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PC George lashes out at Pinarayi for not condoling death of Kerala nurse, asks if he is afraid of Hamas in Kerala

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The leader of the Janapaksham party and former Poonjar MLA P C George came down heavily on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and called him “irattachankan”, (man with two hearts) for not condoling the death of the Malayali nurse who was killed in Israel.

Soumya Santosh, who hailed from Kerala’s Idukki district died when Sunni Islamist organisation Hamas, launched a massive rocket attack from Gaza over the civilian population.

In a strong-worded FB post on Wednesday, George wrote “You are a conniver. This is a big example for indulging in appeasement eyeing few votes. Who are you fearing of? Palestine or Hamas? Or the Hamas in Kerala? Maybe for the junior comrades you may be double-hearted. But both those hearts are in the control of others.”

George was relentless in his attack and did not spare the communist leaders of the state. He said, “Those people who howl based on the direction from the AKG centre are also fast asleep. Kerala is making progress on the strength of the money sent by our children who earn from working abroad. Please show gratitude for that at least.”

Soumya Santosh who was working as a nurse in Israel died in the attack carried out by Hamas. She leaves behind her husband and a 9-year-old daughter.

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Yogi Govt launches door-to-door measures to contain Wuhan Virus in rural areas

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Utter Pradesh, India’s most populous state has initiated a house-to-house active case finding of COVID-19 in rural areas.

It has been led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to contain transmission by testing people with symptoms for rapid isolation, disease management, and contact tracing.  

The UP government has deployed 141,610 teams and 21,242 supervisors to cover 97,941 villages in 75 districts over five days of this activity, which began on 5 May.

World Health Organisation has called this the most comprehensive drive to overcome COVID19.

On the first day itself WHO field officers monitored over 2,000 government teams that visited over 10,000 households in villages and remote hamlets to test everyone with symptoms of COVID-19 using Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) kits.

In this drive, those who test positive are isolated and given a medicine kit with advice on disease management. All contacts of those who test positive are quarantined and tested. People without signs of COVID-19 are told to get vaccinated and follow “COVID-appropriate behaviours” to prevent transmission.

WHO is also working along with the Uttar Pradesh government in training and micro-planning for the activity the drive. 

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5 tonnes oxygen produced at Thoothukudi Sterlite plant brought to Tirunelveli GH

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In the first phase of producing and supplying oxygen to hospitals in Tamil Nadu, about 5 tonnes of oxygen produced from Vedanta’s Sterlite Copper Plant in Thoothukudi was brought to the Government Hospital at Thoothukudi on Thursday.

As the second wave of Wuhan virus rages across Tamil Nadu, the demand for oxygen has increased several folds. Both government and private hospitals are facing oxygen shortage. 

To address the shortage, Vedanta had earlier moved the Supreme Court to let their Sterlite plant open for producing oxygen and supply to hospitals. Before the new DMK government came to power, at the all party meeting convened by then Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami, it was decided by all the parties including the DMK that the plant can be opened for producing oxygen. 

Following this Sterlite has been producing oxygen at the Sterlite plant under the supervision of district administration.

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Centre takes steps to ramp up availability of Amphotericin B – to fight Mucormycosis

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A sudden increase in demand has been observed in some states for Amphotericin B which is being actively prescribed by the physicians to patients suffering from Mucormycosis, a post COVID complication. The Government of India is therefore engaging with the manufacturers to ramp up production of the drug. The supply position is expected to improve with extra  imports of this drug and  increase in its production domestically.

After reviewing the stock position with the manufacturers/importers, and the demand pattern of Amphotericin B the Department of Pharma, has on 11th May, 2021 , allocated this drug amongst the States/UTs based on expected supply that will be available from May 10 to May 31, 2021. States have been requested to put in place a mechanism for equitable distribution of supplies amongst Government and Private hospitals and health care agencies. States have also been requested to publicise in the State the ‘Point of Contact’ for Private and Government hospitals to obtain the drug from this allocation. Further, States have been requested that judicious use may be made of the stock that has been already supplied as well as stock that has been allocated. The arrangements for supply will be monitored by National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority (NPPA).

The country is going through a severe wave of pandemic and it has affected various parts of the country. The Government of India is continuously working to augment the supply of essential covid medicines and making them available to the State Governments and UTs through an equitable and transparent manner.

Published from PIB

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HR&CE dept withdraws circular inviting ‘applications’ for apointment of ‘Jeeyar’

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After facing backlash from Hindus, the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department has withdrawn the notice calling applications for the appointment of ‘Jeeyar’, the religious pontiff of the Vaishnava sampradaya.

On 6th May 2021, the HR&CE department issued a circular calling ‘applications’ for the post of Jeeyar saying that those belonging to the Thengalai sect of Vasihnava sampradaya and well versed in the Vedas, Agamas, Naalayira Divyaprabandham, and other temple traditions and rituals can apply. It said that the applications would be received till 4:00 PM, 8th of June.

Many practicing Hindus especially those of the Vaishnava sampradaya questioned as to why the government was interfering with Hindu traditions and customs alone. They had expressed their anger asking if the government has the guts to appoint the Cardinal or Archbishop of the Church or the Maulvi for a Mosque.

Political leaders like Arjun Sampath of the Indu Makkal Katchi and H. Raja of the BJP had severely criticized the move which came within days after the DMK assuming power.

Following the strong reaction from Hindus, HR&CE Minister Sekar Babu in a press meet a day ago had assured that appropriate action would be taken in consultation with relevant stakeholders.

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DMK cadres resort to malpractice during issuance of COVID relief

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Reports of the DMK resorting to malpractice during the distribution of the government-issued COVID relief has  come to light. DMK cadres in Thathakapatti in the Salem district had snatched away the tokens that had been kept for distribution to the public. These tokens were to be used to avail the government issued cash relief of ₹2000.

