Union Health Minister sidelines expert reports, says Corona curve unlikely to peak further in India
“Decision on extending or relaxing lockdown will be taken around May 17” Dr. Harsh Vardhan
New Delhi: Union Health Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Saturday night asserted that the call on whether to extent the lockdown beyond May 17 or to relax it across the country, will be taken ahead of May 17 while considering several factors.
The Union Minister was speaking on a news show with Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai on India Today channel wherein he was asked by the Journalist if the government will further extend the lockdown beyond May 17 or it was time that the government will relax the lockdown across the country and ask people to take precautionary measures and to follow regulations.
Replying to the question, the Minister added that a call will be taken on this around May 17 considering all the factors that goes into decision making. He also added that the decision will be taken according to the “Guiding Principle” set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as he had said “Jaan is also important and Jahan (world) is also important”.
He said “The future course of events will be taken according to this guiding principle of PM Modi”.
The Minister also said that although the rate of COVID-19 cases doubling in India was 11 days, but the curve was flattening and was steady at the moment. He also sidelined reports of international experts who claimed that the curve was yet to peak in India and added that he doesn’t see anything of that sort happening in India now.
The government had earlier stated that the curve would start flattening from mid-May but Dr. Harsh Vardhan during the interview added that the government now expects the curve to start flattening in late June or early July.
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Mohsin's fifer helps LSG restrict KKR to 155/7 despite Rinku's 83
Lucknow (PTI): Lucknow Super Giants pacer Mohsin Khan added another sordid chapter to Kolkata Knight Riders' batting woes, taking five wickets to restrict the three-time champions to a modest 155 for seven in their IPL match here on Sunday.
Mohsin’s 5 for 23, a personal best for the left-arm pacer in this format, tore apart an already struggling KKR batting unit, as he snaffled the cream wickets of Ajinkya Rahane, Tim Seifert, Cameron Green, Rovman Powell and Anukul Roy.
Rinku Singh (83 not out, 51 balls) made a well-paced fifty and punished Mohammed Shami in the 19th over for 6, 4, 4 and the smoked four sixes in a row against spinner Digvesh Rathi as KKR made 43 runs in the last two overs to go past the 150-run mark.
But his fifty remained a lone act, as Mohsin firmly stood in the limelight.
His bowling ethos were rooted in simple tactics — bang the ball into the black soil pitch to gain bounce or use cutters at various pace to keep the batters guessing.
Mohsin, who started the night with a wicket maiden, showed his variety across two dismissals.
He followed Rahane with a fuller ball as the batter tried to go over the covers, but the ball’s trajectory forced the KKR skipper to just slice the ball up for a simple catch for Aiden Markram.
The 27-year-old stayed calm when Green, who looked comfortable out there while smashing George Linde for two successive sixes, slammed him for a huge maximum.
Two balls later, Mohsin dug one short, challenging Green (34) to go for the pull and the Australian all-rounder took the bait.
The into-the-body angle worked again as Green could only sky the ball to wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant.
Green’s ouster also ended a fifth wicket alliance worth 42 with Rinku Singh.
Bizarre dismissal of Raghuvanshi
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If the existing turmoil was not enough, KKR had to bear the dejection of seeing Angkrish Raghuvanshi getting dismissed obstructing the field.
On the final ball of the fifth over from Prince Yadav, Raghuvanshi nudged one towards mid-on and set off for a single, only to be rejected by Green.
Raghuvanshi put in a dive to save himself but he came in the line of the throw from Shami.
Subsequently, third umpire Rohit Pandit accepted LSG’s appeal and decided that the batter’s turning radius was more than required, eventually resulting in the batter’s dismissal in a rare manner.
