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I’m among immune-compromised or several people, who have the .*: . $+:+* decision by " the confident that " we will be able Covid patients and those who Freceived the first dose of Government ( .( . *: and the CBSE to arrive at an informed, col- have recovered from the infec- Covid-19 vaccine, the second &..78( overall, will decide the fate0 $ :;%+:+* of laborative decision " regarding tion in the country, doctors one seems to be elusive, at least other. $+:+* national Boards like the the Class 12 Board exams and have said. India has reported in near future, as States have fter months of indecision, ICSE ( .( *+ and IB. 0 $ :;%+:+*remove the uncertainty ## from more than 8,000 cases of black reported shortage of drugs "#$ Athe Centre on Sunday took . $+:+*There are approximately the minds of the students and fungus so far. while the Centre is scouting for- steps to build a consensus for 21,271 CBSE schools in India parents by informing them of As mortality associated eign land for importing as well 30 crore people by June-end. the conduct of the pending and( # "" 220 schools in 28 foreign " our final decision " at the earli- with the black fungus is as high as enhancing manufacturing Similarly, 1,49,47,941 Class 12 Board examinations countries<(=. $+:+* affiliated to it. A est," Pokhriyal said. as 50 per cent, reports of deaths of the jabs to meet the vaccine frontline workers (FLWs) have by putting two options before whopping 13 lakh students He reiterated that the safe- have started trickling in from need for its people here. received first dose but just the States during a virtual have.. #># +:+* registered for the Class># +? @:%+:+* 12 ty, security, and ## future of the the States which are facing ! # $ For instance, a random click 83,22,058 FLWs have received meeting chaired by Defence Board.. # +:+* exams this year. There +; +A%+:+*students and ## teachers were acute shortage of the anti-fun- by The Pioneer on CoWin, the second dose while 6,06,73,244 Minister Rajnath Singh in the are about 2,400 ICSE-affiliated important to the Government. gal jab, Amphotericin B. black fungus for long, said Dr of Medicine, Issyk-Kul Government portal, found that for over 45 years old to 60 years presence of Education Minister schoolsB( ...+:+*< = and annually 2.5*A +6%+:+* lakh The Board +C @*%+:+* offers 174 sub- Many patients will sustain Hariprasath Prakash and Dr Regional Campus, Kyrgyzstan. the slot for the second dose in old have been vaccinated first Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. students take the Class 12 jects to Class 12 students, of permanent damage to their Arunaloke Chakrabarti in their “The environment, both several vaccine centres and hos- dose of which 97,84,465 have Sources present in the two- exams. which about *1 +@20 are considered health, said the doctors and recent article titled indoor and outdoor, has a pitals even under the 45 plus cat- been given second dose. At 3 ... D+;%+:+* hour-long meeting said the Union Minister** *6%+:+* for major by the CBSE. These warned that not only diabetics ‘Epidemiology of higher mucor spore count. egory is showing nil doses. least 5,65,49,096 for above 60 Centre proposed that the States Women+:+*< = and Child include: Physics, chemistry, but even those who have Mucormycosis in India,’ that This means that the spores The Government’s overall years have administered first either hold Class 12 Board Development Smriti Zubin mathematics, +1 +E biology, history, undergone transplants, or are was published in the journal (microscopic biological parti- vaccination data under the dose of which just 1,82,42,554 examinations in select major Irani and Union Minister for political science,D+6%+:+* business stud- suffering from pulmonary ‘Microorganism’. Dr cles that allow the fungi to nationwide jab programme have received second dose. subjects, or hold the exams Information&.. +:+* and Broadcasting># *A%+:+*ies, accountancy, ## geography, tuberculosis, chronic kidney Chakrabarti is a prominent reproduce) belonging to the launched from January 16 also While vaccine has become based on multiple choice sin- Prakash Javadekar were also economics and English. A disease, as well as critically-ill mycologist and head of the mucor group are present in the show that of total 97,52,422 an urgency amid second wave, gle paper objective questions. present ( > +:+* in the meeting. :A%+:+* The CBSE student ## takes a mini- people, besides those who are Department of Medical air in high numbers,” they healthcare workers (HCWs) many rue that second dose is The Centre asked the States malnourished, are equally vul- Microbiology at the PGIMER said. who have taken the first dose, nowhere to be seen. to respond latest by May 25 nerable to the disease because (Post Graduate Institute of In fact, hospital-acquired just 67,00,147 have taken the “No second dose. What if after taking a call and high-level consultation saw full mum of five and a maximum of the weak immunity caused Medical Education and infections among patients in second dose so far. Overall, at least a person took the first announce the exams by June. participation of education min- of six subjects. Of these, usually by the steroids given to them Research), Chandigarh, while India have always been a mat- 19,49,51,603 vaccines have dose in February end and Several States, including Delhi, isters and education secretaries four are major subjects. during Covid management. Dr Prakash is at the ter of concern. “The infec- been administered so far. wants to take the second dose opposed holding of the exam- of States and Union Territories Sources also said that the India has been a hotbed for International Higher School tions are caused due to the lack The first phase of the vac- now, after three months? Will ination at a time when the and chairpersons of State CBSE has proposed two of compliance with infection cination programme was s/he be registered for the sec- Coronavirus pandemic was Examination Boards. options to the Education control guidelines, such as opened for the health workers ond dose? And where?” ques- raging across the country and Jharkhand Chief Minister Ministry for conducting the hand hygiene, use of outdated followed by frontline workers tioned a doctor from a also suggested that students Hemant Soren represented his Board examinations for the ' . technology, misuse or excessive and then above 45 plus having Government hospital refusing and teachers should be vacci- State. In a series of tweets, major subjects. use of antibiotics and more. comorbidities. The to be quoted. nated before taking the exams. Pokhriyal said the meeting was Continued on Page 6 Continued on Page 6 Government had plans to cover Continued on Page 6 ./
O P &..78( %& ! ndia’s death tally crossed the '!'!(') " # ##$% Ithree lakh mark on Sunday " #$# # # O P even as the country’s caseload &'()'*+'(,+ saw a sustained decline and hit -.&'&&')/01 $"#$ a five week low of 2,22,704 #& # *+ + off in hundreds of vehicles India added 4,452 deaths 2'/2')*+-.0'0*&1 # " ' from the Bastada toll plaza in during the last 24 hours to , Haryana and headed for the reach a total of 3,03,751 deaths. &'2)'&/'3+3 * - Singhu border point near The country is now only -.2'/&'/,21 Delhi. They will perform lan- behind the USA (6 lakh plus !" (# " &..78( gar seva for a week after reach- deaths) and Brazil (4.5 lakh &)'+('2*( # # # # ing their destination, the plus deaths). The total global # # # )*'+ efying the Covid lockdown, farmer leader said. death count stood at 34.75 9**')3',3)-.&('()&1 # # , - #. " Da large number of farmers Farmers’ leader Balbir lakh as on Saturday. # from Haryana, Punjab and Singh Rajewal appealed to sup- During the last few weeks P &0'&0'3/0-.&*'3)31 # Western Uttar Pradesh (UP) porters and others to raise India’s death rate has steadily * + , # - # #-% have marched to Delhi ahead of black flags at their homes and climbed up, going from 0.5 per &2'0)'3()-.&*',&/1 0# " ## #' the ‘black day’ protest planned atop their vehicles and shops cent to 1.8 per cent as virus for May 26 to mark six months on May 26. “We will also burn penetrated the rural belt and hit +('(3',3+-.0')+*1 - *8 # # of their protests against the effigies of Narendra Modi as a those who didn’t have access to $ # three controversial farm laws. form of protest,” he said. even basic health care. +0'+(',(,-.+'(031 !" #$ ## The growers chose to Visuals from Karnal showed Maharashtra leads the & # observe May 26 as a ‘black day’ many of the growers, either country in terms of total death. added to the day’s cumulative " #$ " # as Narendra Modi had first wearing no masks or wearing The State has reported 88,620 tally, while the infections # # 1 taken oath as the Prime them improperly while raising deaths followed by Karnataka climbed marginally to 26,672. Lucknow (PTI): Uttar Pradesh sion and inspected Badokhar be in Chitrakoot division. "### " # Minister on this date in 2014 slogans in groups. (25,282 deaths) and Tamil A day after the state logged Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Khurd village, according to a As a result of the stringent $# # and the Government will com- On May 20, a large convoy Nadu (20, 468). 682 deaths and 26,133 infec- on Sunday appealed to those eli- statement. testing mechanism in the rural plete seven years in office then. of farmers from Punjab’s Tarn On Sunday, States like tions, the infections went up gible to get inoculated, saying After the inspection, he held pockets, active cases in the state $ Meanwhile, 12 Opposition par- Taran had left for Delhi and a Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, marginally to 26,672, while vaccination is a safeguard against a meeting with officials and have dropped down to around #"" 2 ' ties, including the Congress, the prominent farmer leader has Delhi reported major declines the State added 1,320 deaths – COVID-19. Adityanath, who public representatives in the 84,800, the chief minister said. NCP and the TMC have come promised that convoys of in the numbers of cases. But comprising 398 deaths that visited Jhansi and Chitrakoot, Government Medical College. He said community kitchens P out in support of the decision of around 2,000 vehicles each southern States still remained occurred in the last 48 hours, said the test, trace and treat He also visited the Covid are providing two meals per day the farmers’ union to observe a would leave every week from in the grip of the virus. 196 that took place last week strategy has helped in tackling the Command Centre in Chitrakoot to every needy person in all the !" 3( "# countrywide protest on May 26. one district of the State for Maharashtra recorded and 726 old unaccounted situation in the state. and reviewed the work. districts and the state government 4 # # Led by the Bharatiya Kisan Delhi to participate in the May 1,320 Covid-19 deaths on deaths that were added to the The chief minister reviewed Adityanath said over 300 is working to provide an # #" # Union (BKU) leader Gurnam 26 protests. Sunday — including 726 old State’s daily Covid-19 toll. the arrangements of COVID new oxygen plants are being set allowance of 1,000 per month $#6+" 1 ' Singh Charuni, the famers set Continued on Page 6 unaccounted deaths that were Continued on Page 6 management in Chitrakoot divi- up in the state, of which nine will to daily wagers in the urban areas. ## &..78( According to statistics pro- public beaches, marinas, dog vided by Our World in Data, parks, plazas, public gardens. e it Delhi’s Lodi Garden, when the pandemic first hit The number kept rising till Bwhere Delhi’s elites hang India the people didn’t care for April 22 when as many as 60 around in the morning, or the enemy, but as the caseload percent of people avoided Mumbai’s Marine Drive, or grew and fatality increased so going to parks or strode to their &..78( Bengaluru’s sprawling Kabban did the tendency to remain nearby plazas or beaches to park, the fear of coronavirus indoors. The fear of the unseen unwind themselves. wo-time Olympic medalist hangs so heavily in the air that was more pronounced during The trend reversed as the TSushil Kumar and his asso- the number of their visitors the second wave, which saw country came to terms with the ciate were arrested by the have come down sharply. people promptly retreating to enemy and the fear of the Southern range of Delhi Police’s The fear of an invisible their homes to secure them- unknown subsided toa great Special Cell on Sunday from enemy is one of the worst sorts selves from the dreaded virus. extent with medical science Mundka area in connection of phobia that has haunted For example, when the providing hope that it could with the murder of a 23-year- mankind from ages. Deserted country first came in touch with tame the enemy. Every morn- old budding wrestling cham- roads patrolled by police and coronavirus few people took ing more and more health pion Sagar Dhankar. dogs, empty parks, desolate cin- precautionary measures till the freaks and pleasure seekers Meanwhile, the Rohini Court ema halls, shuttered or pad- Government announced a put on their sneakers and revis- sent the wrestler and his asso- % locked pubs and bars, closed nationwide lockdown, first a ited the parks and gardens. ciate to six days’ police custody # & malls, for better parts of the last three-day affair from March 21, The number of those still for interrogation. # $ # ' 15 months, the world has been and then a three-weeks shut- indoors was a mere 9.47 on Kumar was on the run for # $() reduced to a haunted place, its down from March 24. On March14 , when the Second nearly 20 days and he was con- inhabitants living indoor in the March 20, the number of peo- wave started to attack the tinuously changing his location Kumar. dread of an unseen enemy stalk- spaces has declined by as much and curfew restrictions ated such an atmosphere of fear ple who avoided going outdoors nation. In month time, — by to evade arrest. Sources also According to Pramod ing their streets and every nook 44 per cent during the last three imposed by States. The theories that only the most hardened of was just around 5.86 percent. April 14 to be precise, — ten said that the wanted gangster, Singh Kushwah, the Deputy and corner of their existence. months due to the panic trig- that the virus is lurking in the souls chose to keep their out- The definition of public places per cent more people chose to Sandeep alias Kala Jathedi, Commissioner of Police In India, the number of vis- gered by the spread of Covid- air waiting to pounce on you if door morning date with for this study included places keep off parks and plazas. who is Sagar Dhankar’s mater- (DCP), Special Cell, on Sunday, itors to parks and outdoor 19 and subsequent lockdown you venture outdoors, has cre- nature. like local parks, national parks, Continued on Page 6 nal uncle was also looking for Continued on Page 6 ! # $%& #%& '()* 5 R ) *+# # "#+ #,# #-./ +
7, &4 under the EWS (economical- on his application. Dwivedi was a teacher in 7, &4 ly weaker section) category. “There is a mention of his Banasthali Vidyapeeth, M he selection of Arun Dwivedi was given the father in the application and Rajasthan, and when Satish uring his visit to various # TDwivedi, brother of UP’s appointment letter by the reg- not his brother. I never knew Dwivedi became a minister, he Ddistricts of the Basic Education Minister istrar of Siddharth University his brother was a minister in left the job and came to UP. Bundelkhand region, Chief % Satish Chandra Dwivedi, as an on Friday. the UP cabinet and neither did His wife is an assistant profes- Minister Yogi Adityanath assistant professor of psychol- Vice-Chancellor Surendra the minister ever recommend sor in Bihar and they also have declared that 15 new oxygen ogy in Sidharth University Dubey’s term was supposed to the appointment of his broth- a house and land, though the plants were being set up there & (Kapilvastu) under the EWS end on May 21 but the gov- er, directly or indirectly,” he brothers still live in a joint and six of which would come # quota for upper caste has ernment gave him an exten- said. family. up in Jhansi. kicked up a controversy with sion until the appointment of Basic Education Minister The EWS certificate is “The ongoing wave of & the opposition claiming that the regular vice-chancellor. Satish Chandra Dwivedi said obtained only when the annu- Covid is completely different # the minister used his good Now, questions are that his brother got the job on al income of an individual is from the first. The state did not & '( offices to facilitate job to his being raised over whether the merit. less than Rs 8 lakh per year face any oxygen shortage in the brother. term of the vice-chancellor “I never recommended and the applicant should have first wave but since the disas- )* N There are two posts of was extended just because the his appointment. He is an less than 5 acres of land and trous second wave hit the state, assistant professor for psy- minister’s brother was to be individual and his testimonies his or her house should be less the demand for oxygen supply from 3.10 lakh to 84,800 with- people. “Instructions have been with members of the surveil- chology and while Dr appointed. are a reflection of his individ- than of 1,000 square feet area. also increased and we faced a in just 22 days,” he pointed out. given to vaccinate people in vil- lance committees. Harendra Sharma has been Siddharth University uality. If anyone has any If one lives in an urban area, crisis. Learning a lesson, we are Yogi also informed medi- lages through the common Yogi then interacted with appointed under the OBC Vice-Chancellor Dr Surendra doubt, they can go and check one should have a residential strengthening our system. apersons about UP’s recovery service centres (CSCs),” the an ANM worker and asked quota, Dr Arun Kumar Dubey said that Dr Arun records,” he said. plot of less than 100 square Under these efforts, the rate, which has climbed to CM said. him regarding the medical Dwivedi has been selected Dwivedi was given a job based It is said that Dr Arun yards. Bundelkhand region will get 15 over 93%. Stressing on the impor- facilities and functioning of the oxygen plants,” Yogi said on The chief minister also tance of testing, the CM said committees. Satisfied with the Sunday. said that efforts were being UP has conducted the highest commitment shown by front- Holding a series of press made on a war-footing to number of tests in the last 24 line workers, the CM congrat- 7 " " # ##O #$ conferences in Jhansi and ensure that the pace of vacci- hours. Over 3.17 lakh tests were ulated everyone working in Banda, the CM said that nations picks up next month as conducted on Saturday, which the village. 7, &4 minister whose brother Arun Dwivedi has to him by the district magistrate of experts had predicted that UP vaccines will be administered was a record in itself. So far, the He also talked about ‘Mera been appointed as an assistant professor Siddarth Nagar under political pressure,” would report around 1 lakh to people in the 18-44 catego- state has conducted 4.67 crore Gaon: Corona Mukt Gaon’ and he UP Congress demanded cancella- under EWS quota for the upper caste. The Lallu alleged. He added that the minister’s cases per day between April 25 ry in all 75 districts of the state Covid tests. urged the villagers to take part Ttion of the appointment of the younger minister’s brother obtained the EWS cer- brother usurped the rights of the deserv- and May 10 and the situation from June 1. Currently, the vac- The CM also hailed the in this exercise and make their brother of Basic Education Minister Satish tificate on the basis of forged documents ing candidates. would be out of control. cination under this category is work of the surveillance com- village Covid-free. The chief Dwivedi as an assistant professor in and the state government should order an Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh “We reported around underway in 23 UP districts. mittees in checking the corona minister said people coming Siddharth University, Kapilvastu, under the inquiry into the matter and take action also questioned the appointment of Arun 38,000 cases on April 26, the The CM also said that spread in rural areas. The CM from outside should be com- EWS quota for the upper caste. against those involved in the fraud,” Lallu Dwivedi. maximum till date, and there there would be separate booths also went on a visit to a village pulsorily tested for Covid. He State congress president Ajay Kumar said. “The basic education minister is has been a constant slide since for media personnel in each where he asked about the well- directed the officials concerned Lallu said the minister’s brother was “How can Arun Dwivedi qualify for ignorant about the death of 1,621 teach- then. In the last 24 hours, district. being of people. to carry out sanitisation exer- appointed on the basis of forged docu- the EWS quota as he was already employed ers during panchayat elections but he around 4,800 cases have been Giving updates on the vac- He also visited Gandhi cises in the village from time to ments as he was shown to be hailing from as an assistant professor in another state knows how to get his brother appointed reported, a decline of 34,000 cination, the CM further said Nagar gram panchayat of time. He also said that medi- the economically weaker section. university? This warrants a high-level as an assistant professor under EWS from the peak. The active cases that the state has so far admin- Badagaon development block cines should be given to all the “It’s an act of fraud at the behest of the inquiry as the EWS certificate was issued quota,” he said. have come down in the state istered over 1.62 crore doses to in Jhansi where he interacted patients. 3'%*/ !"" # " # " $ 4 7, &4 tration claimed it was The committee has been Board chairman Zufar district minority welfare offi- a span of a few days and encroaching upon government asked by the government to Ahmad Faruqi had termed cer. eight people were made mem- NOTICE Lucknow (PNS): The state he Uttar Pradesh govern- land. submit its report within 15 the demolition as illegal and an The Barabanki administra- bers of its management com- unit of CPI-ML demanded Tment has set up a 3-mem- The structure, constructed days. act of high-handedness of the tion had on May 17 pulled mittee. strict action and registration of ber committee to probe the in the premises of Ram Sanehi The sources said the panel Barabanki administration. down the mosque in Ram Among those booked were I Kanchan Lata Bajpai w/o a murder case against police- demolition of a century-old Ghat tehsil in Barabanki, was would be headed by Shiva The police had on Friday Sanehi Ghat, saying the con- mosque committee chairman Virendra Kumar Pandey R/o men, including the Bangarmau mosque which was recently demolished on May 17. Kant Dwivedi, special secretary registered a case of fraud struction was illegal and it Mushtaq Ali, vice-president Vill-Bahorawa, Hardoi,UP have (Unnao) SO after vegetable demolished by Barabanki dis- According to official sources, of minority welfare and waqf, against a former inspector of was demolished on court Vakil Ahmed, secretary changed my name kanchan vendor Faisal Hussain was trict administration, triggering the committee will also and would comprise deputy the UP Sunni Central Waqf orders. Mohammad Anees and mem- Lata Bajpai to kanchan Lata allegedly beaten to death. The a controversy. probe into the alleged forging director of minority welfare Board and seven members of The district minority bers Mohammad Mustaqim, Pandey for all purpose party demanded justice for the Muslim groups flayed of documents to get the land (Lucknow) and deputy direc- the management committee welfare officer, in his com- Dastgir and Afzal. Former deceased and his family, alleg- the government and the registered with UP Sunni tor of minority welfare of the mosque, which was plaint, alleged that it was waqf board inspector ing that it was a murder com- administration for razing the Central Waqf Board in June, (Ayodhya) as members. demolished. The case was reg- declared a waqf property on Mohammad Taha was also NOTICE mitted by the policemen of mosque even as the adminis- 2019. UP Sunni Central Waqf istered on the complaint of the the basis of fake papers in named in the case. Bangarmau. State secretary I Rachana Upadhyay W/o Anil Sudhakar Yadav said the insen- Kumar Upadhya R/o Mo- sitive and barbaric manner in Nalapar, Kerakat Jaunpur UP, which the 18-year-old Faisal have changed my name was beaten to death by police. Rachana Upadhyay to He asked why Faisal was sin- Rachana Trivedi for all purpose gled out and caught for viola- tion of corona curfew while there were several others pre- NOTICE sent in the vegetable market. The CPI-ML state secre- I Anil kumar Upadhya S/o Shri tary said many people from the Lalji Upadhyay R/o Mo- minority community were Nalapar, Kerakat, Jaunpur UP, killed in mob lynching and the have changed name of my accused were protected by the minor child Arav Narayan BJP governments at the Centre Upadhyay to Arav Upadhyay and in UP. “Now, police are for all purpose killing people in broad day- light,” he alleged. Yadav said the accused had not been arrested even two days after the inci- dent. “The police and admin- istration first attempted to save the culprits by claiming that the death was caused by heart attack even though Faisal was N ! hale and hearty and just 18 "# ! $%&$'&()** ! years old. 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Either were in touch with the patients supply is being made as per fungus patient was dis- Cross Society, which has the supply of the drug should and their attendants and what- 56 the demand which remains charged from the hospital on been given the responsibili- be increased or there should ever supplies they were get- dynamic. Sunday,” he added. ty of distributing the drug, be some guideline on distri- ting, they were distributing to Meanwhile, one patient It may be mentioned here has demanded security as bution of the drug. Yesterday them. “We have a committee 7, &4 succumbed to mucormycosis that while the government attendants of some patients we received 50 vials of the that decides to whom the at KGMU on Sunday. KGMU hospitals are receiving the become aggressive. drug when the demand was drug will be given and a list is ucknow reported 301 fresh spokesperson Dr Sudhir supply from the Medical Chairman of Indian Red 720 vials and it shows the released accordingly. The Lcases while 851 patients Singh said 11 more patients Corporation, black fungus Cross Society, OP Pathak, huge gap between supply and medicine is coming continu- recovered and 18 died in the last were admitted to the hospi- patients admitted in private said that the stock was lim- demand,” he said. Pathak ously and is being supplied. 24 hours. tal in the last 24 hours, tak- hospitals have to submit an ited and the patients' atten- said that they had communi- The committee takes a com- Uttar Pradesh showed fur- ing the total number of application to the divisional dants who queued up to get cated the problem to the petent call on who should be ther improvement in the recov- patients there to 135. Surgery commissioner and it is the medicine often argued, additional commissioner of given the drug,” he said. ery rate at 93 per cent while the positivity rate dropped to around 2 per cent as the state % (0. reported 4,844 new Covid cases )8<49 in the last 24 hours while 14,086 patients recovered. However, as " 1( many as 234 patients lost their &!