First India-Lucknow Edition-24 May 2021

CORONA CURFEW
EXTENDED IN UP
FROM TODAY
Lucknow: The Corona
Curfew or lockdown
announced by the Uttar
Pradesh Government
on Saturday, gets
implemented across the
state from 7 am today.
The lockdown is the
extension of the already
imposed restrictions
in the state. The partial
COVID curfew has been
continuously extended
in UP since May 5.
Prior to that, the state
govt had imposed
weekend curfews. An
order from ACS Home
Awanish Awasthi read
that the Corona Curfew
is being extended in the
state from today.
BJP Bigwigs Huddle To Strategise For 2022 UP Polls
Vishal Srivastav
LUCKNOW: With Uttar
Pradesh assembly polls
slated to be held next
year, the Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) has
started preparing its
strategy to repeat its
2017 performance once
again. As per sources,
consultations took
place between Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, Home Minister
Amit Shah, BJP Presi-
dent JP Nadda, General
Secretary of Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS) Dattatreya Hosa-
bale and UP In-charge
Sunil Bansal in New
Delhi. It may be men-
tionedthatSunilBansal
has been staying in Del-
hi for the past two days.
Before the Uttar
Pradesh Assembly elec-
tions, the BJP think
tank met over the week-
end in Delhi to ponder
over minute aspects of
its strategy to be adopt-
ed in forthcoming polls.
Corona management
was also reportedly part
of the discussion. There
were reports of differ-
ences between the
Sangh and BJP over the
management of the sec-
ond wave of Covid
across the nation, with
some Sangh leaders
even criticizing the Cen-
tral government over
handlingof theCovid-19
wave in the country
.
About a week ago a
meeting was also held
through video confer-
encing, to discuss the
reasons behind the dis-
mal performance of
BJP in the Panchayat
elections in UP. BJP
state president Swatan-
tra Dev Singh, BJP’s
state incharge Sunil
Bansal, regional presi-
dent and office bearers
associated with pan-
chayat elections were
present in the review
meeting.
In that meeting, dis-
cussions were held at
length on different fac-
tors involved Turn to P6
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD LUCKNOW
13 DIE IN ITALY’S
MOUNTAIN CABLE
CAR CRASH
21 RUNNERS
KILLED IN HARSH
WEATHER IN CHINA
Rome: Thirteen people died and two children were seriously injured
Sunday when a cable car slammed into the side of a mountain in northern
Italy, emergency services said. The toll could rise further from the ac-
cident in Stresa, a resort town on the shores of Lake Maggiore in
Italy’s Piedmont region, the Alpine rescue service said on Twitter.
Beijing: Twenty-one people were killed after hail, freezing rain and high
winds hit runners taking part in a 100-kilometre cross-country mountain
race in China, state media said Sunday. One runner who had been missing
was found at 9:30 am, but “had already lost their vital signs”, state broad-
caster CCTV reported, citing the local rescue command headquarters.
‘MAKE SELF, BJP VISIBLE’
Caught on the back foot over its conspicuous absence during the second wave of
the pandemic and a groundswell of public fear and resentment, the BJP leadership
has asked its leaders to be visibly more “empathetic and sympathetic”
Jaipur: Caught on the
back foot over its con-
spicuous absence dur-
ing the second wave of
the pandemic and a
groundswell of public
fearandresentment,the
BJP leadership has
asked its leaders to be
visibly more “empathet-
ic and sympathetic”.
As part of this out-
reach, sources said,
party leaders have been
asked to step up their
“social activities” to en-
sure delivery of
m e d i c i n e s ,
availability
of hospital beds as well
as actively monitor the
ramping up of health
infrastructure, which
includes installation of
oxygen plants in gov-
ernment hospitals.
This comes when the
second wave is spread-
ing to rural areas and
the party has locked
horns with the Con-
gress alleging here’s an
attempt to malign the
image of the Centre. In
this context, it has high-
lighted what it called a
“toolkit” which the Con-
gress called fake and
Twitter flagged as “ma-
nipulated media.” On
Friday, the Centre told
Twitter that this tag-
ging was “prejudiced”
and should be removed.
“It’s true that a nega-
tive narrative against
the party Turn to P6
First India Bureau
Jaipur:AnFIRhasbeen
registered against BJP’s
National Vice President
Raman Singh and party
spokesperson Sambit
Patra in Chhattisgarh
for allegedly “forging”
the letterhead of AICC
Research Department
and printing “false and
fabricated” content.
They both have been
summoned for further
investigation, Raipur
Civil Lines Police SHO
RK Mishra said on Sun-
day
. “Today, we have
askedSambitPatratobe
present here in person
or via video conference.
The complaint was reg-
istered by Chhattisgarh
Pradesh Congress NSUI
president,” news agen-
cy ANI quoted Mishra
as saying.
The Congress has
also filed a complaint
with Delhi Police seek-
ing registration of an
FIR against BJP presi-
dent J P Nadda, Union
Minister Smriti Irani,
Sambit Patra, and BJP’s
National General Secre-
tary B L Santhosh.
On Tuesday, the BJP
had hit out at the Con-
gress over the alleged
toolkit of the opposi-
tion party, claiming it
wants to tarnish the im-
age of the country and
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi by calling the
new Covid-19 strain the
“India strain” or the
“Modi strain”.
The Congress had re-
torted accusing the BJP
of propagating a “fake
toolkit” to defame it. A
case for “spreading fake
news” and “promoting
enmitybetweenclasses”
was filed at Civil Lines
police station based on
the complaint of Akash
Sharma, state chief of
the National Students
Union of India.
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WE’LL ONLY DEAL WITH INDIAN
GOVT: MODERNA TO PUNJAB
Chandigarh: US pharmaceutical firm Moderna
has refused to send supplies of its Covid vaccine
directly to Punjab saying that, according to its
official policy, the company will deal only with
the Government of India. The Amarinder Singh
administration had reached out to all such manu-
facturers looking for direct purchases, officials
said. Punjab is exploring possibilities of floating
a global tender to procure vaccines from all pos-
sible sources, including Sputnik V manufacturer
Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and
Microbiology, Pfizer, and Johnson Johnson.
This is a time when many have
lost their family members and
near ones. It’s time we soothe
their pain, ease their difficulties
and stand with them
—JP Nadda, BJP National President
INDIA
2,40,842
new cases
3,741
new fatalities
UTTAR PRADESH
4,844
new cases
234
new fatalities
CORONA CATASTROPHE
Raman Singh, Sambit
Patra summoned by
Chhattisgarh police
BJP leader Sambit Patra and ex-Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh
TWITTER ‘TOOLKIT’ ISSUE
Two Indore
sisters held for
online contacts
with ISI agents
Bhopal: The Indore po-
lice have detained two
sisters from the Mhow
cantonment on suspi-
cion of espionage after
they were allegedly
foundtobeintouchwith
two Pakistani nationals
suspected to be opera-
tives of that country’s
spyagency
,theInter-Ser-
vice Intelligence (ISI).
The police and Mili-
tary Intelligence are
probing the matter. The
women are now being
questioning and the cre-
dentials of their Paki-
stani contacts are being
verified, sources close to
the investigation said.
The sisters, aged 32 and
28, are school teachers
based in Dr Ambedkar
Nagar, better known as
Mhow, near Indore city
.
They have allegedly
been in touch with the
men from Pakistan for
over a year over social
media platforms
through fake identities,
the police allege. Their
cell phones and other
electronic equipment
have been seized, sourc-
es privy to the probe
disclosed. Turn to P6
3,000 RAF men called in
to block farmers in Hisar
PM Modi goes into huddle with Shah,officials
Hisar: Security has
been stepped up in Har-
yana’s Hisar district as
farmers have planned
to picket the residence
of a senior police offic-
er on Monday to protest
criminal cases filed
against more than 300
farmers who have been
on protest against the
centre’s new farm laws
since last November.
The Hisar Police have
registered cases against
350 farmers with charg-
es including attempt to
murder, rioting, unlaw-
fulassemblyandspread-
ing the coronavirus in-
fection after they pro-
tested in Hisar outside a
temporary COVID-19
hospital, disrupting
HaryanaChief Minister
Manohar Lal Khattar’s
plansof inauguratingit.
After the police regis-
tered the cases against
the protesters, the farm-
ers announced plans to
picket the Turn to P6
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Sunday held a meeting
with senior government
officials and ministers
to review the prepara-
tions for the approach-
ing Cyclone Yaas. PM
Modi directed senior
officers to work in close
co-ordination with
states to ensure the safe
evacuation of people
from high-risk areas.
The meeting was also
attended by Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah, along with senior
government officials
and representatives
from the National Disas-
ter Management Au-
thority (NDMA), Secre-
taries from Telecom,
Power, Civil aviation,
Earth Sciences Minis-
tries to review prepara-
tions against the ap-
proachingCycloneYaas.
As per the statement
issued by the Prime
Minister’s office, PM
Modi also instructed all
concerned departments
to ensure timely evacu-
ation Turn to P6
‘Depression in BOB to cross
Odisha-WB coast on May 26’
New Delhi: A depres-
sion that formed over
east-central Bay of
Bengal at 11:30 am on
Sunday is expected to
intensify into cyclon-
ic storm ‘Yaas’ by
Monday, the Indian
Meteorological De-
partment stated. The
depression is 670 kilo-
metres away from
Digha in West Bengal.
According to IMD,
the cyclonic storm
will move north-
northwest and cross
the north Odisha-
West Bengal coast be-
tween Paradeep and
Sagar Island by the
evening of May 26 as
a ‘very severe cyclon-
ic storm’. “From May
25, Midnapore, How-
rah, Hooghly, North
24 Parganas and
South 24 Parganas in
West Bengal will face
rainfall. This will
turn into extremely
heavy rainfall, in-
cluding in Kolkata,
on May 26,” IMD said.
CYCLONE YAAS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high level meeting to
review preparedness and planning to tackle Cyclone ‘Yaas’,
through video conferencing in New Delhi on Sunday.

UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | MONDAY, MAY 24, 2021
02
First India Bureau
L u c k n o w : H av i n g
gained more than two
million subscribers
within a year of its
launch, the ‘Ayush Ka-
vach App’ has rolled out
a new feature tele-coun-
selling to provide tips to
Covid-19 patients in
home-isolation.The new
update will enable citi-
zens to access medical
treatment, available lo-
cally and easily
. This
mobile application is a
handy tool that attempts
to provide the maxi-
mum benefits of the an-
cient science of Ayur-
veda and correlated tra-
ditional health systems,
that can help boost one’s
immunity at minimal
costs. This will also re-
vive an age-old branch
of medical science.
It may be recalled that
CM Yogi Adityanath
had virtually interacted
with more than 5000
AYUSH doctors and had
appealed to all Ayush
practitioners to join the
fight against the Cov-
id-19 pandemic. He had
asked them to provide
treatment to Covid pa-
tients and educate them
about Yoga Asanas as in
the present time, it is
necessary to make peo-
ple aware of the benefits
of Ayush.
The AYUSH practi-
tioners have also been
promoting ‘Yoga At
Home’ and deep-breath-
ingexercisestode-stress
the mind and strength-
en the body and respira-
tory tract during this
difficult phase to people
in the comfort of their
homes.
