Новости за 12.05.2021

A fire broke out at a cloth-manufacturing factory in Noida on Wednesday, gutting raw material and damaging its complex, officials said.

Jharkhand on Wednesday reported 103 more Covid-19 deaths, raising the toll to 4,085, while the tally climbed to 2,96,895 with 4,365 fresh cases, the health department said in a bulletin.

Amid lockdown-like restrictions, the Noida Police on Wednesday said it has seized 175 kg of cannabis being transported in a truck and arrested three people in connection with it.

Acting on the directions of Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh, deputy commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma on Wednesday got 11-year-old Vansh Singh, whose video of selling socks on Ludhiana roads to support his family had gone viral, admitted into Government Senior Secondary Smart School, PAU, here.

With seven more bodies seen floating in the Ganga, the count of bodies found in this Uttar Pradesh district has reached 52, an official said on Wednesday.

Even as WHO has warned against use of Ivermectin to treat Covid-19—the global health body recommending its use only within clinical trials—the Odisha health department has strongly recommended its use for home isolation patients. The government has asked the Odisha State Medical Corporation Limited (OSMCL) to procure 7.2 lakh tablets, the government said.

The second NDA government headed by chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, in its first cabinet on Tuesday, approved the state’s biggest ever investment worth over Rs 2,000 crore to raise its stake in the Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL). The state expects dividends worth Rs 900 crore annually from this move.

A Hindu family waiting to cremate their loved one was in for a shock when they realised that the body was not of their family member. The painful incident of negligence came to light on Tuesday as the bodies of the two victims belonging to two different communities were swapped at the Haveri District Covid Hospital.

Mahavir Singh Narwal (71), a retired agriculture scientist from Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), Hisar, who died of Covid-19, was cremated according to protocol at Vaish College crematorium here on Tuesday.

Manufacturing and refilling of medical oxygen and its containers will now be included in the priority list of Odisha Industrial Policy Resolution (IPR)-2015.

The Orissa high court has directed the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) to fill up the post of regular dean of the College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry as soon as possible, preferably within two months.

Assam will have more restrictions and strict containment measures from Thursday as Covid-19 cases in the state continue to surge ahead dangerously. However, a total lockdown is not on the cards for now.

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik has approved early vaccination of servitors on priority before July 12 Rath Yatra, government sources said. The decision was taken following a high-level virtual meeting where chief secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra took stock of the festival preparations with additional chief secretary (health) Pradipta Mohapatra, temples chief administrator Krishan Kumar and Puri district collector Samarth Verma.

In the wake of Covid surge, the Puri district administration has decided to conduct Saturday’s annual Chandan Yatra, a key festival of Jagannath Temple, without the congregation of devotees. The administration will impose prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC to prevent gathering of people on Grand Road between Jagannath Temple and Narendra tank.