*/ # $ battle to the deadly virus in the last 24 hours. Additional Chief # # Secretary, Health, Amit Mohan cent from a high of over 16.84 would be made to bring it to Lucknow (PNS): The UP government on 7, &4 Prasad said at present, there are per cent in April, which shows zero. The DM said that it was Sunday ordered the PHCs to make OPD func- are struggling with vulnerability. tation services. “Through the app, 84,880 active cases in the state that the disease spread has been also important to carry out tional in rural areas with immediate effect so Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on a phone call the doctor talks to while 19,209 people have suc- arrested to quite an extent, sanitisation on a war-footing. that villagers could get medical treatment at ith UP managing to check the had virtually interacted with more the patient or their family and cumbed. The maximum deaths Prasad said. The case positivity He said they also started the earliest. ACS, Health, Amit Mohan Prasad Wrampaging march of the dead- than 5,000 AYUSH practitioners enquires about the symptoms of the were reported from Jhansi (21), rate is the percentage of samples food grains distribution to said that the government is committed to pro- ly coronavirus, the AYUSH depart- and appealed to them to join the disease and helps with other health- followed by Lucknow (18), coming out positive out of the ration card holders under the viding quality treatment to patients and that ment is playing a significant role in fight against Covid. He had asked related queries,” he said, adding this Varanasi (15), Agra (11), and total number of samples evalu- direction of the chief minister medical officers must ensure that villagers not recovery of Covid patients in home them to provide treatment to Covid is a kind of audio feature. People Saharanpur & Gorakhpur (10 ated. and Covid-appropriate behav- only get treatment but also medicines free of isolation and also helping in break- patients and educate them about can get information about how to each). Meanwhile, District iour was being ensured all the cost. ing the transmission chain by edu- the various yoga asanas. In pur- develop a healthy lifestyle and fol- Meerut reported 297 fresh Magistrate Abhishek Prakash while. The DM said a mega vac- “All the PHCs should have antigen test cating people on ways to increase suance of the CM’s directives, the low an organised routine. cases, Varanasi 241, Saharanpur held a meeting to take stock of cination exercise was being car- facilities and if any one is found Covid posi- their immunity. AYUSH practitioners have also Dr Dixit said AYUSH practition- 264 and Gorakhpur 201. sanitisation, surveillance, drug ried out under which maximum tive, they should get free medicines,” Prasad To help people access prescrip- been promoting yoga at home. ers have been teaching yoga asanas “Uttar Pradesh has created distribution, RRTs, Chetak number of people were being said. He added that health workers should gear tions to strengthen their immune According to Dr AK Dixit, officer- and techniques virtually to more a record of sorts as it tested RRTs. The DM said a special 7- given the jabs. for the fight against Covid in rural areas. He system through Ayurveda and to in-charge of the department of than 300 people regularly, starting 3,17,684 people across the state. day campaign would be carried He directed all the CHCs asked CMOs to appoint AYUSH doctors in educate people about effective AYUSH, in view of the growing from 8 am. He emphasised on the So far, a total of 4, 67,37,822 tests out in Lucknow during which all and PHCs to carry out renova- PHCs if allopathic doctors were not available. home remedies, the ‘AYUSH interest of people in AYUSH mode, role of yoga in making one free of ill- have been done in the state,” he the home isolation patients tion. The DM said all the CHCs “In view of the black fungus cases, ENT Kavach App’, an initiative of the a special feature of tele-counselling ness and said Ayush doctors have said. Of the total tests conduct- would be covered and medicines should have oxygen beds while specialists and ophthalmologists should oper- department, has emerged as a was added to it, which was named been consistently monitoring the ed on Saturday, around 1,32,768 would be provided to them. PHCs should have four oxygen ate in every hospital between 10 am and 12 blessing in times like these when ‘Ayush Tele-Kavach’. It helps people health of Covid patients in home iso- were RT-PCR. Earlier on Friday, There would also be contact and six isolation beds each. He noon,” he said. people are confined to homes and have easy access to the tele-consul- lation and even of others. UP had tested 3,06,548 samples. tracing and testing, he said. He added that a community kitchen The daily Covid test positiv- added that the positivity rate was should be started at the CHC ity rate has dipped to 1.51 per low in Lucknow and efforts block and tehsil headquarters. ',0) 1 234 ted that very little was known about the novel coro- 7, &4 navirus variants present in the UP population. “The samples had been sent to the IGIB ational Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) will (Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology) Ncarry out genome sequencing of 450 coron- New Delhi but the results were still awaited. The avirus samples to study the various mutations of IGIB has been doing genome sequencing on a pri- the virus in Uttar Pradesh. NBRI Director Dr SK ority basis and as Maharashtra is a priority the Barik said that under this project the CDRI samples of that state were taken up first. UP came (Central Drug Research Institute) would also do the in late in the second wave of coronavirus outbreak genome sequencing of 450 samples and all the sam- which started in Maharashtra, followed by ples would be provided by King George’s Medical Karnataka, Delhi and then UP. But UP is a state University (KGMU). with a large area and population for which the “We have already placed the order for the chem- genome sequencing needs to be intensified and ical reagents required for genome sequencing and hence the local labs of NBRI and CDRI have been we will start very soon. We had done the genome selected for it,” he said. The NBRI director admit- sequencing of a batch of 44 samples of the coron- ted that with the number of tests for coronavirus avirus in the first wave and the results showed that infection they were carrying out currently, they the mutants were aligning with the American and were not able to follow other leads. “We are con- the UK strains but since then a lot of mutations have ducting the maximum number of Covid tests taken place and the virus is also mutating very fast which decreased midway. We have recruited new because the number of infections are very high. people and have got a completely new set-up for Whenever the numbers of those testing positive testing,” he added increases, the number of mutations will always be Meanwhile, experts admit that there is no study high, some of them can be highly infective, some which shows the overall picture of the mutant vari- of them can be highly persistent and this is what ants of the coronavirus in UP though samples have the study will determine,” he said. been sent to the IGIB, Delhi. A senior microbiolo- He said that NBRI and CDRI were doing gist said that the UP picture was not clear. “Apart genome sequencing of a total of 900 samples from this,it is important to understand that genome because both the institutes had the expertise. sequencing is a very technically demanding work “KGMU is coordinating and will decide the sam- and a specialised branch of microbiology and hence ples which will be given to us. Individually, we are it cannot be done at a small scale,” she said. She said testing coronavirus samples from one or two dis- that going by the fact that the vaccinations were prov- tricts but for the genome sequencing we need the ing effective, it showed that the vaccine was acting samples from the entire state,” he said. properly against the existent mutant viruses preva- When asked that despite so many people test- lent in UP. A senior doctor at the KGMU said that ing positive in UP, there was no announcement on they were not carrying out genome sequencing the virus strains prevalent in the state, he said that because they were involved in the testing of sam- they were starting the study now. Dr Barik admit- ples. ; >
7, &4 Hospital, on day 2 at IMS- dency and critical care units, how BHU, on day 3 at SGPGI and to revise ventilator settings, how irtual training of doctors AIIMS, Rae Bareli and on Day to manage complications and Vand nurses in the state for 4 at KGMU. She said that nurs- how to ensure that the risk of the the third wave of COVID-19 es would be imparted training infection is reduced. She said that outbreak is likely to begin in the at KGMU for two days. a known familiar person will be first week of June. Head of pedi- Dr Awasthi said that the doc- allowed in the PICUs which are atric department at King tors would be trained about being prepared for the third George’s Medical University, COVID-19, devices to give oxy- wave. “The guardian will be Dr Shaily Awasthi, said that the gen, recognising when the child given a PPE kit and allowed to medical university had devel- requires oxygen and how much enter the PICU because a child oped training modules in part- oxygen should be given, by will only stay with a guardian. nership with other institutions which method and how to check Without an attendant it is not and they were coordinating for the X-ray with reference to possible to manage a child. In the the same. She said on day 1, COVID-19, how to manage a absence of a guardian the child training would be imparted to child in isolation and how to may go into a shock, yell and doctors at Ram Manohar Lohia manage a child in high depen- scream,” she said. $ $% #
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B>3>&>( also reviewed the progress of # -# the projects being looked after aking a surprise inspec- by C&DS, UPPCL, Awas Vikas Mtion in Ghasyari Tola area and others apart from works of his City South assembly being done under IPDS and >77>8>> gen level is low, he asked to call constituency here on Sunday, Kashi Vishwanath Corridor several times a day. Along with UP Minister of State and gave necessary guidelines he Minister of Water, Power fulfilling the need of ambu- (Independent Charge) to the concerned officers. T(Irrigation and Water lances, solve the time of Neelkanth Tiwari warned the Meanwhile, the DM Resources, Flood Control, patients of rural areas immedi- officers concerned after seeing inspected the new oxygen plant Minor Irrigation, Namami ately, the minister added. the quality of development set up at Government Gange and Rural Water Supply During this, he also inter- work was poor and against the Ayurveda College and inquired Department) and in-charge of acted with the Covid patients standard norms. He told the about it from the concerned the district, Dr. Mahendra living in home isolation and got officers that the work should engineers. Singh, inspected the Covid information about their health. only be done as per norms and During the inspection, he Command and Control Centre He asked as to how many no laxity in this direction also saw the work of vaccina- to know the state of the times information about health would be tolerated. On the tion and appreciated the same arrangements there. is being taken by calling and if demand of the local residents, being done by the token system He said that while the state other essential items including he ordered the officers for ren- prepared by the medical staff in government has fully con- medicine kits are being made ovation of the entire area. He view to avoid the gathering of trolled the second wave of available in time. Prior to this, also inspected the completed excess people. He also inspect- Corona on one side, prepara- he also went to the Vaccination works in Shakti Nagar and ed the progress of MCH wing tions have also been intensified Centre set up in the Medical after finding some work against at Shree Shiv Prasad Gupta for the third wave on the other College where he also spoke to the norms, he also ordered the (SSPG) Divisional Hospital side. 50-50 bed ICUs are being the people who had come for officers to correct them imme- and Pandit Deen Dayal built in all districts of the state. vaccination. diately. Project Officer Jaya Upadhyaya (DDU) District Apart from this, complete The meeting was attended Singh, engineer Arvind Hospital. While inspecting the arrangements are being made by MP Kesari Devi Patel, MP Srivastava and other officers newly-constructed 100 bed to treat Black Fungus as an epi- Prof. Rita Bahuguna Joshi, were also present on the occa- Women’s Hospital at demic. Mayor Abhilasha Gupta Nandi, sion. Kabirchaura, the DM instruct- After meeting with the MLA Dr. Harshvardhan Bajpai, E arlier, District Magistrate ed the CMO and MS to make officials of various depart- Vikramajit Maurya, Legislative (DM) Kaushal Raj Sharma proper arrangements at MCH ments including public repre- Council Member Surendra reviewed the construction work wing and sought the details sentatives, district administra- Chaudhary, City unit President being done by various con- required for setting up a tion, Health department in Ganesh Kesarwani, Mrityunjay struction agencies. At a meet- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Covid command control room, Tiwari, Divisional ing at his camp office, he said (PICU). At DDU, he also he said after knowing the sta- Commissioner Sanjay Goyal, that no construction work inspected the progress of tus of vaccination in the district provided to the poor people for the door-to-door survey. He DM Bhanu Chandra Goswami, should be stopped by any under-construction a five- the government is working on cremation. Surveillance at the said if any suspect is seen, then IG KP Singh, DIG / Senior department. Reviewing the storey 50-bed MCH hospital a war footing to bring the sec- cremation ghats has been medical aid should be provid- Superintendent of Police works being done under the being built at the cost of 17 ond wave under control. As a increased. The Ganga is the ed immediately. No home Sarvshresth Tripathi, Chief Smart City projects, he asked /$ * ' ( crore by Rajkiya Nirman result, on April 30, where the centre of faith. The combined should be missed. He asked Development Officer Shipu the concerned officers to con- 7 # $ Nigam. number of active cases of coro- efforts of all are needed to stop Asha and ANM workers after Giri, Municipal Commissioner tinue work in view to complete Besides, the DM also sent naviruses in the state was more the burial of bodies along the getting the information about Ravi Ranjan, Principal Medical the projects on time. Receiving cerned officers to task, direct- Nirman Nigam that even after the materials sent by the than three lakhs, it has now Ganga. the medical kit, to inform the College Dr SP Singh, CMO Dr the information about the clo- ing them to restart the faulty the lapse of scheduled time, Divisional Commissioner (DC) come down to one lakh. There On the question of the patients about the prescription Prabhakar Rai and other sure of 10 tubewells in the rural tubewells within 24 hours. He why the work at MCH Wing to the patients admitted to has also been a decrease in the preparation of the third wave of medicines properly. concerned officers were pre- areas, he has taken the con- asked the officers of Rajkiya could not be completed. He SSPG and DDU hospitals. number of active cases of coro- from the Health department, The minister said that dur- sent. navirus in Prayagraj. UP has he said, 50-50 bed ICU wards ing Corona curfew, the needy District in-charge Minister become the first state to have are being prepared in all the people, especially those who Dr. Mahendra Singh also the most tests than other states districts of the state. make a daily wage living, will reached Tej Bahadur Sapru of the country. A record of 3.7 Preparations have already been be financially supported. This (Beli) Hospital and inquired ;!! lakh tests has been made in one started for children in hospitals will include the washermen, about the arrangements of the day in the state. So far, a total on a war footing. Apart from track shopkeepers and workers. hospital from the Chief of 4.62 crore tests have been declaring the disease of black After marking such people, Medical Superintendent. He B>3>&>( fogging in different markets Kakramatta and others. jetting machines, two fire done while 1.63 crore people fungus as an epidemic, arrange- they will be given a mainte- also directed to stop the spread and localities on the direction Under the same cam- brigade vehicles, as well as have been vaccinated. ments for medicines and other nance allowance of 1000 of COVID-19 and to treat the ntensifying its sanitisation of Municipal Commissioner paign, a cleanliness drive was sanitation work was done by He said that there is no medical resources have been along with a ration of three admitted patients well. He said Iand fogging drive to check Gaurang Rathi. also launched under which 70 52 hand sanitisation equip- shortage of oxygen and made in hospitals. months. that the doctor should treat the the spread of second wave of The 25 areas/villages tonnes of garbage was dis- ment in which selected spray- Remdesivir injection in the Construction of eleven new He also spoke to patients patients with service while the coronavirus pandemic, where sanitisation drive was posed of by about 700 sanita- ing, malathion, bleaching etc state. Complete monitoring of plants has been started to meet living in isolation with an keeping himself safe. Ensure all Varanasi Nagar Nigam (VNN) launched during the day were tion workers in the guidance were used to prevent infec- testing, survey and treatment is the continuous demand of oxy- inspection of the vaccination necessary preparations for pos- on Sunday launched a massive Bhikharipur, Kanchanpur, of 25 supervisors and 14 tious diseases. also being done in rural areas. gen in the state. These plants centre. He asked the health sible third wave to prevent the campaign under which as Kandwa, Pahari Gate, health inspectors. In this cam- This campaign was super- Work is being done for its effec- will soon be able to meet the officials as to how many times spread of infection and better many as 25 villages coming in Chittipur, Maduadih, paign five JCB machines, 20 vised by the Municipal tive control through monitor- demand of oxygen. the patients living in home iso- treatment. He also took care of municipal sub-divisions of Shivdaspur, Maheshpur, hoppers, 15 tractors, four Commissioner himself, along ing committees. Efforts have After inspection, the min- lation are being called and the patients admitted in the Shivpur, Sarnath, Nagwan, Bhithari, Lamahi, Edhe, dumpers and five compactors with Additional Municipal been made to stop the bodies ister reached Dadupur Primary their health is being taken. For wards through CCTV. Also, he Khojwan and Sigra were sani- Madhwa, Harballampur, were used. Commissioner Devi Dayal being buried on the banks of School in Soraon. After meet- the information about the gave instructions to improve tised. Besides, in the city areas Banwaripur, Dinapur, Under the campaign, Verma, Nagar Swasthya the Ganges. 5,000 is being ing there, he took the details of health of patients whose oxy- the system. the drive was also launched Khalispur, Raghunathpur, intensive sanitisation work Adhikari Dr NP Singh and apart from continuation of Salarpur, Rasulgarh, Tulsipur, was done in the villages by five others. 2)" #( + 3 >77>8>> received further relief from statistics of the Health depart- instructions of the govern- the fall in the number of newly ment, home isolation of 67,003 ment, the slots were booked '< 2 ( he number of new corona infected corona. However, the people has been completed so from 10 am on Sunday for vac- Tinfections declined from a death toll has increased. Four far in the district. cination of people in the age day earlier. A total of 81 new people died on Saturday, while Dr. Sujit Singh, Director of group of 18 to 44 years. Like B>3>&>( dead body of a corona patient cases of COVID-19 were found only two died two days ago. Asha Hospital, Rajapur, sent a last time, this time also 39 cen- should not be floated in the in the last 24 hours while 307 Private Covid hospitals are letter to the CMO on Saturday tres will be operated for people r Suryakant, Chairman of river as it could cause the people became infection free. now being closed as the num- demanding that Asha Hospital in the age group of 18 years to Done-member committee spread of other diseases This was confirmed by Dr. ber of patients decreases. On be declared a general hospital. 44 years. There will be vaccina- constituted by the state govern- because of infection.’ Rishi Sahai, the Nodal Officer Saturday, several hospitals were He said that all the patients of tion here from 10 am to 5 pm ment to recommend for the ‘There is need to impart of Corona. declared in the category of Covid in his hospital have whereas, for those 45 or older, better medical facilities in rural training to Asha workers and He further said that four non-Covid. Now non-Covid been discharged. After this, the the vaccine will be vaccinated areas to treat the patients of make the necessary medical people died on Saturday. On patients can be seen there. hospital has been sanitised. at 98 places as before. COVID-19 and Head of equipment such as oximeter, Saturday, there was a lot of Apart from this, the demand Now non-covid patients can be On the other hand, District Respiratory Medicine thermometer, etc available to relief in the case of Corona. In for oxygen has also fallen. seen in the hospital. Therefore, Immunization Officer Dr Department, KGMU, Lucknow them so as the corona patients the district, a corona examina- Earlier, where an oxygen tanker his hospital should be declared Tirath Lal said that the vacci- said, ‘There is no need to be in could get primary treatment at tion of a total of 11,164 people was coming every day at the a general hospital. nation campaign was carried panic from black fungus primary or community health was conducted of which a total same time, an oxygen tanker is Meanwhile, the slots were out on Saturday as well. A total (mucormycosis) as it affects centre at early stage and there- of 81 new infections were coming at an interval of two booked on Sunday for the of 7,987 people were vaccinat- only few patients who are after, they could be referred found. Antigen tests of 17 peo- days from this week. On the Corona vaccination campaign ed in it. The number of people either in Intensive Care Unit # for the COVID-19 hospital,’ ple, RTPCR of 46 people and other hand, those who got this week. Booking started at 10 aged 45 or older getting the (ICU) or on ventilator for long 7 $ Dr Suryakant said in view of Truenat tests of 18 have con- infected on Saturday included am. For this, the Department of vaccine was 1,922 while there time and thus, the corona the corona cases spreading in firmed the positive report , station master of Atrampur Health has released informa- were 6,065 people in the age patients in home isolation do and thus there is no need to be also conducted an inspection the villages at large-scale and while antigen testing of 5,966 railway, stenographer of DRM tion. According to the informa- group between 18 and 44 years. not have to be worried about in panic from black fungus. of the medical facilities being added, “With this, the serious- people, RTPCR of 4,923 peo- office, legal advisor, primary tion, people will get vaccinat- Vaccines for people in the age this infection.’ The threat of this infection is provided in the temporary ness of the disease could be ple and 143 were tested school teacher at Meja, advo- ed only after slot booking. On group of 18 to 44 years were While interacting with the only in few patients who are hospital of DRDO in Banaras avoided in the rural areas through truenat. cate of High Court etc. the other hand, the government screened at 39 centres set up in media persons at Pahadia, either in ICU or on ventilator Hindu University (BHU), where there is lack of medical In this, 132 people have got The total number of peo- has sent 35,000 doses of vac- the district. here, on Saturday evening Dr and hence, the corona patients informed facilities. tested in private labs. A day ple who got free from Corona cines for a week in the district The maximum vaccine was Suryakant said, ‘The more who are in home isolation do ‘The coronavirus dies in The senior hematologist before this, on Friday too, an infection on Saturday was 307. on Saturday evening, due to administered to 630 persons at dose of steroid is prescribed in not have to be worried about dead body after four hours of Dr Manoj Kumar Srivastava equal number of people were Out of this, 21 were discharged which 53,000 doses of stock Moti Lal Nehru Medical the case of other diseases this.’ the death of corona patient and senior gynecologist Dr tested for corona, in which 108 from Swaroop Rani Nehru have been made available in the College. This was followed by than the dose prescribed in Dr Suryakant who was and thus, one does not need to Shipra Dhar were also present new infections were found. Hospital, Beli, Railway Hospital district. This dose will now be 328 in Dufferin, 310 in Colvin, the treatment of COVID-19 on two-day visit to the city, be afraid of dead body’. The on the occasion. On Saturday, it dropped by 27. and Private Hospitals while applied for a week. Beli 320, 151 in SRN, 110 in the The district administration, home isolation of 286 has been CMO Dr Prabhakar Rai High Court, 164 in the railway Health department has completed. According to the said that according to the hospital. 7 !5 B>3>&>( itive cases, no new hotspot was made and the number of he district recorded a slight active hotspots was 372, while Tincrease in the positive 2 green zones had been con- ' cases and it crossed 200 marks verted into red zones by a day once again after a day. As ago. Out of total 3,317 ALLAHABAD (PNS): North Haryana, Delhi and UP. GM/NCR urging him to take ment the hauling capacity, a many as 237 cases of COVID- hotspots, 2,945 are green Central Railways has geared up In view of increase in immediate measures to 132 KV Traction substation 19 were recorded on Sunday zones and 372 are red zones. itself to give a fillip to coal power demand in the country, improve train running in this (TSS) was commissioned on evening increasing the total On Saturday, a total of movement to Northern India. coal loading from NCL is like- section so that pace with the April 2, 2021 at Sonbhadra, number to 80,829. There is also 7,974 beneficiaries above 45 Record 24 freight trains were ly to go up to meet the growth of Indian economy which was one of the foremost an increase in the death cases years were vaccinated at 55 run in Chunar-Chopan section increased demand of power could be maintained. VK prerequisites for increasing the and six deaths were reported vaccination centres including on Saturday. houses. Coal rakes loaded from Tripathi, who had newly taken number of trains in this sec- during the last 24 hours. With 7,587 that got the first dose On an average, nine trains NCL traverses through over the charge of GM/NCR tion. Although electrification of this, the death toll increased to and the second dose was were running in this section in Chopan-Chunar section before convened a series of meetings the section took place in 727. As many as 592 patients of administered on 387 benefi- 2019-20 and 2020-21. Since the joining Howrah-Delhi main and instructed for early com- December 2019, still full home isolation recovered while ciaries. As many as 4,207 ben- beginning of 2021, NCR has line at Chunar junction. missioning of long pending advantage of electrification as many as 67 have been recov- eficiaries aged between 18 been constantly working upon Hitherto, this section was char- works which were essential to could not be taken for want of ered from the hospitals. The and 44 years were also vacci- ways and means to increase acterised by a sectional speed increase trains in this crucial this TSS.‘Railway Board stipu- total number of patients cured 7 ,-8 7 # $ nated at 23 vaccination cen- throughput in this section. of only 30 kmph which posed section. As a result of infra- lated to increase the number of in the district increased to tres. Meanwhile, the Health The importance of this a serious bottleneck in running structure works undertaken trains to an average of 24 in 77,378 including 71,664 in increased to 237 out of 10,385 Saturday evening, as many as department conducted a total section lies in the fact that the more trains. In addition to the on war footing, sectional speed order to sustain the coal needs home isolation and 5,714 in received samples as per report 174 positive cases were of 9,072 antigen and RT-PCR coal from Northern Coalfields speed restriction, many stan- of goods trains in this section of power houses. Although COVID-19 hospitals. provided by the Health recorded and the total num- tests at static booths, stations Limited, a subsidiary of Coal dards related to electrification was increased to 60 kmph today, we have achieved the fig- In the first report of the department on Sunday ber was 80,592 while 2 deaths and other health units of the India Limited and one of the and signalling were needed to (barring a few kilometres). ure, the main challenge before day, 195 positive patients were evening. The total active cases were reported and the death district including as many as fastest growing coal fields caters be upgraded for more train Proposal for increasing the us is to maintain it’, said Biplav found out of 6,000 reports decreased to 2,724 from 3,152 toll was 721. Earlier, despite 4,081 corona tests in rural to the demand of power gen- operations. In February 2021, speed to 100 kmph is also in Kumar, Principal Chief received and this figure which was a day ago. On finding hundreds of new pos- areas. eration plants of Punjab, Railway Board wrote a letter to pipeline. With a view to aug- Operations Manager, NCR. !# $%& #%& '()* *
