उत्तर प्रदेशच्या अमेठीमध्ये हुंड्याचा लालची असलेल्या नवरदेवाला नवरीचे वडील आणि तिच्या घरातील लोकांनी असा काही धडा शिकवला की तो आयुष्यभर लक्षात ठेवेल. लग्नादरम्यान नवरदेवाला हुंड्यात बाइकऐवजी बुलेट हवी होती.
नवरीकडील लोकांनी या कारणावरून नवरदेवाची चांगली धुलाई तर केलीच सोबतच पोलीस येईपर्यंत त्याला बांधून ठेवलं होतं. आता लग्नात बुलेट मागणाऱ्या नवरदेवाला आणि त्याच्या वडिलांना मारहाण केल्याचा व्हिडीओ सोशल मीडियावर व्हायरल झाला आहे.
ही घटना अमेठीच्या केसरिया सलीमपुर गावातील आहे. १७ मे रोजी नसीम अहमदच्या मुलीचा निकाह होता. वरात रायबरेली जिल्ह्यातील रोखा गावातून आली होती. नवरदेव मोहम्मद आमिर सजून-धजून स्टेजवर बसला होता आणि निकाहचे रितीरिवाज सुरू झाले होते.
मिळालेल्या माहितीनुसार, वरात पोहोचल्यावर नवरीच्या परिवाराकडून त्यांची चांगली सेवा केली गेली. मान सन्मान दिला. आनंदाने निकाह पार पडला. आणि पाहुणे जेवायला बसले.
अशातच नवरदेवाने जेवणावेळी सासरच्या लोकांकडे बाइकऐवजी बुलेटची मागणी केली. नवरीच्या वडिलांनी मुलीसाठी बुलेट देण्यासही होकार दिला. बुकींग होताच बुलेट दिली जाईल असे सांगण्यात आले.
यासाठी नवरीच्या वडिलांनी नवरदेवाला २ लाख रूपयांचा चेकही दिला. पण नवरदेव आणि त्याचे वडील नवरीला बुलेटवरूनच घेऊन जाणार यावर अडून बसले.
इतकंच नाही तर नवरीच्या वडिलांनी नवदेवाला दिलेला चेकही मुलाच्या वडिलांनी फाडून फेकला. तसेच नवरीकडच्या लोकांनी घाणेरड्या शिव्याही दिल्या गेल्या.
वाद इतका वाढला की, लग्नाच्या दिवशीच वाद घटस्फोटाच्या दारात पोहोचला. ज्यामुळे संतापलेल्या नवरीकडील लोकांनी गावातील लोकांच्या मदतीने नवरदेवाला बांधू धू-धू धुतला. नवरीला हे सगळं समजलं तर तिनेही अशा घरात जाण्यास नकार दिला.
नवरीकडील लोकांच्या सूचनेनुसार पोलीस घटनास्थळी पोहोचले. त्यांनी नवरदेव आणि त्याच्या वडिलांना अटक केली.
या प्रकरणी पोलिसांनी नवरदेव आणि त्याच्या वडिलांसहीत ७ लोकांवर गुन्हा दाखल केला आहे. तर नवरदेवानेही मुलीकडच्या लोकांची तक्रार दिली आहे.
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डीआरडीओ संस्थेकडून कोरोना संसर्गावर मात करण्यासाठी ‘दीपकोव्हॅन’ नावाचे कीट तयार केले आहे. आपल्या शरिरात किती टक्के कोरोना अँटीबॉडीज तयार झाल्याची माहिती मिळणार आहे. दरम्यान त्याची किंमत फक्त ७५ रुपये असणार आहे.
यामुळे कोरोना संसर्गावर लवकर मात करण्यासाठी डीआरडीओला नविन पर्याय मिळाला आहे. २ डीजी हे भारतीय बनावटीचे औषध तयार केल्यानंतर डीआरडीओने दुसरा प्रभावी मार्ग शोधला आहे. दिल्लीच्या वॅनगार्ड डायग्नॉस्टिक्सच्या मदतीने दीपकोव्हॅनची निर्मीती करण्यात आली आहे. डीपकोवनच्या मदतीने मानसाच्या शरिरात किती प्रमाणात कोरोनावर मात करणाऱ्या अँटीबॉडीज तयार झाल्या, प्लाझ्मा सुद्धा किती विकसित झाला हे समजणार आहे.
दीपकोव्हॅन विकसित करताना १ हजारपेक्षा जास्त लोकांवर चाचणी करण्यात आली. आयसीएमआरकडून याला एप्रिलमध्येच परवानगी देण्यात आली होती. डीसीजीआयकडूनही याला मे महिन्यात मान्यता देण्यात आली. सुत्रांच्या माहितीनुसार जुनच्या पहिल्या आठवड्यात याला बाजारात मान्यता मिळण्याची शक्यता आहे.
दीपकोव्हॅन स्पाइक आणि न्यूक्लोकॅप्सीड प्रोटीन शोधण्यास मदत करू शकतो, याची उच्च संवेदनशीलता ९७% आहे. आणि विशिष्टता 99% आहे. या किटची तपासणी १ हजार हून अधिक रुग्णांवर केली जाईल. कोरोना विरूद्धच्या महामारीत हे महत्त्वपूर्ण मानले जाते. लसीकरणाच्या वेळी या माहितीच्या सहाय्याने आवश्यक ती पावले उचलण्यास मदत होणार आहे.
यापूर्वी, डीआरडीओकडून कोरोना विरोधी २-डीजी हे औषध १७ मे रोजी बाजारात आले आहे. २-डीजी औषधामुळे कोरोना रुग्णांना ऑक्सिजनची गरज कमी भासणार आहे. कोरोनाच्या मध्यम व गंभीर रूग्णांवर २-डीऑक्सी-डी-ग्लूकोज (२-डीजी) औषधाच्या आपत्कालीन वापरास ड्रग कंट्रोलर जनरल ऑफ इंडियाने (डीसीजीआय) मान्यता दिली. ८ मे रोजी, संरक्षण मंत्रालयाकडून की २-डीऑक्सी-डी-ग्लूकोज (२-डीजी) च्या क्लिनिकल चाचण्यांमधून रुग्णालयात दाखल झालेल्या रूग्णांचे कृत्रीम ऑक्सिजन कमी करण्यास मदत करते. तसेच, रुग्ण या औषधाने वेगाने बरे होण्यास मदत होते.
मुंबई / नाशिक : कोरोनाचा उद्रेक होत असल्याने राज्यात लॉकडाऊन लावण्यात आला आहे. नाशिक जिल्ह्यात लागू करण्यात आलेल्या लॉकडाऊनमुळे कोरोनाबाधिंताची संख्या दिवसेंदिवस कमी होत असून जिल्ह्याचा पॉझिटिव्हीटी रेटही कमी होत आहे. त्यामुळे जिल्ह्यात 12 ते 23 मे पर्यंत लागू असलेला कडक लॉकडाऊन 23 मे च्या मध्यरात्री 12 वाजेनंतर अटी शिथिल करण्यात येणार आहे. परंतु राज्य शासनाने ‘ब्रेक द चेन’ अंतर्गत लागू केलेल्या निर्बंधांची कडक अंमलबजावणी करण्यात येणार आहे. तसेच जिल्ह्यातील औद्योगिक क्षेत्र व बाजार समित्या कोरोना नियमांची काटेकोरपणे अंमलबजावणी करण्याच्या अधीन राहून सुरु करण्याची परवानगी देण्यात येणार आहे, असे पालकमंत्री छगन भुजबळ यांनी सांगितले आहे.
काल पालकमंत्री छगन भुजबळ यांनी मुंबई येथून दूरदृश्यप्रणालीद्वारे कोरोनाबाबत जिल्ह्यातील सद्यस्थितीचा आढावा घेतला. यावेळी जिल्हाधिकारी सूरज मांढरे, महानगरपालिका आयुक्त कैलास जाधव, पोलीस आयुक्त दिपक पाण्डेय्, मुख्य कार्यकारी अधिकारी लीना बनसोड, अपर पोलीस अधीक्षक शर्मिष्ठा वालावलकर, मालेगाव महानगरपालिकेचे भालचंद्र गोसावी, जिल्हा शल्य चिकित्सक डॉ. अशोक थोरात, जिल्हा आरोग्य अधिकारी डॉ. कपिल आहेर, निवासी उपजिल्हाधिकारी भागवत डोईफोडे, उपजिल्हाधिकारी वासंती माळी, महानगरपालिकेचे वैद्यकीय अधिकारी डॉ.बापूसाहेब नागरगोजे आदी आपल्या कार्यालयातून दूरदृश्यप्रणालीद्वारे बैठकीस उपस्थित होते.
