First India-Lucknow Edition-31 May 2021

Political mercury rises in Uttar Pradesh
First India Bureau
Lucknow: With assem-
bly elections in UP just
nine months away, the
State BJP has shifted
gear and got into poll-
mode. Days after high-
level brainstorming by
PM Modi with senior
RSS functionaries, BJP
national general secre-
tary, BL Santosh, vice
president and UP-in
charge Radha Mohan
Singh and co-incharge
Sanjeev Chaurasia will
be arriving in Luc-
know today to hold par-
leys with senior party
leaders.
“They will be meet-
ing party functionaries
to collect their feedback
on the prevailing
ground situation,” said
state general secretary
Govind Narayan Shuk-
la, adding that they
would also meet other
party workers during
their two day stay
. Apart
from RSS functionaries,
the trio will also meet
medical education min-
ister Suresh Khanna
and health minister Jai
Prakash Singh to dis-
cuss Covid-manage-
ment in the State, there
was no official confir-
mation of a meeting
with the UP CM Yogi
Adityanath.
Their is a deep dis-
quiet in the BJP ever
since half-a-dozen of its
lawmakers including
Central and ministers
wrote protest letters to
UP CM on the handling
of Covid and function-
ing of the government.
This includes Union
minister Santosh Gang-
war, MP Satyadev
Pachauri, UP minister
Brijesh Pathak, Turn to P6
BL Santosh Radha Mohan Singh
MISSION 2022
BJP National Gen Sec BL Santosh,
VP and UP-in-charge Radha Mohan
Singh and co-in-charge Sanjeev
Chaurasia will be in Lucknow today
CRUCIAL READ
BODIES WASH UP
IN GANGA
MAN DIES OF BLACK,
WHITE, YELLOW FUNGUS
LOWEST C COUNT
IN 2 MONTHS
UP TO RELAX C
CURFEW
Unnao: Owing to the rise
in water level of Ganga
river in Unnao for past two
days, soil erosion has been
witnessed in many places.
The rise in water level has
also resulted in the floating
of bodies of Corona
victims buried in sand. P8
Ghaziabad: A 59-year-old
COVID-19 patient, who was
also diagnosed with black,
white and yellow fungal in-
fections, has passed away
in Ghaziabad, the doctor
treating him said. Kunwar
Singh was under treatment
but passed away due to
toxemia. P3
Lucknow: Despite being
densely populated, Uttar
Pradesh recorded only
1,908 cases in the last 24
hours, thereby registering
a decline of 95 per cent
from its peak. The state
is moving fast towards
recovery. P3
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh government
has announced an
extension of corona
curfew for one week
till June 7, but has
partially relaxed the
restrictions in the state
as the covid situation
improves. P2
SIGNIFICANCE OF VISIT
The visit assumes
significance in view
of the proposed
expansion of the
Yogi cabinet and
impending Zila
Parishad polls and
the party’s dismal
performance in the
recently concluded
panchayat polls.
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Miami: Two people were killed and at least 20 injured Sunday when three
shooters fired indiscriminately into a crowd outside a concert in Miami,
Florida, local police said. Gunfire erupted during the early hours outside a
billiards hall. A Nissan SUV approached the scene and three subjects exited
the vehicle and began shooting indiscriminately in the crowd before fleeing.
New Delhi: The onset of the annual monsoon over the Indian subcontinent
has been delayed by two days. It is now expected to hit the Kerala coast
on June 3, the weather department said. “As per the latest indications, the
southwesterly winds could strengthen further gradually from June 1, result-
ing in a likely enhancement in rainfall activity over Kerala,” IMD data stated.
TWO DEAD, 20
HURT IN FLORIDA
MASS SHOOTING
MONSOON 2 DAYS
BEHIND, TO HIT
KERALA ON JUN 3
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD LUCKNOW
Nearly 12 crore doses of Covid vaccine
to be available in June: Health Ministry
Pak will hold talks if India restores
Kashmir’s status, says Imran Khan
Islamabad: Pakistan
Prime Minister Imran
Khan said on Sunday
that Pakistan would
hold talks with India if
New Delhi restores the
pre-August 5, 2019 status
of Jammu and Kashmir.
India abrogated the
special status of Jammu
and Kashmir under Ar-
ticle370onAugust5,2019
and bifurcated it into
two Union territories.
“If Pakistan revives
its relations with India
(without the latter re-
storing the status of
Kashmir), it will be
similar to turning our
backontheKashmiris,”
Khan said during a live
questions and answers
session with the people.
Khan said that if In-
dia takes back the steps
it took on August 5,
“then we can definitely
hold talks”. New Delhi
has repeatedly said
Jammu and Kashmir is
an integral part of In-
dia and the country is
capable of solving its
own problems.
India has told Paki-
stan that it desires nor-
mal neighbourly rela-
tions with it in an envi-
ronment free of terror,
hostility and violence.
India has said the onus
is on Pakistan to create
an environment free of
terror and hostility
.
Ties between India
and Pakistan nosedived
after a terror attack on
the Pathankot Air Force
base in 2016 by terror
groups based in the
neighbouring country
.
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New Delhi: Nearly 12
crore doses of coronavi-
rusvaccinewillbeavail-
able in June, the Health
MinistrysaidonSunday
.
In May, 7,94 crore
doses were available for
vaccination.
In a statement, the
ministry said the alloca-
tion of supplies to states
and union territories is
decidedontheconsump-
tion pattern, population
and vaccine wastage.
“Visibility for avail-
ability of vaccines for
the entire month of
June 2021 has been pro-
vided well in advance to
States/UTs...,” it said.
“For the month of
June, 6.09 crore
(6,09,60,000) doses of
COVID vaccines will be
supplied to the States
and UTs for vaccination
of priority group of
Health Care Workers
(HCWs), Front-Line
Workers(FLWs)andper-
son aged 45 years and
above as free supply
from Government of In-
dia,” the ministry said.
“In addition, more
than 5.86 crore
(5,86,10,000)doseswillbe
available for direct pro-
curement Turn to P6
MODI GOVT COMPLETES 7 YEARS
‘ACHIEVEMENTS OF GOVT
ARE ITS INCLUSIVENESS’
WITH ‘SABKA-SAATH,
SABKA-VIKAS, SABKA-
VISHWAS’ INDIA HAS
MOVED AHEAD IN
LAST SEVEN YEARS,
SAYS PM MODI
everal people
from various
places have
been writing
in to thank
the nation for their vil-
lage having finally re-
ceived power and road
connection after 70
years of independence,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi said today.
Highlighting the
achievements of the
seven years since he
took power, he referred
to them as laurels be-
longing to the country
and his countrymen.
“...we are on the right
track,” PM Modi said
on his monthly Mann
Ki Baat radio talk show
marking the seventh
year of his tenure as
Prime Minister.
He pointed out that in
seven decades since in-
dependence, only 3.5
crore rural homes had
water connections; yet,
in the past 21 months of
hisgovernance,4.5crore
more families had been
added to this category
.
“So many people...
thank the nation for
their sons and daugh-
ters being able to sit and
study under electric
lights and fans. So many
people say that ‘our vil-
lage,too,isnowconnect-
ed to the city through a
good road’,” he said.
It was in May 2014
that he became the
country’s Premier, hav-
ing won the election
with a full majority for
any party after almost
three decades.
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Under Modi’s leadership, India will
overcome every challenge: Shah
New Delhi: Unionhome
minister Amit Shah on
Sunday greeted Prime
MinisterNarendraModi
on the completion of
seven years of his gov-
ernment and said the
country made “unprec-
edented achievements”
in fields of security
, pub-
lic welfare and reforms
during this period.
In a series of tweets
in Hindi, Shah credited
Modi for improving the
living standards of the
poor, farmers and de-
prived sections by
bringing them into the
mainstream with his
determined, holistic
and welfare policies
and making India a
powerful nation with
his strong leadership.
“The Modi govern-
ment has presented a
unique example of un-
paralleled coordina-
tion of development,
security, public welfare
and landmark re-
forms,” he said.
‘Meaningless
baat’ won’t
help battle
against covid’
New Delhi: Inaveileddig
at Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi’s monthly radio
programme “Mann Ki
Baat”, Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi on Sunday
said the country can not
fight the COVID-19 pan-
demic with “meaningless
talks” once a month.
Taking to microblog-
ging site Twitter, the Con-
gress leader said, to fight
against COVID-19, one
needs “right intention,
policy, determination.”
“To fight against Co-
rona, you need the right
intention, policy, deter-
mination. Turn to P6
We feel pride see-
ing that India
now walks its
own path and
not under the
views and pres-
sures of other na-
tions. Our confi-
dence has grown
manifold
—Narendra Modi, PM
VACCINES ARE PATH TO OUR
VICTORY AGAINST COVID: PM
PM MODI LAUDS OXY TANKER
DRIVERS, HEALTH WORKERS
PM MODI PRAISES FARMERS
FOR RECORD AGRI OUTPUT
New Delhi: Reiterating that vaccines are the path
to our victory against covid, PM Narendra Modi
said that India is moving forward with the pledge of
“service and cooperation” while maintining social
distancing and wearing masks. “The pandemic has
plagued the world, people have lost loved ones. Even
big countries were not spared. In the midst of this
pandemic, India is moving forward with the resolve
of service and cooperation,” he said in Mann ki Baat.
New Delhi: Addressing the “Mann Ki Baat” radio
programme, PM Narendra Modi thanked drivers
of cryogenic oxygen tankers, COVID warriors who
helped the country during the second wave of the
pandemic by working on a war footing. During
the programme, PM Modi conversed with a liquid
oxygen tanker driver Dinesh Upadhyay and Shirisha
Gajni, a loco pilot of Oxygen Express, who informed
him about the challenges they face in work.
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday appre-
ciated the farmers across the country and pointed
out that there was a record production of crops
even during the COVID pandemic. He said that
every sector but the agricultural produced record
crops. “Our country faced such a big crisis that
it affected every system. The agricultural sector
protected itself from this attack to a great extent.
Not only did it keep itself safe, but the sector also
progressed, moving forward,” PM added.
CORONA CATASTROPHE
INDIA
UTTAR PRADESH
1,65,553
new cases
3,460
new fatalities
1,908
new cases
155
new fatalities
Pakistan PM Imran Khan
TO REASSURE DOCTORS, PATIENTS: Wearing a PPE suit, Tamil
Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin went for a visit to Covid wards and
ICUs in a Coimbatore hospital on Sunday. “I entered the Covid
ward against advise to reassure doctors and workers who risk
their lives besides patients and their families,” said Stalin.
S

UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | MONDAY, MAY 31, 2021
02
First India Bureau
Lucknow: As part of
theirruraloutreach‘Seva
hi Sangathan’ pro-
gramme UP BJP leaders
distributed face masks,
foodpackets,medicalkits
andofferedsupporttovil-
lagers on completion of
seven years of Modi Gov-
ernment on Sunday
.
While Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath had a
virtual dialogue with the
villagers of Sijhari of
Mahoba and Gurepara
villages of Sitapur, BJP
statepresidentSwatantra
Dev Singh communicat-
ed with people of Gopal-
pura and Vivekananda
Puri wards of Lucknow.
