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No basis for calling double mutant ‘Indian variant’, clarify govt and WHO The World Health Organization has not used the term ‘Indian Variant’ for the double mutant or B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus, the government has clarified. Agency News: New Delhi The Indian government on Wednesday slammed the use of the term “Indian variant” for the B.1.617 variant of coronavirus in media reports. The government clarified that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has never used the word “Indian” for the variant. “Several media reports have covered the news of World Health Organisation (WHO) classifying B.1.617 as a variant of global concern. Some of these reports have termed the B.1.617 variant of coronavirus as an “Indian Variant”. These
media reports are without any basis, and unfounded,” the statement issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. The statement clarified that the WHO did not associate the term “Indian Variant” with the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus in its 32-page document published on Tuesday. “In fact, the word “Indian” has not been used in its report on the matter,” it said.The WHO also issued a clarification saying that it does not associate variants with the names of countries they were first reported from. “WHO does not identify viruses
2020. The report said that it has “increased transmissibility” and has been found in 44 countries“As such, we are classifying this as a variant of concern at the global level,” she said. Until now, WHO has listed it as a “variant of interest”. The list of variants of concerns already includes the virus mutations first reported from Britain, Brazil and South Africa.
The approval has been granted for testing the vaccine on children between 2 and 18 years of age. The subject expert committee of the central drugs standard control organisation on Tuesday approved trials, with certain conditions, officials aware of the matter confirmed
Bharat Biotech has received approval from India’s drugs regulator to conduct clinical trials on children for its coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine, Covaxin, making it the first Covid-19 vaccine to be tested on kids in India.The approval has been granted for testing the vaccine on children between 2 and 18 years of age. The subject expert committee (SEC) of the Central Drugs Standard
Control Organisation (CDSCO) on Tuesday approved trials, with certain conditions, officials aware of the matter confirmed.“The panel approval is for the phase II/III trials under certain conditions,” an official privy to the matter confirmed, on the condition of anonymity. According to reports, the trial is planned to be conducted among 525 participants at multiple locations. The hospitals include All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS),
Government celebrated ‘Tika Utsav’ 12 Oppn leaders write to PM Modi, debut made no arrangements to provide mand free mass vaccination, suspension vaccines: Priyanka Gandhi of Central Vista project The government had marked ‘Tika Utsav’, Heli Daruwala keeps it casual in the sweatshirt and shorts look.
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Verdict In Rape Case Against Journalist Tarun Tejpal On May 19 A sessions court in Goa will on May 19 pronounce its verdict in the 2013 rape case registered against Tarun Tejpal, former Editor-inChief of Tehelka magazine. The verdict was scheduled to be pronounced today but was adjourned.Earlier, speaking to media persons, Special Public Prosecutor Francisco Tavora had informed that if the accused is convicted then there might be a sentence of a “minimum of 10 years to a maximum life sentence” depending on the “discretion of the judge”.Tarun Tejpal was arrested on November 30 in 2013 after being accused of raping a colleague at a fivestar resort in North Goa. He is currently out on bail.
56 Prisoners Test Positive For Covid At Karnal District Jail In Haryana At least 56 prisoners in Haryana’s Karnal Jail have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last few daysAccording to Yogesh Sharma, Civil Surgeon, Karnal, the prisoners have been kept in isolation after they tested positive for COVID-19.“After prisoners tested positive, we made isolation zone in jail. As it is a matter of concern, all precautionary measures being taken to tackle the situation,” said Civil Surgeon.“The speed of Corona in Karnal has improved in this safer Haryana period than before. Fewer cases are coming than earlier. But the cases in the Jail of Karnal district have raised concerns. In the last 3 to 4 days, 56 Corona-infected hawks and prisoners have been found.
a vaccination drive between April 11 and 14, with an aim to inoculate the maximum number of eligible people against coronavirus amid a surge in cases. Agency News: New Delhi Attacking the Centre, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday said the BJP-led government celebrated ‘Tika Utsav’ in April but allegedly did not make arrangements to provide vaccines against COVID-19 which led to a decline in vaccinations. The government had marked ‘Tika Utsav’, a vaccination drive between April 11 and 14, with an aim to inoculate the maximum number of eligible people against
coronavirus amid a surge in cases. “India is the largest vaccine-producing country. The BJP government marked ‘Tika Utsav’ on April 12, but did not make arrangements for providing vaccines and in 30 days there was an 82 per cent decline in our vaccinations,” Gandhi alleged, sharing graphics comparing the number of vaccinations on April 12 and May 9. She also shared a graph showing that India was behind countries like the US, the UK, Turkey and France in terms of
Bharat Biotech refused to send Covaxin for Delhi, cited govt directive: AAP A day after saying the city’s Covaxin stock was about to get over in one day Covishield’s in another four days, the Delhi government said it had to shut down 125 vaccination centres catering to citizens in the 18-44 age group on Tuesday Agency News: New Delhi Deputy chief minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia on Wednesday tweeted a letter written by Bharat Biotech in response to his demand that additional vaccines for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) be provided to the national capital, and said that the pharmaceutical company refused to comply citing directives of the central government and limited supply. “We are forced to shut down 100 Covaxin vaccination
In a joint letter to the prime minister, the opposition leaders, including some chief ministers, also demanded providing foodgrains to the needy, and giving Rs 6,000 per month to the unemployed. Agency News: New Delhi vaccinating citizens. “Modi ji went to vaccine factories, also got photographs clicked, but why did his government placed its first order for vaccine doses only in January 2021?” the Congress general secretary said. The United States and other countries placed orders with Indian vaccine companies long ago. Who will take responsibility for this?” she said. It is not possible to fight coronavirus without ensuring that the vaccination drive reaches every household, she asserted
Leaders of 12 opposition parties Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking a free mass vaccination campaign against coronavirus, and a suspension of the central vista revamp project to aid the fight against the pandemic. In a joint letter to the prime minister, the opposition leaders, including some chief ministers, also demanded providing foodgrains to the needy, and giving Rs 6,000 per month to the unemployed.The leaders have also demanded a repeal of the three Central farm laws which, they claimed, will help protect lakhs of ‘annadatas’
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Covaxin trials approved in children between 2 and 18 years
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or variants with names of countries they are first reported from. We refer to them by their scientific names and request all to do the same for consistency,” the tweet from the global health organisation said. In a report published on Tuesday, the WHO said that the B.1.617 variant of SARSCoV-2 - the virus that causes the Covid-19 disease - was first found in India in October
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(food-growers) from becoming the victims of pandemic. A large number of farmers are sitting in protest at three borders of Delhi, seeking the farm laws passed by Parliament in September last year be scrapped.The signatories to the joint letter include Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former prime minister and JDS leader H D Deve Gowda and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.Others include chief ministers Uddhav Thackeray (Shiv Sena), Mamata Banerjee (TMC), MK Stalin (DMK), and Hemant Soren (JMM).Former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah (NC) and Akhilesh Yadav (SP) have also signed the letter, alongside
Tejashwi Yadav (RJD), D Raja (CPI) and Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M).The leaders have said the Covid-19 pandemic has assumed unprecedented dimensions of a human catastrophe in the country, and that it was absolutely imperative for the Central government to undertake and implement these measures.“Unfortunately, your government has either ignored or refused all these suggestions. This only compounded the situation to reach such an apocalyptic human tragedy,” they said.Without going into all the “acts of commission and omission” by the Central government.
