' ( C 3#D "#3#DD !"# =< 1) 1&1 = $" #$%& !" @ ; $;A$1)-8,, / <; <?> $ $ ; > ;$ -/ 9 ;* ;1$ $ $ ; B / ; ? *; / 9 9 >; ; $ !" $% &' (')%*+*+, !-#) $ %'( $) $ $9: # in the State is estimated 15.40 lakh hectare as compared to "" # // $ 21.07 lakh hectare last year. Big ### farmers have managed to bring " back labourers from Bihar and ! &&()) 1,,# UP while the small and mar- *"+), ginal farmers are finding diffi- " "2134 / " cult in the absence of labour- hectares in the corresponding ers during the kharif sowing week last year. - ")) season. fter returning of migrants Due to good rainfall and #. - 5(36718 The Ministry’s data showed Ain April and May ahead of adequate farm labourers, Bihar, "# 54327- oilseeds and pulses, which are the onset of monsoon due to Uttar Pradesh and predominantly rain-fed crops, M the nationwide lockdown, Chhattisgarh have witnessed a recorded highest increase as Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Uttar record sowing of kharif crops compared to the same period N O Pradesh have witnessed a so far. The Ministry’s data last year. M record sowing of kharif crops showed that the area sown in With Madhya Pradesh and M so far. Interestingly, the area Bihar is estimated 5.11 lakh Maharashtra planting soyabean ! sown in Punjab is estimated to hectare as against 1.17 lakh over 42.2 lakh hectares and 29 "N# Q have declined due to lack of hectare last years during the faced influx of migrant work- Similarly, Chhattisgarh paddy over 68 lakh hectare so lakh hectares as compared to P Q farm labourers. same period. Similarly, Uttar ers during the lockdown peri- which also saw migrants’ far as compared to 49.2 lakh 8.5 lakh hectares and 1 lakh ( ) According to Agriculture Pradesh has witnessed kharif od. UP and Bihar that account- influx, reported 13.40 lakh hectares last year. hectares, respectively, during ( "( Ministry’s data, the area under crops plantation of 5.96 lakh ed for nearly 75 per cent of hectare kharif crops sowing Punjab has reported the corresponding period the kharif crops increased by 88 per hectare as against the 1.52 lakh trains ferrying migrants back compared to 4.38 lakh hectare decline in kharif crops sowing total area under soyabean cul- P* cent over to 433 lakh hectares hectare last year. received 1,723 and 1,680 last year. As per the Ministry’s due to shortage of farm labour- tivation zoomed 225 per cent QO till Friday as against 230 lakh Both these States have shramik trains respectively. data, farmers have planted ers in the State. The area sown to 109 lakh hectares. + # , N- ( O . N O N O N O &+ * ) ) / ! * 0 1 Q "N* ()& * 2 ! ON3 OM * # " #$% #$&' # Q Geneva: China did not come China picked up a media state- test came on Thursday itself, ) forward on its own to report to ment by the Wuhan Municipal and 13 of the inmates were - ! the World Health Organisation Health Commission from their found positive. "#P % Q 4 5 (WHO) that it had a problem website on cases of “viral pneu- Of them, seven were new in Wuhan following the virus monia” in Wuhan, according to inmates, who had been serving P M , 6 outbreak late last year, accord- the chronology of events enu- the mandatory isolation of 14 N ing to the updated information merated by the WHO. On days in two separate rooms # Q the UN health agency posted January 1, the WHO request- inside the premises. / about how it has handled the ed information on the report- t least 13 inmates of the While there are three . # Covid-19 crisis so far. ed cluster of atypical pneumo- Ajuvenile home in Noida rooms which have been ! On December 31, 2019, the nia cases in Wuhan from the tested positive for coronavirus reserved for the new inmates to ) WHO’s Country Office in Chinese authorities. IANS on Thursday and they have serve quarantine, the remain- been sent to Government ing reside in five different halls. 89:; State from outside with infec- about 21,000 cases, out of Institute of Medical Sciences However, there are multiple tion. The Government of West which 6,200 are still active, (GIMS) in Greater Noida for common areas used by all the Bengal has decided to stop or Maharashtra with a total of treatment. There are total 162 inmates. M / curtail the movement of 1,92,990 confirmed cases is children at the observation And officials suspect that < incoming flights and trains the worst-hit State in the coun- home and Covid antigen and the six other old inmates could L # M into the State.” try. Tamil Nadu has 1,02,721 PCR tests were conducted on have contracted Covid since July 6 to July 19, 2020 or till fur- The Chief Minister too cases whereas Delhi is at third all the inmates and 17 staffers they were using the same wash- ! 