Новости за 13.08.2020

At the first meeting of the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) council, held nine months after the election, a major decision was taken to reduce the drinking water tariff and the solid waste management user fee on Thursday.

However, the number of active cases on Thursday came down to 832 from 862 on Wednesday, while the recovery rate of patients rose over 85 per cent, according to the data released by the UP health department for a 24-hour period.

In order to provide Metro connectivity to the residents of old Gurugram, the Haryana cabinet on Thursday accorded approval for final Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Metro Rail Connection from HUDA City Centre to various important locations in the city at a cost Rs. 6821.13 crore.

One more employee of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) succumbed to Covid-19 on Thursday afternoon. According to SMC officials, the 53-year-old personnel was a sanitary inspector in Amroli ward in the city.

Screenshots of an old rather sacrilegious Facebook post, purportedly from 2018, surfacing in the background of Tuesday night violence that rocked the state capital, put the city police in Mangaluru on the alert.

Assam government on Thursday issued guidelines for unlocking from August 16 with several relaxations that include shortening of night curfew hours on weekdays, but weekend lockdowns will continue till August 31.

Pandemic regulations allow only 50 guests to participate in a wedding. However, Muguli family with 218 close relatives participated in the wedding ceremony of their beloved one by following the government guidelines strictly on Thursday, thanks to the technology.

Haryana Tourism Corporation has decided to renovate the Saras Tourist Complex at Damdama Lake

The MCG has regularised 44,000 water connections in the city in the past five months. The total number of regularized water connections in the city is now 76,000, said MCG officials.

A Malaysian court jailed an Indian man for 5 months on Thursday for violating a home quarantine order, leading to dozens of new coronavirus infections, the Bernama news agency reported. The 57-year-old, who owns a restaurant in the northern state of Kedah, pleaded guilty to 4 charges of violating a mandated 14-day home quarantine order upon his return from India in July.

The passengers of state run Gujarat State Transport Corporation (GSRTC) bus had a close shave with death on Thursday when the bus was submerged in water of the underpass because of heavy rain. However nobody was hurt in this incident and all the passengers were rescued by the locals.

Congress municipal councillor has been booked by the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) on Wednesday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 through his aid.

Just a week ago, it seemed that the region would fall short of its seasonal rains. But the city has been receiving incessant showers since Tuesday night and the rains haven’t stopped even for a minute in the last 40 hours. District authorities said that it may pour for the next 24 to 48 hours.

No matter how perfect an ambience you create at home or how many dishes you rustle up, nothing can beat a dine-in at your favourite restaurant. As change is the spice of life, people take great delight in tasting a variety of food at different hotels and restaurants, once in a while. With restaurants downing shutters in the wake of the corona pandemic, the foodies have long been deprived of their platter of exquisite cuisines and so are those who love experimenting with different dishes.

The state government will start the process of admission to higher secondary schools from August 21. It would continue till September 4. “We would try to ensure that the admission process is hassle-free,” said school and mass education minister Samir Kumar Das.

With an aim to provide better ambience to patients and their attendants at the public healthcare facilities, the state cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to revise the Nirmal scheme that aims to strengthen ancillary services at medical institutions.

Most parts of south Gujarat region received heavy rainfall since Wednesday morning and incessant rains continue in some of the region on Thursday as well.