- Social media giants like Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram may be blocked in India as none have accepted the new IT guidelines from the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, with the deadline passing on May 25. - The guidelines require the appointment of a chief compliance officer, nodal contact person and resident grievance officer. Facebook says it is working to comply but needs more engagement with the government. - Except for Koo, an Indian social media firm, none of the major social media platforms have appointed the required officers as mandated by the new rules. Failure to comply could lead to criminal action or loss of intermediary protections.

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Social media giants like
Twitter, Facebook,
WhatsApp and Instagram may
be blocked in India as none of
them have so far accepted the
Ministry of Electronics
Information Technology
(MeITY)’s new guidelines. The
three-month deadline given
by the Ministry to accept these
guidelines ended on May 25.
The new guidelines will be
effective from May 26. In case
of non-compliance, the
Government could take crim-
inal action against them.
The US-based companies
had asked for six months’ time
as they are waiting for a
response from their
US headquarters.
The new rules announced
in February requires Twitter,
Facebook, Instagram and
WhatsApp to follow addition-
al due diligence, including
appointment of a chief com-
pliance officer, a nodal contact
person and a resident
grievance officer.
Facebook, meanwhile, has
stated that they are working on
the “operational process” so
that they can comply with the
Government of India’s new IT
rules. Revealing whether
Facebook will comply with
the rules or not, a company
spokesperson said in a state-
ment, “We aim to comply with
the provisions of the IT rules
and continue to discuss a few
of the issues which need more
engagement with the
Government. Pursuant to the
IT rules, we are working to
implement operational
processes and improve effi-
ciencies. Facebook remains
committed to people’s ability to
freely and safely express them-
selves on our platform.”
According to top official
sources, social media platforms
such as Twitter, Facebook and
others, which were required to
abide by the rules notified in
the gazette of India on
February 25 under
I n t e r m e d i a r y
Guidelines and Digital Media
Ethics Code Rules, 2021, have
failed to comply on many
accounts till date.
The proposed regulations
mandates them to remove any
content flagged by authorities
within 36 hours and setting up
a robust complaint redressal
mechanism with an officer
being based in the country.
“If social media companies
do not obey the rules, they may
lose their status and protec-
tions as intermediaries and
may become liable for crimi-
nal action as per the existing
laws of India,” top official
sources said.
Except for one Indian
social media firm, Koo, sources
said none of the social media
giants has appointed a resident
grievance officer, a chief com-
pliance officer and a nodal
contact person yet.
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Fugitive diamantaire Mehul
Choksi, wanted in the
C13,500 crore credit fraud in
Punjab National Bank and a
related money laundering case,
has gone missing in Antigua
where he had been staying
since he escaped from India in
January 2018.
The Royal Police Force of
the Caribbean island nation of
Antigua and Barbuda has
launched an operation there to
trace him.
The Antiguan police,
which is probing the issue
from a missing person angle,
issued a statement along with
the photograph of the busi-
nessman seeking information
from the public on his where-
abouts.
“The police are investigat-
ing a Missing Person Report
made of 62-year-old Mehul
Choksi of Jolly Harbour. Mehul
was reported missing on
Sunday 23rd May 2021 at the
Johnson Point Police Station,”
the statement said.
Choksi was last seen on
Sunday in his car which was
recovered by the police fol-
lowing searches but he could
not be found, it said in its state-
ment.
“Antiguanewsroom”, a
media outlet in the island
country, quoted Commissioner
of Police Atlee Rodney on
Tuesday that the police are “fol-
lowing up on the whereabouts
of Indian businessman Mehul
Choksi”, who is “rumoured” to
be missing.
The media reports say
Choksi, who had taken the cit-
izenship of the Caribbean
island nation of Antigua and
Barbuda, was seen driving in
the southern area of the island
on Sunday. Reports here quot-
ed Choksi’s lawyer Vijay
Aggarwal as confirming that
his client was missing. Choksi’s
family was looking for him and
the island nation’s police have
launched a search operation to
locate him.
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Shifting of over 10 lakh peo-
ple from low lying and
coastal areas to 12,000 relief
camps in West Bengal and
Odisha may aggravate
the Covid situation in the
coming days.
Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee said on
Tuesday more than 74,000
officers and staff are working
to fight the cyclone Yaas that
is likely to make a landfall on
Wednesday morning between
Paradeep in Odisha and Ganga
Sagar Islands in Bengal.
Meanwhile, cyclone Yaas
intensified into a very severe
cyclonic storm on Tuesday
evening, India Meteorological
Department (IMD) Director
General M Mohapatra said.
The IMD has issued a red-
coded warning alert to the
Odisha and West Bengal
coasts.
Hundreds of vaccination
centres have been closed tem-
porarily as a precautionary
measure. The authorities are
working to ensure the supply of
oxygen and medicines to hos-
pitals during the storm.
“I have spoken to all the
DMs… they have been put on
high alert. A control room has
been set up in every block,”
Mamata said, adding she would
“Stay at Nabanna tonight. I will
monitor the situation closely.”
Experts said evacuation of
10 lakh people from coastal
areas to relief camps in the
absence of Covid protocol may
worsen the situation in the two
States.
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Aclosed door meeting
between the Sangh leaders
in presence of Sar Karyawah or
general secretary of RSS
Dattatreya Hosabale in
Lucknow on Tuesday sparked
speculation that something big
could happen in the
Government as well as the
party organisation of Uttar
Pradesh.
The Sangh leaders are
tight-lipped about the out-
come of the meeting. One of
the Pracharks told The Pioneer
that “it is a routine meeting”
where senior leaders sit and
confabulate about the present
situation and how Sangh can
play a role in this situation.
He further said that it was
Hosabale’s first visit to
Lucknow after being appoint-
ed as the Sar Karyawah of the
RSS and therefore this meeting
was called today.
The importance of the
meeting could be gauged from
the fact that two days back
Hosabale held a meeting with
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, Union Home Minister
Amit Shah, organising secre-
tary (Uttar Pradesh) Sunil
Bansal and BJP's national pres-
ident JP Nadda in New Delhi.
Immediately after that his
meeting in Lucknow sparked
speculation that something big
could happen at the party or
the Government level.
The meetings are consid-
ered the beginning for BJP’s
strategy for UP elections, slat-
ed for early next year. Insiders
in the party claim that the
corona epidemic has brought to
the fore various fault lines in
the party’s strategies. The
biggest being a feeling among
the backwards and the most
backwards in the BJP that they
are being ignored. The
Brahmins also feel sidelined as
there is a belief that Thakurs are
calling the shots in the UP
Government because Chief
Minister Adityanath Yogi
belongs to a Thakur caste.
“UP election is not easy. It
is a caste maze where the party
which can get its caste equa-
tions correct wins the elections.
This time members of the
backward community are like-
ly to play a decisive role,” a
senior upper caste leader said,
quoting Keshav Prasad Maurya
was not utilised properly.
A feeling within the party
is party’s State president
Swatantra Dev Singh, who was
very successful as general sec-
retary of the party, has failed to
deliver as party president. The
party and the Government
never looked on the same page,
which resulted in resentment
among the party workers and
lawmakers.
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The Supreme Court on
Tuesday stayed “sweeping”
directions issued by Allahabad
High Court, which had grant-
ed anticipatory bail to an
accused in a cheating case
observing that apprehension of
death due to Covid-19 infec-
tion can be a valid ground for
granting the relief.
The top court said that
courts shall not consider the
directions issued by the High
Court on May 10 for grant of
anticipatory bail to accused in
other cases.
A vacation bench of
Justices Vineet Saran and BR
Gavai said, “Sweeping direc-
tions have been made, we
therefore direct the same to be
stayed and the courts shall not
consider the directions to grant
anticipatory bail to accused in
other cases and must consider
merits of each case”.
The bench appointed
senior advocate V Giri, as ami-
cus curiae in the matter to assist
it on the larger aspect whether
Covid can be a ground for
grant of anticipatory bail.
The SC was hearing an
appeal filed by the UP
Government challenging the
High Court order of May 10.
Solicitor General Tushar
Mehta, appearing for the Uttar
Pradesh government said that
this accused (Prateek Jain),
who was granted anticipatory
bail till January 2022, has 130
cases pending against him.
He said this order has been
relied on in many other cases
in which the accused have
been seeking anticipatory bail.
The bench said, “We
understand that you are
aggrieved with the sweeping
directions passed by the court.
We will issue notice in the mat-
ter”. The SC sought reply from
Jain and said if he does not
appear on the next date of hear-
ing it may consider cancellation
of his bail. It listed the matter
for hearing on first week of July.
On May 18, the top court
had agreed to hear the appeal
filed by the State Government.
The High Court had on
May 10 said, “If an accused dies
on account of the reasons
beyond control when he could
have been protected from death
by the court, the grant or
refusal of anticipatory bail to
him would be an exercise in
futility. Hence, an apprehension
to death on account of reasons
like the present pandemic of
novel corona virus can cer-
tainly be held to be a ground
for grant of anticipatory bail to
an accused.”
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Amid the onslaught of coro-
navirus as India battles
with alarming increase in dead-
ly black fungus cases even as
equally lethal white and yellow
fungus infections are trickling
in, more varieties of fungi-
induced diseases, with some
showing Covid-19 like symp-
toms, cannot be ruled out,
going by the report of the
national public health agency
of the US, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
(CDC).
According to the reports,
there are about six million
diverse species of fungi, rang-
ing from common companions
such as baking yeast to wild
exotics.
Unlike animals, they have
cell walls, not membranes;
unlike plants, they cannot
make their own food; unlike
bacteria, they hold their DNA
within a nucleus and pack
cells with organelles — features
that make them, at the cellular
level, weirdly similar to us.
Fungi can be present every-
where, whether rocks, plants,
clouds, skin or guts.
Among the several million
species, only around 300 fungi
are known to cause human dis-
ease.
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It is not the first time the
microblogging site Twitter
has a run-in with high-profile
personalities or political lead-
ers in India. The list is long. It
also includes Home Minister
Amit Shah and Bollywood
actress Kananga Ranaut.
