Новости за 28.06.2021

Ministry of environment and forests has accorded Stage 1 in-principle approval for the diversion of 401.5 hectares of forest land at Devadari hill range in Ballari district for mining of iron and manganese ores by KIOCL Ltd.

A worker of a roadside eatery was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida on Monday for allegedly beating his colleague to death with a stone after an argument, police said.

The Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) on Monday razed four under construction illegal farmhouses and road network constructed on the Aravalli mountain range at Gairatpur Bas here, officials said.

After the Delta variant of Covid-19 was detected in Kerala, the Dakshina Kannada district administration introduced stricter border surveillance from Monday. RT-PCR negative results not earlier than 72 hours will be mandatory for all those from Kerala entering Karnataka via various borders of the district.

The Gurugram police have arrested 22 people for partying at a guest house in Sector-38 area here in violation of the Covid safety guidelines, officials said on Monday.

Former minister and MLA of Mangaluru UT Khader has urged the government of Kerala not to change Kannada names of places in Kasaragod district.

To combat any oxygen shortage in the possible third wave of Covid-19, Ludhiana deputy commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma has asked 25 hospitals including 24 private health institutions to install their own oxygen pressure swing adsorption (PSA) plants soon to cater to the needs of the citizens in fighting the pandemic effectively.​

Four siblings were washed away in Krishna river at Halyal village in Athani taluk while they were washing clothes in the river on Monday.

The Covid-induced closure of educational institutions has not only affected learning but also slowed down the progress of startups being incubated on campuses.

To introduce the concept of agriculture to students, the school development and monitoring committee (SDMC) of Karnataka Public School (KPS) at Kumbra in Puttur taluk has converted the school ground into a paddy field.

Amid concerns over new variants of coronavirus and a potential third wave, the health department will start a special vaccination drive in 96 villages of Belagavi district near the Maharashtra border on Monday. The target is to jab all eligible residents in 10 days, said district health officer Shashikanth Muniyal.

On the complaint of the family members of the deceased, an FIR has been lodged against the car driver who fled from the spot.

Of the 1.44 lakh doses of vaccines received, the state had used 1.41 lakh doses, the minister said after inauguration of a special vaccine camp at the Madras high court.

The state government has decided to construct 55 more multi-purpose cyclone centres in seven vulnerable districts, including six in Ganjam, with an investment of more than Rs 126.88 crore from the chief minister’s relief fund.

The Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneswar, a deemed to be university, on Sunday held its first convocation. The event was held online owing to the prevalent Covid crisis. KISS conferred honorary D.Litt degrees upon governor Ganeshi Lal and three eminent Odias on the occasion.

After the hue and cry over the draft heritage bye-laws for the Ananta Basudev and Brahmeswar temples, the National Monuments Authority has issued draft bye-laws for the Sahasralinga Tank, also known as Devi Padahara tank. It is situated about 49 metres from 11th century Lingaraj temple here.

PM Narendra Modi on Sunday remembered Odisha-born Gujarat-cadre IAS officer, Guruprasad Mohapatra, who died of Covid complications in New Delhi recently.

The state’s cumulative Covid count crossed nine lakh (9,00,470) on Sunday with the addition of 3,408 new infections. Of the state’s total cases, around 5.50 lakh were added in the second wave.

The Gauhati high court has directed secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Nagaon, to provide immediate relief in the form of food and other daily needs to families of marginalized and daily wage workers residing in the central Assam district.

In a new initiative by Indian railways, the transportation of raw material like yarn, fabric and goods from Ludhiana’s textile and garment companies will be exported directly by train to Bangladesh.

A total of 32 private drug rehabilitation centres in Guwahati have prepared a road map to assist the government in the fight against drugs. A proposal of eight significant points will be submitted before chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in next three-four days.

Assam’s Covid-19 positivity rate went up to 2.76% on Sunday, though the total number of active cases dropped to 1,523 due to lesser testing.

Fifty-six farmers have ended their life in Mysuru district since April 2020. The state government has provided compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to 20 families, while 36 others are waiting for the grant.

Assam may not get total respite from the second wave of Covid-19 in July.This was stated by health officials following detection of Delta virus in many samples collected randomly from various parts of the state.

Ahead of the week-long lockdown in three districts of Assam, starting Monday, people made a beeline for markets and shops in three districts of Assam, scrambling to buy essentials and much more and putting social distancing and Covid norms to the test, the reason the lockdown had to be imposed in the first place in a bid to control the spread of the virus.