Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer HYDERABAD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 2021; PAGES 12 `3 RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 Established 1864 Published From HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 3 ISSUE 216 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable www.dailypioneer.com Cyclone Yaas: P Aim to comply with P ‘Not part of any song in P Paradip port suspends operations 5 IT rules: Facebook 8 Bangarraju’ 11 In brief Tata steel to continue TS permits private salary for families of TS staring at revenue shortfall staff who die of Covid hospitals to vaccinate 18+ ata Steel has announced social security schemes for the Vax for super Tfamily members of employees affected by Covid-19. The company spreaders from May 28 of Rs 4K-5K in May-June announced on Sunday that under the scheme, if an employee dies of Covid, he Telangana State ML MELLY MAITREYI their family would receive their last- Tgovernment has decided to n HYDERABAD It is a feeling of déjà State to The strict take up a special drive to Covid second wave hits drawn salary till the time the employee vu for the Finance raise more lockdown would have turned 60. "Tata Steel's vaccinate all potential 'super With the ongoing lockdown and the realty, Stamps & Registration best-in-class social security schemes spreaders' in the State from May prospects of its further extension Department open market continued will help ensure an honourable 28. Finance Minister T.Harish expected to eat into 20-25 per cent loans if for about 45 revenue again Page: 2 standard of living for their families, Rao held a meeting with officials of the expected revenues for May- required days, taking whereby the family will get the last of various departments, along June, it is but natural for the TS budget of Rs.2. 3 lakh crore on drawn salary till 60 years of age of the PNS n HYDERABAD with Chief Secretary Somesh Finance Department to go through a heavy toll March 18, crossing the Rs.2 lakh deceased employee/nominee," the Kumar, here on Tuesday to a feeling of déjà vu! on the mark for the first time. Although the company said in a statement. They will The Telangana government on discuss the modalities. The When the State government pre- state's pandemic was very much around, also be able to avail medical benefits Tuesday permitted all the designat- special drive will ensure that all sented a budget with an outlay of bolstered by the availability of vac- and housing facilities. ed private hospitals in the state to LPG cylinder delivery staff, fair Rs.1.82 lakh crore for the last fiscal revenues cines, with revenues looking up, start administration of Covid vac- price shop dealers, petrol pump 2020-21, it was by all means consid- Telangana, like the rest of the coun- cines to people above 18 years. workers, auto and cab drivers as ered an ambitious one, given the pre- try, was under the impression that ‘Yaas' likely to make The private hospitals, which well as vendors in Rythu Bazars, ceding year's economic slowdown. Covid -19 was under control. Within are designated Private Covid fruit, vegetable and flower Perhaps, what the State did not a month, the number of cases start- landfall near Odisha's Vaccination Centres (PCVCs) in markets, provision stores, 2 expect then was the fast-spreading ed climbing up again. The second Telangana, can now give the Covid first wave of Covid-19 and its dev- wave of the pandemic across the Dhamra Port: IMD vaccine jabs to eligible individuals. institutions/companies/gated com- astating impact. For, barely two country from April onwards brought evere cyclonic storm 'Yaas' is Director of public health Dr G. munities etc. weeks after presenting the budget, in its wake unforeseen challenges likely to make landfall near Srinivasa Rao on Tuesday issued However, individuals will have the State was forced to impose lock- such as shortage of hospital beds, S Dhamra Port in Odisha's orders permitting the private hos- to register on the CoWin portal. down on March 22 last year. The medical oxygen and injections; Bhadrak district early on Wednesday pitals designated as PCVCs to The PCVCs will have to follow strict lockdown continued for about mounting number of deaths, and morning, the India Meteorological carry out the vaccination. They can Covid vaccination guidelines. 45 days, taking a heavy toll on the December onwards, and it ended the For the current financial year steep rise in positive cases. Department (IMD) said. Dr also carry out the vaccination at state's revenues. But the State was new financial year in better state than 2021-22, the Telangana government Umashankar Das, a scientist at the workplaces or on requests made by 2 lucky to stage a recovery from what was expected. presented yet another ambitious 2 Regional Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar said that the landfall will most likely be between Dhamra and Chandbali in the district. IMD Director General Dr Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said Cabinet rejig only after lockdown Call tenders for all LI that 'Yaas' is likely to intensify into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS) by Tuesday evening and Chandbali is KCR directs new MLCs to postpone oath-taking ceremony likely to witness the maximum projects by June 15: CM damage caused by it. SNCN ACHARYULU corona positive cases. The lock- n HYDERABAD Going by KCR's mind down, imposed initially for 10 CM reviews construction of all irrigation on the oath-taking days, was extended to May 30. In projects in Godavari and Krishna basins Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar view of the lockdown, the numbers Fugitive jeweller Rao (KCR) has directed the newly ceremony of MLCs, it of new Covid cases have come PNS n HYDERABAD Buddhadeb Mehul Choksi elected Telangana Rashtra Samithi appears that the down in several parts of the state. (TRS) MLCs Palla Rajeshwar Keeping this in view, KCR is con- Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Covid +ve, missing in Antigua Reddy and S Vani Devi to postpone much-awaited sidering further extension of the Rao has instructed officials to place ehul Choksi - the 62-year-old their oath-taking ceremony sched- cabinet reshuffle too lockdown for at least one more tenders for all the lift irrigation (LI) fugitive diamantaire wanted uled for Wednesday. KCR is appre- week i.e. up to 7th June. projects from Devarakonda to hospitalised would take place only M by the CBI and Enforcement hensive that party cadre may vio- KCR's main concern is that if the Kodad, under the ayacut of the Directorate in connection with ? late lockdown rules should the after the ongoing cabinet reshuffle is taken up dur- Nagarjuna Sagar Left canal, by June PNS n KOLKATA 14,000 crore PNB loan fraud and TRC MLCs go ahead with the oath- ing the lockdown period, party 15. Minister Jagadish Reddy would money-laundering case - has gone taking programme. lockdown ends workers from several districts may coordinate with the irrigation West Bengal's former Chief missing in the Caribbean island nation It may be recalled that Palla come in huge numbers to greet the department officers in this regard, Minister Buddhadeb of Antigua and Barbuda, to which he Rajeswar Reddy and Vani Devi new ministers. This will give room he said. Thanks to Kaleswaram project, 90 Bhattacharjee, who tested positive fled in 2018. Choksi's lawyer, Vijay were elected as MLCs recently lockdown is likely to be extended for opposition parties to target the Before the Nagarjuna Sagar bye- per cent of tanks, ponds were filled for COVID-19 last week, was Aggarwal, said on Tuesday morning from the Graduates' constituencies. up to 7th June 2021. government for violation of Covid election, the Chief Minister had laid with water and this has increased the admitted to a hospital in Kolkata that his client is missing and that his Going by KCR's mind on the Following the ejection of former norms. Hence, the cabinet reshuf- foundation stone for the Nellikallu water table, enabling farmers to cul- today after his health condition family is looking for him. He also said oath-taking ceremony of MLCs, it health minister Eatela Rajendar fle may take place in the second or project and sanctioned 15 more LI tivate paddy by drawing water deteriorated, officials said. "His Antiguan police had launched a appears that the much-awaited from the cabinet, TRS MLAs third week of June. In any case, TRS projects. On Tuesday, at a review through borewells. Farmers believe oxygen level slipped below 90 per manhunt for the fugitive jeweller and cabinet reshuffle too would take expected a cabinet reshuffle in May, legislators are of the considered with Ministers and senior officials that if they start agricultural oper- cent this morning, following which his whereabouts are still unknown. place only after the ongoing lock- considering the start of 'auspi- view that KCR may not delay cab- of Irrigation and CMO, he said esti- ations during Rohini Karte, it would doctors advised him to get admit- down ends. cious period' from the 5th of this inet reshuffle beyond that because mates should be prepared for all save the paddy crop from pests and ted to a medical facility," they told The lockdown will continue till month. But the State government he is keen on giving berth in the projects, canals and pumps separate- there would be good yield. news agency Press Trust of India. May 30th. According to sources had to impose 20-hour lockdown cabinet to his daughter and MLC ly, but tenders should be invited for TN seeks ban on ‘The close to the Chief Minister, the from 12th May in view of rising K Kavitha this time. all simultaneously. 2 2 Family Man 2’ over Eelam Tamil portrayal he Tamil Nadu government on 6 dead as country Diagnostic centers exploiting Monday requested the Centre WHO wants ‘more info’ from T to take immediate action either to stop or ban the release of boat capsizes in people for RT-PCR tests; ''The Family Man 2'' webseries on Bharat Biotech for listing of Covaxin Amazon Prime, saying it depicted the Eelam Tamils in a "highly objectionable Sileru river PNS n GENEVA Hyd activist approaches NHRC manner." Claiming there were PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM BB's US partner Ocugen submits ‘Master File’ to FDA "condemnable, inappropriate and The World Health Organisation ANUSHA PUPPALA 1,400 for Rapid Antigen Tests malicious contents" in the serial, Tamil At least four migrant workers and (WHO) has said more information is HYDERABAD: Ocugen, Bharat Biotech's American partner for COVID-19 n HYDERABAD (RAT) and Rs 1,500 for RT-PCR Nadu IT Minister T Mano Thangaraj two of their children drowned required from Bharat vaccine Covaxin, has submitted a "Master File" to the US Food tests, though maximum rates for said the trailer released on social when the country boats they Biotech, which is seeking and Drug Administration prior to seeking an emergency use An activist from Hyderabad has RT-PCR test is Rs 500 if sample is media was aimed at discrediting and were travelling in, in the Sileru emergency use listing (EUL) authorisation in that country. "The company is currently approached the National Human collected at the lab or hospital or distorting the historical struggle of the river capsized in the wee hours of for its Covaxin vaccine for evaluating the clinical and regulatory path for COVAXIN in the Rights Commission (NHRC) for Rs 750 if the sample is collected Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka. "I would like Tuesday on the Andhra Pradesh- COVID-19. The latest Status United States including obtaining Emergency Use Authorization action against private diagnostic from home, going by the rates to state that the above serial has not Odisha border. According to of COVID-19 Vaccines with- (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Also, centers in Telangana that have been capped by the government and only hurt the sentiments of Eelam sources, the incident occurred in WHO EUL/PQ evalua- eventually biologic license application (BLA) approval in the "exploiting people for RT-PCR notified vide GO. Rt.No. 539 dated Tamils but also the feelings of the near Guntavada near Sileru dam. tion process' guidance doc- United States, as well as the company's commercialization tests". December 12, 2020. people of Tamil Nadu in large-scale,” Two more people were also ument dated May 18 on the strategy, if authorized or approved," Ocugen has said in a recent The maximum that can be However, the diagnostic centers he said in a letter to the Centre. feared drowned in the mishap, but WHO website said Bharat regulatory filing. Ocugen has submitted key information and charged for RT-PCR test if the are collecting amounts far in excess their bodies were yet to be recov- Biotech submitted EOI data to date including preclinical studies, chemistry, samples are collected at the of the rates fixed by the govern- ered, while three others swam to (Expression of Interest) on April 19 manufacturing, and controls (CMC), and clinical studies as a Master File Lab/Hospital is only Rs. 500 only. ment in clear violation of the law. TODAY safety, according to police sources. and that more information required . for FDA review and input prior to a planned EUA submission. However, according to a city Unfortunately, 2 activist, many of the diagnostic ALMANAC 2 2 centres in the city are charging Rs 2 Month & Paksham: Vaishakha & Shukla Paksha Panchangam Tithi : Purnima: 04:42 pm Govt allocated addl 19,420 vials Chennai school teacher arrested for Nakshatram : Anuradha: 01:15 am (Next Day) Time to Avoid : (Bad time to start of Amphotericin-B to states sexual misconduct in online classes any important work) PNS n NEW DELHI ients were Andhra Pradesh (1,840 n Rahukalam : 12:13 pm – 01:50 pm vials), followed by Madhya Pradesh PNS CHENNAI revealing the students' identity. The government has allocated addi- (1,470), Rajasthan (1,430), Uttar A few others have also alleged Yamagandam : 07:22 am – 08:59 am tional 19,420 vials of Amphotericin- Pradesh (1,260) and Karnataka A 59-year-old teacher at one of the that the school knew about the Varjyam : 07:41 am – 09:06 am B to various states, Union Territories (1,030). top schools in Chennai has been alleged misconduct but chose to Gulika : 10:36 am - 12:13 pm (UTs) and Central Institutions on The government had earlier on arrested over allegations of sexual ignore it. Good Time : (to start any important work) May 24, Union Minister Sadananda May 21, allocated 23,680 vials of misconduct during virtual class- Singer Chinmayi, who was at the Gowda said on Tuesday. Amphotericin-B to various states room sessions. The teacher, now forefront of the #MeToo movement Amritakalam : 04:07 pm – 05:31 pm Amphotericin-B is used to treat and Union Territories. suspended, faces charges under the from the Tamil film industry, too Sircilla Addl Collector Abhijit Muhurtham : NIL Mucormycosis, also known as black Mucormycosis is a very rare Protection of Children from Sexual had shared screenshots. fungus, which damages nose, eyes, infection which is caused by expo- Offences (POCSO) Act after com- On Monday morning, DMK MP succumbs to Covid sinuses, and sometimes even the sure to mucor mould which is plaints by students of the Seshadri Kanimozhi tweeted about the inci- PNS n SIRICILLA HYDERABAD brain. "Additional 19,420 vials of commonly found in soil, plants, Bala Vidhya Bhavan School in the dent and demanded action. "The WEATHER #Amphotericin- B have been allo- manure, and decaying fruits and city's KK Nagar area. sexual harassment allegations Sircilla Additional Collector R cated to all States/UTs and Central vegetables. It affects the sinuses, the The police have also listed charges against a commerce teacher in Anjaiah, 50, died at a private hos- Forecast: Partly cloudy Institutions," Gowda, who is Union brain and the lungs and can be life- of outraging modesty and sharing in person, during virtual class- PSBB School, Chennai, have been pital in Hyderabad on Tuesday Temp: 38/27 Minister of Chemicals and threatening in diabetic or severely sexually explicit material under the rooms and even through text mes- shocking. Inquiry should be con- after battling Covid. Anjaiah was Humidity: 37% Fertilisers, tweeted. immuno-compromised individu- IT Act. sages. A screenshot shared, say stu- ducted and action must be taken admitted to Omni Hospital in Sunrise: 05:41 am In the latest allocation of 19,420 als such as cancer patients or peo- Over the weekend, many former dents, shows him bare-chested against those who are involved Hyderabad 10 days ago, after he Sunset: 06:44 pm vials, Gujarat has received 4,640 ple with HIV/AIDS. and current students had alleged wearing just a towel. Ms Kripali, a including school authorities who developed breathing problems. Current Weather Conditions vials, while Maharashtra has got sexual misconduct and inappropri- former student, had collated all failed to act against the complaints Updated May 25, 2021 5:00 PM 4,060 vials. Other noteworthy recip- 2 ate behaviour by the male teacher complaints and shared it without from students," she said. 2 HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | MAY 26, 2021 hyderabad 02 Let wisdom prevail for the sake of future generations! he Andhra Pradesh ment of many teach- programme has been hit by people. Recently the Brazilian avirus. What is the prime government, while ers and non-academic Today we are facing an shortage of vaccines. Hopes of president was booked for not responsibility of a govern- Thandling the devas- staff. In other words, it unprecedented situation. So, it is flattening the curve by massive wearing mask at a public meet- ment in the case of students? tating second wave of will be a routine annu- vaccination have faded. It ing. Can we expect such things Is it promising a bright future Covid-19, must look al programme conduct- the prime responsibility of the AP seems it would take at least two in our country? Nor can the or ensuring a healthy life? closely at the potential PIN ed by the govern- government to first protect the years for the entire 130 crore government hope for disci- What would happen if many of impact of its strange POINT ment as if the days were people in the country to be pline in society overnight. So, these budding stars, in their policies on the future normal. But today we are lives of students of Class X. Then vaccinated. The much-await- lockdown is a necessary evil. first stage of academic career, generation. The government facing an unprecedented situ- comes the question of giving ed herd immunity can be In this context, where is the get infected by Covid -19 dur- would imperil the future gen- ation. So, it is the prime expected only after vaccinating need for the AP government to ing the annual public exami- eration if it goes ahead with its responsibility of the AP gov- students ‘better and bright future’. about 60-70% of people. So, conduct Class X public exam- nation forced on them? plans for conducting Class X ernment to first protect the lockdown is the only option to ination? AP Education The AP government must public examination. lives of students of Class X. stop movements of more than Minister A. Suresh has harp- address these points. There is Lakhs of students, who are Then comes the question of one billion people across the ing about the need to conduct no point in trashing opposi- in their teens, will have to giving students 'better and pursue a bright future. If they would be wise on the part of M D RATNA KUMAR country. If one feels that the Class X examination for the tion parties' demand for can- appear for the annual exami- bright future'. are attacked by the deadly the AP government to suspend Senior Journalist Covid-19 situation is under 'bright future' of the students, cellation of the scheduled Class nation in June 2021. These stu- The death toll due to the virus in their teens, there the schedule for Class X annu- control even for a brief period, despite there being an option X examination. It is not a dents may be accompanied by second wave of the coron- might be no sound health for al public examination. there is no doubt that it is sole- to promote students basing on question of succumbing to parents. Thousands of teach- avirus is considered to be 15 them in the future. So, the gov- Maintaining Covid-19 norms equipped or prepared. The ly due to strict enforcement of marks secured in quarterly, the pressure of opposition in ers will be required for invig- times more than that of the ernment has to ensure sound strictly during the examination State government cannot give lockdown in various parts of half yearly and pre-public this regard. It is a matter of ilation duties. Additional staff first wave. If there is no action health for students. is simply not possible for the assurance to parents that their the country. examinations. safety of lakhs of students, may be required to ensure plan to contain the raging More than 35 lakh people government and it cannot kids would not get affected by Adherence to Covid-19 For students, securing a their parents as well as acade- smooth conduction of the virus now, a catastrophic situ- have lost their precious lives ensure the safety for students. the virus during the examina- norms such as wearing masks, certificate alone is not enough mic and non-academic staff examination. The examina- ation cannot be averted later. across the globe due to multi- Conducting examinations by tions. maintaining social distance for their bright future. They involved the conduct of Class tion will be followed by valu- Students of Class X, who are in ple waves of Covid-19. Given observing Covid protocol is a Even on the vaccination individually and following need to be hale and hearty, X public examination. Let wis- ation of answer sheets. This the budding stage of their life, the frightening Covid-19 situ- challenging task, for which the front, AP too has been facing hand hygiene is ideal. That preferably without getting dom prevail over the govern- again requires the involve- should have sound health to ation across the country, it official machinery is not problems. The vaccination requires self-discipline among infected by the deadly coron- ment on this crucial matter!

