Новости за 19.01.2021

Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded 10 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday that pushed the district's infection tally to 25,289, official data showed.

The air quality was recorded in the 'severe' category in Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida and Faridabad, while it was 'very poor' in Gurgaon, according to data issued by a government agency on Tuesday.

The Haryana government has reduced the rate of the Reverse Transcription- Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) and Rapid Antigen tests for private laboratories from Rs 700 to Rs 499 while the charge for home collection has been capped from Rs 900 to Rs 699, with immediate effect.

When Guru Dhyanananda Panda (41) arrived in New Delhi early this month, he was a happy man. This was not his first visit to the national capital, but it surely was the most special one, as his students will be performing ‘Bajasal’ or ‘Bihasal’, a folk dance from Kalahandi district, during the Republic Day parade on Rajpath.

Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa’s one-day trip to this coastal district that started on Monday evening saw him visit four temples in less than 24-hours.

At the start of National Road Safety Month, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday urged people of the state to obey road safety rules and drive carefully to avoid accidents. The fatality rate in road accidents in Odisha is one of the highest in the country.

The three-day annual Rajarani Music Festival began last evening with soulful renditions of Indian classical music at the 11th century Rajarani temple premise.

A 20-year-old man was apprehended by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel at the MG Road metro station in Gurugram for allegedly carrying four bullets in his bag, said the police on Tuesday.

Students of Manipal Institute of Technology bagged first prize in the 'TechFest' organised by IIT-Bombay.

Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for a fisheries harbour at Hejamadi in Udupi's Kaup taluk. The Rs 180.8 crore project, including Rs 13.24 crore for acquisition of private land, will fulfill a 40-year-long demand of fishermen.

This doctor, who performed surgeries on Covid positive patients during lockdown, was one of the Covid frontline warriors to be vaccinated on the first day of the nationwide vaccination drive.

Eighteen people were rescued after their boat capsized in river Ganga near Ram Gaya Ghat here on Tuesday morning, police said.

Police on Monday arrested two people, including a city-based veterinarian, for animal cruelty and fraud.

The state on Monday crossed its vaccination target for the day by strategically contacting more healthcare workers than the intended number to be inoculated. As many 32,526 got the shot against a target of 31,902, with an overall coverage of 102%.