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  • UP CM Yogi transfers Rs 87 cr to 21,562 beneficiaries of CM rural housing scheme

    Yogi Adityanath mentioned that the land on which a poor individual had made his/her hut ought to be transferred in his/her title if the land was undisputed and never in any reserved class and, if required, homes could possibly be in-built clusters in some districts.

    Speaking at a digital programme held at his official residence right here on Tuesday CM Yogi additionally mentioned {that a} marketing campaign ought to be launched to saturate all of the beneficiaries of the Prime Minister Awas Yojana and Chief Minister Housing Scheme with the advantages of the federal government schemes like bathroom, kitchen, electrical energy, Ayushman Bharat, and Jivan Jyoti schemes.

    The CM issued these instructions whereas transferring Rs 87 crore as the primary instalment within the accounts of the 21,562 beneficiaries of the Chief Minister Housing Scheme (Rural).

    These beneficiaries must also be related to self-employment programmes (goat, poultry, dairy, and so on.) as per the requirement. They must also be given the required coaching and likewise be facilitated in getting financial institution loans and likewise be motivated for self-employment,” he mentioned.

    Those current within the programme included Rural Development Minister Moti Singh and different senior officers.

    The CM additionally mentioned that the native administration ought to make sure that the beneficiaries used the cash in constructing homes and the poor acquired the bricks, cement and so on. at cheap costs.

    He mentioned nodal officers must also be appointed for weekly evaluation of the development of homes.

  • Cricket Australia Trolled For Hosting Match In SCG

    The India vs Australia third Test match is ready to be performed on the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) from January 7 onwards. Despite an increase in coronavirus instances in Sydney and the urgency expressed by the federal government there to take care of social distancing, Cricket Australia introduced on Tuesday, December 29 that the long-lasting venue will nonetheless be internet hosting the standard New Year Test match. Unsurprisingly, Cricket Australia’s determination was closely criticised by the Australian public, with many believing that the transfer would put spectators at risk of contracting the contagious illness.

    As per cricket.com.au, Cricket Australia shall be internet hosting the third India vs Australia 2020 Test match on the SCG. Earlier, the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) was positioned on standby to probably host the New Year Test, regardless of not too long ago internet hosting the Boxing Day Test match. Nick Hockley, Cricket Australia’s Interim CEO, expressed confidence that they are going to safely and efficiently host the remaining two Tests of what has been a “magnificent men’s international programme this summer”.

    Apparently, a majority of the cricket-loving Australian public has expressed their displeasure over the venue name. Several of them took to micro-blogging web site Twitter and criticised Cricket Australia for the choice. While some consider {that a} match on the SCG, even with 50 per cent capability, would put spectators in danger, others argued about heavy rains which are forecast to hit Sydney all through the scheduled 5 enjoying days. Here is a take a look at a few of the followers reacting to Cricket Australia’s name on the third India vs Australia 2020 Test match venue.

  • Stage prepared for Tuesday’s govt anniversary programme

    The Hemant Soren authorities is about to mark its one yr anniversary on Tuesday, December 29, by inaugurating initiatives price Rs 1,458.95 crore, laying basis stones of recent initiatives price Rs 1091.92 crore and saying 15 new schemes at an elaborate perform in Ranchi.

    The Morabadi stadium within the state capital will host the two-hour lengthy state-level occasion, the preparations of that are underway. The Chief Minister on Sunday visited the venue to take a inventory of the continued work. 

    “It will start at 12.30pm. The ground is being readied in accordance with Covid safety norms to ensure proper entry and exit, seating arrangements so that social distancing is maintained,” mentioned an official within the Ranchi district administration mentioned final week.

  • Vladimir Putin May Soon Receive Russian COVID-19 Vaccine Sputnik V: Kremlin

    Russian President Vladimir Putin will obtain the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine quickly, in response to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. Russian scientists have developed the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine and Putin had earlier backed the drug for mass use in his nation, following which vaccination drive in Moscow started this month. Peskov, whereas talking to state-owned Russia 1 TV, stated that Putin has determined to take the vaccine and is ready for the formalities to be accomplished. 

    Putin had given a inexperienced gentle to the Sputnik V vaccine again in August, making it the primary vaccine on the earth to get authorities approval. While approving the vaccine earlier this 12 months, Putin had claimed that even his daughter obtained a trial shot of the vaccine, which specialists stated was most likely to construct confidence relating to the protection of the drug. Many questions had been raised by the worldwide group relating to the protection of Sputnik V because of the lack of trial information supplied by Russia.

