Новости за 15.08.2020

Over a year and half months have passed since the state government announced delegation of investigation power to constables to address the shortage of investigators in police stations, but the state police headquarters is yet to materialize the much-needed reform.

Heavy rains lashed parts of south and central Gujarat districts on Saturday, leaving many low-lying areas water-logged, especially in Surat and Vadodara, and necessitating emergency evacuation of hundreds of people, officials said.

Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar on Saturday recorded 102 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the district's tally to 6,408, official data showed. The number of active cases in the district stood at 867, up from 826 on Friday, according to the data released by the UP Health Department for a 24-hour period.​

Coastal districts of Karnataka, Udupi and Dakshina Kannada (DK), districts combined to record 512 new cases of coronavirus infection among its population on Saturday. While DK accounted for 271 of these fresh cases, Udupi tallied the remaining 241 to take the total positive cases to 8649 and 7,783 respectively.

The Rayagada district police cracked a dacoity case and arrested four persons, including the mastermind, apart from recovering the entire looted cash of around Rs 24 lakh from the accused on Friday.

Cardiology at Doorstep Foundation, an initiative led by Dr Padmanabh Kamath, professor and HOD cardiology, KMC Mangaluru, launched its website on Saturday.

The Madhya Pradesh police on Saturday handed over the custody of Nishad Party MLA Vijay Mishra to their Uttar Pradesh counterparts after a local court granted them his transit remand, an officer said.

A day ahead of the Independence Day, Assam Police recovered a huge cache of arms, ammunition and explosives in Udalguri district. Police suspect these belong to the militant outfit National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB).

IG (eastern range) Diptesh Patnaik has ordered a probe after a purported audio clip carrying alleged conversation between Jaleswar IIC Dhanewar Sahu and the mafia started doing the rounds on social media.

Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) is set to be one of the centres for Phase 2 clinical trial of Covaxin — the Bharat Biotech-ICMR developed Covid-19 vaccine. He added that Assam could also play a pro-active role in vaccine production.

Braving all odds owing to the lockdown imposed by the government to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, at least 60 students, including 17 girls of the government-run Industrial Training Institute (ITI) here, have bagged jobs at a Germany-based oil shield company’s Chennai unit and already joined work.

To push the growth of the Covid-hit real estate sector in the state by attracting more investments and to promote affordable housing in urban areas, the state government has come up with a new set of reforms under the Odisha Development Authority (Planning and Building Standard) Rules, 2020.

After five months of lockdown, a start to fitness activities was made on August 15 in the form of city-based groups organising events, runs, and rides.

The Covid-19 death rate in Coimbatore has shot up from just one to the third highest in the state in less than two months.

With Covid-19 cases continuing to spike amid fears of the peak hitting the state in few weeks, Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Friday announced extension of the night curfew from 9pm to 5am to all cities, along with a slew of other measures to control the pandemic.