%7) (2< "$# < 8PSS@TQPI9@IU '( )#* hief Development Officer # & C(CDO) Shrilaxmi VS chaired a meeting to review the >& ,3 >& ,3 monthly progress of schemes related to the government’s pri- anpur Divisional ead of respiratory medi- ority at Collectorate on KCommissioner Dr Raj Hcine department of Saturday. While reviewing the Shekhar, while visiting the dis- KGMU Lucknow and vice progress she told the officials tricts and holding meetings to chairman of IMA-AMS, Prof concerned to improve the ensure better management of Surya Kant, while addressing a ranking, which was very low COVID-19 before the third webinar on ‘How to protect due to tardy progress, by work- wave, said panchayat bhawans lungs during COVID-19’, ing at the ground level till the and schools should be utilised organised by the University next meeting. She said that % # 7# # and they should be provided Institute of Health Sciences, though pandemic had ham- necessary infrastructure to CSJ Maharaj University, pered the progress but with will homes and ensure vaccination progress was a must and no lax- manage any grave situation Kanpur, said increasing evi- power and positivity we have to of all cattle in the district. On ity would be tolerated at any which arose. dence clearly showed that give impetus to development the point of Golden cards cost. He said medicine kits need COVID-19 was more than just works. At the point of revenue under Ayushman Bharat she CDO Shrilaxmi VS was to be given to the symptomatic a respiratory illness and pneu- collection by the Electricity directed to distribute the cards apprised that out of 113 pan- people and they should be monia, acute respiratory dis- department she directed the as a drive to all bona fide ben- chayat bhavan 87 had been kept in quarantine in these tress syndrome were some of Executive Engineer (EE) to eficiaries. She was apprised by completed and further sanction places if they were unable to the complications that coron- achieve the target and directed the Civil Supplies department of Anganbadi centres was manage isolation in their avirus could cause in the lungs the government agencies to get that 13 PDS shops were unal- awaited. She concluded the homes. of COVID-19 patient. the budget from the head- lotted six of which were due to meeting with the direction that He held interaction with He said like other respira- quarters and clear the dues of the stay order of the court. the works should be carried out gram nigrani samitis and took tory syndromes, COVID-19 the department as soon as Reviewing the AMRUT, with quality and within stipu- feedback about the areas which could cause lasting damage to possible. Namami Gange, National Rural lated time. The meeting was needed immediate attention. the lungs and could also lead to On the occasion the CDO Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) attended by all the officials con- He said all the patients with lung complications such as directed to ensure cent per cent and other schemes, the CDO cerned and conducted by symptoms should be tested pneumonia and, in the most ear tagging of cows of shelter made it clear that proper Statistics Officer Kailash Nath. and RT-PCR should be done severe cases, acute respiratory and their details should be distress syndrome. He said uploaded to the ICCCC. He & 9 0: # 9 # ; $ patients were unable to breathe said with this the ICCCC on their own and needed ven- would be able to monitor the directed them to distribute the He expressed concern over informed the people about the tilator support to help circulate 8PSS@TQPI9@IU $+ ,-#* remain cancelled from May 23. coaches in this train will be of cases on a daily basis. medicine kits without fail and the pace of vaccination and said ICCCC control room number oxygen in the body. He said SONPUR-PANCHDEORI reserved category and the pas- He directed the BDO to transparently. that it needed to be given and said it should be painted on another possible complication ue to operational difficul- DEMU SPL: The 05241 sengers travelling in them will divide the gram panchayats of He said the records need to momentum. He said if the the walls of the entire village. of COVID-19 was sepsis, Dties and lack of adequate Sonpur-Panchdeori DEMU have to follow the Covid-19 pre- Sarsaul and Hathipur and pre- clearly mention the tempera- people of the village had any He was irked over the unhy- which could cause lasting dam- number of passengers the can- special train will remain can- vention guidelines, CPRO PK pare a micro plan and divide ture, oxygen level and pulse rate doubt about the vaccine it gienic conditions of the village age to the lungs and other cellation of the following spe- celled from May 23. Likewise Singh said. As per the revised them sector-wise. He said each and when the sample was should be allayed and they and directed the officials to organs. cial trains has been done by the 05242 Panchdeori-Sonpur date, the 09035 Mumbai Central- member should be assigned 50 received and when it was test- should be motivated to take the ensure that proper cleanliness Prof Surya Kant said since railway administration until DEMU special train will Manduadih superfast summer houses and asked to visit them ed. He said all records had to vaccine in their own interest. drives were carried out. COVID-19 primarily targeted further orders, Chief Public remain cancelled from May 24. special train will be run from every day without fail. He also be mentioned on priority. The DC personally the lungs, those with pre-exist- Relations Officer (CPRO) Mumbai Central on May 28 ing lung problems such as Pankaj Kumar Singh said. instead of May 26 while 09036 asthma, chronic obstructive SONPUR-CHHAPRA The railway administra- Manduadih-Dadar superfast pulmonary disease, pulmonary MEMU SPECIAL: The 05247 tion for the convenience of pas- summer special train will be run fibrosis, etc, were more likely to Sonpur-Chhapra MEMU spe- sengers has revised the date of from Manduadih on May 30 will ' 5 develop severe symptoms. He cial train will remain cancelled the running period of the instead of May 28. This train added that it was important to from May 23. Likewise, the 09035/09036 Mumbai Central- will run according to its pre- take precautions to keep lungs 05248 Chhapra-Sonpur Manduadih-Dadar superfast sheduled route, stoppages, tim- healthy and reduce risk of MEMU special train will summer special train. All ings and rake composition. infection. He suggested healthy ? habits which would help better maintain lung health even in times like these. (!" # # # >& ,3 However, the death certificates nearly 23 days to declare that of the patients discharged and He said physical activity of those who died due to the the injections were fake and dead, yet nothing had been played a vital role in main- s the fake Remdesivir injec- fake injection, uniformly men- then only the police swung into done till now in this direction, taining the health of lungs and " Ition issue being swept tion that the person died of action,” he said, adding that it he added, keeping lungs in shape. He said beneath the carpet? It appears COVID-19. was hard to believe that only DGC (Crime) Dilip yoga was a highly beneficial so, as when the Remdesivir A senior doctor at the 265 injections were found fake. Awasthi said the project officer way to keep the lungs healthy 8PSS@TQPI9@IU $+ ,-#* Chief Public Relations Officer deal with it. Based on the vials recovered from Kanpur GSVM Medical College said on The doctor said it was dif- received the orders from the and said deep breathing for five (CPRO) Pankaj Kumar Singh experiences of the past years, a were fake, and this had been condition of anonymity that ficult to believe that these DM to file a revision but he minutes had a significant n North Eastern Railway said. list of sensitive railway stretch- confirmed by the FSL, either the injections were not injections were not being sold waited for the report. The increase in vital capacity as the O(NER) in order to keep the In order to ensure that the es (sections) during the mon- Lucknow, how many people fake or it was an effort to stop at a premium when there was DGC even said that on receiv- maximum amount of air a rail tracks safe and protected all trains run in a smooth and safe soon is maintained. Patrolling took the fake Remdesivir injec- the mad scramble for the lim- a mad scramble for Remdesivir ing the report the revision was person could expel from the pre-monsoon preparations manner during monson many of such sections is done dur- tions and died is a mystery ited number of injections, cre- injections in government and not filed at all. lungs after a maximum inhala- have been completed so that necessary works are performed. ing monsoon. unanswered yet. ating an acute crisis and depriv- private hospitals. He said no However, the whole issue tion. trains can run smoothly and All such embankments, dams During this period mea- The district administra- ing the genuine patients. probe was ordered to find out now seems to have been swept He said diet was highly safely during monsoon. Under and water tanks which have surement of water level on the tion claimed that it had He said the injections were how many people were inject- beneath the carpet like the important and one should eat these preparations at various been placed in the category of bridges is done. Rainwater impounded the fake injections sent to Lucknow on April 16 for ed with Remdesivir in the ICU issue of ward boys and safai a balanced diet. He said good stations of Izzatnagar, railway affected work are conservation systems are also in time from Kanpur and testing but the report was during the 23 day period and karmacharis of LLR Hospital eating and a well-balanced diet Lucknow and Varanasi divi- inspected and any shortcoming cleaned so that rainwater har- Lucknow before they could be received only on May 9, 2021. how many died elsewhere after performing Covid tests, caught helped one stay healthy and fit, sions a total of 62,999 cubic found during the inspection is vesting can be done. The injected to patients, and this “If this was a grave issue taking the injection. Although on CCTV, was put in the cold as nutrition also controlled metre boulders and 14,755 rectified immediately. In the instrument for measuring was difficult to believe. then the question is why it took the hospital had all the records storage. symptoms. He said to keep the cubic metre quarry dust/ event of a breach during mon- rainwater is also installed at the lungs healthy it was essential to sand/cinder have been made soon flood, quarry dust and designated places in the railway ensure one stopped smoking as available and will be used for boulder have been placed at the and it is monitored. All drains it not only increased risk of safety of rail tracks, if required, designated places in order to are also being cleaned. lung cancer, but also caused ;'(%& most lung conditions, includ- ing asthma and COPD. He smokers were vulnerable to ""# infection in the lungs and thus if one were a smoker one 8PSS@TQPI9@IU '( )#* employees of different depart- LOVERS TIE NUPTIAL 24 should stop smoking immedi- ments, who had died during KNOT: Vindhyachal police ately. He said good sleep and all of gloom descended on panchayat election process, to arranged the marriage of two stress free life was equally PSamajwadi Party camp on the DPRO for getting ex gratia lovers in a temple located in the important. hearing the news about the sanctioned and ensure its dis- police station premises recent- O5 P The second session was sudden demise of former min- tribution among family mem- ly. Reports said that a first addressed by fitness and sports ister Rudra Prasad Singh on bers as soon as possible. As per information report (FIR) had >& ,3 Talking about the southern lowed well, if the population “The current prediction medicine specialist, Dr Saranjit Saturday. At the district SP unit the letter, nine employees been lodged at the police sta- states especially Kerala, chooses to not socialise exten- says that the cases will reduce Singh. He said once one had office a condolence meeting belonged basic education tion by the father of the girl, a team of researchers led by Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, sively without putting on masks significantly in the next few recovered one should not hurry was held in which its district department, two to Rural resident of Dubara Pahadi vil- AProfessor Manindra where the novel coronavirus and if there are no more mutant months if the parameters to be back on track. He advised president Devi Prasad Development department, one lage under Vindhyachal police Agrawal of the Indian Institute positive cases are still rising, he versions of the novel coron- remain as they are today,” he them to start slow and simply Chaudhary paid tribute to each from Homeguard, RES station in which he had alleged of Technology, Kanpur is study- said that in these parts, the avirus, the country will report said. low-intensity exercises and per- leader. In his address he said and PWD. The departments that a person of the same village ing the spread of COVID-19 in peak of the second wave was less than 1000 COVID-19 cases However, he adds that form any activity for 5-10 min- strong leadership of late Rudra concerned have been directed had eloped with his daughter. the country and making pre- yet to come but overall there a day by the second week of lockdown/curfew does not play utes a day. He said jogging or Prasad Singh will be always be to verify the names and com- Thereafter the police swung into dictions based on their math- would be a decrease in the August.” much of a role here. walking in the first week of remembered. He said the plete the formalities without action and caught the duo from ematical model, SUTRA. number of new cases in the Three scientists of the team “If the cases come down, post-COVID recovery was leader was active in cooperative inordinate delay. Shankargarh with the help of Prof Agrawal had earlier country. are currently working virtual- lockdowns/curfew can be lift- advisable but for a limited time movement. The meeting con- ARRESTED: Madihan Government Railway Police predicted that the peak of the Prof. Agrawal said that ly and Prof Agarwal says ed easily. If things stay more or and advised that one should lis- cluded with observing two police arrested the third (GRP). After interrogation the second wave of COVID-19 curfew had helped in contain- that it is not tough for them. less this way, what is predicted ten to the body. The vote of minute silence as a mark of accused in the cattle smuggling police found that they were outbreak would be over by the ing the spread of novel coron- The model is dependent on the in the model will be the future,” thanks was proposed by head respect to the departed soul. case recently. It may be recalled major and wanted to get mar- mid of May. Now his study says avirus in UP otherwise the data that the government he added. of department of University The death of the leader was here that a few days ago the ried. The police then convinced that the cases would come cases would have been double reports. Does the model predict the Institute of Health Sciences, Dr been condoled Defence police had freed 26 head of cat- their parents for it. down sharply in the coming in the state. “Upon analysing it, we third wave? Pravin Katiyar. Minister Rajnath Singh, MP tle from the possession of Arrangements were made for days. His team is also releasing found that there is a lot of Prof Agarwal said that it Anupriya Patel, Minister of smugglers and two of them had marriage and relatives attended The number of new data of the studies of cities underreporting and lack of depends on how fast we vacci- the State for Energy Rama been arrested. On the said day the event. In the amicable atmos- COVID-19 patients is decreas- regarding the peak and speed testing. The data was very ran- nate the population. 5 " # Shankar Singh, MLA Ratnakar the police succeeded in nab- phere the couple tied the nuptial ing day by day but the question of COVID-19 as per their spe- dom. However, it had enough “That will vaccinate the Mishra, former minister Dr SS bing Sahtu Nat, a resident of knot with Vedic rituals. Station is has the second wave of the cial mathematical model information, despite its short- effect of a third wave of the Dang, former MLA Bhagwati Deori Kala village under House Officer (SHO) Sheshdhar pandemic passed in India. Prof SUTRA. comings,” he says, adding that virus. But a mutant escaping " Prasad Chaudhary and others. Madihan police station, who Pandey, senior sub-inspector Agrawal says that it is too He said, “If the vaccination the model’s predictions may the vaccines and developing LIST SENT: ADM (F&R) was remaining at large in con- (SSI) Kedar Nath Maurya and early to say that the wave has campaign is carried out prop- change depending on multiple may pose a challenge,” he cau- KANPUR (PNS): A woman UP Singh has sent a list of 14 nection with the case. the relatives blessed the couple. ended. erly, if the restrictions are fol- parameters. tioned. and mother of three children was raped and asked to convert religion when she pressed her #+ " # + # paramour to marry her. On # "" # # protest, she was brutally beat- QIT . /0( which was conducted en up with threats of making under the supervision of her obscene video clips viral on anaras Locomotive Works Akhlaq Hussain Khan. It social media. The victim filed B(BLW) Sansthan organised was convened by Sansthan + .#R0 a complaint to the commis- an online drawing competition secretary Alok Kumar sioner of police on Sunday on under Amrit Mahotsav in order Singh. The judge of this whose directions the Chakeri to keep the morale of children competition was Arvind >& ,3 made to tackle the virus effec- KNN. He said there should be Kanpur mayor, who also police registered an FIR against and youth during the coron- Vishwakarma. tively. 30 oxygen beds and 20 ICU attended the meeting, said the accused and started inves- avirus pandemic high. The In senior category, anpur Municipal He said Chacha Nehru beds. the hospital needed proper tigation. According to the com- competition was organised on Avantika adjudged first, KCommissioner Akshay Children’s Hospital which was Dr Yeshwant Rao, who is repair, renovation and paint- plaint filed by the woman of the direction of Principal Chief Akshay Maurya second Tripathi summoned a meeting being used as godown of KNN the head of pediatrics depart- ing and said the civil engi- Jajmau in Chakeri, she and her Personnel Officer (PCPO) and Ashra third while in of district officials on Sunday would be renovated and ment at LLR Hospital, said neering department of the three children were abandoned Pradeep Kumar Singh and the junior category Arvav for the immediate revival of upgraded as a 50-bed pedi- what was planned and put KNN should take up the issue by her husband three years ago. Senior Personnel Officer and was first, Tarun Prakash Chacha Nehru Children’s atric hospital and doctors, into implementation would be on top priority. Thereafter, she developed Ssnsthan vice-president second and Sakshi third, Hospital as directed by Chief nurses, ward boys, kitchen made as per the Level-2 Covid She said all the KNN staff friendship with a local youth, Rajkumar Gupta. The topic informed Public Relations Minister Yogi Adityanath. staff would be appointed soon. facility specifications. residing in the hospital Imran, who established physi- was environment or patrio- Officer (PRO) Rajesh He said as there was He said the hospital would He said emphasis was to premises should vacate it cal relations with her by tism. The competition was held Kumar. On the other hand, apprehension that the third soon have a pediatric ICU be laid on availability of man- immediately and if they were promising to marry her. When in two categories — below-15 the consolation prize was wave was approaching, every with oxygen supply and iso- power so that the pediatrics adamant on not vacating the she conceived, the youth years and above –15. Many par- given to Anvi, Aditya, effort had to be made and lation beds as well and for this OPD could be started on top premises, legal action should forcibly got her pregnancy ter- ticipants participated enthusi- Shivansh, Gaurag Bandil preparations needed to be a proposal was invited by the priority. be taken against all. minated. astically in this competition and Anupriya. . !# $%& #%& '()* = ! $%% & ' (() 47 > > Jail where he has sent our senior lead- case after a two-judge bench failed to ers by acting vindictively,” Banerjee concur on whether they should be rinamool Congress MP Kalyan also a senior advocate said. released on bail or kept in judicial cus- ) TBanerjee has said that Bengal “If the phone calls of the tody. Subsequently acting Chief Justice Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar would Governor, his officials and his other Rajesh Bindal ordered them to be kept be given a taste of his own medicine activities are placed under scrutiny under house arrest. The case is being Diphu: Eight Dimasa National which eight members of the after the end of his term when he then you will find how he has manip- investigated by the CBI. Liberation Army (DNLA) mil- outlawed outfit were gunned would be thrown behind the bar for ulated the arrests of the senior politi- The Sunday’s attack by the itants were on Sunday killed in down, the officer said. acting like a “bloodsucker.” cians in Bengal and caused them to be Trinamool MP is seen as the part of an encounter with security Six bodies were initially Making a repulsive remark against sent behind the bar,” he said. the ongoing war between the Raj forces in Assam's West Karbi recovered, and two others, sus- the Governor for allegedly “acting on Soon after the Governor reacted Bhavan and the Nabanna (State sec- Anglong district, along the pected to be that of the outfit's behalf of the BJP by continuously dis- to the TMC M”’s statements saying he retariat). Nagaland border, a senior top leaders, were spotted later turbing the State Government” the was “hurt” and “surprised” by the With no love lost with Mamata police officer said. in the day during combing TMC MP who is also a senior advo- comments made by a “senior func- Banerjee Government, the Governor’s Earlier, he had claimed six operations in the remote cate said, “This man is a bloodsuck- tionary,” like Banerjee. State BJP pres- repeated comments and tweets against died in the exchange of fire, as region, along the interstate er on the prowl … he has orchestrat- ident Dilip Ghosh too hit back at the the State Government on issues of cor- the bodies of two others were border. ed the arrest” of senior Bengal TMC MP saying “a lawyer of his ruption and falling law and order sit- yet to be recovered. Four AK-47 rifles and sev- Ministers Firhad Hakim and Subroto standing should have known a uation has created multiple flash Acting on a tip-off, a team eral rounds of ammunition Mukherjee and former Ministers Governor cannot be booked for his points. of police officers and Assam were found in the possession of Madan Mitra and Sovan Chatterjee. acts in office,” adding “it is perhaps Things reached a situation when Rifles personnel launched an the slain militants, the senior “I know that no legal steps can be this ignorance of his that the the Governor early this month sanc- operation, led by West Karbi officer pointed out. taken against him now as he enjoys Trinamool Congress Government tioned a request of prosecution by the Anglong Additional Search operations had been immunity but still the TMC men could not rely on him and brought in CBI following which the central Superintendent of Police (ASP) underway in the district since should file FIRs against this man in Abhishek Manu Singhvi to fight the agency arrested the four politicians. Prakash Sonowal. last week after a priest was all the police stations of Bengal to be case of the ministers.” Meanwhile the high profile case An exchange of fire ensued killed in Daujiphang area, he taken up at a future date when he is The four leaders were currently is likely to be heard on Monday by a between the security personnel said, adding that more details not in the chair … after his term ends placed under house arrest by Calcutta larger five-bench comprising Justices and the militants in are awaited about the we shall take it up and throw him High Court for their alleged involve- Bindal, Harish Tandon, IP Mukherjee, 0 ( # = , ! 9 8 ( 9 Michibailung area, following encounter. PTI behind the bar in the same Presidency ment in the 5-year-old Narada payoff Arijit Banerjee and Soumen Sen. ! # $() 1@:E$# ?: ;$ # % *+, -,% ./ , >( the sea. Search and Rescue (SAR) bodies have been found. INS ing marine environmental infor- > , The overall positivity rate of 7.32 percent operations for remaining others Makar is proceeding to locate the mation by conducting limited was recorded on Sunday. ours after INS Makar— are continuing. There are 188 wreck of Tug Varaprada; and div- oceanographic surveys. ifty one more patients succumbed to Meanwhile, the Lt Governor Manoj Husing specialised diving survivors – 186 from Papaa-305 ing operations will be conduct- INS Tarasa is a IN patrol ves- Fthe coronavirus across Jammu & Sinha Sunday urged the elected PRI rep- teams and equipment — located and two from tug Varaprada,” ed tomorrow,” Commander sel of the Car Nicobar-class in the Kashmir on Sunday while close to 5,000 resentatives, teachers, ASHAs, the wreckage of accommodation Navy’s chief spokesperson Karnik said. series of four Water Jet Fast patients fully recovered and returned Anganwadi, ANM workers and volun- barge Papaa-305 that sank on last Commander Mehul Karnik said. “Search and Rescue Attack Craft. home. According to the media bulletin, tary organizations to play an active role Monday, the Indian Navy on “Eight bodies have report- Operations by ships and heli- Indian Naval ships and air- a total number of 3,308 new positive in effective implementation of Covid pre- Sunday recovered the bodies of edly been recovered along the copters/aircraft will continue in craft are currently engaged in cases of novel coronavirus (Covid-19), ventive measures in rural areas. four more persons working on coast at Raigad district in the area to locate the remaining Search and Rescue (SAR) oper- were reported on Sunday. Out of this, In view of the spread of Coronavirus board the affected barge, taking Maharashtra and eight more crew of the sunken vessels,” the ations to locate the missing crew 1,121 cases were reported from Jammu in rural areas of Jammu & Kashmir, the the total number of casualties in bodies along Gujarat coast near Navy spokesperson added. members of Accommodation division and 2,187 from Kashmir divi- administration has initiated the setting the mishap to 70. Valsad,” Commander Karnik The Indian Navy deployed Barge P-305, which sank on sion. up of 5-bedded Covid Centre including In a development that came said. INS Makar and INS Tarasa to the Monday, 35 nautical miles off Out of 51 deaths, 34 were reported one Oxygen-supported bed in every pan- an overnight after the INS Makar “Thus all 274 crew reported BHF, around 175 kms off Mumbai coast. from Jammu Division and 17 from chayat to provide immediate medical – employing expert diving teams missing have been accounted for. Mumbai coast to make an under- Ships INS Kochi, Kolkata, Kashmir Division.The highest number of attention to the people, observed the Lt and advanced side scan sonar – Final confirmation will howev- water search for the wrecks of the Beas, Betwa, Makar, Tarasa, Teg, 15 deaths were reported from GMC, Governor. located the barge Papaa-305 on er be pending till the identifica- two vessels which sank and trace P81 maritime surveillance air- Jammu. “I urge all DDC & BDC the seabed, the Navy personnel tion of all bodies recovered is more bodies using expert divers craft, Chetak, ALH and Seaking According to the media bulletin, Chairpersons, members; Sarpanchs and recovered four more bodies from completed,” the Navy spokesper- and special equipment. helicopters are involved in the “4956 more Covid-19 patients were Panchs, to extend their support and par- under the water in the vicinity of son added . INS Makar is a lead ship of SAR operations, while INS recovered and discharged from various ticipation in the establishment and oper- Mumbai High fields where the P- “Diving on the sunken wreck the Makar-class of Catamarans Talwar has also been hospitals including 1883 from Jammu ation of the grass-root level Covid Care 305 had sunk on May 17. of Barge P305 has been com- used for hydrographic surveys by diverted to provide assistance in Division and 3073 from Kashmir facilities in Panchayats, besides spread- “Seventy mortal remains pleted by specialised teams IN, producing navigational relief and rescue Division. The total caseload of active ing awareness among the rural commu- have been recovered from under onboard INS Makar and no charts and is capable of collect- operations. positive cases stood at 47,437 on Sunday. nities”, the Lt Governor said. /012 3 ) 0
