Новости за 08.02.2021

Fatality rate in road accidents in Odisha dropped by nearly 11% in 2020 as compared to 2019. According to the statistics of the state police, 4738 persons were killed in road mishaps in the state last year as against 5333 deaths in 2019.

While the focus was all on the pandemic and curbing the spread of the virus, at least 10% of those suffering from slow-growing cancers were badly affected because they delayed seeing the doctor, especially during the nationwide lockdown, and opted for home remedies for instead.

The police have booked Ambala range DIG (vigilance) Ashok Kumar allegedly for abusing and threatening the younger brother of Haryana home and health minister Anil Vij on Sunday.

A major fire broke out at a shopping mall in the heart of Guwahati in the early hours of Monday, officials said. Eight fire tenders doused the blaze after fire- fighting operations that went on for more than eight hours, they said.

In a bid to generate revenue, the Hubballi Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) has drawn up a plan to auction properties it had previously leased.

Post lockdown, with more people beginning their own businesses, authorities are making it easier for such people to obtain trade licences online.

Deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada, KV Rajendra, Mangaluru City police commissioner Shashi Kumar, District Health Officer (DHO) Ramachandra Bairy and District Medical Officer (DMO) Dr Sadashiva held a meeting on Monday and decided that students of colleges and other institutions in the district should be restricted from travelling to Kerala frequently.

Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner Dr KV Rajendra on Monday donned his stethoscope offering his assistance as a medical professional as the second phase of the Covid-19 vaccination drive kicked off in the district.

Experts, including marine conservationists, have raised concern about the rampant trawling taking place near the shore, across the Karnataka coast, that is leading to the destruction of fish breeding locations on the seabed, and severe depletion of marine stocks.

The pandemic induced lockdown, caused residents at an apartment complex in Attavar to redefine their fitness goals, by upgrading the facilities in the premises.

Udupi administration fielded its big guns to open the second innings of the vaccination programme against Covid-19 pandemic that got under way at four centres across the district on Monday.

Rotary Anns Club, Karkala in association with Yuvavahini, Karkala unit and Women Beauticians’ Association is organising a hair donation drive for cancer victims at Rotary Bal Bhavan in Karkala on February 21. Backed by Muliya Foundation, Puttur, the drive has been organised on lines of a similar drive held in neighbouring Dakshina Kannada which saw more than 70 people, most of them women, donate their hair for a noble cause.

The future of Hasanpur lake hangs in balance as the water body struggles to survive amid encroachment, industries along its banks and waste water pouring into it almost on a daily basis.

A drunken brawl between friends ended with the murder of two and another getting seriously injured in Mysuru late on Sunday.

A 52-year-old farmer, identified as Karamveer Singh of Singhwaal village in Jind district, allegedly committed suicide by hanging from a tree at Tikri border on Sunday.

Lack of sewage treatment plants (STPs) in BPTP Astaire Gardens in Sector 70A has left residents facing severe hygiene issues. They alleged that the developer has not built a centralised STP as promised but instead installed an STP with a capacity of 100 KLD for C-2 block in October last year.

For more than a decade, residents of several housing societies in Sector 83 have been waiting for the development of the road connecting to the dividing road of sectors 82 and 83. The unpaved stretch, which is 500 metres long, is marred with mud and has an uneven surface, causing inconvenience to commuters.

A leopard-spotted moving inside popular tourist spot Brindavan Gardens at KRS Reservoir in Srirangapatna taluk, Mandya district, has triggered panic among the reservoir staff and tourists. The CCTV cameras installed near the south gate of the garden showed the big cat moving around the area on Thursday night, officials said.