BJP state general secre-
tary organization Sunil
Bansal held a dialogue
with people of Kunwar
Jyoti Prasad ward and
Deputy Chief Minister
Keshav Prasad Maurya
interacted with people of
Prayagraj and Thanapur
village of Gangapar
Party lawmakers and
ministers contacted peo-
ple in the village and car-
riedoutsanitizationwork
in 23,300 villages.“They
alsotalkedabouttheneed
to wear masks and follow
covid guidelines.” said
Govind Narain Shukla,
party coordinator of the
campaign. Other senior
leaders also held meet-
ings with the people of
different villages During
the conversation aware-
ness was created about
corona and the precau-
tions they should take.
Deputy CM Dinesh Shar-
ma, in his virtual dia-
logue with villagers of
villageKumbarawanand
Jamkhanwa of Bakshi
Ka Talab assembly said
that the benefits of the
government schemes are
reaching the common
public without any dis-
crimination. “The gov-
ernment has improved
basiccivicamenities like
electricity
, gas, houses
andtoilets.Theworldhas
been rocked by an epi-
demic like Corona. Vac-
cination is underway to
protect people from coro-
na,” he said and asked
people to take vaccine
shots.InLucknow,Corpo-
rator of Maithlisharan
ward Dileep Srivastava
carried out sanitization
of his ward.
UP BJP distributes food, med kits to celebrate 7 yrs of Modi govt
PEOPLE’S LEADER
Supporters of PM Modi pray for him at a Ganga Ghat in Varanasi on Sunday.
20 dists have over 600 active cases; 55 dists get breather
C-CURFEW EXTENDED BY A
WEEK WITH RELIEF RIDERS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh government
hasannouncedanexten-
sion of corona curfew
for one week till June 7,
but has partially relaxed
the restrictions in the
state as the covid situa-
tion improves.
The decision was tak-
enatahigh-levemeeting
of officialspresidedover
by Chief Minitser Yogi
Adityanath here on Sat-
urday
. As per an earlier
order, the partial corona
curfew was only till May
31. According to an offi-
cial release, the corona
curfew will continue in
20 districts that have
more than 600 active
cases.Thesedistrictsare
Lucknow, Meerut, Saha-
ranpur,Varanasi,Ghazi-
abad,Gorakhpur,Muzaf-
farnagar, Bareilly
, Gau-
tam Buddha Nagar, Bu-
landshahr, Jhansi, Pray-
agraj,LakhimpurKheri,
Jaunpur, Sonbhadra,
Baghpat, Moradabad,
Ghazipur, Bijnor, and
Deoria.
According to the
guidelines, in the re-
maining 55 districts,
shops will be allowed to
open with strict safety
protocols from 7.a.m to 7
p.m. Night curfew will
continue in the whole of
UttarPradeshandweek-
end closure will be en-
forced.Privateestablish-
ments will be allowed to
function with limited
attendance.
Coaching centres,
shopping malls, gyms
and swimming polls will
remainclosed.Alleduca-
tional centres will also
remain closed. Restau-
rants will be allowed to
offer home delivery but
roadside eateries on the
highway can open.
Traders Unhappy
Deep resentment seems
to be brewing among
traders associations in
the 20 districts where no
relaxation has been giv-
en in the partial corona
curfew. In fact traders
fromLucknowandWest-
ern UP had written to
chief minister Yogi Adi-
tyanath on Saturday
seeking relaxations in a
phased manner as their
business had been hit
and they had suffered
huge losses during the
month-long curfew.
Sunday’s decision to
keep markets closed in
districts with more than
600 active cases has dis-
appointed the business
community
. “
At least, re-
tail and wholesale shops
should be permitted, we
are willing to strictly ad-
here to the Covid proto-
col. There is strong re-
sentment among trader
associations.” says Re-
hanKhan,vicepresident
of the Lucknow Udyog
Vyapar Mandal.
Back On Track: A group of cyclists and fitness freaks can be seen in their morning routine, in Lucknow, on Sunday, after a long time
as lockdown due to Covid19 pandemic kept people largely indoors. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
UP DECKED UP FOR VAX DRIVE
UP has decked up its strategy to create more vax
centres to accelerate the Covid inoculation drive.
Recently, the administration passed orders to convert
Lucknow’s Chhota Imambara and Eidgah into vac-
cination sites, for the same. Mega centres are also
underway at KD Singh Babu and Ekana Stadium in
the capital to expedite the mass vax drive from June
1. The latest to be added to this list of new vaccina-
tion centres, is the sugar mills in Western UP. As per
reports, 8 vax centres have come up in the sugar
mills in Muzaffarnagar alone, for the benefit of local
cane farmers.
Lucknow, Meerut,
Varanasi, Gzb,
Gorakhpur, Jhansi
dists have to wait
InCovidcombat,Yogi
leads from the front
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In the ongo-
ing covid phase, where
everyone is protecting
themselves from infec-
tion, Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath is un-
caring of his safety as
he cares more about
people than himself,
and has been continu-
ously active from table
to ground level.
He reached Gorakh-
pur on Tuesday after-
noon and did not rest.
On the first day
, to as-
sess arrangements in
hospitals,hevisiteddif-
ferent hospitals in
Gorakhpur while on
the second day on
Wednesday
, he re-
viewed arrangements
in hospitals of Deoria
and Kushinagar and
directed public repre-
sentatives and officials
to improve it.
On Thursday
, he re-
viewed arrangements
in Siddharthnagar and
Basti.Injustthreedays,
he reviewed arrange-
ments in Gorakhpur
and Basti division for
prevention and treat-
ment of Covid infec-
tion.
In Kushinagar and
Deoria, he visited vil-
lage hospitals to assess
arrangementsandkept
on conveying the for-
mula of Prime Minis-
ter of test, treat and
trace to the people to
protectagainstCorona,
and also appealed to
public representatives
to come forward for
this.
As the third wave of
Corona is considered
fatal for children, CM
Yogi Adityanath, who
saved children from
epidemics like enceph-
alitis, is making efforts
to save children from
Corona also.
CM Yogi paid
tribute to Captain
Shreyansh Kashyap of
Meerut who laid down
his life in the line of
duty in Sikkim and
announced a compen-
sation of Rs 50 lakh to
his family, a job to his
kin and dedication of
a road in his memory
in Meerut.
CM Yogi visited the
house of Additional Ad-
vocate General Vinod Shahi
in Aliganj and paid tribute
to his mother who passed
away recently.
CM has said extensive
patrolling should be
done by police in corona
curfew exempted districts, to
ensure crowds do not gather,
especially in markets.
Yogi Speaks
Yogi Speaks
CM Yogi pays homage to the departed mother of Addl Advocate General Vinod Shahi in Aliganj. (R)
ACS Home Awanish Awasthi (Far Right) ACS, Information Navneet Sehgal also paid tributes
ON MISSION MODE
DAY OF DIALOGUE
A day after it announced to take care of the children orphaned due to covid
UP identifies 2K C-hit kids for state sops
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A day after
rolling out a scheme for
destitute children hit by
covid, the Uttar Pradesh
government said it has
identified2,000suchkids
from all over the state,
who will be given bene-
fits of the scheme.
“We have identified
2,000 children who will
be given direct benefits
of the Bal-Seva Yojana
announced by the State
government,” said
Chairman of Child Pro-
tection Commission, Dr.
Vishesh Gupta. The list
hasbeencompiledonthe
basis of data on desiti-
tutes below 10 years pro-
vided by child care
homes of Mathura, Luc-
know, Prayagraj, Agra,
Rampurof boththestate
andcentralgovernment.
Along with this, Kastur-
ba Gandhi Balika Vidya-
laya has also been told to
take care of the educa-
tion of minor girls.
He said to enable the
eligible children in the
state to get benefits,
monitoring work of this
scheme will be imple-
mented across the state.
Gupta said that at dis-
trict level, committees
formed under the con-
trolof DistrictProbation
Officer like Child Wel-
fare Committee, District
Child Protection Unit
and Monitoring Com-
mittees in rural areas
willmonitorthescheme.
Director, Women Wel-
fare Department Manoj
Kumar Rai said Women
Welfare Department
has ordered DMs of all
districts to prepare and
send a list of all such
children so that the in-
formation related to all
such children, the infor-
mation received from
the relevant depart-
ments, district adminis-
tration, child line, spe-
cial juvenile police unit,
NGOs, block and village
child protection com-
mittees, monitoring
committees set up at
various levels for pre-
vention of covid and
other child protection
stakeholders are being
supported.

Top guns of the
party, including
CM Yogi
Adityanath
conversed with
villagers across
the state to raise
awareness on
covid and
vaccination
MONITORING
SHGs generate employment,
combat malnutrition in rural UP
First India Bureau
Lucknow: As many as
63,000 self-help groups
(SHGs) of women are
procuring and packag-
ing dry ration consist-
ing of wheat, rice,
gram, pulses and edible
oil from National Agri-
cultural Cooperative
Marketing Federation
(Nafed) in all the devel-
opment blocks of 75 dis-
tricts of the state.
Dry rations are being
distributed from
1,64,714 Anganwadi
centres to 1,47,99,150
beneficiaries including
malnourished children
aged six months to
three years, pregnant
and lactating women
and teenage girls.About
6,30,000 women have got
employment through
the dry ration project
launched by the state
government. Anganwa-
diworkersandmembers
of SHGs have been en-
gaged in distribution of
nutritious food to mal-
nourished children and
pregnant women while
onlinemonitoringof the
distribution is also be-
ing done.Now, the gov-
ernment is also setting
up production units in
204 development blocks
of 43 districts under the
‘Recipe for best take
home ration’ scheme.
—FILE PHOTO
—FILE PHOTO

UTTAR PRADESH
03
Nine persons have died in the last 24 hours, while the death toll in the state due to the new infection has reached 63
First India Bureau
Lucknow:Severalcities
in Uttar Pradesh have
registered a worrying
rise in the number of
Mucormycosis cases.
The total case count in
the state has now
touched close 960.
At Lucknow based
King George Medical
University (KGMU), in
thelast24hours,11fresh
cases were reported
while the total number
of patients admitted
here are 211 till date.
Nine persons have
died in the last 24 hours
while the death toll has
reached 63 in the state.
At KGMU, 12 patients
who were earlier treated
of Covid19andlatercon-
tracted Mucormycosis,
wereoperatedupon.One
person died of the dis-
ease. She was identified
as65-year-oldresidentof
Arjun Ganj region of
Lucknow.
Importantly
, the UP
government has de-
clared black fungus as a
notifiable disease.
“A 65-year-old patient
of black fungus died
during treatment here,”
said a KGMU spokes-
person.
How to lower risk
of Mucormycosis?
Since during the Cov-
id-19 pandemic, cases of
Mucormycosis are on
the rise, experts sug-
gest that people
should try to
avoidareaswitha
lot of dust like
construction or
excavation sites.
If one can’t avoid
these areas, wear an N95
respirator to visit the
site. Avoid direct contact
with water-damaged
buildings and flood
water especially
after rains or nat-
ural disasters.
Avoid activities
that involve close
contact to soil or dust,
such as gardening. If
this isn’t possible,
Wear shoes, long pants,
and a long-sleeved shirt
when doing outdoor ac-
tivities.Doctorsalsosug-
gest wearing of gloves
when handling materi-
als such as soil, moss, or
manure. To reduce the
chances of developing a
skin infection, clean
skin injuries well with
soap and water, especial-
ly if they have been ex-
posed to soil or dust.
