Новости за 10.01.2022

The political heat in the 10 districts, comprising 61 assembly constituencies of east Uttar Pradesh has started rising with the announcement of the polling schedule of state assembly elections.

A study conducted by researchers at the Banaras Hindu University suggest that multiple genetic mutations are responsible for the Covid-19 susceptibility in India.

Vadodara city and district has started adding almost 100 fresh Covid-19 cases within a day. By Sunday evening, Vadodara counted for 398 fresh cases – 89 more than 309 cases registered in 24 hours ending on Saturday evening.

Want to pray, but worried about Covid infection? Visit the centuries-old Hanuman temple in Harni area which has come up with its own version of ‘sankat-mochan’ idea!Here, the temple management at Shri Bhidbhanjan Maruti Mandir has developed a mechanical system to offer oil to Lord Hanuman

After two wardens and a mess contractor tested positive of Covid-19, M S University has decided to restrict cross hostel entries of students at the university’s Halls of Residence. Last week, two wardens of Halls of Residence at the boys hostel campus tested positive.

Dr Elena Remizova, vice-consul at the Russian consulate, Mumbai, and director of Russian Centre for Science and Culture, Mumbai, visited MS University’s Faculty of Arts on Saturday. She interacted with the dean, officials and faculty members of MSU’s Department of Russian.

With spike in Covid-19 cases, M S University will move to blended mode of education from Monday onwards. At some faculties where exams were scheduled to begin, the examinations will be held online.

Seven girls’ hostels of the Dibrugarh University were sealed on Sunday after 14 Covid-19 cases were detected.

The Assam health department has asked district authorities to encourage Covid-19 patients to stay in home isolation in the third wave.

Politics has begun over fresh Covid restrictions imposed by the Assam government through the new SOP which is going to be a dampener in the coming Magh Bihu celebrations in mid-January.

The Assam Book Fair concluded on Sunday with a resounding success as sales of nearly Rs 2 crore was recorded at the 12-day event amid the Omicron fear. The fair recorded an average daily footfall of around 25,000.“The Covid-19 challenges were there in the last edition of the fair as well.

The three-day State Equestrian Championship, which witnessed active participation from the equestrian fraternity of Assam, concluded here on Sunday.

Union minister for ports, shipping and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday expressed hope that cargo ships will start sailing on the Brahmaputra towards the later part of 2022. The dredging work at critical junctures of the river has already been initiated by the ministry, he said.

Two days after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab affairs co-incharge Raghav Chadha faced protest from party workers when he came here to induct leaders from other parties and witnessed fisticuffs between old party workers and supporters of a new entrant, angry old party leaders and workers

The special task force (STF) of the state Crime Branch with the help of West Bengal police arrested a wanted brown sugar trader from his residence in Nadia district on Saturday. The accused has been identified as Sheikh Lalu. Lalu was wanted by the STF in a drug trafficking case.

The commissionerate police have decided to decongest the free left turns at major junctions. Though there is a rule to make way for vehicles at free left turns, its implementation was lacking.

The BJP on Sunday alleged that there were irregularities in the electoral rolls prepared for panchayat election in the state and urged the State Election Commission (SEC) to issue a clarification in this regard.

With the state government already having issued the gazette notification paving the way for the announcement of schedule for the three-tier panchayat election, various political parties are also gearing up to fine-tune their respective strategies for the rural polls.

Aparajita Sarangi, the Lok Sabha MP from Bhubaneswar constituency, on Sunday received an honorary DLitt degree and the Shree Saraswati Devi Jeevan Gyana Gaurav Samman from the MIT Art, Design and Technology University in Pune.

As many as 97% of total Covid patients at present are in home isolation and do not need hospitalisation, it was revealed during a review meeting chaired by chief secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra.

Congress leader Navajyoti Patnaik has urged Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to set up a railway division in Balasore. Currently, the railway related matters of Balasore are being looked after by the Kharagpur division of the South Eastern Railway.

An estimated 17.50 lakh beneficiaries are set to receive the Covid-19 booster dose (third jab) as the state begins the special inoculation drive from Monday.

The Gajapati district administration has closed all tourist places from Sunday due to rising Covid cases.

Registering a jump of more than 1,000 Covid cases in the last 24 hours, the state on Sunday added 4,714 infections from among the 70,200 samples tested, taking the positivity rate to 6.71%.