The relaxation for shopping groceries, vegetables and other essentials is between 6am and 10am(Representative image)
BENGALURU: The state government is expected to unlock economic activities in a phased manner from June 14 as the Covid-19 positivity rate has been falling in Bengaluru and some other districts and is soon expected to go below 5%.
Revenue minister R Ashoka, who is a member of the state’s Covid task force, indicated on Wednesday that the state is looking at four or five phases in select districts. “Keeping the number of deaths and new cases in mind, we have decided not to lift lockdown restrictions at one go,” Ashoka said as the state recorded 10,959 positive cases on Wednesday, and 2,395 of the cases were in Bengaluru.
India braces for cyclone amid brutal second wave of Covid-19 01:16 (CNN)Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from low-lying areas in western India as a powerful cyclone is expected to make landfall Tuesday, threatening a region already struggling with a devastating second coronavirus wave.
Tropical Cyclone Tauktae, which formed in the Arabian Sea, is moving northward along India s western coast, bringing damaging winds, heavy rain and the threat of storm surges to the state of Gujarat.
The storm is packing maximum sustained winds of 205 kilometers per hour (127 mph), according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. That s equivalent to a strong Category 3 Atlantic hurricane and just shy of Category 4 strength, which begins at 209 kph (130 mph).
Thousands evacuated as powerful Cyclone Tauktae threatens Indian region grappling with Covid
Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from low-lying areas in western India as a powerful cyclone is expected to make landfall Tuesday, threatening a region already struggling with a devastating second coronavirus wave.
Tropical Cyclone Tauktae, which formed in the Arabian Sea, is moving northward along India’s western coast, bringing damaging winds, heavy rain and the threat of storm surges to the state of Gujarat.
The storm is packing maximum sustained winds of 205 kilometers per hour (127 mph), according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. That’s equivalent to a strong Category 3 Atlantic hurricane and just shy of Category 4 strength, which begins at 209 kph (130 mph).
Thousands evacuated as powerful cyclone to
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Nodal officer to take care of orphaned chilren
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In order to provide all necessary facilities and support to orphaned children due to COVID-19 pandemic in the State, the government has appointed K.P. Mohan Raj, IAS officer and Inspector General of Registration and Commissioner of Stamps, as Nodal Officer to identify such children.
The Nodal Officer will also be responsible for making long-term arrangement to take care of such children, said an order issued by Revenue Department Principal Secretary N .Manjunatha Prasad, who is also the member secretary of the executive committee of the Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority.