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DL, LL Tests Can- celled In Odisha Due Odisha CM directs to ramp up beds To COVID-19 India records 2.59 lakh nCoV cases Bhubaneswar, April New Delhi, Apr 20 (UNI) whose vaccines have al- with oxygen for covid patients 20(TNB): The Odisha India on Tuesday re- ready been approved by Bhubaneswar, Apr 20 Government has sus- ported 2,59,170 new Covid the Government of India. (UNI) Chief minister pended Learner’s Li- cases and 1,761 deaths in The overall global Covid- Naveen Patnaik today re- cense (LL) and Driving the last 24 hours, Minis- 19 caseload has topped quested the people License (DL) tests across try of Health and Family 141.8 million, while the cooperate.and act respon- the state till further or- welfare data said. With deaths have surged to sibly otherwise it will be ders in view of the sec- this surge, the Covid tally more than 3.02 million, ac- very difficult to tackle the ond wave of COVID-19. at present in the country cording to Johns Hopkins covid situation in the “It is ordered that is at 1,53,21,089 and the University. state. Mr.Patnaik reviewed all learner’s license and total death toll is at In its latest update on the covid situation in the driving license tests are 1,80,530. As many by the southern states of ing will be made flexible in Tuesday morning, the state and directed to ramp hereby suspended w.e.f. as1,54,761 discharges Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Phase 3 of the world’s larg- University's Center for up beds with oxygen sys- 22.04.2021 till further or- were made in the last 24 Nadu and Andhra est vaccination drive. Systems Science and En- tems. He said the second ders to prevent transmis- hours, pushing the total Pradesh. With 32,76,555 Prime Minister Narendra gineering (CSSE) re- wave of Covid infections Covid Hospitals and have to be continued to be sion of infection in the recoveries to 1,31,08,582, people being administered Modi has called a meeting vealed that the current has seriously affected Covid Care Centres across implemented strictly across state,” an official notifi- as per Union Health Min- the COVID-19 vaccine in with vaccine manufactur- global caseload and many states.The health the State. He said special the state. cation of the State Trans- istry. The country has the past 24 hrs, the overall ers at 1800 hrs on Tues- death toll stood at system in some cities is focus should be on pro- The Collectors should be port Authority (STA) 20,31,977 active cases. tally has mounted to day. During the meeting, 141,813,257 and under severe strain due to viding the maximum pos- prepared for the return of the said. “All RTOs may Maharashtra, the 12,71,29,113. Meanwhile, the Department of Bio- 3,027,353, respectively. rapid increase in the Covid sible number of beds with migrants with lockdowns in reduce quota per slot/ country's worst-impacted on Monday, the Centre technology (DBT) will The US is the worst-hit positive patients. The oxygen support. The sys- seriously affected states cancel existing slots for state, reported 58,924 announced a 'liberalised make a presentation and country with the world's covid cases in Odisha are tem has to work on war- .The protocols followed ear- all driving related ser- fresh coronavirus cases, and accelerated Phase 3 also coordinate with all the highest number of cases also have been increasing footing to ensure this lier should be reactivated by vices and VAHAN re- taking the tally to over strategy of Covid-19 vac- participants, sources said. and deaths at 31,737,347 in the last few days,he within committed the Collectors immediately lated services in re- 38.98 lakh, while 351 new cination from May 1', stat- Those expected to be and 567,690, respec- said adding that although timelines. The oxygen based on the existing data- spective regions taking fatalities pushed the death ing that the pricing, pro- present include represen- tively, according to the there is no problem of supply situation, base, he said. The quaran- into account prevailing count to 60,824. In terms curement, eligibility and tatives of top drugmakers CSSE. In terms of infections, beds and oxygen in the Mr.Patnaik said, has to be tine norm and testing should COVID situation,” the of the total caseload, administration of from India and abroad, in- India follows in the second state currently still then closely monitored and en- be ensured for all the return- notification added. Maharashtra is followed coronavirus vaccines be- cluding the companies place with 15,061,919 cases we have to remain pre- sure that all related acces- ees from other states Mean- pared, Mr.Patnaik said He sories at the hospital level while, the State government Students demand cancellation of class X exams in All Religious Institutions In said “we have been able are available on priority. today issued fresh guide- Odisha Capital To Remain to manage the situation to On the critical medicines lines for hospitals to prevent Odisha, seek clarification from Chief Minister Closed For Devotees a large extent due to our shortage in several frontline health care provid- alert preparedness and states,he said even ers infected with covid and Bhubaneswar, Apr 20 poned following the Bhubaneswar, April 20: proactive measures”. though we have sufficient ensure that all non-Covid (UNI) Students aspiring government’s decision. Keeping in view the steep However, we need to be medicines stock, we must health care facilities re- to appear for Class X ex- The students said it hike in COVID-19 cases in the prepared for the worst- ensure buffer stock to mained unaffected As per the amination today sat on would be too late if the state capital, the case scenario and ensure tackle higher demand in guidelines, in case Covid dharna demanding can- state government waited Bhubaneswar Municipal that every patient is coming weeks. The IEC positive cases are detected cellation of the examina- till June to take a deci- Corporation (BMC) today treated with dignity and campaign has to be further in any section of the hospi- tion in view of the surge sion on the conduct of decided to close all religious put in best efforts to save ramped up. People have to tal, other patients from the in COVID situation. The the examination. institutions for devotees un- precious lives. be educated on the danger- section would be shifted students urged Chief The students said they til further orders. However, Outlining various steps ous spread of the second temporarily. All government Minister Naveen Patnaik are confused and are in daily rituals at the religious taken by the government wave and the need for ac- and private hospitals were to cancel the examina- dark as to whether to place will continue as usual the Chief minister empha- tive adherence to Covid pro- asked to strictly adhere to tion as the CBSE and continue their prepara- sans devoteesBMC Com- sized further increase in tocols. The Chief Minister the Infection Prevention & ICSE had also cancelled tion Minister Samir and Plus Two examina- tion for the Class X ex- missioner Prem Chandra the number of beds in said enforcement activities Control guidelines. the annual class X ex- Ranjan Dash also met tion in the wake of the amination or study for Chaudhary said, “We took amination conducted by similar demand. They second wave of covid the next higher class and the decision after consulting them. They also sought went in a procession to situation in the state wanted the government management committees of Serious oxygen crisis in national capital: Kejriwal a clarification from Chief the Naveen Niwas to keeping in view the to make a final decision different religious bodies. No New Delhi, Apr 20 (UNI) Delhi Chief Minis- Minister Naveen Patnaik meet the Chief Minister health security of the at the earliest. School devotee will be allowed in- ter Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday appealed to whether the examination seeking a clarification students. The govern- and Mass Education side temples, mosques and the Centre to immediately supply oxygen as would be held online or from him. The police ment said a final decision Minister Samir Ranjan other religious institutions for some hospitals in the city are left with just a offline. Stating that however, prevented on holding the examina- Dash said the Chief Min- the time being. The restric- few hours of oxygen. there is every possibil- them near the forest park tions would be taken in ister had already an- tion will be relaxed once the "Serious oxygen crisis persists in Delhi. I ity of getting infected where they sat on dharna June or after the covid nounced to take a deci- situation improves.” Today, again urge centre to urgently provide oxygen with Coronavirus if the and later submitted a situation improved in sion after reviewing the Khordha district reported 820 to Delhi. Some hospitals are left with just a examinations were held memorandum to the the state. The Class X Covid situation in June. positive cases, highest in the few hours of oxygen," the Chief Minister tweeted. Deputy CM Manish Sisodia offline the agitated stu- Chief Minister. examination scheduled He said the government state. Yesterday, has too apprised of the crisis, urging the Centre to be very sensitive and active. dents demanded cancel- The Odisha govern- to be conducted by the will review all aspects Bhubaneswar (BMC area) "SOS phones are coming from all hospitals regarding oxygen. People supplying lation of examination. ment on April 15 last had Board of Secondary and initiate action soon reported 468 out of the total Oxygen are being stopped in different states. There should be no jungle raj on The students who met postponed all the Board Education Odisha from keeping the interest of 587 cases recorded in the supply of oxygen between the state. The central government will have to be School and Mass educa- examinations of Class X May 3 next was post- the students in view. Khordha district. very sensitive and active," Mr Sisodia wrote in Hindi on Twitter. Two police personnel held on Odisha reports spike of 4,761 covid cases, 5 deaths in single day escape of notorious Bhubaneswar, Apr 20 (673), Nuapada ( 534), in Kumbh Mela and Vishal Singh. The temple gangster Hyder from hospital (UNI) Odisha today re- Bolangir( 322), were returning now. The administration has kept Cuttack, Apr 20 (UNI) The Constable Md. Mousim for ported a further spike of Jharsuguda( 234), state government have ready a 120 bed Covid Police today arrested which Hyder escaped from covid positive cases with Bargarh (198), Puri (193) made RT-PCR test and care centre at Nilachal Sambalpur Circle Jail their lawful custody. Both a record 4761 people and Sambalpur (183). 14 days home isolation Bhakta Niwas a temple Warder Sibanarayan have been forwarded to the found infected from all the Khordha district has so mandatory for all the run hotel for temple ser- Nanda and Police con- Court today. Further inves- 30 districts in the past 24 far reported the highest Kumbha returnees and vitors said, Mr Ajay stable Md. Mousim in con- tigation is on. hours. number of 59,337 covid accordingly instructed Kumar Jena the temple nection with the escape of Earlier four persons — For the first time during positive cases followed the district collectors to administrator. The new notorious gangster SK Sallu @ Yakub Khan, Sk. the year, five covid pa- by Cuttack (31,318), monitor the arrival of standard operating pro- Hyder Ali from SCB Medi- Raisuddin (26), Sk.Imran (19) tients under treatment Ganjam (22,260), Kumbha returnees in cedure (SOP) for the Sri cal College and Hospital, Gelhi @ Landi @ Archana succumbed to the virus Sundargarh ( 22,112) and their respective district. Jagannath temple has Cuttack. The gangster Parida (19) were arrested and taking the total fatalities in Puri ( 15,940). ment has appointed se- hoe stand attendants The administration has been enforced. Three who managed to escape forwarded to the court for the state to 1953. While Similarly, in the case of nior IAS officers in were infected with corona opened a registration police teams were work- on April 10 last while un- hatching conspiracy and three of them died in fatalities, five districts charge of the district positive. The temple ad- counter at Puri railway ing in shifts to ensure dergoing treatment was assisting Hyder in escaping Nuapada district, one each have registered over a worst hit by the ministration has closed station to conduct ther- observance of Covid however , nabbed after from SCB MCH ,Cuttack. lost life in Keonjhar and hundred deaths. coronavirus to monitor the Jagannath temple for mal screening, prepare norms. The devotees 120 hours operation by Hyder serving life imprison- Rayagada district. Health Khordha has topped the the situation regularly the visitors every Satur- their journey details and coming from outside the special team of Odisha ment in connection with two and Family Welfare De- list with 341 deaths fol- and take appropriate day and Sunday The note down their mobile Puri must produce police from Telangana murder cases fled from the partment sources said in lowed by Ganjam (241), measures to contain the Haridwar Kumbh Mela phone numbers in a bid Covid negative certifi- Commissionerate Police SCB Medical College and the past 24 hours 2785 Sundargarh ( 177), spread of the virus. returnees are suspected to contain the spread of cates obtained within 96 sources said both hospital allegedly after giv- covid positive cases Cuttack (142) and Puri Meanwhile, the Odisha to have spread the the disease. They were hours besides their Sibanarayan and Md ing food laced with seda- were reported from quar- (119). Cricket Association ( dreaded virus as they advised to remain in photo IDs or Adhaar Mousim who were escort- tives to security guard on antine centres and 1976 In view of a record rise OCA) has postponed the were returning home af- home isolation. cards. The attendance ing Haider in hospital ar- duty. The escape created a as local contact cases of covid cases in the sec- prestigious “Kalahandi ter the Kumbh Mela was As many as 22 servitors of devotees intending rested today for negligent hue and cry across the state. taking the total covid ond phase of the virus, Cup” which was sched- abruptly stopped Ac- returned from Haridwar for darshan of Lord conduct in discharging their Later all the six security tally in the state to the state government uled for April 2021 in view cording to sources hun- and their swab samples Jagannath has been re- duties . guards including Md 3,77,464 till date. has declared night cur- of the current situation of dreds of devotees from were collected for con- duced to a great extent Police sources here said Mousim in charge of secu- Khordha district regis- few in all the 30 districts the COVID-19. The tour- Puri district including a ducting the RT-PCR due to restrictions im- during investigation prima rity of Hyder were placed tered the maximum num- and clamped weekend nament will be back in ac- large number of Sri test. They were advised posed by the temple ad- facie negligence in conduct under suspension. Hyder ber of 820 new cases in shut down in all the ur- tion when the situation Jagannath temple servi- to remain in home isola- ministration and an un- has been established U/s was arrested from Telangana the past 24 hours fol- ban areas in the entire improved, OCA sources tors and their families tion till their report precedented rise in 224/223/328/120(B) IPC on April 15 last and brought lowed by Sundargarh state. The state govern- said. had gone to participate comes, said Puri SP K covid infection. against Jail Warder to Bhubaneswar and for- Sibanarayan Nanda and warded to court.

