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n view of a massive surge in                       The CM said the second been provided in the multisto- ICovid-19 cases and States                   wave of corona, the infected ry parking of RIMS, 73 ICU imposing curfew and lock- hief Minister Hemant  !  !                  need oxygen the most. In view beds in the Oncology down to contain the pandemic, CSoren on Thursday inau-   $ of this, the work of increasing Department and 128 oxygen- the Indian Railways has gone for gurated a 528 bedded Covid  %                   the number of beds and venti- rich beds in the old building of cancellation and suspension of care facility (Temporary) at &    $!         ' () *    lators with oxygen in hospitals RIMS. Apart from this, 108 huge numbers of trains, includ- the Rajendra Institute of                 * )+, is going on continuously. more beds are being installed ing premier trains such as Medical Sciences (RIMS), !  !           In addition to RIMS and in collaboration with NTPC. In Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Vande set up in just 12 days.                     Sadar in Ranchi, oxygen-rich this way, the number of oxy- Bharat express. At an average, The Chief Minister, on the                beds have been installed at the gen-rich beds at RIMS has the Railways has suspended 260 occasion, said the Government Municipal Corporation increased to about 800 and trains per day in the last ten days. has been making continuous Hospital and Risaldar Baba ventilators to about two and a The total number of suspended efforts with the resolve that proper medical resources was medical colleges in Ranchi, Hospital at Doranda, while half hundred. trains now stands at 2,600, coronavirus infected people do not less of a challenge. and are 220 new beds at the Dedicated On this occasion, Principal which is more than one-fifth of not lack beds, oxygen, ventila- But, with the support of all under maximum pressure. Covid Health Centre at Secretary to Chief Minister the 12,000 trains operated by tors and other medical resources the officials and personnel of Most infected people are reach- Koderma and 20 additional Rajeev Arun Ekka and Secretary railways during the pre-Covid in the hospitals of the State. the Health Department and ing for treatment here. oxygen pipeline at Sadar Vinay Kumar Choubey from time. The Indian Railways had “As challenges arise in the                      RIMS, this hospital was ready In such a situation, the Hospital were arranged. Apart Chief Minister Residential started the operations of almost second wave of Covid-19, the   P             in just 12 days. Here all facili- Government is constantly from this, as the needs will Office, Health Minister Banna 9,000 trains in October 2020. system and facilities are being ties will be available for the preparing an action plan for increase, beds will also be Gupta from RIMS, MLA Samri The number has now come repaired. Amidst limited will benefit from the temporary with better management and treatment of the infected. 24x7 these medical colleges accord- increased. Lal and Additional Chief down to around 6,400. resources, other medical Covid Hospital built in RIMS. cooperation of the people of the doctors, nurses, ward boys will ing to their needs. More and Patients will be able to get Secretary of Health Department, “Movement of certain pairs resources including oxygen- The war against corona is going State,” he said. be available in the hospital. more resources are being made beds from the temporary Covid Arun Kumar Singh, MP Sanjay of the passenger trains is being rich beds and ventilators are on and will continue with Soren said in the present The help desk is also work- available to them, so that there Hospital built at the RIMS Seth and Director of RIMS Dr suspended till further notice in being increased in various hos- vigour in the future. We will situation, making a temporary ing here for the convenience of are no problems in treating the campus. It may be noted that Kameshwar Prasad were view of surging Covid-19 posi- pitals. In this episode, patients win the war against corona Covid Hospital in RIMS with the patients. The CM added the infected. 327 oxygen-rich beds have present online. tive cases and poor occupancy as well,” said Deepak Kumar, Chief Public Relations Officer, &  "   !    ' ""  (  Northern Railways. The cancel- !"#$%   '()* lation of the premier trains is expected to send the domestic air  -% &-. informed the apex court on to hospital, the mother and ticket price soaring high and      from East Singhbhum, tested Ranchi reported 42 Covid cases, while as many as 326 Wednesday that 730 MT (extra father will also have to go. place the country in a state of positive for Covid-19 on deaths while East Singhbhum people were found infected in upreme Court on Thursday 30MT) oxygen was supplied to That is why vaccination semi lockdown with States intro-   Thursday, taking the Covid reported 23 in the past 24 Koderma and 330 in Palamu. Surged the Central and State Delhi, and the judges advised will have to be over for this ducing major restrictions on tally in the State above 2.7 lakh, hours. Thursday’s findings took However, Ranchi and East Governments to start working both the Centre and Delhi group of people. We need to the movement of people. The he Covid toll in a bulletin released by the NHM the Covid toll in Ranchi to 1093 Singhbhum jointly accounted on plans “today itself” to tack- State Counsels to “avoid polit- plan for this in a scientific way decline in traffic is cited as offi- Tdrew closer to 3,500 on highlighted. and that in East Singhbhum to for more than 40 per cent of the le the third wave of ical ideological differences” in and thus make arrange- cial reason for the suspension of Thursday, while the active case- As per the bulletin, the 749, the NHM bulletin stated. active cases in the State. Covid pandemic. the time of pandemic in the ment…If we prepare today we trains. Apart from Rajdhani, load crossed the 60,000-figure State also reported 5,740 Covid Among other districts, Ramgarh As per the Government The court also suggested interest of people. may be able to handle it,” said Shatabdi and Vande Bharat mark as the State reported 133 recoveries on the day and East reported 11 deaths and Giridih data, at least 19,810 Ranchi res- that there should be “scientif- “The third surge in the Bench comprising Justices express, the railways also sus- casualties and close to 7,000 Singhbhum as well as Ranchi reported 10, taking the Covid idents were battling the viral ic plan” to vaccinate children which is around the corner DY Chandrachud and MR pended 14 pairs of long distance fresh cases in the past 24 hours, accounted for more than 1,000 toll in the State to 3,479. infection by the end of Thursday, too before the third wave. according to experts will affect Shah, reiterating on vaccination superfast trains operating from figures compiled by the recoveries each. As per NHM data, Bokaro while 5,743 people were infect- Meanwhile, the Centre children. So when a child goes cover for Children. the national Capital on Thursday. National Health Mission The two districts also reported 333 cases against 269 ed in East Singhbhum. In active (NHM) revealed. accounted for almost 50 per recoveries on the day, while caseload in Jharkhand was As many as 6,974 cent of the Covid fatalities Hazaribag reported 479 cases 60,633 by the end of Thursday. Jharkhand residents, including reported on the day in against 411 Covid recoveries. The positivity rate, how- 1,235 from Ranchi and 1,010 Jharkhand. As per NHM data, West Singhbhum reported 321 ever, dropped in Jharkhand on Thursday. The State tested swab sam- ples of 88,695 residents on the day and around 8 per cent of them were found infected. The daily positivity rate in the State has been higher than 10 per cent in the past couple of weeks. The growth rate of infec- tion in Jharkhand was 2.11 per cent against the national aver- age of 1.37 per cent, while the doubling rate in the state was 33.24 days against the nation- al average of 50.95 days. The mortality rate in the state was 1.28 per cent, which is higher than the national Covid mor- tality rate of 1.10 per cent. Jharkhand on Thursday administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 t0 7,569 residents, while the sec- ond jab was administered to more than 13,000 beneficiaries, %  '      !"#              +   a separate report from the NHM stated.   ! "        #           !-      -% &-. per day over the weekend and continues to decline in the      /0./ and they are sending letters, ndia has contributed half of US. The US continues to be the teams and Ministers… my Ithe world Covid cases in the worst-hit country with the ours after taking oath, question is where was these past 24 hour. Of the total world’s highest number of cases HBengal Chief Minister teams when violence was tak- 8,43,709 Covid cases reported and deaths at 33,321,244 and Mamata Banerjee on Thursday ing place in Delhi and UP?” across the world on 5,93,148 respectively. launched a fierce attack on the Attacking the BJP Wednesday, India contributed The new cases and deaths Centre for sending “intimidat- Government for trying to take over 4.12 lakh cases. This is the in India hit a record daily high ing” letters and a Central team out its frustration after the highest single-day case report- with 4,12,262 new infections to enquire into the reports of humiliating defeat it suffered in ed by any country in the world. and 3,980 fatalities being ongoing post-poll violence that the just-concluded State elec- India’s share of global active reported, taking the total tally has seen at least 17 people dead, tions, she said, “The fact is the coronavirus cases now stands of Covid-19 cases to many including election can- BJP is unable to digest its at 19.26 per cent. 2,10,77,410 and the death toll didates injured and hundreds defeat and so it is trying According to the worl- to 2,30,168. of houses destroyed. to create problems dometers.info data, the US, The active cases have Taking a swipe at the through fake reports on vio- the worst affected country, has increased to 35,66,398 com- Centre, she said, “This is lence,” adding, “Instead of reported 46,129 in the last 24 prising 16.92 per cent of total unprecedented… It has not sending letters and teams they hours. The rate of daily new infections. On April 30, it had been even 24 hours that the should have sent vaccines and infections fell below 50,000 reported 4.08 lakh cases. Government has taken charge oxygen.”           

     -% &-. The twin Jat-Muslim sup- Singh was born on when in 2014 water and elec- port in the rural hinterland of February 12, 1939, at Bhadoola, tricity connections of his haudhary Ajit Singh, 82, Western UP remained late in Meerut, UP, to former Prime Thuqlag road residence were CRashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader’s political lifeline that Minister Ch Charan Singh and snapped as he failed to vacate chief and a powerful Jat satrap failed him in the twilight of his Gayatri Devi. He is survived by it despite being served the of western Uttar Pradesh, who long career as the BJP made its his wife Radhika Singh and son eviction notice. held key portfolios in several foot-prints in the region. Jayant Chaudhary. Despite witnessing a dive Governments at the Centre Singh, son of Ch Charan Singh was an alumnus of in his political career in the last and switched sides effortlessly Singh, the first Prime Minister Lucknow University, IIT few years, he nevertheless died of Covid on Thursday. from the Jatland, was appar- Kharagpur, and Illinois enjoyed power as good Singh could not be a wit- ently a reluctant politician Institute of Technology, as one can. ness to the recent revival of his before he took the plunge and Chicago. He worked for 15 Singh had inherited the party in the Uttar Pradesh established himself as an astute years in the IT industry in the political legacy of his father in Panchayat polls after it was vir- politician, who like late Union US before returning to India. ‘Lok Dal’ and became a Rajya tually washed out in last Minister Ramvilas Paswan, The Jat leader was caught Sabha member in 1986, a year Assembly elections. was seldom “jobless”. in an unsavoury controversy after the former’s death.     