Delhi, and AIIMS in Patna The aim of conducting the trials will be to evaluate the Covaxin vaccine in children for safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity. All these parameters are necessary for granting approval for use in masses. Covaxin is the first Make in India Covid-19 vaccine that Bharat Biotech codeveloped with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). It is a whole virion inactivated vaccine.
Crematorium Staffers Considered Corona Warriors With Effect From April 2020 : Gujarat Govt
Sunvilla News: Gandhinagar The Government of Gujarat has taken a decision to Consier the employees of cremation places as corona warriors. The decision was taken in a core group meeting on covid 19 chaired by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. Crematorium employees will get all benefits availed to corona warriors with effect from 1st April 2020.if any employee of crematorium dies due to infection of covid 19 while doing duty. the family will get Rs.25 lakh assistance from the state government.
‘Health minister didn’t suggest’: Centre on Maharashtra’s plan to halt vaccination for 18-44 age group sites in 17 schools due to no supply,” the minister said, adding that exporting 6.6 crore doses was the “biggest mistake”. Till March, India had supplied more than 6.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, mostly Covishield, to 76 countries. Bharat Biotech’s letter said the unprecedented demand for Covaxin was difficult to meet even as the firm had increased production. “...in spite of increasing production every month, we are unable to keep up with the demand. Further, we are making dispatches as per the directions of the government officials concerned. We therefore sincerely regret that we cannot make any additional supplies as required by you.
As Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope said he talked to Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on diverting vaccines meant for 18+ population for the usage of 45+ population, the Centre clarified that Dr Vardhan did not suggest anything like that. Agency News: New Delhi As Maharashtra plans to halt the vaccination of people between the age group of 18 and 44 years to give priority to those above the age of 45 years, the Centre has clarified that the suggestion did not comes from Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, unlike what state health minister Rajesh Tope claimed during a press meet on Tuesday. ”I have personally talked to Dr harsh Vardhan.
The Centre actually does not have vaccines, he told me. So, he also thinks that there is no other way. We have to divert the doses meant for 18+ people to those 45+. For the 18-44 age group vaccination, we have to go slow because vaccines are not available. We want to purchase vaccines from abroad also, but vaccines are not there,” Rajesh Tope said. The minister said the government will be diverting three lakh vials of Covaxin, originally meant for the 18+
population to 45+ people. According to data, more than five lakh 45+ in Maharashtra are awaiting their second dose of vaccine.The Centre on Tuesday asked states to prioritise the administration of the second dose of the
vaccine, but the Centre clarified it didn’t suggest the Maharashtra government repurpose vaccines allotted for citizens aged between 18 to 44 years in the state for those aged 45 and above.Though the number of fresh cases in
Maharashtra is coming down amid the strict restrictions imposed in the city, the state continues to report the highest number of daily cases. As the state is also reporting the highest number of people receiving vaccination per day, its vaccine stock is getting over soon. In the third phase of vaccination, which began from May 1, the Centre allowed states to also procure vaccines directly from the vaccine makers. The health minister said Maharashtra needs two crore vaccine doses every month to inoculate the entire population of the state in the next six months, but no supplier can make so many vials. The government has not yet received any response from Russian Direct Investment Authority on Sputnik V.