.& 3. ,8.043 underlying disease, followed by hematologic malig- deaths — comprising 369 that occurred in the last 48 ten to Modi on Friday, seeking resumption of talks. nancies and solid-organ transplants. However, mucormy- hours, 186 that took place last week and 708 old unac- Farmers have been protesting at five sites in large % % *+ 84>3.I> cosis in the immunocompetent host is an alarming threat counted deaths that were added to the state’s daily Covid- camps near Delhi’s borders: Singhu, Ghaziabad, Under the first option, the national Board has pro- to the Indian population, said Dr Chakrabarti. 19 toll. Tikri, Dhansa and at Shahjahanpur on the Rajasthan- posed that examinations for the major subjects be held He said that trauma too is a risk factor for cutaneous With 1,320 deaths, the total number of deaths in the Haryana border, demanding the rollback of three laws ,% in the "existing format" and at designated examination mucormycosis while isolated renal mucormycosis in an state climbed from 87,300 to 88,620. Similarly, with passed in September last year to lift restrictions on centres. And marks for minor subjects be calculated immunocompetent host is a unique entity in India. 26,672 new infections, the total number of cases trade in farm produce. They have described the laws based on the performance in the major subjects. “Though Rhizopus arrhizus is the most common eti- climbed from 55,53,225 to 55,79,897. as pro-corporate. However, the Government has Raipur: The Collector of This option would require one month of pre-exam ological agent of mucormycosis in this country, infec- Meanwhile, Delhi reported 1,649 fresh Covid cases maintained that the laws are for their benefit. Chhattisgarh's Surajpur dis- activities and two months for conducting the exams and tions due to fungi species like Rhizopus microsporus, on Sunday while the positivity rate came down further trict, Ranbir Sharma, was declaration of results and another 45 days for compart- Rhizopus homothallicus, and Apophysomyces variabilis to 2.42 per cent. According to the health bulletin released 8.0.>3 8> . B(( 43 removed from the post on ment exams. are rising,” warned the doctors and called upon the by the Delhi government, the national Capital report- Sunday after a viral video Under the second format, which will take only 45 authorities to ramp up the facilities to manage the cases. ed 189 fatalities on Saturday. The low positivity rate has 400 >3 D 7>O> showed him slapping a man days, the CBSE has proposed that Class 12 students sit Many States have already notified the disease. provided much needed relief to the people who have been and throwing his mobile phone for the major subject exams in their own schools. The Dr Chakrabarti asserted that once the patient has fighting the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. This number grew to 44 per cent as the states brought for alleged Covid-19 norms Board has also recommended that, under the second for- recovered from Covid-19, s/he before discharge from As per the report, 46745 tests conducted, including in strict curbs and coronavirus seemed to be lurking in violation. Chief Minister mat, each examination should be of one-and-a-half hours hospitals should be provided with guidelines about the 21,298 RTPCR/CBNAAT/True Nat tests and around 5158 every tree and bush, and grass, or watching one from Bhupesh Baghel issued instruc- instead of three hours. early symptoms of mucormycosis and should also be people also recovered from Covid-19 disease on Sunday. the tree tops and thickets. The cuckoos freely sang and tions for the removal of the The question papers should have only objective and advised to seek immediate medical help on detection of Of the 25048 hospital beds for coronavirus patients squirrels raced around in the parks, only the footprint 2012-batch IAS officer from the short-answer questions. In this scenario, a Class 12 stu- any such symptoms. Early detection and treatment is the in the city, 15,388 are vacant, it said. of regular two-legged invaders was nowhere around. post. dent will appear for one language and three elective, in key word. Uttar Pradesh also showed further improvement in Compare India with the United States, which has The CM also directed offi- this case major subjects only. Dr Yash Pal Sharma, Professor & Former Head, the recovery rate at 93 per cent while the positivity rate seen the highest number of infection and casualty from cials to provide a new mobile The marks for the fifth and sixth subjects will be Department of Botany University of Jammu, said that dropped to around 2 per cent as the state reported 4,844 coronavirus across the world. The US also saw people phone to the man, identified as decided based on the performance in the elective sub- basic hygiene and sanitation remains the key. new Covid cases in the last 24 hours. However, as many taking refuge inside their homes and avoiding parks and Aman Mittal (23), as his hand- jects. If the Board opts for the second option, then the “Aeromicrobiological monitoring in and around the hos- as 234 patients lost their battle to the deadly virus in the beaches. set was damaged in the inci- examinations will be conducted in two phases. Any stu- pitals, better indoor air quality, cleanliness of contam- last 24 hours. In July last year more than half of the American pop- dent that took place on dent who is not able to sit for an examination due to inated air-conditioning systems, sanitation of the oxy- Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Amit Mohan ulation kept off parks, plazas and gardens for the fear Saturday. There were several Covid will get another opportunity to appear for it. gen-generating filling units and cylinders etc. need imme- Prasad said at present, there are 84,880 active cases in of catching corona. On July 6, the number peaked to 64 other videos of Saturday's drive The Education Ministry had announced the deci- diate and regular attention,” he said. the state while 19,209 people have succumbed. The max- per cent and remained there for a month. As the cases in which the collector and sion to cancel the Class 10 Board examination and defer imum deaths were reported from Jhansi (21), followed subsided, the parks and beaches came to life and the other officials were purportedly the exam for Class 12 students due to the second wave &474 043. 4&84 (& by Lucknow (18), Varanasi (15), Agra (11), and number of those shunning them came down to 30 per seen making people do sit-ups of the pandemic. On May 1, the Board announced a spe- Saharanpur & Gorakhpur (10 each). cent by February 17 this year. Though the caseload has for allegedly violating the lock- cial marking scheme for Class 10 students in its affili- B> (&. .& 3.043;EM Lucknow reported 301 fresh cases while 851 patients seen a sustained decline in the USA during the last few down norms in Surajpur.In ated schools. recovered. Meerut reported 297 fresh cases, Varanasi 241, weeks, the number of those still avoiding parks and plazas one such video, another official According to the sources, the entrance exams for He said he had inoculated his old father in February Saharanpur 264 and Gorakhpur 201. have again inched up to 36 per cent. was also seen slapping a man the undergraduate engineering course (JEE Main) and and was facing some health issues so he thought to wait The jury is still out whether morning joggers can while asking him to do sit-ups medicine (NEET) will be scheduled after the Board for him to improve healthwise. Now he is fine but where .0(>& 0>3 .3. (& catch the virus from the air, but the fear factor is all per- at the same site where Sharma exams are announced. are the jabs. His father got Covishield while he himself vasive. had slapped Mittal. While Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia told the took Covaxin. > 8.3(& > .78( The collector along with Centre that conducting Class 12 Board exams before vac- Another person pointed out that he had used pin 043N7> >2O 4 0(&>772 . > some policemen had stopped cinating students will prove to be big mistake, 201301 on the Government portal to get the Covishield Mittal, who was on his motor- Maharashtra Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad said under the free category. There were a total 383 slots avail- The continued protests have also sparked con- 3>& 7.8474& cycle, on a road in providing a safe environment for the students was a pri- able for May 24 with entire vaccines meant for those seek- cerns of a potential spread of Covid-19 infections, but ,8(7 , >3 Surajpur where the coron- ority. ing dose 1. The second dose showed zero meaning no the farmers have refused to give up the agitation, cit- avirus-induced lockdown is in Later at a Press conference, Sisodia said that sever- dose. ing it as a matter of their livelihood. It would be inter- a team of the Special Cell, led by Inspector force. al States rejected both options at the meeting and instead Ditto happened with Ramesh Kumar from East Delhi esting to see how the farmers will enter the nation- Shivkumar, Inspector Karambir and supervised by In the video, the man can demanded that there be "zero exams." He also said that who tried for a vaccination centre for 18-44 group at al Capital during the lockdown and with the strin- Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Attar Singh be seen showing a piece of "about eight to 10" States had agreed to the point about RSKV Vidyalaya W Vinod Nagar-1 last few days. The gent Covid protocols in place. Also, Haryana, Punjab, arrested the 38-year-old Kumar and Ajay alias Sunil (28) paper and something on his having students vaccinated before holding exams. pin he used was 110092. “There were a total 217 slots UP and Delhi are under lockdown, which might make from Mundka. mobile phone to the collector, For holding entrance exams, JEE Main 2021 and available on May 20 that too for those needing dose 1. things difficult for them. “He was on a scooty with Ajay when the police team who takes the device and NEET 2021 and others, the only solution is vaccinating The Dose 2 category was showing zero.” In a related development, 12 political parties have nabbed him,” said a senior police officer, adding that throws it on the ground. all, said Sisodia. The country’s 1.5 crore students and 1.5 Now, with the Delhi Government announcing to halt supported the farmers’ protest in a joint statement Kumar accepted that he was present at the crime spot. Sharma is then seen slap- crore teachers should all be vaccinated first. "These three the vaccine drive in view of the shortage of vaccines, I signed by Sonia Gandhi (Congress), HD Deve While seeking his custody for interrogation, police ping the man and encouraging crore people must all be vaccinated first," said Delhi don’t know how long I will have to wait. And if taking Gowda (JD-S), Sharad Pawar (NCP), Mamata also stated that the camera at the stadium was disman- two policemen, who rush to the Education Minister. "We must speak to health experts a vaccine after such a long duration will build any immu- Banerjee (TMC), Uddhav Thackeray (SS), MK Stalin tled and Kumar took away the DDR (video records) of spot and start hitting the man about whether we can use the vaccines available to us nity in me against the virus,” he said. There have been (DMK), Hemant Soren (JMM), Farooq Abdullah the crime scene, which have to be recovered from him. with sticks. on students who are 17.5 years old." several such instances being reported from across the (JKPA), Akhilesh Yadav (SP), Tejashwi Yadav (RJD), The case relates to the May 4 incident at the stadi- The collector’s act drew country as vaccine supply dries up. D Raja (CPI) and Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M). “On May um in which Sagar Dhankar died and two of his friends, sharp criticism on social media (3 284 ( >7 4,7 The Centre has already asked the States to focus on 12, we had jointly written to Prime Minister Modi say- Sonu and Amit Kumar, were injured after they were platforms with people demand- providing doses to the age group above 45 years. So far, ing: ‘Repeal the farm laws to protect lakhs of our allegedly assaulted by Kumar and other wrestlers. The ing his removal and registration . ,7 3( the cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses annadatas from becoming victims of the pandemic Delhi Police had announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for of an FIR against him. The col- administered in the country exceeded 19.49 crore on so that they can continue to produce food to feed the information leading to the arrest of Kumar. Another lector later apologised for his These infections are further leading to morbidity, Saturday, as per the Union Health Ministry. Indian people.’ We demand the immediate repeal of reward of Rs 50,000 was announced for Ajay’s arrest. act. mortality and increased financial burden among patients. the farm laws and the legal entitlement to the A wrestler told The Pioneer on the condition of Chief Minister Baghel in a Implementation of proper guidelines and preventing the Around 6,82,398 beneficiaries of the age group 18- Minimum Support Price (MSP) of C2+50 per cent as anonymity that Kumar was afraid of being caught by the tweet in Hindi on Sunday said, infection with bacterial resistance rather than treating 44 years received their first dose on Saturday, and cumu- recommended by the Swaminathan Commission,” the members of the Jathedi gang. “Sushil had contacted “Through social media, the it with antibiotics will help reduce the disease burden,” latively 99,79,676 across 37 States/UTs since the start of joint statement said. Jathedi but the talks between them were inconclusive. case of misbehaviour of said Dr Victor D Rosenthal, Founder and Chairman of phase-3 of the vaccination drive. To meet the shortage Earlier, the SKM, an umbrella body of 40 farm- Jathedi had also threatened to kill him and others Surajpur Collector Ranbir the International Nosocomial Infection Control the Centre has while allowing the States to float global ers’ unions, has written to Modi seeking resumption involved in the incident,” he said. He also claimed that Sharma with a young man has Consortium (INICC). tender, for its parts it is in the talks with various foreign of talks over their demands to repeal the three laws Kumar had harboured Jathedi in one of his flats in Delhi come to my notice. It is very Dr Kushal Kalvit, a physician working as a critical manufacturers to launch their vaccine here. The and a legal guarantee for MSP. The SKM in its letter a long time ago. sad and condemnable. In care intensivist at the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Government is also looking for ways to ramp up the pro- also warned the Government that farmers will inten- Police said that Kumar had been travelling between Chhattisgarh, such acts will not said while the tropical climate of our country is a per- duction of Covaxin and Covishield. sify their agitation from May 26 if there is no resump- Delhi, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana while be tolerated at all.” “Instructions fect environment for them to grow, there have been many tion of talks. trying to evade arrest. The champion wrestler had spent have been given to remove surveillance studies that have revealed heavy mold spore (&(>. 4 .@3 4,& 32 4 So far, 11 rounds of talks between 40 farm lead- May 5 and 6 at a yoga guru’s ashram in Haridwar, sources Sharma with immediate effect,' counts in hospital wards. ers and the Government have failed to resolve the cri- said. he added. Dr Prakash estimated that prevalence of mucormy- 34@7.> 8,. 4 4B( sis. Both the Government and farmers called off the During his bid to evade arrest, the wrestler kept In another tweet, Baghel cosis is nearly 70 times higher in India than the global series of discussions on January 22, citing lack of switching his mobile phone off and made WhatsApp calls said such conduct was not average while “mortality associated with mucormyco- Sunday’s was the second occasion in three days when progress. The unions have rejected the Government’s to connect with his aides. It is also suspected that he was acceptable by any officer dur- sis, too, is as high as 50 per cent.” a large number of old deaths have been added to the daily offer to freeze the laws for 18 months. The farmer helped by his friends and some gangsters to stay off the ing his/her administrative They said that diabetes mellitus is the most common Covid-19 tally. 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In Nangal, Punjab where the United Nations (UN) person- sought Government to expose was triggered by the Twitter 3,600 oxygen cylinders from addition an IAF C-17 is bring- Oxygen Plant at Nangal Dam nel in Congo and rescued them the “disguise and mischief” red-flagging BJP spokesper- Singapore and Brunei under ing 2 Oxygen concentrators was unused since 2011. An from a volcano. and “examine” whether the son Sambit Patra’s tweet on the the ongoing ‘Operation from Bordeaux to Hindan. Indian Army team serviced The daring rescue opera- microblogging site is a “plat- Congress tool-kit as “manip- Samudra Setu II.’’ Meanwhile, within India the compressor and purifier tion took place on Saturday form” or acting as a “media ulated media”. The con- Covid-19 medical equip- IAF C-17s airlifted 22 Oxygen portion and made the plant after the volcano at Mount ity of the country contingents that the lava flow has consid- house”. frontation has only intensified ment brought by this ship Tankers from various locations functional. Such procedures Nyaragongo overlooking Goma including aviation contingents erably slowed down. Lava flow Sahasrabuddhe, who is also with an unfazed Twitter con- also includes ventilators and to their refilling stations on were repeated at many places town erupted spewing lava, evacuated immediately, the at this stage is unlikely to reach Chairman of Indian Council of tinuing to red-flag few more empty cryogenic containers, Saturday. The IAF has all over the country to enhance gases and sediments. It took Army statement said. Goma town unless there is Cultural Relation, stressed that BJP leaders. the Navy said here. Another deployed more than 40 aircraft the oxygen production capa- place at about 6. 30 pm and the The Indian Brigade head- fresh eruption through fis- the “mischief” played by twit- Tweets posted by verified ship, INS Trikand also brought for ferrying medical equip- bility, officials said. Indian Army contingent under quarters held their ground and sures. Intermittent earthquakes ter in a “disguise of a platform” accounts of Sahasrabuddhe, 40 MT Liquid Medical Oxygen ment to different parts of the Moreover, 145 BOMs the United Nations peace keep- thinned out 70% of the strength of very low intensity are being needs to be “exposed”, accord- BJP (Mahila Morcha) nation- from Qatar and 100 Oxygen country and airlifting oxygen (Bogie Open Military) and ing mission (MONUSCO) of the camp and sent them to currently experienced,” the ing to sources. al social media in-charge Priti cylinders and arrived at from several countries since 274 MBWTs (Military Bogie assisted in protecting civilians the Himbi company operating Army added. The senior party leader Gandhi, co-incharge Sunil Mumbai. April 22. Well type) were employed for and UN officials. base for safety. A minimum India is one of the largest recalled the 2018 Standing Deodhar, BJP media panelist In first week of May, the Contributing its bit in the the transportation of Oxygen. Giving details here on strength continued to hold troop contributing nation to Committee on IT which, he Charu Pragya and Delhi BJP Navy, as part of Op Samudra national effort to fight the More than 380 oxygen tankers Sunday, army officials said onto the camp ensuring no MONUSCO, which is head- said, had deliberated whether general secretary Kuljeet Singh Setu II, had diverted nine Corona pandemic in the sec- have been transported till date Mount Nyaragongo erupted threat to the UN and national quartered in the Eastern town microblogging sites are “plat- Chahal were tagged as manip- warships mission deployed on ond wave, the Army has set up through 99 military special resulting in panic within the assets as also providing security of Goma and bordering forms” or “ as media houses”. ulated. the high seas to various ports 4,851 oxygenated beds in last trains. civilian population. Most of the to empty aviation base and avi- Rwanda. The Indian Brigade He said the committee had The Modi-Government is in the region extending from one month. The earlier The Indian Army pro- lava, however, has flowed ation fuel stored there. headquarters is located adja- then party leaders like veteran still waiting for a formal reply Kuwait in the West to strength of these beds was cured and delivered 100 bull- towards Rwanda and only a An observation point was cent to the Goma airfield. L K Advani and the present from Twitter for tagging BJP’s Singapore in the East to pick 1,821 beds. Similarly, in the nose rings to Goa Medical small stream is trickling also established which is giving Actions by the Indian con- Minister of State, Finance, tweets. up emergency medical oxygen same period the force College & Hospital (GMCH) towards Goma, it stated. real time updates of the lava tingent in the face of imminent Anurag Thakur. The Government has and other supplies. increased its oxygen storage within 24 hours of receiving While the UN’s internal flow to the Brigade headquar- danger has facilitated the “If you are a platform then described the Twitter action as Continuing its efforts plants from 24 to 47 besides the request from the hospital. security system calculated that ters, enabling them to pass the smooth evacuation and pro- you just allow views to land on “totally unwarranted” , “uni- towards the ongoing Covid 19 providing for 93 oxygen con- Bull nose fitting is a life sav- evacuation will not be required correct information to UN, tection of civilians and other the platform and not be judge lateral”, “unfair” and as an relief operations, the IAF centrators and 1,223 pediatric ing device used for adminis- and asked various country con- the army said. UN personnel in Goma, offi- like a media house” and other- attempt to colour the local brought in oxygen containers beds. tering Oxygen to Covid tingents to be on alert, a major- “Currently, it is ascertained cials added. wise “FDI norms be applicable”, investigation into the issue. from three different countries Besides assisting the civil Patients. % "R "# & % 5 % 0 # " # $ % % ,$(% P B# 9# # # -6 # New Delhi: The depression “It would continue to move Extremely heavy rainfall is over Bay of Bengal is very like- north-north-westwards, inten- expected at isolated places over 5 &..78( such as remdesivir, faviflu, and ly to move north-northwest- sify further and reach Jhargram, Medinipur, North other drugs approved by the wards and intensify into a Northwest Bay of Bengal near and South 24 Parganas, rawing flak from various DCGI have failed to treat cyclonic storm by Monday West Bengal and north Odisha Howrah, Hooghly, Kolkata and &..78( Command and Andaman and Dquarters, including from Covid-19 patients. morning and further into a coasts by May 26 morning.” heavy to very heavy rainfall at Nicobar Command have been his own fraternity, Union The doctors’ body IMA very severe cyclonic storm dur- The cyclone is very likely to a few places over Nadia, ith Cyclone Yaas likely to embarked with HADR Bricks to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan also quoted Ramdev as saying ing the subsequent 24 hours, cross north Odisha-West Bardhaman, Bankura, Purulia, Wmake landfall at the provide succour to the people on Sunday called yoga guru that “lakhs of patients have died the India Meteorological Bengal between Paradip and Bhirbhum, Murshidabad, Eastern Coast including Odisha likely to be impacted. Four div- Ramdev’s statement on allo- after taking allopathic medi- Department’s National Weather Sagar islands by May 26 Malda and South Dinajpur and West Bengal on May 26, ing and 10 flood relief columns &..78( pathic medicines “extremely cines”. “You calling allopathy Forecasting Centre said on evening as a very severe districts on May 26. Extremely Wednesday, the Armed forces have been pre-positioned at unfortunate” and asked him to treatment a ‘drama, useless