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increased demand because of INOX has no contract with UK supplied 115 MT, on April 20, leading industrialists of India, & R! ( ""! production constraints. hospital, Santosh hospital, Holy 141 MT and on April 21 sup- seeking their help to meet the ore than 50 Covid-19 INOX in their letter to Family, and therefore will not plied 115 to the listed hospitals critical gap between demand s India gets ready to inoc- Covaxin will be available at Mpatients have suffocated Udit Prakash, Secretary, be able in a position to supply mentioned in Annexure A, the and supply of medical oxygen Aulate its billions of adult 600 per dose at the vaccina- to death for want of oxygen in (Health and Family Welfare), oxygen to these hospitals,” supplies made by INOX was which is 300-320 Metric population from May 1, the tion sites set up by the States Delhi hospitals in recent days, Delhi Government said, “The INOX has said. over and above the quantity Tonnes (MT) per day require to Government on Sunday made while in private hospitals, the but the demand-supply mis- demand for medical oxygen The letter further reveals directed to be supplied by treat critical Covid 19 patients. it clear that no walk-ins will be dose will cost 1,200. match continue to play havoc. has increased exponentially on that the Ministry of Health and MOHFW,” it said. “Though Centre has allowed as registration will be The beneficiaries can make The critical gap between April 21 and INOX will not be Family Welfare has directed It’s clear from the letter that increased Delhi’s oxygen quota mandatory on CoWIN portal. an informed choice at the time demand and supply of medical able to cater to such increased INOX to dedicate 100 MT per despite the clamor, INOX will again from 480 to 490 metric The details of the rate of the of booking an appointment at oxygen stands around 300-320 demands as we have produc- day of medical oxygen in Delhi. not be able to do anything to tonnes, problems of accessing it vaccines will be displayed on a private vaccination centre. Metric Tonnes (MT) per day in tion constraints.” “INOX being committed to meet the demand of Delhi remains a big issue. While Delhi’s the portal. The Government is expect- # - # Delhi alone. INOX is providing oxygen providing the maximum quan- hospitals. In that situation, the requirement is 700 metric The vaccines will also not ing an increase in demand for Despite heart-rending tales to 45 hospitals across the NCT tity possible, on April 18, 2021, Delhi Government will have to tonnes, what’s reaching us is only be sold at pharmacists or the vaccine once it opens up for "! of patients dying painful death of Delhi. supplied 117 MT, on 19 April entirely rely in alternative 330-335 metric tonne,” Kejriwal chemist shops in the open all those aged 18-44 years. The for want of oxygen, the situa- “INOX has a contractual source of oxygen for which said, making the announcement market. Covishield manufac- registration for these categories ! tion may not improve any relationship with these hospi- Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of lockdown extension to contain tured by the Serum Institute of will begin on the CoWIN plat- Mumbai/Jaipur/Bhubaneswar: sooner. Adding to the worry, tals and is providing medical is making desperate pleas to virus spread. India (SII) will be given at 400 form and Aarogya Setu App After few States already INOX Air Product Private oxygen as per the terms of these industrial houses to come to According to the Delhi per dose to States and 600 per from April 28. The inoculation announcing free vaccine, now Limited, the main supplier to contracts, out of the list of hos- rescue of Delhi. Government data, Delhi’s dose to private hospitals, while process and documents to be Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Delhi hospitals, has warned the pitals mentioned by the Delhi Incidentally, Health demand is 700 Metric tonnes Bharat Biotech’s provided to get the jab remain Odisha Governments will pro- State Government that it will Government in a letter dated Minister Harsh Vardhan on par day to treat critical patients the same. vide vaccines for free to adult not be able to meet the April 22, 2021, please note the Sunday claimed the Centre is while the city has a quota of ,/01 However, those aged 45 citizens below 45 years. providing adequate quantity 480-490 MT per day as allo- )2)2)3 years and above can still avail of oxygen to the Delhi cated by the central adminis- the facility of on-site registra- &'()P+,&-./, 3 &'()P+,&-./, 3 he ongoing lockdown in Government and blamed the tration to catering the need of tion to get jabs, officials .!, ''01.2&, 4- ''01.2&, 4- TDelhi has been extended Kejriwal administration for the the medical institution. ! said. &')&4&, 5- &')&4&, 51 by another week, with the failure in removing distribution With the rise in Covid19 "# ! $ national Capital still showing bottlenecks. cases, the demand for oxygen , a high positivity rate despite On the other hand, e has also increased. As on April "#!$ New Delhi: Hyderabad- &'()P+,&-./, 3 a marginal drop in the daily Kejriwal said there was a huge 22, only 380 MT was delivered " based Bharat Biotech on ''01.2&, 41 coronavirus figures. gap between demand-supply. against the allocated 480 MT % ! Sunday sought DCGI nod to &')&4&, 556 Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal has written to and demand which is 700 MT. "# $ ! ! extend the shelf life of its Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday Covaxin. A few months ago &'()P+,&-./, 3 said saying the severity of !"!" # % !! Mumbai: With no let-up in the Covishield manufacturer ''01.2&, 41 Covid-19 is unabated and surge in the Covid fatalities Serum Institute of India (SII) &')&4&, ! positivity rate has been as ! "!#$ " 2 and infections in Maharashtra, too had moved the top drug high as 36 per cent in the last the daily Covid-19 deaths shot regulator for a similar few days. New Delhi: The Centre on for medical use. The order by up to 832 on Sunday, while request and had got approval The lockdown imposed Sunday barred the use of liq- Union Home Secretary came 66,191 more people tested pos- too. However, while the on April 19 night will now uid oxygen for any non-med- amid a scarcity of medical itive in the State. DCGI gave nod to SII to continue till 5 am on May 3, ical purpose and asked man- oxygen in many parts of the With a tally of 832 deaths, extend Covishield shelf life he said. Before extension, it ufacturing units to maximise country, particularly in Delhi, ! the State surpassed the earlier from six to nine months, the was scheduled to end at 5 am its production and make it that have been hit by a fresh highest Covid-19 toll of 773 WHO has rejected SII’s pro- on April 26. available to the Government wave of the pandemic. "# $ recorded on Friday. P5 posal, citing insufficient data. )!#*+ !""! , ""!) 78 of new DEBEL technology have been developed in the hospital he US will rapidly deploy ll-round efforts are being itself by DRDO, Ministry of Tadditional support to India Amade by Chief Minister Defense. On-site oxygen gas and its health-care heroes amid ! "# $ #!% Shivraj Singh Chouhan to ensure generator plants with a capaci- the horrific Covid-19 outbreak, !% availability of oxygen for Corona ty of 570 liters per minute are Secretary of State Antony $ ) patients of the state. While on the being set up in 8 districts of Blinken has said. !$*+ one hand, oxygen plants are Madhya Pradesh including Blinken’s remarks came as ! #! being set up on a war footing Balaghat, Dhar, Damoh, pressure grew on the Biden scale in the state, on the other Jabalpur, Badwani, Shahdol, administration to ship Covid- #! !O % hand oxygen tankers will be air- Satna and Mandsaur at a cost of 19 vaccines along with several ) !% lifted to Indore, Bhopal and more than Rs 5.87 crore. Its life-saving medical supplies to ) %%! Gwalior from Oxygen producers orders have been issued. India. ! ! located at Bokaro in Jharkhand As many as 2000 oxygen “Our hearts go out to the #! ) - and Jamnagar in Gujarat. concentrators have been pur- Indian people in the midst of % ! This has started on an chased by the state government the horrific Covid-19 out- experimental basis and is suc- for smooth supply of oxygen. break,” Blinken said in a tweet %$ cessful. This process will con- As many as 1,293 oxygen con- on Saturday night. % tinue from April 24 to May 1 centrators have been installed “We are working closely !O .!/01 through Indian Air Force in 34 districts of the state with our partners in the Indian flights. This will reduce the through local arrangements. Government, and we will and support to our friends time period of transporting All districts have been geared rapidly deploy additional sup- and partners in India as they oxygen to Madhya Pradesh. up to be self-sufficient in terms port to the people of India and bravely battle this pandemic. Similarly, efforts are also being of oxygen. India’s health-care heroes,” More very soon,” Sullivan made to supply oxygen from Continued on Page 3 Blinken added. said. Bokaro and Rourkela to the US National Security White House Press state through railways, as an Adviser Jake Sullivan said the Secretary Jen Psaki said on alternative system of transport % 5 United States is deeply con- Friday that the US was work- to ensure adequate and unin- cerned by the severe Covid ing closely with Indian officials terrupted availability of oxygen. )+2+ 02.'.+&+ 4&+(.+&+ outbreak in India. at both the political and On-site oxygen gas genera- 7 -350-9 “We are working round the experts’ level to identify ways !003600-9 tor plants operating on the basis 5569099 clock to deploy more supplies to help address the crisis. ." Q,! ,!R
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he district administration Tof Bhopal has decided to extend the ‘corona curfew’ till May 03, as it is witnessing a rise in covid-19 cases. Earlier the curfew was set to end tomor- row at 6 am. The “corona curfew” imposed in Bhopal of Madhya Pradesh to tackle the surge in COVID-19 cases has been extended till May 3. It has been extended in Bhopal and Berasia town of the district till 6 am on May 3, order by Collector Avinash Lavaniya said. A week-long 'corona cur- few' was first imposed in Bhopal city from 9 pm on April 12 to curb the rising cases of COVID-19. It was further extended for another week from April 19 to April 26.It has now been extended for one ! more week. " #$ % $ Continued on Page3 ! " $ %
* ( stay in isolation. given special treatment imme- & " % Medical Education diately. Minister Sarang told during the Medical Education ' & & inspection that psychiatrist will Minister Vishwas Kailash 78 also visit this center daily and Sarang has said that a 500-bed will tell people about how to Covid Care Center will be ( edical Education Minister cope with this disease in a bet- started soon at Motilal Nehru MVishwas Kailash Sarang ter way. With this, a team of Stadium for which Govindpura ) today inspected a 300-bed doctors will be present here Industrial Association, Gujarati Covid Care Center developed 24x7 with modern Samaj, Brahmin Samaj and *@ in 20 isolation coaches on the resources. other Samaj are giving contri- platform No. 6 of Bhopal This center is a commend- butions. This Covid Center fter Indore, Bhopal and Railway Station. The Covid able initiative of the Railway will be started soon and all AJabalpur, case of black mar- Care Center prepared by the Division. Of these, 300 beds are arrangements will be ensured keting of Remdesivir injection Railway Division has started designed with complete venti- here. was reported in Ratlam ; police from Sunday. lation, which can accommo- Sarang said that the com- have seized an injection from Asymptomatic Covid date 300 people. Better arrange- mencement of this Covid a youth involved in black mar- Gaurav Tiwari told the media else is involved in the gang, patients will be placed in these ments have been made in all Center will provide some keting. that from where the accused how far the gang has spread is isolation coaches. Patients who coaches, adequate arrange- & respite in the treatment of Police have seized an injec- injections were brought, who yet to be found. are facing problems due to ments have been made for ! (! % Covid patients coming to var- tion from youth identified as presence of elderly, pregnant open air also. Every day, a team $ ious hospitals, besides the pres- Utsav Nayak, who works at women, children in their of doctors will visit the centre sure of admitting Covid Jeevansh, a private hospital in homes. Also, positive patients and ensure provision of healthy tomatic patients. The centre dition of any patient deterio- patients in Covid Dedicated Ratlam. In this case, accused who are living in home isola- food, medicines and yoga prac- will provide best arrangements rates, then they will be admit- Hospitals will be reduced. Utsav Nayak and his partner tion but do not have space in tise. for patients, who are found ted to the Covid Dedicated He said that such asymp- Yashpal Singh Rathore have their homes and they need to Medical Education positive but without symp- Hospital immediately. Their tomatic patients and patients been arrested. be kept under doctor’s super- Minister Sarang informed that toms.. Along with this, the oxygen level will also be without symptoms will also be During interrogation, the vision can come to this center Covid centers have been start- team of doctors will also con- checked continuously and if provided complete health facil- accused told that they have to avail better treatment and ed in every district for asymp- tinue to monitor and if the con- necessary, they will also be ities here. been provided with the injec- tion by Pranav Joshi of Mandsaur, who used to provide injection at 25000 and which ." Special Armed Force (SAF), #" they would sell at 30000. Home guards and police have According to police, a per- been infected across the state. son had reported that a member % Some people were also report- of his family was suffering from ed to have died of corona in the Corona and came in contact with 78 jail department. It was informed 78 It is noteworthy that early stages, we had woven a 78 the receipt of the information a the accused in need of injection in the meeting that so far 11 Santosh Choubey named Hindi dream together. We were col- police team reached the spot and for Rs 30000 but he suspected ome Minister Narottam cases have been registered n online meet book "Guide for Perplexed", a lecting each and every straw n 80-year-old woman died started further investigation. that the said injection could not HMishra on Sunday against those who were involved AInternational dream vision book for the confused man just like the statement which Aafter she fell from a scoot- After the preliminary investiga- be so expensive and seller could reviewed the measures for in black marketing of of Vishwarang was held on "(for the world after Covid)" by has variety, which has beauty er while her grandson escaped tion the body was sent for the be member of black marketing strengthening arrangements to Remdesivir injection. Action is Sunday. This meet was a the famous book of the world, and we can give some new with injuries near Jamunia vil- post mortem and the police have gang and informed the police deal with the Corona pandem- being taken against those who unique event of Vishwarang of E.F. Schumacher, during the forms as content. Today, that lage under Khajuri Sadak registered a case under section that accused would provide ic with senior officials at the do black marketing in Indore Literature. lockdown period of dream has become very beau- police station on Sunday. 304 of the IPC and have started injection near Jeevansh Hospital. police headquarters. He instruct- and Bhopal. Minister Mishra The event was jointly done corona. tiful like the expression of a Police claimed that the further investigation. On the information, police ed to form a task force to stop has instructed to take similar by Delhi on Zoom and The book translated by statement. woman fell while she was on her It was found that a speed- team, reached to the hospital the black marketing of oxygen action under NSA in other Facebook Live. It is worth Santosh Choubey has been The first expatriate Indian way back to home with her ing car hit the scooter from and nabbed Utsav Nayak of and Remdesivir injections. places also. mentioning that this is the read and appreciated exten- creators and all literary lovers grandson late in the night and behind injuring the two. The Petlavad and recovered an Director General of Police Vivek The Home Minister has seventh international event of sively in the country and were welcomed by Rama was rushed to nearby hospital errant car driver escaped from injection. He revealed that he Johri and other top officials expressed concern over cases of the world color of literature. abroad. On this occasion, he Takshaka, Director of Shared where she died during treatment. the spot who remains uniden- had come to sell the said injec- were present in the meeting. misbehaviour with doctors in Presiding over the event recited some passages from Sansar, Netherlands. According to the police, the tified and search for the errant tion has been provided by his Mishra gave instructions several hospitals of the state. He Santosh Choubey, while con- this book unforgettable. On this occasion, senior woman identified as Ramkali driver.Injured were rushed to partner Dr. Yashpal Singh to make necessary arrange- directed to make necessary gratulating all the overseas Senior poet and co-direc- writer-journalist from Ireland Bai sustained severe injuries Tripti hospital where Ramkali Rathore. After this, the police ments while expressing his anx- arrangements to deploy the Indian creators, said that the tor of Vishwarang Abhishek Tripathi in his mem- after she fell from scooter while was declared dead. The searched Jeevansh Hospital iety about the jawans doing duty force in those hospitals. Mishra works of all of you are very International, Liladhar oir article presented the his- she was on her way to Fanda deceased owns two houses in and detained Yashpal. in the police headquarters dur- appealed to the people not to meaningful at the level of diver- Mandloi said that the organi- torical picture of Northern Kalan with her grandson. Fanda and Bairagarh was on A case has been registered ing the Corona disaster. It was misbehave with the doctors sity as well as language, story zation of literature is being held Ireland and South Ireland with The deceased fell and sus- her way to Fanda from against the accused in this case informed at the meeting that at and medical staff and cooper- and craft. throughout the year. In the great sensitivity. tained severe head injuries. On Bairagarh. under sections 420, 3/7. SP present 1850 personnel of the ate with the administration. & Q( Bhopal: The young dance aspi- dance forms. There will be the , R " rants learned the grooves and Jazz and contemporary forms. It moves of dance at an online is to be noted that all these are dance workshop. The workshop professional dancing style. 78 The show was hosted by a taking. Someday she would was organised by The Dance Though anyone can learn it but famous poet Nishant like to establish ‘etymology’ and Arena, Bhopal. The workshop it takes a lot of practice to get pro- he second season of Bhor Upadhyay, who also has a keen ‘linguistics’ as independent reli- will much fun for the aspi- fessional in these forms. TKe Samvad began with a lot interest in theater and dance. gions. rants.The workshop was organ- The party dance can be of ecstasy. The first episode of He has many recognitions for She also runs a poetry club ised to let the Bhopalites learn learned maximum in 20 days second season featured his poems and he was also the in the city called Poets’ about the international dance while the professional dance renowned poet Soumya winner of GIFLIF - Poetry on Collective, which has become forms. takes four years to be learned. Kulshreshtha. Cruise (Bhopal Chapter). popular as an informal plat- The workshop was con- The workshop currently focus- The virtual show was host- A writer by passion and form to share heartfelt words. ducted in collaboration with es on the basic dance steps so that ed on Facebook Live. It is to be profession, Saumya has made a She is also the Co-Creator of The Dance Arena, a dance com- the upper level steps could be noted that Bhor ke Samvad is name for herself as a Poet, PC’s blog, called The Other pany Bhopal where the main easily learned. one such show by Kalaa Kabab Blogger, Editor and Translator. Quill. Saumya has founded instructor along with his team Notably, in these dance aur Kisee, where host talked English, Hindi, Urdu and Delhi’s only mythology club, will teach basic moves of Jazz, forms body language is major with writers who were once Sanskrit literature are her active called Maha Varta. dance drama and contemporary criteria. Shrey said that it is amateur writers and now have sites of engagement. Notably, Kalaa Kebeb aur forms to people. Shrey Pandey important to keep body flexible established themselves in the While sharing her Kisse is a customized platform has choreographed many shows and free at the same time to bring field of writing. thoughts, she said that she for artists , where we empathize till now. out the essence of the dance The host talks about their believes that a study of lan- with the artist and empower On the first day of the work- form. Then he stated that it is )) * ! writing style and the ideas guages, words and alphabets is the art that the artist shop, the aspirants learned the also important to feel the music " * * + % $ behind their writings. the only pursuit worth under- creates. very basics steps of different and feel the dance together. SR /& " && / P " Metro site and construction after construction goods were There are security mea- grinding machine, support goods worth lakhs of rupees found burgled. sures of the company at the site jacks, joints, ladder pipe and were burgled from DRM office The complainant in his still burglary was committed heavy iron bars worth lakhs of area, under Baghsewania police complaint stated that in the !"