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CHANDIGARH, VOL. XXVI, NO. 92, PAGES 8, RS. 2 YOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER Railway mobilises additional Covid care Amarinder joins people in coaches for use in MP, Maharashtra 'ardas' for 'Sarbat Da Bhalla' AGENCY on 400th Prakash Purb NEW DELHI, MAY1 Ajoy Sinha AGENCY In view of the spread of the COVID-19 CHANDIGARH, MAY 1 bereaved pandemic in the country, the Ministry of CHANDIGARH : Smt. Nir- Railways has mobilised additional Amid the Covid curbs, Punjab mala Devi, mother of Sh. Ajoy Covid care coaches for use in Madhya Chief Minister Captain Kumar Sinha, IAS former Fi- Pradesh and Maharashtra. Amarinder Singh on Saturday nance Secretary, UT Chandi- Strengthening the capabilities of the virtually joined the people in garh died today afternoon at nation in the united fight against Covid, offering 'ardas' of 'Charhdi Chandigarh. She was 88 the Ministry of Railways has, amongst Kala' and 'Sarbat Da Bhala', to years old and was undergo- its multi-pronged initiatives, deployed mark the auspicious 400th ing treatment for chronic nearly 4000 isolation coaches with al- Prakash Purb celebrations of heart ailment for few months. most 64000 beds. Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib. Sh. Ajoy Sinha is presently To work concurrently with the states "Paid my tribute to 'Hind posted as Principal Secretary and in a bid to reach out as swiftly as Di Chadar' Guru Sri Tegh Ba- Local Government, Punjab. possible, the Railway has drawn a de- hadur Ji on historic and auspi- NCB seizes drugs centralised plan of action empowering cious occasion of his 400th zones and divisions to work out their these coaches positioned in the States of hya Pradesh for 2 coaches, the Ratlam Prakash Purab. I thank all for from Mumbai, Goa; memorandum of agreement for cohesive Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh Division of Western Railway has de- joining in the Ardas for 'Sarbat action. and Maharashtra are as follows - ployed 22 Coaches with a capacity of Da Bhala and Chardi Kala'. arrests 2 peddlers "These isolation coaches can be eas- At Nandrubar (Maharashtra), in the 320 beds at Tihi station near Indore. Six Exhort all to imbibe essence of MUMBAI: The Narcotics ily moved and positioned at places of last two days, 6 new admissions were patients are admitted here so far. At Guru Sahib's message of love Control Bureau (NCB) has demand on the Indian Railways net- registered as on date while 10 patients Bhopal, where 20 coaches are deployed. and freedom of faith," the CM tweeted. one dedicated to '40 Mukte' (Liberated Ones) seized various banned drugs work," informed an official release by discharged after the isolation period. 43 At this facility, there were 20 admissions Praying for the safety and well-being of at Sri Muktsar Sahib, and several commemo- from two persons in Mumbai the Ministry. COVID-19 patients are currently utilis- with 4 patients discharged as per the lat- all in these challenging pandemic situation, rative gates at Fatehgarh Sahib. and Goa, an official said on Accordingly, as per States' demand, ing the facility. est data. 276 beds are available at this fa- Singh exhorted the people to follow Guru ji's "We have also been also fortunate to cel- Saturday. The NCB Mumbai at present 191 coaches have been hand- Cumulatively upto now, 92 admis- cility. universal message of love, secularism, reli- ebrate the 550th Prakash Purb of Sri Guru zonal team on Friday raided ed over to various states for Covid care sions were registered with 57 subse- The utilisation of these facilities in gious tolerance, freedom of faith and peaceful Nanak Dev Ji and 350th Prakash Purb of Sri Negi Caf, opposite Arambol with a bed capacity of 2990 beds. Isola- quent discharge of patients by State the above-mentioned states, as per latest co-existence. Guru Gobind Singh Ji during our present beach in North Goa and tion coaches are presently utilised at Health Authorities. 314 beds are still records, cumulatively registers 123 ad- Terming it an occasion to spread the mes- tenure," he added. The Chief Minister further seized 58 grams of ampheta- Delhi, Maharashtra (Ajni ICD, Nan- available. missions with 62 subsequent discharges. sage of Guru Sahib's supreme sacrifice for the said that the State Government had made mine, 15 blots of LSD. drubar), Madhya Pradesh (Tihi near In- In Delhi, the Railway has catered to Presently 61 COVUD-19 patients are sake of humanity and religious freedom, the elaborate arrangements to celebrate this mega dore). The Railways has also positioned the full demand of the state government utilising the isolation coaches. A total of Chief Minister said the life and philosophy of event with Nagar Kirtan from Guru Ka Mahal Kerala logs over 50 coaches at major cities of Uttar demand for 75 COVID care coaches 2,929 beds are still available at these fa- the 9th Guru remains a beacon of inspiration (Amritsar) to Sri Anandpur Sahib, Sri Akhand 35,000 COVID- Pradesh like Faizabad, Bhadohi, with a capacity of 1200 beds. 50 coach- cilities. for the world. Path and Kirtan Darbar at Sri Anandpur Varanasi, Bareli and Nazibabad. As per es are positioned at Shakurbasti and 25 In Uttar Pradesh, though coaches Singh further said that he was extremely Sahib, besides holding an exhibition on the 19 cases district authorities' demand, isolation Coaches at Anand Vihar stations. 4 ad- have not yet been requisitioned by state blessed to lead his government, in its previous life and teachings of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: coaches are being shifted from Nanrubar missions were registered as of date with government, 10 coaches each are placed tenure, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Ji, an exhibition on Handicrafts, the Punjabi Kerala recorded 35,636 to Palghar. Isolation coaches are also be- 1 patient discharged. 1196 beds are still at Faizabad, Bhadohi, Varanasi, Bareli the installation of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji at Literary Festival, drama (Hind-di-Chadar), fresh COVID-19 cases on ing deployed for Jabalpur. available. and Nazibabad totalling to a capacity of Sri Harmandir Sahib in 2004, Amritsar, and in sports event, multi-media light and sound Saturday, including 81 health The updated position of the utility of With regard to the demand by Mad- 800 beds (50 coaches). constructing various memorials, including show and a Sufi Music Festival. workers, pushing the total caseload to15.69 lakh as the toll climbed to 5,356 with 48 deaths. As many as 15,493 people Canada to Ban Entry of Evolve National Policy to Deal with Covid, Bring were discharged. Cumulatively 15,69,620 pos- itive cases have been con- firmed in the state, which in- International Students to Ontario Political Consensus on It: Sonia to Centre cludes 5,356 deaths and 12,77,294 discharges. AGENCY lakhs of our citizens have been There are 3,23,828 active NEW DELHI, MAY1 affected by coronavirus every- cases at present, with Province to Combat Covid-19 Surge 52,836 undergoing treatment day. This crisis is the testing time in Ernakulam, 46,427 in AGENCY With India facing a surge in for all of us and we have to hold Kozhikode and 36,650in Ma- ONTARIO, MAY 1 COVID-19 cases, Congress presi- each other's hands, support each lappuram, Chief Minister dent Sonia Gandhi on Saturday other and be their strength. "The Pinarayi Vijayan told re- Canada is all set to suspend entry of interna- urged the Centre to evolve a nation- current times have shattered hu- porters here. tional students, including from India, to On- al policy to deal with the pandemic manity, with many states facing Kozhikode reported the high- tario, the worst-hit province which is battling after bringing about a political con- shortage of beds, oxygen and est number of 5,554 cases the third wave of the coronavirus. According sensus on it. In a video message, she life-saving medicines," she said, on Friday, Ernakulam had to the Canadian Bureau for International Ed- said it is time for the central and urging everyone to avoid moving 5,002 and Thrissur ucation (CBIE), an education service provider state governments to wake up and out of their homes unless neces- 4070,while Malappuram and based in Ottawa, there were 530,540 interna- fulfil their duties. sary. Thiruvananthapuram report- tional students in Canada in 2020, of which Gandhi also said COVID-19 She also called upon all to ed over 3,000 cases each. the maximum were from India (34 per cent) jabs should be provided free of cost unite and try and help each other followed by China (22 per cent). to all citizens and sought compulso- leaving aside any discrimination. Maha: 100-bed Ontario has the maximum number of for- ry licensing to ramp up vaccine pro- "I am confident that you will un- eign students at 242,825 or 46 per cent, it said. ly exempt from Canada’s COVID-19 travel duction to speed up the country's inocu- equipment to hospitals on a war-footing. derstand the seriousness of the COVID COVID-19 hospital During a press conference on Friday, Prime rules. All students must be able to provide a lation drive to help save Indians. "I urge The discrimination over vaccine pandemic and will contribute as a citi- Minister Justin Trudeau said the government valid study permit or a letter of introduction the central government to evolve a na- pricing should end and black marketing zen. I hope the country will soon suc- inaugurated in Latur is considering halting the arrival of interna- that shows they were approved for a permit, tional policy to deal with the COVID of life-saving drugs be stopped and all ceed in coming out of this crisis," Gand- LATUR: A 100-bed COVID- tional students in Ontario, following a request according to CTV news. crisis in the country and a strategy to industrial oxygen be provided to hospi- hi said in her five-minute video mes- 19 facility began functioning from the province’s premier Doug Ford to Ford also called on the federal govern- bring about a political consensus over tals for medical purposes, she said. The sage. in Latur in Maharashtra on combat the spread of the coronavirus pan- ment to ban non-essential travel after 36 cas- it," the Congress president said. Congress chief said her party will stand She complimented the doctors and Saturday amid a rise in cas- demic, the globalnews.ca reported. es of the B.1.617 variant, originally found in She also said that the central gov- with the Centre in the fight against the nursing staff and all health workers who es here, officials said. Because currently Ontario is the only India, were identified in the province, the re- ernment should "first think about the pandemic and appealed to all Indians to are treating all those affected with The facility, set up in the premises of the Shri Sid- province to request it, we are happy to work port said. Trudeau reiterated his intentions of poor and provide them with Rs 6,000 unite in these testing times. COVID while risking their lives. India's dheshwar and Ratneshwar more closely with them, he said. Trudeau said working closely with the provinces to quell each to the bank accounts of all to stop She also prayed for the good health daily COVID-19 cases reached a record Temple, has 60 oxygenated they will be reaching out to their officials” to the spread of the coronavirus and cautioned their migration, till the end of the pan- of all Indians during these challenging high of 4,01,993 on Saturday, taking the beds, while provision for 20 formalise the request. against any kind of non-essential travel. demic". Gandhi called for increasing times of the pandemic and offered her cumulative caseload to 1,91,64,969. The ventilator beds would be However, there is no clarity as yet on We’re engaging with other provinces that are testing and checking the black market- heartfelt condolences to the lakhs of death toll climbed to 2,11,853 with made soon, they added. when the change will take effect or how long hit hard by this third wave to see how we can ing of essential life-saving drugs besides families who have lost their loved ones. 3,523 fresh fatalities, according to The hospital, to be operated it will last. International students are current- help,” he said. providing oxygen, medicines and other "Our country is facing the pandemic and Union health ministry data. by Latur Municipal Corpora- tion, was inaugurated by Ma- harashtra minister Amit Deshmukh, also Congress MLA from Latur city. NGO offering to cremate Raj: 92-year- Rare white-bellied heron old woman COVID victims AGENCY recovers from NEW DELHI, APR 30 COVID-19 spotted in Arunachal United Sikhs, a human rights and advocacy organisation, is offering KOTA: A 92-year-old woman dignified cremation services here to those who have succumbed due from Rajasthan's Kota won AGENCY habitats beyond its traditional to coronavirus, a statement said on Friday. the battle against COVID-19 ITANAGAR, MAY1 range. "This itself epitomizes the The United Nations-affiliated group is approaching the families in just 12 days, with doctors positive health of the forest who are unable to arrange a funeral either because they are sick, scared saying her positive attitude and regular lung exercises The white-bellied heron, a rare ecosystem in this biodiversity-rich or too weak to leave homes for themselves being COVID positive, ac- helped in the speedy recov- and elusive bird, was spotted at state," he said. Chief Wildlife cording to a statement. ery. Walong in the Anjaw district of Warden G Kumar said, "It is a "Last rites of more than 350 persons who have succumbed to the Sheila Devi, who was admit- Arunachal Pradesh, officials said good sign for the rare bird to ap- deadly virus have been performed," said Pritam Singh, a director of ted to the hospital here on on Saturday. pear in the pristine forest areas of United Sikhs. April 18 after she tested Walong is around 557 kilome- Arunachal." Kumar said a team "We are offering help to the families in distress irrespective of their COVID-19 positive, spent ters from the state capital. comprising scientists of the Forest religion and caste. We ensure respect to the dead as per their religion," seven days in critical condi- The bird was spotted and pho- Department along with those from he said. tion at the facility and later tographed by Divisional Forest reputed national institutions such The group's contact numbers have been circulated across the hos- was kept in home isolation. Officer (DFO) of Anjaw Santosh as Wildlife Institute of India, pitals and crematoriums. She was admitted to the pri- Kumar Reddy, Range Forest Offi- Dehradun and Zoological Survey "We are continuously getting calls from the social organisations vate ward of Maharao Bhim cer Nosing Pul and scientist Dek- of India, Kolkata would soon car- and the distressed families. Hospital and crematoriums are also ap- Singh (MBS) hospital here bin Yonggam earlier this month. ry out joint field research to find proaching us," Singh added. where where she underwent The white-bellied heron is cat- Namdapha Tiger Reserve in The presence of nesting sites out ways to conserve the future United Sikhs is performing around 14-15 cremations or burials critical COVID treatment for egorised as 'critically endangered' Arunachal Pradesh. within this area is a positive sign prospects of the rare and globally- every day without charging a single penny. seven days from April 18 to in the International Union for It had also been recorded in for the future habitat as the breed- threatened bird. The non-government organisation works with the motto of 'recog- April 25, superintendent of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) the adjacent Kamlang Tiger Re- ing season of the white-bellied Since the bird is extremely nize human race as one', transport the dead from hospitals and homes the hospital Dr. Naveen Sax- ena said. Her son Dr. Arvind Red Data Book and is listed in serve in Lohit district in camera heron starts in February and lasts shy to human presence, the 'gaon to the crematoriums on its own, the statement said. Saxena, who is visually im- Schedule IV in the Wildlife Pro- trap images. till June, they said. buras' and village heads of Wa- Because of acute shortage of firewood to perform paired and a noted historian, tection Act, 1972. The recent sighting at a height Principal Chief Conservator long have been asked to make lo- cremations, three trucks full of wood have been arranged from Pun- said his mother was put on It is one of the rarest birds in of 1,200 meters above sea level is of Forests RK Singh said it is cal communities aware of the im- jab, it added. oxygen support from the the world and is at present found a first at such a higher elevation in great news that the critically en- portance to protect