07.10.21

80% Hry Covid deaths were in 45-84 age group: IDSP report

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More than 80% of Haryanas Covid-19 deaths in the pandemics first two waves were in the age group of 45 to 84, as claimed in the integrated disease surveillance programme (IDSP) report.

Health department officials say that this analysis is based on weekly reports and will help them set the course for preparedness. Since, the death count in the past two months had not even entered double figures, the situation can be considered under control. The report compiled till October 3 and released last week suggests that Hisar had maximum rural deaths at 593, while Gurgaon had the highest toll of 870 in the urban category. After Hisar came Bhiwani and Jind, with 370 and 248 rural deaths, respectively.

In the uran deaths, Faridabad and Hisar followed Gurgaon with tolls of 650 and 538, respectively, while the overall casualty figure in this category was 5,818. Maximum deaths which come to 3,765 or 38% of the patients, did not have comorbidities associated, while 2,810 or 28% had those. These cases include 1,313 diabetics and the rest with other issues. Most of the deaths came while to patients were on Oxygen, bipap, or ventilator support.

Slamming the Centre for inadequate coal supply against the PSPCLs agreements with various subsidiaries of the Coal India Ltd (CIL), the Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Saturday asked it to immediately enhance States coal supply as per quota to tide over power crisis with impending shutdown of its thermal plants due to fast depleting coal reserves which are likely to exhaust with in next couple of days.

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Reviewing the power situation amid shortage of coal supply in the state, Channi said that all the thermal Plants are unable to generate full capacity of power due to insufficient coal receipt. However, he reiterated his govts firm commitment to give power supply for Irrigation of paddy crop where necessary at the fag end of crop yield. He however, said that power cuts on domestic consumers in cities and villages are being imposed to ensure sufficient supply to the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture sector as well as to maintain grid discipline.

Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar today released a book titled “Devdhara: Himachal Pradesh” written byDr Rachna Gupta, a member of the Public Service Commission, and published by the National Book Trust.

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He said that the book would act as a ready reckoner not only for the people of Himachal but also for tourists, as it narrates the HISTORY of all 12 districts and informs about all sectors since the inception of the state in 1971.

The Governor said that the book would pave the way for the readers to learn, research, and explore information about Himachal. He emphasised on the need to developing the habit of reading books and making it a campaign, as books build character.

Chief Secretary Ram Subag Singh said that the details of development of Himachal in the past 50 years in various sectors had been incorporated in the book. It also mentions the Simla Agreement, visits of Mahatma Gandhi, right to vote for Women, and the struggle for becoming an independent state.

In a major boost to the air connectivity sector in the Himalayan state, a new terminal building at Jolly Grant Airport inDehradunis scheduled to be inaugurated on Friday by Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia along with chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.

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Besides, the state is all set to make a significant Growth in chopper Services with the introduction of the facility to several prominent hill areas.

The state will start chopper service from Dehradun to Haldwani, Gauchar, Pithoragarh and Chinalisaur. The chopper to Gauchar and Chinalisaur would fly from Sahastradhara.

The Times Water Conclave (TWC), held under The Times of Indias Make Uttar Pradesh a water positive state initiative in Kashi, brought academicians, students, industrialists, businessmen, engineers and officials of different government departments as well as lawmakers under one roof on Wednesday to discuss how the situation is turning alarming due to excess exploitation of ground water, pollution in rivers and other water sources as well as the positive impact of remedial actions and initiatives during special sessions by experts.

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The TWC was organised in association with the Uttar Pradesh government to focus on water quality, its conservation and supply, highlight the work done in the state in this area and to discuss the way forward. Through this summit, TOI tried to connect and bring the best minds and decision-makers together at one single platform and make a long-term sustainable water roadmap for the state.

The Information Technology and e-Governance department has prepared a proposal for setting up cyber forensic laboratories in at least six of 24 districts in Jharkhand to combat cybercrimes and track down perpetrators of crimes against women committed with the use of cyberspace, officials said.

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These labs will be used for conducting forensic tests on various electronic gadgets such as mobile phones and computers recovered by the Police from crime scenes and help the law enforcement agency solve cybercrimes as well as crimes of other nature, officials said.

According to a source from the IT and e-Governance department, the labs will come up at Deoghar, Jamshedpur, Jamtara, Palamu, Giridih and Dhanbad. The department, according to sources, will also sign an MoU with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), an organisation involved in research and development works in the field of information technology.

Chief minister (CM)Nitish Kumar said the state government has decided to open model residential schools for students belonging to the scheduled caste (SC) and scheduled tribe (ST) families in every block that has 50,000 and more population of these groups.The CM asked the officials concerned to identify the land in the blocks concerned for the construction of the model residential schools. The state has 534 blocks. He also asked them to identify the main features that could be included in these schools, besides the kind of facilities that would be required.Nitish said this during the review of the progarmmes, schemes and activities taken up by the SC and ST welfare department for the uplift of these sections.

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The CM said the 15kg of food grain being supplied per student per month at the SC/ST welfare hostels should be continued. He also directed them to ensure that the old SC/ST hostel buildings are renovated and converted into new ones.

The CM said the implementation of the Scholarship and merit-cum-POVERTY scholarships should be regularly monitored to ensure that it is executed with transparency to provide benefits to the SC/ST students. Further, the monetary incentive schemes for them should also be implemented, he said.

Union finance minister NirmalaSitharaman denied that the Centre was discriminating againstChhattisgarhin funds allocation, saying that the state is lagging in implementing centrally sponsored schemes as it is unable to raise matching grants.

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More than Rs 3,000 crore has been transferred in the accounts of 34 lakh farmers of Chhattisgarh under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme and bank accounts were opened for 86 lakh Women under Jan Dhan Yojana, Sitharaman said, adding that over 6 lakh people of Chhattisgarh are beneficiaries of PM Mudra Yojana.

On the occasion, PM also distributed e-property cards to 1,71,000 beneficiaries under the SVAMITVA scheme.

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stands for Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas. It is a central sector scheme. It is implemented by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. The scheme is implemented with the aim of providing property rights to residents across rural areas. The scheme will also make way to use property as a financial asset by villagers to take loans and other financial benefits in urban areas. It also aims to demarcate inhabited lands in rural areas using latest surveying drone-technology. Thus, the scheme also boosts the ecosystem of drone manufacturing in India.

TheGujaratgovernment has passed a resolution granting the benefit of 4% reservation in government jobs for people withdisabilities. Following the state government implementing the policy, the Gujarat high court on Thursday disposed a PIL demanding 4% quota for the physically challenged people.

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Petitioner, the National Federation of the Blind, had sought HCs directions to the state authorities for calling for the records relating to the maintenance of roster for giving effect to 3% reservation forpersons with disabilitiesin terms of the Persons With Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights And Full Participation) Act, 1995 and the Supreme Courts judgment, and about the 2016 amendment that included 1% quota for persons suffering from blindness and low vision. The details have been sought since 1996. The demand has been made to quash recruitments in which the rule of 4% quota has not been followed.