21.pmd 1 4/20/2021, 11:20 PM Orissa Today WORLD Wednesday 21 April 2021 Bhubaneswar 2 Philippines authorises Former US vice president Mondale dies at 93 India’s Biotech vaccines Washington, Apr 20 (UNI) family over the weekend, able to see Kamala Har- Manila, Apr 20 (UNI) The Philippines has granted Former US vice president to reflect on the years of ris become Vice Presi- emergency use authorisation to the India's Bharat Walter F Mondale died at friendship we shared, and dent," Biden said. Biotech coronavirus vaccines, the country’s Food and his home in Minneapolis how much we learned CBS reported on Monday Drug Administration (FDA) said. on Monday. He was 93. from and leaned on each that Mondale died FDA Director General Rolando Enrique Domingo con- other," Joe Biden said. "peacefully from natural firmed the emergency approval to the Manila-based "It’s with great sadness causes." Over the week- Rappler news service on Tuesday. that [First Lady] Jill Mondale ran as the end, the former vice Shambhu Kumaran, Ambassador of India to the Phil- [Biden] and I learned of Democratic candidate for president spoke with ippines, Palau and Micronesia hailed the approval, saying the passing of Vice Presi- president in 1984, losing former US President on Twitter that it was a decisive step in the battle against dent Walter Mondale, but to President Ronald Jimmy Carter, under COVID-19. great gratitude that we Reagan. President Biden whom he served. "Delighted that #Covaxin has been granted EUA in the were able to call one of recalled that Mondale was #Philippines. Congratulations @BharatBiotech! Thank our nation’s most dedi- the first presidential Carter said in a statement you @FDAPhilippines," Kumaran said. cated patriots and public nominee of either party to after Mondale’s death On Monday, the Philippines resumed the vaccination servants a dear friend and select a woman that he was the "greatest of citizens aged 60 and younger with the AstraZeneca mentor," US President Joe The New York Times, Mondale family, an- specify a cause."Jill and (Geraldine Ferraro) as his vice president" in the his- vaccine. Biden said in a Monday Kathy Tunheim, a nounced the death on I had the opportunity to running mate. "I know tory of the US and a "dear The use of AstraZeneca shots for people under 60 was statement. According to spokeswoman for the Monday but did not speak to Fritz and his how pleased he was to be friend." suspended by the Philippine health ministry earlier in April at the FDA recommendation, following reports EU expresses solidarity with Czech Republic of possible blood clotting side effects. Jury concludes first day of delib- The Philippines has also approved the Johnson & amid diplomatic row with Russia Johnson, Pfizer vaccine, as well as Russia’s Sputnik erations in Chauvin trial - Reports BRUSSELS, Apr 20 Jan Hamacek announced owned the warehouses. V and China’s Sinovac. Washington, Apr 20 (Sputnik) The European the expulsion of 18 Rus- Also on Sunday, the Rus- (Sputnik) The jury in the Union has expressed con- sian diplomats on suspi- sian Foreign Ministry an- Rules set by one country trial of former Minneapo- cerns over Russia’s deci- cion of being officers of nounced its decision to lis police officer Derek sion to declare 20 Czech Russia's special services. expel 20 Czech diplomats cannot be imposed on oth- Chauvin accused of kill- diplomats "persona non They were obliged to in response to the expul- ing George Floyd has grata" in response to the leave the country within sion of Russian diplomats ers - Chinese President wrapped up the first day expulsion of 18 Russian 48 hours. Prime Minister from Prague and gave the Beijing, Apr 20 (UNI) International affairs must be re- of deliberations, CNN re- diplomats from the Czech Andrej Babis explained Czech diplomatic staff solved through consultations, and the rules established ports citing the Hennepin Republic. that the move was time until the end of Mon- by one or several countries cannot be imposed on oth- County Court. "The European Union prompted by "a reasonable day to leave Russia. ers, Chinese President Xi Jinping said. Earlier, it was reported that stands in full support and suspicion" that Russian According to Czech Tele- Judge Peter Cahill, who is solidarity with the Czech military intelligence offic- vision, the 20 embassy "International affairs must be resolved through com- presiding over the Chauvin Republic and deplores ers had something to do employees declared "per- Mayor of Washington, DC Floyd, an auto customizer mon consultations, the future and destiny of the world trial, had instructed the Russia’s response to ex- with the October 2014 sona non grata," as well Muriel Bowser said that and basketball player who must be in the hands of all states, and the rules estab- jury to begin deliberations pel 20 Czech diplomats," blasts at an ammunition as their family members, the city authorities had has also served eight jail lished by one or several countries cannot be imposed for a verdict. an EU Commission depot in the town of arrived in Prague late on been preparing for several terms for minor offenses, on others," Xi said at the opening of the economic According to the spokesperson said in a Vrbetice that killed two Monday. weeks for possible unrest died after being pinned forum in the town of Boao via videoconference. Hennepin County Court, Monday statement, add- Czech nationals. Earlier on Monday, EU deliberations ended at 8 in anticipation of the ver- down by Chauvin on sus- ing that "Russia must stop The Russian Foreign Min- foreign ministers dis- dict in the Chauvin case. picion of passing a coun- He said the world needed justice, not despotism, add- p.m. local time on Mon- with these activities, istry said on Sunday that cussed the 2014 explosion The District of Columbia terfeit $20 bill at a store in ing that big countries should show more responsibil- day (01:00 GMT on which violates well-estab- the claims were ground- at the ammunition depot in National Guard said on Minneapolis on May 25, ity. Tuesday).The 12-juror lished international prin- less and absurd particu- Vrbetice and reaffirmed panel will resume delibera- Monday that it was acti- 2020. ciples and norms and larly taking into account their readiness to "show tions on Tuesday morn- vating approximately 250 Chauvin decided not to threaten stability in Eu- the fact that the Czech gov- solidarity" with Prague, Demonstrators marching in ing, at 9:00 a.m. local time personnel to support local testify after a forensic pa- rope." On Saturday, ernment earlier blamed the according to German For- (14:00 GMT), according law enforcement. thologist appearing for the Czech Foreign Minister blasts on companies that eign Minister Heiko Maas. Minneapolis as Chauvin to Fox News. Local media reported on defense said it was his trial nears end - Reports The trial of Chauvin, ac- Monday that there were belief that Floyd died of a cused of killing George demonstrators marching sudden heart rhythm dis- US State Department welcomes Moscow, Apr 20 (Sputnik) Protesters went out into Floyd last May, entered through downtown Min- turbance owing to heart the streets of Minneapolis on Monday amid the trial of the closing arguments neapolis, calling for jus- disease. Defense attorney agreement signed by Georgian the former police officer accused of killing George phase on Monday with a tice for Floyd. The Min- Eric Nelson has also ar- Floyd, KARE 11 reports. verdict expected to be nesota National Guard has gued that the 19-year Min- Demonstrators were marching through downtown Min- given as early as this been activated as part of neapolis police veteran Authorities, Opposition neapolis on Monday, calling for justice for Floyd. A week. Operation Safety Net acted as he was trained church was also reportedly on fire in northeast Min- Chauvin faces three which is being conducted and that Floyd died be- neapolis. charges - second-degree jointly with the Minneapo- cause of his illegal drug The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek murder, third-degree mur- lis Police Department and use and underlying health Chauvin, accused of killing George Floyd last May, der and second-degree Hennepin County problems. entered the closing arguments phase on Monday with manslaughter - entailing a Sheriff’s Office, as well Prosecutors countered a verdict expected to be given as early as this week. maximum punishment of as state and local authori- that Floyd succumbed to Chauvin faces three charges - second-degree murder, 40, 25 and ten years in ties, amid the Chauvin a lack of oxygen from the third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter prison, respectively. trial. way he was pinned down. - entailing a maximum punishment of 40, 25 and ten years in prison, respectively. Defense Department spokesperson John Kirby con- US Falling Behind China in Clean firmed on Monday that the mayor of Washington, DC, Muriel Bowser, had requested the Defense Department Energy Investments - Blinken to authorize the deployment of National Guard troops Washington, Apr 20 to the nation's capital ahead of the conclusion of the (Sputnik) The United court trial of Derek Chauvin. States is falling behind China in clean energy in- Pentagon reviewing National vestments and can miss Washington, Apr 20 posed by European Coun- parliamentary mandates, Guard request from Wash- an opportunity to shape (Sputnik) The United cil President Charles calling the elections the world’s future in ac- States hails the recent Michel. Michel proposed rigged. With mass pro- ington Mayor - Spokesperson cordance with its inter- agreement signed in to the Georgian authori- test action, they de- ests, US Secretary of State Georgia on overcoming ties and opposition a new manded the release of Washington, Apr 20 (Sputnik) Defense Department Antony Blinken said, ac- the political crisis in the five-point document to political prisoners and the spokesperson John Kirby confirmed on Monday that cording to excerpts of his country, US State De- overcome the political cri- appointment of early par- the mayor of Washington, DC has requested the De- speech on Monday. partment Spokesperson sis, including the initiation liamentary elections. The fense Department to authorize the deployment of Na- "But right now, we’re fall- Ned Price said. of an amnesty law to re- opposition considers Nika tional Guard troops to the nation's capital. ing behind. China is the "We welcome the agree- lease all participants in the Melia, the chairman of "On the [Washington] DC Guard request, I know that largest producer and ex- ment reached in Georgia summer protests of June the opposition United Na- there is a request that the Army is looking at right now," porter of solar panels, on April 19. This sign of 19-21, 2019, and citizens tional Movement party, Kirby said in a press briefing. wind turbines, batteries, good faith is important detained for political rea- and Giorgi Rurua, co- Kirby said details of the request will be available if the and electric vehicles. It Washington fails it, not new coal mines, Blinken progress for Georgia’s sons; electoral reform; owner of opposition deployment is authorized. holds nearly a third of the much of the world will be said. democratic development. judicial reform; distribu- broadcaster Mtavari Earlier on Monday, Mayor Muriel Bowser said she re- world’s renewable energy left, Blinken also said. According to Blinken, ev- Implementation will be tion of parliamentary Arkhi, as political prison- quested assistance from the National Guard ahead of patents. If we don’t catch The Secretary of State ery country faces two equally important. We re- posts according to the ers. the conclusion of the court trial of Derek Chauvin, the up, America will miss the also underscored that cli- challenges - reduction of main committed to help- new rules and the possi- Georgian President former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing chance to shape the mate change exacerbates carbon emissions and ing Georgia ensure this bility of calling early par- Salome Zourabichvili said George Floyd last May. world’s climate future in all security challenges af- preparation for climate agreement achieves its liamentary elections in on Monday that she was Chauvin's trial entered the closing arguments phase on a way that reflects our in- fecting the US today. change impacts. aspirations," Price said on 2022 if the Georgian ready to pardon Rurua a Monday with a verdict expected as early as this week. terests and values, and The United States will President Joe Biden invited Twitter on Monday. Dream party gains less week after the opposition He faces three charges - second-degree murder, third- we’ll lose out on count- challenge other countries 40 world leaders to take Earlier on Monday, at the than 43 percent of the and the authorities sign degree murder and second-degree manslaughter - and less jobs for the American practices in case they do part in a virtual climate presidential residence in votes in the local elections the agreement. Melia, pre- if found guilty faces a maximum punishment of 40, 25 people," Blinken said. not align with the Ameri- summit on April 22-23, Tbilisi, representatives of to be held in October sumably, will be released and ten years in prison, respectively. Climate change is a test of can ones, including reli- including President of the Georgian authorities 2021. under an amnesty, which Bower said the Washington, DC authorities have been the US ability to lead the ance on coal for a signifi- Russia Vladimir Putin who and the opposition pub- A political crisis arose in the parliament must pass, preparing for several weeks for possible unrest in an- world on the addressing cant amount of energy is scheduled to speak at licly signed an agree- Georgia after almost all according to the adopted ticipation of the verdict in the Cauvin case. the climate crisis and if supplies or investing in the forum on Thursday. ment, which was pro- opposition parties rejected document.

