Новости за 10.11.2020

Active cases came down to 1,228, the third highest in the state, from 1,297 the previous day, according to data released by the Uttar Pradesh Health Department for a 24-hour period.

Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) leadership has asserted that no student is being forced to come back to the campus for examination or other academic purposes.

Mahabharat, one of two major epics of ancient India is now on the shelves of the Parliament library in Delhi. Gifting this epic – all 24 volumes of it in Sanskrit was Sri Vishwaprasanna Tirtha swami, Pejavar mutt seer who handed it over to Pralhad Joshi, union minister for parliamentary affairs at his residence in Delhi on Tuesday.

A case was registered against powerful Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for allegedly promoting enmity between different groups by making "false statements", days after he claimed on social media that AIUDF supporters raised "Pakistan Zindabad" slogans at the Silchar airport, police said on Tuesday. The case was lodged on the basis of a complaint filed by Congress .

The Plastics For Change (PFC) India Foundation, which is working to develop and improve the quality of life of informal waste-collectors in Karnataka, has launched an innovative and environmentally sustainable project that converts hard-to-recycle plastic waste into building material that can be used to construct low-cost shelter.

Though many hospitals have taken extensive measures to ensure safety for babies and mothers during vaccination against Covid-19 as per WHO and government guidelines, parents of young children (6 weeks to below 2 years) were worried about taking them away from home, but at the same time, timely vaccination is indispensable.

On November 9, the National Green Tribunal imposed its own ban on sale and use of crackers in all districts of the National Capital Region (NCR) from Nov 7-30. When we visited markets in Delhi and Gurgaon on November 9, we found that while the ban is very much in effect in Delhi, retailers in Gurgaon are still selling crackers, mostly unaware of the ban.

BJP tore into the ranks of its ally Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) by roping in its two key leaders — general secretary and MLA Emmanuel Mosahary and spokesman and MP Biswajit Daimary — as it stepped up its campaign to wrest control of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) from the regional party in the elections next month.

The Assam Pollution Control Board has proposed to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to consider imposing “complete ban on firecrackers” in Guwahati during this Diwali in view of the unsatisfactory air quality and the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

IIT-Guwahati, along with University of Western Sydney and 21 partners from India and Australia, launched the Australia-India Water Centre.

CID has detained 21 people from various parts of the state on charges of siphoning off minority scholarship funds worth about Rs 10 crore during the 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 financial years.

After a gap of eight months, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday resumed enforcement of the ban on single-use plastic. Three teams have been formed to start awareness drives and enforcement activities.

Assam Congress on Monday lodged an FIR against cabinet minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for allegedly trying to create religious tension between two communities through a “misleading statement and false Facebook post”.

The novel coronavirus has changed the way people celebrate festivals. It has also changed the way people buy and present gifts. With life and livelihood caught in seemingly unending home isolation, gifting options, too, have undergone significant changes. With more and more focus on sustainability, people are now preferring gifting plants, designer diyas, terracotta home décor items, lamps, handmade masks, face shields and safety gear this Diwali.

Facebook has removed the “fake info” tag it had put 48 hours ago on Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s video post showing AIUDF supporters who, he said, were shouting pro-Pakistan slogans while welcoming party chief and MP Badrudidn Ajamal at Silchar airport.

Commissionerate police have asked hotels to inform local police about the presence of guests they suspect of immoral or illegal activities. Police said failure to do so might encourage criminals to commit offences with ease.

Police here on Monday registered a case following allegations by a woman that she had been receiving obscene text messages and videos from three unknown phone numbers and that police had remained indifferent to her plight.

Noted painter and former president of Odisha Lalit Kala Akademi Siba Panigrahi died in his residence in Cuttack on Monday. He was 78.

The daily case positivity rate continued to fall in the state with 2.69% samples returning positive for Covid-19 on Monday. From among 45,160 samples tested, 1,219 people were found positive for the virus, raising the case load in the state to 3,02,793. Sixteen more succumbed to the infection, raising the death toll to 1,441.

State tourism director Sachin R Jadhav recently visited the Hirakud dam to assess the location for setting up camps for a proposed eco retreat near the site.