Новости за 12.04.2021

The Odisha cabinet on Monday approved the proposal for establishment of a 500-bed cancer hospital and a 100-bed palliative care unit in Info Valley area in Bhubaneswar, also known as Info City II.

Taking suo motu cognizance of a news report published by the Times of India website, the SHRC directed the police commissioner to submit a report within two weeks.

Amid shortage of Covid-19 vaccines in various parts of the country, Assam is expecting a consignment of at least four lakh doses before Rongali Bihu, even as vaccination campaigns began at workplaces in Assam on Sunday.

The Odisha government on Monday asked hospitals, both government and private, to avoid non-essential hospitalizations and defer elective surgeries in view of second wave of covid infections.

A freight train, which was allegedly travelling at a high speed, mowed down an elephant calf, at Gogamukh in upper Assam’s Lakhimpur district on Saturday night. The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has started a departmental probe into the matter while the state department has launched a probe into the incident. The forest department has registered a case regarding the matter.

The Anchalik Gana Morcha (AGM), a constituent of the opposition Congress-led grand alliance in Assam, on Sunday urged the Election Commission to videograph the May 2 counting of the assembly election.

The standard operating procedures (SOP) for the upcoming Bihu celebrations issued by the state health department has come as a dampener for both organisers and the people of the city.

Alarmed by rising Covid-19 cases in Coimbatore district, schoolteachers have urged the state government to declare holiday for classes till XI. “The number of students visiting schools has come down drastically since the start of the month. This is mainly because parents do not want to put their children at risk,” said a government schoolteacher in Pollachi. “Most of the students are using public transportation to travel to schools.

The Board of Secondary Education, Assam (Seba) is going ahead with its Class 10 state board exams in May on the lines of CBSE and CISCE though the threat of Covid still hangs heavy.

Day after chief minister Naveen Patnaik wrote to his ministerial colleagues about performance review of various departments from May 15, the ministers said the move would help in strengthening and improving governance.

On the day one of the Covid-19 vaccination "Lasika Utsav", 17,510 persons were vaccinated in Mysuru district.

BJP national vice-president Baijayant Panda held roadshow and rallies in various panchayats, seeking votes for party candidate Ashrit Pattanayak on the last Sunday before Pipili goes to polls on April 17, even as the BJD made last-minute preparations ahead of party president and chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s virtual rally on Monday.

A day after convicted gangster Sheikh Hyder escaped from SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack during treatment, an embarrassed Odisha Police on Sunday suspended six constables for dereliction of duty.

The video of the SI thrashing people having dinner at Sri Raja Hotel went viral on social media. The incident happened around 10.20pm on Sunday.

The special squad of commissionerate police here on Sunday arrested a Bangalore-based MBA graduate on charges of cheating several jewellery store owners in the state by impersonating income tax (I-T) officials.

With a surge in fresh Covid-19 cases in the state, the daily routine of elders has been disrupted again.

With physical classes for Class IX students suspended till April 30, the decision regarding annual exam will be taken after that time, said school and mass education minister Samir Ranjan Dash.

Amid the launch of Tika Utsav, the state’s Covid surge on Sunday touched a new high with 1,379 cases while the vaccination sites came down further.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked varsities and colleges affiliated to them to create awareness among people about the pandemic and Covid-appropriate behaviour through their websites and other medium.

From a night watchman earning a pittance to graduating from the hallowed portals of IIT and now an assistant professor at IIM, Ranchi, it has been a remarkable journey for 28-year-old Ranjith Ramachandran, inspiring many to fight adverse circumstances in their lives.