Buddhadeb... nd Continued from page 1 Anandaiah drug ‘miraculously “Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee 2 wave hits realty, Stamps was in home isolation and is now put on BiPAP support. cures’ student from Peddapalli His oxygen level dropped below 90. We did not take any MARTHI SUBRAHMANYAM chance," a doctor at the pri- & Registration revenue again n NELLORE vate hospital, where he was admitted, told news agency Realizing even a little more than half the target would be an achievement A student from Manthani, in PTI. The 77-year-old politi- Peddapalli survived following cian also suffers from chron- ML MELLY MAITREYI Under these circumstances, administration of Anandaiah ic obstructive pulmonary dis- n HYDERABAD common and middle class peo- Ayurvedic drug. He survived ease (COPD) and needs to go ple are no longer considering with the initiation of former to hospital for other clinical Even if the state government investments in real estate. minister and TDP politburo examinations, the health extends the lockdown for anoth- "There is huge liquidity crunch member Somireddy Chandra- department officials said. er seven to 10 days after May 30, in the market as people are judi- mohan Reddy. The followers, it is likely to allow the Stamps cious in their spending only on who were with Chandramohan and Registration Department to essentials and health. With the Reddy were amazed that the stu- Sircilla Addl... resume its functioning from talk of third wave, people would dent recovered in just 15 min- Continued from page 1 June 1. keep whatever money they have utes after being administered eye was not visible. The result was the student’s eyes. Prakash The real estate was one sec- for health emergencies," said a drops made by Anandaiah. not seen even during quaran- recovered within 15 minutes. He died on Tuesday while tor that started looking up after real estate company representa- Later, the student Prakash tine. He said that as a last resort, Prakash’s mother thanked Som- undergoing treatment. last year's first wave of the pan- tive. said that he was in a life-threat he came to Krishnapatnam vil- ireddy and Ravichandra for The deceased officer demic and it reflected in the rev- Another worrying factor for ning condition and that his rel- lage after hearing about the pre- taking care of her son on time. belongs to Nalgonda. He was enues of Stamps and many in the salaried class is job atives had brought him to pared by Anandaiah. After Somireddy said that he wit- serving in Sircilla on transfer. Registration Department from for week-end stays after the was set for the current financial security and income security. Krishnapatnam as he did not reaching the village, the victim nessed that a student from District Collector Krishna December 2020 onwards, since monotony of lockdown. The year 2021-22. But now it appears Barring government and big believe he was alive. fell down under a tree. Manthani survived with Bhaskar said that the district when the department has restricted movement in the that it would be difficult to real- private companies, employees in He said most of the hospitals Somireddy and Ravichandra Anandaiah medicine, which administrative machinery earned on an average Rs.900 wake of lockdown forced many ize the target. many private organisations have in Peddapalli had charged went to Anandaiah’s residence effectively worked in a few had lost a good officer in the crore a month. to curtail travel. The department netted either seen job losses or wage money in lakhs, but the result in the village and poured it in minutes. death of Additional Collector Prior to that, the depart- However, the boom in real around Rs.200 crore for the cuts since the first wave. Before R Anjaiah. ment's revenue took a hit as estate transactions was short- month of May as of May 12, the situation could improve for At a condolence meeting online transactions, including lived due to the devastating when lockdown was imposed in many of them, the second wave JUDAs, doctors to TS permits private hospitals... held here on Tuesday, he, registrations, were put on hold impact of the second wave of the first instance. has dealt a severe blow by erod- along with district officials due to difficulties encountered Covid-19 raging since April in For the real estate sector to do ing their savings further. Some boycott non-Covid Continued from page 1 and other employees, in uploading data on the the State and elsewhere across well, public sentiment should were forced to mortgage their Vax for super... expressed profound shock Dharani portal. However, from the country. improve first. The second wave jewellery and properties. duties from today Vaccination for those between Continued from page 1 and grief over the death of the December onwards, the revenue Sources in the Stamps and of the pandemic has impacted Small real estate companies PNS n HYDERABAD 18 and 44 years was launched liquor shops, non-vegetarian additional collector. of the Stamps and Registration Registration said that though a large number of people in have slowed down their activi- across the country on May 1. markets are vaccinated on priority. Anjaiah, who had worked department started going up they would not expect to see a every city and town. The savings ties. Big real estate development As the demands of Telangana However, the Telangana govern- The drive will first start in the as Nizamabad district revenue with people actively looking good number of transactions of middle classes and common companies have made arrange- Junior Doctors Association, ment kept the rollout for this jurisdiction of the Greater officer, was posted to Sircilla for investments in agricultural immediately upon resumption people in respect of families ments; learning from last year's Senior Resident Doctors group in abeyance due to short- Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. on promotion, the Collector lands, plots and apartments. of work, keeping the Sub with Covid patients have been pandemic, they have retained a Association are not met till date, age of vaccines. CM K Chandrasekhar Rao directed said. Everyone was expecting This triggered a boom of sorts Registrar's Offices closed would largely wiped out due to huge majority of their workforce to they have called to boycott their Due to non-receipt of stocks Harish Rao to conduct a meeting to that Anjaiah would win the in the real estate sector. have legal implications for those hospitalization bills. There have keep the work going on in their duties beginning May 26, 2021 from the Centre, the state since identify all potential super spreaders battle against coronavirus. Tired of lockdown-induced who, having finalized the trans- been instances of entire families projects, sources said. from 9 am across all teaching early this month limited vacci- of the pandemic and discuss the He had cordial relations with lifestyle changes, including the actions before lockdown, are being hospitalized. People not The next three to four hospitals. The doctors associa- nation to only those beneficia- logistical arrangements. Rizvi, all government departments 'Work from Home' (WFH) cul- waiting for registrations of their only liquidated the bulk of their months will be tough with peo- tion to boycott all non-Covid ries in the above 45 age group Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, and had earned name as a ture, many in IT and MNC sec- properties. savings, but also had to borrow ple's focus on keeping money electives except emergencies, all who were due for a second dose. GHMC Commissioner Lokesh Kumar, good officer in a short span of tors preferred to move to the There are other necessities huge sums. Many families lost aside for emergencies. "Though Covid related electives except The vaccine shortage forced the CDMA Satyanarayana, Transport time, he said. He conveyed his outskirts of the city and invest like registration of documents earing members. the budgetary target is Rs.15,000 ICUs and critical care units. Both authorities to suspend even the Commissioner M R M Rao, Director sympathies to the bereaved in independent houses as dis- for public for various purposes. Those who had health insur- crore revenue from the Stamps the associations to further boy- second dose. After a gap of 10 of Public Health Srinivas Rao and family members. tance did not matter anymore The department earned Rs.720 ance too did not get much ben- and Registration Department, if cott non-Covid emergencies days, the process resumed on other officials attended. with WFH becoming the new crore for the month of April. A efit in Covid treatment as major it earns about Rs.8,500 crore, it and Covid ICUs from May 28, Tuesday. Chief Minister K. norm. target to earn revenues totaling percentage of the Covid treat- should be considered good rev- 2021 if their demands are not Chandrasekhar Rao had last vaccination for all the eligible People also started appreciat- Rs.15,000 crore from the Stamps ment expenses had to be borne enue under the present cir- considered by then. month announced free Covid beneficiaries in the state. Govt allocated ing the concept of farm houses and Registration Department by the individuals. cumstances," sources said. addl 19,420... Diagnostic centers exploiting... Call tenders for all LI... Six dead as... Continued from page 1 TS staring at revenue Continued from page 1 for RT-PCR test. Instead of Continued from page 1 become the second big State after Continued from page 1 charging Rs. 500, they had Punjab in food grain production, The doctors in India are doc- People are being exploited by charged me Rs.850. I have filed The Irrigation Department the Chief Minister said. In the Rescue teams halted the search umenting an alarming num- shortfall of Rs 4K-5K... these diagnostic centers open- complaints with the DGP, should be ready to provide water undivided AP, farmers using operation late on Tuesday as ber of cases of Mucormycosis Continued from page 1 facilities in government hospi- ly without any fear of law, the Cyberabad Police to their fields, he said. their own money to the tune of darkness fell. The recovered among patients with COVID- tals across the State and the activist alleged. Commissioner, Hawk App, He hoped that water flow Rs50,000 crore had dug 30 lakh bodies were shifted to the 19 and those who have recent- The Telangana government, budgets allocated to other According to the activist, Collector Rangareddy, Director would be heavy in Pranahita borewells. Today, thanks to government hospital in ly recovered. They believe that which did try to stave off a lock- departments would be divert- his wife's test report has not of Public Health and also on after June 20 and it would be Kaleswaram and the good water Chitrakonda in Odisha for Mucormycosis may be trig- down and the resultant revenue ed to the Medical and Health been provided till date and govt provided WhatsApp num- time to lift the water and fill all table, all those borewells were post-mortem. Malkangiri dis- gered by the use of steroids, a loss, finally gave in to public Department, with the addi- when they asked for a refund, ber. I have approached all the tanks and ponds under the serving the farmers well. trict Collector Y Vijay visited life-saving treatment for severe pressure, Telangana High tional expenditure pegged at the diagnostic center refused it officials to take action, but in Kaleswaram project. The crops Telangana State could now the accident spot and super- and critically ill COVID-19 Court's strictures as well as about Rs.1,500 crore. and behaved in a rude manner vain. The public are exploited cultivated by farmers would not store 100 tmc water in the pro- vised the search operation and patients. expert view, and imposed a 20- For now, expenditures relat- towards them. He filed several during this pandemic situation only benefit the farmers but jects built across Godavari. later the shifting of bodies. hour lockdown from May 12, ed to other departments and complaints against Lucid which is very inhumane. Govt would become the wealth for the Check-dams were being con- In all, 11 people set sail in HYDERABAD initially for 10 days and later initiatives, including Rythu Medical Diagnostic center to officials are not serious about State. The agricultural sector structed at a cost of Rs.4,000 two country boats to their BULLION RATES extended it to May 30. In all Bandhu, may be put on hold HAWKEYE APP. this exploitation". contributed 17 per cent of GSDP crore and the first phase of the native Konduguda village in likelihood, the lockdown may until the pandemic situation Srikhande Umesh Kumar, a He added, "Since, none of during the first wave of the pan- check-dams should be com plet- Malkangiri district of Odisha GOLD be extended further by seven to eases and all sectors can be consumer activist, said: "It is them responded to my com- demic and helped the State to ed by June 30, he said. KCR said after midnight on Monday. ` Rs.49, 760 (10 gm) 10 days, with the government opened up partially at least. very unfortunate that people are plaint, I filed my complaint with tide over the crisis period, he said. from Yellampalli to Initially, one of the boats cap- ` 10 keeping its fingers crossed. The State is hoping for spe- being exploited during this the National Human Rights Crops in about 35 lakh acres Dummugudem, water would sized in the river near The good news is there is a cial assistance like last year pandemic situation. I went to Commission (NHRC). I am were being cultivated in two sea- be available till October-end Silerugunta close to the Odisha SILVER marked decline in the number from the Centre, which had Lucid Medical Diagnostic hoping that justice will be deliv- sons under the Kaleswaram pro- and the water should be lifted to border and its passengers start- ` 76, 200 (1kg) of Covid cases, but not enough allowed States to borrow more, Center at Attapur on April 7th ered to me." ject alone and Telangana had fill check-dams, tanks and ponds. ed drowning. ` 200 to breathe easy yet. The new beyond 3 per cent of its GSDP. concern in the second wave is This year, the State has already black fungus and the numbers borrowed Rs.5,000 crore WHO wants ‘more info’ from Bharat Biotech... CHICKEN have been large enough for it to through market borrowings RATES `/KG become a notifiable disease. out of Rs.8,000 crore it had noti- Continued from page 1 The Finance Department is fied the RBI as its target to bor- BB's US partner Ocugen submits... Dressed/With Skin `170 back to monitoring the finan- row for the first quarter. A pre-submission meeting is expected Continued from page 1 Without Skin `193 cial position. Though the rev- Now with the expected fall in to be planned May-June 2021, the guid- The company is currently awaiting additional data from Bharat Biotech from the ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial for a EUA submission, Broiler at Farm `117 enues in April were not affect- revenues due to lockdown for ance document said. According to the ed, May and June are expected the month of May and June, the WHO, submissions to it for prequali- it further said. Bharat Biotech on February 2 said it has entered into a to see about 20 to 25 per cent state may have to seek more fication or listing under the emergency definitive agreement with OcugenInc, a US-based biopharmaceutical EGG dip in revenues due to the loans than the notified amount use procedure are confidential. If a company, to co-develop, supply, and commercialise, the Indian vaccine maker's Covaxin for the US market. The Indian governments RATES `/100 ongoing lockdown and it will for the first quarter. The State product submitted for assessment is translate to a revenue shortfall can borrow Rs.47,500 crore found to meet the criteria for listing, temporary suspension of the export of COVID-19 vaccines may HYDERABAD 512 of about Rs.4,000 crore to during the current fiscal as WHO will publish the results widely. require Bharat Biotech to focus its resources, including Covaxin supply, on domestic requirements and thereby prevent it from VIJAYAWADA 456 Rs.5,000 crore in the first quar- shown in its budget by adher- Duration of the emergency use listing ter. ing to norms under the Fiscal process depends on the quality of the shipping supply of the vaccinesabroad, including to the United VISAKHAPATNAM 355 Chief Minister Responsibility and Budget data submitted by the vaccine manu- States, the American company said in the risk factors. "We are RETAIL PRICE `5.12 K.Chandrasekhar Rao said pri- Management Act, 2003 and facturer and on those data meeting currently waiting for additional data from Bharat Biotech from the (IN HYDERABAD) ority would be given to provide rules made under the law. WHO criteria, according to the agency. ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial for an EUA submission”.

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Printed and published by B Krishna Prasad for and on behalf of CMYK Printech Ltd., Phone: 040-23322341, Hyderabad Office: F-502, Diamond Block, Lumbini Rockdale, Somajiguda, Hyderabad - 500 082. Telangana. Printed at Sree Seshasai Enterprises, Plot No.19, IDA Balanagar , Hyderbad-500037, Medchal -Malkajgiri District, Telangana. Chief Editor: Chandan Mitra. Resident Editor: B Krishna Prasad, AIR SURCHARGE of Rs 2.00. HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | MAY 26, 2021 hyderabad 03 Despite following govt’s procedures, 14 Oxygen Express trains supply over 1,000 tonnes LMO to T’gana patients fail to get anti-fungal drugs PNS n HYDERABAD With the arrival of three more ANUSHA PUPPALA vails everyday. So the new Oxygen Express trains in n HYDERABAD process introduced by the gov- Hyderabad on Tuesday, the ernment is not at all working Indian Railways have so far Despite following the due and the patient's condition is supplied over 1,000 tonnes of process initiated by Telangana getting serious every day. Liquid Medical Oxygen state government, Liposomal Instead of applying everyday (LMO) to Telangana. Amphotericin medicine is not and waiting for so long it's bet- In a short span of 23 days, available to the needy patients. ter that hospitals inform the Indian Railways supplied a Many patients continue to demand of vails as per the total of 1,194 tonnes of LMO struggle to get Liposomal and patient load and government to Telangana through 14 trains they are awaiting mail directly stock up the con- loaded with 70 tankers. These response, which is highly cerned medicines as per the trains arrived from three states. delayed. While questioning the demand". The medical oxygen was process, activists and citizens Srinivas Bellam, Member of brought through a combination demanded that dedicated hos- Feed the Needy said, "What is of both container tanker trains pital or nodal centre should the use of setting up a process as well as Ro-Ro (Roll Off Roll tankers from Mundra Port in Oxygen trains reach at the least start providing Liposomal. when it is not working? At least On) Service, wherein trucks Gujarat possible time. As a result, the Due to the acute shortage of the patients need to be apprised with tankers are transported Earlier, the 12th Oxygen average speed taken to trans- Liposomal Amphotericin B of the situation or medicine through Railways. While, these Express reached Sanathnagar port these trains has been drug in the state Telangana needs to be provided. Just hav- tankers are arranged by the with 120 tonnes of LMO in 6 over 60 kmph. government on May 19 had ing a process will not do any states, the same are transport- Containers from Tata Nagar, Gajanan Mallya, General introduced a process for allot- Recommendation of the com- been waiting since three days uploaded our online applica- help". Sai Teja, Member of ed by the Railways, South Jharkhand, South Central Manager, SCR complimented ment of Liposomal mittee will be communicated after uploading the details but tion for the medicines as per Feed The Needy said, "When Central Railway (SCR) said on Railway (SCR) said. the cfficers and staff of the Amphotericin B, Posaconazole to the approved applicant by still haven't received even a sin- the process introduced by you they have set up a process ask- Tuesday. The first Oxygen Express for zone for transporting more and Isavuconazole medicines. email/SMS indicating the name gle vial. but still haven't received even ing citizens to apply with doc- These Oxygen Express Telangana with five tankers than 1000 tonnes of LMO to The citizens were advised to of the stockist from whom K Saritha who had been a single vial. Don't know whom uments on a mail id there trains to Telangana have start- loaded with 124.26 tonnes of the state of Telangana. send their online application medicine can be purchased. looking for Liposomal to approach now for help." should be an acknowledge- ed from both the Eastern and LMO had reached Hyderabad He said that these trains are for these medicines in the However, citizens and Amphotericin since May 15 Speaking to The Pioneer, 61- ment and a tracking number so Western parts of the country on May 2. being operated with a highest enclosed proforma to ent- activists who are regularly said, "We are looking for 30 year-old Balakrishna Desai, that the patient's attender can originating from Odisha, To meet the medical oxygen sense of urgency so as to [email protected]. looking for the medicines vails of Liposomal patient's uncle said, "We are follow up directly instead of Jharkhand and Gujarat. While requirements of the states at ensure that medical oxygen to Following the process, the alleged that they were not able Amphotericin in Hyderabad looking for medicine for black just waiting forever. But as 10 trains have come from the fastest possible time, the States reaches in the fastest applications will be scrutinized to find these medicines despite for Covid recovered patient, fungus and we are everyday there is no such tracking avail- Odisha, two trains each from Railways have been operating possible time frame. He by a committee of DME, applying for the medicines who is infected with black applying for concerned medi- able patient's attenders are Jharkhand and Gujarat. these trains along the Green advised the team to continue Superintendent of ENT some days back. One of the fungus. But it's been 10 days cines but only on the first day struggling and waiting for days The 13th Oxygen Express to Corridors to ensure minimum same level of monitoring so as Hospital and HoD of Hyderabad residents, who is since we are requesting for we received five vails after that for the concerned medicines Telangana arrived at Sanath transportation time. Multi- to provide hassle-free and Department of ENT Gandhi looking for Liposomal Liposomal Amphotericin and we didn't receive anything which are not easily available Nagar in Hyderabad with 44 disciplinary teams have also seamless operation of these Medical College. Amphotericin medicine had three days since we have despite the fact we need six in the market". tonnes of LMO in 3 container been formed to ensure that the trains. Two arrested Governor Tamilisai lauds role of CITY LIGHTS with 18 vials Drunk truck driver runs Phase III trials of Molnupiravir of Remdesivir Indian Diaspora in Covid relief PNS n HYDERABAD over drunk biker in Hyd capsules started in Hyderabad PNS n HYDERABAD SN Laboratories Pvt. Ltd (MSN) PNS n HYDERABAD The Task Force along with on Tuesday announced it is the police nabbed two Telangana Governor Dr Minitiating phase III clinical trials persons on charges of ille- In yet another road safety Tamilisai Soundararajan on of Molnupiravir capsules for the gally procuring and selling awareness video using real Tuesday lauded the efforts of treatment of Covid in India. MSN Remdesivir on Tuesday. life accidents tweeted by the the Indian Diaspora for their received clinical trial approval from the Police seized 18 Remdes- Cyberabad Traffic Police, a role in extending relief mate- Drug Controller General of India on ivir vials from them. tractor driver is seen running rial to fight the Covid pan- May 19 to perform Molnupiravir The arrested persons over a bike rider and riding