the bird and very beginning. only in Bhutan, Myanmar and the India, forest officials said. dangered bird is establishing new conserve its habitat, he said. Ghaziabad newborn beats COVID-19 after The will to succeed is important, PAGE but what's more important is the 15 days of medical treatment will to prepare. NEW DELHI: A newborn in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, who tested positive when he was eight days 2 old, successfully beat the disease and tested negative on Friday after 15 days of medical treatment. "The mother was Covid negative before delivery. After going home she got infected. The 8-days-old baby also got the virus. The infant has now tested negative for COVID-19, we have discharged newborn after 15 days of treatment," informed a doctor at the Yashoda hospital. According to the Union Health Ministry, Uttar Pradesh is among the ten states that reported 73.71 per cent of the new cases in the country. The state reported 34,372 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, said the ministry. With Bobby Knight 3,10,783 active cases at present, Uttar Pradesh is among the ten states cumulatively accounting for 78.22 per cent of India's total active cases, as per the ministry. NYUGMEARG, CHANDIGARWH, SUNDAY, MAY 2, 202S1 Major auto cos log subdued sales in April Delhi HC directs all hospitals to submit NEW DELHI: Major automobile manufacturers 4 per cent decline in total sales to 1,59,691 units in April market stood at 25,095 units in April, down 15 per cent data on COVID patients occupying beds Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai Motor, Tata Motors and Kia on as compared to 1,67,014 units in March this year. from 29,654 units in March this year. However, New Delhi : While hearing a batch of petitions The bench directed all hospitals of the Saturday reported a decline in passenger vehicle sales in Similarly, Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) posted compatriot Mahindra & Mahindra said its passenger of different hospitals and individuals facing a Central government, Delhi government, and April compared to March this year as the second wave total sales of 59,203 units in April 2021, a decline of 8 vehicles sales in the domestic market stood at 18,285 shortage of oxygen supply, beds, and private hospitals including nursing homes to of the coronavirus pandemic hit dispatches. However, per cent from 64,621 units it had sold in March this year. units last month, up 9 per cent from 16,700 units in essential medicines, the Delhi High Court on provide information on daily admissions, Mahindra & Mahindra along with Honda Cars India HMIL Director (Sales, Marketing and Service) Tarun March 2021. "With the increase in lockdown Saturday directed all Delhi hospitals to daily discharge, number of patients beyond posted sequential growth in their passenger vehicle Garg said, "In these challenging times, we stand in restrictions in many parts of the country, we foresee submit complete data on COVID patients 10 days and bed being occupied by them, sales last month. Sales in April this year are not solidarity with the nation and are continuing all efforts continuing supply chain-related production challenges. occupying beds in their facility from April 1 from April 1 onwards. comparable with that of the corresponding month a year to support the affected... While our efforts presently While demand remains good, there would be some onwards. Meanwhile, the court also directed the ago as companies had reported zero sales due to the focus primarily on supporting the lives and livelihood of impact in the first quarter as a result of low customer The direction of the bench of Justice Vipin GNCTD to update the portal forthwith with nationwide lockdown imposed to curb the outbreak of people, we have also received positive sales results in movement and dealership activity due to the lockdown Sanghi and Justice Rekha Palli came after regards to admissions and discharge. the Covid-19 pandemic in the country. The country's April 2021". Likewise, homegrown auto major Tata restrictions," M&M Chief Executive Officer taking note of allegations of malpractices "It should be updated every day without largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) reported a Motors said its passenger vehicle sales in the domestic Automotive Division Veejay Nakra said. going on in hospitals where patients are not fail," the court said. being discharged despite recovering. CLASSIFIED I Ajay Shankar Mishra no. I, Rajinder S/o Roshan Lal I Sawinder Singh Alias I, Kulwant Kaur W/o Naib I, hitherto Known as RENU I, Chandraprabha M/o Khupspare I Jagiri Lal Hereby Declare I, Mohinder Lal S/O Chirngi 14815822M Rank HAV 507 R / o M o o m ( B a r n a l a ) S u r i n d e r S i n g h S / O S i n g h R / o V i l l a g e - B A L A B A J A J A L I A S Vijay Dilip presently residing at (With Consent Of My Lal R/O Shanti Nagar, Ward ASC BN C/o 56 APO changed my name to Bakhshish Singh R/O VPO Sukhdarshanpur, Tehsil & RAMAN BALA ARORA ward No.1, Gondkhairi. Daughter-in-law Mrs. Rajni) No. 19 Kotkapura, Tehsil Ferozepur resident of 3-3- Rajinder Kumar. Kairon, Tehsil : Patti, Distt : Distt.Panchkula (Haryana) Wife of SURINDER KUMAR N a g p u r. M a h a r a s h t r a - That My Daughter-in-law Kotkapura, District Faridkot 159/2 Guntur Colony Sirpur 63372 Tarn Taran Have Changed declare that Kulwant Kaur BAJAJ residing at H.No. 129, 440023 India declare that I Mrs Rajni W/O Pardeep Have Change My Minor Kagaznagar, Pochamma I, Shangara Singh S/o My Name To Surinder Singh. & Balbant Kaur both are my Ward No.14, Gandhi Nagar, have Changed my name Kumar Is Pr In Canada Daughter’s Name Bimla Mandir, Kagaznagar, Sirpur Harnek R/o Vill: Ber Khurd 63372 name. Ferozepur Punjab have changed my from Chandraprabha to Residing At 26580-30a Ave, Devi To Simarn. Kagaznagar, Komaram Te h - P a y a l ( L u d h i a n a ) I Daljeet Singhs/O Amrik 98702 name and Shall hereafter be known C h a n d r a p r a b h a D i l i p Aldergrove. Bc V4w 3c8 63372 B h e e m , P i n - 5 0 4 2 9 6 changed my name to Singh R/O Gali Janta Palace I Kumbh Karan Kaushik S/o as RENU BAJAJ. Khuspare vide affidavit Canada Has Name Changed I, Bahadur Singh Aulakh S/o (Telangana) Correct name of Shingara Singh. Wali, Amritsar Road, Tarn Sh. Dharam Dutt Kaushik 900020 no.AN 413543 dated on 28 Her Name A Rajni Verma. Naranjan Singh R/o Ward my daughter from Akansha 63372 Taran.Tehsil & Distt. Tarn R/o H.No.2187/12 gali no.5 I, hitherto Known as RAVINDER Jan2021 72778. N o. 2, Garcha Colony to Akansha Mishra vide I, Shama Rani D/o Ravi Taran Have Changed My S h a n t i n a g a r Te h s i l KUMAR Son of MADAN LAL 72737 I Jagiri Lal Hereby Declare Khamanon (Fatehgarh Sahib) affidavit dated 12-03-2021 Shankar R/o St.No. 22/2 Name From Daljeet Singh Thanesar Kurukshetra have residing at H.No.15, Sultanwind I, Bhutekar Prabhakar (With Consent Of My Son have changed my name to before Notary Public at Partap Nagar (Bathinda) I To Daljit Singh. changed my father name G.T.Road, Tara Wala Phull, Gart Suresh presently residing at P a r d e e p K u m a r A n d Bahadur Singh. Ferozepur . known by two names as 63372 Dharam Chand Kaushik Avenue, Near Gull Marag Isrul Buldhana Maharashtra Daughter-in-law Mrs. Rajni) 63372 900023 Shama Rani and Pooja I Surinderpal Kaur W/O t o D h a r a m D u t t Avenue, Amritsar, Punjab have pradesh-443201 India declare That My Grand Son Mstr I, Pinki W/o Amit Kumar I, Kuldeep Kaur, W/o No. Sharma. G u r m u k h S i n g h R / O Kaushik. In future my changed my name and Shall that in my army record my son Ruhan Son Of Mr. Pardeep A m a n R / o B h i s i a n a 15582797-H, Rank NK 63372 Village Kothe Pona (Agwar f a t h e r s h o u l d b e hereafter be known as name is mentioned as Gourav Kumar And Mrs Rajni Is Pr In (Bathinda) Pb, changed my Jarmanjit Singh R/o VPO I, Kamaljit Kaur W/o Ram P o n a ) J a g r a o n D i s t t known as Dharam Dutt RAVINDER VIG. but his correct name is Gourav Canada, Residing At 26580- name to Pinki Jha. Veela Bajju, Teh. Batala Lubhaya R/o Vill: Pabwan Ludhiana Have Changed Kaushik. 900020 Prabhakar Bhutekar . Vide 30a Ave, Aldergrove. Bc V4w 63372 Distt. Gurdaspur have Teh-Phillaur (Jalandhar) My Name To Surinderpal 98702 I, hitherto Known as EKTA affidavit No.AN 413532 dated 3c8 Canada Has Name I, Manoj Kumar Tripathi R/o changed my name Kuldeep Pb, India, changed my son Kaur Uppal. I , B a s u n d h r a D / o ARORA D/o ASHOK KUMAR on28 Jan 2021 Changed His Name As A.F. Station Bhisiana Kaur to Kuldip Kaur. Vide name from Honey to Honey 63372 D e v e n d r a K u m a r W/o AJAY VOHRA R/o VPO 72737 Ruhan Verma. (Bathinda) changed my name affidavit Regd. No. 700 Kumar. I Gurpreet Kaur W/O M i s h r a R / o # 6 4 B , Chogawan, Tehsil Ajnala, District I, Bhutekar Prabhakar Suresh 72778. from Manoj Kumar to Manoj dated 06/03/2021. 63372 Jagtar Singh (D/O Mahla Block B-1, New Model Amritsar Punjab have changed my presently residing at Isrul I, Hitherto known as Kumar Tripathi. 10005 I, Manjit Kaur W/O Kulwant Singh) R/O Sikhan Wala T o w n , P i n j o r e , name and Shall hereafter be Buldhana Maharashtra pradesh- Jatinder Kumar S/o Khushi 63372 I, Satya S/o Sh. Jaibir S i n g h R / O M a n u p u r R o a d , K o t k a p u r a P a n c h k u l a ( H a r y a n a ) known as EKTA RANI. 443201 India declare that in my Masih Kuser R/o H.No. 18, I, Mandeep Kaur W/O Singh R/o Village Balak (Ludhiana) Have Changed (Faridkot) Have Changed declare that Basundhra 900020 army record my son name is Dhaliwal Enclave, P.O. Gurjant Singh Gill R/O Tehsil Barwala Distt Hisar My Name Into Manjeet Kaur. My Name To Charanjit & B a s u n dhra Mishra I, Gobinda S/o Mangat Ram R/o mentioned as Sourabh but his L a d h e w a l i , D i s t t . M e h a r S i n g h W a l a (Haryana) declare that My 63372 Kaur. both are my name H.No.206-A, A-Block, correct name is Sourabh Jalandhar-144007, Punjab, (Ferozepur) Changed Name Name is Satya instead of I Kuldeep Singh S/o Mewa 63372 98702 Sandhu Colony, G.T.Road, Prabhakar Bhutekar . Vide India, have changed my Mandeep Kaur Gill. Satpal Singh urf Satya. In Singh R/o Maur Mandi I, Niraj Rani W/O Kailash I , Chhinder Singh S/o Chheharta, Amritsar have affidavit No.AN 413533 dated name and shall hereafter be 63372 future, My Name is Satya (Bathinda) changed my name Chander R/O Bathinda Mohan Singh R/o Village changed my na m e t o on28 Jan 2021 known as Jatinder Kuser. I, Kuljeet Kaur W/O Tarsem for all purposes. Singh Kuldeep. Have Changed My Name Chakku Ladana Tehsil Harkirat Singh. 72737 72778. Singh Brar R/O Dagru Patti 72783 63372 To Neeraj Sharma. Guhla Distt. Kaithal Have 900020 I, hitherto Known as Satpal I, Krishan Lal S/o Prem Kamaal (Moga) Changed I, Sukhpreet Singh S/o I Jagtar Singh S/O Mohan 63372 Changed My Name From I, Rajbir Kaur Alias Singh s/o Kundan Singh R/o. C h a n d Vi l l H a r i g a r h Name Kuljeet Kaur Brar. H a r d e e p S i n g h R / o Singh R/O Village Smaon I, Rohit Joshi S/o Rajesh C h h i n d e r S i n g h T o R a j w i n d e r K a u r W / o Vill. Megha PO Dharamkot B h o r a k h , P e h o w a , 63372 Sangowal (Ludhiana) have Teh.& Distt. Mansa Declare That Joshi R/o Baba Jiwan Shinder Singh. Concerned Gurnam Singh R/o VPO Randhawa Tehsil Dera Baba K u r u k s h e t r a C h a n g e d I, Vikramjit S/o Gurdial changed my name to Jagtar Singh And Tara Singh Both S i n g h N a g a r M o g a Please Note. J o d h e T e h s i l B a b a Nanak Gurdaspur in state of Name Kishan Lal. Singh R/o Vill: Kaleran Sukhpreet Singh Gill. Are My Names. I Should Be changed my name to 84451 Bakala District Amritsar Punjab.have changed the 84661 Teh-Banga (SBS Nagar) 98723 Known With These Two Names. Rohit Singh Joshi. I Salwinder Kaur wife of Iqbal have changed my name name of my minor Son I, Monika Bindal D/o Pb, India, changed my I, Seerat Kaur W/o Sukhpreet 63372 63372 Kumar resident of VPO to Rajwinder Kaur. TALWINDERJIT SINGH Jeewan Kumar R/o Maur n a m e t o V i k r a m j i t Singh Gill R/o Sangowal I, Sukhchain Singh Manes S/O I, Rajesh Kumar Joshi S/o Sidhwan Dona, District 900020 AGE 16 YEARS and he Shall Mandi (Bathinda) changed my Banga. (Ludhiana) have changed Puran Singh R/O Kamalgarh Joginder Pal R/o Baba Kapurthala, Punjab declare I M a n j o t h k a u r D / o hereafter be known as name to Monika Goyal. 63372 my name to Seerat Kaur (Ferozepur) Changed Name Jiwan Singh Nagar Moga that I am also known with C h a n a n s i ngh village TALWINDER SINGH. 63372 I , P u s h p a R a n i W / O Gill after marriage. Sukhchain Singh. changed my name to another name of Jaswinder, so S i m b a l M a j r a P O 72737 I, Rampy Sidhu Brar W/o Bittu A s e e v N a g p a l R / O 98723 63372 Rajesh Joshi. Salwinder Kaur and Jaswinder Nurpurbedi distt Rupnagar I, hitherto Known as Harjot Singh Gill R/o Vpo. Sailbrah G i d d e r b a h a T e h . I Gopal S/o Des Raj R/o I, Paramjit W/O Baldev Raj Joshi 63372 are two names of one and the (Punjab) have changed my Singh s/o Kulwant Singh R/o. Vill. (Bathinda) changed my name G i d d e r b a h a D i s t . S r i VPO Khurla Kingra Distt. R/O H.No.331 332/64 Block J I, Sadagar Singh S/O Karnail same person. All Concerned name Manjoth kaur to Shampura PO Singh Pura Tehsil Dera to Rampy Gill. M u k t s a r S a h i b H a v e Jalandhar-144003. I have B.R.S Nagar Ludhiana Singh R/O VPO Harion Kalan, please note. Manjot kaur. Baba Nanak Gurdaspur in state of 63372 Changed My Name After changed my name from Changed Name Paramjit Joshi. Teh-Khanna (Ludhiana) Have 98706 50008 Punjab.have changed the name of my I, Vijay Kumar S/o Diwan Marriage From Pushpa Gopal to Gopal Raj. 63372 Changed My Name To Sudagar I, Harvinder Kaur Alias I, Kamaljit Kaur w/o Ranjit minor daughter’s MEHREEN Chand Bansal, R/o Daula Gate, Rani To Seema Rani. 72778 I, Kawalpreet Kaur W/O Singh. S h a h i n a K a n d a W / o Singh r/o VPO Niwarsi, KAUR RANDHAWA AGE 16 Gidderbaha, Distt Sri Muktsar 63372 I Himanshi Devi W/o Nitish Ishwinder Singh Bawa R/O 61- 63372 Harjinder Singh Kanda R/o Tehsil Ladwa (Kurukshetra) YEARS and She Shall hereafter Sahib (Punjab), have changed I, Swarnjeet Singh S/O R/o H.no 132-a Bhagat B B.R.S Nagar Ludhiana I, Jaspreet Kaur R/O VPO Hoal, Gali Bohar Wali, VPO have changed my name be known as MEHREEN my name to Vijay Kumar Jangir Singh R/O Kothe Singh Nagar Model House Changed Name Kawalpreet Teh-Khanna (Ludhiana) Majitha District Amritsar Kamaljit Kaur to Kamaljeet KAUR. Bansal. Barde Wale, Kotli Ablu Jalandhar I Have Change Kaur Bawa. Declare That My Husband Is have changed my name to Kaur. 72737 63372 Tehsil Gidderbaha Distt. Sri My Name After Marrige 63372 Known By Two Names I.E. Harvinder Kaur Kanda. 52724 I, hitherto Known as ANJU I, Santosh Kumari W/o Vijay M u k t s a r S a h i b H a v e Himanshi Devi To I, Karan Paul S/O Kimti Lal Parvinder Singh And Pravinder 900020 I , R e n u W / o O m W/o KISHOR KUMAR Kumar Bansal R/o Daula C h a n g e d M y N a m e Himanshi R/O H.No.497 New Heera Singh Boparai, One & Same I , M a s a S i n g h S / o Parkash R/o.35-A, B.K R/o,Ward No.148/8, Gobind Gate, Gidderbaha, Distt Sri Swarnjeet Singh To Raja 72778 N a g a r K a k o w a l R o a d Person. Bachan Singh R/o Baba Dutt Gate Opp Arun Nagar Batala Road VPO Muktsar Sahib (Punjab), Singh. I Mohit S/o; Ravinder Ludhiana Changed Name 63372 B a k a l a D i s t r i c t A r j u n R a s h m i S a n i k Gurdaspur Distt Gurdaspur have changed my name to 63372 Kumar Snni, H.no Na 215, Karaan Paul. I, Kulwinder Kaur W/O Kulveer Amritsar have changed School Amritsar have Punjab. have changed my Santosh Bansal. M a n d i r W a l i G a l i , 63372 Singh Brar R/O Hariewala my name to Massa Singh. Changed my name to name and Shall hereafter be 63372 Kishanpura, Jalandhar . I, Anil Kumar S/O Gian (Moga) Have Changed My 900020 Renu Arora. known as ANJU BALA I, Sukhwinder Singh S/o H a v e C h a n g e M y Chand R/O 292, G K Name To Kulwinder Kaur I Navdeep Singh S/o Late S. 72737 72737 Buta Singh R/o Vill: CONTACT Name From Mohit To Estate Mundian Kalan Brar. (After Marriage) Rachhpal Singh Resident of I, Kishor Kumar S/o I, Hitherto Known As Rawel Sadarpur Po. Baja Chak Mohit Kumar C h a n d i g a r h R o a d 63372 H NO. 177, Hussainpura, Bhagwan Dass R/o.498 Singh S/O Joginder Singh R/O Teh-Dasuya (Hoshiarpur) 72778 Ludhiana Changed Name I, Ramandeep Kaur W/o Near Kamal Tent House, G a l i T e h n i y a W a l i Village Akbarpur, Po Begowal, changed my name to I Reena W/o Sunny Kajla Anil Kumar Sharma. Dalveer Singh Gill R/o Vill: Amritsar. That Mohna and Katra Safaid Amritsar Distt. Kapurthala - 144621, Sukhwinder Pal Singh. R/o Vill Muzaffarpur PO 63372 Lasara Lakhowas Teh-Payal Manmohan Kaur is one and the H a v e C h a n g e d m y Punjab, India Have Changed My 63372 Bhojowal Distt Jalandhar I , C h e r r y W / O A n i l (Ludhiana) changed my name same person. All concerned please n a m e t o K i s h o r e Name And Shall Hereafter Be I Manveer Kaur Sallan W/O Punjab have changed my Kumar Sharma R/O 292 to Ramandeep Kaur Gill. note. Kumar. Please note it Known As Kewal Singh. B a h a d a r S i n g h V P O name from Reena to G K Estate Mundian 63372 900020 7 2 7 3 7 72778. Sandaur, Teh. Malerkotla Reena Kajla after my Kalan Chandigarh Road I, Pargat Singh Madahar S/o I, hitherto Known as CHANCHAL I , J a t i n d e r K a u r I, Hitherto Known As Manju (Sangrur) have changed my marriage. Ludhiana Changed Name Hardev Singh R/o Vill: Gosal SINGH Son of KARNAIL A l i a s S u k h j i n d e r Dixit W/O Ashok Dewan R/o A- name to Manveer Kaur. 0172-5002721 72778 Cherry Sharma. Teh-Payal (Ludhiana) Pb, SINGH R/o VPO Khara Tehsil K a u r Vi r k D / o G u r d i p 3 Silver Residency, Near Tv 63372 I, Sanjiv Kumar S/o Kidar 63372 changed my name to Pargat and District Tarn Taran Punjab S i n g h W / o Ta r l o c h a n Tower, Nakodar Road, Distt. I, Ruby W/o Parmjeet Singh N a t h R / o . H . N o . 