21.pmd 2 4/20/2021, 11:20 PM Orissa Today Wednesday 21 April 2021 Bhubaneswar 3 Rahul Gandhi COVID Positive Kiphire in Nagaland bans pork Kohima, Apr 20 (UNI) PM wishes speedy recovery Following the detection of New Delhi, Apr 20 (UNI) ter tweeted. transmission chain of the an epidemic of African Congress leader Rahul Several prominent Con- virus. Swine Fever (ASF) The Gandhi on Tuesday said gress leaders have tested Mr Kejriwal, too, prayed Kiphire District Adminis- he has tested positive for positive in the past few for Mr Gandhi's good tration of Nagaland has the novel coronavirus. days. On Monday, former health and wished him a strictly prohibited the "After experiencing mild prime minister and veteran speedy recovery. Informa- transportation of pigs, symptoms, I've just tested Congress leader Dr tively, the national capital wild boar and pork within positive for COVID. All Manmohan Singh was in- on Monday reported a the district with immedi- those who've been in con- fected by the virus and massive spike of 23,686 ate effect, until further tact with me recently, was admitted to All India fresh cases of COVID-19 order and called upon the until further orders. He has The order stated that to please follow all safety Institute of Medical Sci- while 240 people lost their people of Kiphire district ordered that any death of prevent further spread of protocols and stay safe," ences, here. Senior Con- lives. The Congress to be vigilant on the out- pigs in any village or town the disease and control the the 50-year-old leader in- gress leader Anand handling the COVID pan- tance to them. Mr leader had on Sunday sus- break of the be reported to the nearest outbreak, the Deputy formed through Twitter. Sharma too has tested demic. Gandhi's comments follow pended all his upcoming veterinary health centre Commissioner cautioned Prime Minister Narendra positive for COVID-19 and Just hours before he was reports of several migrants election rallies in West In an order issued by the without fail. Modi prayed for Mr has been shifted to a pri- tested positive, the Con- fleeing Delhi in hordes for Bengal and also urged that non-adherence to the Deputy Commissioner of He also notified that the Gandhi's speedy recovery. vate hospital in Gurgaon. gress leader reminded the their homes yesterday, others politicians to avoid order by any individual, Kiphire T Wati Aier has "I pray for the good health Mr Gandhi has been from Centre of its responsibil- soon after Delhi Chief holding large public meet- disease was highly conta- group or business would also prohibited butchering and quick recovery of Lok past one year extremely ity towards the fleeing mi- Minister Arvind Kejriwal ings due to exponential gious with 100 per mor- be punishable under the of pig, wild boar and pork Sabha MP Shri Rahul critical and vocal about the grants, saying it should announced a six-day rise in COVID cases across tality and there was no Epidemic Disease Act Gandhi," the Prime Minis- way the government is extend financial assis- lockdown to break the the country. for consumption or sale treatment for the disease. 1897. India needs Hydrogen partnership with Night curfew in Telangana Japan for clean energy goal, says envoy New Delhi, Apr 20 (UNI) entific and Commercial footprint.Miyamoto programmes to develop from tomorrow till April 30 India should have a stra- Communities of the two Shingo, Minister, Head of technologies to reduce the tegic partnership with Ja- countries," said Ambassa- Economic Section, Em- cost of hydrogen produc- Hyderabad, Apr 20 (UNI) During the curfew period, such movement, the GO IPC as well as other ap- pan on Hydrozen that dor Verma. bassy of Japan, New tion, distribution, storage, In view of surge in all offices , firms , shops, said.Public transport ser- plicable laws, the GO would help the country in Delhi, also plugged for diversify the feedstock Coronavirus cases in establishments, restau- vices including autos and added. its plan to have clean and He was speaking at a In- cooperation in the field. available for hydrogen Telangana, the govern- rants will close at 8 PM taxis will be allowed to green energy, says Sanjay dia-Japan webinar in production, for example, ment on Tuesday decided except hospitals, diagnos- function within stipulated Police in the state were Kumar Verma, Ambassa- which experts discussed “India & Japan are in a biomass, agricultural to impose night curfew in tic labs, pharmacies and time for the transportation asked to strictly imple- dor of India to Japan. the most recent innova- very good position to waste and so on. the state from Wednesday those dealing with supply of some essential service ment the above instruc- tions, trends, concerns, work together in the area and it will continue till April of essential services. category persons during tions. Thirty-eight per cent of and solutions adopted in of producing eco-friendly DST, Sharma said, is 30. the period of night curfew. India’s total installed elec- the field of hydrogen, for example looking into new catalysts Movement of all persons In exercise of powers tricity generation is based decarbonisation and pro- from bio-fuel with a pos- like producing hydrogen After reviewing the vari- will be prohibited from The provisions of night conferred under the Di- on renewables. This is motion of Hydrogen based sibility of the two coun- from water splitting. ous measures to control 9.00 PM onwards, except curfew will come into ef- saster Management Act about 136 GW now, and technologies. tries cooperating in this Covid-19 in the state, the persons engaged for es- fect from 9 PM tomorrow 2005, the Chief Secretary it is expected to reach a area is huge,” he said. “Hydrogen has a potential government has decided sential services. and remain in force till , in his capacity as Chair- target of 175 GW by next "India and Japan have role to play in major sec- to impose night curfew 5.00 AM on May 1, 2021. person, State Executive year and 450 GW by strategic relationships, and Referring to India's target tors in India. Given the from 9 PM to 5 AM the There would be no re- Committee , directed to all 2030. Therefore, Verma this has to be elevated to of 450 GW power gen- scale of future demand, next day as a further mea- striction on inter-state and Any violation of the afore- Collectors and District says, hydrogen can play a strategic partnership en- eration by 2030 from India should be proactive sure to prevent the spread intra-state movement/ said instructions will re- Magistrates and Commis- a critical role as a clean abling sharing of knowl- renewables, Ashutosh in manufacturing of Coronavirus pandemic, transportation of essential sult in prosecution under sioners/Superintendents fuel in achieving this am- edge without any inhibi- Sharma, Secretary, De- electrolysers to produce Chief Secretary Somesh and non-essential goods. Sections 51 to 60 of Di- of Police in the state to bitious goal. tion on Hydrogen and partment of Science and green hydrogen. Kumar said in a Govern- No separate permission or saster Management Act strictly implement the utilisation of H2 in future,” Technology, said: "This ment Order here. pass will be required for 2005 and Section 188 of night curfew instructions. “Japan is the first coun- said the envoy. means that India has to A greater cross-sectoral try to formulate a basic look at energy storage coordination between the hydrogen strategy. Hydro- The government an- options which are green, governments can help SC grants interim stay on Allahabad HC's gen is included in the fifth nounced a Hydrogen Mis- unlike batteries and Hy- realise the economy ben- Energy plan of Japan. The sion in the Budget 2021- drogen certainly is a very efits of hydrogen fuel," order to impose lockdown in 5 cities of UP country thus has a good 22 as part of its efforts to good candidate." said Director General, The ecosystem for R&D and cut dependence on oil and Energy and Resources New Delhi, Apr 20 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Tues- commercialization, which bring down the He informed that DST has Institute (TERI) Vibha day granted an interim stay on the Allahabad High Court could be used by the Sci- economy's carbon initiated several Dhawan. order to impose a lockdown in the five cities of Uttar Pradesh on account of the prevailing COVID-19 situ- ation. nCoV: 250 more ICU beds to be added at The Bench of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian issued a notice in the appeal filed by the Uttar Pradesh gov- DRDO-run Covid Care hospital in Delhi ernment returnable in two weeks. New Delhi, Apr 20 (UNI) day with medical teams lar facilities in Ahmadabad, cause of high number of "In these circumstances, there shall be an interim stay The Defence Research and from Armed Force Medi- Lucknow and in Bihar on Covid cases in Delhi. on the judgment of the High Court. However, the Uttar Development Organization cal Service (AFMS) and the behest of the Defence Another state owned Pradesh government shall immediately inform the High (DRDO) will add another two doctors from Central Minister Rajnath Singh.The Hindustan Aeronautics Court of steps it has taken and to be taken in future," into merits but please allow circulation today since five 250 ICU beds with ventila- Armed Police Forces Covid Care Hospital in the Limited (HAL) is also set- CJI Bobde ordered. cities are involved," Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, tors at its e Sardar (CRPF) and began treating cantt area was opened with ting up two Covid care fa- Uttar Pradesh government approached the Supreme speaking on behalf of the state government told the Vallabhbhai Patel Covid Covid patient free of 1,000 ICU beds along with cilities at Lucknow and Court today following Allahabad High Court's Monday Court this noon. Care hospital in Delhi can- cost.Besides, the Delhi hos- ventilators in July last year Nasik in Maharashtra after order to impose a near-total lockdown in the five worst- To which, the apex court has asked the state govern- tonment by next three pital, the DRDO has been when the medical infra- setting up one in affected cities of the state."We have done a lot of things ment to inform the High Court of the steps taken to days, an official said. working on setting up simi- structure was crippled be- Bengaluru. and many things have to be done. We are not going address the pandemic situation within two weeks. While speaking with UNI, the official said that the hos- pital was reopened on Mon- Jubilant Pharma announces development of novel oral formulation of Remdesivir day morning amid alarming Bengaluru, Apr 20 (UNI) fective treatment option ministered by the tradi- surge in Coronavirus cases Jubilant Pharma Limited, for COVID-19 patients. tional oral route. The find- in the National Capital with a subsidiary of Jubilant The proposed oral treat- ings from both preclinical 250 ICU beds housing all Pharma Limited an- ment is expected to be for and human studies indi- necessary facilities to treat nounced the successful 5 days, a duration similar cate that the drug is able critical Covid-19 patients. completion of safety and to the injectable dosage to undergo absorption By afternoon it was filled pharmacokinetic/absorp- form. Remdesivir is the when administered using with patients.With an addi- tion studies in animals and first and the only antiviral the novel oral formulation. tion of 250 beds, the total healthy human volunteers drug fully approved by the The novel formulation number of ICU beds at the in India using a novel oral US FDA for the treatment was well tolerated by all hospital, will go up to 500. formulation of Remdesivir of patients with COVID- the study subjects with no This make-shift, fully air- against the commercially 19 requiring hospitaliza- additional safety/ tolerabil- conditioner hospital was available injectable formu- tion. ity profile as compared to built by the Defence re- lation of Remdesivir. the injectable product. search wing in record time This innovative formula- of 12 days with assistance In a statement issued here tion is likely to ease the In May 2020, Jubilant en- from the armed forces, on Tuesday, the Jubilant capacity constraint that tered into a non-exclusive Ministry of Home Affairs, has sought authorization injectable formulation Licensing Agreement with Ministry of Health and Fam- for additional studies for faces and ensure wider Gilead Sciences, Inc. ily Welfare and Tata this novel oral formulation and timely availability for (NASDAQ: GILD) that Trust.Free treatment and from the Drug Controller the patients of COVID-19. granted it the right to reg- eral of India (DCGI) to for the treatment of se- address the pandemic at demand of COVID-19 food will be provided to the General of India (DCGI). It is specifically designed ister, manufacture and sell manufacture and market vere COVID-19. this critical juncture. Once treatments,” Mr Shyam S patients and anybody in- to avoid hepatic metabo- Gilead’s remdesivir in 127 the antiviral drug approved, this will not Bhartia, Chairman and Mr fected with disease, can be Jubilant is hoping to pro- lism which results in al- countries including India. remdesivir (“JUBI-R”) for “We are pleased to an- only provide a more con- Hari S Bhartia, Co-Chair- admitted to the hospital.The vide an affordable, more most complete first-pass On July 20, 2020, Jubilant 100 mg/vial (lyophilized nounce the ongoing devel- venient and easy-to-ad- man and Managing Direc- Covid Care Centre was convenient, easy-to-ad- clearance/elimination of received approval from injection) for restricted opment of a novel formu- minister formulation but tor, Jubilant Pharma Lim- made operational on Mon- minister and potentially ef- Remdesivir when it is ad- the Drug Controller Gen- emergency use in India lation of Remdesivir to also support an increasing ited.

21.pmd 3 4/20/2021, 11:20 PM Orissa Today Wednesday 21 April 2021 Bhubaneswar 4 Parting gift to a As flies to wanton boys...

