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First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
on Monday directed of-
ficials to requisition the
services of doctors, se-
curity personnel, para-
medical employees who
have recently recovered
from COVID19 and de-
ploy them at hospitals
facing staff crunch.
Officials have been
told to prepare district-
wise lists of such per-
sons. The UP CM, who
was presiding a high-
level meeting with his
Team 11 and other sen-
ior officials said there
was no need for people
to panic as fresh COV-
ID19 positive cases have
gone down in the state
in the last 3 days. While
issuing instructions to
ensure that no govern-
ment or private hospi-
tal denies admission to
COVID-19 patients if
beds are available at
these hospitals, he
asked officials to gear
up for the Mega May 1
vaccination drive free
of cost to all those above
18 years of age.
“The government has
asked all hospitals with
100 beds or more to set
up their own oxygen
plants. This would re-
duce their dependence
on liquid oxygen to a
great extent,” it said. It
further said that 50 per
cent of the 108 ambu-
lance services will be
used for COVID-19 work
so that patients do not
face any problems.
He instructed the
State Health Depart-
ment to work out an ac-
tion plan to conduct the
vaccination campaign
on a large scale. The
state government will
take forward the vacci-
nation programme
with its own resources.
The youth across the
state had played a sig-
nificant role in educat-
ing their parents and
relatives about the ben-
efits of vaccination and
had made them aware
of the state govern-
ment’s- ‘Teeka-Utsav’,
as a result of which,
people in large num-
bers participated ac-
tively in the Turn to P6
CM Yogi Adityanath on Monday said that he was feeling better
after recovering from Coronavirus.
2ND
O2 EXPRESS
CHUGS INTO
LUCKNOW
Lucknow: An Oxygen
Express train, carrying
80,000 litres of medical
oxygen in four tankers,
reached Charbagh Rail-
way Station on Monday
morning from Bokaro in
Jharkhand. Before this
on Saturday an Oxygen
Express had delivered
30,000 litres of oxygen
in the State capital. The
Uttar Pradesh govern-
ment officials said the
arrival of more tankers
from Bokaro will further
ease out oxygen short-
age in the state capital
and elsewhere in Uttar
Pradesh. More on page 2
WAY AHEAD
Uttar Pradesh Leads
in Covid-19 Vaccina-
tion With as many
as 97,83,416 people
being given the first
dose and more than 20
lakh people receiving
both the doses, Uttar
Pradesh accounted for
the maximum number
of persons vaccinated,
said Additional Chief
Secretary (ACS) Health,
Amit Mohan Prasad.
The CM also instructed the state
health department to work out an
action plan to conduct the
vaccination campaign on a large scale
New Delhi/Chennai:
After the Madras High
Court observed that the
Election Commission
mustbeheld“singularly”
responsible for the sec-
ond wave of coronavirus
in the country
, sources
said on Monday that the
poll panel has trodden
with caution all along to
ensure COVID-19-free
polls, first in Bihar and
then in four states and a
union territory
.
They said while en-
forcing the Disaster
Management Act to en-
sure COVID-19-appro-
priate behaviour is the
responsibility of the
State Disaster Manage-
ment Authority, the
Commission invoked its
constitutional powers
to place curbs on cam-
paigning in West Bengal
to reduce exposure of
people to the virus.
“We were ahead of
the curve in ensuring
safety of voters and per-
sonnel in the pandem-
ic,” a functionary said.
They said that after
the successful conduct
of the Bihar assembly
elections in November
2020 involving 73 mil-
lion voters at 1,06,000
polling booths, there
was widespread appre-
ciation of strength and
capability of the consti-
tutional authority
.
Turn to P6
Kolkata: The seventh
and second-last phase
of polling in 34 Bengal
assembly seats in four
districts and a part of
south Kolkata were held
peacefully on Monday
barring stray violence
in some areas even as a
sharp spike in coronavi-
rus infections kept
many voters indoors.
The overall provi-
sional voting rate at
11,376 polling booths
stood at 75.06 % at 5 pm.
“Polling was conducted
peacefully today,” the
election commission
(EC) said in a statement
in the evening.
Elections were held
at six seats each in
South Dinajpur and
Malda, nine in Murshi-
dabad, nine in West
Burdwan and four in
Kolkata. The number of
candidates and voters
were 268 and 81,88,907
respectively
. The eighth
and last phase will be
held on April 29 and
campaigning for it end-
ed on Monday
.
At 51.91% till 5 pm,
polling was drastically
low in Kolkata, Turn to P6
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Anxiety pierced IPL’s bio-secure bubble with off-spinner
Ravichandran Ashwin withdrawing from the league even
as the BCCI insisted that the glitzy league will go on.
IPL TO GO ON, FINE IF
ANYONE WANTS TO
LEAVE, SAYS BCCI
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
Bengaluru: Karnata-
ka has announced a
two-week lockdown
from Tuesday
, a day af-
ter reporting the big-
gest rise of over 34,000
new cases in 24 hours.
“COVID curfew will
be implemented in the
state from tomorrow 9
pm for the next 14
days,” Karnataka
Chief Minister BS
Yediyurappa said, us-
ing the phrase “close
down”.
Essential services
willbeallowedbetween
6 am and 10 am and
shops will close after
that. There will be no
public transport dur-
ing the curfew, the
Chief Minister said.
Only construction,
manufacturing and ag-
riculture sectors are
allowed to work. Travel
within the state and to
other states will also
not be allowed, except
for emergencies.
“People will have to
cooperate. If they do,
we can achieve our tar-
get,” Yediyurappa said.
CM said government
hospitals would pro-
vide free vaccinations
for those between 18
and44years;theCentre
has announced that
those over 45 will be
given shots free of cost.
l Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa announces two-week lockdown
from today, a day after reporting biggest rise of over 34,000 new cases in 24 hours
l IT hub Bengaluru, a city of 12 million, continues to report more and more
cases reaching its highest single-day spike of over 20,000 fresh infections
EC trod with caution,
was ahead of curve in
ensuring voters’ safety:
Sources after HC flak
75.06% voting,stray
violence mark 7th
phase Bengal polls
West Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee flashes
victory sign after casting her
vote in Kolkata on Monday.
CREATING GROUND FOR HEAVEN: An earthmover levels the land at a
temporary crematorium at Tavarakere, amid surge in coronavirus cases near
Bengaluru. Karnataka government has decided to set up open-air crematorium
on four-acre land at Tavarekere near Giddenahalli in Yelahanka constituency for
cremation of the virus victims to reduce burden on Bengaluru crematoriums.
NIGHT CURFEW
IN PUNJAB TOO
Chandigarh: Punjab
has announced a night
curfew - from 6 pm
to 5 am during week
days - and a weekend
lockdown - from 6 pm
on Friday to 5 am on
Monday - to combat
the rapidly increasing
number of coronavi-
rus cases in the state.
Start wearing masks
inside homes: Govt
New Delhi: The Centre
on Monday said it’s time
people started wearing
masks inside their
homes as well to keep
the coronavirus disease
(Covid-19) at bay as the
country is battling the
second wave of the pan-
demic.
“It’s time people start
wearing masks inside
their homes as well,”
said Dr VK Paul, Niti
Aayog’s member
(health), while briefing
the press.
The statement comes
at a time when India is
dealing with the deadli-
er, more infectious new
wave of the pandemic,
with hospitals in several
states across the coun-
try reeling under a
shortage of medical ox-
ygen and beds in view of
the rising number of
infections.
In view of the worsen-
ing oxygen crisis in In-
dia, the central govern-
ment said that rational
use of oxygen is impor-
tant, as are appropriate
prescriptions for drugs
such as Remdesivir and
Tocilizumab.
Meanwhile, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi and US Presi-
dent Joe Biden on
Monday spoke on
phone a day after US
said it will send raw
material for vaccine.
TN ALLOWS STERLITE PLANT
TO REOPEN TO PRODUCE O2
Chennai: Following an all-party meet chaired
by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami at
the secretariat in Chennai on Monday, the state
government decided to reopen the Sterlite
copper smelter plant at Thoothukudi for an
initial period of four months only to produce
medical oxygen in the time of covid crisis.
LOWER PRICES:
CENTRAL GOVT TO
VACCINE MAKERS
New Delhi: Centre
asked Serum Institute
and Bharat Biotech to
lower prices of their
COVID-19 vaccines
amid criticism from
various states who
objected to profiteer-
ing during crisis.Now
the two companies are
expected to come up
with revised pricing for
their vaccines.
CORONA
CATASTROPHE
INDIA
UTTAR PRADESH
3,52,991
New cases
33,574
New cases
2,812
New fatalities
249
New fatalities
Andrew Tye (Rajasthan Royals) and the duo of
Kane Richardson and Adam Zampa (both
Royal Challengers Bangalore) also withdrew.
HC WARNS EC: WE
CAN STOP COUNTING
Chennai: Reminding the
counsel of ECI that it is
all about “survival and
protection” now and that
“everything else comes
next”, the court further
said that it would issue
orders to stop counting
if ECI fails to prepare a
blueprint before May 2
on how Covid protocols
will be maintained during
the process.
Election Commission responsible for
spreading Covid, observes Madras HC

UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2021
02
First India Bureau
Lucknow:The Uttar
Pradesh government
rushed as many as 404
cylinders of oxygen
from Jhansi for the
treatment of COVID-19
patients admitted in the
hospitals of Tikam-
garh, Shivpuri, and Ni-
wari in Madhya
Pradesh (MP) and other
States.
“We have adequate
supply of oxygen so far
but keeping in mind the
future requirement, the
State government has
sactioned Rs 85 lakh to
set up one more oxygen
plant in Jhansi.
This will help in pro-
ducing 9000 litres of
oxygen on a daily ba-
sis,” said Andra Vamsi,
District Magistrate of
Jhansi.
In view of the in-
creasing number of
Covid patients in Jhan-
si, a private hospital
Ramraja has been reo-
pened in Niwari district
of Madhya Pradesh,
bordering Jhansi.
The DM said as of
now a total of 7,821 pa-
tients were being treat-
ed in 58 hospitals of
Jhansi.
The officials are also
monitoring over 2,500
patients who are home-
isolated. The Medical
College of Dehradun is
providing oxygen to
Jhansi. Also, two oxy-
gen plants have also
been set up in Goram-
chia and Bijauli areas
of the city
. Through this
plant, oxygen is also be-
ing exported to MP for
treating patients.
Apart from this, two
more oxygen plants will
be set up in the district
hospitals which will
help in the production
of 5000 litres of oxygen
every day. The oxygen
from these plants will
be directly provided to
the patient via pipeline.
If the patient is una-
ble to pay, then the Yogi
Government will bear
the cost under Ayush-
man Bharat Scheme.
Good samaritan UP to send oxygen to neighbouring states
FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURS
Yogi govt to bear the cost of treatment of the poor and needy
under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme. —FILE PHOTO
Another O2 Express storms its way into Lucknow from Bokaro
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In a major
relief to the gasping
dwellers of Uttar
Pradesh, an Oxygen
Express, carrying
80,000 litres of medical
oxygen in four tankers,
reached Charbagh
Railway Station on
Monday morning from
Bokaro in Jharkhand.
Before this on Satur-
day an Oxygen Express
had delivered 30,000 li-
tres of oxygen in the
State capital.
The state govern-
ment officials, speak-
ing on the issue said
that the arrival of
more tankers from
Bokaro will further
ease out oxygen
shortage in Lucknow
and other districts of
Uttar Pradesh.
Four empty tankers
were loaded into the
Oxygen Express when
it arrived in Lucknow
on Saturday
. After load-
ing oxygen in tankers
Steel Authority of In-
dia plant, the train had
left for Bokaro on Sun-
day afternoon.