The twitter is facing the
heat from the Government
after it tagged BJP spokesper-
son Sambit Patra’s tweet
on a Congress toolkit as
“manipulated”.
Twitter faced a huge out-
rage from netizens on social
media for “tampering” with the
accounts of Amit Shah and
Subramanian Swamy last
November to which the
Twitter had to issue regrets
immediately.
The microblogging site had
removed the display picture of
Amit Shah on November 13
last year in response to a
“report from the copyright
holder. The image was restored
after a while. A similar situation
took place when with Swamy’s
banner picture was restored
only after a legal threat to
Twitter India.
Twitter initially responded
that there were complaints on
Shah and Swamy’s images
allegedly with an alleged copy-
right holder from an account
from Bangladesh which on
investigations turned out to be
a fake one. Twitter apologised
on both the accounts.
The Parliamentary panel
on IT had grilled the Twitter
representatives in India early
this year for blocking Home
Minister’s official account in
November.
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The Delhi Police has served
notices on Congress social
media head Rohan Gupta and
party spokesperson MV Rajeev
Gowda in connection with the
probe into a complaint
about the alleged ‘COVID
toolkit’ matter.
“These are not fresh
notices. These notices were
served around 8-9 days ago
based on a complaint received
from the Congress.
They were asked to join the
probe so that it could help us
in carrying out the investiga-
tion forward,” said a senior
police official.
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Amphotericin B, the drug
used to treat the black fungus
infection, the Manohar Lal
Khattar Government in
Haryana floated a global ten-
der on Tuesday to procure
15,000 doses of the drug as
507 cases of mucormycosis,
commonly known as black
fungus, have so far been
reported in the State. At least
14 patients have succumbed to
this rare life-threatening infec-
tion.
Fifty three new cases of
black fungus were reported on
Tuesday. Till date, Gurugram
district has reported a maxi-
mum of 172 cases followed by
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n’t remain active in nasal and
oral cavities 12 to 24 hours after
the death of an infected person
as a result of which the risk of
transmission from the deceased
is highly unlikely, AIIMS
Forensic Chief Dr Sudhir
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The Congress has slammed
the Centre and the Delhi
Police for serving noticec on
two of its leaders in the “Covid
toolkit” case and also ques-
tioned the relevance of “raid-
ing” Twitter’s offices in Delhi
and Gurugram rather than
questioning the BJP leaders
concerned.
The Congress alleged that
the “notices” and “cowardly
raid” by the Delhi Police
“expose lame-duck attempts” to
hide a “fraudulent toolkit” by
BJP leaders.
Congress chief spokesper-
son Randeep Surjewala has
written to Twitter’s Lead for
Legal, Policy and Trust and
Safety Vijaya Gadde and its
Deputy General Counsel Jim
Baker, seeking stern action
against 11 Union Ministers for
allegedly spreading false and
forged documents.
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Industrial Security Force
(CISF) Director General
Subodh Kumar Jaiswal was on
Tuesday appointed as the new
CBI Director for two years.
A 1985-batch Indian Police
Service (IPS) officer of
Maharashtra cadre, Jaiswal has
earlier held the positions of
Mumbai Police Commissioner
and the Maharashtra DGP.
The post of CBI director
has been vacant since then
incumbent Rishi Kumar Shukla
retired on February 4.
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director of THDC India
Limited, Vijay Goel and its
director (Technical) RK Vishnoi
called on chief minister Tirath
SinghRawatonTuesday.During
this courtesy meeting they dis-
cussed various issues including
prospects of power projects in
the State and contribution of
THDCIL as a responsible cor-
porate citizen. Rawat appreciat-
ed the role of THDCIL in State’s
power infrastructure develop-
ment and assured all possible
cooperationkeepinginmindthe
available resources in the State
and the technical capability of
THDCIL.
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SJVN Limited commemo-
rated its 34th raising day
today at its corporate head-
quarters in Shimla and at all its
project offices in Himachal
Pradesh, Uttarakhand,
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Bihar
and in neighboring countries of
Nepal and Bhutan.
The company flag was
unfurled by the chairman and
managing director Nand Lal
Sharma in the presence of var-
ious officials while observing
Covid guidelines. Speaking vir-
tually, Sharma stated that
presently the whole world is
facing the Covid-19 challenge
and in view of the strict gov-
ernment guidelines, this year
SJVN is not organising any cer-
emonial activity. He said that at
present SJVN is working on
about 10 projects simultane-
ously and this has resulted in
added responsibilities for each
employee.
He exhorted all the
employees to be accountable
and responsible for these added
responsibilities and to ensure
that these projects are com-
pleted within scheduled time-
lines without any cost overruns.
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In an initiative to help the stu-
dents of class X, XI, XII and
aspirants of JEE and NEET, the
studies of whom are getting
affected by the second wave of
the pandemic of Covid -19, the
Anveshika Educational Trust
(AET) has decided to start
free online classes.
The interested students can
register for the classes from
May 25 and the classes would
commence from May 27. Apart
from free regular classes the
students would be given
assignments based on artificial
intelligence and testing systems
by the AET. The Chairman of
the AET and Professor of
Physics Ashish Kumar Porwal
said that the students would be
taught the technique to solve
the questions within 30 seconds
so that the students acquire the
much needed edge to crack the
highly competitive examina-
tions. It is pertinent to men-
tion here that the AET in asso-
ciation with the Uttarakhand
government is running the
'IIT project' for the students.
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any fees under this project.
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Haryana Chief Minister
Manohar Lal on Tuesday
said that the state is alert in
view of the possibility of the
third wave of COVID-19 pan-
demic.
Keeping this in mind, work
is being done to increase chil-
dren's wards. Arrangements
are being enhanced in CHC, as
well as work is being done to
ensure availability of doctors,
said the Chief Minister while
taking part in a programme
virtually.
The Chief Minister said
that during the second wave of
the pandemic in the state,
there were some problems that
have been overcome. Now,
there is adequate arrangement
of beds and oxygen in the
state.
The number of active
COVID-19 patients in the state
is also continuously decreasing.
Along with this, the number of
new cases are also reducing
every day. The number of new
cases which had gone up to
16,000 per day has come down
to about 3500 per day, he
added.
He said that the state is
fully prepared in view of other
post-Covid effects like black
fungus, respiratory disease,
lung disease, etc.
The Chief Minister further
said that the situation which
existed15 days ago is no longer
prevalent.
There was opposition to
vaccination and testing in some
villages, but now there is
increased awareness among
the people and people have
realized that vaccination and
testing are necessary.
60,000 to 70,000 vaccines
are being administered daily
under the vaccination cam-
paign in Haryana, he added.
He said that those who do
not adhere to the lockdown are
only doing politics. The lock-
down has been imposed in the
public interest only, he said.
Notably, several villages in
Haryana have announced to
defy lockdown order of the
government in support of
farmers' agitation against three
central farm laws.
Hitting out at the opposi-
tion parties, Khattar said that
the opposition parties are
indulging in politics at such a
time even in this time of crisis.
IF the opposition is ready to
extend positive support to
defeat this pandemic with
an open mind, they are wel-
come. It is time to fight the
pandemic together and not
indulge in petty politics, he
added.
APPEALS TO FARMERS
TO END PROTEST
Appealing to the agitating
farmers, the Chief Minister
said that it is time to fight
together and not to protest only
for political reasons. He also
urged the farmers' leaders to
end the movement and called
for their COVID-19 vaccina-
tion and testing.
It is not right to distrust
health services. Politics should
not be included in everything.
The movement can still be
carried on after the end of the
pandemic, he added. His
appeal came a day before the
proposed ‘Black Day’ to be
observed by the agitating farm-
ers to mark the completion of
six months of the ongoing agi-
tation against the Centre’s three
farm laws at Delhi borders.
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Punjab Government on
Tuesday stated that it has
vaccinated a total of 4,27,329
persons, falling the age group
of 18 to 44 years, “without
wasting any dose”. Earlier, the
state reported the vaccine
wastage of more than four
percent at the time when the
entire country was facing vac-
cines shortage.
“On Tuesday, a total of
16,932 persons, in the age
group of 18-44 years, have
been vaccinated, thus bringing
the total number of vaccinated
people in this group to
4,27,329. All of them have
been administered Covishield
vaccine and the entire target
was met by the State
Government for this group
without wasting any dose,” said
the State Nodal Officer for
vaccination Vikas Garg.
Garg said that the priority
groups in the age group of 18-
44 years were formed by the
State Government and these
were vaccinated vigorously.
The State Government had
received a total of 4.29 lakh
doses for this age group, he
added.
Giving details of vaccina-
tion recipients on Tuesday, the
State Nodal Officer said that
3,328 people with co-morbidi-
ties, 3,326 registered construc-
tion workers and their families,
7,463 unregistered construction
workers and their families,
2,485 families of health work-
ers, and 330 jail inmates have
been vaccinated.
Till date, total 7,07,190 per-
sons — including healthcare
workers, frontline workers, and
those above 45 years — have
received the second dose of vac-
cine; while the first dose have
been received by 36,07,744 per-
sons till date.
4798 CASES, 176
DEATHS IN PUNJAB
Punjab on Tuesday record-
ed 4798 fresh cases of the novel
coronavirus at the positivity
rate of 7.28 percent besides 176
related casualties, pushing the
state’s COVID-19 tally to
5,48,231 and death toll to 13,642
registering a case fatality rate
(CFR) of 2.49 percent.
Witnessing a visible dip in
daily caseload and positivity
rate, the state’s active cases
have also come down to 9.69
percent from 17.10 percent
(79963) recorded on May 12,
and 15.40 percent (58229) on
May 1. At the same time, the
recovery rate has also improved
to 87.82 percent from 82.17
percent on May 1, and 80.52
percent on May 12.
Maximum 19 of Tuesday’s
fatalities were reported from
Ludhiana, followed by 17 from
Sangrur, 16 from Amritsar, 14
from Bathinda, 13 from Patiala,
12 from Jalandhar, among oth-
ers. Twelve of the total 22 dis-
tricts have registered higher
positivity rate than that of the
state, with the highest 14.26
percent reported from Barnala
which recorded 81 fresh cases
in the past 24 hours. Maximum
cases were reported from
Jalandhar which recorded 536
cases at the positivity rate of
8.86 percent.