2 2 8 0 , I, Anil Kumar Sharma Singh. have changed my name and Shall S i n g h R / o . V P O Jalandhar - 144001, Punjab, R/o Vill: Chak Vendal Teh- Lovely Sweets Wali Gali R/O 292 G K Estate 63372 hereafter be known as M u d h a l B l o c k Ve r k a India Have Changed My N a k o d a r ( J a l a n d h a r ) CONTACT VPO Rayya, Tehsil Baba M u n d i a n K a l a n C H A N C H A L S I N G H A m r i t s a r P u n j a b , Name And Shall Hereafter changed my name from b a k a l a D i s t t Chandigarh Road Ludhiana I Bhavna Singh W/o Harbir SANDHU. h a v e C h a n g e d m y Be Known As Ritu Dewan. Ruby to Harjinder Kaur. Amritsar,Punjab India C h a n g e d M y M i n o r Singh Gulati R/o House No 900020 n a m e t o J a t i n d e r 72778. 63372 have Changed my name to Daughter's Name Angel To A1/26 GF,DLF Valley, I , h i t h e r t o K n o w n a s K a u r Vi r k . I Bikramjit S/O Jog Raj R/O I, Sukhmander Singh S/o Sanjiv Khosla please note Angel Sharma. Panchkula have changed R A C H H PA L S I N G H 72737 V. p . o K i t t n a Te h s i l Harbans Singh R/o Vpo. it 63372 my name from Bhavna DHILLON Son of BUR SINGH I, Jyoti Bala D/o Narinder Garhshankar (Hoshiarpur) Panjgrin Khurd (Moga) 72737 I,Sukhjinder Kaur Dhaliwal Nandal to Bhavna Singh for residing at Village Mustfapur, PO Singh W/o Angrej Singh Have Changed My Name To chang e d m y n a m e t o I, Hitherto Known As W/O Rajbinder Singh R/O all purposes Wadala Banger, Tehsil & District R/o.VPO Mehar Singh Bikramjit Rattu Sukhmander Singh Purba. 0172-2972414 Jagmeet Singh S/O Murat Village Mallan District 100014 Gurdaspur - 143505 Punjab have Wala Tehsil Zira Distt 72778. 63372 Singh R/O. Vpo Bal Sarai Muktsar Have Changed My I Kumbh Karan Kaushik S/o Sh. changed my name and Shall F e r o z e p u r ( P b ) H a v e I Jagiri Lal, Hereby Declare I, Gurwinder Singh alias Tehsil Baba Bakala Distt Name To Sukhjinder Kaur. 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RNI NO. 61323/95 | Postal Code No. G/CHD/0186/2016-2018 Printed and Published by Gaurav Goel for Yugmarg Prakashan from 28/1, Industrial Area Phase-II, Chandigarh and printed at Yugmarg Publications, Kurali Road, Khanpur, Kharar Distt. Mohali (PB), Editor Chander Trikha, Ph.:(off) 0172-5002721, 2972414. E-mail: [email protected] NEWS Survey shows 48 pc people do not know government helpline number for COVID related visible symptoms BRIEFS NEW DELHI: As the country continues its battle against the second wave of COVID-19 infec- tions, a new survey has shown that 48 per cent of people do not know the government helpline PAGE number 1075 in case of any visible symptoms of COVID-19. According to the survey conducted Uber announces by Smile Foundation across 12 states covering a total of 27,216 respondents, almost one in four Indians is unable to protect himself completely from getting infected. The survey was conducted 3 cash incentives for across Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharash- NEWS tra, Karnataka, West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Rajasthan via telephonic interviews in regional lan- vaccinating first guages encompassing Smile's beneficiaries in underserved areas. batch of 150,000 YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, SUNDAY, MAY 2, 2021 drivers CHANDIGARH : Uber today unveiled an INR 18.5 crore (USD 2.5 million) initiative to get 150,000 drivers on its platform vac- cinated over the next six months, step- ping up its efforts to help India’s fight against a second wave of COVID-19 in- Sent 3,000 oxygen fections.The company will compensate Lockdown in Delhi extended Car, Auto and Moto drivers on its platform for time spent getting their shots. Drivers showing valid digital vaccination certifi- cates will be eligible for INR 400 for each concentrators to help of their two shots. All drivers able to show they’ve been vaccinated before April 30 will also be able to claim the funds. by one week: Delhi CM Speaking about the initiative, Pavan Vaish, Head of Supply & Driver Opera- tions, Uber India South Asia, said, “Mass AGENCY India: UNICEF vaccination is key to tackling India’s NEW DELHI, MAY1 COVID crisis, and this is the best way to AGENCY ensure that drivers, riders and the broad- In view of the surge in Covid cases, NEW DELHI/KATHMANDU, MAY 1 er community can get protected as soon Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriw- as possible. Over the last year, Uber driv- al announced an extension of the The UNICEF said on Saturday that it sent ers have shown time and time again they lockdown in Delhi by one week. critical lifesaving supplies, including are essential in keeping India moving "Lockdown in Delhi is being ex- 3,000 oxygen concentrators, to help India and connected, so we want to support tended by one week," tweeted Delhi amid the ravaging second coronavirus them in getting the best possible access CM. Hence, a lockdown will be in wave. to the vaccination program. We will soon place till May 10 in the national cap- The United Nations child rights begin communicating this initiative to ital until further orders. agency has supplied more than 500 high- drivers across all our product lines, and Delhi witnessed 375 COVID-19 flow nasal cannulas and 85 RT-PCR ma- encourage them to take up the offer.” The deaths and over 27,000 new cases chines. vaccination drive is the latest addition to with a positivity rate of 32.69 per It is supporting the procurement and Uber’s COVID-19 response in India. cent in the last 24 hours, according to installation of 25 oxygen plants for hospi- In March this year, Uber pledged INR 10 Crores worth of free rides to help people the Delhi health department bulletin's tals in the Northeast and Maharashtra, and get to and from the nearest vaccine cen- on Friday. With the addition of fresh the installation of more than 70 thermal ter. This year alone, Uber has facilitated infections, the total COVID-19 count scanners at various ports of entry nation- 9,000 free online medical consultations of the national capital to 11,49,333. wide, it said. for drivers and their families through Doc- The city also reported 25,288 recov- "The scenes we are seeing in India are Childline so that childcare services could sApp. Since the early days of the pan- eries from the disease in the last 24 the deaths of those who lost their the shortage of oxygen. Large-scale simply devastating," George Laryea-Ad- continue. demic, Uber has been providing financial hours. Yesterday was the ninth con- lives allegedly due to lack of oxygen vaccination against COVID-19 for jei, UNICEF regional director for South Across all the states, the UNICEF is assistance for up to 14 days to drivers secutive day the city has seen daily during COVID treatment at a private people between 18 years and 44 Asia, said in a statement. "The most vul- providing guidance and support for the who are diagnosed with COVID-19, or fatalities of over 300. hospital in Delhi. years in the national capital will start nerable families are paying a steep price safety and care of children in childcare in- have been asked to self-isolate by a pub- Delhi is under lockdown since Also, the Delhi High Court today on Monday, said Delhi Chief Minis- for this deadly new surge." stitutions. lic health authority. April 20 this year due to mounting directed the Centre to ensure that ter Arvind Kejriwal. Speaking to a The UNICEF called on all partners The UNICEF is also providing tech- Covid-19 cases in the region. Delhi receives its allocated 490 MT news agency, the chief minister said, who are able to support to immediately re- nical support to the government and part- On April 30, Delhi's Lieutenant oxygen supply today by whatever "Vaccination for people between 18- spond to the deadly new wave that is se- ners to help 1.23 crore children in 17 Plan to increase Sputnik governor Anil Baijal tested positive means. The order by the Division 44 years started at only one centre. verely overstraining the health system in states continue learning from home. V vaccine production up for Covid-19. He informed about the Bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and This is symbolic. We have received India, it said, stressing that urgent action For example, mobile learning centres same on his Twitter handle. Rekha Palli came when it was in- 4.5 lakh vaccine doses. It is being was needed. in Bihar are helping 28,000 children who to 850 million doses per Earlier today, Kejriwal condoled formed by multiple hospitals about distributed in all districts. "UNICEF has sent critical lifesaving did not have access to any type of digital supplies, including 3,000 oxygen concen- equipment to continue learning. year in India: Russian trators, diagnostic tests, medical kits, and "The UNICEF and partners also con- other equipment to help India in its battle tinue to support the Government of India envoy Goa reports 2,303 new COVID-19 cases, 54 deaths with a deadly wave of COVID-19," it stat- in the acceleration of the national vaccine NEW DELHI: Expressing his happiness ed. rollout to equitably reach all population at the delivery of the first batch of Sputnik PANAJI: Goa recorded 2,303 new coronavirus infections on Saturday which took its caseload to 93,355, a health depart- "Much more is needed as the outbreak groups," it said, V vaccine to India, Russian envoy Niko- ment official said. With 54 persons succumbing to the infection, the death toll reached 1,222. The number of recovered persons rose to 68,249 with 1,310 patients getting discharged from hospitals on Saturday. The number of active cases in continues to spread rapidly," Yasmin Through its work on risk communica- lay Kudashev on Saturday said that the Haque, UNICEF representative in India, tion and communication engagement local production is about to start soon the state is 23,884, the official said. "With 5,897 new tests, the total of samples tested for coronavirus went up to 6,58,713," he added. said in a statement. (RCCE), UNICEF has also consistently and is planned to be gradually increased The UNICEF has also been assisting worked to counter misinformation and up to 850 million doses per year. With the coastal state, a popular tourist hotspot, reporting an extremely high test positivity rate of over 50 per cent on Thursday, authorities have imposed a four-day lockdown till 6 am on May 3. the government in ensuring functioning of promote COVID-appropriate behaviours. Earlier today, a flight carrying the first lot the critical services for the most vulnera- New multimedia content is produced of Russian vaccines landed in Hyder- The state government has said all essential services would be allowed to function during the period. abad, Telangana. Goa's COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 93,355, new cases 2,303, death toll 1,222, recovered 68,249, ac- ble children. The organisation has provid- weekly in multiple languages for broad- "Happy to share that the first batch of the tive cases 23,884, samples tested to date 6,58,713. ed more than 11,000 personal protection cast on digital channels and media, espe- Sputnik V vaccine was delivered in Hy- kits for functionaries working on India's cially at the state level, it added. derabad today! 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Editorial Olympics: A fifty- Can blatant lies save fifty rule itius, Altius, Fortius — faster, higher, stronger — the immortal words that constitute the motto of Cthe Olympics, need not be viewed as a mere en- India from Covid-19? dorsement of sporting excellence. Altius and Fortius, it can be argued, are an embodiment of the compact shared r Zarir Udwadia, one istration “donated” the pre- criticise his state’s Covid by the participating athletes and nations to strive for a of India’s most re- cious vaccine to 80 countries management. The same state higher, stronger moral fibre. Interestingly, the Tokyo edi- Dspected physicians, so he could look better! where a 17-year-old boy had tion of the Olympics, the Games are expected to take spoke for 1.4 billion Indians Faced with an acute vaccine a precious oxygen cylinder place in spite of a global pandemic, faces a curious moral in a no-holds-barred BBC shortage in India, what did meant for his mother dilemma. And ‘Rule 50’ of the International Olympic interview recently. He talked he do? He delivered a mono- snatched out of his hands by Committee lies at the heart of the conundrum. Rule 50 calmly, but the anguish was logue (“Mann ki Baat”) cops and given to a VIP. His prohibits athletes from indulging in any kind of racial, palpable. He didn’t mince where he passed the buck: to mother died two hours later. religious and — this, presumably is the bone of con- words. Short of calling the us! It became our problem! Then there was the chief tention — political demonstration on the podium or any government names for let- As we gasped and choked monster (oops… minister) of other Olympic venue. To be fair to the IOC, the decision ting us down, he spoke his and people DIED in droves, Haryana, Manohar Lal Khat- to uphold Rule 50 was arrived at on the basis of a seem- mind in perfectly articulated, the government looked the tar, who callously declared: ingly consultative process: the views on the matter of easy-to-understand lingo. He other way and didn’t have “The dead won’t come over 3,000 athletes were factored in by the IOC’s Ath- mentioned the “dreadful de- the basic decency to apolo- back…” No Sirji, they letes Commission. The findings of the survey are curi- ficiencies” (understatement, gise to its people, forget won’t. But their curses will! ous, given that there has been a surge in political demon- doc!), “complacency” (I call about providing a contin- Meanwhile, the bodies strations by athletes the world over. A team in the Na- it cruelty), “vaccine despera- gency plan to save lives. are piling up. tional Basketball Association refused to take the field in tion” and much more. He Meanwhile, BJP CMs were Fed up with official apa- protest against the shooting of a black man in the Unit- also warned it’s likely to issuing the most shocking thy, countless citizens’ ed States of America; some teams playing the qualifiers take 600 days before India statements, fudging num- groups started to take over of the football World Cup have expressed reservations can hope to achieve “herd bers, downplaying deaths, the government’s duties by about alleged human rights abuses in Qatar, the host of immunity”. Gird your loins: and the health minister (Dr setting up helplines and mo- the tournament. Yet, in the IOC survey, as many as 70 we have a long, painful, Harsh Vardhan) had the bilising resources. But even per cent of the respondents stated that neither the field of scary way ahead of us. Who temerity to say we are better these Good Samaritans were play nor the ceremonial platform was an ideal site for knows how many people he retain his job as was simply not on my radar! a “crime against humanity” off this year than we were stymied by roadblocks demonstration; 67 per cent disavowed podium protests reading this column will be spokesperson after this tril- But I sat up and paid close — which it is! I had used the last year! On what basis, and placed by the administra- altogether. Politics sullies the purity of sports was their alive to greet that wonderful lion-dollar global gaffe? attention when I heard his exact same phrase in my col- in what way, Sirji? Bataao, tion: the harder they tried to argument. This argument, the history of Olympics would day? Death is a mere six de- Nine million thronged the podcast (Midweek Matters) umn last fortnight. But na? reach out and help, the worse reveal, has been rendered impotent on several occasions. grees of separation away. In- Kumbh Mela despite