A Green Corridor
was created for the
non-stop running of
the Oxygen Express.
A team of GRP per-
sonnel accompanied
the train to provide se-
curity cover, which ar-
rived in Lucknow on
Monday morning.
More tankers are on
their way by roads to
state capital Lucknow
which was facing an
acute shortage of oxy-
gen resulting in deaths
of many patients suf-
fering from the pan-
demic.
The State govern-
ment has also ordered
5,000 Jumbo type oxy-
gen cylinders for emer-
gency purposes. Out of
the total 500 are expect-
ed to arrive by Wednes-
day
.
Union Railway Min-
ister Piyush Goyal too
tweeted on Monday
confirming the arrival
of oxygen supplies in
the state capital.
“While ensuring oxy-
gen supply in Uttar
Pradesh, another
oxygen express from-
Bokaro, run by the
Indian Railways has
reached Lucknow. In-
dian Railways is
working with full
commitment to main-
tain a continuous
and adequate oxygen
supply,” he wrote.
Oxygen Express arrived at Charbagh Raiway Station on Monday.
HEY REMDESIVIR! YOGI GOVT TO GIVE
FREESHOTSTOCRITICALPATIENTS
Jab to be given to patients on recommendation of DMs, CMOs of respective districts
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Yogi govern-
ment on Monday an-
nounced that it will give
Remdesivir injections
free to critical patients
in government-run and
private hospitals on rec-
ommendation of Dis-
trict Magistrates and
Chief Medical Officers.
However, the private
hospitals will have to
procure this drug from
the manufacturing com-
panies and the market.
In case, Remdesivir
is not available in pri-
vate hospitals and it is
very necessary for the
survival of any patient,
then on the basis of the
prescription issued by
the hospital, the Dis-
trict Magistrate and the
Chief Medical Officer
can provide this life-
saving drug for the con-
cerned patient. Yogi,
who held a high-level
meeting on Monday,
said that there was no
shortage of Remdesivir
and other life-saving
drugs as their supply
was increasing on a dai-
ly basis.
He has also ordered to
provide adequate vials
of Remdesivir as per the
demand of the districts.
If required, private hos-
pitals should also be
provided Remedisvir at
fixed rates, he said.
Directing officials to
use ‘Dawai Bhi Kadai
Bhi,’ the CM asked
them to ensure that
there was no wastage of
vaccines. Remdesivir
will be supplied by Ut-
tar Pradesh Medical
Supplies Corporation
Ltd to all government
and private hospitals
and medical colleges.
According to health
officials, around 5500
patients are presently
being given this jab on a
daily basis. The distri-
bution of the injection
is donethrough Direc-
tor General, Medical
Education and Train-
ing, and Uttar Pradesh
Medical Supplies Cor-
poration Limited.
Remdesivir will be
provided every day to
hospitals having L-2
COVID beds. Every
district will be given
1800 vials for emer-
gencies. These vials
will be given to pa-
tients at the fixed
rates so that the life
of a person can be
saved.
CM Yogi, who is under isolation, has asked officials to minimise wastage of drugs, vaccines.
Yogi Speaks
Yogi Speaks
UP CM has condoled
death of Jagdish
Khattar former MD of
Maruti, saying he will
be remembered for his
tremendous contribu-
tion to the automobile
industry.
UP CM has congratu-
lated officials and
voters for their par-
ticipation despite Covid
and successful comple-
tion of the third phase
of the three-tier Pan-
chayat Election-2121.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath has
expressed his gratitude
to Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi for approv-
ing medical oxygen
plants in 47 districts of
Uttar Pradesh includ-
ing Lucknow by utilis-
ing resources from the
PM Cares Fund.
Singh criticises oppn
for politicising Covid
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Under fire
from Opposition parties
leaders over misman-
agement of Covid pan-
demic, the UP govern-
ment on Monday hit-
back saying they should
desist from spreading
lies and stop playing
petty politics in this
hour of crisis.
Calling out Con-
gress leader Priyanka
Gandhi and Samajwa-
di Party chief Akh-
ilesh Yadav, UP gov-
ernment spokesper-
son Sidharth Nath
Singh said that in-
stead of serving hu-
manity at this time of
COVID-19 crisis, they
are indulging in a
game of one-upman-
ship.
“Opposition should
talk carefully about
COVID-19 crisis. We
have rest of the life left
to play cheap politics
but at this time, every-
one should join hands to
serve people,” he said.
Taking a dig at the
Congress, Singh, asked
that what Congress did
to strengthen health in-
frastructure during its
50 years of governance.
“They served for 50
years but what did they
do for health infrastruc-
ture? All Congress
know is to play politics,”
Singh said.
He also criticized at
Samajwadi party and
said that during their
four years of the re-
gime, SP did not do any
work for the health in-
frastructure of the state
and now they are ques-
tioning Yogi Govern-
ment.
“Those who spent
healthcare funds in or-
ganising Safai Mahot-
sav have no right to lec-
ture us,” said Singh re-
acting to Samajwadi
Party leader Anurag
Bhadoria’s criticism of
the Yogi government.
MSME Minister and Uttar
Pradesh govt’s spokespeson
Sidharth Nath Singh.
HANDS-UP...SANITISE!
A man being sanitised after performing last rites of his relative at Gulala Ghat in Lucknow.
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
UP govt to revive defunct BPCL unit in
Prayagraj to manufacture oxy-cylinders
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Yogi
Aditynatah govern-
ment has decided to re-
vive a defunct public
sector undertaking in
Prayagraj and use it to
manufacture oxygen
cylinders to meet the
shortage and also to pro-
vide employment.
The State govern-
ment has placed an or-
der for 3,000 empty cyl-
inders with Bharat
Pumps and Compressor
Limited (BPCL), the
closed public sector unit
of the Government of
India, and asked it to de-
liver them by next
month.
The company
, located
at Prayagraj, has
promptly agreed to it
and promised to manu-
facture the required cyl-
inders in three weeks’
time.
It will largely meet
the requirement of
empty gas cylinders for
refill in the times of
Covid.
Additional Chief Sec-
retary, MSME, Navneet
Sehgal said that as soon
as the state government
came to know about
BPCL,acompanywhich
was lying closed, the
CM asked the officials
to use the resources of
the factory. “We swung
into action, contacted
the BPCL, who readily
agreed to undertake the
assignment, and placed
the order to start pro-
duction,” he informed.
The state government
has extended all the fa-
cilities to the company
for the production to
start again. According
to the spokesman of
BPCL, the work is being
started on the initiative
of the Yogi government
which assured of all the
logistics to facilitate the
smooth functioning of
the factory
.
A man carries oxygen cylinder on his shoulder at Talkatora oxygen
plant of the city. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
SDM attends
office a day
after losing
her father
First India Bureau
Kanpur Dehat: Setting
an example of giving
priority to duty over
personal affairs, SDM
Deepali Bhargava went
out on duty on Monday
morning as usual tak-
ing stock of situation of
the polling booths in the
ongoing three-tier pan-
chayat elections in Kan-
pur Dehat district of
Uttar Pradesh.
Not many knew that
the officer had lost her
father a day before and
was emotionally dis-
tressed.
The SDM took stock
of all the polling centers
as usual while taking
command of the elec-
tions. Whoever came to
know about the reason
for SDM’s moist eyes sa-
luted her passion of ful-
filling duty first.
SDM Deepali Bhar-
gava’s father had died
on Sunday. In spite of
this, on Monday, she
came to take charge of
panchayat elections.
She was seen carrying
out her responsibilities
with full dedication.
The District Election
Officer and District
Magistrate applauded
Bhargava for her dedi-
cation towards her du-
ties in such a situation.
HC hearings
postponed
First India Bureau
Pryagraj: The Alla-
habad High Court
has postponed all
the cases listed to be
heard on 26th April
to May 10th, 11th
and 12th. In the or-
der issued by Acting
Chief Justice Sanjay
Yadav, of the cases to
be heard on 26th April
30 will be heard on
May 10th, 30 more on
May 11th and the re-
maining will be heard
on May 12th.

UTTAR PRADESH
03
As the sun has set on many businesses due to Covid-19, the boatmen in Varanasi too have been hit dramatically. In this picture, hundreds of boats, that usually dot the mighty
Ganges in Varanasi ferrying thousands of tourists from Assi Ghat to Raj Ghat everyday, are tied to hanger as tourism slumps to an all time low in the land of Lord Shiva.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: As Covid-19
cases surge continues
in Uttar Pradesh, flaws
in the system continue
to crop up. A former
elite RAW agent who
served imprisonment
in Pakistan for the sake
of the country, couldn’t
fetch the mandatory
(not now) CMO letter to
get timely Covid-19
treatment resulting in
his death on Monday
.
Manoj Kumar Dixit,
who was struggling
with financial con-
straints, had sought
help for treatment in a
government hospital.
But issuing of referral
letter from CMO office
got delayed.
Dixit was arrested in
Pakistan in 1992 on
charges of spying. He
had to face all kinds of
torture when he was
caught for spying on the
Afghanistan border. Yet
he did not compromise
with the security of
country. During espio-
nage in Pakistan, his
names were Yunus, Yu-
suf and Imran.
According to reports,
in RAW in the 80s, like
civil services, ordinary
citizens were being re-
cruited on the basis of
their merit. In 1985,
Manoj Kumar Dixit was
recruited from Najib-
abad. He was sent to Pa-
kistan after undergoing
military training twice.
He shared many im-
portant information
from Pakistan as a de-
tective including mis-
leading Kashmiri
youths and training
them on Afghanistan
border. He was arrested
in 1992 and kept in Ka-
rachi Jail. He was then
released on Wagha bor-
der in 2005 on the order
of top court there.
After release from Pa-
kistan he got married
in 2007. After some time
he came to know that
his wife has suffering
with cancer.
FLAWS IN SYSTEM

Manoj Kumar
Dixit, who was
struggling with
financial
constraints, had
sought help for
treatment in a
government
hospital Former RAW agent Manoj Kumar Dixit. —FILE PHOTO
RAWTRUTH:Letterdelaypushesformereliteagenttodeath
Ravaging Covid pushes UP health infra
to the walls; UP’s tally touches 3 lakh
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The ravag-
ing Covid-19 has
pushed Uttar Pradesh
health infrastructure
to the walls and there’s
no end in sight any-
time soon.
The rise of the ugly
Coronavirus can be
gauged by the fact that
in the state, as many as
seven districts have
more than five thou-
sand active cases while
nine districts have
more than 3000 active
cases for now.
The capital Luc-
know leads the un-
wanted list and has
over 52,000 active cas-
es; seven districts have
between 5,000 and
10,000 cases, while
nine other districts
have between 3,000 and
5,000.
With over 52,000 ac-
tive cases in Lucknow
alone, the total num-
ber in Uttar Pradesh is
approaching the three-
lakh mark.According
to the State Health De-
partment figures, Ut-
tar Pradesh has more
than 2.97 lakh active
cases and 1,11,65
deaths recorded so far.
On April 24-25, the
State recorded 208 new
deaths and 35,614 fresh
cases, while 25,633 per-
sons recovered.
Five districts have
over 10,000 active cas-
es — Lucknow (52,068),
Varanasi (17,321), Kan-
pur (16,916), Prayagraj
(16,333) and Meerut
(11,455).
Black-marketing of protective,
surgical equipment on the rise
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The nebu-
liser which comes for
Rs 1200 to Rs 3000 were
being sold at double
prices and rates of eve-
ry protective as well as
surgical items were
equally high during Co-
rona time.
Despite of strict or-
ders of administration
and call for morality,
people were involved in
making more and more
profit during this ad-
verse time. Almost eve-
ry medical store was
reluctant to provide re-
ceipt of sale and profit
margins were quite
high.