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SUNVILLA SAMACHAR Mamata Must Mobilise Her Theoretical And Political Idealism While home minister Amit Shah befittingly supported by his buddy, governor Jagdeep Dhankar, has been busy preparing the blue print for dismissing the Mamata government on the plea of its failure to control the election violence and placing the state under President’srule, the five member bench of Calcutta High Court on Monday in a severe jolt to his dreamdesign expressed satisfaction over the action taken by Mamata Banerjee to restore normality after post-results violence in pockets of the state. From May 2, the day results for the assembly elections were announced and the BJP met with its waterloo, the fidgety Shah has been working on the plan not to allow Mamata to form the government and to take control of the state administration. But he could not succeed. After this first failure, he sent the team of the central officials to go around the state andprepare a report recommending imposition of President’s rule. Senior RSS leaders were alsoinvolved in preparing the blue print.It was part of their design that two BJP leaders, one a common worker and second,advocate Priyanka Tibrewal, the BJP candidate for the Entally Assembly, were asked tomove a PIL before the High Court. Usually a five member bench is not constituted to hearthis nature of case, but the petitioners succeeded in convincing the court. Unfortunately for them the verdict of the bench has shattered their dream project. The acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal during the hearing said; “The steps taken by the state in bringing the situation to normalcy are appreciable. However, the central government has similar responsibility to maintain the law-and-order situation of the state after the poll results”. This order smashed the design of Amit Shah. The High Court was not only satisfied with state's handling of post-poll violence, it alsorejected additional solicitor-general's (representing the Modi government) prayer to set up aspecial investigation team to probe the same. The other four judges on the special benchwere Justices I.P. Mukerji, Harish Tandon, Soumen Sen and Subrata Talukdar.The problem of Shah and his mentor Narendra Modi is that the two treat themselves as toobig. They think there is none in India who is above them. Modi in public does not like China,but in practice he is too willing to run through his mechanism of having one party. Not toolong, just after coming to power in 2014, he said that he intends to create Congress MuktBharat. Since Modi-Shah combine had fought the Bengal election to finish TMC andMamata, it is easy to understand that they could tolerate their existence.With the Mamata thwarting their design, the chances have brightened that the BJP may losethe elections to Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh,Gujarat where assembly elections would be held in 2022 and also in Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Telangana where elections are due in 2023. The election to the Lok Sabha will be in 2024. Though Modi has been projected as the villain by the global media for his failure to tackle thechallenges of corona, one thing is certain that in future too he would focus more on theelections than accepting the challenges of economic slowdown and salvaging the countryfrom the onslaught of corona. The economy has been hit by two waves of the pandemic andthe third is already lurking. The government has lost control over both the pandemic and theeconomy. Both lives and livelihoods deserve to be saved.Even after the High Court has appreciated the efforts of Mamata in controlling violence,Dhankar is busy giving shape to his plan. On Sunday he sanctioned the CBI request toprosecute TMC MLAs Subrata Mukherjee, Firhad Hakim and Madan Mitra, and former BJPleader Sovan Chatterjee in the Narada sting case. In all fairness he could have discussedthis with the chief minister. The action by central agencies is seen more as an act ofvendetta by Delhi. Incidentally on the same day Mamata named Mukherjee and Hakimcabinet ministers. The CBI claims that all four were caught accepting bribes on camera. Thesting operation tapes were released ahead of the 2016 Assembly polls. They were allegedlyfilmed in 2014, when all four were ministers. The Calcutta HC has also ordered a CBI probein the case in March 2017.Interestingly the IT cell of BJP is still carrying out vilification campaign against Mamata andher government. Numerous fact-checking exercises by AltNews and others have revealedthat many videos and pictures have been circulated by the saffron camp and its followers onsocial media. The godi media has been - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara using these fake videos.
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Nearly 100 bodies found floating in Ganga, spark panic in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh While 71 of the bodies have been fished out in Bihar’s Buxar district, at least 25 bodies were found in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district. Agency News: Lucknow At least 96 unidentified bodies many of them decomposed and bloated have been found floating in the Ganga over the past couple of days, triggering fears among local residents in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh that bodies of Covid victims were being dumped in the river. While 71 of the bodies have been fished out in Bihar’s Buxar district, at least 25 bodies were found in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh’s
Ghazipur district.While authorities in both districts are yet to confirm if the bodies were of Covid victims, saying samples have been sent for tests, police in Buxar said they suspected the bodies may have floated in from Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh.The central government has taken serious note of the issue, with Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Tuesday seeking an investigation by both states. “Floating bodies in Ganga in Buxar, Bihar
is unfortunate. It is surely a matter of investigation. [Narendra] Modi government is committed to maintaining piety and continuity of mother Ganga. States [Bihar and UP] concerned must take cognizance of the matter immediately,” he tweeted. We have so far fished out 71 bodies from the Ganga. We conducted postmortem of all bodies and
leading international property consultancy, in its latest report Asia-Pacific Prime Office Rental Index Q1 2021 cited that despite there being uncertainty around the performance of India’s office sector, Bengaluru, NCR and Mumbai markets are expected to remain stable in rental values over the next 12-months. According to the report, Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai witnessed a meaningful recovery in office rents to -0.8% QoQ during the January – March 2021 quarter, compared to -5.5% in the previous quarter. This robust recovery can be attributed to improved transaction activity in the Q1 2021 period.Knight Frank forecasts that the decline in rents to decelerate this year,
have also taken DNA and Covid samples.” He said the bodies were disposed of as per government Covid protocols. He said the police had been carrying out an inspection in the area to find out if the bodies could be of local residents. “Some bodies could have floated in from UP. It is subject of investigation for Bihar and UP police,” he said.
Mumbai: A court on Wednesday refused to let BR Shetty, the founder of troubled hospital operator NMC Health, travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as it upheld a previous ruling. Shetty’s NMC, the UAE’s biggest hospital group listed in London, went into administration in April 2020 after months of turmoil over its finances and its disclosure of $6.6 billion in debt, well above earlier estimates.“The findings recorded...are based on sound appreciation of facts
and law,” the two-judge panel said in dismissing Shetty’s challenge of immigration officials’ decision to stop him from boarding a Nov. 14 flight to the Middle Eastern nation.He was appealing against a February ruling by a single judge of the High Court in Karnataka.“We are yet to examine the reasoned order in detail,” Shetty’s lawyer, Zulfiquar Memon, told Reuters. “However, there is no doubt that we will challenge it in the Supreme Court.”Two sources directly aware of the matter have told Reuters.
40 killed in aerial exchanges between Israel and Hamas, UN concerned about a full-scale war Agency News: New Delhi
Workers setting up a 500-bed Covid-19 Care Centre at Ramlila Maidan in front of LNJP hospital, in New Delhi Elaborating the government’s infrastructure augmentation plan, senior officials told HT it includes increasing beds in hospitals.