# raises suspicion that insiders are rupees were burgled. In his Q station, police have started morning on Saturday goods $ %&' involved. Based on the com- complaint victim stated that investigation in the case. were found burgled. In the plaint after the preliminary late in the night goods were at 78 Swami Satyananda Saraswati, The complainant Manish evening on Friday after the Staff searched for the goods investigation the police have the site but by morning they he joined Bihar Yoga School as 0%/ & Sharma, who works as work goods were kept at the site and when they failed to find the registered a case under sections were burgled. Any CCTV cam- he Shankar lecture was a teenager. In 2003, he started Supervisor with Dilip Buildcon, and in the morning when the goods they informed senior 457 and 380 of the IPC and have era near the site would be Torganized on Sunday by Brahmachari life in Bihar Yoga Bhopal: Miscreants targeted lodged a complaint with the work resumed goods were officials and complaint was started further investigation. investigated and would help Acharya Shankar Cultural School. Then Swamiji received goods at under-construction police that in the morning found stolen. lodged with the police. The burglars escaped with investigation. SR Integration Trust. In this event, the initiation of renunciation Swami Shivdhyanam Saraswati from Swami Niranjanananda of Bihar Yoga School gave a lec- Saraswati ji and presently he is ture on the subject of 'Yoga and the President of Bihar Yoga ( Advaita Vedanta'. Bharati - Institute of Yogavidya He said that Vedanta con- Higher Studies. Swamiji prop- siders the nature of the living agates Yoga and Vedanta in the being, the world and God. country and abroad through ) ) According to Advaita Vedanta, many knowledge-yagyas and all are Brahma Swarupa. He camps.Bihar Yoga School is further explained Hatha Yoga, dedicated to the research, 78 phone were kept in the bike Raja Yoga and Kriya Yoga preservation and global expan- which was not having regis- andThere are thrre outdoor sion of Yoga. iscreants targeted a tration number. aspects - Karmayoga, Bhakti It was founded in 1963 in Mparked bike near Based on the complaint Yoga and Jnana Yoga.Hatha Munger, Bihar by Swami Parewakheda bypass road after the preliminary investi- Yoga and Karmayoga leads to Satyananda Saraswati with the under Eithkhedi police sta- gation the police have regis- malaise, Raja Yoga and Bhakti inspiration of Swami tion area and escaped with bike tered a case under section 379 Yoga prevent deflection and Shivanand Saraswati. In 2019, carrying a mobile phone and of the IPC and have started fur- Kriya Yoga and Jnana Yoga. Bihar Yoga School was award- Rs 20000. ther investigation into the mat- Finally he gave a challenge ed the Prime Minister's Award According to the police ter. to his Guru and urged every- for outstanding contribution in the bike owned by Kamta It was found that the spot one to always be the promotion and develop- Prasad Lodhi parked at where the theft took place was happy.Niranjan Challenge Can ment of Yoga. Parewakheda bypass road parked the car and on his near police patrolling party you be happy 24 hours? The event was broadcast when he had gone for some return he found that the bike but no one failed to spot any- After his early education, online on the Trust's YouTube work and when he returned carrying cash and mobile one near the area and stop the Swami Shivdhyanam and Facebook. The Nyas con- bike and belongings were phone was missing. He asked theft. Police said that the cir- Saraswathi graduated from the ducts the Shankar Lecture found stolen. the locals but they expressed cumstantial evidence suggest Indian Institute of Technology, Monthly every month for the The incident took place in ignorance over spotting of any- that the victim was followed for Delhi and did his Masters from purpose of universalisation of the evening when the victim one near the area. long distance and as soon as the , - ) * $ +! MIT America. Inspired by Advaita Vedanta philosophy. went for some work where he The cash and mobile bike was parked it was stolen. ! % $
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Q 12 & %# ! "&R 48! 0 Shimla: Keeping in view the tested after seven days of their sharp surge in number of arrival, and in case the test 78 his residence to the people of the families living in such micro to who we are. It strikes anyone showered and changed their Covid cases in the state, the comes negative, they do not the state. containment areas so that they and at any time if we are off- clothes. Himachal Pradesh government require to remain quarantined, hief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that a long do not leave their homes. This guard. Hence, while expressing Items purchased from mar- on Sunday imposed night cur- an official statement said. CChouhan has said that we battle awaits. It is only with the cooperation is extremely our solidarity with all who have kets and shops may be kept sep- few in the four districts -- It was also decided that are all fighting a battle against cooperation of all, that posi- important. Therefore, the pol- *& been affected, let us pray for their arate for a time or be washed Kangra, Una, Solan and local bodies, both in urban and Corona. It is relieving to note that tivity rate can be reduced and icy of creating micro contain- speedy recovery; and for all (fruits, vegetables, etc.) with Sirmour -- from 10 p.m. to 5 rural areas, would be closely now the positivity rate is con- recovery rate can increase. The ment area is also being includ- 78 who have succumbed to this special detergent mix. Visitors a.m. from midnight of April 27 involved in effective enforce- tinuously lowering. From 24.29 battle against Corona can only ed in this fight. pandemic we pray for God’s may kindly be met at a common to May 10. ment of all the health protocols per cent on April 22 it came be won by staying at home. We The Chief Minister said rchbishop Leo Cornelio said mercy, said Archbishop. place like visitors lounge, etc. This was decided at a high- and guidelines in their respec- down to 23.01 percent on April stayed at home, so now the rate that it is often seen that relatives Athe Covid-19 pandemic He urged all, to be on guard Newspapers and magazines level meeting held here under tive areas and empowered to 25. Another relief is that the of infection is decreasing. I come to the hospital with pos- struck us with renewed and make a more conscious may be kept away or exposed to the chairmanship of Chief initiate legal action against the number of people getting infect- request all of you to continue itive patients. This increases the vengeance. Hence, we had to effort to observe the basic norms the sun for a time before they Minister Jai Ram Thakur. violators so as to check spread ed is almost constant now. It is with this cooperation. We have risk of the family members of recede to the safety of our to protect ourselves by observ- are put in the reading It was also decided to make of this pandemic. constant around 13 thousand. to keep fighting this battle getting infected. If the family is homes and institutions. ing the following: Use of masks, room/library. RT-PCR tests within 72 hours Also a decision was taken At the same time, the num- with patience and tolerance. also infected then who will take We all are certainly sad that keeping social distance, wash- From many reports we hear mandatory for all visitors vis- to constitute the Special Task ber of patients recovering and Chouhan said that if there care of the patient. Therefore, in the current wave of Corona- ing/ sanitizing of hands, etc. are that ‘steam inhalation’ is an iting the state. Force at the local level for returning home has also gath- is an infection in some houses it is requested that after the 19 pandemic many of our peo- some of the basic rules we know effective prevention against It was decided that in case effective enforcement of SOPs ering pace. On April 19, this in a village or a neighborhood hospitalization of Corona ple including our priests and reli- but may need to more strictly infection of lungs and nasal cav- the visitors have not undergone during all the religious, social, number was 6,836, which of the city, then the area will patient, do not go to the ward gious have been affected. What follow, those who go out for ities which are said to be the the RT-PCR test, they would political and cultural gather- increased to 11 thousand 324 have to be turned into a micro at all. You will get infected by could be the reason? Have we shopping, functions, meeting, most vulnerable organs for have to remain in home quar- ings. on April 25. Our recovery rate containment area to check this, which will worsen the cri- been complacent, self-confident etc., while observing the above Coronavirus attack. antine or isolation at the place It would be empowered to is also increasing. Chief infection from spreading fur- sis. You are expected to coop- or careless? Whatever is the rea- norms, should kindly ensure Community/family should of their residence for 14 days. initiate strict action against Minister Shri Chouhan said ther. Arrangements should be erate in reducing the crisis at son, we know that Covid-19 that they join their family/com- ensure the availability of such They would also have the the people violating the Covid- this in a message issued from made to cater to the needs of this time. does not make any distinction as munity only after they have facilities. option of getting themselves 19 guidelines. IANS .!% 341 3 & . !%# % # $ $! 45 .*)! !% city. 3.85 lakh samples have so . @ hospitals in the district as per to form containment zones . @ far been tested in the city. A prioritisation of 18-45 years the government will consider requirement, he said. and take other necessary steps total of 3800 tests were con- . @ group (vulnerable groups in approaching Astrazeneca (India) fter the state witnessed Vardhan further directed for COVID precaution in their he union territory of ducted in the last 24 hours and high risk areas -high transmis- directly to allow the Punjab Adeath of four COVID that the oxygen supply allo- concerned areas.The Chief TChandigarh on Sunday the report of 85 was awaited, unjab Chief Minister Capt sion, high mortality etc includ- government to avail the lower patients due to shortage of cated by the government Secretary further directed that reported 749 fresh COVID the bulletin added. PAmarinder Singh on Sunday ing Construction workers and price of Rs 162 per dose avail- oxygen supply in a private should be lifted on time. One every possible step should be cases taking the total tally to Notably, the city had on directed the Health Department Industrial workers) in its first able to the global hospital at Rewari district, officer should be posted for taken to curb the spread of 38692. Two more patients Friday witnessed the highest to order 30 lakh Covishield report by April 29. He said that community. Haryana Chief Secretary Vijai monitoring government and Coronavirus. succumbed to the virus in the single day spike with 828 new doses for vaccination of the 18- Vardhan on Sunday directed non-government hospitals. Strict surveillance should last 24 hours and the death toll cases. 45 age group, with directions to all Deputy Commissioners to The government had ear- be maintained on the black reached 435 in the city. In order to contain the use CM Covid Relief Fund for .! $ frequently monitor the avail- lier announced to appoint marketing of Remdesivir injec- Chandigarh reported 5236 spread of COVID-19 in the meeting the vaccine require- ability of ICU and oxygen nodal officers in districts to tion and the committee of active cases till the evening, as city, the Chandigarh ments of the poor. The Chief beds in government and pri- monitor the requirement and administrative officials should per the city’s health bulletin. Administration on Sunday Minister asked the Department %)#% % vate hospitals of their con- supply of oxygen in hospitals. frequently check and prepare In the last 24 hours, a 31 notified 43 new areas as micro- to immediately place order for cerned districts. The Chief Secretary said daily reports of its consump- years old COVID positive male containment zones. These areas the 30 lakh doses with the 8#E) 2 The Deputy that all the Deputy tion and availability. The RT- resident of Sector 32, a case were notified in Sectors 8, 10, Serum institute of India so that Commissioners were also Commissioners should visit PCR testing report of the State Severe Acute Respiratory 11, 15, 18, 21, 23, 31, 32, 34, 35, the supplies can start coming in mid reports of shortage of hospital beds and oxygen sup- asked to ensure that RT-PCR the hospitals, containment Government and private labs Distress Syndrome and 36, 38, 41, 43, 48, 49, 50, 51, at the earliest, even though as per Aplies, COVID-19 patients from Delhi and neighbouring testing reports are available on zones and labs from time to should be made available on Subcutaneous Emphysema 52, 63, village Daria, information provided by the states are getting admitted to health facilities in Punjab, officials time across the state. time to map the situation on time, he said. expired at Shalby Hospital Hallomajra, Manimajra, Central Government, delivery of said on Sunday. The Chief Secretary ground. Besides, gathering of peo- Mohali while a 51 years old Kisangarh and Ramdarbar vaccines for the 18-45 age group Many patients from Delhi have been admitted to hospitals presided over the meeting of Vardhan said in this hour ple should not exceed 50 in COVID positive male resident Phase I, stated an order issued is not expected before May 15. in Patiala, Jalandhar and other places, they said, adding that those the State Level Crisis of Corona pandemic crisis, the religious, social and family of Daria, a case of cardio pul- by District Magistrate Mandip To ensure free vaccination of from Haryana and Himachal Pradesh too are turning to the state. Coordination Committee here officers should work with com- events organized in the open monary arrest, died at GMCH Sing Brar. the poor, Amarinder said in “Presently, there are 13-14 patients from Delhi who are admit- which was attended by Deputy plete coordination and create area and 30 number of people 32. As per the health bulletin, Frequent sanitization of addition to the CM COVID ted to Rajindra Hospital,” Patiala Civil Surgeon Dr Satinder Singh Commissioners and containment zones with imme- in the auditorium and 20 num- 432 male and 317 female resi- the areas by municipal author- relief fund, CSR funds should said. Doctors said Delhi-based COVID-19 patients, many of Superintendents of Police of all diate effect in the areas where ber of people should be dents were tested positive. ities will be conducted and the also be tapped into. ESIC should whom need oxygen support, are coming to Punjab as they could the districts. cases are rapidly increasing. He restricted for attending cre- A maximum of 42 fresh residents will be advised to be asked to support the vacci- not get hospital beds in the national capital. Many patients whose He directed that a com- said that incident commanders mation, he added. cases were reported in strictly maintain social dis- nation of industrial workers cov- relatives are living in Punjab are approaching them to get them- mittee headed by high level should be appointed in these In addition to this, in the Manimajra followed by 33 tancing norms, wear masks ered in the scheme, and the selves admitted, said doctors, adding that as a moral obligation, officers in every district should areas and directed to increase districts like Gurugram, cases in Sector 45 and 29 cases and follow hand hygiene. It was Board for Welfare of they could not refuse treatment to anyone even if they were from be constituted in order to the medical facilities for the Faridabad, Sonipat, in the wake in Sector 32. also directed that regular Construction Workers for con- outside Punjab. ensure the proper allocation of patients who are home isolat- of increasing Corona cases, the 413 patients have recovered screening and monitoring of struction labourers, he added. Around 35-40 patients froSeveral private hospitals in oxygen in each district. This ed. He also suggested that the Chief Secretary directed that from the virus in the past 24 the areas will be conducted by Singh requested the Expert Punjab are getting frequent calls from Delhi-based patients who committee should ensure sup- MPs, MLAs, Chairmen and maximum number of employ- hours taking the total number medical teams, the order stat- Group led by Dr Gagandeep want to get hospitalised for coronavirus treatment. ply of oxygen to all govern- members of the market com- ees in private offices should of recoveries to 33021 in the ed. Kang to submit the strategy for ment and non-government mittees should take a decision work from home. , & // 3& . From Page 1 Bulk storage units of oxygen uation. The identity of the teams in Gurugram have are available in 13 districts of the " 6 . @ informer will be kept confi- arrested four persons who state having medical colleges. dential. Giving details of recent wanted to sell nine oxygen Eight oxygen plants based on aryana Police has crackdown on such offenders, cylinders for Rs 90,000 each PSA technology have been Hlaunched helpline num- a spokesperson informed that against the market value of Rs approved in 8 districts of the state & bers where people can share Police and CM flying squad 12000 per cylinder. with the help of Government of any sort of information related fter the Central Government allowed vaccination for everyone India, out of which 5 plants have to black marketing of oxygen Aabove the age of 18 from May 1, the Delhi Prisons Department started functioning. Delhi at 10.30 PM from Seth cylinders, remdesivir injec- has started informing inmates about their eligibility to get vacci- New oxygen plants pre- Agency Ballabhgarh, Faridabad. tions and other life-saving #. ! nated against COVID-19 and asking them to get the required doc- pared by PSA technology are eside maintaining law & More then 110 patients are drugs. Director General of uments from their family members for the process. According to being set up in district hospi- Border in the city, Delhi under treatment here in Police (DGP) Manoj Yadava on ! Sandeep Goel, the Director General (DG) of Prisons, the officials tals by the state government on Police men and officers are Dharamshila Hospital and oxy- Sunday said that citizens, who are encouraging the inmates to get the jab. “The prison officials are its own budget for the remain- responding to various SOS calls gen supply was going dry in have any information about aryana Deputy Chief the State government is keeping informing the inmates that now all of them will be eligible for the ing 37 districts of the state. received at Police Control Room Hospital," said a senior police black marketing of oxygen HMinister Dushyant Chautala strict surveillance to ensure the vaccination. We are encouraging them to get vaccinated. The process These plants will be started in (PCR) and Twitter. In the past official. In Shahdara district, the cylinders and other life saving on Sunday warned hoarders who availability and supply of essen- is already on inside the jails for prisoners above 45 years of age,” 13 districts by May 16 in the couple of days, many city hos- ESI hospital, Vivek Vihar have drugs can contact at mobile are hoarding essential com- tial commodities. He said that said the DG. There are a total of 20,300 inmates in the three jails first phase. In the second phase, pitals have made SOS calls to var- 200 beds and out of these, 5 are number 7087089947 and toll- modities and selling them at a after observing 22 essential com- of the Delhi Prisons Department -- Tihar, Rohini and Mandoli. More these plants will be opera- ious police stations seeking help ICU beds while 70 beds are with free number 1800-180-1314 price higher than the set price in