First India Bureau
Ghaziabad: A 59-year-
old COVID-19 patient,
who was also diagnosed
with black, white and
yellow fungal infections,
has passed away here,
the doctor treating him
said on Saturday
.
“Kunwar Singh was
under treatment but
passed away due to tox-
emia(bloodpoisoningby
toxins) at 7.30 pm on Fri-
day
,” Dr B P Tyagi, an
ENT (ear, nose, throat)
specialist at Harsh Hos-
pital in the city’s Raj Na-
gar area, told PTI.
ThedoctorsaidSingh,
alawyerfromSanjayNa-
gar in the city
, had ap-
proached him recently
with Covid conditions.
“The yellow fungus,
besides white and black
fungus, was detected
during endoscopy on
May 24,” Tyagi added
Meanwhile, he said
his hospital is treating
another 59-year-old man
from Muradnagar who
has also been detected
withyellowfungusinfec-
tions.
“The fungus in Rajesh
Kumar,aresidentof Mu-
radnagar, was detected
near his brain. Half of
his jaw has been re-
moved,” he said.
He too has toxemia but
the level of infection is
lesser than what Kun-
war Singh had, the doc-
tor said, adding that the
patient is on anti-fungal
medication.
Ghaziabad, adjoining
Delhi, in western Uttar
Pradesh has recorded
434deathslinkedtoCOV-
ID-19 so far and 1,779 ac-
tive cases of coronavi-
rus, according to official
figures updated till Sat-
urday
.
Meanwhile, the dis-
trictadministrationsaid
65 cases of fungus in pa-
tientshavebeendetected
in Ghaziabad till date
and on has died of it.
DM Ajay Shankar
Pandey said out of the
65 infected people, 31
have recovered while 33
are still undergoing
treatment in various
hospitals.
UP CAUGHT IN THE WEB OF MUCORMYCOSIS
Man suffering from black,white and
yellow fungus dies at Gzb hosp
A black fungus patient being treated at a hospital in Ghaziabad on Sunday.
KGMU FLOODED
First India Bureau
Bhadohi: The health
department of Bhadohi
district, which is often
embroiled in contro-
versies, has found it-
self again in troubled
waters after news of
the department buying
oxygen cylinder for Rs.
52,000 instead of Rs
12,000 has come to the
fore.
The second wave of
corona virus infection
had brought the whole
state to a standstill and
the district of Bhadohi
was also one of the
highly affected dis-
tricts.
The health depart-
ment had designated
L-2 hospitals and 6 pri-
vate hospitals to pro-
vide medical facilities
to the people of the
state.
As the number of
cases were high during
the second wave, it was
decided to buy oxygen
cylinders to support
the demand.
The CMO of the dis-
trict was made respon-
sible for buying these
cylinders and the CMO
bought these cylinders
from an agency in the
district of Mirzapur at
Rs. 52,000 when at the
same time, the CMO of
Mirzapur had bought
these cylinders at Rs
12,000.
Even more surpris-
ing fact is that the cyl-
inders sent for refilling
were of nitrogen rath-
er than oxygen.
The oxygen filling
agency in Mirzapur
filled these cylinders
with oxygen and deliv-
ered it to the office of
the health department.
District Magistrate Ar-
yka Akhauri upon re-
ceiving information
about the huge differ-
ence in the procure-
ment of the oxygen cyl-
inders handed over the
investigation to CDO
Bhanu Pratap Singh.
The CMO of Bhadohi
has also come under a
lot of fire after AAP MP
Sanjay Singh levelled
some serious allega-
tions on him.
Bhanu Pratap Singh,
CDO Bhadohi said that
the allegations are be-
ing investigated and a
report on them will be
submitted to DM in two
days.
Health officials in Bhadohi bought `12k oxygen cylinder for `52k!
—File Photo
FOUR VARIOUS
TYPES OF MASKS
CLOTH MASK: The effectiveness of a normal
cloth mask will depend on its construction. Ac-
cording to experts, one should look for a mask
with at least three layers of fabric, ideally, mask
constructed from tight-weave 100% cotton cloth.
A typical cloth face mask “is probably at least 50
percent” protective, while “high quality masks
could be 80-95 percent protective, and even low-
quality masks made of very thin materials could
still be 10-20 per cent protective.
EFFICACY 80-95%
N95: The N95 face masks offer the most protec-
tion against novel coronavirus and other respira-
tory diseases. These masks protect the person
wearing the mask because they filter out 95% of
particles from the air breathed in.
EFFICACY 95%
EXCESSIVE USE OF MASKS
Experts says that prolonged use of N95 and surgical masks can cause adverse
effects such as headaches, rash, acne, skin breakdown, and impaired cognition.
As a third wave of COVID-19 is expected, and in preparation for future pan-
demics, it is imperative to identify solutions to manage these adverse effects.
Frequent breaks, improved hydration and rest, skin care, and potentially newly
designed comfortable masks are recommendations for future management of
adverse effects related to prolonged mask use. —Compiled by Janardan Misra
First India Bureau
Lucknow: As the threat
of second Covid-19 wave
is looming large on vari-
ous states of country in-
cluding Tamil Nadu,
KeralaandMaharashtra
reporting more than
twenty thousand fresh
Covid cases regularly
,
despite being densely
populated,UttarPradesh
recordedonly1,908cases
in the last 24 hours,
thereby registering a de-
cline of 95 per cent from
its peak.
Signalling control
over the deadly virus,
the figure for fresh Cov-
id-19 infections for Uttar
Pradeshforthefirsttime
dropped below two thou-
sand on Saturday in
nearly the last two
months.
With reduction in
fresh Covid-19 cases and
afallinthetransmission
rate, Uttar Pradesh also
recorded a sharp slide in
the number of active
covid cases to 41,214
since its peak on April
30. The cases have re-
duced by a remarkable
87percentinthespanof
the last thirty days.
On the contrary
, states
like Maharashtra, Kera-
la and Tamil Nadu de-
spite being not having-
even half of the popula-
tion of Uttar Pradesh
have a heavy load of Ac-
tive Covid Cases that
stand at 2,76,573, 2,33,034
and3,12,386,respectively
.
The number of people
who have recuperated
from the disease in the
last 24 hours in Uttar
Pradesh stood at 6,713,
pushing the state’s Re-
covery Rate to a whop-
ping 96.4 per cent.
The‘YogiModel’of Test-
Trace-Treattestifyingits
success in curbing the
spread of coronavirus
resulted in the fall of
Test Positivity Rate
(TPR) of UP to 0.5 per-
cent, the lowest so far.
The TPR has been main-
tained below 1 per cent
for five straight days
now.
Fire department officials sanitise a police chowki in Prayagraj on Sunday
At 1,908, UP sees lowest C count in past
two months, recovery rate @ 96.4%
COVID-19 UPDATE
TOTAL CASES
16.9 L
NEW CASES
1,908
NEW DEATHS
155
RECOVERED 16.2 L
ACTIVE CASES 41,214
TOTAL DEATHS
20,208 Lucknow: Navneet Se-
hgal, ACS, Information
said that CM Yogi Adity-
anath has in the last 20
days travelled
over 5,500
kms and re-
viewed covid
management
in18divisions
of 40 districts
He added
the CM visit-
ed Covid hos-
pitals in these districts
as well the Integrated
Command Centers in
villages and interacted
with Covid patients to
take feedback of the fa-
cilities being offered to
them.
Sehgalsaidthatdueto
the CM’s con-
tinuous ef-
forts, the ac-
tive cases
which had
reached 3
lakhs has re-
duced by 87%.
Navneet Se-
hgal said the
state is currently report-
ing less than 2,000 cases
per day and that the re-
covery rate in the state
has improved.
‘CM travelled 5,500
kms for covid mgmt’
SURGICAL MASK: They are flat, thin, paper-like
masks are usually in white and light blue colour.
According to a study surgical face masks
can filter out about 60% of smaller, inhaled
particles. They are primarily intended to stop
droplets, sprays and splatters, and studies have
shown that diligently wearing surgical masks
in public spaces can significantly reduce the
spread of respiratory infection. Surgical masks
are not designed to be used more than once.
EFFICACY 60%
KN 95/N99: KN95 respirators are made to
China specifications and standards and N95s
are made to U.S. design standards. Both are
rated to filter out 95% of very small particles.
Even more effective than N95 respirators
are the N99 (99% filtration), N100 (99.97%
filtration), R95 (95% filtration, and partially
resistant to oil), and P95, P99 and P100 (95%,
99% and 99.97% filtration, respectively, and
strongly oil resistant).
EFFICACY 95%-100%

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houses. One of their key demands was
a pucca house.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
The dualities of desire
and aversion arise from
illusion. All living beings
in the material realm are
deluded by this.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
77TH MANN KI
BAAT ON 7
YEARS IN OFFICE
he Bharatiya Janata
Party celebrated
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi’s seventh
year in office amidst
criticism of the government for
shortage of vaccines. The occa-
sion coincided with the prime
minister addressing the nation
through the 77th edition of his
Mann ki Baat. Modi talked of the
severity of “the worst pandemic
in 100 years” and how the coun-
try has been able to increase the
production of Liquid Medical
Oxygen from 900 metric tonnes
to 9,500 metric tonnes daily. He
also lauded frontline corona war-
riors, farmers, lab technicians,
citizens etc. He also highlighted
the strides made by his govern-
ment in these seven years.
The Congress was, however,
not impressed. Spearheading the
attack on the prime minister was
Rahul Gandhi who tweeted that
to fight the pandemic one needed
to have the right intention and
determination. On Modi’s claim
on achievements, the Congress
reminded him of “disasters” like
demonetization and GST.
However, a large section of
the populace may not share Con-
gress leaders’ views.
TOP TWEET
T
veryone acknowl-
edges the havoc
wreaked by the
second wave of
the pandemic in
terms of human lives lost. As
the number of fresh Covid-19
cases decline in the country,
society is trying to come to
grips with an even bigger
tragedy---orphans.Aspergov-
ernment data between April 1
and May 25, an estimated 577
children were orphaned after
boththeirparentssuccumbed
to the virus. In scores of cases
the orphaned children are mi-
nors and have no kin to take
care of them. Yasmin Haque,
the India head of UNICEF,
summed up the situation.
“Such children are not only
living an “emotional trage-
dy”, but they are at high risk
of neglect, abuse and exploi-
tation,” she is reported to
have said.
The fear of abuse and ex-
ploitation is indeed high. So-
cial media platforms were
suddenly flooded with adop-
tion requests for adoption of
suchchildren.Althoughadop-
tion laws in the country are
tough,theirbreachbyunscru-
pulous elements cannot be
ruled out. Women and Child
Development Minister Smriti
Irani warned against people
taking the social media route
for adoption as they could be
“illegal” and “irresponsible”.
A way has to be found that
such children reach safe
homes and loving adopted
parents. Government homes
can keep them in safe custody
until their adoption, but not
allgovernment-runchildren’s
homes are ideal centres.
There have been quite a few
cases of children’s exploita-
tion and abuse by those run-
ning some of the centres.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi’s promise of “aid” and
“free education” is a humane
gesture, provided it is not
misused.
