Новости за 08.08.2020

Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar on Saturday reported 65 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the district's caseload to 5,868, official data showed. Thirty-one more patients were discharged since Friday, according to the data released by the UP Health Department for a 24-hour period.

Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, is working on several design improvements for reduction in weight of coaches for increasing efficiency and saving energy. LHB type coaches are one of the lightest running in trains across the world. Further reduction of weight can contribute to faster train travel while number of coaches in trains can also be increased.

A 45-year-old woman died after she allegedly jumped off her 17th-floor apartment in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida on Saturday, police said. The incident took place around 8.30 am in Bisrakh area, they said.

After two days of reprieve, rains pounded the Coastal districts in all its fury from Friday night leaving many areas on the river banks inundated, with Udupi and Dakshina Kannada receiving 123 mm and 101 mm of rainfall respectively in the last 24 hours till 8.30am of Friday.

Three police personnel were shunted out on Saturday for allegedly assaulting a man in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida, a senior officer said. A purported video of the incident that took place in Dhoom Manikpur village in Badalpur police area on Friday has surfaced on the social media.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday inaugurated a dedicated 400-bed government hospital for Covid-19 patients in Noida.

Revenue department in a pilot project, idea of which has enthused the union government, will set up gram panchayat (GP) level disaster management committees (DMC). The committee with 10 members – present or former GP members/locals and officials active in respective villages that the respective deputy commissioners will certify, will be trained in disaster management activities and called on to aid the district administrations in times of need.

With Covid-19 cases rising exponentially across the state, the government on Friday decided to allow private hospitals to admit Covid-19 patients. So far, the government was providing free treatment to virus patients in government-run or state-funded privately-run Covid hospitals.

A recently constituted Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)- backed outfit — Punjabi Bhasha Manch — has announced to work for the promotion of Punjabi language, so as to make it the administrative language of Punjab. It has also vowed to work at the ground level, including in schools, so that people do not have a sense of inferiority about their own language.

About one third of the active Covid-19 patients in the state were under home isolation, according to an assessment of data on novel coronavirus situation in the state on Friday. The assessment also revealed that the total number of persons under home isolation had doubled from 7,198 on July 31 to 15,035 on August 8.