203 new corona cases in Gurugram, 33 more containment zones in dist

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203 new corona cases in Gurugram, 33 more containment zones in dist

As many as 203 new coronavirus cases were reported in Gurugram on Saturday even as 6 more casualties due to Covid-19 took the city’s death toll to 25.

Dr. Ram Prakash Jha, a member of Covid-19 team, confirmed the deaths of patients in different hospitals. Besides, 10 patients are still on ventilators.

As many as 21 deaths in Gurugram have been reported in the last 10 days.

A Gurugram Health department official said that a majority of corona cases are coming from containment zones where the situation remains precarious.

Gurugram has so far reported 3,125 cases, which is almost 45 percent of the total cases reported in Haryana. Haryana has reported 6,749 cases, including 415 on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the administration has declared 33 more containment zones in the district after a review meeting at the Mini-Secretariat which was chaired by District Magistrate Amit Khatri on Saturday.

Gurugram now has 99 containment zones and an equal number of buffer zones in the district.

Lockdown helped lower Covid spread in K’taka, official quotes survey

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Lockdown helped lower Covid spread in K’taka, official quotes survey

The Covid lockdown measures have been successful in keeping the coronavirus transmission low in Karnataka, an official said on Saturday quoting a national survey undertaken in the southern state in May.

“Measures taken during the lockdown have been successful in keeping the transmission low and in preventing the rapid spread of Covid,” the health official said, quoting the National COVID Sero-Surveillance report.

The Sero-Surveillance study was conducted jointly by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), National Tuberculosis Institute, and the government of Karnataka in May at Chitradurga, Bengaluru, and Kalaburagi.

According to the survey, 0.25 percent of the surveyed people in Bengaluru and Kalaburagi exhibited evidence of exposure to the pandemic, which the survey claims as a successful outcome of the lockdown.

“This implies that a large portion of the population must continue to follow precautionary measures as suggested by the government from time to time,” the official said.

For the survey, 400 samples were tested in Chitradurga and Bengaluru and 399 in Kalaburagi. However, it was only a baseline survey and the government is looking forward to further rounds.

Among the tested samples, one each person tested positive for the virus in Bengaluru and Kalaburagi, showing an unweighted prevalence percentage of 0.25

By the end of Saturday, Karnataka is grappling with 6,824 infections, of which 3,092 are active.

Four-month-old baby recovers from Covid in Andhra

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Four-month-old baby recovers from Covid in Andhra

A four-month-old baby in Andhra Pradesh has recovered from Covid-19, after being on a ventilator for 18 days, officials said.

The recovery, which is sure to give hope to many battling the dreaded virus, happened in Visakhapatnam.

The baby, who had picked up the virus from her mother, was discharged from the Visakha Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS) late on Friday.

A tribal woman from East Godavari had tested positive for Covid-19 and was admitted to VIMS last month. Later her daughter too was found infected by the virus and was admitted at the same hospital on May 25.

As the baby had breathing problems and her condition was critical, she was kept on ventilator support. Doctors said the baby responded well to the treatment and as her condition improved the ventilator was taken off.

According to Visakhapatnam district collector V. Vinay Chand, both the baby and her mother were discharged after they tested negative.

She is the youngest to recover from Covid-19 in Andhra Pradesh. She was among 42 patients to be discharged during the last 24 hours, ending 9 a.m. on Saturday.

The state reported 186 new cases during the period, taking the total number of positive cases to 4,588.

In April, an 85-year-old woman had recovered from the disease in Anantapur district. She was the oldest patient to recover in the state.

A 45-day-old baby boy had recovered from Covid in Telangana last month. He was 20-day-old when tested positive and admitted to Hyderabad’s Gandhi Hospital. He along with his mother was discharged after undergoing treatment in the hospital for 25 days.

RBI to regulate non-bank payments aggregators

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RBI to regulate non-bank payments aggregators

The Reserve Bank will from now on regulate non-bank payments aggregators.

Besides, existing non-bank PAs will be required to submit an application seeking authorization on or before June 30, 2021.

