Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 RNI No. APENG/2018/764698 Published From *Late City Vol. 2 Issue 201 NATION 5 MONEY 6 SPEICAL 7 VIJAYAWADA DELHI *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable TELL GOVT TO TAKE FISCAL MEASURES: MAJOR ISSUE LUCKNOW BHOPAL PROTESTS ACROSS KOLKATA RAIPUR CHANDIGARH AS POWER, WATER CRISIS CHIDAMBARAM TO RBI GOVERNOR OF MINORS BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN HYDERABAD A CHAMPION VIJAYAWADA, SUNDAY MAY 24, 2020; PAGES 12 `3 ON COURT, AN OFF IT TOO 12 www.dailypioneer.com COVID-19 WOMAN GIVES BIRTH TO CHINA REPORTS ZERO CASES FOR ODISHA GOVERNMENT ALLOWS IVANKA PRAISES GIRL WHO CYCLED TWIN BOYS IN INDORE HOSPITAL THE FIRST TIME COVID SURFACED HOME DELIVERY OF LIQUOR 1,200 KM CARRYING AILING FATHER 28-year-old COVID-19 patient on Saturday gave birth to twin boys in a hina on Saturday reported zero new coronavirus infections for the first time he Odisha government has allowed home delivery of liquor from Sunday. S President Donald Trump's daughter and senior White House Ahospital in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, the district Csince it started reporting data in January, a day after Communist Party leaders However, it would cost a bit higher than the maximum retail price, as the Uadviser Ivanka Trump has praised 15-year-old Jyoti worst-hit by the outbreak in the central state. It was a celebrated "major achievements" in the virus fight.The virus first emerged in the Tstate government has introduced a ‘special Covid fee on sale of liquor. "The Kumari, who cycled down 1200km carrying her normal delivery though it was a month ahead of full central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year, but cases have dwindled dramatically government has allowed home delivery of liquor by the existing On and Off ailing father during the nationwide lockdown in term, Maharaja Tukojirao Holkar (MTH) Hospital in from the peak in mid-February as the country appears to have brought the virus shop licensees of IMFL and beer situated in areas other than India, terming her act as a "beautiful feat of charge Dr Sumit Shukla told PTI. "The weight of the largely under control. The official death tally in the country of 1.4 the containment zones and shopping malls with effect from endurance and love". Stuck in Gurugram in twins is around 1.6 kilograms each, which is lower than billion people stands at 4,634, well below the number of fatalities May 24," said a statement released by the state Excise Haryana due to the COVID-19-induced travel that of normal newborns. A team of doctors is at hand in much smaller countries. However, doubt has been cast on Department. However, no excise licensees have been restrictions and lockdown, a tenacious Jyoti asked to ensure mother and newborns are fine," he added. the reliability of China's numbers and the United States has led allowed to sell liquor on their premises. The state her father to sit on the rear side carrier of her According to experts, babies born after normal period the charge in questioning how much information Beijing has government has amended the relevant provisions under cycle and took him to his native place in Bihar, of pregnancy weigh between 2.5 to 3.5 kilograms. shared with the international community. the Odisha Excise Rules, 2017. covering 1200km in seven days. AMID VIRUS AND LOCKDOWN Trying to start Intl Corona sucks the festivities out of Eid PNS n HYDERABAD Eid is a festival of The various Central Ruiyat-e- love and hugging flights in June: Puri Hilal Committees across India your friends and on Saturday declared that the PNS n NEW DELHI sion, clarified again that ment on resuming internation- crescent moon was not sighted neighbours, but now Aarogya Setu app is not manda- al services, Vistara said it will and therefore, Eid-ul-Fitr will be you cannot even India will try to restart a good tory for air passengers and they await instructions and guide- celebrated on Monday, May 25. percentage of international pas- can instead give a self-declara- lines from the Civil Aviation Some of the Ruiyat-e-Hilal shake hands ‘ALL AND senger flights before August, tion form. Ministry. Committees also reminded wor- due to coronavirus Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri said during the session, "I am fully hopeful that before shippers to offer Eid prayers at SUNDRY’ Singh Puri on Saturday said, "I can't put a date on it (restart- August or September, we will try home in view of the three days after announcing ing international flights). But if to start a good percentage of Coronavirus spreading its dead- on new clothes and sweets for Lower testing in resumption of domestic