Pakistan village THE pandemic brought with it a sense of impending doom, and the wiser nations resorted to science and fought it accordingly and are still battling it with national In Mr coordinated plans and efforts. Most of these countries have managed to contain the spread of the virus and are We are on the fringes of some dramatic defence cooperation gradually moving towards normalcy. We, on the other Adityanath’s hand, declared victory some time back and are now in the agreements playing out. India would need to weigh in smartly throes of a second wave which threatens to overwhelm on new arrangements such as the Quad, and its ability to our limited resources. Our leaders played ‘God’ when vision, religious they implemented a devastating lockdown with no contribute meaningfully to it, whilst arriving at an optimal path formula of support for the millions who were left jobless, that protects our overall interests as an emerging world player. and their long walk home is a story for the ages. discrimination Thousands of businesses and self-employed individuals The upcoming visit by US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin to Towards the end of the 1971 India-Pakistan war, as were left at the mercy of the modern urban jungle with India needs to be seen in this light. our battalion formed up to march back, a sense of ‘survival of the fittest’ being the governments grand meets gender pride filled our hearts. Spring was in the air in the present to its citizens. first week of March 1972 when we withdrew our Now once again the beast is at the doorstep and our wise forces from Pakistan after almost three months. leaders, in their wisdom, lock us down. The proverbial oppression The first week of December 1971 saw us on the wolf will ‘blow’ at the homes and barring a few brick outskirts of Shakargarh in Pakistan. For more than ones, the rest will be blown away. Do they not use us for 24 hours, we had been without food or water as we their sport when they gather millions at their election closed in on to their defences 20 km in depth. rallies, at festivals and pilgrimages? Do they not play Further attempts to breach the defences did not with us when the modern-day gladiators are brought to yield results and after the ceasefire on December the new ‘Colosseum’ and the drama of cricket matches health plans. One can see this in the mass vaccination which run to implement them. Last but not the least, the 17, we firmed in along the Shakargarh-Nainakot unfolds while regaling the masses? Do the same ‘Gods’ programmes in the UK and the US, the trillions of dollars alphabet soup of central organisations (the CBI, NIA, IB, road. A young Second Lieutenant having not play with us when they weigh us down with rules and ‘celebrated’ my 20th birthday in the trenches, I was spent by the USA, Canada and others in Covid relief ED, IRS to name a few), the veritable knights in shining curfews when it comes to our work and our right to earn measures… it’s a long list and I could go on and on. We armour who ride out in defence of the powers that be and fortunate to be in the screen company. On the our daily bread? If we had a government that could have outskirts of Shakargarh, next to the tiny deserted have probably one of the largest capacities for vaccine bring to heel all opposition. The coordinated dance would visualised the next wave, it could have planned for it after development in the world but what have we done with this be a delight to watch if it were conducted in the fight village of Badwal, without rations and maps, we the first one. If we look at our past budgets and the found ourselves grounded by fire from the other advantage? Why were we gifting it away while most of against the pandemic and not simply in the pursuit of allocation for health, we will see the very low priority our population remains inoculated, remains ignorant of power. This activity regarding the elections has kept both side of river Bein that prevented our advance. I given to it. Even in our latest budget, the allocation for took a patrol to the adjoining village to get food, the need to do so and is still either in denial and suspicious the Central and state governments busy and left them with health is abysmally low given the crisis being faced. In the of the disease, or in terror of it? Why were we frittering very little time to tackle the Covid situation. Furthermore, and despite being strafed by a couple of low-flying present context, the Union government and the state Sabres, we managed to gather enough from the away the precious window of time given to us in the past the states have neither the funds nor do they have the governments should have utilised the time available after few months and not building the requisite know-how and vaccines. All this is in the hands of the Government of village to fortify our company. the first wave to give top priority to upgrading the health With no further headway, the ceasefire found us in infrastructure, the awareness programmes and extensive India and they dole out as they want to — in the absence of infrastructure. If China could raise multi-storied hospitals outreach needed to deal with this menace? We were too transparency, one can only guess what the plan is, which if the same position next to this abandoned village. in a couple of weeks, we could have done it also. New Nestled inside Badwal was a mosque. As the busy declaring victory, tom-tomming GDP growth figures the opposition is to be believed is largely partisan. hospitals and infrastructure could have come up troops started shaking off the war stress, they were in the double digits and our leadership was gleefully Lacking has been the proverbial ‘mirror’ which needs to instructed to keep the mosque in good repair. exclusively for this purpose. They should have been basking in the glory of victory gained by the collective be shown to the government which has, in its impudence, Mixed troops in our battalion, 9 Mahar, were a equipped with the required number of beds, ICUs, amnesia. Now the terror of the second wave is upon us and allowed many transgressions — mass political rallies, delight to lead in war. Clearly we were to be firmed ventilators, oxygen, etc. A top-level committee the solution which government has is to lock everyone up mass pilgrimages, and even unresolved protests, which in here for a long haul. Construction of bunkers, comprising political leadership, bureaucrats and again. The logical question to ask is why were rational, have followed negligible preventive protocol are a case in reorganisation of defences, sprinkled by VIP professionals should have been set up and given a time- logical steps not taken to mitigate this unfolding disaster point. The relative silence of the media in openly visits, engaged most of our time. Over a month bound task to come up with a national plan and state-level — do we not have the wherewithal? The problem is that it critiquing these events and their organisers which, even to later, following the pre-dawn stand-to (alert just plans and the means to achieve these because the second was not the priority of the Government of India, for we can an amateur mind, are ‘super spreaders events’ has been, to before first light), our Company Commander and I wave was only a question of time. Had this been done on see the efficiency and planning when it comes to fighting say the least, scarce at best. To ‘Name and Shame’ in this settled on our camp stools with a cup of hot tea. an emergency basis and its implementation closely elections. The entire gamut of the government has today scenario is the duty of the media. Also, well-informed That’s when our jaws dropped. Illuminated by the monitored, we would have been better placed to meet the been converted into a formidable election-winning educated debates and briefings by domain experts are a rising sun, we sighted the mosque, resplendent in a challenge of the second wave. Today we have an machine. One can see the depth of planning, rarity on most channels as they mostly tend to round up the new exterior, shining white. Unknown to us, our overwhelmed health infrastructure (be it beds, ventilators, implementation, attention to detail and master strategists usual suspects (all-purpose experts). Last but not least, men had gone into action the previous evening. oxygen, drugs, etc.) and the government is falling back on at work. One can see it in the way the build-up to elections one expected more from the higher judiciary. There was These enterprising chaps had washed the interior its first and last bastion of a lockdown. The developed happens, with the announcements of Central Government nothing to stop it from hauling up the government and and swept the floor, and even managed to countries, after the initial hiccups, were quick to react. schemes, the mass outreach programmes that follow asking for reasons for an abysmal failure which is whitewash the mosque’s exterior. The stout They have thrown huge resources into safeguarding their through a compliant media, the various departments affecting the health of millions. Havildar Gurdial Singh, forever cutting jokes, citizens, both monetarily and through well-implemented Days after Ladakh withdrawal, hope floats for peace on LoC even while those menacing Sabres circled overhead, had been the working party commander at the mosque the previous night. Duly summoned, he appeared with his men, somewhat We are who we vote for A renewed, apprehensive. When told that it was a job well done, his face lit up and he received a pat on the It seemed people had appreciated Jacinda Ardern’s firm but kind handling of the Christchurch mosque shootings, and thereafter, the pandemic outbreak robust back with utmost modesty. Other men responded similarly, taking pride in the uniform and in having While most of the world continues to grapple with As it has been continuously reported, the country’s commitment to upheld another man’s religion, even if he was the yesterday’s problem — Covid-19 — New Zealand vaccination programme is like the moa bird that equality and enemy. Is there a message here about the just took a step into the future. While India, Brazil, could be found there once - flightless. 1,35,585 universality of human kindness and respect for the the US and the UK mulled token fights, double doses administered; 30,194 people fully justice by the other’s God? Sepoy Lal Singh recovered a Koran mutants and vaccine pause and play, the Jacinda vaccinated, which works out to 0.62 per cent of the and brought it to me. A fleeing villager might have Ardern-led Labour government announced a slew of population. Arden’s argument so far, however, has State and the dropped it in a moment of panic before we arrived. anti-smoking measures that could well raise a non- been that the general rule does not apply here as This Koran I placed with utmost respect in my smoking generation and make the country smoke- “New Zealand is so different. Our people aren’t myriad political bunker. Later, I sent it to my mother in Chandigarh, free by 2025. Don’t tell Nitish Kumar, but Ardern dying”, she has also spoken of New Zealand systems who believes in all gods. She placed the Koran in plans to increase the legal age of smoking, ban sale of waiting for its turn while others in more urgent her prayer room, along with pictures of Guru cigarette and tobacco products for those born after need continued to vaccinate. around the Nanak and Christ. Later, she offered it to the Sindgi 2004, ban filter tips on cigarettes and perhaps restrict The opposition National Party has been asking for a family, our kindly neighbours, who were nicotine content. “Business as usual without a review of the immunisation strategy, warned of the world is the overwhelmed on hearing of the safe passage of the tobacco control programme won't get us there. We “unacceptable risk” at the border, experts have holy book. As the ‘Swarnim Vijay Mashaal’ lit by need a new approach,” said associate minister of questioned Ardern’s “altruism”. Only last week it need of the health Ayesha Verrall, who is also a qualified Prime Minister Modi on the 50th anniversary of shootings, and thereafter, the pandemic outbreak. was announced that the Black Caps, the New the 1971 war circulates all over India, let it carry physician and an expert in international health. Zealand cricket team, set to play in England in June will hour We are who we re-elect Worldwide, thus far, there have been 140 million with it an attendant message of love, peace and coronavirus cases and close to 3 million coronavirus get their shots. So also will the athletes who will be leaving understanding among all people for the betterment Last October, when many countries were barely out of deaths. New Zealand with its 49.2 lakh population has for the Tokyo Olympics scheduled thus far in July-August of humanity. Our men of 9 Mahar exemplified this lockdown mode, Ardern contested and won election by an reported 26 deaths so far, and 2,591 confirmed cases. this year. The government in the meantime announced that so beautifully in a remote village inside Pakistan in “outright majority”. It seemed people had appreciated her We are whoever we want to be it will donate vaccines for 8,00,000 people in the Pacific firm but kind handling of the Christchurch mosque region... keeping with the Indian Army’s ethos engrained That is not to say that Ardern has no critics, needs no advice. over a long period. Why communism has not done better in India Fatalism, which is deeply embedded in Hindu culture, is closely linked to caste. It resists radical change. In India, complacency is a major factor for You are fated to be underprivileged, goes the reasoning, and there is little you can do about it vaccine hesitancy. With the lifting of restrictions, most people feel the worst With state elections taking place in West Bengal and proletariat”. They said this would happen lonely furrow. A Nehru-like, upper-class Kerala, this is a good time to ask a question that has first in the most industrialised nations, like charismatic figure, Jyoti Basu, brought his is over. They, however, do not take into always intrigued me: Why has communism not been Britain and Germany. Ironically, what really communist party to power in 1977. He served account that the Spanish flu had more successful in India? A large proportion of the happened, long after Marx and Engels were as the Chief Minister till 2000. But Indian population, in both the rural and urban areas, has dead, was that communism initially came to disillusionment set in with his uninspiring ravaged the world for more than two lived in dire poverty (and still does), while a small a country that was barely industrialised, successor, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya. years in three waves. Covid-19 has minority has resided in unbelievably ostentatious luxury Russia. In fact, Russia became the vanguard Meanwhile, the trade unions had run amuck, waxed and waned in the US, Europe and (and still does). This minority spends lavishly and of the worldwide communist movement, there had been constant strikes and “gheraos”. wastefully on celebrations, drives fancy cars, and is first under Lenin and then Stalin. Though The law and order situation had deteriorated, the Middle East in multiple waves. The totally unmindful of the poor and underprivileged, who communism was kept at bay in the rest of much-needed capital had fled the state to more Indian Council of Medical Research has surround them. Europe, a milder form of it, “socialism”, took welcoming shores, and unemployment had The contrasts should be intolerable in any civilised society. root there, inspired by Marxist ideology. risen. In effect, West Bengal had become de- warned that India may face more waves One would have imagined that such a scenario would Actually, Marxism attracted not only the industrialised. The public were fed up with the in the coming months. have been fertile, breeding ground for Marxist ideology, workers and the poor, but a great many well- way they had been ruled for three-and-a-half and violent revolt. I mention Kerala and West Bengal off people as well, especially the idealistic decades, by a regime that promised much but because these are the only two Indian states where the young (disillusionment would only set in delivered little. Into that vacuum stepped in a communists had a degree of success and where they still later). It was once said if you were not a feisty lady from a humble background, with no have a substantial following. Kerala was the first state in Marxist when you were young, there was ideological baggage, Mamata Banerjee. the world to freely elect a communist government in something wrong with your heart, and if you Almost single-handedly, she blew the 1957. And West Bengal at one time boasted of having the were still a Marxist when you were older, communists away. Whether the West Bengal longest surviving communist regime (34 successive there was something wrong with your head! public is now as disillusioned with her 10 years years), also democratically elected. However, nowhere In the years after the Second World War, in power as they were with the communists, we else in India have the communists succeeded in coming virtually all of Europe, with the major exception of heights of the economy” (luckily, he left agriculture will know on May 2. I have still not really answered my electorally to power. That is a strange, confounding Germany, either had a socialist or a communist alone). Unfortunately, the public sector performed very query: why communism has not done better in India. I reality. “Workers of the world unite,” declared the government. In the UK, the Labour Party, which had poorly, not just in India, but elsewhere as well. The believe the main reason is the fatalism that is deeply Communist Manifesto, as fashioned by Karl Marx and defeated the Conservative Party led by Winston Conservative Party, under the leadership of Margaret embedded in Hindu culture, which, in turn, is closely Friedrich Engels, “You have nothing to lose but your Churchill, was, in effect, a socialist party. Most sectors of Thatcher, initiated the liberalisation of the British linked to caste. It resists radical change. You are fated to chains.” It was a stirring rallying cry directed at the the economy were run or owned by the government. The economy and ended the stranglehold of the trade unions. be under-privileged, goes the reasoning, and there is little proletariat, and it had enormous appeal. In the years same was true in France and Italy. In a sense, Marx was The country’s main powerhouses, such as the railways, you can do about it. Another factor is also at play: The following the Industrial Revolution, workers in factories triumphing, though not in the way he had predicted. were privatised. This had spectacular and positive loyalty demanded by the communists to either Moscow and coal mines of Europe led a miserable, dehumanising Turning to India, India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal economic results. India, under Indira Gandhi, on the or Beijing. With nationalism still such a powerful force existence, while their employers and owners, the Nehru, even though he had an upper-class “bourgeois” contrary, went disastrously further “Left”, with even in India, any hint of extra-territorial loyalty is highly “capitalists”, raked in the moolah. Marx and Engels upbringing, similarly developed Left-wing leanings and more nationalisation. Other “socialist” countries had suspect. These are clearly inadequate explanations for predicted that the workers would revolt, overthrow their an admiration for the Soviet Union. He put the public realised their mistake, and changed course. Not India, such a complex issue, but they will have to suffice for the oppressors, leading to the “dictatorship of the sector in charge of what was called “the commanding however. Meanwhile, West Bengal ploughed its own, time being.