In its “Oversight Framework for Financial Market Infrastructures and Retail Payment Systems” released on Saturday, the RBI said: “With a view to safeguard the interests of the customers and users and to ensure that the payments made by the intermediaries using electronic or digital or online payment modes were duly accounted for by the intermediaries receiving such payments and transmitted to the accounts of the merchants or to similar other entities, certain guidelines were issued to banks and payment system operators for addressing a few aspects of the functioning of intermediaries.”

As such, RBI said that these entities were not subjected to direct regulations for outsourcing arrangements that were made applicable to them.

“Based on the feedback received on the discussion paper and taking into account the important functions of the intermediaries in the online payments space as also keeping in view their role vis-a-vis handling funds, it was decided to (a) regulate in entirety the activities of PAs, and (b) provide baseline technology-related recommendations to PGs.

“Accordingly, the RBI shall regulate and supervise non-bank PAs, and the existing non-bank PAs are also required to submit an application seeking for authorization on or before June 30, 2021. On the other hand, the PGs shall be considered as technology providers or outsourcing partners of banks or non-banks, as the case may be and have been prescribed to put in place certain baseline technology-related cybersecurity controls,” the RBI said.

The latest document for FMIs (Financial Market Infrastructures) and RPSs has been updated to incorporate the supervisory framework for the payment system entities.

“This document, by enhancing supervisory transparency and disclosure, would enable better regulatory compliance by payment systems operators, and enhance customer awareness, eventually contributing to the safety and stability of our payment systems,” the RBI said in the statement.

Gurugram residents fear axing of trees in locality park

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Gurugram residents fear axing of trees in locality park

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) decision to build a Common Facility Centre (CFC) in a fully developed park in Sector 11 Model Town locality here has put the survival of around a hundred fully grown trees and other still-growing trees in danger.

Earlier, in a bid to fight coronavirus, Gurugram authorities had come up with a plan to plant 7 lakh saplings across the district in this monsoon season.

Gurugram is one of the highly polluted cities of north India, with over 10 lakh vehicles and over 10,000 small and large industrial units.

Model Town Residents Welfare Association President Lokesh Agrawal said: “We developed this park at our own expense since there was no space available for recreational purpose in adjoining localities. Our campaign has been going on since September 2018 and the MCG had assured us of retaining the park. Now, no one is listening to our grievances on the setting up of the CFC in the park.

“Area residents use this park for morning and evening walks, yoga and by children to play. It is deplorable that the MCG is involved in the anti-environmental activity.”

Another resident Thakur Grover said: “Basically, two municipal councilors have a role in the future destruction of this park. MCG officials have already uprooted growing peepal and banyan trees planted by former MCG Commissioner Dr. Praveen Kumar. The MCG officials have done the mapping of the park and we believe that they will start axing the trees in a day or two.”

When contacted, MCG Commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh refused to comment on the matter despite several attempts.

Delhi CM, LG to discuss price ceiling for Covid treatment at pvt hospitals

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Delhi CM, LG to discuss price ceiling for Covid treatment at pvt hospitals

Overbilling for Covid-19 treatment by private hospitals has emerged as another roadblock for the Delhi government after it recently received flak from the Supreme Court, which termed the city’s patient care as ‘deplorable’ and ‘pathetic’.

Taking cognizance on the matter, the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Anil Baijal, and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal during the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) meet will discuss fixing a price ceiling for treatment at private hospitals, drive through Covid labs, charges by private ambulance services, and reducing prices for Covid-19 tests by private labs.

According to the meeting notice, the discussion will focus on fixing the price ceiling for treatment by private hospitals, as some of them are charging exorbitant prices and seeking huge advances. Recently, several complaints have been on social media leveling serious allegations against private hospitals for overbilling patients for Covid-19 treatment.