and Sunday. cyclonic storm. heavy rain is expected at iso- have stepped up their prepara- Kolkata, Bhubaneswar and oming down heavily on withdraw the remark, saying it diwaliya’ (causing bankrupt- Sharing latest satellite Light to moderate rainfall lated places in Malda and tions by deploying nearly 40 air- Chilika for rendering assistance Cthe continuation of Central disrespects “corona warriors” cy) is unfortunate,” it said imageries and ocean buoy is expected at most places with Darjeeling, Dinajpur, craft and eight warships for res- to civil administration at short Vista project, Congress leader and can break the morale of adding that if today deaths due observations of cyclone ‘Yass’, heavy to very heavy falls at iso- Kalimpong, Jalpaiguri, Sikkim, cue and relief efforts. Moreover, notice, they said. Kapil Sibal in a statement on healthcare workers. to COVID-19 is just 1.13 per the IMD said Saturday’s low- lated places on Sunday and Bankura, Purulia, Bardhaman, several teams of divers and 950 Seven flood relief teams Sunday said, future However, this has not cent and recovery rate more pressure area which became Monday in Andaman & Bhirbhum, and Murshidabad personnel of the National and two diving teams are ready Government should remove appeased the medical fraterni- than 88 per cent, it is because well marked over east central Nicobar Islands. on May 27. Disaster Response Force at different locations in the plaque from the project ty who have called for stringent of the contribution of allopathy Bay of Bengal in the same In Odisha, light to moder- Squally wind speed reach- (NDRF) are already present in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and should write about the action against Ramdev who, and its doctors. evening has concentrated into ate rainfall is likely to take place ing 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 Kolkatta and Bhubaneswar. to deal with any eventuality. In apathy of the Government they said, has disregarded the Dr Vinay Aggarwal, ex- a depression over the area. at many places with heavy to kmph is likely to prevail over Giving details here on addition, Naval aircraft and towards citizens. allopathy stream. national president of IMA too “It lay centered at 11.30 very heavy rainfall at isolated and around Andaman and Sunday, officials said the IAF air- helicopters in Vishakhapatnam Kapil Sibal in a statement Dr Harshvardhan in a let- had expressed displeasure say- a.m. on Sunday near latitude places in the north coastal dis- Nicobar Islands, Andaman Sea lifted the NDRF personnel and and Port Blair are on operational on Sunday said, “The ter to Ramdev said that ing that the negative and 16.1 degree north and longi- tricts on May 25. Heavy to very and adjoining east central and 70 tonnes of load from readiness to undertake search Government which comes to “through your statement you unwarranted comments against tude 90.2 degree east, about 560 heavy rains at a few places with southeast Bay of Bengal on Jamnagar, Varanasi, Patna and and rescue missions. Eight flood power in future must remove not only disrespected corona the allopathy sector of which km north-northwest of Port extremely heavy falls is likely in Sunday, the IMD said. Arakonnam to Kolkata, relief columns and three the plaque and instead write warriors but also deeply hurt the Minister was also one of the Blair (Andaman Islands), 590 Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, It is very likely to increase Bhubaneswar and Port Blair in Engineer Task Forces of the that this project was built the sentiments of countrymen”. members were unfortunate. km east-southeast of Paradip Mayurbhanj and heavy to very becoming 55-65 kmph gusting 15 Transport Aircraft. Indian Army are ready for despite the fact that money was “Your statement on allopa- “…remarks of Ramdev have (Odisha), 690 km south-south- heavy falls at a few places in the to 75 kmph over east central Moreover, 16 transport air- immediate deployment on req- needed to save people’s lives thy can break the morale of publicly tarnished the image of east of Balasore (Odisha) and districts of north Odisha, Bay of Bengal and adjoining craft and 26 helicopters are on uisition by the civil administra- during the pandemic. It is an healthcare workers and weak- the allopathic medical profes- 670 km south-southeast of namely Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, north Andaman Sea from standby for immediate deploy- tion. act of monumental insensitiv- en our fight against COVID- sionals. This calls for an expla- Digha (West Bengal),” the IMD Jajpur and Keonjhar is expect- Sunday night. ment. Indian Navy, fresh from The Armed Forces are in ity not to voluntarily stop the 19,” Vardhan said and added nation and immediate action said. ed on May 26. It is very likely to increase Humanitarian Assistance and constant touch with the civil project.” that doctors are fighting day against Ramdev.” Cyclone ‘Yaas’ is very like- The IMD forecast suggests further becoming gale wind Disaster Relief (HADR) and administration of the affected Sibal said that the govern- and night to save people’s lives. While welcoming the ly to move north-northwest- light to moderate rainfall at speed reaching 65 to 75 gust- rescue operations on the states. Armed Forces teams are ment should purchase vac- Citing a video circulating Union Minister’s action in the wards and intensify into a most places in West Bengal and ing to 85 over major parts of Western Coast during Ccolne aware of the need to keep the cine and vaccinate every citi- on social media, the Indian matter, FAIMA President Dr cyclonic storm by May 24 Sikkim. Heavy to very heavy central Bay of Bengal from May Tautake, has moved 10 HADR road and rail links open to zen and pool all the resources Medical association on Rakesh Bagdi said that such (Monday) morning and further rainfall is likely over Medinipur, 24 forenoon for subsequent 12 pallets to Bhubaneswar and ensure uninterrupted supply of including the PM CARES fund Saturday had said Ramdev has quacks must be put behind bars into a very severe cyclonic South and North 24 Parganas, hours and would decrease Kolkata, while five HADR pal- life saving oxygen and drugs and use 35,000 crore ear- claimed that allopathy is a “stu- for misguiding people and storm during the subsequent 24 Howrah and Hooghly districts gradually thereafter. lets are ready at Port Blair. required for treatment at marked for vaccination in the pid science” and medicines defaming allopathic doctors. hours, it said. of West Bengal on May 25. IANS Eight ships of Eastern Naval COVID-19 hospitals. budget. “The real problem that P the country is facing these 7 8 # ./% % days is absence of adequate vaccines and production facil- # #+ # ities,” he said. He asked why there has 2 2 been limit to companies involved in production of the # ! 9 vaccines and international vac- < > cine manufacturers are exclud- &..78( recognition of known terror- &..78( &..78( ed. He justified the suggestion &..78( ists, OGWs/suspects, especial- made to the Government by he Jammu and Kashmir ly in vulnerable areas in order ven as recovery rate in mid a spurt in terrorist vio- the opposition and alleged ince the early days of the Tpolice has sought to to check the movement of EIndia is improving, doctors Alence in Srinagar in quick that the government has not Scoronavirus pandemic, counter the negative perception undesirable elements. advise people to take proper succession earlier this year, the performed at the time of cri- patients with diabetes have of the successful counter-ter- In most of the terror inci- care of their body post Covid- Jammu and Kashmir police sis. been in the spotlight for their rorist operations in Jammu dents, vehicles have been used 19. They also urge that people chief has raised security con- Twelve major Opposition increased risk of severe Covid- and Kashmir last year leading by the ultras to reach the tar- should not believe on pre- cerns on the efficacy of the exist- parties including four chief 19 outcomes. Now health to elimination of a number ter- get and escape from the scene scriptions available on social ing security grid with regard to ministers had on May 12 wrote experts say diabetes, coupled rorists in Srinagar and OGW after the terror acts and a media and should consult the non-locals, security forces to Prime Minister Narendra with Covid, may be the reason (over ground workers) net- checking plan of vehicles is doctors before taking any and politicians. Modi demanding that the gov- for the sudden spike in work in the Valley. required on a daily basis in a medicines as excessive use of The top police official has ernment should stop the mucormycosis or ‘black fungus’ “While unprecedented surprise manner on different medicines is also a concern. also sought to revisit the city deployment and security despite the deployment of a large Central Vista project and infections in the country. work has taken place in terms routes and on different timings In a conversation with counter-terrorist security grid in grid with their Deputy number of the paramilitary per- instead use the money to pro- India is known as the of a large number of Counter- should be included in the plan, IANS, Dr Ashish Jaiswal, who the Valley and got an approval Inspectors General and sonnel in the Valley, it has not cure oxygen and vaccines. world’s diabetes capital. Nearly Terrorist operations in Srinagar, according to the top official. did fellowship in from the Centre for deployment Superintendents of police in taken the lead role in counter- The letter said, “We have one in six people with diabetes eliminating terrorists and their Counter measures like Pulmonology and Critical of 5,000 additional troops of the order to have a well-designed terrorism operations as was the repeatedly in the past drawn in the world is from India. OGW (Over Ground Workers) CCTV cameras, vehicle Care Disease from the US and Central paramilitary forces. deployment plan of a large case when the BSF was the des- your attention, independently Available scientific literature network operating in the city mounted cameras and other Europe, said that if one has Following the request for number of Central paramilitary ignated agency for securing and jointly, to the various reveals that diabetes damages during 2020, such acts, how- surveillance gadgetry like tested Covid positive and iso- additional deployment on the forces’ battalions with a grid Srinagar and conducting anti- measures that are absolutely the pancreatic beta cells and ever, didn’t go well with the drones and facial recognition lating at home, then they first ground, the Union Home comprising Nakas, mobile vehi- terrorist actions in the Valley. imperative for the Central leads to insufficient insulin public perception on improv- systems need to be used in they need to identify their Ministry has approved the pro- cle check posts (MVCPs), city This has led to resurfacing of the Government to undertake and production, resulting in hyper- ing security environment for crowded places under sur- problems, which they call posal and 50 companies of patrolling and manning of major terror groups in the city leading implement. Unfortunately, glycemia -- a condition which the last over two years. veillance. “Installation of ‘Long Covid’ or ‘Covid Haul Central paramilitary forces have entry and escape routes. to casualties of the security your government has either causes dysfunction of the Therefore, the senior officers CCTV cameras under the Syndrome’ as it can lasts for joined duty last week, sources “While unprecedented work forces personnel, SPOs and ignored or refused all these immune response. Besides, dia- from Kashmir Zone and the Smart City Project needs to be months. said. has taken place in terms of a political leaders. suggestions. This only com- betes medication also sup- CRPF shall have to put their expedited for which con- Jaiswal, who is with In the backdrop of a num- large number of Counter- “Though, in some cases, pounded the situation to reach presses immune responses. heads together to counter such cerned authority may be sen- Bharadwaj Hospital in Noida, ber of incidents of terrorist vio- Terrorist operations in Srinagar, Police/SFs response to a terror such an apocalyptic human Covid also decreases trending,” reads a recent letter sitized and activated,” reads said that the most common lence happening in Jammu and eliminating terrorists and their incident has been appreciable, tragedy.” immunity and the drugs used of Jammu and Kashmir police the letter. symptom in long haulers are Kashmir capital Srinagar in OGW (Over Ground Workers) the terrorists have generally The Congress has been for its treatment such as steroids Director General Dilbag Singh The DGP also empha- chronic fatigue and body pain quick succession in the first network operating in the city taken advantage of floating attacking the government over and IL-6 inhibitors (tocilizum- to the Special DG CRPF, sized on the need to generate and the other most common quarter of the ongoing year, the during 2020, such acts, howev- movement of the people and mishandling of the pandemic ab) also leads to further ADGP (now DGP) CID, J&K intelligence by all the field thing is chest involvement. Union Territory police chief er, didn’t go well with the pub- vehicles in the city and escaped and not heeding to the advise immune suppression. Jammu, Joint Director of officers especially relating to “We notice that 60 per has raised security concerns on lic perception on improving after an act without getting of ex-PM Manmohan Singh, The second wave of Covid Intelligence Bureau, Kashmir newly joined terrorists and cent patients are showing the efficacy of the existing secu- security environment for the last intercepted in the security grid,” party president Sonia Gandhi has been more lethal in India. and IG (Operations), CRPF, their OGWs in Srinagar as these chest involvement and rity grid with regard to the over two years,” reads the letter it said, adding deployments for and the opposition parties. The country has also seen more Srinagar. well as their network outside other 40 per cent are asymp- non-locals, security forces and sent to Special DG CRPF, ADGP more vulnerable areas/persons The Delhi High Court has persons with diabetes getting In order to further ramp up the city. The terrorists’ data- tomatic. But we see patches in politicians. (now DGP) CID, J&K Jammu, have to be designed according- reserved its verdict on a plea affected by Covid -- almost 76 the security set in the Valley, base should be updated and them too. Usually this patch In a recent letter, Director Joint Director of Intelligence ly so as to minimize the threat seeking to halt the construction per cent, Dr V. Ramana Prasad, the top J&K police official also utilised at checkpoints to lessens, but in some cases, it General of Police Dilbag Singh Bureau, Kashmir and IG and maximize the chances of of Central Vista redevelopment senior pulmonologist, KIMS stressed on the use of technol- identify the ultras and their might increase after 13-14 directed the Inspectors General (Operations), CRPF, Srinagar. interception of the anti-nation- project against the backdrop of hospital Hyderabad, told IANS. ogy at some selected spots for associates. days in post Covid storm. of police and CRPF to review the Insiders in the CRPF said al elements. the Covid-19 pandemic. !# $%& #%& '()* 6
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The Arab viewpoint was " 2 * S : 2 ' *, that we have lived in Palestine $ S for centuries and the fewer Jews ( P Q who were here were treated Where else could we go and preached in Judea, was break down and weep. B4>4C ( well by us. There was no ten- resettle, and why should we? betrayed and crucified on Please remember that we sion, no rioting and no fight- Remember our Prophet, rid- Calvary Hill. The lady was have no other country that we " 48D S " ! ing. Even when we saw ing Barukh the horse, more articulate and she can call our homeland and go 1 5EC shiploads of Jews arriving in ascended to Heaven to meet pleaded fluently. She asked to. We have had to roam all ' 1 F Book or ahl al-kitab. They call few decades ago, our namaz talk to on the subject were bombs and missiles from 0(( $ our first prophet Abraham, we used to be read facing clear that they had the first time to time? At present, it is call him Ibrahim; their biggest Jerusalem. Only recently the right to Judea. They the Hezbollah; tomorrow it S 4> prophet was Moses, whom we mehrabs in the masjids point belonged here before they could be the Hamas and the F 5= + : ? call Musa and respect him. So to Mecca. Above all, the went to Egypt for employ- day after another group. ( we were cordial. whole of Palestine is ours ( > 8.>704,3 ment but, unfortunately, the Palestine should have been It was the Balfour legally by adverse possession Pharaoh trapped and reserved for us Israelis. That Declaration of 1917 which for centuries. . 7>3> (4&40*C*? enslaved us. When Prophet would have averted so much gave us Arabs a jolt. Britain Quite accidentally, soon 8( 8 >B. 8. Moses after long years liber- of our suffering, anti- 7 then was a big imperial power after listening to these Arab >3>>47 ' ated us, he brought us back Semitism, pogroms and all and Prime Minister Lloyd gentlemen, I bumped into a to Judea. He was a great soul that. It has been nice of us to George had blessed the decla- Christian couple at the hotel 3( >(& 8.&>> and wrote the five books of let others stay in Israel and be ration which promised the who claimed that their fam- ( ( .3(>7 4.3 the Torah. In fact, there happy. Half of Palestine is still Jews a homeland, by implica- ily always belonged to >& 3( . (&( .3 were no Islam in this world theirs. “What more, sir?” one tion, in the Holy Land. As the Palestine and, since 1948, until 14 centuries ago where- of them asked. 20th century progressed, more the parents became Israelis. 7742 .43 . as the Jewish right to this When I raised the issue of shiploads of Jews started com- They said they were happy 8>7.. 8. land is thousands of years adverse possession they have ing in. That is when the ten- in Jerusalem which should . 7>3> (4&8( 8 old. Jerusalem was founded enjoyed in Palestine for cen- sions started between us and belong to Christians, if at all, by us, we believe. Our tem- turies, the answer was ready the Jews. In due course, we not to Muslims just because 34 (. 8.. ple on the mount was built and reflex. You mean that came to know that they were of the Al Aqsa Mosque >84 .7>&%2 by our ancient kings but because I stole your grandfa- also importing arms and which celebrates Prophet ( 7( > (4&%(& 8. demolished by ther’s watch 30 years ago, it is ammunition. That left us no Muhammad’s journey to Nebuchadnezzar II of legitimately mine now? You choice but to get military help Heaven and back. On the 84727>& Babylon. We rebuilt it and it have no right over it? How from the neighbouring Arab other hand, Jesus, the son of was destroyed by another would you feel? countries. After all, Palestine God, was born at invader. Now only the (The writer is a well- belonged to the Arabs who had Bethlehem, a few miles from mount is there on whose known columnist and an been in a majority for cen- Jerusalem. The Lord spent Wailing Wall local as well as author. The views expressed turies; it is our homeland. his life around here, visiting Jews pray, often are personal.) 0 1 9 87 10 $ ? $ * # $ P , 7 $ $# " $$# $ # Sir — Today, the Congress is a party with- 1 out any active cadres and is saddled with a !" $%$& R # $ #1 lifeless leadership. Unless the Gandhis vacate ' their position at the top, fresh blood and ideas " "# # $% # # $% won’t flow into the party and it won’t be seen #'8#;%A::1 9# ### :#+ :3 ## $ $# #$ $ "#*CA*1 "4:!B9 8!!" 5"D"8 B as a serious player in national politics. K #3 $ # ##+ # Can its soul-searching begin now, at A+ # least? For the Congress and its leader Rahul 8#$ $ # ' 2 Gandhi, the recent election results are a grim 8# # "# # # S - ! reminder that they have no viable politics " # # # $ # # (# R % 1 " going for them at the moment. Rahul has to 8#$ '$ # ## # O $ $ "# 1 # (# " rethink his freelancing, footloose politics and the recent verdicts are no indication that a " $ $ " ! national-level alternative is in the making. " $$"# # # # $ ###" $ ( S ' ! The Congress would do well to try and , % "## $ # $' $ # # O # lead the formation of like-minded Opposition "8D$B "FD"D"8 B parties. It should also take care of the rum- ##$$# # $ %# " ! # # #1 K $ T# blings in its Punjab unit and revive the prac- #$% '( tice of annual organisational sessions, invit- $ # # % B#$# # # "# (O $" " ing mass leaders from across the country, to " %" #*CA* $' ## #(# % ( ! be able to hope to reach the grassroots. It is (" ## # % " 1 #' evident that Sonia will not have anyone other # '8 # ! # $% 1$ "# " $1 # $ ! !> #*CA6 than Rahul as the party’s president but he does $ B# # +::C' 8# #' not want to take the chair. The party must # # *C?:% # 8#$ # ' #$$ % L # % #% enlarge its footprint by bringing in new ideas, # % # #M%$ + new talent and, most importantly, greater ( "%#1 1# #% 1 :B # # # " $$#" ! 1 $ # ## # K. #>3 $ 3 national participation by way of bigger crowds and campaigns to change the public #% "# "## # # "# " # " perception about it. L#$ ## # ## M ## $ " ##' 0 $%3 # Yash Pal Ralhan | Jalandhar #" #"# '8 # "G "DF!9!"B" ! # 1 I1 " <# on the people’s sufferings due to the brutal mucormycosis under the Epidemic Act. # ='8-# 4567 4867 spread of Coronavirus and to work in part- The SARS-CoV-2 virus has given birth Sir — The verbal duel between West Bengal ##" $# nership for providing succour to them — to several new diseases; among them the (# $# 96 ' 446 0 Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the BJP ! ending on a sour note is disturbing. rapidly spreading infection post-COVID 7 ' at the Prime Minister’s COVID meeting in All in all, it appears to be a wasteful exer- " ! the midst of the ongoing health emergency recoveries is black fungus. If not treated in cise where Mamata threw tantrums and time, the infection can turn fatal. $B4 BDFD9:C"D " ! clearly reveals the existence of trust deficit turned her ire on the Prime Minister, reveal- between the Centre and the Opposition par- Shockingly, amid the rising cases of black K S : ing clearly that her interaction was only meant fungus infection, four cases of white fungus ties. In fact, having shown disdain for every to settle political scores rather than working 3 meeting called by the Prime Minister, infection have been reported from Patna. The with the real intention of meeting the chal- latter is considered more dangerous than # " # + 0 Mamata’s contention now that he deliberate- lenges currently being faced by our nation. !"%($ # black fungus as it affects lungs as well as other ( ly bypassed protocol to insult the Chief KR Srinivasann | Secunderabad # " ( ; ! Ministers at the meeting appears far-fetched. parts of the body. To beat these fungi, check # Mamata’s intervention and not allowing the local advice where you live and work. - $ S $ $ a district magistrate of her State to air his Sir — The Bengali proverb, “Nere beltola Don’t forget that it’s our duty to save ourselves " # views on the best practices adopted in the lat- ekbar-e jaye (A scalded dog fears even cold from these killer diseases. ; <= ter’s district to contain the pandemic once Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee | Faridabad % ## ' again revealed her disruptionist agenda, water)”, is applicable as the Narendra Modi 5=66 ( besides her intent to pin down the Prime Government has promptly directed all the # < :B Minister. In short, a meeting — called to focus States to notify the cases of black fungus or B8C"D BEF4"?:4 K# !# $%& #%& '()* :
