Vol - 32 Registered OR/RKL-07/2021-23 Issue - 35 06 MAY, 2021 Thursday Rs. 1.00 Pages - 8 News & Features Times R.N.I. No-48278/90 Rourkela Visit for e-paper- www.nftimes.co.in Published From Rourkela & Bhubaneswar PM Modi congratulates Mamata sworn-in as Mamata Banerjee on taking Bengal CM for 3rd time, Odisha records highest oath as chief minister takes oath in Bengali single day spike in fatalities BHUBANESWAR however, attributed to (Bureau) : As the novel delay in getting coronavirus continues to treatment. Senior rage across the country, medicine specialist Dr Odisha recorded 8,216 Niroj Mishra said lack of more new Covid-19 awareness and cases from all 30 districts reluctance to testing and in last 24 hours pushing treatment make the rural the active case tally close population more Kolkata (HS) : TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee to 60,000 in just one susceptible to Covid. was Wednesday sworn-in as the chief minister of week. The disease also “People with West Bengal for the third consecutive term after a claimed 15 lives, the symptoms need to come New Delhi (HS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi massive win in the state assembly highest in a single day this forward for testing and on Wednesday congratulated Mamata Banerjee on elections.Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar administered year, taking the death toll the government should taking oath as West Bengal chief minister.Modi her the oath of office and secrecy at a low-key to 2,088. While maximum intensify contact tracing five patients from Khurda of positive cases,” he ceremony at Raj Bhawan held amid the raging tweeted a congratulatory message to Banerjee soon and three from Rayagada suggested. The State has after the Trinamool Congress head was sworn in as COVID pandemic. succumbed, two each conducted 43,682 tests chief minister for a third straight term. Banerjee took the oath in Bengali language.Apart from Kalahandi and including 15,374 through Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar administered her from senior TMC leaders like Partha Chatterjee and Sundargarh and one each RT-PCR with a test the oath of office and secrecy at a low-key ceremony Subrata Mukherjee, poll strategist Prashant Kishor, from Cuttack, Puri and positivity rate of 18.8 pc at the Raj Bhawan held amid the raging COVID who played a key role in TMC's victory, and Sonepur fell to the virus. spreading fast into rural areas which were largely slightly down from the pandemic. Banerjee MP nephew Abhishek Banerjee were Khurda, Sundargarh, unaffected in the first wave last year. previous day. "Congratulations to Mamata Didi on taking oath present.Banerjee has said her first priority after Cuttack and Puri Nine of the 10 districts bordering Chhattisgarh put Surprisingly, not a as West Bengal's Chief Minister. resuming office will be to tackle the COVID-19 continued to be worst together 2,968 new infections, accounting for 36 per single sample was tested cent of the tally. It is not only the western districts @MamataOfficial," Modi tweeted. situation. affected apart from the through RT-PCR in the western Odisha districts that the villages are witnessing a surge in cases, but worst-hit Nuapada while with 1,271, 636, 447 and the industrial areas in Angul, Jajpur and Cuttack only seven RT-PCR 14 crew members of cargo ship from India 402 cases respectively. besides districts like Nayagarh and Sonepur have tests were carried out in Eight districts registered also been contributing more cases to the State’s tally. Kalahandi, 15 in Bhadrak more than 300 cases The spread in Balasore, Bhadrak and Jajpur is being and 16 in Balangir. With each and 10 others blamed for the arrival of returnees from West this, the Covid tally test positive for COVID-19 in South Africa reported over 100 cases Bengal. soared to 4,79,752 of each. After The healthcare crisis in rural areas started which 4,10,227 have Johannesburg (HS) : Fourteen crew members of directly from India, where they had been tested for overwhelming the health compounding as most of the medical infrastructure, recovered. The active a cargo ship that sailed to Durban from India have COVID-19 and cleared as per requirements."Upon apparatus in western especially the tertiary care facilities are concentrated cases stood at 67,384 tested positive for COVID-19, South Africa's arrival at the Port of Durban, as a standard region of the State that in the cities like Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, where and nearly 88 pc among Transnet National Port Authority has said.A precautionary measure, all crew members were contributes a bulk of the serious patients are now heading in a hope to get them were in