नाशिक जिल्ह्यातील कडक लॉकडाऊनचा सकारात्मक परिणाम गेल्या आठ दिवसात दिसून आला आहे. जिल्ह्यातील कोरोना रुग्णसंख्या दिवसेंदिवस कमी होत आहे. त्यामुळे राज्याचे ब्रेक द चेन अंतर्गत असलेले निर्बंध जसेच्या तसे लागू करुन जिल्ह्यातील सर्व औद्योगिक क्षेत्र व बाजार समित्या कोरोना नियमांची कडक अंमल बजावणी करण्याच्या अधीन राहून सुरु करण्यास परवानगी देण्यात यावी. उद्योग सुरु करतांना कारखान्यात येणाऱ्या प्रत्येक कामगार व त्यांच्या कुंटुबियांची जबाबदारी घेत असल्याचे कंपनीचे हमीपत्र घ्यावे. तसेच कारखान्यांमध्ये कोरोनाच्या सर्व मार्गदर्शक सूचनांचे पालन करुन कामकाज सुरु करण्यात यावे, अशा सूचनाही पालकमंत्री श्री. भुजबळ यांनी दिल्या आहेत. जिल्ह्यातील लॉकडाऊनमध्ये अत्यावश्यक सेवा सुरु होत्या परंतु यापुढे जीवनावश्यक सेवा राज्य शासनाच्या निर्बंधानुसार सुरु राहतील, असे पालकमंत्री छगन भुजबळ म्हणाले.
बाजार समित्या सुरु होणार
जिल्ह्यातील लॉकडाऊन काळात बाजार समित्या पूर्णत: बंद ठेवण्यात आल्या होत्या. पंरतु अनेक शेतकऱ्यांचा माल पडून खराब होत असल्याने ‘ब्रेक द चेन’ च्या अनुषंगाने असलेल्या अटी शर्तीच्या अधीन राहून 23 मे नंतर बाजार समित्या देखील सुरु करण्यात येणार आहे. तसेच बाजार समिती प्रमुखांकडून कोरोना नियमांचे उल्लंघन होणार नाही, असे हमीपत्र घेण्यात यावे, असे पालकमंत्री छगन भुजबळ यांनी यावेळी सांगितले.
कोरोनाची संभाव्य तिसरी लाट लक्षात घेता सध्या सुरु असलेल्या कोविड सेंटरच्या सुविधा कायम ठेवण्यात यावी. तसेच तिसऱ्या लाटेत लहान बालकांना धोका अधिक असल्याचे सांगितले जात आहे. त्यानुषंगाने जिल्हा सामान्य रुग्णालय व महानगरपालिकेने गठीत केलेली टास्क फोर्सच्या सदस्याद्वारे बालकांच्या उपचारासाठी आवश्यक असलेल्या सर्व सुविधांची माहिती एकत्रित करुन त्यानुसार नियोजन करावे. तसेच शहरासह ग्रामीण भागातही बालकांसाठी स्वतंत्र कोविड केअर सेंटर सुरु करावेत, अशा सूचनाही भुजबळ यांनी संबंधित अधिकाऱ्यांना दिल्या आहेत.
कोरोनानंतर उद्भणाऱ्या म्युकरमायकोसिसच्या आजारावरील उपचारसाठी आवश्यक ऑपरेशन थिएटर्सच्या कामांना गती देण्यात यावी. तसेच जिल्ह्यात निर्माण करण्यात येणारे ऑक्सिजन जनरेशन प्लांटचेही काम लवकरात लवकर पूर्ण करावे. आरोग्य विभागाने आवश्यक असलेले डॉक्टर्स, परिचारीका व इतर पदांची भरती करुन मनुष्यबळ उपलब्ध करुन घ्यावेत, असेही पालकमंत्री छगन भुजबळ यांनी सांगितले. कोरोनाचा आलेख कमी करण्यात पोलीस विभागाने चांगली कामगिरी बजावली असून यापुढेही गर्दी होणार नाही व निर्बंधांचे कडक पालन होण्याच्या दृष्टीने नियोजन करण्याचेही पालकमंत्री भुजबळ यांनी सांगितले.
May 2021: Almond Board of California, today, hosted a session around ‘Holistic well-being: How can Indian families stay healthy in 2021’. The session stressed on the takeaways and learnings from the ongoing pandemic, and highlighted how families across India can revisit their diet and fitness choices, and instead adopt a variety of small changes to lead happier, fitter and healthier lifestyles as the year advances. These included things like, relooking at one’s overall fitness routines to make it sync with one’s lifestyle and long term health goals, balancing exercise routines with planned diets and mindful snacking, and including a handful of almonds to the daily diet to reap a mix of benefits, across weight and diabetes management, heart health and immunity amongst others.
The panel included well-known Fitness and Celebrity instructor, Yasmin Karachiwala, as well as Ritika Samaddar, Regional Head, Dietetics at Max Healthcare – Delhi and Sheela Krishnaswamy, Nutrition and Wellness Consultant. The panel was moderated by RJ Meha of ISHQ FM.
The discussion mostly centered on the learnings from the ongoing Covid19 pandemic, and how this has pushed families across the world and in India – to re-evaluate their nutrition, fitness and health goals. The panel stressed the need for families to adjust their daily habits and routines and move towards a more holistic approach to ensure better health for all members, by making fitness a top priority. The panel also spoke about the need to integrate a combination of fitness, nutrition and mindful snacking and all guests shared anecdotes from their personal experiences as well as recommendations for exercise routines, diet plans and alternatives to binge eating, relevant for modern Indian families. Through the session, panelists also deliberated at length on the increasing burden of lifestyle diseases in the country including ailments like diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular diseases, and the role that regular exercise, proper nutrition and dietary intervention can play in managing these better. Besides this, the discussion also touched upon the myths related to fitness routines or exercises relevant for particular age groups. Additionally, the panelists also shared insights around the deep rooted connect between fitness and snacking, and recommended healthy snacks like almonds which, which can further help in optimizing one’s fitness routine.
To reiterate the importance of daily exercise, and a committed fitness regime, Celebrity Fitness instructor, Yasmin Karachiwala also hosted a quick 10 minute segment where she demonstrated easy to do stretching exercise that people can do while working on the desk/laptop.
Commenting on the importance of striving to get a perfect balance between fitness and nutrition, Fitness and Celebrity instructor, Yasmin Karachiwala said, “Having experienced the Covid19 pandemic, a lot of us now realize the importance of staying fit and healthy. The pandemic also made us understand that we don’t need any expensive equipment, or a gym membership to stay fit. A brisk walk, a jog around the neighborhood or a quick high-intensity workout daily can be your fitness regime for the day.”
Highlighting the importance of nutrition, Yasmin said, “I always say – your health regime is 70% diet and 30% workout! The trick to making sure your family’s fitness is to adopt this mantra. Make sure to exercise for at least 1 hour every day, and balance this with eating right. Adding healthy foods like a handful of almonds to the diet is the best way to start. They pair well with your workout routine, as they are known to be high in protein, aid in weight management , and provide energy which makes them a tasty yet healthy pre and post workout snack, almonds are also known to contain several immunity supporting nutrients like copper, folate and zinc, which makes them a great food to have around the house.”
Ritika Samaddar, Regional Head – Dietetics, Max Healthcare – Delhi said, “While the pandemic had taken precedence over other things, it is a known fact that lifestyle diseases are on the rise amongst Indians, and according to a recent report this has only increased in the last year . In 2021, invest in your own and your family’s health by subscribing to a fitness app, or joining an exercise/dance class, or enrolling in a gym. Besides this, change your family’s food habits by reducing the intake of fatty and sugary foods which increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity. Instead, focus on consuming nuts like almonds, seasonal fruits, vegetables and probiotics that are nutrient-rich and add to the body’s overall health. Almonds are known to lower total and LDL cholesterol when included in a healthy diet and reduce levels of heart-damaging inflammation. Additionally, according to a study published in the British Journal of Nutrition, researchers estimated that for every 30 grams increase (approximately 1 serving) of almonds consumed daily, an estimated 10-year coronary heart disease (CHD) risk score was reduced by 3.5% .”
According to Sheela Krishnaswamy, Nutrition and Wellness Consultant, “There is no time like the present for families to reassess their lifestyle choices and set priorities. The first thing on this list should be to achieve holistic well-being for every member, while focusing on their fitness, nutrition, mental health and snacking habits. Start by exercising every day, making diet plans and sticking to them, and replacing unwholesome snacks with healthy options. My go-to snacking choice is almonds as they are one of the easiest foods to include in the diet. Besides this, almonds are known to have satiating properties and as per a study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, participants who consumed 43 grams of dry, roasted, lightly salted almonds every day experienced reduced hunger and improved dietary vitamin E and monounsaturated (“good”) fat intake without increasing body weight .
While Covid19 swept into every corner of our everyday life, it is important to reevaluate the health and well-being of our loved ones. Families must make the necessary revisions that can add value to every member’s health by modifying their nutrition and lifestyle choices. By making lifestyle and dietary changes like making fitness a part of one’s daily routine and choosing a handful of almonds each day in place of less-healthful snacks, families across India can work towards being healthier and fitter.
यवतमाळ: सध्या गाव परिसरात माकडांच्या (Monkey) टोळक्यांनी धुमाकूळ घातला आहे. धान्य व अन्य वस्तूंची नासधूस करणाऱ्या या माकडांनी आता माणसांवर हल्ले चढविणे सुरू केले आहे. यातच या माकडांनी गुरुवारी तब्बल आठ जणांना गंभीर चावा घेतल्याची घटना डेहणी येथे घडली. यामुळे गावकऱ्यांमध्ये दहशत पसरली आहे.