It was also reported
that medical store staff
was suggesting persons
to take drug of other
brand which provide
them huge profit. They
would tell you that spe-
cific drug was in short-
age and they can give
you medicine of same
salt but it comes way
cheaper than the quali-
ty medicines.
In surgical items and
protective items there
is no fixed pricing.
Quality and price de-
pend on local market.
The whole sale price of
clinical mask was less
than Rs 3 but it was sold
in more than Rs 15 that
is five-time profit for
seller.
As many as 7 districts have more than five thousand active cases.
The state reported 249 Coronavirus
deaths, the highest single-day
fatality count so far ever since the
outbreak of pandemic.
CASES DECLINE, DEATHS INCLINE
FLIPKARTROPEDINTODELIVERCOVIDKIT
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Reeling under
acute shortage of medical
supplies and healthcare
staff even as chief minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath has
directed officers to take
help of doctors and para-
medical staff who have
recently recovered from
Covid, the Lucknow Dis-
trict administration has
come up with its own solu-
tion to meet the crunch.
It has roped in Flipkart
for the delivery of free
medical kits to coronavi-
rus positive patients un-
der home isolation. The
idea stuck the Officiating
District Magistrate Luc-
know Roshan Jacob when
she learnt that medical
kits were not reaching
Covid-19 positive patients
under home isolation due
to shortage of health staff.
She immediately called in
representatives of Flip-
kart and signed an agree-
ment with the courier
company for fast delivery
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PRINCIPAL OF SAHARANPUR
MED COLLEGE SUSPENDED
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh government
seems to have
changed gears in
terms of managing
affairs related to
Covid-19 in the state.
In a major crack-
down on alleged lax-
ity shown by an of a
government medical
college in Saharan-
pur, Dinesh Singh
Matauliya, Principal
of Saharanpur Medi-
cal College was sus-
pended. The suspen-
sion came after
Dinesh Singh was
found guilty of show-
ing laxity in proper
supply of oxygen in
the Medical College
hospital where Cov-
id-19 patients are be-
ing treated. Taking
cognisance of the
complaints Suresh
Khanna, Medical
Education Minister
removed Singh from
his position.
Vishal Srivastav
Lucknow: After a long
spell of outpouring of
Covid-19 positive cases
touching in excess of
38000 everyday, state
registered a slight de-
cline in the figures
here. However,
the slight satis-
faction was
soon overrid-
den with the
death rate going
up to highest ever
levels on Monday
.
The state reported
249 Coronavirus deaths,
the highest single-day
fatality count so far
ever since the outbreak
of pandemic. However,
with 33,574 fresh cases a
marginal dip was seen.
Monday’s development
has pushed the state’s
infection tally to
11,20,176.
The infection has
killed 11,414 people in
the state so far, accord-
ing to a government
statement.
Of the fresh 249
deaths, 28 were report-
ed from Kanpur, fol-
lowed by 21 in Luc-
know, 19 in Vara-
nasi, 15 in Gau-
tam Buddh Na-
gar and 11 each
in Allahabad
and Gorakhpur,
the statement is-
sued here said.
Lucknow also record-
ed the maximum 4,566
cases, followed by Kan-
pur Nagar (2,040), Vara-
nasi (1,838), Gorakhpur
(1,539), Meerut (1,290),
Allahabad (1,113), Jhan-
si (1,024) and Mo-
radabad (1,020). So far,
8,04,563 patients have
recovered from the dis-
ease in the state.
BRAVE HEART GORKAHPUR
COP DIES OF COVID IN LKO
Mohammad Shujauddin,60,
the brave heart SHO who
served the police department
for 22 years passed away after
being infected of Corona Virus
on April 19.He breathed his last
at Era Medical College in Lucknow where was
undergoing treatment since April 3.
Expressions Say It All: A girl mourns death of a relative who lost the battle of Covid-19 at Ram Manohar
Lohia Hospital in Lucknow on Monday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
Shujauddin
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ear of COVID-19
is driving in-
creased over-
t h e - c o u n t e r
(OTC) sales and
in-hospital prescriptions of
antibiotics – and fueling a
silentpandemicinitswake.
Globally
,antibioticusein
hospitals has surged since
the start of the COVID-19
pandemic. Even though
studies show that only 8%
of patients admitted to hos-
pital with COVID-19 also
have an infection requiring
antibiotics, more than 70%
receive them. In addition,
many people worried about
possibleoractualCOVID-19
symptoms, and alarmed by
global reports about the
pandemic, have turned to
buying antibiotics without
seeingahealth-careworker.
Thisisfurtherfuelingthe
globalcrisisof antibioticre-
sistance, as bacteria evolve
and become immune to
these drugs. We must move
quickly–withinternational
policy
, national laws, and lo-
cal action – to control what
the World Health Organiza-
tion has identified as one of
the ten leading health
threats to humanity
.
Antibiotics treat infec-
tions caused by bacteria,
and have no impact on a
virus such as SARS-CoV-2,
which causes COVID-19.
Overusing them merely ac-
celerates the emergence of
antibioticresistance,which
will undercut our ability to
treat common diseases.
Simple infections such as
pneumoniaorurinarytract
infections, which currently
can be quickly cleared by
common antibiotics, may
prove impossible to treat
and become deadly
.
This is particularly true
in many African, South
American, and Asian coun-
tries, where access to
health-care workers is lim-
ited and there are no re-
strictions on antibiotic
sales. In India, antibiotic
sales have risen astronomi-
cally in recent years, large-
ly driven by unregulated
OTC purchases, including
of unapproved drugs. Like-
wise, in Kenya, all antibiot-
ics can be purchased with-
out a prescription.
Bacteria that develop re-
sistance to multiple antibi-
otics are responsible for
causing difficult-to-treat
infections, which are up to
three times more likely to
kill people than infections
caused by non-resistant
bacteria.Anddatafromsev-
eral countries – including
China and Egypt – indicate
that up to 50% of bacteria-
causing infections in criti-
cal-care units are resistant
to several antibiotics. In the
United States, it is estimat-
ed that close to three mil-
lion people get an antibiot-
ic-resistant infection each
year, leading to more than
35,000 deaths annually
.
Drug-resistant bacteria
arealsomorelikelytospread
from person to person, and
have been known to cause
large disease outbreaks in
hospitals. Many COVID-19
treatment wards around the
world are currently grap-
pling with this problem.
As an infectious-disease
specialist working on the
COVID-19 management
front line and also leading
the treatment of drug-re-
sistant infections in Ken-
ya, I have often struggled to
treat patients with severe
bacterial infections that
had developed resistance
to all available antibiotics.
Many of the recently devel-
oped drugs that could po-
tentially treat resistant
bacteria are often extreme-
ly expensive and not avail-
able in many countries. A
ten-day course of one such
antibiotic in Kenya, for ex-
ample, costs almost $10,000,
putting it beyond the reach
of most patients.
In fact, many patients
entering the hospital for
COVID-19 treatment say
that they have already tak-
en one or more antibiotics
at home in an attempt to
address some of their
symptoms. Often, using
these drugs had made them
feel that they were being
treated, so they delayed go-
ing to the hospital.
SOURCE: PROJECT SYNDICATE
THE PANDEMIC WITHIN THE PANDEMIC
F
In separateness lies the
world’s greatest misery; in
compassion lies the world’s
true strength. —Buddha
Spiritual
SPEAK
Top
TWEET
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
Under the guidance of PM @
NarendraModi ji, Railways is fully
prepared to provide COVID Care
Coaches to States on demand.
Nearly 64,000 beds in 4,000
coaches at various Railway Stations
across the country, can be made
available for quick deployment.
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
@naqvimukhtar
All the State Haj Committees
have been directed to assist the
respective State Governments/
Administration to utilize the
Haj Houses as temporary
“Corona Care Centre” for
health and well-being of the
people in fight against Corona
pandemic. #Unite2FightCorona
#IndiaFightsCorona
he country is at present facing
the worst kind of health emer-
gency
. The virus, it seems, has
spread everywhere and nobody
seems to be safe and in a posi-
tion to escape from its clutches.
Stories of shortages of oxygen,
hospital bed, essential medi-
cines, and ICU beds are emerg-
ing on a regular basis from
many states. The political
blame game is at its peak with
many states complaining about
partisan behaviour on the part
of the central government in
the allocation of various re-
sources required to fight covid
infection. Even amid this seri-
ous crisis, some selfish persons
are hell-bent on misusing funds
from the public exchequer to
further their personal political
agenda by running totally un-
necessary and useless adver-
tisements on almost all the
prominent national channels,
innumerable times in a day,
which has infuriated people.
Not only this, in addition to
wasting hundreds of crores on
advertising themselves, they
did their best to shift the blame
of covid mismanagement on
others. Unfortunately, while
these self-serving politicians
are busy scoring brownie
points, lacs and lacs of people
are undergoing avoidable suf-
ferings and losing their nearest
and dearest.
Our country neither lacks
resources nor the capacity nor
competence to produce the re-
quired oxygen supply or medi-
cines or hospital beds etc. More
unfortunate is the fact that the
top bureaucratic apparatus
has failed to show the initia-
tive, drive, and commitment to
handle the situation arising
due to the current covid surge.
The people manning the im-
portant departments, both at
the central level and states,
concerned with covid manage-
ment are fully empowered to
take all necessary decisions
and act to ensure that people
are provided with all the neces-
sary medical facilities to com-
bat the virus. The country has
the expertise to predict the de-
mand for various kinds of fa-
cilities currently and in the
future and to plan and execute
it with urgent action.
We know the number of daily
covid infections, we know now
that peak is still far off, so work
out the various requirements,
like hospital beds, ICU beds,
ventilators, oxygen beds, medi-
cines, staff, etc. Get all the pro-
cesses rolling right now. Do not
start crying when the caseload
breaches the fifty lac mark. In
our country
, people are waiting
for orders only, they have the
skill, knowledge, and experi-
ence to execute all the tasks
within a short span of time.
Money is not in short supply,
the only thing missing in the
whole game is the will to act.
Be that as it may, in this na-
tional crisis all those occupying
responsible positions in states
and centre need to show admin-
istrative acumen and grit and
deliver. I will vouch for it, on the
basis of my own experience,
that nobody how so high may-
be, can stop any public servant
from performing his rightful
duties with integrity
.
In addition to taking all the
necessary steps to manage this
surge efficiently
, our 70% popu-
lation will need to be vaccinat-
ed as early as possible without
any further delay. We should
remember that in our country
people have been receiving all
kinds of vaccinations free of
cost for all these years and we
have been part of this endeav-
our for decades. Government
should not only make it free to
all but also ensure that people
get themselves vaccinated.
This massive “get yourself vac-
cinated campaign” needs to be
launched, as was done in the
past. The idea of differential
pricing is not only ridiculous
but ill-conceived. It is a nation-
al emergency and people living
anywhere in any state are In-
dian and they have a right to be
protected against this deadly
virus. The Central govern-
ment should immediately with-
draw their policy of differen-
tial pricing policy, which was
announced recently, and make
it known to every citizen that
they will get the jabs free and
everyone has to come forward
and get vaccinated.
