Over 260 fishermen stranded off Bhatkal coast rescued by the Indian Coast Guard

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December 5, 2019

Mangaluru, Dec 5: In a major operation that began yesterday, the Indian Coast Guard has managed to rescue as many as 264 distressed fishermen off Karnataka’s Bhatkal coast.

The fishermen suddenly found themselves stranded as the sea became rough when the two cyclonic storms brewing in the Arabian Sea.

"So far 264 fishermen had been rescued. The survivors are being provided with food and first aid, all of them are reported to be healthy," an Indian Coast Guard spokesperson said in an early morning statement.

The fishermen are stranded in an area 225-250 nautical miles (450-470 km) from the coast.

Five Indian Coast Guard ships - Samudra Prahari, Samar, Savitribai Phule, Amal and Apoorva - as well as Dornier aircraft were part of the operation for which the Coast Guard also coordinated with the merchant's vessels.

Seven commercial ships transiting through the area have already responded to the Indian Coast Guard's call to provide assistance to the distressed fishing boats in the vicinity till the arrival of ICG ships in the area.

Indian Merchant Vessel Navdhenu Purna rescued 86 fishermen from seven fishing boats whereas a Japanese flag vessel MV Towards rescued around 34 fishermen. Five more merchant vessels joined the operation. ICGS Savitri Bhai Phule with 34 fishermen is on its way to enter Goa harbour for disembarking.

The spokesperson said eight Coast Guard ships have been tasked and three Dornier would fly during the day looking for people.

The Coast Guard is in touch with the shipping authorities looking for merchant ships passing through the area so that such vessels can also be requested to join the rescue operation.

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May 29,2020

Udupi, May 29: As many as 15 fresh coronavirus positive cases were reported in Udupi district today. 

11 among the new 15 covid-19 patients are males and four are females. The patients also include two children aged 6 and 7.

All of them are said to be Maharashtra returnees. 

With this, the total confirmed covid-19 cases in the district mounted to 164.

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March 14,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 14: Infosys carried out evacuation at one of its satellite offices here on Friday after an employee came in contact with a suspected case of COVID-19, according to the company.

"We have taken a decision to evacuate one of our satellite buildings in Bengaluru as a precautionary measure, as one of our employees had been in contact with an individual with suspected COVID-19," the company said in its statement.

"Employees have been directed to work from home, and there is no impact on our client deliverables as a result of this temporary evacuation," it added.

On the other hand, Google also informed media on Friday that an employee at its Bengaluru office has tested positive for the COVID-19 and the firm has directed all its employees in that office to work from home as a precautionary measure.

"We can confirm that an employee from our Bangalore office has been diagnosed with COVID-19. They were in one of our Bangalore offices for a few hours before developing any symptoms. The employee has been on quarantine since then," Google had said in a statement. The search engine giant has asked colleagues who were in close contact with the employee to quarantine themselves and monitor their health.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.

Coronavirus, which originated in the Wuhan city of China, has so far spread to more than 100 countries infecting over 1,20,000 people. India has reported two deaths and 82 confirmed cases of the deadly coronavirus.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) had declared the coronavirus outbreak a 'pandemic' and expressed deep concern.

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January 5,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 5: Against the backdrop of Mangalore violence of December 19, Additional Director General of Police of Karnataka Amar Kumar Pandey visited the city and held a meeting with senior police officers.

According to senior police officials here on Sunday, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi District Muslim Central Committee had planned to hold a protest against CAA at Nehru Maidan while the SKSSF had called for anti-CAA protest at State Bank area.

Though both the protests had been called off, there was an apprehension of a repeat incident of December 19 violence and hence the ADGP visited the city at the behest of state government and monitored the situation here for the entire day on Saturday.

The ADGP was unhappy that despite initial inputs and the imposition of Section 144 in the city, the situation on that day escalated to a level where police had to resort to firing only in this city.

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