0 2 F # # " '" $G # # # $'" $G # # G 8@"8!9+,(0 3'!'! 75/( 4356" #0 $ 8. .&.(408. .B.3..>8.3 (77+*34 B.3>.&(& .78(7, &4 84>78,>&.>3 3>&8(3>(,3 8>&( >38 (3>.718>>,007. 4,&323,&&.3(&8(&> 4&>4 3>&3(I .83>,& 82.3>>B(>2>> 7 # ?*E?88; *@C H>#" . #> #" '## &0'&/&+A +02 %# &..78( The State $< = Boards will be extremely fruitful and allowed to >+3&/&+ take their own deci- immensely valuable sugges- ontaminated hospital set- sion on the conduct of the Class tions were received across the Ctings among others can 1245!4 Board exams this year,:;8board. "8948 also be one of the major rea- depending on the Covid-19 sit- "I have requested the State sons for the spike in mucormy- &..78( ! uation,.*+ . $+:+* said an official of :; *;%+:+* the Governments & ### to send me their cosis or ‘black fungus’ cases Education Ministry. However, suggestions by May 25. I’m among immune-compromised or several people, who have the.*: . $+:+* decision by " the confident that " we will be able Covid patients and those who Freceived the first dose of Government(.(. *: and the CBSE to arrive at an informed, col- have recovered from the infec- Covid-19 vaccine, the second &..78( overall, will decide the fate0 $ :;%+:+* of laborative decision " regarding tion in the country, doctors one seems to be elusive, at least other. $+:+* national Boards like the the Class 12 Board exams and have said. India has reported in near future, as States have fter months of indecision, ICSE(.( *+ and IB. 0 $ :;%+:+*remove the uncertainty ## from more than 8,000 cases of black reported shortage of drugs "#$ Athe Centre on Sunday took . $+:+*There are approximately the minds of the students and fungus so far. while the Centre is scouting for- steps to build a consensus for 21,271 CBSE schools in India parents by informing them of As mortality associated eign land for importing as well 30 crore people by June-end. the conduct of the pending and( # "" 220 schools in 28 foreign " our final decision " at the earli- with the black fungus is as high as enhancing manufacturing Similarly, 1,49,47,941 Class 12 Board examinations countries<(=. $+:+* affiliated to it. A est," Pokhriyal said. as 50 per cent, reports of deaths of the jabs to meet the vaccine frontline workers (FLWs) have by putting two options before whopping 13 lakh students He reiterated that the safe- have started trickling in from need for its people here. received first dose but just the States during a virtual have.. #># +:+* registered for the Class># +? @:%+:+* 12 ty, security, and ## future of the the States which are facing ! # $ For instance, a random click 83,22,058 FLWs have received meeting chaired by Defence Board.. # +:+* exams this year. There +; +A%+:+*students and ## teachers were acute shortage of the anti-fun- by The Pioneer on CoWin, the second dose while 6,06,73,244 Minister Rajnath Singh in the are about 2,400 ICSE-affiliated important to the Government. gal jab, Amphotericin B. black fungus for long, said Dr of Medicine, Issyk-Kul Government portal, found that for over 45 years old to 60 years presence of Education Minister schoolsB(...+:+*< = and annually 2.5*A +6%+:+* lakh The Board +C @*%+:+* offers 174 sub- Many patients will sustain Hariprasath Prakash and Dr Regional Campus, Kyrgyzstan. the slot for the second dose in old have been vaccinated first Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. students take the Class 12 jects to Class 12 students, of permanent damage to their Arunaloke Chakrabarti in their “The environment, both several vaccine centres and hos- dose of which 97,84,465 have Sources present in the two- exams. which about *1 +@20 are considered health, said the doctors and recent article titled indoor and outdoor, has a pitals even under the 45 plus cat- been given second dose. At 3... D+;%+:+* hour-long meeting said the Union Minister** *6%+:+* for major by the CBSE. These warned that not only diabetics ‘Epidemiology of higher mucor spore count. egory is showing nil doses. least 5,65,49,096 for above 60 Centre proposed that the States Women+:+*< = and Child include: Physics, chemistry, but even those who have Mucormycosis in India,’ that This means that the spores The Government’s overall years have administered first either hold Class 12 Board Development Smriti Zubin mathematics, +1 +E biology, history, undergone transplants, or are was published in the journal (microscopic biological parti- vaccination data under the dose of which just 1,82,42,554 examinations in select major Irani and Union Minister for political science,D+6%+:+* business stud- suffering from pulmonary ‘Microorganism’. Dr cles that allow the fungi to nationwide jab programme have received second dose. subjects, or hold the exams Information&.. +:+* and Broadcasting># *A%+:+*ies, accountancy, ## geography, tuberculosis, chronic kidney Chakrabarti