The time has come for the
governance system to show its
resolve and mettle, at least
once, and save everyone from
the havoc caused by the cur-
rent pandemic. The nation
gave them everything that it
could and is looking after them
to the best of its capacity and
resources. This is payback
time. Do not let the country
down this time.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
COVID MANAGEMENT
ADVANCE PLANNING
MUST TO DEFEAT VIRUS
TOP BUREAUCRATIC APPARATUS HAS FAILED TO SHOW THE INITIATIVE, DRIVE, AND COMMITMENT TO
HANDLE THE SITUATION ARISING DUE TO THE CURRENT COVID SURGE
T
We know the
number of daily
covid infections,
we know now that
peak is still far off,
so work out the
various
requirements, like
hospital beds, ICU
beds, ventilators,
oxygen beds,
medicines, staff,
etc. Get all the
processes rolling
right now. Do not
start crying when
the caseload
breaches the fifty
lac mark. In our
country, people are
waiting for orders
only, they have the
skill, knowledge,
and experience to
execute all the
tasks within a
short span of time
IN ADDITION TO TAKING
ALL THE NECESSARY
STEPS TO MANAGE THIS
SURGE EFFICIENTLY, OUR
70% POPULATION WILL
NEED TO BE VACCINATED
AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE
WITHOUT ANY FURTHER
DELAY. WE SHOULD
REMEMBER THAT IN OUR
COUNTRY PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN RECEIVING ALL
KINDS OF VACCINATIONS
FREE OF COST FOR ALL
THESE YEARS AND WE
HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS
ENDEAVOR FOR DECADES
VS
PANDEY
THE WRITER IS
FORMER SECRETARY TO
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
HIGH COURTS STEP IN
TO SAVE PEOPLE
fewdaysbackDushyantDavequestioned
the Supreme Court for its decision to
take a suo motu case over the Covid-19
situation in the country
. “I deprecate the
move by the Supreme Court to take these
matters into its own hands. Having slept over these
issues over the last several months, the Supreme
Court suddenly decides to take suo motu cogni-
zance when High Courts are in session of the mat-
ter,” Dave said. The CJI Justice SA Bobde, now re-
tired, countered the allegation with “you have im-
puted motives to us without reading our order”.
Compared to the Supreme Court, the high courts
are exhibiting a lot more spine than the Supreme
Court in flagging the system and some institu-
tions. One expected the Supreme Court to have the
courage to take a pro-people stand which, alleg-
edly, it did not do. One will not recall any order of
the Supreme Court pulling up a state government
for its mishandling of the Covid-19 crisis. See what
the Delhi High Court observed on a day 20 people
died at Jaipur Golden Hospital recently
. The court
said it would “hang” anyone found obstructing
oxygen supply
.
The Madras High Court went a step further and
castigated the Election Commission for allowing
political rallies during the Covid-19 surge. In a
stinging observation, the court said, “Your institu-
tion is singularly responsible for the second wave
of Covid-19. Election Commission officers should
be booked on murder charges probably
.” The court
warned that it will stop counting on May 2 if the
Election Commission does not prepare a proper
protocol for that day
.
A
IN-DEPTH
US, GERMANY COME
AROUND WITH HELP
fter the country had recorded over 3 lakh
Covid-19 cases for five days in a row and
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s candid
talk about the second wave “testing our
patience” and “capacity to bear pain”,
medical help began to pour in from countries like
the United Kingdom, the US, Saudi Arabia, United
Arab Emirates, and Europe. America has sent five
tonnesof oxygenconcentratorswhilePresidentJoe
Biden tweeted, “Just as India sent assistance to the
United States as our hospitals were strained early
in the pandemic, we are determined to help India in
itstimeof need.” Oxygenconcentratorscanextract
oxygen from the atmosphere for patients and thus
relieve the pressure on hospitals’ oxygen supply
. A
major shift in American stand is that it has agreed
to urgently allow export of raw material needed by
the Serum Institute of India for the production of
Covishield vaccine. The Americans had earlier put
their own interests first to block the exports.
Like the US, Germany also underwent a change
of heart. The country which a few days ago said
that it will support its pharmaceutical companies
while refusing to bail out Indian pharma units, is
now preparing “a mission of support”.
British Prime Minister also said, “We stand side
by side with India as a friend and partner during
what is a deeply concerning time in the fight
against Covid-19.” Ventilators, oxygen concentra-
tors, and other vital medical equipment were on
their way from the UK.
Saudi Arabia is also sending 80 MT of oxygen to
India to help the country tide over scarcity and
save lives.
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EIGHT HELD FOR MATKA GAMBLING
IN ANDHRA PRADESH’S KADAPA
Kadapa: Andhra
Pradesh’s Kadapa district
police on Monday arrest-
ed eight accused involved
in Matka gambling in
Rajampeta town and
recovered more than Rs
two lakh cash from them.
According to the police,
the eight accused had
been involved in gam-
bling for a long time. “D
Venkateswara Raju, K Na-
gendra, T Tirupati, A Ravi,
E Nagendra, D Raveendra,
Shaik Nazir Basha, M
Chennareddy have been
matka bettor for a long
time. The police arrested
eight accused from the
spot, seized Rs 2,04,200
cash, and seven mobile
phones. A case has been
filed against them and an
investigation is going on,”
said Police. —ANI
JOURNALISTS STAGE PROTEST
FOR SHIFTING OF SIDDIQUE
Kerala: Kerala opposition leader Ramesh
Chennithala launched a protest march by
members of the Kerala Union of Working
Journalists (KUWJ) on Monday demanding that
journalist Siddique Kappan, who was arrested by
the UP police and is now infected with COVID-19,
be shifted to AIIMS for treatment. Malayalee
journalist Siddique Kappan was arrested by Uttar
Pradesh police for alleged “terror links” when he
reportedly went to cover the Hathras rape case.
He has tested positive for COVID-19.
NCB MUMBAI SEIZES 28 KG
CANNABIS IN THANE
Mumbai: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB),
Mumbai, on Sunday seized 14 packets of can-
nabis weighing 28 kilograms from a vehicle at
Badlapur in Thane, and detained one person for
interrogation. As per an official statement issued
by Sameer Wankhede, Zonal Director, NCB,
Mumbai, the main supplier of the said contra-
band is absconding. “On the basis of specific in-
formation, a team of NCB Mumbai recovered and
seized 14 packets contains cannabis wrapped in
plastic tape weighing 2 Kilogram each. —ANI
RAJNATH SINGH CONDOLES DEMISE
OF SCIENTIST DR K SANTHANAM
New Delhi: Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh on
Monday expressed grief
over the demise of scientist
Dr Krishnamurthy Santha-
nam, saying the latter will
always be remembered for
his remarkable efforts and
contribution in the field of
science and technology in
the country. The Defence
Minister said that the
scientist’s role in success-
ful 1998 nuclear tests was
noteworthy. “Dr K Santha-
nam will be remembered
for his remarkable efforts
and contribution in the field
of science and technology
in India. He was associated
with institutions like DRDO,
DAE and IDSA. His role in
successful 1998 nuclear
tests was noteworthy. I am
deeply anguished by his
demise” Singh tweeted.
Narendra Modi extends
support to Mizoram
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Monday spoke to Mizo-
ram Chief Minister Zo-
ramthanga and took
stock of the situation
arising due to forest
fires in several parts of
the state.
The Prime Minister
assured the Mizoram
Chief Ministerof allpos-
sible support from the
Centreandprayedforthe
safety and well-being of
the state’s people.
In a tweet, PM Modi
said, “Spoke to Mizo-
ram CM Zoramthanga
and took stock of the
situation arising due to
forest fires in parts of
the state. Assured all
possible support from
the Centre in overcom-
ing this crisis. We all
pray for the safety and
wellbeing of the people
of Mizoram.”
For more than 32
hours now, a forest fire
has been raging in the
hills of south Mizoram,
spreading to towns and
villages of two neigh-
bouring districts, Lun-
glei and Lawngtlai.
Firefighters from the
state government, with
the help of Assam Ri-
fles and Border Securi-
ty Force (BSF) person-
nel and local volunteer
groups have been try-
ing hard to put the fire
out, authorities said.
On Sunday evening
as the fire continued to
burn, the Indian Air
Force (IAF) — requisi-
tioned by the Mizoram
government—deployed
two Mi-17V5 helicop-
ters, equipped with spe-
cialised Bambi Buckets,
to control it. —ANI
Forest fires in parts of Mizoram
CM ZORAMTHANGA THANKS
PM MODI FOR ASSURANCE
Mizoram: Chief Minister Zoramthanga on Monday
thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for assuring
all possible support from the Centre in overcoming
the wildfire in Lunglei and Lawngtlai that broke out
on April 24 and and has been raging on since then.
In a tweet, CM Zoramthanga said, “Thank you so
much Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji. I thank the
Central Government for its prompt assurance and
swift action. The people of #Mizoram says ‘Kan
lawm e’. Inset: IAF Helicopter with Bambi Buckets
on their way to douse the fire.” This comes after
Prime Minister Modi had a conversation with
Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga and assured
all possible support from the Centre in overcoming
the crisis. “Spoke to Mizoram CM, Mr Zoramthanga
and took stock of the situation arising due to forest
fires in parts of the state. Assured all possible sup-
port from the Centre in overcoming this crisis. We
all pray for the safety and wellbeing of the people of
Mizoram,” PM Modi tweeted.
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Monday met
Chief of Defence Staff
General Bipin Rawat
and reviewed the prep-
arations and opera-
tions being undertak-
en by the Armed Forc-
es to deal with the
COVID-19 pandemic in
the country.
According to an offi-
cial statement by the
Prime Minister’s Of-
fice, the CDS briefed
the Prime Minister that
all medical personnel
from armed forces who
have retired or taken
pre-mature retirement
in the last 2 years are
being recalled to work
in Covid facilities in
the proximity of their
present place of resi-
dence. “Other medical
officers who retired
earlier have also been
requested to make their
services available for
consultation through
medical emergency hel-
plines,” it added.
The Prime Minister
was also informed that
all medical officers on
staff appointments at
Command, Corps, Divi-
sion, and similar head-
quarters of Navy and
Air Force will be em-
ployed at hospitals.
General Rawat in-
formed PM Modi that
nursing personnel are
being employed in
large numbers to com-
plement the doctors at
the hospitals and that
oxygen cylinders avail-
able with Armed Forc-
es in various establish-
ments will be released
for hospitals.
The CDS also said
that they are creating
medical facilities in
large numbers and
where possible military
medical infrastructure
will be made available
to civilians. —ANI
PMModimeetsRawat, reviews
preparationsbyArmedForces
Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat briefing PM Modi
All medical personnel from armed forces who have retired are being recalled
Determined to help
India in need: Biden
New Delhi: As the
country grapples with
the second wave of
COVID-19, US Presi-
dent Joe Biden and
VicePresidentKamala
Harris have assured
India and its people of
providing all assis-
tance, including ur-
gently sending medi-
callife-savingsupplies
andequipment,tohelp
the country combat
the deadly Coronavi-
rus crisis. Stating that
just as India had sent
assistance to the US
early in the pandemic,
Joe Biden said, “We
aredeterminedtohelp
India in its time of
need.” The President
was spending his
weekend at his home
in Delaware, but is be-
lieved to be following
up on the develop-
ments in India.
Besides US Presi-
dent Joe Biden, Vice
President Kamala
Harris took to her of-
ficial Twitter handle
and said that the US
is working closely
with the Indian gov-
ernment to rapidly
deploy additional
support and supplies
during an alarming
COVID-19 outbreak.
She wrote, “As we
provide assistance,
we pray for the people
of India-including its
courageous health-
care workers.”
(R-L) PM Modi, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
WEST BENGAL POLLS
EC listens only to PM Modi and Amit
Shah, says TMC's Nusrat Jahan
Kolkata: Why was the
Election Commission
sleeping all this while,
asked Trinamool Con-
gress MP Nusrat Jahan
Ruhi on Mody after the
poll body banned public
meetings in the ongoing
West Bengal assembly
elections amid the COV-
ID-19 pandemic.
Speaking to reporters
after casting her vote
with her parents in the
seventh phase of the
polls, Nusrat also said
that wherever she has
campaigned, she has
only seen support for
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee.
“Wherever I have
been campaigning, I’ve
seen peoples’ support
for only one face - Chief
Minister Mamata Ba-
nerjee’s... Why was the
Election Commission
sleeping all this while?”
the TMC MP ques-
tioned.