The Max Hospital Covid management package has attracted the wrath of many Twitter users, where they claimed the charges are extremely high. According to various social media posts, per day charges for Covid management package at Max hospital for a routine ward (general ward) is Rs 25,090 per day; twin-sharing ward is Rs 27,190; charges for ICU without ventilator is Rs 53,050 per day, and charges for ICU with a ventilator is Rs 72,550.

The meeting between the LG and CM is scheduled for Tuesday.

Addressing several issues of testing, where the Delhi government was severely criticised by the Supreme Court for low testing, the meeting will also focus on drive-through Covid test labs and reducing prices being charged by private labs for Covid-19 tests, to make it affordable to the general public.

The CM and the LG will also assess the requirement and action plan for the recruitment of medical personnel to meet any projected shortfall. “Providing facilities of telemedicine by a panel of government and private doctors 24×7,” said the notice.

Forced to sell bananas, jobless AP teacher gets succour from ex-students

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Forced to sell bananas, jobless AP teacher gets succour from ex-students

Only a few weeks ago he was teaching Telugu at a leading corporate school in Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore town, but today he is selling bananas to eke out a living.

For P. Venkata Subbaiah, the coronavirus-induced lockdown has changed his life for the worst.

The 43-year-old, who is a Bachelor in Education (B.Ed) and also holds two master’s degrees in Public Administration and Telugu, lost his job as the school management had asked him to ensure admission of six to seven new students for the new academic year to get the salary and retain the job.

“In the current situation, it is not possible to get new admissions. Who will enroll their children now? They will not even allow me to enter their house because of the fear of coronavirus,” said Subbaiah.

Wearing a face mask, he is seen pushing the cart through busy areas of the town to sell bananas. “I had no other option to support my family,” said Subbaiah, who lives with his wife and two children, aged five and six years.

Despite the struggle, he is not able to earn even Rs 200 a day. His monthly salary as a teacher was Rs 16,000 and he was spending half the amount to repay Rs 3.5 lakh loan he had taken for his child’s medical treatment.

With 15 years of experience as a teacher, he had never thought life would suddenly take a bitter turn. He is a diabetic and also suffering from a kidney-related ailment.

Moved by his plight, some of his former students started raising funds to help him. They have raised about Rs 87,000.

Thanking the former students for their gesture, Subbaiah said he started selling bananas to tide over the current crisis but would go back to the profession he loves the most.

PNB Housing Finance Q4 consolidated net loss at Rs 242.1 cr

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PNB Housing Finance Q4 consolidated net loss at Rs 242.1 cr

PNB Housing Finance on Saturday reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 242.1 crore for the fourth quarter of 2020-21, due to higher provisions for Covid-19 among other factors.

The company had reported a net profit of Rs 379.7 crore for the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.

“Profit after Tax degree by 163.7 percent primarily on account of higher provisions, including Covid-19 provision of INR 471 crore resulting in the loss of INR 242.1 crore from a profit of INR 379.7 crore,” the company said in a statement.

“Adjusted for Covid-19 provision, the PAT for Q4 FY19-20 would have been approx. INR 122 crore.”

The company’s net interest income during the fourth quarter declined by 19.9 percent to Rs 488.1 crore, from Rs 609.7 crore earned during the corresponding quarter of the previous year.

In the statement, Neeraj Vyas, Managing Director & CEO said: “With a focus on strengthening the balance sheet, the company took internal measures and built sufficient provisions. As a result, the total provision to total asset ratio more than tripled YoY at 2.62 percent as on 31st March 2020”.

“The Capital adequacy ratio expanded by 400 bps YoY to 17.98 percent with Tier-I at 15.18 percent as on 31st March 2020 in comparison to 31st March 2019 of 13.98 percent with Tier-I at 11 percent.”

Further, the company said it has adopted conservative stand and created additional Covid-19 provision of Rs 471 crore during the quarter representing 27 percent of the total provision as on March 31st, 2020.

On the business impact of Covid-19 outbreak, the company said: “Presently, the company is well-capitalized and has maintained adequate liquidity. The company also continues to raise funds from banks, refinancing from NHB, and fixed deposits. The company did not opt for a moratorium from its lenders and serviced its financial obligations in a timely manner.”

