Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer HYDERABAD, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 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 217 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable www.dailypioneer.com The idea of a star itself is 1.77 cr vaccine doses P Sensex rallies 380 pts; P changing very rapidly: P still available with states, UTs 5 Nifty reclaims 15,300 8 Tamannaah 11 In brief IMA sends Rs 1,000 State to seek compensation Novel drugs crore defamation KCR okays Jr Doctors’ for revenue loss due to covid to prevent, notice to Ramdev TS pins hopes on substantial help from Centre he Indian Medical Association has Pitch for enhancement in FRBM limit served a defamation notice on treat Covid T Ramdev for alleged disparaging PNS n HYDERABAD remarks against allopathy and demands in a jiffy PNS n NEW DELHI allopathic doctors, demanding an Telangana State, which is staring at Virtual GST Council apology from him within 15 days, shortfall of revenue of close to Scientists have developed two new failing which it said it will demand a Hikes honorarium by 15%, asks them to join duties immediately Rs.5,000 crore by the first quarter meeting tomorrow drugs to both prevent the COVID- compensation of Rs 1,000 crore from under the impact of the second 19 infection, and also treat people the yoga guru. The six-page notice PNS n HYDERABAD wave of Covid-19, is hoping for sig- who have been exposed to the served on behalf of IMA (Uttarakhand) nificant help from the Centre in the novel coronavirus so that they do secretary Ajay Khanna describes the After quickly addressing the main GST Council meeting scheduled not develop severe disease. remarks by Ramdev as damaging to demands of junior doctors who have for May 28. The peptide-based drugs devel- the reputation and the image of been on a warpath, Chief Minister K Union Finance Minister Nirmala oped by researchers at QIMR allopathy and around 2,000 Chandrashekhar Rao on Wednesday Sitaraman will chair the virtual Berghofer Medical Research practitioners of it who are part of the asked them to call off their strike and GST Council meeting to be attend- Institute in Australia are being association. The notice termed the join duty immediately, considering ed by Finance Ministers and tested in hamsters at France's pre- remarks of the yoga guru a "criminal the overall public health and Corona Finance and Commercial Taxes clinical and clinical research facil- act" under Section of 499 of the IPC. situation in the State. Department officials of all States ity, IDMIT. He also made it clear that the and Union Territories. Finance medicines and supplies, including Early promising results, pub- government had never discriminat- Minister T Harish Rao and officials medical oxygen, injections like lished in the journal Nature Cell Farmers observe ed against junior doctors and had of Finance and Commercial Taxes Remdesivir and for providing relief Discovery, show the drugs are not ‘black day' to mark addressed their problems in the will represent the State. to vulnerable sections of society. toxic, and have few side effects. past. The government was ready to In addition to the fall in revenue, In addition to Covid-19 cases, The drugs are also stable and 6 months of stir solve their just demands now, KCR the expenditure of Telangana State the State has also been facing can be stored at room tempera- armers agitating at three Delhi said at Pragati Bhavan here on Junior doctors raising slogans in support of their demands in Hyderabad on Wednesday has gone up unexpectedly because another concern and considerable ture, which would make them border points raised black Wednesday during a review with of the emergency spending on expenditure on account of increas- easy to distribute, the researchers F flags, shouted anti- Medical and Health officials on the When the officials raised the their demands were justified, account of Covid towards the ing black fungus cases. said. They target how human cells government slogans, burnt effigies Corona situation, vaccination pro- issue of junior doctors' strike, the ramping up of infrastructure in hos- respond to the SARS-CoV-2 and took out protest marches as they gramme and related issues. Chief Minister observed that if 2 pitals, including beds; augmenting 2 virus, instead of the virus itself. observed 'black day' on Wednesday to The first peptide-based drug mark the completion of six months of would be given before exposure to their stir against the three Central agri nd the virus and help boost the effi- laws. A brief ruckus was also reported TS to come