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  • Closure warning for 1,800 well being centres in Bihar over waste disposal lapses

    By PTI

    PATNA:  The Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) mentioned on Tuesday that it was issuing notices to 1,800 healthcare centres within the state, which have did not adjust to the norms laid down for bio-medical waste disposal, warning them of closure.

    Ashok Kumar Ghosh, the chairman of the BSPCB, mentioned these centres, in six districts of the state, have been being served a “proposed closure direction” with a 15-day window to make sure abidance of the foundations set for the disposal.

    “If these 1800 well being care amenities or facilities fail to stick to the norms pertaining to scientific storage, transportation and remedy of medical waste at Common Bio-medical Waste Treatment Facilities (CBWTF) within the state inside 15 days, the BSPCB will order their closure.

    “The board will also request the power distribution companies to cut off electricity supply to these healthcare units under such circumstances,” Ghosh advised PTI.

    Patna has the utmost variety of erring well being care models, he mentioned, including that different districts the place guidelines have been being flouted are Bhojpur, Buxar, Nalanda, Rohtas and Kaimur.

    The board was compelled to take this ‘harsh step’ because the medical centres, regardless of repeated reminders, didn’t make amends, Ghosh acknowledged.

    “District Magistrates (DMs) concerned have been given intimation about the notices being sent to these erring medical centers in their respective districts, said the board chairman. BSPCB scientist Dr Naveen Kumar said non-compliance of waste disposal rules could pose serious threat to human and environmental health. All medical establishments in the state are required to comply with bio-medical waste management rules, 2016. Non-adherence to the rules is a serious offence,” Kumar advised PTI.

    A CBWTF is a arrange the place biomedical waste from well being care amenities is imparted crucial remedy to cut back adversarial results that it might pose on human well being and surroundings, the scientist defined.

    “The board has time and again instructed hospitals, nursing homes and other medical establishments across the state to get their biomedical waste treated at authorised CBWTFs in Patna, Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur and Gaya.”

    “These CBWTFs send their vehicles to health centers for collection of waste which is then disposed of at designated sites following rules. Some health centers, however, ignore these norms and dispose of biomedical wastes at public places, endangering lives of people,” he added.

    PATNA:  The Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) mentioned on Tuesday that it was issuing notices to 1,800 healthcare centres within the state, which have did not adjust to the norms laid down for bio-medical waste disposal, warning them of closure.

    Ashok Kumar Ghosh, the chairman of the BSPCB, mentioned these centres, in six districts of the state, have been being served a “proposed closure direction” with a 15-day window to make sure abidance of the foundations set for the disposal.

    “If these 1800 well being care amenities or facilities fail to stick to the norms pertaining to scientific storage, transportation and remedy of medical waste at Common Bio-medical Waste Treatment Facilities (CBWTF) within the state inside 15 days, the BSPCB will order their closure.

    “The board will also request the power distribution companies to cut off electricity supply to these healthcare units under such circumstances,” Ghosh advised PTI.

    Patna has the utmost variety of erring well being care models, he mentioned, including that different districts the place guidelines have been being flouted are Bhojpur, Buxar, Nalanda, Rohtas and Kaimur.

    The board was compelled to take this ‘harsh step’ because the medical centres, regardless of repeated reminders, didn’t make amends, Ghosh acknowledged.

    “District Magistrates (DMs) concerned have been given intimation about the notices being sent to these erring medical centers in their respective districts, said the board chairman. BSPCB scientist Dr Naveen Kumar said non-compliance of waste disposal rules could pose serious threat to human and environmental health. All medical establishments in the state are required to comply with bio-medical waste management rules, 2016. Non-adherence to the rules is a serious offence,” Kumar advised PTI.

    A CBWTF is a arrange the place biomedical waste from well being care amenities is imparted crucial remedy to cut back adversarial results that it might pose on human well being and surroundings, the scientist defined.