8 % 8%, " '" $G # # F # # # $'" $G # # G #+ 4==@'!-('5=6'! '!5<49'!-7)6=54 "#+ " # ( . ( ;9 " ## #$ # # # # # " #" ;< : + " ## #+ : # # # #* he last eight to 10 weeks have shaken the very foundation of how we perceived and :3 2 deconstructed the 'idea of India.' For all our commitment to inclusive development +.(; " Tand 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas,' hopelessness and " despair are writ large - irrespective of our class hier- 2 archies. From the power elite in themetropolitan " 0 centres to ordinary citizens in the peripheries, sud- denly we havebeen caught unawares; howeverunit- ed in grief. But this united-in-grief moment has * exposed us to the hollowness of the institutions we ! thought were robust. Whilethe first wave of Covid-19 last year ! brought out the vulnerabilities of the working- classpopulation, particularly the labourers and migrant workers, thesecond wavetranscended these class hierarchies and barricades and engulfed the entirenation. Visuals of people helplessly running for ICU beds, oxygen cylinders, and external insti- tutional support shall remain etched in our collec- tive memoryforever. The spin doctors of the estab- lishment have been playing around with data, num- bers, statistics. Still, the nation's 'collective conscience' does not always accept manipulation from a regime or its para-troopers. An alternate discourse is being woven around empty catchphrases of 'incul- cating positivity,' especially when a large part of the nation grieves in want of some recognition and " 2+.(; ! assurance, let alone timely assistance. 1 : - + ! Sadly,the establishment has repeatedly failed to . , take cognizance of how the nationand its people are 3. . .3 8> ! 4,& (& 4, % ( ( evolved enough to deconstruct the 'subjectivity' behind the objectivity of data. Those in power must &. > (& >& ( 2 ' remember the deaths and cases are no longer dis- B(7(02(& 8. ( tant or remote. The nation, her people - the most 4 4( (4&.& important actors in a democracy can now see, wit- >&> (4&-( > . ( ! ness, and perceive the casualties up-close - not in >>. 4 3> 2' a detached or a clinical manner, which the dispen- 8.3.>3. # sation would like us to interpret as. Most regrettably, (& >& . >743. it will be a travesty of truth to club Covid-19 deaths capital,elementslike trust, faith, less if there is no feedback mecha- - essential to physical, emotional, and ( 8.& and deathstaking place as a result of scarcity of empathy, and confidence. nism between the transmitter and the mental healing. Simply put in the ;!; G ! 47( 2 > (& healthcare services and delayed treatments. An over- >&7. (7> (& Onecan never overlook that receiver. Least of all the prime min- context of these haunting images of H whelmingly high number is reported to have said >3..(& 4&. while the pandemic was ravaging dif- ister and his team can do is to devel- the destruction caused by the second ! ! goodbye to their near and dear ones on account of ( 84, 8. ferent parts ofIndia, supposedly the op the art of listening. wave what people from the hinter- ( abysmal health infrastructure. Covid-19 first hit us 7( 8 . world's largest political party, was We must remember that count- land to the big cities need to listen in 2020. For a country that has a 90 percent-plus 3. .& .40 keen on proving its political- ing out, negating, and vilifying the to from the government is --We are ( 2 workforce employed in the informal sector, a coun- .7(.3> (4&'> prowess.Words of caution from oppositiondents a nation's image as sorry!! try whose mainstay is agriculture; having not con- diverse sections of the civil society a democracy. There are instances In times of unprecedented col- " sidered warning signals hinting at a poor emergency >3.,7 % 8. and the oppositionwerenot only galore when policy-making and leg- lective grief, healing demands much ' health care system, inadequate rural capacities, lim- ,( (>328> ignored but ridiculed. Suggestionsor islating are being done without the more than premeditated wet eyes ited oxygen infrastructure, and grave implications 8> 4(& .3B.&. ideas for course correction offered by slightest pretence of deliberation. As from the top.It demands an imme- of Covid-19 on villages and the urban poor -such 4.&,3. 8> anybody, whether a former Prime a result, the judiciary has had to inter- diate course correction at every absolute lack of preparedness cannot ever be for- 8..I. , (B. Minister or anypolitical leader, vene to ensure the basic executive level. It requires assessing the huge gotten or forgiven. 0,& (4& wereeither ignored or passed off as functions properly and saves lives. gaps in the public health infrastruc- ! 34 .372>& Amature democracy can withstand the gravest some 'tool-kit.' Regrettably, 'they' do The critical observations made by ture and work on addressing them of challenges because people, asactive participants >B.7(B. not wish to change their priorities different High courts shall remain a at a war footing. All ambitious pro- ( in democratic processes feel they have a stake in even amid a pandemic costing us living testimony to these impossibly jects including the central vista be put it.However, substantive participation of people is socially, economically, and psycho- difficult times when personal grief on hold and all the resources be ( only possible when democracy isperceived to be an logically. Voices of opposition or dis- transcended into a state of collective diverted to protect life and save liveli- entity that does not expire right after the counting sent within or outside the parliamen- despair reeking of abandon, neglect, hoods. Failing which the grief can I days ofelections. For very long, we have been tak- tary structure are denigrated. Limited and apathy. turn into anger at a level where it shall ! ing pride in overstating 'we are the largest democ- attempts at consensus-building are The people of this country des- be impossible for the regime to J : racy' without paying any heed to what constitutes- seen - efforts that would have been perately sought their elected govern- contain or deal with. It is amusing to the distinction between 'the largest' and 'the great- The author is Member more inclusive, collaborative, and ment at the centre to acknowledge see the audacity of some people who est.' These twosuperlatives mean different things, of Parliament (Rajya participatory for the regime that takes what should have been done but keep repeating -yes! The situation is and the disruption caused during thepandemic has Sabha), represents the pride in introducing concepts of could not be done.People also need- not good but what is the alternative? * told us in unambiguous terms that we have not only Rashtriya Janata Dal. 'cooperative federalism.' And it must ed to see a genuine sense of regret Who is the alternative? To all of them failed thepeople that make our democracy but have The views expressed show in action that there is a distinc- and remorse so they could have a piece of unsolicited advice-When shaken the veryfoundations of ourcollective con- are personal. tion between dialogue and mono- found some consolation, empathic people become an alternative the + ! sciousness and all that constitutes our social logue. 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he 74th World Health Today an effective treat- and scattered hot spots of lep- published its new Global UN General Assembly in Assembly (WHA) takes ment exists in the form of rosy in many countries and Leprosy Strategy 2021-2030, 2010.But the real measure of Tplace from May 24 to multidrug therapy (MDT) some three-four million peo- which includes the ambitious success will be when princi- June 1. This year's gathering and with early detection and ple are living with visible targets of zero leprosy ples and guidelines accompa- is likely to dominated by treatment, the disease is com- impairments or deformities patients in 120 countries and nying the resolution are fully COVID-19, but here I want pletely curable. But if treat- due to leprosy. Meanwhile, a 70 percent decrease in new implemented.This must to talk about a different dis- ment is delayed, leprosy can the persistence of stigma and cases detected globally by include abolishing or amend- ease-leprosy-and a resolu- :< cause impairments to the discrimination can inhibit 2030. In order to achieve ing laws that discriminate tion that was adopted at the skin, nerves, face, hands and people from seeking treat- these targets, there will need on the grounds of leprosy, of WHA exactly 30 years ago. feet, and lead to permanent ment. to be commitments and which there are around 100 in This resolution called for disability. Together with Since becoming WHO financial support from gov- India. the elimination of leprosy as deep-seatedfearsand misper- Goodwill Ambassador for ernments; this is not some- Over the past half-centu- a public health problem at the ceptions about the disease, Leprosy Elimination in 2001, thing the WHO can achieve ry, in India, the government global level by the year 2000, this has subjected persons I have visited some 120 coun- on its own. is working diligently to com- with elimination defined as a affected by leprosy as well as tries and observed the situa- Concerning the rear bat the disease, and in the pri- prevalence rate of less than 1 their family members to tion on the ground for myself. wheel, I have worked hard to vate sector, NGOs such as the case per 10,000 population. It severe discrimination, which This has led me to think of have leprosy recognized Sasakawa-India Leprosy was a landmark resolution for The author is WHO continues to this day. leprosy in terms of a motor- internationally as a human Foundation and the the time. Goodwill Ambassador for Sadly, amid the coron- cycle: the front wheel symbol- rights issue since the early Association of People Leprosy, also known as Leprosy Elimination; avirus pandemic, we can see Following the 1991 WHA Unfortunately, this does not izes curing the disease, and 2000s when I first Affected by Leprosy (APAL) Hansen's disease, is a chron- Japanese Government parallels between the dis- resolution, elimination of mean that leprosy has disap- the back wheel represents approached the Office of the have an important role to ic infectious disease caused Goodwill Ambassador for crimination and hostility leprosy as a public health peared. eliminating discrimination. UN High Commissioner for play. But challenges remain. by the bacillus the Human Rights of toward COVID-19 patients, problem was successfully Each year, around Unless both wheels are turn- Human Rights. One result Especially now, during the Mycobacterium leprae. It Persons Affected by their families and health per- achieved at the global level by 200,000 new cases of leprosy ing together, we will not has beenthe resolution on COVID-19 pandemic, it is mainly affects the skin and Leprosy; Chairman, The sonnel that has been report- the end of 2000, and almost are reported to the WHO, reach our ultimate goal of elimination of discrimina- important that we do not lose Nippon Foundation. The peripheral nerves and is said views expressed are ed in different parts of the all countries, including India, withIndia accounting for zero leprosy. tion against persons affected sight of leprosy and continue to be one of the oldest dis- personal. world and society's attitudes have replicated that success at more than half of these. As regards the front by leprosy and their family to build on the progress eases in human history. toward leprosy. the national level. There are still endemic areas wheel, the WHO recently members, adopted by the made. !# $%& #%& '()* )
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Even that win- Those working on the and home care items, but dis- vaccines on children,” the sub- dow got complicated with con- project were organised into cretionary categories like beau- &..78( proposal, the waiver should be mission has said. stantly changing restrictions on cohorts that interacted only ty and cosmetics, fashion and in force for at least three years The submission was made movement of people and mate- with each other to minimise apparels have been affected he TRIPS Council of the from the date of the decision on by these countries to the WTO rial across the globe because of contact with outside people. adversely during the second TWorld Trade Organisation the matter. on Friday. the pandemic. Cohorts were organised on wave of the pandemic. will discuss a revised proposal The co-sponsors have stat- The communication was But work bubbles for over the principles that work bub- Now, there is a renewed submitted by 62 co-sponsors, ed that the duration has to be circulated at the request of the 4,000 persons at peak of the bles should include the least focus on healthy alternatives including India, South Africa, practical for manufacturing to delegations of the African project alongside navigating number of people required to such as ayurvedic toothpaste and Indonesia, seeking patent be feasible and viable. Group, the Plurinational State restrictions to source material do the job and strictly separat- and juices, while instant foods waivers to manufacture Covid- “The revised proposal will of Bolivia, Egypt, Eswatini, and people globally helped ed from other bubbles in time &..78( oxygen concentrators import- and ready-to-eat snacking 19-related medical products, an now be discussed in the TRIPS Fiji, India, Indonesia, Kenya, deliver two deep sea gas fields. and/or space to prevent virus ed for personal use or gift. items with nutritional offerings official said. Council,” the official added. the LDC (least developed Since 2017, Reliance Industries transmission between groups. he GST Council is its Sources said the final deci- are also seeing larger penetra- In October 2020, India The revised text has pro- countries) Group, Maldives, Ltd along with its JV Partner bp Also, this involved navi- Tupcoming meeting, sched- sion on this issue would be tion. and South Africa had submit- posed waiver for health prod- Mozambique, Mongolia, had embarked on concurrent gating through different and uled to be held on May 28, is taken by the Council in its Moreover, value packs are ted the first proposal suggest- ucts and technologies as the Namibia, Pakistan, South development of three deepwa- constantly changing restric- likely to take a call on levy of upcoming meeting on Friday. doing well this time as small- ing a waiver for all World prevention, treatment or con- Africa, Vanuatu, the Bolivarian ter fields in the Krishna tions on movement of people 12 per cent tax on import of Tax experts said that the er packs of Rs 5 and Rs 10 have Trade Organisation (WTO) tainment of Covid-19 which Republic of Venezuela and Godavari basin block, KG-D6, and material across the globe, oxygen concentrators for per- Council may decide to exempt witnessed a rise of up to 20 per members on the implementa- involves a range of things and Zimbabwe. Commenting on to monetise 3 trillion cubic feet the official said adding the sonal use. IGST on such imports as the cent across categories like bis- tion of certain provisions of the “intellectual property issues the revised proposal, Biswajit of resources with an overall narrow four month in a year The Delhi High Court last revenue implications would cuits, ketchup and jams, while TRIPS Agreement in relation to may arise with respect to the Dhar, professor of economics at capital investment of 35,000 offshore construction and week said that imposition of 12 not be much. the large and premium packs the prevention, containment or products and technologies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, crore. installation window on the per cent Integrated GST (IGST) Abhishek Jain, Tax Partner, have been affected as people are treatment of Covid-19. their materials or components, said the three-year period is But the outbreak of pan- east coast of India added to on oxygen concentrators for EY, said, the government had cautious about their disposable The agreement on Trade- as well as their methods and important as interested com- demic early last year disrupted these challenges. personal use or those received already provided exemption income. Related Aspects of Intellectual means of manufacture.” panies look for certainty before global supply chains and “Despite the unprecedent- as gifts is “unconstitutional”. from IGST on free import of Besides, some retailers are Property Rights or TRIPS came The co-sponsors have taking a decision to make impaired movement of per- ed challenge, the joint venture The Court’s observation oxygen concentrators for also facing the issue of excess into effect in January 1995. It stressed that the proposed investments. sonnel who are essential for successfully commissioned two came on a plea filed by an 85- COVID relief by any state gov- stocking in categories such as is a multilateral agreement on waiver is limited in scope to “Final decision on this will executing a complex project out of the three deepwater year old Covid patient whose ernment or any agency autho- apparel, fashion and home care intellectual property (IP) rights Covid-19 prevention, treat- put a moral pressure on WTO that involved installing equip- fields: R Cluster field - India’s relative had sent oxygen con- rised by the state government. categories, as they had stocked such as copyright, industrial ment and containment. member countries to share ment and pipelines in water first ultra-deepwater gas field centrator from the US. “The Delhi High Court up their inventory in March in designs, patents and protection “The international com- methods and means of manu- depths of almost 2 km. and Asia’s deepest offshore gas It also quashed a May 1 has beneficially extended the anticipation of the upcoming of undisclosed information or munity is dealing with a novel facture of products and vac- An RIL official said that to field, in December 2020 and notification of the Finance benefit of this IGST exemption season after having a good trade secrets. pathogen, with many uncer- cines to fight against COVID- execute these complex deep- Satellite Cluster in April this Ministry which said that a 12 to personal import as gifts for run rate in the January-March According to the revised tainties. 19,” Dhar said. water projects, teams have been year,” . per cent IGST will be levied on individual use as well. quarter. 0 "# ##" $$ +: ' % %
&..78( broadly similar to the broader &#):===! * , > market although there were onsumer staple sector or periods of significant under- , >( nine times the other two busi- and Pune. that too for routine technolo- CFMCG stocks have signif- performance and outperfor- nesses are getting, a top official “We’ve set aside 1,000 gy upgrades and other working icantly outperformed the mar- mance, the report said. entury Textiles & of the AV Birla Group firm has crore in capex for Birla Estate capital expenses, he said, ket over the past 20 years. Consumer staple stocks CIndustries, which runs said. this fiscal and going forward, adding the paper tissue busi- As per a research by have seen periods of both three business verticals — Birla Estates was launched our main focus will be on real ness also has adequate installed Jefferies, over the last two strong outperformance as well paper & pulp, realty and paper as the real estate business estate and we want to be among capacity. decades, while Nifty has significant underperformance tissues, and nets over 70 per vertical of Century Textiles in the top 5 players over the next Of the 2,567-crore rev- returned 11.4 per cent Cagr, the vis-a-vis the broader market. cent of the income from the 2016, and has large land bank three to five years,” Century enue it had in FY21, pulp & market-cap weighted perfor- For example, among the first - is diverting its focus onto cushioning the price impact Textiles managing director JC paper business contributed mance for eight FMCG com- Nifty is up 10x in 20+ years, returns at 15 per cent Cagr, seven time periods considered the real estate business and has thus making it more attractive Laddha told PTI in a weekend over 70 per cent of it, textiles panies (HUL, ITC, Nestle, FMCG is up c.17x over the materially higher than those in the analysis, consumer sta- lined up 1,000 crore for capex considering the massive cost interaction. 25 per cent and realty the Britannia, Dabur, Marico, same period. generated in Nifty (9 per cent ples underperformed the Nifty this fiscal for its ongoing and of land in the cities it is focus- As against this, the pulp & remaining 5 per cent or around GCPL, Colgate) stood at 14.2 Most of this out-perfor- Cagr). in three time periods (CY02- upcoming projects, including ing on - Mumbai and its sub- paper vertical, which fetches it 125 core by way of rental per cent Cagr. mance has come in the last In the prior decade (2000- CY03, CY04-CY07 and April- the super premium Worli pro- urbs, over 70 per cent of topline, has income from the many In absolute terms, while decade (2010-20), with FMCG 2010), the sector performed 2020 to till date). ject. At this level, the capex is Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru a capex of only 100 crore and Mumbai assets, Laddha said. $ % , > R @ # ( % , & ! &..78( It means that the cost of ers due to reduced demand and $% ) 4% production for the small poul- very high risk. Most of the n behalf of the Livestock try farmer has gone up by 45 farmers are not placing new # + # OFarmers and Poultry per kg. chicks in the farms. &..78( ported & reportedly sent by Industry, Poultry Breeders Unless quick decisions are The major negative impact Thomas Carnegie, a U.S. Association, citing the Soybean not taken in this regard, the will be on maize and soybean aking a strong note of a embassy official in New Delhi, &..78( to further clarify queries raised ing, shall make mockery of price escalation in India and its livestock sectors and livestock prices in the coming harvest- Tmedia story released by a to John Kerry, one of President by the lenders. entire process and shall be Impact on the Poultry sector, farmers will suffer another ing season for maize and soy- global wire Agency titled “U.S. Joe Biden’s top envoys in ref- he creditors’ panel of Jaypee Suraksha group has strong- gross injustice to us whose has plead Government of India massive financial loss, soon bean farmers. defended Amazon after article erence to questionable business TInfratech Ltd (JIL) will ly objected to the creditor plan was submitted within stip- to allow duty free import of 12 after huge losses suffered dur- An equilibrium in price showed company bypassed practices of Amazon said, “This meet on Monday morning to panel's meet on May 24 to dis- ulated time, opened and cir- lakh metric tons of Soya bean ing the first wave of Covid-19 and demand growth is essen- Indian law” of May 21, the could come up in the call since discuss submissions made by cuss the NBCC's addendum to culated also amongst the CoC meal by the feed millers in and subsequent lockdowns. tial to ensure the welfare of all,” Confederation of All India as you know Minister Goyal is state-owned NBCC, a move its final bid, which was sub- members,” Suraksha said. India to safe guard the livestock “The livestock sector, he added. As the government Traders (CAIT) has strongly prone to bring up tangential that has been strongly object- mitted on May 18 after the 4 It is beyond powers of the farmers until September 2021. mainly poultry, is going has granted issue to allow duty condemned the most uncalled topics,”. ed to by Suraksha group that pm deadline. CoC and the IRP to consider In Indian soybean prices through the worst crisis in the free import of 12 lakh metric for remarks of US Mission in It is most striking that the also warned of legal recourse in The Mumbai-based firm such addendum without taking have moved more than 100% in recorded history of indepen- ton of Soya Meal to provide a India about Commerce and note was prepared by Carnegie, case voting on its offer does not has threatened to take legal approval of the Suraksha group, the last year. From 36,420 per dent India. major relief to poultry farmers, Industry Minister Piyush Goyal a U.S. embassy official in New materialise as scheduled. recourse against lenders as well the letter said. ton to over 81,000 per ton. In this regard,” said also requesting to regulate the protecting misdeeds of Delhi, defending Amazon The sudden meeting of as the IRP if there are any In case of any further delay Whereas the prices in the inter- Bahadur Ali, Chairman, soyabean commodity trade on Amazon. India’s business illegal practices the Committee of Creditors delays and change in the vot- in the process and/or deviation national market are just half of Poultry Breeders Association. commodity exchanges which As per media story of the which have come under the (CoC) was decided upon after ing process already approved from the decision already taken the Indian soybean and “The unsustainable price may end speculations driven wire agency, the US Embassy in lens of regulatory and enforce- NBCC shot off a strongly- on its bid. by CoC in its meeting dated soymeal prices. escalation is killing small farm- surge of soya seeds. India in an internal email pur- ment agencies in India. worded letter to the Interim Suraksha group has written May 20, Suraksha group said Resolution Professional (IRP) a letter to the IRP and bankers, the company reserves its right Anuj Jain questioning his juris- seeking fairness and trans- to take "appropriate recourse $ diction in rejecting the com- parency in the insolvency under the applicable laws ? : )) 0,) pany’s offer for the bankrupt process. against the IRP and/or the (# $ JIL. “We wish to put on record members of CoC..." The CoC had on May 20 strong objections to such The recourse could include #1*C decided to put to vote the actions to ratify and discuss the complaining to concerned gov- offer made by Suraksha group. resolution plan of the other res- erning authorities/ agencies 9 ',? Kolkat:Deployment of high- According to sources, the olution applicant at this late for investigation of irregulari- end drones at Coalfields by CoC meeting has been sched- stage...,” Suraksha group said in ties in the process, Suraksha 2@A # CMPDI, a subsidiary of Coal uled from 10 am till noon. the letter. Listing out grounds said. &..78( tional practices and regula- India, is getting delayed due to Interestingly, the voting on the for its strong objection, On May 20, NBCC's offer tions as prescribed by the Covid-induced lockdowns and Suraksha group's bid is to com- Suraksha group said the com- was rejecting citing non-com- he Confederation of Indian IESBA, PCAOB, SEC, etc., other restrictions in several mence from noon on May 24 pany had submitted the reso- pliance with certain provisions TIndustry has come up with which are widely accepted and states, even though the com- (Monday) and close at 5 pm on lution plan on May 18 within of the Insolvency and several recommendations for adopted globally, it said. pany has secured approval for May 27. the stipulated time of 4 pm. Bankruptcy Code (IBC) and a changes in the Reserve Bank of “Implementing these using the equipment from the The sources said ratifica- NBCC’s plan was submit- Supreme Court order related to India’s guidelines for appoint- requirements is likely to create Centre, an official said. tion and discussion on NBCC's ted not only after stipulated JIL insolvency process that ment of statutory auditors by avoidable complications with- Central Mine Planning and addendum dated May 22 to its timelines but also after open- was passed in March. banks and NBFCs. out any appreciable enhance- Design Institute, the research resolution plan as well as the ing and circulation of the According to sources, Commending the RBI’s ment to audit quality and gov- and technical arm of the miner, next steps in the CIRP Suraksha plan to CoC mem- Suraksha group is very unhap- intent of working towards ernance. is one of the organisations in the (Corporate Insolvency bers, it added. py with this decision to call the strengthening the audit quali- Further, lack of harmony country to introduce drones for Resolution Process) are part of Suraksha group also said CoC meeting and it could con- ty and governance process, CII amongst various regulations conducting coalfield survey.The the agenda for the CoC meet- that "in the interest of fairness sider withdrawing from the res- in a statement, noted that this on this subject is likely to add company has planned to deploy ing. and transparency of the olution process if the lenders' process is critical and funda- to complexity and confusion drones at Coal India mines for The IRP took the decision process, the CoC should not panel permits voting on mental to trust and credibility in the sector and also impact specialised survey applications to call the CoC meeting as five have even considered the plan NBCC's bid. &..78( and 86.91 per litre respec- of the capital market. ease of doing business,” it such as generation of high-res- lenders — SBI, IIFCL, IDBI, submitted by NBCC on May This is the fourth round of tively, up from the previous lev- CII has suggested that said. olution images, 3D terrain map- UBI and LIC — requested him 18, 2021. the bidding process in the mat- he oil marketing companies els of 91.01, 88.62 and the requirements related to Further, it said that it is a ping and volumetric measure- to convene the meeting. If the resolution plan itself ter of JIL bankruptcy case. In T(OMC) hiked petrol and 86.64 per litre. reduction in the tenure of widely accepted principle that, ment of excavation, the official In a regulatory filing on ought not to have been admit- March this year, the Supreme diesel prices on Sunday across Petrol prices also increased audit engagement, cap on to reduce uncertainty and said.”We are ready to deploy Sunday, Anuj Jain informed ted, it is obvious that any Court ordered that bids be the four metros. in the country on Sunday. In number of audits and extend- implementation challenges, sig- drones as permission from shareholders that a meeting of addendum to such resolution called only from NBCC and In the national capital, Delhi, petrol was sold for 93.21 ed cooling of periods, may nificant policy measures are not Directorate General of Civil the CoC is scheduled on May plan cannot be admitted, Suraksha group. diesel price crossed the 84 per per litre, 17 paise higher from not specifically address any applied retrospectively and also Aviation has been given. 24. Suraksha argued. The apex court had also litre mark. Price of the fuel in 93.04 a litre on Saturday. perceived concerns on audit allow for a reasonable transi- Training for operations and The lenders’ request fol- “Any opportunity to the directed that resolution process Delhi increased 27 paise to Price of the fuel in quality. tion period. maintenance of data was sched- lowed NBCC's letter, dated other resolution applicant by be completed in 45 days, which 84.07 per litre. Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata These are inconsistent with This helps various stake- uled from April 25 but it could- May 23, to the IRP questioning way of considering its plan/ lapsed on May 8 and an appli- Similarly, in Mumbai, was 99.49, 94.86 and 93.27 the provisions in the holders to better understand, n’t be held due to lockdown,” his jurisdiction. The public revision/addendum thereto, cation has been filed to extend Chennai and Kolkata, diesel per litre, respectively, higher Companies Act, 2013 and are plan for the change and ensure CMPDI GM (Geomatics) sector firm had also suo-motto after decision of the CoC to put the timeline for finding a buyer was priced at 91.30, 88.87 from their previous levels. not comparable with interna- effective compliance, it said. Rajneesh Kumar told PTI. PTI submitted a 14-page addendum up our resolution plan for vot- for JIL. !# $%& #%& '()* )) !