“There is no impact on internal financial controls due to the Covid-19 situation.”

In addition, the company said that its net NPA stood at 1.75 percent of the ‘Loan Assets’ as on March 31st, 2020 against 0.38 percent as on March 31, 2019.

Baby girl born to Covid-19 mother tests negative, is healthy: Official

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Baby girl born to Covid-19 mother tests negative, is healthy: Official

A baby girl born at the state’s designated Covid hospital to a Covid-19 positive mother late on Friday has tested negative and is in good health, Goa Health Secretary Nila Mohanan said on Saturday.

The pregnant patient had been admitted to the Covid hospital in South Goa’s Margao town on Thursday after she had tested positive for the viral infection.

“We had one good news from the Covid-19 hospital. We have had a delivery of a baby girl. The mother was admitted to the Covid hospital just one day prior. The mother was found positive and since she was in the high-risk category, being nine months pregnant, we had immediately shifted her to Covid hospital,” Mohanan told reporters in Panaji.

“The baby is absolutely healthy and she was tested negative. So our team immediately shifted her to the Goa Medical College (from the Covid hospital),” the official said.

The Health Secretary also said that apart from the medical staff at the Covid hospital, the state Health Department had brought in experts from the obstetrics, gynecology, and pediatrics at the Goa Medical College to assist with the cesarean delivery.

Goa currently has 454 active Covid-19 cases.

Leaving behind a unit that could win away my biggest legacy: Ganguly

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Leaving behind a unit that could win away my biggest legacy: Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly believes that his greatest legacy as a captain is that he left behind a team that believed that it could win in any country around the world. Ganguly’s time as captain of the Indian team in the early 2000s is noted for India shedding its image as a team that could not perform outside the country.

“My biggest legacy is that we left a unit that believed it could win away,” said Ganguly in an online video lecture for Unacademy.

“We won in England in 2007 when I was a player and (Rahul) Dravid was captain. The leader was different but the team believed in England that we could beat them. No other side had beaten England in England apart from Australia in 25 years.”

India won the second Test at Trent Bridge and went on to seal a 1-0 series win in the three-match series. Ganguly however said that he was elated to watch the Indian team under M.S. Dhoni, which consisted of a number of players he played with, lift the 2011 World Cup.

“For me the biggest day was when India won the World Cup in 2011. The great MS Dhoni… that shot, that six off the last ball will remain in Indian cricket history forever and what a moment it was,” said the current Board of Control for Cricket in India President.

“I remember I was at the Wankhede Stadium that night and I came down from the commentary box to watch Dhoni and the team go around the ground.

“In 2003 the team which I was the captain lost the final to Australia so I was so happy to see Dhoni have the opportunity to win that trophy.

“That team had seven or eight players who started their careers under me. The likes of (Virender) Sehwag, Dhoni himself, Yuvraj (Singh), Zaheer (Khan), Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra. So I think that’s a legacy which I was extremely happy to leave behind as a captain. And that was my biggest legacy that I left aside which had the ability to win at home and away from home.”

Anushka Sharma spends time with her balcony ‘buddies’

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Anushka Sharma spends time with her balcony ‘buddies’

Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma spent quality time with her “buddies” on Saturday.

In an Instagram picture, Anushka can be seen taking care of the plants in her balcony, which she calls her “buddies”.

“Me and my buddies,” the actress captioned the photograph.

Meanwhile, Anushka, who is an animal lover has started a digital campaign #JusticeForAnimals, demanding amendment in The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, so that the strictest punishment is meted out to offenders.

Anushka started the campaign after she was “appalled” at the recent brutal killing of a pregnant elephant in Kerala, a jackal in Tamil Nadu, and the injury of a pregnant cow in Himachal Pradesh. All three animals were attacked in a similar ghastly manner, by feeding them food mixed with explosives.

Patanjali claims success in Covid cure

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Patanjali claims success in Covid cure

Yoga guru Ramdev-run Patanjali Ayurved has claimed that it has discovered a substantial cure for coronavirus with an 80 percent success rate as per reports.