विनायक अर्जुन (५५), सुभाष ठाकरे (५१), नागोजी मेश्राम (६०), नारायण वारसकर, प्रफुल्ल चंदनखेडे (४०), सुधीर चंदनखेडे (३४), देवीचंद रंगारी (४०) आणि प्रमोद चुटे (४०) सर्व रा. पहूर या आठ जणांना माकडांनी चावा घेतला. ही घटना डेहणी ता. बाभूळगाव येथील बसथांब्यावर घडली.
सध्या उन्हामुळे जंगलातील माकडांचे टोळके रस्त्यावर, वस्त्यांमध्ये येत आहेत. डेहणीच्या बसथांब्यावर गेल्या आठ दिवसांपासून माकडांच्या टोळक्याने धुमाकूळ घातला आहे. येणाऱ्या-जाणाऱ्या नागरिकांभोवती ही माकडे जमतात. वाहनांना धक्का देऊन पाडतात. त्यातच गुरुवारी तब्बल आठ जणांना चावा घेतला. या आठ जणांनी यवतमाळच्या शासकीय वैद्यकीय महाविद्यालयात धाव घेऊन उपचार घेतले. दरम्यान, गावकऱ्यांनी सूचना दिल्यानंतर वनविभागाचा चमू डेहणीच्या बसथांब्यावर माकडांचा बंदोबस्त करण्यासाठी पोहोचला, मात्र माकडे त्यांच्या हाती लागली नाही.
या घटनेने सध्या परिसरात दहशत आहे. विशेष म्हणजे, असेच टोळके गेल्या काही दिवसांपासून यवतमाळ-घाटंजी मार्गावर कोळंबी फाट्यावरही धुमाकूळ घालत आहे. गुरुवारीच या मार्गावर एका दाम्पत्याची दुचाकी माकडांनी अडविल्याने हे दाम्पत्य घाबरून गेले होते.
नागपूर : कोरोना संक्रमण रोखण्यासाठी निर्बंध घालण्यात आले आहेत. विनाकारण फिरणाऱ्यांनाही निर्बंध आहेत. असे असतानाही विनाकारण फिरणाऱ्यांची संख्या कमी होताना दिसत नाही. याला आळा बसावा यासाठी विनाकारण फिरणाऱ्यांची विचारपूस करून महापालिका व पोलीस प्रशासनातर्फे कोरोना चाचणी केली जात आहे. मागील काही दिवसात शहरात १० हजारांहून अधिक लोकांची ऑन दी स्पॉटअँटिजन चाचणी केली. यात तब्बल ४५० पॉझिटिव्ह आढळून आले. या सर्वांची १४ दिवसांसाठी क्वारंटाइन सेंटरला रवानगी करण्यात आली आहे.
कोरोनाच्या दुसऱ्या लाटेत हजारो लोकांना आपले जीव गमवावे लागल्यानंतरही विनाकारण बाहेर फिरणाऱ्यांची संख्या कमी होताना दिसत नाही. कोरोना साखळी खंडित करण्यासाठी राज्य शासनाने ३१मेपर्यंत कडक निर्बंध लावले आहेत. गरज नसेल तर घराबाहेर पडूच नये, असे वारंवार सांगितले जात आहे. पॉझिटिव्ह असतानाही रस्त्यावर फिरणाऱ्या ‘सुपर स्प्रेडर’मुळे कोरोना संक्रमण वाढत आहे. मात्र तरीही नागरिक बाहेर पडत असल्याने प्रशासनाला कारवाई करावी लागत आहे.
शहरात ठिकठिकाणी तपासणी विनाकारण फिरण्यालाही निर्बंध आहेत. असे असूनही अनेक जण कामाशिवाय घराबाहेर पडतात. अशा लोकांना आळा बसावा, यासाठी शहराच्या विविध भागात पोलीस विभागातर्फे नाकाबंदी करून ऑन दी स्पॉट अँटिजन चाचणी केली जात आहे.
फिरणाऱ्यांची कारणे सारखीच विनाकारण फिरणाऱ्यांची कारणे ठरलेली आहेत. बाजारात भाजी खरेदीसाठी जात आहेत. किराणा आणण्यासाठी जातोय, दवाखान्यात काम आहे. अशा स्वरूपाची कारणे सांगितली जातात. सर्वांची कारणे जवळपास सारखीच असतात.
विनामास्क फिरणाऱ्या ३८०५४ लोकांना दंड कोरोना संक्रमणाला आळा बसावा यासाठी विनामास्क फिरणाऱ्यांना ५०० रुपये दंड आकारला जात आहे. अशा लोकांवर महापालिकेच्या उपद्रव शोध पथकामार्फत कारवाई केली जात आहे. आतापर्यंत ३८०५४ लोकांवर कारवाई करून १ कोटी ७३ लाख ८६ हजार रुपये दंड वसूल करण्यात आला आहे.
बाजार व गर्दीच्या ठिकाणी कोरोना चाचणी शहरातील बाजारपेठ असलेल्या इतवारी, कॉटन मार्केट, कळमना मार्केट यासाठी वर्दळीच्या भागात मनपाच्या फिरत्या टेस्टिंग सेंटरमार्फत कोरोना चाचणी केली जात आहे. यामुळे संक्रमणाला आळा बसण्याला मदत होत आहे.
सिंधुदुर्ग आणि रत्नागिरीला तौक्ते चक्रीवादळाचा सर्वाधिक तडाखा बसला आहे. याचपार्श्वभूमीवर चक्रीवादळात झालेल्या नुकसानीचा आढावा घेण्यासाठी मुख्यमंत्री उद्धव ठाकरे आज कोकण दौऱ्यावर आहेत. सर्वप्रथम त्यांनी रत्नागिरीतील अधिकाऱ्यांसोबत आढावा बैठक घेतली आणि माध्यमांशी संवाद साधला. यानंतर आता मुख्यमंत्री सिंधुदुर्ग जिल्ह्याला भेट देणार आहेत.
विरोधकांच्या टीकेला उत्तर देण्यासाठी नव्हे, तर कोकणवासीयांना दिलासा देण्यासाठी चक्रीवादळग्रस्त भागाचा दौरा करत असल्याचं मुख्यमंत्री उद्धव ठाकरेंनी माध्यमांशी बोलताना म्हटलं. मुख्यमंत्री केवळ चार तासांसाठी कोकणचा दौरा करत आहेत, अशी टीका भाजपाकडून केली जात आहे. त्यावर चार तासांसाठी आलो आहे. फोटोसेशन करायला आलो नाही. मला त्याची गरज वाटत नाही, असा टोला मुख्यमंत्र्यांनी लगावला. मुख्यमंत्र्यांच्या विधानानंतर आता भाजपाच्या नेत्या चित्रा वाघ यांनी उद्धव ठाकरे यांच्यावर निशाणा साधाला आहे.
चित्रा वाघ ट्विट करत म्हणाल्या की, देवेंद्र फडणवीसजी काय राव तुम्ही…थेट दुष्काळी भागात लोकांच्या मदतीला पोहोचता…मग इथे मुख्यमंत्र्यांनाही निघावं लागतं ना.. ३ तासाच्या कोकणदौऱ्यात त्यांनी किती गावांना भेटी दिल्या किती सात्वंन केलं, हे सगळ कृपा करून विचारू नका..आणि हो पर्यटन फोटोसेशन ३ तासात शक्य नाही म्हणून रद्द केलं आहे, असा टोला चित्रा वाघ यांनी लगावला आहे.
देवेन्द्रजी..काय राव तुम्ही
थेट दुष्काळीभागात लोकांच्या मदतीला पोहोचतां
मग इथे मुख्यमंत्र्यांनाही निघावं लागतं ना
३ तासाच्या कोकणदौर्यात त्यांनी किती गावांना भेटी दिल्या कितींच सात्वंन केलं हे सगळ कृपा करून विचारू नका
आणि हो पर्यटनफोटोसेशन ३ तासात शक्य नाही म्हणून रद्द केलयं
दरम्यान, तौक्ते चक्रीवादळ भीषण होते. नुकसानीचा आढावा जवळपास झाला आहे. जे काही नुकसान झाले आहे, केंद्राच्या निकषाप्रमाणे मदत देणार आहोतच आणि राज्य सरकार म्हणून आणखी जे काही करता येणं शक्य हवं ते केलं जाईल, असं उद्धव ठाकरे यांनी सांगितलं. तसेच आम्ही केंद्रानेही अधिकाधिक मदत करावी म्हणून विनंती करीत आहोत. पंतप्रधान संवेदनशील आहेत, आम्हाला राजकारण करायचं नाही, असं उद्धव ठाकरे यांनी माध्यमांशी संवाद साधताना स्पष्ट केलं.
