Новости за 28.05.2021

Chaos prevailed outside the public health centre (PHC) at Vamanjoor in the outskirts of Mangaluru city on Friday, after people gathered in large numbers to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday sought advice of top health experts of the country on strategy to tackle the possible future waves of the pandemic and to strengthen the healthcare system further.

The Indian Railways has decided to cancel six pairs of local passenger/MEMU trains up to June 10 from both the directions for poor occupancy and to break the chain of Covid-19 infection.

The state government has extended the global e-tender date by seven days in view of requests from many prospective vendors and due to the cyclone.

The businessmen in Ludhiana city have slammed the new tariff order announced by the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) for year 2021-22.

A day after a major bridge connecting several localities near Ranchi crashed down like a pack of cards, chief minister Hemant Soren on Friday ordered a high- level probe into the collapse.

The chief minister said the existing sale of fruits and vegetables through departments concerned would continue to exist in all districts to meet the daily requirements of the people.

Officials of the Excise department and the railway police on Friday confiscated 138.75 litres of liquor being illegally transported in a train here on Friday, sources said.

Customs officials at the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) on Friday seized 262 gm of gold worth Rs 13.2 lakh from a passenger who arrived here from Dubai.

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the damage caused in the state by Cyclone Yaas here on Friday, Odisha did not ask for any immediate financial assistance to manage the situation. Instead, chief minister Naveen Patnaik said the state would manage the crisis on its own without burdening the Centre in view of the pandemic.

Ludhiana deputy commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma on Friday launched the Punjab government's ambitious Udaan programme in the district.

A 21-year-old sanitation worker died after inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning a sewer without any safety gear in Begumpur village of Surajpur on Thursday, police said.

Cash-strapped Punjabi University has announced a special reappear chance for those who failed to clear its examinations in the past so that they can complete their degrees.

The Yaas-induced rain has damaged standing rabi paddy crops over large tracts of land in Sambalpur district. The district reported 55.49 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours against the normal rainfall of 32.3 mm in May.

With number of daily Covid tests dropping significantly in most coastal districts due to cyclone, fresh infections reported on Thursday fell to 6,736 compared to more than 10,000 daily cases the state has been reporting for the past two weeks.

The vaccination process, which was stopped in the city on Wednesday due to Cyclone Yaas, resumed on Thursday morning. The drive went on smoothly across all the centres under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area.

Microsoft India Research Ltd has given 125 oxygen concentrators of 5-litre capacity to Noida Authority under their CSR drive. The authority has given 30 such oxygen concentrators to Child PGI which is being ramped up as a 100 bed Covid hospital for children in anticipation of the third wave.

State agriculture minister Arun Kumar Sahoo on Thursday directed officials of cyclone-affected districts to submit a preliminary report of damages to agriculture and allied sectors by Friday.

The Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF), an elite rescue unit of Odisha Police, has shifted its focus to villages that have been marooned by the ingression of sea and floodwaters in the aftermath of Cyclone Yaas, which swept Balasore and Bhadrak on Wednesday. Additional forces and boats have been provided to them to reach out to the needy.

The Noida Authority will start work on four parks in the city soon.

Day after Yaas battered parts of Odisha, the state is bracing for floods as the Baitarani river continues to swell following incessant rainfall triggered by the very severe cyclonic storm that has left more than 120 villages in low-lying areas of Balasore and Bhadrak under water.