The health experts
have been teaching Yoga
Asanas such as ‘Pranay-
am’ to more than 300
people regularly
. In a bid
to provide maximum
benefits of the ancient
and traditional health
systems, CM had
launched the ‘AYUSH
Kavach App’ last year
on May 5.
Ayush App comes with updated features
BETTER FACILITIES
On whirlwind tour of state to make on-ground inspection of Covid Command Centres, CM asks people to get tested for corona
DON’TTAXMIND,GETVAXED:CM
First India Bureau
Chitrakoot/Lucknow:
Chief MinisterYogiAdi-
tyanath on Sunday
urgedpeopletoshedvac-
cine hesitancy and get
inoculated at the earli-
est. “The vaccine is the
only safeguard against
thedeadlycoronavirus,”
he said asking people
also to get tested for Cov-
id-19.
On a whirlwind tour
of the State to make an
on-ground inspection of
Covid Command Cen-
tres, health and medical
facilities, the UP CM
made the appeal during
hisvisittoChitrakooton
Sunday
. He first inspect-
ed the Badokhar Khurd
village. Post-inspection,
he held a meeting with
officials and public rep-
resentatives in Govern-
ment Medical College
and also visited the Cov-
id Command Centre in
Chitrakoot.
Directing officials to
ensure uninterrupted
supply of oxygen, the
CM told them that more
than 300 new oxygen
plantsarebeingsetupin
the state of which 9 will
be in Chitrakoot divi-
sion.
Discussing the steep-
estfallintheactivecases
of COVID-19 since the
second wave of COV-
ID-19 hit the state, the
CM said that the Test,
Trace and Treat had
helped in tackling the
situation. As a result of
the stringent testing
mechanism in the rural
pockets, the active cases
inthestatehavedropped
down to 84,800.
In an attempt to save
livesandlivelihoodsdur-
ing the partial-corona
curfew, CM said that in
the biggest food grain
distributionendeavours,
the government is pro-
viding free food grain to
about 15 crore benefi-
ciaries of the state. This
relief to the poorer sec-
tion is being provided
under Pradhan Mantri
Gareeb Kalyan Ann Yo-
jana (PMGKAY). The
community kitchens
are providing two meals
per day to every needy
person in all the dis-
tricts, informed the CM
Also, the government
is working to provide an
allowance of Rs 1000 per
month to the daily wa-
gers and other poor la-
bourers in the urban
areas of the state, he
added. The UP CM also
emphasized creating
awareness among peo-
ple so that with collec-
tive efforts, the state
will be able to defeat
coronavirus soon.
Yogi Speaks
Yogi Speaks
UP CM Yogi said
free vaccination
of people in the age
group of 18+ in every
district of the state
will commence from
June 1.
UP CM said that
he was grateful to
the Prime Minister,
whose efforts have
brought two indige-
nous vaccines to the
country and a third
vaccine Sputnik has
also arrived.
CM Yogi said
our community
kitchens have started
in every district. The
families of every
needy and patients
do not have to wan-
der for food.
CM Yogi said those
indulging in
black-marketing of
Remdesivir injections
in the state are being
booked under the
stringent NSA. He
also said properties
of those hoarding
or black-marketing
life-saving medicines
will be seized.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath holding a discussion with the members of surveillance committee of a primary school of Badagaon block in Jhansi on Sunday.
SURVEILLANCE COMMITTEES HELPED
‘Villages which won C battle must
putupbillboardsdeclaringvictory’
First India Bureau
Jhansi: Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath on Sun-
daysaidthatvillagesthat
had won the battle
against Covid-19 should
put up billboards declar-
ing their victory over the
virus to inspire and en-
courage others to follow
suit.
The announcement
comes a day after the CM
announced that best-pe-
forming three villages
and wards will be re-
warded through various
schemes under the gov-
ernment’s ‘mera gaon,
corona mukt gaon’ cam-
paign iniative. CM Yogi
gave the instructions af-
teravisittotheGarhmau
Gram Panchayat in
Jhansi, where he had a
meetingwiththeofficials
of the Monitoring Com-
mittee in the primary
school at Gandhi Nagar.
He was informed that
there were two Covid pa-
tients in the past but cur-
rently there was not a
single positive person in
the village.
The CM praised the
management committee
and said that a board of
‘Corona Free Village’
should be put to inspire
other villages. He asked
theofficialstoissuesimi-
lar instructions to all of-
ficials.Highlighting the
steps taken by govern-
ment to tackle Covid-19,
the CM said that Jhansi
would soon have a 500-
bed Medical College and
six new Oxygen plants.
He said 15 new oxygen
plants were being set up
in the Bundelkhand re-
gion, out of which 6 will
be in Jhansi. “The first
and the second wave of
COVID-19 are different
from each other. The
statedidnotfaceanyoxy-
gen shortage in the first
wave, but since the disas-
troussecondwavehitthe
state,thedemandforoxy-
gensupplyalsoincreased
and we had a crisis”, he
said.
He thanked the PM
and the Government of
India for arranging the
supplyof oxygenthrough
the Oxygen Express and
Indian Air Force ships.
“PM Modi has continu-
ously been a guidance
forceinUP’sfightagainst
coronavirus,” he said.
CM Yogi Adityanath during the inspection of integrated command and control system in Jhansi on Sunday.
CMYogi vents ire after
ventilatorsmalfunction
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Taking seri-
ous view of complaints
of malfunctioning ven-
tilators across the
State, especially in
Pilibhit, Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath
has directed authori-
ties to fix responsibili-
ty and take stern ac-
tion in such matters.
Complaints of defec-
tive and unused venti-
lators – the life-saving
machines that many
critical Covid-19 pa-
tients are dependent
on during the course of
their treatment - are
pouring in from sever-
al Western UP cities
also.
Presiding over a
meeting with his Team
9 officials, the UP CM
said, “all ventilators
and oxygen concentra-
tors available in all dis-
tricts should be in
working condition.
From Pilibhit dis-
trict there have been
complaints of negli-
gence in this regard.
Action should be taken
while fixing responsi-
bility in the case.” He
said ventilators and
other medical devices
should be made func-
tional immediately in
all the districts.
He said though Cov-
id cases had come
down considerably in
the State, officials
should not let their
guard down and con-
tinue to maintain a
strict vigil on the situ-
ation.
CM Yogi Adityanath interacting with the health workers in Banda
on Sunday.
Rs5Lto‘fake
encounter’
victim’s kin
First India Bureau
New Delhi/Luc-
know: The Depu-
ty Commissioner
of Police, Luc-
know, on Saturday
submitted pay-
ment proof of Rs 5
lakh to the family
members of an IT
engineer, before
the National Hu-
man Rights Com-
mission (NHRC)
despite the earlier
resistance for not
payingtheamount
by the Uttar
Pradesh Govern-
ment, as the case
is pending for trial
before a criminal
court in Lucknow.
While dispos-
ing of a case filed
by a Supreme
Court lawyer and
human rights ac-
tivist Radhakanta
Tripathy, the apex
human rights
watchdog re-
turned the video
cassette/CD of au-
topsy to the con-
cerned authority
.
Tripathy al-
leged that on Sep-
tember 29, 2018,
Vivek Tiwari, who
was working as
sales manager at a
multinational IT
company in Luc-
know was alleg-
edly gunned down
by an errant po-
lice official “un-
der the garb of a
criminal encoun-
ter”.
Revenue clerk
suspended for
violating
service rules
First India Bureau
Bahraich: Police
here held discus-
sions with their
Nepalese counter-
parts on the issue
of disposal of bod-
ies into rivers flow-
ing in Uttar
Pradesh, officials
saidonSunday
.The
Bahraich district
police also spoke to
priests on last rites
of the deceased,
they said.
“Following dis-
posal of bodies in
rivers in different
districts of Uttar
Pradesh, an unoffi-
cial discussion was
held with police,
SSB (Sashastra
Seema Bal), Nepa-
lese security per-
sonnel and priests
from both coun-
tries, and the Nepa-
lese authorities
were urged to
spread awareness
so as to prevent dis-
posal of bodies in
rivers,”SujauliSta-
tion House Officer
OP Chauhan said.
Bahraich in Uttar
Pradesh shares
borders with Ne-
pal.District Magis-
trate Shambhu Ku-
mar on Saturday
hadsaidbodieswill
notbeallowedtobe
disposed in rivers.
Chauhan had also
said that police and
SSB officials visit-
ed villages on the
Indian side, and
urged people to
hold the last rites
of the deceased,
and not dispose
bodies in rivers.

UTTAR PRADESH
03
Family of an ailing woman left on their own to shift her from the ambulance to the hospital on a
strecher at Trauma Centre on Sunday as no hospital staff is seen around to assist.
—FILE PHOTO
4,844 FRESH CASES, 234 DEAD IN STATE; OVER 14,000 RECOVER IN LAST 24 HRS
DOWNTRENDON:CASES
PEGGED BELOW 5,000
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The massive
Covid-19 scare has been
put aside to a great deal
in Uttar Pradesh with
less than 5,000 fresh cas-
es having been reported
on Sunday
.
Given the impact of
theongoingcoronavirus
curfewtocontainspread
of covid, 4,844 fresh cas-
es pushed the
infection tally
to 16,69,891.
234 people
were also re-
ported dead
with the 24
hours period.
Of the new
deaths,Jhansi
recorded21fa-
talities, fol-
lowed by Lucknow
18, Varanasi 15,
Ayodhya 14, Agra
11 and 10 each
from Gorakhpur,
S a h a r a n p u r,
Lakhimpur-Khiri
and Basti.
As far as fresh cases
areconcerned,statecapi-
talLucknowreported301
cases, Meerut 297, Saha-
ranpur 264, Varanasi 245
and Gorakhpur 201.
Inpast24hours,14,086
patients recovered from
the disease, taking the
total number of patients
discharged so far to
15,65,802.
According to ACS In-
formation, Navneet Se-
hgal on Sunday
, active
coronavirus cases in the
state currently stand at
84,800, down by almost
2,26,000 from the peak in
the last 20 days.
Sehgal has informed
that corona infection in
state was declining and
village monitoring com-
mittee had distributed
3.50 lakh medical kits so
far besides monitoring
c o m m i t t e e
had reached
97,000villages.
He said trace,
test and treat-
ment had ben-
efited, besides
virus spread
had been pre-
vented due to
partialcurfew.
He said vacci-
nation of people
between18and45
years age had
started in dis-
tricts with more
infections which was
expanded to 23 districts
and now from June 1
vaccination of people of
thisagewillbeheldinall
75 districts
Sehgal informed vac-
cination of people of 18
to45yearswasendingin
many states, but was
pickingupinUP
.Hesaid
he would visit Gonda,
Devipatan, Mirzapur di-
visions and meet people
in village too besides re-
view work of monitor-
ing committee.
Qazi Abdur Rahman
Gorakhpur: Following
the gross negligence in
uploading the investi-
gation report of RT-
PCR on Government
website district offi-
cials have cancelled the
license of a diagnostic
centre and conducted a
raid at the centre on
Sunday.
Chief Medical Offic-
er Dr Sudhakar Pandey
said here that a three
member committee has
been constituted to
probe the case of care-
lessness on part of the
diagnosis centre.
According to the re-
port, in the review
meeting of Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath it
has surfaced that 26,500
RT-PCR reports are
pending in the state.
