The Morning Filter: Gujarat braces for Tauktae impact

The Hindu Newsletter - The big news stories to follow today [logo] The Morning Filter Monday | 17 May, 2021 [The Hindu logo] Welcome to the Morning Filter newsletter, your guide from The Hindu on the major news stories and events to follow today. [[Arrow]Open in browser]( [[Mail icon]More newsletters]( Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today 1. Cyclone Tauktae intensifies, Gujarat braces for impact The IMD has issued an orange alert for Mumbai, warning of very heavy rains at isolated places with strong winds on Monday. The [very severe cyclonic storm Tauktae](is likely to pass close from the Mumbai coast towards Gujarat. [ Causing destruction: A house that collapsed because of Cyclone Tauktae at Minakaliya Panambur in Mangaluru on Sunday. ] 2. COVID spreading to villages, sensitise ground workers on containment, surveillance: Centre to States With gradual[ingress of COVID-19 infection in rural](and peri urban areas, the Centre on Sunday urged States to ensure community-based and primary health centre services to manage the situation while stressing on sensitisation of ground workers on containment, surveillance and use of RAT for screening, and tele-consultation. 3. First batch of anti-COVID drug 2-DG to be released The Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) has approved the oral drug for emergency use as an adjunct therapy in moderate to severe coronavirus patients, the defence ministry said earlier this month. 4. Triple lockdown in 4 Kerala districts kicks in from Sunday midnight [Triple lockdown]( will come into effect in four Kerala districts reporting the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the State, from Sunday midnight and remain in force till May 23. 5. Police lob tear gas shells at farmers in Hisar The [Samyukta Kisan Morcha](said farmer unions have announced tehsil and district-level protests on Monday in Haryana and U.P. [Farmers trying to breach the police barricade during their protest in Hisar on Sunday. PTI] 6. TN expecting arrival of two more Oxygen Expresses today Southern Railway said the fourth and fifth loaded [oxygen expresses](from Rourkela and Tata Steel Siding at Kalinganagar, Odisha, are in transit and are expected to arrive in Chennai on Monday. 7. Israel kills over 40 in Gaza as Netanyahu warns war will go on [Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City]( flattened three buildings and killed at least 42 people on Sunday, medics said, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled the fourth war between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza would rage on despite international efforts to broker a cease-fire. 8. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments The number of positive [coronavirus cases in India]( recorded in the last 24 hours stands at 2,67,593, taking the tally in the country to 2,49,47,501 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 2,74,297. [underlineimg] Morning Filter will return tomorrow. Follow up on the day’s biggest stories and get concise analysis by The Hindu with the Evening Wrap newsletter. Today's Top Picks [[ A polling officer counts Panchayat Election Ballots at Polytechnic counting centre during second wave of coronavirus pandemic, in Lucknow on May 2, 2021. Photo for representation only. ] 1,621 teachers died of COVID-19 during U.P. panchayat polls, says union]( [[Flashpoint: Palestinians running for cover after tear gas is fired by Israeli troops at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. ] Watch | Israel-Palestine conflict: What is happening in Jerusalem?]( [[ A mobile oxygen concentrator. File ] Restaurateur Navneet Kalra arrested by Delhi Police for alleged hoarding of oxygen concentrators]( [[Dr. Dipshikha Ghosh] Long duty hours, maintaining a safe distance from family has been Dr. Dipshikha Ghosh’s routine]( Copyright @ 2021, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. If you are facing any trouble in viewing this newsletter, please [try here]( If you do not wish to receive such emails [go here](mailto:rm-0bftf2qgbf2f90kauhrxfebysa8hk0d@newsalert.thehindu.com?subject=Unsubscribe&body=You will be unsubscribed from our mailing list.)