an alleged Congress for culpable homicide not Commissioner of Police S. treatment for Covid-19 as on Meanwhile, J&K reported resulting in the uncontrollable toolkit used to target the Centre $ ' '% amounting to murder. Chaitanya said: “The captain of Friday evening. first death due to black fungus diabetes level resulting in dia- over its Covid-19 handling, '7 ' ' : The development came on the barge acted negligently on the More than 1.65 lakh per- after a 40-year-old Covid-19 betic ketoacidosis syndrome, sources said. a day the management of Oil warnings issued related to sons were subjected to RT-PCR recovered patient died of she said. The Government has asked and Natural Gas Commission Cyclone Tautkee and that alleged- test across the State, said the mucormycosis at Government The patient had tested neg- Twitter to remove the ‘manip- (ONGC) announced a relief of ly led to the mishap due to which release. J Radhakrishnan, Medical College (GMC) hospi- ative of Covid-19 before he ulated media’ tag as the matter 9 * 2 lakh to the families of each we have registered an offence. We Principal Secretary, Health, told tal. Since May 1, a total num- was admitted to hospital for the is pending before law enforce- those killed in the mid-sea have so far mentioned the barge’s reporters that the hike in the ber of 1,135 patients succumbed fungal infection. Deputy ment agency, and made it clear / mishap and 1 lakh to those captain and others in the FIR. On number of patients across the to the deadly virus across J&k. Commissioner Jammu, Anshul that the social media platform who survived the mishap. the basis of the findings of the State was in expected lines. Out of these 720 deaths were Garg, Friday said the overall cannot pass judgment when the !A'= + Simultaneously, M/s Afcons investigation, we will book more “The second wave of Covid-19 reported across Jammu division positivity rate which was above issue is under investigation. Infrastructure Ltd. (AIL) is officials.” Meanwhile, the toll in is getting peaked up in Tamil and 415 patients died across 10 percent in the first week of Investigation will deter- Agartala: The tiny State of Biplab Kumar Deb has asked working on the compensation the mid-sea mishap involving Nadu. It will peak by May 31 Kashmir division. May has dropped to below 7 mine the veracity of the content Tripura which has a century old the Government of for the affected crew, which will the accommodation barge and then we will see a reduction. The patient care services percent in the last few days. and not Twitter, it has assert- tea growing history wants its India to take up with be operationalized soon. Papaa-305 went up to 60 as We are seeing 35,000 cases per were badly affected across He said despite the decreas- ed while asking the microblog- teas to be auctioned again in Bangladesh so that planters Acting on a complaint eleven more bodies were recov- day across the State. This will Jammu region due to lack of ing trend in positive cases, the ging platform not to interfere Bangladesh, 56-years after from Tripura can auction their lodged by the Barge chief engi- ered by the Indian Navy on come down shortly. The neigh- facilities and poor management District Administration has not in the investigation process. exports through East Pakistans produce at Sreemangal, which neer Rahman H. Shaikh who Friday. Another 15 oil workers bouring States of Kerala and of the available resources and lowered its guard and it is tak- According to sources, the Chittagong tea auction centre is near the Tripura border, was among the survivors res- are still missing. “Sixty mortal Karnataka has crossed the peak- manpower. Significantly, the ing all measures to combat Ministry of Electronics and stopped in the aftermath of the Chairman of the Tripura Tea cued by the Indian Navy earli- remains were recovered from ing and the pandemic is on the positivity rate across Jammu dis- Covid-19 pandemic. IT has written a strong com- 1965 war. Development Corporation er this week, the under the sea. Search and wane in these States,” said trict, which reported 423 deaths “Equivalent emphasis has munication to the global team Tea growers in Tripura (TTDC) Santosh Saha told Yellowgate Police Station filed a Rescue operations for remain- Radhakrishnan. since May 1, dropped below 7 been given on testing in urban of Twitter registering its objec- want to sell their teas through PTI. First Information Report invok- ing others are continuing. There There are ten districts in the percent while the overall posi- as well as rural areas. Around 7 tion to the ‘manipulated media’ neighouring Bangladeshs Tripura has some 58 tea ing charges of culpable homi- are in all 188 survivors – 186 State with more than1,000 cases. tivity rate of J&K stood at 8.15 thousand to 8 thousand tests are tag on tweets made by some Sreemangal tea auction centre, gardens - 42 of which are indi- cide not amounting to murder from Papaa-305 and two from Chennai has the highest num- percent on Friday. According to being conducted on a daily political leaders with reference just 10 kms away from the vidually owned, another 13 against the Master of the Barge tug Varaprada,” Defence ber of new cases on Friday as the media bulletin, “4,466 more basis out of which 50% have to the toolkit allegedly created Tripura northern border. are run by cooperative societies Papaa-305 and others. spokesperson Mehul Karnik 5,913 new persons were diag- Covid-19 patients were recov- been conducted in rural areas”, to undermine, derail and “Tripura has always had a while three are run by the The police registered under said. nosed with Covid positive. ered and discharged from var- he informed. demean the efforts of the gov- problem of auctioning tea as TTDC. Besides, there are near- ernment against the COVID- there is no auction centre in the ly 3,000 small tea growers in '' ' - &-% 19 pandemic. PTI state. Tripura Chief Minister border State. PTI ';<< : ;<;= &>" 82 1 *(&
KOCHI: Lockdown in Kerala has 29,673 new persons were diag- been extended to May 30, taking nosed with Covid-19 on Friday. into consideration the hike in the The death toll on Friday was 143. daily Covid-19 cases in the State. The Test Positivity Ratio as on This was announced by Chief Friday was 23.3 per cent, he said. Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in his The State subjected 1,33, 558 daily press briefing on Friday. persons to RT-PCR Test on New Delhi: For the second consecutive Kattankulathur: SRM Medical College Hospital Vijayan, who was sworn in as Friday, said Vijayan. The Chief year, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh and Research Centre (SRM MCHRC), Chief Minister for the second Minister said there was a dis- Baghel transferred 1,500 crore to 22 lakh Kattankulathur has set up a Covid care centre term on Thursday had some good cernible reduction in the number farmers of the State as the first installment with 200 bed capacity in the campus. Out of this news for the people of the State. of Covid-19 cases while the death of agricultural input subsidy under Rajiv 200 bed facility, 100 beds will be for allopathic “Since there has been improve- toll remained on the high side. Gandhi Kisaan Nyay Yojana for kharif sea- treatment. ment in the Covid-19 position in “Doctors have told us that the fatal- son 2020-2021. It was inaugurated by Pro-Vice Chancellor, the districts of ities would be higher for the next The Chief Minister also transferred the Medical Health Sciences, SRM MCHRC Prof. Lt. Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam few weeks and we have to be cau- amount of 7 crore 17 lakh directly to the Col. Dr. A. Ravikumar. Also present were SRM and Thrissur, the triple lock down tious,” he said. accounts of villages and cattle rearers as Institute of Science and Technology’s Registrar in force in these districts is being Kerala is in the process of set- payment for the dung procured from 15 (Interim) Dr. S. Ponnusamy, Medical (Dean) Dr. withdrawn from Saturday. But ting a vaccine manufacturing facil- March to 15 May, under the multi-pronged A. Sundaram and Dental (Dean) Dr. Vivek among Malappuram district where the sit- ity in the State, disclosed the chief Godhan Nyay Yojana of Chhattisgarh others. uation remains unchanged would minister. He said the Government government. Besides, he also transferred As per the Govt. guidelines and AIIMS Delhi continue to be under triple lock is in talks with leading Vaccine 3.6 crore to the gauthan samitis and guidelines, only patients with moderately and down,” said Vijayan. manufacturers for vaccine manu- women self-help groups. severe disease are admitted to the hospital. The Chief Minister said that facturing in the State. PNS $ ' '' ' + ' / : ! " # "1
8%! !# '8*#) * 5 <9 + 5 5 535A-9!"5377.2 ( 7 R 9 R .." R "& . R. , ; 2 . ' $ " " 9 3 * ) ' " ?)' "@ " $ , 4 ' 865A : 0 3 B6 )' " ! he switchover from Ramadan (or Ramzan), the ninth month of the ( ' . ' , 865= Islamic Hijri calendar, to $ ' ShawwalT on the 29th, abounds in , 4 4 , ?, uncertainty and excitement. The # # $ sighting of the lunar crescent (Hilal in Arabic) on the western ' * @ 865= " ! horizon — in a slender time- S frame between sunset and moon- " rise — would herald the new C6! P ! month. The first day of Shawwal is celebrated as Eid-ul-Fitr. A Q " . ' non-sighting could merely ! extend the Ramadan by anoth- ! er day. On the 30th day, the moon ! sighting becomes redundant as no Hijri month could be longer. ! It would automatically lead to " ! Shawwal and, therefore, the Eid. This phenomenon of reckoning is not specific to Ramadan and ! Shawwal but applies to all 12 Hijri months. However, moon sight- " . ' S S ! ings keep in news only for the " ! commencement of Ramadan, " Shawwal and Dhu-al-Hijjah for account of the eccentricities develop a lunar calendar based in the Quran (9:36-37). So, the S their religious significance. and perturbations of the orbits on calculation to simplify calendar became out of sync Moon sighting is a big game of Moon around Earth and things. They rather went in for with the seasons. The religious , in Pakistan. Disproportionate Earth around the Sun, informs complicated models merely to austerities/festivities freely wan- amounts of resources are allocat- late Sir Harold Spencer Jones, predict the crude principle of der through the year, advanc- " ! ed for it. The Ruet-e-Hilal com- former Astronomer Royal of lunar sightings, which remain ing by 11 days vis-à-vis the ! mittee announces the beginning Britain. The total range of vari- at the mercy of several mete- Gregorian calendar every year. of every Hijri month based on ation is about 13 hours. orological factors. Between Islamic civilisations, how- intelligence received from various Qureshi’s dissertation the eighth and 19th century, ever, could not live by religion , S sources. The principal source is informs that the earliest math- well over 200 location-specif- alone. While the Hijri calendar )# " Pakistan’s meteorological depart- ematical model of lunar cres- ic zijs (astronomical hand- satisfied liturgical purposes, it !' ment, which maintains 288 cent visibility was worked out books) were complied in the could not sustain the agrarian, observation centres across the by Muslim astronomers at the Islamic world, informs revenue and administrative . . 4 # . - S - * 0 nation. They even employ Abbasid court of Al-Mamum Stephen P Blake in Time in work. Blake, in his study of 3 * ( D ! theodolites, a precision instru- in the ninth century. Among Early Modern Islam. Safavid, Ottoman and Mughal " ment with movable telescopes. those astronomers was Al- 4948+44# The lunar crescent (Hilal) Empires in Iran, Turkey and “The problem of determining Battani. In modern times, 13@)0407 2 could not be visible before India, found that each one the day when the new lunar cres- Schmidt, Fortheringham, Shukla Tritiya, if not Chaturthi, used solar calendars whether cent can be seen first at any site Maunder, Bruin, Schaefer, Ilyas )824) on account of its faintness and Zoroastrian, Julian or Indic &9: of observation has remained an and Odeh, among others, have ) 930) 94&4 #5 slenderness. In the 21st centu- (Saka Samvat) sometimes open problem since antiquity. The contributed to better pre- 9-#-)0 ry, we have apps like modifying it to their needs. phenomenon remains impor- dictability. MoonCalc, which provide loca- Seljuk ruler Jalal al-Din tant for beginning a lunar month The Hindu religious cal- 4209-0702-+ tion-based information on the Malik Shah (1055-92), who set in a purely observational lunar endar is also based on lunar 28# & 20# timing and trajectory of the up Islam’s first astronomical calendar,” observes Muhammed months. The months are, / 0-# moon. Yet, the Muslim world observatory at Isfahan, used the Shahid Qureshi. Qureshi com- however, determined by calcu- insists on the naked eye sight- services of famous astronomer pleted his PhD on the compara- lations rather than observa- & 2&82 94-#9- ing (Ruya), which now includes and poet Omar Khayyam tive study of mathematical mod- tions. It is based on the con- 4)+24 @934# telescoping sighting, where (1048-1132) to devise a solar els for earliest visibility of the cres- cept of tithis, where each tithi 930@ 93010#9 split verdicts are common. calendar. He established a new cent moon from the University of in the series represents 12 The most disadvantageous era Tarikh-i-Jalali that began on Karachi in 2007. degrees of progressive angular 4# -&-)+24& 90 aspect of the Hijri calendar is Vernal Equinox (coinciding Why have lunar observations separation of the Moon from )-02)002@9- its purely lunar character. The with Zoroastrian festival Nau remained a thorny issue since the Sun. Every tithi, beginning year comprises 354 days (12 Roz) on March 21, 1079. The ancient times? This is because from Shukla Pratipada to +04&9930&80 lunar cycles of 29½ days each). Era was used in Iran until the the mean value of the moon’s Amavasya, could have reli- +4#&4+20- The intercalation used by the Islamic revolution in 1979. synodic revolution around Earth gious significance for the 28# 4394# pagan Arabs, to keep the year (The writer is an author is 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes Hindus. It is surprising why abreast of the seasons, was and independent researcher and 2.87 seconds. Still, significant medieval Muslim mathemati- prohibited by Prophet based in New Delhi. The views variations are possible on cians/astronomers failed to Mohammed as per a command expressed are personal.) 3 4 , 2& 43 , 7 O ,P7 : : 9 D Sir — As our country unitedly fights the sec- &-74 !A ond wave of the deadly COVID-19 virus, ! 4 # E * another worry, the black fungus, is creating havoc and causing concern. The Central * +)F9 & 4 & . R Government has even advised the States to !=* declare mucormycosis as an epidemic. This * 0 .- " 0 would mean that the health facilities will have &-74 !A 59B8%9 to screen for the fungal infection and report K+ # it to the Government. & 1 ) 1 3 4 ' 1 1 4 " Mucormycosis or the black fungus 9 9 # 1 1S ! infection is a rare but highly dangerous dis- K K ease that is now increasing among the &-74 !A S ' 1 " ) # ) COVID-19 positive patients in India. The dis- * O * 1 * 1 ease is caused by one’s exposure to the * 1 + * 56 . 47# . ! mucormycetes mould and has a high mor- L M *& tality rate. It affects the ear, nose, throat and * 9 8 6 K! 1 1 D)E * * * 89 # S * 1 mouth, particularly in people with diabetes issues or whose immunity is compromised. &-74 !A 98%9 ' The use of steroids in COVID-19 treat- 1/& ) D&)E) K 6 9 ' 1 ment is being cited as a reason for the increase / K 1 ! in its cases. Steroids help in fighting COVID- & ) + ) K / * D97 -99E # 1 S 19 but could lead to higher sugar levels, mak- ing the patients vulnerable to mucormyco- * ) 3 47# sis. The mucormycosis menace is a new threat J 1 and the healthcare centres should spot out /6+ 9 * * P Q the disease at an early stage and nip it in the 9 /6+O ) * * 1 S bud with the state-of-the-art medicines. ?