    “The board has time and again instructed hospitals, nursing homes and other medical establishments across the state to get their biomedical waste treated at authorised CBWTFs in Patna, Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur and Gaya.”

    “These CBWTFs send their vehicles to health centers for collection of waste which is then disposed of at designated sites following rules. Some health centers, however, ignore these norms and dispose of biomedical wastes at public places, endangering lives of people,” he added.

  • Bank fraud: CBI books S Kumars’ promoters, searches 13 places

    The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday searched 13 places in Maharashtra, Gujarat and West Bengal of the promoters and administrators of S Kumars Nationwide Ltd (SKNL), in reference to a financial institution fraud of Rs 1,245 crore.

    In a press release, the CBI stated it has registered an FIR in opposition to SKNL and 14 others, together with its promoter Nitin Kasliwal and a number of other different administrators together with Vijay Kalantri following a criticism from IDBI Bank Ltd.

    As per the CBI, the criticism alleged that “SKNL and its promoters and directors in conspiracy with others committed fraud by availing various credit/ loan facilities from a consortium of banks and misusing/diverting the bank funds during … 2012 to 2018”.

    The company stated SKNL has induced a lack of roughly Rs 1,245.15 crore to the consortium of lenders. Apart from IDBI Bank, the consortium contains Central Bank of India, The Jammu & Kashmir Bank Ltd, Punjab National Bank and Indian Bank.

    This will not be the primary CBI case in opposition to SKNL and its promoters. Last July, it registered a case in opposition to the corporate for allegedly
    defrauding Union Bank of India for Rs 160 crore. SKNL and its subsidiaries have come underneath the scanner of a number of investigating companies, together with the Serious Fraud Investigation Office.

  • National capital recorded fewer crimes in opposition to ladies in 2020 than in 2019: Delhi Police

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    Crimes in opposition to ladies declined considerably within the nationwide capital in 2020 and the speed of fixing such circumstances went up compared with 2019, Delhi Police mentioned on Friday Compared with 2019, rape circumstances in Delhi fell by 21.63 % in 2020, these of molestation by 25.16 per cent and insult to modesty of ladies by 12.32 per cent, the police mentioned.
    In 2020, 1,699 rape circumstances had been reported within the metropolis, down from 2,168 in 2019. A complete of two,186 circumstances of molestation of ladies had been reported in 2020, as in opposition to 2,921 in 2019, they mentioned.
    The variety of circumstances of kidnapping and abduction of ladies within the metropolis final 12 months stood at 2,938. The determine was 3,672 in 2019. There was a dip in circumstances of insult to the modesty of ladies and people beneath the POCSO Act, the police mentioned.
    The price of fixing such circumstances additionally elevated in 2020, apart from these associated to kidnapping and abduction of ladies which was seven per cent decrease compared with 2019, they mentioned.
    Giving additional particulars, the police mentioned that in 98 per cent of rape circumstances recorded within the metropolis in 2020, the accused had been recognized to the victims. In 44 per cent of such circumstances, the accused was amongst household and associates. In 12 per cent of such circumstances, the accused turned out to be neighbours, relations in 14 per cent of the circumstances and employer or co-worker in two per cent of the circumstances. In 26 per cent of the circumstances, the accused had been different recognized individuals, the police mentioned.

    Only in two per cent of the entire rapes circumstances, the accused had been strangers, they added.
    The involvement of strangers was 2.20 per cent in 2019, the police mentioned.
    In 381 circumstances, the accused had been live-in companions or refused to marry, they mentioned.
    Delhi Police mentioned it has recognized hotspots throughout the town and constantly patrols them to curb crimes in opposition to ladies.
    Bindapur, Dwarka South, New Usmanpur, Sultanpuri, Prem Nagar, Laxmi Nagar, Govind Puri and Khajuri Khas are among the many most affected police stations, they mentioned.
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  • 1,000 COVID vaccine doses discovered frozen in Assam medical faculty, probe on

    Image Source : FILE/PTI 1,000 COVID vaccine doses discovered frozen in Assam medical faculty
    As many as 1,000 COVID vaccine doses have been discovered frozen within the vaccine retailer of the Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH) in Assam. Meanwhile, a probe has been ordered to analyse the explanation for the 100 vials of Covishield, containing 1000 doses, being frozen. 