modities, it was found that in the than 450 inmates have been vaccinated so far, a senior jail official tional in 9 districts by May 23. in arranging oxygen cylinders for oxygen facility. for quick action by the midst of the pandemic. He past days, the prices of pulses have said, adding that none of them reported any complications. In the third phase, the target is the hospitals. In North district, "On April 24, around 10:30 police. said strict action will be taken increased by about 3% and oil by The vaccination drive for the inmates started on March 18. On to start oxygen plants in the on Saturday around 40 oxygen PM, the medical superintendent Amid rising cases of coro- against such violators and has about 4 to 4.5 %. Prices of other April 17, around 50 eligible inmates were vaccinated at a COVID remaining 15 districts by July cylinders and four other big oxy- of ESI hospital intimated SHO of navirus, the move is aimed at instructed the officers of the commodities have also increased vaccination centre established at Rohini Jail. 20. This will reduce depen- gen cylinders were arranged by Vivek Vihar police station that effectively stopping black mar- Food and Supplies Department to in some districts. Chautala said he dence on external sources for Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) the available oxygen at hospital keting of oxygen cylinders and frequently monitor such activities has also written a letter to the oxygen in the state to a great Vijender Singh and Constable is left for 1.5-2 hours. The lives drugs used in the treatment of and ensure it does not happen. Union Minister of Public " officials said. extent.The work of laying Hariom to NKS Hospital in two of patients are at high risk and Covid-19. The Deputy Chief Minister, who Distribution and Food, Piyush The cases in Bhopal rose to pipeline to convert the beds of instances. requested SHO/ Vivek Vihar to "If anyone receives any also holds the portfolio of the Goyal, in which he has request- Q 78,934 after 1,776 people were government hospitals in the "They got cylinders filled do the needful," said a senior such information, he can Department of Food Supplies and ed the Central Government that detected with the infection. state to oxygen beds is also in from Bawana for NKS hospital police official. immediately make a complaint Consumer Affairs, took a review Oxygen, Oxygen cylinders, !R Bhopal's toll rose by 10 in the progress on a war footing. Out and shifted those timely to hos- "After receiving SOS infor- to police stating the name and meeting of the departmental offi- Remdesivir, Tocilizumab, last 24 hours and is now 707. of 2,302 beds of district hospi- pital," said a police official. mation, Inspector Ajay Kumar, number of the person indulge cers and gave necessary guide- Injectable anticoagulants like From Page 1 Madhya Pradesh Chief tals, the laying of pipeline for The Safdarjung Hospital the SHO of Vivek Vihar police in black marketing. Strict lines. Chautala reviewed the price enoxaparine etc should be Essential services will be Minister Shivraj Singh 877 beds has been completed was running low on oxygen station contacted the Covid action would be taken as per of Oxygen, Oxygen cylinders, included in the list of essential exempted from the corona cur- Chouhan on Saturday said the so far. Similarly, out of 4588 when the staff of hospital con- helpline of GNCTD numbers. law against the persons found Remdesivir, Tocilizumab, commodities under the Essential few and people arriving in the 'corona curfew' imposed in beds of community health cen- tacted police and urged them to The ACP Vivek vihar Mayank involved in such heinous crime Injectable anticoagulants like Commodities Act for at least 6 city or leaving by rail, bus etc the state had stabilised coron- ters in the state, pipeline has provide clear pass to oxygen Bansal also made call to his during the prevailing Covid sit- enoxaparine etc. He added that months. will not be inconvenienced, avirus positivity rates. been laid for 173 beds so far. tanker which had taken long counter part from the District route due to ongoing farmers Administration in order to avert agitation at city borders. any worse situation from hap- "Then ERV of Safdarjung pening," he said. !Q " #$"% police station reached sector-62, "At around 03:15 AM, SDM Noida and escorted oxygen car- of Vivek Vihar contacted SHO rying truck. The ERV took and assured for providing oxy- turned into ambulance for the in the hospital, there is an the medicine to the patient wrong carriage way and made it gen support but that would take ! convenience of common peo- atmosphere of sudden fear in within 4-5 hours. It has been reach Safdarjung Hospital, when sometime. In the meantime, ple. These ambulance have the people, while in some cases agreed to many pharma com- oxygen was left only for 10 SHO/ Vivek Vihar sent the been equipped with necessary the person don't required hos- panies that will provide medi- mins. Life of more than three police staff with vehicle and % Rao, thr Commissioner of Apart from this, any per- equipment. pital admission but the infect- cines". hundred patients was saved due staff of ESI hospital to Bawana *@* @ Gurugram police during a vir- son can also give their sugges- All these ambulances will ed person wants to seek the Rao said, Water canon to prompt and timely action of oxygen plant and Bhardwaj Gas tual meeting which was joined tions in this regard. If some- be free to serve the patients advice of a doctor. vehicles will be used by the dis- Police," said police. After receiv- Plant, Kanjhawala, Delhi for urugram Police, which is by the Municipal Corporation where, due to Corona epidem- with confirmed beds in the 'For this, a group of skilled trict police to disperse the ing SOS message, a green corri- availing the oxygen cylinders in Gdoing everything in its Gurugram (MCG) ic, someone black-marketing of hospital. These are being doctors have also been added crowd and disinfection dor was also provided for 20 the night and requested the capacity to help those who Commissioner, Vinay Pratap medicines, oxygen gas or other deployed at different places in in this group, who will talk to vehicles in collaboration with cylinders in Delhi's east district. concerned PS/SHOs for help," need help in the crucial times Singh and officials of the / equipment can also be report- Gurugram district so that peo- the patient through video call the MCG. Police said that Emergency Chinmoy Biswal, DCP Crime in view of the coronavirus Gurugram Metropolitan ed. Action will be taken by ple can be helped without any and after seeing the condition "Water canon will be Response Vehicle (ERV) and a and spokesperson of Delhi pandemic, now it's another Department Authority Gurugram Police as per rules delay," K.K. Rao, commission- of their disease, they will be deployed at different locations bike of New Ashok Nagar police Police. initiative, the local police have (GMDA) on Sunday. immediately. er of Gurugram police advised to stay at home or iso- in Gurugram district which station were engaged to coordi- "When no oxygen could be turned 20 PCR vans of its fleet To avail this facilities the "In view of Covid-19 infec- said. lation, to get treatment, med- will be sprayed in crowded nating with Dharamshila supplied to the ESI hospital for into temperary ambulance and users can call, send messages or tions, it came to fore that the The police chief informed ication etc," Rao said, adding areas, market, more infected Hospital authority. "The police few hours, inspector Ajay begins 24x7 helpline number WhatsApp on this number the public is having difficulty in that, due to the high number of that as per doctor advice med- places so that this infection team formed a Green Corridor Kumar requested the private 9999999953 to help patients Gurugram Police will help the getting an ambulance at the corona infection, a large num- icine will also be delivered to does not spread more. by taking painstaking efforts in hospital Gupta Multispecialty suffering from covid needy in every possible way time of need or is unable to ber of people are seeking the patient at his doorsteps by Chemical used for disinfection providing supply of 20 big oxy- Hospital, Vivek Vihar on per- infections. with the help of the district afford it. Hence, 20 PCR of admission in the hospital and the team of Gurugram police. will be provided by MCG," Rao gen cylinders to Dharamshila sonal goodwill to borrow three This was informed by KK administration. Gurugram Police have been due to non-availability of beds Efforts will be made to get added. Hospital , Vasundra Enclave oxygen cylinders from there," ! " !
&' ." '. (&)* , !$ 0! && 1$ 12 sown in the 2020-21 crop year (July-June). Wheat is the main mid a second wave of pan- rabi crop. Ademic which forced the In case of rice sown in States and Union Territories to 45.32 lakh hectare in the rabi ith all eyes on Indian impose lockdown like curbs, season, harvesting has been WRailways to pump oxy- over 81 per cent wheat crop completed in 18.73 lakh hectare gen to the Covid patients bat- harvesting was completed so far so far. Rabi rice harvesting is tling for their survival across while harvest of pulses and almost complete in Andhra the country, the national trans- oilseeds has been fully com- Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil porter is making it possible to pleted. As per the agriculture Nadu. Amongst the oilseed deliver more than 140 MT liq- ministry’s data, about 99 per crops, harvesting of rapeseed uid oxygen in the next 24 cent wheat harvesting com- mustard has been completed hours with nine tankers on the pleted in Rajasthan, 96 per 100 per cent in Rajasthan, Uttar run to reach their destina- cent in Madhya Pradesh, 80 per Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West tions. cent in Uttar Pradesh, 65 per Bengal, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Besides severe crisis of cent in Haryana and 60 per cent Chhattisgarh, Odisha and beds in hospitals, the Ministry tonnes of LMO) departed for deliver Liquid Medical Oxygen in Punjab. Assam. It is almost complete in of Railways on Sunday re- Delhi from Raigarh, for Telangana. For Andhra M fighter, E2C Hawkeye air- integrated force to promote “Harvesting is at its peak in Haryana (99.95 per cent) and mobilised its initiative of Covid Chattisgarh on Sunday night. Pradesh, it has been planned to craft and helicopters, Horizon- peace, security and stability in Haryana, Punjab and UP and is for Punjab, around 77 per cent Care Isolation Coaches which So far, Oxygen Express transport oxygen Angul to ignifying close defence ties class Air defense destroyer the maritime domain. likely to be completed by the has been harvested. Over 62 per was devised during the initial have run between Mumbai to Vijayawada,” mentioned the Sbetween the two countries, Chevalier Paul, Aquitaine-class On completion of exercise end of April 2021. As of now, cent groundnut grown in 7.34 wave of the pandemic last year. Vizag via Nagpur to Nashik official. the 19th edition of the Indian multi-missions frigate Provence VARUNA-21, to consolidate about 81.55 per cent of the total lakh hectare has been harvest- Nearly 4,000 Covid Care and Lucknow to Bokaro and For Madhya Pradesh, the and French Navy bilateral exer- with a Caïman M helicopter accrued best practices and sown area of wheat (315.80 lakh ed so far. Coaches with 64,000 beds, back. A total of 10 containers railway has mapped the route cise ‘Varuna-2021’ in the and Command and supply enhance interoperability, hectare) has been harvested in The ministry said that as a have positioned at various rail- having nearly 150 tonnes of liq- from Jamshedpur to Jabalpur. Arabian Sea started on Sunday ship Var. The Indian side is led Indian Navy’s guided missile the country,” the ministry said. result of the proactive steps way stations in the country, uid Oxygen have been carried Further, as a measure of and will last for three days. by Rear Admiral Ajay Kochhar, frigate Tarkash will continue to As per the data, in case of taken, harvesting of rabi crops some of which have already so far. preparedness, Covid Care This drill comes weeks after the Flag Officer Commanding exercise with the French Navy’s pulses which were sown in is on schedule and timely pro- served the isolation needs of A senior railway ministry coaches have been readied to Quad countries participated Western Fleet, while the French Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 158.10 lakh hectare, harvesting curement is also being ensured patients in the first wave of official said the railways have serve as additional health care in a naval exercise led by the side is headed by Rear Admiral from April 28 to May one. has been completed for gram, for the benefit of the farmers.” Covid. In Delhi, 50 coaches informed Delhi Government to facility for isolation of Covid French Navy in the Indian Marc Aussedat, Commander During this period, the ship lentil, urad, moong and field Amidst the current pandemic (with 800 beds) are deployed at obtain the road tankers and patients with mild symptoms. Ocean. Task Force 473. will take part in advanced sur- peas. For sugarcane, out of the situation, farmers and agricul- Shakurbasti station (4 patients further the national transporter These coaches have now been Giving details of the The three-day exercise will face, anti-submarine and air- total sown area of 48.52 lakh ture labourers are sweating and are currently admitted & 25 are ready for the movement of additionally fitted with conve- Varuna series this year, navy see high tempo-naval opera- defence operations with the hectare, harvesting has been toiling against all adversities to coaches (with 400 beds) are oxygen containers on contain- niences viz. coolers, jute-mats officials said here the Indian tions at sea, including advanced French CSG. completed in Chhattisgarh, make sure that food reaches our made available at Anand Vihar er wagons from Durgapur to to cater to the current hot Navy has deployed guided mis- air defence and anti-submarine Varuna -21 highlights Karnataka, and Telangana. Up homes, it said. Terminal. the national Capital. weather conditions. sile stealth destroyer Kolkata, exercises, intense fixed and growing bonhomie and show- to 98 per cent harvesting has “Their silent efforts, cou- To the much relief of “Indian Railway is fully In this regard, the State guided missile frigates Tarkash rotary wing flying operations, cases increased levels of syn- been completed in Bihar, pled with timely intervention by patients, hospitals, authorities, prepared to carry Oxygen on Governments have been and Talwar, fleet support ship tactical manoeuvres, surface ergy, coordination and inter- Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, the Central and State five Oxygen Express Train was several routes. For the delivery advised on the Modalities & Deepak, with Seaking 42B & and anti-air weapon firings, operability between the two Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Governments, have ensured scheduled to reach Lucknow by of more Oxygen to Standard Operating Procedure Chetak integral helicopters, a underway replenishment and friendly navies. These interac- Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West that there is minimal or no dis- Sunday night and remaining Maharashtra, Railways has (SOP) in place and the avail- Kalvari_ class submarine and other maritime security oper- tions further underscore the Bengal. ruption to harvesting activities,” four containers of LMO which planned to transport LMO ability of Covid care coaches. P8I Long Range Maritime ations. shared values as partner navies, Whereas in Uttar Pradesh, it added. “Thus, the harvesting started from Bokaro are expect- from Jamnagar to Mumbai At Nandurbar Patrol Aircraft, Units of both navies will in ensuring freedom of seas 84 per cent has been complet- of crops is on schedule and the ed to reach Lucknow on and for Nagpur/Pune from (Maharashtra), 21 coaches The French Navy is repre- endeavour to enhance and and commitment to an open, ed and this will continue till efforts of the farmers need to be Monday morning. One Oxygen Vizag/Angul. Indian Railways (with 378 beds) are positioned sented by the Aircraft Carrier hone their war-fighting skills to inclusive Indo-Pacific and a mid-May 2021. Farmers are lauded and recognised,” the Express train carrying four has mapped the route from and currently, 55 patients are Charles-de-Gaulle with Rafale- demonstrate their ability as an rules-based international order. harvesting rabi (winter) crops ministry said. tankers (around 70 Metric Angul to Secunderabad to admitted at this facility. ) (2 6 7 77 (8( ) P ; . ! Protective Equipment (PPE), ! masks and other items to fight day after Defence Minister the COVID 19 pandemic. The 1 . ARajnath Singh’s directive to disembarkation of stores was open up health facilities to coordinated by personnel 45 civilians for Covid treatment, from INS Dweeprakshak at defence public sector under- Kavaratti. The ship then con- ir India is all set to bring yderabad-based Bharat takings(PSU)on Sunday set up tinued with her mission to the A636 oxygen concentrators that mutations keep on hap- HBiotech on Sunday more than 650 beds besides island of Minicoy for disem- from private entities on its pening the way we change our sought DCGI nod to extend activating health centres in 25 barkation of Oxygen cylinders two US-India flights in the next eputed doctors to the likes clothes, the virus keeps chang- the shelf life of its Covaxin. A places in various States all over and medical supplies. two days. According to the offi- Rof AIIMS Chief Randeep ing its colours. Hence, there is few months ago, Covishield the country. The Indian Navy Additionally, 41 empty cials, Air India has planned to Guleria and member of nothing to fear and we shall manufacturer Serum Institute also deployed oxygen express to Oxygen cylinders from the bring around 10,000 oxygen Maharashtra’s Covid-19 task overcome this wave too. of India (SII) too had moved cater to island territories like islands have been embarked concentrators for private enti- force Dr Shashank Joshi on However, one needs to be alert the top drug regulator for a Lakshadweep. onboard Indian Navy hired ties in the coming weeks to Sunday said that there was no medically. similar request and had got The Defence Minister on vessel, Meghna. The vessel is meet the demand amid the sec- need to panic as every virus has He pointed out that Covid approval too. Saturday while reviewing the now headed to Kochi for refill- ond wave of pandemic. a habit to change the colour. has a 14 to 21 day’s timetable, in However, while the DCGI preparations by his ministry to ing of the empty cylinders and The first flight, carrying They also said that while the which one should avail of the gave nod to SII to extend fight the pandemic had ordered will head back to Lakshadweep 318 oxygen concentrators second wave is severe, recovery doctor’s advice. He pointed out Covishield shelf life from six the PSUs and Ordnance points at Bangalore and Nadu; Medak (1) in Telangana; with filled cylinders soon to weighing over 5,600 kg will rate is also faster. that 98 per cent people recov- to nine months, the World Factories to throw open their Lucknow. Dehradun (1) in Uttarakhand ensure that the Oxygen take off from New York and is They also said that there ered with an injection called Health Organisation (WHO) health facilities for civilians. He The Ordnance Factory and Badmal (1) in Odisha. Express continues unabated. scheduled to land in Delhi on was no need to run after oxy- Heparin for thinning blood. has rejected SII’s proposal, cit- also assured that the defence Board(OFB)is providing Covid Several defence PSUs such To assist the civil admin- Tuesday. The second flight too gen and anti-viral drug “Hence, it is not at all ing insufficient data. Shelf life ministry will provide all possi- care services, including oxygen as Bharat Dynamics Limited istration in fighting COVID 19 will carry 318 concentrators remedesivir, the comments required to run after all these is the length of time for which ble help to the State beds, at their facilities in 25 (BDL), BEML Limited, HAL, at the island of Kadmat, a will depart from New York air- coming amidst reports of surge expensive medications. an item remains fit for use. Governments. places in Maharashtra, West Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders naval contingent comprising port and land in Delhi on in cases and shortage of med- Whenever this medicine is Sources said Bharat Following his directions, a Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Limited (MDL) and Garden one doctor, two Medical April 28. ical oxygen from hospitals available, it should be given only Biotech has written to the 180-bed Covid care centre, Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Reach Shipbuilders & Assistants and one additional Air India spokesperson across the States. to appropriate people. On this, DCGI to increase the shelf life with ICU, oxygen and ventila- Telangana, Odisha and Engineers (GRSE) have also sailor