When district officials
tightened the noose,
Pathword, a diagnosis
centre approved for
covid test at Betiahata
locality of the city up-
loaded 1,200 investiga-
tion report in a day.
Surprisingly mostly
positive patients were
found, that added to the
worries of the adminis-
tration. These investi-
gation were conducted
from April 15 to May 15
and their reports were
not uploaded on the
government website.
That was clear viola-
tion of the government
directives to upload
covid report in 48
hours.
Sharp increase in
positive cases report
landed the officials in
trouble as they found
that 10,105 RT-PCR re-
ports were not upload-
ed from April 15. Offi-
cials cancelled the li-
cense and constituted
an investigation com-
mittee that will submit
the report in 2 days.
The possible visit of
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath on May 26
has compounded their
problem.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Dr. Roshan
Jacob, Senior Nodal Of-
ficer for Covid-19 man-
agement for the district
of Lucknow has, for en-
suring better follow-up
of home isolation pa-
tients, drug delivery,
disposal of testing prob-
lems and disposal of
medical concerns /
problems of post-Covid
patients, formed a team
of teachers and doctors.
The covid positive pa-
tients will be called up
by the teachers to col-
lect information related
to delivery of medi-
cines, if covid test was
conducted for their fam-
ily members who too
exhibit covid symp-
toms, if they needed
medical counselling,
etc. The collected infor-
mation will be made
available to the Com-
munity Health Center
and the teachers will
also provide the num-
ber Hello Doctor Ser-
vices to the patients
who need medical coun-
seling.
Dr. Roshan Jacob said
that a total of 160 teach-
ers and 250 doctors have
been formed into two
different wings to en-
sure that all the Home
Isolation patients, post
Covid patients as well
as those who need med-
ical consultation can be
contacted and their
problems or queries be
resolved. She added
that 10 teachers will be
posted in every commu-
nity health centres for
this job and the 250 doc-
tors will provide medi-
cal consultation
through Hello Doctor
Services.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: For control-
ling the spread of coro-
navirus in rural areas,
the Uttar Pradesh gov-
ernment has issued in-
structions to medical of-
ficers of all districts at
district hospitals, Pri-
mary Health Centres
(PHCs), Community
health centres (CHCs).
Accordingtothestate-
ment issued by ACS,
Medical and Health, the
medical officers are in-
structed to ensure the
presence of physicians,
paramedical staff at all
health centers. The ad-
ministration ordered to
bring all PHC, CHC, and
health equipment in
working condition.
“PHC has no instruc-
tions to shut down OPD,
run it smoothly with so-
cial distancing. OPD of
the ophthalmologist,
E.I.N.T needs to be start-
ed from 10 am to 12 pm
dailyinalldistricthospi-
tals for black fungus
case,” the statement
read.
“In the ICCC of the
districts,thedutyof doc-
tors should be deployed
as per the requirement.
Their duty should be
used for availability in
PHC, CHC,” it added.
Taking the troubles
being faced by people in
ruralareasintoaccount,
it has been decided to set
up Common Service
Centres to help them get
registered for COVID-19
vaccination.
MAN HELD FOR DUPING PATIENT’S
KIN ON MEDICINE PROMISE
MADHYA PRADESH EXTENDS BAN
ON INTER-STATE BUS SERVICE
Lucknow: A 28-yr-old man was arrested for alleg-
edly cheating the kin of a patient suffering from
black fungus by promising to home deliver a drug
used in the treatment of the disease, police said
on Sunday. Prasant Sharma, from Ghaziabad, who
works as a part time driver, neither delivered the
medicine nor returned the money paid by the vic-
tim, they said. Black fungus affects the nose, eyes,
sinuses among patients recovering from covid.
Madhya Pradesh’s ban on movement of buses from
UP, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan into
the state in force till Sunday was extended during
the day till May 31, officials said. The order issued
by the Addl Commissioner (Transport) Arvind
Saxena also said the ban covers vehicles with All
India tourist permits. On Sunday, MP recorded
3,375 covid cases and 75 deaths, taking the tally to
7,64,338.
COVID-19 UPDATE
TOTAL CASES
NEW CASES
COVID
Roundup
Kanpur: Given the
decline in number
of covid patients,
Kanpur Chief Medical
Officer Nepal Singh
has ordered to
convert all private
covid hospitals into
non-covid hospitals.
He instructed the
hospital authorities
that in case of rise
in covid cases again,
they will have to
again convert the
hospitals into covid
hospitals within 48
hrs. However, this
seems a bit ironic as
the number of cases
in rural UP is on rise.
Lucknow: BSP
supremo Mayawati
on Sunday said the
government should
take robust steps to
tackle the situation
arising out of fungal
diseases. “Not only
coronavirus, the
fungal diseases
related to the
infection are also
extremely serious
and fatal. The
Centre and the
state governments
must work with full
seriousness and in
a concrete manner
because preparations
to tackle covid in
the country are still
incomplete, she
tweeted in Hindi.
C HOSPS TO BE
CONVERTED
MAYA ALERTS
GOVERNMENT
4,844
NEW DEATHS
234
RECOVERED 15,65,802
ACTIVE CASES 84,800
TOTAL DEATHS
18,978
16,69,891
Diagnosticcentre
loses licence
for negligence
COMMITTEE TO
PROBE LAXITY
Chief Medical Officer
Dr Sudhakar
Pandey said here that
a three member
committee has been
constituted to
probe the case of
carelessness on part of
the diagnosis centre.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Experts be-
lieve that third wave of
corona virus in Uttar
Pradesh might onset
from August to October
and could prove danger-
ous to the age group be-
tween 1 to 20 years. The
government taking cog-
nizance of the report of
the advisory committee
of health experts has al-
ready instructed all
medical institutions
and medical colleges to
be ready to tackle the
third wave.
The advisory commit-
tee formed on May 4 by
the state government
considering the possi-
bility of a third wave,
submitted its report on
prevention and treat-
ment of infection after
reviewing it at various
levels. Principal Secre-
tary Alok Kumar, on be-
half of the government
has directed all medical
institutions to chalk out
a concrete strategy for
the treatment and effec-
tive control of the possi-
ble wave.
The V-C of the Medi-
calUniversity
,theDirec-
tors of Institutes and
Principals of Medical
Colleges have been
asked to ensure the con-
struction of the PICU at
the earliest. The Princi-
pal Secretary informed
that a 54-bed PICU is al-
ready being constructed
at Government Medical
College, Gorakhpur.
The report said the
duration of the infec-
tion could last up to 2
months in pediatric pa-
tients. It also stated that
the rate of infection
may be higher in people
between 1 and 20 years
old.
Emphasis is being
laid on setting up of Pe-
diatric ICUs (PICUs) in
medical institutions
and medical colleges.
Third wave may hit UP between Aug Oct: Experts
Lunch packets being distributed to the people at KGMU Trauma
Centre in Lucknow on Sunday. —PHOTO BY SUMT KUMAR
Dr Roshan Jacob during an inspection —FILE PHOTO
STATIONED
Boats tugged to the ghats in Varanasi as tourism in the oldest city of the world has been hit
drastically due to Covid-19. The boatmen have now started to demand compensation from
the state government. —PTI PHOTO
Home but not alone,
courtesy Dr Jacob
Govt gears up to keep tight rein
on covid in rural UP,preps docs
Medical officers have
been asked to ensure
the presence of
physicians,
paramedical staff at
all health centers.
ACS Information
Navneet Sehgal
—PHOTOS
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Those who have failed
to work toward the
truth have missed the
purpose of living.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
A SPORTS HERO
TAKES A MIGHTY
TUMBLE
he absconding Olym-
pic medalist wrestler
Sushil Kumar was
finally arrested for
allegedly murdering
a junior wrestler Sagar Rana
(23) causing shock and disap-
pointment in India’s sports fra-
ternity
. He had been evading ar-
rest for about 20 days and was
carrying a reward on his head.
The famous wrestler had won
two Olympic medals --- silver in
freestyle category in 2012 and a
bronze four years earlier. He
also won a world title. At present
his achievements lie in dust in
the wake of the heinous crime
he has been charged with and
his reputation is in tatters.
It is sad to see a sportsperson
who has been regarded as one of
India’s best athletes. Whatever
may have provoked Sushil Ku-
mar, to have allegedly snuffed
out a life was definitely not
sportsmanship. It will be some
time before India’s sports frater-
nity is able to come to terms
with a hero’s fall from pedestal.
He is not a convict yet, some
might argue.
TOP TWEET
T
fter Assembly
elections, Harid-
war Kumbh and
Panchayat elec-
tions in Uttar
Pradesh another challenge is
coming up for the Central and
state governments: Class 12
Central Board of Secondary
Education (CBSE) Board ex-
aminations and also board
exams in various states. A
high-level virtual meeting de-
cided to hold the exams, the
dates and mode of which will
be announced next month.
The government had earlier
this month said that for Class
12 examination it will review
the situation on June 1 for de-
ciding the dates which will be
announced two weeks before
the exams. The declining Cov-
id-19 cases across the country
appear to have weighed in fa-
vour of exams being held in
June. Along with the Board
exams, JEE (Main) for engi-
neering and NEET for medi-
cal colleges may also be held.
The apprehension is obvi-
ous. The pandemic may have
waned but it has not gone yet
and is infecting the younger
population. With the fore-
warning of a possible third
wave in July-August, there is
natural opposition to exams
being held. Despite Union
Education Minister Dr.
Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank’s
assurance that teachers’ and
students’ safety is of “su-
preme importance”, an upset
Twitter user wrote, “I urge
the government to make
space in crematoriums for us.
Delhi government has also
opposed holding of exams
with the contention that that
the 18-44 age group should
first be vaccinated. It appears
that the Centre is willing to
take the risk as postponing
exams will not help the stu-
dents’ future. With shots una-
vailable, Covid protocol
should be drilled in the
minds of students and teach-
ers before holding exams.
The declining Covid-19
cases across the country
appear to have weighed
in favour of exams
being held in June. Along
with the Board exams, JEE
(Main) for engineering
and NEET for medical
colleges may also be held
A
EFFECTS OF INFLATION
ON THE INDIAN ECONOMY
INTRODUCTION
he core Consumer Price In-
dex or CPI inflation in India
moves to an uncomfortable
5.52% in March as compared
to 5.03% in February of 2021.
A rise in commodity prices,
higher global inflation, de-
preciation of the currency
and lockdowns are worsen-
ing the price crisis.
This analysis highlights
why inflation could be India’s
next worry amid and after
the covid crisis.
REASONS FOR
INFLATION IN INDIA
Governments across the
globe in response to the pan-
demic have increased their
fiscal expenditures and India
is not an exception. Addition-
ally, the central banks have
pumped liquidity to drive
through the uncertainties of
the pandemic.
While the world is recover-
ing from the wounds of the
pandemic, the US inflation
rate and economic decisions
keep stirring the global
trends. Higher global infla-
tion would result in an in-
crease in domestic prices
through imports.
The RBI has new worries
as the rupee continues to de-
preciate against the US dol-
lar. The unexpected second
Covid wave caused a major
miscalculation in the banks’
inflation estimations.
RBI’s support to lower G-
Sec yields is eroding curren-
cy value and pushing infla-
tion further.