off demic. capsules' efficacy and safety study on were Solomon Raju, 27, a nonchalantly till another biker "Respecting their roots and mild to moderate Covid-19 patients. male nurse working at a stops him. alive, quite lucky considered with great love for the moth- MSN will start its clinical trials in more private hospital from The accident, a non-fatal that the 40-second-video erland, many organisations than 40 sites across India and the first dosing is expected to begin KPHB and Aravind, 29, a one on Sunday in shows the tractor going over and individuals supporting soon. The clinical trials will be performed on more than 2,400 medical representative, Petbasheerabad, had viola- him after he falls off the bike. Indians all over the world are subjects suffering from mild to moderate Covid-19. Molnupiravir is an from Hitec City, Madha- tions in the form of drunk dri- The tractor was on the wrong extending great help to the On the occasion, the gover- and inspiring to many others. experimental drug having antiviral properties and is currently under pur. One suspect, Shiva ving by both the bike rider and side of the road as well. needy back home," she said. nor virtually interacted with She said that it was time that clinical stage study for Covid treatment. The MSN R&D team has Shankar from Attapur, was the tractor driver, both driving The video also shows anoth- The Governor was speaking the IT Serve Alliance nation- we all rise to the occasion to developed both the API and formulation. It is expecting to soon absconding. According to without driving license, reck- er biker, who witnesses the while handing over 300 oxygen al president Raghu Chittimalla help the suffering mankind launch the drug after successful conclusion of clinical study followed the police, Aravind pro- less driving, bike rider not accident, giving chase to the concentrators, donated by the and the organisation's Dallas and help it overcome the pan- by regulatory approval. The firm claimed to be the front-runner in cured Remdesivir injec- wearing a helmet, and the tractor driver, who sped off IT Serve Alliance, Dallas, chapter president, Viswa demic through our collective introducing various drugs in the treatment of Covid-19 and its tions from Shiva Shankar reckless tractor driver after mowing down the first Texas, USA, to their represen- Kandi. efforts. Governor's Secretary K complications. Last week it announced the launch of Posaone and with the help of absconding from the scene of biker. The second biker man- tatives in Hyderabad at Raj Tamilisai Soundararajan Surendra Mohan, IT Serve (Posacanazole) in the treatment of black fungus. As part of the Covid Solomon, was selling the the accident. ages to intercept the tractor Bhavan, here. The oxygen con- said that their timely response Alliance, Hyderabad chapter, treatment range, MSN has already launched Favilow (Favipiravir) in injections at prices rang- The Cyberabad Traffic soon enough, but according to centrators will be distributed to to provide a total of 500 oxy- representatives Ravi Teja, V the strengths of 200mg, 400mg and 800mg, Oselow (Oseltamivir) as ing from Rs.15,000 to Police, who tweeted the CCTV the police, the tractor driver the needy IT Serve Alliance gen concentrators and 20 ven- Adinarayana Reddy, D Rama 75 mg capsules and licensed Baridoz recently with Eli Lilly. Rs.20,000 to customers. footage of the incident, said fled the spot abandoning his staff and their family members tilator beds to the people in Krishna, K Adi Narayana the bike rider was 'fine' and vehicle. working here. India was truly appreciable Reddy and others were present. Second dose vaccination Hyd-based firm for 45+ resumes in state supplies Covid PNS n HYDERABAD taken the first dose of vaccine vax to 30 cities and are eligible for the second After a gap of 10 days, the sec- dose to go to the government within 30 days ond dose vaccination for ben- vaccination centre nearby and eficiaries above the age of 45 take the vaccine. PNS n HYDERABAD years resumed in Telangana The health authorities had from Tuesday. on May 15 suspended vacci- Bharat Biotech has sup- The eligible beneficiaries nation in view of inadequate plied its Covid vaccine above 45 years due for second stocks and non-receipt of fresh Covaxin to 30 cities in dose were being given the jab stocks from Union Ministry of India within 30 days, a at government-run vaccina- Health and Family Welfare. top company official said tion centres. Early this month, they had on Tuesday. There were long queues of stopped vaccination for new "Covaxin reaches 30 people at vaccination centres beneficiaries among 45 above cities within 30 days," in Hyderabad, Warangal, group and have been focusing tweeted Suchitra Ella, Co- Karimnagar and other places only on second dose. founder and Joint in the state. There was a con- The state has also not taken Managing director of fusion among beneficiaries up vaccination for those above Bharat Biotech. due to the lack of information 18 years of age due to lack of "All our employees are about the availability of doses. sufficient supplies from the committed, working 24×7 Those who came to take Centre. through lockdowns for second jab of Covishield were Telangana, which claims to the country's immunisa- seen returning disappointed have capacity to give 10 lakh tion - please send your POLICING ON E-BIKES from centres which displayed vaccines every day, was prayers to their families, boards that only Covaxin is administering 30,000 to 40,000 some are still quaran- As the city entered the 14th day of the lockdown available. Chief Minister K vaccines daily due to the short- tined and off work," she on Tuesday, the police continued to strictly Chandrasekhar Rao had age. On May 14, the health wrote. directed the officials to start authorities administered about The Hyderabad-based enforce restrictions. Policemen were seen the second dose vaccination 34,000 vaccines. As on May 14, firm dispatched vaccine riding e-bikes while patrolling in Madhapur. programme from Tuesday. He the state had administered doses to private hospitals Hala e-bikes donated these vehicles to the asked the people who have 56,25,920 doses. in 30 cities. police officials to book lockdown violators. Lockdown improves air quality in city, outskirts PNS n HYDERABAD the road, thereby contributing data from the Telangana State to a good air in Hyderabad. Pollution Control Board Besides slowing the spread of Many are not coming out- (TSPCB), the city's Air Quality the Coronavirus, the nighttime side their homes due to the Index (AQI) is being record- curfew and lockdown appear fear of Coronavirus. These all ed in 'good category' since the to have also cut down air pol- have contributed to bettering last few days. lution levels. of air quality in Hyderabad According to PCB scientists With the implementation of and its outskirts. pollutant particles in the air lockdown in the city and According to CAAQMS fig- got washed away due to the across Telangana state, the air ures released by the PCB, pol- rainfall, resulting in improved which the city breathes is get- lution levels in industrial areas air quality. ting cleaned day by day with have dropped too significant- AQI statistics in April indi- the vehicles in the city remain ly as never before. Intensity of cate that all places have been indoors. pollution was also recorded above 100, with Paradise hav- Continuous Ambient Air below normal in ing the best AQI of 100 for the Quality Monitoring Index lists Pasamailaram and Bollaram month. Balanagar's air quali- the difference in air quality in Air quality in the the production of goods. This And the government, private areas. ty index remains at 73 instead Hyderabad and suburbs of Hyderabad region has bet- has also been one of the major firms had been working on Meanwhile, in the rains that of 166 in April. This represents Hyderabad in May. tered by twenty per cent from contributors to the air index in shifts or through work from lashed Hyderabad in the last a 93-point increase. Among The CAAQMS findings of May 1st week to 2nd week. Hyderabad. home mode only. The rally of few days, apart from giving those stations, this one shows the air quality comparison Pharma factories, industries Almost all IT companies vehicles on roads therefore some relief from the scorching the greatest difference in pol- this time is very good com- are working with low employ- had given work from home had decreased with these heat, has also improved the lution reduction in response to pared to the past times. ee presence on a shift basis for facility to their employees. employees not coming out on city's air quality. According to the lockdown. HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | MAY 26, 2021 hyderabad 04 Docs suggest Covid medical kits, State a role model for supplying seed to farmers: Niranjan Reddy much in line with first-aid boxes PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD admitted in a hospital. fight the corona. It is not So it is better to use multi- Meanwhile, several med- Crop cultivation in Telangana "Remember that there is no the same for vitamin tablets first to boost ical shops in Hyderabad and State during Vaanakalam Doctors are suggesting imple- problem if the oxygen satura- everyone. immunity in the body, said other parts of the Telangana (Kharif) this year was expect- mentation of simple medical tion is more than 95. If it is Dr Bhargava. districts are selling Covid ed to be taken up in over 1.40 kits, much in line with first aid less than that, it is better to go medical kit consisting of fin- crore acre, Agriculture boxes, to be given to the to the hospital immediate- gertip pulse oximeter, digital Minister S Niranjan Reddy Coronavirus patients, espe- ly and seek treatment," thermometer, spirometer, said on Tuesday. cially those suspected to have said Dr Payal Paracetamol-500mg - 30 Participating in a high-level contracted the disease, but Bhargava. tablets, Betadine for mouth review meeting here with the either are asymptomatic or Some familiar and wash and gargle, multivitamin Secretary (Agriculture and have mild symptoms. well-known medicines that tablets - pack of 30 capsules, Cooperation) M Raghunandan Doctors think that the should be included in hand sanitizer 500mL - two Rao and Telangana Seeds patients should not go for self the medical kit bottles, garbage disposal bags. Development Corporation medication or go for medica- include, paraceta- While the government Managing Director K tion on the basis of prescrip- mol 650, C and D3 moved a step forward to Keshavulu, the Minister said tions doing the rounds in the vitamin table, B com- control the virus. The state Telangana was a role model for should go for alternative crops Since Maharashtra and social media, as it could have plex vitamins and some government has initiated supplying seed to farmers. It like toor dal and cotton that Madhya Pradesh registered a damaging impact. other medicines that would door-to-door survey. During was estimated that as many as have demand in the market. heavy unseasonal rainfall, soya The medical kit meant for vary from patient to the survey government is pro- 13.06 lakh quintals of different Moreover, there is huge bean seed were unavailable and the Covid patients must have patient depending on viding medical a kit to both varieties of seed would be demand for cotton cultivated the State government was not pulse oximeter, among other their health issues, the symptomatic and asympto- required during this season in Telangana in the interna- supplying these seeds, the things for reading the oxygen doctors opined. matic patients after conduct- and 18.287 lakh quintals of tional market, Niranjan Reddy Minister said. He advised content in blood which goes up Common fever, cold ing check-ups. The self-care kit seed was already available, he said, and instructed officials farmers to go for alternative and down in Covid patients. and sore throat should includes prescription with said. The Minister said that concerned to take necessary crop instead of soya beans. Even when the person has not be overlooked. Methylprednisolone Steroid, cultivation of cotton in 70.05 steps to ensure that seed are Farmers must check the qual- mild symptoms the level of Suspected corona Doxycycline Antibiotic, Para- lakh acres, toor dal in 20 lakh available to farmers cluster- ity while purchasing soya seed oxygen should be regularly should be treated. The cetamol for fever, Levocetiriz- acres and paddy in 41 lakh wise in districts. Authorities from private dealers, Niranjan checked and the moment the human body must ine for cold, Rantac for Acidity, acres was expected to be car- must also ensure supply of seed Reddy said, suggesting that oxygen level goes down below have a good immune Vitamin C, D and Multivit- ried out this season. that have more demand clus- farmers can cultivate peanuts, 95 per cent, one must get system, especially to amin for immunity. Instead of paddy, farmers ter-wise, he said. sesame and mustard crops. School teacher STRICT NGO awarded with ‘Kalyana Lakshmi, Shaadi ENFORCEMENT ‘Innovation@Covid’ fined Rs 20,000 PNS n HYDERABAD Mubarak a boon for poor' With the state government for felling tree imposing state-wide lockdown Youngistaan Foundation's PNS n SIDDIPET PNS n KARIMNAGAR break, all welfare schemes from 10 am to 6 am to check the Covid Relief Support has have been continued in the rapid spread of Covid, district been recognised as a special Siddipet Municipal officials BC Welfare and Civil Supplies state. Aasara Pensions have officials took all steps to mention for the year 2020-21 have imposed a fine of Rs Minister Gangula Kamalakar been implemented to help strictly enforce the orders in in the category 'Innovation 20,000 on a government on Tuesday said Kalyana poor, daily wage labourers, Mahabubabad district. Even @Covid' for helping people school teacher for felling a tree Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak agriculture labourers, beedi during the Covid pandemic without obtaining permission. schemes were a boon to the workers and single women in in the remote parts, including by creating an online pool of Commissioner of Siddipet poorer sections in society. rural areas. habitations in forests, the police volunteers and organisations Municipality Ramana Chary Speaking after distributing Earlier, farmers used to face asked petty shopkeepers to at the 7th Social Media for also directed the teacher to Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi severe hardships due to lack of close down their business by Empowerment Awards. plant 50 saplings besides tak- Mubarak cheques to beneficia- power supply. However, the 10 am and cooperate with A total of 145 nominations ing up the responsibility of ries at the District Collectorate problem has been solved with them in enforcing it to check across seven categories from their protection as compen- here, Kamalakar said the State the supply of 24 hours power the spread of the pandemic. different countries were sation for felling the tree. government was implement- to the agriculture sector after received during the pandem- Narasimha Reddy, a resi- ing Kalyana Lakshmi and the formation of Telangana. ic, out of which 28 initiatives dent of Maha Sakthi Nagar in Shaadi Mubarak schemes to The Telangana government were selected after the first the town, felled a four year ring happiness in the lives of was purchasing paddy crop round of screening for the old Gulmohar tree which the poor. "No other state in the from farmers despite the final evaluation by the Jury. was planted under Haritha country is implementing such Covid pandemic in the State. Founder of Youngistaan Haram. Haritha Haram offi- schemes. Not only these, dou- The Minister distributed Foundation, Arun Daniel cer Ilaiah, who received a ble bedroom, Aasara pensions Rs 2.40 crore worth of Kalyana Yellamaty, says, "We are complaint, imposed the fine. and other schemes were also Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak humbled by the recogni- When Ilaiah took the issue to being implemented for cheques to 242 beneficiaries tion. We need to continue to the notice of the Commissi- women's empowerment," he and promised to hand over the stick together and believe oner, he directed the teacher said. Despite financial troubles cheques to the remaining 622 that we will overcome these to also plant 50 saplings. developed due to corona out- beneficiaries very soon. tough times.” Another day, another story of hospital ‘looting’ patients’ kin Dubbak gets B SRIDHAR YADAV a signed statement on paper n RANGA REDDY Despite several from her husband to the effect 100-bedded warnings, private that the treatment was good Despite several warning from and forgive him if he or his rel- LB Nagar MLA Sudheer hospitals in city atives happened to cause any DGP: Don't step out of hospital for Reddy, private hospitals have continue to loot inconvenience to the hospital been continuing to loot the patients authorities. Coronavirus patients in LB Nagar. The hospital management home without reasons PNS n DUBBAK In a recent incident, a lactat- did not comply with the PNS n MEDCHAL MALKAJGIRI implemented across the state ing mother Gautami was not pital assured them of ICU request of the doctor who without any exception. All The 100-bedded hospital allowed to be discharged from facility for the woman and also referred Gautami to the Lotus The Director General of Police the police officers have come built at a cost of Rs 75 lakh by a hospital retaining her there her baby. But towards the end, hospital to discharge her Mahender Reddy visited on to the road to supervise a corporate company, as part for two days as her relatives did it handed over inflated bill for receiving Rs 1 lakh from her. JNTU Checkpost in KPHB that the lockdown is imple- of its corporate social respon- not clear the inflated bill that Rs 4.83 lakh going back on its The District health author- O2 production in state Police station limits on mented very strictly. All the sibility is ready for inaugura- the hospital served on the promise. ities are apparently not in a Tuesday along with Cyberabad police are trying their best to tion. woman. As they expressed inability position to rein in private hos- Commissioner of Police VC stop movement. The hospital will be ready The incident has gone viral to pay the bill, the hospital pitals which are collecting fees to go up by 40 tonnes Sajjanar. No ambulances will be to serve the Covid patients. on social media after the kin of management did not give up. as they liked. PNS n SANGAREDDY Measures have been initiated Speaking to the media, stopped at the borders of the The hospital will soon have a the victim protested in front of Unable to do anything, the rel- On complaints from people to reopen the oxygen plant Mahender Reddy said that state. People with valid e-pass- captive oxygen plant to meet the hospital. According to atives protested and entered of private hospitals overcharg- Chief Secretary Somesh acting on directions from the the lockdown is being imple- es will only be allowed, the oxygen needs of the patients reports, a pregnant woman into a wordy duel with the ing the patients, LB Nagar Kumar has said that oxygen Telangana Chief Minister K mented very strictly across the DGP said. He also warned with the support from MP of hailing from Yadadri district management. MLA Sudheer Reddy has production in Telangana state Chandrashekar Rao. state. The public are also people not to apply for the pass Medak Kotta Prabhakar took admission in the Lotus The relatives called up warned managements of pri- will soon be stepped up by 40 The Green Co company extending their co-operation without any valid reason and Reddy. The MP has direct- Hospital at LB Nagar for deliv- District Medical and Health vate hospitals against collect- tons in addition to the current was asked to restore the oxy- to the police. The lockdown is don't jeopardise their health. ed the officials to complete ery striking a package deal for Officer Swarajya Lakshmi. ing hefty fees from patients. production of 120 tons of gen plant. It reopened the being implemented in the Later Sajjanar toured the remainder of the works Rs 1.80 lakh. She paid Rs 1.60 Later, the police officials tried But, there was no let up in the oxygen. plant in one month. The interest of the people and Allywn Cross Roads, BHEL, on a war-footing to facilitate lakh towards advance. The to compromise between the situation. Four days ago Addressing media after vis- plant would go on stream their health. Looking at the Ramchandrapuram and other its inauguration. package provides all amenities. management and the victim. Supraja Hospital in Nagole iting the water oxygen plant at producing 40 tons of oxygen Covid on the rise, this decision places. He took stock of the sit- PACS Chairman S Kaila, Later, her relatives told hos- The LB Nagar police succeed- handed over a bill for Rs 23 Pasamylaram in Pathancheru per day. He said that he was was taken up by the state uation at ground level and TRS leaders Kotta Kishan pital that Gautami has tested ed in persuading the relatives lakh to a covid patient. Then mandal of Sangareddy district happy to have restored the government. Lockdown is the ensured that lockdown rules Reddy and Bandi Raju went positive for Covid. Disclosing to pay another Rs 1.20 lakh to it was the turn of the Jeevan Sai here on Tuesday, he said that oxygen plant. He thanked only solution to control the are strictly implemented. to the hospital and inspected all this to media on Tuesday, discharge the woman and her hospital management to harass the oxygen plant was closed the officers who took pains to spread of the virus. Mahender DCP Traffic SM Vijay patient amenities there. her relatives said that the hos- baby. Later, the police obtained the patients. down seven years ago. get the plant restored. Reddy asked people not to step Kumar, Madhapur DCP M They spoke to the contrac- out of their homes without any Venkateshwarlu and Kukatpally tor and asked him to com- valid reason or necessity. ACP B Surender Rao and oth- plete the pending works and The lockdown is strictly ers accompanied him. hand over the building. After CM's visit, Ministers make beeline to govt hospitals MARTHI SUBRHAMANYAM Hospital and spoke to 17 that daily 40,000 persons are n HYDERABAD patients. They told the patients being provided free food that KCR has been constantly through 250 Annapurna Collector lays emphasis on Government hospitals have reviewing the treatment being kendras. begun attracting unusual atten- given to them and advised In the first phase, fever sur- tion all of a sudden, thanks to them to remain confident. vey was done in 19 lakh homes. Chief Minister Chandrashekar Chest Hospital superinten- The second phase is under way. teamwork to combat Covid Rao's recent visit to Gandhi dent Dr Mahabubkhan told Municipal Administration PNS n MAHABUBNAGAR He said that he would Hospital. the Ministers that a CT scan, Minister KTR is monitoring review the progress of lock- After the CM's visit, several ultrasound machine was need- the progress. Out of 1,060 Co- District Collector S Venkat down and observance of Covid ministers made a beeline to ed for the hospitals. The vid patients, only 127 remained Rao has laid emphasis on team precautions in three or four government hospitals in their Ministers promised to take it in NIMS while the others got work to reduce Covid positive mandals per day from respective districts to interact to the notice of the Chief discharged. Similarly, 1,375 cases through various initia- Wednesday onwards. with doctors, staff and Covid Minister. joined government Chest tives like increasing testing He would focus on the cases patients, so as to instil confi- They asked TSMDC Chief Hospital for Covid treatment, and vaccination programme, registered in villages, mea- dence among them and ensure Engineer Rajendra Kumar to but 1,000 were discharged. fever survey, setting up of iso- sures initiated to eradicate better treatment facilities on prepare proposals needed for The patients are happy at the lation centres and distribution He called upon one and all Covid and preventive mea- par with private hospitals for Minister, they have put on They spoke to patients on the same. treatment being provided to of Covid kits and so on. to strive to decrease the num- sures, anti-larvae operations free. On Tuesday, Animal double masks and spent about oxygen supply, ventilator sup- District Collector Sweta them, he said. Over 9.10 lakh Addressing medical author- ber of Covid positive cases in and other aspects in view of Husbandry Minister Talasani one hour interacting with port, food quality and other Mohanty, zonal commissioner have received Covid vaccine ities, supervisors through video the district. He asked the dis- the forth coming monsoon Srinivas Yadav and Home patients and hospital authori- amenities at these hospitals. Praveenya, Hyderabad district through 94 vaccination centres conference from his camp trict authorities to work hard- season. Minister Mohmood Ali visited ties. It may be recalled that NIMS director Dr Manohar medical officer Venkat, NIMS in the city. Over 5.91 lakh office on Tuesday, he asked er to earn good name to the DMHO Dr Krishna deputy Covid wards of NIMS and KCR recently visited Gandhi told the Minister that there superintendent Satyanarayana, received the first dose. On them to conduct 3,600 tests per district. The objective is to DMHO Dr Sasikant, PHC Government Chest Hospital at Hospital in Secunderabad and were 250 Covid patients in the drugs joint director Ram Dhan directions from the CM, the day and start administering the groom villages free from the medical officers and others Yerragadda, without wearing MGM hospital in Warangal hospital. Later, they proceed- and others accompanied the administration of second dose second dose of the vaccine. Coronavirus. were present on the occasion. PPE kits. Like the Chief kicking off a controversy. ed to government Chest Ministers. Later, Talasani said commenced. HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | MAY 26, 2021 nation 05

