Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer HYDERABAD, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 2021; PAGES 12 `3 RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 Established 1864 Published From HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 3 ISSUE 240 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable www.dailypioneer.com No political crisis P Petrol crosses Rs 100 P Nandini Rai, Vikas on P in Karnataka: BSY 5 in Bengaluru now 8 slapping each other 11 In brief Bharat Biotech's Pfizer, Moderna Covid Covid third wave in October? Cabinet to meet today to vaccines do not lower NAVEENA GHANATE meeting with sperm count: Study n HYDERABAD decide on lifting of lockdown WHO on June 23 OVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer and Although the second wave of ML MELLY MAITREYI Moderna do not harm male Covid-19 is yet to ebb, the pandem- n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD Cfertility, suggests a study which ic's third wave is likely to come found the levels of sperm in sooner as doctors anticipate its An emergency State Cabinet meet- In a major boost for Bharat Biotech, participants remained at healthy onset in October. ing will be held here on Saturday the World Health Organisation has levels after they got two doses of the Dr RR Gangakhedkar, former to discuss the Covid situation in accepted its Expression of Interest mRNA preventive. The study, head of Epidemiology & the wake of the lockdown and cer- (EoI) for Covid-19 vaccine published on Thursday in the journal Communicable Diseases, ICMR, tain other key issues. Covaxin and scheduled a pre- JAMA, recruited 45 healthy male said on Tuesday that the third wave The Cabinet meeting, to be submission meeting on June 23, a volunteers aged 18 to 50 years may come after 4-6 months. chaired by Chief Minister K step that will take the vaccine scheduled for mRNA COVID-19 At a webinar organised by the Chandrasekhar Rao, will also dis- maker closer to a WHO emergency vaccination by Pfizer-BioNTech and Telangana State Medical Council cuss rainfall, cultivation of various use listing (EUL). Moderna. The participants were pre- (TSMC), Dr Gangakhedkar said: crops in the monsoon season, Though the meeting will not be screened to ensure they had no "Personally I feel, the third wave agriculture-related issues, lifting of IAS officers. The Chief Minister a detailed review on the product, underlying fertility issues. Those may come after 4-6 months, if it has Godavari waters and Hydel power has been gathering viewpoints to the vaccine maker will have an with COVID-19 symptoms or a to come. It won't be a bigger peak generation, among other subjects. take a call on whether to lift the opportunity to submit a summa- positive test result within 90 days than the second wave; it will be a The Chief Minister, who reached present lockdown spell (till June ry on overall quality of the jab, were excluded. short peak, if at all it has to happen. better controlled than the latest Epidemiologists are betting on Pragathi Bhavan in the evening on 19) completely or continue with according to the WHO. But all these calculations can go outbreak, the pandemic will remain vaccines as reason for the possi- Friday, spoke to various Ministers, night curfew. The Telangana gov- The information was provided in entirely wrong, if it produces one a public health threat for at least ble decrease in intensity. Dr including Harish Rao, Mahmood ernment is also considering Delhi- the WHO website in the Status of Tiger found dead in variant which will not be able to another year, according to a Reuters Gangakhedkar said, "By Ali, Koppula Eashwar Rao and style unlocking measures i.e. to go COVID-19 Vaccines within WHO stop immunity by natural infection poll of medical experts. December I feel, we will be able Srinivas Goud. about it in a gradual manner. EUL-PQ evaluation process docu- Kaziranga; ‘accidental or by vaccine per se. What is crit- The June 3-17 snap survey of 40 to saturate our adult population It is learnt that, apart from fur- As the positivity rate in the State ment. Bharat Biotech had said last firing’, says official ical is we need to be prepared for healthcare specialists, doctors, with vaccination and there is no ther relaxations in lockdown, KCR has come down to 1.36 per cent, month that it expects approval for it, but there is no reason for panic. scientists, virologists, epidemiol- reason to worry about children discussed the transfers of IAS and the government is mulling to open its COVID-19 vaccineCovaxinfrom he carcass of a male tiger with bullet We can get some answers when we ogists and professors from around because if adults are vaccinated, IPS officers. At present, some of the some more sectors like cinema the- the World Health Organisation wounds was recovered today at the do the fourth national