SIDISrtVUU@IB!&!!"&#S@B9IV69P99I !%! %! ' ; < =)0 ( 1 1 1 35%3"#6 ) -+ 93 #&334# #!& 9 519: 85) 34567 !"#$ %#& </ 3( :64;72 .0)7 4;24.(.072 . *::. % %&"'$&( (&" /2/(3)70; (& (&")&( 4/2)/2 7274/ . 7*.; (./72. (& "*(&%& +,&*$&& !* ( ) * , ,)7 +/ $ -/ - R R ! " # -./0.1203-/ fter Prime Minister ANarendra Modi’s appeal to keep the remaining part of Kumbh Mela symbolic con- '! 203-/ ! sidering the surging Covid-19 cases, the Juna Akhada he ordeal of Covid-19 test 203-/ Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Tand quarantine awaits Swami Avdheshanand Giri on thousands of devotees who are ndia added nearly 10 lakh Saturday announced the formal returning home after attending Icases in just seven days end- conclusion of the Maha Kumbh the Maha Kumbh at Haridwar. ing April 17 as the country for the Akhada. As India grapples with a dev- recorded over 2.6 lakh new Panch Dash Nam Juna astating second wave of the Covid-19 infections and a Akhada is the largest of the 13 coronavirus and States impos- record 1,493 deaths during the Akhadas. ing lockdown, several States last 24 hours on Saturday. ! & ! ! !' " $% Swami Avdheshanand Giri !" $% and UTs, including Karnataka, infected will be isolated for 14 The addition of nearly said the remaining Shahi Snan Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, days. 25,000 new cases over the pre- of the Kumbh should be Delhi and Gujarat, have made Maharashtra Minister Anil vious day count amounts to a ity of the State have also com- observed symbolically on April succumbed to the virus during only symbolically. Covid-19 test mandatory for Parab has announced those rise of nearly 10 per cent, plained of a shortage of vac- # &./ 27 and later tweeted that pro- the last two weeks inviting The remaining Snans are to Kumbh returnees. Some States coming into the State from which shows that the growth of cines and shut down several 010102 tecting the lives of Indians is both domestic and interna- be observed mainly by the are also keeping the returnees Kumbh Mela will be quaran- Covid-19 has more than dou- vaccination centres. “our first priority”. tional outrage for allowing Bairagi Akhadas. Earlier, the in mandatory quarantine. tined. Nasik district adminis- bled during the last two weeks. Several States have belat- “Considering the rising such massive gathering at the Niranjani Akhada had asked its Thousands of Kumbh vis- tration is also taking necessary Maharashtra, Delhi, edly imposed lockdown restric- threat of Covid-19, we have for- time when the second wave of Sadhus to leave for their respec- itors and hundreds of “sadhus” steps for quarantining those Karnataka, Kerala, Gujarat and tion to tackle the surge, but it )*+ * ,*+-) ./,*- *0112 mally immersed the various Covid-19 was spreading like tive destinations on April 17 who attended Kumbh Mela in coming from Madhya Pradesh are registering is too early to see if these are deities invoked for the Kumbh wildfire across the country. considering the Covid surge. Haridwar have tested positive Kumbh. newer peaks and the situation going to work effectively at this ! )* *)- ./)*+12 Mela,” he said. Earlier, addressing the The Anand Akhada had also for the coronavirus disease. Earlier, Brihanmumbai remaining equally grim in the stage on the ground. Earlier in a tweet in Hindi, media here, Giri said the PM supported this view. On Saturday alone, 175 “sad- Municipal Corporation (BMC) rest of the country. Delhi and Maharashtra the PM said, “I prayed that two had telephoned him to enquire A majority of the 48.51 hus” who attended Kumbh mayor Kishori Pednekar The country had 1.52 lakh recorded their biggest single- )*, * 1* ) ./)*1-* 012 ‘Shahi Snan’ have taken place about the Kumbh Mela and the lakh people who took part in Mela have been found infect- claimed on Saturday that the daily cases on April 10 when day rise in coronavirus cases and Kumbh (participation) health of the seers. The PM had the last two royal baths (Shahi ed from coronavirus. devotees returning from the the death count stood at 838. A since the beginning of the pan- ) *0*, should now be kept symbolic. also requested that since the Snan) held on the occasion of Gujarat on Saturday Kumbh Mela will distribute relative comparison shows that demic in January 2020. The This will boost the fight against main Shahi Snans have con- Somwati Amavasya on April 12 declared that all devotees coronavirus like “Prasad” and the death rate is steadily climb- national Capital registered over !! 