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DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 2020 (PAGE 15) for Jaitley, Sushma, Fernandes Coronavirus scare: Nearly 100 people under observation; PMO reviews preparedness NEW , Jan 25: call centre has been made opera- have sent their blood and respi- have tested negative for infec- The Cabinet Secretary, tional. ratory specimen samples to the tion but are still under observa- Home Secretary, Foreign posthumously; Parrikar given Padma Bhushan Over 100 people have been Samples of four other pas- National Institute of Virology, tion as a precaution, while Secretary, Defence Secretary, kept under observation in Kerala sengers tested earlier have been ," he said. blood test results of a third per- Health Secretary, Civil Aviation , Jan 25: Padma awards including four TV actor Sarita Joshi have been and following confirmed to be negative for One person each from son were awaited, officials said. Secretary and several other top duo cases (in a duo case, the conferred with the fourth high- screening for a possible expo- Former union ministers Arun award is counted as one), the est civilian award of the coun- nCoV by the lab. Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram, At a meeting in Delhi officials attended the meeting. Jaitley, and sure to novel coronavirus as the statement said. try. Prime Minister's Office on A senior health official of Pathanamthitta and chaired by P K Mishra, The sources said health George Fernandes, Olympian "Thirty four of the awardees Six sports persons including Kerala told PTI that 172 people Malappuram and three from Principal Secretary to the prime ministry officials briefed boxer and former Saturday reviewed 's pre- are women and the list also cricketer , current paredness to deal with any situa- in the state are under home sur- Ernakulam are in the isolation minister, health ministry offi- Mishra on the preparedness of Mauritius prime minister includes 18 persons from the Indian women's hockey captain veillance and seven are kept in wards of various health centres cials presented an update about hospitals, laboratories as well were among tion amid mounting global con- category of Foreigners/NRI/ , former Indian cern over rising cases in . various hospitals. in the state. response measures being under- as on measures being taken for seven prominent personalities PIO/OCI and 12 posthumous men's hockey player M P "Today, 99 new passengers In Maharashtra, two of the taken, official sources said. the capacity building of rapid awarded the Padma Vibhushan Union Health Minister Harsh awardees," it said. Ganesh, shooter , former Vardhan said no positive case arrived in the state. This makes three persons admitted to a hos- The meeting was held on the response teams to deal with on Saturday, the Home Ministry Padma Awards - one of the Indian women's football team has been detected in the country a total of 179 persons under sur- pital in for possible instructions of Prime Minister possible cases of coronavirus. announced. highest civilian Awards--are captain Oinam Bembem Devi so far though samples of seven veillance. Only seven people exposure to the coronavirus . (PTI) Famous classical bhajan conferred in three categories-- and archer have passengers have been sent to the have any kind of symptoms. singer from Channulal Padma Vibhushan, Padma been given Padma Shri. ICMR-NIV Pune lab. A 24x7 They have mild symptoms. We Mishra and Vishveshateertha Bhushan and Padma Shri. Naukri.Com founder Swamiji Sri Pejavara Adhokhaja Sixteen people have been Sanjeev Bikhchandani, industri- Matha Udupi, who passed away given the Padma Bhushan and alist Bharat Goenka, technocrat recently, have also been given 118 the Padma Shri. Nemnath Jain have been con- the highest Padma award-- Padma Vibhushan is award- ferred the Padma Shri. Padma Vibhushan. ed for exceptional and distin- The award has also been Former defence minister guished service; Padma given to Lucknow-based histo- , industrialists Bhushan for distinguished serv- rian and journalist Yogesh Anand Mahindra and Venu ice of high order and Padma Praveen and Assam-based histo- Shrinivasan, Olympian bad- Shri for distinguished service in rian Jogendra Nath Phukan have minton player P V Sindhu, for- any field. been awarded Padma Shri mer Nagaland chief minister S C Prime Minister Narendra There are 21 'unsung' heroes Jamir and Jammu and Modi congratulated the Padma who were given Padma Shri this politician Muzaffar Hussain awardees, saying they include year including Jagdish Lal Baig have been awarded the extraordinary people. Ahuja, who serves free food to Padma Bhushan, a home min- "Congratulations to all those patients and attendants outside istry statement said. who have been conferred the PGI hospital in Chandigarh; The awards are announced Padma Awards," he tweeted. Mohammed Sharif from on the eve of Republic Day. From Bollywood, filmmak- Faizabad, who has performed Jaitley, Swaraj, Fernandes, ers Karan Johar and Ekta last rites of over 25,000 Parrikar and Vishwesha Teertha Kapoor and actor Kangana unclaimed bodies' and veteri- Swami have been awarded Ranaut have been awarded narian from Assam Kushal posthumously, the officials said. Padma Shri. Konwar Sarma who is known This year the President has Singers Suresh Wadkar and for treating elephants. approved conferment of 141 Adnan Sami, as well as veteran Seventy-two-year-old Tulasi Gowda from , who earned the sobriquet "encyclo- 29 CISF personnel get pedia of forests" because of her vast knowledge of diverse plants species in spite of lacking police service medals formal education, has also been NEW DELHI, Jan 25: Commandant Harish Singh given the award, it said. Karmyal, Assistant Sub Twenty-nine CISF officials, Sathyanarayan Mundayoor, Inspector Rajender Babu. known as Uncle Moosa of including five from the fire Five officials have been dec- wing, have been decorated with Arunachal Pradesh, who has orated with the fire service been promoting education and different police service medals medals including ASIs Rashpal reading culture in remote areas on the eve of the Republic Day, Dass and Darmiyan Singh. of Northeastern states for last a force spokesperson said on The about 1.66-lakh person- four decades; Abdul Jabbar aka Saturday. nel strong force guards 61 civil 'voice of Bhopal' (posthumous- The awardees include senior airports of the country apart ly), known for fighting for the Commandant Vishnu Swarup, from guarding sensitive infra- cause of victims and survivor of Commandant H K Brahma and structure in the nuclear and aero- 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy; and Assistant Commandant Abdus space domain. Usha Chaumar, a Dalit social Salam. also provides security to vital worker working in the field of Swarup, who joined the business sector undertakings in sanitation in , have force in 1997, has served in all the private domain. (PTI) also been given the award. (PTI) the theatres that the CISF is deployed in like coal fields, air- ports security, Delhi Metro and port security. He is also credited with rais- ing its first aviation security training institute at Arakkonam in Tamil Nadu. Officers awarded the distin- guished service medal include Deputy Inspector General Sanjay Prakash, Assistant