GIVE COVID ORPHANS
A THOUGHT
Social media platforms
were suddenly flooded
with adoption
requests for adoption
of such children.
Although adoption laws
in the country are tough,
their breach by
unscrupulous elements
cannot be ruled out
E
RAJASTHAN CAN EMERGE AS A
MODEL STATE IN PUBLIC HEALTH
he COVID-19 pandemic has
shown how vital it is to have
a robust healthcare infra-
structure. States have a con-
siderable role in creating and
maintaining the healthcare
system. Over the last few
years, Rajasthan has consist-
ently endeavoured to im-
prove its health services with
public and private invest-
ments. The question is- Can
Rajasthan become a model
state with a strong and resil-
ient healthcare system?
Every year the State budg-
et contains important an-
nouncements on healthcare-
the budget for 2021-22 is no
different; health is the cen-
tral focus of the budget. It an-
nounced the ‘Rajasthan Mod-
el of Public Health’ compris-
ing preventive care, primary
care, and curative care to be
implemented as per WHO’s
norms. Towards this end, a
Universal Health Coverage
scheme for the entire popula-
tion of the State- perhaps the
first for any Indian state- was
announced. The ‘Chiranjeevi
Health Insurance Scheme’
with a cashless facility of Rs
5 lakhs per family was later
rolled out to fulfil the objec-
tive of universal coverage.
Other significant announce-
ments made were 25 Nursing
colleges at the district level,
8 Public Health Colleges at
the divisional level, ‘Hospital
Management Cadre’, ‘Right
to Health’ and a host of other
public health measures. With
several medical colleges
opened in the state, Ra-
jasthan would soon become
the first State in the country
where every district will
boast of a medical college-
this is no mean achievement.
During the second wave of
COVID-19, the Government
took steps towards installing
oxygen plants in hospitals,
free Covid treatment in gov-
ernment hospitals, distribut-
ing essential medicines and
opening several Covid cen-
tres. Before this, Mukhy-
amantri Nishulk Dava Yoja-
na, Mukhyamantri Nishulk
Janch Yojna, Janani Shishu
Suraksha Yojna, subsidized
food through Indira Rasoi Yo-
jana and many more pro-
grammes were launched.
The objective of all these ini-
tiatives is to reach out to the
most vulnerable and under-
privileged persons.
CRISIS HANDLING
Better preparedness and
strengthening of the health
infrastructure are the keys to
meeting any health crisis.
There is no dearth of success-
ful models in the country
.
Kerala has been lauded for its
robust and caring public
health infrastructure, which
helped reduce the State’s mor-
tality rates. Two places in Ma-
harashtra - Nandurbar dis-
trict and Brihanmumbai Mu-
nicipal Corporation (BMC)-
have done commendable
work at the local level during
the second wave of Covid-19.
Thereisalotof learningfrom
these models. Rajasthan has
been able to manage things
relatively better despite its
limited resources.
The State Government
should declare 2021-22 as the
year of health infrastructure
and start working post haste
for strengthening the same in
a time-bound manner.
DISTRICT ACTION PLAN
Each district is unique in
terms of the local resources
and potential for improve-
ment. Immediate mapping of
theexistinghealthinfrastruc-
ture should be carried out.
Based on this, an action plan
for improvement should be
prepared with resources re-
quired - hospital beds, ICU
beds, oxygen plants, ambu-
lances, medicines, human re-
sources- down to the PHC
level. Community participa-
tion can generate additional
resources at the district level,
and the state government can
do gap funding. Work done in
district Nandurbar can be the
guiding template for the dis-
tricts.ADistrict-levelEmpow-
ered Task Force under the
District Collector can be
formed to implement the plan
by 31 December 2021 (first
phase) and the remaining
work by 31 March 2022. A
State-level task force can
guide and oversee the imple-
mentation. A senior officer
should be made a full-time
NodalOfficerforthispurpose.
LONG TERM PLAN
India has one of the lowest
public health expenditures
globally - 1.26% of GDP in
2020-21, while most developed
countriesspend9-10%of GDP
,
the US is 16%, Brazil is 8%. As
pertheNationalHealthPolicy
2017, public spending on
health in India should be in-
creased to 2.5% of its GDP by
2025.Forthistohappen,States
must allocate 8% of their
budget to health (the average
figure for states is 5.4%, Ra-
jasthan appears to be 5.8% for
2021-22). And 70% of the state
health budget should go to-
wards primary healthcare.
Rajasthan can take the lead in
meetingthistwintargetwhich
will have a significant impact
on all the healthcare services.
A comprehensive plan is
needed to improve and sus-
tain the healthcare infra-
structure in the State. NITI
Aayog has started ranking
states in terms of their per-
formance based on 23 health
indicators. As per the second-
ranking of states in 2017-18,
Rajasthan ranks 16 with 43.10
points out of 100 (in 2015-16,
Rajasthan had ranked 20 out
of 21 large states).
The involvement of our
NRIs, particularly in health,
should be institutionalized
in a meaningful manner, now
that remote conferencing
and telemedicine have be-
come the new normal.
With visionary leadership,
constant focus on public
health, all-round efforts and
a participatory approach, Ra-
jasthan can, in the foreseea-
ble future, emerge as a Model
state in healthcare services
in the country
.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
DR GS SANDHU
The author is a
retired IAS, Rajasthan
During the second wave of
COVID-19, the Government
took steps towards
installing oxygen plants in
hospitals, free Covid
treatment in government
hospitals, distributing
essential medicines and
opening several Covid
centres. Before this,
Mukhyamantri Nishulk
Dava Yojana,
Mukhyamantri Nishulk
Janch Yojna, Janani
Shishu Suraksha Yojna,
subsidized food through
Indira Rasoi Yojana and
many more programmes
were launched
The involvement of
our NRIs, particularly in
health, should be
institutionalized in a
meaningful manner,
now that remote
conferencing and
telemedicine have
become the new normal

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INDIA
05
EXPELLED AIADMK LEADER
SASIKALA HINTS AT RETURN
Tamil Nadu: In an audio
conversation with a party
cadre, expelled AIADMK
leader V.K. Sasikala has
hinted about returning to
active politics after the
COVID-19 pandemic is
over. The audio recording
is being circulated on
social media platforms
and it has set the political
circles in Tamil Nadu
abuzz. Before the recently
concluded Assembly
elections in Tamil Nadu,
Sasikala had stepped
out saying that she will
not participate in crown
politics. The AIADMK is
currently going through
a political tussle and the
former CM’S kin is heard
saying that it pains her to
see how the party leaders
are fighting amongst
themselves.
BRO RESTORES ADI KAILASH
YATRA ROAD CONNECTIVITY
Dehradun: Border Roads Organisation (BRO)
on Sunday said that it has re-established the
Gunji-Kutti-Jolingkong axis on the India-China
border which is a critical route to the sacred Adi
Kailash Yatra. The axis is located at an average al-
titude of 14,000-feet and is subjected to massive
landslides. “65 Road Construction Company, part
of 765 Border Road Task Force of Project Hirak
was able to open the axis on 29 May this year as
compared to the axis being opened in Aug 2020
last year,” official statement by the BRO said.
‘94.5% ELECTION MANIFESTO
PROMISES FULFILLED’: AP
Andhra Pradesh: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mo-
han Reddy on Sunday completed two years of
governance in the state after a landslide victory
in 2019 assembly elections. Calling the journey
“satisfactory”, he thanked people for the support
and said the YSRCP-led government has fulfilled
94.5 per cent of the election manifesto promises
in the state.He said two documents will be shared
with every house in Andhra Pradesh through vol-
unteers which will carry all details of the election
manifesto promises fulfilled in the last two years.
TRAPPED BETWEEN ARMED
GUERRILLAS STATE FORCES
New Delhi: Thousands of
tribals have been camping
in Silger area in Chhat-
tisgarh’s South Bastar
for the past 16 days
in protest against the
increasing footprint of the
security forces. Accord-
ing to an estimate, more
than 5,000 tribals are
present at the spot. Till
date, 2,500 to 3,000 trib-
als are living and cooking
in small houses. Tension
is rising between the
security forces and the
local tribal community in
the Naxal-affected Sukma
and Bijapur districts of
Bastar. The tribals are
opposing the opening of
the CRPF camp in Silger.
Three villagers have died
in the shootout there. And
death due to the stam-
pede on May 17.
New Delhi: With the
western and eastern
coasts of the country
facing two major cy-
clonic storms over the
last 10 days, Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Sunday lauded the peo-
ple of affected states for
showing courage and
fighting the battle with
patience and discipline.
The Prime Minister,
while addressing the
77th episode of his
monthly radio pro-
gramme 'Mann Ki Baat'
today said, We are wit-
nessing how our nation
is fighting the battle
against COVID-19 with
full strength. At the
same time, the nation
has witnessed a few
natural disasters too.
In the last ten days,
the western and eastern
coast faced two major
cyclonic storms. Cy-
clone Tauktae hit the
western coast while Cy-
clone Yaas hit the east-
ern coast. The country-
men and the country
faced the cyclone storm
bravely, PM Modi said.
At the time of the
disaster, people of the
Cyclone-affected states
showed courage and
fought the battle with
patience and discipline.
I humbly acknowledge
their efforts, he added.
I salute the people
who participated in the
relief and rescue opera-
tions during the cyclon-
ic storms, PM Modi
said. I express my
deepest condolences to
those who have lost
their loved ones. We all
stand steadfastly with
those who have suffered
losses, he added.
The radio pro-
gramme comes on the
day when Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi-led
BJP government at the
Centre is completing 7
years in power. The
programme is broad-
cast on the entire net-
work of All India Radio
and Doordarshan and
also on the AIR News
website.
Mann ki Baat is the
Prime Minister's
monthly radio address
to the nation, which is
broadcast on the last
Sunday of every
month. —ANI
CYCLONE-AFFECTED STATES SHOWED COURAGE,
FOUGHT BATTLE WITH PATIENCE: PM MODI
He said while addressing the 77th episode of his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’
New Delhi: BJP presi-
dent JP Nadda on Sun-
day said while his par-
ty workers and leaders
have been carrying out
relief work amid the
coronavirus pandem-
ic, the opposition par-
ties have gone into
quarantine.
Addressing party
workers virtually on
the seventh anniversa-
ry of the Narendra
Modi dispensation at
the Centre, the BJP
chief said all party
MPs, ministers and
MLAs will serve people
in at least two villages
following COVID-19
protocols and lockdown
guidelines to mark the
occasion.
BJP workers stand-
ing with the people dur-
ing the pandemic un-
like the Opposition
leaders who are only
visible in virtual press
conferences, he said.
Opposition quarantined
during pandemic: Nadda
NADDA CONGRATULATES PM MODI ON
SEVEN YEARS OF NDA GOVT
New Delhi: On completion of seven years of
BJP-led Central government on Sunday, Party
national President JP Nadda congratulated PM
Modi and said the party will celebrate the day as
“Seva Diwas” today. In a series of tweets he also
extended his wishes to the NDA family”, and said
PM Modi’s leadership and guidance has paved way
for “Atmanirbhar Bharat”. “Hearty congratulations
to Modi Ji on the completion of seven years of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji’s government,
and best wishes to the entire NDA family. Under
Modi Ji’s leadership, we will celebrate today’s day
as Seva Diwas. Today crores of our workers will do
public service in 1 lakh villages,” tweeted Nadda
and hashtagged the tweet as “7YearsOfSeva”.