चक्रीवादळाच्या पार्श्वभूमीवर सागरी किनार पट्टीच्या भागात कायमस्वरूपी काही सुविधा उभारणे गरजेचे आहे. त्यानुसार केंद्रानेही आम्हाला आवश्यक ती मदत करावी. वारंवार अशा नैसर्गिक आपत्तीत नुकसान होते त्यामुळे कायमस्वरूपी उपाययोजना करणे गरजेचे आहे, असं उद्धव ठाकरे यांनी यावेळी सांगितलं. येत्या दोन दिवसांत पंचनामे पूर्ण होतील आणि पंचनामे पूर्ण झाल्यावर मदतीची घोषणा केली जाईल, असं मुख्यमंत्र्यांनी यावेळी बोलताना सांगितलं. तसेच कोकणवासियांना दिलासा देण्यासाठी आलो आहे, असं उद्धव ठाकरे यांनी यावेळी सांगितलं.
Covid Cases Increase But There Isn't Any Testing Is Conducted At Nagpur Railway Station
Nagpur: Nagpur district continues to record more recovery than daily new cases along with a dip in death and Active cases. After two months Nagpur district recorded the lowest single-day death count as 28 deaths were recorded on Thursday. On March 20 Nagpur district reported 26 death and since then saw an upward trend in death and daily cases.
With 3405 people recovered in a day the Active case dips further to 19,246. In a day 1,151 people were infected with COVID-19 virus
Since March this is the first time when Nagpur district recorded the lowest death case in the last 24 hours. In a day, 28 persons died due to coronavirus, of these 11 persons were the residents of Nagpur city, and rural witnessed 8 deaths. This has taken the cumulative death count to 8,685.
Meanwhile out of the total new COVID-19 cases registered in the day 562 were from the city and 578 from Nagpur Rural. With these, the cumulative positive cases reached 4,67,931. The cumulative recovery case reaches 4,40,000 mark, while the recovery rate of the district reaches to 94.03%
Nagpur: Continuing his stern action against violators defying Covid norms, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Zone 3 Lohit Matani in association with a squad of Nagpur Municipal Corporation led foot patrolling in Mominpura on Thursday.
10 establishments were slapped challans for defying Covid norms on this occasion.
The government aims to ramp up India’s daily testing capacity for COVID-19 to 45 lakh by end of June from the current capacity of 16-20 lakh per day, the Centre said on Thursday as a record 20.55 lakh tests were conducted in a span of 24 hours.
On augmenting testing for COVID-19 while ICMR has so far approved a home-based rapid antigen testing (RAT) kit manufactured by My lab Discovery Solutions Ltd, Pune, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said kits by three more companies are in pipeline and likely to get the approval within a week.
Mr. Bhargava said kits for home testing will be available in market in 3-4 days.
Besides, Mr. Bhargava said for ramping up capacity the ICMR has validated more than 105 Rapid Antigen Tests companies and approved 41 of them.
“We are doing 16-20 lakh tests this week and we have a capacity of about 20 lakh tests by end of the month and upto the end of next month we can have the capacity of upto 45 lakh because ICMR has validated more than 105 RAT companies and approved 41 of them and 31 of them are indigenous” he said.
Out of the 45 lakh tests, 18 lakh will be RT-PCR, while 27 lakh will be Rapid Antigen Tests.
More than 20.55 lakh tests were conducted in a span of 24 hours, the highest ever conducted in a single day in India.
He further said all the states have placed the order and they are rapidly enhancing their testing capacity.
“For home testing, you buy test kit from chemist shop then download mobile app, register and read user manual and then you conduct the test yourself and click mobile image and upload mobile phone gives test result. This ensures patient confidentiality, the data stored in secure server and linked with ICMR database,” he said.
In large cities, Mr. Bhargava said focus was mainly on RT PCR which is the standard test but in district level the backbone of testing has been TrueNAT and CBNAAT, while in rural areas RAT is the backbone of testing.
“In the second wave, we have to increase the RAT testing, we have written to all chief secretaries and they have acted upon it. Multiple 24X7 RAT booths to be set up in cities, towns and villages.
“RATS to be allowed at all government and private healthcare facilities (no accreditation required). RAT booths to be set up with the community in schools, colleges, community centres, RWA offices etc. All RTPCR and RAT test results should be uploaded on ICMR portal,” he said.
“We have encouraged testing at all primary health centres and sub centres which are 1,87,601 so testing. Those testing positive can be isolated immediately and those testing negative and are still symptomatic their samples need to be sent for RT-PCR testing so that will have to go to a facility. But if the positivity rate is high then RAT will be able to isolate them very fast,” he said.
Mr. Bhargava said there are 2,553 government and private COVID testing laboratories established across the country over the last 16 months.
Citing a study, he said that 50 per cent people do not wear a mask.
“Of the 50 per cent wearing a mask, 64 per cent cover their mouth but not nose, 20 per cent have it on chin and 2 per cent mask on neck,” he said, adding that 2,000 people were surveyed across 25 cities for the study.
Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said a continuous decline in the COVID-19 active cases has been noted in the last 15 days.
“From being 17.13 per cent reported on May 3, the active cases now comprise 12.1 per cent of the country’s total infections. A positive trend in recovery has also been noted. The recovery rate which was 81.7 per cent on May 3 has increased to 86.7 now,” he said.
Mr. Agarwal said India has witnessed a consistent upward trend in weekly tests since mid February with average daily tests increased by 2.3 times in last 12 weeks.
“After a consistent increase in case positivity for 10 weeks, a decline in case positivity since last 2 weeks has been reported,” he added.
Mr. Agarwal said the country’s positivity rate in the last ten has been recorded less than 20 per cent and positivity rate was recorded at 13.31 per cent on Wednesday which was lowest in a month.
“Eight states have more than 1 lakh active cases, nine states have 50,000 to 1 lakh active cases and 19 states have less than 50000 active. A decline has been observed in six states which were major contributors to active cases in the country — Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh Gujarat,” he said.
Seven states have more than 25 per cent positivity rate, while 9 states have between 20-25 positivity rate. Twenty-two states have more than 15 per cent positivity rate, 13 states have 5 to 15 per cent positivity rate and one state has less than 5 per cent positivity, he said.
Mr. Agarwal said the number of districts with a week-on-week increase in weekly tests and decline in positivity considered for the week has increased from 210 to 303 districts.
“Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Jharkhand are 10 states where a decline in cases and decline in positivity in the last 3 weeks have been observed,” he added.
Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya Tripura, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, Mizoram are states showing a rise in cases and rise in positivity in last three weeks, he said.
Mr. Agarwal further said that there are 89 districts where a decreasing trend in cases is being noted and there are 123 districts where a decreasing trend in case positivity is being observed for last 3 weeks.
Kolkata: Jyotsna Bose, a 93-year-old trade union leader from Kolkata, became the “first woman” in the country whose body has been donated for medical research to find out the effects of coronavirus on humans, an organisation that spearheaded cadaver donation in Bengal said.
A statement issued by the non-profit organisation, ‘Gandarpan’, also said that Jyotsna Bose is the second person from West Bengal after its founder Brojo Roy, to have got a pathological autopsy conducted on her body at a state-run hospital here, following death due to COVID-19.
Another victim of the contagion, ophthalmologist Dr Biswajit Chakraborty’s remains have also been donated for the same purpose, making him the third such person in the state.
Jyotsna Bose’s grand-daughter Dr. Tista Basu said that the trade unionist, who had pledged her body through Brojo Roy’s organisation around 10 years ago, was admitted to a hospital in Beliaghata area of north Kolkata on May 14, and she died two days later.
“The pathological autopsy of my grandmother was conducted at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday.”
“Hers is the first female body in the country donated for pathological autopsy following death due to COVID-19,” she told.
Dr Basu, who is pursuing her MD in pathology, said, “We do not know much about coronavirus as it is a new disease. We need to understand its full effect on organs and organ systems. Pathological autopsies help us in this quest.”
Jyotsna Bose(93) was born in 1927 in Chittagong in present-day Bangladesh.
During World War II, Bose’s father went missing while returning from Burma and the family went through immense financial crisis. She failed to complete her studies and took up a job as an operator at British Telephones.
Jyotsna Bose became involved in trade union movement shortly after, and participated in the 1946 posts and telegraph strike in support of the Naval mutiny.
She married prominent trade unionist Moni Gopal Basu later in life, and kept herself busy in social and political works after her retirement, her granddaughter added.
The Income Tax Department is going to launch its new e-filing portal www.incometax.gov.in on 7thJune, 2021. The new e-filing portal (www.incometax.gov.in) is aimed at providing taxpayer convenience and a modern, seamless experience to taxpayers
New taxpayer friendly portal integrated with immediate processing of Income Tax Returns(ITRs) to issue quick refunds to taxpayers;
All interactions and uploads or pending actions will be displayed on a single dashboard for follow-up action by taxpayer;
Free of cost ITR preparation software available online and offline with interactive questions to help taxpayers fill ITR even without any tax knowledge, with pre-filling, for minimizing data entry effort;
New call center for taxpayer assistance for immediate answers to taxpayer queries with FAQs, Tutorials, Videos and chatbot/live agent;
All key portal functions on desktop will be available on Mobile App which will be enabled subsequently for full anytime access on mobile network;
New online tax payment system on new portal will be enabled subsequently with multiple new payment options using netbanking, UPI, CreditCard and RTGS/NEFT from any account of taxpayer in any bank, for easy payment of taxes.
