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AP llNATION l CITY LIGHTS llWORLD l Cyclone Yaas ravages Bengal and Odisha; US Senate, House 4 people dead, over 20 lakh evacuated Sputnik V-makers will committees probing NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR /KOLKATA: supply shots to Delhi: CM origin of Covid-19 Cyclone Yaas, packing winds of up to 130-145 kmph whiplashed the coun- NEW DELHI: Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on WASHINGTON: The US Senate and try’s eastern coasts on Wednesday, Wednesday said the manufacturers of Sputnik House of Representatives intelligence dumping heavy rain, damaging V have agreed to supply the Russian anti- committees are conducting their own houses and farmlands, and leaving at Covid vaccine to Delhi but its quantity is yet to investigations into the origins of the least four persons dead -- three in Odi- be decided. He also said that there were Covid-19 virus and how the US govern- sha and one in Bengal -- officials said. around 620 cases of black fungus or mucor- ment responded to the crisis, two Con- Thick sheets of rain blurred the vast mycosis in the city, but there is a shortage of gressional officials said. US intelli- coastline, as the cyclone made landfall Amphotericin-B injections used in its treat- gence agencies are examining reports around 9 am near Dhamra port in Residents remove the bamboo rooftop ment. “Talks with the makers of Sputnik V are that researchers at a laboratory in Odisha, with surging waters swamp- of a stall damaged by heavy winds on. They will give us vaccine, but the quantity Wuhan, China, were seriously ill in ing the mud-and-thatch houses in the ahead of Cyclone Yaas in Odisha’s is yet to be decided,” the CM told reporters. 2019 a month before the first Covid-19 low-lying areas, where a massive Balasore district on Wednesday REUTERS Speaking at the launch of Delhi’s first drive- cases were reported, US government evacuation drive has been undertaken through vaccination centre at Vegas Mall in sources have told Reuters. A Congres- sional official told Reuters the Senate to move more than 2 million people to death and destruction. Seawater inun- Dwarka, he also said that vaccines made by Intelligence Committee, led by Demo- safety. However, Yaas weakened into dated several villages in Bahanaga and Moderna and Pfizer are both suitable for chil- crat Mark Warner, has asked the spy a severe cyclonic storm in the after- Remuna blocks in the Balasore dis- dren and the Central government should pro- Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal visits a drive-through agencies about various issues, includ- noon. It was earlier classified as a very trict, and Dhamra and Basudevpur in cure these jabs to vaccinate kids. PTI vaccination centre in Dwarka on Wednesday PTI ing whether it could have been started severe cyclonic storm, leaving the the Bhadrak district, Odisha’s special in a laboratory accident or originated coastal states on edge. relief commissioner PK Jena said. with animals. REUTERS The West Bengal government Odisha has shifted 580,000 people Farmers’ stir: Black day Mercury crosses 40°C; claimed that at least 10 million people to safer places, and West Bengal 1.5 have been affected by the calamity million, ahead of the cyclone, amid marks 6 months of protest heat wave unlikely: IMD thus far, as it hollered on its destruc- concerns over spread of Covid-19 NEW DELHI: Farmers agitating at three Delhi NEW DELHI: The mercury breached the WHO: Indian Covid tive path towards Jharkhand. infection at the temporary shelters, border points raised black flags, shouted anti- 40°Celsius-mark in parts of Delhi on variant found in at Yaas is the second cyclonic storm to given the fact that the country is bat- government slogans, burnt effigies and took Wednesday, even as the India Meteorologi- hit India within a week after ‘Tauktae’ tling the raging second wave of the out protest marches as they observed ‘black cal Department (IMD) said a heat wave is least 53 territories tore into its western coast, causing pandemic. HTC/AGENCIES day’ on Wednesday to mark the completion of unlikely in the national capital in the next GENEVA: six months of their stir against the three Cen- four to five days. The IMD’s Safdarjung The coronavirus variant first tral agri laws. A brief ruckus was also Observatory, considered the official marker detected in India has now been offi- reported from the Ghazipur protest site where for the city, recorded a high of 