%5 CKR Nathan | Ghaziabad )* 9 K 3 $ S &) 1 &) * ! 6%5 , * ! Sir — As temples in India are intermittent- There lies a real and inherent value to the curbs were first imposed in the State on April S ly being closed during the pandemic, we all temple bells that are used during household 5. The curbs were further tightened on April are very eager to visit the places of worship * 3 " 47#S 3 4 ' 1 pujas during the pandemic. 15 with Section 144 of the CrPc, banning the after a long gap. The accursed Coronavirus CK Subramaniam | Chennai *1 has kept us away from our respective places assembly of five or more people at one place. A week later, on April 22, the Chief ' 1 3 . of worship and from reaching out to the divine over the last nearly 14 months. Minister announced a complete lockdown # Sir — As per reports, the Uddhav Thackeray- to control the deteriorating situation. On #5 9 C?=% However, we very keenly wait for the led Maharashtra Government may lift the K, 1 < ! reopening of the religious places so that we May 20, the daily positivity rate in the State lockdown restrictions gradually owing to a was 10.6 per cent, the lowest in months. can once again worship God there. As soon 4+ ' . $ '/-,*! as we enter a temple, its bells provide us solace decline in the number of COVID-19 cases It was 9.3 per cent in mid-February, when in the State. After weeks of continuing strug- 5= , '/-,* and the will to worship the Almighty in a sat- the second wave began, and rose to 29 per isfying way. The sound of the bell has always gle, the signs of the ebbing of the second cent by April 4. With the increase in test- ' > ! COVID-19 wave in Maharashtra are appar- * 1 been considered auspicious, which wel- ing, it has been steadily declining since. > comes divinity and dispels evil. ent as the positivity rate and the number of With this, there is good chance of the lock- &-74 !A . $ 3 P ! The sound of a bell is said to disengage active cases have dropped by almost half in down getting lifted. Q " ! the mind from the ongoing thoughts, thus a month. Rajesh Tope, the State Health Bhagwan Thadani | Mumbai making it more receptive. Ringing a bell dur- Minister, has indicated that the lockdown ! ing prayers is said to help control the ever- restrictions, extended till June 1, could be ? : 9?%5<996 wandering mind and focus on the deity. eased to some extent. The lockdown-like 69%%98%5=599> 67?5 K# - 4 ! " # "#
8%! !# '8*#) * 5 <9 + 5 5 . 09 53!A2!93BA- 3:.2A9.2E!"A:5 . 0 , < '&6 9 &-74 ( 1 . 0& " " . - 1= . - he Bharatiya Janata Party's loss of an over- hyped West Bengal election only created 5 confusion about the best electoral strategy of its victory machine. While it brought the ! Thound of 'Sonar Bangla', it failed to run with the hare of Bengali nationalism. Its image of a prosper- / ous future 'Bangal' lost to the Bengali intellect-dri- , ven, genteel and even maternal nationalism.The hyped 'Sonar Bangla' and 'asolporiborton' of Prime ?,# @ Minister Narendra Modi met the firewall of Bengali nationalism. Bengal sidestepped them by D ' reviving a kind of 'Bengal first and Bengali first' nar- !2 rative, instead of BJP's thrust on 'Let's make / + > Bengal great again'. The irony of Bengal's election # ! . , , ?.,,@ result was so sharp on the BJP that Prime Minister's " " allusion to Gopal Krishna Gokhale's dictum, "What Bengal thinks today, India will think tomor- ! row"got rephrased as "what Bengal thinks in 2021, E E ! India will think in 2024". On the flipside, the BJP held onto its project of a unitary powerful centre against Bengal's indivisible Bengali identity. While the BJP in Bengal did not or rather pre- ferred not to come to terms with Bengali nation- alism and its sensitivities, the case of Assam is just native identity, which can act as the lence and division of countries. BJP's time. It could just wade through the opposite. Like Congress of yore, BJP in main plank of Assamese ethno- mouthing of Bengal-turning-into- because the opposition lacked unity Assam came to terms with indigenous ethnic nationalism. It is here that Hindutva Bangladesh internally rewired the in Assam. In Bengal, the BJP want- nationalism of various communities and tried to nationalism gelled with Assamese historic bond between Bengal and ed to gain advantage by division of arraign them against a common enemy of 'illegal nationalism to present itself as an Bangladesh. Prime Minister Modi's minority votes after a prominent immigrants'. In the case of Bengal, the BJP's open ally of the latter. This strategy visit to Bangladesh to offer prayers Muslim cleric floated the Indian emphasis on changed demography in border areas 930/6+1 #90 of not pursuing a Centrist Hindu atOrakandi temple of the Guru of Secular Front(ISF). Already due to illegal immigration from Bangladesh cou- 9-&0 90 nationalism in Assam, in contrast to Motuacommunity only substantiat- incensed by politics of polarization, 0)0#9- D ' .,, ! pled with Mamata Banerjee's appeasement of BJP's Bengal strategy, gave it the ed existence of suchan umbilical the ordinary Bengali voter could Muslims and neglect of Hindus to become a two- /0# 24/8@4# biggest electoral benefit. It stoppedthe emotional bond. In effect, the Prime realize the danger of division of " ! pronged campaign aimed at altering the settled 93040 - Congress-led alliance in establishing Minister stirred that strand of minority votes by Left-Congress-ISF D ?' @ O ! contours of Bengali nationalism. The BJP want- #94 )824) a larger alliance with Assamese Bengali nationalist sentiment which combine.The fear of common man " ,# ! ed to create a segment of Bengalis buying ideas of 34#8 nationalist political outfits like the rises above territorial and political in Bengal precipitated further as the O G anti-Muslim Hindu nationalism, who would also # 94-# 24)13- Assam Jatiyo Parishad(AJP) led by divisions and finds its 'roots' in larg- Left alliance inched towards a pol- buy into the perception of an incoming corporate- 1-82 2-/8@ erstwhile student leader Lurinjyoti er history, for example, in the icy of 'enemy's enemy is my friend' ' , # ? @ 866B business nexus that BJP's Hindi-Hindu national- 4#9-930 Gogoi and also with Raijor Dol (RD) episode when Jogen Mandal, the in relation to TMC and BJP. As a ism might facilitate. To counter this mismatch, led by Akhil Gogoi. Anti-BJP votes Dalit Bengali leader ceded Dalits result, Left-Congress-Indian P H +0&0+94-#- Mamata just had to allude to Bengal's tradition suffered a split between Congress and from upper caste dominated SecularFront might have increased H H #4#&-)4# of social harmony and her robust social security &-+- 90 these regionalist outfitsin crucial 'bhadralok' Bengali society. its vote share to nearly 10 per cent, H Q " programmes as being the core of her philosophy /84#0#0M8 seats of upper Assam. This success Mamata's outsider jibe at such but it won just one seat in Muslim ' H ! of governance. In effect, nothing such as appease- 93 9930/6+N story scripted singlehandedly by politically pregnant acts of majority constituencies. The Left ! H 4 ment theory, illegal immigrants, Hindu victimiza- 34#4 34#8 BJP's new Chief Minister of Assam BJP'scampaign to win over Bengal's and the Congress drew a total + tion, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh models of # 94-# 24) Himanta Biswa Sharma has catapult- Dalits pointed out exclusivism blank. The common Bengali voters ! Vikascould stand upto her play of Bengali nation- )439 &4249 90 ed Assamese regional nationalism as played by outsiders within Bengali were made aware of the fact that alism. A nationalism that includes all with their an indispensibleally of BJP's centrist linguistic and cultural identity. BJP's plank of conducting NRC in I ? 2 distinctive linguistic and cultural traits brought 9-&-8#90934 Hindutva nationalism. BJP's attemptedexclusivism create- Assam has got a large number of ! ! together under Mamata's social security pro- )4) 9&3 In Bengal, Hindutva national- da furore when the image of Kazi Bengali Hindus excluded from . !' !8E @ ! grammes covering women, SCs, STs and minori- ) ) 9 6893 ism's projection of Hindi as its lingo Nazrul Islam, the quintessential it.Hence, It will now be a difficult ties in areas of employment, education, healthcare 9- 22809- met its toughest political resistance rebel Bengali bard and musician, proposition for Assam's Himanta and housing. Her campaign drew more resonance /0# 2N in Bengali linguistic nationalism that was removed from campaign stage Biswa Sharma to maintain a balance than the BJP's identity-based nationalism. 9 494-#- abhorred undue dominance by of the Prime Minister even as he was between BJP's core Bengali Hindu E -&4 23 )-#@ 4 ' ! This contest between regional nationalism and Hindi in the state. This emerged as delivering a campaign speech bare- voters and Assamese nationalists centrist nationalism in Assam assumes a very dif- #30-/89 the most important strand of cultur- ly a kilometer away from poet who aim to turn away Hindu ! ferent shape. Assamese middle class and elite-dri- -&4 20&849@ al resistance that could make Nazrul's birthplace. Bengali firewall Bangladeshis from Assam. The thin ven nationalism always constructed an outer limit +- ))0 Mamata label BJP campaigners as against exclusivism and outsiders electoral marriage between BJP's ! of Bengalis of East Bengal origin, who are often cat- 'outsiders'. In electoral terms, this trying to take over Bengal only centrist Hindutva nationalism and 3 egorized as Bangladeshis. Based on this perception, resistance left Bengal's native Hindi gotvindicated when Central forces Assamese nationalism can break ' the BJP could successfully turn upper rungs of speakers in a dilemma, as their votes fired at Sitalkuchi, leaving four anytime because of BJP's mis- " Assamese society against main opponent Congress' losttheir counterweight to Bengali Bengali Muslims dead. matched game of NRC and CAA. .,, 2 3 dalliance with All India United Democratic The author is a voters. Further, BJP's projection of BJP's electoral play of religious Theelection results showed the Front(AIUDF) of Maulana Badruddin Ajmal as philosopher and an Muslims as illegal immigrants and card only stifled its headway into the electoral efficacy of regional nation- ! ' < partnering with a party of illegal immigrants. The independent political as tormentors of Bengali Hindus in state. By pitching NRC and CAA, alism. Whether BJP can make itself " ,#. ! incumbent chief minister Himanta Biswa Sharma analyst based in the partition days and later in East the BJP created an impression a part of this regionalism, or a , termed 'Miyas' or so called illegal immigrants as a Shillong. The views Bengal stirred the dormant Bengali among Bengalis that it wants to play newalignment of regional parties . / 8686 threat to AsomiyaVaishnavite culture and to expressed are personal. imagination of a unified Bengali with their 'citizenship'. BJP shall emerge as a winning combina- +. Asomiya identity at large.It created a toxic mixture national identity that already rose fuelledanti-CAA sentiments in tion is a matter to be keenly watched , of anti-immigrant sentiments with pro-Asomiya much above such narratives of vio- Assam were muchrestrained this now. ! 4 E E ?- @ ! G ! " ! )-."( D ' 7: : &( # )-, : /: , - D 7 27 , L < < L ' $& $ ? 7 - 0 ! 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went to my village in tance in rural India for get- CSCs are operated and man- ayurveda and homoeopathy holds surveyed),each village Meerut district of Uttar ting vaccination which is aged by women and their medicine. Medicine too is now has a trained person for IPradesh during Holi now identified as one of the credibility within the commu- dispensed online through the whose services can be utilised ( March 2021) and found that best ways for dealing with nity is higher. Most CSCs are CSCs. Citizen consultation for epidemiological studieson no one was wearing a mask or covid and as a long-term, sus- now extending banking ser- with doctors during the pan- virus behaviour patterns at adopting prescribed COVID- tainable solution.The chal- vices to rural population dur- demic through CSC can ben- the local level. As these appropriate norms. I was told lenges for addressing the ing the pandemic, specially- efit a large section of the reports will be available that villagers had natural ; : 75& pandemic in rural India farmers who get the PM rural population, particular- online and instantly, any immunity due to their hard needs a different approach. Kisan Samman Nidhi fund, ly in cases of people with mild strange patterns can be imme- working lifestyle inthe fields, Advocacy about follow- Jan Dhan Account holders, infection. diately noticed and diag- ahealthy environment and ing the prescribed norms , Ujjwala beneficiaries and pen- CSC has also provided nosed. simple eating habits. They dealing with misconception sioners under various govt mobile vans to 29 district- The villagers can also use firmly believed that Covid ,and convincing for vaccina- schemes. They even visit level Virtual Learning the CSC Grameen e-stores - was mainly restricted to the tion for all eligible person homes to extend the banking Environment (VLE) societies. the hyper local e-commerce urban areas.Even the admin- need to be factored in any services for the old, infirm They have computers and platform was launched last istration implicitly accepted approach designed for deal- need to be designatedin every this rural initiative. There are and sick. With such a large connectivity and are used for year - to place orders for thisand no efforts were made ing with covid pandemic for panchayatto motivate and CSCs in almost all the 2.54 customer base and local influ- creating awareness, vaccine essential items online without to educate or improve health Rural India . Utilisation of educate the community. lakh Panchayats in the coun- ence. CSEs withan appropri- registration and teleconsulta- having to go out to shop. The infrastructure in rural areas. ASHA (Accredited social Vaccination camps in vil- try. The village-level entrepre- ate incentive can play a sig- tion. In some places with the CSCs are in an advanced However, the second health activist ), Anganwari lageswill help in making neurs who operate the CSCs nificant role in extending support of the district admin- stage of enabling delivery of wave of COVID has been workers, Auxiliary Nursing access easy and affordable. can help in registration of vil- support to government for istration, CSC vans are also medicine to villagers and sup- devastating. Everyone is Midwives, Self Help Groups Fully vaccinated Panchayats lagers for vaccination. They dealing with the COVID pan- being used for antigen tests. portive roles in conducting caught unawares. Even now (The author is Managing and Panchayat functionaries can be rewarded, same for can also be effectivelocal demic in rural areas. Surveys, testing and online diagnostic tests. Rural India is the perception is that the Director, Common Service are important for a sustained districts too, to encourage level influencers as they are CSC telemedicine service data entry work can be effec- complex and has unique villagers will be all right if Centre (CSC) campaign to create awareness competition. already involved in mobilising is also very popular in rural tively taken up as well. With behaviour norms and, there- they get infected because e- Governance. The views and influence villagers for The government can also the community for various India. It helps connect a per- the CSCs conductingthe sev- fore, needs an innovative expressed are personal.) their life style will protect vaccination. Local level utilise the Common Service government schemes and son to through video link enth economic census digital- approach to deal with the them. There is still resis- 'Covid prevention champions' Centres across the country for programs. More than 70,000 with doctors of allopathy, ly (more than 40 cr house- COVID pandemic. ! " # " -??.