Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 Established 1864 ANALYSIS 7 MONEY 8 Published From SPORTS 11 HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW THE GENDERS OF STOCK MARKETS TO BE HIGHLY BIG SHOW BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH NATIONALISM VOLATILE AMID RISING CASES BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 3 ISSUE 154 VIJAYAWADA, MONDAY APRIL 19 , 2021; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable FROM WINKING TO GRABBING EYEBALLS { Page 12 } www.dailypioneer.com ‘BED FOR MY BROTHER': VK SINGH TWEET ISRAEL REVOKES OUTDOOR CORONAVIRUS ‘SUSPENDING ALL MY PUBLIC RALLIES’: DELHI MAKES 14-DAY HOME QUARANTINE SPARKS QUESTIONS ON HEALTH SYSTEM MASK REQUIREMENT, FULLY REOPENS SCHOOL RAHUL GANDHI AMID BENGAL COVID SURGE MANDATORY FOR KUMBH RETURNEES tweet seeking help for a Covid-19- srael rescinded the mandatory wearing of enior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today elhi residents who have visited the infected person in his constituency, face masks outdoors and fully reopened tweeted to say that he is suspending all Kumbh Mela or are planning to do AGhaziabad, landed Union Minister Ischools on Sunday in the latest return to Shis public rallies in West Bengal in Dso will have to undergo compulso- General VK Singh in controversy today relative normality, boosted by a mass- view of the Covid situation in the state. In ry 14-day home quarantine on their when it was viewed as a sign of the poor vaccination campaign against the COVID- a brief post, Mr Gandhi also advised return and upload their details on an condition of the country's health 19 pandemic. With almost 54% of its 9.3 political leaders against holding large official website, the Delhi Disaster infrastructure. It was perceived as a sign million population having received both public rallies. "I would advise all political Management Authority said. The ongo- of his privileged position which common shots of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 leaders to think deeply about the ing Kumbh Mela has been at the centre citizens could not dream of. General Singh vaccine, Israel has logged sharp drops in consequences of holding large public rallies of controversy amid fears that it could be later deleted his post to avoid fuelling any contagion and cases. The police-enforced under the current circumstances," Rahul a super spreader event with lakhs of devo- more misunderstanding. The Union Minister of wearing of protective masks outdoors, ordered a Gandhi tweeted. West Bengal, which is in the tees attending the event. The order said those State for Road Transport and Highways had posted on Twitter year ago, was scrapped from Sunday, but the Health Ministry said midst of an eight-phased assembly election, has seen a sudden who visited Kumbh from 4 April onwards or those who plan to seeking help from authorities in Ghaziabad to get a hospital bed the requirement still applied for indoor public spaces and urged spike the COVID-19 cases. In view of the Covid situation, I am do so till the end of the congregation will have to upload their for "my brother". citizens to keep masks to hand. suspending all my public rallies in West Bengal. personal details in the website www.delhi.gov.in. ABV pressurised police Action initiated officers to falsely TDP's 89 % income in 2019-20 implicate Jagan, came from electoral bonds family: AP cops SNV SUDHIR against ABV n VIJAYAWADA PNS n VIJAYAWADA After 2019 poll Significantly 89.15 per cent of the PNS n VIJAYAWADA The Andhra Pradesh police TDP's total income in 2019-20 has debacle TDP's alleged that former intelligence been through Electoral Bonds State government on Sunday ini- chief and suspended IPS officer, that provide anonymity to donors. income drops tiated disciplinary proceedings AB Venkateshwar Rao pres- Serious concerns have been raised against the suspended senior IPS surised police officers to false- by civil society as well as consti- by 20.38% Suyash Mehta: officer and former state intelligence ly implicate Chief Minister YS tutional authorities such as chief AB Venkateswara Rao and Jaganmohan Reddy and his fam- Election Commission (EC) and VIJAYAWADA: The main unlocking potential asked him to submit a written ily members in YS Vivekananda RBI that anonymous donations opposition TDP, which has with passion for nba statement of his defence within 30 Reddy murder case. through Electoral Bonds will Of been facing an existential days. The disciplinary proceedings During the media interac- encourage money laundering and the total crisis also appears to be were initiated in accordance with tion on Sunday against the nine lead to increased use of black income Rs to Rs 91.53 crore experiencing severe financial the procedure laid down under page letter written by ABV to money for political funding declared by TDP in 2019-20, Rs crunch ever since the party Rule 8 of the All India Services the present CBI director alleg- through shell companies. 