In preparation for this launch and for migration activities, the existing portal of the Department at www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in would not be available to taxpayers as well as other external stakeholders for a brief period of 6 days i.e. from1stJune, 2021 to 6th June, 2021.
In order to avoid any inconvenience to taxpayers, the Department will not fix any compliance dates during this period. Further, directions have been issued to fix hearing of cases or compliances only from 10thJune,2021 onwards, to give taxpayers time to respond on the new system. If, any hearing or compliance which requires submissions online has been scheduled during this period, the same will be preponed or adjourned and the work items would be rescheduled after this period.
The Department has also intimated external entities including Banks, MCA, GSTN, DPIIT, CBIC, GeM, DGFT who avail services of PAN verification etc. about the non-availability of the services and to request them to make arrangements to ensure that their customers/stakeholders are apprised, so that any relevant activity can be completed prior to or after the blackout period.
Taxpayers are encouraged to complete all their urgent tasks involving any submission, upload or downloads before 1stJune, 2021to avoid any difficulty during the blackout period.
The Department requests the patience of all taxpayers and other stakeholders during the switchover to the new e-filing portal and the subsequent initial period while they get familiarized with the new system. This is another initiative by CBDT towards providing ease of compliance to its taxpayers and other stakeholders.
Nagpur: The Indian Institute of Management Nagpur (IIM Nagpur) has collaborated with Jaro Education, one of the leading EdTech companies in India and a pioneer in the Executive Education space to jointly introduce 4 techno-functional blended postgraduate (PG) certificate programmes. The new PG programmes aim to equip working professionals with future-ready skills, empowering them with the knowledge focussed on both technical and functional expertise, which are required in today’s digitally driven business environment.
The techno-functional PG programmes are apt for mid-level working professionals in key business functions such as business management, marketing, information technology and financial technologies (fintech). These programmes with a duration of 9 – 12 months, comprise of 16 modules under the guidance of IIM Nagpur’s highly experienced and professional faculty. These programmes also include regular mentoring sessions from industry experts.
Details of new PG programmes introduced by IIM Nagpur and Jaro:
Business Management for IT Professionals (BMIT): The programme curriculum includes various concepts, techniques and tools required for managing systems and enables professionals to leverage the potential of analytics solutions in business management. The course is developed for executives in the IT industry who aspire to take on managerial roles in the organization.
FinTech Programme: The programme provides a deeper understanding on disruptive technologies that are transforming the banking and financial ecosystem. It covers technologies such as Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data, and their applications to design and manage financial products or services. It empowers the professionals to gain a strong understanding on various fintech streams including Payment Systems, InsureTech, Neobanking, LendingTech, RoboAdvisory and Wealth Management
Data Science for Business Excellence and Innovation: The programme focuses on empowering the professionals with the knowledge on the tools and techniques used in Data Science and Machine Learning. It also provides hands-on experience with new-age tools like Artificial Intelligence, Tableau, R, Python, Simul8, etc and also provides the opportunity to work on various real-time business problems and design the solutions.
Digital Strategy and Marketing Analytics: The programme equips working executives with contemporary strategic marketing competencies and thought. It aims to develop competencies among managers by upskilling their existing industry know-how; making them future-ready.
Talking about the PG programmes and its role in career transformation, Ms. Ranjita Raman, Chief Executive Officer, Jaro Education said, “After understanding and analysing the current career trends and demand, we have collaborated with one of the leading management institutes in India – IIM Nagpur to provide the most comprehensive and competitive executive programmes to fast-track the career growth of the working professionals. We hope that our specialised programmes with cutting-edge curriculum will benefit the professionals.”
Sharing details about the collaboration and offerings, Dr. Bhimaraya Metri – Director, Indian Institute of Management Nagpur (IIMN) said, “We are very glad to be associated with Jaro Education in curating blended-online Post Graduate Certificate Programmes in various specializations in Management including General Management, Data Science, Cyber Security, Digital Marketing Analytics, Financial Technologies and few more to help upskill the talent in accordance with the industry standards and requirements. All these programmes are designed and delivered by eminent faculty from IIM Nagpur along with industry experts to give practical connect to the learning. We are very confident that these programmes will equip professionals for sought-after roles including General Managers, Data Scientists/Analysts, Marketing Consultants, Product Manager and many more.”
On course completion, the professionals will receive a PG Certificate and Alumni status from IIM Nagpur. The first batch for all the four IIM Nagpur programmes is expected to commence in the month of July 2021.
About Jaro Education:
Jaro Education is one of the leading Ed-Tech companies in India and a pioneer in the Executive Education space since July 2009. The company aims to nurture managers, leaders and entrepreneurs in every field and industry by guiding them to choose and opt for an apt course that caters to their requirements. Recognized for changing the landscape of online education in India, Jaro Education offers more than 20 management and technology programs in collaboration with reputed universities and institutes such as IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Trichy, IIM Nagpur, IIM Kozhikode, IMT Ghaziabad and more. With its strong domain expertise and insightful online programs, Jaro Education has transformed careers of over 2,50,000 professionals in the last 12 years through its 28 centres across India.
For more information, please visit: https://www.jaroeducation.com/
About Indian Institute of Management Nagpur (IIMN):
Established in 2015, the Indian Institute of Management Nagpur (IIMN) aspires to be a leading management institution that shapes management systems, policy and governance through high-quality education, research and industry engagement. Propelled by the pursuit of engaged scholarship, the Institute aims to create value-driven leaders and global managers with strong conceptual foundations and analytical approach, which helps them excel in diverse spheres – be it management, business, policy making, and public administration, to name a few.
IIM Nagpur’s aim is to address the needs of a modern India; connecting aspirations and realities to attain benchmarks that are respected internationally. Our motto, सत्यं च स्वाध्यायप्रवचने च, that is, an inspired journey towards truth through individual reflection and collective discourse, propels our quest to bridge the gap between abstract knowledge and practice.
IIM Nagpur seeks to distinguish itself as an institution that promotes constant industry engagement of a ‘problem-solving’ nature. Executive Education, therefore, is an important thrust area for the Institute. With an array of programmes designed by a faculty body with a stellar record of research, teaching, and industry engagement, the Executive Education programme at IIM Nagpur equips managers and executives with the capabilities to perform effectively in their current roles, and take up greater challenges through various stages of their careers.)
For more information, please visit: https://www.iimnagpur.ac.in/
Amazon.com Inc was hit on Wednesday with five new lawsuits by women who worked in corporate or warehouse management roles, and accused the online retailer of gender bias, racial bias or both.
The women, ages 23 to 64, accused Amazon of favoring men over women in career growth, allowing supervisors to denigrate them, and retaliating after they complained.
Two plaintiffs are Black, one is Latina, one is Asian-American and one is white. They filed their lawsuits in federal courts in Arizona, California, Delaware and Amazon’s hometown of Seattle.
An Amazon spokesman said the company has found no evidence supporting the accusations. He also said Amazon does not tolerate discrimination or harassment, and supports a “diverse, equitable and inclusive culture.”
The lawsuits were filed by the Wigdor law firm, which also represents a Black manager at Amazon Web Services who sued in March over alleged systemic discrimination.
Wednesday’s plaintiffs included Cindy Warner, a gay executive in that unit, who said a male manager openly called her a “bitch,” an “idiot” and a “nobody,” and that Amazon terminated her job after learning she had hired a lawyer.
Pearl Thomas, one of the Black plaintiffs, said a human resources employee downplayed concerns about her treatment by saying Thomas was upset by current events and that “my name is not Derek Chauvin,” the white former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd.
The Wigdor firm has also represented women who accused now-convicted movie producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct, and Fox News employees alleging bias or harassment there.
In April, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said his company needed to take care of employees better, and Amazon said it wanted more Blacks in senior and corporate roles.
Amazon ended 2020 with about 1.3 million full- and part-time employees.
The company is urging shareholders at its May 26 annual meeting to reject a proposal requiring an independent audit analyzing its “impacts on civil rights, equity, diversity and inclusion.”
Nagpur: To provide care and protection to the vulnerable children in the COVID-19 period Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has formed a special task force. Children between the age of zero to eighteen who either lost both parents or have both parents admitted to hospital due to covid-19 will be provided care.
According to the Commissioner of Social Development, Rajesh Bhagat, due to the unprecedented disaster of Covid-19, and with lockdown like restriction Shelter homes are facing hard time in taking care of orphaned and homeless children.
In some cases, the death of both parents (mother and father) due to Covid-19 has caused serious problems for orphaned children. As there is no one to take care of these children, the possibility of these children falling victim to exploitation and being involved in crimes like child labor or child trafficking cannot be ruled out. In this connection, a task force has been constituted at the district level for the care and protection of children who have lost both their parents due to COVID-19.