the last week. He spared no- who’ll catch the criminals? Tushar Mehta, India’s it got. Perhaps the most famous of these ‘transgressions’ was dia is in mourning: for itself, Covid surge. body, not even the person his Imagine the irony: it’s Prime solicitor-general, admon- They were told they the ‘black power salute’ by two Afro-American athletes and all those who couldn’t Whose “responsibility” wife reports to: the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ished panic-stricken citi- were “causing confusion”. in the 1968 Olympics, the most unambiguous political even get a dignified funeral, is that? Maharashtra’s CM Minister! His address didn’t image on the face of that all- zens: “Let’s not be cryba- Despite that, people like statement that had been witnessed by the competition. forget help! Living with has warned the third and sound phony: matlab, he important Covid-19 certifi- bies…” Boo Hoo! Dry those Harteerath Singh of There are also examples of the Games being used to aug- death is now the “new nor- fourth wave may hit by July- wasn’t playing good cop-bad cate citizens receive after tears, darlings. Hemkunt Foundation per- ment sinister political projects. It is widely believed that mal”. August. The “numbing of In- cop. He was speaking for all taking the second shot. Why We’re going to be just formed Herculean service the Berlin Olympics of 1936 was used by the Nazi Narendra Taneja (BJP dia” was brilliantly and of us who are in a semi- his image? Well, at least one fine, okay? Give or take a bypassing officialdom and regime to bolster the nauseating ideals subscribed to by spokesperson) talking to boldly articulated by a quiet coma (“numb”), struggling brave dissenter in Bhatinda few million who won’t make getting oxygen to the needy. Hitler and his henchmen. As for the debate on whether Christiane Amanpour on hero who is garnering count- to make sense of the govern- (74-year-old Prof. Chaman it through the pandemic “Help India Breathe”, pleads Rule 50 ought to be perceived as an infringement on the CNN startled the world with less fans for obvious rea- ment’s criminal negligence Lal) demanded its removal (predictions of fatalities run Harteerth, who had Covid- athletes’ right to expression, there are no easy answers. the admission that “the re- sons. Dr Parakala Prabhakar for letting the country slide and vowed not to take the into a crore or more). That 19 twice. Citizens like him There is perhaps merit in the argument that there are al- sponsibility is first and fore- is the low-key husband of into this Covid abyss. vaccine until then. Serious- awful robed man in Uttar work selflessly night and ternative fora to the Olympic podium that can be more most ours”, while glibly India’s finance minister Nir- Arundhati Roy, writing ly: why is the PM’s face on Pradesh (CM Yogi day, while the government effective in amplifying a political message. blaming the EC for allowing mala Sitharaman. Frankly, in the Guardian, described the certificate? Did he invent Adityanath) threatened to ar- still lives in denial and fo- elections in five states. Will I’d never heard of him. He the government’s failures as the vaccine? No! His admin- rest anyone who dared to cuses on exit polls. Literature & Health POEMS Colored Toys Drop this food group Should we write English as it’s spoken? Or just leave it as it is… When I bring to you colored “Superstition they said pro- Several names from my Language evolves vided cures beloved city of London will through necessity breeding in- toys, my child, I understand And now we know it’s a dead- no doubt engage their atten- vention, through absorbing ly disease tions: names like Knights- words, meanings and nuances why there is such a play of Yet belief in miracles endures bridge, Cheapside, Maryle- from other languages, and We sing their hymns and lita- bone and Holborn? All the through sheer misuse becom- nies common words with redun- ing common practice and colors on clouds, on water, We want the lame to walk dant unsounded letters such as therefore part of the accepted again know, knock and knife or and official, dictionarised and why flowers are And the blind be made to see pseudo and psychiatry will be thing. See? I just invented a Martyrs court their deaths and easy to modify. But what will verb, meaning to appear in painted in tints ---when I then they do with P.G. Wode- dictionaries. I don’t know if Find that they have ceased to house’s characters like Feath- any dictionary yet recognises give colored toys to you, be.” erstonehaugh, pronounced as that cool means hot or wicked From Jagnu’s Paradoxes “Fanshaw” -- and what about means desirable or hot means my child. When I sing to by Bachchoo our own Willy Dalrymple who compellingly attractive. When told me at the beginning of I speak to the young and ask make you dance I truly now he Inturnashunul Inglish our friendship that it may be them if they want more Speling Kongress has spelt that way but should be spinach, they say “I am why there is music in or a clinical study published in May told are the healthiest — are processed. Tthis week voted to pronounced “Drimple”? good!” -- by which they mean 2019 in Cell Metabolism, the re- Dairy is processed. Oats are processed. propagayt sumthing kold Very many English names “I don’t want any” and per- leaves, and why waves Fsearchers broke a group of 20 into Almonds are processed. Because these Trudishunul Spelling RivIzd. are notorious for not sounding haps even “thank you”. If you two groups: one would eat ultra- undergo some kind of processing between Thay wont a noo set of rools the way they look. St. John is ask them how they are, they processed food and one unprocessed. For when it was harvested and when it was to bekum dhu noo norm… “sinjin”; in Oxford and Cam- profess their moral rectitude, send their chorus of voices two weeks, each group was allowed to eat packaged. I suppose, gentle reader, bridge Magdalene and Mag- instead of telling you that they whatever they wanted, in the quantity de- The most unhealthy are the ones that you’ve got the drift and are, dalen are both “maudlin”; are well. And then, all and to the heart of the listening sired. After two weeks, the groups were are the ultra-processed: those foods that like me, a stick-in-the-mud Menzies is, incredibly, pro- sundry, including the late switched and the experiment was con- undergo industrial processes (salting, antideluvian dinosaur, then nounced “ming”. Princess Diana in a televised earth ---when I sing to ducted for another two weeks. sugaring, frying and curing) that extend perhaps I ought to spell it out Some of these absurdities, interview, use the word hope- The results were stunning. It was shelf life, make food very tasty and ready- for you: An outfit called the meyrey yaaron (phonic pro- fully, which used to strictly be make you dance. When I found that each group member ate about to-be-dropped-into-your-mouth. Chips. International English Spelling nunciation), make one side an adverb -- to mean “I hope 500 more calories each day when on the They barely resemble their original Congress (IESC) wants to per- with the IESC, whoever these that”. A sort of “Inshallah”. ultra-processed diet. The member also state. Or they were made in a lab. They petrate a new simplified Eng- bods be -- but no! This revi- One accepts it, language bring sweet things to your gained about a pound of body fat. usually have added colours, zero nutri- lish spelling. They want to sion is a foolish idea for two changes and evolves through The opposite was true of the un- tion, high sodium, high fat, high sugar, make it as phonic as possible. very good reasons. The first, usage and not through com- greedy hands I know why processed diet. On that diet, a member sometimes some of these, sometimes all. So, for instance, they want to pretty obvious one, (witch mittees and self-appointed tended to lose about a pound in two Fries. So wait. Don’t have that aerated get rid of the w from wrong. enny ful can c) is that one sages legislating for it. One there is honey in the cup of weeks. drink. That burger. Eat only food cooked And this in order to make it can’t legislate for a change in may, in evidence for this argu- Most foods are processed at home for two weeks. You will see the simpler for the dim to learn. language, neither in vocabu- ment, cite the cases of Es- the flowers. Most foods we eat — those we are difference. Patronising or what? lary nor in spelling. peranto and Volapuk. An artist needs no monument to be remembered

n a day almost lost now in the things of course, and monuments in delible impression on history. Even jarat government, with a later allocation mists of time, I started going to which they resonate together, as in the Ozymandias did not manage that; ar- in the Union budget and contributions Ocollege. One of the memories of statue of the Unknown Soldier in Cal- chaeologists were still discovering gi- from public sector enterprises under that first, disorienting day is my startled cutta, are still rare. They are likely to gantic parts of his head and ear sunk in corporate social responsibility. amusement at a two-syllable word grow rarer. The greatest achievement in the groundwater in a Cairo slum in This particular dream of the former meaning, approximately, ‘useless’, writ- this sphere recently has been the build- 2017. Predictably, the Statue of Unity Gujarat chief minister and present prime ten on the back of a marble bust of a ing of the tallest statue in the world, the lacks the symbolic resonance of the minister came to fruition in 2018, with- former principal. The bust was placed Statue of Unity, meant to outdo the Stat- Statue of Liberty, or even of the wistful out adequate environmental checks and with its unfortunate back visible when ue of Liberty in height and metaphorical Little Mermaid in Copenhagen, an un- amid adivasi protests regarding land one turned on the first-floor landing; its power. But unity is represented by a his- moving yet vibrant witness to a present rights, water supply and livelihood. It position left me wondering for the rest torical person, Vallabhbhai Patel, cho- remembering the past. may be a passing irony that the 553 of my life about the acrobat with the per- sen by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led The unprecedented tragedy in hu- bronze panels covering its surface were fect lettering. (I prefer that to the simpler regime to overcome in people’s minds, man lives for which the Narendra Modi- cast in a foundry in China — obviously, explanation of the bust having been by the force of sheer size, the legacy of led government cannot escape much of the prime minister’s patriotic projects brought there from somewhere else.) I Jawaharlal Nehru. Patel, the first deputy the responsibility seems just the right are exempt from ‘Make in India’ de- did not associate it with the years of vi- prime minister and home minister of in- time to recall the monuments and edi- mands — but there is more. Patel olence, statue-breaking and tragedy that dependent India, had ensured the inte- fices being built to ensure the regime’s banned the Rashtriya Swayamsevak preceded our entry into college — was somewhat more developed when, had been removed from Calcutta at the gration of 562 princely states with the immortal presence, its ideological victo- Sangh after Mahatma Gandhi’s murder. maybe I should have — but it gave me a years later, I peeked over the walls of the time to make place in the city for the Union. The statue, close to the Sardar ries — and votes. The estimated cost of But his permission was not needed for sense of history happening in spite of garden in Flagstaff House in Barrack- icons and leaders of independent India. Sarovar Dam, is invested with a politi- the statue is Rs 2,989 crore, an initial the symbolic appropriation of his iconic the cold whiteness of marble. That sense pore, where statues of colonial heroes Aesthetics and history are two different cal agenda and the desire to make an in- amount of which was raised by the Gu- status. NEWS AT A India's first pollinator park inaugurated DEHRADUN: Sprawling across four acres, India's first pollinators park was inaugurated on Tuesday at Haldwani in Nainital district of Uttarakhand. The park was inaugurated GLANCE by Peter Smetacek, a butterfly expert and it has around 50 different pollinator species, which include various species of butterflies, honeybees, birds and other insects. "Ob- Gujarat BJP MP jective is to conserve various pollinator species, to create awareness among the public about the importance of pollination and to promote further research on its various as- Mansukh Vasava pects including a threat to habitat and impact of pollution, use of pesticides or insecti- cides and relation between various pollinators and plant species," said Sanjiv Chaturve- quits party NEWS di, Chief Conservator of Forest (Research). At present, between 75-95 per cent of all flowering plants on earth depend on pollinators to provide pollination services to over BHARUCH: Gujarat BJP MP and 180,000 different plant species. In United States (US) and western countries, the impor- former Union minister Mansukh tance of pollinators was recognised long back and to conserve it, pollinator parks, gar- Vasava, who has been vocal on tribal dens, strips and pathways were created on large scale. issues, on Tuesday quit the party and YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, SUNDAY, MAY 2, 2021 said he would resign from Lok Sabha in the budget session of Parliament. Vasava had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week Maha sees slight dip in Covid seeking withdrawal of a Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Congress, BJP anxiously wait for Change notification declaring 121 deaths, toll breaches 69K-mark villages of Narmada district as eco sensitive zone. A six-term MP from MUMBAI, MAY 1 recoveries to 39,30,302 now, Bharuch, Vasava in his letter to with a recovery of 84.24 per Gujarat BJP President C R Paatil Maharashtra on Saturday wit- cent. bypoll results in K’taka nessed a slight dip in the number The Mumbai Circle — com- said, "I am resigning so that the image of the party is not damaged of Covid related deaths even as prising Mumbai, Thane, Palghar because of my mistakes. I have been AGENCY this time. The turnout was the the states overall toll breached and Raigad districts — recorded a loyal worker of the party, so please BENGALURU, MAY 1 highest in Maski, an ST reserved the 69,000-mark, while the num- a drop in new cases from 11,140 forgive me." In the letter to Paatil constituency, at 70.46 per cent. ber of daily infections rose mar- on Friday to 10,581 on Saturday, dated December 28, Vasava said he The votes polled during the by- The Assembly constituency lo- ginally, health officials said here taking its overall tally to will resign as Bharuch MP after elections to the Belgaum parlia- cated in Raichur district had on Saturday. Compared to 828 13,81,460, while 160 deaths meeting the Lok Sabha Speaker mentary constituency and two recorded a turnout of 68.98 per deaths reported on Friday, the mounted its death toll to 23,466. during the budget session of Assembly segments in Karnataka cent during the 2018 elections. state on Saturday recorded 802 Of the day’s 802 total fatali- Parliament. Vasava said he tried his — Maski in Raichuru district and The by-election in Belgaum was fatalities, lower than the peak of ties, Mumbai led the chart with best to be loyal to the party and Basavakalyana in Bidar district held to fill the vacancy caused by 1,035 deaths (April 28), taking 90 deaths, followed by 66 in So- assimilate the party's values in his life, — on April 17 will be counted on the death of BJP leader and the state’s overall toll to 69,615, lapur, 57 in Nagpur, 54 in Pune, adding he is human and prone to Sunday. Union Minister of State for Rail- the worst in the country. 