21.pmd 4 4/20/2021, 11:20 PM Orissa Today Wednesday 21 April 2021 Bhubaneswar 5 Webinar cum expo organised between BOARD EXAMS MUST BE SCRAPPED Defence Ministries of India & Vietnam New Delhi, April 20: A sentations. Thirty-seven world especially friendly PERMANENTLY: VIJAY GARG webinar cum expo was companies setup virtual nations. He envisaged that organised between Minis- exhibition stalls in the expo. Indian shipbuilding has Is it really necessary to tended school gets a make sure that the sys- Education) is able to pro- try of Defence, India and Ambassador, Embassy of come of age and gained tre- conduct Board exams? school-leaving certificate tem remains exam-centric vide its full array of ser- Ministry of National De- India, Hanoi Shri Pranay mendous expertise in this What purpose do they based on the portfolio of, and the society exam-ob- vices, it could offer as- fence, Vietnam on April 20, Verma, Chief of General De- field. Indian shipyards are serve? Taking this year let us say, the last four sessed. It also ensures sessments at various in- 2021. The theme of the partment of Defence Indus- willing to work with Viet- into account, Board exams years of secondary that only those who can tervals each year (or on webinar was ‘India - Viet- tries, Ministry of National namese shipyards for con- for Class 10 students school? clear these high-stress demand) so that the stu- nam Defence Coopera- Defence, Vietnam Lt Gen struction, repair and main- stand cancelled, and in Some may argue not con- exams are eligible for ap- dent can acquire the re- tion’. Various Indian com- Tran Hong Minh and other tenance of platforms. some cases postponed, for ducting Board exams will plying for higher educa- quired credits in order to panies such as Bharat senior officials from both The webinar was two consecutive years— lead to a further drop in the tion; the rest are labelled get a school leaving cer- Electronics Limited, sides participated in the organised under the aegis have there been any reper- quality of Indian school incompetent. Conse- tificate. After all, one Bharat Forge, Economic webinar.Joint Secretary of Department of Defence cussions? Why even education. But the unfor- quently, the same exam- should realiz even that Explosives Limited, Garden (Defence Industries Pro- Production, Ministry of have Class 12 Board ex- tunate truth is: our exam- centric outlook gets car- the entire theatrics of the Reach Shipbuilders & En- duction), MoD, Shri Defence through FICCI. It ams? These exams are only centric system has pushed ried forward to the higher Board exam serves just gineers, Goa Shipyards Anurag Bajpai emphasised is part of the series of education system. The held so that children are the quality of our educa- Vijay GarG Ex.PES-1 one purpose, to give stu- Limited, HBL Power Sys- that the mission for ‘Self- webinars which are being certified to have acquired only way our country can dents who have spent 15 tion so low that it cannot Retired Principal tems, Larsen & Toubro Reliant India’ is not just in- organised with friendly certain competencies at plumb further. Holding improve its floundering years of their life going Limited, Mahindra De- ward looking, but also foreign countries in order the end of their schooling these exams and failing sions which the ‘perform- education system is by to school a school leav- fence, MKU, SMPP, Tata about producing cost ef- to boost defence exports life. children, whom we may ing’ schools get their stu- completely overhauling ing certificate. Advanced Systems made fective quality products and achieve defence export But is a 60- or 90-minute not have been able to dents to do and parents it. if all children, unless company and product pre- and catering to the whole target of $5 billion by 2025. test, held inside the iron teach well for 15 years, is support that endeavour Teaching only for tests they have not been able gates of the exam centre neither going to help the with extra hours and re- is all that happens in our to attend school regu- Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers addresses the at the end of a 15-year students nor society at sources that go with it. schools and this practice larly, are given a school Workshop on PLI Scheme for Bulk Drug and Medical Devices school life, the only way large. Despite several It is a national waste of should be stopped. This leaving certificate, what New Delhi, April 20: Union Minister for 200+ countries with its Pharma products. to assess whether or not such reports stating the time and resource as it would require an elimina- is the problem? They will Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Sadanand He expressed confidence that India can tion of the Board exams these competencies have obvious, we continue to leads to the mind getting anyway have to write Gowda virtually addressed the Workshop manufacture not only ‘Made in India’ prod- been acquired? Wouldn’t remain exam-obsessed, number and not brighter. at all levels—nothing university entrance ex- of selected applicants under PLI Scheme for ucts but also ‘Made for the World’ prod- all school-going children leading ourselves into an However, neither parents short of it would enable ams to get into higher Bulk Drug and Medical Devices. CEO Niti ucts. He stressed that as the pandemic ex- have displayed various abyss coming out of nor schools realiz each us to get out of the edu- education. If they have Aayog, Shri Amitabh Kant, Secretary posed the global vulnerabilities of the sup- competencies they have which is not easy. A key that this would not enable cational malaise we are not learnt enough to be (Pharma), Ms S. Aparna and senior officers ply chains in the pharmaceuticals sector, the acquired at multiple points reason for lack of an over- the child to contribute to stuck in for more than a ready for higher education, of the Ministry attended the workshop. Department of Pharmaceuticals launched in time during their school haul is—the current sys- nation-building, nor does century now. And, this is they will not get admission Addressing the workshop Shri Gowda said the Production Linked Incentive Scheme for years? Why cannot these tem acts as a gatekeeper it help them become an in- the right time to do it be- in a university, but at least that Pharmaceutical and Medical Device promoting Domestic Manufacturing of Bulk be captured and docu- and favours those with dependent thinker, which cause the ‘iron is hot’— they will have a school- Sectors will play a pivotal role in achieving Drugs, with a financial outlay of ?6,940 crore mented (as is done in many socio-economic advan- is more crucial than ever we have not had these ir- leaving certificate, which is the goal of a $ 5 trillion economy. He said the across 53 APIs over 6 years. He said pan- onset of COVID-19 has brought the world's demic has also brought up opportunities to mature education systems tages. To compete in these as we progress into an relevant Board exams, at their right having spent the attention to India and recognised its capa- become self-reliant in production of APIs least for Class 10, for two and by many progressive high-stress summative as- uncertain 21st century. mandatory number of bilities as a global, reliable supplier of drugs and KSMs, the building blocks of schools even within our sessments called Board This lack of awareness years. Once the National years in a school. Board and medical devices, ready to serve at the pharmaceuticals.He said the PLI scheme own education system) exams, one needs exclu- among parents and the testing Agency (which exams are redundant and time of need. Terming India as a major hub for the pharma & medical device sector and at the end of 15 years, sive cramming time and disinclination of schools has already been estab- regressive. It is time to dis- for Medical Devices and Diagnostics, he will also improve affordability and acces- every child who has at- repetitive practice ses- to chart the right path lished by the Ministry of card them altogether. mentioned that it has been serving more than sibility of pharma products. KHELA HOBE Freedom movement & Indian Railways Khela Hobe. Yes, the dance of death is engulf- It was on 16th April 1853 movements of goods and British made ones. As a Therefore, revolutionar- cember 1929 a bomb ex- ing at an alarming rate. when the first train started services of other parts . reactions in 1912 the Brit- ies, especially the extrem- ploded on the tracks near When the life of the whole from Boribunder to Thane Railway, at he same time ish Parliarment passed an ists amongst the freedom Humayun’s tomb when civilization is at stake, declaring the beginning was also another source act explicitly making it fighters targeted them to Viceroy Lord Irwin’s spe- when the quantum of dev- of journey of Indian of antagonism against impossible for Indian shaken the British gov- cial train was returning to astation by invisible en- Railway.There were no the colonial rule. It took workshops to design ernment. The Kakori train Delhi, causing minor emies is visible every- railways in India in 1850 only a journey by train to and produce locomo- dacoity was highly sym- damage. Most signifi- where, we are busy to but by 1900 the rail net remind Indians of the tives. Consequently, In- bolic. On 9 August 1925 , cantly, the Azad Hind save our livelihood, enjoy our social and religious Partha Sarathi Ghosh work had spreaded hostile treatment meted dia imported over 17,000 this robbery was Fauj (INA) of Subash through an impressive out to train travelling In- locomotives from En- organised by ten mem- Bose , used the railways functions, get pleasure of age, sex and place of from shopping, participate 39,834 kilometres and by dians by the colonial ad- Dilip Kumar Samantaray gland and other coun- bers of Hindustan Repub- as a means of transport birth. Vaccine may be per- 1920 to nearly 60 thou- ministration and Euro- tries. The railways fos- lican Association includ- for dispatching their in election and its process, cussion but not a solution. sand kilometres, touching pean passengers, as Mo-9437585024 tered a huge drain of ing Chandrasekhar Azad, troops in various cam- so on, so forth. It is true Everybody is vulnerable. that everybody loves free- Everybody's job is all major ports and cities. though they were second India’s finances and re- Rajendra Lahiri Pandit paigns in Burma. Major dom. But that does not nobody's job. This is the The British government or third class citizens in Gandhi, on his return to sources . Nationalists Ram Prasad Bismil, of the General Shah Nawaz prevent us from taking the reason; we are now bound was keen on building their own country. While India was to come back like Dada Bhai Naroji ‘ mera rang de Basanti Khan of the INA , who vaccine, accepting a to face its devastation. Railways for supply of the European travelled in very strongly by un- were very critical of rail- chola’ fame and others. later became the deputy healthy lifestyle and will- The lifeless eye's of cotton to the hungry tex- first class compartment, leashing his third class ways role in this context. The 8 Down Train from minister of railways in in- fully taking precautions as COVID positive patients tile mills of England and enjoying all the comforts, phenomenon in his un- In the 1920s and 1930s, Shahjahanpur to dependent India has the deadly COVID-19 vi- are looming in fun to all of conventional approach rus had not vanished dur- easy transport of troops the Indians were travel- the railway stations had Lucknow was looted in elaborated in his memo- us. It's now your turn. Cot- in the subcontinent.The ling in the third class to nationalist propa- transformed into sites of the midnight when it ap- ries in details about the ing its first wave. Of ton mask or oxygen mask, course we could manage railways which were compartments , with their ganda. The vernacular mass nationalisms . Dur- proached Kakori station role played by railways in choice is yours. Else khela meant to strengthen and wooden benches and to- press got impetus be- ing the Non-Cooperation and a cash box contain- the movements of the to minimize its impact to a hobe. protect the British colo- tal absence of amenities cause with railways, now movement , people visit- ing Rs 8,000 was taken INA troops. great extent due to adher- In front of a novel they could penetrate the ence of COVID precau- coronavirus, our double nial empire did directly into which they were ing the railway station away from the guard’s The most painful part of tions. But sadly, soon we standard will not work. We and indirectly contribute herded. This proved to interiors of the sub con- were requested to bring cabin . It provided a par- the history of the inde- forget those measures, cannot expect, this virus to the growth of national- be a great source of dis- tinent and their criticisms money with them for do- tial vent to the anger to- pendence of India was and try to engage our- may not affect us, if we ism and freedom struggle sent and encouraged na- of British rule could be nation for the freedom wards the one of the probably the partition of selves in our old routine respect our freedom. Free- against the same very tionalistic sentiment. read by common people. struggle. The railway great symbols of British India and its related fashion. This helps our dom is also a no freedom power, who brought rail- And of course, racism Also , transportation of platforms were often imperial rule, that had es- trauma. It resulted in the dreaded enemy, to build its at all, at the cost of others. newspapers by trains be- ground once again, the ways to India.. The rail- was in naked form , used for protest meetings calated six years ago dur- forced migrations of Live and let others live, so way was blessing in dis- through white only com- came easy and fast, the and fund gatherings. In ing the imposition of people across the newly result is visible to all of us, both can enjoy freedom. in the form of a second guise because it con- partment. The common newspapers became one incident reported by martial law and the drawn borders between The vanities of being a good nected people from hither sights were , crowded cheaper and in the reach Gandhi , villagers at- Jallianwala Bagh massa- India andPakistan . wave. It is really hard to student, wealthy, healthy to unknown lands and train, with people hang- of common people. tended the stations in cre in Amritsar in Trains were one of the accept this unexpected and beautiful have gone in Railways ruined India’s and unwanted change. straw. It is not about black they mixed with one an- ing off it, clinging to the hundreds and contrib- April,1919. But Kakori most common modes of Before death we all were life matters or that of white. other. Ordinary Indians windows, squatting per- traditional handicrafts uted their money and he conspiracy was not the transport , and it was es- forced to drink a cup of Life is precious. So every life ,who had never seen any- ilously on the roof, and industry by making fac- was able to return to his first of its kind. In 1907, timated that 700,000 refu- death. The alarm of matters. Second wave may thing moving at a speed spilling out of their third tory produced British seat after collecting the repeated attempts were gees travelled by train Mrityur Khela, is ringing not give you a second greater than fifteen class compartments , goods easily available funds. Mahatma Gandhi made to derail the train between 15 August and in every para. chance to talk about the third kilometres an hour could while white Britons sit in which increased anti-Brit- delivered many lectures carrying Andrew Fraser, 8 September 1947. To Some experts are of the wave. It is the ardent task ish feelings among opinion that it is due the easily travel to far dis- an empty first class com- at railway stations . who had acquired great meet the unprecedented before all of us, not to let the tance places, once be- partment, Nor the Indi- artisans.Tariff policies of Mahatma Gandhi ki Jai notoriety for his role in demand both goods and new variant of the COVID- waves continue. Before our 19 virus the second wave yond their horizon. Rail- ans would be employed railway hampered Indian became the usual cry of partition of Bengal passenger trains were natural biological death, this way made Indians to in key posts in Railways industry because they third class passengers in1905. Despite the gov- used. Trains were packed is more deadly. According will be a suicidal act on our think class, not caste by as the prevailing view had the deliberate policy Pan-India and in re- ernment coming down to capacity , with people to some observation, this part. O my fellow gentlemen, of charging higher rates virus is airborne. What- it's time to awake. Khela establishing classes of was that the railways sponse to the call of Civil heavily through the Ex- choosing to sit on the ever may be the region Hobe, not by novel travel. It helped to unify would have to be staffed for products of Indian Disobedience they did plosives Substances Act roof of the carriages. The behind the ongoing sec- coronavirus but by all of us. India . Consequently, re- almost exclusively by industries. Because of not purchase train tick- of 1908 the attempts to train journeys were ond wave in India, it is true gional feelings began to Europeans to protect in- the racial based discrimi- ets, often encroaching on train bombing did not fraught with danger as that we have miserably Plot No. 655, Nayapalli, disappear.The expansion vestments. natory attitudes of the higher class to sully the cease. The repeated they were attacked and failed to follow COVID-19 Bhubaneswar - 751 012. of railways helped in Further in mid 1880 for colonial ruler Indian in- racial purity of Europe- bombing attempts led to looted, people were appropriate behavior. It is Mob: 8908752505 dustries could not pros- now affecting irrespective mobilisation of national some rail line construc- ans. To disrupt the train the passing of the Rail- pulled out of the train and leaders and to connect tion like that by Bengal per. The glaring example services they pulled way Property Protection killed on the way. The Computer Assistant of SU with each other and also Nagpur line, funds were was that, by 1878 the In- alarm chains . In the Act. Michel O’ Dwyer of British government that tries to commit suicide to exchange ideas espe- invested by the dian mechanics of railway words of historian Lisa the Jallianwala Bagh laid down the railway cially to shape public Rothschild family, but the workshops at Jamalpur Mitchell all these consti- massacre fame had writ- tracks in India had not Kshirodra Bag opinion against foreign British govt imposed ex- (Bengal) and Ajmer in tuted the larger anti co- ten in his auto- envisaged that the same Sambalpur, April 20: An employee of Sambalpur Univer- rule. Gandhiji used rail- tra tax on the local Rajputana started de- lonial praxis and the na- biogragraphy at length of net-work would become sity named Dinabandhu Mishra tried to commit suicide ways to travel all over In- peasantry,the poorest on signing and building rail- tional agenda for halting the frequent attacks on a powerful instrument to today. He had been working as computer assistant for dia and familiarised Indi- the globe, to pay back the way engines . Their suc- the state machinery railway lines and railway overthrow the mighty im- 27 years. He wrote letters demanding regularisation ans on ideas of Swaraj granted profits to the cess increasingly alarmed through delaying the station. perial ruler from India. of his post. He was getting assurance from every Vice and Satyagraha. Railway richest family on earth. the British, since the In- trains. British policing intensi- Chancellor but without result. He had got letters of also united the entire In- Having been once dian locomotives were Railway assets were a fied at railway stations Writer is a Retired IRAS order regarding the regularisation of his post from the dian economy as one part thrown out of a first class just as good, and a great formidable symbol of the due to increasing terror- Officer of East Coast District Collector, RDC and the government. But un- of India depended on carriage in South Africa deal cheaper , than the British empire in India . ist activities. On 23 De- Railway,Bhubaneswar fortunately his post was not regularised.

