y k y cm CANDID ADMISSION GLOBAL BIDDING FOR VAX JUNTA FIGHTS REBELS Actor Gul Panag says her acting career Odisha govt decides to conduct global Myanmar’s army battled local fighters in Mindat enabled her to do things that are bidding for procurement of Covid-19 to quell a rebellion that has escalated to oppose the junta important in life LEISURE | P2 vaccines May 28 DOWNTOWN | P3 INTERNATIONAL | P10 VOLUME 11, ISSUE 45 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | SUNDAY, MAY 16 | 2021 12 PAGES + SUNDAY POST | `5.00 IRREGULAR by MANJUL Expert help to boost healthcare POST NEWS NETWORK Covid cases cross 6L, Bhubaneswar, May 15: State Chief Secretary Suresh Mohapatra Saturday 21 more fatalities said that the Odisha government has BHUBANESWAR: The Covid-19 tally in formed an expert advisory commit- Odisha crossed the six-lakh mark tee to recommend ways and means to Saturday as 11,805 more people tested bolster the healthcare system and help positive for the infection, while 21 fresh Sir, please allow us to develop a vaccine in preparedness to tackle any future fatalities pushed the state's death toll to 2,000 BODIES to boost immunity between the two Covid waves. 2,294, a health department official said. doses of your vaccine Mohapatra said that the panel com- With these new infections, the caseload of prises reputed doctors and scientists coronavirus disease reached 6,00,492 in UNDER SAND who would recommend ways to perk this coastal state, he said. At least 6,611 fresh cases were reported from quaran- THREE KILLED AS CAR up the state healthcare system to com- AGENCIES bat the emerging threats to people’s tine centres and 5,194 detected during contact tracing. Khurda district, which health due the pandemic. Lucknow, May 16: It’s a FALLS OFF BRIDGE comprises the state capital Bhubaneswar, “We have decided to form a high-level reported the highest number of new cases ghastly sight for people liv- committee which will have renowned at 1,414, followed by Sundargarh (1,209) ing near the banks of the BALASORE: Three persons were doctors and researchers. The panel and Cuttack (1197). MORE P4 Ganga river in Uttar killed and two others injured formed Friday is headed by Dr Srinath Pradesh as more and more when a car in which they were Reddy. It will advise the government dead bodies are washing up travelling fell off a bridge on the on the matters related to anti-Covid vac- “Many people are not aware about on the ghats of the river. National Highway 16 near cination and prepare the state for fu- the seriousness of the issue. When So far, more than 2,000 has become one of the largest Balasore in the early hours of ture waves of the pandemic, if any,” Covid was at its peak during the first bodies have been found along crematoriums on river banks Saturday, police said. Five per- Mohapatra said. wave, around 8,000 people were re- a stretch of 1,140 kms on with as many as 900 bodies sons were travelling in the vehi- The Chief Secretary added, “This ceiving treatment daily. Presently, we the bank of Ganga, spread found buried on the banks cle from Baripada in neigh- committee will advise the state gov- are treating 15,000 patients every day across several districts in of Ganga. Bodies were buried bouring Mayurbhanj district to ernment on various important issues. and around 3,000 are in ICUs. I would Uttar Pradesh. In fact, the near Shuklaganj and Buxar Bhubaneswar when at about 3 The panel comprises experts like Dr expect that people comply with the Ganga flows 1,140 kms in Ghats. As per the report, am in the morning the driver Devi Shetty, Dr Ramakant Panda and Covid norms to remain safe,” UP and then enters Bihar. human organs were seen at lost control of the car and it fell others. They will keep us abreast about Mohapatra said. According to reports, 350 the site and in a few instances, down from the bridge, the police the best global practices, ways to im- Citing the relatively higher rate of bodies were found buried dogs were seen nibbling and said. Balasore industrial police prove our present healthcare system infections this time compared to the first near Mahadevi Ganga Ghat lurking around the bodies. reached the accident spot and and ways to protect children from the wave, Mohapatra urged people to com- in Kannauj and the ad- About 20 bodies in sent the five persons to Balasore pandemic. We will implement their ply with the Covid-19 safety protocols. ministration is allegedly Fatehpur and 50 in headquarter hospital where doc- recommendations promptly.” “There are cases where an entire vil- covering up the bodies with Prayagraj, Varanasi, tors