Taking note of contamination of drinking water in 86 schools of Ludhiana district, the (NGT) has ordered the Punjab government to take remedial action to prevent Water Pollution.
The NGT directed the states chief secretary to coordinate with other departments concerned, ascertain causes of contamination and take remedial action in the interest of public Health. A meeting with departments concerned for the purpose may be held within a month and action taken as decided, says the NGT order.
Himachal Pradesh Police has launched the Veerangna on Wheels programme, under which woman police personnel in all 135 police stations of the state have been provided with two-wheelers to respond to calls about crimes against Women.
Under the programme, initiated as part of the Nirbhaya scheme, women help desks have been set up in all 135 police stations. On the occasion of Himachal Pradesh Day, chief minister Jai Ram Thakur flagged off 135 dedicated two-wheelers for these women help desks.
The on Wednesday launched the Doctor at your doorstep service in order to enable access to doctors advice to people living in remote areas.
A communique from the CMs office said that the objective of the service is to enable patients in Home isolation to consult doctors. Secretary Health Amit Negi said that due to the pandemic, OPD Services in many hospitals had been affected which is why the service had been started.
Claiming that there is no shortage of Oxygen in the state, the UP government on Monday said it has acquired 750 tons of oxygen from the Centre on Monday. Other than this, 81 units across the state are producing more than 900 tons of oxygen per day.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath said, he has asked all hospitals with 100 beds or more to set up their own oxygen Plants. This would reduce their dependency on liquid oxygen to a great extent, said a government spokesperson. The CM said that a plan should be prepared to implement this in existing hospitals and all hospitals which come in future should have this facility. MLA funds can be used for this purpose, he said.
He directed the authorities concerned to assess the states current and future demand for oxygen before it approached the Centre. This would help ensure that there is no shortage of oxygen. The food safety and drug administration departments control room should be in touch with all the districts on a regular basis and find out whether they need medicines and oxygen.
As per figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM), Ranchi accounts for 41 of the 82 Covid casualties reported in the state in the past one month. On the other hand, East Singhbhum, which continues to top among Jharkhand districts in terms of Covid casualties, has reported only seven Covid fatalities since March 10, reveals NHM data.
As per NHM data, Ranchi reported 7,017 of the 14,279 fresh Covid cases in Jharkhand since March 10. In totality, the district accounts for 40,407 of the 1,34,715 cases of Covid infection reported in Jharkhand so far. The figures indicate that Ranchi has reported 49 per cent of cases in the past one month and only 29 per cent of the total cases reported in Jharkhand so far.
As per figures with the NHM, Ranchi accounts for 290 of the 1175 Covid casualties about 24 per cent in Jharkhand so far.
With the sharp rise in Covid-19 cases in Bihar, the number of flyers to other cities from Patna has dipped by 63% in the last two weeks. But the number of passengers flying to Patna has increased by 36.7%.
As per the data shared by Authority of India-Patna, the city airport had 9,133 footfalls on Monday, of which 6,777 arrived and 2,356 departed to other states. Almost two weeks ago on April 5, 11,762 passengers travelled to and from Patna airport, including 6,451 departures and 5,311 arrivals.
Get a jab of vaccination and take away tomatoes (Teeke ke badle Tamatar), says the of Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district in order to encourage maximum people get the preventive doses for coronavirus.
Almost like a barter system, the locals take their packet of tomatoes for free after getting vaccinated. Amid different sorts of reservation among rural and tribal Population against the effects of vaccination, this idea of distributing free tomatoes is attracting many people encouraging them to get the life saving jab.
The art lovers can get information about rare art pieces and work through Artma Gyan, an art initiative by Kalaa Kabab aur Kisse.
The Artma Gyan tells about art works from ancient times. Some information like the lips in the painting Mona Lisa have always been at spotlight for the mystery it holds. It was in Paris, at Louvre Museum where the experts verified that Leonardo Da Vinci took 12 years just to paint Mona Lisa’s lips.
Kalaa Kebab aur Kisse is a customised digital platform for artists which empathise with the artist and empower the art that the artist creates. This whole platform started during the lockdown and artists who were trapped inside their Home realised that there is a need for a platform where artists from across the globe can talk about their journey and also showcase their art. It is an inclusive platform for every artist.
In wake of acute shortage of hospital beds and ever growing queues outside designated hospitals following a record spike in Covid-19 cases, Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani announced on Tuesday night that all hospitals, private clinics and Nursing homes can now admit and treat Covid-19 patients without obtaining any prior nod from the government. The hospitals, clinics and nursing homes will only have to inform the respective district or authority.
This decision was taken at the core committee meeting chaired by the CM, who said that although more than 78,000 beds have been made available for Covid-19 patients, spiralling cases are stretching available Resources.
Chief minister Ashok Gehlot demanded free vaccination for all. He said while the gives free vaccine to people above 45 years, charging the young Population will be discriminatory.
In a series of tweets, the chief minister said after continuous demands by the Congress and the states, the central government has decided to vaccinate people above the age of 18 years, which we welcome.
The central government should also announce the roll out of free vaccine to youth above 18 years of age. If there is no free vaccine, there will be resentment among the youth towards the central government.