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Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Centre to train Amid vaccine shortage, States Do not clamp down doctors in on citizens’ SOS calls remote areas put off rollout for 18­45 group SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI Chief Ministers via social media: SC With the pandemic spread­ flag uncertain ing to tier­2 and tier­3 cities Court warns States of contempt action and towns, the Centre will Nearly 1 lakh active supplies set up regional training COVID cases in Delhi Legal Correspondent centres, in assistance with NEW DELHI Special Correspondent NEW DELHI the All India Institute of Delhi recorded 375 deaths Chennai due to COVID-19 in the past The Supreme Court on Fri­ Medical Sciences (AIIMS), 24 hours, pushing the toll to Amid a lack of vaccine sup­ day warned the State go­ to organise training pro­ 16,147 on Friday. A total of plies and uncertainty over vernments and the police grammes for doctors on 27,047 fresh cases were also availability in the next few against clamping down on appropriate COVID­19 reported in the city, taking weeks, several States have the spread of information or management practices, the tally to 11,49,333. Of the postponed the scheduled calls for help through social Randeep Guleria, Director, total cases, 10,33,825 people May 1 rollout of phase III of media from citizens affected AIIMS, said on Friday. have recovered and there are the COVID­19 immunisation by COVID­19. “It is possible that doc­ 99,361 active cases. The test for those between 18­44 A Special Bench of Justic­ tors in many towns and vil­ positivity rate is 32.69%. years. Maharashtra said the es D.Y. Chandrachud, L. Na­ lages don’t have access to CITY Ī PAGE 2 rollout would begin as sche­ geswara Rao and S. Ravin­ the right information re­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD duled but would depend on dra Bhat said any move by garding management. We supplies. Several States, in­ any State to punish citizens Justice Chandrachud said are preparing a protocol Weekend lockdown in cluding Andhra Pradesh, Od­ who take to social media to free flow of information in and training module that nine Haryana districts isha, and Punjab, have writ­ Awaiting their turn: Hundreds of people turned up at the Jimmy George Indoor Stadium in seek help for oxygen cylin­ the 1970 famine enabled the will be used to conduct ses­ GURUGRAM ten to the Centre seeking Thiruvananthapuram on Friday to get vaccinated. * MAHINSHA S. ders, COVID­19 drugs, beds government to tackle pro­ sions via the network of AI­ The Haryana government on urgent replenishing of vac­ and hospitals amid a ram­ blems effectively as com­ IMS hospitals across the Friday imposed a weekend cine supplies. placed an order for 67 lakh about the number of doses paging second wave would pared to the clampdown country,” said Dr. Guleria lockdown in nine districts. Delhi Chief Minister Ar­ doses each of Covishield and the State will receive,” he Address local attract contempt of court during the 1918 pandemic. at a press briefing. The lockdown will remain in vind Kejriwal on Friday said Covaxin from manufacturers said. action. Justice Rao reminded the At the event, the second force from 10 p.m. on April 30 the Capital would not join and once received, the entire “We have sufficient vac­ issues, PM tells “We don’t want any States that this was a time of this week and a departure till 5 a.m. on May 3. The the wider vaccination drive population of Delhi would cines for those over 45. The clampdown of information. great crisis. The Bench said from a practice for most of movement of all essential Ministers goods will be allowed during as the required doses had be able to get vaccinated same problem is being faced We will treat it as a con­ empathy and action should this year when the Health this period. The lockdown will not been received yet. He re­ within three months. by other States as well,” he tempt of court if such grie­ be the rule of the day. Ministry would only have a come into force in Gurugram, quested people in the newly explained. Prime Minister Narendra vances are considered for At one point, Justice single meeting every week, Faridabad, Sonipat, Rohtak, added age group not to T.N. awaits supplies The State was in touch Modi on Friday asked action. Let a strong message Chandrachud questioned Lav Agarwal, Joint Secre­ Karnal, Panchkula, Hisar, Sirsa queue up at vaccination The Tamil Nadu government with the Serum Institute of Ministers to reach out to go to all the States and DGPs how the Centre intended to tary, Health Ministry, said and Fatehabad. centres on May 1 as this also deferred the rollout as it India, Pune, and Bharat Bio­ people in their respective of States. Clampdown of in­ ensure registration for vac­ that in assessments by the CITY Ī PAGE 3 might lead to violation of so­ had not yet received the re­ tech, Hyderabad, he said. regions to help them and formation is contrary to bas­ cines for illiterate people, government of public per­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD cial distancing and create a quired vaccines from the Apollo Hospitals, mean­ gather feedback regarding ic precepts,” Justice Chan­ considering the fact that re­ ception of the coronavirus law­and­order situation. Central government. Health while, said it would launch the ongoing second wave of drachud made a categorical gistration on the CoWIN app there were three categories “In the next one­two days, Secretary J. Radhakrishnan the third drive of vaccination COVID­19 in the country. statement in court. was mandatory. of people — one were those around three lakh Covishield told mediapersons in Chen­ on Saturday, having pro­ The Council of Ministers Solicitor General Tushar The Bench also asked with “misplaced bravery” vaccines will be received and nai that the Chief Minister cured vaccines directly from met via videoconferencing Mehta said the litigation was how the Centre expected a who believed that the CO­ the drive for vaccinating pe­ had written to the Centre, the manufacturers as per the to discuss the second wave, non­adversarial. “As an of­ sense of equity from the vac­ VID­19 pandemic was a ople in the age group 18­44 seeking 1.5 crore doses of Central government’s terming it “a once in a ficer of the court, I fully cine manufacturers. hoax and that there was no will commence,” Mr. Kejri­ Covishield and Covaxin. directive. century crisis,” a agree with what Your Lord­ need to mask up. wal said. He added that the “But till date, the Centre government statement ships have said,” Mr. Mehta CONCERNS OVER PRICINGĪ PAGE 8 Delhi government had has not given information CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 said. Ī Page 9 agreed. EDITORIAL Ī PAGE 6 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 Demand for Former Attorney General CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC BJP leaders MGNREGA Bidding goodbye flag rising work spikes Soli Sorabjee passes away cases in U.P. He had received the Padma Vibhushan Special Correspondent Omar Rashid NEW DELHI Krishnadas Rajagopal LUCKNOW The demand for MGNRE­ NEW DELHI As the virulent second GA work so far in the Eminent jurist and former wave of COVID­19 cuts a wi­ month of April has in­ Attorney General of India dening swathe across Uttar creased to 2.57 crore hou­ Soli Sorabjee passed away Pradesh, not just Opposi­ seholds, 92% higher than a on Friday due to COVID­19 tion leaders but also law­ year ago, and a record high complications. makers of the ruling Bharti­ for April since 2013, as per Mr. Sorabjee was born on ya Janata Party are flagging State Bank of India (SBI) March 9, 1930, in erstwhile the shortage in oxygen sup­ Research. Bombay to a Parsi family. He plies and the rise in cases “This indicates the ex­ was a product of St. Xavier’s due to the panchayat polls tent of reverse migration and the Government Law Soli Sorabjee in the State. from the lockdown States College. He was admitted to A number of legislators to their native States,” SBI the Bar in 1953. the 1984 riots. He was ap­ from the party have writ­ group chief economic ad­ He appeared in several pointed an Honorary Mem­ ten to local officials and viser Soumya Kanti Ghosh historic cases, including the ber of the Order of Austra­ Chief Minister Yogi Aditya­ said. Kesavananda Bharati case lia. He was twice appointed nath raising concerns The government had al­ or the Basic Structure Doc­ Attorney General of India. about COVID­19 facilities in located ₹73,000 crore in trine case.