To provide care to the children, NMC has rolled out contact and email details of zone wise officials who will respond to the grievances 24*7. The victims can also contact Child helpline official number 1098.
Nagpur: AN E-RICKSHAW driver was killed after a speeding Innova car hit the three-wheeler on Great Nag Road on Monday morning. The car turned turtle on the road divider after the impact. The deceased was identified as Waman Vishnu Parate (59), a resident of Plot No.255,Kinkhede Layout, Binaki Mangalwari. He leaves behind wife, two sons and a daughter to mourn the loss. He was waiting for passengers at Baidyanath Square in the morning hours.
An Innova car (MP04/CQ-2489), coming from another side in great speed, hit the e-rickshaw. The impact was so strong that the car turned turned turtle on the road-divider. The police have arrested accused Anand Sukhdeo Arkhel (33), a resident of New Subhedar Layout. He works in a private company. He was taking the car for servicing. However, the reason behind his rash driving is not known yet. When cops examined the CCTV footage, they found that Anand drove the car at a high speed when the traffic signal turned green at Baidyanath Square. In the process, he overtook a car from the left side and failed to control the vehicle on noticing Waman’s stationary e-rickshaw.
Anand directly hit the e-rickshaw with great speed. After the impact, the vehicle went out of control hitting the road divider and turning turtle. Anand survived the impacts due to opening of the safety airbags of the vehicle. A large number of onlookers gathered at the spot. Someone alerted the police control room.
The impact of the car was so strong that the e-rickshaw broke in to pieces. Waman succumbed to multiple injuries on the spot. Ganeshpeth police rushed to the spot and sent the body for post-mortem. Police registered a case under Sections 279, 304 (a)of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 52, 184 and 192 of Mumbai Police Act against Anand Arkhel and arrested him.
Bhind: Guests attending a wedding in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind district would not have imagined what they were made to do for attending the celebrations. A group of them were made to do frog jumps by the police who raided the wedding venue to check if lockdown rules were being followed.
Nearly 300 people were present at the wedding in the village of Umari, in clear violation of Covid lockdown restrictions. When the police swooped down on the venue, many of them managed to escape police rounded up some of them.
Those caught by the cops were made to do frog jumps on a street by the side of a field. A video shows around 17 people, all men, performing the act as punishment as the police stood and watched. A cop can be seen hitting a man on his back for not jumping the right way.
After the punishment, they were warned against attending any such gathering till lockdown restrictions and later, let off.
Similar scenes were witnessed in Bihar’s Kishanganj last week when a dozen young men were made to crawl on their elbows and perform frog jumps right in the middle of a market for violating lockdown rules.
Madhya Pradesh added 5,065 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking its infection tally to over 7.47 lakh. 7,227 people have died due to the virus in the state.
In another example of a harsher act, Madhya Pradesh police personnel were seen in a recent video kicking, punching and dragging a woman on a road in Sagar district for not wearing a mask.
नागपूर :कोरोनाच्या दुसऱ्या लाटेत एप्रिल महिन्यात आरोग्य सुविधा कमी पडली. शहरातील रुग्णालयात ऑक्सिजन, आयसीयू व व्हेंटिलेटर बेड उपलब्ध नव्हते. बेडसाठी रुग्णांना भटकंती करावी लागली. मागील काही दिवसात रुग्णांची संख्या कमी झाली. बेड उपलब्ध होत आहे. परंतु धोका अजूनही टळलेला नाही. त्यात तिसऱ्या लाटेची शक्यता गृहीत धरता रुग्णांना उपचार मिळावे यासाठी महापालिका प्रशासन तयारीला लागले आहे. ऑक्सिजन बँक व ऑक्सिजन कॉलिंग सेंटरची निर्मिती करण्याचे नियोजन सुरू आहे.
ऑगस्ट ते सप्टेंबरच्या दरम्यान कोरोनाची तिसरी लाट येण्याची शक्यता आरोग्यतज्ज्ञांकडून व्यक्त करण्यात आली आहे. या संदर्भात सर्वच विभागाच्या अधिकाऱ्यांच्या बैठका घेऊन आरोग्य सुविधा सज्ज ठेवण्याच्या सूचना देण्यात आल्या आहेत. टास्क फोर्स गठित करण्यात आला असून, त्यांच्या सूचनेनुसार नियोजन सुरू असल्याची माहिती मनपा आयुक्त राधाकृष्णन बी. यांनी दिली.
१६ ते २२ एप्रिलदरम्यान १,०४,४६० चाचण्या झाल्या. ३२,६४६ रुग्ण पॉझिटिव्ह आलेत. ही टक्केवारी ३१.२५ टक्के इतकी होती. जी दुसऱ्या लाटेत सर्वाधिक गणली गेली. यानंतर मात्र पॉझिटिव्हिटीच्या टक्केवारीत घट व्हायला सुरुवात झाली. परंतु संकट अजूनही कायम आहे. रुग्णांची संख्या कमीअधिक होत आहे. प्रशासन दोन-तीन पद्धतीने तयारी करीत आहे. सुपरस्प्रेडर्सचे ट्रेसिंग व टेस्टिंग अधिकाधिक करण्याची मोहीम राबविली जात आहे. कंटेन्मेन्ट झोनमध्ये टेस्टिंग केले जात आहे. अधिकाधिक लसीकरण कसे होईल याचे नियोजन सुरू आहे. ४५ वर्षांवरील ५७ टक्के नागरिकांचे लसीकरण करण्यात आले आहे. सोबतच शहरातील बेडची संख्या वाढविली जात आहे.
टास्क फोर्सच्या सूचनांनुसार नियोजन तिसऱ्या लाटेचा धोका विचारात घेता उपाययोजना करण्यासाठी टास्क फोर्स गठित करण्यात आला आहे. त्यांच्या सूचनेनुसार नियोजन केले जाईल. सध्या ७७४५ बेड्स उपलब्ध करण्यात आले आहे. यात पुन्हा वाढ केली जात आहे. लहान मुलांसाठी मनपा रुग्णालयात स्वतंत्र बेडची व्यवस्था केली जात आहे. शासकीय रुग्णालयातही २०० बेडचे नियोजन असल्याची माहिती राधाकृष्णन बी. यांनी दिली.
ऑक्सिजन बँकेतून मागणीनुसार पुरवठा नागपूर शहरात एप्रिल महिन्यासारखी परिस्थिती पुन्हा उद्भवू नये यासाठी ऑक्सिजन बँक निर्माण केली जात आहे. यासाठी ऑक्सिजन सिलिंडर खरेदी केले जातील. याव्दारे मागणीनुसार ऑक्सिजन सिलिंडरचा पुरवठा केला जाईल. रुग्णांना ऑक्सिजनसाठी भटकंती करावी लागणार नाही यासाठी नियोजन केले जात आहे.
ऑक्सिजन कॉलिंग सेंटर महापालिकेच्या २८ हेल्थपोस्ट सेंटरवर ऑक्सिजन कॉलिंग सेंटर सुविधा उपलब्ध केली जाईल. येथे कॉन्सन्ट्रेलर उपलब्ध करण्यात येत आहे. यामुळे शहराच्या विविध भागातील कोरोना रुग्णांना बेड उपलब्ध न झाल्यास येथे उपचार उपलब्ध होतील.
कोईम्बतूर: कोरोनाच्या दुसऱ्या लाटेचा उद्रेक देशभरात कायम असल्याचे पाहायला मिळत आहे. नवीन कोरोनाबाधितांची संख्या घटताना दिसत असली, तरी कोरोनामुळे होणारे मृत्यू वाढत आहेत. कोरोनाच्या थैमानामुळे बेड्स, रेमडेसिवीर, ऑक्सिजन, कोरोना लसींचा तुटवडा जाणवत आहे. देशभरातील डॉक्टर्स, नर्सेस, आरोग्य कर्मचारी दिवस-रात्र कोरोना रुग्णांची सेवा करत आहे. मात्र, तामिळनाडूतील कोईम्बतूर येथून अजबच प्रकार समोर आला आहे. कोरोना संकटापासून बचावासाठी येथे चक्क कोरोना देवीची स्थापना करण्यात आली आहे. यामुळे कोरोनाचा धोका कमी होईल, असा दावा करण्यात आला आहे.
कोरोनाच्या दुसऱ्या लाटेच्या उद्रेकामुळे संपूर्ण देशात चिंतेचे वातावरण आहे. अनेक राज्यांमध्ये अंशतः तर काही राज्यांमध्ये संपूर्ण लॉकडाऊन करण्यात आलं आहे. कोरोनापासून वाचण्यासाठी नियमांचे पालन आणि लसीकरण हे दोन महत्त्वाचे पर्याय मानले जात आहेत. एकीकडे शास्त्रज्ज्ञ विज्ञानाच्या मदतीने कोरोनाला रोखण्यासाठी वेगवेगळे प्रयत्न करत आहेत. तर, दुसरीकडे काही ठिकाणी श्रद्धेचा मार्गाने कोरोनाला पळवून लावण्याचा प्रयत्न होताना पाहायला मिळत आहे.
