Новости за 14.11.2020

An earthquake of a magnitude 5.2 on the Richter Scale hit the Champai area of Mizoram on Saturday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) reported. The earthquake hit at the depth of 30 Km and tremors were felt at 1420 hours on Saturday. No causalities and damage of property have been reported so far.

In a bid to boost health care access among the Adivasi population in the state, the tribal development department has proposed several innovative programmes.

A massive fire broke out at a factory in Valsad in Gujarat on Saturday morning. The blaze has been brought under control.

Firecrackers were almost invisible in city markets ahead of Diwali as 20 special police teams fanned out to enforce the ban imposed by pollution control board on the sale and use of crackers. The complete ban has been put into effect to cut down on pollution and ensure that deteriorating air quality does not threaten the health of Covid patients.

The Rohmoria Erosion Resistance Struggle Forum, which has been spearheading the “Save Rohmoria” campaign since 1996, has urged the state government to expedite works of the erosion control projects that are currently underway in the area.

In a bid to bring about equal development in all districts across the state, chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation of six new projects under City Infrastructure Development Fund (CIDF) in Bongaigaon on Friday.

Repeating its strategy of 2016 to poach leaders from rival parties before election, BJP is all set to welcome to its fold two sitting women Congress MLAs — one being a cabinet minister in Tarun Gogoi’s government and the other from the tea tribe community — in the run-up to the assembly election in April next year.

Yes, the pandemic is not over yet but if schools and colleges can be allowed to reopen while following all Covid-related protocols, why not universities, a third semester student at Gauhati University asked. And going by an online survey conducted by a group of students of the institute, 83.3% of the 460 students who participated feel the same way and want to get back to offline classes.

Three men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 7-year-old boy here, police said on Saturday.

Oil India Ltd, the nation’s second-largest state oil producer, on Friday said it has made a discovery of natural gas at a well drilled in Tinsukia, Assam.

Within 24 hours of surrender of his deputy Drishti Rajkhowa alias Monoj Rabha, Ulfa-I commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah replaced him with Michael ‘Asom’ Dekaphukan, aka, Joy Chandra Das. “This quick move by Paresh Baruah is to make a statement to security forces that Drishti’s exit has not crippled the outfit,” a security source said.

Protests have erupted across the state over the death of senior journalist Parag Bhuyan who was knocked down by a vehicle in Assam’s Tinsukia district.

Two men were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida on Saturday for allegedly selling firecrackers, police said.

The Gangadhar Meher University (GMU) in the city has set up a career counselling-cum-placement cell besides an internal quality assessment cell (IQAC). The two cells will be functional from Monday.

The Ganjam district administration has decided to set up grievance redressal system at the block level to address the complaints of the farmers during the paddy procurement process, slated to commence from the second week of December.

Further tightening their operation against illegal ganja trade in the district, Koraput police arrested two police personnel and four others for their alleged involvement in ganja trade and seized 269.500 grams of the contraband worth Rs 30 lakh in the district on Thursday.

The school and mass education department plans to strengthen online education for 214 model schools and 101 Utkarsh schools in the state. For this it has roped in Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which will train teachers on effective use of technology in teaching and to provide digital content to students.

Twenty-five years after he went missing from home in Jarangtolli village of Sundargarh district, Birju Kullu (50), returned to a hero’s welcome on Friday.

The pandemic has deprived kids of the fun during Children’s Day with schools still being shut.

Despite the Covid-19 situation, Silk city wore a festive look on the eve of Diwali on Friday.

In an effort to stop female foeticide and improve child sex ratio in Ganjam, the district administration has announced a cash reward of Rs 10,000 to anyone providing information about sex determination practice.