> 8 >&, The security has been towards new political polari- emerged after a few lawmakers ) ! # tightened in a bid to avert sation and complexity," they from the Madhav Nepal faction >. (1 uthorities in Nepal on crowding and protests, a Nepali said in a joint statement. put out statements claiming ASunday tightened security Police official stated. The statement was signed that their signatures were mis- around the Supreme Court Police have made a few by Nepali Congress President used and that they did not sign ###.# building and Government arrests on Sunday as political Deuba, CPN-Maoist Centre any paper to install Opposition # < # offices here as top leaders of the groups have taken to the streets Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal leader Deuba as the prime .((& investigation team to look fur- Opposition alliance prepared to to protest the government's 'Prachanda', CPN-UML leader minister against their party ther into the cause of the inci- file a writ petition at the apex move. Madhav Kumar Nepal, chief. ##+ wenty-one ultra-marathon dent, Zhang Xuchen, mayor of court against the "unconstitu- Nepali Congress, Maoist Chairperson of Janata Earlier on Thursday, the Trunners were killed in Baiyin City told the tional" dissolution of the House Centre, Upendra Yadav-led Samajbadi Party-Nepal president's office stated that the northwest China after high media. of Representatives by the faction of the Janata Samajbadi Upendra Yadav and Vice-Chair government had forwarded a > 8 >&, tions among others, it said. winds and freezing rain struck "As the organiser of the President, according to a media Party-Nepal and the Rastriya of the Rastriya Janamorcha request to invoke Article 76 (5) Nepal's President Bidya a 100-kilometre mountain race event, we feel a deep sense of report. Janamorcha leaders were gath- Durga Paudel. as Prime Minister Oli, it has epal's Election Devi Bhandari dissolved the at the weekend. guilt and remorse. We express President Bidya Devi ering signatures of their law- The president's announce- been learnt, is in no mood to NCommission has advised House of Representatives on Extreme weather hit par- our deep condolences and sym- Bhandari dissolved the House makers before filing the writ. ment on Saturday plunged undergo another parliamentary the Government led by embat- Saturday for the second time in ticipants in the race on pathies to the bereaved families of Representatives on Saturday On the other hand, leaders Nepal into further political floor test as there is no prospect tled Prime Minister K P five months and announced Saturday in the Yellow River and the victims," Zhang for the second time in five from Madhav Nepal, Jhalanath crisis, a reminder of her of an otherwise result given the Sharma Oli to conduct the snap elections on November 12 Stone Forest, a tourist site in said. months and announced snap Khanal-led faction of ruling December 2020 decision when complex internal dynamics mid-term elections, slated for and November 19 on the rec- Gansu province, the State-run According to the rescue elections in November on the CPN-UML are expected to she first dissolved the House at within parties represented in November 12 and 19, in a sin- ommendation of prime minis- Xinhua news agency headquarters, at about 1 pm on advice of Prime Minister K P submit their signatures too. Oli's recommendation, a move the federal parliament. gle phase to prevent the further ter Oli. reported. Saturday, hail, freezing rain Sharma Oli, heading a minor- The Opposition alliance that swayed the course of Meanwhile, Oli's CPN- spread of coronavirus Oli suggested that the Twenty-one people were and gales hit the area of the ity Government. on Saturday convened a meet- Nepali politics towards uncer- UML party has initiated the infections during electioneer- Election Commission officials killed in the tragedy, officials race's high-altitude stage, She rejected the bids of ing to discuss their strategies tainty. process to take action against ing. step up preparations for elec- said on Sunday. between 20 km and 31 km. both embattled Prime Minister forward and decided to unit- The Supreme Court had 11 lawmakers of the dissolved After a meeting with Prime tions by devising a proper A total of 172 people par- Participants suffered from Oli and the Opposition edly fight the unconstitution- annulled the duo's move in parliament on charges of sup- Minister K P Oli on Saturday, strategy based on its past elec- ticipated in the mountain physical discomfort due to the alliance's claims to form a al, regressive, autocratic move February. Nepal's political cri- porting the Opposition party Chief Election Commissioner tion-management experience marathon. sudden drop in air tempera- Government. of the government by every sis took a dramatic turn on leader to oust the premier. Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya said in view of the coronavirus The rescue work, which ture. Oli and Opposition leader political and legal means pos- Friday as embattled Prime A Standing Committee it is Election Commission's pandemic. lasted almost 24 hours, was The race was halted when Sher Bahadur Deuba had sible. Minister Oli and the meeting of the party held on constitutional duty to success- "On the one hand, COVID completed on Sunday and the some participants went miss- staked separate claims to the In a joint statement issued Opposition parties staked sep- Saturday decided to seek clar- fully conduct polls once the pandemic is raging, and on the remains of all 21 victims had ing. premiership. at the end of their meeting, the arate claims for the formation ification from 11 lawmakers, date has been announced. other, the election should be been transferred from the site "At 1 pm on Saturday, the The announcement came Opposition leaders said the of a new government by sub- including senior leader Madhav "We have abundant time carried out within six months. of the incident, the rescue wind got stronger. It was hard after Prime Minister Oli in his President did not follow her mitting letters of support from Kumar Nepal. They were asked for preparation and have sug- There is no situation for defer- headquarters said. to stand up straight and move last deal-sealing move on constitutional responsibility of lawmakers to the president. to furnish clarification by gested to the Government to ring the election due to the Over 1,200 well-equipped forward. When the wind was Friday midnight recommend- appointing a new prime min- Oli claimed the support of Monday morning. conduct the election in a sin- pandemic. Amid the pandem- rescuers took part in the oper- the strongest, I had to grasp the ed the Office of the President ister based on the constitutional 121 lawmakers from his party Nepal plunged into a polit- gle phase,” Thapaliya was quot- ic too, various countries includ- ation. ground with both my hands to to dissolve the 275-member claim as per Article 76 (5) of CPN-UML and 32 lawmakers ical crisis on December 20 last ed as saying in a report in My ing India, the US, the UK, and Another 151 participants avoid being blown over," House and announce dates for the constitution with signatures of Janata Samajbadi Party- year after President Bhandari Republica. Brazil have successfully com- were confirmed safe, of whom Xinhua quoted one survivor, early elections. of majority lawmakers. Nepal (JSP-N) for his reap- dissolved the House and In the meeting, the repre- pleted elections," Oli eight with minor injuries were who declined to be named, as As leaders of the “Instead she sided with pointment under Article 76(5) announced fresh elections on sentatives of the Election said. treated in hospital and were in saying. Opposition alliance prepared to Prime Minister KP Sharma of the Constitution. April 30 and May 10 at the rec- Commission also suggested to Nepal on Sunday reported stable condition, the Xinhua "I felt nothing but cold at move the court, security forces Oli with malafide intentions Nepali Congress President ommendation of Prime the government to create a 8,980 new coronavirus cases, report said. the time," said the survivor. have increased vigilance and dissolved Parliament in an Deuba claimed to have gar- Minister Oli, amidst a tussle for favorable political environment taking the national tally to The public safety incident "I just ran about 30 km and around the Singhadurbar- attack on the Constitution and nered the support of 149 law- power within the ruling Nepal for elections, maintain peace over 505643 while the death toll was caused by a sudden change quit the race ahead of the third Supreme Court area, The democracy. This regressive makers. Communist Party and security, and prevent the stands at 6,153, according to in local weather. The provincial checkpoint. I fainted halfway Himalayan Times reported. move has pushed the country However, a dispute (NCP). spread of COVID-19 infec- the health ministry. authorities have set up an down the mountain." $ ?* /'A B * " ' # > Gaza: The Temple Mount in Jerusalem's ' Old City, referred to by Muslims as the > & Noble Sanctuary, reopened for Jewish vis- Dhaka/Jerusalem:Bangladesh has itors on Sunday, days after a ceasefire announced to lift a decades-long travel ban came into force between Israel and Jerusalem:Israeli police on “violated the public order.” Islamabad:Pakistan Foreign "Indian occupied Jammu and to Israel, a move welcomed by the Jewish Palestinian militants in Gaza. Sunday escorted more than Police spokesman Micky Minister Shah Mahmood Kashmir", including incarcer- State which called upon Dhaka to establish Violence between Palestinians and 120 Jewish visitors to a flash- Rosenfeld said the site was Qureshi has called on UN ation of political leaders and diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv for the bene- Israeli security forces at site, which is point holy site in Jerusalem open for “regular visits” and Secretary-General Antonio extra-judicial killings. fit of the people of the two countries. sacred for both Muslims and Jews, con- where police actions in recent that police had secured the area Guterres to take decisive mea- The Foreign Minister also Bangladeshi passports earlier had a tributed to increasing tensions before the weeks had ignited protests and to prevent “incidents". sures and ensure implementa- brushed aside the criticism on clause written on them that said "This outbreak of the 11-day military conflict violence that triggered war in Israeli police had briefly tion of the UN Charter and the Pakistani Prime Minister Passport is valid for all countries of the world in and around Gaza, reports dpa news Gaza, according to the Islamic clashed with Palestinian pro- UN Security Council Imran Khan, by the opposition except Israel", but the Government on agency. authority overseeing the site. testers after Friday prayers in an Resolutions on Jammu and political parties, for selling of Saturday decided to remove "except Israel" The unrest earlier in May was trig- The UN humanitarian early test for the truce, which Kashmir and play a key role in the Kashmir cause, stating that from the document making it valid for the gered by Palestinian anger over Israeli coordinator meanwhile said had taken effect hours earlier. resolving the longstanding dis- the premier can never com- entire world. police blockades in the Old City during hundreds of homes in Gaza The Waqf said Sunday was pute. promise on the Kashmir cause Israel has welcomed Bangladesh's deci- the fasting month of Ramadan. public buildings, bringing the daily life of had been completely destroyed the first time Jews had been "Pakistan desires normal as he is the "Ambassador of the sion to remove the travel ban. The confrontations meant that for the more than two million inhabitants of and many more had been badly allowed to visit the site since relations with India, however, Kashmir cause and is the voice "Great news! #Bangladesh has removed Ramadan, no Jewish visitors were allowed the impoverished coastal strip to a stand- damaged in the 11-day war, May 4, a week before the war the onus is on India to create of the people of Kashmiris to the travel ban to Israel. This is a welcome in to the Temple Mount until access was still. which was brought to a fragile broke out. an atmosphere to enable mean- the world". step & I call on the Bangladeshi government restored on Sunday. A ceasefire has been in place since halt on Friday. The Al-Aqsa Mosque is the ingful engagement," the "Let this be clear, Pakistan's to move forward and establish diplomatic In another sign of confidence that the May 21, ending 11 days of Israeli air raids Police cleared young third holiest site in Islam. It sits Minister said during his inter- position on the issue of ties with #Israel so both our peoples could ceasefire between Israel and the militant and Palestinian rocket fire that left more Palestinians out of the Al-Aqsa on a sprawling hilltop in action with the Guterres in Kashmir is very clear. There benefit & prosper," Deputy Director General Hamas in Gaza will continue to hold, gov- than 240 people dead in Gaza, including Mosque compound and barred Jerusalem's Old City that is New York. can be no talks until India at Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Gilad ernment offices in Gaza were set to 66 minors, and claimed 12 lives in Israel. entry to Muslims under the age revered by Jews as their holiest Qureshi also renewed his reverses its decision of Cohen tweeted. resume their work on Sunday, a Tensions in Jerusalem have remained of 45, according to the Islamic site because it was the location invitation to India for a dia- August 5, 2019," he Bangladesh Home Minister spokesman for the local government high, however. Waqf, which oversees the site of the biblical temples. The site logue and said that the only insisted. Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says they are said. Israeli police arrested nine people on under Jordanian custodian- has often been the scene of solution to the Kashmir dispute Talking about his visit to bringing the changes to ensure that the pass- Local government activities had Saturday, according to a report. ship. Israeli-Palestinian violence over is through talks, based on the New York for the Palestinian ports meet the “international standards”. ceased when Israeli airstrikes began on Five Palestinian men were taken into Muslims who entered were the years and was the epicen- aspirations of the people of cause, Qureshi said that his visit In the Israel-Palestine conflict of eight May 10 in response to rockets fired at custody in their homes in East Jerusalem required to leave their IDs ter of the 2000 Palestinian Jammu and Kashmir. to attend the UNGA session on decades, Bangladesh has all along stridently Jerusalem. and the Old City, and four other with police at the entrance. It intifada, or uprising. "India is running away Palestine was "an expression of supported the Palestinians' cause. It has never In Gaza, Islamist Hamas controls the Palestinians near the al-Aqsa Mosque, said six Palestinians were Israeli police repeatedly from table talks with Pakistan Pakistan's support for the legit- recognised the existence of Israel, and so the administration. according to the Palestinian news agency detained, with four later clashed with Palestinian pro- on Kashmir," he said. imate case of the Palestinian two countries do not have diplomatic rela- The airstrikes targeted Hamas mili- Wafa, citing witnesses. released. testers in the days leading up to Qureshi briefed Guterres people for their right to self- tions. Kamal said that the move "does not tary infrastructure and also caused exten- The report said security forces had Israeli police denied there May 10, when Gaza's militant about what he called serious determination". mean that there has been a change in sive destruction to residential and high- already arrested dozens of Palestinians on was any age restriction and said Hamas rulers fired long-range human rights violations in the IANS Bangladesh's position" regarding Israel.PTI rise buildings, health facilities and other May 21. IANS they arrested five suspects who rockets at Jerusalem. PTI ( # 08# 9 # #( "# . !)C $3 " # 9B>B
Islamabad:Pakistan on Sunday during the ongoing third wave, as cent, to start on Monday. -& " Tehran: The Iranian it did not do so and the dead- IAEA chief Rafael Grossi reported its lowest number of a majority of the new patients Meanwhile, educational insti- Parliament on Sunday called to line expired yesterday said he would make a statement positive coronavirus results in were infected by a variant first tutions nationwide will be Hong Kong: Hong Kong residents will need to get vac- to limit cooperation with the (Saturday)," Parliament later on Sunday. three months, as life returns to found in Britain. reopened in a staggered manner cinated against Covid-19 if they want to travel abroad, International Atomic Energy Speaker Mohammad Bagher Under an interim agree- normal and business activity and A downward trend in the from June 7. Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on on Sunday. Agency (IAEA), even though a Ghalibaf said on Sunday. ment reached between Tehran educational institutions reopen number of new infections The tourism sector will also "When the SAR (special administrative region) resolution is in sight regarding Accordingly, the UN and the IAEA at the end of gradually. encouraged authorities to ease be reopened under strict Covid- Government discusses travel arrangements with other talks with the US about ending agency should no longer have February, full monitoring of The national positivity ratio coronavirus-related restrictions 19 protocols, also starting on countries or places, it will require Hong Kong residents sanctions linked to Tehran's access to pictures of and infor- Iran's nuclear facilities would was recorded at 4.96 per cent, its imposed to curb the spread of the Monday. to be vaccinated, to make sure they would not be infect- nuclear programme. mation from Iran's nuclear only start when the 2015 Vienna lowest since March, according to virus. Meanwhile, a free vaccination ed when they are abroad, and would not bring the virus "The IAEA had three facilities, dpa news agency nuclear deal was implemented, the Health Ministry. National Command and drive has started picking up pace, back to Hong Kong," Lam wrote on social media, in a dis- months to fulfil its obligations, quoted Ghalibaf as saying. and US sanctions lifted. There were 3,084 new cases Operation Centre (NCOC), the with reports of more than 5 mil- cussion about the out of the 62,061 tests conducted body responsible for the country's lion doses administered. Government's plan to during the last 24 hours, dpa news response to the pandemic, will A Health Ministry spokesper- tackle the fact that rela- agency reported. allow the reopening of markets, son said that more vaccination tively few residents have , : Pakistan has so far recorded businesses and educational insti- centres are being set up across the availed themselves of 900,522 cases and 20,251 deaths. tutions in districts where Covid- country as more people are get- vaccines. Most of the deaths occurred 19 positivity ratio is less than 5 per ting themselves registered.IANS The World Health : Organization (WHO) say that at least 60 per Dhaka: A prominent She was released from the including a possible death cent of any population Bangladeshi senior woman Kashimpur Women's Central penalty, the Daily Star news- 3 3 <@ need to be vaccinated to investigative journalist was Jail on Sunday evening, a prison paper reported. achieve herd immunity. released from jail on Sunday official told Dhaka Tribune. Reacting to reports of Hong Kong has after a court granted interim Earlier in the day, the court Islam's arrest, UN Secretary struggled to get 20 per bail to her, a week after she was of Metropolitan Magistrate General Antonio Guterres' Q R cent of its residents to get arrested on charges of violating Mohammad Baki Billah grant- spokesperson Stephane Dujarric vaccinated with their first dose, dpa news agency report- a colonial-era official secrecy ed her bail till July 15 on a on Tuesday said it is obviously ed. law that triggered widespread bond of Tk 5,000 (approxi- "something concerning”. London (PTI): British Home Downing Street last year, is due to ulation and thereby achieve so- Critics blame Hong Kong's vaccine hesitancy on the protests, including by the UN. mately USD 59). She was also "Journalists need to be able Secretary Priti Patel on Sunday give evidence before an influen- called “herd immunity”, and that lack of trust people have in the government, following two Rozina Islam, a senior granted bail on condition of to do their work free of any sort categorically denied that achiev- tial House of Commons com- it was only later realised by years of anti-government protests that were brought to reporter of Bangla daily submitting her passport. of harassment or physical threat ing so-called “herd immunity” mittee hearing next week on the Downing Street that would be a an end with a national security law that went into effect Prothom Alo, the largest daily While pronouncing the anywhere around the world. was ever the UK government’s government’s handling of the “catastrophe”. almost a year ago, bring with it a vast changes to the city. newspaper based on circula- bail order, the magistrate said, And, obviously, that includes official policy at the start of the pandemic. Herd immunity happens Safety concerns have also stifled the roll-out of Covid- tion, was detained on Monday "It is the duty of journalists to Bangladesh and every other COVID-19 pandemic last year, Ahead of that appearance when there are enough immune 19 jabs, after the government briefly halted its vaccina- last for over five hours by protect the image of society and country. I think we have seen the after allegations by Prime before the joint Commons Health people in a population that new tion programme in March amid packaging concerns about Health Ministry officials for state. I hope that from now on, very important work that jour- Minister Boris Johnson’s former and Tech Committee meeting person-to-person transmission a batch of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines, a move that further allegedly clicking a picture of a we will all act responsibly." nalists all around the world have top aide Dominic Cummings on Wednesday, he issued a series of infections stop. knocked public confidence. document with her cell phone The health ministry filed a done during the pandemic," claiming otherwise. of tweets to allege that the UK’s “Absolutely not,” Patel told the Meanwhile, experts say that vaccinations have a lim- without permission. case against Islam under the Dujarric said at a regular media Cummings, who had an official policy was to let the dead- BBC when confronted with the ited shelf life and warn that centres will close operations She was later arrested by draconian 1923 Official Secrets briefing at the United Nations unceremonious exit from 10 ly virus spread through the pop- claims on Sunday. in September. 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Some of the also found a sweet spot in the heart the users to stay in the moment, ject or memories for life. times. biggest developments since the of the photographer for its ability value the time and really look at The photography industry is an invention of the smartphone are the to create a time capsule in form of what’s in front of them instead of unusual sector to say the least since Light painting: A fun technique ability to instantly share pictures small credit card size pictures. looking at the display of the cam- it allows people to capture human that enables the photographer in with a large crowd at the click of a Earlier, the availability of instant era. Furthermore, it allows the emotions through a lens. The art was taking the most artistic pictures by button, or even print it on the go cameras was only limited to peo- users to get close to the subjects not easily accessible to anyone until adjusting exposure time, natural using a portable pocket-size print- ple who could afford it, but with and capture them not just as a a few years ago. It was within the lightening, aperture and other fea- er. It has allowed photographers to the technology being available for beautiful picture but also imprint reach of the privileged, who could tures on the camera. This form of ditch their heavy DSLRs and move the masses, people have turned to them on their minds. afford the cameras and the expen- art allows the photographer to cre- around easily. instant photography to capture sive accessories it came with. ate great pictures with the use of soft and behold their precious times. The way ahead: Technology is However, with the introduction of glow or different sources of light. Panotography: Photography is Besides, instant cameras allow the solution to almost every prob- the latest technologies and smart- Every picture is equally unique as not just bound by some limiting fac- users to take a normal, square or lem today as it maximises conve- After a global event wipes out humanity's ability to phones becoming cheaper, everyone creativity varies from person to per- tors such as lighting, exposure time, wide picture, inspiring them to tell nience while improving quality. sleep, a troubled ex-soldier fights to save her family as in the world can now capture what- son as well as the camera settings. etc. It is an art that takes shapes and the story behind a picture in a The Photography world is no dif- society and her mind spiral into chaos. Starring Gina ever they want whenever they want, sizes, and so, the frame size also frame they like. The trend is influ- ferent. In the coming times, tech- Rodriguez, Ariana Greenblatt and Frances Fisher, the allowing people beyond the profes- Phonegraphy: Smartphone helps the photographer to express encing many every day. Embracing nology will take the world of pho- film releases on Netflix on June 9. sional photography circle to intro- photography a.k.a. phonegraphy is a different kind of story. the art of unex- tography to the next level with duce newer trends and changing the a widespread phenomenon. Today, Panotography a.k.a panoramic pho- pected, advanced effects, precision, among photography industry landscape. more and more people have access tography is 360-degree wide format instant other features. And, with a range of Photography, as a field, is no to smartphones, allowing them to photography. This form of photog- photogra- cameras available in the market, the longer limited to just professionals, explore their creative skills and raphy allows the user to capture a phy is on trends take new forms enabling one especially since millions of pictures capture subjects the way they see landscape from an angle like a the rise, and all to dive into artistic expres- are posted on social media platforms them. Clicking pictures has transi- human eye would see it, especially sion. every day. So here are a few trends tioned from managing background creating unforgettable among (The writer is the Head of that one can dig in to catch up with noise or free spaces to just making impressions of real the mil- Division, Image Capturing, Fujifilm the ever-evolving industry: the subject of the image more aes- life. lennials India.) When a teen in rural India discovers a life-changing passion for skateboarding, she faces a rough road as she follows her dream to compete. 