Новости за 30.07.2021

North Karnataka’s first Miyawaki urban forest is coming up in Dharwad. HDMC has taken up this initiative on 30gunta land. Miyawaki is a Japanese forest system that grows more trees within a short period of time — 1-2 years — and in small spaces.

The Ambala police registered a case of fraud of Rs 2.10 crore after a Panchkula resident alleged that he was duped on the pretext of investing the amount in a trucking company to settle with family in Canada.

Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday told Rajya Sabha that the government is examining the Bargarh-Nawapara (Nuapada) rail line project. If the rail line proposal is passed, this 142 km rail line will touch Padampur and Bijepur in Bargarh district.

Activist Prafulla Samantara and others on Friday urged the state government to stop auctioning of new mines in seven virgin forests including Gandhalpada and Karlapat. They demanded conservation of virgin forests for intergenerational equity and justice.

A Jharkhand village - Haradag Khurd in Garhwa district- has been put on high alert post detection of as many as 21 Covid-19 positive villagers in a short span of two days after return of migrant workers from Madhya Pradesh, officials said.

In the wake of increase in Covid-19 cases, Dakshina Kannada district administration in association with Mangaluru City police and DK police have made the border surveillance strict on all major and minor interstate roads.

Several crucial administrative departments got new secretaries as the state government effected a reshuffle in the top level of bureaucracy on Thursday.

The onset of the rainy season has brought a host of diseases and infections posing a serious health hazard. Cases of dengue, malaria, viral fever, diarrhoea, common cold and other infections are on a rise.

Light to moderate rainfall lashed several parts of the state on Thursday due to the influence of a low pressure that has turned into a well marked system over Bay of Bengal, the IMD report stated. The IMD’s rainfall report recorded on Thursday morning said Komna in Nuapada district received the highest 75 mm rainfall in the state.

The state government’s plan to launch beach shacks at six beaches in Odisha, including a few in Puri to woo tourists, has encountered teething troubles with many social outfits and the Shankaracharya, Swami Nischalananda Saraswati, demanding the project be scrapped in Puri.

A Rajasthan-based businessman, who had been on the run since 2013 for his alleged involvement in a chit fund scam in Odisha, was arrested from Uttar Pradesh by the economic offences wing (EOW) of the state crime branch on Wednesday.

The Supreme Court committee on road safety had ordered all states to conduct joint inspection of accident spots by motor vehicle inspectors, police personnel and road engineers. However, its compliance seems to be lacking in Odisha, as is evident in a letter sent by state commerce and transport secretary Madhu Sudan Padhi.

The minister of state for civil aviation, VK Singh, informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that the Centre has approved the leasing of the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) for its operations, management and development through public-private-partnership (PPP) mode.

Class X students not happy with the the board results published through alternative assessment, will appear for the offline matriculation exam, starting from Friday. As many as 15,136 students will appear for the exam in 504 centres across the state. Students will appear for the exam following Covid guidelines while flying squads will check adherence of safety protocols in exam centres.

The Supreme Court on Friday took suo motu cognizance of the “sad demise” of a judge who was allegedly mowed down in Dhanbad and sought a status report within a week from Jharkhand's chief secretary and the DGP on the investigation into the incident.

In the next 10 days, the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) will finalise the company that can organise inaugural events for its major projects like Noida Airport, Film City, Apparel Park, MSME Park and Toy Park. Officials said 18 firms have responded for the technical bid and 11 of them have qualified.

Moderate rain lashed Guwahati on Thursday, resulting in heavy waterlogging on major roads and low-lying residential areas disrupting traffic for long hours.