Cyclone Yaas: Vessels moved, oil and gas Rahul asks Don’t panic by colour of fungus, partymen to help people look for causes, risks: Experts installations in survival mode PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI Offshore oil and gas installa- Amid rising mucormycosis cases CYCLONE YAAS tions will go into what is called Congress among Covid patients and those Ships at anchorage have been a 'survival' mode — halting leader who have recovered from it, epi- asked to move to a safer area in movements and going into a Rahul demiologists Tuesday advised the sea while oil and gas instal- cocoon. Gandhi on people to not get panicked by the lations will go into 'survival' Ports, refineries and plants are Tuesday colour of the fungus causing it, mode as they brace for cyclone on high alert. appealed to and underlined the importance of Yaas to make landfall at north Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the party analysing the kind of infection, its Odisha-West Bengal coast. nation's biggest oil firm, stopped workers to causes and associated risk-factors. Cyclone Yaas, equivalent to a unloading crude oil at Paradip in provide all Health Minister Harsh category 3 hurricane, is the sec- Odisha and asked all ships to assistance in ensuring the Vardhan had said on Monday that ond severe storm in the span of move 250 nautical miles away safety of the people who 18 states have reported 5,424 cases about 10 days to hit Indian from the path of the cyclone. would be impacted by of mucormycosis, a life-threaten- coasts. The cyclone is set to make Both Paradip Port Trust and Cyclone Yaas. ing infection, prevalent among landfall sometime Wednesday Dhamra Port have asked all ves- Cyclonic storm Yaas is COVID-19 patients and those evening. sels at anchorage to move to a likely to make a landfall near who recovered from the viral dis- severe disease are invasive fungal "This is the first case of a per- A major contingency plan Cyclone Yaas: Paradip safer area in the sea, while those Balasore in north Odisha at ease. infection so that can occur when son having three variants of the has been put in place to mitigate alongside berths have been asked a speed of 155 kmph to 165 Beside Black Fungus cases, there is reduction or compromise fungus -- Black, White and the impact of the cyclone on oil port suspends operations to keep their main engines ready kmph, gusting to 185 kmph, White and Yellow fungus infec- in immunity. Yellow," he claimed. and gas installations, an official to move to sea at a short notice. around noon on May 26, the tions too were reported from dif- "So basic underlying phenom- He said the patient, a lawyer by statement said. PNS n PARADIP port area will be taken to a safe "Oil industry officials are in Met department had said on ferent parts of the country recent- enon is immunity or the ability to profession, had COVID-19 but Odisha coast has two major zone. "The authorities have been in close coordination with Paradip Monday. ly, which scientists say are also fight the fungal infection," he said. was in home isolation and ports at Dhamra and Paradip Paradip Port Trust (PPT) suspend- coordination with the Odisha gov- and Haldia Port authorities on "CycloneYaas is moving mucormycosis. Dr Samiran In Ghaziabad, a person was approached the hospital after and a huge oil refinery at ed its operations from 2 pm on ernment and the Jagatsinghpur the berthing and de-berthing of towards Bengal and Odisha Panda, the Head of Epidemiology detected with three variants of the enduring these problems for eight Paradip. West Bengal hosts a Tuesday as part of safety mea- district administration to take all vessels/barges at jetties. from the Bay of Bengal. I and Communicable Diseases at fungus -- Black, White and Yellow to 10 days. major port at Haldia. sures in view of the impending the precautionary measures," "Activities at all project sites appeal to Congress workers the Indian Council of Medical -- on May 24, claimed a doctor of "He is under treatment now. Oil and gas exploration and severe cyclone 'Yaas', which is Paradip Port Trust Chairman Vinit have been temporarily suspend- to provide all assistance Research (ICMR), said the use of a private hospital who is treating There is nothing to worry and the production installations are likely to cross Odisha coast on Kumar told reporters. Severe ed, and the workers have been ensuring safety of those "terms like black, green or yellow the 59-year-old patient in the fungus would be removed. Had designed to withstand cyclones. May 26, an official said. At least 12 cyclonic storm 'Yaas' is likely to moved out to ensure their safe- affected," Gandhi said in a fungus" is making people scared NCR city in Uttar Pradesh. he come to me after one or two There are also smaller ports vessels proceeded down to the make landfall near Dhamra Port in ty. All ships carrying petroleum tweet. and apprehensive. Yellow Fungus has been days' only, his problem would along the coast. deep sea so as to avoid the path of Bhadrak district early on products and crude oil have The former Congress chief Also, black fungus getting syn- observed in reptiles, such as have been resolved by now," "The oil and gas industry has the storm, he said, adding that all Wednesday morning, the India been advised to keep a safe dis- urged people to follow all pre- onymous with existing mucormy- lizards, but not in human beings, Tyagi said. made all arrangements to main- the trucks, dumpers and large Meteorological Department (IMD) tance from the cyclone's path," cautionary measures. cosis is complicating things, he claimed Dr B P Tyagi, an ENT He said fungi attack people tain adequate petroleum prod- cargo handling equipment in the said. the statement said. A massive evacuation drive said. (Ear, Nose, Throat) specialist at with compromised immunity uct, CNG, LPG stock at all the However, the industry is has been launched in all low- "For common people," he told Harsh Hospital in city's Raj Nagar and in this particular case, his dealerships in the area expected geared up to ensure a continu- lying areas and vulnerable PTI, "I will say not to be driven area. "The patient had come to me patient is a diabetic. to be hit by the cyclone," it said. The contingency plan drawn lations before wind speed ous supply of petroleum prod- storm-surge pockets, follow- by panic by colour -- black, yel- with conditions of extreme weak- Asked about the Yellow Fungus "Disaster Control Room at includes suspending all critical exceeds 60-80 kph, and all ves- ucts and other essential com- ing the IMD predicting a tidal low, white. Let us find what kind ness, giddiness, fever and nasal case, ICMR's Dr Panda said the Corporate and Divisional level operations once the cyclone sels at anchorage moved to safe modities, including medical oxy- surge of 2-4.5 metres during of fungal infection is the person discharge. The Yellow Fungus was specimen has to be studied to has been set up by the oil and gas intensity increases, shutdown areas away from the path of the gen, for continued COVID-19 the landfall of Yaas, officials infected with as most fungal detected during the endoscopy," ensure it indeed was yellow fun- companies." of identified oil and gas instal- cyclone. management. had said. infections that cause fatal or the doctor told PTI. gus which is seen in reptiles. TOOLKIT CASE ‘Look into crashing prices INDIA CORNER Cong seeks manipulated tags ‘Vaccinate tribal kids aged of horticulture produce’ under 5 against influenza’ ormer MLA Vivek Pandit, who on tweets of 11 Union ministers PNS n BENGALURU it is grown on nearly ten thou- Fheads a state committee on tribal sand acres," Gowda said. welfare, has appealed to the PNS n NEW DELHI stick as applied in other cases Former Prime Minister H D He added that he has read Maharashtra government to where the Twitter platform is mis- Deve Gowda on Tuesday urged similar reports of fruits, vegeta- administer anti-influenza vaccine to The Congress on Tuesday used to broadcast forged and fab- the Centre to look into the bles and flowers either being all children below the age of five demanded that Twitter affix ricated material...," he also said. problem of crashing prices of dumped, crushed or aban- years in the state's tribal region manipulated media tag to tweets This comes a day after Delhi horticulture produce in rural doned from Uttar Pradesh, before the upcoming monsoon of several union ministers for Police's Special Cell sent a notice areas because of a broken mar- Jharkhand, Maharashtra, season. Talking to reporters here allegedly spreading false and to Twitter India in connection ket network due to lockdown. Himachal Pradesh, Madhya on Monday, he said health experts malicious propaganda against with the probe into a complaint In a letter to Prime Minister Pradesh and Kerala. have indicated that the during the the party. about the alleged 'COVID toolk- Narendra Modi, the JD(S) "The reasons for the prices to rainy season, the influenza, also Congress general secretary it', asking it to share information supremo cited the multi-level fall are varied but in general, known as the common flu, may spread among children. The country and chief spokesperson Randeep based on which it had classified problems taking shape in rural the market network is broken, is already facing the COVID-19 crisis, he noted. Pandit said he has Surjewala wrote to Twitter's Lead a related tweet by BJP spokesper- India in the form of COVID access to markets have been written a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, urging that for Legal, Policy and Trust and son Sambit Patra as "manipulat- infections reaching villages, hindered due to lockdowns," children below the age of five years be administered the vaccine Safety Vijaya Gadde and its ed media", with two police teams crashing horticulture prices the former Prime Minister against influenza in all tehsils and district collectors be made the Deputy General Counsel and descending on the microblogging and unemployment due to is affecting their small, yet self- said. Stating that the horticul- monitoring authority. He said the poor tribals cannot afford the anti- Vice President (Legal) Jim Baker, account." site's offices in Lado Sarai in Delhi reverse migration to the vil- sustained livelihoods," Gowda ture products are not served by influenza vaccines, which are priced between Rs 1,500 and Rs 2,000. seeking stern action against 11 "Hence, it becomes all the and in Gurgaon on Monday lages from the cities. wrote to Modi. the Minimum Support Price Therefore, the government should undertake a drive to administer the union ministers for allegedly more imperative to tag, 'manip- evening. These problems, according The veteran politician cited (MSP) mechanism, Gowda vaccines to all children free of cost before the commencement of the spreading false and forged docu- ulative media' (sic), on all such Earlier, Twitter tagged tweets of to Gowda, should not be an example of a Kolar APMC pointed out that the govern- monsoon season, he said. ments. tweets made by Ministers of the BJP leaders Sambit Patra and allowed to grow into a "heat- where the farmers dumped ments are already burdened Surjewala has alleged that the Government of India on the Gajendra Singh Shekhawat as ed social cauldron of unrest". their tomato produce because with vaccine procurement and "forged, fabricated material" and above referred forged toolkit doc- "manipulative media". "COVID reaching rural it did not fetch them a good building COVID infrastruc- the claims made under the ument created by the BJP," he said The Congress has accused BJP India is a worrying problem price. "The Kolar APMC ture and they are left with lit- Toolkit used by BJP to target #CongressToolkitExposed by var- in his complaint. leaders, including union minis- but crashing prices of horticul- receives tomatoes from five to tle funds to rush to the help of ious ministers are identical to the "It is reasonable to expect that ters, of misusing the Twitter plat- tural produce is delivering a six districts in South small and medium horticul- opponents, alleges Raut material that has already been the aforementioned individuals form to disseminate forged and twin blow to rural masses and Karnataka, and in Kolar alone ture farmers. marked as 'manipulated media' by will be dealt with the same yard- fabricated material. hiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Twitter. STuesday alleged that social media He alleged that the subject mat- Two more O2 or 'toolkits' were used by the BJP to ter of the forged Toolkit docu- Two Cong leaders get notices to Expedite policy on providing target opponents, adding that when it ment was created by certain BJP Express trains faced a backlash, it put pressure leaders to gain undue and wrong- join probe in ‘Covid toolkit' case through various ways. Raut ful political advantage by spread- ration to poor, HC tells Delhi made the comments while talking to ing potentially dangerous, false PNS n NEW DELHI ward," the officer said. A prilimi- reach Bengaluru PNS n NEW DELHI soon over 240 centres would be reporters here in connection with a and fabricated material through nary enquiry into the complaint PNS n BENGALURU opened across the national cap- notice sent by the Delhi Police to their Twitter handles against the The Delhi Police has served is still being carried out by the The Delhi High Court Tuesday ital to provide rations to the poor, Twitter India over the probe into a Indian National Congress and its notices to two Congress leaders Delhi Police's Special Cell team Two more Oxygen Express expressed hope that the Delhi gov- during the pandemic, without complaint about an alleged 'COVID leaders. in the ‘Covid toolkit' case, ask- and no FIR has been registered trains carrying 238.5 tonnes of ernment would expeditiously asking for any identification. toolkit'. The BJP had accused the The union ministers against ing them to join the probe into a in the matter yet, officials said. Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO), finalise its policy for providing "It is hoped that the respondent Congress of creating a 'toolkit' that seeks to tarnish the image of the whom the Congress has sought complaint in the matter, officials On Monday, the Delhi Police's have reached the city, the South ration to poor people, especially (Delhi government) will take country and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the handling of the action are Giriaj Singh, Piyush said on Tuesday. A senior Special Cell sent a notice to Western Railway said on destitute women and disabled expeditious steps to finalise the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the Congress has denied the allegation Goyal, Smriti Irani, Ravi Shankar police officer confirmed that the Twitter India in connection with Tuesday. children, "so that they do not starve policy, so that people like the peti- and claimed the BJP is propagating a fake 'toolkit' to defame it. Last Prasad, Prahlad Joshi, notices were served to Congress the probe into a complaint about These were the eleventh and for want of food" during the pan- tioners here, including helpless week, Twitter labelled as "manipulated media" a tweet by BJP Dharmendra Pradhan, Ramesh social media head Rohan Gupta the alleged ''COVID toolkit'', ask- twelfth trains carrying the life demic. Justice Rekha Palli obser- women and disabled children, do spokesperson Sambit Patra on the alleged 'toolkit'. When asked about Pokhriyal Nishank, Thawarchand and party spokesperson MV ing it to share information based saving gas to Karnataka, and the vation came after the Delhi gov- not starve for want of food," the the issue, Raut said, "Social media or toolkit was used by the BJP Gehlot, Harsh Vardhan, Mukhtar Rajeev Gowda in connection on which it had classified a state so far, has received 1,420.64 ernment, represented by standing court said and listed the matter for previously. However, when it faced a backlash, it is carrying out raids, Abbas Naqvi and Gajendra Singh with the probe. "These are not related tweet by BJP spokesper- tonnes of LMO by Rail. counsel Santosh K Tripathi, said its hearing in July. apprehending some people or pressuring through various ways." Shekhawat. fresh notices. These notices son Sambit Patra as “manipulat- The 11th Oxygen Express, policy to provide ration and food The court was hearing a plea "We are watching it and enjoying it." he added. Surjewala said, "It is a matter were served around 8-9 days ed media”, officials had said. carrying 124.19 tonnes of LMO to the poor was underway and moved on behalf of seven fami- of fact that people tend to believe ago based on a complaint The police teams also descend- in six cryogenic containers that would be finalised soon. lies who lost earning members to 'true' and take on face value, any received from the Congress. ed on the microblogging site's started from Rourkela, Odisha The submission by the Delhi COVID-19 or lost jobs due to the information that is put up direct- They were asked to join the offices in Lado Sarai in Delhi at 09:30 pm on May 23, reached government came after the court pandemic and had no other Man sets up community kitchen ly by a Union Minister of the probe so that it could help us in and in Gurgaon Monday ICD Whitefield here at 06:10 am asked "what do you want them source of livelihood and were Government of India through carrying the investigation for- evening. today, a release from the South (poor people) to do? Beg for seeking ration facilities without to help poor migrants amid curbs his/ her official/ verified Twitter Western Railway said. food?" Tripathi told the court that any insistence on ration cards. risis brings out the best in people Cand a man from Mumbai has proved it as he has set up a community kitchen from his own ‘No reason to believe Covid will affect children in next wave' savings for the poor migrant workers suffering due to the COVID- PNS n NEW DELHI noticed more,” he said. COVID-19 management frame- these receptors are relatively less 19-induced restrictions. Faiyaz Arora, who is Director of work,” he added. in children as compared to Shaikh, who is in his mid 40s, lost There is no reason to believe that INCLEN Trust, said it is not pos- Some experts are highlighting adults. his job in August last year, but that children will be disproportion- sible to predict any third wave at the need for preparation warn- This is a hypothesis on why did not stop him from helping the poor families in Ambujwadi slum ately affected by the coronavirus this time. ing that children could be affect- the infection has been less locality at Malwani in suburban Malad. Now, his community kitchen in the coming weeks and months "But based on what the expe- ed by the third wave more than amongst children, he said. is providing food to around 500 people every day, Shaikh told PTI. or in the next wave, the head of rience is available from our own adults. "Those who floated this the- He is also providing them ration and medicines since last year, he a government working group country and that from other AIIMS Director Randeep ory said that children have so far said. Over one lakh migrant workers live in the Ambujwadi locality said, but stressed on the need for parts of the world, there is no Guleria has also said there was been not affected so perhaps they and their livelihood is dependent on daily wages. Shaikh said during additional resource inputs to reason to believe that children no indication that children will will be most affected in the the lockdown last year, he got help from some NGOs for ration and improve the paediatric Covid will be disproportionately affect- be severely or more affected in third wave but there is so far no medicines, but this time, he had to manage things on his own. services. ed in the coming weeks and the third wave of the pandemic. evidence that there will be severe "After I lost my got, I got around Rs 10 lakh from my company. I am In an interview with PTI, Dr months or in the next wave," he "If we see the data of the first infection in children or there will utilising that money to offer food to the migrants through the N K Arora, Chairman of India's said. and second waves, it is very sim- be more cases in them in the community kitchen and also providing them medicines," he said. COVID-19 Working Group of But he stressed on the need to ilar and it shows that children are upcoming wave," Guleria added. Shaikh said he came up with the idea of a community kitchen after the National Technical Advisory improve the paediatric Covid usually protected and even if The Indian Academy of seeing the sufferings of slum dwellers in Malwani. “The kitchen Group on Immunisation services and align with the rest a care provider with them. unique hospital care require- they get it, they only have mild Paediatrics recently said though must continue to feed the children and the needy,” he said. He said (NTAGI), said Indian data does of the COVID-19 management Similarly infected pregnant ments are being worked out. infection. And the virus hasn't children appear as susceptible as the community kitchen has also helped in providing employment to not show specific predilection of framework. women can deliver prematurely. "The country is already man- changed so there is no indication adults it is "highly unlikely that locals and at the same time, hygiene is also maintained. Shaikh said the currently circulating virus "It is absolutely necessary to I am given to understand that aging children and most Covid that children will be more affect- the third wave will predominant- his wife has also been running an English medium school in the strains either for the youth or appreciate that newborn, chil- treatment protocols are already care centres have provision but ed in the third wave," he told ly or exclusively affect children". area since the last 11 years where around 350 students are enrolled. paediatric age group. dren and pregnant women prepared and are under review there is need for additional reporters on Monday. “We need to be prepared with "The fees of students was waived off for three months last year, and "However, since the absolute require specific care facilities. by different paediatric groups resource inputs to improve the And there is this hypothesis more in-patient beds and inten- now for the entire year," he said. The locality where the school is numbers have increased, patients Children below 10 years will and associations," he said. paediatric Covid services and that the virus enters through sive care beds for children,” it situated comprises daily wagers and they don't give priority to the from both age groups are being need either mother or father or Arora said similarly the align with the rest of the ACE receptors in the body and said. education of their children, he said. HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | MAY 26, 2021 06

