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Dark clouds hover in the sky ahead of cyclone Yaas in Kolkata on May 24, 2021.
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As the storm system Yaas heads towards the north Odisha-West Bengal coast, several thousand people are set to be evacuated from the coastal districts of both States. Officials of the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Kolkata said on Monday that the very severe cyclonic storm will make landfall by Wednesday.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his American counterpart Antony Blinken will discuss COVID-19 relief, multilateralism and the Quad during the Minister’s visit to Washington this week, according to the U.S. State Department. Mr. Jaishankar is on a visit to New York and Washington DC, from May 24 to 27.
Decision in view of substantial reduction in number of cases
The Union Territory Chandigarh on Monday decided to allow shops to open as the COVID-19 cases have started to drop.
The decision was taken in a meeting presided over by Punjab Governor cum administrator of Chandigarh V.P. Singh Badnore here.
An official statement said all shops will be allowed to remain open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in view of the substantial reduction in the number of cases. However, the premises will be totally sanitised. All customers entering the shops must wear masks. It said all shopping malls, cinema halls, theatres, museums, gyms, libraries, spas, salons, ‘Sukhna Lake’ and ‘Rock Garden’ will remain shut. The night curfew from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. will continue.