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PAGE 08 PAGE 07 Bilaspur, Sunday, June 27, 2021 I Pages 08 I Price R 3.00 I City Edition I Fastest growing English Daily of Chhattisgarh www. centralchronicle.in BRIEF DELTA PLUS VARIANT Farmers take out protest marches, Centre asks K’taka to take up police use water cannon Chandigarh, Jun 26 (PTI):

Scores of protesting immediate containment measures farmers from Punjab and Haryana on Saturday took Bengaluru, June 26 (PTI): Level 3 curbs to be clamped on variant concern lations can be established. out protest marches Similar measures have against the Centre's three The Centre has urged Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Saturday decid- been suggested to seven farm laws even as police Karnataka to take up im- ed to clamp fresh curbs in the city from June 28 under the "level 3" of states other than used a water cannon to dis- mediate containment unlocking amid concerns over the Delta Plus variant of coronavirus. Karnataka. According to perse cultivators as they A medical team conducts Daily timings of the shops selling essential and non-essential items will door-to-door survey to detect measures, including pre- INSACOG, the Delta Plus broke barricades at the venting crowds, conduct- be reduced by four hours till 4 pm. Malls, theatres and multiplexes will variant which is currently Chandigarh-Mohali bor- COVID-19 cases after a Delta remain closed. Non-essential shops and establishments will remain Plus variant case was found in ing widespread testing as a Variant of Concern der. well as increasing vaccine closed on Saturdays and Sundays, as per the order issued by Nagpur (VOC) has characteristics Farmers had planned to Farmer shout slogans during a protest against three farm reform Rajasthan, in Bikaner, Saturday. coverage on a priority Municipal Commissioner Radhakrishnan B. The Delta Plus variant is like, increased transmissi- march towards Punjab and laws, and over other issues at the Golden Gate in Amritsar. currently a variant of concern and therefore Nagpur District Disaster basis in districts where bility, stronger binding to Haryana Raj Bhavans here Management Authority (DDMA) has decided to clamp more restric- Civilians injured the Delta Plus variant of tions in various activities by implementing the level 3 curbs in the city receptors of lung cells, and submit a memoran- COVID-19 has been detect- and potential reduction in dum to mark the comple- Tomar appeals farmers to end 7-month long protest Srinagar: At least three with effect from June 28, the order said. ed. Union Health monoclonal antibody re- tion of seven months of New Delhi: As farmers' protest against the new farm laws entered civilians were injured in a Secretary Rajesh Bhushan maining the same, has to tracing as well as vaccine sponse. Karnataka Chief their agitation against the eighth month, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on grenade attack by mili- has written to Karnataka become more focused and coverage on a priority Minister B S Yediyurappa three central agri-market- Saturday appealed to protesting farmers to end their agitation tants on security forces in P Ravi stringent." "Thus, you are basis," it said. The letter on Friday had held a meet- ing laws on June 26. while saying that the government is ready to resume talks on the the Barbarshah area of Kumar in this regard. requested to take up im- also asks the state to en- ing with senior Ministers A heavy police force was provisions of three legislations. The government and farmer unions the city on Saturday, Pointing out that this mediate containment sure that adequate sam- and officials and instruct- deployed in and around have held 11 rounds of talks so far, the last being on January 22, to police said. Militants variant has been found in measures in these districts ples of positive persons ed officials to maintain Chandigarh to stop protest- break the deadlock and end the farmers' protest. Talks have not resumed followin