www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Foreboding future for Upmanship Ramdev’s attempts to run down other streams of medicine are not in good taste ‘minorities’ in Af-Pak BHOPINDER SINGH he controversy surrounding yoga guru Ramdev refuses to die down. It is his own doing. He has ranged himself against the world of allopathy by claiming that the Pakistan has bequeathed its cancerous approach onto the terror groups Talternative science of ayurveda that he practices is superior. He chose an unfor- tunate time — right in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic — for his derision of allopa- thy. The yoga guru called the allopathic treatment of Coronavirus a “tamasha (farce), in Afghanistan, and the future of minorities there is dark and foreboding bekaar (worthless) and diwaliya (lame duck)”. That was not all. Ramdev ridiculed the clamour for oxygen cylinders, wondering how can there be shortage of oxygen when A Jinnah’s first nom- inated Cabinet was God has filled the atmosphere with it. The doctors took umbrage at his words. The Indian more accommoda- Medical Association (IMA) formally protested and sought action against him. Top doc- tive as compared to Mthe Pakistani politics of today — tors said the disparaging remarks were frustrating to frontline medical workers. The doctors should not he nominated JN Mandal, a Hindu, as the first Law Minister; fall ill at all if allopathy is all-powerful, Ramdev Zafarullah Khan, an Ahmadiyya, remarked, his attack against allopathy unceasing. as the Minister for Foreign Affairs Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan finally intervened and many Shias (like Jinnah and wrote a letter to Ramdev, criticising the remarks himself) — a plurality that is unthinkable now. The Pakistani and asking him to withdraw them. The Minister said Military shared the spirit of the the yoga guru’s remarks were demoralising the med- times with the rise of General ical force, hurting doctors and people alike and that Musa Khan, a Shia Hazara, as the his explanations were unsatisfactory. Ramdev must Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army (1958-1966). have realised he had gone too far this time, for he Another mercurial officer was promptly issued a statement withdrawing his Air Marshal SA Changezi, who remarks. The withdrawal was, however, not uncon- famously refused to meet Afghan ditional, with him insisting that he and his workers have also, by using ayurveda and King Zahir Shah during a visit to yoga, saved lives during the pandemic and this should be respected as well. Pakistan, owing to the perceived mistreatment of fellow Hazaras The very next day, he posted an open letter on his Twitter handle, posing questions in Afghanistan. Now, Pakistan’s to the IMA if allopathy offered permanent solutions for ailments like diabetes, hyper- slide towards religious intoler- tension, asthma, thyroid, arthritis and colitis. The post raged along those lines, repeat- ance has constitutionally declared edly pointing out that allopathy was unable to find permanent cures despite being a Ahmadiyyas as “non-Muslims”, formed by a Pakistani Taliban solidify itself. However, the 1998 — thousands of Hazaras whereas Shias and offshoots (20- commander, Hafiz Saeed dangers to suchlike “minorities” were searched out and killed in 200-year-old science. Strange that Ramdev chose the pandemic to run down allopa- 25 per cent of Pakistan’s popula- Khan — most members were are multiplied when the sover- a systemic house-to-house thy. There appears no reason other than trying to brand ayurveda as a superior sci- tion) are routinely attacked and formerly with the Pakistani eign Government itself runs the killing frenzy as the Taliban ence by criticising allopathy and promote his own products. He had no option but to persecuted. However, given the Taliban (Tehrik-i-Pakistan), risk of passing on to the likes was believed to shoot “any- withdraw his remarks, though he never meant to be sorry, given his combative tweet. even more conservative moorings mostly from the Orokzai of the Taliban, which seems thing that moved”. As always, across the Durand Line in Pashtun stock. Irrespective of likely with the leaving of the Pakistani hand in the Talibani It is but natural for competing alternative sciences to posture, but that is never at the Afghanistan, the discrimination of the groups, the Hazaras and US/NATO troops from advance was omnipresent as cost of ruining the reputation of the other. In India, where medical care is handled pri- minorities is more intense — the other Shias like Ismailis have Afghanistan. many Pakistani soldiers had marily by allopathy, there is a Ministry for propagation of indigenous, alternative med- imminent return of the Taliban in faced the brunt of relentless While sectarianism is one accompanied the Taliban icine systems called the Ministry of AYUSH — Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Kabul signals not just the return persecution throughout histo- cut of endangered “minority” march. The Hazaras were of puritanical absolutism and ry, but for the relative reprieve status in Afghanistan, ethnic- apparently made to pay a price Siddha Sowa-Rigpa and Homoeopathy. Would the yoga guru have recommended any revisionism, but also the target- in the Hamid Karzai-Ashraf ity is the other. Therefore, the for the killing of several thou- one of his own people suffering from COVID-19 to reject allopathic treatment and seek ed brutality onto its Shia/Hazara Ghani dispensations. Tajik and Uzbek, who may be sand Taliban soldiers a year only alternative medicine therapy? This is the time of the pandemic when all medicine populace (approximately 15 per Across the unaccepted bor- essentially of Sunni denomina- earlier, after a failed attempt by systems are doing their best to control it or any aspect of it. These systems do not cent of the population). ders with Pakistan, the Shias tion, are not spared the wrath the Taliban to takeover Mazar- The recent car bombing in and Hazaras in particular, face IRRESPECTIVE of the Taliban or the Islamic i-Sharif in 1996. compete with one another, but complement one another, just as they ought to. front of the Sayed-al-Shuhda the brunt of terror groups like State-Khorasan Province. Such Now the dangerous snake school in the Hazara-dominated Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, who remain OF THE GROUPS, persistent animus and dimin- pit created and abetted by the PICTALK neighbourhood of Kabul horrif- committed to exterminate the THE HAZARAS AND ishment led the Hazaras to Pakistani “establishment” has ically killed 85, mostly schoolgirls Shias. These virulent sectarian OTHER SHIAS LIKE form their own militias like the managed to wear out the between 11 and 15 years, in an groups have close ideological now-fragmented, Abdul Ali US/NATO troops, the sectar- augury of the times ahead. ties with the Taliban (on both ISMAILIS HAVE Mazari’s Hezb-e-Wahdat, or ian and ethnic minorities in Despite the timeline of this attack sides) and have conducted FACED THE BRUNT the comparatively new Hazara Afghanistan are left vulnerable. coinciding with the holy month spectacular and deadly attacks warlord, Abdul Ghani Alipoor, Pakistan has bequeathed its of Ramadan, this area had earli- against the Shias — even the OF RELENTLESS who is now popularly seen as cancerous and manipulative er seen similar bloodshed with suicide bomber who killed for- PERSECUTION an effective vanguard against approach onto the warlords attacks on maternity hospitals, mer Pakistani Prime Minister THROUGHOUT the fury of the Taliban. But and other terror groups oper- schools and tutoring centres. Benazir Bhutto (who too was a these ethnic warlords are reck- ating in Afghanistan, and like While the Afghan Taliban did Shia) belonged to Lashkar-e- HISTORY, BUT FOR lessly volatile, fickle and its blood-soiled streets of deny any role in this specific Jhangvi. Quetta in Baluchistan THE RELATIVE known to shift allegiances Quetta — the augury of future attack and attributed it to anoth- is home to biggest settlement of REPRIEVE IN THE with the proverbial “exchange Afghanistan for “minorities” er group, Islamic State–Khorasan the oppressed Hazaras in of suitcases”, exposing their (like in Pakistan) is dark and Province, the beleaguered fate of Pakistan, as also the unfortu- HAMID KARZAI- community to severe persecu- foreboding. minorities like the Hazaras looks nate killing ground for most ASHRAF GHANI tion. The endless cycle of sec- (The writer, a military vet- ominous. Like the Taliban, which sectarian terror attacks — relay- DISPENSATIONS tarian wars in Afghanistan eran, is a former Lt Governor is a project of the Pakistani ing the inevitable dangers of the was exemplified by the reprisal of Andaman & Nicobar Islands “establishment”, the Islamic State- State recklessly pandering to attacks by the Taliban in and Puducherry. The views Khorasan Province was also majoritarian-sectarianism to Mazar-i-Sharif township in expressed are personal.) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SOUNDBITE Devotees perform sewa (community service) at the Golden Temple in Amritsar PTI WHY WRITE TO THE EDITOR? The BJP Govt can Sir — According to Census 2011, the per- solve the farmers’ centage of youth in our country is 19.3 per Rural areas need awareness crisis with the stroke Wise up cent, yet our country is still developing. In of a pen. The only other words, we can surmise that the effi- face masks. This is because Corona is a viral difficulty is its ego ciency of our youth is not up to the mark. disease that has the potential to spread even and adamancy. As the farmers’ stir completes six months today, Our country, being the largest democracy through aerosols or air, besides touch or con- Congress leader it’s high time that it was simply called off in the world, has its own share of peculiar tact. Is there any guarantee that a normal and — Jaiveer Shergill problems. But the Government alone can’t healthy person would not be infected by get- ednesday, May 26, marks the completion of six months of the ongoing agi- be expected to solve all the problems. There ting vaccinated sitting in the same chair, Many attempts on our tation by the farmers, who have been out in strength against the Union are certain responsibilities that we, being the because it is usually used to seat all kinds of side over many, many Government. They have steadfastly been speaking out against the Centre “uni- youth of the nation, must shoulder. people, including those with minor symptoms? years, almost W For example, everyone is now blaming Similarly, the rooms of the vaccination decades, to improve laterally” passing the three farm laws. Their main demands have been that the three the Government for the mishandling of the centre are not sanitised properly. This is in spite [the] relationship with contentious laws be repealed and that the Centre assure them in writing that the con- second wave of COVID-19 in the country. of the fact that there is every possibility of those Russia did not have But how far is it justified? Are we, being the any rural people have been vaccinated (the) success they deserved. cept of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) would be left untouched. They have been against COVID-19 in the Loisingha coming in for inoculation to have been carry- adamant on these demands, studiously and laboriously rejecting any overtures by the citizens of this great country, performing our ing the virus. The main problem arises from duties honestly and diligently? How do you Mblock’s primary health care centres. European Commission President Government to call off their stir. In the meantime, a Hundreds of people over the age of 45 have the fact that there are fewer healthcare facili- — Ursula von der Leyen think will our country prosper with so many ties in the rural areas than in the cities. handful of State Governments, mainly belonging to internal transgressions taking place? been vaccinated. However, the number of chairs To begin with, when we read, we’ll auto- used while vaccinating them is only one, forc- Therefore, infection control is a far more impor- the camp of the Opposition parties, have been overt- tant necessity in the rural areas. The A parent, an idol, a matically develop an inclination towards ing the recipients to sit in the same chair. friend, a mentor — ly or covertly egging the cultivators on. The six-month Department of Health needs to take immedi- writing. When we write down our views, we Similarly, the table being used to diagnose peo- you were everything history of the farmers’ agitation has seen its share ate steps to be on the guard against such shod- unknowingly empower our brethrens. ple with minor symptoms is the same for peo- to me. Love you Dad, of hardships, violence, blood and gore. Since the days Writing to the Editor in newspapers is the ple from all walks of life. dy practices. The vaccination centres need to miss you. be sanitised and disinfected every day. The they first pitched their ramshackle tents on the Capital’s most fulfilling professional engagement Due to such behaviour on part of the Actor incoming public must be guided to get vacci- periphery as the mornings started getting chilly to we can get into. But, in order to write to the authorities, even healthy people are likely to — Sanjay Dutt nated one at a time and not crowd around the mounting the ramparts of the Red Fort in the forenoon newspapers, we must acquire the requisite get infected. The Government is urging the pub- knowledge first. When our writings get pub- lic to follow COVID-appreciate behaviour, vaccination station. Dhenkanal of January 26 this year, the agitating farmers and their lished, we get enormous confidence and that including obeying social distance and wearing Rajib Kumar Tripathy | I abide by all leaders have come a long way. acts as a further incentive to read and write instructions more. There’s no substitute to knowledge. the abject misgovernance by the MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ARE NEXT PROBLEM conveyed to us At one point in time, when it seemed that the farm- through the group. I ers were getting frustrated with the ongoing impasse We have to read and write. Let’s educate the Government, thereby leaving the nation Sir — India, with its 135 crore-strong pop- vulnerable and empower them. This is how with a huge deficit in the fiscal of 2020-21. do not know how I and had started turning back from Delhi’s borders, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh ulation, has become a sick country in all missed that we’ll all grow together. One wonders as to why no efforts are still aspects of the word, what with the second N Soumik | Bhubaneswar particular message Tikait’s copious tears succeeded in halting their homeward progress. Be that as it may, being made to address the issue of growing wave of the Coronavirus now giving way to (following COVID norms). the partial lockdown and the ravaging second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic drew unemployment even as restlessness among the White, Black and Yellow fungi. This is CONTROL RISING PRICES, JOBLESSNESS the youth and jobless people is growing by away from them whatever little attention or sympathy they had been garnering. Now, over and beyond the lack of medical facil- Pakistan bowler Sir — In the aftermath of the pandemic’s leaps and bounds. ities in the country, like vaccines, medical seizing the chance that the half-year milestone provides them, the farmer leaders are outbreak, the Centre and the State All in all, COVID’s second wave rav- — Naseem Shah out of their self-imposed hibernation. They are ostensibly making grand plans to mark Governments were engrossed in working aging the nation has doubled people’s pain oxygen and hospital beds. The result: More than 3 lakh people dead. India is being con- the occasion and, to this end, various protests have been planned across the country out a strategy in pursuit of electoral victo- and sufferings; it is time the Centre pon- I have done ry, following which they took their eyes off dered over the growing anger and unease sidered as the most unsafe country across mundane, stupid to observe May26 as “black day”. Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu has been fly- the other pressing issues like rising unem- amongst the unemployment people and the the globe. The other countries have asked films but I own all of ing a black flag on his house; SAD chief Sukhbir Badal says that Prime Minister Narendra ployment and economic slowdown. Amid rising prices of essentials. It must come out their citizens to leave India, besides banning them with pride. I Modi should be talking to the farmers; Kisan Morcha leaders have renewed their call to the raging virus, the Government was left with a focused plan for revival of the econ- their flights to and from here. It is time we own all of my insignificant work observe Wednesday as “black day” and at least 12 Opposition parties have come out with no option but to impose night curfew omy on a war footing so that it opens the Indians united to beat the virus. and then switch over to partial lockdown. door for employment as well as arrest the Bhagwan Thadani | Mumbai because that was in support of the farmers’ protest call. But in this critical period of the raging pandem- The truth remains that rapid job loss- price rise, otherwise the political cost for the part of my journey. ic, is this what the nation really wants, deserves? Shouldn’t we utilise our energies, our es on account of shutdowns and the rising Government would be substantial. Send your feedback to: Actor resources to do something better for our nation and its citizens? Think about it. prices of essential commodities are due to KR Srinivasan | Secunderabad [email protected] —Anupam Kher HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | MAY 26, 2021 07 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ FIRSTCOLUMN The system that DIFFERENT BOATS IN THE SAME STORM has failed us all RANDEEP SINGH SURJEWALA How the global pandemic reinforced the philosophy of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam ' The Congress leadership had time and again tried to impress upon the PM the need to take timely and cogent steps, but the suggestions weren’t heeded he raging COVID pandemic is a test of lead- ership all over the world. There are countries SABLOK that have battled the virus and emerged AVNI stronger and there are those that have been foundT lacking in preparedness, empathy and gover- ince the outbreak of the Corona virus in 2020, different waves have come to affect different countries in differ- nance. It is regrettable that India falls in the catego- ent ways and degrees. The impact of the second ry of countries where the government completely S abdicated its responsibility and looked the other way wave,which has recently hit India, is much greaterthan the first as millions were left to fend for themselves, fight the wave. India successfully managed to contain the virus vis-à- virus and die. This unprecedented crisis worsened vis- the more developed countries, including US and Europe, on account of the government's ignorance, ego and in the first wave.In this prolonged phase of global pandemic, incompetence. what are the main lessons that the global community has come There are four ways to combat the COVID- 19 to learn, particularly from Indian initiatives? During the first wave, virus - testing, tracking, treatment and vaccination. It is a foregone conclusion that for a country like India, India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi not the biggest global manufacturer of vaccines, inocu- only succeeded in tiding the challenge but also providedmed- lating our people on priority would be what any elect- ical and other assistance to more than 150 countries. And vac- ed government would opt to do. But not the Modi cine to 95 countries. Such gestures display the true spirit and government. So the focus here would be on what strength of Indians and that India cares for the world apart from could have been our most potent ammunition in this battle - vaccination- how we failed - and there are no signs of course correction yet. month, while Bharat Biotech produces The Central Government's acute shortage. It isn't just the oppo- After first warning of the COVID Tsunami as about 60 lakh doses a month. Both shameful neglect of duty has result- sition but people all across the coun- early as February 2020, Rahul Gandhi had suggest- companies can ramp up production ed in the States being forced to out- try are enraged and want to know why ed in August last year about a sound vaccine strat- only by end of July or beginning of bid each other. This insane competi- were Serology Surveys, warnings egy, that ensures equitable vaccination for all. The August. Sputnik V, the Russian vac- tion among the States is a creation of from experts, scientific advisors even Prime Minister and his team even failed to calculate cine approved by the government will the Central Government's failure to the Parliament's Standing Committee the dosages of vaccine required for our population. BUT EVEN AS US be manufactured in significant quan- procure vaccines for our people and on Health ignored? Why did we waste They had no idea as to how much vaccine could be INDIANS HAVE TO tities by Dr Reddys and six other labs instead putting the burden entirely on a year electioneering when we should produced in a month and were clueless about the WAIT IMPATIENTLY also by July end. No other foreign vac- States - both monetarily and in terms have instead been preparing for the investment and incentive manufacturers would BEFORE BEING cine has yet been approved for use or of availability. Ironically, at a time second wave? Why is the government need. So while most countries bought ample vaccines INOCULATED, imported for inoculation. Pfizer was when African nations have formed a so averse to sound advice? Why did protecting her own interests. This is a way of reinforcing the and had finished placing their fourth and fifth rounds dragged for lack of permission in Union to procure 22.2 crore doses of Dr Shahid Jameel, an eminent virol- Indian philosophy of “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” (the world PRIME MINISTER of orders by August-October 2020, Indian govern- NARENDRA MODI February itself. This explains the vaccine from Johnson and Johnson, ogist on government's genome task is one family). In the first wave, the response of the interna- ment placed its first order of just 1.60 crore doses on EXPORTED OVER complete lack of vaccine strategy that a move that collectively gives them force quit? But the question that is on tional community towards India's initiatives was positive. The as late as January 11, 2021. would ensure enough and equitable better bargaining power, India's everyone's mind now is about how The world tapped multiple vaccines in the mar- 6.63 CRORE distribution of the vaccine. Central Government has created a prepared are we going to be for the second wave of the pandemic, unanticipated as it is, engulfed VACCINE DOSES India in an overwhelming manner.Given the virulence of the ket but the Modi government ended up creating a The only way to increase vacci- fastest fingers first situation for India's third wave, that's