Besides, Ludhiana reported
461 cases (at positivity rate of
4.14 percent), SAS Nagar
(Mohali) 376 cases (11.47 per-
cent), Amritsar 352 (9.90 per-
cent), Bathinda 344 (12.50 per-
cent), Fazilka 334 (11.88 per-
cent), Muktsar 300 (10.05 per-
cent), Patiala 275 (6.63 percent),
Pathankot 243 (11.18 percent),
Gurdaspur 233 (8.44 percent),
Hoshiarpur 229 (5.75 percent).
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128 people succumbed to
COVID-19 in the last 24
hours in Haryana taking the
death toll to 7735 on Tuesday.
The state witnessed more than
100 fatalities after a gap of three
days and the fatality rate now
stands at 1.04 percent. 2817
fresh infections were reported
taking the cumulative case tally
to744602inthestate.6720peo-
ple also recovered from the
virus taking the total recoveries
to 702779, as per the health bul-
letin. Highest 295 fresh cases
were reported in Hisar followed
by 220 in Gurugram, 208 in
Sirsa, 205 in Rewari among
other cases. In the last 24 hours,
a maximum of 16 deaths were
reported in Hisar district fol-
lowed by 11 deaths in Jhajjar.
Nine deaths were reported in
Rohtak, eight each in Panipat,
Gurugram, Karnal and Bhiwani
among other fatalities. Hisar
has so far reported the highest
number of 793 deaths due to
COVID-19, the bulletin said.
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The decision of Haryana
Government to distribute
Patanjali's Coronil kit free of
cost to the COVID-19 patients
has not gone down well with
the Indian Medical Association,
Haryana. The IMA, Haryana
has condemned the decision
terming it as “wastage of
money.” A day before, Haryana
Health Minister Anil Vij had
announced to distribute one
lakh Coronil kits to COVID-19
patients in the state.
One lakh Patanjali Coronil
kits will be distributed free of
cost to Covid patients in
Haryana. Half of the cost of
Coronil will be borne by
Patanjali and half by the Covid
Relief Fund of Haryana
Government, Vij had
said. The announcement has
been made amid the contro-
versy surrounding Baba
Ramadev's remarks against
allopathy medicines and
Patanjali's Coronil being sold as
a treatment for COVID-19.
Ramdev is the brand
ambassador of Haryana for the
promotion of Yoga and
Ayurveda in the state.
IMA Haryana president Dr
Karan Punia while talking to
The Pioneer said that the deci-
sion will result in an increase in
fatality rate due to COVID-19.
The procurement of Coronil
through COVID Relief Fund is
also a waste of money, he said.
There is no study done on
the effectiveness of Coronil in
treatment of COVID-19. As
such, if the government starts
distributing it to COVID-19
patients, they will not come for-
ward for treatment and depend
on Coronil only, he said. Dr
Punia said that at the time
when Baba Ramdev is showing
disrespect to allopathy medicine
and doctors, such a decision by
Haryana Government is really
unfortunate. We will oppose the
government's decision and we
have called a meeting of office
bearers of IMA Haryana this
week. The future course of
action will be decided in the
meeting, he added. Notably,
Ramdev's Patanjali had stirred
a controversy last year when it
began selling Coronil, as a cure
for Covid-19. The recent
made by Ramdev claiming
allopathy as stupid science and
condemning modern medi-
cine as for being behind lakhs
of deaths in the country for
COVID had also received the
ire of the Indian Medical
Association (IMA).
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Forest Research Institute
(FRI) celebrated the 135th
birth anniversary of revolu-
tionary Rash Behari Bose on
Tuesday through virtual mode.
Bose had also worked as a head
clerk here at the institute dur-
ing the freedom struggle.
Director general of Indian
Council of Forestry Research
and Education (ICRE) and FRI
director Arun Singh Rawat
was the chief guest on the
occasion.
Rawat said that one of the
most prominent Indian revo-
lutionaries, Bose played a cru-
cial role in the Indian freedom
movement from
his part in the
Delhi conspiracy
to the formation
of the Indian
National Army.
Bose joined the
g o v e r n m e n t
press in Shimla
as per his father’s
wish. He was
appointed the
copy-holder in
the press and
was able to mas-
ter English and
typewriting.
Later he worked
in Kasauli but
with a mind full
of enthusiasm and patriotism
Bose was not happy with such
kind of jobs. He came to
Dehradun as a guardian tutor
in the house of Pramantha
Nath Tagore. The “master of
disguise”, Bose also spent some
time at the FRI in the Doon
valley and stayed at Ghosi Gali
in Paltan Bazaar. Having quit
his home city of Kolkata due to
the infamous Alipore Bomb
Case (1908), Bose’s tenure at
FRI as a head clerk was the
most defining moment in his
revolutionary career.
The Bengal wing of the rev-
olutionary party sent him to
Dehradun with the purpose of
converting members of the
Indian army to a revolutionary
cult. Bose tried to get himself
enlisted in the army, but he
could not succeed. He then
joined the FRI and was trying
to raise recruits from among the
Bengali residents in Dehradun.
He maintained close con-
tact with the revolutionary
leaders in Bengal and Punjab.
The job in the FRI was useful
for him to execute his plans for
manufacturing bombs and to
direct the revolutionary move-
ment from places which the
government did not suspect
and could not easily locate.
While he was working as a
clerk at the FRI, he took a 37-
day leave for the bomb con-
spiracy to assassinate Lord
Charles Hardinge in 1912. By
the time, the British realised
who the mastermind of the
conspiracy was, he had escaped
to Japan.
It is known that he joined
FRI in September 4, 1906 and
was later promoted to the rank
of head clerk, drawing a salary
of Rs 65.
His service was terminat-
ed on the grounds of pro-
longed absenteeism in May
1914. Not much is known
about his stay in Dehradun. A
road is named after Rash
Behari Bose in FRI campus.
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The state health department
reported 2,756 new cases of
the novel Coronavirus on
Tuesday which increased the
cumulative count of the disease
to 3,18,346 in Uttarakhand.
The authorities also reported
the death of 81 patients from
the disease on the day after
which the death toll has
mounted to 6,020.
The recovery rate, which
has been increasing from the
last few days on account of
more recoveries and less num-
bers of new cases, has now
climbed to 82.09 percent in the
state. The authorities report-
ed 6,674 recoveries on Tuesday
in the state. A total of 2,61,328
patients have recovered from
the disease in the state far.
Meanwhile the count of
the Mucormycosis ( Black
Fungus) patients in
Uttarakhand increased 133 on
Tuesday. A total of 11 patients
have so far died from the dis-
ease.
Out of 81 deaths reported
on Tuesday, 14 occured at All
India Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh,
eight each at Government
Doon Medical College
(GDMC) hospital and Mahant
Indiresh hospital, six at District
hospital Rudrapur, five each at
Himalayan hospital Dehradun,
Lehman hospital and Military
Hospital Dehradun.
Similarly three deaths each
were reported from Sushila
Tiwari government hospital
Haldwani, HN Base hospital
Srinagar, Krishna hospital
Kashipur and Sanjeevani hos-
pital Udham Singh Nagar.
Dehradun reported 524
new cases of Covid 19 on
Tuesday while Udham Singh
Nagar reported 452, Tehri 264,
Almora 234, Chamoli 226,
Nainital 209, Rudraprayag 161,
Pithoragarh 124, Pauri and
Uttarkashi 109 each,
Champawat 74 and Bageshwar
70 new cases of the disease on
the day.
The state now has 45,568
active patients of the disease.
Haridwar overtook Dehradun
and occupied the top position
in the list of active cases with
8440 cases. Dehradun is on
second position now with 7451
cases, Pauri 5155, Udham
Singh Nagar 4827, Tehri 4,731
, Nainital 3,140, Chamoli 2,509,
Rudraprayag 2,250, Almora
2,066, Pithoragarh 1,527,
Uttarkashi 1,236, Bageshwar
1,325 and Champawat 911
active cases of the disease.
To contain the contagion
of Covid-19, the state admin-
istration has set up 477 con-
tainment zones in different
parts of the state.
In the ongoing vaccination
drive 19,648 people were vac-
cinated in 382 sessions in dif-
ferent parts of the state on
Tuesday. A total of 6,81,592
people have been fully vacci-
nated while 21,43,164 have
received the first dose of the
vaccine in the State.
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The health secretary Amit
Singh Negi has said that the
union government has accept-
ed the request of Uttarakhand
government for supply of oxy-
gen at local level.
Uttarakhand would now
get the oxygen supplied from
the plants located in the state
only. Addressing the media
persons at the state secretariat
here on Tuesday, Negi said
that the supply capacity of the
state has been increased to
200 Metric tonnes. He said that
the contagion of Covid-19 is
very much in control in the
state and the recovery rate has
climbed to 81 percent.
Presenting a weekly analysis, he
said that average daily positive
cases from April 27 to 3 May
were 5887, which increased to
7375 a day between May 11 to
17 May, 5887 from May 11 to
14 and 3397 between May 18
to 24. He claimed that the state
government has made unprece-
dented efforts in setting up oxy-
gen plants and 11 plants were
set up in the state. Negi
informed that the plants are
operational in Nainital,
Haldwani, Veer Chandra Singh
Garhwali medical college,
Srinagar, Base hospital Kotdwar
and plants have been set up at
district hospital Rudraprayag,
Mela hospital Haridwar, DH
Haridwar, DH Rudrapur, DH
Narendranagar, DH Chamoli
and DH Uttarkashi. He said
that more than 30000 tests per
day are being conducted in the
state.
The nodal officer for men-
tal health and post Covid man-
agement Deputy Inspector
General (DIG), Nilesh Bharne
said that the state government
has released a help line num-
ber 104 for helping people
undergoing mental stress. He
said that 109 counsellors have
been deployed to help the peo-
ple. Bharne said that online
webinars and seminars are also
being organised to spread
awareness on mental health.