                          :$-&26 April. On an average 25 deaths administration has conducted of that weakness, Covid-19 are being reported every day. 292950 tests per million in the infects them and kills them. he mortality rate in the city City reported 27 deaths in district.The administration has DC Suraj Kumar asked Tis on a steady rise especial- the last 24 hours while 863 peo- reiterated orders for everyone people to cooperate with the ly through the month of April ple recovered from the virus. to wear a mask (either three- administration in observing and beginning of May. While District’s positive cases tally has layered or made of cloth) if they lockdown and the other guide- the cases have been going up mounted to 38824. According are outside their homes. And lines, he said, it was because of steadily since March, a pro- to the data provided by the East those violating this rule are the support of the people that portionate spike in deaths has health being booked by police. Jamshedpur till date has been taken place in the month of department on 27 fatalities “Reasons for spurt in able to successfully fight the April and May. were due to the Covid-19 infec- deaths is due to existing ail- coronavirus pandemic. As Covid-19 progresses tion in the last 24 hours. The ments of patients. Any death, Speaking in reference to it into the second week of May, death toll has climbed to 745. from a stroke, a heart attack, the DC expressed concerns what is striking is the mortal- The total active cases are 6651. bronchopneumonia, every- about violations of social dis- ity rate has been on a steady The city witnessed its first thing is getting included as tancing guidelines and closure rise through April. While the Covid death when a 71-year- Covid-19,” said an official. orders. He appealed to the cases have been going up old man who was a resident of He noted that the problem general public to observe the steadily since March, a pro- Sonari died at the Tata Main is happening because of some lockdown in letter and spirit portionate spike in deaths has Hospital on July 4, 2020. other serious disease, those who warning of strict punishments taken place in the month of have it are a little weak. Because for violations under the law.         &  '(       % *            -       !" #$ %$& '()   &                &.0: card well as he had all to lose  ,  istration welcomes them  70/0 and not to win following a very 70/0 & anticipates more such eath of a lady Covid patient insensitive and inconducive industrial participation. he Vedanta Group has Dundergoing treatment in atmosphere there but the man n order to help state This is as informed Taligned with the govern- the GNM Covid Care Centre in got it done readying doctors Iadministration to sup- by Bokaro Plant Unit ment’s initiatives to supple- the Medinirai Medical College and nurses to resume work and port medical infrastruc- Head Priya Ranjan and ment its efforts in tackling the and Hospital on Thursday saw they did it. SP Palamu Sanjeev ture requirements during Unit Corporate Affairs second wave of the Covid-19 a flurry of raw treatment to the Kumar said police will further second phase of Covid-19 Head Rajeev Sinha. He pandemic. Like other group doctor on duty and nurses as step up vigil and keep eyes on effectively & to sustain further updated that companies, ESL Steel Limited well wherein irate kin created elements who get into a rage. fight against epidemic Dalmia Bharat Group has also stepped in to augment ugly scenes and elbowed and Civil surgeon Anil Kumar Covid-19, Bokaro unit of committed to extend all oxygen supplies to Covid-19 jostled the medical personnel Srivastav said the centre is fully Indian cement major the support to the patients as part of its Vedanta leading to a nearly hour’s dislo- restored and doctors and nurs- Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Government of Cares initiative. cation of the duty. es are back on duty with renewed Limited’s CSR head Jharkhand in this ESL Steel Limited, a Sources said the aggrieved vow to defeat coronavirus. Umesh Prasad handed Pandemic. national steel player in the medical officials walked out Srivastav said it is time over 150 Home Isolation Reiterating its com- Vedanta Group, has registered and reached civil surgeon’s when everybody from patients Kits under initial phase to mitment to assist the its plant at Siyaljori near Bokaro office where in DDC Shekhar to attendants to the doctors and National Health Mission, district administration for liquid medical oxygen sup- Jamuar civil surgeon Anil nurses the single aim should be Ranchi. in its fight against Covid- ply based on the requirements Kumar Srivastav and few police to win the war against the The administration 19, DCBL has already of the MOHFW and officers held parleys and coronavirus and not to run appreciated the act and contributed Rs 10 lakh Steel Ministry. oxygen daily as per the require- ESL Steel Limited is taking resolved the stir of the aggriev- short of the patience and said that this kind of sup- just few days back to “ESL is committed to deliv- ments of the Ministry of Steel. all possible precautions and ed medical personnel including understanding. port during such critical boost district medical er liquid oxygen via a green “We are committed to help measures within its plants to doctor and the nurses. Sources said the civil surgeon phase is truly commend- infrastructure needs to corridor in the plant for faster the government in every pos- protect its employees from the Security has been beefed met the aggrieved doctors and able efforts from the sustain the fight against oxygen allocation by the min- sible way to fight this pandemic pandemic. It is also conducting up with more personnel as nurses right at their work place industrial sector & admin- pandemic effectively. istry of Health & Family and will extend all facilities as periodic sanitisation of its plant demanded by the medical offi- and expressed his solidarity with Welfare and Ministry of Steel. per the Government’s needs,” premises and all its offices to cials here. A couple of police them through thick and thin. ESL is supporting life by rush- he added. Private sector steel protect the people. men, who were there at the spot Sources said a black colour   + +  ing oxygen containers for crit- makers have supplied about It has also held camps and when this unruly scene was four-wheeler pulled up near ical patients across Punjab, 1.43 metric tonnes of liquid sanitisation drives in the com- enacted had remained a mute the GNM building premise and ,   . Bihar, and Jharkhand,” said a medical oxygen to various parts munities around its plant to spectator, have now been exit- occupants of which showed PR official of ESL. of the country for the treatment spread the awareness about ed from the duty. The magis- extremely rough and bad tem-     &7& Speaking on the occasion, of coronavirus patients so far. Covid-19 and its protection. It trate on duty is to explain his per arising out of the casualty of CEO, ESL Steel Limited, NL With more oxygen require- is committed to take all mea- version as to why he suffered one Covid positive patient there. s the common masses face Vhatte said, we have regis- ments coming up, more steel sures to protect its employees from paroxysm of doing noth- Sources said the origin of Athreat from Covid the bik- tered our plant for liquid med- companies are stepping in to and their families from the ing to avert or avoid it. the ugly scene is linked to death ers gang once again has stepped ical oxygen supply. We have supply medical oxygen for Covid-19 pandemic, said an Sources said it was DDC and death in time like this up its activities in the city. On committed to supply medical treatment of Covid-19 patients. official. Shekhar Jamuar who played the makes anyone act inanely. Thursday two chain snatches riding on a two-wheeler entered Shital Samundra apartment premises under Saraidhela !    ) $ $ police station and snatched a gold chain from the neck of one Nirupma Srivastava while she was walking in the building +    + ) $  )  premises. The snatchers escaped without any hindrance as there was no one to check movement    +  70/0 of the intruders. bandh, called by the  &-0 pose of the Covid test drive is AChemist and Druggist to alert people to infection, so Association for medical shops, n view of the rising corona that people follow the Covid put people in trouble across the Iinfection outbreak, Rapid regulations, taking the neces- district during this pandemic Antigen Tests (RAT), RTPCR sary precautions after the coro- period on Thursday. (RT-PCR) were conducted in na is infected and to prevent On the call of the associa- all blocks except urban and others from getting infected tion, thousands of medical rural areas of the district, as with their family. shops closed their shops across directed by the State Apart from this, Deputy the district to protest against Government. The State Commissioner Manjunath the move of the State Drug Government has set a target of Bhajantri has informed that to Control Department, who Covid-19, which is the viola- We have also complained 7,330 for this drive under save one’s family from this lodged FIR against two medical tion of the Drugs and that private ambulances are . infection, it is necessary to shops on Wednesday. Cosmetics Act, 1940, he said. engaged in transporting such In addition, the main pur- remain in isolation. In a bid to prevent black “Later FIR has been lodged medicines at an illogical and marketing of medicines against the both shopkeepers unethical price without valid approved by the health depart- under the section 18, 18B, 28, documents. Later we have con- ment for the treatment of and 28 A of the Act,” added ducted raids and filed a case Covid-19, officials conducted a Kumar. against two, said an official. The raid in several medical stores “We (district administra- flying squad team of adminis- last evening. During the inves- tion) were consistently getting tration also conducted raids in tigation, two shopkeepers Balaji the complaint against several several medical stores at the Medical and A to Z Medical, at medical shop owners are Co-operative colony and other Laxmi Market Sector in involved in the black market- district locations yesterday. Bokaro, failed to produce the ing of the medicines, and few On this move of the State purchase and sales bills of the medical equipments during Drug Control Department, the medicine, informed Vikash this pandemic. They used to shopkeepers were mobilised Kumar, Drug Inspector. sell medicines, especially used and closed their shops in protest. Both shop owners failed to for the treatment in coron- Meanwhile, Association produce the purchase and sale, avirus infections above the president Sujit Kumar puts his bills of Paracetamol, price,” said Manish Vast, a finger crossed on the issue. Azithromycin, Doxycycline, magistrate (deputed by dis- Later, the band was called off Vitamin C and other medicines trict administration) who also around 2.30 pm after the inter- utilizing in the treatment of present during the raid. vention of the administration. * R          %,)) 

 :$-&26 Singhbhum. across Jharkhand and Gangetic Steel city Jamshedpur and Bengal at 0.9 Km above mean he steel city and its adjoin- its adjoining areas encoun- sea level. The trough helped the Ting areas witnessed the tered the Nor’wester around weather system in triggering Nor’wester in the afternoon on 3.30pm. The wind speed was the Nor’wester activity , ‘“ said Thursday. This was season’s around 40 Kmph. a duty officer. eighth Nor’wester that hit Thunderstorm and rain lasted The centre has also forecast Jamshedpur and several other for about an hour resulting in rains and thunderstorms at parts of the Kolhan Division an abrupt fall in day’s reading. some isolated places in resulting in widespread Jamshedpur recorded Jharkhand over the next 48 lightning and thundershowers around 15 mm of rain.Local hours. Meanwhile, the presence activity. Met Centre confirmed the of cumulus-nimbus clouds in The summer saviour storm Nor’wester. “ As per our study the evening forced the accompanied by lightning, east -west trough was running Jamshedpur civic guardians to thunder and rain covered sev- from the cyclonic circulation switch on streetlights at least eral other districts like West over northern parts of Central two hours before schedule Singhbhum and East Madhya Pradesh to Tripura today.

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 -.&.,  -  (/  ,-    &    + /  !   + 0             !          *-.   several thousand migrant the cities. '            . =  labourers who have started “ICMR has allowed Rapid    0  >.0?         . returning to Jharkhand after Antigen Test at all private and   * $ !     many states enforced lock- government hospitals. Besides      )@(( > ?  .0     downs in the wake of the surge ensuring rapid tests at the (A(          *    +B in Covid cases, health officials healthcare facilities in your 0  -             '   *   he Health Department has said. districts, it will be imperative to (,+         ! ACD   62! (DB   2! Tdirected the deputy com- Many migrant workers had set up dedicated RAT centres in )@D   ! ()E      (B@E  & * missioners of all the 24 districts reportedly dodged mandatory the cities and villages,” the let- 2    ))            +BB    in Jharkhand to set up dedi- Covid testing at railway stations ter stated. .0           2! ! '   cated Rapid Antigen Test in the state recently. Such peo- The ICMR issued revised & *      0              (RAT) booths in villages for ple could be tested in the vil- Covid testing guidelines on            * mass testing of Covid-19, offi- lages itself once the dedicated Wednesday, allowing all the cials said on Thursday. RAT centres are set up, officials state governments to rely on %  '               The Jharkhand govern-  0,   - , The decision comes a day said. rapid tests for testing the mass- ment had last year made RT 2      :   2  after the Indian Council of In the letter addressed to es. The ICMR stated in its lat- Doctors say that RAT is a low An official from NHM PCR tests mandatory for all 2       ! Medical Research (ICMR) the deputy commissioners on est guideline that RT PCR tests sensitivity test when compared said that conducting large scale symptomatic residents who   9  :  !   issued a fresh set of guidelines Wednesday, National Health were not mandatory if a person to RT PCR, and may not be as rapid tests will help the gov- test negative in rapid tests.             in which it prioritised rapid Mission (NHM) Director Ravi tests positive for Covid-19 in accurate as the latter. The RT ernment identify cases of Meanwhile, the state also         ' tests over RT PCR in the cur- Shankar Shukla asked district Rapid Antigen Test. PCR test, on the other hand, Covid-19 faster as test reports launched a special rapid Covid        * &  rent scenario. administrations to set up Rapid Rapid Antigen Tests are takes around 48 hours, but the usually come sooner in RAT testing campaign on Thursday     !      The dedicated rapid Covid Antigen Test centres in villages also conducted through nasal results are more accurate, doc- than in RT PCR. The state, he under which it aims to test at                *  testing centres, sources said, for mass Covid testing. Shukla and throat swabs like RT PCR tors from the Rajendra Institute said, can conduct Covid tests least 1.6 lakh residents, anoth-                    will also help in identifying also directed the DCs to set up tests. However, the result of the of Medical Sciences (RIMS) on the go at various public er letter from the NHM        *           Covid positive cases among the similar rapid testing booths in test is out within an hour. said. places also. stated.   *          *           * :                    !             * 2            ! 6                   )                           * 0 #,     #                               )  2)       &  &             3   $                   !             : ' 2 *       ) $                      & $  he Jharkhand Pradesh Congress )    '         & &   /    TCommittee is mulling to providing                     * medical devices including ambulances, -    &   /              * oximeters and thermometers to provide             /  $      more effective assistance to the Covid ith the rising number of           *  2     & &   patients on the instructions of All India WCovid 19 cases and deaths, /              * Congress Committee, JPCC chief cum the Ministry of Railways has      .        #- - & -1##,,-& State Finance and Food Supply Minister Dr. issued a revised Standard Rameshwar Oraon said after holding dis-             Operating Procedure (SOP) to be    -           &         7'  2 $               7. &                 cussions with Congress leaders and mem- strictly adhered to in the move-                      bers of the control room on all these ment of passengers by trains have knowledge of Covid guide- pantry cars/trains side vending. e-        & * $       &  !  points in the control room of the State On this occasion, State Congress across the country. The Railways lines of respective states.” catering facility will be available                      Congress Relief and Monitoring Committee Spokesperson Alok Kumar Dubey said has advised passengers to wear Ambastha further said, “As through IRCTC for the passen-     F    * $        at Congress Bhawan, Ranchi on Thursday. that the Congress is the only national party face masks at the time of entry and per the new guidelines thermal gers.                         He also talked to CLP leader cum Rural in the whole country, which is engaged in also during the entire journey. scanning of all passengers will be Provision of catering services            * $        Development Minister Alamgir Alam over public service, following its more than a cen- As per new Covid travel carried out and those passengers in trains shall be subject to com-      6* phone on the issues. tury old tradition. This is why when a BJP guidelines issued by Railways, having high temperature will not pliance of all safety and hygiene Talking to media persons Dr Oraon said MP falls ill in Delhi, he has to call the passengers are advised that they be allowed to board train. protocols issued by Government that if timely ambulance and other medical National President of the Youth Congress shall be wearing face covers/masks Similarly, passengers reaching from time to time. No Linen, facilities are available for the corona infect- for help. When the Embassy of New at the entry and during travel. Any from different parts of Country if blankets and curtains shall be pro- -    ) ed patients, it will prove to be very helpful Zealand also needs oxygen during the violation shall be dealt with in there temperature is high or hav- vided during travelling. for improving their health. Apart from this, Corona transition, only the workers of the accordance with various ing Covid symptoms, the Railway Passengers are advised to oximeters, thermometers, medicines and Youth Congress are seen standing there car- rules/guidelines. All passengers will inform district administration carry their own linen for the    )   other medical devices are also needed for rying oxygen cylinders. hereby advised to download and about such passengers and appro- train. The temperature inside AC the infected patients. Arrangement of all State Congress spokesperson Lal use the Aarogya Setu application. priate action will be taken.” coaches shall be suitably regulat- these efforts should be made to provide Kishorenath Shahdev said that assistance is No catering charges will be As per railway fresh guide- ed for this purpose. For the con-  $      assistance to the people at their own level being provided to many people continuously included in the fare. Pre-paid lines, onboard booking by the venience of the travelling passen- as well. Apart from this, many times there through the help desk of the control room catering services in trains shall be ticket checking staff of fully wait- gers, bedroll kit/items are available is a sad incident and in case of death of an operated from April 21. disabled. However, Ready to Eat ing list ticket shall not be per- for purchase at all Multi Purpose infected, there is also news of arbitrariness Dr. Rajesh Gupta Chhotu said that in (RTE) meals, packed items, pack- mitted. Unreserved tickets (UTS) Stalls. of the ambulance drivers, in such an Jharkhand also the Congress party is aged drinking water bottles, shall be permitted on limited Also, passengers with Fully arrangement, a vehicle will also be tried to engaged in the service of the public, work tea/coffee/beverages etc. shall be trains only on which such unre- Waitlisted tickets shall not be provide relief to the distressed family mem- will be done in Jharkhand state as per the made available to passengers in served journey has been permit- allowed to enter the Railway sta- bers. wish of Sonia Gandhi. trains on payment basis through ted. tion. Passengers are requested to Dr. Oraon said that there is no revenue On this occasion, Agriculture Minister pantry cars/trains side vending. No catering charges will be use separate entry and exit gates collection in all the departments, yet eco- Badal, Executive president Keshav Mahato Divisional Rail Manager, included in the fare. Pre-paid at Railway stations where such nomic activity has reduced, diesel-petrol Kamlesh, State Congress Spokesperson Ranchi, Neeraj Ambastha said, catering services in trains shall be arrangements are made so that consumption has also come down, which Alok Kumar Dubey, Lal Kishorenath “The Railway has issued fresh disabled. However, Ready to Eat there is no face to face movement has affected the revenue collection work, but Shahdev, Dr. Rajesh Gupta Chhotu, Amulya guidelines with the surge in Covid (RTE) meals, packed items, pack- of passengers. it is expected that soon the crisis will clear Neeraj Khalkho, Dr. P. Nair, Sunny Toppo, cases, the guidelines is pan India aged drinking water bottles, Passengers are also requested %  '  .         and the situation will improve rapidly. Aditya Vikram Jaiswal, Dr. Ashok Bhagat, but it is advised that passengers tea/coffee/beverages etc. shall be to carry sanitizers and maintain However, once a financial loss is incurred, Gajendra Singh, Saurabh Verma were also going to Delhi or other States such made available to passengers in social distancing during the jour-    supply to the beds. It was told it is not possible to recover. present. as Maharashtra are advised to trains on payment basis through ney. that the construction work has harkhand High court on been affected since the com- JThursday expressed its dis- pany has not released amounts pleasure over the delay in set- to sub-contractors. /          ting-up oxygen supported 300- The court also directed beds health infrastructure at Steel Authority of India Limited Ranchi Sadar hospital. (Bokaro) and Central govern- 0 $1 there will be arrangement of food, med- Family Welfare,” the order men- Hearing a contempt case ment to intervene in the mat- icines and water. Local representatives tioned. filed by one Jyoti Sharma, the ter. SAIL informed the court 2   )  such as Mukhiya, Sarpanch and The Government issued bench of Chief Justice Dr. Ravi that it doesn’t have an oxygen )   $ Panchayat Secretaries have been direct- fresh directives after it was Ranjan and Justice SN Prasad tanker of 5000 litres carrying ed to ensure that those migrant work- noticed that workers from warned the construction com- capacity. On this the court    ers who have been quarantined at iso- Mumbai, Gujarat and Delhi pany Bijeta Construction to directed HEC and Hindalco to lation centres do not escape to their reaching Jharkhand though complete the work in the next make alternative arrangements igrant workers reaching State homes. railway stations are not follow- 10 days else actions will be of the same. Mfrom different States will no The decision was taken to prevent ing Covid guidelines are going taken. During a previous hearing longer be able to go home directly. The the further spread of COVID-19, par- directly to their home without Jyoti Sharma had filed a held on April 3 the company State Government has recently issued ticularly in rural areas, amid a surge in any test. PIL about slow construction had assured that the work will new Covid 19 guidelines for migrant cases over the last fortnight, officials The state government has set and infrastructure develop- be completed in the next 30 workers. Migrant workers reaching said. up facilities for Corona tests for ment of Sadar hospital. Last days. Jharkhand from other states will be “All migrant workers coming back migrant workers, but the major- year, the State government had During the course of hear- quarantined in their districts for the to the state of Jharkhand shall be test- ity of workers are not following assured that all construction ing on Thursday, the company seven days. Rapid antigen tests will be ed (RAT) on arrival. Those migrant   - -       government guidelines and works along with infrastructure informed the court that the carried upon on migrant workers at workers who test negative shall be quar-     +   escape home from railway sta- development will be complet- State government has directed railway stations. They will be quaran- antined for 7 days in institutional tions without carrying out tests. ed by December 2020. But cit- to complete the work by June tined even if the report comes negative. quarantine facilities to be set up at ing in the quarantine center. Till now no quarantine arrange- ing lockdown, the State gov- 30. The court observed that at According to the order issued by appropriate level by the respective dis- The migrant workers kept at pan- ments were made for them by the ernment later on extended the a time when the nation is fac- the Disaster Management Department, trict administration,” Chief Secretary chayat bhawans after seven days will be administration. Positive workers are deadline for completion of the ing health challenges such migrant workers will be quarantined in Sukhdev Singh said in an order. tested again. During this time if their also moving to their homes without any work. works should have been com- their district. The Disaster To implement this, the government report comes negative, then only they restriction, but with the surge in Covid The court further directed pleted at the war footing. But Management Department has issued has started the initiative. The officials will be allowed to go home. “Those test- cases particularly in rural areas, the the company to file a reply that instead, the company is work- directives to all district administration concerned have also been instructed to ed positive in any of the two tests men- state government has decided to tight- how long it will take to set-up ing at a snail pace and we ought to arrange quarantine facilities at pan- make complete preparations on time tioned above shall be managed as per en screw on migrant workers reaching an oxygen storage tank for to be sensitive on such issues. chayat bhawans. At panchayat bhawan for arranging food for the people liv- protocol of Department of Health and Jharkhand.       

