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XXVI, NO. 110 PAGES 12, RS. 2 YOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER Police crackdown on AIIMS Bathinda Jai Ram Thakur Dravid, Ganguly's Covid drug, oxygen nursing staff reviews Covid-19 big hundreds in situation in Kangra black marketeers, 76 deceive their Taunton had an District held profession by not incredible impact rendering service: on me: Buttler Soni PAGE 3 PAGE 4 PAGE 5 PAGE 12 Cyclone Tauktae: 22 dead, 65 missing from barge P305 Sensex drops 291 pts; Nifty ends below 15,100 MUMBAI: Equity bench- Massive search operation on, 186 rescued mark Sensex tumbled 291 points on Wednes- AGENCY day, weighed by losses in MUMBAI, MAY 19 index majors HDFC Stay alert as Tauktae Modi takes stock of twins, ICICI Bank and A Navy official on Wednesday in- approaching towards Kotak Bank amid a nega- formed that at least 22 personnel tive trend in global mar- on board accommodation barge Haryana: Dushyant situation, announces kets. Profit booking at higher levels to led to the P305 that went adrift in Cyclone CHANDIGARH: Haryana decline in benchmark in- Tauktae fury before sinking in the Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Rs 1000 cr for Gujarat dices, analysts said. Arabia Sea off Mumbai coast are Dushyant Chautala, warned the Giving up the 50,000 dead and 65 still missing. "Search people of the state regarding mark, the 30-share BSE and rescue operations are still on the storm named Tauktae AGENCY governments would share their as- index ended 290.69 and we haven't lost hopes of bring- which is approaching towards AHMEDABAD, MAY 19 sessments with the Centre. points or 0.58 per cent ing them ashore," an official said. the State. The Deputy Chief According to the Prime Minis- lower at 49,902.64. However, the chance of finding Minister urged the people of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on ter's Office, the central govern- survivors is getting bleaker as the State to stay vigilant during the Wednesday announced financial ment will deploy an Inter-Ministe- hours pass by, he added. next 48 hours and do not step assistance of Rs 1,000 crore for rial Team to visit Gujarat to assess BSF sets up 20 The Navy said its personnel, out considering the safety point immediate relief activities in Cy- the extent of damage in the state, battling extreme weather, have so of view. The Deputy Chief Min- clone Tauktae ravaged state Gu- based on which further assistance oxygen bed far rescued 186 of the 273 people ister during the press confer- jarat. would be given. who were onboard barge P305 and ence today said that according Prime Minister also an- Prime Minister said the Union facility to mitigate also two from tugboat Varaprada. carrying the bodies and 125 of the safe, the official said. to the Meteorological Depart- nounced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh government would closely work All personnel on board two 186 rescuees from P305. Offshore vessels hired by ment, the flow of this storm is to the next of kin of the deceased with the state government at this COVID surge moving towards Haryana via NEW DELHI: Amid the other barges and an oil rig ren- "As of Wednesday morning, ONGC and SCI towing then to Gujarat, Rajasthan and speed and Rs 50,000 to the seriously in- difficult time to extend all possible unprecedented surge in dered adrift hours before the "very 186 personnel of barge P305 have safety. INS Talwar is also in the of the storm can move up to 50 jured in the cyclone in the states of assistance for restoration and re- COVID cases, the Bor- severe cyclonic storm" made land- been rescued. INS Teg, INS Bet- area to assist in the SAR ops, he kilometers per hour in most dis- Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maha- building of the infrastructure in the der Security Force (BSF) fall on the Gujarat coast are also wa, INS Beas, P8I aircraft and added. tricts of the state from this after- rashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and the affected areas. Prime Minister ex- has upgraded its facility safe, a Navy spokesperson said. Seaking helicopters are continuing The accommodation barge noon to tomorrow evening. UTs of Daman and Diu and Dadra pressed his solidarity with all those by setting up 20 oxygen The 22 bodies, which the with the search and rescue opera- P305 which was servicing ONGC and Nagar Haveli who suffered due to the cyclone in beds on Wednesday. 