expected to hit chil- State duopoly - relying on just two vaccines - Covaxin OVERSEAS. AND nation is to either manufacture more States. Putting the onus on States to dren hard? What paediatric arrange- virus, a high number of people got infected in the second wave made by Bharat Biotech in partnership with ICMR NO, NOT ALL OF or allow more foreign vaccines to be pay higher prices for vaccines is ments are being made, given the many within a short time. As India grappled with shortage of essen- and Oxford University-Astra Zeneca's Covishield pro- THESE EXPORTS imported. Both suggestions have immoral and unethical. warning bells that have been issued? tial medical requirements during the second wave, there were- duced by Serum Institute of India. Even these two WERE UNDER been repeatedly made by the Congress It is the irrational and premature Unfortunately, instead of focus- many criticisms on the way India addressed the situation. sources were not fully utilized. India is presently vac- INTERNATIONAL leadership. But such letters haven't celebration that one needs to warn ing on the task at hand to save lives, One has to consider, and even take a relook, at many cinating under 16 lakh people everyday, which is DIPLOMACY, LARGE even been acknowledged - and some- against. Even as vaccination numbers the government, its key ministers and aspects of the situation. First,many developed countries, includ- steeply down from the peak in April. VOLUMES WERE times insolently responded to by fall steeply, the government's ambi- the BJP has chosen to indulge in cheap COMMERCIAL ing US, though possessing advanced infrastructure found it False claims won't mask the truth. As on May junior ministers. tious claims of 200 crore vaccine doses politics. Even after its lies have been 23, only 15.29 crore people got their first shot and CONSIGNMENTS. Meanwhile, a confused Modi to be available by December seems called out, its forgery flagged and its tough to address the situation in the initial phase of the first only 4.31 crore Indians have been fully vaccinated, ALL OF THIS government, which is lobbying for unreal. Experts are not willing to buy fraud termed as manipulated media wave.Implied, given the virulent nature and transmission rate which is around three percent of our population. This FOR MOMENTARY patent waiver by global vaccine majors this yet. Some senior virologists have by independent fact checkers and of the virus, infrastructural needs are falling short to tackle the pales in comparison to America's 39% fully vacci- GLORY AND at the WTO, argued against compul- in fact already raised the red flag on social media giants like Twitter - the situation everywhere, including India. Critics opine that vac- nation rate or UK's 33%. What is even more worry- APPLAUSE FOR sory licencing at the Supreme Court, nasal and DNA vaccines that are being ruling party refuses to give up. It has cine diplomacy has impaired India's interests.It should not be ing is the fact that under one crore out of 62 crore MR MODI? a position it changed after much pub- spoken about and given the past track now resorted to intimidation. But it overlooked that the assistance that many countries received Indians between the age group of 18-44 years have lic furore. Sections 92 and 100 under records, they are rightly apprehensive will refuse to answer pertinent ques- on account of India's Vaccine Maitri facilitated the process of received the first dosage, a task that has been callous- India's Patent Act 1970 provide for of the targets being achieved. tions on the disease, series of missteps, ly left for States to perform. While this goes to print, Compulsory licences. Simply put, gov- To top it, a beaming picture of the misgovernance, acute shortage of life vaccination in the world. This ensured the shared goal of cre- States like Delhi and Telangana have suspended vac- ernment can declare compulsory Prime Minister on the vaccine certifi- savings drugs, vaccines and oxygen. ating equal and affordable access tomedicines and vaccines, cination drive for those under 45 years, due to the licensing for any patented product cate is a grim reminder of the single It has no answers for mismatch in particularly for people living in the world's poorest countries- paucity of vaccine availability. during national or extreme emer- nuggets reason why India has failed ground realities and the official death a reflection of the philosophy of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’. But even as Indians have to wait impatiently gency-which will allow domestic - OVER CENTRALISATION. Be it figures across some of the BJP-ruled As India reels under the second wave, many leaders, includ- before being inoculated, Prime Minister Modi manufacturing of patented items and procurement and mapping of oxygen, States. The party is tongue tied about ing Australian Prime Minister and US President, applauded gen- exported over 6.63 crore vaccine doses overseas. And ensure steady supply. Royalty to the distribution of vaccines, essential dead bodies buried across river beds. erosity displayed by India. Following India's footsteps, a num- no, not all of these exports were under internation- The author is All patent holder is paid by the controller drugs and ventilators - the central gov- Its sheer shamelessness to level charges al diplomacy, large volumes were commercial con- India Congress general of patents or the High Court, ernment has refused to treat States as against the opposition is a desperate ber of countries have come forward to provide help to India, signments. How can an elected government commit Committee General if negotiations fail. After procrastinat- partners in this battle. PM's mono- attempt to divert attention- but its all including Australia, US, Germany, Saudi Arabia, France, UK, the sin of prioritising anyone before its own citizens? Secretary and Chief ing for nearly a month, the govern- logues after every meeting with the in vain - the destruction on account Kazakhstan, Singapore and others. Since the last week of April All of this for momentary glory and applause for Mr Spokesperson of ment finally invited applications to Chief Ministers exemplifies why dia- of government's apathy is apparent all when the pandemic situation in India turned serious, India Modi? the Congress Party. manufacture patented vaccines, but logue is so essential. around us. received international assistance in the form of supplies such Before moving any further - let's take stock of The views expressed who is responsible for precious time It is ironic how India, the largest Mr Modi, call yourself what you as ventilators and oxygen concentrators and medicine. There the vaccine availability in India. Serum Institute's pre- are personal. that has been wasted and the lives this manufacturer of oxygen, drugs and may. But you are the system that has sent production capacity is about six crore doses every indecision has cost? vaccines has lost precious lives due to failed us all. is no doubt that the global pandemic has provided valuable lessons to the entire humanity. Challenges in contemporary times are becoming more complex and cannot be addressed POINTCOUNTERPOINT solely by any single country. It requires collective efforts of all countries. As such any act of compassion can go a long way to save the family. Undoubtedly, India has shown the world WE HAVE SPOKEN TO PFIZER AND MODERNA FOR KEJRIWAL HAD CLAIMED ON APRIL 26 THAT HIS the path of compassion and to openly embrace the world as VACCINES, AND BOTH THE MANUFACTURERS GOVERNMENT WOULD ORDER 1.34 CRORE VACCINES. a family, which is the core philosophy of ‘Vasudhaiva HAVE SAID THEY WILL DEAL WITH THE CENTRE. NOW HE’S SAYING HE HAS NOTHING. Kutumbakam’. Now, the world has come to realize that the glob- — DELHI DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER — BJP SPOKESPERSON al pandemic warrants collective and coordinated efforts. (The author is Senior Researcher, Public Policy Research MANISH SISODIA SAMBIT PATRA Centre, New Delhi. The views expressed are personal.) Travel and tourism are inherent traits of humankind International travel is likely to remain affected for quite some time but domestic tourism may witness a surge in the near future he COVID-19 pandem- fear. Who could have imag- Majority of passenger trains varietymay start thriving. ture is likely to alleviate ic is all about social dis- ined that bright wintry morn- are docked since COVID-19 People may travel for a differ- decades of congestion on the Ttancing and curbing ing that the coronavirus would onset and there is palpable fear ent experience, a change of tracks and increase overall travel to the extent of restrict- soon start wreaking havoc. among people of getting environment and feeling the capacity. On the aviation front, ing movement beyond the March 22, 2020, when the infected in this mode of trav- outside, but they may not the UDAN scheme has already front door of homes. Travel in lockdown was first announced el. This fear may weigh heavy exactly like visiting tourist given a new dimension to air these times is almost an oxy- is a date difficult to forget. on the minds of travellers sites. And obviously for rea- travel and going forward moron. With no end of the ASHWANI LOHANI Suddenly we were confined who are likely to prefer air sons of social distancing, would add to the same in pandemic yet in sight, the indoors. But people adjusted travel that takes much less resorts would take precedence increasing measure. options are either to sit at fairly quicklyto the first wave time and is safer with con- over conventional hotel type Regardless of the forecasts home, or move about with of coronavirus and eventual- trolled air flows and HEPA fil- accommodation and traffic by different soothsayers, we precautions and restrictions or ly resumed going out, even out ters. Short distance Shatabdi to non-city hotels may witness need to prepare for a future be an eternal optimist and plan of cities on short-term holi- type travel may sustain but an increase as compared to city that would definitely witness for the post COVID-19 era days. Going to Maldives, a long-distance travel is likely to hotels. a resurgence in tourism, albeit when pent up desiresto go out nation that remained unaffect- habits of people with the tances from their homes. Delhi be impacted in the short to The efforts of of a changed mix. We need to would suddenly find an ed by the virus for a long time, majority seeking an experience and its surroundingswould medium term. International Air Transport focus on and build tourist uncontrollable opening. became a fashion statement. within the country's tourist perhaps witness a lot of road Domestic air travel may Association towards initiating infrastructure innovatively and I clearly remember the But the virus returned with a destinations, at least in the travel to hill stations in even go up now, but interna- Covid passportsare commend- put in place systems for 30th and 31st of January last vengeance this April. short-term. Himachal and Uttarakhand. tional travel may continue to able and need to be imple- improving tourist informa- year when the first rescue International travel is like- The “Aas Paas” brand of And similar could be the state be impacted for sometime. mented at the earliest after tion and facilitation. Incidents flights took off majestically ly to be affected for quite tourism piloted by the state of of affairs almost all round the And both aircrafts and trains working out the modalities. like the ongoing pandemic from the Delhi airport for The author is former some time, atleast till the vac- Madhya Pradesh almost a country. Cross-country move- would have to aggressively The operation of private must be regarded as tempo- Wuhan, to bring back the Chairman & Managing cination drive gathers momen- decade ago is likely to witness ment for tourism in all prob- follow COVID-19 sanitation passenger carrying trains may rary setbacks; the sector would stranded Indians. There was a Director, Air India and tum and covers the majority of a resurgence. People are more abilitymay witness a decline by protocols regardless. in the future give a new bounce back much faster than nationalistic fervour and a former Chairman, our population.Till then likely to feel safe and confident train or road in favour of air Visits to tourist sites would dimension to passenger com- others once things improve. feeling of accomplishment Railway Board. The views domestic tourism may witness in exploring nearby places travel. definitely remain affected fort and overall experience. With vaccination gathering when the Boeing 747s took off expressed are personal. a surge. Many of us visualize and seeking a different expe- Rail travel in my view though tourist destinations And the planned rapid pace of pace, good times have to and there was no feeling of a distinct change in the travel rience within drivable dis- may take a long-term hit. especially of the hill station adding to the fixed infrastruc- return. HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | MAY 26, 2021 Money 08 ‘India's GDP to grow at 1.3 Sensex, Nifty end flat on per cent in March quarter’ PNS n MUMBAI

The country's GDP is likely to profit booking in financials grow at 1.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020-21 and PNS n MUMBAI Binod Modi, Head may see a contraction of Strategy at Reliance around 7.3 per cent for the full Equity benchmarks Securities. financial year, according to Sensex and Nifty ended Notably, metal stocks an SBI research report on a flat note after witnessed recovery as 'Ecowrap'. range-bound trade on sharp correction in last The e-National Statistical Tuesday as investors couple of days brought Office (NSO) will release the 'nowcasting model' with 41 FY22 as compared to loss of Rs booked profits at high- investors' interest back GDP estimates for the March high-frequency indicators 11 lakh crore in Q1 FY21," it er levels following the to metal companies, 2021 quarter and provisional associated with industry activ- said. market's sharp recovery which have report annual estimates for the year ity, service activity, and glob- Real GDP loss would be in over the past few ses- robust earnings per- 2020-21 on May 31. al economy in collaboration the range of Rs 4-4.5 lakh crore sions. formance in 4Q FY21 "Based on our 'nowcasting with State Bank Institute of and, hence, real GDP growth The 30-share BSE and guided healthy model', the forecasted GDP Leadership (SBIL), Kolkata. would be in the range of 10-15 Sensex settled 14.37 performance in ensu- growth for Q4 would be The report said that going by per cent (as against RBI fore- points or 0.03 per cent ing quarters, he added. around 1.3 per cent (with the estimate of 1.3 per cent cast of 26.2 per cent), it said. lower at 50,637.53, He, however, stated downward bias) as against GDP growth, India would still The research report further while the broader NSE that investors will con- NSO (National Statistical be the fifth-fastest-growing said both deposits and credit of Nifty advanced 10.75 tinue to focus on trajec- Office) projection of a negative country among 25 nations all the banks declined in April points or 0.07 per cent tory of daily COVID- (-)1 per cent," the research that have released their GDP and May. However, the trend to 15,208.45. 19 cases and vaccina- report said. numbers so far. It said one like- in deposits has changed from Asian Paints was the tion ramp up in the "We now expect GDP ly consequence of any upward FY21. top gainer in the Sensex country in the near decline for the full year (FY revision in FY21 estimates is a Deposits had increased by a pack, advancing over term, and possible 2020-21) to be around 7.3 per concomitant decline in FY22 staggering Rs 2.8 lakh crore in 3 per cent, fol- withdrawal of restric- cent (compared to our earlier GDP estimates. "Our estimates 2020-21; and in the current lowed by Titan, tions in a phased man- prediction of minus 7.4 per now indicate that there might financial year, it has already Bajaj Finserv, ner by states from next cent)," it said. State Bank of be nominal GDP loss of up to increased by Rs 1 lakh crore till ONGC, Infosys week should boost India (SBI) has developed a Rs 6 lakh crore during Q1 May 7. and TCS. market mood. On the other Elsewhere in Asia, hand, HDFC Bank, bourses in Shanghai, Axis Bank, Reliance Hong Kong, Seoul and MONEY MATTERS Industries, IndusInd Tokyo ended on a pos- Delhi Airport Bank, HDFC and ITC itive note. were among the lag- Equities in Europe handled 100 Barclays cuts India's FY22 gards. were largely trading "Domestic equities with gains in mid-ses- relief flights traded in a range. sion deals. GDP estimate to 9.2 per cent While BFSIs witnessed Meanwhile, interna- British brokerage on some profit-booking tional oil benchmark in last month Tuesday cut India's FY22 after sharp recovery Brent crude was trad- PNS n HYDERABAD AGDP growth estimate by a recorded in last couple ing 0.50 per cent lower sharp 0.80 per cent to 9.2 per of trading days, others at USD 68.03 per bar- GMR group-run Delhi cent, saying the economic impact traded positively," said rel. International Airport has of the second wave of infections handled 100 COVID-19 has been deeper than initially relief flights in the last one expected. Barclays chief India month, which have car- economist Rahul Bajoria also ried 1,750 metric tonnes mentioned the slow pace of vaccinations in the country and the (MT) of relief cargo from rolling lockdowns across many states for the estimate. It can be Bajaj Electricals posts Govt to set up National Mission over 36 international des- noted that the last month has seen a slew of similar forecasts from tinations. analysts, even as the RBI maintained its estimate of a 10.5 per cent During the second growth in real GDP. The analysts' estimates range from 8.5 per cent on biomass use in power plants wave of the pandemic, the to a little above 10 per cent. The higher growth number has been Rs 54 cr profit for Mar PNS n NEW DELHI airport ensured efficient made possible by a low base of FY21, where the economy and swift handling of contracted by over 7.5 per cent. "Although India's second COVID-19 PNS n NEW DELHI and construction) segment The power ministry on medical aid being wave has started to recede, the related economic costs have been has achieved a total revenue Tuesday said it has decide to received from across the larger owing to the more stringent lockdowns implemented to Bajaj Electricals on Tuesday of Rs 283 crore in the fourth set up a National Mission on world, with active support contain the outbreak… we lower our FY 2021-22 GDP growth reported a consolidated net quarter of last fiscal as use of biomass in coal- based from its stakeholders, forecast a further 0.80 per cent, to 9.2 per cent," Bajoria said. profit of Rs 54.26 crore for against Rs 554 crore, a thermal power plants in order Delhi International the quarter ended March 31, decline of 48.9 per cent over to address the issue of air pol- Airport Ltd (DIAL) said 2021. a year ago. lution due to farm stubble in a release on Tuesday. It had registered a net loss Bajaj Electricals Chairman burning and to reduce carbon The country's busiest Gold declines Rs 102, silver of Rs 81 lakh in the January- and Managing Director footprints. airport is the largest March period of the previous Shekhar Bajaj said that the This would further support cargo hub airport of also tumbles Rs 269 financial year. consumer products business the energy transition in the south Asia region, with old dipped Rs 102 to The company's total rev- has delivered a strong perfor- country and its target to move two integrated cargo ter- Rs 48,025 per 10 enue from operations in mance in this quarter, despite towards cleaner energy to handle the higher amount of Mission are under finalization. minals having an annu- Ggram in the national January-March 2021 stood at a sharp rise in commodity sources, Ministry of Power silica, alkalis in the biomass It is being envisaged that the al handling capacity of capital on Tuesday amid Rs 1,258.47, down 3.24 per prices and a weakening of said in a statement. pellets. The Mission would Mission would have a Steering 1.8 million MT, which is rupee appreciation, cent as against Rs 1,300.66 overall demand sentiment. The National Mission will also facilitate overcoming the Committee headed by scalable to 2.3 million according to HDFC crore in the year-ago period, "Our EPC segment has have objectives including constraints in supply chain of Secretary (Power) comprising MT. With the handling of Securities. In the the company said in a BSE further reduced its loss, while increasing the level of co-fir- bio mass pellets and agro- all stakeholders including rep- 100th relief flight on previous trade, the filing. continuing to focus on exe- ing from present 5 per cent to residue and its transport up to resentatives from Ministry of Tuesday, the airport precious metal had closed Its consumer products seg- cution and working capital. higher levels to have a larger the power plants, the statement Petroleum & Natural Gas , recorded the highest at Rs 48,127 per 10 ment has earned a total rev- "On a full-year basis, share of carbon neutral power said. Ministry of New & Renewable movements of COVID gram. Silver also declined enue of Rs 975 crore as despite it being a pandemic- generation from thermal It would also consider reg- Energy etc. relief aid among all Rs 269 to Rs 70,810 per against Rs 747 crore a year impacted year, we have deliv- power plants. ulatory issues in biomass co- The Executive Committee domestic airports amid kilogram from Rs 71,079 ago, a growth of 30.6 per ered strongly to our overall It would also take up firing. would be headed by Member the pandemic, DIAL per kilogram in the previous trade. "Spot gold prices for 24 carat in cent. Bajaj Electricals' EPC strategy in line with our research and development The modalities of operation (Thermal), CEA (Central said. Delhi were down by Rs 102 pressured by rupee appreciation," (engineering, procurement long-term vision," he added. (R&D) activity in boiler design and structure of the Nation Electricity Authority). according to HDFC Securities, Senior Analyst (Commodities), Tapan Patel. The Indian rupee strengthened by 13 paise to 72.83 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday. In the international market, gold was trading higher at USD 1,882.50 per ounce, while silver IIFT completes placement Shibulal buys Benz GLA, AMG GLA was flat at USD 27.67 per ounce. Infosys shares of MBA (IB) 2019-21 batch worth Rs 100 cr launched at Rs 42.10L IBM partners top Indian PNS n NEW DELHI MBA (IB) Programme. The PNS n NEW DELHI online purchase, Mercedes- placements witnessed an Benz India said in a statement. academic institutions The Indian Institute of Foreign average CTC of Rs 21.08 from his wife German luxury carmaker Originally, the GLA was ech giant IBM on Tuesday Trade (IIFT), under the com- lakh per annum. The high- PNS n NEW DELHI Mercedes-Benz on Tuesday scheduled to be launched in said it has partnered with merce ministry, on Tuesday, est CTC offered stood at Rs launched two SUVs - the all- April but has been delayed to T11 top-tier academic said it has concluded the 46.5 lakh per annum," the Infosys co-founder S D new GLA and AMG GLA 35 the end of May due to the dis- institutions including the placements for the 2019-21 institute said in a statement. Shibulal has bought shares 4M in India with introducto- ruption caused by the pan- Indian Institute of Science batch of its flagship MBA in Prof Manoj Pant, IIFT worth Rs 100 crore of the IT ry prices starting at Rs 42.10 demic. (IISc) Bangalore and IIT the International Business pro- Director said that the insti- major from wife Kumari lakh after being delayed by the "However, based on increas- Kharagpur to allow over-the- gramme with an average CTC tute offers the best of the tal- Shibulal through an open second wave of the COVID-19 ing customer demand, to sus- cloud access to its quantum of Rs 21.08 lakh per annum. ent available in the country market transaction. pandemic. tain