&R 11)'' #' ' ' %' ' *#' !" (+) >230 Shaktikanta Das, “approved the Annual Report and accounts of the Reserve Bank /4O ) #>2?181@4 for the transition period. “The Board also approved the transfer of 99,122 crore as ; )8)/ 4 billion to USD 546.87 billion in surplus to the central govern- the reporting week, as per ment for the accounting peri- )8)/ 4 buffer for the central bank crore, and has been enabled by he country’s foreign weekly data by the Reserve od of nine months ended along with the contingency the increased returns from the Texchange reserves rose by Bank of India (RBI). March 31, 2021 (July 2020- fter the RBI surprised the risk buffer at 5.5 per cent. RBI’s domestic assets and USD 563 million to reach USD Expressed in dollar terms, March 2021), while deciding to ACentre with a record So far, in response to the changes in its accounting prac- 590.028 billion in the week the foreign currency assets maintain the Contingency Risk 99,122 crore in surplus trans- second wave of the pandem- tices -- the RBI recently ended May 14, RBI data include the effect of apprecia- )8)/ 4 current economic situation, Buffer at 5.50 per cent.” fer for FY21, analysts said ic, the government has set allowed itself to book profits showed on Friday. tion or depreciation of non-US global and domestic challenges Deputy governors Mahesh this will help the Government aside only 26,000 crore for on its forex transactions from The reserves had touched units like the euro, pound and he Reserve Bank on Friday and recent policy measures Kumar Jain, Michael Debabrata tide over the revenue losses free food distribution to 80 a weighted average cost per- a lifetime high of USD 590.185 yen held in the foreign Tapproved the transfer of taken by the Reserve Bank to Patra, M Rajeshwar Rao, T Rabi from lockdowns and extend crore people. spective. billion in the week ended exchange reserves. 99,122 crore as surplus to the mitigate the adverse impact of Sankar attended the meeting. more support to the pandem- Barclays India chief econ- “Our estimates show that January 29, 2021. Gold reserves rose by USD central government for the the second wave of Covid-19 Other directors of ic hit industries and to the omist Rahul Bajoria said the this move could have helped In the previous week ended 174 million to USD 36.654 bil- accounting period of nine on the economy. the Central Board, N poor people. upside surprise increases the the central bank boost yields May 7, 2021, the reserves had lion. months ended March 31. With the change in the Chandrasekaran, Satish K In fiscal 2020, the RBI had spending bandwidth of the fis- on its foreign asset holdings. increased by USD 1.444 billion The special drawing rights The decision to transfer the Reserve Bank’s accounting year Marathe, S Gurumurthy, paid only 57,128 crore in div- cally stretched Government, Further, increased holdings to USD 589.465 billion. (SDRs) with the International surplus to the central govern- to April-March (earlier July- Revathy Iyer and Sachin idend to the government and giving it more room to provide of Gsecs likely further ampli- During the reporting week Monetary Fund (IMF) ment was taken at the meeting June), the Board discussed the Chaturvedi also attended the the finance minister had bud- more reliefs to alleviate the fied the central bank’s income ended May 14, 2021, the rise in increased by USD 2 million to of the Central Board of working of the RBI during the meeting. Debasish Panda geted only 45,000 crore from impact of the second wave of for the year,” he said. The the forex kitty was mainly on USD 1.506 billion. Directors of RBI. The meeting transition period of nine Secretary, Department of the central bank. the pandemic. record dividend payout will account of an increase in for- The country’s reserve posi- was held through video con- months (July 2020-March Financial Services and Ajay The higher payout fol- The dividend pay- relieve some of the fiscal pres- eign currency assets (FCA), a tion with the IMF increased by ferencing. 2021). Seth, Secretary, Department lowed the Bimal Jalan panel out of 99,122 is 0.5 per cent sure on the government, pro- major component of the over- USD 10 million to USD 4.999 The RBI Board, according During the meeting, the of Economic Affairs too attend- report that had set a new eco- of GDP, more than double of viding it with more room to all reserves. billion in the reporting week, to a release, also reviewed the board, headed by Governor ed the meeting. nomic framework capital the budget estimate of 45,000 spend in the current fiscal. FCAs jumped by USD 377 the data showed. , 9@ 0 %*5 00 0 :@A 10< B7AC= ' ' 7 )8)/ 4 er at 50,540.48, and the broader NSE crore for the fourth quarter ended ly led by strong rebound in finan- wave of COVID-19 to peak by the )8)/ 4 Nifty soared 269.25 points or 1.81 March 2021, aided by decline in bad cials. end of May or mid of June holds quity benchmark Sensex sky- per cent to 15,175.30. loans. “Steady earnings reported by true and adverse impact of second he country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) Erocketed 976 points on Friday, HDFC Bank was the top gain- IndusInd Bank, ICICI Bank, BFSIs including SBI and emerging wave should not be felt beyond Q1 Treported an 80.15 per cent jump in its standalone profit led by gains in index heavyweights er in the Sensex pack, rallying over Axis Bank and HDFC were also clarity about asset quality in the FY22, he noted, adding that a visi- after tax (PAT) of 6,451 crore in the three months to March HDFC twins, ICICI Bank and SBI 4 per cent, followed by SBI which among the gainers. backdrop of receding daily caseload ble decline in daily caseload has 2021, aided by higher interest income and lower provision- as steady earnings reported by key zoomed after the lender posted On the other hand, PowerGrid in second wave aided financials to offered comfort to investors. ing for bad loans. financial stocks lifted investor sen- robust quarterly earnings. and Dr Reddy’s were the laggards. rebound. Barring pharma, buying Elsewhere in Asia, bourses in The lender had posted a profit after tax of 3,581 crore timent. The country’s largest lender Binod Modi Head-Strategy at momentum was seen across all sec- Shanghai and Seoul ended on a neg- in the same quarter of FY20. The 30-share BSE index ended reported an 80 per cent surge in Reliance Securities, said domestic tors,” he said. ative note, while Tokyo and Hong For the full year, its standalone PAT grew by 41 per cent 975.62 points or 1.97 per cent high- standalone net profit at Rs 6.450.75 equities recovered sharply main- Further, assumption of second Kong closed with gains. to 20,410 crore as against 14,488 crore in FY20. BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 14987.80 15190.00 14985.85 15175.30 269.25 Script Open High Low LTP ESCORTS 1179.70 1179.70 1156.10 1159.05 MANAPPURAM 161.95 161.95 158.65 159.65 UBL 1290.00 1295.05 1272.80 1278.75 SCHNEIDER 105.00 107.85 104.45 104.90 SBIN 390.00 404.40 378.00 404.00 19.45 SBIN 390.45 404.40 378.10 401.10 MARUTI 6770.15 6829.75 6745.00 6811.65 BAJAJCON 275.05 285.75 275.05 278.50 SHK 147.50 154.80 147.50 153.55 GEPIL 257.40 271.95 256.45 266.60 HDFCBANK 1443.00 1501.90 1443.00 1501.30 68.50 HDFCBANK 1440.10 1501.00 1440.10 1497.00 RBLBANK 207.00 209.35 205.25 208.00 BAJAJHLDNG 3632.35 3650.00 3572.45 3588.90 MAHABANK 25.30 25.35 24.90 25.15 TIMETECHNO 82.00 82.55 79.75 80.05 VBL 1009.00 1009.00 983.05 991.10 HDFCLIFE 670.90 674.65 667.30 670.65 SCI 114.75 116.20 113.05 114.20 NH 450.00 450.00 435.00 436.30 WESTLIFE 473.05 484.90 467.10 480.30 INDUSINDBK 985.00 1020.00 981.80 1014.40 38.90 TATAMOTORS 312.00 315.50 309.50 313.10 COFORGE 3375.00 3386.75 3316.60 3329.90 GRASIM 1386.00 1386.35 1365.10 1372.15 GREAVESCOT 133.20 136.35 130.20 130.90 AAVAS 2302.90 2325.90 2301.50 2314.75 ICICIBANK 622.30 643.95 622.30 642.80 24.20 ICICIBANK 623.70 644.00 623.15 642.45 HINDUNILVR 2350.00 2365.75 2341.95 2360.70 J&KBANK 27.35 30.00 27.35 29.65 VENKYS 2263.05 2355.00 2246.10 2274.25 NESCO 529.90 532.00 522.85 525.15 AXISBANK 707.00 733.40 707.00 732.15 26.25 TATASTEEL 1114.00 1123.55 1106.00 1112.50 GRANULES 324.00 328.35 322.20 323.00 SHREECEM 27899.95 27970.00 27535.4527608.95 FINOLEXIND 163.00 163.00 156.20 156.85 SJVN 27.00 27.20 26.50 26.65 HDFC 2472.00 2525.95 2457.15 2522.45 77.45 INFY 1349.00 1357.00 1346.10 1354.70 BHARATFORG 664.50 664.50 640.15 643.90 KAJARIACER 920.00 934.00 900.10 930.25 MIDHANI 201.00 203.45 199.85 200.20 ORIENTREF 319.30 322.00 308.30 311.95 KOTAKBANK 1715.50 1764.45 1715.50 1759.30 51.10 INDUSINDBK 986.00 1020.00 980.00 1016.25 DIXON 3939.00 3971.05 3908.20 3946.95 MRPL 51.20 53.15 49.35 51.65 PGHL 5845.00 5898.00 5800.00 5873.85 MASFIN 861.40 893.85 859.00 876.05 BHARTIARTL 523.25 533.30 522.00 530.80 10.15 HDFC 2465.00 2524.50 2458.05 2515.70 BEML 1325.00 1357.00 1306.10 1314.80 IPCALAB 2221.00 2251.00 2207.80 2226.35 GUJALKALI 416.00 424.45 413.10 414.25 TVSSRICHAK 1926.00 2024.30 1926.00 1994.15 M&M 804.00 821.00 800.75 818.00 14.75 IBULHSGFIN 212.95 221.70 211.90 215.45 TCS 3065.00 3087.90 3055.35 3080.40 BLUEDART 5890.75 6173.80 5845.75 5961.05 ERIS 720.00 735.00 702.30 708.40 UPL 775.00 786.00 763.25 780.00 12.50 BAJFINANCE 5640.00 5695.00 5589.05 5630.80 SWSOLAR 242.50 245.45 229.30 242.15 POLYCAB 1634.00 1651.95 1615.25 1627.25 KEI 594.50 617.40 591.60 605.45 TATAMOTORS 312.00 315.70 309.50 312.40 4.70 SAIL 121.75 124.80 121.40 122.05 JAMNAAUTO 71.25 79.50 70.20 77.60 SUZLON 5.58 5.58 5.41 5.45 CENTRALBK 18.45 18.60 18.15 18.50 BPCL 463.00 468.00 459.05 461.20 6.40 PIIND 2601.00 2613.10 2558.00 2569.85 DIVISLAB 4069.65 4110.00 4039.85 4079.50 CSBBANK 309.00 320.05 309.00 314.25 ICICIPRULI 541.70 547.05 540.25 545.05 BAJAJ-AUTO 4082.20 4132.00 4055.10 4125.00 53.80 ATGL 1352.00 1399.50 1311.15 1339.25 BATAINDIA 1479.00 1503.35 1465.70 1484.45 GODREJIND 575.00 582.65 556.00 564.45 WABAG 277.90 283.55 272.55 276.15 ASIANPAINT 2807.00 2854.00 2795.00 2831.00 36.90 KOTAKBANK 1718.00 1762.80 1718.00 1757.55 RCF 85.45 85.45 82.40 82.80 KALPATPOWR 412.00 424.00 410.00 418.45 KPITTECH 246.90 248.55 242.60 244.90 INFY 1347.50 1357.50 1346.35 1356.00 16.70 CANBK 148.90 153.40 148.45 152.70 WOCKPHARMA 697.80 698.05 675.50 681.60 MARICO 473.00 473.00 458.00 459.85 PETRONET 236.30 238.85 235.70 236.55 MARUTI 6780.00 6835.50 6744.25 6811.10 73.25 BANKBARODA 77.10 81.20 77.10 80.80 LICHSGFIN 455.00 458.95 452.45 456.65 RADICO 610.00 618.15 584.60 589.50 CHAMBLFERT 295.00 295.80 283.40 286.65 HINDALCO 388.70 391.90 383.35 389.10 3.90 RELIANCE 1995.70 2009.00 1980.00 2000.90 JUBLFOOD 3013.60 3081.55 2970.30 3019.90 CENTURYTEX 505.15 510.05 497.40 501.30 POWERINDIA 1714.30 1810.95 1712.50 1770.10 ULTRACEMCO 6607.90 6674.75 6590.05 6640.00 66.15 HINDPETRO 282.00 288.15 274.40 276.15 DMART 3055.00 3068.85 3014.35 3032.45 IDBI 38.85 39.20 38.55 38.75 EDELWEISS 61.90 63.85 61.15 63.85 ITC 207.60 209.85 207.40 209.05 2.05 AXISBANK 708.40 733.40 706.65 730.70 GLENMARK 610.00 612.50 606.05 607.35 BIRLACORPN 1242.10 1275.95 1212.20 1259.95 AFFLE 5125.00 5187.20 5080.20 5098.15 DIVISLAB 4041.80 4110.00 4041.80 4080.00 39.20 HFCL 44.85 50.65 44.85 49.15 HINDZINC 350.40 354.40 342.50 344.15 TVSMOTOR 628.05 635.45 623.45 625.05 VAIBHAVGBL 851.85 851.85 840.00 841.70 NESTLEIND 17385.35 17550.00 17280.25 17445.00 159.65 BHARTIARTL 522.00 533.05 522.00 530.90 IEX 365.90 373.90 365.90 372.00 SUDARSCHEM 686.20 714.00 681.20 692.90 ABFRL 185.15 189.95 184.40 188.60 HEROMOTOCO 2874.00 2890.10 2835.00 2890.00 24.90 ADANIENT 1324.00 1335.80 1300.35 1314.80 PFC 117.50 120.15 117.50 118.85 VGUARD 245.00 246.00 236.55 237.50 HAWKINCOOK 5610.00 5644.80 5510.05 5606.75 CIPLA 931.55 935.00 922.05 926.85 PHILIPCARB 233.10 239.65 231.50 233.00 SYMPHONY 1072.90 1122.00 1071.95 1083.45 INFIBEAM 40.80 41.55 40.35 41.30 ONGC 111.05 114.05 111.05 112.75 0.95 BPCL 463.80 467.95 459.30 461.10 SUPREMEIND 2227.00 2235.00 2161.00 2177.80 JCHAC 2240.00 2281.25 2230.05 2259.35 HCLTECH 925.50 934.65 923.00 932.00 7.60 HAVELLS 1077.00 1077.00 1023.45 1027.85 BIOCON 386.90 386.90 381.50 382.45 VIPIND 355.00 361.00 351.60 358.60 BAJFINANCE 5660.00 5695.00 5586.30 5634.00 45.25 TORNTPOWER 445.00 465.40 426.10 450.50 FSL 141.50 143.40 137.00 138.60 PNCINFRA 248.80 252.80 245.50 249.55 TECHM 976.95 986.00 971.85 981.00 7.90 ADANITRANS 1414.00 1455.20 1414.00 1454.25 SPICEJET 74.75 77.20 74.75 76.25 OIL 134.65 134.65 131.45 131.60 BASF 2487.25 2488.55 2430.35 2442.35 NTPC 112.30 113.15 111.25 112.65 0.90 IDEA 8.45 8.69 8.42 8.57 NESTLEIND 17350.00 17550.00 17279.2517491.95 ASTRAZEN 3765.00 3797.00 3724.30 3771.15 INOXLEISUR 295.65 300.90 292.00 296.35 WIPRO 510.00 515.90 509.15 512.25 4.00 HCLTECH 924.60 934.45 923.00 930.65 MPHASIS 1794.00 1838.05 1748.50 1789.05 IOB 17.15 17.15 16.80 16.90 NHPC 25.85 25.85 25.55 25.60 HINDUNILVR 2340.00 2366.15 2340.00 2361.95 17.80 JINDALSTEL 405.00 412.40 401.00 403.05 PAGEIND 29932.45 30000.00 29167.3529282.60 APLLTD 970.00 974.80 954.50 956.80 SHRIRAMCIT 1720.00 1920.30 1720.00 1864.30 TATACONSUM 645.05 652.50 644.30 649.65 4.75 PNB 38.05 38.35 37.55 38.10 VOLTAS 1005.00 1016.05 993.55 999.95 ASHOKA 86.00 88.25 86.00 87.25 ABBOTINDIA 15700.05 16176.05 15700.0516055.55 RELIANCE 1992.00 2009.60 1986.00 1999.60 14.20 HINDALCO 389.90 392.00 383.60 389.85 IGL 509.50 509.50 499.00 502.45 RALLIS 318.00 319.45 312.25 313.25 CHOLAHLDNG 583.30 615.00 583.05 608.30 TCS 3061.00 3088.20 3055.10 3080.50 20.50 LUXIND 2085.85 2100.00 2030.00 2041.70 PNBHOUSING 393.95 421.00 393.55 415.90 BOMDYEING 78.50 79.20 76.70 77.05 GRINDWELL 1206.80 1228.50 1182.00 1192.70 LT 1415.00 1424.70 1407.10 1419.00 9.25 BANDHANBNK 297.00 301.30 294.95 299.55 CESC 689.00 701.35 680.05 689.45 MUTHOOTFIN 1262.65 1278.55 1261.80 1265.15 SUMICHEM 319.90 319.90 312.35 313.25 TATASTEEL 1114.00 1123.90 1105.85 1112.00 6.95 BHEL 73.50 73.75 71.75 72.20 WELSPUNIND 97.40 100.20 95.90 98.65 GNFC 387.95 396.00 384.45 387.00 FINCABLES 388.00 394.00 383.70 385.70 BRITANNIA 3449.00 3449.00 3418.00 3441.05 18.50 DRREDDY 5265.00 5268.55 5195.50 5216.75 JSL 95.25 98.30 95.05 95.95 ORIENTELEC 295.00 299.65 294.00 298.95 PRESTIGE 267.20 271.20 267.00 267.85 HDFCLIFE 669.00 674.90 667.00 670.95 3.45 NMDC 180.00 180.95 175.20 176.05 WHIRLPOOL 2124.90 2144.80 2067.10 2120.60 SIS 412.10 416.20 408.65 415.25 JUBLPHARMA 839.25 855.00 837.95 846.10 SUNPHARMA 691.75 694.50 688.00 690.15 3.30 LT 1408.50 1424.90 1407.75 1418.55 CROMPTON 389.00 397.80 384.45 388.80 NAM-INDIA 354.90 356.50 349.95 350.60 CREDITACC 614.45 619.00 605.00 607.45 ADANIPORTS 772.00 775.25 766.65 769.00 3.30 JKLAKSHMI 472.00 513.90 472.00 493.40 SUNTV 523.50 531.60 523.10 524.45 NIACL 164.25 167.15 162.90 164.10 WABCOINDIA 6851.50 6875.90 6698.30 6752.85 TITAN 1552.20 1552.85 1533.55 1537.95 6.60 JSWSTEEL 701.00 706.40 694.95 697.80 NOCIL 214.95 219.45 211.00 214.05 HERITGFOOD 337.45 342.30 325.80 326.95 KPRMILL 1470.00 1510.00 1434.00 1453.15 SHREECEM 27884.10 27975.00 27538.45 27615.00 104.65 SBICARD 1045.00 1076.35 991.00 1064.10 INDIGO 1667.50 1703.10 1667.50 1692.35 LAXMIMACH 6999.00 6999.00 6800.00 6822.10 UJJIVANSFB 30.55 30.55 29.75 29.80 JSWSTEEL 701.35 705.90 695.00 697.10 2.60 INDIANB 127.15 143.00 127.15 140.55 FRETAIL 45.20 47.40 45.10 46.00 HUDCO 46.15 47.50 46.15 46.80 SKFINDIA 2380.00 2464.90 2380.00 2445.90 COALINDIA 147.00 149.60 146.85 147.10 0.45 ZEEL 195.70 199.00 190.20 190.70 CASTROLIND 128.10 130.90 127.75 129.55 CANFINHOME 521.05 523.25 508.00 511.45 LEMONTREE 40.70 40.95 40.00 40.30 UPL 781.50 785.80 763.50 779.50 ALKEM 2999.00 3037.90 