She further said,
“When Prime Minister
Narendra Modi decided
not to hold public meet-
ings, the EC called off
all public meetings. It
listens to the PM and
Home Minister more
than anyone else,” she
added. —ANI
MP Nusrat Jahan
Mamata is frustrated
by BJP’s success
Kolkata: Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party president JP
Nadda said that the
BJP’s success in every
phase of polling has
made Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee is
frustrated and she
started getting angry
with the people of the
state.
Virtually addressing
the voters of the Jo-
rasanko constituency
in Kolkata, Nadda said,
“The seventh phase of
elections in Bengal will
end today. With the
blessings of the people
of Bengal, BJP has got
success in every phase,
BJP has been blessed.
All these things have
made Mamata ji
frustrated. She has
started to get angry
with the people of Ben-
gal.” —ANI
Abhishek Banerjee
slams BJP for
COVID-19 situation
Kolkata: Slamming the
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) for mishandling
Covid-19, TMC leader
Abhishek Banerjee ex-
uded con-
f i d e n c e
that his
aunt and
WB CM
M a m at a
Banerjee
will secure a two-thirds
majority in the ongoing
Assembly elections.
After casting his vote
in Bhowanipore, Ab-
hishek Banerjee told the
media: “From whatever
little I have gathered
from my own experience
and wisdom, I am ex-
tremely confident that
Mamata Banerjee is go-
ing to come back with a
two-thirds majority
. —ANI
IN THE COURTYARD
Anybody black marketing O2
cylinders, bring them here: Court
CJI NV RAMANA
SUSPENDS SC’S
JUDICIAL WORK
New Delhi: CJI N V
Ramana suspended SC’s
judicial work on Monday
as a mark
of respect
to the late
judge of the
apex court,
Justice
Mohan
M Shantanagoudar. The
Judicial proceedings of the
Apex Court today stand
cancelled as a mark of re-
spect to Justice Shantana-
goudar, and all the cases,
listed today, will be taken
up for hearing tomorrow.
DEEP SIDHU GETS
BAIL IN ASI FIR BY
DELHI COURT
New Delhi: A Delhi court
on Monday granted bail
to Deep Sidhu in another
Republic
Day violence
case filed
on the
basis of the
Archeologi-
cal Survey
of India’s (ASI) complaint.
Metropolitan Magistrate
Sahil Gupta, while passing
the bail order, said, “I am of
the considered opinion that
applicant’s further incar-
ceration in the present case
would bear no fruit.” —ANI
New Delhi: The Delhi
HC on Monday told the
Delhi Govt that if any-
body is overcharging
and black marketing
oxygen cylinders they
should be brought be-
fore the court.
Justice Vipin Sanghi
said that he earlier to-
day got a call that peo-
ple were charging Rs
one lakh for an oxygen
cylinder.
The court asked the
Delhi government to
exercise its power and
bring before them
those indulging in
black marketing so
that the person can be
taken to task.
On that Senior Advo-
cate, Rahul Mehra said
that the issue was be-
ing looked into and
show-cause notices be-
ing sent. —ANI
SC SUMMER
BREAK FROM
MAY 8-JUNE 27
New Delhi: In view
of the increasing
COVID-19 cases in
the national capital,
the Supreme Court on
Monday preponed the
summer vacation by
one week. The summer
break will start on May
8 and continue till June
27 with the Court reo-
pening on June 28. The
decision was taken after
an emergency meeting
was held by the Chief
Justice of India (CJI)
NV Ramana.

INDIA
06
Yogi govt...
massive vaccination
drive carried out by the
Yogi Government.
With Youth making up
for 52.7 percent of the
state’s population, Ut-
tar Pradesh is also
known as the state of
Youth. The Central
Government’s decision
to lower the age bar for
Covid vaccine to 18
years will give a major
boost to the war against
the deadly virus.
75.06% voting...
followed by West Burd-
wan (70.34%) where
turnout of voters was
low in Asansol and Dur-
gapur cities. Murshi-
dabad district, where
Congress is a formida-
ble force, recorded the
highest turnout of 80.30
% followed by South Di-
najpur (80.21%) and
Malda (78.76%) where
the Congress has a size-
able presence as well.
EC trod...
The biggest stakeholder
in democracy -- the elec-
torate -- in Bihar re-
posed their faith and
participated in num-
bers even more than the
last assembly polls in
the state.
The Madras High
Court on Monday casti-
gated the Election Com-
mission over the COV-
ID-19 second wave in the
country
, holding it “sin-
gularly” responsible for
the spread. The court
called the poll panel
“the most irresponsible
institution” and even
said its officials may be
booked under murder
charges.When counsel
for the EC told the judg-
es that all necessary
steps were implement-
ed, the bench shot back
saying that by allowing
political parties to take
out rallies and meet-
ings, it (the Commis-
sion) had paved the way
for the resurgence of
the second wave of the
deadly virus.A func-
tionary said, “From the
pedestal of strength, we
announced elections to
five states in February
2021. By the way, the
pandemic then was at
its lowest stage. The
number of new cases in
the country in Febru-
ary were hovering
around 11,000 new cas-
es a day and all states
and UTs had reported a
decline in active casesw
in January-February.
The vaccination was in
full swing, signs of eco-
nomic revival were vis-
ible.”
Despite overall im-
provement in the COV-
ID-19 situation, general
mood of overall revival
and no input available
on the likelihood of a
second wave, the Com-
mission decided to
tread with caution and
not lower the guards,
the sources observed.
There was a persua-
sive suggestion to go
back to 1,500 voters
per polling station as
opposed to 1,000 vot-
ers, which was result-
ing in 23,000 more
booths (32 per cent in-
crease) just in West
Bengal and of course
consequential tremen-
dous increase in po-
lice and civil manpow-
er and other logistics.
All protocols of
COVID-19, including
1,000 voters per poll-
ing station, were en-
forced in all poll-going
states on the same
template as was very
successfully devel-
oped during Bihar
elections last year.
Elections to Tamil
Nadu, Assam, Kerala
and Puducherry were
over on April 6 before
the unprecedented rise
in COVID-19 cases,
they underlined.
The spread of the
pandemic has been dy-
namic and so has been
the response of the EC,
the sources stressed.
In April itself, four
directions were issued
by the EC to check the
spread of the virus
amid electioneering.
The severity of the
pandemic and its re-
sponse strategy, in-
cluding complete or
conditional shutdown,
is governed by the Dis-
aster Management Act
and is outside the re-
mit of EC, they said.
“No national or state
level lockdown was de-
clared till April 17
(phase 5 polling in
West Bengal) by the au-
thorities administer-
ing the Act. EC still
invoked its power un-
der Article 324 of the
Constitution and cur-
tailed the campaign
duration, silence peri-
od, restricted the cam-
paigning time from
10am to 7 pm. All kinds
of road shows and ‘pa-
dayatras’ and rallies
were later banned and
restricted the limit for
public meeting to 500,”
another functionary
said. The sources cited
electoral laws to say
that clubbing of the
last three phases of
polling in West Bengal
as demanded by the
Trinamool Congress
was not feasible.
In any case, it was en-
sured that there is no
campaigning between
7th and 8th phase by
further extending si-
lence period to 72 hours,
they said. —PTI
FROM PG 1
SC BAR ASSOCIATION FOR
CONVERSION OF LAWYERS
CHAMBER BLOCK INTO COVID CARE
CENTRE
The Supreme Court Bar Association has writ-
ten to Chief Justice of India, Justice NV Ramana
requesting his urgent approval for a temporary
conversion of Advocates Chamber Block in the
Supreme Court Complex to be used as a covid
care centre or field hospital.
GOI TO RESTORE DEFUNCT OXYGEN
PLANT OF NINL TO REDUCE OXYGEN
DEMAND
Taking a cue from a news item carried in ‘whis-
persinthecorridors.com’ on April 22, the Govern-
ment of India has decided to restore the defunct
oxygen plant of Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited
(NINL) promoted by MMTC under the Ministry of
Commerce and Industry. The generation of liquid
oxygen will save many lives at risk due to the
deadly strain of SARS-CoV-2 and will be a shot in
the arm in the acute shortage of oxygen.
RAILWAYS DEPLOYS 4000 COVID
CARE COACHES AT VARIOUS
STATIONS
Ministry of Railways have positioned nearly
4000 Covid Care Coaches with 64000 beds at
various railway stations in the country. In Delhi,
50 coaches (with 800 beds) are deployed at
Shakurbasti station, 25 coaches (with 400 beds)
are made available at Anand Vihar Terminal. At
Nandurbar (Maharashtra), 21 coaches (with
378 beds) are positioned At Bhopal station, 20
coaches have been positioned. 50 Coaches have
been readied for deployment in Punjab and 20
coaches positioned for deployment in Jabalpur.
PSUS ON SALE EXTENDING
SUPPORT TO FIGHT AGAINST
SARS COV2
The Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), which
are on the disinvestment list of the Government
of India, came forwarded to extending support to
fight against SARS-CoV2 pandemic.
IRS OFFICER TO JOIN MANIPUR
GOVT
Michael Achom is set to join the Manipur govt as
Special Secretary on deputation for a period of
five years. He is a 2008 batch IRS(CIT) officer.
KENDRE TO JOIN MUMBAI METRO
Rajkumar V Kendre has been appointed as
GM(HR) at Maha Mumbai Metro Operation
Corporation on deputation for a period of three
years. He is a 2009 batch IRS(CIT) officer.
RAJESH LIKELY TO RETURN TO
PARENT CADRE IN MAY
A-seven-year deputation tenure of S Rajesh
working as Director, NITI Aayog is coming to an
end in May 2021. He is a 2000 batch IFS officer
of AGMUT cadre.
EIGHT ITS OFFICERS GET NEW
POSTINGS
Dot has posted eight JAG level ITS officers to
new places.Accordingly, Vijay Narain Rai posted
at DoT hq, Vijay Dixit going to Assam LSA,
Jayanla Kole, Sikkim WB LSA, Ram Sanjiwan
Singh, DDG(SPPI), Sharat Chandra Tiwari, Bihar
LSA, Lakhan Singh Meena, Assam LSA, Shishir
Kansal, Kolkata LSA and Bipin Ramesh Khot,
Gujarat LSA.
DR S A R SHAH IS ALSO MISSION
DIRECTOR, JAL JEEVAN MISSION IN
JK
Dr Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Special Secretary
to the Government, Finance Department, hold-
ing additional charge of Chief Executive Officer,
JK Economic Reconstruction Agency, will also
hold the charge of Mission Director, Jal Jeevan
Mission, JK.
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VACCINATION COVERAGE CROSSES14.19 CR
This is the world’s largest vaccination drive, as per the Union health ministry data
New Delhi: Setting a
new record, the cumula-
tive number of COV-
ID-19 vaccine doses ad-
ministered in the coun-
try crossed 14.19 crore
on Monday, the union
health ministry has
stated.
The vaccination
drive, which was
launched by the central
government on Janu-
ary 16, completed its 100
days on Sunday
. Accord-
ing to the health minis-
try, cumulatively,
14,19,11,223 vaccine
doses have been admin-
istered through
20,44,954 sessions, as
per the provisional re-
port till 7 am on Mon-
day
.
Eight states - Kerala,
Madhya Pradesh, Kar-
nataka, West Bengal,
Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh,
Rajasthan and Maha-
rashtra -- account for
58.78 per cent of the cu-
mulative doses given so
far in the country
.
Nearly 10 lakh vacci-
nation doses were ad-
ministered in the last 24
hours. As on Day-100 of
the vaccination drive
(April 25), 9,95,288 vac-
cine doses were given.