10 spokesperson called Brave Na- tions," a Navy spokesperson said. offshore operations sank on Mon- barge P305 with 273 persons, car- Prime Minister Modi said the different parts of India and ex- of these beds are at ture's Victims (BNV), were All the 137 personnel on barge day evening, the official said, go barge GAL Constructor with Centre is working closely with the pressed deep sorrow to the fami- COVID Care Centre, brought to Mumbai along with 125 GAL Constructor were rescued on adding 184 of the 273 personnel 137 personnel on board, accom- affected state governments in the lies who have lost their kin during Chhawla and the other of the barge P305 survivors, he Tuesday by the Navy and Coast on board have been rescued so far. modation barge SS-3 with 196 per- wake of the situation post the cy- the calamity. "We have to continue 10 beds are at COVID said. Guard. The 196 personnel on Three barges and an oil rig sonnel on board, and the Sagar clone. Immediate financial assis- the focus towards more scientific Care Centre, Tigri. Navy warship INS Kochi barge SS-3 and 101 personnel on with 707 personnel on board went Bhushan oil rig with 101 personnel tance for these states would also be studies relating to disaster man- These facilities were set reached Mumbai on Wednesday board oil rig Sagar Bhushan are adrift on Monday. These included on board, the official said. given after the respective state agement," he stated. up by the BSF to treat their personnel; serving and retired, along with their families who require treatment and rehabilita- Manohar Lal directs to make tion, without burdening the already over- stretched medical facili- arrangements to tackle Black Fungus ties. "All the 20 beds at the BUREAU treatment of this disease. two facilities are connect- CHANDIGARH, MAY 19: Sharing more information in this re- ed with oxygen and mul- gard, an official spokesperson said that ti-para monitors. Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar on one hand after the capping of private Lal since last one year has been hospitals and ambulance rates Cong attacks keeping a close vigil on the has given a big sigh of relief to proactive measures and strate- the common man on the other govt over gies beings adopted by the State the proactive steps taken by Government to tackle the crisis the Chief Minister to ensure fertiliser, diesel due to Corona pandemic. uninterrupted supply of oxy- price hike Now as another major gen to every needy patient has NEW DELHI: The Con- health problem of 'Black Fun- also been appreciated at all gress on Wednesday at- gus’ has become an issue con- levels. tacked the Narendra cern among the health experts The spokesman said that Modi government over a during this Pandemic, Sh. Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Shar- hike in fertiliser prices, Manohar Lal while taking strict cog- ma Postgraduate Institute, Medical Sci- and said this will put an nizance of the same has directed the of- ences, Rohtak has been authorized to additional burden of Rs ficers concerned to make necessary treat patients coming from Rohtak, Jind, 20,000 crore on the arrangements for its treatment. He also Mahendergarh and Charkhi Dadri dis- farmers. directed that all Medical Colleges in- tricts who are suffering from 'Black Party leader Rahul cluding PGI Rohtak be notified for the Fungus'. Gandhi said the govern- ment has increased the prices of fertilisers, petrol and diesel, and lowered agri subsidies Vaccination to be deferred by 3 and income of farmers. "What did Modi govern- ment increase? GST months post-Covid recovery and petrol, diesel and fertiliser prices; income AGENCY covering from the infection. of 'Modi's friends'; atroc- NEW DELHI, MAY 19 There will be no requirement for ities on 'annadatas' screening of vaccine recipients by a Rapid even during the pan- The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday Antigen Test kit prior to vaccination demic," he said in a said vaccination can now be deferred by against Covid-19, it further said. tweet in Hindi, citing a three months after clinical recovery from The fresh rules are part of the recom- news report about the the infection. The government further said mendations by NEGVAC (the National Ex- rise in diesel and fertilis- if an individual is infected with coronavirus pert Group on Vaccine Administration for er prices. after the first dose, the second dose should COVID-19), which have been accepted by be also deferred by three months after re- the Union health ministry. Centre reiterates demand for withdrawal of WhatsApp's new privacy policy AGENCY cy beyond May 15 does not data security and user choice NEW DELHI, MAY 19 absolve WhatsApp from re- for Indian users and harms the specting the values of infor- rights and interests of Indian The Ministry of Electronics and Infor- mational privacy, data securi- citizens." The Ministry has mation Technology has again directed ty, and user choice for Indian also taken the same stand in messaging app WhatsApp to take back users," sources told .