home spokesperson from Transnet said the cause of a chief tested and 14 of the crew tested positive for COVID- daily caseload, Covid is quality treatment. Most of the fatalities are, isolation. engineer's death aboard the ship was heart attack 19. The entire vessel is currently in quarantine at the and not COVID-19. Port of Durban, as per COVID-19 regulations," The 14 were among the entire crew that was Transnet said. tested after the ship arrived in Durban on Sunday. All operations with the vessel have been Petrol, diesel price up 2nd day in row They are now all in isolation as authorities start a suspended.The authority said it remained vigilant to track and trace initiative for all those who might have ensure that all vessels calling at the port have been New Delhi (HS) : In two days, more No sooner had voting hit USD 65 per barrel been in contact with them."The vessel is currently on cleared."TNPA is responsible for ensuring that all Petrol and diesel prices than half of the 67 paise ended, oil companies mark. quarantine. No one is allowed to leave or enter the vessels calling the port have been cleared by relevant were raised for the a litre reduction in petrol indicated an impending It is expected that vessel, and the company responsible for anyone who state organs, namely, port health, migration, MRCC second day in a row on and 74 paise per litre cut increase in retail prices the crude oil prices in the worked on board is to track and trace all employees and customs before entering or leaving the port,” it Wednesday as state- in diesel prices effected in view of firming trend international market will who interacted with the subject vessel,” Transnet said said.News of the incident caused widespread concern owned fuel retailers between March 24 and in international oil remain firm in the near on Tuesday. on social media about fears that the new B.1.617 resumed daily rate April 15, has been wiped markets.Despite the future, exerting upward A senior port official, who spoke on condition of variant that was causing thousands of deaths in India revision after a more out.Oil companies, who concerns about rising pressure, he said.State- anonymity, told a news portal that at least 200 port daily had reached South African shores. than two-week long have in recent months COVID-19 cases in owned fuel retailers, employees had been working on the vessel since Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has assured the hiatus during assembly resorted to unexplained India denting demand, IOC, BPCL and HPCL, Sunday evening, manually offloading about 3,000 public that plans are in place to test all arrivals into elections in states like freeze in rate revision, crude oil prices in the who are supposed to tonnes of rice."The rice came in 50kg bags. We are the country, reminding them that there were no direct West Bengal.Petrol price had hit a pause button international market revise rates daily based a bit concerned because a lot of people have boarded flights from India.Mkhize did express concern though was increased by 19 after cutting prices have risen primarily on on input cost, had raised that vessel since Sunday,” the source said. that those arriving from India via other countries could paise per litre and diesel marginally on April 15. account of strong US petrol price by Rs 21.58 Transnet said the ship with Filipino crew had sailed pose a challenge. by 21 paise a litre, This coincided with demand recovery and a per litre and diesel by Rs according to a price electioneering hitting weak dollar.Prices have 19.18 a litre since the COVID-19: India records 3,780 fresh notification of state- peak to elect new been on a continuous government raised owned fuel retailers. governments in five uptrend since April 27, excise duty in March fatalities, 3,82,315 cases in single day Petrol in the national states including West an industry official said last year. capital now costs Rs Bengal. adding crude oil price Central and state New Delhi (Corresp.) : A record 3,780 fresh August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on 90.74 a litre and diesel taxes make up for 60 per COVID-19 fatalities were registered in a single day September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September comes for Rs 81.12 per cent of the retail selling in India taking the death toll to 2,26,188, while 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on 3,82,315 new coronavirus infections were recorded, October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed litre.Rates have been price of petrol and over according to the Union Health Ministry data updated the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed increased across the 54 per cent of diesel.