81.60 crore or 89.15 per cent was led by N Chandrababu 9 (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, ing that the important informa- More significantly as per the from Electoral Bonds. Naidu had faced a severe 1969. tion pertaining to the murder of analysis of the audit reports of two AITC received the highest blow at the hands of YSRCP Government said his utterances, YS Vivekananda Reddy was national and 17 regional political donations through Electoral supremo YS Jaganmohan to the media, in regard to an ongo- media and coincides with a letter ignored, the AP Police repre- parties across the country available Bonds worth Rs 100.46 crore or Reddy in 2019 polls. TDP's ing enquiry went against him as it written by him to CBI director a sented by DIG Technical servic- on the Election Commission of 69.92 per cent followed by TDP income in 2019-20 financial constituted an adverse criticism of few days ago, regarding the mur- es, Palaraju, former SP of India (ECI) website by Delhi declaring Electoral Bonds worth year after the poll debacle the current action of the govern- der of former minister YS Kadapa Rahul Dev Sharma and based Association of Democratic Rs 81.60 crore or 89.15 percent had dropped by 20.38 per ment in initiating disciplinary Vivekananda Reddy. On Sunday Ammireddy (representative of Reforms (ADR), TDP stands sec- and BJD Rs 50.50 crore or 55.89 cent over the previous year. enquiry proceedings against him, morning state police senior offi- IPS officers association), belit- ond among the regional parties percent. which matter is pending in cials had condemned Rao's letter tled every single allegation lev- that had received highest dona- 2 Supreme Court. to CBI director. eled by ABV. tions through Electoral Bonds. 2 Interestingly, government action comes 14 days after he spoke to 2 2 Modi should resign owning responsibility Covid doubling at alarming rate for Covid surge: Mamata Banerjee Kejriwal writes to PM, PNS n BARRACKPORE cines faced by states, she said the country. seeks beds, oxygen prime minister should have planned "For the rise in COVID-19 cases for Covid patients in AP & TS, faster than in Maha West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata for the second wave of infections PM Modi should resign. Banerjee on Sunday demanded which have come now in the He is the man responsible for the Prime Minister Narendra Modis months after the first peak in present situation. He did not plan in Cases doubling every 5 days in AP and every 6 days in TS resignation for mishandling the September subsided. time for (the crisis in) 2021. Look at COVID-19 second wave and alleged Banerjee, speaking at the canton- the situation in Gujarat. PNS n HYDERABAD bling time indicates slow spread of he had failed in prior planning to ment town of Barrackpore, also "The BJP cannot tackle the 5 the infection. combat the medical crisis. accused Modi of exporting vaccines COVID-19 spike even in Gujarat, Doubling rate of coronavirus cases At this rate of doubling, Asserting that Modi had done lit- to other countries to boost his and has brought the entire country, in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Telangana will report more than tle to address the crisis in medical image in the international arena including West Bengal, to such a is currently higher than Covid 10000cases in a day in a week's oxygen supplies and shortage of vac- while there was a scarcity in his own pass," the TMC supremo said. hotspot of the country time. On the other hand, Andhra Maharashtra. At present, Pradesh has even lesser doubling Coronavirus cases are doubling rate of 5days close to Delhi and every six days in Telangana on an reporting highest cases of 67122. Uttar Pradesh. Both the Telugu PAGE 4- Kodali Nani average. Andhra Pradesh is dou- The rate at which cases are dou- speaking states are preceeded by Railways to run oxygen bling cases every 5days based on bling is less in the Covid hotspot Delhi and Uttar Pradesh where the opens ‘Pala Velluva’ cases reported this week. At this state than its neighbours. A lower cases are doubling every 4days rate Maharashtra has doubling doubling time means faster spread approximately. centre in Gudivada express trains rate of 64days even though it is of infection while a higher dou- 2 PNS n NEW DELHI Medical Oxygen (LMO) and oxygen cylinders will be transported on Stepping up the fight against the these trains. novel coronavirus pandemic, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra Railways is all set to operate had “approached Ministry of Railways AP sees 6,582 fresh Covid cases, 22 deaths “Oxygen Express” trains, Union to explore whether Liquid Medical Second wave could Minister Piyush Goyal said today, Oxygen (LMO) tankers could be PNS n AMARAVATI Chittoor district crossed the er high.