  ,  , 1. .R      / '              !"  #       4         0     -% &-.  -% &-. ays after the first consign- Dment of 150,000 doses of , 2  he Ministry of Civil  -% &-. be the national database for the Sputnik V vaccine landed TAviation on Thursday the PwDs, for issuance of in Hyderabad from Russia on issued guidelines for Covid-19 ays after asking the UDID Cards in order to May 1, yet another lot of 1.5 vaccination of all civil aviation DStates/UTs to prioritise enable the sector to avail var- lakh doses of Sputnik V vaccine  -% &-. personnel working in persons with disabilities ious concessions under will reach here in the next two Government as well as private (PwDs) in the ongoing vacci- schemes meant for their wel- days while another 30 lakh rime Minister Narendra entities. nation drive, Union Social fare. doses will be arriving in PModi on Thursday According to the guide- Welfare Ministry has made it The DEPwD plans to Hyderabad with Dr Reddys reviewed the Covid-19 situa- lines, a priority during vacci- mandatory for them to issue cover an additional 10 lakh Laboratories by the end of this tion in the country and called nation should be given to the disability certificates online to persons by December to reach month. However, no timeline for speeding up vaccination air traffic controllers (ATCs), the sector which is confined 65 lakhs. has been set when the Indians drive and expanding its pro- cockpit and cabin crews of the within the four walls of their Unhappy at the poor pace will be able to avail the vac- duction. airlines as well as mission- homes due to Covid-19. of the UDID, the Parliamentary cines. Modi noted that an advi- critical and passenger-facing A gazette notification has Standing Committee on Social Currently the Centre has sory was sent to the States to staff. The Ministry has also been issued in this regard by Justice and Empowerment in rolled out a nationwide vacci- identify districts of concern advised that the vaccination of the Union Ministry of Social March recommended that nation drive using two where case positivity is 10% or sures were also discussed, said civil service personnel should cination centres at the airports. The facilities created by air- justice and empowerment DEPwD must fix state-wise COVID-19 vaccines — more and bed occupancy is the PMO statement. not have any delay. The There can be more than port operator would be avail- recently. annual targets for issuing the Covaxin of Bharat Biotech and more than 60% on either oxy- Prime Minister also Ministry’s guidelines came after one service provider at any air- able for all aviation personnel "Mandatory for all UDID cards. Covishield of Oxford- gen supported or ICU beds. reviewed the availability of the Air India pilots union port depending on a number of in the first phase and can be States/UTs to grant certificate In another decision, the AstraZeneca, manufactured by Union Minister s Rajnath medicines. He was briefed threatened to stop work if the personnel working in the avi- extended to the family mem- of disability through online Ministry has also asked the Serum Institute of India in Singh, Amit Shah, Nirmala about the "rapid augmenting airline failed to set up vacci- ation ecosystem," it stated. The bers subsequently, it men- mode only using the UDID State/Union Territory to make Pune. Sitharaman, Dr Harsh of production of medicines nation camps for them on pri- focus of major airports could tioned. portal with effect from June 1. sure “special provisions” were In September 2020, Dr. Vardhan, Piyush Goyal, including Remdesivir." ority. be on tying up with private ser- "All airport operators are States/UTs have been advised made at testing, vaccination Reddys and RDIF entered into Mansukh Mandaviya other In the meeting Prime “A dedicated vaccination vice providers, it noted. advised to designate a nodal for compliance," the ministry's and treatment centres for PwD. a partnership to conduct clin- ministers and top officials Minister reviewed the progress facility will be established by "For the smaller airports, officer — and alternative nodal Department of Persons with The move followed allega- ical trials of the SputnikV, took part in the meeting, on vaccination & the roadmap the airport operators in their where the numbers to get vac- officer may also be kept in Disabilities (DEPwD) tweeted. tions that persons with dis- developed by the Gamaleya according to a statement from for "scaling up production on respective airports to facilitate cinated are less and private readiness — for coordinating The sector had been abilities (PwD) were being National Research Institute of Prime Minister's Office vaccines in the next few expeditious vaccination of staff. players do not find it viable, the the efforts," the guidelines demanding such a move, espe- made to wait for COVID-19 Epidemiology and (PMO) months." Basic facilities for the person- airport operators can approach noted. cially during the Covid pan- testing, treatment and vacci- Microbiology and the rights The Prime Minister was He was informed that nel visiting (help desk, drink- the district or local adminis- "Chairman of Airports demic where PwDs were nation. for distribution of the first 100 given "a detailed picture" on around 17.7 crore vaccines ing water, ventilation fans, tration for extending the vac- Authority of India (AAI) will unable to get their certificates The Rights of Persons with million doses in India. the Covid outbreak in various have been supplied to the washrooms, etc.) to be cination programme," it added. hold regular meetings to review due to the prevalent restric- Disabilities Act, 2016 man- Later it was enhanced to states and districts. He was states. Modi also reviewed the arranged following Covid safe- The guidelines further stat- the progress and coordinate tions as well as health threat dates that PwD are given pri- 125 million. Dr Reddys has informed about the 12 states state wise trends on vaccine ty protocols. The cost per vac- ed that all agencies working in with the Civil Aviation posed by the deadly virus. ority when it comes to medical already received approval from which have more than 1 lakh wastage. cination dose can be decided by the airports eco-system need to Ministry, and Directorate According to the 2011 attention and treatment. The Indian drug regulator for active cases and details on the According to the PMO , the airport operator with the sponsor their personnel to General of Civil Aviation Census, there were 2.68 crore DEPwD said it had received a restricted emergency use of districts with high disease the Prime Minister was briefed service provider and it will be avail the facilities as opera- (DGCA) will address issues or PwDs, while till mid-March representation from the Sputnik V in India on April 12. burden. that "around 31% of eligible the same for aviation person- tors/service providers would challenges" it said. The AAI this year just around 54.84 National Federation of the “New Delhi and Moscow Modi directed that states population over the age of 45 nel,” the guidelines said. not be dealing with individual owns and manages more than lakhs e-Unique Disability Blind, Delhi on April 22 “alleg- are constantly in touch with should be given help and guid- has been given atleast one The guidelines stated that cases. Further, online Payment 100 airports across the country. Identification (UDID) cards ing that PwDs including per- each other through the diplo- ance about leading indicators dose". the operator should immedi- mechanism to the service "This is the broad frame- have been generated in 710 out sons with visual impairments matic channels so that medical to ramp up healthcare infra- He spoke about the need ately contact the State provider for vaccine doses work to facilitate expeditious of 734 districts across have to stand in long queues for support is available on structure. to sensitise states that the Governments or private service administered for their respec- vaccination of the civil aviation States/UTs. Thus, indicating the purpose of testing, vacci- demand as much as possible,” The need to ensure quick speed of vaccination doesn’t providers (hospitals), which are tive personnel has been advised community in the country," the the slow pace of the UDID nation and treatment for an Indian diplomat reported- & holistic containment mea- come down, said PMO. willing to set up Covid-19 vac- to be devised. guidelines said. project which is envisaged to Covid-19 induced ailments”. ly said.