    As per the rules of the Pune-based Serum Institute of India, producer of Covishield within the nation, the vaccine must be stored at a temperature between 2-8 levels celsius. Under Assam’s chilly chain system, the vaccines are being transported and stored saved in Ice-Lined Refrigerators (ILRs) as specified by the Universal Immunisation Programme for transporting and storing any vaccines. 

    The well being division has issued show-cause discover in opposition to in-charge Dr. PK Roy. 

    “Special department was assigned this task. No other such incident has taken place in the state but what happened in Silchar is being probed, and also how 1,000 doses were sent to a centre,” a National Health Mission official mentioned. 

    Assam acquired each Covishield and Covaxin. Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech is producer of India’s first indigenous vaccine Covaxin whereas Covishield was developed by Oxford University and pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca and manufactured by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India.

     
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  • 2020 was eighth warmest 12 months since 1901: IMD

    Image Source : PTI 2020 was eighth warmest 12 months since 1901: IMD
    The 12 months 2020 was the eight warmest since 1901 but it surely was “substantially lower” than the very best warming noticed in 2016, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated on Monday.
    “During the 12 months, annual imply land floor air temperature averaged over the nation was 0.29 diploma Celsius above regular (based mostly on the info of 1981-2010),” the IMD stated in a press release on Climate of India throughout 2020.

    “The 12 months 2020 was the eighth warmest 12 months on file since nation-wide data commenced in 1901. However, that is considerably decrease than the very best warming noticed over India throughout 2016 (+0.71 diploma Celsius),” it stated.
    The 5 warmest years on file so as had been: 2016 (+ 0.71 diploma C), 2009 (+0.55 diploma C), 2017 (+0.541 diploma C), 2010 (+0.539 levels C), and 2015 (+0.42 diploma C).
    Twelve out of the 15 warmest years since 1901 had been over the past 15 years — between 2006 and 2020, based on the IMD knowledge.
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  • India’s COVID-19 tally reaches 1,02,24,303 with 16,432 new instances

    With 16,432 new COVID-19 instances within the final 24 hours, India has reported a complete of 1,02,24,303 instances thus far, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) knowledgeable on Tuesday.

    As many as 24,900 recoveries and 252 deaths have been reported within the final 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry.

    The whole variety of lively instances stands at 2,68,581 whereas the full recoveries are at 98,07,569.

    Meanwhile, a complete of 16,98,01,749 samples examined for COVID19 as much as December 28. Of these, 9,83,695 samples had been examined yesterday, in accordance with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Tuesday.

  • India’s COVID-19 tally reaches 1,02,07,871 with 20,021 new circumstances

     India has reported 20,021 new COVID-19 circumstances within the final 24 hours, taking the whole variety of coronavirus circumstances within the nation to 1,02,07,871, in line with the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)

    As many as 21,131 recoveries and 279 deaths have been reported within the final 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry.

    The complete variety of energetic circumstances stands at 2,77,301 whereas complete recoveries are at 97,82,669 and the cumulative demise toll stands at 1,47,901.

    Maharashtra has reported 60,347 energetic COVID-19 circumstances whereas Kerala has reported 65,344 energetic circumstances.

    Delhi had reported 6,713 energetic COVID-19 circumstances, 6,05,685 recoveries and 10,453 fatalities.

    A complete of 16,88,18,054 samples have been examined for COVID-19 as much as December 27. Of these, 7,15,397 samples had been examined yesterday, in line with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

  • India’s tally reaches 1,01,87,850 with 18,732 new COVID-19 instances

    With 18,732 new COVID-19 infections reported within the final 24 hours, India’s whole instances rise to 1,01,87,850, in accordance with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).

