Новости за 16.03.2020

With instances of people wearing face mask following outbreak of Covid-19 on the rise, Dakshina Kannada district administration cautioned people who are healthy against wearing one. It is not mandatory for all to wear masks, Sindhu B Rupesh, deputy commissioner, said, adding only those who are not well and those with signs of coming down with an illness only need to wear mask to prevent spread of disease, she said.

A 22-year-old woman was allegedly raped for three days at a posh locality in Kanpur, police said on Monday.

Keeping in mind the Covid-19 scare, many shopping malls in the city have started offering sanitizers at the entry gates to their visitors and have put up posters, detailing preventive measures.

State health minister Banna Gupta chaired a divisional-level meeting of the National Disaster Coordination Committee at the circuit house here on Sunday to assess preparations to fight the spread of Covid-19 in the Kolhan division.

Two days after the Karnataka government ordered closure of public places in view of the outbreak of Covid-19, students and professionals from Jharkhand, who are either studying or working in Bangalore and other parts of the southern state, are in a virtual lockdown there as they find all trains to home full and flight fares, which have increased manifold, beyond their reach.

For about a year now, the promise of the district hospital in Sector 39 has remained just that. Many inaugural dates have come and gone - June 2019, November 2019, and so on. But for once, the delay may have served a purpose. New, untouched and, therefore, uncontaminated, the hospital is at the centre of the administration's contingency plan to deal with Covid-19 cases in Noida and Greater Noida.

With the Assam government shutting down educational institutions, theatres and some public places and mass gatherings being discouraged in view of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, the mobile theatre industry in the state is staring at an uncertain future.

A Spanish cyclist was allegedly denied accommodation by the hotels located in the area due to the fear of coronavirus pandemic.

Prisoners at the Kanpur jail have refused to stay with the new inmates, in view of the coronavirus scare.

Rising demand for protective masks has sent their price skyrocketing, and given the gap in the supply chain, it does not look like the rates will fall in the near future.

Amid coronavirus scare, IIT-Kanpur administration has taken measures to keep the campus residents, including students, faculty members, their families, staff and visitors safe.

The coronavirus scare failed to dampen the spirit of the devotees visiting the Ganga Mela held here on Sunday. Several locals paid tributes at various city ghats, including Sarsaiyya and Massacre Ghats, to the revolutionaries who fought for the country’s freedom struggle on this occasion.

A brother-sister duo died of bullet wounds while a man was injured in a clash between two groups allegedly over one-upmanship in Narainpur pocket under the limits of Sadar Kotwali police station area in Auraiya district on Sunday.

A Renusagar power plant employee and three members of his family were admitted to isolation ward of Renusagar hospital in Sonbhadra district on Sunday after he alerted the authorities about coronavirus like symptoms on tollfree number.

Following awareness drive against COVID -19, villagers of Basti district informed the health department about a suspect who returned from Dubai on Friday. His family was trying to hide his symptoms and was taking medical help from a private hospital. The man is in isolation ward since Saturday.

Kashi Vishwanath and Annapurna temples have made cleaning hands with handwash and sanitisers must for the devotees before entering the temple premises from Sunday.

The two-member inquiry committee of UP Bar Council on Sunday ordered to conduct Kanpur Bar Association (KBA) elections within three weeks under two observers with certain conditions.

A youth committed suicide on Saturday night after he was allegedly harassed by the police in a case of elopement of a girl. The youth identified as Abhishek was a resident of Salempur village under the limits of Mohammadabad Gohana police station in Mau district.