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Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Air travel resumes but many Testing up in States seeing seats on 532 flights go empty massive return of migrants Country records 6,125 new cases and 151 deaths 635 new COVID19 cases; 39,000 passengers ferried; last-minute cancellations leave many frustrated Minister’s staff infected Nistula Hebbar NEW DELHI Bindu Shajan Perappadan special correspondent NEW DELHI Delhi reported 635 new NEW DELHI COVID19 cases in the past 24 Airlines ferried more than The Union Health Ministry hours, taking the total to 39,000 passengers on 532 has admitted that Uttar Pra 14,053, said a government health bulletin. A person flights on Monday as domes desh, Bihar, West Bengal working at Health Minister tic air travel was resumed af and Odisha, currently wit Satyendar Jain’s camp office ter two months. But a large nessing a largescale return has tested positive. number of passengers were of migrant workers, and re CITY Ī PAGE 3 left stranded as airlines were mote areas need aggressive DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD forced to cancel half the COVID19 testing capacity flights just hours before take scaleup to clear any North India reels under off due to poor coordination backlogs. intense heatwave between the Centre and the The admission comes at a NEW DELHI States. time when the country is Several parts of north India Late on Sunday, airlines among the top 10 hotspots of reeled under an intense were told to curtail their op COVID19 worldwide, adding heatwave with many districts erations after Maharashtra, in Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Telangana and Tamil Nadu, Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh posting temperatures over 45 with some of the busiest air degrees Celsius. ports in the country — Mum approximately over 6,000 NORTH & EAST Ī PAGE 4 bai, Hyderabad and Chennai cases every 24 hours in the DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD — restricted the number of fourth phase of the national flights that could be operat lockdown. Heavy rain hits five ed. Others like West Bengal Safe journey: Passengers coming out of the airport in New Delhi on Monday. * V.V. KRISHNAN On Monday, the State Assam districts and Andhra Pradesh post health departments report GUWAHATI poned the reopening of row & West Bengal from 28 COVID19, occupancy was tough protocols and health ed 6,125 cases and 151 forced the Indian Council of the UTs. We are using indige Heavy rain has affected more their airports until May 28 May, these numbers are all sparse with just 25%50% guidelines were hard hit by deaths. This takes the total Medical Research to scale up nous vendors and manufac than 30,000 people in five and May 26, respectively. set to increase further,” Civil seats filled. This has come as lastminute changes and can COVID19 tally to 1,44,659 its testing laboratories. So turers to produce swabs for districts of Assam. Goalpara is “From no domestic pas Aviation Minister Hardeep a surprise to the airlines as it cellations. Airlines had their cases, including 79,959 ac far, we have scaled up with sample collection, RNA ex the worst affected with 89 senger flights yesterday to Puri tweeted on Monday. was felt that there might be hands full reworking flight tive ones. The total death toll 15 testing laboratories in Bi tractions kits and RTPCR villages inundated. Other 532 flights & 39,231 passen pentup demand for travel, schedules and facing passen stands at 4,170. har, 17 in Odisha, 28 in Uttar diagnostic material,” said a floodhit districts are gers today, action has re Wary passengers especially from people ger ire over cancellations. “The heavy influx of mi Pradesh and 36 in West Ben senior official. Darrang, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh turned to Indian skies. With However, in a possible sign stranded in different States. grant workers into States like gal. This has been paired and Lakhimpur. CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 NEWS Ī PAGE 11 Andhra Pradesh set to res of reluctance among passen But many of those who Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West with supplies of testing ma MORE REPORTS PAGES 8 & 10 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ume operations from tomor gers to travel in the times of did decide to fly despite the EDITORIAL Ī PAGE 6 Bengal and Odisha has terials to all the States and Ī CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Deliberations on to Working away the blues Despite glut, cut in end LAC tensions fuel prices unlikely India and China deploy more troops It is a conscious decision: Pradhan Dinakar Peri ports stating that 18 IndoTi Nistula Hebbar pearance of demand world NEW DELHI betan Border Police (ITBP) NEW DELHI wide. The situation arose Deliberations are continu personnel from a larger pa Union Minister for Petro first because of the price ing on a daily basis between trol party were detained by leum and Natural Gas Dhar wars between oil exporting military commanders of In Chinese soldiers. However, mendra Pradhan described nations... Due to the lock dia and China on the the Indian Army on Sunday the situation prevailing in downs in major economies, ground, in addition to other denied any such the oil market as “extraor the demand dried up. There channels of communica “detention”. dinary” even as he ruled out were no takers for the crude tion, to resolve the situation The other area that conti any fuel price cuts in India being produced,” the Minis along the Line of Actual nues to see major tensions is despite the supply glut, stat ter said. Control (LAC), official sourc the Galwan Nalah area with ing that the Union govern es said on Monday. tensions at two to three ment had taken a “cautious ‘Unusual circumstances’ Discussions were on daily points. A road branching and conscious” decision to “The reduction of demand at different levels on the from the 255 km Darbuk use the savings for welfare. has led to a peculiar situa ground, including at the Bri ShyokDaulat Beg Oldi road Speaking to The Hindu in tion where the product pric gade Commander and Divi towards the Galwan Nalah an exclusive interview on es are less than the price of sion Commander levels, the seems to be the reason for Monday, Mr. Pradhan was crude. These negative mar sources said. However, ten Chinese objections. “This also optimistic that price gins and low crude prices do sions continue at various stand of China is not tenable stabilisation was likely as not reflect the real econom places along the LAC with as the Galwan area has nev more and more countries ics of oil refining and pricing both sides digging in with er been a point of conten were trying to restart eco of end products. Our go reinforcements, and a wait tion earlier,” multiple sourc nomic activity after lengthy vernment’s view is to take a and watch situation was un es said. This amounted to a lockdowns due to the CO cautious and conscious ap folding, the sources stated. change in the status quo and VID19 pandemic. proach of a balance in price, The green top hill above would not be acceptable to “The oil industry is faced save it and use it for wel the finger area of Pangong India, they said. Employees busy at work in a smallscale unit at the SIDCO Industrial Estate in Coimbatore on Monday. Factories are operating with an extraordinary situa fare,” he said. Tso (lake) seems to be the with curtailed staff strength amid the continuing COVID19 lockdown. * M. PERIASAMY tion... 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CM RAHUL KARMAKAR and halfadozen people GUWAHATI travelled about 175 km from special correspondent Assam’s Kajol and West Nagrakata Station