Tag: Districts
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Odisha: Three districts become COVID-free
The State now has 419 active cases while three districts- Kalahandi, Keonjhar and Puri- have turned Coronavirus-free with no active case, said health officials.
March 28, 2022 -
Andhra Pradesh approves creation of 13 new districts
Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has named the NTR District as he announced during his padayatra. NTR was the founder of the Telugu Desam Party and a former Chief Minister for Andhra Pradesh.
January 26, 2022 -
Centre alerts states as Covid surges in 27 districts
"With the recent trend of sustained and overall decline in Covid-19 cases in the country, we are critically placed in our fight against the pandemic. Eight districts in three states have been reporting more than 10 per cent positivity rates in the past two weeks. As many as 19 districts in seven states and union territories (UTs) have been reporting positivity rates between 5 per cent and 10 per cent in the past two weeks. Thus, these 27 districts need to be monitored closely," Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan wrote in his letter to the states.
December 11, 2021 -
Odisha: Centre concerned over sharp spike in COVID-19 cases in seven districts
Dhenkanal witnessed an exponential spike in infection in a week's period. The district logged 9 cases between November 20 and November 26 in a week’s period while it climbed to 69 cases between November 27 and December 3, which is a 666.7 percent increase in the rate of infection.
December 5, 2021 -
West Bengal Police to set up dog squads in all districts
The state police directorate has sent a proposal to the state secretariat for purchasing an additional 216 dogs for detecting criminals, drugs and explosives.
November 7, 2021 -
PM to chair meeting with 40 ‘low-vax’ districts on 3 Nov
Districts of Jharkhand, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, and other states will participate with representation from the chief ministers.
October 31, 2021 -
Micro containment zones back in districts
Micro containment zones have returned in Howrah, North 24 Parganas, West Midnapore, East Burdwan, Jalpaiguri, Bankura, Cooch Behar, Hooghly and Jhargram.
October 26, 2021 -
BHEL enters into CSR partnership with National Society for Childhood Cancer CANKIDS KIDSCAN to achieve access to care for children
India accounts for more than 25% of the world’s childhood cancer. Yet we have Poor Access2Care ratio.
October 25, 2021 -
Geologists to investigate series of quakes in K’taka districts
Scientists from the National Centre for Seismology, National Geophysical Research Institute, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, Geological Survey of India, Scientific and Industrial Research Partishat, state Mining and geology department and the KSNDMC will visit Gadikeshwara village on 8 November for two days.
October 15, 2021 -
Bihar’s districts in darkness for more than 10 hrs
Bihar Chamber of Commerce and Industries claims that lower supply has not affected industries in the state. The officials believe that the majority of the units are closed due to Durga Puja.
October 13, 2021 -
13 districts in K’taka record zero Covid deaths in 7 days
The districts of Ballary, Bidar, Chamarajanagar, Chikkaballapur, Chikkamagalur, Kalaburgi, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Raichur, Udupi, Vijayapura and Yadgir reported no Covid deaths for seven days.
October 7, 2021 -
Bihar panchayat elections’ 2nd phase underway in 34 districts
The second phase Panchayat election is currently underway in 48 blocks of 34 districts of Bihar with 71,467 candidates including 40,169 women candidates in the fray. They were contesting for 23,161 posts under the 6 categories
September 29, 2021 -
Viral flu cases of children in 12 Karnataka districts on rise
The children showing symptoms of cold, cough, fever, and breathing issues are getting admitted to hospitals for the past 15 days in the state.
September 17, 2021 -
7433 bunkers built in 5 border districts of Jammu to protect residents from Pakistani shelling
Of the total 1320 bunkers (1200 individual and 120 community) in Jammu district 1098 bunkers (994 individual &104 community) have been completed so far.
August 19, 2020 -
J-K municipal polls: Over 35% turnout in Bandipora | 69-86% in 6 Jammu districts
The South Kashmir district of Anantnag and Srinagar registered poor percentage of 1 and 1.8 percent, respectively, till 2 pm. Police said that the polling went smoothly.
October 10, 2018 -
By end of 2018, 700 districts will have a PMKK each: Dharmendra Pradhan
Union Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan shared the milestones achieved under Skill India towards creating a ‘job-ready’ workforce to fuel India’s economic growth engine.
June 7, 2018 -
All 13 traffic courts abolished in Delhi
All the 13 traffic courts, which have a pendency of over 55,000 cases in the national capital, have been abolished by the Delhi High Court with effect from 11 September. These pending traffic rule violation cases would now be taken up as regular matters by regular magisterial courts. Court sources said the decision was taken …
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September 10, 2017