2989.35 3001.45 UCOBANK 12.65 12.84 12.65 12.70 IFCI 11.10 11.49 11.10 11.28 BAJAJFINSV 11296.70 11415.00 11213.00 11250.00 22.10 ADANIGREEN 1284.00 1321.05 1271.25 1300.45 LTTS 2650.00 2653.00 2610.00 2624.50 CENTURYPLY 394.40 406.00 387.50 402.15 GRSE 188.50 189.40 185.00 185.45 CIPLA 930.00 935.00 922.30 926.00 1.80 INDIACEM 203.00 207.90 198.45 202.70 CEATLTD 1304.60 1305.00 1283.30 1285.60 COCHINSHIP 385.00 391.55 383.70 385.10 SONATSOFTW 609.90 609.90 581.75 583.90 SBILIFE 968.10 975.70 965.25 970.00 0.85 SRTRANSFIN 1425.00 1487.80 1420.20 1479.05 FCONSUMER 6.69 7.25 6.67 6.82 BALMLAWRIE 140.05 141.25 137.85 138.30 REDINGTON 189.15 189.15 183.35 183.55 EICHERMOT 2550.00 2559.50 2513.55 2524.00 -6.60 BOSCHLTD 15888.00 15888.00 15090.5515280.05 GMRINFRA 26.15 26.70 25.90 26.40 SPARC 225.00 227.75 223.00 224.35 IRB 109.90 110.90 108.90 109.05 DRREDDY 5256.00 5269.50 5196.30 5222.80 -13.50 GMM 5298.00 5329.40 4999.20 5087.00 KTKBANK 66.80 70.75 66.80 69.80 TIINDIA 1190.55 1192.00 1133.55 1178.15 CAPPL 584.20 596.10 584.15 589.40 IOC 105.80 106.90 103.55 104.40 -0.30 IOC 105.80 106.95 103.60 104.30 DCMSHRIRAM 691.00 703.40 673.20 683.10 ENGINERSIN 80.80 82.80 80.75 80.90 ZYDUSWELL 2121.00 2122.70 2102.75 2109.20 POWERGRID 228.05 229.25 226.00 228.25 -0.70 VEDL 278.00 280.20 271.30 273.55 BALKRISIND 2185.00 2188.05 2118.05 2129.55 METROPOLIS 2285.00 2345.00 2270.60 2282.00 FORCEMOT 1248.85 1290.25 1243.20 1253.90 HIMATSEIDE 170.10 175.45 169.40 171.55 GRASIM 1380.00 1386.95 1365.00 1370.00 -5.25 ASIANPAINT 2805.00 2853.15 2796.30 2832.30 DCAL 186.00 199.80 186.00 193.25 UNIONBANK 37.30 37.70 37.05 37.45 NILKAMAL 2135.00 2238.25 2135.00 2185.55 VTL 1270.00 1329.15 1270.00 1291.15 MOTILALOFS 758.40 836.35 756.00 814.40 FORTIS 223.00 229.90 221.80 227.55 GMDCLTD 74.45 77.45 74.00 74.55 ADVENZYMES 493.05 498.00 475.40 479.10 IFBIND 995.00 995.90 966.05 972.45 SOUTHBANK 11.46 11.76 10.90 11.11 ULTRACEMCO 6625.65 6676.05 6591.10 6638.05 BSOFT 270.00 272.55 238.45 267.55 IDFC 54.00 55.30 53.30 54.75 EQUITAS 88.95 89.10 87.70 87.95 SUNPHARMA 692.50 694.30 688.10 690.35 ALKYLAMINE 3590.00 3663.60 3560.90 3604.60 BALRAMCHIN 308.10 311.50 302.25 302.95 SHANKARA 417.35 432.00 415.00 421.35 3MINDIA 26000.00 26400.00 25705.5526077.35 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE BAJAJFINSV 11298.00 11411.40 11216.5511269.75 LAURUSLABS 484.95 491.75 480.80 488.30 JAICORPLTD 104.10 105.50 98.75 99.35 GET&D 120.25 125.55 119.50 121.30 ZENSARTECH 279.00 280.00 275.00 275.70 NIFTY NEXT 50 37231.85 37312.90 37070.60 37104.85 158.25 CADILAHC 622.00 622.00 608.00 612.65 ACC 1963.05 1987.00 1962.40 1965.10 MMTC 53.80 54.60 52.75 52.95 EIHOTEL 97.50 101.70 97.25 99.70 ALLCARGO 135.95 139.00 133.25 133.50 ADANITRANS 1444.00 1455.00 1415.05 1453.00 67.25 ADANIPORTS 770.50 775.35 767.05 769.15 MINDTREE 2124.00 2134.50 2078.30 2123.25 HAL 1015.00 1030.00 1012.60 1025.75 PFIZER 5255.10 5266.60 5227.95 5236.80 SANOFI 7787.65 7815.60 7764.00 7803.60 HINDPETRO 282.00 288.30 274.30 276.50 10.10 GODREJPROP 1309.90 1327.00 1299.75 1304.20 MGL 1113.95 1142.25 1112.50 1130.80 DABUR 539.80 540.00 535.00 536.60 KEC 400.00 412.45 398.10 407.50 BAYERCROP 5430.00 5450.00 5395.90 5406.20 ADANIGREEN 1285.00 1320.50 1272.00 1314.95 46.10 WIPRO 509.40 515.85 509.40 512.70 CHENNPETRO 122.00 131.10 121.70 129.10 INDHOTEL 128.95 130.95 127.40 130.25 LINDEINDIA 1702.65 1702.65 1644.10 1646.75 ESABINDIA 1893.30 1925.05 1852.00 1887.15 SBICARD 1047.60 1076.55 1045.65 1066.20 30.90 TECHM 972.95 985.55 972.00 980.65 POWERGRID 229.00 229.15 225.90 228.10 CYIENT 830.00 836.90 800.00 805.85 GICRE 196.00 197.85 192.05 194.25 VSTIND 3256.85 3325.00 3248.65 3289.20 PEL 1689.60 1748.80 1686.10 1728.00 47.20 MRF 81100.00 82400.00 81100.0082192.70 NCC 83.55 89.20 83.55 88.10 DEEPAKFERT 300.00 304.70 295.10 297.55 GODREJAGRO 542.00 555.15 542.00 549.15 EMAMILTD 506.15 514.00 502.25 504.55 MOTHERSUMI 239.10 247.90 239.05 245.25 6.35 AUROPHARMA 1023.00 1034.55 1010.00 1013.35 APOLLOTYRE 216.80 218.95 214.65 217.55 MCX 1623.00 1663.00 1609.65 1624.85 AEGISLOG 327.60 342.10 327.60 332.45 TATAINVEST 1060.95 1061.00 1051.65 1053.50 PIDILITIND 1946.50 1992.00 1946.00 1978.00 41.95 NAUKRI 4464.90 4496.35 4315.00 4336.35 ADANIPOWER 101.90 102.80 100.05 101.15 CUB 172.00 175.60 172.00 175.10 AKZOINDIA 2224.45 2273.70 2222.00 2265.80 GLAXO 1484.70 1484.70 1456.00 1462.40 PNB 38.00 38.35 37.55 38.15 0.65 TATAPOWER 104.40 106.00 103.35 104.90 ASTRAL 1788.90 1793.95 1743.35 1752.25 EXIDEIND 186.80 188.55 186.60 187.10 GESHIP 404.40 410.00 401.45 403.35 BLISSGVS 109.20 110.10 108.50 108.75 BANDHANBNK 296.60 301.50 295.30 299.10 5.00 DLF 269.25 275.80 267.40 268.25 INTELLECT 767.90 769.00 756.05 761.70 HSCL 50.10 50.80 49.40 49.75 AVANTI 540.00 544.00 525.00 529.25 SCHAEFFLER 5021.35 5165.00 4979.80 5053.30 JUBLFOOD 3008.60 3082.95 2970.00 3030.00 44.20 BEL 158.40 158.95 156.30 157.55 TATAMETALI 1080.00 1096.25 1071.70 1077.20 TORNTPHARM 2760.00 2762.90 2705.20 2717.30 PHOENIXLTD 721.05 748.50 716.85 735.75 BLUESTARCO 803.35 819.00 803.35 807.75 INDIGO 1661.00 1704.05 1661.00 1690.00 20.40 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146.65 HONAUT 42204.25 42500.00 41997.0042418.10 TNPL 147.50 147.80 142.00 143.30 IGL 505.00 509.80 498.65 502.95 0.45 CHOLAFIN 574.95 586.15 572.60 582.55 ICICIGI 1545.00 1552.45 1506.75 1527.10 BAJAJELEC 1133.70 1183.80 1125.05 1132.95 EPL 248.00 254.80 242.65 245.30 RITES 248.70 248.70 245.95 247.60 HDFCAMC 2829.00 2833.80 2800.05 2815.00 2.10 ISEC 579.80 595.95 572.40 588.85 L&TFH 91.05 91.90 90.55 90.95 JKPAPER 156.60 156.60 151.50 152.90 CARERATING 554.00 558.00 550.25 551.45 MAHLIFE 530.00 539.05 518.95 530.35 CADILAHC 619.00 621.70 607.90 616.00 0.25 TATACOFFEE 184.90 185.40 175.30 178.35 EICHERMOT 2536.00 2560.00 2513.75 2521.95 JKTYRE 127.25 128.00 122.40 123.75 PTC 92.45 94.95 92.05 92.20 MAHSEAMLES 290.10 295.80 290.10 292.55 PETRONET 236.95 238.90 235.60 236.50 0.10 AMARAJABAT 792.00 796.00 785.15 791.65 TAKE 70.10 70.40 66.25 67.10 VARROC 393.45 424.00 387.00 418.15 THYROCARE 1054.50 1054.50 1026.00 1034.00 GILLETTE 5545.40 5545.40 5476.55 5483.90 MCDOWELL-N 576.00 577.30 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" # "/ 608 20) %% % 0 0 " srael and the Palestinian mil- !" !6!*% '%)%( , 93) #8 claim for the post of prime then from 2001 to 2002, again Iitant group Hamas have " & @ minister. The Opposition's from 2004 to 2005, and from agreed to a ceasefire, bringing ) !*% epal's political crisis deep- decision came after Prime 2017 to 2018. to an end 11 days of bom- 7 Nened on Friday as both Minister Oli reportedly The veteran politician bardment, the heaviest flare-up Geneva: The World Health embattled Prime Minister K P expressed unwillingness on currently serves as the Leader since the 2014 Gaza War, that - ) 0 Organization has tallied “sig- Sharma Oli and the Opposition Thursday to undergo another of the Opposition since the has left over 240 people dead nificant trauma needs” in parties staked a claim for the floor test to prove his govern- 2017 general elections. He is and threatened to destabilise Gaza City: Palestinians rallied Palestinian areas, where at least formation of a new government ment's majority in the House also the current president of the volatile region. by the thousands Friday after a 243 people have been killed dur- by submitting letters compris- of Representatives. the Nepali Congress, having The ceasefire, which fol- cease-fire took effect in the lat- ing 11 days of fighting between ing signatures of lawmakers to Leaders of the Opposition been elected to the position in lowed mounting pressure from est Gaza war, with many view- Palestinians and Israelis. President Bidya Devi Bhandari. alliance including the Nepali 2016. the US, Egypt and other inter- ing it as costly but clear victo- WHO spokeswoman Prime minister Oli Congress (NC), CPN (Maoist The ball is now in the national brokers to halt the vio- ry for the Islamic militant Margaret Harris said a total of reached the President's Office Center), the Upendra Yadav- court of President Bhandari. lence, came into effect on group Hamas. Israel vowed to 8,538 people had been injured Shital Niwas a couple of min- faction of Janata Samajbadi President Bhandari had Friday. respond with a “new level of across Palestinian areas during utes ahead of the Opposition Party (JSP) and the ruling given the parties a deadline The Israeli Security force” to any further hostilities. the violence, and 30 health facil- leaders. He submitted the let- CPN-UML's Madhav Nepal until 5:00 pm, Friday, to present Cabinet voted to accept the The 11-day war left more ities in Gaza had been damaged ter claiming support of 121 faction claimed to have the their claim. ceasefire late Thursday as the +$ than 200 dead — the vast -- with one clinic fully destroyed lawmakers from his own party support of 149 lawmakers of On Thursday, the govern- Israeli south and Gaza remain / $ majority Palestinians — and and another sustaining signifi- CPN-UML and 32 lawmakers the House of Representatives ment had recommended the inflamed. brought widespread devasta- cant damage. She said damage of Janata Samajbadi Party- (HoR), said Nepali Congress president to initiate the for- The Security Cabinet Celebratory demonstra- worked as a caregiver attending tion to the already impover- to infrastructure was impeding Nepal (JSP-N) for his reap- senior leader Prakash Man mation of a new government unanimously agreed to a tions took place in the Gaza to an old woman at a house in ished Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. the access of ambulances. pointment pursuant to Article Singh. pursuant to Article 76 (5) of the "mutual and unconditional" Strip and West Bank as well, the southern Israeli coastal But the rocket barrages that The comments to a U.N. 76(5) of the Constitution. The number includes 61 Constitution of Nepal as Prime cessation of hostilities, accord- following the ceasefire. city of Ashkelon. brought life to a standstill in Briefing in Geneva came as JSP-N president Mahantha MPs of Nepali Congress, 48 of Minister Oli was not 'in the ing to a statement from Prime Fireworks, singing, and Egyptian President Abdel much of Israel were seen by humanitarian aid workers Thakur, JSP-N Parliamentary Maoist Center, 13 of JSP and mood' to withstand another Minister Benjamin parades down the streets could Fattah al-Sisi thanked US many Palestinians as a bold assessed the fallout from the Party leader Rajendra Mahato 27 of UML. The leaders from floor test. Netanyahu's Office. be seen in uploaded videos on President Joe Biden for his response to perceived Israeli latest fighting between Hamas and PM Oli had signed the let- the Opposition alliance left for The prime minister, after “The political leadership social media. role in the success of the abuses in Jerusalem, the emo- militant fighters and Israeli ter submitted to the President, the President's official resi- his reappointment on May 10, emphasised that reality on the Both Israel and Hamas Egyptian brokered tional heart of the conflict. forces. CPN-UML leader Bishnu dence, Shital Niwas, to submit was supposed to gather the ground is what will determine have claimed victory in the ceasefire between Israel and Israeli Prime Minister Fabrizio Carboni, regional Rimal was quoted as saying in the signatures of 149 lawmak- House of Representatives' con- if the campaign continues or conflict that has left over 240 Hamas. Benjamin Netanyahu warned director for the Near and The Himalayan Times. ers recommending Sher fidence within 30 days. not,” the statement said. people, including an Indian He added that both see the against further attacks, say- Middle East at the International Earlier, Nepali Congress Bahadur Deuba's appointment It was feared that if the new Netanyahu did however caregiver in Israel, dead. urgency in managing the con- ing, “If Hamas thinks we will Committee of the Red Cross, President Sher Bahadur Deuba as the prime minister. government could not be inform the Israel Defence Soumya Santosh, 30, was flict between the parties tolerate a drizzle of rockets, it estimated there were “several claimed to have garnered the Deuba, 74, is the president formed as per Article 76 (5), Forces (IDF) to prepare for a killed in a rocket attack by through diplomacy. is wrong.” He vowed to respond hundred” pieces of unexplod- support of 149 lawmakers. of the Nepali Congress and Oli would invoke Article 76 (7) scenario in which Hamas did Palestinian militants from Biden hailed the ceasefire, with “a new level of force" ed ordnance strewn about in Deuba, along with the leaders served as the prime minister of and recommend dissolution not respond to Egypt's ceasefire Gaza. Santosh, who hailed saying both Palestinians and against aggression anywhere in Gaza and said medical supplies of Opposition parties, reached Nepal on four different occa- of the House of Representatives offer. from Kerala's Idukki district, Israelis deserve to live safely. Israel. AP were a pressing need. AP the President's Office to stake sions; first from 1995 to 1997, yet again.
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,4900# 22+0@ against the notification was taken up as the across the world people continue to face the instant matter should be heard by a Modi referred to the threat to children This action not only diluted the cred- lead matter. complex, interconnected threats to their bench of chief justice , he said. and said they needed to be protected in the ibility of Twitter as a neutral and unbiased 9-&--# The common question in all the pleas health and well-being rooted in social, eco- To this, the bench said, Be that as it fight against Covid. platform facilitating exchange of views by The State authorities feel that this fig- assailed the “the vires and validity of the nomic, political and environmental deter- may, the constitution of a bench is a pre- “There is a need to protect our chil- users, but also put a question mark on its ure may go up to 10 per cent in the next notification” of the Central Government minants of health, it said. rogative of Chief Justice, who is a master dren against Covid-19. We have had suc- status as an “intermediary”, the sources wave, if the Covid preventive steps among by alleging that the power conferred Further, data from the Covid-19 of roster and he may consider the same and cesses in the past in battling diseases which quoted Ministry as observing. kids were not implemented strictly. under the IBC could not have been resort- World Symptoms survey shows a decline pass appropriate orders . affect children, and we have successfully The issue was, flagged by Prime ed to in the manner as to extend the pro- in preventive behaviours such as physical dealt with those illnesses and ensured the 04&-74 #94/-@ Minister Narendra Modi recently in his visions of the Code to personal guarantors distancing, mask wearing and hand wash- 4#4 4#O93-1 safety of our children. We must implement interaction with district magistrates when of corporate debtors. ing as household overcrowding increas- best practices and do all we can to ensure 909,49689 9>= he asked them to be vigilant on severity The verdict rejected the plea that es.”Among people living in uncrowded +8/24&8++-9 children are safe,” he said and praised UP and infections in children in their areas. Centre exceeded its power conferred households, 79 per cent reported trying to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s role in The antibody detection kit was Paediatricians said unlike mild infec- upon it by Parliament under IBC by rop- physically distance themselves compared Justifying her country’s military action, containing the disease affecting children. approved by Indian Council of Medical tions or no symptoms, as was the case dur- ing in personal guarantors. with 71 per cent in moderately over- she said, “We do feel satisfied that we have Research (ICMR) in April this year. In ing the first Covid wave last year, many “Parliamentary intent was to treat per- crowded and 65 per cent in extremely over- had very precise hits on Hamas’ infra- &34+,-)-70)0#9 May, the product received the regulatory children including infants as young as eight sonal guarantors differently from other cat- crowded households. Similar trends were structure. We have been able to greatly approval from the Drugs Controller months old are exhibiting symptoms even egories of individuals. The intimate con- observed for hand washing and mask- degrade their capabilities of hitting or strik- His father Amba Dutt was a forest offi- General of India (DCGI), Central Drugs severe one like persistent fever and pneu- nection between such individuals and cor- wearing, underscoring vulnerabilities due ing at Israel. We do feel that the under- cer in the then kingdom of Tehri. Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) monia. Some are too sick, they said. porate entities to whom they stood guar- to socioeconomic status.” ground infrastructure (of Hamas) was very Bahuguna’s life took a turn after he came to manufacture for sale and distribution. "The reasons behind the surge can be antee, as well as the possibility of two sep- WHO underscored the importance of severely damaged. We had a large amount in contact with freedom fighter Shridev Dipcovan is intended for the qualita- lax behaviour, more transmissible strains arate processes being carried on in different investing in strong health information sys- of targets which were successfully hit.” Suman when he was 13-year-old. tive detection of IgG antibodies in human or more awareness about testing. But a forums, with its attendant uncertain out- tems, saying it is vital to ensure disaggre- Moreover, Israel neutralised a vast Inspired by Suman, he jumped into the serum or plasma, targeting SARS-CoV-2 noticeable medical difference in the sec- comes, led to carving out personal guar- gated data reaches decision-makers and majority of capabilities of Hamas and of freedom movement at an early age. He also related antigens. It offers a significantly ond wave is that infected children are more antors as a separate species of individuals, achieve equitable health outcomes. Islamic Jihad, she said, adding, “So, I launched an agitation against the Tehri faster turn-around-time as it requires just symptomatic now and there is mortality for whom the Adjudicating authority was “With stronger, more equitable health believe that we’ve had good results for this State. 75 minutes to conduct the test without any too," said Dr Nita Radhakrishnan, HOD, common with the corporate debtor to information systems we can more accu- campaign and hopefully going forward A man of sharp intellect, he was edu- cross reactivity with other diseases. The kit Department of Paediatric Haematology- whom they had stood guarantee,” it held. rately measure progress towards the there won’t be any more strikes from cated at the Government inter college in has a shelf life of 18 months. Oncology, Super Specialty Paediatric The top court held the notification was health-related Sustainable Development Hamas towards Israel. But going forward Tehri and after graduating from Lahore in Industry partner Vanguard Hospital and PG Teaching Institute( not “an instance of legislative exercise, or Goals and WHO’s Triple Billion targets,” we need to see that the calm remains on 1947, he became active in the Praja Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd will commercially SSPHPGT), Noida. She added. amounting to impermissible and selective the agency said. the ground.” Mandal movement against the Tehri State. launch the product during the first week Prof DK Gupta, Director of SSPH- application of provisions of the Code”. “We are now less than nine years away Clein said the Israeli military campaign In the 1970s, he launched a campaign of June 2021. Readily available stock at the PGTI added that their hospital has man- It held the notification was issued with- from 2030,” said Dr Samira Asma, was successful and “we gave a crushing on environmental protection, which had time of launch will be 100 kits (approx. aged 190 children with Covid -19 so far in the power granted by Parliament, and Assistant Director-General for the Division blow to Hamas and their terror infra- a huge impact across the country. 10,000 tests) with a production capacity of that includes 131 during the first wave. in valid exercise of it, the verdict said, of Data, Analytics and Delivery for Impact structure. We hit hundreds of rockets at A supporter of public struggles, he had 500 kits/month after the launch. It is "More than fifty children had co-mor- adding “he exercise of power in issuing the at WHO. Hamas targets and have destroyed their refused to accept the Padma Shri in 1981 expected to be available at about Rs 75 per bidities while the majority were managed impugned notification under Section 1(3) “We know where the gaps are, and we underground rocket making and storing demanding a ban on felling of trees. He test. symptomatically. At least five kids died is therefore, not ultra vires; the notifica- have the solutions to address them. What infrastructure around Gaza”. launched agitations against the liquor The kit will be very useful for under- who had other illnesses like meningitis, tion is valid.” we need now is commitment and invest- Among those eliminated were top mafia, environmental protection and standing COVID-19 epidemiology and sepsis, heart disease etc," he said about the It rejected the plea that by applying ment to accelerate progress and reach our leaders of Hamas, including their heads of against the Tehri dam. assessing an individual’s previous SARS- patients in their hospital. IBC to personal guarantors, it took away goals,” Asma said. cyber, design and engineering projects and After his refusal to accept the Padma CoV-2 exposure. Defence Minister Rajnath Experts say as the virus has mutated protection of law that once a resolution According to Johns Hopkins the brigadier commander of Gaza city, she Shri, tree felling was banned in areas at and Singh appreciated the efforts of the DRDO and the chances of further mutation can- plan is accepted, the corporate debtor is University Covid-19 tracker, more than said, adding a number of buildings hous- above altitude of 1,000 metres. This ben- and the industry in developing the kit at not be ruled out, it can affect children in discharged of liability and as a conse- 165,633,000 confirmed cases have been ing Hamas’s offices and infrastructure were efited the environment of Uttarakhand and the time of need. the coming days, especially if they share quence, the guarantor whose liability is co- reported globally while over 3,432,000 also destroyed. other Himalayan states. Bahuguna also treatment wards with the adults. Dr KK extensive with the firm too is discharged deaths have occurred. Informing that so far the ceasefire was undertook a 5,000 kilometre march from - &-89 &O849 Kalra, former medical superintendent at of liabilities. holding, the Israeli envoy said, “We hope Kashmir to Kohima in support of con- Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, Delhi felt &9 @ 223&O that going forward, Palestine will reject the servation of the Ganga and environment. 9 8#906+ 2 that as adults will already be vaccinated or &-74 !A0 93 9 Hamas leadership.” He also headed the protest against the infected, viruses will move to the suscep- N )/3 -0O-0 She hoped that the new leadership Tehri dam for a long time and continued Talking to reporters, Sawant said, tible group i.e. children. Hence it is 7 92@8#0&-8#90 would have moderates who will see the to remain opposed to dams. “We will not tolerate any injustice to be important to keep them safe, he added. are 97,000 villages in the state and it advantages of having peace with Israel. In Following his demise at noon, PM meted out to the women in Goa. We will "Timely preparedness is the need of the It said the term “excess deaths” would not be “humanly possible” to pro- fact, she reiterated that Hamas was wor- Modi tweeted, “Passing away of Shri challenge the district court’s order before hour. Dedicated facilities such as paediatric describes deaths beyond what would have vide such ambulances in one month. ried that Palestine would go the way of the Sunderlal Bahuguna Ji is a monumental the High Court soon in this case.” intensive care unit (ICU) and neo-natal been expected under “normal” conditions. While referring to another direction neighbouring Muslim nations and try to loss for our nation. He manifested our cen- The Goa CM said he has personally ICU should be earmarked in government “Excess deaths” captures not only that five medical colleges of the state normalise ties with Israel. Palestine is gear- turies-old ethos of living in harmony with discussed the issue with the public pros- and private healthcare centres," said the confirmed deaths, but also Covid-19 should be upgraded to PG Medical ing up for elections. nature. His simplicity and spirit of com- ecutor and the investigating officer in the doctors even though they expressed doubt, deaths that were not correctly diagnosed Institutes within four months, the bench The Israeli envoy claimed that her passion will never be forgotten. My case about challenging the verdict in the given the crumbling health system in the and reported as well as deaths attributable noted that the state government has said country got “unprecedented support from thoughts are with his family and many High Court. wake of Covid-19. to the overall crisis conditions. that it is not “practically feasible” in such countries around the world” and said some admirers. Om Shanti.” Sawant claimed that there was enough "We have eight children admitted to WHO said these estimates provide a a short period of time. European nations flew the Israeli flag from The Padma Vibhushan recipient’s evidence against the accused. The Goa the hospital with severe symptoms of more comprehensive and accurate measure Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, their official buildings in solidarity. demise elicited condolences from various police had registered an FIR against Tejpal Covid-19 presently including an eight when compared with confirmed Covid-19 appearing for the UP government, said that She mentioned that the Abraham sections of society and politicians of all par- in November 2013, following which he was months old. The others are less than 12 deaths alone. “All countries must have the different benches of the High Court (sin- Accord which Israel had forged with four ties. Governor Baby Rani Maurya, chief arrested. The Goa crime branch had filed years in age. They have high fever, pneu- necessary capacity and resources to accu- gle judge bench and double judge bench- countries -- UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and minister Tirath Singh Rawat and various a 2,846-page charge sheet against Tejpal, monia, dehydration and loss of taste, rately collect and use health data even in es) are passing different orders on COVID Sudan-- would go forward now that the Congress leaders among others condoled who has been out on bail since May 2014. among others," added Dr Suresh, medical the midst of an ongoing crisis,” WHO management. ceasefire had been declared, helping forge the demise of Bahuguna, calling it an During the trial, the prosecution examined director of Lok Nayak Hospital. Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom It would be appropriate if this court stronger ties. Clein said it was telling that irreparable loss. 71 witnesses and cross examined five The country’s apex child rights body Ghebreyesus said. directs that a bench of Chief Justice of High the UAE had condemned Hamas firing at defence witnesses. The case of the prose- National Commission for Protection of “The Covid-19 pandemic has shown Court hears the matter related to COVID the United Nations General Assembly. /6+ON&-#9--2,49O cution mainly relied on the statement of Child Rights (NCPCR) Chairperson the importance of data and science to build management so that there is uniformity in the victim and averments of some of her Priyank Kanoongo too has asked the back more resilient health systems and directions, he said, while referring to an )-4&3-,013420 “The Ministry of Electronics and IT colleagues besides electronic evidence Centre and states to ramp up their prepa- equitably accelerate towards our shared earlier order of the top court, where the has written a strong communication to the including e-mails and WhatsApp mes- rations to protect children and neonatal in global goals,” he said. Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court was 9 2,4#- 0 93 global team of Twitter, registering its sages. the wake of projected third wave hitting The report noted that some countries requested to hear the Franklin Templeton objection to the use of ‘manipulated the country anytime soon. only report Covid-19 deaths occurring in matter related to winding up of mutual “Vaccination has provided protection media’ tag on certain tweets made by 343 +- 420 &O8499 2 hospitals or the deaths of people who have fund schemes. Issues relating to the to our frontline workers, who could serve Indian political leaders with reference to 09/ &, -024#O80#9 tested positive for Covid-19. In addition, Templeton matter had come up in differ- the people. In the coming days, we will be a toolkit created to undermine, derail and In its 263-page verdict of the High many countries cannot accurately measure ent high courts. The bench responded to extending vaccine protection to everyone,” demean the efforts of the government Court junked the trial court conviction, /4224-# 40P or report cause of death due to inadequate say it is not going to pass any general direc- said the PM while addressing doctors, against the Covid-19 pandemic,” sources saying neither the circumstances nor the or under-resourced health information sys- tions or a sweeping order as it does not paramedical staff, and other frontline added. evidence was enough to hold them guilty. “Likewise, a personal guarantor to a tems. “The pandemic has likely increased want to demoralise the High Courts or the health workers from Varanasi, his home In the communication, the Ministry The couple was sentenced to life by a corporate debtor, facing insolvency, can be deaths from other causes due to disruption state government. constituency. pointed out that one of the parties con- Ghaziabad special court on November 28, subjected to insolvency proceedings. All to health service delivery and routine We are at present only hearing an “Varanasi has set a great example by cerned had complained to the local law 2013 for the double murder that shook the this is to be resolved and decided by NCLT. immunisations, fewer people seeking care, appeal against the Allahabad High Court the way it has equipped Pandit Rajan enforcement agency questioning the verac- nation with its element of gruesome fili- In other words, the amendment by Section and shortages of funding for non-Covid- order, it said and refused to pass any such Mishra Covid hospital and increased the ity of the toolkit and the same was under cide. However, the CBI has challenged the 60(2) too achieved a unified adjudication 19 services,” it said. orders. The appeal was filed by the UP gov- number of oxygen beds and ICU beds in investigation. It noted that even as the local acquittals and the matter is now pending through the same forum for resolution of The report highlighted that the pan- ernment. the city, in such a short span of time, “ law enforcement agency was undertaking before the Supreme Court. issues and disputes concerning corporate demic has revealed significant gaps in Noting that there are several other Modi said as he spoke about the numer- the investigation, Twitter had unilateral- SALMAN KHAN HIT- AND- RUN CASE: resolution processes, as well as bankrupt- country health information systems. While orders which have been passed by the High ous people who had died of Covid-19. ly drawn a conclusion in this matter and The Bombay High Court had in December cy and insolvency processes in relation to high-resource settings have faced chal- Courts which have an impact on other Calling for special attention to rural arbitrarily tagged it as ‘Manipulated Media’. 