more doctors," the minister $  3     ! %  " &  %(% said. On the steps taken by the Army, Rajnath said it has pro- 45 + 1. #!$!% &#!! ))     ) %    vided 100 beds each to Lucknow and Allahabad, set up  -% &-. a 40-bedded isolation facility at  6 

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Sagar in Madhya Pradesh and he N440K variant of coro- established a 50-bed isolation Tnavirus, which was largely ith its engagement grow- facility at Namkum in  -% &-. responsible for the first wave of Wing to fight the corona Jharkhand. the pandemic in India is dimin- pandemic, the Army has set up Army medical persons n six days since the launch of ishing and likely to disappear an exclusive Covid manage- have been deployed at Ithe 18+vaccination drive soon, scientists at CSIR-Centre ment cell to fine-tune response Ahmedabad and Patna, and which was launched on May 1, for Cellular and Molecular in real-time to the civil admin- battlefield-nursing assistants a total 9,04,263 beneficiaries of Biology (CCMB) have said. istration to provide aid. have been provided to the the age group 18-44 years have They shared this informa- Meanwhile, Defence Patiala administration for hos- been inoculated the first dose tion to the public by posting a Minister Rajnath Singh on pital management, the minis- of Covid vaccine across 12 tweet on Thursday. Thursday underlined efforts ter noted. States. They also said that the made by the armed forces, the He also talked about the These are Chhattisgarh B.1.617 variant of the coron- Defence Research and logistics support, an exclusive operate quarantine facilities logistics support that is being (1,026), Delhi (1,29,096), avirus which is more infectious for CCMB from the labs of the The Hyderabad-based insti- Development COVID Management Cell and procure items that are provided by the IAF and the Gujarat (1,96,860), Jammu and is fast replacing the N440K state every month, where tute further cited World Health Organisation(DRDO) and the under a Director General rank required to fight against the Navy in bringing required Kashmir (16,387), Haryana variant in south India, thus genome sequencing of southern Organization's weekly epi- defence public sector under- officer has been established pandemic. medical supplies including oxy- (1,23,484), Karnataka (5,328), indicating that the worse is in States — Andhra Pradesh, demiological reports and said takings(PSU)to meet the ongo- which reports directly to the Various defence organisa- gen cylinders from outside Maharashtra (1,53,966), waiting. Telangana and Karnataka — are that even the WHO mentioned ing second wave of the pan- Vice Chief of Army Staff. tions such as the DRDO, India or in transporting these Odisha (21,031), Punjab N440K strain, also known being carried out. The research B.1.617 as the "Variant of demic. This will bring in greater Cantonment Boards, Armed supplies from one place to (1,535), Rajasthan (1,80,242), as B.1.36, was detected in data of CCMB far does not Interest" and did not say any- Giving details about the efficiency in coordinating real Forces Medical Services another within the country. Tamil Nadu (6,415) and Uttar Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, establish that N440K is a vari- thing about N440K. new cell, army officials said time responses to address (AFMS) have established Indian naval ships includ- Pradesh (68,893). and Telangana last year. ant of interest and is very viru- "If this variant (N440K) is of here on Thursday while the exponential rise in COVID COVID hospitals and facilities ing Kolkata, Kochi, Tabar, The Union Health However, its impact has sud- lent," he said. such public health concern, it force has ensured own force cases across the country includ- in various cities including Trikand, Jalashwa and Airavat Ministry said that cumulative- denly dropped in March, and The CCMB also released an should have by now found a preservation, medical care to ing Delhi where assistance to Delhi, Lucknow, Bengaluru have been deployed for ship- ly, 16,25,13,339 vaccine doses now "the share among the pos- official statement in which it place in WHO reports as well as veterans and their dependents, civil administration in the form and Patna, he mentioned. ment of liquid medical oxygen- have been administered itives is very minimal", accord- said, "Although N440K variant ICMR report," the CCMB said it has also deployed consider- of testing, admissions in mili- The AFMS has deployed filled cryogenic containers and through 29,34,844 sessions, as ing to CCMB institute. shown to be efficient in cell cul- in the statement. able medical resources to assist tary hospitals and transporta- additional doctors, including associated medical equipment per the provisional report till 7 COVID Command Centre ture system in the experimen- However, currently, doc- civil authorities especially at the tion of critical medical equip- specialists, super specialists from various countries in the am on Thursday. chief Dr KS Jawahar Reddy on tal condition, it is also important tors have identified two strains five COVID hospitals already ment are already being pro- and paramedics, at various Middle East and South-East These include 94,80,739 Thursday said, "Research data to remember that just because B.1.617 (double mutant strain) functional or in the process of vided, they said. hospitals, he said. "My ministry Asia, he noted. healthworkers (HCWs) who doesn't establish that N440K is a variant behaves a certain way and B.1 in Andhra Pradesh, being established at Delhi, In a blog post on his web- has granted an extension to The DRDO has also initi- have taken the 1st dose and variant of interest and is very in cell cultures, it does not Karnataka, and Telangana, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, site, Rajnath said emergency short service commissioned ated fabrication of 500 medical 63,54,113 HCWs who have virulent". mean it will behave the same which are said to be 'very infec- Varanasi and Patna. financial powers were granted doctors of AFMS till December oxygen plants with allocation taken the 2nd dose while "On average around 250 way in humans, or a compli- tious' and 'easily spreading' in In order to coordinate mul- to the armed forces so that 31, 2021, which has augment- received from PM Cares Fund, 1,36,57,922 frontline workers samples are being sent to Centre cated pandemic scenario". the younger age groups. tiple facets of staffing and commanders can establish and ed the strength of AFMS by 238 he said. (FLWs) have taken the 1stdose, 74,25,592 FLWs (2nddose). At least 5,31,16,901 1st *    + dose and 1,29,15,354 2nd dose              ' beneficiaries in the category of more than 60 years old and     % 5,38,15,026 (1st dose) and           % 1   48,43,429 (2nd dose) benefi-  -% &-. during the last 15 years and ciaries aged 45 to 60 years have productivity not less than 10 been vaccinated so far.    *    -% &-. records, they identified rates of cause, only correlation, the he Ministry of Agriculture qtl/ha for Sole Crop. In the meanwhile, the events, such as heart attacks, researchers said. Tand Farmers Welfare has The above mini-kits used Government said that large study in Denmark strokes, deep vein blood clots They also point to some formulated a special strategy for inter-cropping and urad Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh   -% &-. a number of models are some- Aand Norway has found and bleeding events within 28 limitations, such as a lack of for the ensuing Kharif 2021 Sole Crop will cover an area of and Delhi are among 10 states where between the middle slightly increased rates of vein days of receiving a first vaccine data on underlying risk factors season and has proposed to dis- 4.05 lakh hectare in the Kharif that account for 72.19 per cent he current surge in coro- and the end of the month. blood clots, including in the dose and compared these with for clotting and the possibili- tribute 20,27,318, almost 10 season 2021 to be funded by of the new Covid-19 cases Tnavirus cases may go Some models have it going brain, among adults who had expected rates in the general ty that their results may not times more, seed mini kits the Central Government. In reported in a day. down by the middle to the into early June but based on received their first dose of the populations. apply to other ethnicities. than the 2020-21 season cost- addition to this, the usual New coronavirus cases and end of May, noted vaccinolo- what we are seeing, right now Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID- The researchers found 59 However, strengths include ing Rs 82.01 crores. The total programme of inter-cropping deaths in India hit a record gist Gagandeep Kang has said. middle to end of May is a rea- 19 vaccine, compared with blood clots in the veins com- the large population based cost for these mini-kits will be and area expansion by the daily high with 4,12,262 new She said there could be sonable estimate," she said in expected rates in the general pared with 30 expected, corre- approach, using reliable borne by the Central states will continue on a shar- infections and 3,980 fatalities one or two more peaks of response to a question in a population. sponding to 11 excess events national registry data and near Government to boost the pro- ing basis between the Centre being reported, taking the total coronavirus cases but they webinar organised by the However, the study pub- per 100,000 vaccinations. complete follow-up of partic- duction and productivity of and the States. tally of Covid-19 cases to may not be as bad as the cur- Indian Women Press Corps. lished in The BMJ on This included a higher ipants. Tur, Moong and Urad. The fol- Through consultations 2,10,77,410 and the death toll rent one. On forecasting waves of Wednesday, stresses that the than expected rate of blood "The absolute risks of lowing mini-kits will be dis- with the State Governments, a to 2,30,168. Right now it's doing a virus, she said one can defi- risk of such adverse events is clots in the veins of the brain, venous thromboembolic tributed: 13,51,710 mini kits of detailed plan for both area The ministry said that "world through" in areas it did nitely use the characteristics considered low. known as cerebral venous events described in this study arhar containing certified seeds expansion and productivity Karnataka,Kerala, Haryana, not do last year, in the mid- of the strain, characteristics of The researchers from thrombosis (2.5 events per are small, and the findings of HYVs of arhar released dur- enhancement for Tur, Moong West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, dle class population, in the a pandemic in a particular University of Southern 100,000 vaccinations), the said. should be interpreted in the ing the last ten years and pro- and Urad has been formulat- Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan rural areas and there is going place to predict what is going Denmark, and Norwegian However, the team found context of the benefits of ductivity not less than 15 ed. are among the other states in to be "very little fuel" for the to happen in that location if Institute of Public Health, set no increase in the rate of arte- COVID-19 vaccination at both qtl/ha- for inter-cropping. Under the strategy, utilis- the list of 10. virus to continue to go the data is available at that out to compare rates of blood rial clots, such as heart attacks the societal and the individual 4,73,295 mini kits of ing all the high yielding vari- Maharashtra has reported through, she said. level for mathematical mod- clots and related conditions or strokes. level," the researchers said. moong containing certified eties (HYVs) of seeds that are the highest daily new cases at Allaying fears about vac- elling. after vaccination with the For most remaining out- BMJ editors Rafael Perera seeds of HYVs of moong available either with the 57,640. It is followed by cines, she said they are effi- She said there are few Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine comes, results were largely and John Fletcher noted that released during the last ten Central Seed Agencies or in the Karnataka with 50,112 while cacious and emphasised the infectious disease modellers with those in the general pop- reassuring, with slightly high- COVID-19 is itself associated years but productivity not less States will be distributed free Kerala reported 41,953 new need to ramp the inoculation in the country. ulations of the two countries. er rates of less severe events with cerebral venous throm- than 10 qtl/ha for inter-crop- of cost to increase area through cases.Besides Maharashtra, drive. "And all the ones that The findings are based on such as thrombocytopenia a bosis, adding that vaccination ping. inter-cropping and Sole Crop. Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, She also expressed con- exist will tell you that their 280,000 people aged 18-65 condition related to low blood remains overwhelmingly the 93,805 mini kits of urad Tur inter-cropping will be Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, cern over the declining num- models are as good as the data who received a first dose of the platelet levels — clotting dis- safest option. containing certified seeds of covered in 11 states and 187 Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan ber of coronavirus tests. The they have and the models are Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID- orders and bleeding. "The choice we nearly all HYVs of urad released during districts. and Jhakhand account for proportion of cases is actual- accurate up to two weeks. You 19 vaccine, known as The researchers said these face is between eventual SARS the last ten years but produc- The states are Andhra 75.55 per cent of the new ly much larger than the tests cannot expect a prediction for Covishield in India, from events could be influenced by CoV-2 infection or vaccina- tivity not less than 10 qtl/ha for Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, deaths. reveal but in absolute num- three months or six months or February 2021 through to 11 increased surveillance of vac- tion. The Astra-Zeneca vaccine inter-cropping. Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, India's cumulative recov- bers in "what we track and two years from now as yet. We March 2021 in Denmark and cine recipients. is clearly a good choice, despite 1,08,508 mini kits of urad Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, eries stand at 1,72,80,844 with count", Kang said. don't know enough about the Norway. This is an observational the likely risks reported in containing certified seeds of Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, 3,29,113 recoveries being reg- "Best case estimates from virus. Using national health study, so cannot establish this study," the editors wrote. urad HYVs of urad released Telangana and Uttar Pradesh. istered in a day.       

    6   O    ,-./ 010 1&2.13   7  F     2  14 014113  ( !  ##& !'()# *+,&!#!      /0./ cannot be politics but simple goondaism” he said adding any build-up should die  #,,  /0 The KSRTC buses owned by the Kerala  #,,  - Ramachandran, Thangam Thennarassu, nion Minister V Muraleedharan too got down after the elections but “here it is con- Government would deploy sufficient buses S Reghupathy, S Muthusamy, K R Utrapped in the post-poll violence on tinuing with vengeance … so much so that he Kerala Government has declared a on Friday to help travelers reach their des- fter ten years in the Opposition Periyakaruppan, T M Anbarasan, M P Thursday even as reports of clashes con- even a protected person like a central min- Tnine-day complete lock down of the tinations. Abenches, the DMK will take over the Saminathan, Geetha Jeevan, “Anitha” R tinued to come in from various parts of the ister is not spared … then what must be hap- State with effect from Saturday. This has The next nine days would see all pub- State administration and return to Fort Radhakrishnan, S R Rajakannappan, K State. The Minister’s convoy was attacked at pening to the common party been necessitated because of the failure of lic vehicles staying off the roads. Saint George (the headquarters of Tamil Ramachandran, R Sakkarapani, V the Panchkhuri village in Midnapore Sadar workers.” the State administration to bring in any Shops selling emergency materials like Nadu Government) on Friday morning. Senthilbalaji, R Gandhi, M Subramanian, area when he went there to inquire into the He said he would submit a report to the change in the ever growing number of milk and vegetables would be opened for Party president M K Stalin (68) P Moorthy, S S Sivasankar, P K Sekar reports of some BJP workers being attacked appropriate authorities while State BJP Covid-19 patients on a daily basis. Though a few hours daily while the general public would be sworn in as Chief Minister of Babu, Palanivel Thiagarajan, S M Nassar, by alleged TMC men, sources said. vice president JP Majumdar wondered the complete lock down begins only on have been asked to make use of home-deliv- Tamil Nadu on Friday at 9 am in a sim- Gingee K S Masthan, Anbil Mahesh The Minister’s convoy was chased away “whether we are in Bengal and whether we Saturday, the entire State wears the look of ery facilities. ple function to be held at Raj Bhavan. Poyyamozhi, Siva Meyyanathan, C V by the locals who attacked with sticks. are in India and whether we are Indian cit- a deserted place with most of the popula- The Kerala Government Medical Governor Banwarilal Purohit will admin- Ganesan, Mano Thangaraj, M Another senior saffron leader and former izens … a Central Minister was driving past tion staying indoors. Officers Association welcomed the move ister oath of office and secrecy to 33 Mathiventhan and Kayalvizhi Selvaraj. State party president Rahul Sinha too was a public road … is he not entitled to do so According to the Department of to declare total lock down for nine days. MLAs as members of the council of Palanivel Thiagarajan is the new attacked, sources said. as a citizen of this country? Should he be Health, Kerala diagnosed 42,464 new “We are hopeful that the decision would Ministers to be formed by Stalin. finance minister while senthi Balaji, who Seven hundred kms away at Dinhata in stoned like the way they did in Kashmir … Covid-19 patients in the 12 hours ending help in curbing the increase in the trans- The names of MLAs to be sworn in crossed over to the DMK from AIADMK Cooch Behar district former TMC MLA there they pelted stones and here they are 6 pm on Thursday. The death toll too mission of the pandemic. Ministers include Durai Murugan (83), via the AMMK has been allocated the and senior leader Udayan Guha was throwing brickbats … is there a difference increased in the last 24 hours as 68 persons Yes, we have been requesting the who will be the minister for water portfolios of electricity, prohibition and attacked by alleged BJP men who smashed … if President’s Rule can be imposed there succumbed to the pandemic. The Test authorities to declare total lock down for resources, a portfolio in which he has excise. his vehicle, gave him a fractured hand and in Kashmir for stone-pelting why cannot the Positivity Rate reached 27.28 per cent by quite sometime,” Dr T N Suresh, general excelled during his previous tenure in the Fort Saint George has been given a head injuries, Chief Minister Mamata same be done here.” Thursday evening. secretary, KGMOA, told The Pioneer. Karunanidhi ministry. As per the list fresh coating of paint to welcome the new Banerjee said. Later a 10-member team of BJP lead- The lock down rules have been made He said the Government was taking released by Raj Bhavan, Durai Murugan chief minister and his colleagues. The “Udayan has been seriously injured” she ers led by State party president Dilip Ghosh stringent this time as no private vehicles measures to appoint more doctors and para woud be the second-in-command to the Information and Public Relations said. Guha’s personal security officer too was on Thursday met the central team. “We have would be allowed anywhere in the State medical staff as there was severe shortage Chief Minister. Department has removed all pictures of attacked and he received stitches on his head, given our side of the story on how our lead- unless it is for medical emergency. The of doctors and medical professionals in the Those who are joining Stalin in the late Chief Ministers M G Ramachandran, police said. The former MLA who lost by ers, candidates and workers are being Government order says the police have Government Hospitals. Southern Railway council of ministers include veterans K J Jayalalithaa and former Chief Minister a few votes had been hospitalized. attacked and killed every day… thousands been empowered to seize any private vehi- has cancelled 15 long distance trains ply- N Nehru, I Periyasamy, K Ponmudi, E Edappadi Palaniswamy from all offices in Back in Kolkata the Union Minister of them are homeless and living in camps,” cles that come out to the roads during the ing through the State because of the lock Velu, M R K Panneerselvam, KKSSR the Secretariat. said, “They stoned my vehicle,” adding “this Ghosh alleged. lock down period. down. 5  $    & +   .   '       Jammu: A joint team of security launched a joint cordon and search search party which was retaliated forces on Thursday neutralised three operation in the Kanigam area of leading to an encounter", police    +C    local terrorists of Al-Badr terror Shopian after receiving the infor- spokesman added.    !  outfit while one of them surrendered mation about the presence of group In the ensuing encounter, three Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has before the security forces in Kanigam of terrorists in the area. terrorists were killed and their bod- Puducherry: AINRC Chief N Rangasamy although there is no precedent in this given approval for the opening of 48 new courts in area of Shopian. Police spokesman said, "during ies were retrieved from the site of will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Union regard. the State and the creation of 550 posts of various cadres In Jammu, a Pakistani intruder the search operation as the presence encounter. They have been identified Territory of Puducherry at a brief ceremo- A Namassivayam, who joined the BJP in for them. was shot dead by the BSF jawans as of terrorists got ascertained they as Danish Mir, Mohd Umer Bhat ny here on Friday. Lt Governor Tamilisai January after quitting the Congress is tipped In accordance with the budget announcements, he had managed to sneak at least 100 were given an opportunity to sur- both residents of Khajapora Shopian Soundararajan would induct Rangasamy as for the post of Deputy Chief Minister. Gehlot has given approval to open commercial courts metre inside the Indian territory in render. Family members of the and Zaid Bashir Reshi resident of Chief Minister at a brief session on the The concurrence of the Centre is in Bikaner, Alwar, Bhilwara and Jodhpur, courts of the Samba sector. trapped terrorists were also called to Raben Shopian. As per police records, precincts of Rajnivas here. Official sources awaited for the appointment of Deputy Chief additional district judge in Jalore, Sirohi, Wair, Initially, BSF jawans deployed the encounter site to motivate and they were affiliated with proscribed said Rangasamy alone would be inducted as Minister, BJP sources said. Dungargarh, Nainwan, Sardarshahar, Nasirabad, along the International border chal- persuade them to surrender. terror outfit Al-Badr. Chief Minister tomorrow although he would The AINRC bagged 10 seats out of the Kathumar, Sadulshahar, Begun, Anupgarh, Neem Ka lenged him but when he kept mov- Following repeated appeals one IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar con- be heading an NDA dispensation which has 16 it contested in the April 6 polls while the Thana and Gangapur City. ing he was neutralised in the wee of the trapped terrorists Tausif gratulated the joint team of police and the BJP as the other constituent. BJP garnered six out of the nine seats it con- He also gave approval for the opening of various hours of Thursday. Ahmad stepped out of the hideout security forces for showing utmost According to party sources, the swear- tested. other courts in other districts. In a brief statement, PRO BSF and laid down his arms before the patience and exhibiting profession- ing in of other ministers, including those The total strength of the Assembly is 30 The Chief Minister has also sanctioned 550 posts Jammu frontier said, "a Pakistani joint security forces. alism, which resulted in saving the life from BJP willtake place in the next few days. and sixteen is the magic number for for- of presiding officer, stenographer, reader, clerk, intruder was shot dead in the Samba "The surrendered terrorist later of a misguided youth. IGP Kashmir Usually, the strength of a ministry in mation of a ministry. class-4 employee etc. For these courts. sector. A paltry sum of Rs 150 was also appealed to his trapped com- also made a fervent appeal to all mis- Puducherry would be six including Chief The AINRC and BJP has a combined "With this decision of the chief minister, people recovered from his possession".In panions to surrender, however, they guided youth who have joined terror Minister. strength of 16. There are six independents will be able to get justice at the local level itself and Srinagar, a police spokesman said, the turned down the surrender offer and ranks to shun the path of violence There is however a reported move to elected to the House and they are by and cases pending in the courts will be cleared," accord- joint team of security forces had fired indiscriminately on a joint and return to mainstream. PNS have one Deputy Chief Minister now large supporters of Rangasamy. PTI ing to a release. PTI -. #& !(,')# #&!(/' #$!

