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The commissionerate police had launched many people-friendly policing services in the capital city. However, eight such projects that were introduced in the last seven years are no longer functional. The transfers of police commissioners and poor monitoring of the old schemes by their successors resulted in the discontinuation of some of the initiatives. TOI compiles the status of the once-popular ambitious projects.

State Congress president Niranjan Patnaik has sought to downplay his party colleague and Jeypore MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati’s persistent broadside against him. Niranjan said he does not care a hoot about Tara’s revolt.

Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Bhupen Kumar Borah on Monday came down heavily on Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal for taking out the Jan Ashirwad Yatra in the state which he said was a “disaster in the making” in the time of Covid-19.

There seems to be no end in sight to the menace involving stray cattle, dogs and pigs in the city as they are omnipresent, roaming around the streets freely.

Researchers have suggested a large-scale project to map and carry out further research on Myristica swamps across the Western Ghats, in order to consolidate conservation and restoration efforts. Comprehensive documentation of these remaining swamps, the species and their genetic diversity, and local threats, will allow better protection of these relic forests.

While schools in Uttara Kannada District reopened for students of class 9 and 10, schools in Dakshina Kannada are unlikely to open soon. However, PU colleges will open in a graded manner from next Monday. The Udupi district administration is ramping up tests to bring positivity rate below 2% by the month-end and then take a call on opening schools.

The case fatality rate (CFR) of Covid-19 in Dakshina Kannada has reduced considerably compared to the first wave of the pandemic. The district had reported 740 deaths as against 34,441 cases in the first wave (between March 21 last year and February 28 this year). The number of cases in the district increased to 73,516 in the second wave (between March 1 and August 22). However, the number of deaths did not rise proportionately. The district recorded 795 fatalities in the second wave. While the CFR was 2.1% in the first wave... Читать дальше...

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued a warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall across Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh till August 27. Tourist hotspot Cherrapunji in Meghalaya is likely to receive extremely heavy rain in the next two days.

A team of Kambala enthusiasts have built a 130-metre practice track in the middle of a field in Udupi district, cashing in on the increasing popularity of the rugged sport.

The pandemic has dealt a body blow to makers of the famous ‘cardamom garland’, which has been used to felicitate dignitaries including the President and Prime Minister. Restrictions on functions such as weddings, government functions, and cultural events have debilitated families involved in the business.

: It has been a rough 18 months for the multicrore tourism industry in Karnataka, with the pandemic wreaking havoc on the sector. And, just when economic revival appeared on the anvil, the state government has imposed weekend curfew in districts that adjoin Kerala and Maharashtra. These districts have some of the most popular tourist destinations in the state, but local administrations have stifled businesses with micro-level restrictions.

With the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation granting approval for restricted use of the indigenous ZyCoV-D, a DNA Covid-19 vaccine, in emergency situations in India for children aged 12 years and above, a Belagavi hospital where the vaccine was tested has been flooded with calls from parents seeking inoculation for their children.

After plans of beautifying some roundabouts and makeover of entry-exit point near Sirsa on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway into a truckers’ point on the lines of Haryana’s Murthal, GNIDA will now beautify a 4.7 lakh sqm green belt.