8 9 8 ' 9 9 9 VRGR '%&((!1#VCEB R BP A"'!#$#1!$"$#$%T utqBVQWBuxy( 4/$4%")8:-9 :-)0):0; <:=7" -:153 ' 4 565,"+/+!5 7$+'75?,$66/@2A5+7,!(5+ '/#,!56/5$ 56!6%,&+"0 )!"'$6)!%)$+5/0$7 7$+,!7$'%7 ,!$+ #$7! (5"4,"> $+$+/057"N5>6+5//O +,6/5(/ 5!7$ %+ != 57$)$ >*$=0$ $ :6, &'$@;-44" -2; :$ / 5 $ ! 8*;+;8A 8;> +50 56! hours, Maharashtra recorded the total infections climbed Pradesh (20, 510 new cases), Karnataka 38, and Gujarat 73. 58,952 fresh cases and 278 from 35,19,208 to 35,78,160. Delhi (17,282), Karnataka Uttar Pradesh recorded ndia’s daily Covid-19 count new deaths. Similarly, with 258 new deaths, (11,265), Chhattisgarh (12,603) 20,510 cases in the last 24 Ineared the 2-lakh mark on On a day when the the total Covid-19 toll rose and Madhya Pradesh (9,720), hours. Officials claim that 68 Wednesday as the situation Maharashtra Government from 58,526 to 58,804. Gujarat (7,410) among others. In people died of Covid-19 dur- turned alarming in several began to enforce stringent However, Covid-19 cases terms of death, Maharashtra ing this period. States and reports of unavail- restrictions, including a ban on continued to hit new peaks on accounted for 278, Delhi 104, Additional Chief Secretary ability of hospital beds, the movement of people in daily basis in States such as Uttar Chhattisgarh (90), UP 67, (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad ventilators, and oxygen cylin- public places without a valid said 20,510 new cases of Covid ders poured in from all over reason, prohibitory orders were reported in the State dur- the country. under Section 144 of CrPC and ing the past 24 hours. +50 56! India recorded 1,99,338 night curfew for 15 days, the Continued on Page 2 cases and 1,036 deaths in 24 number of infections dropped he Centre on Wednesday hours till post midnight on from Tuesday’s tally of 60,212 Tannounced the cancella- Thursday. The country case- to 58,952, while deaths came % &' #$ $' tion of CBSE Board examina- load spiked despite a certain down from 281 to 278 in var- tions for Class 10 and post- degree of containment ious parts of the State. ( poned Class 12 exams in the achieved in Maharashtra where With 58,952 fresh cases, wake of the coronavirus crisis. the daily surge has remained 6%,&+"0 Both board examinations were confined in the range of 55,000 scheduled for May-June. to 60,000. During the last 24 -./'-(0%/ anic has set in after Chief The revised dates will be Government would keep in in Delhi in the wake of PMinister Yogi Adityanath, announced after June 1. The mind the best interests of the riots in northeast Delhi and R 123"($$ Samajwadi Party president decision was taken at a high- students and ensure that their Covid-19 cases. 1/"4(54/%( and former Chief Minister level meeting chaired by Prime health is taken care of at the The CBSE will review the Akhilesh Yadav and a couple Minister Narendra Modi in same time their academic inter- situation on June 1 to decide on Jaipur: Rajasthan on of Ministers and top the wake of rising cases of ests are not harmed. the Class 12 exam schedule ! Wednesday night announced bureaucrats tested positive Covid-19 cases and concerns After the announcement, while objective criteria will be a 12-hour daily curfew — for coronavirus. raised from various Congress leader Priyanka decided for Class 10 results. New Delhi: Indian women’s from 6 pm to 6 am — start- & ,-! ! . / Yogi had isolated him- quarters, including a few Gandhi tweeted that a decision In a statement issued after boxing’s High Performance ing Friday, across all cities, as * 01 ) 2 1' self on Tuesday after some Opposition parties. must be taken for Class 12 too. the meeting, the Union Director Raffaele Bergamasco part of a series of measures officials in his contact tested The meeting was attended “Glad the Government has Education Ministry said, and head coach Mohammed to combat a worrying spike positive for the infection. by Union Education Minister finally cancelled the 10th stan- “Looking to the present situa- Ali Qamar are among 21 in Covid cases.The curfew “After initial symptoms, I got Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, dard exams, however a final tion of the pandemic and campers who have tested pos- will be in effect till the end myself tested. My report is education secretary and other decision MUST be taken for school closures, and also tak- itive for Covid-19 at the of the month. positive. I am in self-isolation officials. The meeting also dis- the 12th grade also. Keeping ing in account the safety and Indira Gandhi Indoor and following doctors’ cussed a uniform policy or students under undue pressure well-being of the students, it is Stadium here but none of the +56 advice. I am doing all works guidelines on board exams until June makes no sense. It’s decided as follows.” infected pugilists are bound virtually,” he tweeted, advis- across States as was being unfair. I urge the Government Continued on Page 2 for Olympics. )0)07) The move aims to ensure ing those who came in his demanded by several to decide now,” she tweeted. smooth availability of the drug contact to get themselves State Ministers. The decision by Centre on !"