-    :6 the media bulletin, out of waiting for admission but the patients are under treatment in Hospital, 2 from Super 41666 active positive cases, same was not happening in the GMC Jammu, out of which 35 Speciality Hospital Jammu and he Union Territory of Kashmir region accounted for absence of beds. have been admitted in the last 8 from Maternal & Child TJammu & Kashmir on 65 percent active positive cases Around one dozen patients 24 hours. Health Hospital Jammu. Thursday came closer to while Jammu division account- along with oxygen cylinders “Out of 94 under treatment Regarding treatment pro- recording around 5,000 fresh ed for 35 percent cases. Out of were seen sitting in different Covid patients in Chest Disease tocol, he said at present 359 cases of coronavirus while 52 20 districts, Jammu and corners of the hospital premis- & TB Hospital, 14 have been Covid-19 patients are on oxy- patients succumbed to the Srinagar districts alone es/garden waiting for their admitted since yesterday. gen support in GMC Jammu, 2 virus across different covid accounted for 17 % and 25% turn to get admission. Similarly, the Super Specialty patients in Chest Disease & TB hospitals in the last 24 hours. active positive cases. To set the record straight, Hospital and Maternal & Child Hospital and one in Super With 4,926 fresh cases of Meanwhile, chaos pre- Incharge Triage Facility and Health Hospital are treating 33 Specialty Hospital. coronavirus the total active vailed outside Chest Disease Medical Superintendent, Chest and 83 Covid patients respec- With regards to beds, he positive load stood at 41,666 hospital in Jammu during the Disease & TB Hospital Jammu, tively, out of which 14 have said 366 out of 410 beds are cases. Out of 52 deaths, 34 were first half of the day as several Dr Rajeshwar Sharma claimed been admitted in the last 24 occupied in GMC Jammu; 94 reported from Jammu divi- patients in need of hospital that health infrastructure in hours. (4+10)” Dr Rajeshwar out of 110 beds are occupied in sion and 18 from Kashmir beds with oxygen support were Jammu has sufficient resources Sharma added. Chest Disease & TB Hospital division. So far 2562 patients directed to return home due to in place to treat all Covid-19 Giving the details of recov- and 83 out of 172 beds are have died due to Covid19. non-availability of beds. patients. eries, Dr Rajeshwar Sharma occupied in Maternal & Child 1068 patients succumbed to the As media teams arrived in He further urged the pub- said that in the last 24 hours, 22 Health Hospital Jammu. The deadly virus across Jammu the hospital premises several lic not to give in to panic and Covid-19 patients have been Super Specialty Hospital is region and 1494 across care takers of the seriously ill rumours. Dr Rajeshwar discharged from GMC Jammu, occupied to its full capacity. (33 %  +-  -          Kashmir division. According to patients claimed they had been informed that 366 Covid-19 3 from Chest Disease & TB beds), he said. 456(7"#8  9       -2  #  '  +          0R   $  (     67 As 63,842 patients were dis- charged from the hospitals   FO   =  5 ith absolutely no improve- across the state after full recov-    O    4)3  Wment in the Covid-19 sit- ery, the total number of people     67 enquiry with an ulterior motive have him “arrested with an uation, Maharashtra on discharged from the hospitals         67 “Respondent 1 ( state) and the at the behest of those having ulterior motive”. Thursday recorded 853 deaths since the second week of March petitioner shall strictly abide by he Bombay High Court on political or other vendettas’’ On Thursday when senior and 62,194 infections, even as last year went up to 42,27,940. Panaji: The Goa Government n a relief to senior IPS officer the statements made by them TThursday adjourned the against him. counsel Amit Desai appearing 63,842 patients were discharged The recovery rate in the state for on Thursday brought Covid-19 IRashmi Shukla, the Mumbai through their senior advocates hearing for four weeks on a Deshmukh had also told for Deshmukh began to make from various hospitals across the the first time in several days rose treatment under its flagship police told the Bombay High and can proceed further.” petition filed by Maharashtra’s the high court that the CBI had submissions before the court, state. from 85.32 per cent to 85.54 per medical insurance scheme, Court on Thursday that they In a related development, former Home Minister Anil based its FIR on “vague alle- Additional Solicitor General A day after the state record- cent. The total “active cases” in which covers the entire popu- would not arrest her for the Additional Solicitor General Deshmukh seeking the quash- gations” and that there was no Anil Singh, representing the ed 920 deaths and 57,640 infec- the state dropped from 6,41,569 lation of the state. time being, if she co-operates Anil Singh appearing for the ing of “false” FIR filed against case of allegations of ‘illegal CBI – told the court that since tions, the daily deaths dropped cases to 6,39,075. The fatality The move will allow with them in the investigations CBI submitted that the obser- him by the CBI under the gratification’’ under section 7 of the petition copy was served to to 853, while the daily infections rate in the state stood static at patients to avail benefits under into the much-discussed phone vations made in the regard to Prevention of Corruption Act, PCA or criminal him on Wednesday evening, he went up to 62,194. 1.49 per cent. the Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva tapping case. Shulka’s petition “may not be after the central investigating conspiracy under section 120- needed four weeks’ time to file With 853 new deaths, the With 69 fresh deaths, the Yojana (DDSSY) while under- During the hearing on a construed as impediment to it” agency told the court that it B of the IPC. a reply to the former minister’s total number of deaths in the Covid-19 toll in Mumbai going treatment for Covid-19 in petition filed by Shukla seeking to proceed further in the larg- needed time to file its reply. In his petition, he had also petition seeking quashing of state climbed from 72,662 to increased from 13,511 to 13,580, private hospitals, according to a direction to the Mumbai er investigation being con- In a petition filed before told the court that the CBI had the FIR against the latter. 73,715. Similarly, with 62,194 while the infected cases went up a notification issued by police not to not take any ducted by it in the FIR regis- the high court on Wednesday, not taken the Maharashtra The petitioner’s counsel new infections, the total number by 3028 to trigger a jump in the Additional Secretary (Health) “coercive action” against her for tered against former Home Deshmukh had urged the court government’s consent to regis- opposed the four weeks’ time of cases rose from 48,80,542 to infections from 6,65,057 to Vikas Gaunekar. Treatment for allegedly leaking certain confi- Minister Anil Deshmukh on to quash the “false” FIR filed ter the FIR against him which sought by the CBI saying that 49,42,736. 6,68,085. Covid-19 in government hos- dential documents, senior corruption charges. against him on the ground he said was necessary since he “there is urgency in the matter”. pitals is free in the state. counsel Darius Khambata – The HC bench clarified that the CBI ----while regis- was a minister when the alleged However, the court allowed Patients can avail benefits appearing for the state -- told a that the order statements and tering the case against him --- offence took place. the CBI’s request and gave !  !  +  for a maximum 10 days from two-member HC bench com- the observations made in the had followed a “biased and Deshmukh had told the four weeks’ time to the inves- the date of admission and they prising Justices Manish Pitale order passed on Shukla’s peti- dubious” way and that too court that the reason behind fil- tigating agency to filed its reply   /   will be applicable only to and S S Shinde that the Mumbai tion were only limited to the after a “legal non-existent ing an FIR against him was to on Deshmukh’s petition. DDSSY-empanelled hospitals police would not arrest her till present case and “may not be Mumbai:The Brihanmumbai istration must” rule in the with ICU facility, said the order. the next date of hearing. construed as impediment to it” Municipal Corporation (BMC) cases where the citizens are The notification said all Khambata told the high into the FIR registered in the &�! on Thursday made it manda- above 45 years of age who are charges, including admission, court that if Shukla -- who is corruption case on April 2. tory for Mumbaikars desirous due for the second dose of those related to medical con- currently Additional Director In a criminal write petition 1#2!!  02( of getting vaccinated to regis- COVAXIN only (subject to sultancy, nursing, beds, diet, General (ADG) of the Central filed through her advocate ter themselves on Cowin production of the provisional PPE kits, X-Ray, ECG and car- Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Sameer Nangre, Shukla had #0#*!#0!$3! Portal and book appointment certificate of 15t dose in either diac monitor, among others, based in Hyderabad – could not on Monday sought a direction slot for vaccination at the cen- soft or hard copy), health care will be covered under the to Mumbai, the Mumbai police to the police to not take any Panaji: The Entertainment Society of tre of their choice. and frontline workers due for scheme's package. would send a team of police “coercive action” against her. Goa(ESG) on Thursday cancelled all per- In his order, Mumbai second dose of COVAXIN or The government-sponsored officers to record her statement She also sought an urgent head- missions granted for film and television Municipal Commissioner I S COVISHIELD and health care scheme, with nominal premi- under Section 160 Code of ing in the case, as she was serial shootings in the state in the wake Chahal stated: “... all citizens and front line workers due for um, allows residents of Goa to Criminal Procedure. apprehending her arrest in the of the raging Covid-19 pandemic. who wish to get vaccinated first dose having authentic receive healthcare services from On his part, senior case. ESG is the Goa government's nodal against COVID-19 shall in certification by his employer. government and listed private Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, “My client is one of the agency which is empowered to give per- advance register themselves The BMC started the vac- hospitals for surgical, medical representing Shukla, told the senior most officers of 1988 mission for commercial shootings in the on the Cowin portaland also cination program against and hospitalisation expenses. court that a statement of 'no- cadre in police service for more coastal state. book the appointment slot at Covid-19 from January 16, It offers health insurance arrest' may be made and that than 30 years....The approach of Several film and TV serial makers the CVC of their choice on the 2021. Currently, it is carrying coverage between 2.5 lakh Shukla was willing to co-oper- the respondent state is to arm- from Mumbai and Chennai recently same portal before proceeding out the vaccination program is and 4 lakh, depending on the ate with the investigation. twist the petitioner by bogus shifted their shootings to Goa in the wake to the Vaccination Centre”. implementing through 147 number of family members, and After the State agreed not to and frivolous case,” Shukla’s of the surge in COVID-19 cases in their However, the BMC made Covid Vaccination Centres provides benefits on a cashless arrest Shukla till the next date, counsel had said in the respective places, ESG's Vice Chairman %' !"#         exceptions to its “Cowin reg- (CVCs). basis. PTI the HC bench observed: petition. Subhash Faldesai told PTI. PTI   %3           5

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ndia is reeling under the However, we must remember derive from. If you analyse the kept for domestic use what they is a trend in international one- chic conditions and delay recov- impact of the second, more that India is a large and popu- matter, India has actually done produced, without shipping upmanship, to which even ery. Also, nations like Pakistan Ivirulent wave of the lous nation with unique chal- much better than many out a single vial. Now, when we Indians in India and abroad and China are determined to COVID-19 pandemic. And the lenges and it is almost impos- advanced countries. First, many are falling short of vaccines for greatly contribute. If the per show India in a poor light. number of cases and casualties sible to take into account every western countries, including our own citizens, this “vaccine unit population death by the China in particular has an axe are just mounting up. As the detail and caution while devel- the US, allowed civil protests on diplomacy” is paying off and virus is computed, India has the to grind because as a nation, it Government scrambles to han- oping national strategies and the need for masking up and other nations are lending a least number of casualties per was isolated during the first dle the situation, fingers are  !: implementing the local actions people argued that imposing helping hand and shipping the crore of population. It is only wave of the outbreak and being pointed at Prime Minister of these wider programmes. the mask rule was against their precious doses to us. that India is visible because of COVID-19 was called the Narendra Modi and there have Often, people do not cooperate fundamental rights guaranteed Till the second wave of the its large population and the “Chinese virus.” Politics over the been calls for his resignation unless forced to do so. by the Constitution. India has contagion exploded and we absolute numbers affected by pandemic will only provide from some quarters. In the eyes We must realise that our imposed the mask rule much fell short of vaccines, our pub- the virus. Also, we are visible India-bashing fuel to China and of the Opposition, the Press, historic cumulation of knowl- more sincerely than any other lic vaccination programme was because of the dramatic footage its allies. We will play into the both Indian and international, edge has not given us enough country in the world. put off for some time in view of a very systematic one. India of cremations of the dead while hands of international cartels and some communities, Modi understanding about the behav- As for social distancing, the outbreak, but that is not an began its inoculation pro- the rituals in other communi- that want to see India underde- is responsible for every short- iour of this microscopic beast. India imposed stringent guide- easy decision to take. gramme from the most vulner- ties may not be that dramatic veloped and politically chaotic. coming in the country. Most researches on the lines and meticulously imple- Vaccine production is one able section of the society. In looking. This is the time for us to However, this blame game has COVID-19, including the mented them. However, there important and primary Germany, senior citizens who We must realise that by come together as a nation and not helped in addressing the invention of the Coronavirus is a view that this regulation response to the pandemic that registered for vaccination in highlighting and constantly fill- rally behind our leaders, who problem. As a nation, the need vaccine, are only a few months could have been better fol- India excelled at. It invested January are still waiting to get ing the television channels and are doggedly working towards of the hour is to rise beyond old and we are yet to discover lowed in election rallies and heavily in this and brought out their first dose. In Switzerland, social media with negative COVID recovery and the devel- COVID politics and establish the long-term effects and effec- religious congregations. With effective vaccines at affordable which has a tiny population the information of the tragedy opment of the country. If we fundamentally strong arrange- tiveness of the measures being the cooperation of the people prices. India also became a vaccination programme that India is undergoing and not giv- don’t recognise our role as cit- ments for providing relief to the The writer is Chairman, prescribed and adopted. As and all political outfits, this global leader and shipped mil- started in December 2020 has ing enough coverage to the izens, we will just turn out to be suffering citizens. Khadi and Village such, the policy-making hori- could have been coordinated lions of doses for free to coun- still covered only eight per cent enormous amount of positive our own worst enemies and Industries Commission. Indeed, some errors may The views expressed zon at the national level also better, though. Or even better, tries in trouble, as part of its of the citizens. work the nation is doing spin within the negative spiral have occurred in arresting the are personal. does not have an accumulated the elections and the Maha “vaccine diplomacy.” Many However, India is shown in towards the mitigation of the that we ourselves create, know- second wave of the virus. experience to bank upon and Kumbh could also have been countries, including the US, a bad light, all the while, which pandemic, we only stir up anar- ingly or unknowingly.     ) < %  .   R .++       ,

