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14 Jul

PM to virtually inaugurate slew of projects in Gujarat on July 16

editor0 CommentsIndiagujrat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be virtually present on July 16 to inaugurate a host of developmental projects in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. There are some new developmental projects and works which await inauguration/public dedication — some railway projects, new attractions at the Gujarat Science City and the newly developed Railway station at Gandhinagar and adjoining hotel. On July 16, the Prime Minister will virtually inaugurate the redeveloped Gandhinagar Railway Station and a 318 room five star hotel atop the railway station. He will also flag off the superfast weekly Gandhinagar-Varanasi train and the Baretha MEMU train. Besides that, the…

14 Jul

Rajasthan reports 11 cases of Kappa variant of Covid-19

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, Health, IndiaCovid-19, rajasthan

Eleven cases of the new Kappa variant of COVID-19 have been detected in Rajasthan, Health Minister Raghu Sharma said on Tuesday. Of these, four cases each are from Alwar and Jaipur, two from Barmer and one is from Bhilwara, he said. The minister said reports of nine samples have been received from Delhi and two from the Sawai Mansingh (SMS) Hospital. The Kappa variant is a moderate form of the coronavirus as compared to its delta variant, Sharma said. On Monday, Rajasthan reported 33 new Covid-19 cases which pushed the state's infection tally to 9,53,159.The death toll from the pandemic…

13 Jul

Southwest Monsoon covers entire country after delay of 5 days

editor0 CommentsIndiamonsoon, Southwest

Monsoon finally advanced into the national Capital on Tuesday, 16 days behind the normal schedule of June 27. With advancement into remaining parts of the country including Delhi, the remaining parts of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan, the southwest monsoon has covered the entire country as on Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department said. The normal date for monsoon covering the entire country was July 8 but it was delayed by five days due to weather conditions. IMD’s May 31 forecast for early Monsoon onset over Kerala raised hopes of fast advance across the country. But the Met department revised…

13 Jul

1st COVID-19 Patient of India Tests Positive again for the Coronavirus

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, Health, IndiaCorona Virus, Kerala

Today in Kerala's Thrissur health authorities said that the woman who was tested positive for corona virus has tested positive again. she told to the press she tested for corona virus as she was prepared to go to New Delhi for study purposes. Then the test came out as positive. The woman is currently at home and she is good. It was on January 30, 2020 the third year medical student from Wuhan university tested positive for COVID-19, becoming India's first COVID-19 patient, and after that she had returned home following semester holidays. After nearly three weeks of treatment at…

13 Jul

Power demand in India expected to grow 6 pc in FY22: Icra

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaICRA

Demand for electricity in India is expected to grow 6 per cent in 2021-22 as compared to the previous fiscal year, rating agency Icra said on Tuesday. It has also estimated power generation capacity addition at 17- 18 GW for the ongoing fiscal year. “ICRA Ratings has estimated the all India electricity demand growth at 6.0 per cent for FY2022 on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, considering the favourable base effect, relatively lesser impact of the second wave on electricity demand and the pick-up in the vaccination programme,” an Icra statement said. The electricity demand slowed down during the first two…

13 Jul

Reliance Industries invests into 10,000 equity shares of RNESL

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaReliance Industries

Reliance Industries Ltd said on Monday that it has invested Rs 1 lakh in cash in 10,000 equity shares of its newly incorporated subsidiary Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd (RNESL). RIL noted that RNESL is yet to commence its business operations. RNESL has been incorporated to undertake activities relating to solar energy, the company said in a regulatory filing. “It is hereby informed that the company has invested Rs 1,00,000 in cash in 10,000 equity shares of Rs 10 each of ‘Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd’ (RNESL), a newly incorporated wholly-owned subsidiary,” it said. The filing added that the investment…

13 Jul

Jaigaon police arrest two with brown sugar

editor0 CommentsIndia, North Bengal, North East, West Bengalcrime, North Bengal

The Jaigaon police arrested two people with brown Sugar. The arrested accused have been identified as Rakesh Prasad and Bishal Sharma. They were produced at the court today. The OC of Jaigaon Police Station Abhishek Bhattacharya said that the police, acting on a tip-off, arrested the duo with 50 grams of brown sugar with an estimated market value of Rs 1.5 lakh. Police are investigating whether anyone else is involved in the incident.

13 Jul

PM Modi to chair Covid-19 review meet today with chief ministers of northeast states

editor0 CommentsIndia, North EastNORTHEAST, PM Modi

PM Narendra Modi will interact with Chief Ministers of Assam, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram at 11 am today via video conferencing. He will talk to the CMs about the COVID-19 situation in these states.The proposed meeting follows Union cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba's interaction with the officials of the northeastern states' home departments last Wednesday amid concerns over rising cases of coronavirus infection in the region. The northeastern states have witnessed a recent spike in Covid-19 cases, despite a decrease in the number of cases across India. The central government had rushed multi-disciplinary expert teams to…

12 Jul

India reports over 37K new Covid cases, recoveries cross 3 crore-mark

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India recorded 37,154 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours and 724 deaths, said the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Monday, adding that the total recovery from the virus also crossed the three crore-mark. This is the 34th consecutive day when India reported less than one lakh new coronavirus cases. The active cases have now come down below 5 lakh. The country has 4,50,899 active cases presently and has witnessed a total of 4,08,764 deaths so far. According to the Union Health Ministry, a total of 39,649 people have been discharged in the last 24 hours, taking…

10 Jul

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announces Rs 352 crore Covid package for 32 lakh MGNREGA workers

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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday (July 9) disbursed a Rs 352 crore package for 32 lakh workers engaged under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the state from April to June. The financial package was a part of the Odisha government’s special COVID-19 package of Rs 1,690 crore for the poor. Each of the 32 lakh workers was given an extra amount of Rs 50 per day in addition to their wages, under the MGNREGA. The state paid an additional amount of up to Rs 4,500 for three months to the workers, ANI reported.…