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The ship had 3,711 passengers in all, and 700 are now infected and taken to shoreside medical facilities in Yokohama near Tokyo.

“A chartered flight is being arranged to repatriate Indian nationals on board Diamond Princess, provided they have (a)consented, (b) not tested positive for COVID19, (c) cleared by the medical team,” the Indian embassy in Tokyo tweeted on Tuesday.

Passengers showing no signs of the potentially deadly disease started disembarking from the ship after the quarantine period ended last week. Over 1,000 passengers and crew still remain on board the ship.

The ship was quarantined in the first week of February after a passenger who disembarked last month in Hong Kong was found to be a carrier of the disease.

On Tuesday, the total number of infected since the virus – technically called the Sars-cov-2 – began spreading in late December crossed the 80,000 mark. Switzerland, Croatia and Austria reported their first infections, while the outbreak spread further in the middle east.

The total number of people killed by the disease has now reached 2,705 – the recent deaths included a fourth fatality from the Diamond Princess.

Indian officials also confirmed on Tuesday that a separate flight will be reaching Wuhan, the central Chinese city which is the epicenter of the outbreak, on Wednesday. The special plane will land with medical supplies and evacuate about 90-00 Indians still stuck in the city.

“We are working on our plan for operating the relief flight tomorrow,” said an Indian Embassy message sent to the Indians who have enrolled to go by the special flight.

India had announced plans to send Indian Air Force’s largest plane, the C-17 Globemaster, with medical supplies to China several days ago but, they said, China did not grant requisite clearances, a charge Beijing denies. from outside. There is a need to seal the borders and make preventive arrests,” Keriwal said, while also appealing for peace.

As tension gripped the city, the Supreme Court agreed to hear on Wednesday an application filed by former Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah and others seeking the lodging of first information reports (FIRS) over the violence.

Vikram Singh, former Uttar Pradesh director general of police, said the recent violence in Delhi was the worst since the 1984 anti-sikh riots. “People are dying. I have never seen so much violence. As a police officer, one has to take hard decisions. You are not there for a popularity contest. There is no substitute to firmness,” he said.

North-east Delhi has been tense since Saturday night, when anti-caa protesters blocked the Jafrabad Road, which runs underneath the Jafrabad Metro station. On Sunday, the police fired tear gas shells and batoncharged protesters who put up the blockade. The situation took a turn for the worse later that day after clashes broke out between pro- and anti-caa protesters.

Tension spiralled after BJP leader Kapil Mishra visited the area on and also demanded that the police remove the protesters within three days. And on Monday, as the situation spiralled out of control, he appealed for peace. Habibullah, in his application in the top court, accused Mishra of orchestrating the riots.

“Whoever, no matter which party he belongs to, whether he is Kapil Mishra or anyone else, who gave speeches to provoke people, action should be taken against them,” Gautam Gambhir, East Delhi’s BJP parliamentarian, said on Tuesday. Late at night, women protesters at Jafrabad announced “temporarily” shifting their anti-caa stir to Seelampur to ensure their “safety and security” in the wake of the clashes. “We will restore the sit-in once the situation is under control,” said a protester, requesting anonymity.

Trump noted that since he assumed office, American exports to India had grown nearly 60% while energy exports had increased by 500%. The agreement between IOC and Exxonmobil will help the US export more liquified natural gas (LNG) to India, he said.

Without referring to China’s Huawei Technologies, which has been allowed to participate in India’s 5G trials, Trump said he had discussed the “importance of a secure 5G wireless network and the need to ensure the emerging technology doesn’t become a conduit for suppression and censorship”.

Trump also pitched the Blue Dot Network, on which the US is working with partners such as Australia and Japan, to ensure countries around the world have access to private sector-led sustainable and trustworthy options for high quality infrastructure built in a transparent and accountable manner.

Salil Gupte, president of Boeing India, welcomed India’s decision to acquire six AH-64 Apache helicopters for the Indian Army. “We congratulate the US and Indian governments on this key milestone and welcome the positive momentum in the bilateral defence trade and industrial partnership,” he said.

TRUMP NOTED THAT SINCE HE ASSUMED OFFICE, AMERICAN EXPORTS TO INDIA HAD GROWN NEARLY 60% WHILE ENERGY EXPORTS HAD INCREASED BY 500%. THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN IOC AND EXXONMOBIL WILL HELP THE US EXPORT MORE LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS (LNG) TO INDIA, HE SAID