Новости за 08.10.2020

With no vaccine in sight before November, the Assam health department has decided to carry out three lakh Covid tests from October 12 to October 14 to isolate maximum positive cases from society ahead of the Durga Puja festival.

Ludhiana deputy commissioner Varinder Sharma on Thursday said that under the “Mission Fateh” of the Punjab government, the number of Covid-19 patients getting cured in the district is increasing with each passing day. He said that there are 594 active patients.

The National Fisheries Development Board will set up its regional centre in Assam at an initial investment of Rs 50 crore, which among other facilities will have a state-of-the-art Brood Bank that would be a game changer for the fishery sector in the entire northeastern region.

A 50-year-old labourer from Fulwadi village in Dabhoi taluka was killed after he was attacked by a crocodile when he went into Orsang river for a swim on Wednesday evening.

Dr T M A Pai Hospital on Thursday announced it has reached a significant milestone of conducting successful deliveries of pregnant women suffering from Covid-19.

A 44-year-old man working in a multinational company was arrested on Thursday for raping three minor girls living in his building in Makarpura area of Vadodara in Gujarat.

Several luxury hotels in the city have seen their business dip after the Covid-induced lockdown grounded international flights. Even after their reopening, guests at these hotels, which are dependent to a large extent on inbound travellers, have been a rare sight. At most hotels, occupancy has shrunk to about 15-20%.

With completion of the monsoon session of the assembly, the ruling BJD has now shifted its focus to the two by-elections in Balasore Sadar and Tirtol assembly constituencies scheduled on November 3.

A hyperlocal tech startup of students of the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, called Sahara, has developed a mobile application that lets offline business owners create synergy with customers and potential business partners on a global platform using the power of digitalisation.​

The Golaghat district administration on Wednesday issued eviction notices to people residing inside Kaziranga National Park, asking them to vacate the land within 10 days.

The state cabinet on Wednesday approved holding of the deferred Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) election in December. The polls, scheduled for April 4, had got postponed indefinitely in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Lahore remembers its erstwhile residents who migrated to India by installing plaques

The enforcement team of the department of town and country planning (DTCP) carried out an inspection on Wednesday after receiving repeated complaints from the residents of DLF-1 on rampant violations of building norms.

A former circle officer (CO) of Loni area has accused the station house officer (SHO) of Loni Kotwali of corruption and alleged that he had molested several women who came to seek help at the police station.

The state government is yet to issue orders on reopening of schools while the Centre has already released guidelines for reopening of schools after October 15 under the fifth phase of Unlock. Parents’ groups in Noida and Ghaziabad, however, have criticised the move.