39.5°C. The cially recorded in 53 territories, a WhatsApp moves India reports 2.08L farmers burnt an effigy of the central govern- minimum temperature settled at 22.6°C, World Health Organization report Delhi HC against the Covid cases, conducts ment amid heavy police deployment. As part four notches below normal. Palam, Jafarpur, showed on Wednesday. Additionally, of their ‘black day’ protest, the farmers put up Mungeshpur, Najafgarh and Pitampura the WHO has received information govt on new IT rules highest daily tests black flags and burnt effigies of government recorded a maximum of 40.6°C, 40.9°C, from unofficial sources that the B.1.617 leaders at the three border points – Singhu, 41.2°C, 41.8°C and 42.1°C, respectively. The variant has been found in seven other NEW DELHI: Citing “dangerous inva- NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday Ghazipur and Tikri – to register their protest maximum temperature is likely to remain territories, figures in the UN health sion of privacy” and threats to free reported 2,08,921 Covid-19 infections, against the three laws as well as the Centre. below 40°C till June 1, the IMD said, which agency’s weekly epidemiological speech of its 400 million users in pushing the overall tally of cases to The Delhi Police has urged people not to hold means no heat wave is predicted in the city update showed, taking the total to 60. 2,71,57,795, as the country conducted The report said B.1.617 had shown India, WhatsApp has moved the Delhi gatherings due to the Covid-19 situation. PTI in this period. PTI high court for getting quashed a rule 22,17,320 coronavirus tests, its high- increased transmissibility, while dis- framed by the Union government that est-ever in a day, according to Union ease severity and risk of infection obligates social media intermediaries Health Ministry data. llSCHOOL EVENT l WORD POWER were under investigation. AFP to identify the first originator of a mes- The death toll also climbed to sage upon an order by a competent 3,11,388 with 4,157 fatalities reported THE MANTHAN SCHOOL, court or executive authority. in a 24-hour period, the data updated GREATER NOIDA, LAUNCHES Japanese newspaper The petition filed in the high court at 8 am showed. DIGITAL LIBRARY Pivotal A total of 22,17,320 tests, the highest Piv-uh-tl sponsoring Olympics claims that enforcement of rule 4(2) of To inculcate reading habits among children, in a day, were conducted on Tuesday the Information Technology (Interme- The Manthan School (TMS), Greater Noida, Adjective calls for cancellation diary Guidelines and Digital Media taking the cumulative number so far launched its digital Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 will break in the country to 33,48,11,496, while library. The inaugura- Meaning: Of crucial importance in relation to TOKYO: Japan’s Asahi Shimbun news- the development or success of something else. WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption the daily positivity declined to 9.42%, tion of the digital paper, an official Tokyo Olympics Fixed on or as if on a pivot. and the privacy principles underlying the ministry said. library was commem- sponsor, called for the Games to be it, besides impermissibly infringing This is the second day in a row that orated with the Origin: First recorded in 1835–45; pivot + -al cancelled on Wednesday, in the latest the case positivity rate has remained inspiring words by sign of opposition less than two upon users’ fundamental rights to pri- Synonyms: critical, crucial, key, vital, decisive, below 10%, the ministry said. The TMS director Divya months before the opening ceremony. vacy and freedom of speech. Jain. The honourary essential The Facebook owned company, weekly positivity rate has also The call comes with public opinion in guests for the event were Sanjiv Jaiswal, a Antonyms: inessential, minor, secondary, WhatsApp, has requested the high declined to 11.45%. The updated data Japan firmly against holding the renowned name in the literary world and trivial, uncritical, unimportant, unsubstantial court to ensure no criminal liability is showed that the number of active recipient of the Bharatendu Harishchandra Games this summer, and after promi- imposed on it for not complying with cases have further come down to Award, and Vineet Panchhi, founder of Word Usage: In this situation the role of the Com- nent business leaders voiced their the provision, which, it contends is, 24,95,591, with a net decline of 91,191 of Mouth Media.