KEY SECTORS
AFFECTED BY INFLATION
Aviation and hospitality
The yields of the aviation in-
dustry are decreased at an
alarming rate because of in-
flation. Inflation, leads to an
increaseinthepricesof goods
and services, reducing the
purchasing power. The rise in
prices of basic crude oil caus-
es an increase in the cost of
fuel and will directly result in
a hike in ticket prices, cancel-
lation of routes and a signifi-
cant reduction in overall de-
mand in the airline industry
.
As a result of inflation, the
disposable income reduces
and they avoid taking vaca-
tions in general in order to
spend money on necessities.
When people are not using
the services like restaurants
and hotels it directly affects
the overall industry. Addi-
tionally
, inflation also results
in an increase in prices of
land, food etc. which are cru-
cial for the hospitality eco-
system to function.
Automobile and its
ancillary industries
Growing inflation is one of
the most crucial issues that
car manufacturers and buy-
ers face. The rising cost of
manufacturing equipment
directly means that the con-
sumer will have to pay more.
EFFECTS OF
INFLATION ON THE
INDIAN ECONOMY
The industry ecosystem fac-
es backlash with commodity
inflation, lower discounts,
operating leverages and cost-
cutting strategies.
The higher loan interest
rates have an impact on vehi-
cle sales. Additionally, there
can also be a shift in the taxa-
tion policies in the economy
as an escape tool to manage
inflation by the government
which make taking out auto-
mobile loans difficult.
With these factors affect-
ing the buy and sell side of
the automobile industry, in-
flation is a worry
.
Steel and other metals
Metals are the major cul-
prits for inflationary issues
across the globe. The price
rise in the metal is not just a
result of high demand cycles
but also a supply-side prob-
lem. There is a rise in de-
mand for steel and other
metals resulting that policy-
makers want to increase
their spendings and make
room for developments.
However, the big steel pro-
ducers including Brazil re-
duced their production by
25%whichcreatesatightsup-
ply chain leading to a short-
age and thus the price rise,
while giants like China de-
mand more despite expensive
freight and export charges.
While the stimulus plans
are put in place by govern-
ments across the world to
keep a check on prices the
medium to long term outlook
suggests that the metal pric-
es will soar until economic
conditions return back to
normal.
Raw material linked
industries like sugar,
oil, grains
If you are a buyer you may
have recently witnessed a no-
ticeable price increase across
all product types. The most
evident and crucial is the
price rise in the aisles of
your local supermarket.
When increased raw mate-
rial prices increase prices for
consumers, it is known as
cost-push inflation. The lock-
downs across the globe forced
labourers and manufactur-
ers to stay at home, due to
which there was a reduction
of production capacity
.
The consumers were stock-
piling and increased demand
by 4%. This resulted in an
imbalance and it led to a
price rise in the raw material
ecosystem.
EFFECTS OF
INFLATION ON THE
INDIAN ECONOMY
Conclusion
Inflation points towards a
struggling economy
. Inflation
erodes the purchasing power
greatly. It also decreases the
value of savings along with
depreciating the currency
.
Additionally, inflation at-
tracts more inflation and is
troublesome for all the play-
ers of the market in some
way or another.
Investors can consider the
following stocks (for trading
not investing) to benefit
from inflation given their
prolific numbers and con-
sistent performance during
such times.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
The RBI has new worries
as the rupee continues to
depreciate against the US
dollar. The unexpected
second Covid wave caused
a major miscalculation in
the banks’ inflation
estimations. RBI’s support
to lower G-Sec yields is
eroding currency value and
pushing inflation further
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05
New Delhi: After being
on the run for more
than a week, wrestler
Sushil Kumar was ar-
rested by Delhi Police
on Sunday in connec-
tion with the murder
case involving a 23-year-
old wrestler following a
brawl at the Chhatrasal
Stadium in New Delhi.
The Olympic medal-
list and his associate
Ajay Kumar were ar-
rested in Mundka, a
town in West Delhi. As
it turned out, Sushil
and his associate had
left their car and were
riding a scooter while
on their way to meet
someone in the nation-
al capital.
In a bid to evade ar-
rest, Sushil was con-
stantly changing loca-
tions. It emerged that
Sushil had left for
Haridwar and Rishi-
kesh after the death of
Sagar Rana, the
23-year-old wrestler on
May 5. He returned to
Delhi later but was not
found at his residence
when Delhi Police raid-
ed his place.
Earlier, a reward of
Rs 1 lakh was an-
nounced. —ANI
MINOR GIRL GANG-RAPED IN
MP’S GWALIOR, TWO HELD
Madhya Pradesh: Two
persons have been
arrested for allegedly
raping a 12-year-old girl
in Gwalior, said Mad-
hya Pradesh Police on
Saturday. According to
the police the victim was
raped by her landlord’s
son and his friend. Amit
Sanghi Superintendent
of Police Gwalior said,
“The victim residing in
the Four City Naka area of
Gwalior was raped by the
son of the owner of her
rented house, along with
his friend. The police have
arrested both the accused
by registering a case un-
der the POCSO Act. Both
accused have been arrest-
ed and we have registered
a case under Protection
of Children from Sexual
Offences (POCSO) Act.”
INDIAN ARMY RUSHES TO AID
CONGO TOWN HIT BY VOLCANO
New Delhi: An active volcano overlooking
Congo’s Goma town erupted, Indian Army on
Saturday rushed to assist in evacuation of locals
and other UN personnel in the affected region.
Notably, the Indian Army has a significant
presence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
“As a precautionary measure, various country
contingents were told to be on the alert by the
UN’s internal security system who calculated that
evacuation will not be required. However, aviation
contingents evacuated immediately,” Army said.
BIHAR STUDENT DEVELOPS
‘ROBOT’ TO ASSIST TREATMENT
New Delhi: As the COVID-19 pandemic prevails
in India, the healthcare workers have outdone
themselves in saving the citizens. Meanwhile,
an engineering student from Patna has come
forward with her father in providing some relief
to the doctors. The father-daughter duo has
developed a robot that can assist doctors in
taking essential COVID-19 tests. According to
the 20-year-old daughter who is one of the devel-
opers, the project details have been given to the
Centre ato start the immediate use.
TELANGANA GOVT APPOINTS
VC’S FOR TEN UNIVERSITIES
Hyderabad: The Telan-
gana government has
appointed Vice Chancel-
lors for ten universities in
the State on May 22. The
committees constituted
on the instructions of
Chief Minister K Chan-
drashekhar Rao, have
undertaken the process
in tune with the UGC
Guidelines. The appoint-
ments included Prof D
Ravinder Yadav as the
Vice-Chancellor of the
Osmania University, Prof
T Ramesh for Kakatiya
University, Warangal, Prof
D Ravinder for Telangana
University, Nizamabad,
Prof Sita Rama Rao for
Dr BR Ambedkar Open
University, Hyderabad
and Prof T Kishan Rao for
Potti Sreeramulu Telugu
University, Hyderabad.
New Delhi: Congress
leader Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra slams over
the stretching issue of
CBSE Class 12 exams.
The talk regarding
board exams should be
cancelled or not or what
other solution can be
opted was going to be
held with government.
Opposition party lead-
ers criticised the gov-
ernment for stretching
the decision on the
matter for months now
calling it “insensitive
and unfair”.
Priyanka asserted
that the second wave of
COVID-19 has shown
that children are vul-
nerable to new strains.
They are easily coming
into contract with dead-
ly risk in such difficult
times government
should not risk the in-
nocents for an offline
exam. The Congress
leader suggests the Cen-
tre to cancel the Class 12
CBSE, ICSE board ex-
ams for this year. In a
series of tweets, the
Congress general secre-
tary said it was “insen-
sitive and unfair” to
expect children to sit
for their Class 12 board
exams wearing all
sorts of protective
gear. Gandhi’s remarks
came after the crucial
meeting being held to-
day to decide on Class
12 board exams re-
mains pending.
The meet has been
called by the Ministry
of Education and is
chaired by Defence
Minister Rajnath Sin-
gh. Education minis-
ters and secretaries of
all states and union ter-
ritorieshavebeenasked
to attend the meeting.
Asserting that the second wave of COVID-19 has shown that children are vulnerable to new strains
New Delhi: Cheetah,
the world’s fastest
land animal which
was declared extinct
in India in 1952, is ex-
pected to be re-intro-
duced into the coun-
try in November this
year at the Kuno Na-
tional Park in Mad-
hya Pradesh, state
Forest Minister Vijay
Shah said on Sunday
.
The country’s last
spotted cheetah died
in Chhattisgarh in
1947 and it was de-
clared extinct in the
country in 1952.
The Wildlife Insti-
tute of India (WII)
some years back pre-
pared a cheetah re-
introduction project.
The Supreme
Court had earlier
given its approval to
introduce African
cheetahs to a suita-
ble habitat in India
on an experimental
basis.
“We have started
the process of creat-
ing an enclosure for
around 10 cheetahs,
including five fe-
males, to be brought
from South Africa to
Kuno in Sheopur dis-
trict and it is going to
be completed by Au-
gust,” Shah told news
agency PTI.
Officials from In-
dia will be sent to
South Africa for sen-
sitisation and train-
ing in June and July
this year and accord-
ing to the plan, the
transportation of the
cheetahs will take
place in October and
November, he said.
Kuno, located in
the Chambal region,
is spread over an
area of over 750 sq
km and has a condu-
cive environment for
the cheetah, he said.
The protected
area, comprising a
considerable popula-
tion of four-horned
antelopes, chinkara,
nilgai, has a good
prey base for the
cheetahs, he said.
Raipur: The Chhattis-
garh Chief Minister
Bhupesh Baghel on
Sunday (May 23, 2021)
instructed to remove
collector of Surajpur
district Ranbir Shar-
ma from his post after
a video of him hitting
a man for breaking
COVID-19 norms went
viral on social media
platforms.
A coronavirus-in-
duced lockdown is in
place in the district,
some 340 kilometres
from Raipur. A man,
identified as Aman
Mittal (23), was stopped
by the collector and a
posse of police, an of-
ficial said.
In the video, the man
can be seen showing a
piece of paper and
something on his mo-
bile phone to the collec-
tor who takes the device
and throws it to the
ground.
The senior official is
then seen slapping the
man and encouraging
two policemen who
rush to the spot and
start hitting the man
with sticks.
When the viral video
caught the attention of
the Chhattisgarh Chief
Minister, he took it to
Twitter to address the
public and instructed
the officials to remove
the collector from the
post. Meanwhile, IAS
Gaurav Kumar Singh
has been appointed as
the new District Magis-
trate.
In a statement issued
on Saturday, Collector
Ranbir Sharma said, “I
sincerely apologize for
today’s behavior. I nev-
er had any intention to
disrespect the person in
the video.” —PTI
Cheetah to be
re-introduced in
India from Africa
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel
removes Surajpur district collector
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel removed collector of Surajpur who is seen in the photo hitting a man.
Jammu: A court here
has denied bail to two
illegal Rohingya immi-
grants who were ar-
rested two months ago,
saying their release
shall create law and or-
der problems.