out of 2 wave by June end: DPH cacy of vaccines, while the second from the Ghazipur protest site where State Cabinet to meet on May 30 drug would stop the spread of the farmers burnt an effigy of the central PNS n HYDERABAD ment, availability of seeds and PNS n HYDERABAD Maharashtra, especially in Mumbai. ation to the lockdown and said, virus in already infected cells. government amid heavy police fertilisers for the ensuing agricul- The next state will be Telangana. With "People have co-operated during the The discovery of the peptide- deployment. As part of their 'black day' Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar tural season, and curbing the Director of Public Health Dr G lowest number of cases and deaths, lockdown, which will be in place until based drugs was made possible protest, the farmers put up black flags Rao has decided to convene a supply of spurious seeds. Srinivas Rao has said that Telangana and without any issues of beds and 30 May. The Police Department also after the researchers uncovered and burnt effigies of government meeting of the State Cabinet The lockdown will continue in is likely to recover from the impacts drugs, TS will come out of the sec- is trying 24X7 to make this lockdown a previously unknown mode of leaders at the three border points -- here on May 30. the State till May 30 and the State of the second wave of Covid by the ond wave in a week to 10 days. Across successful by implementing effective, entry that SARS-CoV-2, the virus Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri -- to The Cabinet will review the Cabinet will review the situation end of June. According to him, the the state by the month end, the situ- ruthless lockdown. There might be that causes COVID-19, exploits register their protest against the three pandemic situation in the wake and take a decision on whether second wave will come under control ation will be under control. By June small inconvenience to public. All to invade cells and cause laws as well as the Centre. The Delhi of the lockdown, apart from dis- to extend the lockdown for some in about a week to 10 days. end, Telangana State will complete- these stringent measures are being COVID-19 disease. Police has urged people not to hold cussing agriculture, cultivation of more days as it is or give partial Dr Srinivas said, "We are already ly come out of second wave". The taken up by the government, keep- gatherings due to the Covid-19. crops, ongoing paddy procure- relief to some more sectors. seeing cases are reducing in Delhi, DPH attributed the improving situ- ing in view public's health and lives". 2 I-T Dept issues Farmers in Pb, Hry refunds worth Rs hoist black flag atop AP, TS among top 5 states 25,301 cr this fiscal he Income Tax Department on houses to mark 6 Wednesday said it has issued reporting black fungus cases T Rs 25,301 crore-worth months of protest refunds to more than 15.45 lakh PNS n CHANDIGARH Amphotericin B to AP, while taxpayers so far this fiscal. Out of the Telangana got 1,890 vials. There total amount, personal I-T refunds to Farmers in Punjab and Haryana 768 cases in AP and 744 in TS were in total 11,717 cases of black the tune of Rs 7,494 crore have been put up black flags atop their hous- fungus in the country as of May 25. issued in over 15 lakh cases. es, burnt effigies of the central gov- NAVEENA GHANATE There are 200 persons with black Corporate tax refunds of Rs 17,807 ernment and held protests on n HYDERABAD fungus admitted in ENT hospital, crore have been issued to 44,140 Wednesday, joining a 'black day' Hyderabad and doctors are per- taxpayers. "CBDT issues refunds of call given by farmer unions to mark Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are forming minimum 20 operations over Rs 25,301 crore to more than six months of their agitation at among the top five states in the per day. Speaking about the avail- 15.45 lakh taxpayers between 1st Delhi borders against the Centre's country reporting black fungus ability of Amphotericin B, April, 2021 to 24th May, 2021," the three contentious farm laws. cases. With 768 cases, Andhra Telangana Director of Medical TRS working president and IT Minister KT Rama Rao inaugurated a full-fledged Department said. The I-T department In Punjab, protesting farmers Pradesh occupies the third posi- Eduction Ramesh Reddy said, 100-bed Covid Care Centre equipped with a 6-bed ICU facility of Project Ashray at did not specify about which financial burnt effigies of the BJP-led gov- tion; while Telangana, with 744 "There is a tense situation regard- Madhapur on Wednesday. year the refunds pertained to.