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In your evening news brief, Centre asks Twitter, Facebook to remove ‘inflammatory’ posts; Lockdown extended by another week in Delhi and 82 people killed in Baghdad hospital fire.

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In your evening news brief, Basic custom duty, health cess waived off on oxygen and oxygen-related equipment for three months; Delhi High Court asks Centre about preparedness to deal with the expected Covid-19 second wave peak in mid-May; Twenty patients died overnight at the Jaipur Golden Hospital in New Delhi due to shortage of medical oxygen and Justice N V Ramana takes over as the 48th Chief Justice of India.

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In your evening news brief,  Yediyurappa requests Centre to supply over 1 ton oxygen for Karnataka; Bengaluru metro rail services will be closed on Saturdays and Sundays and SpaceX launched its third crew to the International Space Station

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In this episode of The Lead by DH Radio, we talk about Royal Challengers Bengalore's surprising start, the smashing return of Chennai Super Kings, and the insensitivity on the part of the celebrated Indian cricketers on maintaining radio silence over the Covid crisis.

Sidney Kiran: As the nation scrambles to battle the coronavirus which is unleashing unprecedented damage and tragic tales of death and misery on prime time news and newspapers, the Indian Premier League (IPL) is motoring on unhindered. India's most lucrative sporting event has made a blazing start amind the gloom all over us. Hello and welcome to another season of DH lead IPL. Today, my colleague from the Sports Desk, Roshan Tyagrajan, and I will be talking about Royal Challengers Bengalore's surprising start, the smashing return of Chennai super kings, and the insensitivity on the part of the celebrated Indian cricketers, many of whom are worshipped as heroes, for maintaining radio silence on the Covid crisis, largely a result of the government's mishandling. Hi Roshan. How are you doing?

Roshna Tyagrajan: I'm good, Sidney. Thank you.

Sidney: Firstly, Royal Challengers Bangalore. I want to tell the listeners that the show was recorded before RCB's match against Rajasthan Royals (April 22). Three wins from three matches. Unprecedented. In fact, in its entire history, Royal Challengers haven't done it at all... 

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In your evening news brief, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa says Covid-19 situation in the state has become ‘uncontrollable’; India will start receiving Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine by end-May and  US pledged to slash its greenhouse gas emissions by 50-52% from 2005 levels by 2030

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In this episode, we talk about 'Portraits and Observations' by Truman Capote and Anton Chekov's short stories: 'A Chameleon' and 'The Bet'

Ahmed Shariff: Hi and welcome to another episode of Reads of the week. The two of us are here, me, Ahmed Shariff, and my colleague L Subramani to let you all know what we have read in the past week. Hi Sir.

L Subramni: Hi, Ahmed and hello to everybody. This is a wonderful time to recap on everything that we have read and also to reminisce about books because World Book Day is approaching...

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Summary: In your evening news brief, 22 patients at Nashik hospital die due to low oxygen supply following leakage; Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel announces that the state government would provide free Covid-19 vaccines for all above 18 years in the state and Serum Institute of India said it would sell the Covishield vaccine to state governments at Rs 400 per dose and to private hospitals at Rs 600 per dose.

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In this episode, get to know the ground situation of the pandemic in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat.

Ahmed Shariff: Hi and welcome to The Lead by DH Radio. In today's episode, we will look at the Covid-19 situation in Gujarat. According to the tracker maintained by DH, Gujarat has seen a total of over 4 lakh Covid-19 cases and has reported over 5,000 deaths. Of late, as the second wave of the pandemic furthers its grip on the country, the reports coming from the state showing overwhelmed crematoriums is a cause of concern and begs the question: what's going on? To know about it and more, we are joined by our correspondent from Ahmedabad, Satish Jha. Listen to the conversation.

Hi, Satish and welcome to DH Radio.

Satish Jha: Hi.

Ahmed:  Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel has said that the capacity of beds, oxygen and other facilities for treatment is lower than the required numbers. What's the situation on the ground like?

Satish: Yes. This is the first time that this government had admitted that there is a shortage of beds across the state because of the rise in the number of people infected by the virus and that's a fact...

In your evening news brief, Supreme Court stays order imposing "complete lockdown" in five UP cities; Rahul Gandhi tests positive for Covid-19; J&J seeks permission for phase-3 trial of its single-shot Covid-19 vaccine in India, import licence and Union Cabinet approves Bangalore Metro Rail Project phase 2A, 2B

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In today's episode, get to know how India's Garden City, Bengaluru, is doing in terms of handling the worsening pandemic situation.

Ahmed Shariff: Hi and welcome to The Lead by DH Radio. The voice that you just heard was of a Bengaluru hospital owner appealing for medical oxygen for his patients. We have seen that hospitals' and individuals' need for oxygen has shot up in the past few days. On Monday alone, the city recorded over 9,000 cases. What's happening on the ground? Is the country's tech hub ready to take on the second wave of the pandemic? Today, to talk about this, we have DH's Suraksha P.

Note: This episode was recorded on Monday, April 19. Listen in to the conversation.

Hi Suraksha and welcome to DH Radio.

Suraksha P: Hi.

Ahmed:  There is a sudden surge in Covid cases and the state, especially the city is among the worst hit. Were we caught unaware, what could have gone wrong?

Suraksha: Ahmed, we don't think we were caught unaware. I think it's more of a case of complacency and because the state (Karnataka) technical Covid advisory committee had, at the end of last year, said that there will be a second surge in January...

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