sero survey". the world showed that a signifi- the indirect benefit will also go to IAS officers are handling three to atres, bars, gyms by allowing 50 per for emergency use listing during T Kaziranga National Park and Tiger A third wave of coronavirus cant pick-up in vaccinations will children dramatically. four departments; so, the govern- cent occupancy. July-September. Reserve in Assam. Forest officers have infections is likely to hit India by likely provide some cover to a ment may redistribute key depart- said the tiger was killed in accidental 2 2 2 firing by forest guards. The age of the October, and although it will be fresh outbreak. ments among various other senior tiger is believed to be around 10 years. A brief statement issued by the forest department stated that the carcass was MEDIGADDA SAND STOCK YARD found at 7.10 am by forest personnel near Japoripathar in the Karuabari area. KCR dials sarpanch This spot is located in the peripheral PNS n NGT directs TS to submit closure plans area of the national park. "On enquiry, it HYDERABAD To visit Vasalamarri PNS n was found that the tiger died due to a NEW DELHI A bench headed by NGT sand stockyard containing 4 lakh cubic bullet wound, suspected to be [from] Stepping up his direct interaction village, adopted by him, Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar metre per day (as reported by accidental firing while trying to scare with praja, Chief Minister K on June 22; partake in The National Green Tribunal has Goel also asked the state government Telangana State Mineral Development away the tiger from the public area," the Chandrasekhar Rao, who is sched- community lunch, directed the Telangana govern- to comply with the recommenda- Corporation officials) in a private land statement by the forest department said. uled to visit Yadari district on June ment to comply with a commit- tions of the committee, formed by it, taken on lease. The committee recom- 22, called up Anjaiah, sarpanch of address Grama Sabha tee's recommendation asking it to comprising of the Central Pollution mended that the TSMDC have to sub- Vasalamarri gram panchayat in submit closure plans for Control Board, state PCB and mit closure plans for all the stock yards Indian workers Turkapalli mandal of Change in CM's style Medigadda sand stock yard SEIAA, Telangana. The committee enabling it for agriculture use again Rythu Bandhu YadadriBhongir district on Friday, of functioning, steps enabling it for agriculture. visited the 100-hectare Medigadda once the stocks are cleared. among 11 killed and informed the awe-struck head assistance also through of the village that he intended to up direct interaction in Nepal floods spend time with the residents with people andslides and flash floods triggered post offices now there over community lunch to be Covid curfew by heavy rain across Nepal this hosted by the government. Many express trains back Lweek killed 11 people including one PNS n HYDERABAD KCR has been relatively more and Pattana Pragathi pro- extended in AP Indian and two Chinese workers at a hands-on in his approach ever grammes. development project, while 25 people Farmers across the State can hence- since he started taking stock of After his visit to government on rails in Telugu states were missing elsewhere, officials said forth avail of their Rythu Bandhu affairs in government hospitals hospitals, came the decision for till June 30 on Friday. The bodies of the three investment assistance through post following the ejection of former immediate inauguration of 19 PNS n AMARAVATI PNS n HYDERABAD workers were recovered near the town offices. The Postal Department has health minister Eatala Rajender diagnostic centres to perform 57 of Melamchi inortheast of Kathmandu, set up micro ATMs in 5,794 post from the Cabinet. The Chief kinds of tests free of cost and the The Covid curfew in Andhra Pradesh The State government has speed- which was hit by flash floods on offices in the State. Farmers hav- Minister's public visits and inter- decision to construct a super spe- has been further extended till June 30 ed up the process for sanctioning Wednesday that also forced many ing Aadhsar-linked account of any actions have been frequent over ciality hospital at Warangal. but with a four-hour additional new ration cards and the Civil people from their homes, district bank can draw Rythu Bandhu the past two months - be it his Now expectations are high from relaxation in timings. Accordingly, Supplies Corporation officials have administrators said. "The foreign amount from the micro ATMs. visit to Gandhi General Hospital the Chief Minister, who has lined curfew will be in force from 6 pm to been directed to prepare a report nationals were working for a Chinese Farmers will have to carry in Secunderabad or the MGM up visits to Kamareddy, Siddipet 6 am daily from June 21.