4 5 ther order whichever is earlier.” had told the media “though our spot with about 95,000 cases. of the observation home rooms, water coolers in the he Central Government According to sources, the recovery rate at more than 65 Gujarat has registered about throughout Thursday. common area. Thas suspended flights link- order was circulated by the air- per cent is higher than the 34,600 infections. The results of the antigen “The health department ing Kolkata’s NSI Airport to six port slot allocation team fol- national rate we have problems officials were of the view that 3 / hotspot cities of Delhi, lowing directives from the with the infected people com- the old inmates got infected M M Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur in Aviation Ministry. ing from outside, particularly possibly because they used the N O Maharashtra, Chennai in Tamil Earlier, the State the hotspot areas … I have same washrooms, water cool- Nadu and Ahmedabad in Government had requested the asked the Chief Secretary to ers and touched walls and win- = # * #Q Gujarat following a request Centre to suspend flights to write to the Centre about sus- dows of the premises. Anyway, > > from Bengal Chief Minister and from these cities following pending flights from the high- we are offering warm water, tea * = # Mamata Banerjee. which a letter from the State ly affected regions.” to the inmates twice to the N 2 A statement issued by the Chief Secretary was sent to the She, however, said that inmates, who are also being F airport authorities said, “It is Aviation Ministry. It said, “West “the flights connecting the made to do gargles. The water O informed that no flights shall Bengal is also witnessing a cities in Bengal and those to coolers have been removed,” #Q operate to Kolkata from Delhi, steep rise in cases. A large num- States where the crisis is not said Dharmendra Maurya, ) Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, ber of cases have been report- that deep can be carried on.” caretaker of Noida observation 3 Chennai and Ahmedabad from ed from people coming in the While Bengal has a total of home. = # @A - B 9 : ! 6 ) 3 = # Q New Delhi: With health experts “Just as red tape was not announcement from the Red raising concerns over the Indian allowed to become a hindrance Fort. “Why is ICMR rushing for . = Council of Medical Research’s in the fast-track approval of new an unrealistic timeline of August / < C (ICMR) decision to set the indigenous testing kits or for 15for Indian corona(virus) vac- August 15 deadline for the introducing in the Indian mar- cine when global experts are giv- N O ++ launch of the Covid-19 vaccine, ket potential Covid-19 related ing 12 to 18 months ‘ time the ICMR has said it has decid- drugs, the indigenous vaccine frame,” Congress leader ; < ed to fast track the process to cut development process has also Prithviraj Chavan tweeted. red tape and it is in accordance been sought to be insulated Asserting that scientific !/ < he Corona death toll in with global practice. from slow file movement,” the advances cannot be “made to >M TJharkhand reached 18 on In a statement, the ICMR ICMR said in a statement. order”, CPI(M) general secretary M Saturday as three patients — said the letter sent by DG- But not convinced by the Sitaram Yechury alleged the one each from Jamshedpur, ICMR to investigators of the ICMR statement, both Congress ICMR was trying to fast track < 89D@! Sahibganj and Khunti — died clinical trial sites was “meant to and Left parties have said that the production of a coronavirus Q during treatment, health cut unnecessary red tape, with- the ICMR’’s plans to launch a vaccine so that the Prime officials said. out bypassing any necessary coronavirus vaccine by August Minister could make the ( #Q At least 33 fresh cases of + process, and speed up recruit- 15 was aimed only at enabling announcement on Covid-19 infection surfaced ! ,-. / 0)12 ment of participants”. the Prime Minister to make a big Independence Day. PNS