Новости за 22.04.2021

Even as the migrant labourers working in various construction sites and industries in Dakshina Kannada district were found rushing to their hometowns after new restrictions were imposed in the state in view of Covid-19 pandemic, the district administration has appealed them not to leave the region in panic.

The Ludhiana administration has established a control room to monitor oxygen supply to hospitals involved in treating Covid-19 patients.

A video of a dog tied to a motorbike being dragged along a road in Karnataka's Mangaluru city went viral on social media platforms prompting animal rights activist to file a complaint against the accused.

"We have oxygen for seven-eight hours. Since morning, all our group hospitals need oxygen replenishment. We have stopped new admissions due to oxygen shortage. In this hospital (Sector 27), we have oxygen that would be sufficient only for four-five hours," she said.

With the pandemic and increased awareness about eating healthy, the demand for dates has seen a drastic rise.

The BJP on Wednesday asked the government to issue clarification on the status of Covid testing numbers, availability of oxygen and ventilators in the state for treatment of corona patients.

With the rabi paddy procurement set to begin from the first week of May, the state food supplies and consumer welfare department has asked the district authorities to spread out the operations and open adequate centres to avoid crowds amid the rising Covid cases.

Police on Wednesday booked Sambalpur University (SU) vice-chancellor Sanjiv Mittal for abetment to suicide after contractual employee Dinabandhu Mishra, who set himself on fire in front of the vice-chancellor’s office succumbed to burn injuries on Tuesday night.

Students had a mixed reaction to the state government cancelling the Class X board exams owing to a spike in Covid-19 cases. Some students felt all their efforts would go to waste, while others held the view that life is more important than exams.

Haj pilgrims from the northeast have been asked to inoculate themselves with both doses of Covid-19 vaccine before they land in Saudi Arabia.

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday said his elder son Ashish died of Covid-19 in the morning.

The five districts of Khurda, Sundargarh, Nuapada, Bargarh and Cuttack account for half of the state’s Covid caseload as daily infections inched towards the 5000 mark. On Wednesday, the state registered 4,851 fresh positive cases with Khurda district reporting the highest 703 infections.

Muslim women performed aarti of Lord Ram on Ram Navami at Lamahi village on Wednesday and prayed for the end of corona pandemic and the suffering caused by it.

The Crime branch of Commissionerate police busted oxygen black-marketing racket and recovered 51 cylinders after taking a gas agency owner in Govind Nagar area of the city in custody on Wednesday.

Tamil Nadu’s active case count touched the 80,000-mark on Wednesday when the state added 11,681 fresh infections and 53 deaths. About 7,071 people were discharged on Wednesday leaving 84,361 people still under treatment. The case tally in the state touched 10.25 lakh and the toll tally reached 13252.

The Indian link emerged prominently when US drug enforcement agency (DEA) bust an international drug racket in Sacramento, California, with the arrest of three men of Punjabi origin in the second week of this month.