Новости за 17.04.2021

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday announced fresh schedule for the Pipili byelection, which was earlier countermanded following death of Congress nominee Ajit Mangaraj.

The French embassy in Delhi launched an alumni ambassadorship programme to promote better people-to-people ties between India and France during the visit of Jean-Yves Le Drian, minister for Europe and foreign affairs of France, to India earlier this week. Fifteen alumni ambassadors were inducted into the programme for 2021-2023 during an investiture ceremony in the capital city on Tuesday.

The Sikh Federation (UK) has organised a three-hour-long virtual Vaisakhi event on Saturday for members of the Sikh community in the UK and around the world.

As many as 8,996 people were vaccinated against Covid-19 across 92 centres in Gautam Budh Nagar on Friday.

The special task force (STF) of the Crime Branch on Friday busted a well-organised cargo theft racket, involved in stealing ferro chrome and costly commodities on the national highways in the state, with the arrest of six members of the gang. Around 210 tonnes of ferro chrome worth more than Rs 2 crore was seized from their possession.

Former Punjab cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday said the Congress government was voted to power in Punjab on the two issues of sacrilege and drugs, but these were yet to be fulfilled and people were now feeling - betrayed.

Students from different parts of the state were on Friday seen going towards railway stations and bus stands with all their luggage.

The state government on Friday constituted a three-member committee, led by the ADG of the Crime Branch, to prevent hoarding of medicines and other medical supplies that are essential for the treatment of critical Covid patients.

Union minister of state (Independent) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh said the unexplored potential resources of the northeast will play a crucial role in the country’s economy in the post-Covid era.

The state’s single-day Covid tally breached the 3,000-mark on Friday with 3,108 fresh cases, registering a 30-time growth from 110 cases on March 18. For the first time this year, the daily count had touched triple digits then.

The Jharkhand High Court on Saturday granted bail to RJD president Lalu Prasad in Dumka treasury case of the multi-crore rupees fodder scam, paving way for his release from jail. The bail was allowed to Prasad by Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh. The court directed him neither to leave the country without permission nor change his address and mobile number during the bail period.

Bohag Bihu was celebrated across the state amid the threat of covid-19 hanging in the air and the state health department’s strict SOP. Events were held at night, too, though in a muted form.

Assam education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday hinted that the Class 10 state board exam (Matric) will be held as per schedule in May. He, however, added as the model code of conduct is on, any decision in this regard would be taken by the new government.

A total of 55 centrally protected monuments and sites, including the historic Rang Ghar and Gaurisagar tank in Sivasagar district, and one museum in Assam, have been shut for visitors till May 15 or until further orders by the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) following the rise in Covid-19 positive cases across the state.

The KSRTC bus strike helped police bust a gang, which was active since many days in parts of the district. The gang duped women into parting with their gold chains and stealing them, under the pretext of polishing them. A total 8 accused from Bihar, with 5 of them aged between 20 and 30, and remaining between 30 and 40, who are members of a gang, are the accused. All the accused are daily wage earners.

The Kanpur Nagar police will invoke the provisions of stringent National Security Act (NSA) against three persons arrested while carrying 265 Remdesivir injection vials on Thursday.

Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday appealed to all eligible people to get themselves vaccinated saying that the state has a vaccine stock of over five lakh doses and another one lakh is expected to arrive soon.

In a bid to beat infection with cases surging, many seniors are rushing to take the second dose of the vaccine after just four weeks of the first dose, although the central government, on March 22, had advised all states to increase the interval between doses to 6-8 weeks.

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday asked the Centre to allow Covid vaccine in the open market outside government supply chain so that those willing and can afford can take the shots.

External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday assured that the Government of India will provideall possible assistance to the families of the victims who were killed in a mass shooting in the US city of Indianapolis on Thursday (local time).

At a time when vaccination is said to be the most effective weapon to fight Covid-19, apart from wearing face masks and maintaining social distancing, the number of jabs administered per day has gone down drastically a fortnight.