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ment has authorised 12
Dedicated Covid hospitals for
treatment of Mucormycosis (
Black Fungus). The secretary
Pankaj Kumar Pandey said
that more than 100 cases of the
disease have been reported in
the state so far. He said that the
role of Amphotericin B is cru-
cial in treatment of the disease.
The state has received 430
injections of Amphotericin B
and 261 of them have been
used so far. He said that nine
persons have so far lost their
lives due to Black fungus in the
state.
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The newly elected MLA
from Salt assembly con-
stituency Mahesh Jeena would
be administered a formal oath
for being the member of the
Uttarakhand legislative assem-
bly on May 27 at Vidhan Sabha.
Jeena would be administered
the oath by the speaker Prem
Chand Agarwal. Jeena was
elected on the ticket of BJP in
the recent assembly election of
Salt in Almora.
He is elder brother of the
late Surendra Singh Jeena
whose death resulted in the by-
election. On Tuesday, the MLA
made a courtesy call on chief
minister Tirath Singh Rawat.
He informed Rawat about the
various issues of his con-
stituencies and was in turn
assured by the CM of necessary
measures to resolve the same.
Riding on an emotional
wave and supported by a strong
organisational setup the Jeena
romped home in the by -elec-
tion with a comfortable 4,697
vote victory over the Congress
candidate Ganga Pancholi.
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Despite the unprecedented
and challenging circum-
stances created by the recent
surge in Covid-19 many peo-
ple are coming forward to
serve humanity in whichever
way they can. Been There,
Doon That (BTDT) a commu-
nity of walkers in Dehradun is
also doing its bit to provide
relief to those affected by
Covid.
At first, the group distrib-
uted medical kits in Dehradun
and has now started distribut-
ing these in rural areas of the
state. With Covid spreading to
the mountainous regions,
BTDT has also spread its efforts
to cover the mountains by dis-
tributing medical kits to the vil-
lages of Chamoli, Uttarkashi
and Rudraprayag districts.
These medical kits include
oxymeters, medicines, masks,
sanitizers and other essential
items as requested by practi-
tioners. They distribute these
kits to doctors and chief med-
ical officers who then provide
them to the needy patients. An
average of 100 medical kits are
being distributed daily. This
initiative has been underway
for about 20 days now. The
group monitors all the require-
ments and distribution drives
from Dehradun while also
keeping an eye on the require-
ments of the people.
Apart from the distribution
of medical kits, the group has
also been providing free meals
to Covid patients and their
families in Dehradun. The
group has been providing free
lunch and dinner to such
patients and their families for
about 40 days now.
Lokesh Ohri of BTDT
group said, “Whatever we are
doing is just a drop in the
ocean. It’s just a small help from
our side to support others in
these unprecedented times.”
Talking about the origin of
this initiative he added, “When
the second wave of Covid-19
began we got calls from Covid
infected families to provide
food to them. We then thought
that there would be many like
them in the same need so we
started our free food initiative.
After that, we started getting
calls about the need for
oxymeters because the poor
man can’t afford a device that
may cost upto Rs 3,000 for
health monitoring so we
included it in our medical kit.”
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Amember of the
notorious Sansar
Chand gang of wildlife
criminals, Birbal alias
Totaram was arrested in
a joint operation by the
Forest Department and
Special Task Force.
He was arrested
while trying to cross
into Nepal.
According to the
information provided
by the police, a non-
bailable warrant had
been issued by the
court of the Khatima
judicial magistrate in a
case in which the
accused has been
absconding since 2012. The
non-bailable warrant was issued
against the Panipat, Haryana
resident on May 22. The joint
departmental teams nabbed the
accused in Nakhatal compart-
ment of Khatima forest range
before he could cross into Nepal
at about 9:45 AM on Tuesday.
He was administered a
medical/Covid-19 test and then
presented in the court of the
Khatima judicial magistrate
from where he was sent to
judicial custody in the Haldwani
jail. It is pertinent to mention
here that the Sansar Chand
gang is among the most noto-
rious gangs of wildlife criminals
infamous especially for poach-
ing big cats among other
wildlife.
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The Energy secretary
Radhika Jha chaired a vir-
tual meeting to review works of
the UJVN Limited,
Uttarakhand Power
Corporation Limited (UPCL),
Power Transmission
Corporation of Uttarakhand
Limited (PTCUL) and
Uttarakhand Renewable
Energy Development Agency
(UREDA) here on Tuesday.
She directed that staff
members of all the corpora-
tions under the department
should be vaccinated against
Covid. The secretary discussed
preparations for power supply
in the monsoon, undisrupted
power supply to hospitals and
oxygen plants, revenue collec-
tion, strengthening metering,
billing and collection, smart
metering, under construction
hydro power projects and other
issues.
UPCL managing director
Neeraj Khairwal informed that
all preparations have been
completed for power supply
during the monsoon. High
level reviews are being under-
taken to ensure continuous
power supply to oxygen plants.
To increase revenue collec-
tion, the corporation is taking
various steps like encouraging
digital payment and increasing
the number of collection cen-
tres. As the managing director
of PTCUL, Khairwal informed
that the corporation is under-
taking preparations for dis-
ruption-free power transmis-
sion during the monsoon sea-
son. Oxygen plants are being
provided electricity without
disruption. Construction of
various sub stations under
PTCUL is underway and
expected to be completed on
time, he said.
UJVNL managing director
Sandeep Singhal said that
power generation is being
ensured while following Covid
protocols in all the power
houses of the corporation.
Considering the Covid proto-
col, the corporation is attempt-
ing to complete construction of
the Vyasi project, other mini
hydro power projects and
RMU projects on time.
However, as a number of those
working in the Vyasi project
got infected by Covid-19, the
completing of this project’s
construction may be delayed by
a month. About 50 per cent of
employees in the power hous-
es have been vaccinated, he
said.
UREDA director Khairwal
informed about the progress of
various works under the
agency.
Jha directed the corpora-
tions and agency to set up con-
trol rooms for constant moni-
toring and swift action for
maintaining the electricity sup-
ply taking cognisance of the
weather warnings issued by the
meteorological centre. Best
practices of various states
should be studied and consid-
ered for implementation in
UPCL. In case of disruption in
electricity supply, focus should
be laid on ensuring swift action
and minimising the duration of
power cut, she said. Jha said
that UREDA should provide
full cooperation at various lev-
els for development of solar
projects allotted to different
developers. Action should be
taken as per rules against the
developers who are not imple-
menting the projects. She also
directed UJVNL to ensure
completion of maintenance of
all power plants on time while
also achieving the annual pro-
duction target.
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The 106th birth anniversary
of freedom fighter Shridev
Suman, the hero of the strug-
gle against the then ruler of
Tehri, was celebrated with sim-
plicity at Jaul village. People
paid floral tributes at his memo-
rial and garlanded the statue of
the martyr.
The birth anniversary of
Shridev Suman was also cele-
brated at Shridev Suman
University. Union Education
Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal
‘Nishank’ tweeted, I pay
homage to martyr Shridev
Suman, the hero of Tehri peo-
ple’s movment on his birth
anniversary. The sacrifice of
Shridev Suman will be
inscribed in golden letters and
continue to inspire us for cen-
turies.”The villagers paid floral
tributes at the memorial in
Jaul, the native village of Suman.
Later, former MLA of Tehri,
Kishore Upadhyaya also paid
homage.
He also sent a letter to the
government for setting up of
the campus of Shridev Suman
University at Chamba.
Upadhyaya stated that Suman’s
sacrifice will never be forgotten.
The vice chancellor and other
officials also paid homage to the
statue of Shridev Suman while
following social distancing at
Sridev Suman University. This
was followed by an online
Shridev Suman memorial lec-
ture. The VC PP Dhyani said
that students who have secured
the highest marks at the grad-
uation level in the university
will be awarded the Shridev
Suman Gold Medal. He said
that Shridev Suman’s personal-
ity and work will continue to
inspire and make generations
proud for ages. At the same
time, he also expected the State
Government will do its due for
the overall development of Jaul
village, the birthplace of Suman.
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Having proved their com-
petence in detecting
bombs, drugs and even human
beings from under debris of
tragedy-struck sites, man’s best
four-legged friend — dogs
— could be a potent weapon
in the fight against Covid-19
pandemic.
A study published in the
latest BMJ journal has claimed
that canines can sniff faster and
with accuracy than conven-
tional time consuming method,
the RNA-amplification tech-
nique PCR. Though many
experiments have been con-
ducted on a pilot basis across
the world in this regard since
the onset of Covid-19, this is
probably the first peer-
reviewed article.
The study said that people
who are infected with coron-
avirus give off a distinct odour,
which these highly trained
canines can detect with accu-
racy. Their
services can be utilized at the
crowded places like airports of
entry, potentially reducing long
waits at testing lines and
strengthening efforts to contain
transmission.
The study was conducted
on two dogs and it was found
that they could accurately scan
300 plane passengers in about
half an hour as part of a rapid
screening strategy. Scientists
from the London
School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine explained that only
the people selected by the dogs
would need to undergo
a PCR test.
“Pathogens produce
unique volatile organic com-
pounds released by ailing cells.
These signature smells could be
used to fight outbreaks earlier
on in the future, the researchers
wrote, arguing the approach is
fast, cheap and non-invasive.
“The current methods of
testing for Covid are not suit-
able for rapid screening of
large numbers of people, such
as people found in airports or
other public venues where
you’ve got to screen a lot of
people very quickly,” according
to James Logan, head of the
department of disease control
at the London School of
Hygiene.
“For other disease out-
breaks in the future, we think
dogs could be deployed quick-
ly to screen people and help
stop the outbreak when it first
begins.”
In the study, the dogs
showed they were able to detect
asymptomatic patients as well
as people with two different
strains, and some with low viral
loads. The strategy of dog
selection followed by a PCR test
would detect 91% of cases, the
scientists said. They said the
research was the first of its kind
conducted as a double blind
trial with a high number of par-
ticipants, including those with
and without symptoms, though
the findings haven’t been peer-
reviewed.