 7/0/ popular. They contrast with including ethnic minorities. weeks of confrontations in The plan was announced '  ""*/'  ;* flash mob of mostly young which security forces increas- by Khin Ma Ma Myo, deputy Apeople in Myanmar’s ingly used lethal force, with defence minister of the shadow biggest city staged a brief some militant protesters National Unity Government,  )  ) ) protest march on Thursday responding with homemade which challenges the junta’s against military rule, the latest weapons such as gasoline legitimacy. She said one of the  6-& 0$ their grip, culminating in in a series of actions aimed at bombs in self-defence. duties of the People’s Defence Aung San Suu Kyi’s rise to reducing the chances of a dead- In other areas, mass peace- Force is to protect the country’s ore than 200 global leadership in 2015 elections, ly response by the authorities. ful protests still are being bro- resistance movement from mil- Morganisations urged the the international community In the five-minute protest in ken up by force, while in some itary attacks and violence insti- UN Security Council on responded by lifting most Yangon, about 70 marchers remote areas, groups opposed to gated by the junta. Wednesday to impose an arms sanctions and pouring invest- chanted slogans in support of the ruling junta have occasion- The National Unity embargo on Myanmar, saying ment into the country. The the civil disobedience move- ally ambushed security forces, Government has the backing of the time for statements has coup took place following ment that opposes February’s leading to bloody clashes. several major ethnic minority passed and immediate action November elections, which army coup that ousted the elect- According to the groups who for decades have is needed to help protect Suu Kyi’s party won over- ed government of Aung San Suu Assistance Association for been seeking greater autonomy peaceful protesters against whelmingly and the military Kyi. They then scattered into the Political Prisoners, which com- and who maintain their own military rule and other oppo- contests as fraudulent. downtown crowds. piles details of arrests and fatal- guerrilla forces. The two most nents of the junta. The 15-member Security Protests also took place in ities linked to the junta’s crack- important are the Kachin in the A statement by the non- Council has issued several other cities and towns includ- down, 769 protesters and north and the Karen in the east, governmental organisations statements since the coup ing Mandalay, the country’s bystanders have been killed both of which are actively said the military “has demon- demanding the restoration of second biggest city, where since February’s military engaged in combat with the strated a callous disregard for democracy and the release of Buddhist monks marched, and takeover. The junta has said the government’s military forces. human life” since their Feb 1 all detainees including Suu Dawei in the southeast, where death toll is about one-third of Pado Man Man, a coup, killing at least 769 peo- Kyi, strongly condemning the the demonstrators included that, and that the use of lethal % !                 % spokesman for the 5th Brigade ple including 51 children as use of violence against peace- engineers, teachers, university force was justified to end what of the Karen National Union, young as six years old and ful protesters and the deaths of students and members of it called rioting. neighbourhoods began organ- military shadow government these local groups into a said he believes that the for- detaining several thousand hundreds of civilians and call- LGBT groups. After the military govern- ising themselves into home- formed by elected lawmakers national “People’s Defence mation of the People’s Defence activists, journalists, civil ser- ing on the military “to exercise In Yangon in particular, ment began using lethal force grown militias or defence who were barred from taking Force” which would serve as a Army will be a step toward a vants and politicians. utmost restraint” and “on all small protests publicised by to suppress demonstrations, groups. office by the military precursor to a “Federal Union future state that includes all Hundreds of others have dis- sides to refrain from violence.” word of mouth have become protesters in some towns and On Wednesday, the anti- announced a plan to unify Army” of democratic forces ethnic armed groups. appeared, it said. It has also stressed “the “No government should need to fully respect human sell a single bullet to the junta rights and to pursue dialogue under these circumstances,” and reconciliation,” and <)#4=  : 2 ! R /   the NGOs said. “Imposing a backed diplomatic efforts by global arms embargo on the 10-member Association of Myanmar is the minimum Southeast Asian Nations and   )    ,   /   necessary step the Security UN special envoy Christine Council should take in Schraner Burgener to find a  /$ >?  %$0 to the Atlantic coast and want- contracts will lead to greater response to the military’s esca- solution. ing to get such a base there.” access in the future. They are lating violence.” “The time for statements ursunjan Mamat, a prac- he top US general for Townsend’s warnings come hedging their bets and making The organisations urged has passed,” the NGOs said. Tticing Muslim in western TAfrica is warning that a as the Pentagon shifts its focus big bets on Africa.” the United Kingdom, the “The Security Council should China’s Xinjiang region, said growing threat from China from the counterterrorism wars China’s first overseas naval Security Council nation in take its consensus on he’s fasting for Ramzan but his may come not just from the of the last two decades to the base was built years ago in charge of drafting resolutions Myanmar to a new level and daughters, ages 8 and 10, are waters of the Pacific but from Indo-Pacific region and threats Djibouti in the Horn of Africa on Myanmar, “to begin nego- agree on immediate and sub- not. Religious activity includ- the Atlantic as well. from great power adversaries and it is steadily increasing its tiations on a resolution autho- stantive action.” ing fasting is not permitted for US Gen. Stephen like China and Russia. The capacity. Townsend said as rizing an arms embargo as They said a UN global minors, he explained. Townsend, in an interview Biden administration views many as 2,000 military per- soon as possible.” arms embargo against The 32-year-old ethnic with The Associated Press, China’s rapidly expanding eco- sonnel are at the base, includ- This “will demonstrate to Myanmar should bar the Uyghur wasn’t complaining, said Beijing is looking to estab- nomic influence and military ing hundreds of Marines who the junta that there will be no direct or indirect supply, sale at least not to a group of foreign lish a large navy port capable of might as America’s handle security there. more business as usual,” they or transfer of “all weapons, journalists brought to his home hosting submarines or aircraft primary long-term security “They have arms and said. Myanmar for five decades munitions, and other mili- outside the city of Aksu by gov- carriers on Africa’s western challenge. munitions for sure. They have had languished under strict tary-related equipment, ernment officials, who listened 0    '           * coast. Townsend said China has U.S. military commanders armored combat vehicles. We military rule that led to inter- including dual-use goods such in on his responses. It seemed  ; *      P < 3 0 %     approached countries stretch- around the globe, including think they will soon be basing national isolation and sanc- as vehicles and communica- he was giving a matter-of-fact    /          3  % ing from Mauritania to south several who may lose troops helicopters there to potential- tions. tions and surveillance equip- description of how religion is of Namibia, intent on estab- and resources to bolster growth ly include attack helicopters,” As the generals loosened ment.” practiced under rules set by deserts bordering Central Asia. saying the younger generation lishing a naval facility. If real- in the Pacific, caution that said Townsend. China’s Communist Party. Outside observers say scores of wants to spend more time ized, that prospect would China’s growing assertiveness For some time, many have “My children know who mosques have been demol- working than praying. enable China to base warships isn’t simply happening in Asia. thought that China was work-    our holy creator is, but I don’t ished, a charge Beijing denies, The Chinese government in its expanding Navy in the And they argue that Beijing is ing to establish a Navy base in #  . give them detailed religious and locals say the number of organised a five-day visit to Atlantic as well as Pacific aggressively asserting economic Tanzania, a country on Africa’s  :3  knowledge,” he said, speaking worshippers is sinking. Xinjiang in April for about a oceans. influence over countries in eastern coast, that has had a through a translator. A decade ago, 4,000 to dozen foreign correspondents, “They’re looking for a place Africa, South America and the strong, longstanding military    “After they reach 18, they 5,000 people attended Friday part of an intense propaganda where they can rearm and Middle East, and is pursuing relationship with Beijing. But     can receive religious education prayers at the Id Kah Mosque campaign to counter allega- repair warships. That becomes bases and footholds there. Townsend said it appears there’s according to their own will.” in the historic Silk Road city of tions of abuse. Officials repeat- militarily useful in conflict,” “The Chinese are outma- been no decision on that yet.   ) /   Under the weight of official Kashgar. Now only 800 to 900 edly urged journalists to said Townsend, who heads neuvering the U.S. in select He said that while China policies, the future of Islam do, said the mosque’s imam, recount what they saw, not U.S. Africa Command. countries in Africa,” said has been trying hard to get a Geneva: France joined the Colombo: Sri Lanka on appears precarious in Xinjiang, Mamat Juma. He attributed the what China calls the lies of crit- “They’re a long way toward Townsend. “Port projects, eco- base in Tanzania, it’s not the United States on Thursday in Thursday announced that all a rugged realm of craggy snow- drop to a natural shift in val- ical Western politicians and establishing that in Djibouti. nomic endeavors, infrastruc- location he’s most concern supporting an easing of patent arrivals from India will be capped mountains and barren ues, not government policy, media. Now they’re casting their gaze ture and their agreements and about. and other protections on banned with immediate effect Covid-19 vaccines that could due to the record rise in Covid- help poorer countries get more 19 cases in the neighbouring '    ( $ doses and speed the end of the country.  P     0   75     pandemic. While the backing Several countries like the from two countries with major UK, the UAE, Australia and ,, /   R   drug makers is important, Singapore have already banned The Hague: The International Presiding Judge Bertram Ongwen, wearing a face always catch up with you.” many obstacles remain. travellers from India as well as Criminal Court sentenced a Schmitt said that judges had to mask and headphones, showed Ongwen’s defence lawyers Kyiv (Ukraine): On the front- visit to show “our unwavering The move to support waiv- other South Asian countries. Ugandan former child soldier weigh Ongwen’s brutality and no emotion as he heard that the have always cast him as a vic- lines of the battle against support for the independence, ing intellectual property pro- The Civil Aviation who turned into a brutal rebel victims’ wishes for justice against three-judge panel had given tim of the LRA’s brutality who Russia-backed separatists and sovereignty and territorial tections on vaccines under Authority on Thursday said commander to 25 years’ impris- his own tortured past when him a sentence five years longer was traumatised after being in the halls of government in integrity of Ukraine.” World Trade Organisation rules that travellers from India will onment on Thursday, with judges deciding on a sentence. than the 20 years prosecutors abducted as a 9-year-old and Kyiv, Ukrainians hold strong Zelenskyy has made it clear marked a dramatic shift for the not be allowed to disembark in saying that his own abduction as “The chamber is confront- requested. turned into a child soldier in hopes for Thursday’s visit of the that he wants significant action. United States — and drew cheers Sri Lanka. The decision has a schoolboy and history as a child ed in the present case with a Ugandan authorities wel- the group’s violent insurgency. US Secretary of State - “Ukraine needs a clear sig- from activists, complaints from been taken as the coronavirus soldier prevented him being sen- unique situation. It is con- comed the sentence, in a case But judges in February increased military aid and nal about the European and Big Pharma, and a lot of ques- continues to spread rapidly in tenced to life. fronted with a perpetrator who they had asked the court to ruled that he committed the strong support for NATO Euro-Atlantic prospect,” tions about what comes next. India. Dominic Ongwen was con- willfully brought tremendous investigate. crimes “as a fully responsible membership among them. Zelenskyy said Monday on Washington had previously The Director General Civil victed in February of a total of suffering upon his victims,” “As the government of adult, as a commander of the By visiting so early in his Twitter, referring to Ukraine’s lined up with many other devel- aviation in a letter to the CEO 61 war crimes and crimes Schmitt said. Uganda, we are happy that the LRA in his mid- to late 20s”. tenure, before any trip to aspirations to join NATO and the oped nations opposed to the of the national carrier Srilankan against humanity including “However, it is also con- case we referred to the ICC had Schmitt underscored that Russia, Antony Blinken is sig- European Union. “Postponing idea floated by India and South Airlines has said, “in accor- murder, rape, forced marriage, fronted with a perpetrator who merit,” said spokesman on Thursday, saying Ongwen naling that Ukraine is a high these issues for later,’ some day,’ Africa in October. dance with instructions forced pregnancy and using himself had previously endured Ofwono Opondo. “We are sat- could have fled the LRA, was not foreign-policy priority for (in) 10 years’ has to end.” Attention is now turning to received from health authori- child soldiers as a commander extreme suffering himself at the isfied, and we hope it will always in a position of total sub- President Joe Biden’s adminis- “We need to be more sup- those richer nations, notably in ties of Sri Lanka due to the in the shadowy Lord’s Resistance hands of the group of which he serve as a signal to others who ordination to its leader Joseph tration. But what he can, or ported, given some special sta- the European Union — and Covid-19 pandemic situation, Army. His lawyers have said they later became a prominent think they can commit a crime Kony and committed some of will, deliver in the meeting with tus - NATO membership,” said France was the first to voice its it is hereby directed that pas- will appeal the conviction. member and leader.” and run away. The law will the crimes in private. AP President Volodymyr a Ukrainian soldier on the support. sengers travelling from India Zelenskyy is unclear. eastern front lines, who gave his “I completely favour this will not be permitted to dis- Blinken said Monday in name and patronymic as Vasyl opening up of the intellectual embark in Sri Lanka with London that he would use the Adolfovich. AP property,” AP immediate effect.” PTI 7 /          + .  3 ..    $ )     

