Новости за 13.02.2021

A target of vaccinating 3,088 beneficiaries with a second dose was set on the first day. All of them got the first shots on January 16. The state managed to give the jab to 54% of the targeted health workers on January 16, as many of the listed beneficiaries had stayed back at home.

Nine people were killed and 12 injured in two separate road accidents on Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Kannauj and Etawah districts of UP respectively in the past 24 hours.

Paschim Odisha Krushak Sangathan Samanwaya Samiti (POKSSS) convenor Lingaraj said they have decided to hold this march to show solidarity to farmer movement along with other demands. Around 1000 people will take out the March 1 rally. “We will also take around four tractors with us to carry food and other essentials,” he added.

The average air quality slipped to reach "severe" levels in Ghaziabad while it was recorded as "very poor" in Noida, Greater Noida, Gurugram and Faridabad, according to data issued by a government agency on Saturday.

Trespassing is a major reason behind the death of people in the East Coast Railway (ECoR) zone.

Dakshina Kannada district is fully prepared to administer the second dose of Covishield to those who have received the first dose, since the drive began on January 16. However, the state government has directed the districts to wait for two more days, since the central government is yet to issue guidelines in this regard.

Ahead of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s first visit the state to kick off campaigning for the assembly polls, the Grand Old Party on Friday launched the ‘Axom Basaon Ahok’ (Come, Let’s Save Assam) from Bordowa Thaan, the birthplace of Srimanta Sankardeva.

There are several places spread across the twin cities wherein iron barricades placed on medians are damaged, many of which have been in that condition for years but the Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation’s (HDMC) apathetic attitude continues to put the lives of motorists and pedestrians in jeopardy.

The special task force (STF) of the state Crime Branch on Friday busted an ivory smuggling racket in Jajpur with the arrest of three persons. Three tusks were seized from their possession. This is the second such case, involving the smuggling of elephant tusks in the state, in the last four days.

Murder convicts, facing life imprisonment, may not have to wait for months or years to see the remission of their sentence period on grounds of good conduct. The state government has asked the prisons authorities to initiate the applications of convicts, who have completed minimum 14 years in jail, for consideration of their premature release within a month from the date of completion of the minimum sentence.

Amid the decades-old Kotia border row intensifying with Andhra Pradesh holding panchayat elections in some of the disputed villages of Koraput and Odisha moving the Supreme Court against it, the reports of children from here crossing over to the other side for classes seems to have added insult to injury for the home state.

With panchayat elections in Andhra Pradesh scheduled on Saturday, the district administrations of Ganjam and Gajapati are keeping close vigil on the border villages. Some villages in Patrapur block of Ganjam and Gangabada in Rayagada block of Gajapati are located on the Odisha-Andhra border.

At least 12 people were injured on Saturday morning after six vehicles collided with each other on Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida due to reduced visibility caused by dense fog.

An Indian-origin employee at the UN has announced her candidacy to be its next Secretary-General, the first person to throw her hat in the ring against incumbent Antonio Guterres, who is seeking a second five-year term beginning January 2022 as chief of the world organisation.

The official website of the Gauhati University was hacked on Friday morning with a Valentine’s Day message flashing on it.

A recent study by the biotechnology department of Utkal University published in the Scientific Reports, which is the primary research publication from the publishers of Nature, shows that catechin and curcumin, can prevent SARS-CoV2 in human beings. While catechin is found in abundance in green tea, turmeric is rich in curcumin.

Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday announced that the additional tax of Rs 5 per litre imposed on petrol and diesel and 25% excise duty on liquor during the Covid-19 pandemic peak have been withdrawn, while seeking the vote on accounts in the assembly ahead of the assembly election.