https://www.facebook.com/centralchronicle CENTRAL CC PAGE 03 PAGE 07 Raipur, Wednesday, April 28, 2021 I Pages 08 I Price R 3.00 I City Edition I Fastest growing English Daily of Chhattisgarh www. centralchronicle.in BRIEF ‘India better prepared this India adds 3.23 lakh year to beat COVID-19’ Compared to 2020 year on their birthdays as it is a big help for humani- new COVID-19 cases New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI): ty. Toll nears 2 lakh 23; 40 lakh on September 5 He said that in his opin- and 50 lakh on September India is better prepared ion, donating blood is New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI) : 16. It went past 60 lakh on mentally and physically even more pious than vis- September 28; 70 lakh on this year with more expe- iting revered holy places, With 3,23,144 people test- October 11, crossed 80 lakh rience to beat the COVID- the statement said. ing positive for the coron- on October 29; 90 lakh on 19 pandemic as compared Vardhan said Prime avirus in a day, India's infec- November 20 and surpassed to 2020, Union Health Minister Narendra Modi tion tally has climbed to the one-crore mark on Minister Harsh Vardhan had launched the largest 1,76,36,307, while the nation- December 19. India crossed said on Tuesday. vaccination drive in the Workers prepare to return to al recovery rate further the grim milestone of 1.50 He made this remark Harsh Vardhan world in January,which is their native place, in New dropped to 82.54 per cent, ac- crore on April 19. while inaugurating a se- now being accelerated fur- Delhi, Tuesday. cording to the Union Health According to the Indian ries of blood donation blood banks in wake of ther as the vaccination of Ministry data updated on Council of Medical camps at 13 locations in fulfilling the blood requi- young people is about to Night curfew Tuesday. Research (ICMR), Chandigarh, Punjab, sition due to COVID-19 begin from May 1. The death toll mounted to A Covid-19 patient gets primary treatment inside a car as he waits 28,09,79,877 samples have Haryana and Himachal pandemic, it said. He also said that in 2021, Guwahati: The Assam gov- 1,97,894 with 2,771 new fatali- to be admited at a hospital, amid the ongoing surge in Coronavirus been tested up to April 26 Pradesh through a webi- Addressing the webi- the country is better pre- ernment on Tuesday ties, the data updated at 8 am cases, in Ahmedabad, Tuesday. with 16,58,700 samples being nar in the presence of nar, Vardhan appreciated pared mentally and physi- imposed night curfew showed. There has been a tested on Monday. Minister of State for the efforts of the founda- cally with more experi- across the state -- from 8 slight dip in the daily cases COVID-19 recovery rate has recuperated from the dis- The 2,771 new fatalities in- Finance and Corporate tion to organise blood do- ence to beat the pandemic pm to 5 am - with immedi- as compared to the number further dropped to 82.54 per ease surged to 1,45,56,209 clude 524 from Affairs Anurag Thakur, a nation camps with more as compared to last year, ate effect, as part of its of new infections reported cent, from 82.62 per cent re- while the case fatality rate Maharashtra, 380 from health ministry statement strength and expansion the statement stated. He efforts to control the surge in the past few days. The ac- ported on Monday. The na- has further dropped to 1.12 Delhi, 249 from Uttar said. The camps are being for fulfilling the blood re- appreciated the fact that in COVID-19 cases. The tive case count has increased tional COVID-19 recovery per cent, the data stated. Pradesh, 226 from organised by the quirement due to the pan- this blood donation camp state disaster management to 28,82,204 comprising 16.34 rate was recorded at 97.33 India's COVID-19 tally had Chhattisgarh, 201 from Competent Foundation demic. has been set up following authority, in its order, said per cent of the total infec- per cent on February 17. The crossed the 20-lakh mark on Karnataka, 158 from Gujarat with the help of various He exhorted people to at all COVID protocols, the curfew will be in place tions, while the national number of people who have August 7; 30 lakh on August and 124 from Jharkhand. associations, NGOs and least donate blood once a guidelines and SOPs. till May 1. "The COVID-19 situation in Assam has been Gen Bipin Rawat on COVID-19 Cheating case reviewed. It has been JSPL board okays divestment observed that there has been a rapid increase in the Solar scam accused number of active cases of in Jindal Power ‘Time for armed forces to rise to occasion’ COVID-19 