Vegetable, fruit trucks to Kasargod District from Karnataka to get special passes
Kasargod: Drivers of vehicles transporting fruits and vegetables to Kasargod from Karnataka will be given special passes that will allow them to enter the District.
The decision was taken at a Corona control meeting chaired by Kasargod Deputy Commissioner Dr. D Sajith Babu.
The regional transport officer will issue the pass. The driver and other staff will have to get their health checked at a primary health centre once a week and get a medical certificate too, said a press release.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
8 dead, dozens wounded in Russian strike on Ukraine's Odesa port
Kyiv (AP): Eight people were killed and 27 wounded in a Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa, southern Ukraine, late on Friday, Ukraine's Emergency Service said on Saturday morning.
Some of the wounded were on a bus at the epicentre of the overnight strike, the service said in a Telegram post. Trucks caught fire in the parking lot, and cars were also damaged.
The port was struck with ballistic missiles, said Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa region.
ALSO READ: 'Have not received complaint yet': Delhi Police on assault by off-duty Air India Express pilot
Elsewhere, Ukrainian forces hit a Russian warship and other facilities with drones, Ukraine's General Staff said in a statement on Saturday.
The nighttime attack on Friday hit the Russian warship “Okhotnik,” according to the statement posted to the Telegram messaging app.
The ship was patrolling in the Caspian Sea near an oil and gas production platform. The extent of the damage is still being clarified, the statement added.
A drilling platform at the Filanovsky oil and gas field in the Caspian Sea was also hit. The facility is operated by Russian oil giant Lukoil. Ukrainian drones also struck a radar system in the Krasnosilske area of Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