    With 279 deaths throughout the identical interval, the toll mounts to 1,47,622, in accordance with the Health Ministry.

    The whole variety of energetic instances is at 2,78,690 whereas the full discharged instances are at 97,61,538 with 21,430 new discharges within the final 24 hours.

    Maharashtra has 59,223 energetic instances whereas Kerala has 63,927 energetic COVID-19 instances, in accordance with the Health Ministry.

    Delhi has 6,911 energetic instances, with 6,04,746 recoveries and 10,437 deaths.Meanwhile, a complete of 16,81,02,657 samples have been examined for COVID-19 as much as December 26. Of these, 9,43,368 samples have been examined yesterday, in accordance with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

  • India’s COVID-19 tally reaches 1,00,55,560 cases with 24,337 new cases

    With 24,337 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 count has reached 1,00,55,560 cases, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) on Monday.

    According to the Union Health Ministry, there are 3,03,639 active cases in the country and so far 1,45,810 people have died. Besides, as many as 96,06,111 cases have been cured/discharged/migrated.

    The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said 16,20,98,329 samples tested for COVID-19 up to December 20. Of these, 9,00,134 samples were tested on Sunday.

    The Union Health Ministry on Monday said that India has one of the lowest deaths per million population globally.

    “India has one of the lowest deaths/million population globally (105.4). Focussed measures including targeted testing, early identification, timely isolation and prompt hospitalization and Standard Treatment Protocol have ensured that daily fatalities are under 400,” Health Ministry tweeted.

    Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has said that the worst is over concerning coronavirus in the country but people still need to follow covid appropriate behaviour to stay safe.

    At a personal level, I think that the worst is over concerning the Covid-19 situation. I have been following this situation right from the time when we had our first case on January 30, 2020. Since then, I have watched everything from the closest of quarters with meticulous precision. If we look at the things in the last three-four months then things are in a declining phase,” Dr Vardhan told ANI in an exclusive interview.

  • Covid: three more deaths take state toll to over 1,000

    The Covid-19 death toll in Jharkhand rose to 1,004, with at least three new fatalities  – one each from Dumka, Palamu and Hazaribag – being reported over the past 24 hours, the state health department said. 

    Meanwhile, fresh cases of Covid-19 infection outnumbered recoveries on Wednesday. As per government data, as many as 190 people tested positive  on the day, while 180 patients recovered from the infection. 

    The Covid recovery rate in Jharkhand was 97.69 per cent against the national average of 95.20 per cent. 

    Only three districts – Ranchi, East Singhbhum and Bokaro– reported a double-digit-spike in cases of Covid-19 infection on the day. Ranchi reported 87 cases against 86 recoveries, while East Singhbhum reported 30 cases against 16 recoveries. At least 18 people were found infected in Bokaro, while 13 patients recovered from the infection there. 

    At least eight of 24 districts in Jharkhand did not report even a single case of Covid-19 infection over the past 24 hours, as per government data. 

    By the end of Wednesday, there were 759 active cases in Ranchi and 208 in East Singhbhum. All the remaining 22 districts had less than 100 active cases. At least 1,585 people were battling the viral infection in Jharkhand in the last 24 hours, stated the data.

    The government on Wednesday tested swab samples of 16,769 people and more than 1 per cent of them were found infected. So far, health workers have collected swab samples of 45.64 lakh people in Jharkhand and tested 45.51 lakh of them. Around 13,000 swab samples were pending for tests. 

    Despite the three fatalities reported in the past 24 hours, the Covid-19 mortality rate in Jharkhand remained 0.89 per cent against the national average of 1.50 per cent. 

    As per data, the growth rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 0.14 per cent against the national average of 0.24 per cent. The doubling rate of infection in Jharkhand was 484.16 days against the national average of 288.70 days.