     Russia introduced to conduct a mass trial in October so as to keep off all of the considerations surrounding the vaccine. Then in December, Putin directed his authorities to begin a mass vaccination marketing campaign in Moscow, prioritising high-risk teams. Children, pregnant girls, individuals with pre-existing medical circumstances have been neglected of the programme because of the non-availability of knowledge to find out how the vaccine will react to them. 

  • Colombia Plans To Exclude Venezuelan Migrants From COVID-19 Vaccine Programme

    In a shocking move that has stunned public health experts, Colombian President Ivan Duque announced his administration’s decision to exclude hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan refugees within its borders from being given a COVID-19 vaccine. The controversial move has prompted condemnation from humanitarian groups. 

    Speaking to a local radio station on Monday, the Colombian leader clarified that only Venezuelans with dual nationality or formal migratory status will have access to the vaccine as and when the drug is made available in the country, as per The Guardian reports. 

    As Latin America continues to suffer a large-scale humanitarian crisis, Colombia alone houses over 1.7 million Venezuelans who have fled political repression, economic ruin, and widespread food and medicine shortages. According to migration authorities, while about 45% have formal status, and hundreds more cross the border unofficially every day.

    President Ivan Duque justified the controversial move as a necessary step to prioritise Colombians and to prevent a “stampede” on the border; the comments prompted an immediate backlash. The Colombian president’s announcement disregards advice from international organisations that have warned against leaving migrants and refugees behind in inoculation campaigns.

    Meanwhile, Colombia signed deals with the pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and AstraZeneca last week to provide 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines. As per reports, the Colombia president has said that the mass vaccine programme would begin “in the first weeks of 2021”.

    Colombia faces a resurgence in infection, with positive cases climbing by over 10,000 a day in what is being considered a second wave. In a bid to curb the spread of infection, lockdowns and other restrictions over the holidays have been put in place by local authorities.

  • Santa Claus comes to coal town with masks

    A group of youth from Jharia, engaged in social work, on Wednesday carried out a unique mak-distribution drive at different squares of Dhanbad posing as Santa Claus to create awareness regarding Covid-19 guidelines.

    The drive began at around 10 am from Chhai Gadda locality, a slum situated in the backside of the Dhanbad Railway Station. The volunteers of the organisation, Samadhan, led by its founder Chandan Singh, celebrated Christmas by cutting cakes and singing carols. More than 500 masks were also distributed among the residents during the time.

    Talking to The Telegraph Online after the programme, Singh said, “We used three 20-pound cakes, which were provided to us by Dhanbad Senior Superintendent of Police, Aseem Vikrant Minz. The children were quite happy at our initiative.”

    Talking about the police officer, Singh added, “During his earlier stint as Dhanbad Superintendent of Railway Police, Minz participated in one of our free education drives in different places. In Chhai Gadda, he occasionally used to take classes and still leaves no opportunity to look after the children here.”

    Chhoti Kumari, the 12-year-old daughter of a rickshaw puller expressed her happiness over the Christmas celebrations. “It was a very special day for us. We were provided with masks for ourselves and our families and Chandan sir explained in detail about the advantages of using them to check the spread of Covid-19.”

  • Control room to monitor, troubleshoot Covid-19 vaccination

    The state health department has set up a special control room with representation from various stakeholders, including doctors and development partners such as World Health Organisation (WHO), in order to monitor the vaccination programme for Covid-19 across Jharkhand, officials said on Tuesday.

    The state control room consists of five teams of around 50 doctors with each team assigned a specific task, said Dr Ajit Prasad, a member of the control room.

    The control room comprises separate teams for technical assistance, data management, communication and demand generation, cold chain and logistics management and capacity building. Each team has around 10 doctors, said Dr Prasad, the second lead in the technical assistance team.

    Dr L.R. Pathak, a member of the capacity building team, said all stakeholders will meet every week and plan the future course of action in the vaccination programme. The members of the control room will also identify various challenges in running the immunization programme in Jharkhand and troubleshoot, he added.

    The control room has been given the responsibility of monitoring the storage and transportation of the vaccine once it is made available to the state. “Since every team has been given different sets of responsibilities, it will become easier for them to focus on specific challenges and take up the matter during the weekly meetings,” said Dr Prasad.

    On Tuesday, the National Health Mission (NHM) answered frequently asked questions related to the Covid-19 vaccine in which it stated that a photo identity proof will be a must for any person to get Covid-19 vaccine shots. The document further stated that people would have to continue taking precautionary measures against the virus even after getting the shots.