The court also said
that it cannot be ruled
out that the accused per-
sons may be involved in
criminal as well as mili-
tant activities. The ac-
cused,AshiqurRahman
and Abdul Gafoor, who
were living in Bathindi
here, were arrested dur-
ing a major verification
drive against illegally
settled. Rejecting the
bail application on Sat-
urday, Additional Ses-
sions Judge, Jammu,
Kishore Kumar said it is
very strange that a large
number of documents
had been prepared to
them impersonate as In-
dian citizens. —ANI
Court denies bail to illegal
Rohingya immigrants Sovaninhousearrestafter
release from hospital
Kolkata: Former Tri-
namool Congress lead-
er Sovan Chatterjee,
who has been arrested
by the CBI in connec-
tion with the Narada
sting tape case, was
discharged from the
state-run SSKM Hospi-
tal late on Saturday
evening on personal
risk bond, sources in
the hospital said.
Chatterjee, a former
mayor of Kolkata, then
went to the Presidency
Correctional Home,
where he was lodged be-
fore being admitted to
the hospital, signed the
necessary documents
and left for his resi-
dence where he will be
under house arrest as
per the order of the Cal-
cutta High Court.
The former TMC
leader who had quit the
party to join the BJP
only to leave it before
the recently concluded
assembly election, suf-
fers from Chronic Ob-
structive Pulmonary
Disorder (COPD) and is
highly diabetic, hospi-
tal sources said adding
that he has developed
cirrhosis of the liver.
HELD IN NARADA CASE
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: The Delhi government is not in
favour of the CBSE exploring options to conduct
the Class 12 board examinations and going
ahead with the process without vaccinating the
students will prove to be a big mistake, Deputy
Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Sunday.
He said this during a high-level meeting called
by the Ministry of Education to decide the fate
of the pending Class 12 board exams.
Two options were discussed at the
meeting. The first was conducting
the exams in the present format for
the major subjects and marking for
the rest on the basis of the perfor-
mance. The second was
having the exams in
the students' home
schools. —PTI
‘DELHI GOVT NOT IN FAVOUR OF
CONDUCTING CLASS 12 EXAMS
CBSE CLASS 12 EXAM: PRIYANKA SLAMS CENTRE
‘Enclosure for 10
cheetahs’ the
process of creating
an enclosure has
started, including
five females ‘To be
brought from
South Africa to
Kuno in Sheopur
district
Sushil Kumar, Ajay
Kumar were riding
scooter when arrested
Ranchi: About
7,000 prisoners may
be granted interim
bail or parole to de-
congest overcrowd-
ed prisons in
Jharkhand state,
that is battling a
second surge of
Covid-19 pandemic
in the wake of a re-
cent Supreme
Court order, a top
official said.
An order has
been issued to jail
superintendents by
the High- Powered
Committee to
shortlist prisoners
on the basis of a di-
rective by the SC to
release prisoners
on parole. —PTI
New Delhi: A plea
has been filed in the
Supreme Court
raising the issue of
alleged overcharg-
ing for cremations
and ambulance ser-
vices during the
pandemic and seek-
ing a direction to
the Centre to con-
sider formulating a
policy to protect the
rights of the dead.
“It is primarily
due to exorbitant
amounts asked for
cremation and am-
bulance services
that scores of
people decided to
put the bodies in
the river Ganga,”
said plea. —PTI
About 7000
prisoners likely
to get bail
Fix cremation
ambulance
charges
Sushil Kumar
Sovan Chatterjee
Manish Sisodia
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

INDIA
06
bjp bigwigs
in the defeat of BJP in
recently held Panchayat
elections in UP. Party
leaders and office bear-
ers present in the meet-
ing discussed that it
could be the overconfi-
dence of party candi-
dates and workers who
must have taken the
elections lightly as their
governmentwasinpow-
er in state and may have
assumed that the same
was enough to register
a comfortable win in the
Panchayat elections.
However, happiness was
expressed in the meet-
ing that the general
worker of BJP had reg-
istered a win on the post
of Gram Pradhan in
most of the villages
which would definitely
benefit the party’s per-
formance in forthcom-
ing assembly polls next
year.
‘Make self....
and the government has
been created,” a senior
BJP leader said.
“We can work against it
only after getting things
back to normalcy. This
is a time when many
have lost their family
membersandnearones.
It’s time we soothe their
pain, ease their difficul-
ties and stand with
them. The party leaders
as well as workers
across the states have
been asked to be empa-
thetic and sympathetic
to people.”Party leaders
said relief and rehabili-
tation for Covid victims
will be part of the strat-
egy in the next stage. On
Saturday
, BJP president
JP Nadda asked party-
ruled states to prepare a
programme for the wel-
fare of children or-
phaned by the Covid
pandemic and said it
should be launched on
May 30 when the Modi
government completes
seven years in power.
In a letter to CMs of
BJP-ruled states, Nadda
also underlined that no
event will be held to
mark the anniversary
of the NDA govern-
ment. Instead, various
welfare programmes
will be launched to ex-
press the party’s “grati-
tude” to the people.In
parallel, BJP leaders,
including MPs and
MLAs, have been asked
to visit hospitals and
families in their con-
stituencies who have
lost any members dur-
ing the Covid pandemic
and ensure that they get
assistance if required.
“The MPs and MLAs
should see that oxygen
plants are installed in
hospitals in their re-
spective areas, they
should get in touch with
authorities of private
hospitals for the availa-
bility of beds, distribute
medicines and to be a
moral support to the
victims in their difficult
times,” the BJP leader
said.This has also been
the key message from
Nadda to the rank and
file over multiple virtu-
al meetings held last
week as part of “Seva Hi
Sanghatan.” These in-
cluded 34 state cam-
paigns and 873 pro-
grams in districts until
May 15. Nadda, sources
said, has addressed par-
ty leaders and office
bearers across states
and has spoken with 316
MPs so far.
Raman Singh...
Twitter had also tagged
some of the posts on this
alleged Congress
“toolkit” against the
Modi government as
“manipulated media”.
Among those whose
posts was tagged is BJP
spokesperson Sambit
Patra. The Ministry of
Electronics and Infor-
mation Technology (Me-
itY) then wrote to the
micro-blogging site ob-
jectingtothetag.Inalet-
ter, the ministry said the
movebyTwitterappears
“prejudged”, “preju-
diced”, and “arbitrary”.
3,000 RAF...
residence of Inspector
Generalof Police-Hisar
Range.According to of-
ficial sources, more
than 30 companies or
around 3,000 personnel
of the Rapid Action
Force or RAF have been
called into the Hisar dis-
trict while senior police
officials of Hisar Range
are holding a meeting
today
.
PM Modi...
of those involved in off-
shore activities.
The statement said, “He
spoke about the need to
ensure that time dura-
tion of outages of power
supply and communica-
tion network are mini-
mum and are restored
swiftly. PM also asked
officials to ensure prop-
er co-ordination and
planning with state gov-
ernments to ensure no
disruptions in Covid
treatment and vaccina-
tion in hospitals.”
Two Indore...
Indore Inspector Gen-
eral Hari Narayan Cha-
ri Mishra said the local
police and intelligence
agencies are jointly
working on the matter.
“The two women were
detained from Gawli
Palasia in Mhow. They
are suspected of send-
ing important informa-
tionfromMhowtoother
countries,” said Mishra.
FROM PG 1
New Delhi: Union
Health Minister Harsh
Vardhan has asked
yoga guru Ramdev, the
face of one of India’s
biggest consumer goods
and alternative medi-
cine empires, to rescind
remarks that ostensibly
said more people died
of modern medical
treatments during the
COVID-19 crisis than
the coronavirus itself.
“The people of the
country are very hurt
with your remark on al-
lopathic medicines. I
have already told about
this feeling over phone.
Doctors and health
workers are like gods
for the people of the
country for whom they
are fighting against the
coronavirus on war
footing,” Dr Vardhan
said. IMA has earlier
urged the health minis-
try to take action
against Ramdev, Patan-
jali denied its allega-
tion that the latter in-
sulted allopathy and
said he was reading a
“forwarded WhatsApp
message”.
New Delhi: A woman can
get vaccinated against
COVID-19 anytime after
the delivery of her baby,
healthcare experts have
said and stressed on the
need to permit vaccina-
tion of even pregnant
women to protect them
from the infection.
The government re-
cently allowed vaccination
for lactating mothers.
The NITI Aayog Mem-
ber (Health) has stressed
that there is no problem
in breastfeeding after
vaccination and it must
not be halted “even for an
hour”. Healthcare experts
have also said that a
woman can get vacci-
nated against COVID-19
anytime after the delivery
of her baby.
Dr Khan Amir Maroof,
Professor, Department
of Community Medicine,
University College of
Medical Sciences and
GTB Hospital, Delhi, said
there is no risk to the
neonate from a vaccinat-
ed, breastfeeding mother.
“There is no reason to
delay the vaccination after
delivery,” he said.
New Delhi: Defying
the Covid lockdown,
thousands of farmers
gathered at Haryana’s
Karnal and Panipat toll
plazas before leaving in
a convoy for Delhi in a
build up to the May 26
protest, organised to
mark six months of the
agitation against the
three controversial
farm laws enacted by
the centre.
The gatherings at the
two toll plazas, where
many farmers were not
seen wearing masks or
maintaining social dis-
tance, was also aimed
at dispelling the notion
that their protest,
which started at sever-
al points on Delhi bor-
ders in November last
year, was dying out
amid the second wave
of the Covid-19 pan-
demic.
On May 20, a large
convoy of farmers from
Punjab’s Taran Taran
had left for Delhi and a
prominent farmer lead-
er has promised that
convoys of around
2,000 vehicles each will
leave every week from
one district of the state
for Delhi to participate
in the May 26 protests.
Farmers have been pro-
testing at five sites in
large camps near Del-
hi’s borders: Singhu,
Ghaziabad, Tikri,
Dhansa and at Shahja-
hanpur on the Ra-
jasthan-Haryana bor-
der, demanding the
rollback of three laws
passed in September
last year to lift restric-
tions on trade in farm
produce. They have de-
scribed the laws as pro-
corporate. However,
the government has
maintained that the
laws are for their ben-
efit.
The continued pro-
tests have also sparked
concerns of a potential
spread of Covid-19 in-
fections, but the farm-
ers have refused to give
up the agitation, citing
it as a matter of liveli-
hood.
Kolkata: With the TMC
having emerged victo-
rious with a thumping
majority in the recently
concluded assembly
elections, turncoats
who had quit the party
to join the BJP seem to
be making a beeline for
re-entry into the Mama-
ta Banerjee camp, the
latest being Sarala
Murmu.
Murmu, who had
switched camp as she
was reportedly unhap-
py with the ticket that
was given to her by the
ruling party, has ex-
pressed her desire to
return to the TMC, a
day after Banerjee’s
former aide, Sonali
Guha, made a similar
appeal. Claiming that it
was a mistake on her
part to have joined the
BJP, Murmu said that
she wants party supre-
mo Mamata Banerjee to
pardon her. “If she ac-
cepts me, I will stay
with her and work for
the party diligently,”
Murmu told reporters
at her Malda home.
New Delhi: A police
case has been registered
against former Madhya
Pradesh CM Congress
chief Minister Kamal
Nath for his remarks
that tagged the B.1.617
Covid variant as the “In-
dian Variant”.