reached Kadmat on said the airline is prepared to Member of Maharashtra’s many myths are doing the of its Covaxin from six tor support, set up by the Uttarakhand. It has earmarked fast-tracked procurement of Sunday. shoulder the responsibility of Covid-19 Task Force, Dr. rounds,” said Dr Joshi who was months to 24 months. Hindustan Aeronautics nearly 60 per cent of its exist- oxygen plants to deliver to The Southern Naval com- carrying oxygen concentrators Shashank Joshi warned that the awarded the Padma Shri in Originally the shelf life of the Limited (HAL) is functional in ing strength for Covid-19 care. local government hospitals in mand headquarters have also or any consignment into India. way people are running after 2014. vaccine was determined to be Bengaluru, Karnataka. Giving details, officials said different states under CSR. reserved ten beds including “Obviously, Air India with its Remdesivir they should stop He also pointed out that six months when stored at 2- It has also prepared a 250- precisely, 813 beds out of total The Indian Navy ships ICU facilities for patients from experience of international doing that. “This medicine has treatment protocol must be as 8 degrees Celsius. bed facility in Bengaluru and strength of 1,405 are now under Headquarters, Southern Lakshadweep at INHS operations and wide-body fleet a limited role. it should be per the doctor’s advice. “Now, we are herewith handed over to municipal reserved for Covid patients. Naval Command at Kochi are Sanjivani, Kochi to cater for is fully capable of carrying a taken only when people are put Joshi also observed that applying for the extension of authorities under Corporate These facilities are in Pune, progressing with the mission shortages in beds at the large volume of cargo con- on oxygen in a hospital, strict- many people start clinical shelf life from six months to Social Responsibility (CSR). A Ambernath, Nagpur, Bhandara, of Oxygen Express in order to islands. Also, Naval Air Station signments,” the spokesperson ly as per the Doctor’s advice. It treatment very late because 24 months when stored at 2- 70-bed facility in Koraput, Chanda, Varangaon and render support to the local INS Garuda has also been mentioned. is important for all people to they believe that the illness will 8 degrees Celsius,” according Odisha and a 40-bed hospital Bhusawal in Maharashtra and administration of the Union placed on alert to extend Naval “It goes without saying understand this,” he said subside on its own, something to reports in agencies. in Nasik, Maharashtra are also at Ishapore and Kolkata in Territory of Lakshadweep airfield facilities for that we will continue to play a “… one thing about this that should not be done. It said that the biotech operational, defence ministry West Bengal. Other places (UTL), navy officials said here. Lakshadweep helicopters fer- major role in transporting oxy- medicine is that one has to stay Dr Guleria in a separate talk manufacturer has submitted officials said here on Sunday. where the OFB is providing its In the early hours on rying patients. gen (equipment) and serve our 2-3 days less in the hospital and on a TV channel too did not updated accelerated and real- Work has also been under- facilities for COVID care are Sunday, INS Sharda, based at Air evacuation pods devel- nation in whatever role it aids in clinical recovery. And favor Remdesivir. He said it’s not time stability data of taken by the HAL to set up a Kanpur (2), Shahjahanpur (1) Kochi, undertook transfer of oped indigenously by the assigned to us,” he said. this medicine works only when a magic bullet. “It’s given to only Coaxin along with the justi- 250-bed Covid care facility in and Muradnagar (1) in Uttar essential medical supplies to Naval Aircraft Yard, Kochi to Various hospitals across it is taken in the first 9-10 days patients who are hospitalised, fication for the extension of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. It is Pradesh; Jabalpur (3), Itarsi Kavaratti, Lakshadweep. airlift COVID-19 patients the country continue to grap- and it is to be taken only for five have moderate to severe disease shelf life. expected to be operational in (1) and Katni (1) in Madhya The stores consisted of 35 from the Islands as well as ple with a severe shortage of days.” & whose oxygen saturation is The development comes a the first week of May. Further, Pradesh; Avadi (1), Oxygen cylinders, Rapid from elsewhere are also being medical oxygen on Sunday In an interaction with below 93...Don’t misuse Oxygen day after Bharat Biotech the HAL is planning to provide Aruvankadu (1) and Antigen Detection Test made ready for emergency even after receiving emergency Prime Minister Narendra Modi & Remdesivir. Most patients can announced that it will supply more ventilators and oxygen Tiruchirappalli (1) in Tamil (RADT) kits, Personnel requirements. supplies. during Mann ki baat, he said recover by isolating at home.” Covaxin to State Governments at 600 for a dose and to private hospitals hundreds of others in India at 1,200 per dose. The com- + !9%! blocked after the Government *) pany also said that it will ordered the microblogging plat- export the vaccine at $15-20 form to restrain the spread of (1,124-1,499) per dose. misinformation and inflamma- ) +,' Covaxin has been devel- P tory content related to farmers’ oped jointly by Bharat protests. India is registering a accused is released on bail. aspect and not capriciously Biotech, Indian Council of record number of Covid cases “It is needless to point out record that the accused Medical Research and the daily. The number of new Covid that in cases of this nature, it was entitled to be released on National Institute of Virology sources said the IT Ministry, on ment handling of the medical infections touched 3,49,691 he Supreme Court has is important that courts do bail on the ground of (NIV). the recommendation of the crisis were asked to be removed, cases and 2,767 fatalities, accord- Tsaid that courts should not enlarge an accused on bail parity. The inoculation is based witter and other social Ministry of Home Affairs, asked sources said the government is ing to the Union Health not enlarge history sheeters with a blinkered vision by just “We find in this case that on the coronavirus sample Tmedia platforms have the social media platforms to open to criticism and sugges- Ministry data updated on on bail with a “blinkered taking into account only par- the high court has overlooked isolated by the NIV. It also is removed about 100 posts and remove the posts and URLs tions in the collective fight Sunday at 8 am. A Twitter vision” and must consider ties before them and the inci- several aspects, such as the the first indigenous vaccine URLs after the Government (uniform resource locators) to against Covid-19. However, spokesperson said when it the impact of their release on dent in question. potential threat to witnesses, against coronavirus. asked them to remove content “prevent obstructions in the they said it is necessary to take receives a valid legal request, it witnesses and innocent mem- “It is necessary for courts forcing the trial court to grant Recently published Phase that was critical of the handling fight against the pandemic” and action against those users who reviews it under both Twitter bers of the family of the vic- to consider the impact that protection,” it said. III trial data shows that of the current medical crisis or disruption of public order due to are “misusing” social media Rules and local law. tim. release of such persons on The bench said the Covaxin has an overall spreading fake news around the the said posts. during this grave humanitarian “If the content violates A bench headed by Chief bail will have on witnesses yet Allahabad High Court grant- interim clinical efficacy of pandemic. Twitter said it has They added that the order crisis for unethical purposes. Twitter’s Rules, the content will Justice (now retired) S A to be examined and innocent ed bail to the accused in this 78 per cent and 100 per cent notified the impacted account was issued in view of the misuse Twitter removed or restrict- be removed from the service. If Bobde made the observation members of the family of case on very liberal terms, efficacy against severe Covid- holders of its action taken in of social media platforms by cer- ed access to more than 50 posts it is determined to be illegal in while setting aside the order the victim who might be the such as the execution of a per- 19 disease. response to a legal request from tain users to spread fake or mis- in the past one month at the a particular jurisdiction, but of the Allahabad High Court next victims,” the bench also sonal bond to the satisfaction Covaxin has also shown the Indian government, while leading information and create behest of the government, not in violation of the Twitter granting bail to an accused. comprising Justices A S of jail authorities and the resistance against multiple Facebook did not comment on panic about the pandemic in the including tweets that criticized Rules, we may withhold access The top court said that Bopanna ans V furnishing of sureties within variants of coronavirus, the issue. society “by using unrelated, old its handling of the coronavirus to the content in India only. The there is no doubt that liberty Ramasubramanian said. a month of his release. including the double mutant Sources said the companies and out of the context images or pandemic. Other posts removed legal requests that we receive are is important, even that of a Referring to its earlier The high court has simply variant. “ICMR study shows have complied with the order. visuals, communally sensitive showed pictures and videos of a detailed in the bianual Twitter person charged with crime verdicts, the apex court said ignored the antecedents of the Covaxin neutralises multiple However, it wasn’t immediately posts and misinformation about recent Maoist attack in Transparency Report, and but it is important for courts when a stand was taken that accused and the potential to variants of SARS-CoV-2 and known what the removed posts COVID-19 protocols”. Chhattisgarh. Earlier this requests to withhold content are to recognise the potential the accused was a history repeat his acts by organising effectively neutralises the were. Although reports suggested that year, more than 500 accounts published on Lumen,” the threat to the life and liberty of sheeter, it was imperative for his criminal activities, the double mutant strain as well,” Meanwhile, Government the posts critical of govern- were suspended and access to spokesperson said. victims/witnesses, if such an high courts to scrutinise every bench said. ICMR recently announced. " ! "
+ R , & & ' ++ more people died of the disease on Council Debashis Kumar from the Minister Subrato Mukherjee is con- Saturday taking the toll to 10,884. Rashbehari seat. testing against CPI(M)’s Fuad Halim ith Bengal going into the sev- Following a High Court directive From Ballygunge veteran Bengal and BJP’s Loknath Chatterjee. ** -+ Wenth phase of elections on the Election Commission has issued Monday, the Election Commission strict protocols during the voting ++ tinues with it … instead of talking Criticising the Commission has decided to deploy 89,600 para- process in all the 12,068 polling sta- 7/ & Mann ki Baat he should talk of the for letting the BJP’s criminals to rig military personnel to ensure free and tions.All eyes are likely to be the engal Chief Minister Mamata pandemic.” the elections Banerjee said the “EC fair polling. Bhawanipore seat from where the ( BBanerjee on Sunday hit out at Banerjee said “there is short- is controlling the mischief mon- Elections will take place for 34 Chief Minister is the sitting MLA and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for age of medicine, there is no infra- gers in Kolkata, Asansol and else- Assembly seats across 5 districts a voter too. In the Lok Sabha elections “delivering leisurely speeches on structure, there is no oxygen and where … they are influencing the across North and South Bengal. the Trinamool Congress had trailed ++ admirers (sic).” Mann ki Baat” while corona was people are dying without it … here SPs” and turning a blind eye on the While elections will be held for 6 seats the BJP from this seat by a few thou- She said “even in his death taking its toll on the nation. from Bengal oxygen and other way the BJP was splurging money each in Malda and South Dinajpur sand votes. Banerjee is contesting et another candidate succumbed Kajol ensured that his party wins the The Chief Minister who also medicines are being diverted to to win the elections. districts, nine constituencies each will from Nandigram seat this time Yto the dreaded corona virus elections and we are sure that he will held the Election Commission of Uttar Pradesh … please arrange “The BJP has turned on a go to polls in Murshidabad and round. with Trinamool Congress nominee win from Khardaha,” in North 24 India responsible for multiplying for these on priority basis and hosepipe of cash” and the EC was West Burdwan districts. Polling will From Bhawanipore, Bengal from Khardaha constituency Kajal Parganas. corona cases in Bengal said postpone your Man ki Baat for the not taking note of this, she said also be held for four constituencies Power Minister with a clean image Sinha succumbing to the disease on Earlier this month, Congress “instead of sermonizing the peo- time being.” attacking the State police officers in South Kolkata that include the up- Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay is con- Sunday morning. Sinha was con- candidate from Shamsherganj ple on Mann ki Baat, the Prime The Chief Minister also hit out too for “submitting to the diktats market areas of Ballygunge and testing against BJP’s Rudranil Ghosh testing in the place of “indisposed” Rezaul Haq and RSP nominee from Minister should work towards at the Election Commission for of the Commission.” She said Rashbehari apart from Bhawanipore a noted film actor, who left the Left Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra. Jangipur Pradip Kumar Nandi, had mitigating the pandemic crisis playing the role of a “mirror of the “there are some police officers who the ex-constituency of Chief Minister post 2011 to join TMC and left the Expressing her “shock,” Chief succumbed to the disease. Elections … there the people of the coun- BJP.” She said “EC is nothing but get afraid of the EC and surrender Mamata Banerjee. Trinamool to join the BJP early this Minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted to Jangipur and Shamsherganj, both try are suffering and here he is BJP’s mirror … we asked them to before it but they forget that after More than 86 lakh voters are like- year. “Very, very sad. Shocked. Kajal in Murshidabad district would be delivering speeches in Man ki conduct the elections in lesser the elections the EC will go and ly to exercise their franchise to Among other notables are State Sinha, our candidate from Khardaha, held in mid-May. Baat.” phases but they stretched it to the State Government will remain decide the fate of 284 candidates amid Minister Firhad Hakim who is seek- succumbed to Covid. He dedicated Meanwhile, Union Minister and Saying that the people want- eight phases … they brought in for five years,” adding once again rising cases of corona. Bengal on ing re-election for a third consecu- his life to serving people & just BJP candidate from Tollygunge ed performance and not his per- more than 2 lakh central forces that she would move the Supreme Saturday registered its highest-single tive term from the Kolkata Port fought a tireless campaign. He was Babul Supriyo has once again test- sonalized speeches Banerjee said without conducting any tests on Court after elections challenging day spike of 14,281 corona cases, tak- constituency. BJP candidate Lt a long-serving committed member ed positive to the corona virus, the “who wants to listen to his Mann them … they infected the people the alleged prejudiced conduct of ing the total number of cases to General (Retired) Subrata Saha is of @AITCofficial. We will miss him. actor-turned-politician tweeted on ki Baat? … none … still he con- in Bengal.” the Commission. 7,28,061. Government sources said 59 contesting against TMC’s Mayor-in- My condolences to his family & his Sunday. 7 / & *#!% , & " 8#!# " # )% #! ! .! @E $ . cylinders could be made avail- whip. From early morning on 68 9:2 & . able to States facing shortage of Monday, Tamil Nadu will oxygen. The Sterlite Plant was become out of bound for peo- olted by the unabated shut down in May 2018 fol- ple from all States in the coun- +. 0$ ; Jincrease in the number of lowing allegations of environ- try other than the union terri- Covid-19 patients all over the mental pollution because of the tory of Puducherry. ormal life has come to a standstill all over . State since the conclusion of the copper manufacturing Those seeking entry into NKerala since Saturday morning as the election to the Legislative plant. the State have to furnish e-reg- Jaipur: Uninterrupted supply of oxy- State Government declared lock-down dur- uducherry on Sunday saw Assembly, Tamil Nadu is In addition to the controls istration. Though the rules gen is being ensured in the State. On ing the weekend came into operation. The Pits daily Covid tally cross resorting to an “undeclared and restrictions which were have been tightened in Tamil Saturday, the Indian Air Force aircraft important thoroughfares were barricaded the 1,000 mark for the first time total lock-down” from Monday. declared a ten days ago, Tamil Nadu, it will take weeks for any C17 Globe Master took over and flew and police resorted to scrutiny of men and since the outbreak of the pan- Chief Minister Edappadi Nadu Government has asked reduction to be visible in the from Jodhpur to Jamnagar with 3 vehicles plying in the open despite the gov- demic, as it reported 1,008 Palaniswamy has called for an all malls, theatres, shopping number of Covid-19 cases. J empty tankers. Tankers will be filled ernment led by Pinarayi Vijayan asking the fresh cases and 24 deaths. all-party meeting on Monday complexes to be shut down Radhakrishnan, health secre- with oxygen from Jamnagar by road. people to stay indoors during the weekend. Meanwhile, 476 to take stock of the latest posi- with effect from Monday tary, who is in the field Two 30-ton tankers will reach Jodhpur. Most of the hotels and resorts across the patients recovered in the last 24 tion in the State due to Covid- morning. throughout the day told While a 15 tonne oxygen tanker will State wore a deserted look. By Sunday hours. The Union Territory has 19. All gyms, theatres, par- reporters on Sunday that the reach Udaipur in the early hours of evening the Government issued a release 7,288 active cases on Sunday, According to sources in the lours, spas, swimming pools. state has created a seamless sys- Sunday. stating that 28,469 persons were diagnosed out of which 5,901 are in home Chief Minister’s Office the Sporting centres, auditoriums, tem to manage patients. “I It is noteworthy that in a virtual with Covid-19.This is the highest spike to be isolation/treatment. topic of opening the Sterlite bars, meeting halls and all request the people not to panic meeting of the Chief Minister with the recorded in the State on a single day since 3998 new patients. Puducherry saw the max- Plant owned by Vedanta Group temples have been declared as we have a fool-proof mech- Prime Minister on Friday, an Army the disease was reported from Thrissur in Chief Minister Vijayan has convened an imum number of cases with may figure in the meeting. out of bound. anism functional throughout aircraft was agreed to transport oxy- Kerala in Feb 2020. all party meeting to find out the mood of the 815 followed by Karakkal at The management of the On Saturday, the State the State. Tamil Nadu has gen. After the meeting, the tanker has Kerala has 1.4 million Covid-19 patients State and discuss the possibility of a total lock 101, Mahe 52 and Yanam 40. Company has reportedly told diagnosed 14,842 new cases of stocked all medicines and vac- been taken from Jodhpur to Jamnagar as on Sunday evening and the death toll down. K R Gowri (102) veteran Marxist With the fresh deaths, the the State Government to re- Covid-19 and fatalities of 80 cines and oxygen cylinders to by air cargo today. This will save the mounted to 5110. According to the release, leader has been hospitalised because of age death toll stands at 748, with open the oxygen plant in the across the State which made meet any emergencies,” said time it takes to reach the tanker via Ernakulam topped the table of districts with related issues and her condition is said to be Puducherry having the maxi- company so that more oxygen the Government crack the Radhakrishnan. road. 4468 and Kozhikode closely followed with critical following infection. mum fatalities (598). 