Новости за 17.07.2021

A 25-year-old woman in the adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district died of dengue while an 18-year-old girl tested positive for the mosquito-borne disease here in the past 24 hours, leaving the health workers, who are already grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic, extremely worried.

To ensure a hassle-free inoculation of beneficiaries at Covid vaccination centres (CVCs), the state health department has directed the vaccinators and verifiers to track details of those who received their first dose if their names do not appear on the search engine for administering the second dose.

Even as the authorities in Simdega are beating their brains out on how to encourage villagers to maintain Covid-control measures and dispel myths regarding vaccination and are taking help from NGOs and local religious leaders to do that, a sub-inspector in the district is banking on Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan to help him in this regard. To be more accurate, Ravi Shankar Singh is relying on the two stars’ chartbusters to encourage Covid-appropriate behaviour and vaccination in the district.

With the threat of third Covid wave looming large and experts saying that vaccination will help residents tide over it, only seven out of 100 persons in the district have received the second dose of vaccine whereas more than 32 out of 100 persons have got the first dose, as per the latest report of the state government.

After a pandemic-induced hiatus, the municipal corporation has again started the drive to make Buddha Nullah garbage free. The officials have been given just two days to clear heaps of garbage from inside and outside the drain or face action. On Saturday, the staff will check waste segregation around the drain and at other dumps.

The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) officials on Thursday night arrested an assistant engineer attached to the Tangedco (Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation) office at Chinna Thadagam for accepting Rs 55,000 as bribe from a woman to shift an electricity line from her patta land to a nearby place.

A speeding truck killed a cyclist near a mall on Ludhiana-Ferozepur road on Friday morning.

State Adidravida welfare minister Kayalvizhi Selvaraj urged the officials to identify Adidravida and tribal students who are vulnerable to dropping out of schools and ensure that they don’t end their school education midway.

The district topped the state in the number of fresh Covid-19 cases on Friday, with 252 people testing positive for the virus. The district also has the highest number of active cases in the state - 3,284.

No death due to Covid was reported in Ludhiana on Friday, when eight residents tested positive.

The Tirupur city corporation on Friday collected nasal swabs from a government bus conductor for Covid-19 testing as he was applying saliva on tickets to single them out from the bundle before issuing the same to passengers.

A 45-year-old daily wage labourer was arrested on Friday for kidnapping a 15-year-old girl and marrying her.

An inordinate delay by party high command in offering a solution to internal crisis of Punjab Congress has not only complicated the issue but is also damaging the perception of the party at ground level. Congress insiders are apprehensive that any dip in the party’s popularity can be direct gain for AAP.

A 25-year-old woman and her paramour were thrashed and their heads shaved in Koyda village of Dahod district. The Devgadh Baria police have arrested five men including the woman’s husband Mahesh Patel, a resident of Koyda village.

In a meeting held on Friday on road safety measures, road safety commissioner Lalit Padaliya suggested showcasing short films in accident-prone pockets on how to be safe. He further suggested the police to regulate traffic at diversion points as these points turn into sites for major accidents. According to a survey by Rajkot police, 24 percent critical accidents take place for over-speeding and wrong overtaking by violating traffic rules.

he Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has slipped from ‘A+’ grade in 2020 to ‘A’ grade this year in the annual integrated ranking report for the financial year 2020-21. It is now ranked seven in the country, while Haryana’s both power utilities have improved their performance and are placed at fifth and sixth position.

Authorities at the Statue of Unity (SoU) in Kevadiya busted a racket of selling entry tickets at a higher price on Friday. The management approached the Kevadia police late on Friday night to file a complaint against a Surat-based travel agent who had duped many tourists.

A small diamond unit owner heaved a sigh of relief when he got back his rough diamonds worth Rs 20 lakh that he had accidentally forgotten on top of his locker at a safe deposit vault in Kartargam area of Surat.

An ailing Labrador dog suffering from kidney and liver problems received a new lease of life after three doctors gave him a rare blood transfusion in Modasa town of Aravalli district late on Wednesday evening.

From June 16 to 30, Ahmedabad city recorded 463 Covid-19 positive cases, which dropped to 190 from July 1 to 15, recording a drop of 59%. While the cases got more than halved, the overall percentage of drop for Gujarat is higher at 65% — from 2,445 to 861.

Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd’s (GUVNL) all four discoms have come out at the top in the ninth integrated annual rating conducted by the union ministry of power.

In the second such incident reported in the day, 28-year-old Mahendra Jain was abused, thrashed and forced to strip by his employer and colleagues on Friday. Jain had accepted a payment from a businesswoman but failed to deliver the promised goods to her.

Next time you stop at a ‘paan’ shop wanting to pop a mint into your mouth, beware. The drug dealers have found a new method to peddle marijuana. They have come up with marijuana laced peppermint candies.

Three members of a Gurugram-based family have died by suicide over the past 10 days. Police said all the three had consumed poison and left behind separate notes, saying they had run up “mounting debts” and requesting the authorities to waive their loans and cremate them.

Days after the city corporation demolished seven small temples on the bund of Muthannankulam, members of Hindu Munnani besieged the corporation office at Town Hall on Friday, condemning the civic body for the demolition drive.