At least 40 people lost their lives, 35 in Gaza and five in Israel, following aerial exchanges due to the growing hostilities between Israel and Hamas. It is the biggest clash between Israel and Hamas since the 2014 war in Gaza.After Hamas and other Palestinian militants filed multiple rocket barrages at Tel Aviv and Beersheba, Israel in a counterstrike carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Gaza. A residential building collapsed
Bengaluru to use lockdown to get its house in order Agency News: Bengaluru With Karnataka overtaking Maharashtra to report the highest number of cases as well as deaths on Tuesday, and Bengaluru reeling under 300-plus daily deaths, the state government plans to use the 14-day lockdown that began Monday to rationalise the use of hospital beds, set in place proper triaging of patients, and create ICU beds on a war footing.Since the beginning of this month, Bengaluru has seen 2,153 deaths, compared to 1,907 in April. In the
first wave, it had seen 971 deaths in the worst month of September 2020. The city has been reporting 20,000-plus cases daily.Amid allegations of black-marketing of beds in Bengaluru, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday assessed the situation himself, saying later, “One of the things I have said is that people must not occupy hospital beds for long periods of time. They are blocking access to beds for serious patients.” Of the 9,242 Covid patients in 167 hospitals on Tuesday morning, nearly 303 had been admitted
for more than 30 days, 503 for over 20 days, 1,900 for 11 to 20 days and 6,500 for one to 10 days, he said.Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said, “At many hospitals, even after a patient dies, these beds are not released for 15 days. Now we have a reporting system for patients after 10 days and this will be physically verified… We can get about 1,000 beds (freed) like this.”The government estimates the demand for beds currently at 11,500. The gap between demand and supply is steepest in ventilator beds.
in Gaza, whereas another one was severely damaged due to Israeli airstrikes.Tel Aviv has said that it has targeted and eliminated Hamas intelligence leaders early
on Wednesday, whereas the other airstrikes were aimed at Hamas office, homes of the militant group’s leaders and rocket launch sites.Militants will pay a heavy price, says
Israel Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that militants would pay a “very heavy” price for the rockets, which reached the outskirts of Jerusalem on Monday during a holiday in Israel commemorating its capture of East Jerusalem in a 1967 war The outbreak of hostilities led Netanyahu’s political opponents to suspend negotiations on forming a coalition of rightwing, leftist and centre-left parties to unseat him after an inconclusive March 23 election.
“Propaganda”: Rahul Gandhi, Prashant Kishor On Centre’s “Positivity” Push The sharp reactions follow reports of a new strategy of the government, the ruling BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to fight massive national and international criticism of the Narendra Modi government’s handling of the Covid second wave. Agency News: New Delhi The government’s megapush for “positivity” to fend off criticism, both in the country and abroad, has set up
a new political flashpoint, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi calling it “burying one’s head in the sand” and a betrayal of citizens.“The false assurance of ‘positive thinking’ is a joke on those families and health workers who have lost their loved ones and are suffering a crisis of oxygen, hospitals and medicines. Burying one’s head in the sand is not positive - it is a betrayal of our citizens,” the Congress MP tweeted.
Pappu Yadav on hunger strike in Bihar’s Supaul jail seeking hygienic conditions
Asia-Pacific Prime Office Rental Index, Q1 2021: Knight Frank India with overall rents expected to decline by 3% in the APAC region, compared to the 4.8% decline seen in 2020.Central Business District (CBD) of Bengaluru, comprising areas such as MG Road, Infantry Road, and Residency Road, has registered a decline of 3.0% QoQ in Q1 2021 against a decline of 4.0% in Q4 2020. Connaught Place in National Capital Region (NCR), office rents saw a flat 0.0% QoQ price change in Q1 2021 compared to -1.0% in Q4 2020.According to the index, Taipei is the only city expected to witness an increase in office rental values across the APAC region in next 12-months. Of the 22 cities tracked by the index, 8 recorded either stable or increased rents in the past quarter compared to 10 in the previous quarter.For Q1 2021.
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Poll strategist Prashant Kishor called it “disgusting” to push “propaganda” in the name of spreading positivity.“In the face of a grieving nation and tragedies unfolding all around us, the continued attempt to push FALSEHOOD and PROPAGANDA in the name of spreading POSITIVITY is disgusting! For being positive we don’t have to become blind propagandist of the government,” Mr Kishor tweeted The sharp reactions follow reports of a new strategy of the government, the ruling BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to fight massive national and international criticism of the Narendra Modi government’s handling of the Covid second wave.
‘’International Nurses Day Is A Day To Express Gratitude”: PM Modi Agency News: New Delhi
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Kajal Aggarwal shared a set of these photos where she is seen posing for a photoshoot.
Former Bihar parliamentarian and politician Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav started a hunger strike on Wednesday alleging lack of hygiene and drinking water in Supaul jail, where he was sent late Tuesday night in a 22-year old kidnapping case following his arrest in Patna for alleged violation of Covid-19 lockdown norms. On late Tuesday night, Yadav was sent to 14-days in judicial custody by a local Madhepura court, which also cancelled his bailbond in a case of kidnapping of one Rajkumar Yadav in 1989. Within 12 hours of his arrival
in the jail, Pappu Yadav sat on hunger strike demanding clean drinking water and hygienic conditions in the jail’s toilet and washroom. He also tweeted on Wednesday morning that jail authorities were not providing him with proper medical treatment for an old wound in one of his legs. Last night Yadav pleaded before the Madhepura court to send him to medical college and sadar hospital on medical grounds. He also cited his petition pending before the Patna high court challenging the non-bailable warrant issued against him in the kidnapping case. However, the court decided.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi showered praises on nurses across the country on International Nurses Day. PM Modi took to Twitter and wrote: “International Nurses Day is a day to express gratitude to the hardworking nursing staff, who is at the forefront of fighting COVID-19. Their sense of duty, compassion and commitment towards a healthy India is exemplary.” International Nurses Day is observed every year on May 12, to commemorate the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, perhaps the most famous nurse who started formal training for nurses. International Nurses Day is a day to express gratitude to the hardworking nursing staff, who is at the forefront of fighting COVID-19. Their sense of duty, compassion and commitment towards a healthy India is exemplary.
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Arjuna winning TT player V Chandrasekhar dies
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Arjuna award-winning former India table tennis player V Chandrasekhar died at a private hospital here on Wednesday due to COVID-19 related complications, family sources said.He was 64 and is survived by his wife and a son.Chandra, as he was popularly known, was a threetime national champion.The Chennai-born player, who had reached the semifinals of the Commonwealth Games in 1982, was also a successful
coach.His playing career was cut short in 1984 following a botched knee surgery at a hospital here which led to him losing mobility, speech and vision. He fought back to recover and served the game as a coach.He also fought a legal battle against the hospital and got a verdict in his favour.Current Indian paddler G Sathiyan was among his trainees. The table tennis fraternity in Chennai condoled his death, saying that the sport had lost a legend.
Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman has admitted that his side lowered its intensity in the second half of the LaLiga clash against Levante.Barcelona played out a 3-3 draw against Levante on Tuesday (local
time) and the match saw Lionel Messi’s side throwing away a two-goal lead.As a result of this, Barcelona is still one point behind table-toppers Atletico Madrid who have a game in hand. “As a coach, I am the one most responsible. I am asking myself what we did at half-time because we had
Agency News: New Delhi The training has gone along just fine but Olympicbound star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Wednesday
Former India wicketkeeper Saba Karim lavished praise on the Indian pace unit, while pointing ‘a premier pace bowler’ who will be important for the team’s success in the World Test Championship final. Jasprit Bumrah, over the last few years, has become a massive asset of the Indian team across all three formats. His performances often prove
to be the difference between a win and defeat of the team as they heavily rely on his exploits. When India travel to England for the World Test Championship final against New Zealand, it will be very
talked about continuing with the intensity and improving things defensively. Watching the second half, that didn’t happen. We have lowered the intensity,” Goal.com quoted Koeman as saying. “The players, technical staff, and coach, we are all sad. Now, we have to prepare for the last two games and prepare ourselves for the next season. But first, we have to get over today’s draw, which is a hard thing to do. We entered the second half with less intensity, reacting late to all plays. We have gone down in everything and it has been a problem,” he added.
Training is fine but I need competitions before Olympics: Neeraj Chopra said he is desperate for some competition ahead of the Tokyo Games given that two years have simply been “wasted” because of injury and the COVID-19
Former wicketkeeper names ‘premier pace bowler’ of Indian team Agency News: Mumbai
Telugu star Allu Arjun on Wednesday shared that he has tested negative for Covid-19 after 15 days of quarantine.Arjun posted a note on Instagram that reads: “Hello everyone! I have tested negative after 15 days of quarantine. I want to thank all my well wishers and fans for their wishes and prayers.” The actor added: “Hoping this lockdown will help us in reducing cases. Be home and be safe. Thank you for all the Love.”He captioned the note with a black heart emoji.Arjun had announced testing positive in a social media post.
Barcelona lowered intensity in second half against Levante: Koeman BOLLYWOOD-HOLLYWOOD Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman has admitted that his side lowered its intensity in the second half of the LaLiga clash against Levante.
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important for Bumrah to peak, believes Saba Karim Karim commented in order for India to beat unit a like New Zealand, Bumrah will have to be at the top of his game. Recently, West Indies
fast bowling great Curtly Ambrose also lavished massive praise on the Indian pacer, saying he can breach the 400-wicket mark and will be pivotal to India’s chances at the World Test Championship final. Karim concurred Yes, Curtly Ambrose has said the right thing because the match is happening.
pandemic.The 23-year-old, who is being seen as a strong medal hope in Tokyo, said he has been coordinating with the Sports Authority of India to get some competition exposure.“I am trying to give my 100 per cent in training and have been training as I used to do before. The focus on training is good and it is happening well. But I am in need of competitions and we are trying for it,” he said in a virtual interaction, arranged by SAI and Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS).
Twinkle Khanna gives shoutout to Hrithik Roshan and Vidya Balan for ‘quietly’ contributing towards Covid-19 relief Twinkle Khanna shared appreciation posts for Hrithik Roshan and Vidya Balan, as they ‘quietly’ contributed towards Covid-19 relief. Agency News: Mumbai
Actor-turned-author Twinkle Khanna gave a shout-out to her ‘neighbour’, actor Hrithik Roshan, and actor Vidya Balan for contributing towards Covid-19 relief. India witnessed a surge in Covid-19 cases from mid-March and is currently battling a deadly second wave of the pandemic. Sharing a picture of Hrithik, Twinkle wrote on Instagram, “Going beyond help thy neighbour, mine is doing his bit during this crisis in multiple ways. A big shout-out @hrithikroshan.” On Tuesday, Twinkle shared a black-and-white picture of Vidya, calling her talented and generous. “Thank you @balanvidya! A woman with immense talent and an even larger heart. For quietly helping those in need,” she wrote Fans lauded both for their contribution, with many dropping heart and applause emojis on the posts.
Amitabh Bachchan talks about dwindling fan comments on his blog, considers ‘need to stop or disappear’
Sensex tanks over 400 points in early trade; Nifty drops below 14,750 The 30-share BSE index was trading 403.16 points or 0.82 per cent lower at 48,758.65 in initial deals. Agency News: Mumbai Equity benchmark Sensex tumbled over 400 points in early trade on Wednesday, tracking losses in index majors HDFC twins, Reliance Industries and ICICI Bank amid negative cues from global markets.The 30-share BSE index was trading 403.16 points or 0.82 per cent lower at 48,758.65 in initial deals.Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty fell 112.80 points or 0.76 per cent to 14,737.95.HDFC was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding over 2 per cent, followed by M&M, HUL, Nestle India,
SoftBank’s $17.7 billion profit sets new record in Japan Agency News: New Delhi
SoftBank Group Corp. reported the highest ever quarterly profit for a Japanese company thanks to an unprecedented windfall from its investment business.Net income was 1.93 trillion yen ($17.7 billion) for the three months ended March 31, the most for a listed Japanese company dating back to 1990, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Most of it came from SoftBank’s Vision Fund investment arm, whose 2.3 trillion yen profit was supercharged by the successful initial public offering of Coupang Inc. in March.Masayoshi Son’s investment business went from being the source.