6 481 & %" /2:; ! */< 4 & @F*8G for Covid-19 treatment. "After his He had fever and congestion," his report came negative, he was moved son Rehan Jafari said. & );, *7 vaccination is likely to start late on n the past seven days, the Aligarh to the non-Covid ward. But he died Two days later, on Wednesday, Monday at some centers,” the spokesper- IMuslim University (AMU) has two days later of post-Covid com- Murad died with similar complica- mid the shortage of vaccines faced son said. lost three faculty members and plications," medical college princi- tions. ‘ ; % Department of Information Aby it, the Brihanmumbai Municipal The BMC spokesperson said that five retired professors to Covid. pal Prof Shahid Ali Siddiqui "He had been admitted to a pri- C * and Public Relations, 2381 new Corporation (BMC) on Sunday received with the availability of vaccines, private Thirty faculty and staff mem- said. vate hospital with fever and weak- positive cases of coronavirus 1.58 lakh vaccines, a stock that will help centers will also be able to undertake vac- bers have tested positive and have A day later, Uzzaman passed ness. When his condition started n the first day of the were reported which included the BMC undertake smooth vaccination cination for at least the next three days. been admitted to AMU's Jawaharlal away. "His Covid-19 test report was deteriorating, he was referred to the O'Corona Curfew' the 848 from Jammu and 1533 for three days from Monday. The BMC, meanwhile, appealed to Nehru Medical College, as have 12 negative but he had symptoms like (AMU) medical college, where he Union Territory of Jammu and from Kashmir division. Confirming the development, all concerned to cooperate with its consultants, 20 resident doctors fever and cough. He died in Meerut, tested positive for Covid-19. He Kashmir recorded the highest Regarding the fresh Mumbai Municipal Commissioner I S administration and the health system. and some paramedical staff mem- where he had gone to attend his died within two days of admission," ever tally of 21 deaths in one COVID-19 deaths, the bul- Chahal said here in the evening: “We In the last few days, owing to lim- bers of the medical college. mother's cremation," principal of former media adviser of AMU single day while the highest letin said, 11 deaths were have received 1.5Lakh stock of covishield ited availability of covid vaccines, the AMU officials said noted crit- University Polytechnic Prof Arshad Jaseem Mohammad said. number of 2,381 coronavirus reported from Jammu Division today. All vaccination centres in Mumbai vaccination had been temporarily ic and senior faculty member at the Umar said. Iqbal, on the other hand, died positive cases were reported on and 10 from Kashmir taking shall be functional tomorrow. However, stopped at some centers from time to department of Urdu, Prof Maula Five retired faculty members a day later in Kanpur. "He had been Sunday taking the tally of the tally of deaths due to Covaxin will be available only at select time. Bakhsh Ansari, 58, faculty member have also died with Covid-19-relat- admitted to the hospital with a com- active positive cases close to Covid-19 to 2147. centres for 2nd dose due to extremely “The vaccination campaign is being of the Sunni theology section, Prof ed complications in the past one plaint of fever and throat ulcer. He 20,000 cases. Providing district wise limited existing stock”. planned on a daily basis keeping in view Ehsanullah Fahad, 50, and in- week. passed away within a day," a senior Previously, the highest breakup of the cases, the bul- Of the 1.58 lakh vaccines received by the available stocks of vaccines as the pri- charge of leather and footwear They are Prof Rizwan Husain, faculty member at the University daily count was recorded on letin said, Srinagar reported the BMC, 1.5 lakh doses are of Covishield ority is given to the second dose recipi- technology section at University 84 (English), Prof Vakeel Jafari, 90 Polytechnic said. April 21 when 2204 people had 748, Baramulla 200, Budgam vaccine, while the remaining 8,000 are ents,” Chahal said. Polytechnic AMU and Saeed (physics), Prof Humayun Murad, 80 With a spate of such cases, those tested positive for the virus. 137, Pulwama 72, Kupwara Covaxin doses. Alluding to the earlier shortage of Uzzaman, 51, were serving faculty (zoology), Prof Saeeduz Zafar, 75 associated with university faculty Meanwhile, the State 114, Anantnag 108, Bandipora Official sources said that the received medical oxygen in the metropolis, members who have passed away in (former chairperson of the depart- bodies have sought an upgrade in Executive Committee sunday 24, Ganderbal 35, Kulgam 78, stock was stored at the BMC’s Regional Chahal said: “All issues relating to the past two days. ment of psychology), and Covid-19 support facilities. decided to alter the night cur- Shopian 17, Vaccine Storage Center at Kanjurmarg in Oxygen supply under MCGM stands "Prof Ansari had been admitted Prof Iqbal Ali, 70 (former "We urgently need to increase few timings within munici- Jammu 449, Udhampur north-east Mumbai. “We have started resolved now. Supply situation is normal”. to a private hospital and died with- principal, University Polytechnic the number of oxygen beds and pal/Urban local body limits of 57, Rajouri 98, Doda 14, the distribution of vaccines from Meanwhile, the stock of covacin vac- in a few days on Wednesday. He had AMU). ventilators and (step up) deploy- all districts of J&K. As per the Kathua 50, Samba 39, Kishtwar Kanjurmarg to all the immunization cen- cine is very limited in the available vac- not been tested for Covid-19, but he "Rizwan died of a cardiac arrest ment of medical staff," Aftab Alam, new order the night curfew 5, Poonch 37, Ramban 50 and ters of the BMC and also the cine stock and the vaccine will be given had symptoms of the disease, but had been in isolation at home former secretary of the AMU shall be enforced from 8 pm to Reasi 49.Moreover, they said, Government and private centres, keep- preference to those who take a second " said former director of the Urdu after his daughter-in-law tested Teachers' Association and former 6 am instead of 10pm to 6am. 866 more COVID-19 patients ing in view their average daily require- dose at a few centers. Academy AMU, Rahat Abrar. positive. His wife and son, too, have member of the AMU Executive The committee also decided have recovered—227 from ment,” a BMC spokesperson said. Under the Covid-19 Prevention Ansari had been working on six been infected," Husain's brother-in- Council wrote in an open letter to that all paid public parks in the Jammu Division and 639 from “Vaccine delivery began late in the Vaccination Campaign, the BMC and projects of books on stylistics, crit- law Prof Syed Ali Nadeem the university and medical college UT of J&K shall remain closed Kashmir. The number of active evening after stockpiling. Those who State government have set up 59 ical studies and cultural studies. Rezavi, also a faculty member at administrations. for visitors till further orders. cases has raced to 19558 in have not taken the vaccine stock today Vaccination Centers, while a total of 132 They are yet to be published. AMU, said. "We also need to create dedi- According to the media J&K—8189 in Jammu and will be able to carry the vaccine stock Vaccination Centers have been set up at Fahad, meanwhile, had been On Monday, Jafari passed away. cated facilities for teachers and bulletin issued by the 11369 in Kashmir. from 8 am tomorrow. In view of this, 73 private hospitals in the metropolis. admitted to AMU's medical college "My father was in Delhi at the time. university staff," he stated. ) *$ ,- & &
& Chennai: Migrant workers employed at the ly reached our native place after much diffi- industrial units in Coimbatore and Tiruppur culties. But this time, I am prepared and will < @ in Tamil Nadu are split on returning to their be travelling back to my hometown in Odisha hometowns, as some still prefer to stay back next week and so I have already booked my he conditions are becoming frightening day by day due at their workplaces amid the raging second tickets." Tto corona. Situation is that there are queues in the cre- wave of the Covid pandemic. In Coimbatore also, migrant workers are matoriums. Loco pilot Prempal Singh, who died of corona Tiruppur has around 2.5 lakh migrant in a fix on whether to return to their home- infection, did not get the land for the last rites at the cre- workers from West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya towns or stay back at the workplaces. While, matorium in Agra. Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha. However, some with their families prefer to stay back, It is alleged that the family was asked to leave the dead a large section of them them had returned to others are in a rush to return to their homes. body there. It was told that if the number comes after three their hometowns after the Covid outbreak last Selvaraj Manikantan, 26, a worker with a days, they will call for cremation. In such a situation, the fam- year in March, but came back to their work- leading pump making unit in Coimbatore, told ily travelled 90 km and performed the last rites at the cre- places after the situation slightly improved. IANS: "I am here with my wife and a young matorium of exhibition Ground in Aligarh. Aslam Mohammed, a tailor at a garments child. If we travel now, we might get strand- Krishna Kumar Lodhi, son of loco pilot Prempal Singh, unit in Tiruppur, who hails from Uttar ed and hence, I am staying back here along told that the father was giving duty in the railway. Two days Pradesh's Azamgarh, told IANS: " Me and my with my family members." ago, he was given off from duty when his health worsened. family, including my wife and two small kids, Many of the migrant workers have booked Subsequently, Corona was investigated. It came to the notice will be staying back here at Tiruppur. Last tickets by air from Coimbatore and Chennai. that father Prempal Corona was infected. He was rushed to time, we were in distress as I had lost all my While some migrant workers prefer to leave the hospital at 10:30 in the morning. He died before reach- savings while returning to my hometown, but by air, as the travel time will be reduced, but ing the hospital. After this, when the neighbors were sent to this year the company has organised health some have pulled themselves back from fly- the crematorium, it was found that they would have to wait screening and diagnosis for the workforce and ing because of the high prices of the air tick- for three days. Only then will the funeral be held. also provided us free ration. So, I prefer to stay ets. Presently the family is a resident of Avadhpuri Colony here and continue with my job." Sudendra Singh, a worker at a garment located in Bodla area of ??Agra. Prempal was originally a res- Rajendra Mahapatra, 34, another worker unit in Tiruppur, is flying to his hometown in ident of Chandoli elder Sadhu Ashram, Harduaganj, Aligarh. at a packaging unit in Tiruppur, said: "Last year Bhopal. After talking to relatives here, it was decided that the funer- during the pandemic, we had suffered a lot as "The flight charges are quite expensive but al will take place at exhibition Ground. On information, the there were no trains or private vehicles to take I do want to be with my parents and my fam- family came to Aligarh with the dead body. The last rites were me and my friends back to our hometowns. ily. Hence I have booked an air ticket to performed here late in the evening on saturday. We were stranded for many days and final- Bhopal," the 34-year-old said. IANS ; $ 0 $+7 ! " -
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All in all, the State’s able business opportunities Coming to another point, idea of three crops a year did population is well over nine slipped through the Bengali due to the national movement not really exist. After the crore. But the growth in West fingers which, in turn, slowed ) as well as the Second World kharif crops were harvested, @ . Bengal’s population was not down the economy of West War, very little investment had most farms appeared barren. @ ?@ accompanied by a commensu- Bengal. In contrast, Gujarat * ( been made in the industries in But skewed agriculture rate economic growth. On the has prospered but there is no rhy # India, Bengal being no excep- and stalled progress in indus- 7 O contrary, from an advanced great secret to it. The baniyas, / * /0?) ( O ( tion. By the end of the war, it try weren’t West Bengal’s only .A7 industrial State, it became a the business community was high time for most of the problems. The Partition had graveyard of industries. there, are only about six per O industry to refurbish and mod- hit the State in a big way, with @ West Bengal’s economy cent of the population. But ernise. At the time, with a new more than three-fourths of its now depends on three crops almost every community in India in an uncertain state, the territory going to East 88O a year and general trading. A the State is keen to get into British owners were reluctant to Pakistan (now Bangladesh). ??@. historical reason for its econ- business, including the &%'/0 put in new money. They, there- The oppressed people from omy being slow to grow is its adivasis who form 16 per cent fore, began to sell their compa- East Pakistan flowed into 7* people’s indifference to busi- of the State’s population. It is nies whenever an Indian buyer West Bengal. A large num- * @A< * $ ness and industry. In 1793, not difficult to explain a sim- offered a reasonable price. They bers of these people had only Lord Cornwallis introduced ple business proposition in a found that there was no dearth farming skills, but there were J 77* his famous Permanent Gujarat village. Not everyone of buyers because a fair number no farms to give them occu- 88@ * Settlement whereby zamin- enjoys music; in contrast, of Indian businessmen had pation. As a rough guess, dars would collect the revenue every Bengali enjoys music, plentiful profits from the Second about one-third of the State’s 88 @* for all times to come. Sub- but business would be the World War. Very few of them population is from the East. zamindaris were permissible; liking of very few. had the knowledge or experi- The deterioration of the 7 ? @ as a result, a large number of After Bidhan Roy, the ence of industry. What the State’s economy could be seen .$ *@$ well-to-do and rich families early great Chief Minister British offered were going con- in Calcutta. Few of today’s gen- came into being, especially as who died in 1964, Bengal has cerns. Regrettably, not a single eration would believe that the prices of produce rose and, not had a CM who was one of these British relinquish- city’s iconic Park Street, until .A with them, the earnings. Even economy savvy. ments was picked up by ethnic 1950, looked almost like a if they earned more, they (The writer is a Bengalis. In other words, there street in London. Thereafter, ? had to pay the Government well-known columnist and an were quite a few Indian buyers Park Street was relegated to the same as in 1793. author. The views expressed of these British firms, but none only a place of nostalgia. The much written-about are personal.) 12 20, / 322 % /0 SOUNDBITE 6 < !; $+7 *!8 O / %! Sir — In 2020, it was the sight of millions ! $ %%& ! $ ' of daily wagers walking on the national ! !! highways of India, fleeing the cities for their %! ! % < villages that defined the COVID-19 crisis %# !% % % 3& in the country. Now, in 2021, the country’s #%8. @ ?#!< callous and short-sighted response to the ) ! %.#< " second wave is chillingly captured at )% % ! ! /)0/ 0-&)/)+2&4 overrun graveyards and cremation ! #< !% K grounds. The second wave of COVID-19 * $ 55%!#/ * is sweeping through India with the feroc- ) # $ ;% ! ) ity of an inferno; misplaced triumphalism, "# 09 ;% +,-. % / ( ( complacency and wilful incompetence < ; #) !D 8 !D have brought us to our knees. And the offi- ! N O ###< # ( cial numbers India just reported, the %.# # F 94G< ! !/ # 0 ( world’s largest single-day spike, with more O # #; %/ % ! %) < ;% !%% $ ;% than 3 lakh cases over the last 24 hours and %! ; ! #) < % 1 ( more than 2,100 deaths, seem far from ## <# % ) $ # actual. In cities across India, the tragedy .# ) ! #%% # .# 4&+),&/2 is the same: Hospitals are turning away !.@$ / )% < ) KC7! patients because they no longer have ) % ! !! % # % # / beds, oxygen shortage, medicines are not < # ! )! %) ) " available at pharmacies. In this hour of #%% % !$ % .! / )% $ national emergency, there is a huge gap in < # !)! )# ! / ) % demand and supply of the medical oxygen. <.! !# ! ! # < 2 3 Many of those dying during this second E !< # / %! #)E wave seem quite young. At most funeral ) !! % / %% ! < # sites, almost all the dead are under the age %< ) 57?.')+(04&(.4-. ) # %< of 50 years; some were in their late 20s. 1204 * 4.4. Bhagwan Thadani | Mumbai K # national emergency” and asked the Centre The Government has decided to airlift 23 ( P6 Q to submit a “national plan” to deal with it. mobile oxygen-generation plants from D %; # / ( Sir — The pungent remarks of the Delhi It is prudent on the part of the courts to Germany as several States are reeling under )#! ; High Court to the Central Government, interfere if the Government fails to fulfil an acute shortage of medical oxygen. It is !E# “beg, borrow or steal”, to arrange oxygen its responsibilities. Now it is the respon- a welcome step. Each plant will have a %) # cylinders in hospitals underline the grim sibility of all of us to fight the COVID-19 capacity to produce 40 litre of oxygen per ( * ( situation due to the pandemic. As many pandemic and save humankind from the minute and 2,400 litre every hour. ; C# < ( as 12 High Courts had issued orders on existential crisis it is facing. The Government has already the supply of oxygen and medicines, on Yash Pal Ralhan | Jalandhar announced vaccination for all above 18 /,).@+0-./4&+2'&4 O (/ 2 6 updating availability of beds, on imposing years from May 1 and, for the successful KB 8% 9 # lockdowns, on providing facilities for implementation of this massive pro- migrant workers, on strict implementation Sir — The second wave of COVID-19 has gramme, the Government has to ensure %% 9:$ 6 9 ! 4; 4, of the COVID guidelines for elections and hit India hard. The entire nation is gasp- sufficient supply of the vaccines, to which related issues. Even the Supreme Court ing in its wait for medical oxygen. There end these must be imported urgently in $ ) < 9 S #?-.)'610- K E; ! " #
