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Frontline corona warriors not paid for months in Maharashtra; when questioned, cabinet ministers make beeline for exit

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The state of affairs in Maharashtra is deteriorating day by day, with increasing Covid-19 cases and non-payment of salaries to frontline Corona warriors. Some of the Cabinet ministers in the Maharashtra government, who had come together to give a press conference, were questioned on this by frontline healthcare workers.

In the press conference, two women who have reportedly not been paid any salary for months, started questioning the politicians.

Immediately the cabinet ministers in the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government got up and left the venue, without addressing the issue of their long-pending salaries or expressing any sympathy.

The video of the incident has been widely shared on social media.

The two women in the video seemed very distressed over the non-payment of salaries. They were later escorted away by the police.

Already the coalition government of Shiv Sena, NCP, and the Congress has been accused of manhandling the entire second wave corona outbreak. But what is even sadder is that people who risk their lives every day are not getting any salary from the state.

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Ponlait outlets to sell food packets at ₹5, scheme inaugurated by Puducherry Governor Tamizhisai Soundarajan

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Puducherry governor Tamizhisai Soundarajan has launched a scheme to provide food at less than ₹5 at several Ponlait outlets. Similarly, while wearing a mask is mandatory in Puducherry, those who do not wear a mask are fined. In view of this, to reduce the economic burden on the poor people, the government has provided masks at ₹1 and sanitisers at ₹10 at all Ponlait outlets.

Similarly, the Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Research Institute has started offering lunch for less than ₹5. These were started by Governor Tamizhisai Soundarajan. After this, she held a consultation meeting with the officials on arranging to provide food for ₹5 at Ponlait outlets.

The Governor regularly visits the Central Kitchen at Shanmugapuram to check if quality food is being cooked in a hygienic manner. During one of the visits, she bought herself a food packet to examine the quality of the food. In light of the same, the inaugural program of the scheme of providing hygienic food at a discounted price of less than ₹5 was launched by Tamizhisai Soundarajan.

The event was attended by Chandramauli, AP Maheshwari , who are Advisors to the Governor, and Managing Director Sudhakar of Ponlait. The scheme has been rolled out at Indira Gandhi Government Medical College in Pondicherry, Rajiv Gandhi Women and Children’s Hospital, New Bus Stand and at JIPMER. The project will be further expanded to include the existing Ponlait branches depending on the reception of the people.

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RSS units set up at over 43 cities all over the country to help aid COVID relief

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The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is on a mission to stop the spread of the corona virus. Under this initiative, service centers have been set up in 43 major cities and 219 city hospitals are being assisted by the government, said Sunil Ambekar, the organization’s All India Spokesperson.

Sunil Ambekar spoke to reporters on Thursday and said that many parts of the country had been severely affected by the corona. Thus, on behalf of the RSS, he informed that service centers for Corona relief are being set up in 43 major cities and its volunteers in 219 hospitals are assisting the government.

Ambekar further said, ‘The service to the public is provided at all times on behalf of organizations including the RSS and Seva Bharati. We are providing medicines and relief items to the people of the affected areas. Our volunteers are risking their lives to help with relief day and night. We provide 12 types of services including a place for isolating patients, a treatment center for treating those with the COVID infection, distribution of Ayurvedic herbs, as well as blood and plasma donations.”

He went on to say, “Our volunteers are of great help to the district administrations during this troubled time. The RSS also extends a helping hand to other companies ‘services.'”

Sunil cited the example of Radha Saomi Satsang Beas in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. He said the RSS, along with other organizations, would help with the relief measures going on at the state’s 2000-bed makeshift hospital. The RSS is also playing a key role in the colelcting donations for buying vaccines for corona. The RSS has also set up corona vaccine awareness camps in more than ten thousand locations in the country. So far 2,442 vaccination centers have been set up on its behalf.

Sunil also answered a question about plasma donation. He said that 600 plasma samples were donated by their volunteer awareness camps in Pune, saving about 1,500 lives. A special ‘helpline’ number has been provided on behalf of the RSS for the elderly living alone in their homes. Sunil also informed that assistance is available for senior citizens.

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Yet another group held for selling Remdesivir on the black market in Tambaram

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Remdesivir has been prescribed by physicians as a life-saving drug for patients with coronavirus infection. In light of this situation, there has been a shortage of Remdesivir for the last few days across severla hospitals in Tamil Nadu. The public is waiting in long queues at hospitals to buy Remdesivir doses.

In this situation, there were complaints that some people were selling Remdesivir on the black market. During a police raid in Tambaram on Thursday, three people, including a doctor, were arrested while buying Remdesivir on the black market. A police constable working at the Thiruvannamalai Government Hospital was also arrested in connection with the incident.

Following this, the ICF station police have arrested Karthik, an employee of a private hospital in the Mint area in Chennai, for selling Remdesivir on the black market. It is noteworthy that 4 more people, including a private doctor, have already been arrested for selling Remdesivir on the black market and one more has been arrested.

