Новости за 23.04.2021

Animal lovers across Mangaluru are looking for people who witnessed two men dragging a stray dog tied to their bike on a city road a few days ago.

Police on Thursday arrested two drug peddlers after they recovered 13,700 intoxicating tablets and 1.5kg opium from their possession in Khanna city of Ludhiana district.

Several Covid-19 hospitals in Rajkot district of Gujarat have said that they have been facing acute shortage of medical oxygen, with some of them even expressing fear that the paucity of this life-saving gas might even result in death of patients if the situation does not improve.

From being a trusted expert voice at industry events to being a cookbook author and communications specialist, food and beverages are central to Mallika Basu’s life. The London-based consultant and social media influencer also turned entrepreneur in 2019 after co-founding SIZL Spices, a high-end range of products.

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday demanded a central probe into the Rs 1,000 crore Covid spends claimed by the Amarinder Singh government, saying nothing had been done on the ground.

Chief secretary-cum-chairperson of Haryana State Executive Committee Vijai Vardhan has authorized the deputy commissioners in the state to take necessary decision regarding the closure of shops in crowded areas of their districts after 6pm and opening of restaurants/ eating places only for home delivery with immediate effect.

A day after the state government announced cancellation of Class X boards, Class XII students of higher secondary schools here demanded the same for their exams, on Thursday.

Beds designated for Covid patients in all major hospitals in western Odisha, which has been witnessing a huge surge in infections, and most private hospitals in Bhubaneswar are fully occupied as the state on Thursday witnessed an all-time record of 6,164 positive cases in the past 24 hours.

Odisha on Thursday created a special cell, coordinated by a senior IPS officer, for the seamless supply of oxygen to the needy states. The move followed after chief minister Naveen Patnaik spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal over telephone assuring them of all possible help to tide over the crisis.

Punjab and Himachal Pradesh on Thursday declared free vaccination for the 18-to-44 age group in their government hospitals from May 1.

Kanpur Police busted an oxygen blackmarketing racket, seized 50 cylinders with oxygen and arrested three persons at Afeem Kothi Loha Mandi area of the city on Wednesday night.

A man hacked his wife to death in a village in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu in the early hours of Friday.

Ten people have been arrested with four live pangolins, 43 dead tokay gecko, 44.28 kg pangolin scale and two elephant tusks in two different operations on April 19 and 20, forest officials said on Thursday.

The tea industry in Assam is apprehensive of losing 10-15% of the crop during March and April due to drought-like situation and hailstorms.

Investigation into the kidnapping of three ONGC employees at Lakuwa in Charaideo district in upper Assam in the wee hours of Tuesday has revealed the involvement of the banned militant outfit, the United Liberation Front of Assam-Independent (Ufa-I), said the special director general of police, G P Singh, on Thursday.

The forest department needs to form a strong intelligence cell to combat unabated poaching, a senior forest department official, who has first-hand experiences while fighting from the front inside the jungles of Kaziranga National Park and in other parks for several years, said.

The authorities of Gauhati University (GU) have asked students to vacate their hostels in view of the Covid-19 crisis.

Considering the sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, the Gauhati High Court has directed the courts to take up only urgent matters for hearing

The Gauhati High Court, while registering a suo moto PIL based on application by Studio Nilima, a non-profit research organization with regard to Covid-19 vaccination to inmates in different district and central jails of Assam, has asked the Assam government to file an affidavit within three weeks.

Assam bound flights from outside of the northeast may become ‘superspreaders’ of the Covid-19 virus if passengers refuse to undergo tests in their states before boarding in response to state health minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma’s statement last week that tests done in other states would not be accepted on arrival at Assam airports.

Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the government has adopted a five-fold strategy to combat the Covid-19 pandemic — testing, tracing, treatment, enforcing Covid appropriate behaviour and vaccination.