Новости за 30.06.2021

The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration Wednesday attached flats, villas and land plots worth Rs 344.23 crore over the non-payment of dues by 32 real estate developers, according to an official order.

The state health department rolled out a slew of uniform measures for Covid management in government hospitals after 12 deaths on a single day were reported on Monday at the premier Gauhati Medical College Hospital. The deaths came as a big blow to the health department, especially since the positivity rate in the state had dipped to almost 2.01% for a while.

People are returning dejected from Covid vaccination centres (CVCs) across the state as there is an acute shortage of doses. The daily vaccination numbers have dropped drastically from the three lakh figure at the beginning of the inoculation drive on June 21 to about 30,000 now.

A home guard working in the Mulki police station died on Wednesday after he sustained grievous injuries in an accident.

Dakshina Kannada has seen a decline in the number of daily Covid-19 cases, as well as the positivity rate. On Wednesday, the district recorded 339 Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.89%.

Police busted a major furnace oil pilferage racket near Mannugundi in Kaukrady village under Uppinangady police limits on Tuesday.

Over 7,000 people, including 1,877 children of 96 villages in Assam’s two eastern districts—Dhemaji and Dibrugarh have been hit by flood in the last 24 hours.

The state government on Wednesday launched pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) under universal immunization programme. It will help in reducing risk of morbidity and mortality due to pneumonia and meningitis among children in the state.

Three Army jawans were killed and three other soldiers critically injured when a truck they were travelling in fell into a gorge in East Sikkim on Wednesday, police said.

The state government on Wednesday announced the extention of the “partial lockdown” till July 16 where schools, colleges, malls, cinema halls and places of worships will continue to remain closed. Night curfew from 6pm to 6am will be in force across state amid concern over high test positivity rate (TPR) in 10 coastal districts.

While many organisations and individuals are busy donating ration kits and other relief materials to the needy, two sisters from the city are feeding curd rice, biscuits and bread to over 200 stray dogs during the lockdown.

The state government expects huge revenue gain from the mining sector during the 2021-22 financial year with most of the mines auctioned before the outbreak of Covid-19 having started production.

BJP national president JP Nadda has directed the chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and the newly-appointed state party president Bhabesh Kalita to take Covid-19 vaccination as a mission and ensure vaccination of everyone above 18 years of age.

The test positivity rate (TPR) on Tuesday dipped below 5% (4.14) with 2,640 new infections being detected from 63,695 samples tested.

City police arrested a man on Monday night for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl in Satgaon area on Sunday. The accused was arrested on the basis of an FIR lodged by the victim's parents.

The state government on Tuesday raised objection to certain provisions in the draft Indian Ports Bill-2021 proposed by the Centre, apprehending that the new legislation may dilute powers already vested with the states on management of non-major ports.

Amid reports of Maoist leadership in different states struggling under the onslaught of Covid-19 following infection and deaths of several cadres, the Odisha Police and their counterparts in the neighbouring states are planning to cash in on the situation and step up joint operation against the rebels.

26.8% of the respondents who participated in a survey on awareness of oral cavity or mouth cancer, conducted by city-based Dr. B Borooah Cancer Institute (BBCI), has never heard about oral cavity cancer screening for its early detection.

The Saheed Nagar police here on Tuesday arrested seven persons, including two employees of a private telecom company, on charges of illegally acquiring pre-activated SIM cards and supplying them to cyber criminals in other states.

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday sealed eight foreign liquor off-shops (outlets) in north and south-east zones of the city as it intensified enforcement to contain the Covid situation in the state capital. The BMC has also decided to keep one of the city’s biggest markets — Indradhanu — closed till July 1 as the shops there are witnessing a crowd surge.

The state government on Tuesday recommended the name of sprinter Dutee Chand for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award-2021, the highest sporting honour in the country, while international hockey player Birendra Lakra’s name has been proposed for the Arjuna Award. The state sports and youth services department has sent a letter to Union ministry of sports and youth affairs in this regard.

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday emphasized on stricter implementation of Covid norms in districts reporting high test positivity rate (TPR) after the health department expressed concern that Odisha has bucked the national trend of steady fall in positivity in past two weeks because of eight “districts of concern.”

A 56-page charge-sheet was filed in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hojai, on Tuesday against 36 accused in the doctor assault case that took place in central Assam's Hojai district, about 170 km from Guwahati, on June 1.

The steep fatality rate for Covid-19 in Haveri district – at 2.7%, it is the highest in North Karnataka – is more than a mere disturbing statistic. Of the 590 people who have succumbed to the infection across the district, many have left behind children poorer by one parent – in Haveri, there are as many as 191 such kids who have lost either their mother or father to the pandemic.