The public had to wait in the hot sun in long queues in vain. The DMK then proceeded to threaten the officer at the ration shop saying that the distribution of tokens will only be done by them and not him. This was the case in over 10 public distribution centres throughout the village.

A few members of the public even got into an argument with the members of the DMK regarding this issue. In a few centres, the DMK members threatened the press that had gathered there and prevented them from filming. In a few other centres, the DMK members fled the scene when they noticed that the crew was filming their malpractice.

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DMK cadres in Tenkasi flout lockdown, gathers crowd to induct new members to party

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The Tenkasi DMK wing flouted the lockdown restrictions imposed by its own government by gathering a crowd to hold a DMK membership drive. This lockdown has specifically been imposed by the DMK government to flatten the curve of the coronavirus spread. In light of the same, it is shocking to know that their own party members proceeded to flout the rules.

In Tenkasi, the DMK had gathered a group of hundred people to induct new members to the party. This was in clear violation of the lockdown restriction that has been imposed. It is to be noted that this event was organised to celebrate the induction of members for the parties to the DMK. This has made the entire group that gathered at risk for coronavirus infection.

Pictures of this event have gone viral, and many are commenting that their own party members are not following the lockdown restrictions imposed by the DMK.

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Traffic sub-Inspector who argued with DMK cadres transferred overnight

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A traffic sub-inspector in Thanjavur who was involved in an argument with a DMK cadre was transferred overnight to the Department of Armed Reserve Police.

Due to the coronavirus lockdown that is in place, a lorry that had come without an e pass through the Thanjavur road had been stopped by Traffic Sub Inspector Mohan. He went on to ask the driver who was manning the lorry to pay a fine of ₹200 stating violation of rules. The lorry driver had immediately called Thanjavur DMK Deputy Secretary Neelakandan to complain about this.

Thanjavur DMK Deputy Secretary Neelakandan had then rushed to the spot with a few supporters and threatened him saying that he should release the lorry from his custody. This progressed into an argument wherein the traffic sub-inspector went on to demand why there was no action when there was a water shortage in their area, but the DMK had rushed to address this issue specifically.

Following this argument, Mohan was transferred to the Department of Armed Reserve Police overnight. The video of this incident has gone viral on social media.

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DMK men wreck havoc in Coimbatore, throw crackers inside homes

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DMK cadres took to unleashing their atrocities after they faced a humiliating defeat in the Coimbatore district. In the rage of not even wining a single seat in the district, DMK cadres in the region took to throwing crackers at homes with many getting injured.

Joseph, the Deputy Secretary of the AIADMK  in Madhukkarai Municipality, had worked for the party’s Kinathukadhavu candidate S. Dhamodharan who has now become an MLA for the constituency. He had ensured that the Christian and Muslim votes fell for the AIADMK.

Enraged by this, some of the DMK cadres arrived at Joseph’s home located at Mottankadu when he was away and started bursting crackers right outside his house. A few of the crackers made its way into the home. When the ladies of the house objected, they had intimidated them and later left the place. Again at 7 PM, DMK cadres identified as Aashiq, Siyad, Nawab, Sagul, and Shaukath came down and burnt the poster of AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa that was placed outside the house. They had lit crackers and threw inside the home of Joseph. The explosion caused injuries to some of the members in the household.

This incident has caused fear among the ladies in the locality.

Source: Ungal Ulagam

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Indian citizen from Kerala killed in Hamas firing

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An Indian citizen named Soumya Santhosh hailing from Kerala was killed and dozens of Israeli citizens were injured when Hamas a Palestinian Islamic terror group in the Gaza Strip fired massive barrages of rockets at southern Israel on Tuesday (11 May).

After the rocket attack, the Israeli defence forces retaliated by airstrikes on terror targeting the Gaza strip and known Hamas positions.

This is the worst outbreak of violence in Israel in the last four years after United States President Joe Biden of the democratic party completed a tumultuous 100 days in his new office. It must be noted that there are several Democratic politicians in the Senate and the Congress who are anti-Israel and the and the Biden administration plans to provide $235 million of aid to Palestinians.

Ambassador of Israel to India, Ron Malka in said, “I just spoke to the family of Soumya Santosh, victim of Hamas terrorist strike. I expressed my sorrow for their unfortunate loss & extended my condolences on behalf of Israel. The whole country is mourning her loss & we are here for them,”.

Malka then said, “My heart goes out to her 9-yr-old son, Adon who has lost his mother at such a young age & will have to grow up without her. This evil attack reminds me of little Moses, who lost his parents during 2008 Mumbai attacks. May God give them strength & courage,”.

The cross-border violence erupted after weeks of rising tensions in the historic city of Jerusalem. Hamas, which is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist organisation

Hamas on Tuesday claimed it fired 137 rockets in five minutes in an apparent attempt to overwhelm the Iron Dome missile defense system. One such barrage of rockets that were fired on the southern coastal city of Ashkelon.

The deadly rocket attack against the civilian population directly struck a home where 32 years old Soumya Santhosh lived as a caregiver to an 80-year-old woman.  Santhosh was killed in the attack while her elderly who she was in charge was hospitalized in serious condition, reports Times of Israel.

Santosh who is from Kerala as per reports is survived by her husband and nine-year-old daughter.

Meanwhile, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan spoke with the family of Santhosh and conveyed his deep condolences at her tragic demise due to the rocket attacks from Gaza.

“We have condemned these attacks and the violence in Jerusalem, and urged restraint by both sides,” Muraleedharan said on Twitter.

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