Новости за 14.08.2020

Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar on Friday recorded 72 new Covid-19 patients, pushing the tally in the district to 6,302, official data showed. However, the number of active cases came down to 826 from 832 on Thursday, according to data released by the Uttar Pradesh health department for a 24-hour period.

To push the growth of Covid-hit real estate sector in the state by attracting more investments and to promote affordable housing in urban areas, the state government has come up with a new set of reforms under the Odisha Development Authority (Planning and Building Standard) Rules, 2020.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a case against T Pradeep, former administrative officer of Oriental Insurance Company Limited (OICL) in Dharwad under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA).

The urban local bodies department of the state has invited tenders for the development of fire brigade station worth about Rs 11.39 crore in Ambala Sadar zone. The station will come up in place of the old building on Jagadhri Road.

In a unique gesture, Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) celebrated the birthday of a patient in the Covid ward of the hospital recently and also helped her have online celebrations of the day with her family.

Thirteen teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed across Gujarat as widespread rainfall inundated several parts of the state on Friday and the showers are likely to continue for the next few days as per the regional weather forecasting centre.

The body of a six-year-old girl was found with her throat slit in Rajkot district on Friday.

Dr Ghanashyam Biswas, a known oncologist who has recovered from severe illness due to Covid-19 and is back to treating patients, shares his journey of recovery with TOI’s Ashok Pradhan.

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

Vijay Mishra, MLA from Gyanpur in Bhadohi district of Uttar Pradesh, was arrested at Agar in Malwa area of Madhya Pradesh on Friday morning.

Odisha on Friday reported record 1,977 new Covid-19 cases, taking the state's tally to 54,630, a Health Department official said.

The lessons have started again, not on a smartphone screen but in courtyards, rooftops, community centres – anywhere students can easily gather in small batches and sit wide apart to maintain social distancing.

The state government on Thursday ordered compulsory retirement for suspended Ayush director Bibhu Prasad Sarangi for his alleged immoral act and doubtful integrity. Mahila police here on July 9 arrested Sarangi, an Odisha administrative service (OAS) officer in the rank of special secretary, on the charges of sexually harassing a female colleague.

The Punjab government has given a go-ahead for abolition of 40,000 posts in Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) that have been lying vacant for the last one year. A similar exercise is also being undertaken in the Punjab State Transmission Corporation Limited (PSTCL).

A 32-year-old man was found hanging from a tree in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida on Friday and police said it could be a case of suicide.

About 26% of the total Covid-19 deaths in UP were reported in August alone. According to an assessment of data, 601 of the total 2,280 novel coronavirus deaths in the state have been reported in the first 13 days of August.

Three people were arrested by the special task force (STF) of Haryana Police on Thursday and 331kg of marijuana was recovered from their possession. The trio were smuggling the drugs marijuana from Chhattisgarh and were planning to deliver it across Haryana, police said.

All future big housing and commercial projects in the twin cities of Noida and Greater Noida will need to have electric charging station on their premises, officials said.