थेट कोरोना देवीची स्थापना देशाच्या काही भागांमधून कोरोना देवीच्या पूजेबाबतच्या बातम्या समोर येत आहेत. आता तमिळनाडूच्या कोईम्बतूरमधूनही असाच प्रकार उघडकीस आला आहे. कोईम्बतूर भागातील इरुगुरमधील कमाचीपुरी आदिनाम मंदिराने थेट कोरोना देवीची मूर्ती तयार करून तिची स्थापना केली आहे. तसेच या कोरोना देवीची पूजा करण्याचाही निर्णय घेतल्याची माहिती मिळाली असून, यामुळे कोरोना संसर्गापासून बचाव होऊ शकेल, असा दावा मंदिर प्रशासनाकडून करण्यात आला आहे.
यापूर्वीही आजारांच्या बचावासाठी देवीची स्थापना यापूर्वीही कॉलरा आणि प्लेग यांसारख्या आजारांपासून बचाव करण्यासाठी देवीची स्थापना करून पूजा करण्यात आली होती. लोकांना आजारांपासून वाचवण्याची ही परंपरा आहे. यापूर्वी प्लेगसह इतर काही इतर देवी-देवतांची मूर्ती तयार करण्यात आली होती, अशी माहिती आदिनाम मंदिरातील व्यवस्थापक सिवालिनेजेश्वर यांनी सांगितले.
कोरोनासाठी विशेष पूजा आणि प्रार्थना मंदिर प्रशासनाने दिलेल्या माहितीनुसार, ब्लॅक ग्रोनाइटपासून दीड फूट उंचीची कोरोना देवीची मूर्ती स्थापन करण्यात आली आहे. इतकेच नाही तर, इथे कोरोनासाठी विशेष पूजा आणि प्रार्थनाही केली जाणार असून, ४८ दिवसांच्या महायज्ञ करण्यात येणार आहे. मात्र, सामान्य नागरिकांना यात सहभागी होता येणार नाही. महायज्ञ पूर्ण झाल्यानंतरच सामान्य नागरिक कोरोना देवीचे दर्शन घेऊ शकतील, असे प्रशासनाकडून सांगितले जात आहे.
A boy’s special message on meal boxes prepared by his mother for Covid-19 patients is winning hearts on social media. A photo of the boy writing “Khush rahiye” or “Be happy” on said meal boxes is currently going viral online – and social media users are full of praise for the boy’s thoughtful gesture. At a time when India is battling a devastating second wave of coronavirus, the image, many said, acted as a bright spot in social media feeds that are full of heartbreaking stories.
The boy’s photo first surfaced on social media platforms like Facebook, Reddit and Twitter two days ago. Since then, it has reached thousands of people.
The photo shows the schoolboy dressed in a green shirt, painstakingly spelling out “Khush rahiye” on the cardboard lid of a meal box. Next to him on the table are several meal boxes, each one featuring the two words in Hindi, followed by a smiley face.
“This boy’s mother cooks for Covid patients and this sweet boy writes ‘Be happy’ on each meal box for them,” wrote Twitter user while sharing the pic.
The tweet has collected over 12,000 ‘likes’ and hundreds of comments.
“Wow… what a cute gesture and beautiful handwriting,” wrote one Twitter user. “Sunshine amidst the storm!” said another.
Meanwhile, this is not the only small act of kindness that has earned praise on social media. Recently, a Canada woman’s post urging people to show kindness in tough times also went viral.
The Bombay High Court has expressed concern over the number of celebrities and politicians distributing Covid-related medicines and aid to those in need. The court asked who will guarantee the quality of these Covid drugs.
“We are concerned about the lives of our citizens. There cannot be any mileage, popularity or any other kind of mileage from this. We are deeply pained if needy patients are being deprived of it. This is a sorry state of affairs,” Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni of the Bombay High Court said while going through the notes submitted by the Maharashtra government on celebrities and politicians procuring Covid-19 medicines for the needy.
The note said that the government had served show-cause notices (on procuring Covid-19 relief materials) to Mumbai Congress MLA Zeeshan Siddique and the Sood Charity Foundation (actor Sonu Sood’s NGO), but was yet to receive their replies. Hearing this, the high court said, “We aren’t impressed. By now you should have had recorded their (celebrities) statements. They don’t have any license.”
During a previous hearing, the bench was told by Advocate Rajesh Inamdar that patients approached Bollywood celebrities and politicians through Twitter when they failed to get medicines. The court had asked the Maharashtra government as well as the central government to say how investigational drugs like remdesivir and tocilizubam are being procured and distributed by politicians and celebrities while the state continues to complain about a shortage in supply.
Inamdar showed several tweets of Sonu Sood and Congress MLA Zeeshan Siddiqui distributing remdesivir vials within hours of such pleas. He also added that this was just the tip of the iceberg as there were many others doing this.
Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh appearing for the central government said that they will file a report on the issue but had not done so as procurement and distribution of remdesivir and medical oxygen, among other items, were the prerogative of a state and the Centre merely allocated such resources to states based on the latter’s demands.
“Who will guarantee that drugs being given by these personalities are of proper quality,” asked the court and further added that for these medicines, “Allocation is by Union, the collection is by state, where is the window of collection by these personalities? That is our anxiety.”
Both Centre and state have been given one week’s time to file a report.
AIIMS has released new guidelines for detection and care for cases of black fungus or mucormycosis that has claimed the lives of several Covid patients across the country. The AIIMS Covid ward has also said that those with uncontrolled diabetes, patients who are on high doses of steroid are at high risk of catching the black fungus infection.
In Maharashtra, 90 people have died of mucormycosis, a rare but fatal fungal infection. While in Rajasthan, there are over 100 cases of black fungus infection. The Rajasthan government has declared black fungus and epidemic in the state and also set up a separate ward for its treatment.
Who are high-risk patients?
1. AIIMS has said patients with uncontrolled diabetes, diabetic ketoacidosis, diabetics on steroids or tocilizumab are at high risk to contract mucormycosis (or black fungus).
2. Patients on immunosuppressant or anticancer treatment, chronic debilitating illness are also at high risk.
3. Patients on high dose steroids or on long duration of steroids, tocilizumab.
4. Severe Covid cases, those who are on oxygen support through nasal prongs or mask, ventilator.
AIIMS has advised doctors and especially ophthalmologists to advise patients with a risk of black fungus infection to do regular checkups with doctors even after discharge.
How to detect black fungus infection?
Those caring for Covid recovered patients should look out for the danger signs. Watch out for:
1. Abnormal black discharge or crust or blood from the nose.
2. Nasal blockage, headache or eye pain, swelling around the eyes, double vision, redness of eye, loss of vision, difficulty in closing eye, inability to open the eye, prominence of the eye.
3. Facial numbness or tingling sensation.
4. Difficulty in chewing or opening mouth.
5. Regular self-examination: Full face examination in daylight, for facial swelling (especially nose, cheek, around the eye) or black discolouration, hardening, and pain on touch.
6. Loosening of teeth. Black areas and swelling inside the mouth, palate, teeth or nose (oral and nasal examination using torchlight, as far as possible you can see).
What can be done?
The AIIMS has issued a set of guidelines in case of detection of black fungus in a patient. These are:
1. Immediate consultation with an ENT doctor, ophthalmologist, or the doctor who is treating the patient in case of any abnormal findings
2. Regular treatment and follow-up. Strict control and monitoring of blood sugar in diabetics
3. Regular medications and follow-up for other comorbidities
4. No self-medication with steroids or antibiotics or antifungal drugs
5. MRI or CT scan with contrast – paranasal sinuses and orbit, if needed, on doctor’s advice.
Mumbai: Hopes to find more survivors continued to dwindle further on Thursday as the search entered the fourth day with 37 bodies being recovered so far. 38 other members of the barge crew remain missing.
INS Kolkata reached Mumbai and disembarked the bodies of the victims who were found on Thursday along with the survivors and rejoined the search operations. INS Kochi has also rejoined the operations.
So far, 188 survivors have been rescued from the sunken barge that went adrift due to the impact of Cyclone Tauktae near Mumbai where it was stationed. Barge P305 had 261 people on board at the time of the incident.
Indian Navy ships worked through the night, using searchlights to trace any movement in the pitch-dark waters, as hopes of finding more survivors began to recede on Thursday.
The Navy on Thursday morning launched a fresh aerial search and rescue mission, deploying helicopters to scour the waters off Mumbai coast, where the accommodation barge P305 went adrift before it sank Monday.
Meanwhile, Mumbai police have said they will conduct a probe as to why the ill-fated barge remained in the turbulent area despite warnings about Cyclone Tauktae. The police have registered an accidental death report (ADR) on Wednesday in connection with the death of the personnel on the barge.
Nagpur: The district reported 1,377 fresh novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and 36 fatalities in last 24-hours. In the day, total 3,778 people successfully recovered from the virus borne disease, taking the numbers of cumulative recovered to 4,36,595.
As per the official report, out of the total positive cases, 591 were from rural areas and 774 cases from Nagpur city alone while 12 cases were reported from out of the district. While out of total deaths, 11 were reported from Nagpur city, 12 deaths were registered from outside the district, while 13 casualties were reported from Nagpur rural.