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However, it religion that is based on the Coronavirus was slowly tightening its should also be noted that concept of heaven and hell. stranglehold on India, around 250 though this charge points to Instead, they want a religion Kashmiri doctors, serving overseas the fact that there are some that gives them happiness in and in the Valley had joined hands to serious flaws, deformities this very life and enlightens set up telemedicine consultation ser- and discrepancies in exist- them on how to transform vices. The initiative was named the ing religions, it does not this very world of suffering Kashmir Health Care Support Group. necessarily imply that reli- i.e the hell into paradise. It This team, which included general gion is unnecessary since is this religion, which is uni- physicians, cardiologists, chest special- the truth is that it fulfills versal, altruistic and practi- ists, orthopaedists, general surgeons, A senior consultant cardiac anaes- to COVID-19, kidney ailments, dia- high number of COVID-19 cases. ed with the Srinagar administration man’s many needs. cable that everyone seems psychiatrists and pathologists, had col- thesiologist who would like to remain betes, blood pressure and psychiatric According to Hakim, proper approval and converted the Haj house building It was not so long back to be seeking these days. laborated with a non-profit organisa- unnamed, a Kashmiri doctor based in issues, there are different groups such was obtained from the concerned into a COVID-19 hospital with 100 when Swami Vivekananda The majority of people tion ‘Ehsaas International’ for using the Gulf, is one among those who con- as endocrinology and cardiology authorities to run a teleconsultation beds. reflected on the necessity of across the world believe their toll-free helpline to receive calls ceptualised the initiative for patients where senior consultant doctors pro- service for the patients and, addition- Similarly, Social Reforms the concept of universal that God is One and that from patients. During the last year, last year. “Initially, we were a small vide consultations to a patient as ally, a list of doctors was also submit- Organisation (SRO) Kashmir has religion for society. He truth is one. If that is the these doctors have been catering to group of doctors. Slowly, we started required,” he explained. ted to the authorities in J&K. been helping people since the pan- realised that the nature of case, then why do we have not only those who were affected by receiving support from doctors based Hakim Mohammad Ilyas, a rep- Ehsaas International, which cur- demic broke out last year. SRO man is such that he won’t so many messengers and COVID-19 but to high-risk patients in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and resentative of Ehsaas International, rently possesses 60 oxygen concentra- Kashmir has over 250 oxygen cylin- find rest until he achieves why do we have different as well. Ghulam Qadir, a diabetic and New Zealand. Many doctors serving informed that they have prepared ros- tors and other medical equipment for ders, 223 oxygen concentrators, 250 his ultimate destiny — an messages? If God’s mes- high blood pressure patient, was a reg- in Jammu and Kashmir are also a part ters of over 250 doctors who remain COVID-19 patients, has ordered 150 non-invasive machines, four ambu- end to his search for God or sage is to establish true ular visitor to a hospital in Srinagar. of this endeavour,” he said. The rea- available 24x7. “Sometimes, we receive additional oxygen concentrators. “We lances and other equipment available his ultimate destiny. dharma on earth, then it During the last year, he did not visit son behind the initiative was to 500 calls in a day on our toll-free num- are also setting up three wellness cen- for COVID-19 patients. Therefore, the whole world should have unified all a doctor as such patients are at a high- ensure medical support to patients ber 18008892729. We connect patients tres (50 beds in each centre) in Another NGO, Help Poor Trust, is expecting a religion, humans instead of dividing er risk of catching an infection and who were unable to visit hospitals with the doctors who are available at Srinagar for COVID-19 patients in has 11 ambulances including one crit- which is acceptable to all. them. Isn’t it? developing severe complications amid the pandemic. that time. Initially, this service was collaboration with Srinagar Municipal ical care ambulance to ferry patients It is an undeniable fact Till date, thousands of because of low immunity. They provide medical advice, only for residents of J&K but now Corporation. They will be well- to hospitals. It has 150 oxygen cylin- that every normal person religious heads have come “I have been taking the advice of create awareness among patients and patients across the country call on our equipped with oxygen concentrators, ders, 100 oxygen concentrators avail- wants to discover the mean- on earth to preach about doctors over the phone. Besides pre- even provide e-prescription when toll-free number. Thousands of peo- cylinders and will have internet facil- able for patients. The NGO also pro- ing of his earthly existence dharma but there never scribing medicines, they advise me required. They also maintain records ple in and outside J&K have availed ities, LCD projectors besides indoor vides medicines and financial support and wants to know himself was more adharma in the about the diet that I should follow and for each patient for easy and effective this service since July, last year,” game facilities for the entertainment to the needy. and the Creator, as well as world than now and why is the precautions I need to take to pro- follow-up. “We have devised a prop- Hakim stated. The toll-free number is of patients. Patients at the wellness The number of COVID cases has the goal or purpose of his it so? We must understand tect myself from this deadly virus. I er mechanism for smooth function- supported by 10 lines at the backend centre will be treated by volunteer increased drastically over the last few life. This can also be simpli- a fact that religious precep- also received the first dose of COVID- ing of the telemedicine consultation. to avoid any inconvenience to the doctors of the NGO,” Hakim weeks. Each day, on average, J&K fied as the urge to attain tors come into the world 19 vaccination after consulting a doc- Urgent medical or surgical calls are patients. The service was started to informed. reports over 4,500 COVID-positive ‘spiritual knowledge’. So, and shine their light of tor on this helpline,” explained managed by two ‘first responder’ support the health infrastructure of Another charitable organisation, cases. keeping in mind this natur- purity and goodness so that Ghulam. groups. While most calls are related J&K that was overwhelmed by the Athrout Kashmir, has also collaborat- L ? al inquisitiveness of man, humanity’s faith in God is we have to admit that reli- restored and/or sustained. gion fulfills a great psycho- Their teachings help people hile it may sound weird a very powerful exercise to logical need. That the idea hold onto their beliefs. Wto tell people with even boost your self-esteem, of God is very much need- However, liberation and depression to go outside and , 4 leaving no space for stress at ed in man’s life to embody salvation, purification, garden, there is a considerable all. qualities such as truth, jus- world transformation and amount of clinical evidence tice, love, kindness and the establishment of dhar- which suggests that spending Cultivate your creativity integrity. Furthermore, faith ma and the destruction of time with plants improves our . #+ ##+ # + #E& R # How about simply finding in God gives man a feeling evil are tasks done by God mental health, particularly out ways to keep those garden of security and helps sustain himself when he reincar- depression. Even spending time pests away and improving soil moral values. nates at the end of the iron with indoor plants works won- quality to keep the garden But, people are now age. True seekers of the ders to alleviate both mental healthy? How about deciding really sick of religions that ‘truth’ should understand and physical stress in people of what kind and colour of a pot seek man’s faith in imagi- that God is supreme, all ages. will suit your favourite plant nary, multitudinous man- omnipotent and omni- Vinayak Garg, founder, the best? Get yourself into it gods and which invariably scient. He is the creator and Lazy Gardener, says, “Many once and this green care will tends to divide mankind hence, he alone has the researchers have found that take care of your positivity, into warring factions. They wisdom and power to pro- gardening or ‘green care’ stim- creativity, mood upliftment, want a religion that offers vide redemption to his cre- ulates our bodies’ natural devel- skill building and ultimately them a realistic, universal, ation. He is the seed that opment of happy chemicals, help you fight depression nat- loving and kind God who emerges when the tree which may help keep depres- urally and gradually. unites mankind and who, becomes old to gradually sion and anxiety at bay, with though incorporeal, is an take its place. unexpectedly amazing results. Build your strength entity with whom they can Thus, it is only through Even during this pandemic, Working in the garden have a loving relationship his directly imparted wis- each nation is battling a war improves dexterity and like that of a mother, father, dom that the gates of liber- where the enemy is not visible strength. Digging, raking and friend, philosopher and ation and salvation open up. nor are the weapons. In these mowing are especially calorie- guide. They want a religion This is precisely why he is times, along with other safety dense activities and the aero- that tells of a God who, known as the purifier, lib- measures, why not turn to the bic exercise involved will eas- though infallible and full of erator and guide. As chil- potential benefits of gardening ily burn the same amount of wisdom, is not egoistic, dren of one God, it is our as a way to help in the mental calories as a gym workout. authoritarian and duty to follow Him to and physical war against coro- During gardening, physical unapproachable reach our final desti- navirus.” exercise is combined with but one who is nation in the Golden Here are some interesting social contact. You get exposed welcoming and Age. and the creative way to fight to nature and sunlight. helps without depression and anxiety as sug- ical that also serves as a natur- in our brain, making us feel De-stress therapy at your us involved. When you direct- Sunlight works two way on gested by Garg. al antidepressant and immune better and happier from with- doorstep ly contribute to the nurturing your body: Reduces blood system booster, lack of which in. At the very least, now we Gardening is an awesome of the buds and witness the pressure while also increasing Get your hands dirty is responsible for depression. understand why people prefer diversion from our increasing- plants grow gradually, believe vitamin D levels, and the fruits Getting your hands dirty in When you come in contact to garden without gloves and ly technologically driven lives. me, your happiness and con- and vegetables grown have a the garden boosts your sero- with soil, a particular soil bac- always enjoy the sensation of Spending time gardening and tentment will know no bound- positive effect on the diet. tonin levels, according to stud- terium, Mycobacterium vaccae, getting their hands into the dirt enjoying nature can help us aries and you’ll keep coming Sounds healthier right? ies. Serotonin is a happy chem- causes serotonin to be released and compost heap. mentally de-stress by keeping back to it. 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So it RED STAR BELGRADE FANS RIOT Zealand and Indian is sched- tions favour the pacers at the depends a lot on the condi- #! uled to start from June 18 in Ageas Bowl in Southampton. tions.” $ *::3 Southampton. It is rainy and cold in the Panesar feels Jadeja “will # " # “For India, IPL finishing UK at the moment and if it be the X-factor” in the WTC # " # " -# early under unfortunate cir- stays that way for the WTC final. “For me, Ravindra # # ' cumstances has probably final starting from June 18, Jadeja will be the X-factor. played into their hands a lit- then it will be advantage He’s been in terrific form in BURL GETS PUMA SPONSORSHIP tle,” Taylor told reporters on New Zealand, feels Panesar. the IPL. If India decides to go 0 ## "# Sunday. ' = ( >9 8 ( ) 9 “At the moment there is with just one spinner, I’ll go " #%O#$ $ 3 “If IPL would have gone C - , D,- & $# a lot of rain around. If the with Jadeja instead of Ashwin P # # on they would have had a weather stays like this then it as the spin-bowling option. $ # # 1 smaller preparation but now “Age is just a number and power. It is what it is, players how it works, and try and for- learning curve for me, in will be an interesting battle Jadeja’s defensive bowling # # # #" - they will be a lot more condi- as long as you’re still enjoying want to play in it. mulate a game plan, how to go terms of how the protocols are between the Indian and New skill and being a left-armer "#" # # tioned, their bowlers will have it and feel like you’re good “I hope that International about things,” Conway said in all set set in place, and just try- Zealand seamers. The New give him an upper hand,” , >' - their loads up,” he added. enough and can contribute to cricket still has relevance and an online press interaction. ing to adhere through all that. Zealand batsman also play Panesar said. # $ $##$ #' However, Taylor reckons the team on and off the field.” priorities at times. As long as “But yeah, I think not a lot You know, just seeing the the moving ball better than Indian team will arrive in New Zealand will still have “I did have 35 in my things are being moved changes. You know, we under- guys being around the group Indian batsmen. the UK on June 2 and will get WINDIES HALTS TRAINING CAMP slight advantage over India as mind because of the 2019 around it is fine... As long as stand that the Dukes ball does for an extended period, it’s “So, that, that would be a little over 10 days to train. (# $ they are are scheduled to play World Cup but I went there they aren’t getting cancelled swing a little bit more than been fun. And, yeah, a lot of quite interesting to see if the New Zealand, on the " #1 ## " $ two Tests against England in and felt I could still con- and what not.” than what the Kookaburra memories created already in ball is swinging and moving other hand, are playing two # $ #" " P# the run up to the WTC final. tribute, and therefore, I did- does, but you know, you’ve just the short period. at some stage during the Test Tests against England before # ## #1*C' +61 “I would be lying if you n’t think just because it was a DUKES PREP BENEFICIAL got to face the ball and come “In the Test set up the guys match, how the Indian bats- the WTC final and many see 1 ####" ' think there isn’t some sort of World Cup it was time to New Zealand batsman up with a game plan and stick have been here for a very long men, stand up to it compared it as a big advantage but thought about the WTC final retire, but no I don’t have a Devon Conway feels preparing by it,” said the South Africa- time. So you know, it’s good to to the New Zealand,” Panesar Panesar reckons it can be a 21 DIES IN CHINA ULTRAMARATHON but I couldn’t think of a bet- number in mind,” he added. with the Dukes ball back born player, who made the sort of learn from the experi- said from UK. double-edged sword. % 1 # ter preparation than playing There had been some home has helped his side team after impressing in lim- ence of players that have been However, if it is nice and “If New Zealand do well # %# # # ## two Tests against England. At talks that the BCCI has immensely as it gears up for ited overs cricket. at this level, they’ve been play- sunny in the port city of in the next two Test match- # # *::1# $" 1" the end of the day it’s a neu- requested to alter the sched- three Tests in England, includ- During the camp back ing at this level for a long peri- Southampton, then the con- es, then the momentum is $ # "# # ' $ tral venue. ule for India’s five-Test series ing the WTC final against home, Conway sprinkled cat od. ditions will suit India more, going to favour them against # # 1 #"# " # “Playing two Tests gives against England for complet- India here. litter on practice wickets to Adjusting to the cold said the former spinner. India. But if England can beat 2 3# 0 ##"# us a slight advantage but this ing the IPL, something the Conway, who is among simulate spin bowling on the weather in England is a chal- Panesar also expects the them, suddenly they’re going # #" ' Indian team has been number England and Wales Cricket the three uncapped players in rough, hoping it will help him lenge though, feels Conway. ICC to prepare a neutral to be low on confidence and one for a long period of time Board (ECB) has denied. the 20-man squad, feels the counter the likes of “...It’s about adapting to the wicket and not a green top as it is a good time for India to POPE RISKS MISSING EURO 2020 and has had a lot of success Asked if he was con- camp back home in Lincoln Ravichandran Ashwin dur- lower degrees. I think that’s a the WTC is supposed to be a come,” he said. # . over here,” he added. cerned about the future of ahead of the tour was ideal. ing the WTC final. slight challenge in itself but I good advert for the five-day “James Anderson and &#" # $ ! . +:+:% The right hander, who has international cricket amid New Zealand play with the On his first Test tour, the think, you know, once the game. “They have got a great Stuart Broad are usually very # $#7 " " #$# featured in 195 Tests, 233 T20 leagues’ boom, Taylor Kookaburra at home. 29-year-old is trying to soak in body acclimatised to that, it’s draining system at the Ageas effective at this time of the # #' ODIs and 102 T20Is for New said, “IPL is probably the “That was very beneficial as much as he can from estab- about just really understand- Bowl. Normally you see nice year but England have picked > # # Zealand also squashed most high-profile and coun- for us, you know, having that lished names like Tom Latham ing what you want to do and good hot weather. Hopefully, a B team (for NZ series) in the #" $ -P rumours regarding his retire- tries move it around when opportunity to play amongst and Ross Taylor in his team. not overcomplicate things...,” the game will go on for the absence of some key players, . %#"# $ ' ment. they don’t have the same the Dukes ball, get to learn “It has been a massive the southpaw added. whole four to five days,” he so we will see.” 6 # ## # $ 4&> 4 ax Verstappen capitalised Mon Ferrari pole-sitter Charles Leclerc’s cruel last- minute withdrawal to win Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix and go top of the drivers’ world championship for the first time. Carlos Sainz for Ferrari took second with Lando Norris of McLaren completing the podium. (4 3( 45< Red Bull’s Verstappen dis- placed Lewis Hamilton at the top of the 2021 standings after the Mercedes world champion 0 , * 7 * Q 4 finished in seventh. ! $ * * # $ The Dutch driver pitched 8> > who put up 47 runs for the sev- up in the Principality trailing an embarrassing end when a “I’ve never finished a race enth wicket with Dasun Hamilton by 14 points, and routine pitstop took a disas- here — this year, I don’t start ) * # P # # ehidy Hasan Miraz’s four- Shanaka and 62 runs for the leaves it four points ahead. trous turn as a wheel refused to it. It’s a difficult one to take and ) * / # # * # $ Mwicket haul, coupled with eighth with Isuru Udana but “It’s so special to win. The come off. I also feel for the team.” wicketkeeper Mushfiqur the target turned out to be too first time for me on the podi- The Finn’s frustration will His last minute absence Rahim’s 84, helped Bangladesh big for Sri Lanka to chase. um here. It was all about look- have been nothing to the was all the more unexpected as ## beat Sri Lanka by 33 runs. Sri Earlier, Bangladesh were ing after the tyres. I was pret- heartache Leclerc suffered just a couple of hours earlier Ferrari ' Lanka were all out for 224 in buoyed by a 109-run partner- ty much in control,” said before the start when he report- had announced repairs had reply to Bangladesh’s 257/6. ship for the fifth wicket Verstappen after taking the ed a gearbox problem on his been carried out without a 7 # Miraz dismissed Sri Lanka between Rahim and captain chequered flag waved by ten- Ferrari. grid penalty after Leclerc’s acci- ) R openers Danushka Mahmudullah, who scored 54. nis superstar Serena Williams. For the locally-born dent in qualifying 24 hours ear- $ 724& Gunathilaka and captain Kusal Brief scores: Bangladesh 257/6 Hamilton had a low key Leclerc it was a cruel end to his lier. Perera within the first eight in 50 overs (Mushfiqur Rahim weekend, qualifying in sev- dream of winning his home For the 23-year-old it was orld No5 Stefanos stake their claim for the top hon- overs. Miraz then dismissed 84, Mahmudullah 54; enth and finishing in seventh. grand prix. just the latest misfortune at WTsitsipas swept to the ours, which will also come with Dhananjaya de Silva and Ashen Dhananjaya de Silva 3/45) beat His teammate Valtteri “In the garage it was very Monaco. Lyon ATP clay court title on an unprecedented bonus of Bandara to leave Sri Lanka on Sri Lanka 224 all out (Wanindu Bottas was in contention to difficult to feel ok, but I guess Despite his familiarity with Sunday with a 6-3, 6-3 victory prize money this time. 106/2. Hasaranga 74, Kusal Perera pounce on any mistake by now I’m getting used to this the narrow, unforgiving street over Briton Cameron Norrie. A total of 27 countries were Sri Lanka were given some 30; Mehidy Hasan Miraz 4/30) Verstappen. feeling here unfortunately,” said circuit his record at his home With a week to go before expected to participate but that hope by Wanindu Hasaranga, by 33 runs But then his race came to Leclerc. race remains bleak. the prestige Roland Garros shrunk to 17 on Sunday due to tournament the 22-year-old Covid-forced travel restrictions. Tsitsipas lifted his seventh Heavyweights like Uzbekistan, career title and his second red Philippines and Kazakhstan are ' ( ' * 9 surface win this year. among those in contention. Tsitsipas lost in the A total of six Indian male Barcelona final to Rafael Nadal boxers, including defending $ : % 1 but landed the Monte Carlo champion Amit Panghal (52kg), ATP with a 6-3, 6-3 win over got first-round byes into the Russian Andrey Rublev. quarterfinals. >3( Playing with confidence “This will give us a good $ 74>& .7. championships June 3-6. and power Tsitsipas rampaged Dubai: A crucial test of prepa- sign as to where we stand before They’ll be followed by the ndia’s top singles players Sumit around the Lyon court with his rations for Olympic-bound box- the Olympics and where we S gymnastics superstar US Olympic Trials June 24-27, INagal on Sunday drew lower- shoulder length hair kept ers, the Asian Championships need to adjust. It would be USimone Biles returned to where the top two finishers will ranked Italian Roberto Marcora under a headband and lost just will get underway here on good for us that way,” Indian competition with a bang on book Tokyo berths, along with while Prajnesh Gunneswaran a single set all week, in the Monday with India already men’s boxing’s High Saturday, completing an historic two other gymnasts named by and Ramkumar Ramanathan semi-final against Lorenzo assured of podium finishes after Performance Director Santiago vault to launch her final run to USA Gymnastics selectors. got matching rivals for their Musetti. seven women boxers entered the Nieva said. the Tokyo Olympics. Biles wasn’t perfect on first-round clashes at French “I kept my objectives in semifinals due to small size of India had delivered its best The five-time Olympic Gold Saturday. In addition to her Open Qualifiers. mind and it worked,” said their respective draws. ever Asian Championship per- medallist, who hadn’t competed step back on the vault landing The 23-year Nagal is yet to Tsitsipas. Six-time world champion M formance in the 2019 edition in since winning five Golds, includ- she had a bobble on her floor earn a main draw berth in the “Now I’m going to rest up C Mary Kom (51kg), seeded top Thailand, claiming 13 medals, ing a fifth all-around title, at the so much power that she over- routine and on the asymmetri- Clay court Grand Slam and and get back to training for in her category, defending cham- including two Gold, four Silver 2019 World Championships, rotated slightly and stepped cal bars. must make a good start against 152. Roland Garros. It’s the Grand pion Pooja Rani (75kg), and seven Bronze. This time too, delivered on the vault she’s been back on the landing. “I was just But she won the all-around the 191st ranked Marcora. Ramkumar, who has failed Slam I adore the most,” he said. Anupama (+81kg), Saweety expectations are high. preparing — a Yurchenko dou- thinking, do it like training,” she competition with a score of The Jhajjar-born Indian, to enter the main draw of a “I hope to do well there.” (81kg), Lovlina Borgohain “We always come to win. ble pike — at the US Classic in said of her mindset as she took 58.400, with Jordan Chiles sec- who competed at the Australian Grand Slam in a number of On Sunday, he blasted his (69kg), Lalbuatsaihi (64kg), and We know it will be a very tough Indianapolis, Indiana. off down the runway. ond on 57.100 points and Kayla Open this year, has come into attempts, will open his campaign way through the first set in 39 Monika (48kg) made the last- competition with many nations The vault, featuring a “Don’t try to overdo any- DiCello third on 56.100. the tournament after playing against American Michael minutes and finished off the four stage when draws were featuring Olympic qualified box- roundoff onto the springboard thing, because I have a tenden- “I’m just happy to be back two Challenger-level events, Mmoh, ranked 168. victory by taking the second set unveiled on Sunday. ers and many medal winners and back handspring into a cy as soon as I raise my hand to out here on the competition where he made the quarterfinals. In the women’s singles, in just 30 minutes, losing a sin- The total women’s participa- from the world championships. piked double backflip, had never kind of overpower things. I did floor in an arena with all of the The left-handed Prajnesh, Ankita Raina will open her gle point in the last two games. tion in this edition is 47 boxers But we are confident that our before been done in women’s a little bit, but at least I still was girls, especially after the long ranked 149, will take on campaign against Australia’s The loss left the 25-year- across 10 weight categories. team will bring home a good competition. on my feet and it’s a new vault.” year and time off we’ve had,” Germany’s Oscar Otte, ranked Arina Rodionova. old Norrie still seeking his first In all, 19 Indian boxers — results,” Nieva added with con- Biles sailed through it with She now heads into the US Biles said. tournament victory. nine men and 10 women — will fidence. PTI