CEO of Patanjali Ayurved Acharya Balkrishna said the company will share the results of clinical trial soon, and that the patients treated by the said medicine have tested negative.

The company is conducting clinical trials as per government regulations.

The Health Ministry on Saturday stated that during the last 24 hours, a total of 7,135 COVID-19 patients have been cured. Thus, so far, a total of 1,54,329 patients have been cured of COVID-19.

The recovery rate is 49.95 percent among COVID-19 patients. At present, there are 1,45,779 active cases in the country and all are under active medical supervision.

Tata Motors discontinues niche vehicles JV

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Tata Motors discontinues niche vehicles JV

Tata Motors is discontinuing its joint venture with Jayem Automotives due to the challenges in the auto sector and the current Covid 19 pandemic which has impacted demand.

Tata Motors said on Saturday that the passenger car industry witnessed a challenging FY19-20, exacerbated with a mandatory change in regulations and the current COVID-19 pandemic, which has impacted the demand in this niche category of vehicles.

“In light of this ongoing scenario, both Tata Motors and Jayem Automotives found it prudent to discontinue this venture,” it said in a statement.

Tata Motors will continue to provide all requisite support and service to customers and users of Tiago JTP and Tigor JTP cars at its select dealerships, ensuring hassle-free ownership.

Tata Motors on Saturday today informed the stock exchanges that it has signed an agreement to purchase the 50% shareholding of Jayem Automotives in JT Special Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. (JTSV).

Further to this announcement, JTSV will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Motors, following the completion of the procedural requirements.

JTSV was formed in 2017 as a 50:50 joint venture between Tata Motors Ltd. and Jayem Automotives to develop high-performance versions of TML passenger cars under the “JTP” Brand.

The Tiago JTP and Tigor JTP that were launched in 2018, gained much appreciation for their styling and performance, forming a loyal follower base, the company said.

517 new corona cases in Gujarat, active cases 5,739

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517 new corona cases in Gujarat, active cases 5,739

Gujarat saw the highest number of coronavirus positive cases in a single day as 517 more persons were found positive on Saturday, taking the total cases to 23,079.

Corona claimed 33 more lives in the state, taking its deaths toll to 1,449.

Ahmedabad’s total cases climbed up to 16,306. As many as 366 patients were cured and discharged from hospitals on Saturday.

There are 5,739 active cases in Gujarat, of which 5,678 patients are stable, whereas 61 critical patients are still on ventilators.

On Saturday, health authorities carried out 5,487 RT-PCR tests, of which 517 tested positive. The earlier record was 513 cases on Thursday.

Although the number of positive cases being detected from Ahmedabad are gradually coming down from around 80 per cent to under 70 per cent nowadays, the total cases detected with each passing day seems to be going up.

The figure of 500 cases being reported is gradually becoming common. More and more positive cases are being detected in Surat, Gandhinagar and less commutable areas like Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, and Aravalli.

Out of the 517 new cases, 344 were reported from Ahmedabad (66.53%), followed by Surat 59, Vadodara 40, Gandhinagar 9, Bhavnagar 7, Mahesana 6, Aravalli, Panchmahals and Narmada 5 each, Kutch and Bharuch 4 each, Rajkot, Patan and Amreli 3 each, Kheda and Banaskantha 2 each, Mahisagar, Anand, Botad, Gir-Somnath, Surendranagar, Junagadh, Chhota Udepur one each. A patient was from another state.

Saturday’s 33 deaths included highest 26 in Ahmedabad. Three patients from Surat, two patients from Amreli and one patient each from Bhavnagar and Patan succumbed to the virus.

Despite the share of corona cases from Ahmedabad having come down to 70.65 per cent, the death toll rate in the city remained the same — around 81 per cent of the total toll (80.40%). A total of 408 people of the total 1,449 have succumbed to the virus during June.