45 each in Thane and Nashik, 37 mistakes. "I am ultimately a human The outcome of the bypolls, ways, Suresh Angadi. In The number of new cases re- in Osmanabad, 32 in Ahmedna- and humans tend to commit mistakes. held amid the raging second Basavakalya, the bypoll was ne- mained above the 60,000-mark gar, 31 each in Aurangabad and To ensure that the party does not wave of the Covid-19 pandemic cessitated by the death of Con- and went up slightly from Yavatmal, 29 each in Beed and suffer due to my mistakes, I resign in the state, assumes significance gress legislator B. Narayan Rao, 62,919 on Friday to 63,282 on Chandrapur, 27 in Latur, 25 in from the party, whose forgiveness I for both the ruling Bharatiya while the disqualification of Prat- Saturday, taking the state’s tally Satara, 24 in Bhandara, 21 in seek," the tribal leader said in the Janata Party (BJP) and the oppo- apgouda Patil led to the by-elec- to 46,65,754. Amravati, 20 in Raigad, 19 each letter to Paatil. BJP sition Congress. tion in Maski. Mumbai reported 3,897 new in Sangli and Nanded, 18 in statespokesperson Bharat Pandya “The counting will begin at 8 Angadi, a four-time Lok Sab- cases on Saturday, which took Wardha, 12 in Sindhudurg, 11 in said the party has received the a.m. and the early trends would ha member from the state, fell the city’s tally to 6,52,368 till Parbhani, and 10 in Akola — in resignation letter through social be known at around 10 a.m. The prey to Covid-19 in September date, after touching the highest the higher range. media. "Paatil has spoken to him and complete results will be out by 12 der severe attack from his own community) strongman Siddara- last year, while Rao also died of daily spike of 11,206 cases on There were seven deaths assured him that any issue he has will noon,” a poll official told IANS. partymen over the alleged mis- maiah projecting him as the fu- Covid in the same month in Ben- April 4. each in Kolhapur, Jalna and be resolved. Vasava is a senior MP “Due to the lockdown in handling of the Covid situation in ture CM, resulting in groupism in galuru. In all, 30 candidates — 10 However, Mumbai’s death Washim, 6 in Jalgaon, 5 each in from Gujarat and we will resolve all place in the state, there are strin- the state. the party. The party’s victory in in Belgaum, 12 in Basavakalyan toll went up slightly, from 89 on Palghar, Nandurbar and Hingoli, his issues," Pandya said. gent restrictions on people’s At the same time, the bypoll the bypolls will certainly bolster and 8 in Maski — are in the fray. Friday to 90 now, taking the to- 4 in Gadchiroli, and 2 each in movement. Therefore, proper se- results will certainly test the pop- the supporters of both Siddara- Of them, 26 are men and four are tal fatalities in the country’s Dhule and Gondia — in the low- Tributes paid to Martyr curity arrangements are in place ularity of two chief claimants of maiah and Shivakumar. women, including five Indepen- commercial capital to 13,215, er range. Two districts — Ratna- in Belgaum, Basavakalyan and the Congress for the CM’s post in In the bypolls held on April dents each in Belgaum and Mas- the highest for a single city in giri and Buldhana — didn’t re- Captain Mridul Sharma Maski to handle the situation,” the 2023 Assembly elections — 17, the voter turnout in Belgaum ki and four in Basavakalyan. the country. port any fatality on Saturday. the official added. leader of opposition Siddarama- came down by around 11 per cent In Belgaum, the BJP fielded After four days, the state’s Meanwhile, the number of in Hamirpur Even though upsetting results iah and Karnataka Pradesh Con- from the 67.21 per cent polling Mangala, the widow of Angadi, death rate went up from 1.05 per people sent to home isolation HAMIRPUR: Rich tributes were paid won’t have any impact on the rul- gress Committee chief D.K. recorded during the 2019 Lok to inherit his political legacy by cent to 1.49 per cent, while the decreased — from 41,93,686 on to Kashmir martyr Captain Mridul ing party’s status in the Assembly Shivakumar. Sabha elections. retaining the seat, while the Con- number of active cases stood at Friday to 40,43,899 now — Sharma on his 17th martyrdom day or in the Lok Sabha, they will The race for the CM’s post in The Basavakalyan segment gress fielded Mallamma, the wid- 6,63,758. while those shunted to institu- on Friday. Parents of the martyr were certainly bolster the image of 2023 has already begun in the in Bidar district also saw a drop ow of Rao, to inherit his political On the brighter side, 61,326 tional quarantine went down also present on this occasion. Deputy Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Congress in Karnataka, with the in polling percentage from 64.85 lineage by retaining the fully-cured patients returned from 26,462 a day before to Commissioner Debasweta Banik led Yediyurappa, who has come un- supporters of Kuruba (shepherd per cent in 2018 to 61.58 per cent Basavakalyan Assembly seat. home, taking the total number of 26,420 on Saturday. the people to pay homage to the martyr and described him a great fighter who laid down his life for the sacred cause of nation. She offered Complete lockdown in Delhi Govt Launches Portal For garlands and flowers at the statue and Railways to deliver more medical memorial of the fighter. Captain Contributions To Fight Covid Sharma was decorated with Sena K’taka? Not anytime medal for showing exemplary courage NEW DELHI, MAY 1 Oxygen to Delhi, UP, Telangana during his fight with Pakistani soon: Sudhakar mercenaries in Kashmir on December The Delhi government on NEW DELHI, MAY 1 31st, 2003 and succumbed to injuries KALABURAGI, MAY 1 Saturday launched a portal on January 1st, 2004. A team of the to receive contributions Even as several hospital in the Indian army that was here to clean Karnataka Health Minister K. Sudhakar on from across the globe for its national capital are battling the statue and the memorial also paid Saturday ruled out any possibility of implementing fight against the ongoing the less supply of medical tributes and saluted the martyr before complete lockdown “as of now” but indicated second Covid wave. this has resulted in saving oxygen, the indian Railways leaving for their battalion posted in continuing with the stringent measures to contain Through this initiative, many lives in the last one on Saturday said that its Oxy- Punjab. the Covid spread in the state. Delhi government is looking year.” Sharing the details on gen Express trains will deliver After his tour of government hospitals in to get urgent support on a the initiative, Vice a record of 250 MT of LMO to Rajini does a U-turn; Kalaburagi, Sudhakar told reporters that there was range of critical medical Chairperson, Delhi’s Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and need for enforcing stringent measures to contain equipment such as oxygen Dialogue and Development Telangana by Sunday morn- says he is not going the virus for another three to four weeks. concentrators and D-type Commission (DDC), ing. to take the political “But that does not mean reimposing full- oxygen cylinders. Chief Jasmine Shah said, A railway ministry fledged lockdown in the state,” he said. Minister Arvind Kejriwal “Anyone interested in spokesperson said that the na- plunge Reacting to a query on open defiance of said: “Indian citizens and contributing by providing tional transporter has acceler- hours. and Sagar from Jharkhand’s CHENNAI: Superstar Rajinikanth on lockdown at various places, the Minister appealed diaspora have always been priority equipment and or ated the pace of delivering liq- Earlier in the day, at least Bokaro on Friday. Tuesday announced he will not take to the people across the state to wear a mask at the forefront of helping funds for the purchase of uid medical oxygen to various 12 patients at Batra hospital in The official said that third the political plunge and start a party compulsorily whenever one steps out of the house governments deal with priority equipment can states across the country. died due to shortage of oxy- Oxygen Express to Jabalpur as announced earlier, citing his frail or workplace. On the vaccination drive for people calamities in the country. express their He said that Indian Rail- gen. The official said that carrying 22.19 MT Oxygen health. Discharged from a Hyderabad above 18 years, the Minister reiterated that the roll Thousands of people intent/commitment through ways has delivered 813 MT of Haryana received its first and Express is on its way from hospital on Sunday after being treated out of the drive by Chief Minister B.S. listened to my call to donate the website LMO in 56 tankers to various second Oxygen Express on Odisha’s Rourkela and is ex- for blood pressure fluctuations, the top Yediyurappa was a symbolic gesture. plasma since last year, and delhifightscorona.in/donate. states across the country. Saturday carrying 79 MT of pected to reach Jabalpur by actor expressed fears over those He added that 14 Oxygen LMO in five tankers. tonight. accompanying him in his possible Express have already complet- Third Oxygen Express The official also said that political journey facing "mental and ed their journey and five more carrying 30.6 MT LMO in 2 Uttar Pradesh will be receiv- economic" problems in the due Bombay HC Suspends Jail Term For 19-Year- loaded Oxygen Express are on tankers has already started ing its eighth Oxygen Express course. He indicated he did not want the run carrying 342 MT of from Angul and currently on en-route from Bokaro carrying to sound chivalrous by saying he will LMO in 18 tankers. its way to Haryana. 44.88 MT LMO in three join politics despite his severe health Old Convict For Raping His Minor Cousin The official further said He said that Madhya tankers. Uttar Pradesh has re- concerns and that he did not want to that Delhi will receive its 120 Pradesh received its second ceived approximately 355 MT "make a victim" of his supporters now. MUMBAI, MAY 1 observed, "I am also MT of LMO in six tankers Oxygen Express carrying LMO so far and more is on its "Therefore, I inform with great regret I conscious of the fact that from Durgapur in next 24 70.77 MT of LMO to Jabalpur way to Lucknow. am unable to come to politics by Ruling that a minor's consensual sex between floating a political party. Only I know consent falls under a minors has been in a the pain behind making this legal grey area, the legal grey area because announcement," the 70 year-old actor Bombay High Court the consent given by a said in a statement, months after he suspended the order of minor is not considered said he will float his own outfit in rigorous imprisonment to be valid consent in the January and face the 2021 Tamil given to a 19-year-old eyes of the law". The Nadu Assembly polls. He, however boy for raping a cousin court, however, also said he will serve people in whatever living with him. observed, "In the case at ways he can without entering electoral The 15-year-old hand, facts are politics. minor victim was living distinctive. The accused with her paternal uncle's February 2018. consensual sexual and the victim live under Session Court acquits AAP family and in March However, the medical contact happened not the same roof. They are 2018, an FIR was examiner who examined once, but at least 4-5 students. The fact that ex-MLA Manoj Kumar in registered against the the victim on the day of times. The victim also the victim resiled from accused after the victim FIR registration did not added in the statement her statement cannot be 2014 assault case informed her teacher of notice any external that her claims were at overlooked". "Even her NEW DELHI: A session court decided the acts of sexual abuse injuries on her body. The the "insistence of her mother was unfriendly to to set aside the magistrate court order carried out by her victim's statement was class teacher". The the prosecution", the and acquitted Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) brother. recorded under Section accused was convicted court added. The court ex- MLA Manoj Kumar in a case of The victim, in the 164 of the Code of by a lower court but later further noted that assaulting a woman in 2014 under court, shared that she Criminal Procedure, in moved the high court to "opinions of doctor that Section 352. Additional Session Judge was sexually abused in front of the magistrate. seek bail. After victim was subjected to Geetanjali Goel in an order passed on September and October The victim informed in considering all the sexual assault was December 22 allowed the appeal of 2017 and again in the statement that the evidence, Justice Shinde subject to FSL report. Kumar and set aside the judgment dated 13.08.2019 by which the appellant Kumar was convicted for the offense under Section 352 Indian Penal Code. Earlier in 2019, the Experts forecast 2021 trends in the art world Magistrate court had held guilty/convicted him for the offence NEW DELHI, MAY 1 and cultural celebrations and Without the arts, you will have punishable under Section 352 IPC incorporation of the arts to provide a neither innovation nor creativity!" and sentenced him to seven days As tumultuous 2020 was for the art sense of place, identity and tradition, Roshini Vadehra, Director, Vadehra simple imprisonment. The magistrate industry, forcing galleries and are the need of today and tomorrow. Art Gallery told IANSlife: "2021 court had said that the lawmaker was museums to close and driving Artificial Intelligence (AI) and will have the Indian art world slowly "a public servant and therefore it was collectors to digital platforms, a virtual reality could help traverse the come back to the physical space. his duty to behave fairly and significant part of both viewing art world instead of the flatbed or the Galleries like ours are now holding courteously to those who approach and buying it has changed. Experts cramped seat. Hosting a virtual physical exhibitions at our gallery him with their problems". Kumar has from the world of art predict that the performance requires the same care spaces. The digital initiatives in been convicted for commission of the virtual is here to stay and 2021 will and attention as a live event." He 2020 have drawn in a new crop of offense of under section 352 continue to present opportunities for added: "The sad reality is that collectors with several young people (punishment for assault or criminal all stakeholders to engage as a without policy intervention and starting to build collections. The force otherwise than on grave community. According to Sanjoy K strong state support as we have seen audience that the digital space has provocation) of the IPC, magistrate Roy, Managing Director, Teamwork across Europe and the developed helped build will continue to expand Court had said. While convicting Arts, Covid-19 has certainly put a world, the entertainment and arts with 2021 also having a hybrid Kumar, the magistrate court had spotlight on virtual arts and the sector will find it difficult to survive model of virtual and physical for acquitted him of the charge of 354 entertainment sector. He said: the twin onslaught of the pandemic exhibitions, art fairs and auctions." (assaulting the woman with intent to "'Intimate and focussed' could well and its consequent economic Somak Mitra, Director of Kolkata- outrage her modesty) of IPC, saying, be the new mantra to replace 'bigger downturn. What is rarely understood based Gallery Art Exposure added: "the intention and motive of the and brighter'. Solo performances is that the Creative Economy is a "Due to the pandemic, we have accused might be to shoo away the could bring talent and excellence necessity and not a luxury and will made a major shift in boosting our complainant on some issue. back to the fore. Innovation in social lead to job and wealth creation. social media presence. Gujarat Reports 13,847 New Covid Cases, 172 Deaths GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat on Saturday reported 13,847 new Covid cases, marking a slight drop from the 14,120 cases recorded a day before, taking its overall tally to 5,81,624, while 172 deaths in the past 24 hours mounted the states death toll to 7,355. In whole of April, Gujarat had reported 2,60,079 Covid cases at an average of 8,669 cases daily. Continuing the trend, Ahmedabad reported the maximum number of cases on Saturday at 5,060, followed by Surat (2,188), Vadodara (783), Jamnagar (743), Rajkot (700), Bhavnagar (573), Mehsana (517), Gandhinagar (320), Junagadh (283), Banaskantha (198), Kheda (196), Patan (169), Navsari (164), Kutch (161), Anand (146), Dahod (144), Mahisagar and 6 Sabarkantha (135 each), Panchmhals and Valsad (133 each), Aravalli (127), Surendranagar (117), Bharuch (113), Gir-Somnath (106) and Morbi (102), Tapi (96), Narmada (63), Porbandar (56), Chotta Udepur (54), Amreli (45), Devbhumi Dwarka (41), Botad (24), and Dangs (22). Of the 172 deaths reported in the past 24 hours, 24 people died in Surat, followed by 22 in Ahmedabad, 17 in Vadodara, 16 in YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, SUNDAY, MAY 2, 2021 Jamnagar, 14 in Rajkot, 12 in Bhavnagar, 9 in Surendranagar, 7 in Junagadh, 6 in Sabarkantha. NEWS AT A GLANCE Congress starts plasma bank to help Covid patients