declared three of them The top bureaucrat also urged the The panel comprises reputed doctors The advisory panel comprising Dr Devi lage got infected after one person from soil on them. In Kanpur, Chandauli, Bhadohi and brought dead. The deceased per- people not to take Covid cases lightly. and scientists who would Shetty, Dr Ramakant Panda and others the area tested positive. If we can com- 400 corpses were buried Mirzapur were found, while sons are Rabindra Sahu, Santosh He said that compared to the first wave recommend the best ways to perk up will keep the govt abreast about the ply with the safety norms for 15 days, near Sherreshwar Ghat and 280 carcasses were found in Panda both from Takatpur area of the pandemic, more Covid patients are the state healthcare system to best global practices, ways to improve we can surely bring down the cases and a report in Dainik Bhaskar Ghazipur. The vernacular in Baripada and Debasis Panda undergoing treatment at hospitals and combat the emerging threats to the healthcare system and protect control the disease. However, the con- said the police covered them daily reported that in from Kuamara area. more patients are admitted to ICUs due people’s health children from the pandemic dition in Odisha is better compared to with soil. Puravanchal district, 110 to the viral infection this time. many other states.” Amid the pandemic, Unnao bodies were found. GST COUNCIL Doorstep MEETING MAY 28 Cairn sues AI to enforce YATRA SANS DEVOTEES Covid testing NEW DELHI: Amid a growing $1.2bn arbitration award chorus over the GST Council meeting not being convened for REUTERS for 60+ in City over seven months, the Union Finance Ministry Saturday an- New Delhi, May 15: Cairn Energy POST NEWS NETWORK nounced that the next meeting of has sued India’s flagship carrier Air the panel that decides on taxes India to enforce a $1.2 billion ar- Bhubaneswar, May 15: Senior on goods and services will be bitration award that it won in a citizens in Bhubaneswar can now held May 28. After over a dozen tax dispute against India, accord- avail Covid-19 testing facility at Central and state levies such as ing to a US District Court filing their doorstep from Monday by excise duty, service tax and VAT reviewed by Reuters. The move ratchets up just making a call to 1929, com- were subsumed in a nationwide The move ratchets up pressure pressure on the Centre missioner of Bhubaneswar Goods and Services Tax (GST) in on India’s government to pay the Municipal Corporation (BMC) 2017, the Council, headed by sum of $1.2 billion plus interest to pay the sum of $1.2 Sanjay Singh said here Saturday. Union Finance Minister and in- and costs that the British firm billion plus interest and He said the BMC will make all cluding representatives of all Cairn was awarded by an arbitra- arrangements to collect the samples states and union territories, was tion tribunal in December. The costs that the British from the doorstep of citizens above mandated to meet every quar- body ruled India breached an in- firm Cairn was awarded the age of 60 years, especially those ter to deliberate on issues at vestment treaty with Britain and who are staying alone and are un- hand. The GST Council last met said New Delhi was liable to pay. by an arbitration tribunal able to visit Covid testing centres, October 5, 2020. Cairn filed the lawsuit Friday in in December Singh said. the US District Court for the Similarly, the municipal corpo- Southern District of New York, ration is also taking steps to facil- WEATHER seeking to make Air India liable for creditors like (Cairn),” the filing said. itate the anti-Covid vaccination of the judgement that was awarded to Air India and the Indian govern- such senior citizens. The BMC will BHUB CTK Cairn. The lawsuit argued that the ment did not immediately respond ensure to and fro journey of sen- MAX 36.0° 37.0° carrier as a state-owned company to requests seeking comment. ior citizens to the vaccination cen- is “legally indistinct from the state In February, Cairn filed a sepa- tre, he stated. TEMP MIN 27.0° 27.0° Forecast itself.” rate case in a US court to recog- Steps are being taken to enhance Humidity 87% 80% “The nominal distinction be- nise and confirm the arbitration the number of vaccination centre Partly tween India and Air India is illusory award, including payments due in the city, he said, adding, the on- Rainfall 19.2mm Nil cloudy sky and serves only to aid India in im- since 2014 and interest compounded The Chandan Yatra of Srimandir deities commences at Narendra pond in Puri on the occasion of Akshaya Trutiya, Saturday.