He has been accused
of spreadingmisleading
information under the
Disaster Management
Act and section 188 (Dis-
obedience to order duly
promulgated by public
servant). The BJP,
which filed the com-
plaint, had sought that
the Crime Branch of the
state police register a
case. At a press confer-
ence on Friday, Kamal
Nath had said the world
knows the B.1.617 strain
- first found in India - as
the “Indian variant”.
“Indians in the world
have become synony-
mous with corona and
‘Mera Bharat’ (Our In-
dia) has turned into
Covid (epicentre),” Mr
Nath was quoted as say-
ing by news agency PTI.
Questioning what he
called the number of
COVID-19 fatalities
“projected by India”, the
former Chief Minister
claimed that in reality,
1,02,002 Covid patients
had died in MP alone in
the March-April period.
NATION CONDUCTS RECORD COVID TESTS
With 2,40,842 new cases, overall case count had surged to 2,65,30,132
New Delhi: India con-
ducted the highest num-
ber of Covid-19 tests till
date in the last 24 hours,
the health ministry said
on Sunday. The overall
case positivity rate,
number of samples that
test positive in compari-
son to the total number
of samples tested, has
declined to 11.34%, it
said. “With more than
21.23 lakh tests conduct-
ed in the last 24 hours,
highest tests conducted
in a single day
. The dai-
ly positivity rate has
declined to 11.34%,” the
health ministry tweet-
ed. India recorded
2,40,842 cases on Sun-
day, taking the country
wide tally to 26,530,132.
The number of Cov-
id-19 fatalities are also
on the decline. With
3,741 deaths being re-
ported in the last 24
hours, the national mor-
tality rate now stands at
1.13%. The 10 states and
union territories of Ma-
harashtra, Karnataka,
Tamil Nadu, Uttar
Pradesh, Punjab, Delhi,
Kerala, West Bengal, Ut-
tarakhand Andhra
Pradesh account for the
73.88% of the deaths re-
corded on Sunday
.
Withdraw objectionable
remarks on doctors:
Health Min to Ramdev
New Delhi: The Health
Ministry on Saturday
in a letter to states and
union territories (UTs)
allowed family members
and dependants of the
employees to be covered
in the Covid vaccina-
tion drives conducted at
workplaces.
Earlier, in order to
increase the accessibil-
ity of Covid vaccines,
the Health Ministry had
allowed people above
the age of 45 years to
get vaccinated at public
and private workplaces.
With the extension of
vaccine beneficiaries to
the 18-44 age group in
the third phase of the
vaccination drive, the
guideline of opening it to
family members of the
employees increases its
accessibility multi-fold.
The official letter stat-
ed, “The family members
and the dependants of
the workers, as de-
fined by the respective
employers, can also be
covered with Covid-19
vaccination at the Indus-
trial Covid vaccination
centres (CVCs) and the
Workplace CVCs.”
CENTREALLOWSVAXOFEMPLOYEE’SFAMILYMEMBERSATWORKPLACE
Women can get
vax anytime
after delivery,
says experts
PATANJALI’S SUNIL BANSAL DIES OF COVID
ChaloDelhi:Farmers’gearup
for May 26 demonstration
Police case filed against Kamal Nath
Haryana farmers leaving for Delhi from Karnal to join protests
against Central farm laws during lockdown.
It’s a mistake:
Sarala Murmu
on joining BJP
12 oppn parties back May 26 protest call
New Delhi: Twelve
major Opposition par-
ties on Sunday extend-
ed support to Samy-
ukta Kisan Morcha’s
call for a countrywide
protest on May 26, to
mark the completion
of six months of farm-
ers’ stir against three
central farm laws.
In a joint statement,
the political parties
said, “We extend our
support to the call
given by the Samyuk-
ta Kisan Morcha
(SKM) to observe a
countrywide protest
day on May 26 mark-
ing the completion of
six months of the he-
roic peaceful Kisan
struggle.” Demanding
immediate repeal of
the contentious agri-
culture laws and legal
entitlement to mini-
mum support price
(MSP) for crops as rec-
ommended by the
Swaminathan Com-
mission, they said the
central government
should “stop being ob-
durate and immedi-
ately resume talks
with the SKM on these
lines”. The parties
that joined hands for
the farmers’ cause are
Congress, JD(S), NCP,
Trinamool Congress,
Shiv Sena, JMM,
JKPA, Samajwadi
Party, RJD, DMK, CPI,
and CPI(M).
The parties said
they had written to
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi regarding
this on May 12.
...for his remarks that tagged the B.1.617
Covid variant as the “Indian Variant”
Kamal Nath’s comments were also criticised by the BJP leaders.
Health workers in PPE kits attends a COVID19 patient inside a temporarily converted isolation ward for Covid-19 patients in a
Banquet Hall in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

NEWS
07
First India Bureau
Lucknow: An FIR has
been lodged at Gomtin-
agar police station
against Mayo Hospital
for charging exorbitant
amount from the pa-
tient. On receiving the
complaint, District
Magistrate Abhishek
Prakash had given in-
structions for investiga-
tion for which a team
was formed. The inves-
tigation report con-
firmed the charging
exorbitant amount
from the patient by hos-
pital management. Sub-
sequently, a report was
filed against the Direc-
tor, Director-Manager
of Mayo Medical Cent-
er.
This case was on the
basis of the report sent
by Additional Chief
Medical Officer. FIRs
have been lodged
against the hospital
management in sec-
tions of fraud, epidemic
act and conspiracy and
disaster management.
Neha Bhatt had com-
plained against the hos-
pital following which
SDM Sadar, Additional
Chief Medical Officer,
Deputy Chief Medical
Officer and Superinten-
dent of Community
Health Center Chinhat
were instructed to in-
vestigate the complaint.
Significantly, before
this, Macwell Hospital,
JP Hospital and Devina
hospital are facing seri-
ous allegations of exor-
bitant charging from
patient. After this, FIRs
were registered against
all the three hospitals.
On May 12, Officer-in-
Charge Roshan Jacob
visisted the hospitals
and post verification of
allegations ordered the
CMO to lodge case
against the three hospi-
tals. All three hospitals
have serious allega-
tions of exorbitant
charging from patient
leveled against them.
Hospitals collected sev-
eral lakh rupees only in
the name of oxygen.
Not only this, many
more times of money
was charged against the
amount fixed by gov-
ernment for medicines
and other items.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Famous
poet Kumar Vishwas,
actor Sonu Sood and
folk singer Malini
Awasthi have in the last
month helped people of
33 villages in Rae Bareli
and Sultanpur region.
These celebrities have
been doing their best by
providing medicines,
ration kits and oxygen
concentrators free of
cost to the people who
have contracted covid
in the villages.
Kumar Vishwas has
on his own opened 8
Vishwas Covid Care
Centers in 8 village
where people with mild
symptoms are treated.
Poet Pankaj Prasoon
of Rae Bareli had previ-
ously mobilized an
army of poets in 8 Gram
Panchayats of Rae
Bareli and launched a
campaign called “Aao
Gao Bachaye Cam-
paign” to help the vil-
lagers get medical as
well as food facilities.
Poet Kumar Vishwas
who found out about the
campaign approached
Pankaj and joined the
campaign. Pankaj said
that actor Sonu Sood
and folk singer Malini
Awasthi too have been
associated themselves
in this campaign. He
added that with the help
of the 3 celebrities, 33
villages in 4 Gram Pan-
chayats were given free
corona medicines, ra-
tion kits and oxygen
concentrators.Pankaj
Prasoon said that pa-
tients arriving Vishwas
Covid Care Centers
were monitored by Dr.
Padmashree Gyan
Chaturvedi, Dr. Gyan
Chandra of PGI, Dr.
Dina Nath Patel of Ra-
jiv Dixit Hospital and
Dr. Sanjeev Ojha of
NBRI. The doctors in-
teract with patients ei-
ther through video call
or with the help of nor-
mal phone calls. The
doctors then after inter-
acting with the patients
give them the prescrip-
tion of medicines to be
taken.
Case against Mayo
Hosp for charging
hefty for treatment
33 UP villages get
med aid from Sood,
Vishwas Malini
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Malfunc-
tioning of 43 ventila-
tors has come to light at
the DRDO Covid Hospi-
tal, Lucknow while the
death rate climbed over
25 percent.
Following the report
of malfunctioning of
the ventilators, the gov-
ernment has ordered
an audit into the func-
tioning of the hospital.
As per reports, the
DRDO hospital is cur-
rently operating at only
50% of its total capaci-
ty to treat Covid pa-
tients and in last 15
days, the death rate of
Covid patients is high-
er than those who have
been discharge from
the hospital. Even more
worrying sign is that a
majority of the deaths
have occurred in ICU
ward here in the hospi-
tal. In such a scenario
the news of ventilators
malfunctioning in ICU
have also started to
mount pressure on the
hospital authorities.
In Avadh Shilp
Gram, DRDO had set
up 505-bed Covid Hospi-
tal, which has 150 ICUs
and ventilators in two
wards and 355 oxygen
beds have been setup in
two other wards.
The Ministry of De-
fence had deployed the
high number of medi-
cal staff which includ-
ed 30 medical special-
ists, 28 medical offic-
ers, 6 administrative
medical officers, 51
military nursing offic-
ers, 110 nursing assis-
tants and technicians
besides 79 support
staff.
The number person-
nel posted in the hospi-
tal is one of the highest
number of personnel to
be deployed in a hospi-
tal in the country.
The hospital also has
installed two oxygen
plants with a total ca-
pacity of 40,000 liters,
which will supply oxy-
gen to all 505 beds.
Even with being one of
the best equipped hos-
pitals in the state, it
has not been utilized to
its fullest.
Currently, only 250
patients have been ad-
mitted to the hospital
which includes 150 ICU
patients and those who
need ventilators. 70%
of the beds in the hos-
pital have been allocat-
ed to the Covid Com-
mand Center while the
remaining 30% have
been given directly to
the hospital.
The DRDO hospital
in the last 15 days, has
admitted a total of 412
patients, out of which
145 are currently un-
dergoing treatment
while 148 patients have
passed away died and
119 patients have been
discharged after they
recovered from the in-
fection.
As of on Saturday,
119 out of 250 hospital
beds were vacant,
of which 48 of those
were with oxygen sup-
port while 71 were ICU
beds.
The modern ventila-
tors being used at the
DRDO hospital was
manufactured by
Bharat Electrical and
the recent report of
malfunctioning of
these ventilators have
come as a cause of con-
cern for the hospital
authorities.
A senior DRDO of-
ficer on condition of
anonymity said that
the malfunction of a
few of these 43 modern
ventilators was due to
it not being operated in
the correct manner.
MALFUNCTIONING OF 43 VENTILATORS, DEATH RATE
OF ABOVE 25% MARS DRDO HOSP’S COVID BATTLE
Man who killed five of uncle’s family
arrestedbycopsfrom5policestations
First India Bureau
Faizabad: The police
have arrested the ac-
cused who killed all 5
members of his uncle’s
family over a dispute
for land.
The accused was
caught in the forest be-
hind Kuchera Bazar in
Inayatnagar during an
encounter by a team of
policemen from 5 police
stations and SOG. The
police who were hot in
the heels of the accused
for the last several
hours had finally traced
him to the forest area.