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ricket is the only thing that unites the country”, is perhaps the most often- Crepeated statement one hears in Pakistan. ,/. 4 5 Even though this is mostly said in a light-heart- ( ed manner, it directly stems from an overarch- ) ing feeling within Pakistani society that, as a < republic, the country is severely polarised on * ( numerous social and political issues. This is not a recent feeling, as such. It has # ) been around for decades now. But the meaning behind this sentiment runs deeper than just the )S fact that cricket brings together an antipodal set 3 of people that were clubbed together as a nation ( in 1947. Pakistan’s cricket team is, to a certain 0 ( extent, a composite of the country’s various eth- ( A (+, ( nic groups. But this was not always the case. Interestingly, the composition of the team has B clearly reflected the manner in which different 6 % ethnic communities of the country have engaged ) with or were engaged by the State. # 6 # "( Cricket was not always the country’s % favourite sport. Till the early 1980s, just like in India, field hockey was the most popular sport in Pakistan, so much so that in the 1960s it was E 9 # declared the country’s national sport. And for good reason. Till the mid-1980s, Pakistan’s hock- ey sides dominated the sport in the internation- al arena, winning three of the first five Hockey World Cup events. And even though Pakistan would win its fourth Hockey World Cup in 1994, by then cricket had clearly become more popular and N.@ .+ Bangla)” on his bat as a protest Bangladesh. And, in 1973, an Mohajirs. Nevertheless, whereas the prowess of the hockey side had gone into a A against “West Pakistan’s treat- armed insurgency had erupted in the project to bring the Pakhtun gradual decline. The hockey teams were almost * ment of Bengalis.” Balochistan. into mainstream matters of the always made up of players from Punjab. The rest .* @AO In 1976, just before a Test However, the process of grad- State and society continued, the of the players were from Karachi, mainly 8@ 8 match in Hyderabad, Sindh, ually acculturating the Pakhtun in process to do the same with the Urdu-speaking (Mohajirs). The cricket teams Sindhi nationalists were quoted in the ways of the State and the main- Sindhis was rudely interrupted ) too almost entirely constituted men from ? /@8 the November ) 1976 issue of ‘The stream economy had already been with the fall of the Zulfiqar Ali # $ / Punjab’s capital Lahore and from Karachi that Cricketer’ as follows: “It is ironic initiated from the 1960s onwards Bhutto regime in 1977 and the was/is Sindh’s capital but has a Mohajir major- that even during the regime of a by the Ayub Khan regime. Ayub manner in which the General 9 @ ity. 8 + <B Sindhi Prime Minister (Zulfiqar was of Pakhtun descent. The Zia-ul-Haq dictatorship mishan- Early in the history of the country, Punjabis Ali Bhutto), there wasn’t a single Bhutto Government (1971-77) dled, rather manhandled, the reac- > * and Mohajirs were its two dominating groups A Sindhi player in the country’s led by the Sindhi Prime Minister, tion of the Sindhis when General in the fields of economics, politics and sports. / @ hockey or cricket sides.” proceeded to do the same with the Zia-ul-Haq decided to send * O They also dominated hockey and cricket teams. Javed Miandad, the 19-year- Sindhis. But this also meant the Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto to the gallows Both the sports could not gather much inter- @$ old Pakistani batsman from slow erosion of the status of the in 1979. # @. A F est, though, outside the major cities of Punjab Karachi who had made his Test Mohajirs as an elite group and It was only from the late 1990s and beyond Karachi and Hyderabad in Sindh. ?@ debut the same year, responded by their resentment in this context that the Pakistan cricket team The Bengalis of then East Pakistan and B@ @. saying that even though he was- often played out on the cricket began receiving Pakhtun talent. ( presently Bangladesh often criticised the hock- ? n’t Sindhi-speaking, being from field. Today, there are more Pakhtun / = ey and cricket boards for neglecting talent from 8 + . A Karachi made him a Sindhi. In For example, in 1968, during players in the country’s team than G the Bengali-majority region. Similar laments $ 1983, newspapers quoted General a Test match against England, there are from Karachi. What’s " 3 ( were aired by Sindhi, Baloch and Pakhtun @8*7 .$ Fazle Haq, the then Governor of crowds at Karachi’s National more, Sindhi players have recent- < > H * nationalists. A 1967 issue of the Sindhi news- .* @A North-West Frontier Province Stadium booed when the team’s ly proven their talent, enough to B@A paper ‘Ibrat’ quoted the Sindhi nationalist (NWFP) which is the present-day captain Saeed Ahmad came in to be selected for teams playing in the scholar and activist GM Syed as describing crick- 8 @ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as saying bat. Ahmad was a Punjabi from country’s premier cricket league, ( et and hockey as sports that the country’s Urdu- *@* . that Pakhtuns do not like cricket. Lahore who had replaced Karachi’s the Pakistan Super League and for 1 speaking and Punjabi babu (elite) played. 8 . He claimed they were more inter- Hanif Mohammad as captain. Pakistan. $ Just before a 1969 Test match against New * ested in football. Ironically, the The sense and perception of being This can be seen as being at Zealand in Dhaka in former East Pakistan, the Governor was a member of ousted from elite institutions least one aspect of the main- # ( Yahya Khan dictatorship asked the selectors to General Zia-ul-Haq’s military would increasingly come to streaming of the Sindhi commu- select a Bengali player, Roquibul Hassan, after regime. impact the Mohajir psyche in the nity that began in the 1970s but < Bengali nationalists threatened to disrupt the Integrating the country’s non- country. which had gone off the track in the match. He was played as the 12th man. And Punjabi and non-Mohajir ethnic This is one reason why there 1980s. It was put back on this path # when he did get selected in the squad as a play- The writer is a groups into the country’s main- is always a lot of hue and cry from mainly by the successive provin- +D ing member, in March 1971 against an journalist and author of stream scheme of things did not various quarters in Karachi when cial Governments headed by the International XI, a civil war was already threat- international repute. begin in earnest until 1973 a cricketer from Karachi loses the Pakistan Peoples Party in Sindh, ening to erupt in East Pakistan. The views expressed onwards. But by then East captaincy or is dropped from the which continues to co-opt Sindhi ( are personal. # In 2019, he told the ‘Financial Express’ that Courtesy: Dawn Pakistan had separated after a side. 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ou can tuck your head last big climate summit in and we will cover that dis- Anyway, here we are in Japan says 46 per cent with a global cut of 30 per between your knees Paris in 2015, and that train tance by 2029. Or rather, 2021, and theory was that at cuts, but only compared to cent at best. So wave good- Yand kiss your target of has now left the station. we’ll get there by then if we this summit (originally 2013. Mexico and Australia bye to “no more than 1.5° “not more than 1.5° Celsius This is not a licence for don’t cut our emissions very scheduled for 2020) every are in the mid-20s, India and Celsius of warming.” What do warming” goodbye. The mav- despair. Cutting greenhouse fast. country would raise its target Indonesia won’t set a number we do now? Starting with erick US President Donald gas emissions is still impor- In fact, we have to cut for emissions cuts. We need at all but New Delhi did COP-26, we start developing Trump is out and sensible Joe tant and urgent, but the issue them by half in 2030 if we 50 per cent emissions cuts by announce an ‘India-US ways to get carbon dioxide Biden is in the White House. !4,,3 620 is now also how to deal with want to be safe. But even in 2030 to stay below the +1.5° Climate and Clean Energy back out of the atmosphere And you will hear a lot of talk much more dangerous warm- the plague year of 2020 we Celsius limit. How’s that Agenda, 2030 Partnership’. i.e. Carbon Dioxide Removal about meeting that never- ing. We will need new strate- only cut our emissions by working out? India also reiterated its (CDR), and to hold the heat exceed +1.5° Celsius limit. gies and new technologies to seven per cent. Most years we Russia and the UK are the promise to install 450 down while we work on that The blather that began on contain the damage, but first don’t cut them at all. stars among the major coun- gigawatts of renewable ener- through Solar Radiation April 22, when the US pres- — how can we know for sure It’s the Nationally tries, offering 70 per cent and gy capacity by 2030. China Management (SRM). And we ident convened his virtual that we will go through +1.5° Determined Contributions 68 per cent cuts in their says it will try to “peak” its work as fast as we can to get ‘Leaders Summit on Climate’, Celsius by 2035, or possibly (NDCs) that tell the tale. way we’ll get something done. emissions respectively com- emissions by 2030 (i.e. they our emissions down, because will end in November in even by 2030? NDCs were an innovation of By the way, this was why pared to 1990 (but that’s only will continue to grow every the other stuff is just short- Glasgow with Conference of By the numbers. The sci- the Paris Climate Summit in Donald Trump looked so because they massively de- year until 2030). term techno-fixes. the Parties (COP)-26, the entific consensus is that 430- 2015, designed to break the foolish when he demanded to industrialised in the 1990s). In other words, the coun- CDR and SRM were both five-yearly United Nations 435 parts per million (ppm) deadlock that had paralysed renegotiate the US emission The whole European Union tries responsible for more discussed at the 2015 summit, climate meeting where the of carbon dioxide in the previous summits. cuts that his predecessor (EU) will make 55 per cent than half the world’s emis- but now we need to start commitments actually get atmosphere will commit us to Instead of arguing end- Barack Obama had promised. cuts compared to 1990. If sions are making no promis- spending serious money on made. +1.5° Celsius. We are now at lessly about how much emis- There was no negotiation in everybody else did the same, es (their NDCs contain no them. We’re going to need However, it is already Gwynne Dyer’s new book 415 ppm, and in an average sions each country should 2015. Each country’s obliga- we’d be home and dry by numbers). Some, like China them in the 2030s, and nei- clear that the Glasgow meet- is ‘Growing Pains: The year we put about another 2.5 cut, every nation was just tion was whatever it offered. 2030. The US says 50-52 per and India, will still be raising ther the science nor the tech- Future of Democracy and ing cannot keep the warming Work.’ The views ppm into the atmosphere. asked how much it was will- The only person Trump cent cuts and Canada says 40- their emissions throughout nology will be ready under +1.5° Celsius. That expressed So we have at the most 20 ing to reduce. They’d presum- could have renegotiated with 45 per cent cuts, but only this decade. Even if those who overnight. Ten years might be target was close to impossible are personal. ppm left to play with before ably be too embarrassed to was Obama, and only if he compared to 2005. (They make promises actually keep enough. It had better be when they adopted it at the we commit to +1.5° Celsius, say “nothing”, so at least that had a time machine. moved the goalposts.) them, we will end up in 2030 enough. ! " 075 ! 9
@ A total of 17.3 million before it was set to start due to lier this month of administer- 500,000-vaccination-per-day because there have been delays people in Italy have received at similar safety worries. But the ing at least 500,000 jabs a day goal was unlikely to be met, but because it has affected taly’s coronavirus vaccine least the first dose of a vaccine, govt started limited use of the by the end of April. though he said the target would public trust.”“We measure this Irollout hit a major mile- which means that around 28.5 Johnson & Johnson vaccine That target no longer be reached by early May. loss of confidence with can- stone, though it appeared per cent of the country’s pop- Wednesday, with more doses appears feasible despite recent He said his main worry was cellations at around 30 per unlikely the country would ulation is partially vaccinated. expected to arrive next week. developments, according to whether vaccine supplies would cent to 40 per cent in some reach its end-of-month target The Italian vaccine rollout, The Johnson & Johnson statistician Giovanni Sebastiani, allow that level to be sustained. areas, about 10 per cent on for daily vaccinations. which was launched on vaccine requires just one dose who was quoted by the ANSA “We will reach half a mil- average across the country,” he The country’s Ministry of December 27, 2020, had seen for full effect. All the other vac- news agency as saying the daily lion daily shots by early May, said.Meanwhile, 275 candidate Health reported on Saturday problems so far, including a cines approved for distribution vaccination rate should reach but what will matter will be vaccines are being developed - that five million Italian resi- four-day pause in the distrib- in Italy -- the AstraZeneca, 350,000 per day by the end of keeping it over time,” Curcio - 91 of them in clinical trials - dents had been fully vaccinat- ution of the AstraZeneca vac- BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna the month, up from fewer than said. “This is crucially linked to - in countries including ed, making Italy the third cine amid worries about blood -- require two doses. 300,000 per day currently. the availability of vaccines.” Germany, China, Russia, European Union (EU) member clots in some patients. Italian General Francesco In an interview with Curcio said the earlier Britain and the United States, state to reach that milestone, Earlier this month, the dis- Paolo Figliuolo, the country’s Bloomberg, Fabrizio Curcio, temporary halt in the distrib- according to information following Germany and France, tribution of the Johnson & Covid-19 Emergency head of the country’s civil ution of the AstraZeneca vac- released by the World Health Xinhua news agency reported. Johnson vaccine was halted Commissioner, set a goal ear- defence agency, admitted the cine “has weighed not only Organization on Friday. % 8; 0" ( R ! & P Q 7 ! 7@ infection rates. 286 deaths from COVID-19. In her weekly video Since the start of the pandem- %.!/01 idency, 569,000 Americans budget surplus. hancellor Angela Merkel address Saturday, Merkel ic, Germany has recorded + have died from the pandemic. 18,890 - Number of chil- Chas urged Germans to acknowledged the new rules almost 3.3 million cases and 7 resident Joe Biden’s opening USD 1.9 trillion - Sum of dren traveling alone who tried accept nationwide pandemic are “tough” but insisted they are 81,444 deaths. angladesh on Sunday closed Pmonths in office have been the debt-financed coronavirus to cross the Mexican border in restrictions that came into needed to curb the spread of Merkel says the new mea- Bits border with India for akistan has offered to pro- a whirlwind of activity during relief package that the admin- March, the highest total since force at midnight, resulting in the virus in the country. sures, which automatically start two weeks in view of the sharp Pvide relief support, includ- the pandemic and the start of istration says will help vaccinate the number was first tracked in a 10 pm-5 am curfews, further Germany’s disease control regions with more than 100 increase in the coronavirus ing ventilators, to India to help an economic recovery. the country and restore the 8.4 2009.40 - Number of executive limits on personal contacts agency on Friday reported newly reported cases a week cases in the neighbouring the country fight the deadly He is facing a sharp million jobs lost to the pan- orders signed by Biden, the and access to non-essential 23,392 newly per 100,000 inhabitants, are country. wave of Covid-19 and said the increase in the number of demic. highest of any recent president. stores in regions with high confirmed cases and more “urgently needed.” “We are closing it (border) two countries can explore pos- migrant children at the U.S.- 1.38 million - How many His most recent order was for the passengers for the time sible ways of further coopera- Mexico border, the tragedy of jobs have been added during sanctions against Russia. Many being…,” Foreign Minister AK tion to mitigate the challenges mass shootings and lingering the Biden presidency through of the orders overturn Trump- Abdul Momen told reporters. posed by the pandemic. tensions over racial inequities, March.161 million - How many era policies on migration and *+ #% (A 1 “Bangladesh took the deci- The Foreign Office in a the environment and the lega- direct checks were sent to peo- labor issues. A March 7 order .!/01!#% ! sion in view of rapid increase statement late Saturday night cy of his predecessor, Donald ple as part of the relief package, seeks to promote voting access 4 555 12 of coronavirus infection in said Pakistan was ready to send Trump. nearly as many as previous pay- in what appears to be an answer ! #% India,” he added. specific items quickly once the A look at some defining ments approved during the to Republican efforts in many &: He said that the land routes modalities were worked out. “As numbers from his first 100 days Trump presidency despite states to tighten voting stan- 2@ for people’s movement to and a gesture of solidarity with the in office: 2.67 million – Average tighter standards for qualifying. dards following Trump’s loss. Sao Paulo:Brazil reported Moscow:Russia confirmed from the neighbouring coun- people of India in the wake of number of vaccines adminis- 38 per cent - The estimat- 10 - Number of London:A British govern- 2,914 deaths from Covid-19 8,828 new Covid-19 infec- try would be closed for two the current wave of COVID-19, tered daily during the past ed decline in Black poverty mass-casualty killings in the ment official, who visited in 24 hours, raising the tions over the past 24 hours, weeks but the goods-laden Pakistan has offered to provide week, up from roughly 1.5 from the relief package, which United States in which India last month to secure national death toll to 386,416. taking the nationwide tally to vehicles would be allowed to relief support to India includ- million when Biden was inau- the Biden administration says at least four people died, vaccine supplies for the UK, According to the Health 4,753,789, the official mon- operate.”The higher authorities ing ventilators, Bi PAP, digital gurated. would help to close racial gaps not including the shooter. has tested positive for Ministry, 14,237,078 people itoring and response center have decided to close the bor- X ray machines, PPEs and 4,380 – COVID-19 deaths on the economy. 2,500-3,500 - The COVID-19 on his return in Brazil have so far tested said.The national Covid-19 ders for two weeks...The land related items,” according to the on the day Biden became pres- 1.57 per cent - The inter- number of U.S. Troops in and is among those believed positive for the virus, after death toll rose by 399 to routes with India will be shut statement.It said that the ident, Jan. 20. est charged on a 10-year U.S. Afghanistan. Biden has to have unwittingly carried tests detected 69,105 new 107,900 in the past day, while from April 26,” Home Minister authorities concerned of 677 – COVID-19 daily Treasury note, substantially committed to withdraw the so-called Indian variant Covid-19 cases in the past 24 recoveries grew by 9,254 to Asaduzzamman Khan Kamal Pakistan and India can work death average for most recent lower than the 4.6 per cent them by the 20th anniversary of the contagion to Britain, hours, Xinhua news agency 4,380,468, Xinhua news told the Kalerkantha newspa- out modalities for quick deliv- seven-day period. All told, charged in 2001 when the fed- of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror according to a media report reported on Saturday. agency reported on Saturday. per. ery of the relief items. including before Biden’s pres- eral government last ran a attacks. on Sunday. PTI IANS IANS ) "" ' C4 6 $" & BA .&" &" C@* month of Ramadan and show Meanwhile, Israeli chief of 7 C Daily reported. no signs of stopping. staff, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, is The Type 055 is the most A@B ocket fire from the Gaza Israeli Prime Minister weighing â œa series of steps hina has commissioned powerful destroyer in the 7 A* the crew members are dead,” RStrip toward Israel resumed Benjamin Netanyahu says he for possible responses,â and Cthree main battle warships, Peoples liberation Army Navy Tjahjanto said. rmenian Prime Minister Saturday evening after a day- held talks with top security offi- preparations if the situation including a nuclear-powered (PLAN) which is equipped ndonesia’s military on An underwater robot ANikol Pashinyan on long pause despite calls for cials about Gaza and Jerusalem. continued to escalate, the mil- ballistic missile submarine, a with new types of air-defence, ISunday officially said all 53 equipped with cameras found Sunday announced his resig- calm from the United Nations He said he instructed officials itary said in a statement. He large destroyer and the coun- missile-defence, anti-ship and crew members from a subma- the lost submarine was lying in nation to pave the way for and threats by Israeli leaders to to be ready for every scenario’’ also postponed a trip to the try’s largest amphibious assault anti-submarine weapons, the rine that sank and broke apart at least three pieces on the scheduled snap parliamentary retaliate fiercely. in Gaza. United States that was sched- ship that can carry around 30 report said. last week are dead, and that ocean floor at a depth of 838 elections in June. Tensions in Jerusalem as In Jerusalem, he said Israel uled for Sunday. helicopters and hundreds of The new additions are part search teams had located the meters (2,750 feet), said Adm. “In order to implement Palestinians clashed with Israeli would guarantee freedom of The US also appealed for troops. of the massive modernisation vessel’s wreckage on the ocean Yudo Margono, the navy’s chief the decision on holding snap police and far-right Jewish worship’’ for everyone, and he calm, while neighboring The ships were commis- of the PLAN which included floor. of staff. parliamentary elections on June groups prompted the heaviest appealed for calm. â œWe ask Jordan, which serves as the cus- sioned at a ceremony on the aircraft carriers. China has The grim announcement That’s much deeper than 20, today I resign from the cross-border violence in now for people to obey the law todian for Jerusalem’’s Muslim Saturday attended by President built two aircraft carriers. comes a day after Indonesia sid the KRI Nanggala 402’s col- position of the Prime Minister months between Israel and and I call for a calming of tem- holy sites, condemned Israel’’s Xi Jinping at Sanya, China’s Official media reports say the submarine was considered lapse depth of 200 meters (655 of Armenia,” Pashinyan said in Gaza. pers on all sides.