AGENCY conference, Congress leaders 22,000 Congress volunteers are pandemic nationally. Vaccine to be free NEW DELHI, MAY 1 Pawan Khera, Pranav Jha and working day and night to help She said that the time has Youth Congress President BV the people. come that the central and state across country: Harsh The Congress has launched a Srinivas said, “Our leader Shri Congress Interim President governments wake up and Vardhan plasma bank to help Covid Rahul Gandhi appealed to Sonia Gandhi in a video discharge their duties. patients who need plasma for people to drop all their political statement on Saturday asked the Sonia Gandhi’s message NEW DELHI: As India gears up to recovery. work and go out to help. And Union Government to evolve a comes in the wake of the Covid launch the world's largest immunisation It said that the “Congress today it’s Congress party national consensus to tackle the surge with over 4 lakh new drive against coronavirus, Union Health party knows how to serve those workers, frontal organisations pandemic. In a five minute cases in 24 hours. Minister Harsh Vardhan said on who are in need because it’s in and youth leaders who are video she offered condolences India witnessed its highest Saturday that the vaccine will be free our legacy. We know how to do leading by example.” to the departed souls (Covid spike of 4,01,999 fresh cases of across the country. "Not just in Delhi, it it! We open that one door when The leaders said that these victims) and her wishes to the Covid-19 and 3,523 fatalities will be free across the country," all others have shut. We reach were testing times for the party people. She urged the Union due to coronavirus infection in Vardhan said when asked for the the unreachable. And we do it and despite being in the Government to evolve a the last 24 hours, the Ministry government's position on the issue. all without seeking any credit.” opposition, the Congress is political consensus on a policy of Health and Family Welfare The comment is significant, given the Addressing a press trying to extend a helping hand. to tackle the spread of the (MoHF) said on Saturday. fact that India has recorded the second highest numbers of corona infections after the United States. Notably, the coronavirus vaccine is slated to be rolled out soon as the one developed Kerala reports 35,636 Covid by Oxford-AstraZeneca has been recommended by an expert panel, Oxygen shortage claims 12 cases, active caseload 3,23,828 tasked with vetting Covid-19 vaccine proposals, and forwarded to the Drug THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Controller General of India for approval. MAY 1 "The Drug Controller General of India will soon give its recommendation on Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi the applications," Vardhan said. lives at Delhi’s Hospital Vijayan said on Saturday that According to top government sources, 35,636 people in the state have the vaccination process will begin from AGENCY the Delhi High Court, which is tested positive for Covid-19 out January 6. The central government NEW DELHI, MAY 1 hearing a bunch of petitions on of the 1,46,474 samples tested in plans to vaccinate nearly 30 crore the shortage of oxygen supply in the past 24 hours, taking its total persons in the first phase of the Twelve Covid-19 patients, the national capital, that re- number of active cases to immunisation drive. The vaccine will be including a doctor, lost their supply tankers reached the 3,23,828, while 48 deaths during administered to one crore healthcare lives on Saturday afternoon at hospital only at around 1.30 the period mounted the states workers, along with 2 crore frontline Delhi’s Batra Hospital due to p.m, meaning that around 230 Covid death toll to 5,356. and essential workers, and 27 crore lack of medical oxygen for over critically ill patients were The Chief Minister said that elderly, mostly above the age of 50 with an hour. without oxygen for around 80 even though compared to the past violate the law and if they do, comorbidities. The tragedy was reported at minutes. two days, there has been a slight action will be taken against Indonesia bans militant around 12.45 p.m. at the Batra “We ran out of oxygen at reduction in caseload, things look them,” said Vijayan. The Chief Hospital in Delhi’s Mehrauli 12.45 p.m. Supply came at 1.30 voluminous, putting a load on the Minister said steps are being group Islamic area when eight persons, p.m. We were out of oxygen for respective district health centres. taken to ensure that 50 per cent of including a doctor, were 1 hour and 20 minutes,” the “Ernakulum district alone has the beds in the private hospital are Defenders Front reported dead. Later the toll hospital told the court. over 50,000 active cases and kept aside for treating Covid JAKARTA: Indonesia on Wednesday mounted to 12. “We hope no lives were hence it’s becoming tough on the patients. “We have also instructed banned a militant Muslim group with a “Death toll at Batra Hospital lost,” the court responded, to health workers. We all should all the hospitals to ensure that long record of vandalizing nightspots, increases from 8 to 12. Oxygen which the hospital said: “We understand that these health their fire and safety equipment are hurling stones at Western embassies shortage at the facility led to have… including one of our professionals are doing a yeoman in perfect condition and also to and attacking religious rivals. The these deaths. These were another 10 minutes.” Later, AAP of medical oxygen. On April 24, own… one doctor.” service and a small aberration double check the systems,” added security affairs minister, Mohammad patients whose oxygen level MLA Raghav Chadha said, the hospital had received a last- The hospital has 327 should not be blown out of Vijayan. He also said that the Mahfud, told reporters that the Islamic sunk when the supply dropped,” “Our SOS cryogenic tanker minute supply which arrived patients out of which 48 are in proportion. We all have to be results of the Assembly elections Defenders Front, known by its said Sudhanshu Bankata, the carrying liquid medical oxygen minutes after its oxygen the critical care unit. It has been considerate to such people who will be declared on Sunday and as Indonesian acronym FPI, had Executive Director of Batra is reaching Batra Hospital reserves ran out. raising alarms since Saturday are working extremely hard,” said directed by the authorities, under continued to carry out activities that Hospital. Stating that it was hard within 5 minutes. Their regular Among the deceased was afternoon over depleting levels Vijayan. On a positive note, no circumstances should there be violate order and security even though to revive such patients at a later supplier of oxygen has defaulted the hospital’s gastroenteritis of oxygen supply. 15,493 people recovered from the any assembly of people to it was disbanded last year as a mass stage, the doctor expressed yet again due to alleged ‘lack of head R.K. Himthani (62). Six of In a video SOS posted disease in the past 24 hours, celebrate electoral victory. organization. The government also apprehension that the death toll oxygen supplies’ and is being the 12 deceased persons were earlier on Saturday, Bankata taking the total number of “Taking into consideration the banned the use of the FPI symbols and may rise. “The next 24 hours are pulled up.” admitted to the hospital’s said: “We have just run out of recoveries to 12,77,294. “From grave situation prevailing in our attributes. The group, which wants critical and the death toll could While oxygen was later intensive care unit (ICU). oxygen… currently surviving on Friday, the rate of RT-PCR test state, at no cost should there be Islamic Shariah law to apply to be higher,” he said. A total of supplied to the hospital, it said At around 12.30 p.m., the some cylinders. Over the next has been reduced from Rs 1,700 any sort of celebrations or Indonesia's 230 million Muslims, has 220 patients are currently on that by that time, eight patients hospital claimed that it had run 10 minutes that will also run out. to Rs 500 and we have had reports assembly of people. The winning gained significant influence in recent oxygen support at the Batra had already died. Another four out of liquid medical oxygen. We are again in crisis mode. of some private laboratories candidates also have the habit of years through humanitarian and charity Hospital. In an SOS message, patients died later. An oxygen tanker reached the Delhi government is trying to sounding hesitant on this. We are taking to the streets to celebrate, work. It was a key organizer of massive the Batra Hospital had said This was the second time in hospital at around 1.35 p.m. help but its tanker is some prepared to discuss with the but no such activity would be street protests in 2016 and 2017 earlier, “Oxygen will last for a week that the hospital ran out Hospital officials later told distance away.” laboratories, but they cannot allowed this time. against the Christian governor of Jakarta, who was subsequently imprisoned for blasphemy. Its leader, Rizieq Shihab, turned himself in to authorities earlier this month after he Poonawalla to begin vaccine HP cabinet goes paperless, was accused of inciting people to breach pandemic restrictions by holding events with large crowds. Chinese vaccine shipment production in UK: Report first in country to do so NEW DELHI, MAY 1 vaccination for people in the 18-44 SHIMLA, MAY 1 the concerned secretary, chief secretary, arrives in Turkey age group in its third drive on ministers and the CM, has become completely ANKARA: A first batch of vaccines Admitting that he is facing Saturday, several states are unable The Himachal Pradesh cabinet has gone online now, said Divesh Kumar, Secretary, developed by Chinese immense pressure from “some of to start the immunisation drive completely paperless after the government General Administration (GAD). From now on biopharmaceutical company Sinovac the most powerful people in India” because of the demand-supply gap. launched its E-cabinet on Friday. Right from the date of cabinet meetings will also be has arrived in Turkey, after a two-week demanding supplies of Covishield, The CEO of the Pune-based conducting cabinet meetings to issuing memos, notified virtually, he added. The IT application delay. A plane carrying 3 million doses of Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO pharmaceutical company said that the state’s council of ministers will henceforth, for e-cabinet was developed in-house by the the CoronaVac vaccine landed in the Adar Poonawalla said on Saturday the company will make an official rely completely on technology. Department of Information Technology (IT) capital Ankara early on Wednesday. The that the company is also planning announcement to produce vaccines Interestingly, this is not the first time, the and is one of the first such electronic platforms first shipment was initially scheduled to to start vaccine production in the in London in the coming days. Himachal government has shunned paper. In in the entire country. About 32 cabinet memos arrive on December 11 but Turkish UK, the media reported. “There’s going to be an 2014, the Himachal Pradesh state Assembly were discussed and processed through this officials said problems concerning In an interview with The announcement in the next few went completely digital. Chief Minister Jai application on the first day, said Divesh Kumar. permits, followed by a COVID-19 case in Times, Poonawalla said that days,” he said. Recently, SII had Ram Thakur, who also held the finance The e-cabinet also provides for generation of Beijing customs and high alert against everything falls on his shoulders borrowed money from banks portfolio, presented the 2020-21 state budget automatic alerts through SMSes on real time infections there, caused the delay. when it comes to delivering the instead of waiting for the through digital means, one year before Union basis for various stages involved in processing Turkey has signed a deal for 50 million Covid vaccine to millions in India. government’s aid to arrive to scale finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman did the cabinet issues like receipt of cabinet memos doses of the vaccine, which the country “I’m staying here (London) for from some of the most powerful up the production of its Covishield same on February 1. and the finalisation of cabinet meetings. says has an efficacy rate of 91.25 per an extended time because I don’t people in India to get them vaccine. The company assumed “It’s a new beginning aimed at increasing The E-cabinet application will also help in cent based on early results of late-stage want to go back to that situation. vaccines first, he added: “The level that the funding from the the efficiency of the state cabinet by removing removing information asymmetries, officials trials conducted in Turkey. The vaccine Everything falls on my shoulders, of expectation and aggression is government will reach them very obstacles that usually arise due to the physical said adding that the E-cabinet application is will now be examined by two public but I can’t do it alone…I don’t really unprecedented. It’s soon, probably by this week. movement of cabinet memos. This new available as a mobile app on android devices health agencies before the government want to be in a situation where you overwhelming. Everyone feels they Covishield has been developed by initiative will also bring an added layer of and will be made available on iOS devices gives its formal approval for inoculations, are just trying to do your job, and should get the vaccine. They can’t the Oxford University and security and confidentiality to cabinet soon. However, since the security of the starting with health care workers. Turkey just because you can’t supply the understand why anyone else should AstraZeneca and manufactured by proceedings,” said CM Jai Ram Thakur soon application could not be compromised, only has also reached an agreement with needs of X, Y or Z, you really don’t get it before them.” India is facing the SII. The government recently after he convened a meeting of the first digital specific users will be able to access it and Pfizer BioNTech, which is to provide 4.5 want to guess what they are going an immense crunch of vaccines announced that it has given in- cabinet. The entire process right from the automatic alerts will be generated if any million doses of its vaccine until the end to do,” Poonawalla told The Times. amid the lethal second Covid wave, principle approval for credit to initiation of a cabinet memo, its approval from unauthorised user tries to log in. of March. Referring to the phone calls and as the country started vaccine manufacturers. Over 2.45 crore beneficiaries register Andhra Clocks Highest for Phase-3 COVID-19 vaccination Single-Day Spike Of NEW DELHI, MAY 1 As per health ministry 1,04,41,359 2nd dose data, 15,22,45,179 vaccine beneficiaries more than 60 19,412 Covid Cases More than 2.45 crore doses have been years old and 5,17,78,842 AMARAVATI, MAY 1 beneficiaries have registered administered through (1st dose) and 34,17,911 themselves on Co-WIN 22,43,097 sessions, as per (2nd dose) beneficiaries Andhra Pradesh on Saturday reported the highest single- digital platform ahead of the the provisional report till 7 aged 45 to 60 years," the day spike of 19,412 Covid cases, taking the tally to Phase-3 COVID-19 am today. ministry said. Ten states 11,21,102, health officials said. vaccination for those above As on Day-104 of the account for 67.08 per cent of As many as 61 more people succumbed to Covid in the 18 years which commences vaccination drive (April 29, the cumulative doses given past 24 hours. from May 1, said the 2021), 22,24,548 vaccine so far in the country. The Chittoor, East Godavari, and Guntur districts reported ministry of health. doses were given. 