21.pmd 5 4/20/2021, 11:20 PM FCC chief, who ended net neutrality, to quit in January NEW DELHI: US Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai said he’ll leave the agency on January 20, 2021, eliminating the possibility of a holdover Republican majority at the agency that could have temporarily stymied changes sought by the incoming Biden administration. Since being elevated to the chairmanship by President Donald Trump in 2017, Pai, a Finance secretary Ajay Republican, has led the commission in dismantling net neutrality regulations and Bhushan Pandey on pushed for fast wireless broadband service.Pai’s term as a commissioner Sunday hinted that the extends to July 2021 and he could have Centre is working on stayed on as a commissioner, without the chairman’s power to set the agency’s another stimulus agenda, but has opted not to. With another Republican leaving after his term expired, package to boost the the FCC will have a 2-to-1 Democratic majority on Inauguration Day unless the economy. Senate confirms Nathan Simington, a Republican whose nomination is to be considered on December 4 by the Commerce Committee. Under Pai the FCC in 2017 revoked so- called net neutrality rules put in place by the Obama administration that barred broadband service providers from interfering with web traffic — for instance by slowing competitors’ content.Pai’s change gutted the FCC’s authority over internet service providers. It was welcomed by carriers such as AT&T and Verizon Communications. Pai pressed to assign more airwaves for high- speed mobile broadband.

The top court also issued notice to All India Online Vendors Association and Competition Commission of India

Fuel prices hiked for second day: Petrol nears Rs 90/litre in Mumbai, Check revised rates New Delhi.Oil marketing companies been hiked eleven times in the past 14 on Thursday hiked the prices of petrol days alone.In Mumbai, the revised and diesel for the second consecutive petrol and diesel rates stood at ? 89.33 day after a two-day pause. Petrol and per litre and ? 79.42 per litre diesel prices were hiked by around 20 respectively.Petrol and diesel prices paise across the metros.Petrol price in remained unchanged for 48 days and Delhi was hiked by 17 paise to Rs saw a revision on November 20. Since 82.66 per litre while diesel prices Then, oil marketing companies were increased by 19 paise to Rs Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum and 72.84 per litre, according to Bharat Petroleum have raised notifications from Indian Oil domestic fuel prices on eleven Corporation. The fuel rates have now occasions.

PM Kisan Scheme aims to provide income support to all landholder farmer families across the country with cultivable land, subject to certain exclusions.

Orissa Today Wednesday 21 April 2021BUSINESSBUSINESS 6 NEWS BOX Petrol, Diesel Prices Fuel prices remain unchanged As telcos raise red flags, DoT to ask e- for 5th straight day; check prices in metro cities com cos to halt sale of network boosters New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices remained unchanged for the fifth consecutive day on Tuesday, as oil marketing companies kept rates on hold. ? Illegal boosters and mobile signal repeaters, telcos say, deplete network strength by drawing in Petrol price on Thursday (April 15) was cut by 16 paise per litre and diesel by 14 paise -- more than necessary airwaves and, then, redistribute it in a haphazard manner. the fourth minor reduction in rates in three weeks that followed six months of New Delhi. The Department of services of the telcos. In its letter on service providers install such signal relentless price increases. Petrol now costs Telecommunications (DoT) has taken note April 16, the COAI had asked the boosters or wireless signal repeaters, Rs 90.40 per litre in Delhi, down from Rs of the illegal online sale of network repeaters DoT to intervene in the matter and they ensure that it does not in any 90.56, according to a price notification of and mobile signal boosters and plans to write ensure a complete ban “on sale of way impact the network strength and state-owned fuel retailers. A litre of diesel to all major e-commerce platforms to these illegal repeaters and boosters, coverage for people where the signal comes for Rs 80.73 per litre as against Rs enhance measures to prevent such sale, offline or online thru e-commerce strength is good. Telcos also ensure 80.87 previously. Petrol prices have gone senior government officials said. “We have websites/platforms through an that these repeaters do not interfere up by a record Rs 21.58 per litre in the last in the past conducted raids and seized such appropriate notification to sellers of with their own spectrum and one year while diesel prices have increased equipment based on tip off. The easy illegal repeaters in the country”. The airwaves. On the other hand, illegal by Rs 19.18 a litre. Here is looking at the availability of such devices has posed a industry body had in its letter also boosters and mobile signal repeaters, price difference of diesel and petrol in four problem. Letters will soon go out to the e- suggested that the DoT take up the telcos say, deplete the network metro cities on April 20, 2021. Central commerce players to be more vigilant on this issue with the commerce ministry to strength by drawing in more than government makes up for Rs 32.98 per litre issue and prevent any such sale from their ensure a ban on the import of such necessary airwaves and then of the price of petrol in Delhi and sales tax platform,” a senior official said. equipment and talk to the home redistribute it in a haphazard manner. or VAT of the state government constitutes The move comes after all the three major ministry as well to take action “The concern is that, such wide band Rs 19.55. For diesel, the central excise adds private telecom players — Reliance Jio, Vi against the sellers of illegal repeaters devices draw in network signals to up to Rs 31.83 and VAT to Rs 10.99. and network boosters in the country. provide connectivity to a particular and Bharti Airtel — had through the Cellular install new mobile towers. Such boosters Besides, the price also includes a dealer Operators Association of India (COAI) had Boosters or mobile signal repeaters are building or area in an unregulated manner, commission of a minimum Rs 2.6 per litre usually installed by telecom companies at work by drawing in all the available mobile thereby depleting the network strength in once again written to the DoT Secretary signals in the area with low connectivity. The Failed UPI transactions? on petrol and Rs 2 on diesel. Brent crude Anshu Prakash, apprising him of the sale of certain low connectivity places only after other surrounding areas and results into call futures for June delivery rose by 29 cents, thorough verification of the area’s network signal is then redistributed in small and drops and depleted network quality,” the these devices which cause spectrum concentrated clusters such as buildings or a Banks to pay Rs 100 per or 0.4%, to $67.33 a barrel at 0157 GMT. interference, thereby hindering quality status, and at places where it is not easy to COAI said in its letter to Prakash. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude small group of buildings. When telecom day penalty for delay futures for May delivery, which expire on Tuesday, were up 19 cents, or 0.3%, to Sensex rebounds over 500 beyond 2 days $63.57 barrel. The more-active June contract was at $63.71, up 0.4%, or 28 Paytm brings bumper offer on LPG! 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Elsewhere in Asia on profit to Rs 562.59 crore for the first Rs 3,586.19 crore, up 16.29 per cent Tuesday, equity bourses saw mixed sought feedback from businesses Srinivasan and Hero Moto Corp quarter ended March 2021, helped against Rs 3,083.78 crore a year AMC files papers with to deal with the impact of the managing director Pawan trading till afternoon as investors by an increase in sales and cost ago. Revenue from the cement awaited the release of China's latest second wave of Covid-19 on the Munjal too gave their feedback efficiency. The company, which segment jumped 26.25 per cent to Sebi for IPO nation’s economy. on the situation due to rising benchmark lending rate. Japan led follows the January-December Rs 3,980.84 crore compared with Rs losses among the region's major “Spoke on telephone with each of Covid cases and local financial year, had posted a profit of 3,153.07 crore earlier. the following business/Chamber containments. In the first quarter markets, followed by Hong Kong; Rs 323.02 crore in the Bajaj Consumer Care while South Korea and China were leaders. Took their inputs on of the previous financial year, corresponding quarter a year ago, FY21, the economy had FMCG firm Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd trading higher. US stocks ended lower industry/Association related ACC said in a BSE filing. Total on Monday reported over two-fold matters. Informed them that GoI contracted by 23.9 per cent, due on Monday, slipping from last week's revenue from operations in the growth in consolidated net profit at record levels, as investors awaited at various levels from to the outbreak of the Covid-19 January-March quarter was at Rs pandemic. Last week, the Rs 54.67 crore for the fourth quarter guidance from first-quarter earnings. @PMOIndia is responding to 4,291.97 crore, up 22.57 per cent ended March 31, 2021. The #Covid management. Working Finance Minister made it clear Meanwhile, global crude oil benchmark from Rs 3,501.71 crore earlier.“This company reported a net profit of Rs Brent futures rose 0.77 per cent to together with states for lives and that the government would not quarter, we delivered highest-ever 23.29 crore for January-March livelihoods,” Sitharaman go for lockdowns in a big way USD 67.68 per barrel on Monday, revenue and operating EBIT. Our period a year ago, Bajaj Consumer despite concerns about the impact on tweeted. Among the heads of and only resort to local cost-efficiency project ‘Parvat’ is on Care said in a regulatory filing. Its containment to break the Covid- oil demand going forward due to industry chambers who track and has helped in managing revenue from sale of goods was rising coronavirus cases in India. New Delhi. Aditya Birla Capital on Tuesday interacted with the minister were 19 chain. said its arm Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC has some continuing cost headwinds,” higher at Rs 244.86 crore as. filed a draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with capital markets regulator Sebi to launch its initial public offering (IPO). “Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Ltd (ABSLAMC), a 7th Pay Commission latest updates: DA of central employees to go material subsidiary of Aditya Birla Capital, filed a draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) dated 19th April 2021 with the Securities and Exchange Board of India for an initial upto 28%! Increased salary will come into account from July 1? public offering by way of an offer for sale (IPO) of shares of ABSLAMC, subject to New Delhi: 7th Pay Commission allowance starting July 1 and all relevant approvals as required,” Aditya Birla ? latest updates --Over 50 lakh the three pending installments will Three central government employees and be restored prospectively. Capital said in a regulatory filing. more than 65 lakh pensioners, However, what may upset the Aditya Birla Capital has approved sale of up to installments of eagerly waiting for the central government employees is 28,50,880 equity shares of face value of Rs 5 implementation of hike in Dearness that any increase in DA from July 1 each held in ABSLAMC out of the total DA for central Allowance may see a hike of upto will only be effective from that day, paid-up share capital of 28,80,00,000 equity 28 percent from 17 percent in the which means that the employees shares of Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC, the govt employees. month of July. would not get any arrears on non- company added. As per the filing, Sun Life ? According to the All India Consumer revision of DA for previous period. (India) AMC Investments Inc, the joint Three Price Index (AICPI) data release, The three installments of dearness venture shareholder in Aditya Birla Sun Life between January and June 2021, at allowance for central government AMC, approved sale of up to 3,60,29,120 installments of least DA can be increased by 4 employees and DR for pensioners, equity shares of face value of Rs 5 each held percent, media reports have said. due on January 1, 2020, July 1, in Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC through the DR for The reports further mention that 2020 and January 1, 2021, were IPO. The proposed sale of equity shares by after the DA is reinstated, the frozen in view of the COVID-19 Aditya Birla Capital and Sun Life India in pensioners. Dearness Allowance of the central pandemic. In a written reply to the the IPO will together constitute up to 13.50 ? employees may increase from 17 Rajya Sabha, Thakur said: "As and per cent of the paid-up share capital of 50 lakh percent to 28 percent. This includes when the decision to release the in mind 7th CPC Fitment Factor of with further revision due from a 3 percent increase in DA from future installments of Dearness 2.57 while calculating the probable January 2020. But this along with Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC, Aditya Birla hike in monthly salary. This means subsequent two other revisions Capital said. Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC central govt January to June 2020, a 4 percent Allowance due from 01.07.2021 is increase from July to December taken, the rates of DA as effective as per the 7th Pay Commission were suspended due to Covid. Last Ltd, the investment manager of Aditya Birla Fitment Factor, if an employee year, the Union Cabinet had Sun Life Mutual Fund, is a joint venture employees, over 2020, and a 4 percent increase from from 01.01.2020, 01.07.2020 and January to June 2021. That means 01.01. 2021 will be restored draws a monthly basic salary of Rs approved a 4 per cent increase in between the Aditya Birla Group and the Sun 21,000 then one's monthly 7th CPC DA for government employees and Life Financial Inc of Canada. As per Aditya 65 lakh the total DA calculation will be (17 prospectively and will be + 4 + 3 + 4) 28 percent. Minister of subsumed in the cumulative salary hike will be Rs 51,400 (Rs pensioners to 21 per cent. This was Birla Sun Life AMC, it has a total domestic pensioners to State for Finance, Anurag Thakur revised rates effective from 20,000 x 2.57). At present, central to be effective from January 1, assets under management (AUM) of over to had in March this year told 01.07.2021." As per some reports government employees get DA of 2020. However, in wake of the Rs 2,38,000 crore for the quarter ended benefit. Parliament that the employees will available in the media, the central 17 per cent. This level of DA pandemic the disbursement of DA September 30, 2020. get full benefits of dearness government employees must keep became effective from July 2019 at increased rates was.