The dogs were trained to
identify Covid using body odor
samples on masks, socks and T-
shirts. The researchers said
they believe the results
could be replicated in real-
world settings.
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Former Union Minister
Anand Sharma on Tuesday
came out strongly against the
Centre for asking States to
import Covid-19 vaccines on
their own.
“In a global crisis, how can
the States be asked to import
vaccines? Import-Exports,
Customs and Trade policy are
central subjects,” the former
Commerce Minister said.
Asking the States to import
vaccines directly is not bearing
fruit, he pointed out.
It is time Prime Minister
Narendra Modi walks the talk
on cooperative federalism, he
said and called for unity
between the Centre and the
States in fighting the coron-
avirus pandemic.
His statements came
against the backdrop of some
Opposition-ruled states accus-
ing the Centre of not lending
a helping hand in procuring
vaccines from abroad, and in
the larger fight against the
pandemic.
Sharmasaidthecoronavirus
hashitvillagesinabigwayinthe
second wave and the people of
the country are suffering and
“feeling let down”. It is not only
alegalandpoliticalduty,butalso
the moral responsibility of the
Government to protect the lives
of all Indians, he said.
“The path of confrontation
between center and states hurts
India’s national interest. PM
Modi has spoken of
Cooperative Federalism. It is
time to walk the talk. I urge the
PM to take the initiative for a
dialogue with the Chief
Ministers to confront this chal-
lenge. In a democracy differ-
ences in ideology will remain
but these should not become
personal. We must all stand
united in this time of crisis,” he
said in a series of tweets.
The senior Congress leader
said democracy is about coop-
eration and dialogue and just as
the Prime Minister has a man-
date as the elected leader of the
country, the Chief Ministers of
states have a Constitutional
mandate which must be recog-
nised. India is a federal coun-
try and the spirit of the
Constitution must be respect-
ed, he said.
Hitting out at the Central
government, he said India’s
tragedy is that a continental size
country of this vastness and
diversity is sought to be
“micromanaged” during the
unprecedented crisis of a pan-
demic. “Centralisation of
authority and decisions in one
or two offices led to disastrous
mismanagement,” he alleged.
Commenting on the vac-
cination drive, he said it is in
shambles and people are suf-
fering because of this. “In a
democracy, questions will be
asked and those in authority
made accountable. There is no
wisdom in denials and chal-
lenging scientists and epi-
demiologists,” he said.
Sharma, a member of the
group of 23 leaders who had
demanded an organisational
overhaul within the Congress,
said it is unfair to pass the buck
and blame the State which
were left powerless as all deci-
sions are taken by the Central
Government.
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With several States floating
global tenders for coron-
avirus vaccines, Russia on
Tuesday said it has received
some proposals and is studying
them “very carefully” even as a
Russian transport plane carry-
ing more than two lakh packs
of Remdeform (Remdesivir)
landed here on Tuesday.
Vaccination against coron-
avirus with Sputnik vaccine of
Russia started in India on May
14 after it was registered in the
country under the emergency
use authorisation on April 12.
As regards proposals,
Russian Deputy envoy Roman
Babushkin said here that his
country was getting requests
from states and companies for
Sputnik and it was studying the
proposals “very carefully”.
Making this assertion while
speaking to a news agency, the
envoy also said supplies to
India are going on according to
the “contract obligations and
schedules”.
“Supplies of Sputnik V are
going on according to the con-
tract obligations and schedules.
We are getting some more
requestsfromotherIndiancom-
panies and state governments
andallproposalsarebeingstud-
ied very carefully,” he added.
India has so far received
two consignments of the
Covid-19 vaccines.
The Russian Direct
Investment Fund (RDIF) and
Panacea Biotec, one of the lead-
ing pharmaceutical producers in
India, on Monday launched
the production of the Sputnik V
COVID-19 vaccine.
Highlighting the Sputnik V
progress, Roman said, “Sputnik
V is one of the vaccines which
is included in the Indian mass
vaccination drive and it speaks
for itself. This company
(Panacea Biotec) is one of the
Indian partners of the Russian
Direct Investment Fund and is
developing a business part-
nership. The preliminary
schedule is to gradually reach
850 million doses in India per
year. We know that there is
interest from other business
partners and even State
Governments, all these pro-
posals we are studying very
carefully.”
Talking about the status of
the single-dose vaccine
‘Sputnik lite’, the Russian envoy
said promotion in India and
distribution would be very
helpful.
Besides airlifting
Remdesivir on Tuesday, Russia
last month sent two cargo
planes carrying 22 tonnes
including 20 oxygen genera-
tors, 75 mechanical ventilators,
150 medical monitoring
devices, and 200,000 packages
of medicine for treating Covid-
19. Babushkin said his coun-
try is always there to support
India as a “close and strategic
partner”.
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Jayant Chaudhary, who looks
ahead to ‘regain’ west Uttar
Pradesh’s Jat vote bank that had
shifted to the BJP in 2014 Lok
Sabha elections following the
Muzaffarnagar riots, was on
Tuesday appointed as the new
national president of the
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD).
The decision to elevate the
42-year-old Chaudhary, who
was till now the party vice pres-
ident, was taken during a vir-
tual meeting of the party’s
national executive, according to
an RLD statement.
His father and former
Union Minister Ajit Singh,
who had founded the RLD,
died on May 6 due to Covid-19.
RLD’s Jat vote bank rapid-
ly declined since 2014 and by
the 2019 Lok Sabha poll, it had
lost all three seats it contested
in UP as part of the grand
alliance.
Ajit Singh lost to BJP’s
Sanjeev Baliyan in
Muzaffarnagar, while Jayant
lost to BJP’s Satyapal Singh in
Baghpat - both in close con-
tests. RLD also lost the third
seat of Mathura with BJP’s
Hema Malini winning from
there for the second time.
The party, however, has
made a striking comeback in
the recent ‘panchayat polls’.
Along with the RLD, the
Samajwadi Party and the
Bahujan Samaj Party too have
made good gains in UP which
will go to Assembly polls next
year.
Jayant has been running
the party after his father lost his
Lok Sabha election in 2019 and
making all key decisions,
including that of backing the
ongoing farmers’ protests
against the farm laws on the
outskirts of Delhi led by
Bharatiya Kisan Union presi-
dent Rakesh Tikait, who has a
major Jat base in
Muzaffarnagar.
The RLD is continuing its
alliance with the SP. Whether
he has reclaimed the Jat turf in
the West UP would be seen in
the UP Assembly polls.
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Terming Tamil
Nadu Chief
Minister MK
Stalin’s request to
release the killers
of former Prime
M i n i s t e r
Rajiv Gandhi as
“anti-national”,
BJP leader
S u b r a m a n i a n
Swamy on Tuesday
urged the
President to reject the plea
and not to entertain such friv-
olous requests in future.
In an eight-page detailed
letter to President Ram Nath
Kovind, Swamy alleged that the
hanging of the seven accused
LTTE members was scuttled by
Congress president and Rajiv
Gandhi’s wife Sonia Gandhi in
a dubious way by asking for
mercy for one accused which
was used by others to save
themselves from hanging and
converting their punishment to
life sentence. He also accused
Rajiv’s daughter Priyanka
Vadra for being part in saving
the seven LTTE killers, of
which six are foreigners.
Swamy pointed out that
not only Rajiv Gandhi, 18
other people including several
young police personnel also
died in the blast orchestrated by
LTTE in 1991. Blaming DMK,
AIADMK and other Tamil par-
ties for playing dirty games of
always demanding
for mercy of the
former Prime
Minister’s killers,
Swamy also criti-
cised the Congress
for being mute
spectators.
Swamy point-
ed out how Sonia’s
clemency petition
to one accused
Nalini saved all
other six accused
from hanging.
“Her daughter Priyanka Vadra
also broke Jail Manual Rules
and visited the convicted pris-
oner Nalini in jail to sympa-
thise with her. Ms Vadra has yet
to be prosecuted for this
offence by the Tamil Nadu
Government,” said Swamy.
Swamy praised Sri Lanka’s
President Mahinda Rajapaksa
for eliminating LTTE and its
Chief V. Prabhakaran, pointing
out that India’s Central and
State Governments, however,
delayed the execution of the
killers of the former Prime
Minister.
“Therefore I request, and
also strongly recommend to
your, Hon’ble Rashtrapati Ji, to
reject this stale and anit-nation-
al recommendation of the cur-
rent State Government of Tamil
Nadu and to pass appropriate
orders to ensure that the 7 con-
victs on remitted life sentence,
continue,toservetheirsentence
for life” said Swamy in his letter.
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BJP MP Nishikant Dubey,
who had frequent run-ins
with Congress leader Sashi
Tharoor in the past, has in a let-
ter to the Speaker demanded
that the latter be disqualified as
a Member of Parliament for
using the term “Indian variant”
for the India-dominant strain
of Covid-19.
Tharoor, the chairman of
the Standing Committee on IT,
has made the panel “an exten-
sion of the Congress”, the BJP
leader said in the letter.
In the past, Dubey and
Tharoor have had public dif-
ferences over issues like ban-
ning Chinese apps, the
Facebook controversy over a
report that alleged bias towards
the BJP and resuming 4G ser-
vices in Jammu Kashmir.
In his letter, the BJP MP
accused Tharoor of using in his
tweets the phrase “Indian vari-
ant” despite his “rich diplo-
matic experience” when the
WHO has also said the variant
is called B.1.617.
“It is beyond my compre-
hension why an Indian MP
would use language that is
unscientific and derogatory
towards Indians. When the
Government of India has
already written to all social
media platforms to remove
usage of this word, it is embar-
rassing to note that a member
of our esteemed Lok Sabha uses
such discourse to shame the
country and its people,” Dubey
said.
Accusing Tharoor of pleas-
ing his “political masters”, he
said, “It is a dangerous trend for
our democracy for allowing
such mischievous elements to
continue to serve our
Parliament as a Chairperson of
a Parliamentary Committee.”
The BJP MP also alleged
that the Congress MP is “more
concerned about his party’s
and Rahul Gandhi’s agenda”
than the nation.