New Delhi: New cases
against murder accused
Sushil Kumar have
started to pop up ever
since his arrest one
week ago. The 2-time
Olympic medallist's po-
lice custody was extend-
ed by 4 days yesterday.
While the court has
said that no one is above
the law, police believe
that the 37-year-old is
the mastermind of Sa-
gar Rana murder case.
Apart from being a
part of wrestler-crim-
inal nexus, seems like
Sushil Kumar was in-
volved in bullying
and threatening own-
ers of small kirana
stores as well.
Talking about the in-
cident, Satish said that
he had been supplying
rations at the stadium
for 18 years. According
to Satish, a coach
named Birendra or-
dered the rations dur-
ing the Covid-19 lock-
down in 2020. He got
transferred later. Upon
reaching the stadium,
Satish Goyal begged
Sushil for the payment
of his dues and said, I
will die if I don't get the
payment for the rations
provided. Oh! You will
die? Then OK die!! said
Sushil before thrashing
him with his boys.
Satish Goyal some-
how saved his life and
locked himself in his
house for weeks. —ANI
Delhi shopkeeper
alleges Sushil
Kumar beat him
New Delhi: A plea has
been filed in the Delhi
High Court seeking di-
rection to the Central
government to prior-
itize COVID-19 vaccines
for NRIs having valid
visas in the countries
where they live and
work, as well as stu-
dents with legitimate
offers of admission to
colleges overseas.
Pravasi Legal Cell, the
petitioner, has also re-
quested that the re-
spondents provide an
option to include pass-
port numbers in vacci-
nation certificates, as
well as an opportunity
to amend vaccination
certificates that have
already been issued
with passport for per-
sons who plan to travel.
Plea in HC to prioritize vaccination
of NRIs, students going abroad
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court has directed
the West Bengal govern-
ment to relieve an IAS
officer of the State cad-
re to enable her to join
the cadre of her hus-
band who is an IAS of-
ficer in Himachal
Pradesh. A Bench of
Justice Manmohan and
Justice Navin Chawla
declined to entertain
the plea of the State
government.
Delhi HC directs
WB to relieve
IAS officer
New Delhi:TheDel-
hi High Court will
decide on Monday
whether to allow the
continuation of the
CentralVistaproject
work during the
prevailing Covid
pandemic. A bench
of Chief Justice D N
Patel and Justice Jy-
oti Singh, which had
been hearing a plea
for suspending the
ongoing construc-
tion work during the
Covid pandemic, has
fixed May 31 for de-
livery of its judge-
ment on it, the high
court’s cause list re-
vealed on Saturday
.
The court had re-
served its judgement
on May 17 on the
joint plea by Anya
Malhotra,andSohail
Hashmi.
Delhi HC to
rule on plea to
stop Central
Vista work
New Delhi: A number
of petitions have been
filed before the Su-
preme Court seeking to
initiate contempt of
court proceedings
against Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) Governor
Shaktikanta Das, Indi-
an Banks Association
(IBA) Chief Executive
and others for allegedly
flouting the apex court’s
earlier order, by declar-
ing the account of the
petitioners as Non Per-
forming Assets (NPA)
in connection with the
moratorium matter. Ac-
cording to a report by
news agency ANI, peti-
tioners have filed a plea
through lawyer Vishal
Tiwari. —PTI
ContemptpleasagainstRBI
Governor Shaktikanta Das
IN THE COURTYARD
A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during Mann Ki Baat in New Delhi on
Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Congress workers in Mumbai protest
against Centre over fuel price hike
Mumbai: As the PM
Narendra Modi-led
government complet-
ed seven years in of-
fice on Sunday, Con-
gress workers in
Mumbai held a pro-
test against the Cen-
tre over its handling
of the COVID-19 pan-
demic and fuel price
hike, among other is-
sues. “In the last sev-
en years, Centre has
ravaged the country
in the name of devel-
opment,” Maharash-
tra Congress Presi-
dent Nana Patole said.
Mumbai: Shiv Sena
parliamentarian
Sanjay Raut on Sun-
day alleged that the
Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) govern-
ment led by Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi was seeking to
censure the social
media it had once
used as its ‘toolkit’ to
win two general elec-
tions and to spread
misinfor mation.
Writing in his week-
ly column ‘Rokthok’
inShivSena’smouth-
piece Saamana, Raut
also said Centre’s
stance against social
media companies
came after Congress
effectively launched
its own toolkit to ex-
pose the NDA gov-
ernment’s alleged
mishandling of the
Covid-19 pandemic.
“The social media
is an effective medi-
um to run a cam-
paign or tarnish
someone’s name. The
BJP has been fore-
most in misusing
this medium. They
used it for a smear
campaign against
Manmohan Singh,
Sonia Gandhi and
Rahul Gandhi. The
same toolkit used by
the BJP against their
opponents has back-
fired,” Raut wrote.
Shiv Sena claims
BJP’s social media
‘toolkit’ backfired
JP Nadda
Sanjay Raut
Shaktikanta Das
Oh! You
will die? Then
OK die!
—Sushil Kumar, while
thrashing Satish Goyal

INDIA
06
Political mercury..
MPs Kaushal Kishore
and Rajendra Agarwal,
MLAs Dinanath
Bhaskar, Dalveer Singh,
Lokendra Pratap Singh
andSanjayPratapJaisw-
al,MLCRajkumarAgar-
wal.... the list goes on.
The unrest has now
spread to its mentor or-
ganization,theRSS.One
of the BJP lawmakers,
who wrote a letter to the
CM, said, “If we had not
put our letters on the so-
cial media, no one would
have even known about
them. The CM’s office
has not responded to
even one letter. If this is
the response to elected
representatives, then we
can understand the
plight of the common
man.”
A two-term BJP MP
,
meanwhile, said the CM
only listens to his Team
9 and depends on their
feedback whereas elect-
ed representatives were
facing massive public
anger in their respective
constituencies. “The
problem is that we are
helpless because the bu-
reaucracydoesnotlisten
to us. We have informed
our leaders about the
situation but no one is
doing anything. We have
to face public anger and
I do not know how this
willreflectintheupcom-
ing assembly elections,”
he said.
‘Achievements of...
His winning catch-
phrase, “Achhe Din”
(Gooddays),hadsymbol-
ised hope for his voters.
The BJP has, however,
decidedtotonedowncel-
ebrations marking the
seven years milestone,
given the Covid condi-
tions prevailing in the
country
. “The achieve-
ments of the past seven
years have been those of
the nation’s and its peo-
ple. Together, we have
experienced so many
moments of national
pride,” PM said.“We feel
pride seeing that India
now walks its own path
and not under the views
and pressures of other
nations. Our confidence
grows when India
strongly answers those
who try to conspire
against it,” he said. He
also said when India re-
solves its own age-old
quagmires like Article
370andAyodhya,refuses
to compromise on its se-
curity interests and
when its forces grow in
strength, the country
feels it is on the right
track.
‘Meaningless baat’...
And not meaningless
talks once a month,”
tweeted the Congress
MP in Hindi.
“Mann ki Baat” is the
PM’s monthly radio ad-
dress to the nation,
which is broadcast on
the last Sunday of every
month. PM is scheduled
to address the 77th epi-
sode of his monthly ra-
dio programme ‘Mann
Ki Baat” at 11 am On
Friday, the Congress
leader had taken a
swipe at the Narendra
Modi-led Central gov-
ernment alleging that
the PM, with his poor
vaccine strategy, was
responsible for the sec-
ond wave of COVID-19.
The former Congress
President had said that
the COVID-19 death rate
put out by the Centre
was inaccurate and un-
derreported and if the
Centre did not act im-
mediately it will be left
grappling with several
successive waves of the
pandemic, as the virus
goes on mutating.
Pak will...
Subsequent attacks, in-
cluding one on Indian
Army camp in Uri, fur-
ther deteriorated the
relationship. The rela-
tionship dipped further
after India’s war planes
pounded a Jaish-e-Mo-
hammed terrorist train-
ing camp deep inside
Pakistan on February
26, 2019 in response to
the Pulwama terror at-
tack. The relations dete-
riorated after India an-
nounced withdrawing
special powers of JK
and bifurcation of the
state into two union ter-
ritories.
However, lately there
has been some improve-
ment when the two
countries agreed in Feb-
ruary to restore peace
on the Line of Control.
It is said that the rival
officials have been inter-
acting through the back
channel diplomacy to
ease tension.He also
said Pakistan will con-
tinue to achieve eco-
nomic growth in the
days to come as he
termed the process
gradual and one that
would take time.
Nearly 12 crore...
by the state/UTs and
Private Hospitals.
Therefore, in June 2021
close to 12 crore
(11,95,70,000) doses will
be available for the na-
tional Covid vaccina-
tion programme,” it
said. The ministry said
the delivery schedule
will be shared with
statesinadvance.“States
have been requested to
direct the concerned of-
ficials to ensure ration-
al and judicious utiliza-
tion of allocated doses
and minimize the vac-
cine wastage.
FROM PG 1
TAKE VACCINE AT 1ST AVAILABLE
OPPORTUNITY: WHO TO INDIANS
Over 21 Crore doses of Covid vax administered in India so far
New Delhi: The World
Health Organisation’s
(WHO) Regional Direc-
tor for South East Asia
Dr Poonam Khetrapal
Singh issued a word of
caution as India is wit-
nessing a “plateau” in
daily COVID-19 cases,
advising people to get
the shots at the first
available opportunity.
“Lesson learned
from this surge is at no
cost can we let our
guards down. We must
take COVID-19 vaccine
at first available oppor-
tunity,” said Dr Poon-
am Khetrapal Singh.
“This surge has put
an immense burden on
already overwhelmed
health services. We’re
now witnessing a pla-
teau and even a de-
cline in cases in some
parts of India. Situa-
tion continues to be of
concern and chal-
lenge,” she added
while commending the
Indian efforts and ad-
vising the people to
remain vigilant about
the pandemic.
Daily cases continue
to decline further as
1,65,553 fresh infec-
tions were recorded in
the last 24 hours.
People stand in a queue to get vaccination during the lockdown in Pune. —FILE PHOTO
‘NEXT WAVE CAN’T BE PREDICTED
BUT CAN BE PREVENTED IN INDIA’
New Delhi: As the Cov-
id-19 graph of India is
plateauing, this is a
time to be more cau-
tious and get vaccinat-
ed, Dr Poonam Khetra-
pal Singh said. The
next surge — a possible
third wave of the pan-
demic — can not be pre-
dicted but can be pre-
vented and India must
work towards that, Dr
Singh said. The situa-
tion continues to be of
concern and challenge,
she said, though the
number of daily infec-
tions in India is declin-
ing steadily. The week-
ly positivity rate in the
country continues to
decline and stood at
9.36 per cent.
Vaccination in
hotels must be
stopped: Centre
New Delhi: Taking
congnisance of reports
regarding some private
hospitals giving pack-
age for vaccination in
collaboration with luxury
hotels, the Centre di-
rected states to stop the
violation of guidelines
and take action against
such institutions. Union
Health Ministry said,
“vaccination carried out
in star hotels is contrary
to the guidelines and
must be stopped imme-
diately”.