the business continuity systems in a bid to accelerate It said that the sales and Auto, Cipla, Dabur, Eli Lilly, to the corporate sector and "...We are hereby informing Both these SUVs will be and support the economic advanced training and research in quantum computing. The faculty marketing domain attracted GSK, HUL, ITC, L'Oréal, the Indian and multination- you about the sale of 7,45,150 available in dealerships across sustenance of the retail net- and students of these 11 institutions will be able to access IBM the highest percentage of Paytm, and Tata Steel. al businesses, in turn, have equity shares of Infosys to S India where business is oper- work, the company has decid- quantum systems, quantum learning resources, and quantum tools offers and witnessed keen "IIFT recently concluded continued to show faith and D Shibulal by way of block ational, besides being available ed to offer these two new over IBM Cloud for education and research purposes that will allow participation from brands the final placements for the confidence in the candi- sale on May 24, 2021," at the company's web store for products for the customers in them to work on actual quantum computers and programme them like Airtel, Amway, Bajaj 2019-21 batch of its flagship dates. Kumari Shibulal said. those customers who prefer an the market," it said. using the Qiskit open-source framework, a statement said. The collaboration will be part of the IBM Quantum Educators programme that helps faculty in the quantum field connect with one another and provides them with resources to enable quality Triumph drives in Aim to comply with IT rules: FB educational experiences, it added. PNS n NEW DELHI we are working to implement No major impact of Covid on operational processes and Bonneville Bobber Facebook on Tuesday said it is improve efficiencies”. PNS n NEW DELHI Business Head Shoeb Farooq working to implement opera- Facebook remains commit- client deliverables: Infosys said. With the launch of the tional processes and aims to ted to people's ability to freely T major Infosys on British premium motorcycle Bobber, the company's classic comply with the provisions of and safely express themselves Tuesday said it has seen brand Triumph Motorcycles line-up now has an overall of the IT rules that come into on our platform, the Ino major impact on client on Tuesday said it has nine motorcycles including effect from May 26. spokesperson added. deliverables due to the launched the updated version three special editions which, by The social media giant, how- The company, however, did ongoing pandemic, and has of Bonneville Bobber in India far is the largest modern clas- ever, said it continues to discuss not divulge additional details. been working proactively priced at Rs 11.75 lakh. sic portfolio offered by a pre- a “few of the issues which need According to sources close with clients to mitigate any The 2021 Bonneville mium manufacturer in the more engagement” with the appointment of a chief compli- these social media companies to the development, provi- potential impact.The Bobber comes with enhanced country offering motorcycles government. ance officer, nodal contact losing their intermediary sta- sions around voluntary verifi- Bengaluru-based company engine performance, technol- from 900 cc up to a 1,200 cc The comments assume sig- person and resident grievance tus that provides them exemp- cation, 24-hour timeline to has also enabled vaccination for 14,150 employees and their family ogy and equipment. platform, he added. The new nificance as social media com- officer. tions from liabilities for any remove content flagged for members through its centres, and is in the process of setting up "The Triumph Bobber has Bobber comes powered with panies are facing the deadline IT Ministry sources said third-party information and nudity etc and setting up a additional facilities across its campuses in India. Besides, Infosys is always had a demand among Triumph's latest generation of May 25 to comply with the that appointment of a griev- data hosted by them. In a process and time bound griev- providing financial support, exploring training and job opportunities Indian customers and due to Bonneville 1,200 cc engine new guidelines for digital plat- ance officer would be a key statement on Tuesday, a ance redressal mechanism has for the next of kin and offering necessary assistance to support this we decided to bring the which generates a peak power forms. The new rules were requirement from day-one of Facebook spokesperson said: been put in place, while meet- dependents of deceased staff members. "We continue to operate in Bobber back after a gap of one of 78PS. The 2021 Bobber announced in February which rules coming into effect, given “We aim to comply with the ing requirements like genera- a remote model across our offices and see no major impact on our year. The 2021 Bobber features also exceeds EURO 5 require- requires large social media the importance of public inter- provisions of the IT rules and tion of monthly compliance client deliverables due to the ongoing health situation. In few new updates, with the blacked ments, giving lower emissions platforms like Twitter, face for complaints, and need continue to discuss a few of the reports and appointment of instances, where we have had challenges, we have been working out finishing giving the motor- than the previous generation, Facebook, Instagram and for an acknowledgement sys- issues which need more chief compliance officer, nodal proactively with our clients to mitigate any potential impact," Infosys cycle a more stunning appeal," and improved fuel economy, WhatsApp to follow addition- tem for requests. Non-compli- engagement with the govern- contact person and resident said in a statement. Triumph Motorcycles India the company noted. al due diligence, including the ance with rules would result in ment. Pursuant to the IT rules, grievance officer is underway. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

Wednesday May 26, 2021

With some highly Bharat Thakur anticipated projects BARKHA SINGH AND HER under her belt, Barkha makes India proud Singh, the child artiste who played young STELLAR ACTING CHOPS Kareena Kapoor in Mujhse Dosti Karoge, here was a familiar sense with the new normal possibility, vacation thing. Mujhse Dosti who’s working against the odds of ease as it felt like a she Barkha has begun to embrace Karoge happened in the summer to innovate, create, connect, and can't feel more session of catch-up what she sees as an unprecedented break between my third and fourth inspire and there seems to be t without the added effort opportunity for a creative revolu- standard. I was like ‘let’s go to absolutely nothing that can stop optimistic. In her free- of trying to navigate a tion. She adds, “I am thankful to Switzerland and Manali and meet her! questionnaire. Barkha my productive meditation hours Hrithik, Kareena and Rani’, ‘cause spoken spirit, the sia Inc. 500, a well-known digital was last seen in the film Murder that continue to fuel me with new why not!” she chuckles. platform, in association with the Meri Jaan where she plays the role ideas for content everyday, atleast Barkha agrees that OTT is the young actor talks about government of Malaysia and of a con artist who gets married to for a basic daily-routine as it keeps new in-thing now, but both the A Commonwealth Youth, Malaysia, a top cop. While she’s had many me composed. In fact, I have a lot small screen and the digital plat- honoured Dr. Bharat Thakur, note-worthy outings on the big and of content available in my bank but form come with their fair her time of reflection Spiritual Master, and small screens, also having to steer the only thing that's holding me share of challenges. Having Philanthropist with the ‘Award Of Excellence through the ongoing pandemic, her back is the sensitive period — I see worked in a few digital series and breaking new in Art, Yoga Philanthropy’ in a recently held humility is unfettered. “I was people losing their loved ones and which include Engineering virtual event. shooting for a travel show and the there’s a race for even basic needs Girls, Please Find Attached ground to The Dr. Bharat Thakur, who also happens to be pandemic went out of control, I out there.” and Manoj Bajpayee-star- the spouse of actress Bhumika Chawla, is the had to rush back. Then there was About Murder Meri Jaan that rer Silence... Can You Pioneer's SHIKHA face of modern India. TIME magazine called this one year of doing absolutely made her what she is today, the Hear It?, shares, “Five him the “Living Himalayan Master. nothing, all of us regardless of sta- actress shared, “Muder Meri Jaan years ago, nobody even DUGGAL. At the tender age of four years, he was tus, were locked inside. While we has been a saving grace for me! knew OTT existed. But taken to the Himalayas by his master, could see a ray of beaming hope in With a super fun, fast paced story- today, I have subscribed Sukhdev Brahmachari. the middle of all this chaos with line, eccentric characters and the to all the major OTT He who has his yoga centers in Hyderabad, shootings being resumed, I didn’t hilarious circumstances that they platforms! There’s New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Gurgaon, hold myself back and shot three find themselves in, it’s all a com- content for everyone, Dubai, and Moscow, has conducted over tremendous projects back-to-back. plete entertainment package. My every age, every pref- 10,000 yoga and meditation sessions for lead- I thought ‘who knows, we could character Sonal is an innocent- erence, every demo- ing corporates, celebrities, and leaders world- get stuck again’ and here we are, in looking, but very sharp young girl graphic. The industry wide and the founder of ‘Artistic Yoga.’ a another lockdown.” with a long criminal history that is so dynamic that it Adapting ancient yoga techniques and pos- Talking about how’s she’s coping includes duping men after marry- keeps revamping itself, tures to suit new lifestyle requirements, this with it all, the actress shares, “My ing them. You never know what’s hence, you gotta keep system of Yoga works on all aspects of fitness work-out is what is keeping me on her mind. Things turn awry up with the latest — strength, flexibility, stamina, balance, and sane these days! Whenever you when her latest catch is none other trend or else you’ll agility. Artistic Yoga is today taught across switch on the television set or open than a police officer himself, result- stay behind. We have 30+ countries from acorss the world. the newspaper, it’s heart-breaking ing in a series of difficult and episodic content on Michael Douglas has practiced his brand of to visualise what’s happening out- funny situations for both of them.” OTT where we have Yoga, meditation, and philosophy, Boris side. Even creating content online Growing up, she found the charac- the power to choose Becker, cricketer Shane Warne, people in has become a humdrum now, but ter roles of con-artists to be very content that we want to business Sunil Bharti Mittal and Ratan Tata, the second wave has forced me to glamorous for some uncanny rea- see, be it of any genre. It has musician Anoushka Shankar, and also mem- have some me-time. I don’t think at son, but now when she got the a huge reach. It is not limited to bers of the Indian Film Industry like Kareena the moment it’s a conducive envi- opportunity to play it for herself, one country or place! There are Kapoor Khan, Bipasha Basu, Sridevi, ronment for people out there to she enacted an in-depth personali- greater opportunities for so many Anushka Shetty, Salman Khan, and David even consume overtly-funny con- ty of a con-woman who’s not so projects and Dhawan also practiced his brand of Yoga. tent online, it’s a bit of a lull-time easy to be identified as one! an actor can Bharat Thakur has conducted many for the industry too, because it gets Though the shoot was hectic for also decide Meditation workshops (called Tapasya — lit- difficult to create variety of content her amid the signs of second wave to pick and erally “burning with an intense desire to within a confined space!,” shares already approaching the country, choose,” reach the divine”). the YouTuber. the good thing that happened was shares the In this two-day workshop, Bharat uses Even though there’s a pandemic the she got acquainted to the city of actress meditation techniques from diverse systems looming outside, the actress still Bhopal in no time. who’s also such as Sufism, Zen Buddhism, and Yoga. swears by the pedagogy of creativi- Mujhse Dosti Karoge! was her an animal The student is guided in finding a Yoga style ty no matter what, only that it first acting job that starred Hrithik activist. they believe is right for them; Hatha Yoga, doesn’t overboard the populace. Roshan and Rani Mukerji. The She’s the Dhyana Yoga, or Bhakti Yoga. The pandemic definitely is actress shares how she looked at current gen- “It’s my honour and privilege to receive the catalysing a new era of creativity. the role when she landed it. “What eration’s award. This shows the increasing awareness As others struggle to come to grips I did was more like a summer cool kid of art, heritage, and yoga, which is the need of the hour. I will continue to contribute to these fields to the fullest of my capacity,” said Dr. Thakur upon receiving the award. Journalist, exposure has given me a won- My bigger concern is that speaker and derful platform to immerse nowadays people are more myself in worlds and cultures concerned about owning a award-winning different from mine. It’s made book than consuming it, in a me sensitive to what sets peo- phenomenon known as antili- author Meghna ple apart and brings them brary. That’s fine, as long as it YOUR BODY, together. I think travelling is translates into sales for pub- Pant tells The the best way to absolve your- lishing houses, bookstores and self from who you are. You authors, but if you want to go Pioneer in a realise the smallness of your back to reading, it’s not an fears and the largeness of your either-or. Don’t get FOMO tête-à-tête that Right’. Along the way, Ladoo smiles. (fear of missing out). must figure out whether As a child, I also read a lot. Prioritise. Read during the she wrote The motherhood means marriage, From Enid Blyton, Sidney weekends when you have time whether being a single mother Sheldon, Jeffery Archer, to immerse yourself in a book. Terrible, means loneliness, whether ‘my Somerset Maugham, Ruskin Binge-watch during weekdays Horrible, Very body, my rules’ apply to Bond, Shakespeare and RK after work. Read in the morn- women, and whether doing YOUR CHOICE Narayan, the typical fare that ings, watch at night. Read a something scandalous is out- Indian children growing up in book whose series you just Bad Good rageous or courageous. We the 80s-90s were given to read. watched. You can read and talk to the author of the book of this novel. To debunk biological child. Motherhood Gone With The Wind was the watch, without compromising News to — The Terrible, Horrible, Very everything we’ve been taught is more about emotions than first book I stayed up till six in one for the other. Bad Good News — Meghna about motherhood, marriage biology, so we cannot judge in the morning reading, and till Change is inevitable, let’s debunk Pant, to find out the answers. and the biological clock. what way a woman wants to today I don’t think there is a celebrate it instead of dimin- everything Excerpts: The plot says, “This have a child — whether it’s book as perfect as that or a ishing it. How did you conceptu- humorous yet inspiring through surrogacy, IVF, adop- character as finely etched out Reports implied that we’ve been alise The Terrible, story of a small-town tion or the traditional way. as Scarlett O’Hara. Reading your book will soon be Horrible, Very Bad Good woman’s fight against Is comedy a good way has ha d a definitive impact on seen as a feature film, taught about News? What went into social stigma will res- to address social my writing. Badnam Ladoo. Do you its research? onate with every woman issues? What does the future of think film adaptations do motherhood, and man.’ How and why the written world look justice to the books After I found myself child- do you think so? It’s the only way to commu- like since we are they’re based on? Why marriage and less and single at the age of 33, nicate the truth without being swamped by digital or why not? I spend years torturing myself I think women’s issues are offensive or pedantic. entertainment? the biological and allowed society to shame everyone’s issues, and humour How did you come up The book is under develop- me for my ‘failure’. Despite is essential for every gender as with the title? I don’t buy into the compe- ment with a big studio. Films having a good career, living we try to survive thisdeadly tition between OTT and take time to gestate, on aver- clock around the world, surviving pandemic. It is inspired by a sweet books. I think that both books age two to three years, and an abusive relationship, pub- Mainstream cinema is shop I saw in Lucknow, where and OTT are going to co-exist more during the pandemic. lishing books and winning now gradually warming my parents sometimes live. in the future. A good story So, we’ll have to be patient. hirty-four-year-old awards, I let myself be told up to the idea that there The protagonist’s pet name is must be told no matter what But this is a film that people Ladoo, a simple, that I wasn’t woman enough is no set age for mother- Ladoo and she becomes bad- its medium is. will love because it’s entertain- middle-class divorcee until I’d had a child. I was hood with films like nam after she decides to I also think that OTT plat- ment with insight. from Rishikesh, Ladoo. Fortunately, I met a Badhaai Ho... How do become a mother without get- forms are a fantastic way to Books need only one per- t wants only one thing wonderful man, got married, ting married first. scale your book and talent, if son — the author — in order you think your book can from life — a baby. and — at age 37 and 39 — I help shape public per- How have your forma- they fit, to a larger audience to work. But film adaptations She eats gondh halwa, drinks had two beautiful daughters. ception of pregnancy tive years influenced than you ever imagined. need many people to come badam milk and takes folic After all the cautionary tales after a certain age? your writing? Therefore, as a writer, I see together to work. Adaptations acid to slow down her ticking I’d been fed my entire life, of OTT as an opportunity and can lift the book but never biological clock and become the difficulty older women I want women to know that To be able to sit down and not a threat. diminish it. the world’s most fertile have conceiving, I’d braced ‘my body, my rules’ apply to write about the world, it’s cru- We cannot hold it against For example, I think films woman. When an accidental myself for futility. But both my each and every one of them. cial to first stand up and see someone that, if after a long like Guide, The Namesake, 7 meeting with a gynecologist pregnancies were natural and Let no one tell you if you what’s out there. My parents day at work, they want to Khoon Maaf, Omkara and 3 reveals that her ‘eggs are dry- smooth. I worked till the day should have children, when biological clock — and yet have simply adopted a worked for the government, so decompress by watching Idiots have been better than ing up and finding a sperm of my delivery. you should have them, how assumes a wide distance when child and fulfil her own I’ve seen most of India (20 rather than reading a book. the books, while films like donor is her last chance of This led me to the obvious you should have them, and a woman’s body is beaten, desire of being a mother states). My studies and jobs But humans need both senso- Slumdog Millionaire, Mistress having a child, Ladoo races question: Was everything I’d what to do after you have raped, mutilated or killed, just while, at the same time, have taken me from Zurich to ry and semantic experiences of Spices and Atlas Shrugged against time to find the right been told about pregnancy them. Society is opinionated because she’s a woman. Your giving a child a home? Singapore to New York and to grow. That’s where books did nothing for the books, but father for the baby, whose and fertility a lie? It would about everything a woman body, your choice — that’s the Does your book address Dubai. I’ve travelled to 34 come in. The joy of holding a could not take away from kundali matches hers, while seem so. Women’s bodies are does with her body — from main message of the book. this thought? countries across four conti- book, of smelling it, of snug- them being classics. addressing her own mixed stronger than they’re given the way she chooses to dress, Why did it not occur to The book addresses this. nents and lived in eight differ- gling with it under your blan- (The book has been pub- feelings about whether ‘Mr credit for. That’s why I wrote pleasure herself, the hours she Ladoo that she could Ladoo wants to experience ent cities. As a result, I’ve lived ket, can never be replicated by lished by Penguin Random Right Donor’ can also be ‘Mr about Ladoo, the protagonist occupies in public space to her pregnancy and have her own in more than 30 homes. This digital entertainment. House India.) 10

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Hyderabad Wednesday May 26, 2021 tollywood NO OTT, ONLY BIG SCREENS FOR MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOR

khil Akkineni and Pooja Hegde’s romantic drama Most Eligible Bachelor is one of the most talked- A about films ever since the release of its trailer. With the film facing a lot of hurdles, rumours have popped up regarding its release. Recently there was a strong buzz in the film industry that the makers are mulling a release over an OTT platform but the producers have officially released a press note and put to rest all those rumors. The producers of Most Rao Ramesh plays CBI Eligible Bachelor confirmed that the movie will be coming out in theatres at all costs. According to the makers, the scenes between the lead pair, have come out very well, which is going officer in KGF: Chapter 2 to be the highlight of Akhil and Pooja Hegde-starrer. ction drama KGF: makers of KGF: Chapter 2 are now out that Ramesh has a Most Eligible Bachelor is helmed by Chapter 2, which stars released his first look poster from powerful role in the Prashanth ‘Bommarillu’ Baskar, presented by Yash and Sanjay Dutt the film and confirmed that he is Neel magnum opus. Allu Aravind, and produced by A in the lead roles, is playing the role of a CBI Officer The makers have already Bunny Vas under ‘GA2 Pictures’ being directed by Kanneganti Raghavan. released the first glimpse of banner. The music for the film Prashant Neel and is Prashanth Neel, the helmer of Sanjay Dutt’s character from the has been composed by Gopi one of the much-hyped movies of KGF: Chapter 2, took to his film. He will be seen playing the Sunder and the cinematog- the Indian film industry. The first Twitter and shared a specially primary antagonist which was raphy is being handled by part of KGF was a blockbuster at designed newspaper article, and only teased in the first part of Pradeesh Varma. The the box office so expectations are said, “Wishing the versatile actor KGF. He is playing the character shooting of the soaring high on this upcoming Rao Ramesh sir a very safe Adheera. Bollywood actress of upcoming film is on drama which has Srinidhi Shetty Happy Birthday. Here is a Mohra fame Raveena Tandon too the verge of comple- in the female lead role. glimpse of Kanneganti Raghavan is playing a crucial role in the tion and the last On Rao Ramesh’s birthday, the in KGF: Chapter 2. (sic)” Reports film. schedule is expected to commence very soon. Ala Vaikuntha purram- loo.. actress Pooja Hegde is said to be playing a stand- up comedian in Most Eligible Bachelor whereas Akhil will be seen as an NRI who returns to India in pursuit of his part- ner.

