Новости за 11.06.2021

Covid-19 cases continued to decline in Dakshina Kannada, with 506 people testing positive for the novel coronavirus on Friday.

Three teenagers drowned in the Yamuna river near Dhikka Tapri village in Haryana's Yamunanagar district on Thursday.

The Tamil Nadu government on Friday extended total lockdown by another week ending 6am on June 21. The state modified the relaxations further in 27 districts, including Chennai, where caseload is on a decline.

The AIIMS Bhubaneswar will install (positron emission tomography-computer tomography) PET-CT Scan, a high-end testing machine, within next two to three months. This machine will be helpful for diagnosis of mostly cancer patients.

A Padma Shri awardee, Radha Mohan had bronchial asthma and other comorbidities, doctors who treated him said. He leaves behind three daughters.

While many are facing a financial crunch due to the lockdown, a farmer in Koppal district has earned over Rs 55 lakh from his four acres. He cultivated 15 tonnes of pomegranate on each acre, and supplied it to Tamil Nadu, for which he got a price of Rs 96/kg. If there was no lockdown, he would have got a minimum of Rs 150/kg, which would have earned him Rs 90 lakh.

The lockdowns implemented by governments of various states, including Karnataka, to break the chain of transmission and mitigate the scourge of Covid-19 are almost like chemotherapy for cancer.

Controversy has arisen over the death of a 23-year-old youth in Assam’s Nagaon district on Wednesday with the locals alleging that he died after being beaten by the police while playing cricket during curfew hours and the law-enforcers claiming that he was involved in a gambling racket and had jumped into a pond after spotting a police patrol.

A total of 6,469 parents from across the country, including guardians from Assam, filed a petition in the Supreme Court for cancellation of all state board Class 12 exams.

A total of 71 contractors have been served showcause notices by the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) for carrying out the de-siltation and cleaning of five drain channels and 575 drains in the city at a snail’s pace.

Congress has praised Himanta Biswa Sarma’s government for its crackdown on drug peddlers and cow smugglers on the completion of one month. However, it questioned the integrity of the previous Sarbananda Sonowal government to curb anti-social activities in its five-year tenure.

A former village head, a former block development council (BDC) member and four other people, all belonging to the dalit community, were allegedly stripped and beaten in Mahoba district on Tuesday evening over panchayat poll rivalry.

The state Crime Branch has been able to retrieve nearly Rs 8.73 lakh from cyber frauds and refund them to the victims in the last 10 days. On Thursday, the Crime Branch ADG Yeshwant Jethwa urged people to exercise utmost caution while making online transactions and advised them to immediately seek police assistance in case they detect any fraudulent transaction

Electronics and IT minister Tusharkanti Behera on Thursday expressed concern over the exclusion of Odia language from the Swayam online education portal of the Union education ministry.

Reopening of schools may not happen anytime soon owing to the possibility of a third wave of Covid-19 that may affect children more. Schools in the state have been shut since March 16 last year due to rise in Covid-19 cases barring those from classes IX to XII between January and April this year, before the second wave brought that to an end.

More than a month since the government announced lockdown on May 5, test positivity rate in 17 of the 30 districts, mainly in northern and coastal Odisha, continue to be over an alarming 10%.

With the Odisha government on Thursday announcing 2020-like restrictions on the celebration of Rath Yatra in Puri owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, the state's biggest festival will be devoid of its scale and grandeur for the second consecutive year, much to the disappointment of devotees. The nine-day festival is set to begin on July 12.

Across the state, various citizens' outfits and religious organisations have done their bit to supplement the efforts of the government in the fight against the pandemic by setting up Covid Care Centres (CCCs). ​​​In Koppal, industrialists have decided to walk the extra yard to help rid the state of the menace, and not just by arranging for vaccination for those on their payroll, and their families - they have decided to set up a CCC in Koppal.

Krishnaraja MLA SA Ramadas has been offering eatables to monkeys on Chamundi Hills for more than a fortnight now. Hitherto, they had been feeding on bananas and food offered by devotees.

After a month on the run, Anil Malik, the main accused in the gang rape of a woman activist during the farmer protest at Tikri Border, was arrested from Bhiwani on Thursday. He was produced in court and was sent to police custody for three days