â actions. main naval base in the disput- China plans to have six aircraft sunk, not merely missing, but feet), at which point water a televised address to the Militants fired a rocket The UN envoy to the Jerusalem, home to holy ed South China Sea in Hainan carriers. did not explicitly say whether pressure would be greater than nation. toward Sderot town in south- region, Tor Wennesland, con- sites sacred to Jews, Christians province. China’s defence budget this the crew was dead. Officials the hull could withstand, He said the party he leads ern Israel and it was intercept- demned the violence and said and Muslims, has long been a The vessels commissioned year crossed USD 209 billion. had also said the KRI Nanggala according to earlier navy state- will participate in the elections ed by air defenses, the military the United Nations was work- flashpoint in the Israeli- included the Type 075 Much of its military moderni- 402’s oxygen supply would ments. and that he would be the party’s said. ing with all sides to restore Palestinian conflict. In 2014, amphibious assault ships, sation fcussed on massive have run out early Saturday, The wreckage is located candidate for Prime Minister, Early Saturday, militants in calm. similar tensions erupted into a which can carry an estimated expansion of the navy and the three days after vessel went 1,500 meters (yards) to the the Xinhua news agency the Gaza Strip fired some three â œThe provocative acts 50-day war between Israel and 30 helicopters and hundreds of air force as Beijing stepped up missing off the resort island of south of the site where the sub- reported. dozen rockets into Israel, while across Jerusalem must cease. Gaza’’s ruling Hamas militant troops. It is China’s largest its assertive role in the disput- Bali. marine last dove Wednesday, According to the the Israeli military struck back The indiscriminate launching group. amphibious assault ship with ed South China Sea and “We received underwater off Bali’s northern coast, Constitution of Armenia, at targets operated by the rul- of rockets towards Israeli pop- The Israeli military said a an estimated displacement of Taiwan, where the US too is pictures that are confirmed as Margono said. snap parliamentary elections ing Hamas group. ulation centers violates inter- total of 36 rockets were fired about 40,000 tonnes, Hong stepping up its presence. the parts of the submarine, The underwater are possible only when the The barrage of rocket fire national law and must stop into Israel throughout the Kong-based South China Beijing claims most part of including its rear vertical rud- robot was deployed by prime minister resigns and no came as hundreds of immediately,â he said. â œI night. It said six rockets were Morning Post reported on the 1.3 million square mile der, anchors, outer pressure Singaporean vessel MV Swift new prime minister is nomi- Palestinians clashed with Israeli reiterate my call upon all sides intercepted, while most of the Sunday. South China Sea as its sover- body, embossed dive rudder Rescue provided the images, nated. police in east Jerusalem. to exercise maximum restraint others landed in open areas. The Type 09IV submarine eign territory. China has been and other ship parts,” military while the Indonesian vessel Earlier in March, The clashes, in which at and avoid further escalation, There were no reports of is believed to be the second- building military bases on arti- chief Hadi Tjahjanto told KRI Rigel had scanned the area Pashinyan said Armenia would least four police and six pro- particularly during the Holy injuries or serious damage, but generation class of China’s ficial islands in the region also reporters in Bali on Sunday. where the submarine was hold early parliamentary elec- testers were injured, have month of Ramadan and this the incoming rocket fire set off nuclear-powered ballistic mis- claimed by Brunei, Malaysia, “With this authentic evi- believed to have sank using tions on June 20 and that he become a nightly occurrence politically charged time for air-raid sirens throughout sile submarines, replacing the the Philippines, Taiwan and dence, we can declare that KRI multibeam sonar and a mag- would resign in April. throughout the Muslim holy all.â southern Israel. old Type 09II, state-run China Vietnam. Nanggala 402 has sunk and all netometer, Tjahjanto said. 5 -6# 6 %%# D& & = ) 6 ) R ' & !! 7!; 8 @ (&47')/?E40-2(&0742 a severe delirious state,” the 7 0E.++.2)0/)++7&, court said in a statement. rowds gathered Sunday in &.4')&42()+-0/2(+.), Under French law, people raq’s Interior Ministry said ? J 7 CParis and other French cannot be held criminally ISunday that 82 people died J F ? G cities to denounce a ruling by 2(&4&.+&/07?( responsible for actions com- and 110 were injured in a cat- F ? G France’s highest court that the &),&/1&20+(02(&.12 mitted while fully losing their astrophic fire that broke out in ive militants have been con- killer of Jewish woman Sarah (.,./2)F&-)2)1-02)&+ judgment or self-control due to the intensive care unit of a fghan fighting planes tar- Ffirmed dead as a clash Halimi was not criminally a psychiatric disorder. Baghdad hospital tending to Ageted the Taliban hideouts erupted in Shahr-e-Bazarg dis- responsible and therefore could Traoré has been in a spe- severe coronavirus patients. in the restive Muqar and Gilan trict of northern Badakhshan not go on trial. “Allahu Akbar” (“God is great” cialized unit of a psychiatric Negligence on the part of districts of eastern Ghazni province on Sunday, provincial Thousands of people filled in Arabic). Traoré admitted hospital since Halimi’s death. hospital authorities has been province on Saturday, killing 12 Government spokesman the Trocadero Plaza in Paris, in pushing her. French President blamed for the Saturday night insurgents and injuring six Sanahullah Rohani said. front of the Eiffel Tower, The ruling from the Court Emmanuel Macron has called fire, which initial reports sug- others, the Defense Ministry The clash flared up after a answering a call by Jewish of Cassation, issued earlier this for a change in French law, in gest was caused when an oxy- said in a statement on Sunday. group of Taliban militants associations, organizations month, said there was enough an interview with Le Figaro gen cylinder exploded in the The short statement also attacked the police checkpoints fighting anti-Semitism and evidence to show the act had newspaper. ward of Ibn al-Khatib hospital. ) 7 6 < noted that a good quantity of in Shahr-e-Bazarg district early other groups who say justice anti-Semitic motives. “Deciding to take narcotics Iraq’s prime minister fired key % !7- $+7 arms and ammunitions of the Sunday morning and police has not been done. However, the court said and then going mad’ should, hospital officials hours after the militants were also destroyed returned fire. The announcement that that a person who committed not in my view, remove your catastrophic incident. to battle the flames that raged Doctors at the scene were during the air raids, the Xinhua Killing five insurgents and the killer would not be sent to a crime while being in a “deliri- criminal responsibility,” Among the dead were at across the second floor of the frazzled by the chaos unfolding news agency reported. forcing the militants to flee, the trial sparked outrage among ous state” cannot be sent to trial Macron said. He also expressed least 28 patients on ventilators hospital. Civil defense teams around them. According to the state- official said. the French and international — even if the state was caused his support for the family. battling severe symptoms of the put out flames until the early They said numerous ment, over two dozen militants Eight more militants sus- Jewish community. by the habitual use of illegal Justice Minister Eric virus, tweeted Ali al-Bayati, a hours of the morning. burned bodies were carried had also been killed during the tained injury in the firefight, Halimi, a 65-year-old drugs. Traoré used to smoke Dupond-Moretti tweeted on spokesman of the country’s Ambulances transported out by paramedics from the clean-up operations in the Rohani further said without Jewish woman, died in 2017 heavy quantities of cannabis. Sunday that he will present a independent Human Rights dozens of wounded. The hospital floor. neighbouring Wardak province providing more details, after being pushed out of the “According to unanimous bill at the end of May to plug a Commission. The commission Health Ministry said at least The fire came as Iraq grap- on Saturday. the Xinhua news agency window of her Paris apartment opinions of different psychia- legal vacuum in French law is a semi-official body. 200 people were rescued from ples with a severe second wave The Taliban outfit has not reported. by her neighbour, Kobili try experts, that man was pre- regarding the consequences of Firefighters rushed the scene. of the coronavirus pandemic. made a comment yet Traoré, who allegedly shouted senting at the time of the facts the voluntary use of drugs. ! " 7
? ?# ! )!! ; ! 9! ! # * * * ing’ marginal fields. estimate and its extraction. Kolkata:The Centre will meet the Ministry of Coal and the It wanted ONGC to bring A year later, as many as prospective Bidders on successful bidders were signed he petroleum ministry has in global players in gas-rich 149 small and marginal fields Monday for 67 mines offered in January this year. Ttold India’s largest oil and block KG-DWN-98/2 where of ONGC were identified for for sale in the second tranche Of the 67 mines offered by gas producer ONGC to sell output is slated to rise sharply private and foreign companies of the commercial coal mining the ministry, 23 are under Coal he Government has direct- stake in producing oil fields by next year, and the recently on the grounds that the state- auction, industry sources said. Mines (Special Provisions) Act Ted all major ports to waive such as to Ratna R-Series to pri- brought into production owned firm should focus only This is the highest number and 44 under Mines and all charges levied by the port vate firms, get foreign partners Ashokenagar block in West on big ones. of mines on offer in a particu- Minerals (Development and trusts and to give priority to in KG basin gas fields, mone- Bengal. Also identified for the The first plan couldn’t go lar tranche after the com- Regulation) Act. The blocks on oxygen and related consign- tise existing infrastructure, and purpose is the Deendayal block through because of strong mencement of the auction offer are a mix of mines with ments for berthing. hive off drilling and other ser- in the KG basin which the firm opposition from ONGC, regime in 2014. small and large reserves, coking The decision has been vices into a separate firm to had bought from Gujarat gov- sources aware of the matter “The Govt has called for a and non-coking mines spread taken in view of the excessive raise production. ernment firm GSPC a couple of said. pre-bid interaction on April 26 across six states - Chhattisgarh, requirement of oxygen and sequence to the vessels carry- berthing of such vessel on top Amar Nath, additional years back. The second plan went up after it postponed the April 15 Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya related equipment in the coun- ing consignments of medical priority in the port, unloading secretary (exploration) in the The ministry also wants to the Cabinet, which on meeting. SBI Caps will give a Pradesh, Maharashtra and try. grade oxygen, oxygen tanks, of oxygen related cargo, coor- Ministry of Petroleum and the company to explore creat- February 19, 2019, decided to presentation on the tender Andhra Pradesh. “The Government of India oxygen bottles, portable oxygen dination with Customs and Natural Gas, on April 1 wrote ing separate entities for drilling, bid out 64 marginal fields of process while Central Mine The coal ministry had said has directed all Major Ports, generators, oxygen concentra- other authorities for speedy to Oil and Natural Gas well services, logging, workover ONGC. But, that tender got a Planning and Design Institute the government was moving including the Kamarajar Port tors, steel pipes for manufac- clearance and documentation Corporation (ONGC) services and data processing tepid response, they said and the nominated authority towards adopting a “rolling Limited, to waive-off all charges turing oxygen cylinders and and expeditious evacuation of Chairman and Managing entities. adding that ONGC was will also be present there. auction” mechanism.Coal is levied by Major Port Trusts associated equipment for the oxygen related cargo from port. Director Subhash Kumar giv- This is the third attempt by allowed to retain 49 fields on “As the country is grap- the first mineral resource, (including vessel related next three months, or until fur- In case the vessel is carry- ing a seven-point action plan, the oil ministry to get ONGC condition that their perfor- pling with a raging second where this mechanism is being charges, storage charges etc.),” ther orders. ing other cargo or containers in ‘ONGC Way Forward’ that to privatise its oil and gas mance will be strictly moni- wave of COVID-19 cases, a implemented in which a pool said an official statement. The ministry also asked addition to oxygen related would help the firm raise oil fields under the Modi govern- tored for three years. final call on the number of coal of blocks will always remain The Ministry of Ports, port chairpersons to personal- cargo, waiver of charges on pro- and gas production by one- ment.In October 2017, the The ministry note of April blocks that may go under the available for auctions. Shipping and Waterways has ly supervise logistic operations rata basis, considering the over- third by 2023-24. Directorate General of 1, 2021, said two years have hammer may be taken during The govt expects that com- also asked the ports to accord to ensure unhindered move- all cargo or containers handled The action plan, reviewed Hydrocarbons, the ministry’s elapsed since the Cabinet deci- the meeting ,” the sources told mercial coal mining will bring highest priority in the berthing ment of such consignments for at port, should be provided for by PTI, calls on ONGC to con- technical arm, had identified 15 sion and non-performing fields PTI.Nineteen mines were auc- in new investments, create huge oxygen related cargo to such sider sale of stake in maturing producing fields with a collec- need to be identified for tioned in the first-ever tranche employment opportunities and vessels. The ministry will mon- fields such as Panna-Mukta and tive reserve of 791.2 million divestment and privatisation. of commercial coal mining boost socio-economic devel- itor the details of such vessels, Ratna and R-Series in western tonnes of crude oil and 333.46 It suggested market- auction held last year with the opment in coal- bearing states, ; # 0<45 cargo and time taken in the offshore and onshore fields billion cubic metres of gas, for friendly bid terms such as premium quoted by the suc- and a market-based coal econ- port from the time vessel like Gandhar in Gujarat to handing over to private firms lower royalty rates and com- cessful bidders in the range of omy will help the nation entered in the port limits to exit private firms while divest- in the hope that they would plete marketing and pricing 9.5-66.75%. become Aatmanirbhar in the ; ! % of cargo from port gate. ing/privatising ‘non-perform- improve upon the baseline freedom. The agreements between availability of the resource. PTI 2 ! *3* & %F Pradesh, among others. On Thursday, Tata Steel teelmakers have supplied said it is supplying 300 tonne & & 8&%#- Sabout 1.43 metric tonne of LMO daily to various (MT) liquid medical oxygen states.Meanwhile, AMNS to various parts of the coun- India increased its daily sup- try for the treatment of coro- ply limit to 210 tonne. JSW % 5 navirus patients. Steel and JSPL said they are ountries in the Asia Pacific From September 2020 to supplying 185 tonne and 100 Cregion may witness an < April 22, 2021, the total LMO tonne per day, respectively. uneven pace of recovery where- added. supplied by the steel industry While RINL is trans- in some economies may revive ; For investment in the debt - including public and private porting 100 tonne daily faster than others, according to verseas investors withdrew segment, he said, “The uncer- sectors - was 1,43,876.283 LMO; SAIL in a tweet on a report by Asian Development Oa net 7,622 crore from tainty in the equity markets MT, of which the contribu- Thursday said it is supplying Bank, UNDP and UNESCAP. Indian markets in April so far has made the Indian debt tion of steel CPSEs stood at on an average 600 tonne oxy- Noting that the Covid-19 Pacific region. It has destroyed recovery in a region on the as a surge in Covid-19 cases markets relatively attractive 39, 805.73 MT, as per data gen per day. All the compa- pandemic is an asymmetric tens of millions of jobs and frontlines of the climate crisis, and the consequent restric- from the short-term perspec- provided by the Steel nies are making efforts to shock it said that countries have livelihoods and will reverse tangible action has been limit- tions imposed by various states tive”. Ministry. increase their daily supply been affected differently and much of the region’s progress in ed,” it said. dent investors’ sentiment. VK Vijayakumar, chief Private steel companies limit.On the contribution of the result may be greater eco- reducing poverty and ending Pre-existing vulnerabilities According to the deposi- investment strategist at Geojit supplying oxygen are Tata steelmakers, Union Steel nomic divergence both within hunger, as well as adversely have only compounded the tories data, overseas investors Financial Services noted that as Steel, ArcelorMittal Nippon Minister Dharmendra and between countries in the affect health and education impact of the pandemic, the pulled out 8,674 crore from Morningstar India. per the general trend in the Steel India (AMNS India), Pradhan said: “I thank all region. prospects. report said, adding that the equities, but invested 1,052 Srivastava said the recent market, there is selling in stocks JSW Steel, Jindal Steel and steel companies for coming “Without concerted and The poor and vulnerable, economic performance of crore in the debt segment. spate of net outflows could be like the banking sector, and Power Ltd (JSPL) and together and responding to collaborative policy actions, including women, migrant many countries in the Asia- The total net withdrawal largely attributed to the enor- buying shares with global link- Vedanta ESL, while state- the call of the nation and there is a real risk of a so-called workers, daily wage laborers, Pacific region had already been between April 1-23 stood at mous surge in the COVID-19 ages like IT, metals and phar- owned firms are Steel working 24x7 to produce ‘K-shaped’ recovery in which and other informal sector deteriorating before the pan- 7,622 crore. pandemic in India, which has ma. Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) LMO. We will together fight some groups or countries workers, have been hit the demic. Falling productivity and Previously, FPIs invested led several states to impose “FPIs also are more or less and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam the COVID-19 pandemic”. recover much faster than oth- hardest. Policymakers have a reliance on exports had made 17,304 crore in March, restrictions to bring the situa- following this trend,” he Ltd (RINL). SRTMI Director Mukesh ers,” said the report titled focused on containing the virus a dent in economic growth. 23,663 crore in February and tion under control. said.Investments might turn Oxygen from steel plants Kumar said the role of inte- ‘Responding to the COVID-19 and meeting peoples’ immedi- Similarly, income inequality 14,649 crore in January. While the impact of a more positive again once the is being supplied to states like grated steel plants has grown Pandemic: Leaving No ate needs. had been rising and was wide- FPIs have been “net sellers severe second wave of the pan- COVID-19 cases start declin- Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, beyond being a steel produc- Country Behind’. “While governments rec- ly acknowledged as a key chal- in the equity markets for five demic on the economy is yet to ing and as the effects of the vac- Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, er in times of pandemic. It noted that pandemic has ognize the potential of pursu- lenge, along with weak health weeks in a row now”, noted be ascertained, it has definite- cination catch on, said Harsh West Bengal, Bihar, They have shown they are not caused economic and social ing more environmentally sus- and social protection systems, Himanshu Srivastava, associate ly dashed hopes of an early eco- Jain, co-founder and COO at Jharkhand, Delhi, Madhya just steel producing units. devastation across the Asia- tainable development as part of it said. director - manager research, nomic recovery, he further Groww. 6 , , & 8 O !;% ! 94L% 09"# ! *! & *3* 6561 8@ &4.''+=&/,)/?0/+&174)2 merce, work from home, digi- holders through this control tion of goods across the states”. )* (.4,.4&+&4)1&+./, talization of logistic monitor- &.+.'+0.++01).2&, room are taken up with the The nature of queries riven by increased cloud +0E2.4&)/+).H.1)E)1)+ ing, payments, and contracts. )2(2(&9(.4.2).