A ‘small’ tale Not part of any song in Bangarraju: Payal Rajput

efore rising to stardom Athidhi. with Ajay Bhupathi’s Not very long ago, there was a directorial venture RX strong buzz in the film industry B 100, Punjabi beauty that Payal Rajput will be seen Payal Rajput sweat it shaking a leg in Nagarjuna’s hard in the showbiz upcoming Telugu film world for nearly 7 years. During Bangarraju, which is a sequel to her initial days in Mumbai, Payal Soggade Chinni Nayana. essayed supporting roles in a Now Payal Rajput has officially number of Hindi television serials confirmed that she is not part of and eventually made her silver Bangarraju, by sharing a post on screen debut with the Punjabi her microblogging page, “Posting film Channa Mereya, a remake of just to make clear I’m not going to Marathi blockbuster Sairat, which be part of any song.” was released in 2017. After kick- The movie Bangarraju will be ing off 2020 with her fantastic directed by Kalyan Krishna and performance as a deaf-mute girl will be backed by Nagarajuna’s in Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja star- Annapurna Studios. Once again rer Disco Raja, Payal was appreci- Ramya Krishna will be seen work- ated for her act in Anaganaga O ing with Nag in this film.

etting the premise of these issues,” said debutant the film through a director Karthik Rapolu. parents’ point of Gandhi, of Venkatadri view, Ek Mini Katha Express fame, added, “This S journeys through story is very close to my heart. some of the hilarious I wanted to write something ‘incidents’ of Santosh Shobhan’s that is unique and hasn’t been life. Santosh suffers from a psy- explored in the past. I also chological problem that causes decided to not give the film a him to be insecure about his serious tone, purely because it ‘size’, which leads to some life- becomes preachy. Issues like altering dilemmas. Struggling these, when addressed in a to find a solution, Santosh is at light-hearted manner become loggerheads with fate and eras- conversational and more opular Telugu actor Jr me a lot,” he said. es the idea of marriage alto- acceptable. I am glad that this NTR on Tuesday said The Aravinda Sametha star gether, until he meets Amrutha film is releasing on an OTT JR NTR he has tested negative believes “will power” is the (essayed by Kavya Thapar), platform, we will be able to ini- for the novel coron- biggest weapon in the fight with whom he falls in love. Is tiate this conversation with so P avirus. against the deadly virus. there nothing a ‘love story’ can- many more people.” The 38-year-old “Covid 19 needs to be taken not solve? Talking about his character, TESTS actor, who was diagnosed with very seriously. But it is also a “A story like this needs fine Santosh shared, “It was an Covid-19 on May 10, took to disease that can be beaten with storytelling and proper repre- absolute riot while filming this Twitter to inform his fans that good care and a positive frame sentation, and I feel fortunate film. The writing, the direction he has recovered and thanked of mind. Your will power is to have collaborated with was so spot on, that playing the NEGATIVE them for their wishes. your biggest weapon in this Merlapaka Gandhi, who is the character came easily to me. “Happy to state that I’ve test- fight. Stay strong. Do not writer of this film and an The fact that this topic is so ed negative for Covid-19 Thank panic,” he said, urging everyone accomplished director himself. ingrained in reality made it you everyone for all the wishes,: to wear a mask and to remain Watching actors like Santosh, easy to portray the finer FOR he wrote. indoors. Kavya, and Brahmaji bring to nuances of such a character. The actor also expressed his Jr NTR will next be seen in life a simple yet relevant situa- The film is an absolute delight, gratitude to the team of doctors filmmaker SS Rajamouli’s peri- tion so seamlessly was a whole- and I can’t wait for the audi- at the city’s KIMS Hospitals and od action drama RRR, slated to some experience. Ek Mini ence to watch it.” COVID-19 Tenet Diagnostics. be released in theatres on Katha will not only make audi- (Ek ini Katha premieres “Their excellent care helped October 13. ences laugh but will also make tomorrow on Amazon Prime them ponder about some of Video.) HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | MAY 26, 2021 sport 12 IPL to resume from Sept 3rd week in UAE Remaining 31 matches will be completed in three-week window with 10 doubles-headers

PTI n NEW DELHI which was a build-up to the side’s World T20 preparations. he postponed Indian Premier “The series can’t be held and in Indian squads begin hard quarantine League will resume tentative- any case there can’t be any better Tly on September 18 or 19 in preparation for the T20 World Cup PTI n MUMBAI the hosts in one Test, three ODIs the UAE with as many as 10 dou- than playing a high intensity tourna- and as many T20Is starting June ble-headers expected to be played ment like IPL. Since the T20 World ndia captain Virat Kohli, his 16. during a three-week window, a Cup will start within a week or 10 Iwhite-ball deputy Rohit Sharma “Wriddhiman and Prasidh senior BCCI official told PTI on days after completion of the IPL, the and head coach Ravi Shastri joined Krishna joined the bubble two Tuesday. SA series can only be held at a later the England-bound squad’s bio- days back after recovering fully The final might be held on date. bubble on Tuesday as it began its from Covid-19. Mumbaikars like October 9 or 10. The three-week “There is a chance that India eight-day hard quarantine along Virat, Rohit and coach Shastri have window will be enough for the might play extra games when they with the women’s team here. all now joined the bubble,” a league to complete its remaining 31 tour South Africa early next year,” the The Indian women’s team BCCI source confirmed. games for the season, a win-win sce- source said. members also entered their eight- It is learnt that approval for nario for all the primary stakehold- day hard quarantine at the Grand allowing the players’ families is still ers including the BCCI, franchises NZ TESTS COULD BE SHIFTED Hyatt in Mumbai located near the awaited but the BCCI is hopeful and broadcasters. The India home season also international airport. that it would be done soon. The IPL was postponed on had a two Test series against New The teams are expected to fly “We can’t have our players May 4 after multiple Covid-19 cases Zealand in November and the dates out on June 2 after all the playing being away from their families for inside its bio-bubble came to light. of which could be shifted depending and non-playing members return three months and that too in a “The BCCI has spoken to all the upon when the T20 World Cup ends. three negative RT-PCR results. bubble. That’s never great for stakeholders and the likely start While BCCI, as of now, will not The men’s team will first take mental health,” the source said. could be between September 18th to give up its hosting rights and wait on New Zealand in the World Test The negotiation on quarantine 20th. Since September 18 is a how the Covid-19 situation in India Championship final against New duration once the side reaches Saturday and 19 a Sunday, it is more pans out, there is very little chance Zealand from June 18 before a full England is still on and the hard likely that you would want to re-start that countries will want to travel to series against England. The quarantine (confined to hotel it on a weekend date,” the official India which is facing its worst health women are scheduled to take on rooms) could be shortened. said on conditions of anonymity. emergency since independence. “Similarly, October 9th or 10th will be the final as it’s a weekend. We Similarly, the West Indies players are finalising the itinerary and there THE INDIAN TEAM'S LAST will also fly in after completing the will be 10 double headers and seven TEST MATCH AGAINST Caribbean Premier League engage- My heart sank when everyone left: Seifert recalls Covid in IPL evening matches along with four ments. There will be three-day main games (two qualifiers, one ENGLAND IS SET TO quarantine for players arriving from PTI n AUCKLAND “I got pulled aside and told I’d IPL bubble though. IPL, is presently undergoing his 14- eliminator and the final), which FINISH ON SEPTEMBER 14 UK and the Caribbean,” the source tested positive and my heart sank “Talking to some of the day mandatory quarantine here completes the list of 31 matches,” the said. ew Zealand cricketer Tim straight away when everyone left. English boys that were over there following his return to New official added. AT MANCHESTER AND ON A franchise official confirmed NSeifert’s world stopped for a I was the only overseas player basi- before the IPL … everything that Zealand after recovering from the The Indian team’s last Test THE NEXT DAY, THE that a communication from BCCI moment and heart sank when he cally still left in India out of the they were saying was doing well. deadly virus. match against England is set to fin- WHOLE TEAM (SAVE has come on the matter. tested positive for Covid-19 dur- whole tournament. That’s when You only kind of heard good He had to stay back in India ish on September 14 at Manchester “We have been told by the ing the now suspended IPL but the things got a little bit real,” an emo- things, the structures, all the plans even after the suspension of the and on the next day, the whole team HANUMA VIHARI & BCCI to be ready for the tourna- wicket-keeper said he never felt tional Seifert told the New Zealand that have been put in place,” Seifert league as he contracted the virus (save Hanuma Vihari and ABHIMANYU EASWARAN) ment. We have been given a vulnerable inside the tournament’s Herald. said. just 24 hours before he was to fly Abhimanyu Easwaran) will be flown September 15 to 20 window,” a team bio-bubble. “The world stops a little bit, I “That was a good point of view back home with fellow New to UAE in a chartered flight for a WILL BE FLOWN TO UAE IN official said. Seifert, however, insisted that just couldn’t really think what was for a player to go over there, and Zealand players. “bubble to bubble” transfer. A CHARTERED FLIGHT FOR his Covid-19 ordeal will not deter next and that’s the scary part of it to be honest the whole time while His statement was in contrast “The Indian team and the SA SERIES CANCELLED him from travelling to India again — you hear about things, and I I was over there (in India), the bub- to some other IPL players, includ- English players who will be available A ‘BUBBLE TO BUBBLE’ The BCCI has decided to can- for future assignments, including thought that was going to happen ble felt good... Felt safe.” ing Australian Adam Zampa, who will fly in the same charter flight TRANSFER cel India’s T20 series against South the T20 World Cup to be held later to me.” Seifert, who was part of the said he felt vulnerable inside the from Manchester to Dubai. Africa scheduled in September, this year. Seifert was all praise for the Kolkata Knight Riders team in the bio-bubble. Naseem Shah out of PSL I see next 3-4 years as my prime: Unadkat Southgate includes Trent in for protocols breach PTI n NEW DELHI four years I will be at my prime,” ited overs tour in July. Unadkat said. “I know the life of a fast England provisional squad PTI n KARACHI ment. eft-arm pacer Jaydev “I’ve been taking those bowler is quite limited, but I still The 19-year-old Shah has LUnadkat sees himself in his wickets as well, it actually proves have that much time and all I AFP n LONDON a return to form in the final he Pakistan Cricket Board appeared in nine Tests. prime for the next 3-4 years and the fact that I am in a good space can do now is, prepare for the weeks of the season. Thas barred fast bowler The PCB had asked all the repeated snubs from the Indian and I’m finding ways to get peo- next season, or whatever is ncapped defenders Ben England face Austria on Naseem Shah from playing in players travelling in chartered team selectors will not deter him ple out on different tracks in dif- coming up, even if anything UGodfrey and Ben White June 2 and Romania four days the remaining matches of flights from Karachi and Lahore from “pushing his limits”. ferent conditions. And because comes up before the next season, were among the provisional 33- later in pre-tournament friend- Pakistan Super League in Abu to assemble at the team hotels on The 29-year-old, whose only of that, I do believe that my time I will be more than ready to take man squad for Euro 2020 lies at Middlesbrough’s Dhabi for breach of Covid-19 May 24 with negative reports of Test appearance came in 2010 will come. it. named by England manager Riverside Stadium. protocols before departure from RT-PCR tests taken not more and last played for India in 2018, “The selection again is a “I just feel more motivated Gareth Southgate on Tuesday. The Three Lions begin the country. than 48 hours prior to their had led Saurashtra to their tricky thing and normally you than ever to keep doing what I Southgate has a week their Euro 2020 campaign The Board has released arrival. “Naseem presented a maiden Ranji Trophy title in would have performance of am doing to keep taking wick- before he has to trim his squad against Croatia on June 13 Shah of Quetta Gladiators from PCR report from a test conduct- 2020 with a record-breaking 67 India A tours to consider besides ets, keep pushing my own lim- to 26 for the finals which start before facing Scotland and the isolation in Lahore after he ed on May 18. Upon submission wickets in the season. domestic cricket but that hasn’t its and pushing those standards on June 11. Czech Republic in Group D. arrived at the designated hotel of the report, he was placed into With no red ball cricket pos- happened in pandemic.” higher and higher.” The England boss will with a non-compliant RT-PCR isolation on a separate floor sible in the country since then A chunk of those 67 wick- After not having the best of hope to avoid any injuries, PROVISIONAL SQUAD test result. before being released following due to the pandemic, Unadkat in the standbys for the UK tour. ets in 2019-2020 Ranji Trophy times in the IPL last year, with 12 of the provisional Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford, “As such, the fast bowler will a decision made by a three- has been left disappointed by “I will be biased if I talk came on the flat Rajkot track, Unadkat had a decent outing in squad involved in European Dean Henderson, Sam not be travelling to Abu Dhabi, member panel on the recom- non selection for the Australia about my selection (non selec- both with the new and old ball. the now suspended 2021 edition. finals this week. Johnstone, Aaron Ramsdale. United Arab Emirates, on 26 mendation of the independent tour, the home series against tion in this case). I genuinely It remains to be seen if Unadkat He took four wickets in as many Manchester United take Defenders: Luke Shaw, Harry May and is now out of the com- Medical Advisory Panel for England and now the UK tour. believe that I am in a phase of finds a place in India’s second games including a three-wicket on Villarreal for the Europa Maguire, Ben Chilwell, petition,” the PCB said in a state- PSL,” the PCB said. He doesn’t even even figure my career where the next three, string squad for Sri Lanka lim- haul against Delhi Capitals. League on Wednesday Reece James, John Stones, before Manchester City Kyle Walker, Tyrone and Chelsea face off in an Mings, Conor Coady, shortpasses all-English Champions Kieran Trippier, Trent League final on Saturday. Alexander-Arnold, Ben GATTUSO CHOOSES FIORENTINA Stimac could get extension till Sept United and Godfrey, Ben White. FLORENCE: Gennaro Gattuso was Liverpool captains Midfielders: appointed Fiorentina coach on Tuesday, less PTI n NEW DELHI for a two-year term, and has had Harry Maguire Declan Rice, Jesse than 48 hours after announcing he was mixed results since. and Jordan Lingard, Jordan leaving Napoli. “Gennaro Gattuso will be the he All India Football Federation’s While the team may have won just Henderson as Henderson, new coach of Fiorentina,” president Rocco Ttechnical committee could recom- a solitary game in 12 outings under the well as Leeds Kalvin Phillips, Commisso announced on the Tuscan club's mend an extension of national team former West Ham United defender, midfielder Mason website, which added that the new coach coach Igor Stimac’s contract till the Stimac has given opportunities to Kalvin Phillips Mount, Jude would take up his position on July 1. playoffs of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup many promising youngsters in the are all included Bellingham, Qualifiers in September. team with the freedom to express in Southgate’s James Ward- MAGUIRE DOUBTFUL FOR FINAL The Croatian World Cupper’s themselves on the field. squad despite Prowse. GDANSK: Manchester United captain Harry contract is up for renewal, having “The technical committee will dis- injury doubts. Forwards: Maguire is a major doubt for Wednesday's served his two-year tenure after being cuss and decide on the contract exten- Liverpool’s Phil Foden, Raheem Europa League final against Villarreal after appointed to the top job in May 2019. other issues, it is likely to discuss sion of national team head coach Igor Trent Sterling, Jack Grealish, sitting out his side's training session in The AIFF has summoned its Stimac’s extension till September,” a top Stimac till the September FIFA win- Alexander- Harry Kane, Marcus Gdansk on Tuesday. technical committee for a meeting on AIFF source told PTI on Tuesday. dow,” another federation source said. Arnold is Rashford, Mason Friday, when they will discuss a raft of One of the most high-profile The current contract of Stimac, among four Greenwood, Jadon JEREMY FINISHES 4TH Novak Djokovic returns ball to Mats Moraing issues, besides Stimac’s future. coaches to manage the Indian men’s who had coached Croatia to the 2014 right-backs amid specu- Sancho, Dominic TASHKENT: India's teenage weightlifter during their match of the Belgrade Open tourney “The technical committee has national football team, Stimac was FIFA World Cup in Brazil, was valid lation he is set to miss out Calvert-Lewin, Bukayo Jeremy Lalrinnunga's Olympic hopes took a in Belgrade on Tuesday AP been called on Friday and among appointed to the top post in May 2019 till May 15. on the final squad despite Saka, Ollie Watkins. hit on Tuesday as he missed the podium by a whisker in the Junior World C’ships. The 18-year-old heaved 135kg in snatch and 165kg in clean and jerk for a total of 300kg, missing out on a third place finish by a I want a trophy with France: Benzema Flick appointed to succeed Löw kilogram in the 67kg category. AFP n PARIS Madrid with 29 goals this anyone’s place. ... I am here to a national team which has strug- from Löw, who will leave the job 5TH SUCCESSIVE MEDAL FOR SHIVA term, passing 20 league goals bring what I know.” Former Bayern Munich gled in recent years. after 15 years in charge, a year DUBAI: Seasoned Indian boxer Shiva Thapa eal Madrid’s Karim in all three seasons since France kick off their Euro boss will take Germany The new boss will take over before his contract ends. (64kg) secured his fifth successive medal at RBenzema said he’s target- Cristiano Ronaldo left for 2020 campaign against three- after the European “He was top of my wish list the Asian C’ships by advancing to the semis ing a trophy with France after Juventus in 2018. time winners Germany in charge after Euro 2020 Championship, and is expected from the very start,” said nation- after out-punching Kuwait's Nader Odah in he was recalled to their pro- He added: “I’m not com- Munich on June 15, and also to take charge of his first game al team director Oliver Bierhoff. the last-eight stage on Tuesday. visional Euro 2020 squad fol- ing to the French team to face Hungary and holders AFP n BERLIN in a World Cup qualifier against “Together we have one aim: lowing a controversial, six- overshadow anyone or to take Portugal in Group F. Liechtenstein on September 2. to get back to the top of world IND-ENG 3RD T20 RESCHEDULED year international exile. utgoing Bayern Munich The 56-year-old has long football,” he added. LONDON: The third women's T20 between The prolific star, side- Ocoach Hansi Flick will suc- been the favourite to take over Flick, who also worked as India and England at the Cloudfm County lined by Les Bleus since 2015 ceed his former boss Joachim DFB sporting director between Ground in Chelmsford has been advanced over his alleged role in a Italy still hopeful about Verratti Löw in the Germany dugout 2014 and 2017, has made a by a day to July 14 for broadcast purposes. blackmail plot, missed out on after Euro 2020, the German name for himself as one of France’s 2018 World Cup win Rome: One week before man- the other players coming back Football Association (DFB) Europe’s top coaches in two glit- RAMKUMAR PROGRESSES and their run to the Euro 2016 ager Roberto Mancini has to from injuries, we have already announced on Tuesday, herald- tering years at perennial PARIS: India's Ramkumar Ramanathan final on home soil. name his final 26-man squad, carried out checks and we ing a new era for an ailing giant Bundesliga champions Bayern advanced to the men's singles second Benzema, 33, told Italy remain hopeful that mid- can’t exclude a recovery for of world football. Munich. round of the French Open Qualifiers but L’ E q u i p e he was “proud” of his fielder Marco Verratti could any of them,” said team doc- “It’s all gone surprisingly After taking over from pre- Prajnesh Gunneswaran crashed out call-up, which followed talks play a part in Euro 2020 tor on Tuesday. “The knee is quickly, but I am very happy to decessor Niko Kovac with the following his first-round defeat on Tuesday. with France coach Didier Benzema, who has 27 despite a knee injury. The 28- not bad. We can also possibly be Germany coach from the club in a mid-season crisis, he Deschamps earlier this goals in 81 International year-old was ruled out for imagine the chance that he autumn,” said Flick, 56, after led Bayern to only their second HOCKEY STADIUM RENAMED month. appearances, was last week “four to six weeks” by PSG two will be used once the Euro has signing a three-year contract to ever treble in 2020. CHANDIGARH: The Mohali International “I want to win a trophy named as this season’s best weeks ago and is unlikely to be started.” Verratti missed Euro succeed Löw. The following year, he took Hockey Stadium was on Tuesday officially with the French team,” he French foreign-based player fit in time for the opening 2016 with injury. Italy failed Flick, who was Löw’s assis- the club to a ninth successive renamed after the legendary Balbir Singh Sr said, adding that he hoped to by the country’s players’ asso- match against Turkey on June to qualify for the 2018 World tant coach when Germany Bundesliga title, his seventh on the occasion of his first death “bring a little bit extra” to the ciation. 11. “Regarding Verratti and cup. AFP won the 2014 World Cup, will trophy in just 18 months in the anniversary. Agencies World Cup-winners. He top-scored for Real now be charged with reviving Munich dugout.