21.pmd 6 4/20/2021, 11:20 PM Orissa Today Wednesday 21 April 2021 SPORTSSPORTS 7 ICC confident World Test Championship final will go ahead as planned despite UK ‘red list’ over Covid-19 surge

New Delhi. The International Cricket HIGHLIGHTS Council on Monday said that it is confident of hosting the World Test Championship final as scheduled / India and New Zealand despite the worsening Covid-19 situation, especially in India. The final of the inaugural edition of the Test scheduled to meet in Championship will be played at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton from June World Test Championship 18 to 22 between India and New Zealand. Notably, the United Kingdom on Monday added India to its travel 'red final in Southampton list', banning arrivals from the country as the Asian country is experience a Conway joins Green, ruled out of ongoing / UK added India to its second wave of Covid-19 pandemic. However, the ICC is confident of staging the event as planned. "We are currently travel 'red list' amid surge discussing with the UK Government the tour game against India due to concussion impact of countries being on the 'red Sydney.Australian cricket's injury woes against India. in Covid-19 cases in Asian list'," an ICC spokesperson said. "The continued on Saturday with medium pacer Australia Test hopeful Cameron Green ECB and other Members have Harry Conway ruled out of the ongoing suffered a concussion while bowling after a demonstrated how we can stage pink ball warm-up match against India rasping straight drive from Jasprit Bumrah country international cricket safely in the middle after suffering a delayed concussion struck him on the head during the warm-up of a pandemic, and we are confident that here.Mark Steketee was named as game on Friday. / The World Test we can continue to do that and that the Conway's concussion replacement for the While Green was subbed immediately, World Test Championship Final will go final two days of the game.Number 11 Conway showed signs of concussion later ahead as planned in June in the UK." batsman Conway, who was peppered with in the day. Championship final will be India sealed a memorable 2-1 Test series a barrage of bouncers by the four-pronged Conway did not report concussion symptoms win in Australia earlier this year that Indian pace attack, was hit on head late in when assessed by medical staff on the field played at the Ageas Bowl propelled them closer to the final berth. the evening of the opening day's play at the at the time of impact. However, when A 3-1 win over England at home sealed Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. checked again at the conclusion of the deal for India as Virat Kohli has He thus joins Cameron Green and Will Australia A's innings, he reported from June 18 to 22 another chance to win his maiden ICC Pucovski as Australian cricketers suffering symptoms, following which he was trophy with the senior national team. concussion during the ongoing contests replaced. ‘Champions League: Players were not involved in any processes, I heard first IPL 2021: Want to play earn it’ – Leeds leave hand about it yesterday: Jurgen Klopp on Super League my shots, ready to New Delhi. Liverpool manager Jurgen make sure that really nothing gets in accept failures on the Klopp said he and his squad had found between that," he added. "I heard we shirts in Liverpool out about the club's involvement in took banners down at Anfield but I way - Sanju Samson plans for a breakaway Super League don't understand that because the AFC Champions League: FC only on Sunday and urged angry fans players didn't do anything wrong. dressing room not to blame the players. The German, "The boys didn't do anything wrong after 5-ball 1 vs CSK Goa became the first-ever team who has spoken out in the past against a apart from not winning all football from India to compete in the European Super League, told Sky games. I really want to make sure that Sports television that his opinion had everyone knows that." Klopp said he tournament and earn a point not changed since 2019 when he said he recognised some things had to change hoped it never happened. in soccer, and governing bodies UEFA on Wednesday. The team "I heard first hand about it yesterday," he and FIFA should not just decide played a goallessdraw vs said ahead of Monday's Premier League Cup, six times with Klopp celebrating things. "FIFA wants a Club World Cup, game at Leeds United. "We got some success in 2019. Klopp said his aim as a whenever that should be. That's about Qatar's Al-Rayyan. information, not a lot to be honest. Most of manager was always to coach a team in the money, nothing else," he said. "It happens, the things you can read in newspapers or Champions League and he liked the fact it's not only these (breakaway) clubs." After wherever. "It's a tough one. People are not that a club like West Ham United, not one of Liverpool were held to a 1-1 draw at Leeds, New Delhi. .Liverpool and Leeds players happy with that, I can understand that. But I the 12, could play in the tournament next Klopp was inevitably asked again for his cannot say a lot more about it because we year if they finished in the top four in thoughts on the seismic events of the past spoke out against the formation of a Super England. "I don't want them to, because we League after the teams drew 1-1 in the were not involved in any processes, not the 24 of which his club are at the centre. "I'm Australia vs India: Head coach Justin Langer confirmed the hosts are hopeful of having David Warner back players, not me. We didn't know about it." want to do that, but I like that they have the here as a football coach and a manager and I New Delhi. Sanju Samson, the newly-appointed English Premier League on Monday. Leeds chance," said Klopp, whose side have for the 3rd Test but the injured opener is still having issues with his strained groin. defender Diego Llorente’s 87th-minute Twelve of Europe's top football clubs will do that as long as people let me do Rajasthan Royals (RR) captain, started his IPL announced on Sunday they were launching struggled to reproduce the form that earned that," Klopp said. "It's not a situation I 2021 campaign with a bang and slammed 119 runs header denied Liverpool a place in the top them the Premier League title last season. four, which might not even matter given the a breakaway Super League in the face of heard today that I will resign or whatever. "I against Punjab Kings but the 26-year-old has widespread opposition from within the The German said Liverpool was "much feel responsible for the team and for the failed miserably in his next two matches. The club is one of the 12 behind the creation of a more than some decisions" and the club, and the relationship we have with the controversial breakaway league that is game and beyond. Liverpool have won the Kerala batsman scored 4 runs versus Delhi Champions League, or previous European supporters and the team were the most fans. It's a tough time but I will try to help to Capitals before getting out on a 5-ball 1 in his threatening to split the historic structure of important part of the game. "We have to sort it somehow." team's clash against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) European soccer. on Monday. The Super League could be launched as early Chasing a target of 189 runs, RR were 87 for the loss as next season, rendering meaningless the of 2 wickets at one stage but they lost their next 5 race for Champions League qualification wickets for just 8 runs and succumbed to a 45-run that currently involves Liverpool, Chelsea IPL 2021: 'Brilliant' MS Dhoni deserved to win his defeat against MS Dhoni's team. Sanju Samson in and Tottenham — three of the six rebel the post-match press conference has said that English clubs. James Milner, Liverpool’s losing his wicket and failing was not a concern for captain for the game, became the first 200th match as CSK captain - Sunil Gavaskar him as his sole motive was to play his shots player from one of the so-called founding without any restrictions. "It keeps on happening in clubs to criticize plans for the Super New Delhi. Former India important, you this format of the game. IPL demands a lot of risk- League. “I don’t like it and hopefully it Z taking shots and when I succeeded I took a lot of doesn’t happen,” Milner said. Sunil Gavaskar said cricketer Sunil Gavaskar have to have the has looked mighty right fielder at the risk and that's why I scored a hundred. So, it Leeds striker Patrick Bamford said players that MS Dhoni impressed after Chennai right position. "The depends on the day and mind set you are coming. were “in shock” at the developments. Super Kings' 45-run win moment the ball Actually, I don't want to restrict my shots, I want to “From what I have seen, I haven’t seen one deserved to win his over Rajasthan Royals was changed after keep on playing my shots and keep on batting the football fan who is happy about the (RR) on Monday and Buttler hit that six way I love to bat. I am accepting a lot of failures on decision, and football is ultimately about 200th match as CSK hailed MS Dhoni for and the dry ball the way actually and I am not worried about the fans,” Bamford said. “Without the fans, emerging victorious in came in, he said getting out. But at then same time I will look to football is pretty much nothing and it is captain his 200th match as team's immediately to contribute to my team's victory in the upcoming important we stand our ground and show captain. Gavaskar called Jadeja in Hindi that matches," he said. Samson explains why Shivam football is for the fans and try to keep it that Z Dhoni was spot on Dhoni's captaincy this ball will turn. It Dube bats at No. 4 Sanju Samson expressed a lot way. brilliant, saying that 'he turned and he got of confidence in RR's batting and explained the with almost was spot on with almost Buttler out. And reason why young all-rounder Shivam Dube plays everything'. The 71-year- then he gave the ahead of experienced South African David Miller Boxing training suspended after Parag and Chris Morris in quick in the line-up. According to Samson, RR was everything: old also pointed out how MS succession and completely ball to Moeen Ali. The ball Dhoni brought in Moeen Ali in turned and he got those wickets. expecting a lot of runs from Dube at the No. 4 Olympic-bound Simranjit Kaur derailed the run-chase of 2008 position because of his good show in domestic Gavaskar the attack when CSK got the champions. "Dhoni deserved to Brilliant, brilliant captaincy opportunity to bowl with a dry from MS Dhoni," Sunil matches and also because of his capability of tests positive for Covid-19 Z win. In his 200th match as playing spin and pace equally well. Miller, on the Gavaskar also ball. captain of CSK, he was spot on Gavaskar told Star Sports. After 2 wins in 3 matches, CSK are other hand, is 'one of world's best finishers' suited NEW DELHI: Covid-19 has entered the Notably, umpires had to change with almost everything. The to play at No. 5. “Our batting line-up is nicely set praised Dhoni's field the ball after Jos Buttler hit a bowling changes, the field now placed 2nd behind Royal Tokyo Olympic-bound Indian women Challengers Bangalore (RCB) up. Shivam Dube is someone who can play both - boxing team. It’s been learned that quota massive six in the empty stands placements. Look at the way he pace and spin well. Therefore, No.4 suits him. It placement vs RR on of Mumbai's Wankhede placed Jadeja, he took 4 catches in the 8-team points table. The 3- holder Simranjit Kaur (60kg) has tested time champions will now face depends on conditions as well. If the wicket is Stadium. Moeen Ali soon and apart from them, he saved so good, he can strike really well. He did well in positive for the coronavirus. Monday dismissed David Miller, Riyan many boundaries. That’s KKR on Wednesday. This is the first case of Covid among the domestic cricket and is looking good. Tokyo-bound female pugilists. Simranjit had bagged an Olympic quota at the Asian qualifiers in March last year.After 21 women boxers and support staff personnel, Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians IPL 2021 T20 Match including high-performance director Raffaele Bergamasco and head coach Ali Qamar, had returned positive for Covid-19 13 dream 11 Prediction, Captain and Vice-Captain at the camp here, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) had moved the Olympic-bound pugilists as well as other campers, who expected to come in place of Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav tested negative in RT-PCR testing, in a safe Z Delhi Capitals vs England quick Chris Woakes. Not Ravichandran Ashwin, Amit zone at the Jawahar Lal Nehru that Woakes has not performed Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh stadium.Among those shifted included Mumbai Indians IPL well but combination of Kagiso Khan, Anrich Nortje, HIGHLIGHTS Olympic-qualified Lovlina Borgohain Rabada and Anrich Nortje brings Mumbai Indians squad: Rohit 2021 T20 Match 13 a different flair in the team Sharma, Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet (69kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg), apart from altogether. Both India and Pakistan had Simranjit. Six-time world champion and Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal quota holder, MC Mary Kom, has been dream 11 Prediction: Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan had a good campaign so far Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant training separately with her personal The finalists of the Rahane, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal and expectations were high coaching staff. Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Tom Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul After Simranjit’s positive result, the 2020 season are set to Curran, Chris Woakes, Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, from the semi-final clash authorities have decided to halt training for Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Chris Lynn, Mohsin Khan, the Olympic-bound women boxers for the clash against each Rabada, Avesh Khan, Shimron Saurabh Tiwary, Trent Boult, Tickets had been sold out time being and have told Lovlina and Pooja New Delhi. Delhi Capitals (DC) against in-form DC side. Rohit Hetmyer, Amit Mishra, Ishant Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter- to leave for their respective home. Lovlina other in Chennai’s players have arrived in Chennai Sharma's team side tried out New Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Steven Nile, Piyush Chawla, James before the semi-finalists for and Pooja have tested negative.The latest after winning 2 out of their 3 Zealand quick Adam Milne in Smith, Anrich Nortje, Sam Neeshan, Yudhvir Charak, Marco development has dealt another blow to the games in Mumbai. The Rishabh their last match but the Billings, Lukman Meriwala, Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar Chepauk Stadium on Pant-led team will now face experiment did not prove to be the 2011 World Cup were Indian women boxing team’s preparation Praveen Dubey, Aniruddha Joshi, Mumbai Indians Predicted XI: for Tokyo. defending champions Mumbai successful. An experienced all- Vishnu Vinod, Manimaran Tuesday. Let's find Indians for the first time after the rounder like Jimmy Neesham can Quinton de Kock (WK), Rohit declared Previously, their scheduled training-cum- Siddharth, Shams Mulani, Ripal Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, final of the 2020 edition. After get a chance against DC, who Patel competition trip to Serbia was called off out the predicted XI winning two closely contested have a very good pace attack as Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Tendulkar hit a memorable because of so many Covid positive cases at matches against KKR and SRH, well. DC Predicted Playing XI: Prithvi Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, the camp. for both the teams. MI will look for a more Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Steve James Neesham, Jasprit Bumrah, knock of 85 runs as India Everything seems to be good in Smith, Rishabh Pant(C&W), Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar comprehensive performance Delhi set-up but Anrich Nortje is managed to score 260 runs after batting first