81 * * this crisis.” cluded, the remaining Kumbh and Mesh Sankranti on April returning to the State from said they should be quaran- ing up vis-a-vis new infec- 24,375 new cases, taking its Later, Modi thanks all the should be observed symboli- 14 were seen openly violating Kumbh Mela will have to tined “at their own cost” on tions. tally to 8,27,998, while ),*,)*)- sants for cooperation with the cally. The Juna Akhada head Covid norms like face masks undergo a mandatory RT-PCR their arrival. Amid the alarming rise in Maharashtra’s count rose to administration and expressed said he would request devotees and social distancing. test before they are allowed to The Madhya Pradesh new infections and deaths, the 3,7,70,707 with 67,123 new ))*+)* his gratitude for their gesture. from across the nation to visit The Kumbh has already enter their respective cities Government has issued order country is battling a paucity of infections. The death count in Thousands of Kumbh vis- Haridwar only in small num- been shortened this year to just and villages. to put those returning from hospital beds, oxygen supply, Delhi rose to 11,960 with 167 * * , itors have tasted Covid-19 pos- bers, adding that the remaining one month from April 1 to 30 Gujarat Chief Minister Kumbh in quarantine or self- ventilators, and life-safe antivi- new fatalities on itives and dozens of seers have Shahi Snan will be observed due to the pandemic. Vijay Rupani said those found isolation. ral drug Remdesivir. A major- Saturday. ! *, * ./,+*1 02 ( &* $% #! ' ()* ' + - # R & " && 203-/ erming the situation seri- was pre-occupied with West Tous in the national Capital, # Bengal Assembly elections, 203-/ Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday senior Minister Nawab Malik said, “In the last 24 hours, there ! accused the Modi Government n the wake of increasing have been around 24,000 cases. of meting out “step motherly” Idemand for anti-viral drug A day before, there was around $ ! treatment to the State over the Remdesivir from across the 19,000 cases. So, the tally spiked supply of Remdesivir vials. States, the Centre on Saturday only in a matter of & ! Not to be outdone, urged the injection makers to 24 hours.” Minister of Railways, slash its price considerably. The Delhi Chief Minister ! ! 454/ Commerce & Industry Piyush The Union Health Ministry in said he has spoken to Union Goyal launched a virulent its “Clinical Management Health Minister about the fter a bitter stand-off over attack on Uddhav whom he Protocols for Covid-19” has extreme shortage of oxygen Athe alleged discrimination accused of indulging in “petty recommended the use of beds in Delhi, and added that in the distribution of vaccines, politics” and said “he (the Remdesivir in patients in the Healthcare has reduced the in November last year, the the Maharashtra Government Chief Minister) needs to stop moderate stages of the illness. price of its REMDAC injection Central Government allotted on Saturday flagged the short- his daily dose of shameless pol- According to a statement to 899 from 2,800 earlier. the Delhi Government 4,100 age of liquid medical oxygen itics and take responsibility.” from the Government, the Similarly, Syngene beds at a peak of 8,500 cases, and Remdesivir in the State and Earlier in the day, Uddshav Union Ministry of Chemicals International has cut the price however, this time, they have even threatened to seize the said, “Yesterday evening, I & Fertilisers, Department of of its brand RemWin to 2,450 only provided 1,800 beds, even stocks of Remdesivir from the dialled him (Modi) but I could Pharmaceuticals, NPPA - from 3,950 earlier. after this wave being three exporting firms and supply not speak to him as he was busy Advisor (Costs) NI Hyderabad-based Dr Reddy’s times more fatal than the pre- + !,( " -.( them to the needy in West Bengal elections.” Chowdhury on Saturday Laboratories has cut the price vious ones. people. Uddhav said he wanted to dis- ordered all pharma compa- of REDYX, which used to cost “Delhi is facing a shortage chain of spiralling coronavirus across Delhi were largely empty residents appeared to have On a day when Chief cuss the issue of shortage of liq- nies to comply with the revised 5,400 earlier to 2,700 now. of oxygen, Remdesivir, and infections got mixed reactions from Saturday morning, as the stayed at home. Minister Uddhav Thackeray uid medical oxygen and norms with immediate and Similarly, Cipla has reduced Tocilizumab, which must be with many stepping out of weekend curfew began in the Police pickets could be charged that he could not Remdesivir injection vials, both retrospective effect. price of its CIPREMI brand to made available by the Central their houses for going to offices city. Apart from essential ser- seen around the city with police speak to Prime Minister live-savers in case of critical Pharmaceutical companies 3,000 from 4,000 earlier. Government for adequate or market places for daily vice providers working in phar- personnel and officials Narendra Modi over the imme- Covid-19 cases. He, however, have reduced the price from 25 Jubilant Generics has cut the treatment of corona patients,” chores in day time, however by macies, grocery shops, hospi- deployed, checking people hav- diate requirement of liquid said the State Government was per cent to up to 68 per cent.