With the latest update, the total number of cases has surged to 4,66,790, while the number of deaths rose to 8,650.
In the day 3,778 patients were successfully recovered from the virus borne disease taking the numbers of total recovered patients at 4,36,595. Following which recovery rate has improved to 93.53%.
After the fresh updates, the total active cases in the city now stand at 21,528 including asymptomatic cases advised for home isolation.
Vidarbha Reeling Under Heavy Rains, On High Alert For Next 5 Days
Nagpur: The sudden thunderstorm with gusty winds wreck havoc in Second Capital of the State on Monday. Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that the thunderstorm and rains was the effect of Cyclone Tauktae which also left a trail of destruction in several places in Nagpur district.
It was a soothing Monday for Nagpurians as after scorching days there came a moment to take a sigh of relief. Though day started with clear sky, the dark clouds started hovering over the city with changing times and then moment of relief came when rain blessed the city.
Though the light rain after the spell of thunderstorm raised the humidity level in the evening in whole district. Citizens enjoyed the pleasant weather at their residence owing to lockdown like restrictions. Many of them preferred capturing the clouds in their mobile cameras from their terrace and posted them on social media.
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Tuesday said 270 doctors across the country have succumbed to the coronavirus infection in the second wave of the pandemic so far. The list of the deceased doctors includes former IMA president Dr K K Aggarwal, who succumbed to the deadly virus on Monday.
Bihar saw the maximum number of 78 deaths of medical practitioners, followed by Uttar Pradesh (37), Delhi (29) and Andhra Pradesh (22). According to the IMA COVID-19 registry, 748 doctors succumbed to the disease in the first wave of the pandemic.
“Last year, 748 doctors across India succumbed to COVID-19, while in the current wave, in a short period, we have lost 270 doctors. “The second wave of the pandemic is turning out to be extremely fatal for all and especially for the healthcare workers who are at the forefront,” IMA president Dr JA Jayalal said.
गडचिरोली: वैनगंगा नदीत डोंगा उलटून तीन मुलींना मिळालेल्या जलसमाधीच्या दुर्घटनेनंतर हा डोंगा चालवणाऱ्या नावाड्याचा मृतदेह अद्यापी हाती लागलेला नाही. तो या मुलींचा काका असल्याने त्याने आत्महत्या केली असावी अशी गावकऱ्यांमध्ये चर्चा आहे.
चामोर्शी तालुक्यात असलेल्या वाघोली या गावात मंगळवारी या तीन मुलींचा पाण्यात बुडून अपघाती मृत्यू झाला होता.
मृत मुलींमध्ये सोनी मूकरू शेंडे, समृध्दी ढिवरु शेंडे (रा.वाघोली) या चुलत बहिणी आणि पल्लवी रमेश भोयर (रा.येवली) या त्यांचा आत्येबहिणीचा समावेश आहे. तिघीही 12 ते 14 वर्ष वयोगटातील आहेत. यातील सोनी ही विश्वशांती विद्यालय भेंडाळा येथील विद्यार्थिनी असून ती यावर्षी आठव्या वर्गात होती.
या तिघी मुली डोंग्याने वैनगंगा नदीच्या पैलतीरावर चंद्रपूर जिल्ह्याच्या हद्दीत असलेल्या आमराईत आंबे आणण्यासाठी जात होत्या. पण खोल पाण्यात त्यांचा डोंगा उलटल्याचे सांगितले जाते.
पती-पत्नीमध्ये भांडणं होतच असतात. भांडणातूनच प्रेम वाढतं असंही म्हणतात. पण भांडणं टोकाला गेली तर पुढे काहीही होऊ शकतं. संसार मोडू शकतो. त्यामुळे भांडण झाल्यावर जास्त ताणू नये. एकानं माघार घ्यावी आणि भांडण मिटवावं, असा सल्ला ज्येष्ठ मंडळी देतात. मात्र रशियाच्या सायबेरियामध्ये एक धक्कादायक प्रकार घडला. नोवोकुझनेत्स्क शहरात वास्तव्यास असलेल्या एका दाम्पत्याचं कडाक्याचं भांडण झालं. हे भांडण पत्नीला चांगलंच महागात पडलं.
नोवोकुझनेत्स्कमध्ये राहणाऱ्या तात्यानाचं तिचा पती एदरसोबत जोरदार भांडण झालं. तात्यानानं पती एदारला माफी मागायला सांगितली. मात्र त्यानं माफी मागण्यास नकार दिला. त्यामुळे संतापलेली तात्यानाचं एदारला जमिनीवर पाडून त्याच्या तोंडावर बसली. तात्यानाचं वजन १०१ किलो असल्यानं एदारचा श्वास कोंडला गेला. श्वासोच्छवास बंद झाल्यानं तो गुदमरला. त्यामुळे त्याचा मृत्यू झाला.
पतीची हालचाल थांबल्याचं लक्षात येताच तात्याना त्याच्या तोंडावरून उठली. पतीचा मृत्यू झाल्याचं तिच्या लक्षात आलं. श्वास कोंडला जात असताना एदार तात्यानाकडे गयावया करत होता. तिला उठण्याची विनंती करत होता. मात्र तात्याना अतिशय रागात होती. तिनं तोंडावरून उठण्यास नकार दिला. त्यामुळे एदारचा श्वास घेण्यात अडचणी येऊ लागल्या आणि त्याचा मृत्यू झाला.
तात्यानाच्या मुलीनं सर्वप्रथम तिच्या वडिलांचा मृतदेह पाहिला. मला माझ्या पतीला मारायचं नव्हतं. आमच्यात भांडण झालं आणि मी केवळ त्याला शांत करत होते. वाद सुरू झाल्यावर सतत बोलत होता. तो आरडाओरड करत होता. त्याचं तोंड बंद करण्यासाठी मी त्याच्यावर बसले. यामुळे त्याचा जीव जाईल याची मला जराही कल्पना नव्हती, असं तात्यानानं सांगितलं.
Nagpur: A social media group, engaged in humanitarian work along with civic administration, ensured four members of a family, admitted to the Covid ward of Saint George Hospital in Mumbai, got nutritious food.
In a chain of philanthropic actions by people who were strangers to each other, help was mobilized from Nagpur through an all-women ‘WE7 Care foundation’ which ensured delivery of food to the Mumbai-based family of an IT engineer.
It’s learnt, a woman posted a message in a social group having around 152 members helping others during the pandemic, requesting for food delivery to the family fighting Covid-19. She was approached by a colleague of the IT engineer.
“My two brothers, father and me are admitted to the hospital. We wanted some nutritious food at the hospital and hence we requested a colleague to do something. It was really intriguing that help was routed from Nagpur to Mumbai,” said the IT engineer.
The local group member contacted one Vikash Sharma from Mumbai, who had posted a message on Facebook offering help to anyone during the pandemic. Sharma, who has a group of around 350 social workers, contacted like-minded hotelier Nagesh Shetty from south Mumbai to help the family at Saint George hospital near CST railway station. “I twice delivered food to the family of four after getting a call as my hotel is close to the hospital,” said Shetty.
Social worker Neerja Pathania, who had taken up the initiative, said the motto of their group was to help those in need during the pandemic without knowing each other.
Aaron Summers, the Australian fast bowler, has appeared in Darwin Local Court after being charged with child sexual offence. The cricketer, applied for bail in the Darwin Local Court on Monday after being charged with two counts of possessing child abuse material and one of using a carriage service to groom an underage person. Police alleged Summers’ phone had child sex abuse images and there was evidence the man had been trying to get ‘illicit photographs’ from up to ten children. On his mobile phone in the favourites folder there are a number of child abuse videos, some of which were recorded on the Snapchat application live with the victims and then they were saved and stored in the gallery of his phone. According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald, Summers appeared in front of the Darwin Local Court with the police alleging that the 25-year-old’s mobile phone contains child abuse videos. “A matter was brought to the attention of NT Cricket and was immediately actioned in accordance with our member protection policy. In line with the policy the matter was referred to the relevant authorities and is now being handled by police,” SMH quoted a Cricket Australia statement as saying.
The Northern Territories Police Service have released a statement. Detectives from the Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team (JACET) arrested a 25-year-old man in Fannie Bay on Friday afternoon for child abuse material. Police executed a section 3E Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) search warrant on the man and seized a mobile phone. “Police will allege that the man’s mobile device contained a number of videos containing child abuse material. There was also evidence that the man had been in contact with up to 10 children to attempt to procure further illicit photographs,” it added. Detective acting senior sergeant Paul Lawson also released a statement describing Summers’ behavior as “despicable”. “Young people should be able to enjoy their childhood without the fear of predators approaching them for their own appalling intentions. The Northern Territory Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team will continue to work with national and international partners to keep the most vulnerable in our community safe,” the statement read. Summers, a right-arm pacer, has represented Hobart Hurricanes in Big Bash League and played three one-day for Tasmania as well. He grabbed the limelight becoming the first ever Australian cricketer to play in Pakistan’s domestic cricket turning out for Southern Punjab in Pakistan Cup.
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