across the state. To Worldone for filing. The equity value is New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI): the second wave of the Saritha Nair gets 6 years RI an all-cash offer of Rs 3,015 pandemic raging across Watery grave Rs 3,015 crore crore, the company added. As India battles a devas- the country. Kozhikode(Ker), April 27 (PTI): Ballia: Two boys drowned JSPL said Worldone was tating wave of coron- "We can and we will. while bathing in the New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI): selected by way of an elab- avirus infection, Chief of Well done and carry on, A court here on Tuesday Ganga in Uttar Pradesh's orate bidding process run Defence Staff Gen Bipin we still have long dis- sentenced con woman Ballia district on Tuesday, Jindal Power and Steel by an independent third- Rawat on Tuesday called tances to travel, Gen Saritha S Nair to six years police said. The incident (JSPL) on Tuesday said its party merchant banker, upon the armed forces to Rawat said. rigorous imprisonment in a took place in Vijaipuri board has approved divest- Grant Thornton Advisory, rise to the occasion and The three services as cheating case related to the when Jai Ram Verma (16) ing its entire equity inter- wherein the acquirer sub- support the civil adminis- well as other wings of the solar panel scam that rocked and Sujit Verma (17) est in Jindal Power to mitted the highest binding trations across the coun- defence ministry have Kerala during the previous were taking bath and Worldone, a promoter bid on acceptable terms try in dealing the pandem- been extending support to Congress-led UDF rule. slipped into deep water, group company, for Rs and conditions. ic as well as creating miti- tant," he said. "Our men various state governments Saritha Nair was the sec- prisonment in four different they said. The bodies 3,015 crore. The proposed sale is gation facilities in a time- and women in uniform and union territories in ond accused in the case re- crimes including cheating. were fished out from the The board of directors subject to necessary ap- bound manner. have the will and dedica- dealing with massive lated to the infamous scam. A fine of Rs 10000 has been river with the help of of JSPL has approved the provals of shareholders of In a message, Gen Rawat tion to break barriers and spike in coronavirus Judicial First Class pronounced in four crimes, locals, police said. They divestment of its entire eq- the company, regulatory said timely support at this walk the extra mile, al- cases. Magistrate-III K Nimmi ac- totalling Rs 40,000. said the bodies were uity interest (representing clearances, go-ahead from juncture is important. ways and every time," Gen Since Friday, the Indian quitted the third accused B Acting on a warrant is- handed over to the family 96.42 per cent of the issued lenders of the company "This is the time for the Rawat said. Air Force airlifted empty Manimon, while the verdict sued by the court, Saritha and paid up capital) in and Jindal Power, contrac- armed forces to rise to the The message by the oxygen tankers and con- of Biju Radhakrishnan, the was arrested from her resi- members after autopsy. Jindal Power by way of tual approvals and such occasion and support the Chief of Defence Staff tainers to various filling first accused in this case, dence in sale of shares, to Worldone other consents, permis- civil administration in cre- came a day after he briefed stations across the coun- was put on hold for pro- Thiruvananthapuram by NIA charge sheet Pvt Ltd, a promoter group sions and sanctions as ating Covid mitigation fa- Prime Minister Narendra try to speed up the distri- nouncement later as he the investigating officer last Mohali: The NIA on company and a related may be necessary in line cilities in a time-bound Modi about various meas- bution of the much-need- hadapplied for leave for week and remanded to judi- Tuesday filed a charge party to the company, with extant relevant manner. Timely support at ures undertaken by the ed medical oxygen in treat- being under quarantine. cial custody after being sheet against eight terror- JSPL said in a regulatory guidelines. this juncture is impor- armed forces to deal with ing COVID-19 patients. The court awarded the im- brought to Kozhikode. ists of the outlawed Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) for their alleged LAST SHAHI SNAN involvement in killing Covid a national crisis, Shaurya Chakra awardee Comrade Balwinder Singh Sandhu at the direction of can’t be mute spectator: SC their Pakistan-based han- dlers, an official said.