12,74,803 ministry further said that 2,768, 2,679, and 2,048 Covid cases respectively on While more than 1.37 beneficiaries were more than 19 lakh Saturday. crore registered themselves vaccinated across 21,810 (19,20,107) tests were Besides, Guntur reported 1,750 cases, followed by on April 28, more than 1.04 sessions for 1st dose and conducted in the last 24 Anantapur and Visakhapatnam districts with 1,722 cases crore had registered by the 9,49,745 beneficiaries hours, making it the highest each. Kurnool, Prakasam, Nellore, and West Godavari end of April 29. received 2nd dose of the single-day test done in India. recoreded 1,381, 1,106, 1,091, and 1,053 infections Meanwhile, the vaccine. "These include With 2,97,540 new respectively. cumulative number of 93,86,904 HCWs who have recoveries in the last 24 The remaining three districts, with sub-thousand tallies COVID-19 vaccine doses taken the 1st dose and hours, India's cumulative are YSR Kadapa with 792 cases, followed by Krishna with administered in the country 61,91,118 HCWs who have recoveries stand at 6,694 cases, and Vizianagaram with 606 cases. has crossed 15.22 crore taken the 2nd dose, 1,53,84,418. The national Authorities said 98,214 cases were conducted in today. More than 21 lakh 1,24,19,965 FLWs (1st recovery rate is 81.99 per Andhra Pradesh over the preceding 24 hours. vaccination doses were dose), 67,07,862 FLWs (2nd cent out of which ten states Meanwhile, with 11,579 persons recovering from the administered in the last 24 dose), 5,19,01,218 1st dose account for 76.61 per cent of infection in the last 24 hours, the total number of hours. beneficiaries and the new recoveries. recoveries stand at 9,82,297. NEWS AT A Crucial assembly election results on Sunday in shadow of GLANCE raging COVID pandemic NEW DELHI: Counting of votes will be held on Sunday in the high-stakes Assam, West Bengal, Counting halls up by 200 pc Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry assembly elections, overshadowed by the raging COVID pan- due to COVID norms; nearly a demic, as the BJP seeks to consolidate its hold over more states and the Congress along with its al- lies attempts to regain lost turf. There will be 2,364 counting halls as compared to 1,002 halls in lakh personnel to count votes 2016 in 822 assemble constituencies, a more than 200 per cent increase, in view of the COVID NEW DELHI: Beginning 8 am on guidelines, according to the Election Commission which had drawn flak from the courts over the Sunday, the counting of votes for the conduct of polls during the pandemic. At least 15 rounds of sanitisation will be carried out at each 7 822 Assembly seats spread across polling centre, besides social distancing and other precautions, including a ban on gatherings, will West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, be strictly followed, officials said. Kerala and Puducherry will take YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, SUNDAY, MAY 2, 2021 place at 2,364 counting halls following the COVID-19 protocols, the Election Commission (EC) said on Saturday. In 2016, the total Enough is enough, says number of counting halls was 1,002. The over-200-per cent increase is Sent 3,000 oxygen concentrators due to the distancing norms being Delhi HC after 12 deaths followed by the poll panel to curb the spread of the coronavirus. West Bengal will have the maximum in Batra Hospital number of 1,113 counting halls, Kerala 633, Assam 331, Tamil Nadu 256 and Puducherry 31, the EC said. to help India: UNICEF Another reason the commission has attributed to the increase in the AGENCY number of counting halls is the jump NEW DELHI/KATHMANDU, in the figure of postal ballots used in MAY 1 the five Assembly polls. “The commission’s measures to extend The UNICEF said on Saturday that the postal ballot facilities to the it sent critical lifesaving supplies, electors in the categories of senior including 3,000 oxygen concentra- citizens (those above 80 years), tors, to help India amid the rav- people with disablities and those aging second coronavirus wave. affected by the coronavirus The United Nations child rights witnessed an increase of 400 per agency has supplied more than 500 cent in the number of postal ballots high-flow nasal cannulas and 85 (from 2.97 lakh in 2016 to 13.16 lakh RT-PCR machines. NEW DELHI, MAY 1 said “Do you mean we will in 2021) in the four states and a It is supporting the procure- shut our eyes to people dying Union Territory,” it said. ment and installation of 25 oxygen Taking note of 12 deaths at in Delhi?” It said, “Consid- The commission has designated 822 plants for hospitals in the Northeast Batra Hospital in the national ering the fact that Delhi is not returning officers and more than and Maharashtra, and the installa- capital due to lack of oxygen an industrial state, and does 7,000 assistant returning officers for tion of more than 70 thermal scan- supply, the Delhi High Court not have availability of cryo- the purpose of counting of votes in ners at various ports of entry na- on Saturday directed the genic tankers of its own the four states and the Union tionwide, it said. Centre to supply 490 MT of which could be requisitioned Territory of Puducherry. "The scenes we are seeing in allocated oxygen to Delhi under the Disaster Manage- India are simply devastating," during the day itself by what- ment Act—like other states George Laryea-Adjei, UNICEF re- ever means or face contempt have done, it falls upon the SC advances summer gional director for South Asia, said of court action. central government to vacation as COVID in a statement. "The most vulnera- “Water has gone over our arrange the tankers as well, ble families are paying a steep price stated. "Much more is needed as the viding guidance and support for the ernment of India in the acceleration head. Now we mean busi- so that the allocation made to cases spiral for this deadly new surge." The outbreak continues to spread rapid- safety and care of children in child- of the national vaccine rollout to ness. Enough is enough,” a Delhi could be fulfilled, lest NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court UNICEF called on all partners who ly," Yasmin Haque, UNICEF repre- care institutions. equitably reach all population visibly upset Bench of Jus- it remains only a paper allo- has advanced its summer vacation in are able to support to immediately sentative in India, said in a state- The UNICEF is also providing groups," it said, Through its work tice Vipin Sanghi and Justice cation.” “The central govern- view of a sudden spike in COVID-19 respond to the deadly new wave ment. technical support to the govern- on risk communication and com- Rekha Palli said. “We direct ment shall ensure availability cases across India. According to the that is severely overstraining the The UNICEF has also been as- ment and partners to help 1.23 crore munication engagement (RCCE), the Central Government to of cryogenic tankers as well revised schedule, the vacation will health system in India, it said, sisting the government in ensuring children in 17 states continue learn- UNICEF has also consistently ensure that NCT of Delhi re- for the said supply,” it said, start on May 10, 2021, and the Court stressing that urgent action was functioning of the critical services ing from home. worked to counter misinformation ceives its allocated supply of posting the matter for further will reopen on June 28, 2021, a needed. for the most vulnerable children. For example, mobile learning and promote COVID-appropriate 490 MT positively today, by hearing on Monday. circular issued by the court "UNICEF has sent critical life- The organisation has provided centres in Bihar are helping 28,000 behaviours. whatever means,” the Bench The high court noted that announced. Earlier, the vacation was saving supplies, including 3,000 more than 11,000 personal protec- children who did not have access to New multimedia content is pro- ordered. As Additional Solic- the allocation to Delhi, which scheduled to commence on May 14 oxygen concentrators, diagnostic tion kits for functionaries working any type of digital equipment to duced weekly in multiple lan- itor General Chetan Sharma was earlier of 480 MT (since and end on June 30. The circular tests, medical kits, and other equip- on India's Childline so that child- continue learning. guages for broadcast on digital requested deferment of the April 20), and now was 490 said November 13 will be a working ment to help India in its battle with care services could continue.Across "The UNICEF and partners channels and media, especially at order till Monday or at least MT has not been fulfilled day for the Supreme Court. a deadly wave of COVID-19," it all the states, the UNICEF is pro- also continue to support the Gov- the state level, it added. for 30 minutes, the Bench even for a single day. The Supreme Court Bar Association had requested Chief Justice of India NV Ramana to advance the summer vacation of the Supreme Court in India gets 1.5 lakh doses of view of the second wave of COVID- Reliance ramps up production of medical- 19 pandemic. Noting that the second SputnikV vaccine first wave of COVID19 was set to reach its peak by mid-May and the Delhi consignment from Russia government has also extended its grade oxygen to 1,000 tonnes a day lockdown till the beginning of May, HYDERABAD/NEW DELHI, MAY 1 million. the SCBA had suggested that Dr Reddy’s has already received ap- NEW DELHI, MAY 1 raditionally, Reliance is not a summer vacation should be As many as 150,000 doses of the Sputnik V proval from Indian drug regulator for re- manufacturer of medical- advanced. vaccine first consignment landed in Hyder- stricted emergency use of Sputnik V. Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s grade liquid oxygen. Yet, abad from Russia on Saturday, Dr Reddy’s “This is a reaffirmation of Dr Reddy’s Reliance Industries Ltd has starting from nil before the On first day, 1,000 Laboratories said. The drug maker, which commitment towards combating COVID- ramped up production of pandemic, Reliance has now has tied up with Russian Direct Investment 19 in India through our portfolio of thera- medical oxygen to 1,000 become India’s largest pro- people in 18-44 group Fund for the vaccine said in a statement that peutics and vaccines,” Sapra further said. tonnes per day, making it In- ducer of this life-saving re- the initial quantity will be used across dif- SputnikV will be the third vaccine to be dia’s largest producer of source from a single location. inoculated in Mumbai ferent channels as a pilot to line up the sup- used in India against coronavirus. Current- medical-grade liquid oxygen “At its refinery-cum- ply chain for the larger vaccination program ly the Centre has rolled out a nationwide from a single location. petrochemical complex in MUMBAI: The vaccination drive for rollout. vaccination drive using two COVID-19 Reliance ramped up pro- Jamnagar and other facili- the people in the age group of 18 to Subsequent consignments will arrive in vaccines—Covaxin of Bharat Biotech and duction from near-zero to ties, Reliance now produces 44 years took off in Mumbai with the next few weeks, it further said. Covishield of Oxford-AstraZeneca, manu- 1,000 tonnes per day and over 1,000 tonnes of med- limited access even as the city civic “We are pleased to announce that the factured by Serum Institute of India in now produces over 11 per ical-grade liquid oxygen per body stressed to have achieved the first consignment of 150,000 doses of the Pune. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes cent of India’s total produc- day — or over 11 per cent of set target of inoculating 1,000 people Sputnik V vaccine has landed in Hyderabad and Customs (CBIC) in a tweet said that tion of medical-grade liquid India’s total production – on the first day on Saturday. A senior from Russia. The rollout of the consign- Hyderabad customs expedited the clearance oxygen -- meeting the needs meeting the needs of nearly Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ment will be subject to the necessary clear- of the COVID-19 vaccine imported from of nearly every one in ten pa- oxygen from Saudi Arabia, COVID-19 jumped by 3,523 every one in ten patients,” it (BMC) official said the civic body has ances, which will be processed over the Russia. “Hyderabad Customs, @cgst- tients, a company said in a Germany, Belgium, The over the past 24 hours, taking said. Under the personal su- decided to increase the target of next few days,” Deepak Sapra, CEO API cushyd facilitated expeditious clearance of statement. Netherlands and Thailand - the total toll in India to pervision of Ambani, Re- inoculating the individuals in the 18- and Services, Dr Reddy’s, said. #SputnikV Vaccine imported from Russia,” Ambani is personally su- creating an additional 500 2,11,853. India grapples with liance has adopted a two- 44 age group to 2,500 on Sunday. In September 2020, Dr Reddy’s and CBIC tweeted. Finance Minister Nirmala pervising the scale-up of pro- tonnes of transportation ca- an unprecedented new wave pronged approach to “We have decided to vaccinate 200 RDIF entered into a partnership to conduct Sitharaman in a tweet said: “Appropriate duction and transportation at pacity for India. of the COVID pandemic, Re- strengthen the availability of people from the 18-44 age category clinical trials of the SputnikV, developed by timely response @cgstcushyd. Need of the Jamnagar in Gujarat. Private firms are supple- liance has risen to the occa- medical oxygen in India - re- the Gamaleya National Research Institute hour.” The government last month allowed April, the firm supplied menting efforts to augment sion by making an all-out ef- focusing several industrial today at each of all the five centres of Epidemiology and Microbiology and the emergency use of imported vaccines to curb over 15,000 tonnes of med- oxygen supplies as the coun- fort to save precious lives,” processes at Jamnagar and and we have fully achieved this rights for distribution of the first 100 million the spread of coronavirus infection and ical-grade liquid oxygen free try battles its worst health cri- the statement said. other facilities for rapid target. doses in India. Later it was enhanced to 125 waived customs duty on their imports. of cost. It airlifted 24 ISO sis. India posted a record dai- A critical need of the scale-up in production of containers for transporting ly rise of 4,01,993 new coro- hour is assured availability of medical-grade liquid oxy- navirus cases after 10 consec- medical-grade liquid oxygen gen, and augmenting loading Delhi CM announces extension utive days of over 3 lakh in- for the treatment of severely and transportation capacities of lockdown till May 10 fections. Deaths from ill patients across the country. to ensure its swift.

“...therefore, in order to contain the spread of the virus and break the trans- mission chain, the curfew needs to be extended for an- other week in the territory of NCT of Delhi (except for essential activities and serv- ices),” it said. In view of the spiralling number of fresh COVID cases and a high positivity rate, the Aam Aadmi Party NEW DELHI, MAY 1 (AAP) government imposed the lockdown in Delhi on Chief Minister Arvind Kejri- April 19. It was subsequently wal announced an extension extended by a week on April of the ongoing lockdown in 25. Delhi by another week on The DDMA has directed Saturday amid a sudden to extend the curfew (lock- surge in COVID-19 cases as down) on the movement of the national capital battles an individuals (except for essen- acute shortage of beds and tial activities and services) medical oxygen in its hospi- till 5 am on May 10 or further tals. orders, whichever is earlier. “Lockdown in Delhi is The COVID situation in being extended by one the national capital is ex- week,” Kejriwal said in a tremely grim as the festering tweet. The lockdown that crisis due to the shortage of was scheduled to be in force oxygen claimed 12 lives in till 5 am on Monday now the Batra hospital on Satur- stands extended by another day, even as the Centre and week till May 10. the city government are in- The Delhi Disaster Man- volved in a blame game. agement Authority (DDMA), The number of fresh in its order on the extension COVID cases is still soaring, of the lockdown, stated that a despite the lockdown. review of the pandemic situ- The number of positive ation showed that the num- cases in a 24-hour period bers of positive cases, posi- stood at over 27,000 with a tivity rate as well as bed oc- positivity rate of 32.69 per cupancy (oxygen-supported cent and 375 deaths, accord- or ICU beds) in the dedicated ing to the Delhi govern- COVID-19 hospitals are very ment’s health bulletin on Fri- high. day. Bihar BJP MLC Hari Narayan Choudhary dies of COVID NEW DELHI: BJP MLC Hari Narayan Choudhary died of COVID-19 while I learned that we can do anything, undergoing treatment at a hospital in Patna, an official said on Saturday. PAGE Choudhary, 77, was elected from the Samastipur District Local Area Authority. He but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. was admitted to the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in Patna about a So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities week ago after testing positive for COVID-19, said Awadhesh Narain Singh, the 8 you do, but when you do them. Timing acting chairman of the Bihar Legislative Council. Choudhary died around 11 pm on is everything. Friday while undergoing treatment, he said. Expressing condolences, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that Choudhary was very popular among the people and had a keen interest in social work. He received the respect of all sections of the Dan Millman society due to his personality and his death is an irreparable loss to the political and social sector, Kumar said. Choudhary, a native of Samastipur, is survived by two NYUGMEARG, CHANDIGARWH, SUNDAY, MAY 2, 202S1 sons, three daughters, and a wife.