2015 acquitted the actor of all criminal personal guarantors to corporate debtors,” lenges related to overstretched capacity and states and which are related to manage- areas, he also unveiled a new slogan “Such tagging by Twitter appears pre- charges for lack of substantial evidence. He the verdict said. fragmentation, weaker health systems ment of COVID situations, Mehta further “Jahan Bimar, Wahin Upchar” and appre- judged, prejudiced and a deliberate attempt was acquitted seven months after the ses- The judgement came on as many as 75 risk jeopardising hard-won health and submitted that they should have taken a ciated the micro-containment zone imple- to colour the investigation by the local law sions court held him guilty. The actor was petitions, including some transfer petitions development gains made in recent decades. holistic view while dealing with such issues. mented by the city. enforcement agency. The Ministry has accused of running his car over some per- of firms, individuals and by those who had The report also noted that Covid-19 There are several policy decisions “I thank every Kashiwasi, especially termed such unilateral action by Twitter sons sleeping on the pavement in subur- given personal guarantees for loans has exposed persistent inequalities by which have benefits of expert opinion and our doctors, nurses, technicians, ward an effort to influence the fair investigation ban Bandra in Mumbai in 2002. One per- advanced to their firms. income, age, race, sex and geographic loca- there are some issues of grave importance. boys, ambulance drivers, the work you all process and a clear overreach, which is son died in the mishap. The trial court had The plea filed by one Lalit Kumar Jain, tion. 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hirty-four-year-old Ladoo, a are stronger than they’re given ent cities. As a result, I’ve lived in consuming it, in a phenomenon simple, middle-class divorcee credit for. That’s why I wrote about more than 30 homes. This exposure known as antilibrary. That’s fine, as Tfrom Rishikesh, wants only Ladoo, the protagonist of this novel. has given me a wonderful platform long as it translates into sales for one thing from life — a baby. She To debunk everything we’ve been to immerse myself in worlds and publishing houses, bookstores and eats gondh halwa, drinks badam taught about motherhood, mar- cultures different from mine. It’s authors, but if you want to go back milk and takes folic acid to slow riage and the biological clock. made me sensitive to what sets peo- to reading, it’s not an either-or. down her ticking biological clock ple apart and brings them togeth- Don’t get FOMO (fear of missing and become the world’s most fertile The plot says, “This humorous er. I think travelling is the best way out). Prioritise. Read during the woman. When an accidental meet- yet inspiring story of a small-town to absolve yourself from who you weekends when you have time to ing with a gynecologist reveals that woman’s fight against social stig- are. You realise the smallness of your immerse yourself in a book. Binge- her ‘eggs are drying up’ and finding ma will resonate with every fears and the largeness of your watch during weekdays after work. a sperm donor is her last chance of woman and man.” How and why smiles. Read in the mornings, watch at having a child, Ladoo races against do you think so? As a child, I also read a lot. night. Read a book whose series you time to find the right father for the I think women’s issues are From Enid Blyton, Sidney Sheldon, just watched. You can read and baby, whose kundali matches hers, everyone’s issues, and humour is Jeffery Archer, Somerset Maugham, watch, without compromising one while addressing her own mixed essential for every gender as we try Ruskin Bond, Shakespeare and RK for the other. feelings about whether ‘Mr Right to survive this pandemic. Narayan, the typical fare that Indian Change is inevitable, let’s cele- Donor’ can also be ‘Mr Right’. children growing up in the 80s-90s brate it instead of diminishing it. Along the way, Ladoo must figure Mainstream cinema is now grad- were given to read. Gone With The out whether motherhood means ually warming up to the idea that Wind was the first book I stayed up Reports implied that your book marriage, whether being a single there is no set age for motherhood till six in the morning reading, and will soon be seen as a feature film, mother means loneliness, whether with films like Badhaai Ho... How till today I don’t think there is a Badnam Ladoo. Do you think ‘my body, my rules’ apply to women, do you think your book can help book as perfect as that or a charac- film adaptations do justice to the and whether doing something scan- shape public perception of preg- ter as finely etched out as Scarlett books they’re based on? Why or dalous is outrageous or courageous. nancy after a certain age? judge in what way a woman wants O’Hara. Reading has had a defini- why not? We talk to the author of the book I want women to know that ‘my to have a child — whether it’s tive impact on my writing. The book is under development — The Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad body, my rules’ apply to each and through surrogacy, IVF, adoption or with a big studio. Films take time Good News — Meghna Pant, to find every one of them. Let no one tell the traditional way. What does the future of the writ- to gestate, on average two to three out the answers. Excerpts: you if you should have children, ten world look like since we are years, and more during the pan- when you should have them, how Is comedy a good way to address swamped by digital entertain- demic. So, we’ll have to be patient. How did you conceptualise The you should have them, and what to social issues? ment? But this is a film that people will Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Good do after you have them. Society is It’s the only way to communi- I don’t buy into the competition love because it’s entertainment with News? What went into its research? opinionated about everything a cate the truth without being offen- between OTT and books. I think insight. After I found myself childless woman does with her body — sive or pedantic. that both books and OTT are going Books need only one person — and single at the age of 33, I spend from the way she chooses to dress, to co-exist in the future. A good the author — in order to work. But years torturing myself and allowed pleasure herself, the hours she How did you come up with the story must be told no matter what film adaptations need many people society to shame me for my ‘failure’. occupies in public space to her bio- title? its medium is. I also think that OTT to come together to work. Despite having a good career, living logical clock — and yet assumes a It is inspired by a sweet shop I platforms are a fantastic way to Adaptations can lift the book but around the world, surviving an wide distance when a woman’s saw in Lucknow, where my parents scale your book and talent, if they never diminish it. For example, I abusive relationship, publishing body is beaten, raped, mutilated or sometimes live. The protagonist’s fit, to a larger audience than you think films like Guide, The books and winning awards, I let killed, just because she’s a woman. pet name is Ladoo and she becomes ever imagined. Therefore, as a Namesake, 7 Khoon Maaf, Omkara myself be told that I wasn’t woman F*** that hypocrisy. Your body, badnam after she decides to become writer, I see OTT as an opportuni- and 3 Idiots have been better than enough until I’d had a child. I was your choice — that’s the main mes- a mother without getting married ty and not a threat. We cannot hold the books, while films like Slumdog Ladoo. Fortunately, I met a wonder- sage of the book. first. it against someone that, if after a Millionaire, Mistress of Spices and ful man, got married, and — at age long day at work, they want to Atlas Shrugged did nothing for the 37 and 39 — I had two beautiful Why did it not occur to Ladoo How have your formative years decompress by watching Netflix books, but could not take away daughters. After all the cautionary that she could have simply adopt- influenced your writing? rather than reading a book. But from them being classics. tales I’d been fed my entire life, of ed a child and fulfil her own To be able to sit down and write humans need both sensory and the difficulty older women have desire of being a mother while, at about the world, it’s crucial to first semantic experiences to grow. Can you share some anecdotes? conceiving, I’d braced myself for the same time, giving a child a stand up and see what’s out there. That’s where books come in. The I have a childhood friend whose futility. But both my pregnancies home? Does your book address My parents worked for the govern- joy of holding a book, of smelling nickname I’ve borrowed for the were natural and smooth. I worked this thought? ment, so I’ve seen most of India (20 it, of snuggling with it under your character of 4-10 (Four-Ten), the till the day of my delivery. The book addresses this. Ladoo states). My studies and jobs have blanket, can never be replicated by protagonist’s best friend. All my This led me to the obvious ques- wants to experience pregnancy and taken me from Zurich to Singapore digital entertainment. characters are slivers begged and tion: Was everything I’d been told have her own biological child. to New York and Dubai. I’ve trav- My bigger concern is that borrowed from real life. about pregnancy and fertility a lie? Motherhood is more about emo- elled to 34 countries across four nowadays people are more con- (The book has been published by It would seem so. Women’s bodies tions than biology, so we cannot continents and lived in eight differ- cerned about owning a book than Penguin Random House India.) 2&4 , -" 9& %5! "# %#*!% !")%(# %" % P)% Q% %!) ( < 0 !% !" / %' 6! ) ! %'# "#*!% - ) %" / etting the premise of the film Sthrough a parents’ point of view, Ek Mini Katha journeys through some of the hilarious ‘incidents’ of Santosh Shobhan’s life. Santosh suffers from a psy- chological problem that causes him to be insecure about his ‘size’, which leads to some life-altering dilemmas. Struggling to find a ritish adventurer and survivalist solution, Santosh is at loggerheads BBear Grylls says the wild has with fate and erases the idea of taught him the importance of marriage altogether until he resilience and helped him imbibe a meets Amrutha (essayed by never-give-up spirit. Kavya Thapar), with whom he “Life has truly been challenging falls in love. Is there nothing a for so many people around the ‘love story’ cannot solve? world this last year, but if the wild has “A story like this needs fine taught me anything, it is the impor- storytelling and proper represen- tance of resilience and a never-give- tation, and I feel fortunate to have up spirit,” Grylls said. collaborated with Merlapaka Grylls will next be seen on Gandhi, who is the writer of this Sunday Thrills With Bear Grylls, a film and an accomplished direc- two-hour special adventure stack tor himself. Watching actors like starting May 23 that will present four transform us and inspire us to be excited to work with him and collab- Santosh, Kavya and Brahmaji unique and hasn’t been explored Santosh added, “It was an thrilling, action-packed shows featur- stronger, more determined and to orate on a Sunday special that has bring to life a simple yet relevant in the past. I also decided to not absolute riot while filming this ing Grylls. This India special will view the storms of life as times of been curated especially for our situation so seamlessly was a give the film a serious tone, film. The writing, the direction include shows such as Running Wild opportunity. Together we can beat Indian viewers. We hope that this wholesome experience. Ek Mini purely because it becomes was so spot on, that playing the with Bear Grylls, Get Out Alive with this and come through this challeng- programming gives them an oppor- Katha will not only make audi- preachy. Issues like these, when character came easily to me. The Bear Grylls, Mission Survive With ing time,” he said. tunity to explore the world of the ences laugh, but will also make addressed in a light-hearted man- fact that this topic is so ingrained Bear Grylls, and Britain’s Greatest “We are committed to bringing wild and adventure and keep the them ponder about some of these ner become conversational and in reality made it easy to portray Adventurers With Bear Grylls. ground-breaking stories and experi- spirits high alongside their favourite issues,” said debutant director more acceptable. I am glad that the finer nuances of such a char- “With this special adventure ences that help people see, engage icon,” said Kevin Vaz, President and Karthik Rapolu. this film is releasing on an OTT acter. The film is an absolute programming across all these with and care about the world Head, Infotainment, Kids and Gandhi, of the Venkatadri platform, we will be able to ini- delight to watch, and I can’t wait Sundays ahead, the goal is to take through an optimistic, energetic and Regional Entertainment Channels, Express fame, added, “This story tiate this conversation with so for the audience to watch it.” viewers with me on many journeys hopeful voice. Bear Grylls has Star and Disney India. is very close to my heart. I want- many more people.” (The Telugu film premieres on and expeditions to help them expe- become the embodiment of adven- (Sunday Thrills With Bear Grylls ed to write something that is Talking about his character, May 27 on Amazon Prime Video.) rience how the wild places can ture and outdoor survival and we are will air on National Geographic.) ! " # - '%% &233 3%3