#$ which is being sold in black tested and take precautions. The CICSE, which is the CBSE will affect over 21 lakh !4/2()'$"/(/ 89+ +:*;<=8>>:? markets in some States. There was a panic in the other prominent national students across the country. $ Union Minister of State for air after the CM tested pos- board for school examinations, This is the first time that the 8 >8*8<=8+>-? Chemicals and Fertilisers itive. “When will the said it is reviewing the situation Central Board of Secondary 14"43'()(,P7%() Mansukh Mandaviya on Government announce a and will come up with a deci- Education has altogether can- & +50 56! Tuesday gave fast-track lockdown? Is it waiting for sion soon in this regard. celled the board examinations ! & 7$+,! approval to six manufacturers Lucknow to perish before it According to the official conducted by it. Last year, the 8;9;-8;; s the demand for to set up seven additional sites goes for strict measures,” a sources, Modi said the exams were partially cancelled he UK mutant strain and double mutant strain of coronavirus &89-*:-9 ARemdesivir surges in view that could scale up the pro- section officer in the Labour Thave been found among Covid patients in Ranchi and East of increasing Covid-19 cases duction capacity of Remdesivir Department told this Singhbhum districts, the Regional Genome Sequencing >* :8-+ from across the country, the by 1 million vials per month. reporter on Wednesday. )& *$ Laboratory (RGSL) at Bhubaneshwar-based Institute of Life Modi Government has fast- Another 30 lakh Meanwhile a team of Sciences (ILS) confirmed on Wednesday. 88:8 - tracked seven companies’ appli- vials/month production is lined Health Department officials The Health Department had sent as many as 52 Covid pos- cations to manufacture the up. This would ramp up the air-dashed to Ahmedabad +,* "$ itive samples to Bhubaneshwar last week for genome sequenc- 8+98; critical anti-viral drug, allow- production capacity for man- and returned with 25,000 ing, and the test reports confirmed that at least nine of these sam- ing them to more than double ufacturing to around 78 lakh shots of Remdesivir injec- - R ples were of UK mutant strain while four were double mutant, > +9 their combined capacity to vials/month from the current tion, considered a key antivi- a press communique from the Government stated, asking resi- around 78 lakh vials per 38.80 lakh vials per month. ral drug in the fight against $ & dents to be cautious. - 9>:<=8 ;:;? month. Continued on Page 2 Covid-19. ! (%()$ he CBI grilled TMaharashtra’s former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh for eight-long hours on Wednesday in con- !$7 0$7 ) $ nection with the Preliminary ! Enquiry (PE) into the allega- tions of corruption made he third Shahi Snan of the ""$% against him by Mumbai’s for- TKumbh Mela held on the mer Police Commissioner occasion of Mesh Sankranti -#+ Param Bir Singh. here on Wednesday saw more Three days after it ques- than 13.51 lakh people taking +50 56! Delhi and Moscow have simi- !" tioned his personal assistants the holy dip in the Ganga till lar approaches for the Afghan Sanjeev Palande and Kundan late evening. However, despite ays after promising mili- peace process. Shinde, the CBI subjected the efforts by the authorities, it was Dtary equipment to Asked about reports of bad # former Home Minister to difficult to ensure social dis- Pakistan, Russia on Wednesday optics during Russian Foreign $ intense grilling on various tancing and wearing of masks tried to pacify India by assur- Minister Sergey Lavrov’s recent issues relating to the former by all the devotees throughout ing that Moscow’s ties with visit to India, as he travelled to ! police commissioner’s allega- the occasion. New Delhi and Islamabad are Islamabad from Delhi, & & & tion that he had asked now sus- Random tests among the independent. Moreover, India Babushkin said, “Russia has '()'( %&' ( pended and incarcerated police sadhus at the akhadas indicate is a “trusted partner” of Russia, independent ties with Pakistan ) * officer Sachin Vaze last month a coronavirus positivity rate of its envoy said here. and that it does not target any + to “collect” a staggering 100 nearly 4 per cent.