is a prominent reproduce) belonging to the launched from January 16 also While vaccine has become based on multiple choice sin- Prakash Javadekar were also economics and English. A disease, as well as critically-ill mycologist and head of the mucor group are present in the show that of total 97,52,422 an urgency amid second wave, gle paper objective questions. present(>+:+* in the meeting. :A%+:+* The CBSE student ## takes a mini- people, besides those who are Department of Medical air in high numbers,” they healthcare workers (HCWs) many rue that second dose is The Centre asked the States malnourished, are equally vul- Microbiology at the PGIMER said. who have taken the first dose, nowhere to be seen. to respond latest by May 25 nerable to the disease because (Post Graduate Institute of In fact, hospital-acquired just 67,00,147 have taken the “No second dose. What if after taking a call and high-level consultation saw full mum of five and a maximum of the weak immunity caused Medical Education and infections among patients in second dose so far. Overall, at least a person took the first announce the exams by June. participation of education min- of six subjects. Of these, usually by the steroids given to them Research), Chandigarh, while India have always been a mat- 19,49,51,603 vaccines have dose in February end and Several States, including Delhi, isters and education secretaries four are major subjects. during Covid management. Dr Prakash is at the ter of concern. “The infec- been administered so far. wants to take the second dose opposed holding of the exam- of States and Union Territories Sources also said that the India has been a hotbed for International Higher School tions are caused due to the lack The first phase of the vac- now, after three months? Will ination at a time when the and chairpersons of State CBSE has proposed two of compliance with infection cination programme was s/he be registered for the sec- Coronavirus pandemic was Examination Boards. options to the Education control guidelines, such as opened for the health workers ond dose? And where?” ques- raging across the country and Jharkhand Chief Minister Ministry for conducting the hand hygiene, use of outdated followed by frontline workers tioned a doctor from a also suggested that students Hemant Soren represented his Board examinations for the ' . technology, misuse or excessive and then above 45 plus having Government hospital refusing and teachers should be vacci- State. In a series of tweets, major subjects. use of antibiotics and more. comorbidities. The to be quoted. nated before taking the exams. Pokhriyal said the meeting was Continued on Page 6 Continued on Page 6 Government had plans to cover Continued on Page 6 ./ O P &..78( %& ! ndia’s death tally crossed the '!'!(') " # ##$% Ithree lakh mark on Sunday " #$# # # O P even as the country’s caseload &'()'*+'(,+ saw a sustained decline and hit -.&'&&')/01 $"#$ a five week low of 2,22,704 #& # *+ + off in hundreds of vehicles India added 4,452 deaths 2'/2')*+-.0'0*&1 # " ' from the Bastada toll plaza in during the last 24 hours to , Haryana and headed for the reach a total of 3,03,751 deaths. &'2)'&/'3+3 * - Singhu border point near The country is now only -.2'/&'/,21 Delhi. They will perform lan- behind the USA (6 lakh plus !" (# " &..78( gar seva for a week after reach- deaths) and Brazil (4.5 lakh &)'+('2*( # # # # ing their destination, the plus deaths). The total global # # # )*'+ efying the Covid lockdown, farmer leader said. death count stood at 34.75 9**')3',3)-.&('()&1 # # , - #. " Da large number of farmers Farmers’ leader Balbir lakh as on Saturday. # from Haryana, Punjab and Singh Rajewal appealed to sup- During the last few weeks P &0'&0'3/0-.&*'3)31 # Western Uttar Pradesh (UP) porters and others to raise India’s death rate has steadily * + , # - # #-% have marched to Delhi ahead of black flags at their homes and climbed up, going from 0.5 per &2'0)'3()-.&*',&/1 0# "## #' the ‘black day’ protest planned atop their vehicles and shops cent to 1.8 per cent as virus for May 26 to mark six months on May 26. “We will also burn penetrated the rural belt and hit +('(3',3+-.0')+*1 -*8 # # of their protests against the effigies of Narendra Modi as a those who didn’t have access to $ # three controversial farm laws. form of protest,” he said. even basic health care. +0'+(',(,-.+'(031 !" #$## The growers chose to Visuals from Karnal showed Maharashtra leads the & # observe May 26 as a ‘black day’ many of the growers, either country in terms of total death. added to the day’s cumulative " #$ " # as Narendra Modi had first wearing no masks or wearing The State has reported 88,620 tally, while the infections # # 1 taken oath as the Prime them improperly while raising deaths followed by Karnataka climbed marginally to 26,672.