Till date, of the total deaths, 1,165 were in Ahmedabad alone, followed by 96 in Surat, 45 in Vadodara, 21 in Gandhinagar, 13 each in Bhavnagar and Panchmahals, 12 each in Aravalli and Anand, 10 in Patan and 8 each in Mahesana and Banaskantha.

On Saturday, 390 patients were discharged. Till now, 15,891 patients have been discharged in the state.

Of the total cases, Ahmedabad leads with 16,306, followed by Surat 2,503, Vadodara 1,516, Gandhinagar 459, Mahesana 183, Bhavnagar 166, Banaskantha 150, Rajkot 148, Sabarkantha 135, Aravalli 138, Anand 125, Panchmahals 118, Mahisagar 117, Patan 112, Kheda and Kutch with 103 each, Bharuch 78, Jamnagar 73, Surendranagar 66, Botad 65, Valsad 57 and Gir-Somnath 50 cases.

Of the 2,83,623 RT-PCR tests in the state, 260,544 were found negative.

As many as 2,11,867 persons are quarantined, including 2,05,511 at home and 6,356 in government facilities.

Warner continues to entertain his fans during this corona virus lock down

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Warner continues to entertain his fans during this corona virus lock down

David Warner continues to entertain his fans during this coronavirus lockdown with his fun TikTok videos. The Australian opener has shared a number of videos ranging from dancing on hit Bollywood songs to lip-syncing famous dialogues of Indian movie stars like Mahesh Babu and Prabhas.

Last month, Warner had shared a video dancing on Akshay Kumar’s popular song, which had become quite famous among his followers. On Saturday, Warner once again posted a video performing the same dance moves, however unlike last time he was accompanied by his two daughters who wanted to copy their father’s dance.

The Australian opener has tried to be as creative as possible in his videos which has even led to him being trolled on the social media, with his former teammate Mitchell Johnson among them.

After using his creative skills to entertain his fans for more than a month, Warner took a different route and only shared videos of other creators, with the latest being a video of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, which he shared on Friday.

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This led to one of his fans asking him why has he stopped making his own videos, which used to serve as a great source of entertainment for them during this coronavirus-enforced lockdown.

Replying to a fan’s query on Friday, Warner had promised that he will continue to make entertaining videos for his followers and he kept his promise by sharing a video on the next day.

Producers are seriously trying dates of Pawan Kalyan

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Producers are seriously trying dates of Pawan Kalyan

Ever since Pawan Kalyan is making his comeback to films, there’s a lot of competition among producers to get Pawan’s dates. While Dil Raju and Boney Kapoor are bankrolling Vakeel Saab, the Telugu remake of Pink, producers like Mythri, AM Ratnam are already in the queue.

Now two more producers are seriously trying dates of Pawan Kalyan. It’s learnt that TG Viswa Prasad of People Media Factory and producer-financier PVP are vying up to get Pawan’s dates.

Viswa Prasad has good rapport with Pawan and so PVP. It was PVP who stood by Pawan when the latter launched Janasena party. Given this, both the producers are actively planning to collaborate with Pawan.

Meanwhile, producer of films like Teen Maar, Gabbar Singh, Iddarammayilatho and Baadshah, Bandla Ganesh is also hoping to team up with Pawan again. Since elections are four more years away, Pawan has three years to focus on films and their releases. Pawan wants to do as many as films possible in this period and cash in on the craze in film industry.

Akali Dal asks Kejriwal to curtail publicity budget

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Akali Dal asks Kejriwal to curtail publicity budget

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday condemned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for failing both the living and the dead, and asked him to curtail his publicity budget and utilise the money for improving the infrastructure of the hospitals in the national capital.

In a statement issued here, senior SAD leader and MP Balwinder Singh Bhundur asked Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to stop the politics of blame game and cheap publicity and admit that they were directly responsible for mishandling Covid-19 patients as well as dead bodies.

“The AAP government should take immediate corrective steps to improve the health infrastructure,” Bhundur said.

He said the Supreme Court had also pointed out that the situation in the national capital was ‘horrendous, horrific and pathetic’.