Pawan, the nephew
of Ramesh Kumar used
to live in the same
house in the village
named Nisaru in the
Ayodhya district. It is
being alleged that the
motive behind Pawan
killing his entire un-
cle’s family is the dis-
pute over a piece of
land. Pawan, late on
Saturday first stran-
gled his uncle Rakesh
Kumar and his wife Jy-
oti then cold-bloodedly
slit the throats of the 3
children of the couple
aged 4 to 8 years with a
sharp weapon. The in-
cident came to light the
villagers who saw
Pawan running away
reached the house of
the deceased and then
informed the police.
Inspector-in-charge
Rahul Kumar reached
the spot with a team
and began investiga-
tion. SSP Shailesh Pan-
dey also reached the
spot after getting infor-
mation of the cold-
blooded murders. Dis-
trict Magistrate Anuj
Kumar Jha said that
strict action against the
accused will be taken
after the investigation
is completed. He has as-
sured that there will be
no laxity in the investi-
gation and the accused
Pawan will soon be
brought to justice.
Hazy view of the Taj Mahal shrouded in a blanket of dust in Agra on Sunday —PHOTO BY PTI
DUSTSTORM ENGULFS TAJ!
An audit into the functioning of the hospital has been ordered by government.
Sonu Sood Kumar Vishwas Malini Awasthi
HUSBAND’S
DHARNA AT
IN-LAWS GETS
MURKIER
Amarried man has been
sitting in protest outside his
wife’s house after his repeated
attempts to get her back failed.
The story began on May 2, 2016
when after 5 years of marriage,
a woman decided to go to her
parent’s home after lying to her
husband and in-law’s that she
was going to get her makeup
done for her anniversary on the
same day. The husband who
got the shock of his life in the
evening when after repeated
calls, she told him that she has
come to her parent’s house and
has no intention to come back.
Avinash the husband of the
woman has been since the last
5 years since the incident has
been trying to convince her to
home back, but the woman while
making fake promises of coming
back soon to her in-law’s home
has been holed up in her home.
Avinash who has been protesting
in front of the woman’s house
said that he will drop the protest
only if the woman decides to
come back to his house or if she
decides to annul the marriage.
Avinash seeing that the woman
was only delaying coming back
to him, filed for divorce and
in return the woman’s family
filed a case against Avinash
and his family alleging dowry
harassment. Avinash has alleged
that due to the turmoil he lost
his job as accountant and has
been unemployed for the last 6
years. —First India Bureau
CASE AGAINST
‘MUNNABHAIS’
IN AZAMGARH
MADARSAS
The UP Police have registered
FIR against 22 people
in connection with fake
appointments in 20 madarsas in
Azamgarh. Those named in FIR
are managers, employees and
teachers appointed fraudulently.
In preliminary probe, the then
registrar of madarsa board
Rahul Gupta and the then joint
director Shesh Nath Pandey have
also been made accused. The UP
police have been investigating
such irregularities in around 400
madarsa in Purvanchal. Rahul
Gupta had disposed of files of
13 such fake teachers. Similarly,
Pandey is involved in two cases.
The minister for minorities
Mohsin Raza said such fake
appointments were made during
the previous SP regime. These
appointments were against the
norms. —First India Bureau

08
2NDFRONT
BadChapter:RKSPraisesconcern
overteachers’ deathinpoll duty
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Brewing
further the storm over
the death of teachers,
deployed during Pan-
chayat Election polls
held recently in Uttar
Pradesh, the Rajya
Karmachari Sanyukt
Parishad (RKSP) has
said that more than
1,000 people had suc-
cumbed due to Covid-19
while on poll duty.
The RKSP has sent
the first list of 518 of
their members who
have passed away after
they contracted the vi-
rus to Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath.
Council President
Harikishore Tiwari,
who wrote to the Chief
Minister, has stated
that the actual number
of employees who have
fell victim to the virus
could be more than a
thousand. He has also
demanded that the
state pays a compensa-
tion of Rs. 1 crore each
to the family of the de-
ceased immediately as
per the directions of
the High Court.
The letter has also
stated that Council had
during the Panchayat
elections requested the
state government and
the State Election Com-
mission to postpone
the Panchayat elec-
tions due to the second
wave of covid.
The letter, which was
sent on behalf of Coun-
cil President Harik-
ishore Tiwari and Gen-
eral Secretary
Shivbaran Singh Ya-
dav, stated that even
during the counting of
votes when infection
rate of coronavirus
was peaking, the Coun-
cil had approached the
Supreme Court to in-
tervene and the state
government had in the
court assured that var-
ious steps will be taken
to safeguard the em-
ployees from the virus
but it did not fulfill the
promises.
The Council authori-
ties have in the letter
have alleged that due to
the negligence of the
promises from May 5,
2021 a lot of death have
taken place. It was also
stated that as per re-
ports received from dis-
tricts and various de-
partments, 518 person-
nel have passed away
due to Corona infec-
tion.
The letter by the
Council had stated that
more information is be-
ing collected and the
council is expecting the
death count of the em-
ployees registered un-
der it to be more than
thousand.
The letter by the
Council has demanded
that Rs. 1 Crore to be
paid as compensation,
reimbursement of the
amount spent on the
treatment of the coro-
na victims and provide
a job to a dependent of
the deceased.
Parishad says 1,000 people died due to Covid-19 while conducting duty in Panchayat polls
CBI enquiry against
ex-MD of Sugar Fed
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The CBI has
registered a prelimi-
nary enquiry (PE)
against BK Yadav, the
then managing director
of the Uttar Pradesh Co-
operative Sugar Facto-
ries Federation, for al-
leged corruption in
transfers, postings and
promotion of staff dur-
ing 2013-17, when the
Samajwadi Party (SP)
was in power in the
state, officials said.
The UP government
had recommended for a
CBI probe into allega-
tions against Yadav on
November 10, 2017,
which was forwarded by
the Centre on April 1
this year, they said.
The Assembly polls in
UP are scheduled to be
heldnextyear,wherethe
rulingBJPwillfaceupto
the SP
, the Bahujan Sa-
maj Party (BSP) and the
Congress among others.
The Central Bureau
of Investigation (CBI)
has lodged a PE, which
is the first step to exam-
ine if there is enough
prima facie evidence to
register a regular case.
The government had
constituted an inquiry
undertheLucknowcom-
missioner, which had ac-
cused Yadav of making
money illegally in the
appointments, promo-
tion and transfer of Fed-
eration staff, taking
money for making pay-
mentsof retirementben-
efits, and posting junior
officerstoseniorpostsas
in-charge.
The probe had found
he was indulging in cor-
ruption in the inventory
procurement request
for modification and ex-
pansion of cooperative
sugar mills and had dis-
posed of an enquiry
without any punish-
ment for one Chetan
Sharma, deputy chief
chemist, who was fac-
ing serious charges of
embezzlement.
UP govt had recommended for a CBI probe against Yadav in 2017
Sumit Awasthi
Kanpur: After imple-
mentation of Police
Commissioner system
in city, functioning of
police including law and
order has also changed.
Another effort has
started to improve dial
112anditsresponsetime.
The policemen deployed
in Dial 112 will no longer
be able to rest anywhere
byturningoff theGPSas
workhasstartedonstrat-
egy prepared by Police
Commissioner Asim
Arun. Until a few years
ago, police vehicles used
to arrive very late at
scene of incident.
After introductin of
Dial 112, response time
came down to five to sev-
en minutes. Meanwhile,
another new system has
beenimplementedbyPo-
lice Commissioner to
stop policemen from
shutting down GPS sys-
tem of Dial 112 or block
location to take rest.
Commissioner of Po-
lice Asim Arun said 56
vehiclesof Dial112were
present in district and
city had been divided
into four zones putting
about 39 vehicles of dial
112 in one sector.
Some vehicles remain
in workshops and lines,
putting around 30 vehi-
cles in one sector. Every
vehicle has a sub-inspec-
tor posted in it while two
commanders of sub in-
spector rank are de-
ployed in command
roomtomonitorlocation
of Dial 112 vehicles and
send nearest present ve-
hicle on scene of inci-
dent. In the meantime,
if location of a 112 vehi-
cle is blocked or GPS is
closed, the Circle Super-
visor is immediately in-
formed, who goes to the
spot and gives update.
The Police Commission-
er said that to break the
backbone of organized
crime, a lot of work is to
be done and that the po-
lice department of Kan-
pur Nagar is currently
in the right path.
He added that people
now days don’t have to
come to a police station
to file a complaint, they
can do by dialing 112 or
use the UPCOP applica-
tion. He further added
thathehasinstructedall
the police personnel to
ensure that complaints
areregisterimmediately
and action is taken.
Better, Safer UP: Bid to make police more alert, accountable
FAST RESPONSE
Kanpur police commissioner Asim Arun
lll
Cops deployed in
Dial 112 will no
longer be able to
rest anywhere by
turning off the
GPS as work has
started on
strategy prepared
by Asim Arun
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Amitabh
Thakur and Dr. Nutan
Thakur have demanded
the EWS certificate of
Dr. Arun Kumar alias
Arun Dwivedi, brother
of Education Minister
Dr. Satish Chandra
Dwivedi after he has
been appointed as the
Assistant Professor in
the Department of Psy-
chology at Siddharth
University Kapilavastu.
In a letter sent to Gov-
ernor Anandiben Patel
who is the Chancellor of
the University
, the activ-
ists have alleged that Dr.
Arun Kumar was previ-
ously an Assistant Pro-
fessorintheDepartment
of Psychology at Ba-
nasthali Vidyapeeth, Ra-
jasthan while being the
brother of Minister him
obtaining EWS certifi-
cate is a subject of inves-
tigation. The activists
said University’s Vice
Chancellor Dr. Surendra
Dubey had also shown
apprehensionsaboutthe
EWS certificate and had
said that if the certifi-
catewasfoundtobefake,
then strict action will be
taken against him.
Theyhavealsoalleged
that the Education Min-
ister had also refused to
comment on the case
which makes the whole
scenario suspicious
First India Bureau
New Delhi/Lucknow:
Slamming the Yogi Adi-
tyanath dispensation
over the death of teach-
ers and workers who
were on panchayat poll
duty, Congress leader
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
on Sunday demanded
that the Uttar Pradesh
government give Rs 1
crore compensation
each to the next of kin
of the deceased and em-
ployment to one de-
pendent from the be-
reaved family
.
Attacking the gov-
ernment, Priyanka
Gandhi said, “1,621
teachers who have died
during the panchayat
election duty should
not fall prey to the gov-
ernment’s callousness.”
They fulfilled their
responsibilities to-
wards their duty, the
Congress general secre-
tary asserted.
“Now, the UP govern-
ment should not in-
dulge in a cover-up and
should give compensa-
tion of Rs 1 crore to the
families of all the de-
ceased teachers, work-
ers, and give a job to a
dependent from the be-
reaved family,” she said
That will be the real
tribute to them, Priyan-
kaGandhisaidinatweet
in Hindi, using the
hashtag ‘Nyay4Election-
Workers’.
Last week, UP Prath-
mik Shikshak Sangh
president Dinesh Chan-
dra Sharma had said
that 1,621 teachers and
workers of the Basic
Education Department
have died since the first
week of April following
the outbreak of the sec-
ond wave of COVID-19.
Of these 1,621 deaths,
more than 90 per cent
teachers were on pan-
chayat election duty, he
had said.
