Новости за 16.04.2020

Nationwide lock down has come in handy for Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) to move forward its project of computerisation of property tax records. The breather that urban development department has given to tax payers to pay their property tax in May while allowing them to avail the 5% rebate, normally given for tax payments done in April, too is expected to give MCC time to push this project to its logical end.

Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday held a review meeting with the superintendents of police of 10 upper Assam districts to take stock of the preparedness of the region. On Wednesday, the total Covid-19 positive cases in the state rose to 32.

The ​Assam government on Wednesday stopped the sale and production of liquor, two days after it had allowed IMFL and country spirit shops, liquor wholesale warehouses, bottling plants, distilleries and breweries to start operations.

The state government in consultation with Surat city and district administration decided to impose curfew in five covid-19 hotspots areas in the city from tonight till April 22.

The Odisha government has said that state’s Covid-19 positivity rate — which refers to the number of samples that are positive per 100 samples tested — is the lowest in the country at 1.08 per cent as compared to the national average of 5 per cent.

With 17 fresh cases, Belagavi district on Thursday witnessed a sudden spurt in Covid-19 cases taking the total tally to 36 in the district.

Coronavirus pandemic may have brought the world to a standstill but the cyber frauds are in active mode. Cybercrime cell cops in the city have asked the citizens to not entertain any calls asking for debit card details or one-time password (OTP). The police said that it has learnt that such calls are being made to many people from several numbers.

At least nine policemen were injured when several villagers, including women, attacked them at Birikote under Gajapati district's Adava police station limits on Tuesday night.

The 23rd death anniversary of former chief minister Biju Patnaik will be observed in a low-key manner on account of the lockdown. On Wednesday, BJD president and chief minister Naveen Patnaik asked party workers not to go overboard while observing the death anniversary on Friday.

Assam's tea industry is staring at a loss of around Rs 1,218 crore even as actual production resumed with plucking of tea leaves after 23 days on Wednesday. According to planters, almost the entire crop of month of March, which is estimated to be about 30 million kilograms, is lost and another 50 million kilograms of tea is estimated to be lost in April and May.

Jorwal said on the orders of Ambala deputy commissioner (DC) Ashok Kumar Sharma, the district administration hired two drone cameras and deputed one each in the city and cantonment.

Medical officer posted at a government hospital in Ahwa town of Dang district lost Rs 74,600 from her bank account after she unknowingly disclosed her bank account details and OTP to an uknown person.

The state government on Wednesday said that it would soon take a decision on whether to hold Puri Rath Yatra this year, given the unprecedented crisis caused by Covid-19 pandemic.

With Ramzan about ten days away, clerics in Punjab are coming up with plans for the community members to ensure that they don’t go out during the lockdown. This is for the first time in Punjab that the community members won’t be able to offer ‘Tarawih’ prayers in mosques and hold ‘iftar’ (fast breaking) gathering.

At least 22 people tested positive for Covid-19 in Surat city on Thursday, the highest single day spike of Covid-19 positive cases in the city. With these new cases, the total number of positive cases in Surat are 83. Five people have succumbed to the global pandemic in Surat till date.

The tourism department has said that it is keeping a close watch on Covid-19 impact on the sector and will initiate revival plans once situation improves. The department has not yet assessed the financial loss incurred by Odisha Tourism in the wake of the pandemic.

Deputy commissioner Pradeep Kumar Agrawal on Wednesday informed that no new positive case of Covid-19 has been reported in the district in last three days time. He added that this has been possible only due to dedicated hard work by all officials of health department, district administration as well as all other departments that have been working 24x7 to check the spread of Covid-19 in Ludhiana district.

The STF arrested a man and his son with 350g heroin worth Rs1.75 crore in the international market.The accused - Nachhatar Singh (42) and his son Sonu Singh (22) of Barnala - were arrested from Raikot-Barnala Road.

Many countries across the world are under lockdown, but the restrictions haven't been able to keep some couples from marrying.