SHORT TALKS Mars helicopter gets extra Vishvas Foundation and United Sikhs Powerful quake hits off Organization set up blood donation camp month of flying as rover’s scout MOHALI: To meet the shortage of blood in by the Dr. Rupinder Singh, media head of northern Japan; minor hospitals of Vishvas Foundation and United Punjab, United Sikhs Organization. Rupinder Sikhs Organization Tricity, on Friday, a blood Singh said that due to the Covid 19 pandemic, injuries because of a known software error. donation camp was organized in the market we are going to open some oxygen centers in near police beat phase 10 Mohali near Police Punjab. Where the emergency patients will be TOKYO: A strong earthquake struck off On its fifth flight in a week or so, the northern Japan early on Saturday, chopper will move to a new airfield on Phase 10. The camp was organized in supported and we have brought some oxygen causing no risk of a tsunami but leaving Mars, allowing the rover to finally start collaboration with the Indian Red Cross concentrators from UK and USA to meet the three people injured and shaking focusing on its own rock-sampling Society District Branch Mohali. Special oxygen shortage of the patients.Along with buildings in Tokyo, authorities said. mission. The rover is seeking signs of attention was taken to social distance, mask them, volunteers of United Sikhs The U.S. Geological Survey said the ancient life at Jezero Crater, home to a lush O r g a n i s a t i o n D r . magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit at a depth of 47 kilometers (30 miles) off the coast lakebed and river delta billions of years A m a n d e e p K a u r , of Miyagi prefecture. ago. G a g a n d e e p S i n g h , Two people were injured in Miyagi and “The helicopter team at NASA’s Jet Gurmeet Singh, Harjeevan another in the neighbouring prefecture Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Singh, Amandeep, Baljeet of Fukushima, but none of the injuries California, expects to chalk up a sixth and Singh and Manjot Singh were life-threatening, said the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. seven flight in May. The previous limit were also present.Special There was no major disruption in had been five. If all goes well, the refreshments prescribed by transportation, although Shinkansen helicopter mission could go even longer,” doctors for blood donors bullet trains were temporarily Ingenuity loves Mars project manager were made in the camp. suspended for safety checks and some MiMi Aung told reporters. Earlier, the team of local lines were delayed, the East Japan doctors did the first Railway Co. said. “It takes off and I almost feel the Miyagi prefecture, in the country''s freedom that it feels.” checkup of blood donors, rugged northeast, was heavily damaged Now Perseverance will take priority, the doctors said that by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami scoping out the rocks around the February there is no problem with that left more than 18,000 people dead. 18 landing site. Ingenuity hitched a ride to donating blood. Rather, Japan''s Nuclear Regulation Authority donating blood makes a person feel said no abnormalities were reported at Mars on the rover’s belly. Managers and sanitization in the camp. 55 blood donors expect the rover to collect its first sample donated blood with their willingness and proud.All the blood donors who came to nuclear plants, including the Fukushima NEW DELHI: NASA’s little Mars Perseverance. Daiichi, which melted down following in July for return to Earth in a decade. enthusiasm.Vishvas Foundation General this blood donation camp were the 2011 disaster. helicopter has gotten a reprieve. Instead Officials announced the flight The rover will continue to relay data Secretary Sadhvi Neelima Vishvas said that encouraged by giving them Certificate of of wrapping up flight tests at the extension Friday, following three and pictures from the helicopter, but stop the team of Am Care Hospital Blood Center Appreciation, soap, masks and gifts. beginning of May, NASA is giving its successful flights over the past month for taking its own chopper shots. The two VIP Road Zirakpur collected blood under the Shishupal Pathania, Asha Teji, Surbhi Gupta, 7 Navy ships to bring oxygen, Ingenuity helicopter at least an extra the $85 million tech demo. Ingenuity spacecraft must be within a half-mile (1 supervision of Dr. Kartik Agarwal in the Rajneesh Gupta, Krishna Lal Blood Bank month to tackle tough new terrain and was attempting its fourth flight Friday kilometre) of one another, for camp. The camp started at 11:00 am and doctors and other dignitaries were also medical equipment from serve as a scout for its companion rover, afternoon; Thursday’s effort failed communication relay. lasted till 4:00 pm.The camp was inaugurated present on the occasions. various nations NEW DELHI: Seven Indian Navy ships India’s largest crypto exchange, WazirX have been deployed for the shipment of Expert dwells importance of liver health launches ‘QuickBuy’ for one-taps crypto liquid medical oxygen-filled cryogenic Auditions of beauty pageant 'Haut containers and associated medical transactions; eyes next 10 million users equipment from various countries to MOHALI : “Amidst Covid pandemic, there has been a steep rise strengthen Indias fight against the raging in liver diseases. Covid patients can face hepatitis (inflammation of Chandigarh: Do you find the tap- second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Monde Mrs. India Worldwide' held liver) and in some rare sick patients the virus can even lead to liver and-pay format of digital payments "INS Kolkata, Kochi, Talwar, Tabar, Trikand, PANCHKULA, MAY 2,: With an aim to Monde, Tarini Mukherjee, Haut Monde failure which requires timely management.” Dr. Sumeet Kainth a convenient? You are in for a delight Jalashwa and Airavat have been give wings to all the aspiring married Mrs. India Worldwide 2019, Sylvie consultant of Hepatologist & as WazirX announces the launch of deployed for the shipment of liquid women from India - auditions of a beauty Rodgers, a celebrity hairdresser and a new feature to streamline and medical oxygen-filled cryogenic Gastroenterologist at Ivy Hospital , pageant 'Haut Monde Mrs. India Alisha Aneja Madan, winner Haut provide a seamless crypto buying containers in support of the nation's Mohali while addressing a virtual session fight against COVID-19 and as part of Worldwide' were organised here Monde Mrs. India Worldwide (Water experience. operation 'Samudra Setu II'," the Indian recently. Apart from the Chandigarh Element) 2019. The judges screened today informed that due to pandemic With a mission to make crypto Navy stated. capital region the auditions for the the participants through ramp walk, related movement restrictions, there has accessible to everyone in India, the INS Kolkata and INS Talwar, deployed in unique beauty pageant for married introduction and talent rounds during the also been a rise in cases of obesity which launch of this innovative feature is the Persian Gulf, were the first batch of women were also held in Delhi, Mumbai, auditions. leads to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease aimed to address the growing demand of new crypto investors, ships that were immediately diverted for Bangalore, Lucknow, Patna, Calcutta Sylvie Rodgers, a celebrity the task and entered the port of Manama, ( N A F L D ) a n d n o n - a l c o h o l i c create more awareness on safe Bahrain, on Friday. INS Talwar is headed and Hyderabad. The auditions were hairdresser said, "The finalists will steatohepatitis (NASH). He further said crypto trading practices and also back home with 40 MT liquid medical organised by following all COVID 19 embark upon a new journey with that the liver is the most important organ of familiarize the Indian masses with oxygen (LMO). S t a n d a r d O p e r a t i n g exclusive training and grooming by the our body and its health is affected by many this new dimension of fintech. INS Kolkata has proceeded to Doha, Procedures(SoPs'). experts of the industry, like nutrition, diet factors including alcohol consumption, Despite the rapid growth of crypto Qatar, for embarking medical supplies and The event 'Haut Monde Mrs. India management, weight management, adoption in India, millions of fence- will subsequently head to Kuwait for overweight, diabetes mellitus(DM), Worldwide' is being organised by Haut public speaking, pageant questions & sitters and potential crypto investors embarking liquid oxygen tanks. Monde India, an event management answers, ramp walk, and much more.” hypertension, hepatitis B/C etc. Thus it is our lifestyle and the way Similarly, on the Eastern seaboard, INS find it difficult to participate in crypto; Airavat has been diverted for the task, group which specialises in creating Tarini Mukherjee, Haut Monde Mrs. we treat our body that affect the health of our liver. We all know lack of simplicity and ease of buying while INS Jalashwa, the LPD which played enviable platforms for ladies to excel in India Worldwide 2019 said, “The that the heart, brain and kidneys are the most essential organs of the their first crypto are to be blamed for a key role during operation Samudra Setu the world of beauty pageantry. pageant is a hunt for the ‘Modern human body. What we don't know is that liver is the centre and this. QuickBuy allows users to buy last year, was pulled out of maintenance, Bharat Bhramar, Chairman of Haut Married Woman’ who has the zeal to most important organ of the human body connected to all these their first crypto seamlessly, quickly, readied and sailed out to augment the Monde Mrs. India Worldwide said, “The showcase her talent. The selected and without any hidden charges. effort, the Navy said. overwhelming response from all the essential organs. If the liver gets affected then all the essential A feature like QuickBuy is the need main motive of the event is to offer a candidates will undergo an amazing organs get affected and if any of the essential organs get affected it platform to all talented women, who left cities during the auditions and hope the transformation." of the hour as it will bridge the gap their dreams after their marriage. The same fervor will be witnessed in the The finale will be held in Europe and affects the liver the most, he informed. We can prevent this by between crypto adoption and the Padma Shri 'Rs 5' Ranchi doctor platform is a wonderful opportunity to all finale.” the date will be announced soon & in following simple healthy diet plans and regular exercises at home. masses.The largest crypto talented ladies to shine and pursue their The auditions were judged by accordance with ebbing of the COVID It will as well help in reducing the mental stress that has built up in exchange in India has recently dreams once again. We have received Bharat Bhramar, Chairman of Haut situation. our daily lives. doubled its users from 1 million to 2 rues crass commercialisation million between January 2021 and March 2021; adds another million in of medical services April 2021. With QuickBuy, WazirX What can Rs 5 buy you in India? Perhaps not Manipal hospitals completes the acquisition of aims to onboard the next 10 Million even a cup of tea at roadside kiosks that dot Formal start of final phase of users on to its platform within this marketplaces, and definitely not medical quarter. treatment for hundreds of poor Covid-19 Nischal Shetty, Founder and CEO, patients whose distressed cries for help are Afghan pullout by U.S., NATO 100% stake in Columbia Asia hospitals in India WazirX said, “At WazirX, staying echoing in hospital corridors across the true to our customers and making country. But the humble Rs 5 coin goes a long KABUL -- The final phase of ending America's "forever war" atiala: Manipal Hospitals, today Manipal Education and Medical Group million patients annually, the hospital crypto accessible to India is of way if you happen to be a patient of this in Afghanistan after 20 years formally began Saturday, with utmost priority for us. Our low octogenarian doctor in Ranchi. Pannounced the successful (MEMG), said, “We are pleased to have chain today, ranks amongst the largest Despite his own failing health and old age, the withdrawal of the last U.S. and NATO troops by the end of completion of acquiring 100% stake in completed the regulatory processes that healthcare provider networks in the spread and highest liquidity in INR compassion drives Dr Shyama Prasad summer. President Joe Biden had set May 1 as the official Columbia Asia Hospitals Private now allow these two outstanding country. Sharing his views on the coupled with an easy-to-use interface are already unparalleled Mukherjee, 85, to treat the poor who make a start of the withdrawal of the remaining forces -- about 2,500- Limited (Columbia Asia). The transfer healthcare delivery organisations to completion of the transaction, Dan beeline for his clinic. He even waives the paltry within the market. These factors Rs 5 consultation fee for those who cannot 3,500 U.S. troops and about 7,000 NATO soldiers. of ownership has taken place post the function as one. The focus now is on Baty, Chairman, Columbia Pacific are precisely the ones driving the pay. Even before Saturday, the herculean task of packing up had completion of all regulatory approvals. integration that captures the best from Management said,“I am extremely customer footfall. Yet, we wish to Honoured with the nation's fourth-highest begun. The military has been taking inventory, deciding what With this acquisition, Manipal both systems so as to offer a world class enthusiastic about the combination of take our customer experience a civilian award - Padma Shri - Mukherjee has is shipped back to the U.S., what is handed to the Afghan notch above with the launch of one appeal to make to the medical fraternity: Hospitals becomes India’s second experience to all our patients. I once Manipal and Columbia Asia as it will security forces and what is sold as junk in Afghanistan's largest multi-speciality hospital chain. again welcome the entire team at allow a greater number of patients to be the QuickBuy feature. It will "Treat one poor patient free of cost a day". further streamline crypto "If you are a doctor, you should ponder how markets. In recent weeks, the military has been flying out Today, the integrated organization with Columbia Asia Hospitals to the served by the clinical and service transactions in India, thereby much is enough. Somewhere it has to stop. equipment on massive C-17 cargo planes. the strong clinical expertise and breadth Manipal family.” excellence ingrained in both Compassion and empathy are an integral allowing millions of people to part of your profession and the pursuit of The U.S. is estimated to have spent more than $2 trillion in of services of Manipal Hospitals, The acquisition helps Manipal organizations.” participate.” materialism has to end somewhere," Afghanistan in the past two decades, according to the Costs of complemented by the strengths of Hospitals with a remarkable C o l u m b i a A s i a WazirX is also one of the very few Mukherjee, who has been a messiah for War project at Brown University, which documents the Columbia Asiain clinical and service geographical and cultural fit that Hospitalscommenced operations in organizations in India that have the poorest of the poor for over 55 years, hidden costs of the U.S. military engagement. Defence quality, is uniquely placed to enhance Columbia Asia offers to reacha larger India in 2005 in Hebbal, Bengaluru and been able to buck the COVID- said in an interview with A news agency induced trend in the job market and Inflation and the rising cost of living and department officials and diplomats told The Associated Press access and address the growing national footprint. Together, the operated 11 hospitals across the country are also looking to triple their maintaining his clinic have forced the the withdrawal has involved closing smaller bases over the demandfor high quality tertiary and combined entity now has 26 hospitals in Bangalore, Mysore, Kolkata, headcount by the end of this year. doctor to increase his consultation fee to last year. They said that since Biden announced the end-of- quaternary healthcare in the country. across 14 cities with 7,000+ beds, and a Gurugram, Ghaziabad, Patiala and The platform has recently crossed 3 Rs 50 now, but he clarified "it is only for summer withdrawal date in mid-April, only roughly 60 million users with a monthly trading those who can afford and are willing to pay. Commenting on the completion of talented pool of 4,000+ doctors and Pune with of over 1,300 beds,1,200 military personnel had left the country. the deal, Dr.Ranjan Pai, Chairman, 10,000+ employees. Treating over 4 clinicians and4,000 employees. volume of the platform clocked $2.4 Those who cannot afford need not pay Billion. even a paisa". US based Society of Toxicology sanctions grant for Chitkara University’s School of Pharmacy under Global Initiative Funding 2021 handigarh, may 1: In a major Chitkara School of Pharmacy to Dr Nitin Verma, Principal, parts of the world will participate in Cboost to Chitkara School of experiment activities consistent with Chitkara School of Pharmacy, this conference. Pharmacy’s global initiative to create the Society’s global priorities. SOT Chitkara University, Himachal “It is designed to provide a safer and healthier world, the encourages proposals to represent Pradesh, had applied for this funding. assessment practices as well as in the Society of Toxicology (SOT) has collaborations between the Society, He explained that the grant will be l a t e s t m e t h o d s i n c h e m i c a l , sanctioned a grant of US $4,000 SOT Component Groups, SOT utilized to conduct the conference on pharmaceuticals, pesticide, cosmetics under SOT Global Initiative Funding Committees, and other toxicology the theme. and medical devices risk assessments. 2021. organizations. 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