Activists write to
Guv on appointment
of Edu min’s brother
3 cops booked for beating boy to death
First India Bureau
Unnao: A home guard
jawan accused of beat-
ing a 17-year-old boy to
death for violating the
Covid lockdown in the
Bangarmau area of Un-
nao has been arrested,
police said on Sunday
.
Three persons -- po-
lice constables Vijay
Choudhury and Sima-
vat and home guard
jawan Satyaprakash --
were booked on the
charge of murder for
allegedly beating up
the boy, a vegetable
vendor, first outside his
house in Bhatpuri and
then at the police sta-
tion on Friday.
“One accused has
been arrested, while ef-
forts are on to nab the
other two,” Unnao Su-
perintendent of Police
(SP) Anand Kulkarni
said in a statement.
“The matter is being
probed by the Crime
Branch and they are
collecting evidence. Ac-
tion will be initiated
against the guilty per-
sons,” he added.
Police sources said
the arrested person is
home guard jawan
Satyaprakash.
The police booked the
three security person-
nel following a protest
by the locals after the
boy’s death.
Priyanka demands
`1crore compensation
for deceased teachers
MISSION MODE
In the wake of cyclone Yaas, the teams of NDRF were sent from Varanasi to Kolkata. From Kolkata the teams would go by
road to different coastal areas of WB. A low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression that will
cross the West Bengal and Odisha coasts on May 26.
—FILE PHOTO
Over 1000 teachers had succumbed to C-19 during poll duty —FILE PHOTO
The state govt had
constituted an inquiry
under the Lucknow
commissioner, which
had accused Yadav of
making money illegally
Education Minister Dr. Satish Chandra Dwivedi (R) Dr Arun Kumar
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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
If health is an issue with
you, expect to resolve it
soon. Things begin to look
up on the financial front as
gains accrue. Blaming someone else
for your mistakes on the work front
may show you in a bad light. Those
staying separated from the family are
likely to get a chance to visit home.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Eating right and remaining
active are the only ways for
you to keep good health.
Cutting corners and
tightening belts will help you save a
lot. Carelessness at work can get you
on the wrong side of a senior. A
family gathering is likely to provide
you a chance to meet everyone.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Keeping good health may
become an obsession with
some. Starting something
new on the professional
front is likely to have better financial
prospects. Encouraging
developments on the career front are
foreseen for some. A family issue
may require urgent attention.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You will need to adhere to
strict dietary control to keep
good health. Previous
investments promise to keep
some cozy on the financial front. On
the professional front, you may find
sharing someone’s workload a bit
distasteful, but you will keep up the
façade of a willing worker.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
A bonanza on the financial
front cannot be ruled out.
You are likely to take a
break from your hectic
work schedule just to get in touch
with your inner self. Your actions
may arouse suspicion and get
parents on your back. You are likely
to benefit from a property matter.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Some of you may get a step
closer to coming back in
shape. Your professional
stars are on the ascendant
and will help make your mark on the
career front. Despite your efforts, a
decision regarding property may not
go in your favour. Marriage is on the
anvil for the eligible.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Keeping good health may
become your motto soon,
as you take positive steps
towards a healthy lifestyle.
Financial position will remain
satisfactory, but overspending should
be guarded against. A satisfying day
is foreseen for professionals. A deal
that is likely to be yours soon.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Your focus can be health at
this juncture and taking up
an exercise regimen just to
come back in shape cannot
be ruled out. You will find things
moving the way you want them at
work today. Tensions on the family
front cannot be ruled out. A property
issue is best left untouched today.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Health front looks healthy,
as you find yourself fit and
energetic today. You will
need to do some financial
planning before putting money in
your dream project. A chance to
become part of a prestigious
organization is on the horizon for
some.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You will remain careful of
your health to prevent
recurrence of an old
ailment. A source of
income threatens to dry up and may
require your personal attention.
Satisfaction on the professional or
academic front may elude you, but it
will not deter you to perform well.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
You are likely to enjoy
good health as you resolve
to take up some physical
activity seriously. You will
be able to effectively curb expenses
by taking some drastic measures.
You will have to put your trust in
people, if you want to establish
yourself on the professional front.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You will manage to steer to
total fitness by adhering to
your daily routine. A small
financial crisis may
threaten you, but you will steer
through it successfully. Disinterest
will be apparent in a task assigned to
you on the professional front. Much
caring at home will keep you happy.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
put my beloved son,
OC, a tabby, to rest
last Thursday. His
passing has left me
devastated, accom-
panied by so many
other emotions I am
feeling including one of
guilt and anger. He has left
a void that perhaps will
never be filled because I
raised him since he was a
mere three days young. He
still lingers on in my mind
and my home as does Daisy
.
Grief is as real as death it-
self.
The only other time I
have felt such sadness was
when I had to say farewell
to Daisy, the Indian pariah
pup that was my lifeline
last lockdown, the painful
passing of the pup that got
run over in Goa in front of
my very eyes, and the sud-
den demises of Cyrus and
Meshki, my Persians. No
one has known me to cry
even for the passing of a hu-
man relative. But, I am shat-
tered every time a compan-
ion animal that I have
known crosses the rainbow
bridge.
Coping with the loss of a
pet or a neighbourhood ani-
mal is something that does
not get addressed enough.
People have reservations
acknowledging their feel-
ings for fear of being judged
as they have been told that
seeing a shrink is taboo or
crying over a pet’s loss is
“stupidity” as they are re-
garded as inferior to us. But
one should never feel
ashamed of grieving for an
animal family member or
friend.
Have you lost a furry
loved one and found your-
self holding back in em-
bracing the feelings you felt
or are feeling? Well, I am
here to help us both get
through the pain.
The grieving process is
very individual: While we
all respond to loss differ-
ently, the level of grief you
experience will often de-
pend on factors such as
your age and personality,
the age of your pet, and the
circumstances of their
death. Generally, the more
significant your pet was to
you, the more intense the
emotional pain you’ll feel.
Understand the role of
the animal in your life:
The role the animal played
in your life can also have an
impact. For example, if
your pet was a working dog,
service animal, or therapy
animal, you’ll not only be
grieving the loss of a com-
panion but also the loss of
a coworker, the loss of your
independence, or the loss of
emotional support. If you
lived alone and the pet was
your only companion, com-
ing to terms with their loss
can be even harder. And if
you were unable to afford
expensive veterinary treat-
ment to prolong your pet’s
life you may feel a profound
sense of guilt or if you hold
your vet responsible for
your beloved’s passing it
would be natural to feel an-
ger.
Embrace and acknowl-
edge how you are feeling:
Feeling sad, shocked, or
lonely is a normal reaction
to the loss of a beloved pet.
Exhibiting these feelings
doesn’t mean you are weak
or your feelings are some-
how misplaced. It just
means that you’re mourn-
ing the loss of an animal
you loved, so you shouldn’t
feel ashamed. Do not bottle
up your feelings. Write
about your feelings or talk
to someone you trust.
Don’t let anyone tell
you how to feel: My moth-
er never understands my
pain when I grieve the loss
of an animal and mocks me
and belittles me when I feel
pain for the passing of an
animal, so I did not talk to
her when OC passed away.
Instead, I chose to speak to
folks from my animal wel-
fare community and my
boyfriend. I felt like they
could empathize. Remem-
ber never let anyone tell
you to “get over it”. Allow
yourself to feel whatever
you feel without embar-
rassment or judgment. It’s
okay to be angry, to cry, or
not to cry. It’s also okay to
laugh, to find moments of
joy, and to let go when
you’re ready
.
No Timetables: The pro-
cess will take its own time.
It can’t be forced or hur-
ried—there is no “normal”
timeframe. Some people
start to feel better in weeks
or months. For others, the
grieving process is meas-
ured in years. Whatever
your grief experience, it’s
important to be patient
with yourself and allow the
process to naturally unfold.
It took me a little under a
year to stop “missing” Dai-
sy. Although sometimes I
still do, it isn’t painful any-
more.
Look after yourself
and your other pets: Your
energy and emotional re-
serves will get affected just
as when you lose a human
loved one. Looking after
your physical and emotion-
al needs will help you get
through this difficult time.
Spend time face to face with
people who care about you,
eat well, get plenty of sleep,
exercise regularly if you
like it, or binge-watch your
favourite show to release
endorphins and help boost
your mood. If you have oth-
er pets, try to maintain
your normal routine. Sur-
viving pets can also experi-
ence loss when a pet dies
even if they don’t always
show it. Increasing play-
time will not only elevate
their mood but also yours.
Dedicate: Creating a
dedication or memorial in
their name is a good way to
help other animals. When
Daisy passed I donated to
an animal welfare organi-
zation that was raising
funds to purchase an ani-
mal ambulance. They dedi-
cated it to Daisy
. It was such
a beautiful gesture. Am still
wondering what I should do
in memory of OC that
would live up to the mis-
chievous tom that he was.
Rebound or not? Many
people seek to bring a new
pet immediately upon the
passing of one and many
often give them the same
name too. But just as you
can never replace a human
family member, pets too are
irreplaceable if they were
indeed the centre of your
world. A rebound will re-
main one and it isn’t fair to
the new one. Hold off bring-
ing a new companion until
you are ready to welcome
them as a new member and
not a replacement to the
one that has passed.
Reaching out to a Psy-
chologist: If your grief
sees no signs of subsiding
and interferes with your
ability to function, seek out
a mental health profession-
al to help you get through
this. When I witnessed that
pup being run over during
my Goa holiday, I was dev-
astated and overcome with
guilt which I could not dust
off. I immediately reached
out to my friend who re-
ferred me to a grief coun-
sellor. It aided me in getting
over the guilt which then
made it easier for me to go
through the grieving pro-
cess.
I can still see OC drink-
ing milk from his bottle, I
can enjoy seeing him annoy
Basbousa, I can still feel
him sleeping on my chest.
So for those of us for whom
a pet is not ‘just a dog’ or
‘just a cat,’ but rather a be-
loved member of our fami-
ly, we must honour them
and their memories with
love, patience, and time.
Rest in love Oliver Charles
(OC) Abuhaideri.
MARIAM ABUHAIDERI
thepersianladki@gmail.com
Over the Rainbow
BRIDGE
I
The loss of a pet is as pro-
found as the passing away
of a family member, more to
some, due to the absolute
unconditional bond your pet
created with you, being a
faithful companion. The grief
felt is very intense at physical,
neurological, and psychosocial
levels. Suppressing it can do
long-term damage. Creating
healthy secure spaces for pet
loss grieving is absolutely
mandated.
DR YAJYOTI SINGH,
Developmental Psychologist
GRIEVING WHEN YOUR GRIEF
IS DEVALUED BY OTHERS
 Grieving for the loss of a pet is not appreciated
by everyone. Some friends and family may say,
“What’s the big deal? It’s just a pet!” Some peo-
ple assume that pet loss shouldn’t hurt as much
as human loss, or that it is somehow inappro-
priate to grieve for an animal. They may not
understand because they don’t have a pet of
their own or are unable to appreciate the com-
panionship and love that a pet can provide.
 Don’t argue with others about whether your
grief is appropriate or not.
 Accept the fact that the best support for your
grief may come from outside your usual circle
of friends and family members.
 Seek out others who have lost pets; those who
can appreciate the magnitude of your loss, and
may be able to suggest ways of getting through
the grieving process.

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