21.pmd 7 4/20/2021, 11:20 PM Orissa Today STATE Wednesday 21 April 2021 Bhubaneswar P-8 SOA HOLDS FIRST INTERNATIONAL FDP ON Who will the Candidate of Congress PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH WRITING Bhubaneswar, April ment of Humanities and sive manner. versity (EFLU), Bandana or Nishikanta ? 20(TNB): A five-day Inter- Social Sciences, Institute Prof. J.P.Singh Joreel, Hyderabad. Prof. Tirtha national Faculty Develop- of technical education and Director, Inflibnet Cen- Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Jyotirmayee Parida ment Program (FDP) on research, faculty of engi- tre, Gandhinagar, who Professor at the Univer- Pipili, April 20: The Pipili Recent Trends in Profes- neering and technology of was the chief guest on sity of Mexico, who ad- bypoll was postponed af- sional and Research Writ- SOA in collaboration with the inaugural day, spoke dressed the valedictory ter the death of Congress ing, the first of its kind Interdisciplinary Journal on emerging trends in re- session, spoke on the candidate Ajit Mangraj organised by Siksha ‘O’ for Humanities and Social search in linguistics and subject ‘Pedagogy in Re- ,but a new date has been Anusandhan (SOA) here, Sciences (Scopus In- related areas. search’. Dr. Swayam announced .The bypoll concluded on Monday. dexed) and University of The other resource per- Prabha Satpathy, Associ- will be held on May 13 and Resource persons at the Arizona, was attended by sons included Prof. ate Professor in the De- the count will take place FDP, held virtually with the around 500 participants. Albrecht Classen from partment of Humanities, on May 16 . After Ajit’s focus on research method- The participants were University of Arizona, was the Convenor of the death however, there has ologies, highlighted the told that analytics led to Prof. L.K.Jena from FDP while Dr. Kabita Das, been a heated debate over new avenues which the uncovering of hidden Xavier University, Head of Department of Hu- who the Congress will present day research un- patterns in the world Bhubaneswar, Ms. manities was the Co- field. Although no an- folded and the scientific which could transform Pratigyan Das, Senior convenor. The coordina- nouncement has been process of discovering one’s view of the world Assistant Editor, The tors were Dr. Shibani made by the party, Jatani Maharathi has lost his fa- if the vote is delayed. also given indirect informa- and communicating mean- for the better. The re- Times of India, New Delhi Patnaik, Dr. Malvika MLA Suresh Rautaray has ther .If Bandana is the can- Bandana could be the tion while talking to Ban- ingful patterns of research source persons also ex- and Prof. Anand Mohapatra, Dr. Subismita spoken out in favor of didate, Pipili-Delangs It Congress candidate for dana .Many Congress lead- data. plained how writing was Mahanand, Head of De- Lenka, Dr. Moushumi Dash, Ajits wife, Bandana .The remains to be seen sym- Pipili. ers say that Bandanas or- The FDP, which was an art and how it could partment, English and Ms. Prachisri Mishra and party will do well if it is pathetic votes in favor of The Congress has be- ganization is good and that organised by the depart- be done in a comprehen- Foreign Languages Uni- Ms. Monalisa Mishra. openly nominated, Sura whom. Discussions are gun campaigning to field people will be sympathetic. said in statement to the raging over whether or not her. According to Sura, Meanwhile, Nishikanta One more arrested hurling media on Sunday, adding Bandana win or hold support for Bandana is Mishra, a local Congress Engineers praised for that the party had hope- Rudras fathers seat, start- growing within the Party youth leader, has been bombs at RTI activist fuls. So it would be great ing with the liquor store in .If Bandana is the candi- fielded by some other lead- Akshya rout dev works execution if the late Ajit’s wife Ban- the Pipili constituency date, Congress workers ers. Although Nishikant is Jajpur, April 20: Police on Tuesday arrested one person in dana agreed .Although .Not only him in Congress will spend the bypoll on a lawyer by profession, he connection with an attack on the RTI activist and BJP leader Sarbeswar Beura on 27th March night in Jajpur district.The ar- Bandana has not yet been ,but also the majority of their own. Everywhere has always held the lead- rested person hurled bombs at Sarbeswar Beura at Imam Nagar under finalized as a Congress party workers are in favor look today, the tide of pro- ership of the party in the Dharmasala police station when he was returning to his home at Candidate, there has been of Ajit’s wife Bandana. tectionist sentiment is local area. Similarly, ther are Jaraka along with an associate in a car. Sarbeswar was first admitted speculation as to where The BJP and BJD mean- flowing .However, he ac- rumors that someone other to the Community Health Center (CHC) at Dharamsala. Later he the sympathy vote will go. while are reaching out to knowledged that their than Bandana Nishikant is was shifted to SCB medical college and hospital at Cuttack and his condition was serious. The motive behind the attack is yet to be Bandana has now lost her the public despite the clo- number were not enough expected to run. The final established. He was booked under 307 (attempt to murder), 34 husband and mother-in- sure .The Public opinion to defeat in Congress decision will be made by (common intention) of IPC and section 3 and 5 of Indian Explo- law, while Rudra will not be affected even party. Rahul Gandhi has the Pipili- Delang public. sives Substance Act. Police seized a motor-cycle used in the crime . Locals launched hunger COVID Observer for Bhubaneswar city visited 1929 Call Centre strike for drinking water Bhubaneswar,April from people and the doc- Centre, DEOs and Doctors 20(TNB): Covid Observer tors on duty and advising deployed here are giving of Bhubaneswar City people. During his visit advice to persons in home Akshya rout & Principal Secretary, BMC Commissioner Sri isolation, medicines are Jajpur, April 20: A number of development projects have Department of Water Re- Prem Chandra Choudhary prescribed to the patients been completed are ongoing in the Jajpur district under sources Smt. Anu Garg also present. Smt.Garg receiving calls by the the supervision of Public Works Department Cuttack along with the State also advised to increase doctors in Call Centre. Circle Superintendent Engineer Taraprasad Mishra and Labour commissioner Dr. the team strength so as to Necessary information Executive Engineer Arun Patnaik. The projects include a N. Thirumala Naik, today reduce waiting time fur- about Covid-19 , informa- trauma care hospital in Panikoili , Medical College in visited “1929” Call Centre ther. tion about Ward Officers Jajpur town, a 150- feet statue of Lord Shiva on the functioning at Towards contributing a engaged for different banks of river Baitarani, the Administrative Bhawan, re- Akshya rout Bhubaneswar Operations major step for management wards for BMC are also laying and widening of major roads. Jajpur,April 20: Demanding immediate steps to solve Centre (BOC) of the of the COVID-19 pan- been engaged here, in being provided in the Notably, SE Mishra had earlier earned lavish praise for the acute drinking water problem, large numbers of vil- Bhubaneswar Smart City demic in the city, the work view of increasing no of call centre. Covid Ob- successfully renovating the Taladanda canal in Cuttack. lagers in Jajpur district have launched an indefinite agi- Limited at BMC, Bhawani of “1929 Call Centre’’ has Covid cases, Smt. Garg server of Bhubaneswar A signage, ‘I love Cuttack’, which was a brainchild of tation in front of the office of Dasarathpur block on Mall, Saheed Nagar. Smt. been expedited. Where as advised the officials to in- also advised people to Mishra, has become a selfie point for the resident of Tuesday. Garg interacted with staff to provide different ser- crease the team strength take assistance of the millennium city and widely circulated in social media. The agitators threatened to continue the agitation if the regularly calling up those vices under Smart City so that the people’s que- Call Centre “1929” to The locals have praised the engineers for completing government did not come forward for immediate solve of in home isolation, those while 36 numbers of DEOs ries can be promptly at- strengthen our fight the projects in time and for the quality of work. the drinking water problem in the villages of Palatapur, who are receiving queries alongwith doctors have tended to. In the said Call against the pandemic. Kantibanka, Muralipur, Sathibati, Bindha , Nandipur , Khordha Excise Squad Conduct Raid Nilakanthapur and other villages under Dasarathpur SPECIAL TRAIN BETWEEN YESVANTPUR & HOWRAH Madhab Chandra Routaray block. Bhubaneswar, April 20(TNB): Ministry of Railways has decided to run a pair Khordha, April 20: Khordha Excise Squad Conduct Raid The Government’s plan to supply drinking water of Special Train between Yesvantpur & Howrah from 22nd April to 29th June, in different places of Khordha, detected four Excise cases through pipelines in the villages at Biswali , Kuldiha, 2021. 06597 Yesvantpur-Howrah Special from Yesvantpur will leave at 0955hrs and arrested four accused persons. They were Tukuna Narendrapur, Thakuria, Pitambarpur, Kathagada, and other on every Thursday between 22nd April to 24th June, 2021 and will arrive at Badhei, village of Haladia, Prafulla Swain, village - villagers under Dasarathpur block at the cost of Rs 37 Howrah at 1830hrs on next days. In the return direction, 06598 Howrah- Bagheitangi, Manoj Sahu, village -Gurujanga and Pabitra Lakh is moving at a snail’s pace as a result large numbers Yesvantpur Special from Howrah will leave at 1240hrs on every Tuesday Behera, village -Nuapada. Registered four cases vide of villages are facing water problems . The work of the between 27th April to 29th June, 2021 and will arrive at Yesvantpur at 2040hrs PR.NO-4,5,6 and 7/2021-22 of Khordha Excise Station and drinking water supply project has already been completed. on the next days. This train has 10 AC-3 Tier, 06 AC-2 Tier, Two Guard cum seizures of 158 ltrs ID, Liquor and one TVS, Scooty bearing Non-supply of electricity to the project is the main reason luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at important Stations be- Registration no-OD05AX-9897, One Passion pro motorcycle behind the delay of the project work. We will soon tween Yesvantpur & Howrah. This train will provide stoppages at Bhadrak, bearing registration no-OD02W-1524. The four accused supply drinking water through the pipelines to the villag- Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Brahmapur, Palasa, Srikakulam Road, persons were forwarded to the Judicial court of Khordha. ers, said Baraj Sandha the Assistant Engineer of Rural Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam & Duvvada in East Coast Railway jurisdiction. Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) , Dasarathpur block. Yours Hope Foundation Trust Organized Captive Power Plants of SAIL COVID-19 Awareness Campaign Madhab Chandra Routaray Rourkela Steel Plant excel in FY’21 Khordha The leading Non Government Rourkela, April 20 (TNB): in FY 21which resulted in jobs to enhance the effi- Organization of Odisha Yours Hope The Captive Power Plants savings of Rs 1.2 Crore each ciency of the unit. A major Foundation Trust Organized COVID-19 of SAIL, Rourkela Steel month. pipeline modification of in- Awareness campaign to sensitising the Plant (RSP) registered Similarly, the CPP-3 ter-connecting turbo- peoples about corona virus. The splendid performance in the unit comprising Power blower cooling water programme was aimed at reaching out to financial year 2020-21. The Blowing Station & Top Re- pumps to auxiliary cooling community people with the message on team CPP led by Mr. B S covery Turbine Generator water pumps circuit was corona virus outbreaks. Preventive mea- Kartha, CGM (Power) re- and CDCP Boilers & Back executed. The other major sures highlighted on the importance of ceived the Runners-up tro- Pressure Turbine Generator jobs include the revival maintaining basic hand and respiratory phy from Mr. Dipak helped the plant improve its and commissioning of hygiene, avoiding close contact etc. In this Chattaraj, CEO, RSP in the bottom line with remarkable Sulphuric acid dosing in awareness programmes distributed masks, function organised at Blast performance in FY21. The cooling water circuit of sanitizer, hand wash etc. to the general Dr.Jagannath Behera, Sanjaya Kumar Furnace-5 ‘Durga’ on 1st unit achieved the highest turbo-blowers and steam public and create awareness of the people Chualsingh, BDO,Lochan Dash, April, 2021 in recognition of ever average monthly turbine generators, tech- to avoid touching eye, nose and mouth. Dhaneswar Swain, Police personnel, its outstanding perfor- power generation of 42.43 nological up-gradation Wash hands regularly, practice respiratory Subash Pahadsingh and Yours Hope mance in FY’21. MW in October 2020. Be- and commissioning of hygiene, maintain social distancing etc. to Foundation Trust Members Bikash Notably, the indomi- in the CPP-1 include the sioned. As a result, the coal sides, the unit registered all DCS system in PBS for the peoples. In this awareness campaign Paltasingh, Ranjan Nayak, Mamali, table spirit and unwavering successful overhauling of consumption was reduced time high average daily boiler#1 and STGs and in founder and president of the organization Renubala, Rojalin, Sangram Rana and oth- efforts of the CPP collective Turbo-Alternator-3 which substantially from 27431 power generation of 48.11 BPTG, implementation of Rina Rani Nayak, Dr.Biswa Ranjan Jean, ers are assist the programme. helped the units touch contributed in the en- Tonnes per month in 2019- MW on 3rd February, the protection of house many new highs. The units hanced power generation 2020 to 18253 Tonnes per 2021. The unit also load transformer through Electric transformer at VISSUT catches fire achieved average power from CPP-1. The main Oil month thus helping the clocked the highest shift fibre optic network be- Kshirodra Bag generation of 61.67 Mega Pump in Turbo-Blower # 6 plant save coal worth Rs. 3 power generation of 50.49 tween CPP#1 & PBS. Also Sambalpur, April 20: The electric transformer situated in the premises of Veer Watt Hour in FY21. CPP-3 was replaced resulting in its Crores each month. The MW in C-Shift on 30th the erection, testing and Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) caught fire in the afternoon registered a growth of enhanced reliability. A new consumption of LDO and January, 2021. The enter- commissioning of feed today due to small basement and lack of protection. The official of Fire depart- 28.5% over the previous fi- Blast Furnace Gas line was HSD also reduced from 306 prising collective of the control line was executed ment controlled the fire. Later the employees of Tata Power Western Corpora- nancial year in this regard. connected to CPP-1 and Kilo Litre per month in FY department carried out to facilitate smooth hydro- tion Ltd (TPWCL) repaired the damaged transformer. The major jobs carried out successfully commis- 20 to 96 Kilo litre per month many major overhauling testing of all CDCP boilers.

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