DRUGS FOR BLACK FUNGUS
TREATMENT REACHES INDIA
New Delhi: A con-
signment of 200,000
AmBisome (Ampho-
tericin B injection),
used in black fungus
treatment reached
India on early Sun-
day. “Another con-
signment of AmBi-
some from @Gilead-
Sciences, used in
Black Fungus treat-
ment, reaches India.
Total 200,000 doses
already there so far.
More to follow!”
tweeted Ambassador
of India to United
States, Taranjit Sin-
gh Sandhu. Mucor-
mycosis, commonly
known as black fun-
gus, has wreaked
havoc across India,
especially in Cov-
id-19 patients who
have been adminis-
tered heavy doses of
steroids to treat tis
deadly infection.
NATION RECORDS SINGLE-DAY
SPIKE OF 1.65 LAKH COVID-19
CASES, LOWEST IN 46 DAYS
New Delhi: India
recorded a single-
day rise of 1,65,553
new COVID-19 cas-
es, the lowest in 46
days, taking the
country’s infec-
tion tally to
2,78,94,800, as per
Health Ministry
on Sunday
.
The daily posi-
tivity declined to
8.02 per cent, re-
maining below the
10 per cent-mark
for the sixth con-
secutive day, while
the weekly positiv-
ity rate dropped to
9.36 per cent, it
said.
The death toll
due to the disease
climbed to 3,25,972
with 3,460 fatalities
being recorded in a
span of 24 hours,
the data updated at
8 am showed.
WHO, South-East Asia, Dr
Poonam Khetrapal Singh
Centre announces more benefits via
ESIC, EPFO for bereaved families
New Delhi: In a huge
relief to workers who
lost their earning mem-
ber to the COVID-19
pandemic, the Labour
Ministry on Sunday an-
nounced a slew of ben-
efits through ESIC and
EPFO schemes to ad-
dress the fear and anxi-
ety of such workers
about the well-being of
their family members.
The social security
cover by the Centre is
“sought to be provided
to the workers without
any additional cost to
the employer,” the min-
istry said.
Currently for the In-
sured Persons (IPs) un-
der ESIC, after death or
disablement of the IP
due to employment in-
jury a pension equiva-
lent to 90% of average
daily wage drawn by the
worker is available to
the spouse and widowed
mother for life long and
for children till they at-
tain the age of 25 years.
Family members mourn the death of their Covid victim.
Centre asks TV Channels to
display new helpline numbers
New Delhi: The Union
Ministry of Informa-
tion and Broadcasting
advised private televi-
sion channels to pro-
mote awareness about
the four national-level
helpline numbers set up
to provide assistance to
people. The numbers
are 1075 - national hel-
pline number of Health
Ministry, 1075 for 24x7
call centre for address-
ing queries on COVID,
1098 for child helpline
number of Ministry of
Women Child Devel-
opment, 14567 - senior
citizens helpline of the
Ministry of Social Jus-
tice and Empowerment.
Only 6 states left
with over 100k
active cases: Govt
New Delhi: The Centre
on Sunday pointed to an
improving Covid-19 sit-
uation in the country
, as
the Ministry of Infor-
mation and Broadcast-
ing (IB) shared a list
and a map of the “only
six states” with more
than 100,000 active cases
of the viral disease.
“Only 6 states with
more than one lakh ac-
tive Covid-19 cases (As
on 30th May, 2021 till
8AM),” India Fights Co-
rona, the official IB
ministry handle on Cov-
id-19 updates, tweeted.
Together, the six states
have 1,449,036 or 68.52%
of the total active cases
of the disease across the
country. As of Sunday
morning, India’s tally
of active Covid-19 cases
stood at 2,114,508, as per
health ministry
.
India sent jet, Choksi
deportation docus to
Dominica: Antigua PM
New Delhi: India has
sent the deportation
documents for Mehul
Choksi, the diamond
merchantwantedforthe
PNB loan scam, to Dom-
inica. Mehul Choksi is
currently in Caribbean
island nation, where he
was caught while trying
to flee to Cuba from An-
tigua. The 62-year-old
has been living in Anti-
gua since 2018 after ob-
taining citizenship.
Sources in India’s in-
vestigatingagencies--the
Central Bureau of Inves-
tigation and the Enforce-
ment Directorate -- said
only case files have been
sent Dominica. The for-
eign ministry is coordi-
nating the case of Mehul
Choksi with the govern-
ments of Dominica and
Antigua and the CBI and
theEnforcementDirecto-
rate are assisting with
casedetails,sourcessaid.
Asked about a private
jet that arrived in Domi-
nica on May 28, Antigu-
an PM Gaston Browne
confirmed it to local me-
dia. “My understanding
is that the Indian gov-
ernment has sent some
documentation from the
courts in India to con-
firm that Mr Choksi is
indeed a fugitive and my
understanding is that
the documentation will
be utilised in the court
hearing next Wednes-
day
,” Browne said.
“The Indian govern-
ment seems to be going
all out to ensure that he
is repatriated to India so
that he can stand charg-
es there,” he added.
 Oxygen Express
delivers 2114.21 MT
Oxygen to Kerala,
Tamil Nadu
 Delhi reports under
1,000 cases again,
deaths below 100
 Italy extends travel
ban for India, Ban-
gladesh, Sri Lanka
 Karnataka Lock-
down to continue till
June 7, says Min
 Ratio of registra-
tions on CoWIN
portal to doses im-
proved: Top Official
 50 Black Fungus
deaths, 650 receiv-
ing treatment: Hary-
ana Chief Minister
 Haryana Lockdown
extended, some
restrictions eased
HIGHLIGHTS
Unfair to call Kumbh
Mela Covid super
spreader: Top official
Dehradun: A top
Kumbh Mela official
said it was unfair to call
itaCovid“super-spread-
er” as just 0.2% of total
RT-PCR tests conducted
in Haridwar from Janu-
ary 1 till the conclusion
of the event returned a
positive result, while
0.5% police personnel
contracted the virus.
Mela IG Sanjay Gun-
jyal also said the reli-
gious event formally
began on April 1 when
the second wave of Cov-
id was already raging
in states like Maha-
rashtra and Haryana.
“If we scientifically
analyse the data of
Haridwar district right
from January 1 to the
conclusion of Kumbh
on April 30, attempts to
create a perception that
Kumbh was a super-
spreader of the pan-
demic look unfair,” San-
jay Gunjyal said. He
was in charge of the
entire security arrange-
ments in Haridwar and
adjoining areas during
the Kumbh mela.
Reeling off data to
make his point, the sen-
ior official said 8.91
lakh RT-PCR tests were
conducted in the dis-
trict from January 1 to
April 30 out of which
only 1,954 (0.2 per cent)
were positive.Citing an-
other reason why the
Kumbh Mela cannot be
considered a super-
spreader event, he said
out of over 16,000 police
personnel deployed in
the Kumbh Mela Kshet-
ra only 88 (or just a little
above 0.5 per cent) had
tested positive for Covid
by April 30.
“It is a fact worth tak-
ing note of as the secu-
rity personnel on duty
were directly dealing
with the crowds con-
verging at Har ki Pairi
and other Ganga ghats
for a holy dip in the riv-
er. In spite of that, a
very low percentage of
security personnel test-
ed positive,” Sanjay
Gunjyal said.
Kumbh Mela, which
is attended by people
from different parts of
the country in large
numbers, drew flak
from various quarters
as the number of cases
rose at a rapid pace.
Devotees at Kumbh Mela.
Can’t let guard down, prepare
to face third wave:Thackeray
Mumbai: Cautioning
people against a third
wave of Covid infec-
tions and asking them
not to lower their guard,
Maharashtra CM Ud-
dhav Thackeray an-
nounced that the re-
strictions imposed in
state to curb the spread
of the infection will be
extended till June 15.
He said that the state
government will take
stock of the situation in
each district and may
tighten or relax the
curbs in specific areas.
“I don’t know when and
what date the third
wave will come. So we
should not let our guard
down,” he said. “In the
last three-four days, the
numbers matched the
peak of the last wave.
But one good thing is
the recovery rate which
is now 92 per cent,” Ma-
harashtra CM said.
Mehul Choksi

NEWS
07
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi in
his monthly radio pro-
gram Mann Ki Baat
which was aired on
Sunday praised the ef-
forts of the rescue
workers during the af-
termath of cyclones of
Tauktae and Yaas. The
PM also praised the Co-
rona Warriors who
have been continuously
working to help the
country during the pan-
demic.
The Prime Minister
during the programme
on Sunday, praised
Dinesh Upadhyay of
Jaunpur who has been
driving medical oxygen
tankers for the past 17
years. The PM who
spoke with Dinesh over
the phone enquired
from Dinesh about the
health of all his family
members. The Prime
Minister during the
brief call praised
Dinesh for his hard
work. Dinesh during
the interaction with
PM, recounted his expe-
rience during the pan-
demic after which the
PM said that the coun-
try will be able to win
the battle against Coro-
na because there are
lakhs of people like
Dinesh Upadhyay en-
gaged in fighting
against it as well as
helping their own coun-
trymen.
PM during the ses-
sion said that the onset
of the second wave of
Corona increased the
demand of medical oxy-
gen in the country and
which over the time be-
came a big challenge.
He added that trans-
porting medical oxygen
to far-flung parts of the
country was indeed a
huge task as a small er-
ror could lead to devas-
tating accident.
He further added that
the cryogenic tanker
drivers, Oxygen Ex-
press and Air Force pi-
lots helped the country
in meeting this chal-
lenge as they worked on
a war footing and hence
saved hundreds and
thousands of lives.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
on Hindi Journalism
Day announced that the
state government will
give financial assis-
tance to the journalist
who lost their life due to
Covid. A sum of Rs 10
lakh each will be pro-
vided to the family of
the deceased journal-
ists.
The decision to pro-
vide assistance was
given by the CM during
a review meeting with
team-9 and soon after
the instruction, the In-
formation Department
has begun collecting all
the details about the de-
ceased journalists. The
announcement about
the financial assistance
was given by the Mrit-
yunjay Kumar, Media
Advisor Secretary to
CM Yogi Adityanath via
a tweet.
Journalists during
both the waves of Co-
rona played an impor-
tant role in ensuring
that the facts about the
virus could reach the
public. They without
worrying about their
own safety were in the
field, providing news.
Many of them unfortu-
nately contracted the
dreaded virus and some
even lost their life to the
virus leaving behind
their family members.
Due to some journalists
being the sole bread
winner, the family of
these journalist were
finding it hard to make
their ends meet. The
Chief Minister of the
state took cognizance
of the issue and on Sun-
day announced a finan-
cial package to the jour-
nalists. This was not
the only great gesture
by the state government
as on Saturday
, a special
scheme was announced
for the protection and
care of children who
lost their parents to Co-
rona virus.
Pramod Goswami,
former state head Press
Trust of India, has ap-
preciated Yogi’s initia-
tive for families of jour-
nalists who lost their
lives during Corona epi-
demic. He said that fi-
nancial help to the kins
of deceased journalist
will provide them
strength for future.