flights somebody says can it be done international civil aviation oper- ly tentacles across the country. Eid to help the less fortunate. from May 25. by August or September? My ations, if not complete interna- What was unsaid was the fact As it were, the scare of the TS doesn’t mean Amid the coronavirus pan- response is why not ear- tional operations," he said. that this Eid will be markedly pandemic, lockdown restric- fewer cases demic, few states have ques- lier depending on "We must have a more ambi- different from any other in tions, as well as mass exodus of tioned the necessity to restart what is the situa- tious goal (regarding interna- history, with Muslims the world migrants from the city have domestic services from tion." tional flights). Why not start over desisting from expressing sombre mood ahead of one of new clothes in solidarity with deprived Eid of the usual fes- Monday, he admitted, When asked them by mid-June or June-end their joy and love by hugging the main festivals of Muslims the crores of poor who have tivity. adding that some hesitation about the minis- or in July," he added. their loved ones as is the world over. been deprived of their liveli- Even the mosques, from the 2 was expected even as the ter's announce- 3 customary. It’s not just hugging — one of hood, their homes and are world famous Jama Masjid and Centre has been trying to “Eid is a festival of love and the main attractions of Eid-ul- forced to trek for thousands of Fathepuri Masjid in Delhi and meet their concerns. I can't put a date on it (restarting international hugging your friends and Fitr is the new clothes that are kilometres on foot, starving, ail- the Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad, The minister, neighbours, but now you can- painstakingly bought and worn ing and dying. to the smaller ‘Ik Khana’ while flights). But if somebody says can it be done by not even shake hands due to on the day, especially by chil- Most of the well-off have masjids, have been closed addressing August or September? My response is why not earlier coronavirus,” says Old dren. This year, as a whole the already announced that they through Ramzan due to the a Facebook depending on what is the situation Delhi resident Akram entire community has decided would be donating the entire pandemic. Live ses- — HARDEEP SINGH PURI, Civil Aviation Minister Quereshi, summing up the not to celebrate Eid by wearing expenditure normally incurred 3 Emblem of historic structure falls off 47 fresh Record jump in Covid cases, 1 death PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM While some leaders slammed it on social media, cases, 137 more deaths reported in AP Representatives of various others protested at the fort PNS n VIJAYAWADA political parties on Saturday town on Saturday by holding PNS n NEW DELHI patients have recovered so Leadership when criticised the state government placards and raising slogans far," a Health Ministry official With 47 fresh infections, the faced with crises for recklessly shifting a historic against the state government. The COVID-19 cases in India said total number of COVID-19 structure resulting in crashing Telugu Desam chief and saw the biggest spike for the The total of 1,25,101 con- cases in Andhra Pradesh has like Covid-19 down of the emblem mounted former chief minister N second consecutive day on firmed cases of the novel coro- climbed to 2,714 even as one on it. Chandrababu Naidu expressed Saturday with 6,654 new navirus pandemic death due to the virus was A video clip in which a bull- his shock on social media. infections in the last includes foreigners reported, taking the toll in the dozer is seen hitting the struc- "This is one of the deliberate 24 hours, taking Of the 137 state to 56, a bulletin from the ture while the emblem attached efforts to erase the contribu- the tally to over deaths reported government said on Saturday. 4 to it fell down has gone viral. tions of Pusapati Ashok 1.25 lakh, while since Friday The lone death was report- The structure, built by the Gajapathi Raju's family to the the toll rose to morning, 63 ed in Krishna district. royal family of Vizianagaram, region. Petty politics must 3,720 after 137 were in Of the fresh cases in the past indicates the three ways lead- never take precedence over more deaths, the Maharashtra, 24 hours ending 9 AM on ing to Ghantasthambam (clock dential area) and the fort was named as Three-Lamp history," he tweeted. Union Health 29 in Gujarat, Saturday, five were linked to tower), Ambatisatram (resi- respectively. Hence, the area Junction. 3 Ministry said 14 each from the Koyambedu market in The active cases Delhi and Uttar Chennai, the bulletin said.