Новости за 07.11.2020

Assam's Covid-19 death toll on Saturday went up to 940 with two more persons succumbing to the disease, while 248 new infections pushed the tally to 2,08,637, health and family welfare minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

Dakshina Kannada district has been witnessing a downward trend in the fresh Covid-19 cases in recent days. The district that recorded a highest single-day spike of 456 fresh cases of Covid-19 and 11 deaths on September 18 has been reporting an average of 82 cases per day in the last one week from November 1.

A 21-year-old man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly abducting and attempting to rape a schoolgirl in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district, police said.

Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday said the BJP government has done more developmental work in the last four-and-a-half years than what the Congress government did in 15 years.

The All Cachar Karimganj Hailakandi Students’ Association has called for a 12-hour bandh in Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi districts on November 7 against the alleged aggression and the killing of a resident of Cachar district by “miscreansts from Mizoram”.

There are 10 flyovers in Guwahati currently and two more will be coming up soon at Supermarket and Maligaon in the city. But, will it be a solution for the aspiring Smart City’s traffic congestions? An IIT professor and internationally-renowned urban planners believe it won’t.

After Manas and Kaziranga, Orang National Park, which is home to tigers, was reopened for domestic and international visitors on Friday. However, persons above 65 years of age and children below 10 and pregnant women will not be allowed entry.

A 28-year-old woman, along with her four-year-old child, allegedly jumped to her death from the balcony of her 17th-floor apartment in Greater Noida on Saturday, police said.

A 46-year-old teacher of a primary school here lost his life after he was hit by an unknown vehicle on Saturday, police said.

The team of foreign experts and personnel from Oil India Limited have begun the pre-snubbing operation at the Baghjan well. It is expected that the actual snubbing operation will start within a day or two.

As many as 22 faculty members and researchers of IIT-Guwahati, seven from the Tezpur University in Assam and one from Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Imphal, have featured among the top 2 percent scientists in the world. The list was created by Stanford University.

The northeastern region of India is facing a cumulative peak time power shortage of 4.1 per cent, with Assam and Manipur topping the list at a deficit of 3.5 per cent and 5.2 per cent respectively, the CEA (Central Electricity Authority) 2018-19 Load Generation Balance Report has found. This shortage is mainly due to the underutilization of renewable sources.

Funeral of Seema Banu, 37, and her two children Asfira Riza, 11, and Faizan Syed (6) who were found dead in their home in Dublin ten days ago, was held late on Friday in Newcastle cemetery in South Dublin.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the chief secretary of Odisha to submit the compliance report and proof of payment after sanctioning a compensation of Rs 3 lakh to the next of kin of deceased Mini Pradhan, an ASHA worker from Daringbadi block in Kandhamal district.