He said Tharoor is also
helping microblogging plat-
form Twitter against the gov-
ernment over the issue of the
toolkit. While Congress is yet to
react, TMC MP Mahua Moitra
hit back tweeting, “Higher like-
lihood of @BJP MPs getting dis-
qualified for fake MBA degrees
lying on affidavits than of
Opposition MPs for twitter
nomenclature of virus vari-
ants!”. Tharoor, who too has not
commented on Dubey’s
letter, simply retweeted
Moitra’s comments.
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Ahighly decorated war vet-
eran of the 1971 India-
Pakistan war, Colonel Panjab
Singh died due to post Covid
medical complications in
Chandigarh on Monday. He
was 79. His elder son Anil
Kumar died a few days earlier
due to corona.
Born on February 15, 1942,
Colonel Singh was commis-
sioned into the 6th Batallion of
the Sikh Regiment on
December 16, 1967. He went
on to command the Battalion
from October 12, 1986 to July
29, 1990. He was awarded Vir
Chakra.
In the 1971 war, during
Operation Cactus Lilly, 6 Sikh
occupied 13 Kms of front on
the heights above Poonch in
Jammu and Kashmir covering
two strategic points, the loss of
which would have directly
threatened Poonch. Singh, then
a Major, was commanding a
company deployed at Tund
which had been actually limit-
ed to a platoon with the com-
pany headquarters, an Army
statement said.
Enemy attacked the posi-
tion with more than a Battalion
on December 03, 1971, sup-
ported by artillery and mortar
fire and came as close as few
metres to the defences, the
statement said.
“Colonel Singh with com-
plete disregard for his safety,
moved from trench to trench
and ensured that all weapons
under his command engaged
the assaulting force till the
attacking force retreated leav-
ing behind their dead and
weapons,” it stated. The enemy
attacked the position nine
times over two nights which
were similarly foiled.
For this brave act he was
awarded the third highest
wartime gallantry award, Vir
Chakra, on December 24, 1971.
Post-retirement he was the
Director of Sainik Welfare,
Himachal Pradesh and was
also the Vice President, Indian
Ex Service League, Himachal
Pradesh of Southern area.
He is survived by his wife
Vidya Devi, daughter Usha, son
Ajay Kumar and their families.
The present commander of
the Army’s 15 Corps in
Kashmir, Lt General DP
Pandey, is Colonel Singh’s son-
in-law.
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The Supreme Court on
Tuesday asked the Centre
and the West Bengal
Government to respond to a
plea seeking directions to pre-
vent the alleged exodus due to
“state-sponsored” violence after
the Assembly polls, constituting
an SIT to probe the issue and
takingactionagainsttheculprits.
The National Human Rights
Commission and National
Commission for Women were
also allowed to implead in the
petition against the post-poll
violence in West Bengal.
The vacation bench of
Justices Vineet Saran and B R
Gavai said the replies of the
Centre and West Bengal should
befiledinthematterandtheplea
shouldbelistedforfurtherhear-
ing in the week starting June 7.
During the brief hearing
conducted through video con-
ferencing, senior advocate Pinky
Anand, who is also a BJP leader,
appearing for petitioners who
are social workers, lawyers and
a victim of alleged post-poll vio-
lence, said more than one lakh
people have been displaced due
to the post-poll violence in the
state. She said many commis-
sions like NHRC and NCW
have taken note of the situation
in the State and they too be
made party in the case.
The bench asked Anand to
file an application on this dur-
ing the course of the day and
allowed making the commis-
sions parties in the case. Anand
also said that an interim relief
be granted as people staying in
camps need rehabilitation. The
bench, however said, “Nothing
happens ex-parte. We have to
hear other parties. Let them file
their replies.” The PIL filed by
social worker Arun Mukherjee
and others said that they are
aggrieved with the post elec-
toral violence in West Bengal
from May 2 onwards.
The petitions alleged that
the police and the state-spon-
sored goons are in cahoots
because of which the police
prove to be a mere spectator in
the entire episode, discourag-
ing and threatening victims
from filing FIRs. It further
alleged there was no investiga-
tion of cases, inaction in inci-
dents where cognizable
offences have been committed
in the presence of police
authorities and there was no
provision of security to those
facing threats to life.
“No support/assistance was
offered from the State
Government and even their
security was compromised at
many instances. They have
reported the inaction of the
police in providing protection to
the women, who were attacked
and threatened by hooligans
and no action was taken by the
police officials in this regard,”
theplea submitted,narratingthe
violence unleashed by the
Trinamool Congress cadre after
the election victory.
“The exodus of the people
in West Bengal due to state-
sponsored violence has posed
serious humanitarian issues
related to their survival, where
they are forced to live in
deplorable conditions, in vio-
lation of their fundamental
rights enshrined under Article
21 of the Constitution of India,”
it submitted.
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Despite the killer second
wave of Covid-19 across
the country and their ongoing
strike for the last six months,
farmers have defied the odds to
lead India’s foodgrain produc-
tion to rise by an estimated 2.66
per cent to a new record of
305.43 million tonnes in the
current crop year 2020-21.
This is due to a better out-
put of rice, wheat and
pulses due to good monsoon
rain last year.
In the 2019-20 crop year
(July-June), the country’s food-
grain output (comprising
wheat, rice, pulses and coarse
cereals) stood at a record 297.5
million tonnes.
Ample food stocks help to
keep a lid on food prices and
inflation levels. Throughout
the peak pandemic months, the
farm sector was the only bright
spot in the Indian economy.
The farm and allied sector is
expected to grow at 3.4% in real
term in 2021, remaining the
brightest spot in an otherwise
gloomy year, as overall gross
value added in the economy is
projected to shrink by 7.2%.
The share of agriculture and
allied sectors in GVA of the
country plays a key role and at
current prices was 17.8% dur-
ing 2019-20, according to May
2020 estimates of national
income released by Central
Statistical Office.
Releasing the third advance
estimates for the 2020-21 crop
year, the agriculture ministry
said foodgrain production is
projected at a record 305.43
million tonnes. Agriculture
Minister Narendra Singh
Tomar attributed the rise in
production to efforts of the
farmers and scientists as well as
policies of the Central
Government.
As per the data, rice pro-
duction is pegged at a record
121.46 million tonne in the
2020-21 crop year as against
118.87 million tonne in the pre-
vious year.
Wheat production is esti-
mated to increase to a record
108.75 million tonnes in 2020-
21 from 107.86 million tonnes
in the previous year, while
output of coarse cereals is like-
ly to increase to 49.66 million
tonnes, from 47.75 million
tonnes a year ago. Pulses out-
put is estimated at 25.56 million
tonnes, a rise as compared
with 23.03 million tonnes in
2019-20 crop year.
In the non-foodgrain cat-
egory, the production of
oilseeds is estimated at 36.56
million tonnes in 2020-21 as
against 33.21 million tonnes in
the previous year. Sugarcane
production is pegged at 392.79
million tonnes from 370.50
million tonnes in the previous
year, while cotton output is
expected to be higher at 36.49
million bales (170 kg each)
from 36.07 million bales in the
previous year.
Production of jute/mesta is
estimatedtodropslightlyto9.62
million bales (180 kg each) in
2020-21cropyear,from9.87mil-
lion bales in the previous year.
The ministry said the food-
grainsestimateshavebeenmade
based on the inputs from States.
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Tuesday permitted the
CBI to withdraw its appeal
against the Calcutta High
Court order allowing house
arrest of four leaders, includ-
ing three from the TMC, in
the Narada bribery case.
The vacation bench com-
prising Justices Vineet Saran
and B R Gavai took note of the
fact that a five-judge bench of
the Calcutta High Court is
already hearing the bribery
case and permitted Solicitor
GeneralTuaharMehta,appear-
ing for the CBI, to take back its
appeal and raise all the griev-
ances there in the high court.
“We have not expressed
any opinion on the merits of
the case and our observations
do not reflect our views on
merits of the matter,” the
bench said, adding that West
Bengal leaders are also free to
raise their submissions in the
high court. The Calcutta High
Court had on May 21 ordered
shifting of two West Bengal
ministers, an MLA and a for-
mer Kolkata mayor to house
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to hand over the 500 bedded
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the UT administration in
Jammu and Kashmir to ensure
best possible patient care ser-
vices to the Covid-19 patients.
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sources, the Covid-19 dedi-
cated hospital will be made
functional by May 28/29.
Our teams are working round
the clock and a test run of facil-
ities is currently going on
before formally handing over
the facility to the Jk admin-
istration.
Advisor to Lieutenant
Governor, Rajeev Rai
Bhatnagar also chaired a high
level meeting to review the
progress of work on establish-
ment of two 500 bedded
DRDO Hospitals at Jammu
and Srinagar respectively.
The Engineers from
DRDO informed the Advisor
that the works on both the
Hospitals are going in full
swing and the Hospitals will be
completed within the given
timelines.
Meanwhile, 53 patients
succumbed to the coronavirus
across Jammu and Kashmir on
Tuesday while 2964 new
patients tested positive.
According to the media
bulletin, 33 patients died in
Jammu region and 20 in
Kashmir. However, the positiv-
ity rate recorded on Tuesday
stoodat 7.16percentwhile3623
patients were discharged from
different hospitals across
Jk.Theactivecaseloadhasalso
come down to 44918 in Jk.
Currently, Jammu and
Kashmir is among the leading
regions in the country in vac-
cination of above 45 years age
group having vaccinated 66%
of its eligible population which
is well above the national aver-
age of 32%.
Within JK, 4 districts-
Ganderbal, Jammu, Samba,
and Shopian, have
achieved100% coverage in this
category, while the remaining
continue with promising
progress.
Meanwhile, in order to get
on the spot appraisal of med-
ical facilities being extended to
the people of Samba and
Kathua Districts, Lieutenant
Governor, Manoj Sinha
Tuesday visited GMC Kathua,
District Hospital Covid Care
Centre at Samba.
During his visits, the Lt
Governor took a comprehen-
sive review of the Covid con-
tainment measures in the
respective districts.
Prahlad Singh Patel
Heartiest greetings to all coun-
trymen on Buddha Purnima
.. !!