Tech Mahindra and ICICI Bank. On the other hand, PowerGrid, NTPC, L&T, SBI and ONGC were among the gainers.In the previous session, Sensex ended 340.60 points or 0.69 per cent lower at 49,161.81, and Nifty slumped 91.60 points or 0.61 per cent to close at 14,850.75. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers in the capital market as they offloaded shares worth ₹336 crore on Tuesday, according to provisional exchange data. According to V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services, global markets are now
caught between two opposing forces - economic recovery and inflation fears. While the former is positive the latter is negative. Going forward, the market trend will depend on which of the two triumphs over the other.The year-on-year inflation in the US is expected to come around 3.6 per cent, pushed high mainly by the base effect and therefore may not sustain. But if the monthon-month inflation data shows a surge, the dovish Fed will be forced to take it seriously. The fact that the market is a bit apprehensive of rising inflation is reflected in the US 10-year yield
Agency News: Mumbai For more than a decade, actor Amitabh Bachchan has been religiously documenting his
rising above 1.6 per cent, he said. ”So, this space has to be watched. Meanwhile in India Q4 results continue to be good with better than expected performance from mid-small-caps. Market action is likely to be stock specific based on results,” he noted.Further, market participants will also keep an eye on domestic inflation and industrial production data,
At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened lower at 73.51 against the dollar, registering a fall of 17 paise over its previous close.
Equity benchmark Sensex tumbled over 400 points in early trade on Wednesday, tracking losses in index majors HDFC twins, Reliance Industries and ICICI Bank amid negative cues from global markets.The 30-share BSE index was trading 403.16 points or 0.82 per cent lower at 48,758.65 in initial deals.Similarly, the broader
NSE Nifty fell 112.80 points or 0.76 per cent to 14,737.95. HDFC was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding over 2 per cent, followed by M&M, HUL, Nestle India, Tech Mahindra and ICICI Bank.On the other hand, PowerGrid, NTPC, L&T, SBI and ONGC were among the gainers.In the previous session, Sensex ended 340.60 points or 0.69 per cent lower at 49,161.81, and Nifty slumped 91.60 points
thoughts and everyday activities on his blog. In his latest post, he talked about the dwindling comments on his posts. He said that many have observed that while he would initially get more than 1,000 comments sometimes, in the initial days, that number has now dropped to ‘around a meagre 100’. “SO .. many observe that the comments when it all started on DAY 1 for several DAYS were in the 500 to over a thousand at times and now rest at the very best to around a meagre 100 .. and the
conclusion then that the interest in the Blog has wained away and there is need to stop or disappear .. or search for another,” he wrote. Amitabh said that there is logic in his fans’ thinking. “Its the same routine over and over again .. what is so endearing or of interest here which cannot be topped in the T the FB and the INsta .. and the values there are different and greatly more exciting .. the religious aspects on the T and the FB get the numbers .. the young their escapades,
‘People have been sceptical to cast me’: Zareen Khan scheduled to be released later in the day, traders said.Elsewhere in Asia, bourses in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul were trading on a negative note in mid-session deals.On Wall Street, indices ended in the red in overnight sessions.Meanwhile, international oil benchmark Brent crude was trading 0.36 per cent lower at USD 68.30 per barrel.
Rupee falls 17 paise to 73.51 against US dollar in early trade Agency News: New Delhi
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or 0.61 per cent to close at 14,850.75.Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers in the capital market as they offloaded shares worth ₹336 crore on Tuesday, according to provisional exchange data. According to V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services, global markets are now caught between
two opposing forces - economic recovery and inflation fears. While the former is positive the latter is negative. Going forward, the market trend will depend on which of the two triumphs over the other.The year-on-year inflation in the US is expected to come around 3.6 per cent, pushed high mainly by the base effect and therefore may not sustain. But if the month-on-month inflation data shows a surge, the dovish Fed will be forced to take it seriously.The fact that the market is a bit apprehensive of rising inflation is reflected in the US 10-year yield rising above 1.6 per cent, he said.
This is the first time Zareen was seen playing a lesbian on screen. Did she have any inhibitions portraying the character at first? Agency News: Mumbai Zareen Khan plays a homosexual woman in the recently released film “Hum Bhi Akele Tum Bhi Akele”. While makers were sceptical to cast her in the role initially, the actress says it is not the first time that she has faced such a situation.“It is not the first time that people have been sceptical to cast me in their film if it is a non-glamorous role. They have this whole thing because of all the previous work that I had done. This was not the first time that people were sceptical,”“But, yes, I was asked for an audition and I was more than happy to give because if a person does not know if I would be able to pull off this character. They loved the auditions and I was a part of this film,” she added.This is the first time Zareen was seen playing a lesbian on screen. Did she have any inhibitions portraying the character at first?“It wasn’t really difficult I would say. As for the body language, I have been a tomboy all my life, so that trait, which I was always told to correct, helped me here in the film,” she said.The thought occurred to me -- because I am not a homosexual -- that I shouldn’t end.
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LOCAL NEWS
Over 60 Patients Moved Out As Fire Breaks Out At Gujarat Covid Centre Altogether 61 coronavirus patients were shifted from the facility to other hospitals after the “minor fire and smoke”, an official said. Agency News: Bhavnagar A fire broke out at a hotelturned-Covid care centre in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar town in the early hours on Wednesday, officials said, adding nobody was hurt.Altogether 61 coronavirus patients were shifted from the facility to other hospitals after the “minor fire and smoke”, an official said.There were 68 patients at the facility when the fire broke out.The remaining seven will be shifted soon, he said.The hotel, around 170 km from the state capital, was converted
into a Covid care centre by a private hospital.The fire was minor and was doused immediately, the official said. Smoke engulfed the third floor of the “Generation X-Hotel” facility, where the patients were kept, said senior fire officer of Bhavnagar fire brigade, Bharat Kanada.“The fire was caused by a spark in a TV shortly after midnight. It was brought under control quickly. However, thick smoke filled the top floor of the three-storey hotel, making it difficult for the patients to be kept there,” he said. “As a precaution, 61 patients were
Guest limit of 50 for wedCovid fails to dings, 20 for funerals too deter these much: Gujarat HC can god’s angels “Marriages be suspended Aarti Singh snapped at a vaccination centre.