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What led you to conceptualise the wise. The book further provides clini- also increase your productivity. All you els of inflammation which is also the they eat. Of your meals, 50 per cent book? cal evidence as to why the practises are need to do is put on your headphones root cause for many lifestyle diseases should be vegetables. It is the simplest I hail from the corporate sector and helping people across age groups and and listen to any playlist that you like, such as high cholesterol, hypertension way to reduce anger, fear and frustra- I was in a senior management position borders. I have summarised their habits or you could also make use of the and most heart diseases, kidney diseases tion while increasing the chances of when I experienced my health break- and given a scientific explanation as to numerous guided meditation tracks and and even some forms of cancer. If you being in a good mood as well as hav- down and emerged triumphant in a bat- why their methods worked and then self-affirmation audio files found on need to slow down your ageing process, ing a well-functioning digestive system, tle against rheumatoid arthritis. Truth formulated the practises highlighted in YouTube or Spotify etc. Whatever there is a plan highlighted in this book which reduces inflammation. It also be told, I could have sworn I was liv- the book. works for you. Scientific evidence will that activates a gene called SIRT1, an strengthens the heart while helping you ing a healthy life. It is hard to explain back my statement that after spending anti-ageing gene. lose weight. what one experiences while dealing with During WFH, people exert them- 20 minutes daily, in the manner high- Now when I say ‘slow down the age- All you need to do is visually con- a chronic disease or when you are selves throughout the day and thus, lighted above, for three weeks you can ing process’, I don’t mean your wrinkles sider your plate. If half of your plate is bedridden and told that there would be feel drained towards the end. repair your DNA. The will disappear right away. However, yes, filled with vegetables, it would be safe no end to the pain, fatigue and brain Devoting time and energy to self-care practise and the expla- I do mean that you will decrease the risk to assume that half of what you are eat- fog. Then suddenly that same person might seem hard. Is there a way nation behind this of contracting diseases by reducing your ing is equal parts of carbohydrates and experiences life again. Such miracles are around such limitations? methodology have levels of inflammation and your skin proteins. Do this for every meal over 10 what led me to write Alive! Lifestyle It has to be noted that in a typical been expanded upon will reflect the same with a healthy glow. consecutive days and you will see a Changes to Age-Proof Your Mind and Indian household odds are that we don’t in the book. We meet so many people who may be noticeable difference. Body — to help others improve their get physical space, let alone emotion- For those who 45 years of age and notice how some of quality of life. The book highlights what al. There are two things one could do are experiencing the them look a fresh 45 while others look What would you say is the most worked for me and thousands of my in these times. The first and most ‘Work From Home’ a bedraggled and tired 45. essential element of self-care? patients, across 27 countries, in a clin- important one would be to move. lifestyle, I would I feel ‘making time for self’ is the ically evidenced manner. The moment we start moving, insist you do The book talks about being happy all key element. You need to go ahead and People out there who think they are blood circulation increases. this after the time. While that sounds good, give yourself a break. I have observed living a healthy life are most likely miss- And that is when something would it be healthy to ignore other people sitting idle and just mindlessly ing out on a few critical steps. I am cer- wonderful happens. thoughts/feelings/emotions such as scrolling through their smartphones. tain my book lists out the steps people Nutrients start travelling anger, jealousy, et al? Nobody pauses to calm the fluctuations tend to overlook. My recommendation, to the parts of the body Never ignore emotions. You have to of their mind. They are always busy no, my prescription is based on the where they are lunch, right in the middle of your work- acknowledge and release them. And we diverting that energy because they experience of healing others, clinical- required. Mobility ing hours because that is when stress have made it a habit to not acknowledge know that if they sit with their thoughts, ly backed via their blood work results and circulation also levels are highest. Additionally, lunch is our thoughts and feelings. There is this they will not like them. Most of us are and other health reports. This book is result in thirst. When usually your heaviest meal. Ayurveda widespread concept of ‘hi, I am fine, we in denial because the only alternative is a result of my emotional journey of you start quenching and the Japanese encourage the prac- are fine and we are a happy family’, and to acknowledge the root of the problem; healing while scientifically proving your thirst, the digestive tice of taking afternoon naps. This also beneath that tagline of a happy family, our immediate choices. So make time why it works. system is activated and has multiple scientific evidence such as relationships are crumbling. There is for yourself. Like your own company. in due time the liver reducing high BP and stress levels resentment that is building up. So the Solitude is the soul’s holiday. It is an Can the methods highlighted in releases toxins. The while strengthening the heart. The first step is to acknowledge that you opportunity to stop doing for others and your book work for everyone? The simple exercise of bottom line is, 20 minutes of mindful have resentment and/or anger and/or to surprise and delight ourselves general consensus on self care is that walking indoors self-care in a day is all you need to fear. Such emotions also suppress the instead. In the end, people who really one should explore and discover what for a couple of observe some surprising health bene- immune system, I have highlighted this want to help themselves will find a way works best for them on an individual minutes after fits. in a chapter called Fear And Your to do so. level. Mind. When you read the book, you will The cosmetic There are multiple ways to release You mentioned that, ‘it’s not about see that I have interviewed people industry has cre- such pent up energy. If you think that the years you live, it’s about how much across varying age groups who ated a market the person you resent can hear you out, life you put in each year’. However, this have benefited from the lifestyle for age-defying you should initiate a conversation with seems contrary to your book, which highlighted in the book. From mil- quick-fix solu- them. If you feel they lack the ability to focusses more on the aspect — how lennials to people who have clocked tions etc. hear you out, then you should write can we lead longer, healthier and the 80-year mark, I believe, I inter- However, ageing your thoughts down or record them. happier lives? viewed over 50 people across the is a natural The moment you release your resent- Well, many might feel that the idea globe and I have quoted most of process, so do ment and anxiety, it is replaced by relief. is somewhere striking a contrast. them in my book. The only common you think the The release of such energy makes space However, I think that both are impor- factor among them all was how they everlasting urge for some pleasant feelings and thoughts. tant and closely related. If you take the were following a set of practices and all every to reverse the effort to live on your own terms and be of them happened to be disease-free. half an hour can go effects of ageing It is said that there is no shortcut to present every day while being mindful, While some of them were suffering a long way. can be somewhat toxic? achieving your goals. But in these fast- you are alive. And when you experience from serious health concerns and recov- The other important Ageing might be natural paced times, if someone wanted a this quality of life on a daily basis, you ered after adopting such a lifestyle, oth- thing is to create a space for self-nur- but accelerated ageing is not, and that shortcut to improve their quality of slowly but surely increase your lifespan. ers possessed a natural disposition to turing. By spending just 20 minutes in is what causes diseases. People who life, what would you tell them? (The book has been published by follow this path and, hence, seemed the day, taking a break from life, you can exhibit accelerated ageing have high lev- I would tell them to focus on what HarperCollins Publishers India.) 2&45 -" 9&
. so many people that also suffer, I do believe it’s a responsibility.” "-- Winfrey was already working ( & 0 with Apple to develop a series on mental health when a conversation 0 # with Harry sparked the idea to join forces. , 9 “We were having a conversa- ?7!;)??A tion and I asked him, ‘What are Q the two most important issues you think facing the world today?’ And " he said immediately, ‘climate - change and mental health.’ She mentioned the project and 90 & Winfrey recalls him later saying , R ‘Oh, by the way, if you ever need & . any help with that... give me a call.’ And I went and turned around .0 and said, ‘What’s your number?’” #. Winfrey’s existing partnership with Apple created a rare opportu- . nity to reach the vast number of people who use the company’s or Harry, returning to London devices, Harry said. “If that’s in a Fto attend Prince Philip’s funer- billion pockets on a billion screens, , " al last month meant once more then maybe we can really start a facing a place where he felt global conversation about this,” he trapped and hunted by cameras. It said. ;'! " P# ##C *!% Q would be a test of his ability to Winfrey recalls some of her cope with the anxiety that was own childhood traumas in The Me !# #6 ( bubbling up again. “I was worried You Can’t See. In addition to her '% +" about it, I was afraid,” Harry said and Harry’s stories, the series also during a recent joint interview features accounts from both regu- ! %' !!# #6# #6 5 %Q)#!*# !* with Oprah Winfrey to promote a lar people and celebrities including mental-health series they co-cre- Lady Gaga and Glenn Close, who % * '6#')% * ! ! !*! )% ated and co-executive produced speak candidly about their own for Apple TV+. atively recent but he and older Years later, Diana was killed in intense than in Los Angeles. experiences with mental illness. his week on the ‘Bollywood ments from the judges. He was able to work through brother William, The Duke of Paris after the car she and friend This new, outspoken prince Winfrey said Harry pushed to TQueens Special’ episode of Geeta Kapur was thrilled to wit- any trepidation using coping skills Cambridge, have long championed Dodi Fayed were riding in, who shares his emotions is a con- present a global perspective. “This Super Dancer Chapter 4, Arshiya ness her performance and expressed learned in therapy. “It definitely the importance of mental health. crashed during a high-speed chase trast to the “never complain, never has got to be a world thing and not Sharma, a contestant from Jammu, that Arshiya is naturally gifted and made it a lot easier, but the heart In 2016, Harry, William and his to flee cameras. Harry was 12 and explain,” “keep calm and carry on” just a US thing,” she recounted him showcased a mesmerising dance she has an exceptional mentor in still pounds,” said Harry, the Duke wife Catherine, the Duchess of suppressed his own feelings to mantras that are part of the pro- saying, adding: “I think we’ve performance on Rekha’s iconic song Super Guru Anuradha. She further of Sussex and grandson of Britain’s Cambridge, launched Heads meet the mourning public gath- totypical British way. accomplished that really well.” Salaam-e-Ishq Meri Jaan. The stated, “People think Bollywood Queen Elizabeth II and her late Together, an initiative to speak up ered outside Kensington Palace. The British tabloids have had Harry jokes he’s “slowly catch- judges were compelled to give a dance is the easiest form of dance, husband Philip. and not be ashamed to ask for help Cameras rolled and snapped a field day picking apart his state- ing up” to Winfrey’s decades of standing ovation for the beautiful but I feel it is the most difficult one In The Me You Can’t See, when mental well-being is at away as he walked behind her cas- ments. Some royal commenta- inner-work and encouragement of act. out there. It is an amalgamation of Harry revealed that he first saw a stake. ket to Diana’s funeral, alongside tors have also cried foul over a others to do the same whether on Judge Malaika Arora said, many things like expressions, move- therapist approximately four years Their collective work led to William, father Prince Charles, contradiction between seeking a The Oprah Winfrey Show or her “Arshiya did a brilliant job. This is ments, grace and beauty. To express ago at the encouragement of then- interactions with people across the Philip and Diana’s brother Charles private life yet granting inter- Super Soul Sunday interviews on a very difficult song. Rekha ji has a as much as required is an art. girlfriend Meghan (Markle). globe, from all walks of life and Spencer. views and revealing family strife. OWN. Even Winfrey said she’s had superior quality about her and it is Today, we are giving a special trib- They’d had an argument and she they recognised a common thread. Harry’s revelations coincide Harry appears to be cautious a lot to learn. not easy for a child to perform with ute to Bollywood queens and they recognised his anger seemed mis- “Sharing your story in order to be with Queen Elizabeth’s official in choosing what he wants to “I have dealt personally with such maturity. I feel blessed and for- all have this specialty, a penchant for placed. The series is another chap- able to save a life or help others is confirmation a few months ago speak about, and neither he nor one of the girls from my school tunate to be a part of this show and keeping viewers glued to the screen. ter in the unprecedented openness absolutely critical,” said Harry. that he and Meghan will not Meghan seem interested in shar- (Oprah Winfrey Leadership witness such ethereal perfor- And today Arshiya did just that, we that Harry has brought to his life Harry is practicing what he return to their senior royal posi- ing their every move with the Academy for Girls in South Africa), mances.” were on the edge of our seats for the and his royal family relationships preaches and laying bare his own tions within the family, following world. They do not operate a who had schizophrenia,” Winfrey Terence Lewis added with a duration of her performance. And since stepping away from his struggles with trauma and grief. a one-year trial period. social media account. said. “Only after hearing the doc- wide smile, “You look just like I am sure that those who would be duties and moving with his wife to He describes in The Me You Can’t The couple now lives about 90 He is undeterred by naysayers, tor say that ‘it’s a diagnosis. It’s not another famous actor. Apart from watching this episode on their tele- California. In March, he and See, the instances of feeling help- minutes north of Los Angeles in he says, because there’s a greater your life, it’s not who you are,’ that looking beautiful, your dance moves vision sets are sure to be glued to Meghan gave a headline-making less as a young boy while riding in an exclusive area near Santa good in being honest about his I had my great awakening about it. are spot on as well. You have to let their screens.” interview to Winfrey that elicited the car with his mother, Princess Barbara called Montecito. They struggles. “I see it as a responsibil- ‘That is not you. You are a person us know, Arshiya, whether you (To catch Arshiya’s performance, a rare public response from the Diana, who cried as they were sur- count Winfrey, Katy Perry and ity. I don’t find it hard to open up,” who has a diagnosis of schizophre- plan on becoming an actor...” watch the show today and on Sunday palace. rounded by paparazzi and she Orlando Bloom as neighbours. he said. “Knowing the impacts and nia.’ That is powerful.” Arshiya couldn’t stop smiling after at 8 pm on Sony Entertainment Harry’s self-work may be rel- struggled to drive. The paparazzi still lurks but it’s less the positive reaction that it has for L$ receiving such extravagant com- Television.) . ! " # R S