Whenever Gautam Buddha's
name comes to my mind, I am
reminded of an interesting story.
The story goes - One day
Buddha was interacting with his
disciples. Suddenly in the midst
of it, an angry man came and
started using bad language
against him. The man continued
to do so for quite some time. All
of Buddha's disciples were furi-
ous with the man but Buddha
told them to remain quiet. After
a while, the man grew tired of
shouting and came to Buddha
and said I have been abusing for
quite some time now but you
haven't reacted to it at all.
Buddha, in his calm voice replied,
If you have something that you
want to give to me but I refuse
to take it, who will it be left with?
It will be left with me, replied
the man. Then Buddha said,
See in the same way you kept
using bad words against me but
I didn't react, hence where are
your words? The man replied
They remain with me. Inspired
by Buddha's wisdom, the man fell
at Buddha's feet. The young man
understood, clasped his hands
together and slowly bowed to the
Buddha. Clearly, the man had
learned a valuable lesson that day.
This was the power of
Buddha. This is the essence of his
wisdom: Forgiveness! Sobriety!
Renunciation !. I think these
virtues are most needed in the
current times. Today is Buddha
Purnima. It is the time to remem-
ber his message and teachings.
The Modi government is observ-
ing it as 'Vaisakh: 2,565th
International Buddha Purnima
Day'. I think Buddha is very rel-
evant with his inspiring life and
teachings in such a difficult time.
His ideal life, his philosophy can
show us the way as to how to ride
out calamity and difficult times.
It helps us to meet the challenges
bravely.The Corona pandemic
has forced us to return to sever-
al basic tenets of our great cul-
ture.
The contribution of Gautam
Buddha to the human values that
we have adopted in our lives, and
passed down from generation to
generation, is invaluable and
priceless.We are moved by com-
passion towards those suffering,
towards animals and birds,
towards those who are helpless,
and have empathy for one and all.
We owe all this and much more
to the invaluable teachings of
Gautam Buddha.
Buddha, the propounder of
Buddhism , was born on Vesak
Purnima, so it is also known as
Buddha Purnima. It is celebrat-
ed not only in our country but
also in many countries including
Japan, Korea, China, Nepal,
Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand,
Cambodia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka,
Myanmar, Indonesia.
The Ministry of Culture and
Archaeological Survey of India
have done a tremendous amount
of work for the preservation of
the Buddhist pilgrimage sites of
our country like Bodh Gaya,
Sarnath, Kushinagar andSanchi.
These places attract Buddhist fol-
lowers from all over the world.
Apart from the teachings of
Buddha, one can also see the
architectural beauty of these
monuments.
In a nutshell ,if we imbibe the
teachings and wisdom of Buddha
in our lives , then we shall con-
tribute not only to establish-
ment of a great country and a
great world but also help create
agreat human being with values
of the highest order. Once again,
congratulations to all of you on
Buddha Purnima ..!
(Prahlad Singh Patel is
Minister for Culture Tourism
in Government of India)
Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot, addressed a virtual
function organised by
Vedanta group company
Hindustan Zinc Limited for
distribution of oxygen con-
centrator in 5 districts of the
State on Monday through a
video conference from the
Chief Minister's residence.
The Chief Minister said
that the entire country is fac-
ing unprecedented crisis aris-
ing out of the second wave of
Covid-19. Our Government
in Rajasthan is engaged in
protecting the lives of the peo-
ple of the State. In the past,
meeting the oxygen require-
ment for the treatment of
patients became a major chal-
lenge. To meet this sudden
need and to meet future
requirements, Team
Rajasthan has made a sys-
tematic effort and in this
works we are getting full sup-
port from overseas
Rajasthanis, local
bhamashao's and industries.
The Chief Minister said
that along with door-to-door
survey for Corona war in
rural areas, the State
Government is working on a
war footing to strengthen
health services up to CHC
and PHC level. The number
of ICU and Oxygen beds is
being increased in commu-
nity health centers at the
block level as well as hospitals
affiliated to medical colleges,
district hospitals. To meet
the human resource shortage,
about 8000 CHOs have been
recruited and soon 1000 doc-
tors and 25 thousand nursing
staff are going to take services
on temporary basis.
Gehlot said that Rajasthan
is among the leading states in
the country in vaccination
work and our health depart-
ment has achieved the ability
to vaccinate at a fast pace. But
there is a nationwide shortage
of vaccines these days. The
centralgovernmenthasleftthe
responsibility of the vaccine to
the states for the young popu-
lation of 18 to 45 years. In this
way, Vedanta group should
cooperateinprovidingvaccine
to Rajasthan.
The Chief Minister said
that even after dealing with
Corona,itwillbeabigchallenge
to strengthen the economy of
the state.
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More than one crore work-
ers and their households
in Tamil Nadu stare at a bleak
future as the second wave of
Covid-19 has caused unprece-
dented havoc in the small and
tiny industries sector in the
State.
The lockdowns ordered by
the State Government as a fol-
low up to the second wave of
Covid-19 attack has left more
than 4 million entrepreneurs in
the lurch in Tamil Nadu alone
with no clue of what is going to
happen to them, according to
S Vasudevan, joint secretary,
Tamil Nadu Small and Tiny
Industries Association (TANS-
TIA), the umbrella organiza-
tion of all small and tiny indus-
trial units functioning in the
State since 1956.
“When COVID-19 struck
the country in early 2020, the
Central Government came out
with Athmanirbhar
Programme to revive and reen-
ergize the small, micro and
medium enterprises numbering
seven crore units across the
country. We appreciate the ges-
ture of the Government because
it was a major relief to the small
and medium industries in the
country,” said Vasudevan. He is
of the firm view that the sector
could be saved from total
destruction only with the lib-
eralized financial assistance
from the Government.
Though TANSTIA has sent
many memorandums to the
union finance minister point-
ing out the precarious situation
faced by the sector, they are yet
to get any response. “Small and
Micro sectors are the largest job
creators in the country after
agriculture. Since the State
Government has declared total
lock down due to the hike in
the number of COVID-19
cases reported in Tamil Nadu,
the industry is facing severe cri-
sis financially and there is a
cash crunch which could be
addressed only through waiv-
er of interest and making work-
ing capital available to the
units,” said S Anburajan, pres-
ident, TANSTIA, in a letter
addressed to Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman.
A total waiver of interest on
loans availed by the small,
micro and medium sectors,
financial and strategic support
for the units while announcing
future loans for the lock down
period and rationalization of
interest to six per cent on all
loans considering the long
term growth of small and
micro industries are some of
the requests made by TANS-
TIA to the finance minister.
According to Vasudevan,
there was no point in issuing
loans without interest rebates
because the lockdown means
closure of the units for three to
four months. “We are not ask-
ing for permanent rebates or
waivers, It could be done for an
year taking into account the
precarious situation the indus-
try finds itself now. This is not
for the financial benefit of the
entrepreneurs but for the more
than once crore workers in
Tamil Nadu and nearly seven
crore workers in other States,”
said Vasudevan.
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Kerala Government’s claim on Monday that
the number of Covid-19 patients in the State
was coming down suffered a setback as 29,803
new people were diagnosed with the virus on
Tuesday. The day also saw 177 people falling vic-
tims to Covid-19 during the last 24 hours end-
ing Tuesday evening.
A release by the department of health said
that 1.43 lakh samples were tested on Tuesday
against Monday’s 87,000. “These figures are not
an indication of the declining trend of the pan-
demic in the State. More samples you test, more
the number of positive figures,” said a senior
government doctor in the State. He said
there were many discrepancies in the
figures churned out by the
administration.
The number of health workers getting
contracted with the pandemic continued to be
high on Tuesday. The day saw 94 health work-
ers getting afflicted with COVID-19. The hike
in the number of health workers contracting the
pandemic comes at a time when the State is fac-
ing shortage of doctors and health profession-
als, said a doctor who is a member of the Kerala
Government Medical Officers
Association.
Test Positivity Rate across the State
remained at 20.84 per cent. But the district wise
figures did not show any decline. Malappuram
tested 5,315 positive cases on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the disappearance of gold orna-
ments from the bodies of patients who succumb
to the pandemic have become a routine incident
in the State. Government Hospitals in
Alappuzha have reported a number of cases in
which gold ornaments disappeared from the
bodies.
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Anew controversy has erupt-
ed in Lakshadweep group
of islands over the “reforms”
being introduced by the
administrator Praful Patel, a
BJP leader from Gujarat. Many
islanders have come out open-
ly questioning the logic behind
the Lakshadweep
Administrator’s move to intro-
duce Goondas’ Act and to stop
serving beef in the noon meal
of school students.
The Opposition parties
that include the Congress,
CPI(M), NCP and other outfits
allege that the reforms are with
an eye to destroy the cultural
identity of the people and to
‘sell’ the islands to resort own-
ers.
What stood out in the
resentment against the Centre’s
move was the participation of
hundreds of students and youth
in the archipelago who alleged
that the permission granted to
sell liquor in the islands was
with a move to spoil the serene
atmosphere. “Hundreds of gov-
ernment employees in the
Lakshadweep administration
have been thrown out their jobs
by the administrator for rea-
sons best known to him only.
The dairy farms owned and
operated by the Administration
have been shut down. Milk and
dairy products meant for the
islands are being imported
from Amul in Gujarat,” said
Mohammed Faizal Padippura,
MP, representing the archipel-
ago in parliament.
Padippura said in a mes-
sage that the protest was against
the blatant misuse of power by
the administrator . “Our protest
is against the weird anti-social
and anti public new legal mea-
sures enacted by the adminis-
trator. It is against the ulterior
motive of the Administrator to
destroy the traditional life of
islanders through wrongly
drafted promulgations,” said
the law maker.
But BJP national vice-pres-
ident A P Abdullakutty said the
present chaos created by a sec-
tion of the people are with ulte-
rior motives. “The permission
to sell liquor in the islands have
been in existence since the
days of former MP late P M
Sayeed. The shut down of the
dairy farms in the islands was
due to financial constraints.