PM lauds Jaunpur’s
Dinesh for ferrying
Oxy for past 17 years
CM Yogi declares
`10 lakh assistance
to journalists who
succumbed to covid
GB VARSITY’S EX-STUDENT FROM US CHIPS IN
TO PROVIDE HELP IN FIGHT AGAINST CORONA
NOOSE
TIGHTENS
AROUND UP
COOP BANK
MD, 4 FORMER
OFFICERS
The state government is going to
take action against managing
director UP Cooperative Bank
Bhupendra Kumar and four other
retired officers for their alleged
involvement in appointment scam
in the cooperative department.
The departmental action will be
taken against retired officers for
their complicity in the scandal. As
per the rule action can be taken
against officers within four years of
the retirement. Bhupendra Kumar
is the second MD who has been
found involved in the scam. Earlier
UPCB MD RK Singh was also an
accused in the case. According to
SIT report the probe agency has
also sought investigation in the
properties of the then selection
board chairman Ram Jatan Yadav.
The government has approved
the SIT report. Others named in
the report are the then secretary
Rakesh Kumar Mishra, member
Santosh Shrivastav and general
manager UP rural development
bank Narad Yadav. The additional
chief Secretary cooperative
department MVS Ramireddy said
that the department has sought
report on FIR of SIT. Thereafter the
department would initiate action
against these officers. The general
secretary of the Sahkar Bharati UP
Virendra Pandey while thanking the
Chief Minister has demanded quick
departmental action.
—First India Bureau
PANDEYJI
DELIVERING
IN KANPUR!
It has been two months since the
Police Commissioner system was
implemented in Kanpur but the
upheaval continues for deployment
of more than a dozen IPS and
PPS rank officers to improve law
and order. However, in the midst
of all this, one officer in police
department Pandeyji’s working style
has become a topic of discussion
not only in Kanpur but also in police
circles of every district of the state.
Though criticism of police is not
an unusual thing, but Pandeyji has
been successful in making criminals
reach their deserved destination.
Further when an incident becomes
a source of embarrassment for the
police, he is roped in to save the
credibility of police by solving the
case owing to his efficient strategies
and his intellect. He has become
a close confidant of his senior
officials due to his connect with
common man and ability to check
crime besides has also come true
to his expectations. Though he is a
circle officer in Police department
he has come a long way in his
journey from a recruit constable
to Circle Officer and has worked in
Police department in GRP Kanpur,
Lucknow, Agra, Mughalsarai also.
He is the most sought after cop for
solving cases of train robbery to
check rising crime graph of district.
In the current Corona phase, he
performed the role of a Corona
Warrior of police department by
making people aware in his own
style. —Sumit Awasthi
Aligarh Hooch tragedy: MP targets
district admin as toll touches 60+
Janardan Misra
Aligarh: More than 60
persons lost their lives
while several others
where in critical condi-
tion in hospitals after
consuming spurious
liquor. Though district
administration was
claiming 25 deaths only
but more than 60 dead
bodies had reached in
mortuary in past few
days.
Taking serious note
on the matter, Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath had ordered
probe and instructed to
take stringent actions
against the culprits.
Sanjay Boosreddy,
ACS, Excise Depart-
ment had suspended
five officials from im-
mediate effect and or-
dered departmental
probe against them in
the matter. The sus-
pended officials were
Dheeraj Sharma, dis-
trict excise officer,
Rajesh Kumar Yadav,
excise inspector area 3,
Ashok Kumar head con-
stable area 3, Chandra
Prakash Yadav excise
inspector area 4 and
Ramraj Rana excise
constable area-4.
Meanwhile, MP Sat-
ish Kumar Gautam has
alleged that district ad-
ministration was trying
to ignore seriousness of
the matter. He said that
district magistrate was
not vigilant after the in-
cident which caused
trouble for villagers.
Actions would be taken
against concern offic-
ers for their negligence,
he pointed out.
SSP Kalanidhi
Naithani had suspend-
ed Lodha station house
officer Abhay Kumar
Sharma and investiga-
tion was handed over to
SP crime. It was report-
ed that poisonous liq-
uor was sold in Lodha
area majorly. Police
have registered three
cases against 15 per-
sons into the matter
and six accused were
arrested.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann ki Baat’. —FILE PHOTO
Shocking video showing covid patient’s
body thrown in Rapti river goes viral
First India Bureau
Balrampur: The vid-
eo of a Corona infect-
ed old man’s body be-
ing dumped in Rapti
river near Sisai Ghat
bridge on National
Highway has gone vi-
ral on social media. In
the viral video two
people are seen, one
of them wearing a
PPE kit, throwing the
body in river from the
bridge. Taking cogni-
zance of the viral vid-
eo, district adminis-
tration swung into
action and ordered
investigation of in the
incident. A case has
been lodged against
Sanjay Kumar, neph-
ew of Corona-infected
deceased Premnath
Mishra (68), resident
of Shohratgarh, and
another person under
sections of Epidemic
Act and Disaster Man-
agement in Dehat Kot-
wali.
According to Dr AP
Mishra, Nodal officer
of L-2 Joint District
Hospital, Balrampur,
the deceased Prem-
nath was admitted to
L-2 Hospital Joint Dis-
trict Hospital, Bal-
rampur on May 25.
During treatment he
died during late even-
ing hours of May 28.
On May 29 afternoon,
the family arrived to
take his body. The
family asked the driv-
er of the vehicle to
take the body at the
Sisai Ghat on Rapti
River for performing
the last rites.
On this, the health
workers removed the
dead body and provid-
ed a PPE kit to the
family. The family
members threw the
body from the bridge
into the Rapti river.
However the video of
the entire incident
went viral on social
media after which the
Health department
and administration
came into action.
Case registered
against nephew of
deceased, 1 other
First India Bureau
Noida: The Jewar re-
gion of Uttar Pradesh is
quite abuzz these days.
Having made it to top of
the chart headlines re-
cently after the an-
nouncement of one of
the biggest Green field
airports, the region has
once again come into
the limelight.
More foreign support
continued to pour in for
Jewar amid the COV-
ID-19 pandemic with a
Vietnamese woman set-
tled in the US now chip-
ping in with funds to
ramp up healthcare in-
frastructure in the pre-
dominantly rural re-
gion of Gautam Buddh
Nagar in Uttar Pradesh.
The help came from
Bhikkhuni Nguyen Thi
Sau (Tam Naghiem),
who pursued her PhD
from the Gautam Bud-
dh University (GBU),
Greater Noida in 2013,
after masters from the
Delhi University, Jewar
MLA Dhirendra Singh
said.
“She is presently
staying in the US and
studying at the Huyen
Trang Temple (Monas-
tery), New Caney, Tex-
as,” GBU’s School of
Buddhist Studies and
Civilization faculty
member Arvind Singh
said. Apprised of the
pandemic situation in
the region, the GBU
alumni had contacted
her teacher and ex-
pressed a wish to help
the region financially
.
The teacher then
asked her to instead
help the Jewar MLA in
procuring medicines
and equipment that
could be used in the lo-
cal healthcare centres,
some of which have
been converted into
Covid care facilities by
the lawmaker’s efforts
and support from state
government and pri-
vate partners.
“She was also told to
make the payments to
the vendor directly in-
stead of sending it to
someone else. Some in-
verters have been pur-
chased by her which
would be used for power
backup for oxygen con-
centrators at primary
health centres in Rabu-
pura and Jahangirpur,”
the BJP MLA said.
The lawmaker had
earlier this week writ-
ten to industrialists of
the region seeking their
support in ramping up
healthcare infrastruc-
ture in Community
Health Centres (CHCs)
and Public Health Cen-
tre (PHC) in his constit-
uency, predominantly a
rural area some 75 km
from Delhi in western
Uttar Pradesh.
Meanwhile, the Noi-
da Authority also pro-
vided 20 oxygen concen-
trators for healthcare
facilities in Jewar, the
MLA said.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A person
named Abid Hawri
under a false identity
of an Inspector of
Crime Branch first
trapped a boutique
operator in love and
then forcibly married
the woman while
threatening to make
the illegally taken
pornographic video
of them woman viral.
The woman said
that soon after mar-
riage, the accused
made her change
name in Aadhar card
and Pancard as Ayes-
ha and that she was
often tortured by the
accused. The woman
decided to file a com-
plaint after she got to
know that he has 3
wives and 7 children
already
.
Ajay Tripathi, In-
spector Indiranagar
said that the now ar-
rested accused Hawri
had acquainted him-
self with the victim
in 2015 when he had
gone to the victim’s
house inquiring for
rent.
The accused had
introduced himself to
victim as Aditya
Pratap Singh and that
he worked as an In-
spector in Crime
Branch. The accused
then after making a
pornographic video
of the victim forced
her to marry
.
Man fakes identity
to marry, torture girl
 Apprised of the
pandemic situation in the
region, the GBU alumni
had contacted her teacher
and expressed a wish to
help the region financially
 The teacher asked her
to help the Jewar MLA in
procuring medicines and
equipment that could be
used in the local health
centres, some of which
have been converted into
Covid care facilities
Tam Naghiem is presently
staying in the US and
studying at the Huyen
Trang Temple (Monastery), Texas
-Arvind Singh, faculty, GB University

08
2NDFRONT
The end of a month is not the end
but actually the beginning of a new
month, so it is with life! Wishing
all our readers a healthy month ahead!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Over11Ktobevaxeddailyat3centres:DM Journalistshoulddesist
fromfakenews,saysmin
First India Bureau
LUCKNOW: Chairing a
meeting at Smart City
Auditorium District
Magistrate Abhishek
Prakashreviewedprepa-
rationsfortheMegaVac-
cination Camp and di-
rected to complete ar-
rangements at Chhota
Imambara, Ekana Stadi-
um and KD Singh Babu
Stadium by Monday af-
ternoon as he would per-
sonally verify it.
He said more than
11,000 people would be
vaccinated daily in all
three mega vaccination
centers for which ade-
quatearrangementshad
been made. Arrange-
ment of drinking water,
toilets, parking, selfie
points etc should be en-
sured at all centers.
At the meeting, the
DM said Emergency
Medical Centers should
be set up at all Mega
Vaccination Centers
wherein arrangements
bemadeforfouroxygen-
ated beds each at Emer-
gency Medical Center at
KD Singh Babu Stadium
and Chhota Imambara
besides 8 oxygenated
beds at Ekana Stadium.
He also directed that a
hospital near each mega
center should be pre-
pared for medical emer-
gency and selected Civil
Hospital for KD Singh
Babu Stadium, KGMU
for Chhota Imambara
and Medanta Hospital
for Ekana Stadium. He
instructed the Regional
Ambulance Officer to
make arrangements for
two ambulances at Eka-
na Stadium and one am-
bulance each for Chhota
Imambara and KD Sin-
gh Babu Stadium.
Mathura: Uttar
Pradesh Cabinet Minis-
ter Chaudhary Laxmi
NarainonSundayasked
journalists to desist
from fake news while
expressingcommitment
for their safety
.
Taking part in a pro-
gramme held to mark
Hindi Journalism Day,
the minister said the
harassment of journal-
ists will not be tolerat-
ed. Since Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath has
the highest regard for
journalists, their safety
and security is his
prime concern, he said.
