State Health minister Anil Vij said black fungus has now been declared a notified disease inHaryana.
The decision came after over 40 cases of black fungus were found in Covid patients inGurugram, Karnal, Fatehabad and other districts of the state.
PGIMS-Rohtak and a tertiary care hospital of Gurugram were the first ones to report cases of black fungus in Haryana.
Despite vaccination being considered the most effective way of suppressing the spread of Covid-19, in Punjab, the ratio of people who have been inoculated is lesser than the infection rate. This has been stated in the Ecowrap report of the https://exam.pscnotes.com/state-bank-of-india”>State Bank Of India.
Against the national Average of 4.3, Punjab has an injection to infection ratio of 4. The neighbouring states ofHimachal Pradeshand Haryana have fared much better. Haryana is at par with the national average while the hill state of Himachal has injection to infection ratio of 8.
With senior citizens accounting for 10.3% of the states total Population of 27,743,338, Punjab is among the top five states in the country Kerala (12.6%), Goa (11.2%), Tamil Nadu (10.4%) and HP (10.2%) having higher proportion of older population than the national average of 8.6%.
Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited has come up with an innovative trust-based billing system for its domestic and commercial consumers with a load up to 20kw.
HPSEBL employees have been demanding the status of frontline workers as they are out in the field to ensure uninterrupted power supply. The government, however, has not acceded to their demand yet. The employees also regretted the fact that they have not been given priority for vaccination like bus drivers, Conductors and depot holders.
The state higher Education department is planning to bring online education on a single platform for colleges. Officials said a project is on the anvil which will help thousands of students enrolled in -run degree colleges and universities across the state access online classes on a single platform. According to state higher education minister Dhan Singh Rawat, the decision has been taken to make sure that the quality of education doesnt get compromised and students are well prepared for their semester exams. He further said that the students should not get complacent and continue with their exam preparation.
Adani Green EnergyLimited (AGEL) announced commissioning of 50 MW solar powerplantinChitrakoot.
The plant, Adani Chitrakoot One Limited, has a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) withUttar Pradesh Power Corporationlimited at Rs. 3.07/KWh.. With this commissioning AGELs total operational renewable capacity grows to 3,520 MW.
The company said that the plant will be connected to its state-of-the-art energy Network operation centre (ENOC) that continuously monitors and analyses performance of 80+ solar and wind Plants across diverse locations in India. With this, AGEL has an operational solar generation capacity of over 3 GW.
The CM said that under this program, Birsa Jeevan Aayush Kit will be made available to the Coronavirus infected patients. The Birsa Jeevan Aayush Kit will have immunity booster medicines to increase immunity, which will be useful in quick recovery of coronavirus infected patients. This kit will also be delivered to the homes of patients living in Home isolation. Under this programme, medicines will also be given to the relatives of corona infected patients who have come in contact with them. Besides, medicines will also be given to all the frontline workers working for control of Covid-19. The CM said that this kit of medicines will be made available to the infected patients in all the districts of the State. On the occasion, the Chief Minister flagged off three vehicles plying under Birsa Jeevan Ayush Programme.
In the wake of the Centre allowing the states to buy Covid Vaccines directly from the manufacturers, the Bihar government has decided to procure Covishield from Serum Institute of India (SII), Pune, for vaccinating people above the age of 18 from May 1. CM Nitish Kumar has already announced that free Covid vaccines for everyone above 18.
Altogether 5.46crore people in the 18-44 age group have been identified for vaccination in the next phase starting May 1. As SII has announced its rates for procurement by states, we have decided to place our first order ahead of the commencement of vaccination of people above the age of 18.
the Centre announced its strategy for phase-3 of vaccination against Covid, which included inoculation of everyone above 18. It stated that vaccine manufacturers would supply 50% of their monthly production to the central government and they would be free to supply the remaining 50% to the state governments and in the open market (private hospitals). Manufacturers have also been asked to declare their prices for the supply to state governments and open markets.
SII announced that it will charge Rs400 per dose for Covishield from the state and Rs600 per dose from private hospitals from May 1, when open for all adults.
With surge in recovery rate to 82.5%,Chhattisgarhgovernment claimed that in past some days93,476 people have recovered against reported 92,240 positive cases in state. Among them, 6,721 recovered from Covid hospitals and Covid care centres and 86,755 from Home isolation. A total of 93 percent ofpatientsrecovered from home isolation.
Additional medical Oxygen is also being supplied to other states to help the needy patients.
Explaining steady decline medical oxygen in Chhattisgarh due to better conditions ofCoronainfection and treatment.
The institute initially received an application for an electric tractor under a Confidential test.
Therefore, the Institute tested the tractor and issued a draft test report in February 2021.
Compared to other types of tractors, an electric tractor would be more environmentally friendly.
High price and stricter restrictions imposed territorially to contain the spread ofCovidinfections have hurtgold demand. The import of gold in April fell by 50.7%, settling at 3.54 metric tonnes (MT) against 7.19MT in March, according to the data issued by the Ahmedabad Air Cargo Complex.
With demand taking a hit on retail counters,jewellershave reduced purchases. Moreover, the last fortnight of April saw a partial lockdown or self-imposed shutdowns which also affected retail demand.