There were only 30 cows in
these farms which yielded
hardly 100 litres of milk per day
and the cost of production
was Rs 800 per litre,” said
Abdullakutty. He disclosed that
the Central Government has
big plans to convert the islands
into a major tourism hub and
this would benefit only the
local residents. “It is true that
the administration has asked
the people staying close to the
sea to vacate for safety issues.
But they are provided with
alternative sites to build hous-
es. There are certain cartels in
the islands who do not want to
see the living standards of the
people going up,” said
Abdullakutty.
Pinarayi Vijayan, chief
minister of Kerala, National
Award winning actor Salim
Kumar who is a Congress sup-
porter and K K Shylaja, former
health minister, are some of the
leading lights in Kerala who
have come out in the open
expressing solidarity with the
agitating population of the
islands.
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Lucknow: Slamming the Bharatiya Janata
Party Government over the recent Covid
deaths due to absence of medical and other
facilities, Congress general secretary Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra launched a campaign
‘Zimmedar Kaun (Who is responsible)’ on
Twitter, promising to question the ruling
party on a daily basis even as people want-
ed to know who was responsible for the deba-
cle.
Seeking suggestions from people through
Twitter on Wednesday, Priyanka said she
would pose daily questions and it was the
responsibility of the government to come out
with a convincing reply so that people
could know who were responsible for the
entire trouble caused during the second
Covid wave.
Launching the programme, the Congress
leader said, “Several lives have been lost due
to the Government’s apathy and negligence.
So questioning the Government is very nec-
essary. People running the Government
must know about their responsibility towards
the common man and be answerable towards
the trouble and tragedy caused to the pub-
lic due to their wrong and negligent handling
of the crisis.
“At a time when people are struggling
with shortage of oxygen, vaccines, hospital
beds, medicines, the government is busy with
other unimportant work including con-
struction of a new house for the PM at Rs
13,000 crore.”
Priyanka further alleged, “The
Government has to answer about import of
vaccines, doubling the export of oxygen in
2020, ordering very less vaccines in com-
parison to the population of the country.”
Meanwhile, Congress interim president
Sonia Gandhi sent three truckloads of fire-
wood to enable the poor to cremate their
dead family members in Rae Bareli. PNS
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The Uttar Pradesh
Government ordered a
probe into the recovery of 29
syringesfilledwithvaccinefrom
adustbinatthe JamalpurUrban
PrimaryHealthCentre(PHC)in
Aligarh,raisingdoubtsaboutthe
vaccinatorpretendingtoadmin-
isterthejabstobeneficiariesand
later discarding the vaccines.
Admitting that 29 syringes
filled with vaccine doses were
recovered from a dustbin at the
PHC by the cold chain man-
ager during an inspection,
Chief Medical Officer (CMO),
Aligarh, Dr BPS Kalyani sus-
pected it to be a case of fake
vaccination with the vaccinator
(ANM) filling the vaccine in
syringes but not injecting the
vaccine and later dumping the
same. The officer, however,
could not explain as to why the
vaccinators could be doing so.
“I have ordered an enquiry
into the incident and asked
District Immunisation Officer
Dr Durgesh Kumar and
ACMO Dr MK Mathur to sub-
mit a report within three days.
Action will be taken against the
ANM, if found guilty. While
the government insists on vac-
cination to prevent corona
infection, the disgraceful act of
the Health department employ-
ees has brought a bad name to
the district and the depart-
ment,” he said.
The CMO further said,
“This is a national programme
and at the time of disaster, such
an act falls under the category
of treason. In addition to the
legal action, the dismissal of the
guilty person will be recom-
mended. The higher ups in the
Health department have been
informed about this.”
The Health department
has earmarked the Urban PHC
as a vaccine centre in Jamalpur,
a Muslim-dominated area, as
large number of cases were
reported from there. Three
ANMs were imparted training
and deputed to administer vac-
cine doses at the centre. A med-
ical officer was also made
incharge of the PHC to oversee
the process. On Saturday, the
Urban PHC was inspected by
vaccine cold chain manager
Ravendra Sharma, who sub-
mitted his report on Monday,
alleging that the ANM not
only misled people in the name
of vaccination but also jeopar-
dised the campaign
The report said: “It seems
that the ANM filled the vaccine
dose in syringe and injected the
needle into the body, but pulled
the needle out without inject-
ing the vaccine.”
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With his conditions dete-
riorating further, for-
mer Bengal Chief Minister
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, on
Tuesday was shifted to a pri-
vate hospital, staff attending
on him said. The 77-year-old
politician who tested positive
for corona virus last week suf-
fers from a whole lot of ail-
ment including
COPD.
Bhattacharjee who was
on BiPAP support at home
experienced a dip in his oxy-
gen level on Tuesday. Earlier
he had rejected the idea of
going to a hospital after test-
ing positive two days
ago.
His “oxygen level dipped
below 90 this morning, fol-
lowing which doctors advised
him to get admitted to a
medical facility … he was
however not willing to go to
a hospital … but after the
doctors told him that it might
not be possible for him to be
shifted at a time when cyclone
Yaas will hit Kolkata the vet-
eran Marxist leader conced-
ed,” officials said. His wife
Meera Bhattacharjee too con-
tacted the disease but is sta-
ble now.
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In a major initiative aimed at checking the spread of
Covid-19 in Maharashtra, the MVA Government on
Tuesday decided to discontinue home quarantine in
the 18 of the worst-affected districts where the positivity
rate is higher than the state’s average
rate.
In effect, all those people who have tested positive for
Covid-19 in the 18 specified districts will now have to go
in compulsorily for institutional quarantine to ensure bet-
ter health-care facilities and monitoring of the patients.
The 18 districts constitute more than half of the total 35
districts in the state.
The 18 districts, where home quarantining has been
done away with, are Satara, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri,
Osmanabad, Beed, Raigad, Pune, Hingoli, Akola,
Amaravati, Kolhapur, Thane, Sangli, Gadchiroli, Wardha,
Nashik, Ahmednagar and Latur. All these districts, where
the positivity rate is higher than the state’s average rate,
are in the Red Zone.
Talking to media persons here, State Health Minister
Rajesh Tope said that the state government was setting up
more Covid-19 care centres along with isolation facilities
where the patients would be treated
Tope said that the state government had asked the col-
lectors in the 18 districts not to go in General testing but
to concentrate on focussed testing. “Keeping in view the
possibility of the emergence of third Covid-19 wave in the
state, we have reviewed the situation in these districts and
given necessary instructions to the collectors
concerned.
As on Tuesday, 26,16,428 people are in home quaran-
tine across the state, while 20,829 people are in institu-
tional quarantine.
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6. formed by a Pakistani Taliban
commander, Hafiz Saeed
Khan — most members were
formerly with the Pakistani
Taliban (Tehrik-i-Pakistan),
mostly from the Orokzai
Pashtun stock. Irrespective of
the groups, the Hazaras and
other Shias like Ismailis have
faced the brunt of relentless
persecution throughout histo-
ry, but for the relative reprieve
in the Hamid Karzai-Ashraf
Ghani dispensations.
Acrosstheunacceptedbor-
ders with Pakistan, the Shias
and Hazaras in particular, face
the brunt of terror groups like
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi,whoremain
committed to exterminate the
Shias.Thesevirulentsectarian
groups have close ideological
ties with the Taliban (on both
sides) and have conducted
spectacularanddeadlyattacks
against the Shias — even the
suicidebomberwhokilledfor-
mer Pakistani Prime Minister
BenazirBhutto(whotoowasa
Shia) belonged to Lashkar-e-
Jhangvi.QuettainBaluchistan
ishometobiggestsettlementof
the oppressed Hazaras in
Pakistan, as also the unfortu-
nate killing ground for most
sectarianterrorattacks—relay-
ingtheinevitabledangersofthe
State recklessly pandering to
majoritarian-sectarianism to
solidify itself. However, the
dangerstosuchlike“minorities”
aremultipliedwhenthesover-
eignGovernmentitselfrunsthe
risk of passing on to the likes
of the Taliban, which seems
likely with the leaving of the
US/NATO troops from
Afghanistan.
While sectarianism is one
cut of endangered “minority”
status in Afghanistan, ethnic-
ity is the other. Therefore, the
Tajik and Uzbek, who may be
essentiallyofSunnidenomina-
tion, are not spared the wrath
of the Taliban or the Islamic
State-KhorasanProvince.Such
persistent animus and dimin-
ishment led the Hazaras to
formtheirownmilitiaslikethe
now-fragmented, Abdul Ali
Mazari’s Hezb-e-Wahdat, or
the comparatively new Hazara
warlord,AbdulGhaniAlipoor,
who is now popularly seen as
an effective vanguard against
the fury of the Taliban. But
theseethnicwarlordsarereck-
lessly volatile, fickle and
known to shift allegiances
with the proverbial “exchange
of suitcases”, exposing their
community to severe persecu-
tion. The endless cycle of sec-
tarian wars in Afghanistan
wasexemplifiedbythereprisal
attacks by the Taliban in
Mazar-i-Sharif township in
1998 — thousands of Hazaras
weresearchedoutandkilledin
a systemic house-to-house
killing frenzy as the Taliban
was believed to shoot “any-
thing that moved”. As always,
Pakistani hand in the Talibani
advance was omnipresent as
many Pakistani soldiers had
accompanied the Taliban
march. The Hazaras were
apparentlymade topay a price
for the killing of several thou-
sand Taliban soldiers a year
earlier, after a failed attempt by
theTalibantotakeoverMazar-
i-Sharif in 1996.
Now the dangerous snake
pit created and abetted by the
Pakistani “establishment” has
managed to wear out the
US/NATO troops, the sectar-
ian and ethnic minorities in
Afghanistanareleftvulnerable.
Pakistan has bequeathed its
cancerous and manipulative
approach onto the warlords
and other terror groups oper-
ating in Afghanistan, and like
its blood-soiled streets of
Quetta — the augury of future
Afghanistan for “minorities”
(like in Pakistan) is dark and
foreboding.
(The writer, a military vet-
eran, is a former Lt Governor
of AndamanNicobarIslands
and Puducherry. The views
expressed are personal.)
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