    The vaccine, it said, will generate protective levels of antibodies in the body in two weeks after taking the second dose.

    As per figures with NHM, Jharkhand already has 1,666 electrical equipment for running vaccination programmes. These include ice lined refrigerators (ILRs) and deep freezers (DFs). ILRs, officials said, maintain a temperature between 2 degree Celsius and 8 degree Celsius, while DFs help maintain a temperature below 0 degrees for vaccine storage. Deep freezers are also used for maintaining the temperature during transportation of vaccines.

  • PM Modi to address MP farmers today amid protests against farm laws

    Narendra Modi will speak about the “beneficial provisions” of the new farm laws in his address to the farmers of Madhya Pradesh as part of a Kisan Kalyan Sammelan on Friday. This comes a day after hundreds of farmers from the state started a foot march from Morena in support of the agriculturists who have been protesting in Delhi for three weeks now against the controversial farm laws implemented in September.

    “PM Modi will address the farmers of the state around 2 pm through video-conference and explain to them in detail the beneficial provisions of the new agricultural laws,” an official of the Madhya Pradesh public relations department on told news agency PTI on Thursday.

    The PM’s address will be telecast live across 23,000 villages of the country and at all the district headquarters of Madhya Pradesh, the official said. Rs 1,660 crore will be transferred to the accounts of 35 lakh farmers by the state government to compensate for crop loss, he added.

    Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will also attend the programme from Raisen. “The previous Congress-led state government did injustice with the farmers by not transferring relief funds into their accounts. The previous Congress government did not even deposit the premium of Fasal Bima Yojna. But BJP is determined to work for the welfare of farmers. We have already deposited the premium of Fasal Bima Yojna and are now going to transfer relief funds,” the chief minister said.

    The PM’s address comes in the backdrop of thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana protesting at Delhi borders since November 27, demanding that the three farm laws — The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020 — be scrapped.

  • Illegal occupants shooed out of Dhanbad railway quarters

    Engineering cell of Dhanbad Division of East Central Railway today conducted an anti-encroachment drive at Diamond Crossing colony. During this drive around 25, railway quarters lying in unauthorized occupation were cleared by the Railway authorities in association with the Railway Protection force team.

    The four-hour-long drive began at around 11 am under the leadership of assistant engineer, Anand Kumar Pandey, ended at around 3 pm. No resistance was witnessed during the eviction.

    Minutes after the eviction, speaking to The Telegraph Online, officer-in-charge of RPF Post, Avinash Karosia said, “We removed the encroachers from around 25 quarters today. This drive will continue till all the 200 quarters lying in illegal possession are cleared in the area.”

    “In the past, we have witnessed encroachers returning to the vacated quarters soon after the completion of the drive, hence we have removed the doors and windows of the freed quarters to avoid their reoccupation by the unauthorized people,” said Karosia.

    Public Relation officer of Dhanbad Division of East Central Railway, PK Mishra maintained that repeated notices have been given by the railway administration to occupants of quarters to vacate the same. With the notices not eliciting any desired response, a forcible evacuation programme was carried out.

  • Push kids towards outdoor activities, Special Olympics tells parents

    The Special Olympics Jharkhand has issued an advisory to parents of intellectually impaired athletes to allow their wards to participate in outdoor activities, as the Covid-induced lockdown has prevented them from doing so.

    In view of the pandemic, the athletes have been sitting idle as the Special Olympics Jharkhand has not resumed its training programme. Outdoor activities including cycling, walking and running would keep the athletes tuned and better prepared when the training programme resumes, they said.

    “We have issued the advisory keeping in mind next year’s state and national competitions. We don’t want our athletes to be slack when we resume our training programmes. A bit of physical activity outside their homes will somewhat keep the boys and girls in shape before training.” said Special Olumpics Jharkhand assistant area director Satbir Singh Sahota.

    He said that most parents are unwilling to allow their children for outdoor activities amid the pandemic.

    “We have explained to them about the importance of outdoor activities and how it would help their children tune up before the training programmes. Some parents have started respecting our advisory,” Sahota added.

    Several special athletes from Jharkhand, mostly in Jamshedpur, have won medals at national and international competitions. This was possible largely due to training programmes of the Special Olympics Jharkhand which prepares the athletes for national selection camps.

    “Another reason for issuing the advisory was to continue the trend of medal-winning exploits of our athletes. We are glad that some of the parents have started allowing their wards to go out for physical activities. We are hopeful that competitions will resume sometime in April next year,” Sahota said.