Biparjoy is not a joy, it’s a disaster

With cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ barrelling towards Kutch in Gujarat, shelter homes are being set up with arrangements for rations and meals while an action plan is being put in place to tackle medical and health emergencies, Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday. He said all labourers working at ports in coastal areas have been evacuated, ships have been anchored, and crew shifted to safety.

Mandaviya, who is at Bhuj in coastal Kutch district, and four other Union Ministers reached various districts that are likely to be impacted by the cyclone to help and coordinate with the state administration in rescue and evacuation measures. He said better coordination among different state and Central agencies is vital to deal with the cyclone, which is likely to make landfall near Jakhau port in Kutch district on Thursday evening packing devastating potential and very strong winds.

Several trains passing through Chhattisgarh under the South East Central Railway (SECR) will remain cancelled from June 14 to 17 in view of severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy, which is likely to make landfall in Gujarat on June 15. According to the South East Central Railway spokesperson, Porbandar-Shalimar Express will remain cancelled on June 14 and 15 while ShalimarPorbandar Express will remain off the track on June 16 and 17.

Porbandar-Santragachi Express will start its journey from Ahmedabad on June 16. A watch is being kept on the situation, he said.

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Defence Minister Ra- jnath Singh on Tuesday said when India, the most populous nation of the world, does not find a seat as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, it tends to “undermine the moral legitimacy” of the global organisation. Addressing a gath-

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New Delhi ering at a seminar to mark 75 years of UN

National Security Advisor of the Unite States (US) Jake Sullivan who is on a two-day India visit met his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval on Tuesday and discussed regional and global issues of mutual interest.

Peacekeeping, he also said that time has come

for making UN bodies “more democratic and representative of the current realities of our age”.

Sullivan is accompanied by a delegation of senior US government officials and leaders of US indus- try during his visit. His visit to the national capital comes in the run-up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming state visit to the US. The two national security advisers had restricted discussions earlier today to discuss topics of common interest. Later that day, they both attended the second Track 1.5 discourse on it, which the Confederation of Indian Industry hosted.