Новости за 25.01.2022

It was always believed that the number of persons tested for Covid-19 may be far lower than those infected by it. But this gap may be wider these days than ever before during the pandemic.

The Gauhati High Court on Monday allowed the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) to hold the combined competitive exam (Mains), 2020 without the language papers.

Protests over police firing in Assam’s Nagaon district, following which a former All Assam Students’ Union (Aasu) worker sustained bullet injuries and is currently undergoing treatment at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, continued in the district for the second day on Monday.

Owing to the Omicron fear, Assam will celebrate Republic Day centrally here in Guwahati with a gathering of just 1,200, that too double-dosed, at the venue at Khanapara, which has a seating capacity of around 3,000.

In politics people do not have permanent friends or foes, said United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) president Pramod Boro after CM Himanta Biswa Sarma endorsed Hagrama Mohilary’s Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) for floor coordination in state assembly ahead of Rajya Sabha polls.

Assam capital Guwahati, the gateway to the northeast, might have crossed the peak of the third wave on January 18 and 19 when the overall daily positivity rate had surged beyond 20% in Kamrup (Metro) that alone logged nearly 2,000 cases or one-fourth of the state’s total cases.

Students of some constituent engineering colleges staged a massive protest in front of the Assam Science and Technology University (ASTU) here on Monday opposing the offline end-term examination for odd semesters from February 8.

Assam governor Jagdish Mukhi presented the state’s civilian awards to 18 recipients for their remarkable contribution in different fields at a function held here in Guwahati on Monday.

After nearly six decades of an inter-state border row, interspersed with bloody conflicts and lying pending in the Supreme Court for over three decades, Assam and Nagaland are now on the same page for an “out-of-court settlement” to the vexed problem.

The Sangrur administration sent a notice to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) district incharge for violation of the model code of conduct by organising a road show by Punjab party chief Bhagwant Mann on Sunday.

The Odisha Statistics and Economics Officers’ Association has written to development commissioner, Pradeep Jena, seeking exemplary corrective initiatives for the safety and security of state cadre officers and for proper investigation into the alleged physical assault of two government

The Puri district administration is planning to administer Covid booster doses to servitors through a special vaccination camp from Wednesday.

More than 400 people of two wards in Ganjam district’s Sanakhemundi block on Monday put up a road blockade on the Hinjili-Sheragada road in protest against the authorities’ alleged indifference to water crisis in the area.

Most places in north Odisha and a few more places in other pockets, including the city, witnessed light to moderate rainfall in the last 24 hours under the influence of western disturbance, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday.

The infection count of 11,607 at the peak of the third wave on January 19 was far less than the single-day highest spike of 12,852 cases in the second wave on May 22 last year.

The overcast sky, drizzle, cold breeze, dense fog and a drop in day temperature for the past few days has brought with it a rise in viral fever cases and flu-like symptoms among people.

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday launched a public address system to provide guidance to Covid-19 patients in home isolation at a time whe. The capital city has over 11,000 active cases at present, out of whom more than 90% are in home isolation.

The state government on Monday asked all degree colleges under the higher education department to conduct proper verification and authentication of disability certificates of physically handicapped-orthopaedically handicapped (PH-OH) students who have taken admission during the 2019-20,

Police in Puri have formed four teams to arrest a 36-year-old auto-rickshaw driver, who is allegedly on the run after raping a five-year-old girl in the pilgrim town, on Sunday.

The Odisha Statistics and Economics Officers’ Association has written to development commissioner, Pradeep Jena, seeking exemplary corrective initiatives for the safety and security of state cadre officers and for proper investigation into the alleged physical assault of two government

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday directed the Mayurbhanj district collector to take appropriate action on a petition for payment of compensation and proper rehabilitation of a poor tribal man, who was acquitted of murder charges after serving 19 years in prison.

SAI International School on Sunday held its annual fest online. Students took part in a host of events from home at e-Unwind.

The Supreme Court on Monday again deferred hearing on Odisha’s contempt plea against Andhra Pradesh relating to the disputed Kotia panchayat, which both states stake claim as their own.State’s counsel Sibo Sankar Mishra said the apex court adjourned the hearing.

Police in Puri have formed four teams to arrest a 36-year-old auto-rickshaw driver, who is allegedly on the run after raping a five-year-old girl in the pilgrim town, on Sunday.

With Tuesday being the last date of withdrawing nomination for the three-tier panchayat elections, political parties spent Monday persuading rebel candidates to withdraw and gain an edge over rivals.