6,85,944 beneficiaries
were vaccinated across
11,984 sessions for the
first dose and 3,09,344
beneficiaries received
the second dose of vac-
cine.
Ten states -- Maha-
rashtra, Uttar Pradesh,
Delhi, Chhattisgarh,
Madhya Pradesh, Tamil
Nadu, West Bengal,
Kerala, Bihar and Kar-
nataka account for 78.98
per cent of the new re-
coveries. 3,52,991 new
cases were registered in
the last 24 hours.
Ten states -- including
Maharashtra, Uttar
Pradesh, Delhi, Karna-
taka, Kerala, Madhya
Pradesh, West Bengal,
Tamil Nadu, Gujarat
and Rajasthan --report
74.5 per cent of the new
cases. Maharashtra has
reported the highest
dailynewcasesat66,191,
followed by Uttar
Pradeshwith35,311.—ANI
A person getting jab.
64.55 ton of O2
leaves for Delhi
from Raigarh
Adani Group
secures 12
cryogenic tanks
Steel plants
supplied 3131
MT of oxygen
318 Oxygen
Concentrators
arrive at Delhi
New Delhi: Amid rising
demand for medical
oxygen due to increase
in the number of
COVID-19 cases in the
national capital, Oxygen
Express carrying 64.55
tonnes of Liquid Medi-
cal Oxygen (LMO) left
for Delhi from Raigarh
on Monday, the Indian
Railways said. As per
the Indian Railways,
the Oxygen Express
departed from Raigarh
at 1105 hours today.
New Delhi: Amid a
shortage of medical
oxygen in the country due
to surging coronavirus
cases, the Adani Group
announced on Monday
that they have success-
fully secured 12 cryo-
genic tanks to transport
liquid oxygen from Dubai.
“Thank you, Dubai. Thank
you @IAF_MCC. We
have secured another 12
ready-to-use cryogenic
tanks to transport liquid
oxygen from Dubai.
New Delhi: Steel plants
supplied 3,131.84
metric tonnes of liquid
medical oxygen (LMO)
to various states, as
compared to 2,894
tonnes dispatched on
the previous day, said
Ministry of Steel. The
Ministry also said that
steel plants are willing
to dip into their safety
stock. It also informed
about the conversion
of nitrogen and argon
tankers to carry oxygen.
New Delhi: 318 Oxy-
gen Concentrators on
Monday arrived at Delhi
airport from the United
States as India receives
global support to fight
the unprecedented health
crisis of COVID-19. Union
Minister, Hardeep Singh
Puri, in a tweet, said,
“All efforts to strengthen
India’s fight against the
pandemic are on. 318
Philips Oxygen Concen-
trators from JFK Airport
land at @DelhiAirport. Let
there be no doubt. We
will turn the tide.” India
also received the aid of
500 BiPAPs, 250 oxygen
concentrators and other
medical supplies from
Singapore.
CUMMINS DONATES $50,000 TO PM CARES FUND
Ahmedabad: Australia
and Kolkata Knight
Riders (KKR) pacer Pat
Cummins on Monday
informed he has donat-
ed to PM-Cares fund to
help purchase oxygen
supplies for India’s hos-
pitals. Cummins also
urged fellow players
who are participating
in the ongoing Indian
Premier League (IPL)
2021, to come forward
and donate for the same.
“India is a country I’ve
come to love dearly over
the years and the people
here are some of the
kindest.” he tweeted. Cummins
Google CEO Sundar Pichai
Announces `135 Cr Relief
New Delhi: With the
COVID-19 crisis getting
out of hands in India,
support is coming in
from many ends. Re-
cently, Twitter an-
nounced that there are
tools and resources that
are available on the
platform that users can
use in order to find crit-
ical resources. Now, Mi-
crosoft and Google
CEOs Satya Nadella
and Sundar Pichai,
both of whom come
from an Indian descent,
have extended help to
the country, in order to
better fight the ongoing
healthcare emergency.
Microsoft CEO Satya
Nadella today said that
the company will con-
tinue to use its voice,
resources, and technol-
ogy to aid relief efforts
and support the pur-
chase of critical oxygen
concentration devices.
Google CEO Sundar Pi-
chai, on the other hand,
said that Google is pro-
viding Rs 135 crores.
Sensex surges
508 points, Nifty
tops 14,450
Sustainability through
renewable energy
Singapore: Last week,
at an event coinciding
with Earth Day (April
22), US Prez Joe Biden
hosted a climate confer-
ence with other world
leaders, urging them to
cooperate in the global
effort to tackle the cli-
mate crisis. At the Lead-
ers’ Summit on Climate,
he committed his coun-
try to reducing green-
house gas emissions by
at least 50 per cent by
2030, doubling the tar-
get it set under the 2015
Paris Agreement.
Leaders of countries
such as Brazil, Canada,
India, Japan and the UK
made new pledges or re-
affirmed their earlier
promises to help save
the planet from envi-
ronmental catastrophe.
Prior to the confer-
ence, the UK had al-
ready announced its
own plans to reduce car-
bon emissions by 78 per
cent of 1990 levels by
2035. This brings for-
ward the previous tar-
get by 15 years. The
Prime Ministers of Ja-
pan and Canada also
committed to signifi-
cantly increase their
earlier commitments to
reducing carbon emis-
sions and will target net
zero emissions by 2050.
Japan is the world’s
fifth-largest emitter of
carbon dioxide and
Canada the eleventh.
—PTI
Mumbai: Market
benchmarks made a
winning start to the
week on Monday as in-
vestors snapped up
banking, consumption
and energy stocks de-
spite a grim situation
on the COVID-19 front.
A rebounding rupee,
which climbed 28 paise
against the U.S. dollar,
added to the momen-
tum, traders said. The
30-share BSE Sensex
opened on the front foot
and remained in the
positive territory
throughout the session,
closing at 48,386.51 up
508.06 points. —ANI
`8,180 cr transferred to farmers’account
New Delhi: For the
first time, farmers of
Punjab have started re-
ceiving payments di-
rectly into their bank
accounts against sale of
their wheat crop to the
Government of India.
About Rs 8,180 crore
has already been trans-
ferred directly into
Punjab farmers’ ac-
count, the Ministry of
Consumer Affairs, Food
and Public Distribution
said.
As per the ministry,
in the ongoing Rabi
Marketing Season
(RMS) 2021-22, the Govt
of India continues to
procure Rabi crops at
MSP from farmers as
per existing Price
Support Scheme. Wheat
procurement is going
on at a brisk pace in the
procuring States and
UTs of Punjab, Hary-
ana, Uttar Pradesh,
Chandigarh, Madhya
Pradesh, Rajasthan and
other States. —ANI A Farmer ploughing his field.
Sundar Pichai

NEWS
07
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Police on
Monday arrested five
people, including two
drug traders, who sold
PIP (Pipra Silene Tazo-
bactam) antibiotic in-
jection worth Rs 98 for
Rs 15000 to Rs 20,000 by
pasting wrapper of
Remdisvir on it. The
Aminabad police ar-
rested the five accused
of black marketing
from the old medicine
market. It recovered 59
vials of Remdesivir in-
jection, 240 injections
of PIP, wrappers of 4224
Remdesivir injections
and Rs 81840 cash and a
bike.
As per ADCP West
Rajesh Kumar Srivas-
tava, the arrested ac-
cused include Manish
Tiwari alias Tapan resi-
dent of Old Medicine
Market, Murmuri Tola,
Musahib Ganj Thakur-
ganj, his brother-in-law
Vikas Dixit resident of
Kedar Vihar Balaganj.
They have a shop in
medicine market called
Laxmi Enterprises.
Apart from this, Mohit
Pandey, Praveen of
Bahraich, Abdush Sufi-
yan resident of Sitapur
were also arrested.
5 held for
selling `98
injection as
Remdisvir
for `15-20k
First India Bureau
Lucknow: While effec-
tively dealing with
surge in Covid 19 cases
in Lucknow, Kanpur,
Praygraj, Varanasi and
other cities, the Yogi
Adityanath govern-
ment has sounded high
alert in smaller dis-
tricts, which have re-
ported large arrival of
migrants from Delhi,
Maharashtra and other
areas of the country
.
As compared to 2020
outbreak of pandemic
and subsequent lock-
down there are reports
of increase in cases in
these smaller districts
in Purvanchal and Bun-
delkhand and Central
UP.
According to official
sources the government
has thus directed the
district administra-
tions in these places to
be on guard and launch
effective tracing and
testing of those people
who have come back
from outside the state.
The health depart-
ment apprehends
spread of covid 19 cases
in rural areas because
of reverse migration.
There are reports of ar-
rival of cases of fever at
PHCs and CHCs in vil-
lages.
The additional chief
secretary health and
family welfare Amit
Mohan Prasad said that
migrant workers re-
turning to UP would
have to remain in quar-
antine facilities in vari-
ous districts.
He said asymptomat-
ic migrants would have
to stay in home quaran-
tine for 14 days. He said
village surveillance
committees have been
activated to monitor
health of migrants in
villages. According to
information there are
spurt in cases in
Goraphpur, Deoria,
Azamgarh, Maharaj-
ganj, Kushinagar, Sidh-
dharth Nagar, Basti,
Sant Kabir Nagar and
Ghazipur in Purvan-
chal.
The situation is re-
portedly no different in
Bundelkhand from
where increase in cases
are coming up from
Jhansi, Hamirpur, Ban-
da and Jalaun. These
districts were ear-
marked as controlled
areas during 2020 out-
break.
During last year pan-
demic less number of
positive cases were re-
ported from villages.
However now the situa-
tion has reportedly
changed because of in-
fected migrant people.
According to reports
from various districts
the village committees
have been asked to alert
the health and the dis-
trict administration if
any migrant had covid
symptom. Some social
organisation like Par-
marth Samaj Sewa San-
sthan in Bundelkhand
have also joined the gov-
ernment’s efforts in
spreading awareness
among the people about
the virus.
Thus, the govern-
ment has been facing
twin challenge on rural
front. While coping
with crisis of surge in
pandemic, it has also
launched extensive ex-
ercise to provide job to
these migrants un MN-
REGS and skill mission
development. In view of
availability of lesser
number of govern-
ment’s jobs as com-
pared to prevailing un-
employment situation
in the state, the govern-
ment has planned to
give thrust to honing up
the skill of youth to
make them employable
in various public and
private sectors. With
youth on the agenda of
the Yogi Adityanath,
the government has
now planned at least 50
lakh jobs in the run up
to 2022 election. There
is no doubt that unem-
ployment problem is
grave in UP which had
assumed serious di-
mension after influx of
labourers back to UP
during pandemic. The
government had made
hectic efforts by further
rolling out MNREGS
scheme. With situation
still not conducive in
several job-providing
states the special em-
ployment programme
has been taken up as
mission in which Na-
tional Skill Develop-
ment Mission (NSDM)
would come handy
.
GOVT MAKING EFFORTS TO CHECK COVID SURGE
CAUSED BY REVERSE MIGRATION TO RURAL AREAS
A ‘RASOOKHDAR’
TEHSILDAR AND
A TALE OF
HARASSMENT
While most government
officials are putting in
everything they have to ensure
help to Covid patients across
the country, there are a few,
who use their ‘Rasookh’ for
their own good only. A Tehsildar
in Agra district has become
a nightmare for a Covid-19
facility and the patients
admitted there as she picks up
Oxygen cylinders on her own
whims and fancies. Because of
this, a private hospital in Agra
has sought permission from the
authorities to shut its COVID
facility, accusing the officer
of obstructing the supply of
oxygen cylinders. Chauhan
Hospital and Eye Care in a
letter to the CMO alleged that
Tehsildar Preeti Jain seized 15
of the 30 oxygen-filled cylinders
from their facility and accused
her of causing obstruction in
its supply every day. A video
has also surfaced on social
media, in which the tehsildar
can be seen preventing people
from directly picking oxygen
cylinders from a plant in the
Tedi Bagia area. “I, along with
my family members, touched
her feet many times and
requested to let us go, but our
requests were not heard and we
were asked to leave the spot,”
said Mohan Verma, a relative of
a patient. When contacted, Jain
said she was “trying to prevent
any panic among the public and
avoid damage to the oxygen
plant facility”.“I was asking
family members of patients to
wait outside the oxygen plant
and then they would be given a
cylinder. But they did not listen
to me and entered the oxygen
plant premises,” she said.