%),. control room set up by the concerned state/UT govern- raised by stakeholders includes Dadoption and massive &=&12&,204&.1(J 6 “While leading organisa- ADepartment for Promotion ments,” the official said, adding medical delivery boys not per- work-from-home migration, tions are starting to adopt a 9(../ of Industry and Internal Trade “different types of queries are mitted to travel by local train etrol and diesel prices were Australia and India will 8)'')0/)/ F./)/14&.+& more platform-based approach, to monitor internal trade, deliv- under the resolution. 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This majority hennai Super Kings demic has started functioning petrol was sold for 90.40 per according to the IDC. ments on security-related prod- needs to change their mindset CChairman and Director L. from April 24 and received 12 litre.Price of the fuel in Australia and India are the ucts and solutions (endpoint and invest more strategically Sabaretnam passed away here queries on day one, which are Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata next two largest countries in security, VPN, and firewalls) into their security architec- on Sunday following a massive under resolution, an official has were 96.83, 92.43 and 90.62 terms of security spending due will experience double-digit tures,” says Simon Piff, Vice heart attack. 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(particularly in the banking, Security hardware will be Corporation and was an inde- Maharashtra, three from Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, Overall, spending on secu- telecom, and professional ser- the second largest of the secu- pendent Director on the board Madhya Pradesh, two from the fuel was sold for 80.73, rity hardware, services, and vices industry),” explained rity market, dominated by net- of Indian Oil Corporation and Delhi and one from Karnataka, 87.81, 85.75 and 83.61 per software in Asia/Pacific is Sharad Kotagi, Associate work security needs -- includ- Chennai Petroleum the official added. litre, respectively.Prices expected to reach $23.1 billion Market Analyst at IDC IT ing firewalls, intrusion detec- Corporation Ltd. Manufacturing, trans- remained unchanged despite in 2021 - an increase of 12.6 per Spending Guides, Customer tion and prevention, unified He was President of portation, distribution, whole- high crude oil prices. Brent cent over the previous year. 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he pandemic accelerated the sift through a large amount of infor- growth of India’s e-commerce mation to find exactly what they are Tindustry and social commerce looking for. Meanwhile, social com- has emerged as a model of success for merce brands provide personalised non-english speaking audience in sets of products to customers, which India. According to research done by fit his/her taste. Statista, India’s e-commerce market is When a ballroom dancer’s shot at a crucial expected to grow upto US$200 billion Ease of communication: tournament is jeopardized, a street dancer must face his by 2026. Moreover, as per the recent Another reason behind the increasing own painful past and step up as her new partner. survey by PayPal, India is leading the popularity of social commerce is the Starring Isabelle Kaif and Sooraj Pancholi, the film Asian market for social commerce and ease of communication it provides to releases on Netflix on May 7. is likely to turn into a $100 billion ver- its customers. It provides the option tical of e-commerce by 2025. of letting its users converse in sever- Social commerce is an amalgama- al Indian regional languages, further tion of social media and e-com- gaining trust and reliability among merce, wherein the users are getting more and more customers. Even aware and educated through commu- though e-commerce websites are also nity interactions for performing trans- moving towards covering all native actions online and it has been grow- languages, social commerce is much ing rapidly. quicker in providing end-customers The reason behind such success with the comfort of providing infor- of social commerce in the country is mation in their language. the strong regional connection and the role of a personal referral. Price advantage: The sellers on Moreover, the number of buying and social media offer much more attrac- selling groups on social media plat- tive prices as they have no overhead forms, messaging apps, video sharing costs like space, manpower or dead or photo sharing apps is also an affir- inventory. Another reason for low mation that online socialising and prices is the lower customer acqui- shopping are highly compatible. sition cost. The platforms also offer Confined to her home by agoraphobia, a psycholo- This was evidently witnessed in customers the facility to bargain to gist becomes obsessed with her new neighbors — and solv- 2020 when a large population was get the best price in case of bulk ing a brutal crime she witnesses from her window. Starring under lockdown, but a combination orders or group buying. Amy Adams, Gary Oldman and Anthony Mackie, the film of home-grown ideas and social com- releases on Netflix on May 14. merce brought success to many. The way forward: It is, therefore, Sellers have been able to establish their fair to mention that social commerce niche. There has been a visible growth is giving birth to several businesses in new sellers joining these platforms, in India. This is likely to continue in building an online presence while the years to come with the e-com- increasing their customer base. merce industry undergoing a para- So, how are social media plat- digm shift. We are also set to witness forms playing a critical role? ommendations and reviews for vari- large number of orders with the help Trust-building: Direct interac- an expanding customer base in Smartphone usage in India has ous categories by making videos, of Artificial Intelligence. tion between the seller and the buyer social commerce with lowering over- grown five times in the span of five have launched Trell Shop, allowing In this regard, it also becomes builds trust. It also makes the seller head expenses and increasing inter- years. With affordable data charges, users to buy products recommended important to ask what are the key dri- accountable in case the customer is est from investors and companies. A around 700 million smartphone users by Key Opinion Leaders on the plat- vers leading to the rise of social com- not satisfied with the product. They new beacon of opportunities, social in India have affordable data as of form via the platform itself. On the merce. A few of them are: can directly reach out to the seller if commerce still has unexplored 2020. The figures help understand other hand, there are messaging apps they want to refund or exchange. avenues. Language and ease are how easy access via smartphones to which are offering success to small Personalisation: It provides both Once that trust is built between the likely to play a major role in this the online market is changing the businesses as they use different fea- the buyer and seller with an opportu- two parties, the seller is likely to get shift. While e-commerce websites are dynamics of e-commerce. tures to showcase their products. nity to interact, like in a traditional more customers on the basis of rec- here to stay, social commerce is def- A devoted grandson’s mission to reunite his ailing While some social media plat- With many sellers using messag- market set-up. In this virtual reality, ommendations. initely going to be a tough competi- grandmother with her ancestral home turns into a forms have integrated ‘Buy’ buttons, ing apps for business, some compa- one can ask questions anytime from tor. complicated, comic cross-border affair. Starring Arjun other apps like Trell, which allows nies have come up with chatbots for anywhere, clear doubts and ask for Convenience: The traditional e- (The writer is the co-founder and Kapoor, Neena Gupta, Rakul Preet Singh, the film users to share their experiences, rec- retailers, which help them manage a more information about the product. commerce websites require buyers to CEO of Trell.) releases on Netflix on May 18.
nd, it’s a match! Online dat- / R @ Aing apps continue to be much in demand and use among people of different age groups. In ctor Suniel Shetty, who choose to go with like, ‘I will only fact, many are constantly glued Ahas been a part of work with XYZ’, ‘who’s the direc- to these apps to find the one that Bollywood for three decades tor?’ That means you don’t have clicks with their vibe. Sure, these now, says his problem is not your own judgement,” he said. apps have made the search for a being typecast but playing “Keep aside Ayushmann and match faster and easier than safe. Tiger from that lot because they before. The 59-year-old star made have gone with subjects, direc- While dating is well and his Bollywood debut in 1992 tors and not just gone with ban- alive, many factors influence the with the action drama Balwan, ners,” the actor, who last month behaviour of daters and their and was soon slotted as an hosted a show titled 21 Din online dating experience. The action hero. Over the years, he Wellness In on BIG FM, said. major concerns while using a made his mark in the genre Suniel feels the new genera- dating app, preferences while with films such as Mohra, tion actors have to create an indi- searching for a suitable match Border, Kaante and Sapoot vidual style. “No risk (means) and relevance of dating apps in among others, though he also you are no actor according to me. finding a soulmate differ for played the funnyman (the Make your own style. Look at everyone due to different opin- Hera Pheri series, Awara Tiger, Ayushmann, they are self- ions. A dating platform, Paagal Deewaana), the roman- made. All of us were self-made. QuackQuack, where one can tic anti-hero (Dhadkan), the Yes, we made mistakes but there meet several verified local singles offbeat protagonist (Hu Tu were Akshay Kumar and Ajay and like-minded people for dat- Tu), and the odd villain’s role Devgn, who came out with fly- ing and matchmaking, has (Main Hoon Na). ing colours,” he said. shared some key insights into ... = In the new generation, He added, “There was a daters’ behaviour regarding the actors as diverse as Tiger Suniel Shetty who failed after a relevance and safety of dating Shroff and Ayushmann few years because he believed in apps to find that ‘special some- !% ; % ! O)# Khurrana have made a mark the subject but the marketing one’. by sticking to a particular failed.” The report revealed users’ %!% ! ! kind of cinema. Suniel feels his journey in opinion on three key parameters “I guess over a period of Bollywood will help his son L major concerns while using of people and 37 per cent of peo- out of the fear of being judged. mate as compared to 18 per cent time, whether it is Ayushmann Ahan pave his path, now that the dating apps, sharing using dating ple in the age group 31 & above On the contrary, 48 per cent of of men and women who would Khurrana or Tiger Shroff, they latter is all set to enter the film app with friends and family and and 21-20 respectively. Further, people in the age group 18-30 prefer a matrimonial app for will also start experimenting. industry. using a dating app to find a soul- very few people were bothered didn’t mind sharing if asked. finding their soulmate. What’s very important is to get “What I am trying to say is, mate. The responses were cate- about friends/family finding Speaking about the survey an image and they have a I am talking about box-office. We gorised gender-wise as well as their profile on a dating app. report, Ravi Mittal, founder and definite image for start with box-office and how age-wise. The three age groups Talking about gender-wise CEO of QuackQuack, said, themselves. people react. Nobody will risk a were 18-20, 21-30 and 31 and concerns, women (67 per cent) Surprisingly, the majority of “Dating apps continue to grow in These two O* 50-crore film with Suniel Shetty above. were most concerned about safe- people in all age groups i.e. 83 popularity. Both men and names can today but they will risk a 500- ty while using a dating app per cent would prefer using a women across different age only be crore film with Akshay Kumar. L whereas men were equally wor- dating app to find their soulmate, groups are equally using these appreciated, Like I said, I made mistakes but When asked about the major ried about safety (44 per cent) considering matrimonial apps apps to find a perfect date. While hats off to that is fine. Probably that expe- concern while using a dating app, and fake profiles (43 per cent). will mostly pressurize them for they date online; there are vari- them,” Suniel =5 rience will be used by my son,” 65 per cent people in the age marriage and wouldn’t help ous concerns, trends and prefer- said. he said. group 18-20, 52 per cent of peo- ; much in finding their life part- ences that influence their dating “My prob- P Suniel is happy how his run ple in the age group 21-30 and 5 ner. On the contrary, 17 per cent experience. Our recent report lem is not being in Bollywood has shaped up. “It 43.4 per cent people in the age Majority of people L51 per of people in all age groups would provided key insights into all typecast, my prob- is an unbelievable journey. I am group 31 and above felt safety as cent, 52 per cent and 59 per cent prefer matrimonial apps. these parameters. The statistics lem is playing safe. It is grateful is all I can say,” he con- their primary concern. 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If it makes you cry, cry and ties of growth and development and nosing and reflecting back kind of stress or emotional down- our health in a huge way. Even sci- emotional counsellor. Simply by shed those tears. There is a reason also participation in the affairs of the Wat the lifestyles of people fall in their lives. Most of them ence has established that sharing suppressed emotions, why humans have the mechanism family, state and society. Therefore, who have cancer, diabetes, hyper- begin to open up and share how unprocessed emotions manifest in clients start to feel so much better, of crying when we are sad. It's only it is thought that the youth are dis- tension, autoimmune diseases, we they have been living with unre- the physical body in some or the so imagine what expressing emo- when we feel these emotions, do we appointed, disillusioned and restless, find emotions are one commonal- solved emotions for years, some other way. If you’re feeling low, tions on a regular basis can do. allow them to die their natural which is one of the reasons why they ity among 90 per cent of the cases. since childhood. Unforgiveness, depressed and are struggling with As humans we are designed to death. We think that using external indulge in violent and destructive Even in our consults, there is one anger, guilt, resentment, jealousy, emotions, you lack the ability to communicate and this is the build- aids like drinking, binge eating, activities. One thing which is univer- question we ask almost every grief, hurt — pent up over years express. ing block of life. watching, drugs, shopping, etc is the sally recognised in regard to the patient of ours — Do you have any altogether. Express, express, express... it is The first step in this is to learn solution, but in reality, it isn’t. It is youth is that they, in general, have suppressed emotions? What hap- Emotions literally translate into everything and it is very natural. No how to be okay with not being okay. only pushing your real emotion energy, stamina, strong will and zest pened in your life six months back energy in motion. Any emotion — matter what it takes. It could be via It is okay to have a bad day. It is okay deeper and deeper within you, for life. But certain other valuable or the time when you first got diag- negative or positive is energy at the talking, writing, recording your to fail. It is okay to have a fight or rusting your soul. characteristics of youth, which can be nosed with this issue? end of the day and it is supposed to own voice note and deleting, jour- argument in a relationship. Feel Expression is true liberation great tools for social transformation And, believe it or not, we find flow. Suppressing the energy and naling or even setting up a consul- every emotion you are going and freedom. L76# are not fully realised or utilised by society. As a result of which they get confused and disturbed. 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Those were breathtak- Suchith bowled in tandem boundaries but SRH bowlers largely % 4 0 5 /<99- Captain KL Rahul has been one of the few >7; 9 8> ing strokes, straight out of with Khan, SRH’s best spinner controlled the proceedings. ! 00% 6 0 4 /<36 consistent performers in the formidable-looking Punjab batting unit and he once again led by 3 example against MI with an unbeaten 60, his #> passes third fifty in five games. & ;$$$ #$ Mayank Agarwal has been the other main performer and the return to form of Universe Boss MAN UTD HELD BY LEEDS Chris Gayle against MI with a 43 not out should *!!/ be good news for Punjab. ! #! ; But Deepak Hooda, who has not done much # !/ 8 %# after one impressive innings, will have to step up 7# ;% ! # if Punjab want to perform consistently. ! ;$$ . ! ! / /; The place of Nicholas Pooran, who has 8C.CC76 ) 4/< scored 0, 0, 9, 0, in the playing XI is expected to be under review though his turn did not come BORDEAUX THUMPED BY LORIENT in the last match. % ' 7!# # ! The Punjab bowlers, who have been "? 0 # % ) 4/0 pedestrian in earlier matches, came good in ! ) #!!%# their last match with the talented Ravi 0 0 % "/ 0 #)D #) )%! ; Bishnoi (2/21) and senior India pacer 9 99 # !%# )# < % Mohammed Shami (2/21) leading the charge. men to deliver consistently instead of MADRID STUMBLE AGAIN Stuttgart: World number one Ashleigh Young Arshdeep Singh has been relying on the lower order. @ !!!! ); #! Barty earned her third WTA title this year a consistent bowler with six wickets Gill and Morgan have been in ); !!% #! by defeating Aryna Sabalenka in the final of from five matches. woeful form and they desperate- )!% @ 7 < “The ball begins to weigh, Stuttgart’s clay-court tournament on Sunday. On the other hand, KKR, led by ly need big scores to make them- we are feeling the pressure. After winning in Miami and a pre- England’s World Cup winning selves count. LEIPZIG KEEP BAYERN WAITING atteo Darmian scored the “This win is worth 95% of Australian Open event in Melbourne on hard skipper Eoin Morgan, continued Gill has scored just 80 M !/ !@7% ! Monly goal to push Inter the Scudetto. We haven’t won it court, Barty added the Stuttgart title, her first to slide after losing to Rajasthan runs from his five innings. 7#)!7#! % Milan to the brink of the Serie yet but we are close.” tournament on clay this season, as the 2019 Royals by six wickets in their last Morgan is even worse with ? )%! !/ A title with a 1-0 win over Juventus are equal on points French Open winner gears up for Roland match. just 45 from five innings. 9/ #! Hellas Verona on Sunday with with AC Milan in third place, Garros next month. Their batting unit need a complete Sunil Narine has been used to % % 0/ #%< coach Antonio Conte hailing the with Atalanta a further point A day after her 25th birthday, the turnaround in form if KKR has to snap boost to KKR innings on two occasions < victory as worth “nine points”. behind before hosting Bologna. Australian rallied from losing the first set to their losing streak. but the West Indian has not delivered " AMIT SETTLES FOR BRONZE Achraf Hakimi sent the ball With five games left to play, claim a 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 over Sabalenka, who The top-five batsmen continued to till now with scores of 4 and 6. ; !) 8% F69;%G through for Darmian to grab the Inter could claim their first Serie needed a medical time-out after the second struggle with only Nitish Rana — two In the bowling department, Russell, ! 7 ! D winner after 76 minutes in the A title since 2010 as early as next set for a leg injury. half centuries — and Dinesh Karthik Varun Chakravarthy and Prasidh 0 .# 8 )#% %%! San Siro as Inter open up a 13- weekend. Despite playing the third with her right doing anything of worth. Krishna have been doing reasonably well 2 ;)!J < point lead on AC Milan who In Florence, second-half leg strapped, Sabalenka even broke Barty at Pacer Pat Cummins played an with 7, 6 and 5 wickets respectively. travel to Lazio on Monday. substitute Alvaro Morata scored 3-1 in the decider, but the 22-year-old ulti- incredible innings — 66 not out — for a Cummins has been underwhelming 3 PAKISTAN WIN THIRD T20 “Today’s victory is not worth immediately after coming off the mately failed to add Stuttgart to January’s tri- losing cause against Chennai Super Kings performance so far with four wickets from 8; )J )))94# only three points, not even six. bench to rescue a point for umph in Abu Dhabi. AFP 9 9/0< 6 but KKR would like their specialist bats- five matches. / It is worth nine,” said Conte. Juventus.