Новости за 02.10.2020

Covid-19 in Karnataka breached the 9,000 mark on Friday, as the state reported 8,793 new cases of coronavirus and 125 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 6,20,630, the health department said.

A small pickup truck loaded with 33 pieces of Fanta size teak sawn timbers along with two motor cycles were seized by Assam forest department on Thursday while the materials were being transported from the reserve forest area of Khulicherra under Longai Beat in Karimganj district.

Miyawaki is a technique pioneered by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, that helps build dense, native forests. The approach is supposed to ensure that plant growth is 10 times faster and the resulting plantation 30 times denser than usual. It involves planting dozens of native species in the same area and becomes maintenance free after the first three years.

South Western Railway has announced temporary cancellation of Bengaluru-Mangaluru Central-Bengaluru special express (train 06515/16) operating four days a week via Kunigal. The Hubballi headquartered zonal railway cited poor patronage for the trains in a notification issued on Friday.

Indian-origin billionaire brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa are set to acquire a majority stake in the leading UK supermarket chain Asda from its US owner Walmart after a $8.8-billion deal was struck as part of a consortium involving private equity firm TDR Capital.

Aamir Khan delivered a masterclass in the basics of learning and also stepped into throwback mode about playing a student in 3 Idiots at the convocation ceremony of Bennett University on Thursday.

Rising number of Covid cases on campuses has become a matter of concern after reopening of schools and colleges in Assam on September 21.

Assam Police on Wednesday night arrested BJP leader Dibon Deka — one of the prime accused in the SI exam recruitment scam that has rocked the state.

Schools and colleges in Assam will reopen for formal education from November 1, health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday.

Around 20 people donated blood and 4 people donated convalescent plasma at the Super Specialty Paediatric Hospital and Post Graduate Teaching Institute (SSPHPGTI) in Sector 30 and while a similar camp was held at the Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) Greater Noida

A fresh low pressure area formed over the Bay of Bengal on Thursday, bringing chances of widespread rain in the state till next Tuesday, a bulletin issued by the IMD said. The IMD issued orange and yellow warnings of heavy to very heavy rain for selected districts during the period.

Dr Renu Aggarwal, medical superintendent (MS) Noida Covid Hospital (NCH) sector 39 takes over charge as chief medical superintendent (CMS) of District Hospital sector 30 from Thursday following the transfer of former CMS Dr VB Dhaka to Shamli as CMO. Dr Aggarwal, who will now manage both hospitals will draw up a duty list for both facilities starting with about 15 staff per hospital to cater to emergency, general wards, OPD duties along with overseeing work related to bio waste disposal, sanitation, quality of food etc.

A 50-year-old man, Jogindra Nikhunti, a resident of Pujaripali village under Bhikampali gram panchayat of Lakhanpur block in Jharsuguda district, has been living in a toilet block for the past one year since his kuccha house was damaged in rain.

An employee of Rourkela Steel Plant has been duped of around Rs 35 lakh by one of his social media friends, who identified herself as a doctor in Senegal. The matter came to light on Thursday after the cyber police station registered a case while acting on his complaint.

Disposal of solid waste and sanitation work under Titilagarh municipality in Balangir district has been disrupted as the sanitation workers are on cease-work strike for last two weeks, protesting against the decision of the administration to privatise the solid waste management system in the town.