—Vishal Srivastav
ARE VIPs REALLY
ABOVE LAW?
T he notion that the police
usually harass only the poor
and helpless seems to be true
when it comes to two police
stations namely Qutubsher and
Janakpuri police station as even
after cases have been filed against
2 VIPs, both accused are yet
to be arrested. SP City, Rajesh
Kumar had filed a complaint
against businessman named
Subhash Chopra at the Qutubsher
police station 2 weeks ago after
it was found that illegally made
firecrackers which were stored
in 3 to 4 houses belonged
to a company owned by the
businessman. These firecrackers
were stored in an area which
was densely populated and could
have let to a big accident had
these firecrackers godowns gone
unnoticed. The police have not
arrested Subhash Chopra but
have arrested all the employees
of his who were caught in the
godown and sent them to jail.
In a similar case in the police
personnel from Janakpuri police
station have arrested 3 youths and
a young woman from the house of
Inspector DP Singh after they were
caught indulging in prostitution.
The Inspector to whom the house
belonged has been absent from
his job for some time now but as
per some sources, he comes to his
government allocated residence to
rest at night. The SP City, Rajesh
Kumar said that the search is on
for both Subhash Chopra and
Inspector DP Singh and assured
that both the accused will be
arrested soon.
—Amit Baliyan
BREATHING BATTLE!
A woman sitting in the staircase with her oxygen mask outside a hospital in Agra. —PHOTO BY PTI
4 die,two ill after consuming spurious
liquor in Meerut during panchayat polls
Meerut: Four persons
lost their lives while two
others severely ill after
consuming poisonous
liquor during Panchay-
atpollsinMeerut,police
said adding that two of
the deceased were cre-
mated without inform-
ing police while two oth-
ers were sent to post-
mortem.
Police sources here
said that six people fell
ill after consuming spu-
rious liquor in Sad-
haranpur village in
Ichauli area during Pan-
chayat election. They
were rushed to the dis-
trict hospital where four
of them succumbed and
two were under severe
condition.
It was reported that
two of the deceased
were cremated without
informing police but po-
lice take custody of oth-
er two bodies and sent
them to post-mortem.
Deceased were identi-
fied as Neeraj, Kapil,
Brijendra and Deepak.
Police have initiated
the investigation and
post-mortem report will
reveal to cause of death.
Actions would be taken
against the culprits who
were involved in poison-
ous liquor business.
As compared to 2020 outbreak of pandemic and subsequent lockdown there are reports of increase
in the cases in these smaller districts in Purvanchal and Bundelkhand and Central Uttar Pradesh.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: When it
comes to king of fruits
Mango, the fragrance
of MalihabadiDussehri
and its sweetness come
to mind. In this Dusseh-
ra season of one month,
farmers are not benefit-
ing as much as they
should. To improve
their situation prepara-
tions are being made
not just in Malihabad in
capital alone but in 15
fruit belt of 13 districts
in state for installing
food processing units
by Depart-
ment
of Horticulture and
Food Processing.
Farmers of mango,
guava, litchi and amla
will be given priority
for setting up food pro-
cessing units. 370 big
food processing units
would be set up in state
which would generate
employment for mi-
grant workers. Food
processing units alone
would provide employ-
ment to 25750 directly
and 33210 workers
through it.
Units will be set up in
15 common belts in 13
districts of the state in-
cluding Malihabad be-
sides Lucknow, Bara-
banki, Ayodhya,
Meerut, Unnao, Bu-
landshahr, Amroha,
Sitapur, Saharan-
pur, Baghpat,
Pratapg arh,
Varanasi and
H a r d o i .
Apart from
food pro-
cessing, rice
mill, floor
mill, pulses processing,
oilseeds and vegetable
processing units would
also be set up.
The farmers apply-
ing for these units
would be provided free
online training and
grant. For this, budget
has also been given by
state government. Such
migrant unemployed
who want to set up pro-
cessing units can send a
proposal to District
Horticulture and Food
Processing Officer of
their districts.
Making of Jams, jel-
lies, pickles and mar-
malade besides making
of toffee and chocolate
along with juice of
mango and other fruits
would also be taught
during the training.
Director, Horticul-
ture and Food Process-
ing Dr RK Tomar said
that units are being set
up with the aim of giv-
ing benefit to farmers
and employment to
workers.
Food processing units in belts
to boost mango business
PRODUCTION IN THE STATE

z COMMON BELT: 15 in 13 districts
in the state

z AREA OF MANGO: 2.66 lakh hectare

z TOTAL PRODUCTION: 43.52 MT

z EXPORT: 848 Lakh MT

z PRODUCTION PER HECTARE: 17.20 MT

A
midst rising
numbers of
Corona infec-
tions in Uttar Pradesh
shortage of oxygen,
medicines and other
medical facilities have
made the battle tough-
er against deadly vi-
rus. Information
about black-
marketing of
medicines like
Remdesivir, Fa-
biflu have sur-
faced several
times in different
parts of state and sev-
eral perpetrators have
been arrested for such
crimes. Remdesivir is
one of the most talked
about drug these days
as several miscreants
have been arrested in
black-marketing of
the drug. The drug
costing Rs 2500, have
been sold at prices as
high Rs 60000. Also, it
was observed that
many highly qualified
doctors were not
aware about the
use of the
drug, supply
of which, cre-
ated panic
among the pa-
tients. Dr Siddharth
Warrier, an expert in
medicines says that
there is nothing to
panic about Remede-
sivir as a drug. Speak-
ing with Janardan
Misra from First In-
dia Dr Warrier ex-
plained working of the
medicine, and its com-
plications.
Q: How Remdesivir
acts in body?
It’s anti-viral drug that
prevents the virus from
replicating itself in the
body. If somebody is in-
fected with the virus,
the virus enters the
body cells and starts to
replicate inside the
cells using own mecha-
nism. Remdesivir pre-
vents this process by
acting against an en-
zyme in the virus called
as polymerase enzyme.
It was initially devel-
oped to act against ‘Eb-
ola’ virus and when
Covid-19 pandemic
started affecting the
world, developers Gile-
ad Sciences—that de-
veloped the drug, asked
permissions to use the
Remdesivir on a com-
passionate ground.
Q: How much is Rem-
desivir effective?
There have been a few
studies that suggest an
answer this question.
In early 2020 Adaptive
Covid-19 Treatment
Trail 1 (ACCT 1) took
place, where they stud-
ied around 1600 pa-
tients. Half of them
received Placebo and
others received Rem-
desivir and they con-
cluded that Remdesiv-
ir increases the num-
ber of days a patient
spends at the hospital
but it has no effect on
mortality or the death
rate. Also, it was
found that patients
who were not severely
sick and only require
oxygen and not venti-
lators, get better ben-
efits from Remdesivir,
if given early. A soli-
darity trial was con-
ducted by WHO, a few
months ago on 5000
patients, which con-
cluded that Remdesiv-
ir has no significant
effect on death rate.
Q: Should all patients
need Remdesivir?
We We should not
panic about Remdesi-
vir. Few days back
AIIMS released
guidelines for man-
agement of Indian
Covid patients and
Remdesivir is not
routinely recom-
mended for all pa-
tients. Only selected
patients with moder-
ate illness, who re-
quire supplemental
oxygen but are not
severely sick, may be
given Remdesivir as
per doctor’s discre-
tion but this drug is
not routinely recom-
mended for everyone.
08
2NDFRONT
‘Remdesivir is not routinely recommended for everyone’
Q
A
INTERVIEW
AROUND 63 % POLLING IN THIRD PHASE
OF PANCHAYAT ELECTION IN 20 DISTRICTS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Third phase
of polling for the three-
tier panchayat election
came to an end today
with around 63 percent
electorate exercising
their franchise in 20 dis-
tricts of state. Now last
phase of polling in re-
maining 17 districts will
be held on April 29 with
vote count on May 2.
The fate of 10627 zila
panchayat candidates
for746posts,89188kshet-
rapanchayatcandidates
for 18530 posts, 117789
candidates for 14397 vil-
lages panchayats, 134510
candidatesfor180473vil-
lage panchayat wards
post was sealed in ballot
papers today
. In the first
and second round the
polling percentage was
71 and 73 respectively
.
The 20 districts, which
went to polls today
, were
Shamli, Meerut, Mo-
radabad, Pilibhit, Kas-
ganj, Firozabad, Aurai-
ya, Kanpur Dehat, Ja-
laun, Hamirpur,
Fatehpur, Unnao, Ame-
thi, Barabanki, Balram-
pur, Sidhdharth Nagar,
Deoria, Chandauli, Mir-
zapur and Ballia.
The CM Yogi Adity-
anath, at Covid review
meeting on Sunday
, had
specially discussed the
preparations for the
third phase of polling
and the protocol to be
followingduringthevot-
ing. Amid tight security
arrangements the state
police had also ensured
the implementation of
covid guidelines of use
of masks, gloves and
physical distancing
among the people. Pan-
chayat elections are
prelude to big state as-
sembly battle in early
2022 and the ruling par-
tywouldneverwantany
adverse political mes-
sage to go from these vil-
lage elections. In fact, in
the past also ruling par-
ties be it BSP or Sama-
jawadi Party played the
panchayat gameplan
carefully
.
The BJP has made
minute planning at the
district level for the vic-
tory in the panchayat
election. Other parties
too are not lagging be-
hind the chasing the
voters for the victory
. In
UP while village pan-
chayat polls are party-
less and no political
party allot its symbols
but at Kshetra and zila
Panchayat political
parties join the fray
.
‘As UP cries for help to tackle
Covid, Cabinet remains absent’
UP govt fudged Covid fatality
number: Akhilesh Yadav
Oxygen tanker stuck
in UP,reaches MP
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A tanker
carrying oxygen from
Bokaro in Jharkhand
reached a medical col-
lege in Madhya
Pradesh’s Sagar district
on Monday under po-
lice escort from the Ut-
tar Pradesh border, of-
ficials said. On Sunday,
the MP administration
dialled senior officials
of the Uttar Pradesh
government after the
tanker carrying oxygen
for hospitals in Sagar
was allegedly held up
during transit through
UP. “The tanker carry-
ing 14 MT (metric
tonnes) of oxygen
reached Government
Bundelkhand Medical
College on Monday
morning for providing
the life-saving gas to
COVID-19 patients,” Sa-
gar district panchayat’s
CEO and nodal officer
for oxygen Dr Icchit
Garhpale said. The MP
government had
sourced oxygen from
steel plants in Bokaro.
The tanker was to reach
Sagar on Sunday but it
was allegedly held up in
Uttar Pradesh, officials
earlier said.
‘Govt’s initiatives to curb Covid-19
should reflect at ground level’
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Bahujan Sa-
maj Party supremo
Mayawati on Monday
demanded that the ini-
tiatives announced by
the Centre and the Uttar
Pradesh government to
check the spread of
COVID-19 should reflect
at the ground level too.
She also appealed to her
party workers to help
people according to
their ability in this time
of crisis.
“All the necessary
steps taken by the Cen-
tral and Uttar Pradesh
government to treat co-
rona patients and to
overcome the shortage
of oxygenandmedicine,
are a good, but all of
them should be imple-
mented on the ground
timely
. This is the de-
mandof BSP
,”Mayawati
said in a tweet in Hindi.