It is to be noted that not just Remdesivir, but also other medical supplies like vaccine shipments and oxygen cylinders have been found to be sold illegally on the black market off late.

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India to import 4,50,000 vials of Remdesivir; first consignment of 75,000 vials to reach today

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The Government of India has started importing the vital drug Remdesivir from other countries to ease out the shortage of Remdesivir in the country. The first consignment of 75,000 vials will reach India today.

HLL Lifecare Ltd, a Government of India owned company has ordered 4,50,000 vials of Remdesivir  from Gilead Sciences Inc. USA, and Egyptian pharma company, EVA Pharma. It is expected that Gilead Sciences Inc. USA will dispatch 75,000 to 1,00,000 vials in the next one or two days. Further one hundred thousand quantities will also be supplied before or by May 15. EVA Pharma will supply approximately 10,000 vials initially, followed by 50,000 vials every 15 days or till July.

The government has also ramped up the production capacity of Remdesivir in the country. As on 27 April, the production capacity of the seven licensed domestic manufacturers increased from 38 lakh vials per month to 1.03 crore vials per month. A total of 13.73 lakh vials have been supplied across the country by the drug companies in the last seven days (21-28 April, 2021). The daily supply has gone up from 67,900 vials on 11 April to 2.09 lakh vials on 28 April, 2021. An advisory was issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to states and UTs to facilitate the smooth movement of Remdesivir supplies.

Furthermore, the government has also prohibited the export of Remdesivir to enhance its availability in India. To ensure affordability of the injection among the masses, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) on April 17, 2021 released the revised maximum retail price of the drug, bringing down the cost of all the major brands to below ₹3500 per vial.

In order to facilitate higher production and availability of Remdesivir, the Department of Revenue also exempted the Customs duty on Remdesivir injection, its API and Betacyclodextrin, which is used in manufacture of Remdesivir, till 31 October of this year.

(Published from PIB)

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Madurai HC orders the shutting down of church built illegally in Sivagangai

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The Madurai branch of the High Court ordered the shutting down of a Christian church near the Muthumariamman temple in Manamadurai, Sivagangai district. This was found to have been built without proper permission from the district administration and opened for worship.

Hindu organizations, including the Indhu Munnani, opposed the construction of a church on the Sivapuram Road in Manamadurai while it was being constructed. However, as the construction work continued. Following this, Marimuthu, a member of the Indhu Munnani District Executive Committee from Manamadurai, filed a case in the Madurai branch of the Madurai High Court. In it, he had demanded an order to stop the construction of a Christian church near the Muthumariamman temple in the Dayapuram area in Manamadurai, which was being built without the proper permission of the district administration.

The prosecutor who appeared in the case argued that construction of the church had already been completed and the church was open for worship. Following this, the judges had asked the Manamadurai Union Kalkurichi Panchayat President to appear in the case and give an explanation. Following this, Yasmin, the Chairman of the Kalkurichi Panchayat Council, appeared at the hearing of the case and explained it through a video conference. She said that permission had already been granted on behalf of the panchayat administration to extend the deadline for construction work following the permission given by the Panchayat Union office when the local body was not in power and admitted to their mistake.

Following this, the order issued by the bench comprising Justices DS Sivagyanam and Anandi stated as follows: “Worship can be held where there is no objection. The Panchayat administration does not have the authority to give permission for the construction of a new Christian church to be built and opened in the Dayapuram area of ​​Manamadurai. Only the district administration is authorised to issue permits. The court orders the church administration to shut down the church immediately. Otherwise, the Manamadurai Regional Development Officer will have to shut it down.”

The administration then applied to the district collector for a permit to allow the construction of the church within a week and the collector is to consider the application within 10 days and issue an appropriate order.

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Seven Muslims, including three teenagers, held in connection with murder attempt

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Mangaluru police have arrested seven Muslim youth in connection with the attempt to murder cases in Bajpe and Mangaluru East police station limits which took place in November of last year.

The arrested have been identified as Ibrahim Shakeer (19) from Bolar, Mohammed Nihal (18) from Attavar, Abbas Safwan (23) from Jeppu, Mohammed Aatif Hisham (19) from Pandeshwar, Bilal Muaddin (49) from Falnir, Nazeer Ahamed (46) from Farangipete and Abdul Jabbar (46) from Maripalla

It is indeed a cause for concern that Muslim youth of the age of 18 and 19 years are involved in such heinous crimes.

On November 15, 2020, under Bajpe Police limits, a gang had attempted to murder a man identified as Abdul Azeez, near Kandavar mosque. Later, when Abdul Azeez was admitted in a private hospital due to his injuries, the same gang that had attacked him earlier now attacked his relative Naushad at the hospital’s entrance, mistaking him for Azeez. Another relative of Azeez, Makdoom, was at the hospital as well.

According to the police, disputes over financial issues are at the root of the murder attempt.