However, journalists
are “advised to desist
fromfakenews”,Chaud-
hary said. Condemning
attacks on journalists,
former state education
minister Shyam Sundar
Sharma said it is the
moral responsibility of
the government to pro-
vide adequate security
to journalists. Impartial
reporting creates a
healthy environment in
society
, the former min-
ister added.
REAL LIFE HERO
Spicejet aircraft depicts an image of Bollywood actor Sonu Sood, to salute him for his social work during Covid-19 lockdown, at Varanasi airport.
O2 crisis is due
to govt’s lack of
planning: Priyanka
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Congress
general secretary Pri-
yanka Gandhi Vadra
blamed the govern-
ment’sallegedincom-
petence and lack of
planning for the med-
icaloxygencrisisdur-
ing the second wave
of coronavirus in the
country, and said it
must answer the pub-
lic for the lives lost to
Covid-19.
Takingforwardher
“Zimmedaar Kaun
(who is responsible)”
campaign, under
which she has been
asking questions of
the government over
its handling of the
pandemic, she said
it’stimefortheruling
dispensation to an-
swer for its actions
She alleged that In-
dia increased its oxy-
gen exports by “700
per cent during 2020
and did not make any
efforts to import oxy-
gen” when the de-
mand in the country
skyrocketed during
the second Covid
wave. “It is clear that
the Modi govern-
ment’s lack of plan-
ning and incompe-
tence are responsible
for the shortage of
oxygen that devastat-
ed lives in the second
wave. Now, it’s time
for them to answer to
thepublic,”shesaidin
a Facebook post. She
asked as to why there
was “no contingency
plan”forthesupplyof
oxygen.“Whywasthe
advice of the Empow-
ered Group-VI sum-
marily ignored? Why
was no provision
made for increasing
cryogenic tankers,
whenbyallaccountsa
second wave was im-
minent?” she asked.
DM Abhishek Prakash chairing a meeting to review preparation
for mega vaccination, at Smart City Auditorium on Sunday.
Unnao Again: excess
water deals a ‘body blow’
Monoclonal
antibodies
given to C+
During visit to Gorakhpur, Deoria, Basti,
CM reviews preparations for containing JE
Govt starts establishing PICU and
neo natal ICUs in all medical colleges
First India Bureau
Lucknow:TheYogiAdi-
tyanath Government
has launched hectic
preparations to contain
the possible third pan-
demic wave which is
likely to affect the chil-
dren at a time when the
state may also face an-
nual outbreak of Japa-
nese encephalitis (JE) in
Purvanchal. The gov-
ernment has thus
planned to effectively
tackle both in next few
months.
Chief minister Yogi
Adityanath said that
when the monsoon sea-
son is going to start soon
east UP could face resur-
gence of JE. He said the
medical experts have
talkedaboutoutbreakof
third wave of Covid 19
that could affect the chil-
dren.
Thus under pro-active
policy of surveillance
about the twin threat
would simultaneously
have to be taken. During
his last visit to Gorakh-
pur, Deoria, Kushinagar,
Sidhdharth Nagar and
Basti, the chief minister
also reviewed the prepa-
rations for containing
JE. Special instructions
have been issued about
setting up of paediatric
intensive care unit
(PICU)insensitiveareas
where twin danger is
possible. Other districts
have also been asked for
setting up of PICU. The
state government hopes
that its past experience
in tackling JE would
help in containing the
third wave also.
Aftercomingtopower
in 2017 Adityanath had
made special efforts in
containing annual out-
break of JE in Purvan-
chal and succeeded in
his efforts to a large ex-
tent. The government
has started preparation
on war footing to estab-
lish PICU and neo natal
intensive care units in
all medical colleges in
the state. In this connec-
tion the government has
planned 100-bed PICUs
in hospitals at the divi-
sional headquarters and
25-bed PICUs at the dis-
trict headquarters. Med-
ical experts have veered
round the view that chil-
dren would be vulnera-
bletopossiblethirdwave
that is being feared in
September-October.
Yogi said that the gov-
ernment had been fol-
lowing proactive policy
in the fight against the
pandemic. He said the
governmenthadalready
brought down JE cases
by75% anddeathrateby
95% among children.
“We will use our experi-
ence in tackling JE to
protect out children
from a possible third
wave, he said in Deoria.
Yogi further said he
would continue to re-
view the preparations in
the JE-affected districts
of Deoria, Kushi Nagar,
Basti and Sidhdharth
Nagar
First India Bureau
Unnao: Owing to rise in
water level of Ganga
river in Unnao for past
two days, soil erosion
has been witnessed in
manyplaces.Thisrisein
water level has also re-
sulted in floating of bod-
ies of Corona victims
buried in sand on river
bank as well as sand
mound present in mid-
dle of river surface up.
Dozensof bodieswere
buried at Buxar Ghat in
Bighapuraround15days
ago. Some people in-
formed that now the re-
mains of bodies buried
in the past two weeks
hadstartedtosurfaceup.
Itmaybementionedthat
recently graph of deaths
from Corona and other
diseases had increased.
Hundreds of bodies
were buried on the sand
dunessituatedinmiddle
of Gangesafterspacefor
funeral fell short at Bux-
ar crematorium ghat of
Bighapur, situated on
the border of Fatehpur
and Rae Bareli districts.
The risk of infection
had increased as bodies
buried in sand were be-
ing dug up by dogs and
dragged to river side.
Taking cognizance of
the same, district ad-
ministration came into
action on May 12. After
the matter reached the
government, District
Magistrate Ravindra
Kumar asked SDM
( B i g h a p u r )
Dayashankar Pathak
and SDM (Bindki) Pri-
yanka in Fatehpur to
get the map of the area
checked by Revenue
team.
In its report, the
Bighapur SDM men-
tioned the sand dunes to
be in Bindki Tehsil bor-
der of Fatehpur dis-
trict. The officers of
Fatehpur and Unnao
had got the bodies cov-
ered by sand after re-
moving cloth on the
mounds. After this, the
DM prohibited burial
of bodies on river bank.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: There has
been a continuous de-
cline in fresh cases of
Covid-19 in Uttar
Pradesh.
Now, there is a good
news for the people of
the state. A city hospital
has administered ad-
ministered monoclonal
antibody for the first
time in UP to a patient
who was in early stage
of Covid. Since there
wasnoreaction,anearly
recovery of the patient
from Covid is expected.
Dr Rakesh Kapoor,
Medical Director, Me-
danta Hospital, said that
with the support of mi-
cro and macro planning
of Govt. and co- opera-
tion of people the inci-
dences of Covid have
considerably reduced
andtheyhaveseparately
started a post covid care
departmentwithanICU.
DOUBLE TROUBLE: JE-stung UP
readiesforTsunami of Covid3.0
A child suffering from Japanese encephalitis lies on a bed at a hospital in Gorakhpur —FILE PHOTO
Dozens of bodies were buried in sand on river bank —FILE PHOTO
Aditi Nagar / Yogesh Sharma
New Delhi / Jaipur:
After Rajeev Satav’s un-
timely demise, the post
of Gujarat Incharge is
lying vacant and Con-
gresspartysourceshave
told First India that Ra-
jasthan leader Sachin
Pilot was considered for
the same but has in-
formed high command
that he is not interested
in being Gujarat Con-
gress in charge.
Sources add that Ra-
jasthan chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has sug-
gestedAvinashPandey’s
name for the post. If it
really happens, Pandey
will be benefitted in a
big way from Gehlot’s
Gujarat experience
when he was Gujarat In-
charge in 2017 elections
when Congress won 77
seats, its highest seat
win for the past 32 years
in the state.
Well,whoeverismade
inchargeof Gujarat,one
thing is for sure that like
2017, Rahul Gandhi will
be focusing on Gujarat
electionsandisthistime
too he will spend good
time in the state cam-
paigning for the party
.
And he would prefer a
leader who gives him
right feedback from
ground zero.
Sachin Pilot’s name is
also in the running for
Uttar Pradesh Incharge,
a post held by Jyotiradi-
tya Scindia earlier be-
fore he quit Congress to
join BJP. Pilot could be
given the charge keep-
ing in mind the political
and caste balance of
Eastern UP, which goes
for elections next year.
It is said that Pilot has
refused to leave Ra-
jasthan but brainstorm-
ing is on at the highest
levels in the Congress
leadership on the issue.
Before taking up the re-
sponsibility of any other
state, Pilot will push for
resolving the issues of
Rajasthanandexpectthe
High Command to agree
to his propositions.
The party has now ex-
panded its list for Guja-
rat and is considering
Mukul Wasnik, B K
Hariprasad, and Mohan
Prakash. Mukul Was-
nik was Gujarat in-
charge from 2000 till
2005, B K Hariprasad
was from 2006 to 2010
and Mohan Prakash
was from 2010-12. So far,
Avinash Pandey is con-
cerned he has been in-
charge of NSUI and
Youth Congress and all
four have connections
with state leaders and
will not feel like playing
on an unknown pitch.
Pandey, Pilot , Wasnik or ... Who is to lead Gujarat Congress?
Avinash Pandey Sachin Pilot Mukul Wasnik
Chaudhary Laxmi Narain
The bodies were seen by some
people of the village. The SDM
reached the spot but there was
no such body. If the dead body
is seen it will be buried properly. We
have deputed persons on duty under the
supervision of SDM and field officers.
—Anand Kulkarni, Unnao SP
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LUCKNOW, MONDAY
MAY 31, 2021
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e were confined back
towards a safer
place, and while it
has been another ad-
venture for us to
stay amidst the four
walls, it is slowly
getting back towards the
time we step outside, once
again. We will be seeing
each other in the offices
once again, keeping in mind
all the Covid-19 protocols
and we cannot stop thinking
about our perfect outfit, be-
cause, we enjoy the hustle of
being prepped up for our
tasks. My suggestion, go for
the easy breezy Palazzos.
They are the perfect match
for summer as well as they
can blend in with every type
of clothing, they can make
you look super corporate,
classy, sassy, a professional,
and sometimes a lousy mar-
keteer.
For the professionals, the
Palazzos can ignore the col-
ourful display and follow a
chequered pattern or a mon-
ochrome array, which would
go perfectly with a shirt and
a coat if need be, matching
up with the perfect office
shoes or boots, if you are too
particular about the way
you present yourself.
For the easy-going ladies,
who aren’t afraid of a little
experiment, Palazzos can
match perfectly with a crop
top, a bralette, a tank top or
even an umbrella cut shirt.
You can colour code your
pants with your top if need
be or ditch colour coding
and go for the blend that
matches your hair or nail
paint, or perhaps your foot-
wear.
When we think of palaz-
zos the first picture that
comes to our mind is its ma-
terial, the fabric, while, the
most desired cloth is cotton,
but you may either go for
the denim palazzos and raw
silk or broquede too.
Well, another thing, don’t
forget to pair it all up with
your mask and always re-
member no matter what, do
gaj doori mask hai zaroori.
Let’s head to a safer and
fashionable world.
All
about
PalazzosLadies!
We
are
ready
to
conquer
the
world
as
we
slowly
get
back
to
our
battlefields
once
again,
yes,
right,
the
office,
which
has
been
our
home
for
a
little
while
now,
once
again.
Let’s
get
back
with
Palazzos!
SUSHMITA AIND
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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