She also said, “There
is an appeal to the BSP
people all over the coun-
try to help corona pa-
tients in their neigh-
bourhood as a human
being according to their
ability. But while help-
ing, they must also
strictly follow the COV-
ID rules,” she added.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Accusing
the Uttar Pradesh gov-
ernment’s entire Cabi-
net of being absent
amidst the COVID-19
pandemic, the UP Con-
gress on Sunday said if
one COVID hospital
was built in every divi-
sion of the state, then so
many lives may not
have been lost.
In a tweet in Hindi,
UP Congress spokes-
person Ashok Singh
said, “The entire Cabi-
net of Yogi Adityanath
government is absent,
while there is a
‘traaheemaam’ (cry for
help) in Uttar Pradesh.
The Team-11 of Yogi
Adityanath’s adminis-
tration did not do any-
thing in the last year. If
one COVID hospital
was built by now in
every division of the
state, then so many
lives may not have been
lost, and the current
grim situation would
not have been there.”
Earlier on Sunday,
Congress leader Pri-
yanka Gandhi Vadra
hit out at CM Adity-
anath’s remarks that
there is no shortage of
oxygen in any private
or public COVID-19
hospital in the state,
and asserted that “only
an insensitive govern-
ment” will give such a
statement.
Asserting that there
is no shortage of oxy-
gen in any private or
public COVID-19 hospi-
tal in UP, Adityanath on
Saturday had said that
the state government
would conduct an audit
of the life-saving gas in
collaboration with vari-
ous institutes.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Samajwadi
Party chief Akhilesh
Yadav on Monday ac-
cused the Uttar Pradesh
government of fudging
coronavirus death num-
bers, saying the data
shown by it is contra-
dicted by the rush at
crematoriums.
The former UP chief
minister further al-
leged that the BJP gov-
ernment’s misman-
agement and short-
sightedness has
turned the state into a
“corona pradesh”.
“Fake data is being
given to show fewer
deaths while a rush is
being witnessed at cre-
matoriums,” Yadav
said in a statement. “It
is the government’s
failure that even BJP
MPs and MLAs are not
satisfied with the cur-
rent state of affairs.
The number of doc-
tors, hospitals and
other facilities given
by the BJP is mostly
fake. Such an insensi-
tive government was
never seen in the
state,” he said.
“The BJP should
shun its pride of being
in power. They should
think like family mem-
bers of COVID patients
and ensure availability
of oxygen at their
homes,” Akhilesh said,
accusing the party of
not paying any heed to
experts’ warning about
the second wave of the
infection. The SP chief
also demanded uni-
formity in rates of
COVID vaccine in the
entire country and ap-
pealed to his party
workers to help people
battle coronavirus.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In view of
the growing Covid in-
fections, officiating dis-
trict magistrate Roshan
Jacob has been con-
stantly in field. On
Monday she first in-
spected Chinhat Com-
munity Health Center
during which she re-
viewed works with all
RRT teams.
Jacob instructed all
the teams to carry out
contact tracing, testing
and ensure availability
of medical kits to all pa-
tients of home isolation
and people with Covid
symptoms. She asked
teams to visit home iso-
lationpatientsandmake
them aware of Covid in-
fection. The Testing
Center and Vaccination
Center were also in-
spected by her which
were found to be work-
ing as per COVID proto-
col. The officiating DM
also visited Mahatma
Gandhi MCH Wing Cov-
id Hospital in Chinhat.
She said the hospital
was being started as
Covid Hospital wherein
60 beds were being ar-
ranged for Covid pa-
tients who could be ad-
mitted from tomorrow.
She informed that ad-
equate availability of
oxygen was available in
the hospital, as well as
arrangements were be-
ing made to install 16
oxygen concentrators
and directed that all
works should be com-
pleted by Monday even-
ing and the hospital
should be made func-
tional from tomorrow.
‘Ensure availability of medical kits to patients’
PREPAREDNESS TO PREVENTION
Lucknow DM Roshan Jacob at the Chinhat CHC on Monday.
Mayawati
Priyanka Gandhi
Former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav
People show their voter ID as they stand in queue to cast their
vote for UP Panchayat election, amid the rise in Covid-19 cases.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Railway track maintenance work near Badshah Nagar Railway Station during the ongoing
crisis which resulted in lesser traffic on railway tracks.
Hospitals in parts of
the country are facing
oxygen shortage as
cases surged to a
record high
The man who daily reviews his
day’s work and it’s connection
with long-term goals is the man
who will achieve success.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Dr Siddharth Warrier

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ur travel dreams
lay waste in the
year 2020 because
of the coronavirus
but 2021 appears
to be promising
than its predeces-
sor because of the availa-
bility of vaccines and more
understanding of the dis-
ease itself. As travel is
steadily resuming the In-
dian market is witnessing
a change in the way we
used to travel. This in-
cludes appreciation for dis-
coveries in proximity
alongside wanderlust and
creative ways to combine
work and travel. As the
world around us is going in
metamorphism, let’s gaze
into the seeker crystal ball
and look at what’s gone and
what’s on in travel for the
year 2021.
DITCHING THE HOTSPOTS FOR
HIDDEN GETAWAYS
2021 isn’t the year for set-
tling into the mundane and
cliches. Popular tourist cit-
ies are forged for places
that are unknown and un-
heard. Rural resorts, se-
cluded beach villas and
hidden alpine homes with
limited accommodation op-
tions are trending. These
places automatically en-
sure social distancing and
crowd-free surroundings.
Additionally, wilderness
and wellness getaways are
categories that are observ-
ing an uptick in their game
for their added value of ad-
venture and therapeutic
experiences.
BEING THERE THAN BEEN
THERE
Since the onset of the pan-
demic, the idea of a multi-
destination trip with a
checklist of things is not
up to the snuff. In the year
2021 immersive and slow
are two keywords that are
touted as the way to travel.
To reduce the risk of expo-
sure and make every op-
portunity count people
want to take fewer flights
and not change many ac-
commodations. This year
there will be a spurt in trav-
ellers seeking local food,
architecture, handicrafts,
and culture. Activities like
trekking and hiking will
give them time to have a
perspective of the place
and embrace small simple
pleasure in life.
SAFETY OVER LUXURY
Safety and hygiene have
win priority over luxury in
travel. People want to ex-
plore their options for a
change of scenery in a safe
and sanitized manner. Fly-
ing that was once consid-
ered fancy has been re-
placed with self-driven
cars. Similarly, the tradi-
tional in-stay checklist for
the hotels has now made
way for questions such as
social distancing, private
kitchen and contactless
check inn. The ‘new nor-
mal’ will also see travellers
prioritize stays in non-ho-
tels that are in sync with
nature such as tree houses,
cottages, barns, cabins and
independent villas with
private chefs so that they
can have more control over
their stay
.
WORKCATION TAKES OVER
VACATION
Working remotely has irre-
versibly become main-
stream during the pandem-
icproducinganewcategory
of people called Digital no-
mads.Virtualmeetingsand
online classes have made it
easier for people to work
from any corner of the
world. Availability of high-
speedinternetisgoingtobe
theprimaryfocusforchoos-
ing a place to travel. Expect
laptops to be a piece of
mainstay luggage. This
year will see a rise in the
number of people who have
relocated themselves closer
totheirhomesormovetem-
porarily to a beach or to a
mountain to break the mo-
notony
. Few countries like
Dubai are luring digital no-
mads with attractive year-
long packages to work with
year-round sunshine and
zero taxes.
GO LOCAL THAN GLOBAL
Even though most of the
global restrictions are lift-
ed now but people will still
want to stay closer to their
homes for holidays. The
risks and the cost of get-
ting out of the country will
make people find solace in
new domestic locations.
Particularly when they re-
alise that they can get there
by driving and avoid thou-
sands of other travellers in
airports. Moreover, with
domestic tourism, there is
also the hope that local
businesses that were im-
pacted due to the pandemic
will start to flourish again.
EXCLUSIVE EXPERIENCES
OVER GROUP TOURS
The era of group tours is
over for a while. For those
who can afford quality over
quantity will matter in
travel experiences. We’re
not talking about anything
on the tourist trail, nor
even ‘off the beaten path.
We’re talking about true
travel into unknown places
that too in style. Flying on
a chartered flight to a re-
mote Himalayan village,
lodging in a fort with its
own lake, or taking an ex-
clusive river cruise to a pri-
vate island are few such
experiences that have
popped up all across the
country. Lifestyle travel is
one of the defining trends
of 2021.
MORE VIRTUAL LESS REAL
This year will see height-
ened mindfulness on the
number of times one
should travel in reality.
But the appetite to con-
sume virtual travel con-
tent has grown enormous-
ly
. Social media have flood-
ed with various ways of
escapism. Video tours,
sharing bucket list and
creative travel feeds pro-
vide a good break from
doom scrolling. People
seek comfort and distrac-
tion from negative news by
looking at such content.
Various properties and
destinations have already
encashed on virtual tours
to woo their potential cli-
ents on Instagram Reels
and Facebook Live.
SHALBHA SARDA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Financial gains appear on
the horizon for some.
Someone may give you tips
regarding your health.
Marketing personnel may need to
rethink strategy. You are likely to
infuse confidence in a family member
in a not so good mood. Avoid
travelling long distance.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Spending on friends will
get you the recognition you
seek, but don’t overdo it. A
task entrusted to you at
work will be successfully completed.
A family member can make you
mentally upset over an issue that had
been simmering for long. You may
have to serve a property battle.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Efforts for improving your
financial condition will
show positive signs. You
seem to be extra efficient
today and will be able to wind up a
lot of work on the domestic front. An
out of town business development
tour may prove to be worth the
effort.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You may choose to invest in
a scheme you have been
contemplating for long. You
can expect a productive day
at work. You will need to be careful
about your food habits, as it can affect
health otherwise. Those wanting peace
and quiet at home will have to ensure
the same.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Doctors and engineers can
expect a satisfying day
both professionally and
monetarily. A family
member may not agree to with your
thoughts. Purchasing your dream
house may still take some more time.
Health remains good. Finding time to
enjoy socially may seem tough.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
A marriage or birth is likely
to bring happiness on the
domestic front. An
inheritance or property
comes your way most unexpectedly.
You will be competent enough to get
selected in a tough competition,
despite the odds. An initiative taken on
the health front may not show results.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
A good break on the
business front is foreseen
for some. Some of you can
pass through a tight
financial situation. Those suffering
from an ailment are likely to show
improvement .It seems to be an
excellent day when whatever you do
is likely to be followed by others.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
A soft approach in
handling a subordinate will
go a long way in encourag-
ing a positive relationship.
Vet an investment advice thoroughly
even if it is given by a financial
expert. Health remains good, as you
remain regular in workouts. Your
feeling for someone will enhance.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You earn well and will also
manage to open more
avenues of earning. Health
needs care. Things may
not go right on the professional front
today. There is a fair chance of a flat
or plot being registered in your
name. You may not feel too
comfortable on the social front.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You may look for good
investment options as
money comes to you. Your
advice on a professional
matter will come in handy. Age-
related ailments cannot be ruled out
for some oldsters. Those living in a
joint family are likely to feel cornered
due to lack of support.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Raising capital for a
business project will
require some hard
thinking. Some
misunderstanding over a trivial issue
with spouse can flare up on the
domestic front. Investing in property
can give handsome returns, so keep
an eye on it.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
If there are any differences
with spouse over some
issue, this is the day to
resolve them. Take steps to
resolve a property matter amicably.
This is an excellent day that makes
you lucky in every sphere. Those
suffering from a lifestyle disease may
need to remain careful.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva

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