The arrested gang members had executed the plan with the help of Nizamuddin, Safwan Hussain and Basith. The three are currently abroad.

Police said tha there were unsettled financial disputes between Makdoom and Nizamuddin. Nizammudin had contacted Jabbar. Jabbar had then hatched the plan, with the help of Nizamuddin, Safwan Hussain and Basith, and  had executed the plan with the other accused.

The gang also collected details about the day-to-day movements of the victim Abdul Azeez and his relative Makdoom and informed the gang who are abroad.

After the gang attacked Abdul Azeez near the mosque, Makdoom showed negligence in settling the financial issue. Hence, the second murder attempt took place near the hospital.

Many more arrests are yet to be made in the case, informed the police.

Abdul Jabbar has seven cases against him, including a double murder in 2017. Ibrahim Shakeer has a case of assault on a  police constable. Safwan Hussain, who has twenty-six cases against him, has escaped abroad. Basith has five cases and Nizamuddin has a case registered against him at Panambur police station.

The police operation was carried out under the direction of DCP law and order Hariram Shankar, DCP Vinay Goankar, CCB inspector Mahesh Prasad, PSI Rajendra B, Pradeep T R and others.

Police commissioner N Shashi Kumar rewarded ₹10,000 to the team which cracked the long pending case.

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Lahore High Court calls Pakistan Army “biggest land grabber” who rules the country

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In an unprecedented event, the Lahore High Court came down heavily on the Pakistan army by calling it the “biggest land grabber”. It said that the job of the Pakistan army is to serve the nation and not to “rule as a king”, reports The Times of India.

This observation was made by Lahore High Court’s Chief Justice Mohammad Qasim Khan. However, Khan also said that he does not want to say anything wrong about the Pakistan Army but its method of forcefully occupying properties of the people is nothing but land grabbing.

The Lahore High Court made strong observations after hearing petitions of three Pakistani nationals seeking an order against the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) to not disturb their lawful possession of the land.

The DHA functions under the army along with several other business ventures under the Fauji Foundation, which is a business conglomerate.

What is even more shocking is that the Pakistan Army had the gall to grab a piece of land owned by the Lahore High Court and Justice Khan instructed the court’s registrar to write a letter to the Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa in this regard.

Such judgements from any Pakistani courts against the army is practically unheard of because the de facto ruler of Pakistan is the army and the civilian government of Prime Minister Imran Khan are just for show.

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US pledges to send 20 million AstraZeneca vaccines from its stocks; however, timeline unknown

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The United States (US), after withholding the key ingredients necessary to manufacture the coronavirus vaccine to India, has now decided to send 20 million AstraZeneca vaccines from its stocks.

When this stock of vaccine will arrive in India, it will be a major boost to vaccinate people who are below the age of 45 and against the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the US has not set any timeline for the delivery of the 20 million AstraZeneca vaccine it has pledged, as reported by  The Economic Times.

The AstraZeneca vaccine is currently being manufactured in India by Pune-based Serum Institute and sold under the brand name “Covishield”, and the US has a stockpile of 10 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine and 50 million doses of the vaccine is estimated to be manufactured over the next two months. 

The US has also pledged that, in addition to the vaccines, it will also divert sufficient supplies of multipore filters which would help facilitate the production of as many as 18 million more doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in India itself, and already 20,000 doses of Remdesivir is also expected to reach India from the US. But more importantly, 17 oxygen generator plants will be supplied by the US.

When the US stopped crucial supplies to India which was critical to manufacturing vaccines, there was outrage within and outside of the US. Many US-based analysts called it a strategic blunder after they saw that other countries like Russia, the UK, Singapore, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, France, and many more nations were helping India to cope with the pandemic.

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This is ‘Periyar’ soil: DMK leaders seek blessings of Dharmavaram Adheenam ahead of May 2

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A photo of former ministers of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) receiving blessings from the 27th Gurumaha Sannidhanam of the Dharumavaram Aadheenam at the Vaitheeswaran Kovil Temple on Thursday has gone viral on social media.

In Tamil Nadu, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and its allies is known for slandering Hindu Gods and rituals. They have been spreading hate against Hindus in Tamil Nadu for the sole reason of getting the votes of a particular community.

Ironically, it has become customary for the leaders’ families to visit temples before elections, inviting a lot of mockeries. Even though the Thiruvannamalai girivalam was banned due to the recent coronavirus lockdown, the daughter of DMK leader Stalin went on the girivalam and visited the temple with special permission. Even during the election campaigns, MK Stalin carried the facade of pretending to be a pro-Hindu.

In this context, a photo of K.N. Nehru and M.R.K Pannerselvam, who are former ministers of the DMK has been doing the rounds on social media. Many netizens commented that this is a damage control move of the DMK as it has been facing ire ever since the Karuppar Koottam episode where a bunch of ‘Periyarists’ went on to abuse Hindu Gods in their YouTube channel.

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