Agency News: Surat For the past three decades, this‘Florence Nightingale’ of Surat has been a pillar of support to thecaregivers of New Civil Hospital. But when it came to the battle with thepandemic, Vasanthi Nair, head nurse at NCH, showed her steely grit behind the starched uniform. Despite contacting Covid twice in the past one year, this 53-year-old returned to duty on Monday, two days before International Nurses Day. Annually, May 12 is celebrated as International Nurses Day to honour the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, considered to be the founder of modern nursing. Nair, a patient of thyroid and rheumatoid arthritis, has been on medication for many years now. She has, however, refused take a break till the coronavirus wave is controlled. Her daughter too suffered from Covid twice. Similarly, October last year was almost written off as the last chapter in Vadodarabased SSG Hospital’s head nurse, Kalpana Patel’s diary of life. Her family had given up all hopes of her survival.
for 15 days... or even seven days... putting a halt to superspeader events will probably effectively break the chain... even for funerals we can do with (a limit) of five or 10 (persons)...,” said Senior advocate Shalin Mehta. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday adjourned a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) on Covid-19 upsurge and its management to May 17, while a division bench dismissed an anecdotal instance related to “inaccurate Covid-19 death classification” as “minor manipulations being done at the local level” which it cannot get into Senior advocate Shalin Mehta, highlighting the aspect of breaking the chain of transmission, requested the state to reconsider and reduce the limit of gathering of 50 persons for marriages and 20
Video of dance at wedding in Anand: Sarpanch, 8 others arrested In view of the Covid pandemic, a night curfew between 8 pm to 6 am has been imposed in Anand and 35 other cities in Gujarat and under the norms no wedding processions are allowed. Agency News: Anand Nine persons, including the Chamara village sarpanch in Anand, have been arrested for violating Covid-19 protocols after a video of a wedding procession emerged in social media where several people are purportedly seen dancing without masks, police said Tuesday.In view of the Covid pandemic, a night curfew between 8 pm to 6 am has been imposed in Anand and 35 other cities in Gujarat and under the norms no wedding processions are allowed.According to police, the incident took place on May 8 night at the wedding of Suresh Padhiar, nephew of a local Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) leader and sarpanch of Chamara village Raju alias Balwant Padhiar, at the village in Anklav taluka. In a video of the procession shared on social media, people were seen dancing without wearing masks or following social-distancing norms. A police team from Anklav police station was sent to the village to investigate. “The sarpanch, Raju alias Balwant Padhiar, informed us that his nephew’s wedding took place on May 8. He had not taken any permission for the DJ show or the procession, and that the people seen in the video were not wearing masks,” a police official at Anklav police station said. Anand superintendent of police
Ajit Rajian said the police have registered offence against the organisers while nine key people have been detained. “The event was held inside a private farm to avoid the police. The function was intended to be kept secret. They had spread the message among the attendees to hide any information from others,” the SP said.Police have identified Raju Pad-hiar, Arvind Padhiar, Kuldeep Padhiar, Dharmendrasinh Padh-iar, Pradipsinh Padhiar, Kiransinh Padhiar, Prahladsinh Padhiar, Arjunsinh Padhiar, besides the DJ. All accused have been booked under IPC sections 188 for disobedience to order given by public servant, 269 for negligent act.
nurses died in ablaze at the four-storeyed Welfare Hospital in Bharuch in the state on May 1. The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday criticised the state government over the Bharuch hospital fire, saying it was contemptuous on its part to not remain vigilant and avoid such incidents, and cited many orders passed in this regard.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted the formation of a cyclonic storm over eastcentral Arabian Sea around May 16 that is likely to bring rainfall in areas around India’s western coast. It will be the first cyclone over the Arabian Sea in 2021 and has been named ‘Tauktae’—a name given by Myanmar.The Met department said a low pressure area is very likely to form over the southeast Arabian Sea around May 14. It is likely to move northnorthwestwards across the southeast Arabian Sea and adjoining Lakshadweep area and intensify gradually. It
may intensify into a ‘cyclonic storm’ over the east-central Arabian Sea around May 16 and continue to move northnorthwestwards. Tauktae may affect Gujarat While Lakshadweep, the coastal parts of Kerala, Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra are likely to be impacted due to the weather system, there is also a possibility of the storm changing its course towards Kutch and South Pakistan. If it does, then coastal Gujarat will be hit by the cyclone on May 17 or 18. The Met said it will have a better picture in a day or two on the entire course and the likely formationImpact of the cyclonic stormAccording to IMD’s bulletin, Tauktae
will bring light to moderate rainfall with isolated heavy rainfall at a few places in Lakshadweep Islands, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka between May 13 and 15. Wind speed is likely to be around 40 to 80 km per hour during this period.The weather experts have also said that sea conditions will be rough to very rough on May 14 and 15 over the southeast Arabian sea and adjoining Lakshadweep-Maldives area. Sea conditions will be very rough in the east-central Arabian Sea.Fishermen out in the deep sea have been advised to return to the coast by May 14. The fishermen have been also advised not to venture into the southeast.
Bank account of NGO associated with MLA Jignesh Mevani froze, says targeted for political reasons Mevani made the allegations after the office of Charity Commissioner froze the NGO’s bank account Monday citing various grounds. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
persons for funerals. “Marriages can be suspended for 15 days… or even seven days… putting a halt to superspeader events will probably effectively break the chain… even for funerals we can do with (a limit) of five or 10 (persons)…,” said Mehta. In an earlier order, a division bench headed by the Chief Justice had observed that the present measures taken by the state such as night curfew and shutdown of commercial activities are “not enough” and “further steps to break the chain” of Covid-19 infection are required. Agreeing with his submission, Justice Bela Trivedi, heading the division bench, remarked that both 50 and 20 persons’ limit for marriages and funerals respectively, “is too much”. Sharing a personal anecdote of a visit to the crematorium by Mehta owing to a Covid death in his family.