“In such a scenario, Arvind Kejriwal should shun negative politics and effect a positive change within days or resign immediately,” Bhundur said in the statement.

The SAD leader said that now it was clear that Kejriwal had misutilised public money during the time of pandemic and had spent hundreds of crores on self-publicity.

“This money could have been used to improve the condition of Delhi hospitals and ensure dignity to the last remains of those who died of the pandemic. Kejriwal should not dupe the people through advertisements and should bring in real changes to combat Covid-19 effectively. This includes increasing testing, which has decreased from 7,000 per day to 5,000 presently,” the statement said.

Record 60 new corona cases in a day in Goa

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Record 60 new corona cases in a day in Goa

Goa recorded its biggest daily spike in coronavirus cases yet, as 60 more persons tested positive, taking the state’s active cases to 454, Health Secretary Nila Mohanan said on Saturday.

Mohanan said 26 of these 60 cases were from the containment zone in Mangor hill in South Goa.

“One person is critical. He suffered a heart attack and suffers from a lung ailment. He is currently on ventilator at the Covid hospital,” Mohanan said.

On Saturday, the state formally designated Ghodemol in North Goa’s Sattari sub- district as Goa’s second containment zone after a sudden spike in corona cases there.

High fuel taxes hurting common man: Congress

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High fuel taxes hurting common man: Congress

The Congress on Saturday said despite the international crude oil prices being at their lowest in the last 15 years, the petrol and diesel prices in the country are skyrocketing.

Former Union Minister Kapil Sibal said at a press conference that Central excise duty on petrol has been increased by 258% and on diesel by 819% since the Modi government came to power in May 2014. “The common man is affected most by such high taxes,” he said.

The Congress said instead of passing the benefit of lower crude prices to the consumers, petrol, diesel prices were hiked for the 7th straight day on June 13. Petrol has now become 59-61 paise costlier, while diesel prices have gone up by 50-60 paise in major cities across the country.

The party alleged that the government is pocketing money at the cost of consumers. According to a report by Care Ratings, the hike effectively meant that the Central government is collecting around 270 percent taxes on the base price of petrol and 256 percent in the case of diesel.

According to analysts, the gain for the Union government in the remaining 11 months of the current fiscal year (April 2020 to March 2021) will be close to Rs 1.6 lakh crore. Together with Rs 39,000 crore in annual revenues gained from the March 14 excise duty hike of Rs 3 per liter each on petrol and diesel, the government stands to gain as much as Rs 2 lakh crore.

Shah to chair two meetings on Delhi Covid-19 situation on Sunday (Ld)

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Shah to chair two meetings on Delhi Covid-19 situation on Sunday (Ld)

As the COVID-19 curve has shown no signs of flattening, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair two meetings here on Sunday, where Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan will also be present, to review the corona situation in Delhi where the total cases have touched the 37,000-mark.

In the first meeting scheduled at 11 am on Sunday, Shah and Harsh Vardhan will meet Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with members of the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) to take stock of the novel coronavirus situation, which so far has claimed 1,214 lives in Delhi.

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director Randeep Guleria, Commissioners of three Municipal Corporations, and senior officers from the Union Home and Health Ministries will also be present in the meeting to be helmed by the Home Minister at his North Block office.

Shah along with the Health Minister will also hold another meeting with Mayors of three MCDs around 5 pm on Sunday to review the preparations with regard to the deadly disease.

The Home Ministry Office announced these meetings through tweets amid a worrying spike in corona infections in the city where 2,137 new cases were reported in a 24-hour period on Friday evening.

These meetings come in the wake of the Supreme Court’s criticism of the “horrendous, horrific and pathetic” situation in the city and said coronavirus patients were being treated “worse than animals”.

The court had also asked the government to explain the fall in testing, which had “gone down from 7,000 to 5,000 a day when Chennai and Mumbai have increased….”

On June 10, Shah and Kejriwal had discussed the COVID-19 spike in Delhi, a day after the Chief Minister tested negative for the virus.

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