   7-: falling rocket, Wang said for azine, said that the develop- “specifics I refer you to the ment of rocket debris falling  7/0 >.? hina on Thursday declined competent authority”. was carefully considered by Cto comment on reports “As a principle, China is China’s space authorities from Malian woman has given that the debris of its Long committed to the peaceful use the initial rocket design phase Abirth to nine babies at March 5B rocket, which last of outer space and believes we and the choice of a launch site, once — after only expecting week launched the core mod- should conduct international to the rocket’s liftoff attitude seven, according to Mali’s ule of the country’s space sta- cooperation in this area,” he and its trajectory. Minister of Health and the tion, is set to re-enter the said. “Most of the debris will Moroccan clinic where the earth’s atmosphere this week- “We stand ready to work burn up during re-entry into nonuplets were born. end, amid concerns that it with all parties to make efforts the Earth’s atmosphere, leaving It appeared to be the first could cause damage if it crash- for the peaceful use of outer only a very small portion that time on record that a woman es in civilian areas. space and uphold its safety and may fall to the ground, which had given birth to nine sur- While the Foreign Ministry security,” he said. will potentially land on areas viving babies at once. spokesman Wang Wenbin par- The rocket was used by away from human activities or The Guinness Book of ried questions about the reports China to launch part of its in the ocean,” Wang told the World Records said in an email that the US defence department space station. While most space daily. to The AP on Wednesday that was tracking the falling rocket debris objects may burn up in On May 4, the US Defence its current record for most liv- debris, official media here the atmosphere, the rocket’s Department said it was track- ing births at once is eight, and quoted Chinese experts as say- size — 22 tonnes — has ing a large Chinese rocket that that it is verifying the Morocco ing that the parts of the disin- prompted concern that large is out of control and set to re- birth. tegrated rocket will fall in parts could re-enter and cause enter earth’s atmosphere this The current holder of the international waters. damage if they hit inhabited weekend, CNN reported. Guinness record is American The Pentagon said on areas. The Chinese Long March Nadya Suleman, who gave Tuesday that it was tracking a State-run Global Times 5B rocket is expected to enter birth to eight premature but large Chinese rocket that is out quoted aerospace expert and earth’s atmosphere “around otherwise healthy children in of control and set to re-enter TV commentator Song May 8,” the report quoted a 2009. earth’s atmosphere this week- Zhongping as saying that it is statement from Defence The five girls and four end. “completely normal” for rock- Department spokesperson boys, and their mother, “are all Asked what measures et debris to return to Earth. Mike Howard, who said the US doing well,” Mali’s health min- China is taking to deal with the Wang Ya’nan, chief editor Space Command is tracking ister said in a statement. situation arising out of the of Aerospace Knowledge mag- the rocket’s trajectory.     % ,

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Poonawalla, Chief Executive his party will remain strong COVID-19 crisis in India has The grants are released as The eligibility of states to Thursday, boosted by hectic Of the Sensex constituents, Officer of the Serum Institute over the coming quarters and dented support for the ruling he Union Finance per the recommendations of receive this grant and the buying in auto, financial and IT 20 shares ended with gains. of India (SII) which manufac- through this humanitarian cri- BJP, we maintain our view that TMinistry on Thursday the Finance Commission in quantum of grant was decid- counters amid firm global cues. “The trend of positive tures the Covishield vaccine sis, Fitch Solutions said voter support for Prime released the 2nd monthly monthly installments to meet ed by the Commission based Participants cheered the news alternating with negative against Covid-19. Thursday. Minister Modi and the BJP will installment of Post Devolution the gap in revenue accounts of on the gap between assessment US government’s decision to news continues. The Union government The sudden and steep remain strong over the coming Revenue Deficit (PDRD) the states post devolution. of revenue and expenditure of back waiver of intellectual President Biden’s decision has already granted `Y’ cate- surge in the number of coron- quarters and through this Grant of Rs 9,871 crore for the The 15th Finance the State.Assessed devolution property rights for Covid-19 to back waiving intellectual gory security to the Pune- avirus cases – the highest-ever humanitarian crisis,” Fitch year 2021-22 to 17 states. Commission has recom- for the financial year 2021-22 vaccines, which can speed up property rights on vaccines is based industrialist. 4,12,262 new infections and a Solutions said. With the release of 2nd mended PDRD grants to 17 was also taken into account by the vaccination drive in India a big positive. This will quick- Advocate Datta Mane, the record 3,980 daily death toll in This second wave in India installment, a total amount of states. the Commission. and other emerging economies, en the vaccination process petitioner, also sought a direc- a day – has swamped the health has been widely attributed to Rs 19,742 crore has been These states are: Andhra The Fifteenth Finance traders said. enabling countries like India to tion to the police to register FIR system, which seemed to have the B.1.1.7 variant – first iden- released in the first two Pradesh, Assam, Haryana, Commission has recom- The BSE benchmark come out of the pandemic and carry out a probe into collapsed. tified in the UK – which had months of the current finan- Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, mended a total grant of Rs Sensex closed higher by 272.21 faster,” said V K Vijayakumar, alleged threat to Poonawalla While containment mea- ramped up cases in Punjab. cial year as PDRD grant to the Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, 1,18,452 crore to 17 States in points or 0.56 per cent at Chief Investment Strategist at over the supply of vaccine. sures will weigh on India’s Another possible culprit is a states. The Centre provides the Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, the financial year 2021-22. 48,949.76. In volatile trade, Geojit Financial Services. If vaccine makers felt ongoing economic recovery, homegrown variant, B.1.617, grant to the states under Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil The grant is released in 12 the 30-share index oscillated But data on daily infec- unsafe, it could affect vaccine the localised nature of restric- with two worrying mutations Article 275 of the Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, monthly installments. between a high of 49,011.31 tions indicate a rise after five production, the petition, filed tions means that the actual that originated in Maharashtra, and a low of 48,614.11 during days of decline, he said, adding on Wednesday, said. impact is likely to be much less the worst affected state. face masks and maintaining move fast. countries. the day. Similarly, the broader lockdowns and restrictions on “If Adar Poonawalla is out severe relative to April-June “In addition to this, in social distancing, are also the Fitch Solutions said that in India exported around 193 NSE Nifty ended with gains of mobility are increasing, impact- of India due to threat to his life, 2020 when a strict nationwide India, a year of COVID-19 main reasons for India’s upward March this year, a few weeks million doses of vaccines. 106.95 points or 0.73 per cent ing the economic recovery. then it (his company) will be a lockdown was imposed, Fitch fatigue gave way to an ill- tick in infections,” it said. before the new surge, Health Fitch Solutions said “the at 14,724.80. On the Sensex New coronavirus cases ship in a storm without its cap- Solutions said. advised euphoria over herd It added that a number of Minister Harsh Vardhan, who perception that Prime Minister chart, Bajaj Auto, HDFC, Tech and deaths in India hit a record tain,” said the plea. It forecasted real GDP to immunity as cases began to dip political, social and religious is also a physician, asserted Narendra Modi’s administra- Mahindra, Infosys, Nestle daily high with 4,12,262 new Poonawalla had said in a grow 9.5 per cent in 2021-22 in January 2021. events and elections for local that India was in the tion has considerably mis- India, Maruti and Titan infections and 3,980 fatalities recent interview to The Times (April 2021 to March 2022). “Inadequate government bodies in multiple states and “endgame” of the COVID-19 managed the COVID-19 crisis emerged as the prominent being reported, taking the total that he left for the United Risks to this forecast are to measures and people not preparation for Assembly elec- pandemic, justifying the gov- will weigh on his and the gainers, advancing up to 2.61 tally of COVID-19 cases to Kingdom due to threats and the downside, as the surge in adhering to public health tions in others also created an ernment’s decision to export Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) per cent. 2,10,77,410 and the death toll pressure from `powerful peo- new daily COVID-19 case- guidelines, such as wearing opportunity for the virus to medical resources to other popularity somewhat. On the other hand, to 2,30,168. ple’ seeking vaccine doses on priority.Mane further said in the petition that he has &    " approached the Commissioner     "1 ,A   !"#$" % of Police, Pune and Maharashtra Director General     of Police with a complaint    )  about alleged threat to the SII &  "'!() %"''!%* " CEO.The high court should  '   direct the police to register FIR   -% &-. economic performance as trav- additional financial support  -% &-. Wang Xiaojian, spokesper- Traders to ban Huawei and and ask the government to pro- el is curtailed and local restric- from the government; India’s  5  son of the Chinese Embassy in ZTE Corporation of China vide higher-level security to ndia’s second wave of coron- tions enforced. stimulus measures have been eijing has expressed deep India, said in a statement that from participating in 5G net- Poonawalla, the petition said. Iavirus infections and the “This is inevitably impact- modest since the start of the New Delhi:In one of the steep- Bconcerns over India’s new China expresses “concern and work rollout in India. resultant city and state-specif- ing the country’s energy mar- pandemic, totalling 9 per cent est increase since daily price telecom policy that does not regret that Chinese telecom- ic restrictions may shave-off kets, with all sectors being of GDP. If a nationwide lock- revision was started, petrol permit Chinese telecommuni- munications companies have about 20-25 per cent of auto impacted. down is enforced, the govern- price on Thursday was hiked cation companies to conduct not been permitted to conduct fuel demand in April, consul- However, without a ment will need to provide by 25 paise per litre and diesel 5G trials in the country, saying 5G trials with Indian Telecom tancy Wood Mackenzie said on nationwide lockdown along much more,” it said. by 30 paise as oil companies the move is not conducive to Service Providers in India.” Thursday and estimated a the lines of that seen in Q2 With the domestic econ- raised rates for the third the innovation and develop- “Relevant Chinese com- modest impact on oil demand (April-June) 2020, energy omy gripped by the pandmic straight day ment of related Indian indus- panies have been operating in in the absence of a full nation- demand has so far proven rel- and the looming risk of a To pass on to consumers tries. India for years, providing mass wide lockdown. atively resilient, despite the nationwide lockdown, external the increase in international oil On Tuesday, the job opportunities and making India’s COVID crisis more severe levels of infection demand and export-orientated prices.Petrol price in Delhi Department of contribution to India’s infra- shows no sign of slowing. The compared to 12 months ago,” industries are now critical for was increased to Rs 90.99 per Telecommunications (DoT) structure construction in country has reported new cases Wood Mackenzie said in a the economic recovery in the litre from Rs 90.74 while diesel granted approval to nearly a telecommunications,” Xiaojian above 3 lakh per day for two report. short term. rates went up to Rs 81.42 a litre dozen companies to conduct a said. “To exclude Chinese weeks straight, though experts It trimmed India’s GDP During last year’s lock- from Rs 81.12, according to a six-month trial for use and telecommunications compa- think the true number is like- forecast to 9 per cent year-on- down, India’s oil demand fell by price notification by state- applications of 5G technology. nies from the trials will not ly to be far higher, it said. year in 2021 from 9.9 per cent 1.2 million barrels per day in owned fuel retailers. The telecom service providers only harm their legitimate “Yet despite increasing previously due to the second April-June, equal to about a 25 Rates have been increased included Bharti Airtel, Reliance rights and interests, but also calls for the government to peak of COVID cases. But per cent drop. Road traffic across the country and vary JioInfocomm Ltd, Vodafone hinder the improvement of impose a nationwide lockdown there is further downside risk was particularly impacted, from state to state depending Idea Ltd and MTNL who have the Indian business environ- to reduce the rate of infection, if lockdown measures and recording a peak decline of on the local incidence of taxa- tied up with original equipment ment, which is not conducive Prime Minister Narendra Modi restrictions on movement are some 45 per cent during April tion (VAT). This is the third manufacturers and technology to the innovation and devel- has so far resisted, citing the tightened further. 2020. straight day of increase in providers which are Ericsson, opment of related Indian economic impact on an already “While current localised Oil product consumption petrol and diesel prices since Nokia, Samsung and C-DOT. industries”. suffering population.” restrictions appear inadequate almost halved in April 2020 state-owned fuel retailers ended There was no Chinese Like the US and the UK, Compounding this terrible in comparison to the severity of with petrol demand slumping an 18-day hiatus in rate revi- company -- Huawei or ZTE -- there have been demands from human tragedy, the crisis is also the pandemic, tighter restric- by a record 60.5 per cent and sion during assembly elections in the list that have been oper- the industry stakeholders like impacting India’s near-term tions come with expectations of diesel by 55.6 per cent. in states like West Bengal.PTI ating in India for several years. the Confederation of All India 6 % +         ! )1 #       #&  0##  - %-  -  "% = " ) -%% # ,$  -,          > $  !   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ast year during Covid lockdown, that need to be kept in mind. Actors characters with as much authenticity & and talks of how he helps multiple peo- Doordarshan struck gold re-tele- are at high risk because we cannot wear as possible, as these are characters peo- The popularity of late Ramanand ple who seek him. His path of Dharma Lcasting Ramayan, Ramanand a mask while shooting. If the team is ple have immense faith in and are sen- Sagar’s tele-epic continues to grow with is highlighted in the series. The show stars Sagar’s hit mythological series of the good and precautions are being taken, sitive about,” observes Madirakshi time. While the show broke several Tushar Dalvi, Kishori Godbole and eighties. This year, as India has come to actors are safe. You need to sanitise Mundle who plays Devi Parvati in records upon re-release on Doordarshan Vaibhav Mangle. Tune in to Sony a standstill once again owing to the sec- your hands and take precautions and Vighnaharta Ganesh. during last year’s lockdown, it has been Entertainment Television (SET) India to ond wave of the deadly coronavirus, see if people around you are wearing “I feel fortunate to have essayed brought back on Star Bharat this year. The watch this show. many soap makers seem to have picked masks and sanitising their hands,” Goddesses on the TV screen.We have show stars Arun Govil as Ram, Deepika up cue. Mythology seems to be flavour says Riney Aryaa, who plays Goddess grown up hearing tales of the Chikhalia as Sita, Sunil Lahri as  - > &   on the tube once again, as Indian tele- Laxmi in Vighnaharta Ganesh. ennobling qualities, benevolence and Lakshman, Arvind Trivedi as Raavan and  &  vision finds a ready homebound audi- She adds, “A lot of people touch deep intrinsic strength of virtuous Dara Singh as Hanuman. The show is a sequel to the series ence base. actors for costume, hair and make-up, Goddesses such as Sita, Lakshmi and Santoshi Maa and has been produced by A host of shows including which increases the risk of contracting Parvati and have a deep reverence for 1  Rashmi Sharma and Pawan Kumar Vighnaharta Ganesh and RadhaKrishn Covid-19. The costumes are so heavy them. They are often very commonly This 2013 series stars Saurabh Jain as Marut. Actress Gracy Singh plays the lead make for prime family viewing while the and the temperatures are high and that invoked as role models. People are Lord Krishna, Pooja Sharma as Draupadi, in the show which is being telecast on epics Ramayan and Mahabharat are makes it very difficult. We are in our attached to them and their principles Sayantani Ghosh as Satyavati, and Shaheer Zee5. Actors Tanvi Dogra and Vijay opular singer Shahid Mallya, who is the being re-telecast. jewellery and get-up for 16 hours.” are deeply integral to our culture and Sheikh as Arjun. The show also stars Arpit Badlani are also part of the show. Pvoice behind classic hit songs like Rabba Shooting for mythological shows in “In these uncertain times, portray- mythology. So, the audience’s feelings Ranka as Duryodhana, Praneet Bhatt as Main Toh Mar Gaya (Mausam), Ikk Kudi the time of Covid is naturally tough, ing a mythological character also towards them are of paramount impor- Shakuni and Puneet Issar plays the role   (Udta Punjab), and Kukkad (Student Of The given the extravagant set, costumes, entails a very different challenge. tance when I essay such a role. People of Parshurama. The series has been re- The series revolves around the eter- Year), says that he misses the physical audi- heavy jewellery and the execution they Shows in this genre are meant to have a certain image they attach with released on Star Bharat. nal bond of love shared by Radha and ence-artiste interaction. It is very crucial to demand. Also, no matter the precau- spread hope during a crisis such as the such a character, in their minds,” she Lord Krishna. The show stars Sumedh the essence of being an artiste and prays for tions, actors would always have to take pandemic, as people look up to divine added.   >  Mudgalkar and Mallika Singh and has normalcy to return. off their masks in front of the camera. protagonists on the small screen with Here are some of the mythological 1 been directed by Rahul Kumar Tiwari. It Asked how has the Covid-19 pandemic “Shooting in Covid times is tough reverence. In turn, this means we need shows that are currently a rage on the The story of the show revolves is being aired on Star Bharat. and lockdown impacted his professional and because there are so many precautions to take extra care in portraying such tube: around the life story of Sai Baba of Shirdi —IANS personal life, the playback singer said, “Till an artiste isn’t fronted with listeners, critics and admirers, she or he is somehow lost. Yes hile many over-the-counter spots. Choose alpha-hydroxy acids we are recording sitting at home, but at the Wcreams claim to fade away dark based exfoliators that work to improve end of the day, we miss the face-to-face inter- spots within a matter of days, there is B    skin by removing top layers of the skin action. The artiste inside is unnerved and is no such magical potion to clear your and remove dead cells to reveal wondering whether the future will be with- skin instantly unless you eliminate the healthy and glowing skin. out any physical connect and we’d remain rel- cause behind it. Pigmentation occurs egated to screens only? I pray that the audi- due to an excess amount of melanin      -   !  =   Use turmeric ence-artiste interaction can begin again production in the skin cells, triggered Packed with anti-inflammatory soon.” from sun exposure, hormonal           ' and anti-bacterial benefits, turmeric According to the vocalist, “Without an changes, poor diet, medical condi- has been shown to inhibit the skin’s audience, an artiste is not a true artiste.” tions, use of certain products, post- melanin production. Topical applica- Mallya has repeatedly also critiqued inflammatory hyperpigmentation, or tion of turmeric on dark spots can remixed music. Speaking on his approach to environmental conditions. help to lighten hyperpigmentation and music and songs, he says, “The remixes that Here are seven tips to easily treat prevent the occurrence of acne. are being made today are mostly songs from dark spots on your body for a bright the 1990s or 2000s era. If the singers of the and clear complexion. Apply night cream original song are still active, when they hear The skin repairs and rejuvenates their own work via some other music direc- Wear broad-spectrum sunscreen while you take your beauty sleep. So, tor, they wouldn’t like it. At some point in the UV radiation coming from the make sure to apply a night cream past, they had collected appreciation for these sun induces the production of with a high concentration of antiox- songs, and when they see someone else being melanin, which results in tanning. idants, Vitamin E, Kojic acid, appreciated for singing the same song, I think However, sun exposure can also exag- Azelaic acid, Glycolic When your it’s wrong.” gerate post-inflammatory hyperpig- body has the right vitamins in the He adds that remixes are alright if the mentation, resulting in the darkening right quantities, the health of the songs are really old, or the original makers of the brown spots. Therefore, make skin cells improves rapidly and it have passed away or if the songs have slipped sure to add sunscreen to your skincare radiates from within. Vitamin A, away from popular memory. “Then it’s good routine 365 days a year to prevent Vitamin C, Vitamin B12, and to recreate them, so today’s generation know intensifying pigmented marks. Also, Vitamin E are some of the best vit- of the songs from the bygone era. My perspec- physical protection is more effective plexion. amins for lightening dark spots. tive on selecting songs is that they should have PQ 3# than using the sunscreen, so make Generally, vitamin skin treatment good poetry, and I should enjoy doing the sure to wear hat, scarf, or even use an Drink adequate amount of water starts showing results but to know song, and it should fit my singing skills.” umbrella when you are outdoors. Try Dark spots are sometimes caused the right vitamins as per your skin Responding to a question about debates #<0 Q to limit spending hours in the sun for by lack of hydration, so consuming an type, take advice from a certified around nepotism and favouritism in long hours to prevent exacerbating the adequate amount of water can do dermatologist. Bollywood, Mallya shares an interesting inger Sonu Nigam urged every non-vaccinat- skin issue. wonders for your skin. Drinking viewpoint. “Nepotism happens truly when any Sed person in India to step forward and donate water can provide a natural barrier Develop healthy skincare habits artiste is launched but is unable to do justice blood because there will be a severe shortage fol- Include antioxidants in diet from pollutants and heal the skin Make sure to cleanse your skin to the role or task, whether it’s in acting, danc- lowing the second wave of Covid-19. Consume antioxidant-rich foods faster, resulting in a flawless complex- twice a day to remove dirt and dead ing, singing or any domain where people “There is going to be a severe crisis in blood- such as coloured fruit, vegetables, ion. skin layer. Get at least six-eight achieve stardom and their descendants want banks. People who haven’t been vaccinated till berries, dark chocolate, etc. to even out hours of sleep so that your skin has to follow suit. According to me, even if an now need to step forward and donate blood. The your skin complexion. Antioxidants Exfoliate ample time to heal. Quit bad habits artiste is launched or gets work in the indus- situation, which could turn serious in the near promote collagen production, repair Make sure to gently exfoliate like excessive drinking and smok- try, unless they have what it takes, the audi- future, can easily be controlled with blood dona- acne marks faster, increase cell your skin at least twice a week to ing for glowing skin. ence will anyway not accept them. If some- tion,” said Sonu. turnover, and lead to a brighter com- diminish the appearance of dark —IANS one works hard, then it’s not nepotism. If a The singer, who donated blood and oxygen singer’s child is good, then she or he has the canisters at a blood donation camp in Juhu, urges right to work. Yes, the entry is easier for them. everyone to not wait till the 11th hour. In this process, overlooked are those artistes “Rather than waiting for the crisis to arrive        O  P who come from a small village or a poor fam- and then start looking for a solution, it would ily or those who aren’t enabled to reach the be a lot easier to foresee the threat and prepare right place at the right time. There are real- for it right away. That’s what I am doing here: ctress Jamie Lee Curtis has side the 52-year-old Smith’s shirt- into bad habits.” ity shows which often platforms fresh talent. looking for a solution to a looming crisis,” added Agiven a motivating response to less image. “The goal is self-acceptance, self Experienced people in any field have the Sonu. Hollywood star Will Smith’s social “Acceptance of the way things love. Realistic, attainable self-accep- responsibility to guide the right talent. Sonu inaugurated the blood donation camp media post which stated he is cur- are is the first step to any change,” tance. In recovery we say ‘compare and Nepotism can give you a platform, but to keep and also donated 250 oxygen canisters for rently in the “worst shape” of his she wrote alongside the picture and despair’, ‘nothing changes unless some- standing on it and succeed, depends on one’s Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) life. added, “My old More thing changes’,” Curtis, quoted the say- capabilities,” he says. and ambulances. He added, “There are 250 oxy- Curtis reinforced his positive @_moremagazine story was both a ings she had collected during her drug Finally, who are some of the biggest influ- gen canisters here for patients who are being message by reminding people to set testament to ‘The way things were and alcohol addiction recovery. encers of his music? “Whatever I know, I have transported in ambulances, from home to hos- their own realistic self-acceptance for me’ as well as a way to show the She added: “Many people don’t learnt from my father. I have also listened to pital. 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Aspective towards their lifestyle and Tconcentrate on tiny things The couple, in 2017, converted their habits have also changed drastical- that improve our health. his grandparents’ empty house ly. The ongoing pandemic has accelerat- Microgreens are one food group into a microgreens farm and ed this process and has been a critical gradually climbing the charts of today he is one of the top sup- wake-up call for many people who now popularity. It might have start- pliers in Bengaluru. He adds, look for ways to improve their habits for ed as an exotic garnish but “We have door-to-door delivery better immunity and a better lifestyle. now, it has made it to the front because now people are aware With healthier alternatives such as oats, row of immunity-building and concerned about their chia seeds and others, gluten-free food has foods. You might have seen health. And trust me, it’s a very become quite popular. Besides people microgreens in fancy restaurants good source for improving switching to a more calorie-conscious all around the world. Top chefs immunity.” diet, others who are diagnosed with have taken a fancy to these Fine dining has relied on the Celiac disease should definitely not con- because of their ability to power of microgreens for some sume gluten. enhance the looks, taste and time now. Chef Siddharth In this never-ending quarantine, health quotient of dishes. Sharma, Holiday Inn New Delhi cooking isn't just an essential but also a Delhi-based Swati Jain, The Mayur Vihar Noida says, “For a hobby for many who bake to keep them- First Leaf, highlighting their long time microgreens were selves distracted inspired by YouTube importance, says, “A healthy used and served as a decorative videos. People who choose to switch to immune system is our best item and for colour contrast, a gluten-free diet are apprehensive that defense against viruses, bacteria especially in Continental and they might not be able to enjoy their and carcinogens. A great way to French food. These give a differ- favourite dishes, especially desserts if they strengthen it is by adding micro- ent texture and elevate the forego wheat flour. But that is just a myth. greens to our daily diet. They are flavours of food.” Baking enthusiasts need to keep these abundant in vitamins and min- But if you think these are things in mind while rustling up gluten- in the flour, you can never overmix erals that improve the body’s best used in a restaurant, you are free desserts. gluten-free cake. ability to fight, prevent and mistaken. These tiny greens can recover from an illness.” improve the flavours of your #    # #-  #& But what are microgreens regular, homemade food to One of the major pain points that One of the major points of differen- and where can we find these? something par excellence. Jain make people hesitant to switch to gluten- tiation between gluten-rich and gluten- You know that a bunch of fenu- says, “These can work as a great free products is finding a substitute that free cake batters is that the latter has a greek (methi) is a great source of healthy addition to our daily gives you the taste and texture of wheat much more runny consistency. The bak- vitamins, minerals and so much diet. These are not only packed flour. Gluten-free desserts are made ing time is much longer. The cakes do not more. Similarly, mustard greens with nutrition but a lot of from a wide host of flours such as rise as well and often sink due to the lack are loaded with antioxidants flavour too. Basil, corn shoots, almonds, potatoes, oats, quinoa, coconut, of structure made by the glue bonds in and essential vitamins. Then, amaranth, sunflower, pakchoi, amaranth, sorghum among others. the batter. However, these are only aes- there is spinach that’s packed pea shoots have a mild flavour However, using a blend of flours ensures thetic differences and the desserts taste with plenty of minerals and profile. Whereas mustard, the structure and moisture in the treat as just as rich and amazing. A tip for the new iron. In fact, the list of these radish, arugula, garden cress one type of flour cannot replace the bakers — when you start experimenting amazingly nutritious vegetables have a sharper flavour. One can strength of gluten. with gluten-free baking, you must ideal- is rather long. pick and choose based on ly follow the given proportions in the “Now imagine, if we could his/her palate.” Another advan- #  recipes until you get the hang of the con- harness up to 40 or even 50 tage is their versatility. You can As the gluten bonds are formed, the sistency and workability of the times the nutrients out of these blend them in smoothies, stuff protein forms elastic networks within the dough/mixture. already magical vegetables. The them in sandwiches, toss them dough, which in turn gives structure to small edible greens grown from in salads, sprinkle them over it. This helps the dough to rise and adds # ,%, % the seeds of these mighty vegeta- eggs. Or simply munch on them shape and a chewy texture to baked Once made, the life of gluten-free bles are called microgreens,” like a snack. goods. The gluten proteins solidify, when desserts is not as long as regular desserts. says Jain and adds, “Always Dr Manjari Chandra says heated, forming a semi-rigid structure So, these dishes should be consumed in make sure that these are grown that there is more which and providing texture to many wheat- the given time period and stored accord- organically and consumed as liv- works in the favour of adding based products. However, due to the ing to the recommended method. ing foods.” microgreens to your diet. She absence of the glue-like binding nature of Microgreens are the first says, “Most of our food has pes- the dough, gluten-free desserts have to use A gluten-free diet can help improve true leaves produced from a ticides and growing these at several ingredients for the flour. These your intestinal and dietary issues and help seedling of vegetables and herbs home can be the first step could include chia seeds/flax seeds/psyl- you and your entire family feel healthier that are about two-three inches towards a healthy life. These lium husk/agar powder. while, at the same time, eating the tasti- tall. There are so many varieties plants stimulate immunity, help est of desserts. For people suffering from of plants including turnips, to lose weight and reduce # -  celiac disease improvements in digestive radishes, broccoli, cauliflower, inflammation. They contain sul- We’re often warned not to over- health are observed. Consuming gluten- carrots, celery, chard, lettuce, phur that repairs damaged cells whisk baked goods made with wheat free desserts satiate your sweet tooth while spinach, arugula, amaranth, cab- in our bodies. These tiny plants flour. 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