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The weeks. completing the postponed WTC final final is scheduled “So, the guys are refreshed IPL, the England and Wales from June 18. in some sort of way, using the Cricket Board (ECB) said on Asked if the focus will be next couple of weeks to get our- Friday. on the WTC final, Southee selves prepared and ready to British media had report- said: “Anytime you get to play play three Test matches. They ed about a possible approach a Test match for New Zealand, are in quick succession but we from the BCCI to advance the it’s an amazing opportunity have had a chance to prepare first Test, starting August 4, by crore if the 2021 edition of made. Who said that and I don’t think you treat them physically leading into this a week so that the remaining Indian Premier League (IPL) enquiries mean official com- as warm-ups. Our focus is first with some strength and condi- 31 matches of the League is not completed. munications,” a BCCI source and foremost on the two match tioning stuff. could be held. Former England captain said. series against England.” “Now, it’s just getting our However, the ECB said and renowned cricket writer The Test series as of now But the 32-year-old with loads to a point over the com- they plan to follow the origi- Michael Atherton wrore in his is scheduled to conclude at the 302 Test wickets didn’t deny ing weeks so that we can rock nal schedule since their Indian column for The Times that the Old Trafford. The fifth Test that it is indeed a great oppor- on to those three Test match- counterparts have not yet BCCI has enquired about the will begin on September 10. tunity to gear up for the big bat- es.” made any official request for possibility of moving the final The game match is expected tle against India. He said stepping in to the a change. Test of the English summer to to attract big crowd and the “....But great to have those Lord’s ground will be emotion- “We talk to the BCCI on make room to complete the Lancashire county has already matches leading to the final. So al for them remembering the a regular basis about a wide postponed IPL. started selling the tickets. for us, it’s great preparation for World Cup final which they 8E '7 ' 7 ' ' . '7 7 % 8 ' 7 7 ' range of issues especially as we When approached, a If India make a formal that final but we are looking at lost on boundary countback. P ' ' G: address the challenges of BCCI source said the Board is request, the ECB will have to two-match series against a “It’s tough being emotion- Covid-19 but have had no certainly exploring options tweak the window for their quality English side in their al and caught up with it, you who will have mixed emo- guys who haven’t been here to Test cricket left in him with a official request to change dates but the ECB has not been ambitious project The conditions,” Southee said. look at it as an amazing game tions,” Southee said. be able to come here and expe- role model like James and are continuing to plan for approached officially. Hundred along with limited Southee also didn’t feel of cricket, which did wonders The post-quarantine train- rience it,” he said. Anderson to emulate. the five Test series as sched- “The situation is pretty overs series against Pakistan. that three Tests in three weeks for the one day game, from the ing in Southampton is also very “And when you come back “Age is just a number and it’s uled,” an ECB spokesperson fluid now. There are options Pakistan will play three will be much of a workload players that were involved in it. helpful as they would play for the final, you’re a little bit great to see guys like Jimmy bowl told PTI when asked about the that are being explored but no ODIs and as many Twenty20 after a welcome break for many. “It’s one of those matches India at the same venue. more comfortable having spent at 38, and it’s a dream playing for possible change in the sched- official request has yet been Internationals between July 8 “It’s exciting to play three you relive and relive for the rest “I imagine we’ll probably some time here.” your country and I would like to ule. sent. Obviously as Atherton and 20. The Hundred will be Test matches in a short space of of your lives. When we turn up be in the same room when we At 32, Southee believes do it for many more years to The BCCI stands to lose wrote in his column, there are played between July 23 and time,” Southee said after his at Lord’s there will be few guys come back and it’s nice for the that he has many more years of come,” he signed off. revenues to the tune of 2500 some specific enquiries being August 22. 9 % '' 6 ' ?: 6 ' 3 $ WES MORGAN TO RETIRE #010234 to be done. What I observed is that prepared. South Africa ended up win- 2 N+ 2 #!" *# '%* a lot of girls are struggling with their ning both T20s and ODIs. 1) ndia’s women cricketers are not as throwing techniques. “We have to accept that there is * * Iathletic and strong as their foreign “If you develop wrong technique a huge difference between foreign ) "KQ &-2-)/- counterparts when it comes to run- in your early days then it troubles you teams and our girls. The South !Q 2 ning around the park and that is with injuries. Once the technical African girls were more athletic, ri Lanka’s leading cricketers something fielding coach Abhay side is taken care of, then you can they cover the ground quicker and HALEP OUT OF FRENCH OPEN Sled by Test captain Dimuth Sharma will work on extensively build on the strength part,” Sharma they are little stronger also,” said 3 K(!R - Karunaratne along with host of with them during the upcoming UK said before entering the bio-bubble in Sharma. senior players, including tour. Mumbai ahead of the UK tour. “What I see that we are standing N * Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Sharma, who has worked a lot In the home series against South on technique, we are not standing on Mathews have refused to sign with the men’s India U-19 team, was Africa, Sharma observed that the strength. We need to be strong on the central contracts offered by with the national women’s team for opposition players were much faster both fronts,” he said. DEPAY WILL LEAVE FOR FREE the board which they believe is the first time during the home series in the field. Improvement is also needed on ' ) 2 far less compared to other against South Africa in March. “This time I will interact with catching and running between the countries. Since the series was organised last more on a one to one basis rather than wickets, he said. If the dispute is not sorted minute, Sharma did not get a lot of group and assess what they feel about “Last series what I saw was there * in due course of time, it could time with the players but he is look- the game and then try and match up was a lapse in judgement in some well affect Sri Lanka’s bilateral ing forward to working with them on to my expectations. cases, may be because they were play- MESSI TO MISS LAST MATCH series with India in July, where an individual basis during the UK “But as of now technically they ing after a long time. A lot depends ( 2 ) /N six white ball matches is tour, starting June 16. really need to work hard. What I have on the frame of of mind. We will work 22 0 * expected to fill the coffers of a The Indian team is scheduled to noticed in women’s cricket is that a lot sincerely on that front. LM* cash-strapped cricket board of play a Test, three ODIs and as many of U-19 players are going on to play “The running between wickets is & * the island nation. T20s against the hosts. for the senior team. Workload is more a huge part of the game. If the team A statement from the attor- “Overall development is needed on their shoulders and they are not is having good coordination then you FLICK TO BE GERMAN COACH ney representing almost all said in a joint statement that as far as fielding is concerned. The that strong.” can convert those singles into twos ( 3 top players including the Test they were “shocked and dis- game is changing, you have to be : ' 3 It was India’s first series in 12 and that is one area where we can add L M skipper Karunaratne, Mathews mayed” by SLC’s decision to go more athletic. Technically, work needs '$ I :6 months and the players looked under pressure on the opposition.” /* and others said remuneration public with specific payment 0 K(K( proposed to players are one details of players. third compared to some other They feel that public dis- BUFFON LINKED WITH MONZA cricket playing nations. closure has affected their peace / (+=H P6 / * The SLC this week said that of mind. ) 4 24 of the leading players had “These disclosures amount # /--9 tournament is due to kick off. 6 been offered contracts under 4 to a grave security concern to : ! ;<;; Colombia is in the midst of 4 categories and they had been each and every player,” it stat- olombia will no longer co- a wave of protests and social given a deadline until June 3 to ed. New Delhi: The U-17 Council approved key dates Chost this year’s Copa unrest that has resulted in 42 RANIERI TO LEAVE SAMPDORIA sign on dotted lines. The chairman of the women’s World Cup will be for the International match America after street protests deaths. Covid-19 cases have & In the categories released Cricket Advisory Committee held in India from October calendars, including the and social unrest swept the also shot up in the last few only six players are in the cat- (CAC) of the SLC Aravinda de 11 to 30 next year, Fifa dates of the 2022 U-17 country. weeks. J egory A and their annual pay Silva told reporters that they Council said on Thursday. world Cup in India. South American football’s Demonstrators initially took ranges between $70,000 to were forced to make harsh India were earlier “The Council also governing body CONMEBOL to the streets to protest a pro- 100,000. Batsman Dhananjaya decision based on the past scheduled to host the 2020 approved dates for the FIFA on Thursday rejected a plea by posed tax reform. The plan was BOYD RANKIN RETIRES de Silva draws highest — performances of the players. U-17 World Cup but it was U-17 Women’s World Cup Colombia to postpone the June quickly shelved, but protests 0 S4 / 100,000 with the rest of them The players however postponed to 2021 before India 2022 (11-30 October 13-July 10 tournament that it have since morphed into a were to receive $70-80,000. refused to take the entire blame being cancelled due to the 2022), FIFA U-20 Women’s was to share with Argentina. broader manifestation of anti- Just for comparative analy- for Sri Lanka’s shoddy perfor- Covid-19 pandemic. World Cup Costa Rica 2022 The Colombian country would be ready to host Government sentiment. 4O sis, India’s group C (lowest mances over the years. The governing body (10-28 August 2022), as Government had pleaded with all of the matches. Large and sometimes vio- category) centrally contracted They maintain the admin- then handed the hosting well as a 14-team playoff for CONMEBOL to postpone the CONMEBOL said it would lent demonstrations have been TAYLOR TEARS ACHILLES players annually earn a retain- istrators and the local structure rights of the 2022 edition to the FIFA Arab Cup 2021, tournament until November now decide where the games taking place in Bogota, Medellin :' 9 - ership fee of 1 crore were contributory factors to Sri India last November. taking place between 19 but the federation refused. which were due to be held in and Cali — cities where Copa & 9 ($137,000). Lanka’s decline in International On the eve of the 71st and 25 June this year,” the Argentinian President Colombia will be played, with America games were to be The Sri Lankan players rankings. FIFA Congress, the FIFA governing body said. PNS Alberto Fernandez said his barely three weeks to go until the played. 9 $ / A: :% ! % % !)# # 2-#-# City are reported to be he wants to topple the former # ) #&3090 GRAB CHANCE OF TOP FINISH interested in signing the Blackburn and Newcastle Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool have ottenham forward 27-year-old, but Spurs will striker. anchester United captain Harry their destiny “in our hands” as they seek THarry Kane has hinted not let their talisman go The forward, who has 22 MMaguire is unlikely to be fit for to end a disappointing season on a high at a move to without a fight, especial- top-flight goals this season, next week’s Europa League final against by finishing in the top four of the Manchester City as ly as he is under con- told Neville’s YouTube channel Villarreal, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said on Premier League. speculation tract for the next three The Overlap that injuries were Friday. The deposed champions are battling mounts over his years. the main threat to his ambition The 28-year-old central defender is with Chelsea and Leicester for the two future, calling Kane is deter- to break the record. making progress in recovering from an remaining slots in next season’s the champi- mined to stay in the “Of course there’s always ankle injury he suffered against Aston Champions League. ons’ star mid- Premier League and the option of maybe moving Villa earlier this month and was pic- Klopp’s men are level on points with fielder Kevin De when asked by for- abroad one day but I don’t tured walking without crutches on Leicester but their goal difference is supe- 8 6 Bruyne a “striker’s mer Manchester think that really interests me Thursday. rior, meaning all the Reds have to do at dream”. United defender Gary in the near future,” he added. However, Solskjaer was downbeat home to Crystal Palace is match the London: Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Kane has reported- Neville which player Kane has been involved in about his chances of being fit for the Foxes’ result against Tottenham. Santo will leave the club after Sunday’s ly told Spurs he wants would help him score two Premier League title races match against the Spanish side in the Third-placed Chelsea, one point final game of the season, the Premier to leave at the end of more goals he said: “De with Spurs, has lost two Polish city of Gdansk on Wednesday. clear of Liverpool and Leicester, travel to League team announced on Friday. the season and the Bruyne for sure. League Cup finals, and was on “He’s walking but it’s a long way face mid-table Aston Villa. Nuno led Wolves to promotion England captain has “When I watch De the defeated side in the 2019 from walking to running so, to be hon- “We just found stability, created from the Championship and estab- been linked with City, Bruyne play he’s a spe- Champions League final. est, I don’t think we’ll see him in confidence again or got it back, and lished them in the top-flight during Manchester United cial, special player and The forward admits the Gdansk, no,” the Norwegian said. in Maguire’s absence — they have lost scored goals in the right moments and his four seasons at Molineux. and Chelsea. some of the balls I see him club missed opportunities to “But, as I’ve said so many times, I’m two and drawn one of their past three conceded less, let me say it like this,” With Tottenham still looking Kane has now put in for City are just a win silverware under former going to give him until Tuesday night, Premier League games. Klopp said on Friday. for a new manager after Jose raised the prospect of striker’s dream if I’m hon- boss Mauricio Pochettino, the last training session, and see if he Solskjaer will give Maguire up to the “It was a strange season, nothing will Mourinho’s sacking in April, it has a move to Pep est.” who is now in charge at Paris can try to be out there. last minute to prove his fitness and change that,” he added. “It was an incred- been reported that Nuno is among Guardiola’s title win- Kane has scored 165 Saint-Germain, and chal- “Steadily but surely he’s improving expects the defender to play an impor- ibly intense season, nothing will change the contenders to take charge of the ners, naming City’s Premier League goals, 95 lenged Spurs chairman Daniel but ligaments, they take time to heal.” tant role off the field if, as expected, he that. But we have it now in our hands to north London side. AFP De Bruyne as a perfect behind all-time top scor- Levy to deliver quality addi- United’s defence has looked shaky does not make it. make a top, top finish of the season.” team-mate. er Alan Shearer, and tions to help rebuild.