Cyclonic storm ‘Tauktae’ to bring rain, wind to India’s west coast, may affect Gujarat Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
shifted to other hospitals with the help of fire personnel. The remaining seven will also be shifted soon,” he said. Bhavnagar Collector Gaurang Makwana said all the 68 coronavirus patients at the centre were safe and the “minor fire” was brought under control immediately. Sixteen COVID-19 patients and two
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Independent MLA from Vadgam constituency Jignesh Mevani Tuesday alleged an NGO, ‘We the People Charitable Trust, he has been associated with to raise funds to set up a medical oxygen plant in his constituency, was being targeted for political reasons. Mevani made the allegations after the office of Charity Commissioner froze the NGO’s bank account Monday citing various grounds.Charity
Commissioner Y M Shukla, in an undated and unsigned press statement issued Monday, had made public that the NGO’s bank account has been frozen. On Tuesday, Shukla confirmed he did issue the press statement a day back.In the press statement, it was stated that the Vadgam MLA made a public appeal on behalf of ‘We the People Charitable Trust’ that funds worth approximately Rs 50 lakh were to be raised for having oxygen plant and concentrators in the region. It
added the office of the Charity Commissioner started getting oral and written enquiries following which it was found that the Trust was established in January 2021, but did not reflect Mevani as a trustee. The statement added the Trust was on May 3 notified as to whether any resolution was
passed for setting up oxygen plant, for taking permission from the Collector in that regard or for asking Mevani to make a public appeal on behalf of the Trust. It added that till Monday no reply was received from the Trust after which a decision was taken to freeze its bank
No slowdown in rural districts, Narmada got first RT-PCR lab last week
Gujarat reported 10,990 new cases of Covid-19 and 118 deaths on Tuesday, as per official figures, crossing the seven lakh-mark in its cumulative tally of cases. However, the number of patients on ventilator support has increased with 798 of them on Tuesday, against 637 on May 1 when the state had reported over 13,800 new cases and 172 deaths.Rural or predominantly rural districts are however not seeing any slowdown in fresh
cases, even as pressure from the cities, especially of Ahmedabad and Surat, ease. Banaskantha reported 212 new cases and two deaths when around 2,200 tests were conducted. As per an affidavit filed by the Banaskantha district collector before the Gujarat High Court on May 10, 1,400 to 1,500 RTPCR tests are conducted daily on an average at the Banas Medical College and Research Institute while nine other private laboratories collect samples and send the same for testing in Ahmedabad. Between
April 28 and May 4, the district conducted 12,497 RT-PCR tests and 3,792 antigen tests, when 1,421 emerged positive, thus pegging the week’s test positivity rate at 8.7 per cent. On Tuesday, the test positivity rate was well above nine per cent. With a provision of 89 ventilator beds, 308 ICU beds and 1,525 oxygen beds, the district receives approximately 13 MT of oxygen each day. The predominantly tribal district of Narmada, which reported 96 new cases and one death on Tuesday and has
Amul Dairy sets up oxygen plant in Anand Agency News: Anand
Rural or predominantly rural districts are however not seeing any slowdown in fresh cases, even as pressure from the cities, especially of Ahmedabad and Surat, ease. Banaskantha reported 212 new cases and two deaths when around 2,200 tests were conducted. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
account while considering it as a serious matter as there was an application from the public.The statement also stated in 2003, some reputed people had formed a Trust by the name ‘We the People Charitable Society’. It added that while this Trust was still carrying out its activities, a new Trust also named ‘We the People Charitable Trust’ was started by one of its trustees Kamlesh Katariya and six others — Jagdish Chavda, Umesh Parmar, Subhash Tapovan, Mahesh Parmar, Hargovan Makwana, and Chirag Parmar.It said if there were chances of ambiguity in names of the two Trusts, the second one cannot be registered.
seen no stabilising in cases, saw an RT-PCR laboratory set up only on May 5 with only one microbiologist manning it at present, nearly 14 months since the pandemic hit the state. This admission was made by Narmada District Collector Dharmendra Shah in an affidavit before the Gujarat HC on May 10 as well. Prior to that samples were being sent to Vadodara.
The Kaira District Cooperative Milk ProducersUnion Limited popularly known as Amul Dairy will set up oxygen plants inNadiad and Balasinor districts in addition to Anand. The dairy co-operative has set up an oxygen plant at Shree KrishnaHospital (SKH) at Karamsad in Anand. The plant with a capacity ofproducing 20,000 litres per hour of oxygen and can serve 60 patients in aday was inaugurated by chairman Ramsinh Parmar. SKH has been treating more than 500 Covid-19 patients and daily new 40-45 patients come for treatment at the hospital. It has tied up with LindeCompany to fulfil the need for medical liquid oxygen.
Western Railway Keeps The Supply Chain Of Essential Goods Running
Transports 8 Million Tonnes Goods From 1St April To 10Th May 2021 Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Western Railway’s goods & parcel special trains have been continuously traversing across the country to keep the supply of essential commodities moving. In continuation to this, Western Railway has run 98 parcel trains from 1st April, 2021 to 10th May, 2021 to transport essential commodities to various parts of the country. During this period, the loading
in goods trains recorded 8 million tonnes as compared to 5.22 million tonnes in the corresponding period of last year, which is an increase of 53.26%. These achievements have been made possible due to the able guidance, motivation & continuous monitoring by Shri Alok Kansal - General Manager of Western Railway. According to a press release issued by Shri Sumit Thakur – Chief Public Relations
Various views of essential commodities being loaded over Western Railway Officer of Western Railway, from 1st April, 2021 to 10th May, 2021, Western Railway has transported commodities weighing more than 36 thousand tonnes through its
various parcel special trains, which included agricultural produce, medicines, medical equipment, fish, milk etc. The revenue generated through this transportation, has been approx
Rs. 12.44 crore. 20 Milk Special trains were run by Western Rly, with a load of more than 14 thousand tonnes and 100% utilization of the wagons. Similarly, 23 COVID-19 special parcel trains with a load of approx. 4593 tonnes were also run to transport essential commodities. In addition to this, 17 indented rakes carrying 8814 tonnes were also run with 100% utilization. To help the farmers find new markets for their produce and also for its economical and fast transportation, 38 Kisan Rails with load of approx.
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