New Delhi, Oct 1: India saw a single day rise of 3,805 new coronavirus infections, taking India’s tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,45,91,112, while the active cases declined to 38,293, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday.
The death toll climbed to 5,28,655 with 26 fatalities, which include 13 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.09 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 98.73 per cent, the health ministry said.
A decline of 1,290 cases has been recorded in the active caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.29 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was 1.39 per cent, according to the health ministry.
The number of recoveries surged to 4,40,24,164, while the case fatality rate was 1.19 per cent.
According to the ministry, 218.68 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.
It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.
India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4, three crore on June 23 last year and four crore on January 25 this year. (Agencies)
India reports 3,805 new COVID-19 cases
Ghulam Nabi Azad elected chairman of Democratic Azad Party
Jammu, Oct 1: Former Chief Minister of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state Ghulam Nabi Azad has been elected the chairman of his newly formed Democratic Azad Party (DAP), a party leader said on Saturday.
A resolution to this effect was passed at a founder members session, which was held both in Jammu and Srinagar, the leader said, adding the decision was unanimous.
Azad, 73, who quit the Congress on August 26, launched DAP in Jammu on September 26 with the support of dozens of former ministers, ex-legislators and other prominent leaders, majority of whom also resigned from the Congress in his support. (Agencies)
PM Modi to launch 5G services today
Bringing a new era in technology, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today launch the 5G telecom services that seek to provide seamless coverage, high data rate, low latency and a highly reliable communications system.
According to Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), he is scheduled to launch the 5G services at 10 am on Saturday at an event organised at Pragati Maidan in the national capital. On the occasion, the three major telecom operators of the country will demonstrate one use case each in front of the Prime Minister to show the potential of 5G technology in India.
Reliance Jio will connect a teacher from a school in Mumbai with students in three different locations in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Odisha. This will demonstrate how 5G will facilitate education by bringing teachers closer to students, obliviating the physical distance between them. It will demonstrate the power of Augmented Reality (AR) on screen and how that is being used to teach children across the country, remotely, without the need of an AR device.
In the Airtel demo, a girl from Uttar Pradesh will witness a lively and immersive education experience to learn about the solar system with the help of Virtual reality and Augmented reality. The girl will share her experience of learning with the PM by appearing on the dais through a hologram.
The Vodafone Idea test case will demonstrate the safety of workers in an under-construction tunnel of Delhi Metro through the creation of a Digital Twin of the tunnel on the dais. The digital twin will help give safety alerts to workers in real time from a remote location. PM will take a live demo from the dais to monitor the work in real time by utilising VR and Artificial Intelligence.
At the event, PM Modi is scheduled to visit an exhibition where he will witness the demonstration of the use of 5G technology in multiple areas.
The various use cases that will be demonstrated in front of PM in the exhibition include precision drone-based farming; High-Security Routers & AI based Cyber Threat Detection platforms; Automated Guided Vehicles; Ambupod – Smart Ambulance; Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality /Mix Reality in Education and Skill Development; Sewage Monitoring System; Smart-Agri Programme; Health diagnostics, among others.5G technology will offer a wide range of benefits to the common people. It will help in providing seamless coverage, high data rate, low latency, and highly reliable communications.
Also, it will increase energy efficiency, spectrum efficiency and network efficiency. 5G technology will help in connecting billions of Internet of Things devices, will allow higher quality video services with mobility at high speed, and delivery of critical services such as telesurgery and autonomous cars among others. 5G will help in real-time monitoring of disasters, precision agriculture, and minimising the role of humans in dangerous industrial operations such as in deep mines, offshore activities etc.
Unlike existing mobile communication networks, 5G networks will allow tailoring of requirements for each of these different use cases within the same network.
Government job mindset hinders start-up culture, says minister
Jammu, September :
Union Minister Jitendra Singh today said the government job mind-set is proving to be an obstacle to the start-up culture, mainly in North India.
Inaugurating a start-up expo that is covering areas such as agriculture, dairy, computer and communications, IT and pharmaceuticals, Singh said the start-up culture is yet to fully catch up with the imagination of the youth and the entrepreneurs in some North Indian states.
He said, “It is important to take note of some exemplary instances of young entrepreneurs who quit their lucrative jobs in the MNCs to establish start-ups, as these young entrepreneurs are now beginning to realise the possibility of greater fortunes in this”.
Mainly dry weather, light rain at isolated places likely in J&K: MeT
Jammu, Oct 1: The Meteorological (MeT) department on Saturday forecast mainly dry weather with chances of light rain at isolated phases in Jammu and Kashmir during next 24 hours.
“Mainly dry weather with chances of light rain at isolated places is likely in J&K during next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said.
Meanwhile, Srinagar registered 11.4 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam 6.1 and Gulmarg 6.4 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature this morning.
Drass town in Ladakh region clocked 3 degrees, Kargil 9.1 and Leh 5, while Jammu recorded 23.1 degrees, Katra 21, Batote 13.1, Banihal 9.6 and Bhaderwah 11.2.
Huge cache of arms and ammunition recovered in J&K’s Bandipora
Srinagar, Sep: Security forces on Friday recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition including seven AK-47 assault rifles in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
The cache was recovered in Nowshehra Nard area of the frontier Gurez sector in the north Kashmir district.
“Bandipora Police and Army recovered huge #arms & ammunition including 7 AK-47 rifles, 2 Pistols, 21 AK Magazines, 1190 rounds, 132 pistol rounds, 13 grenades & other #incriminating materials in Nowshehra Nard, Gurez area of #Bandipora,” Kashmir Zone Police said in a tweet.
The police said a case has been registered. (Agencies)
19 people dead after blast at educational centre in Kabul
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept 30: At least 19 people have been killed and dozens of others injured in Afghanistan’s Kabul after a blast at an education centre on Friday morning.
Kabul Police spokesperson Khalid Zadran told CNN that the explosion occurred at the Kaaj education centre at 7:30 am local time.
“Unfortunately, the explosion has caused human casualties. Security forces have reached the area and we will share the type of the explosion and casualty figures later,” said Zadran.
In a Twitter post, NGO Afghan Peace Watch said a suicide bomber detonated himself among students, targeting Kaj educational centre in a Hazara neighbourhood.
This explosion comes a few days after a blast was reported near the Wazir Akbar Khan area of Kabul that sparked a global outcry. The recent blast outside the Russian Embassy in Kabul was also condemned in the strongest terms.
This series of blasts come as the Taliban completed one year of its rule in Afghanistan following the ouster of the US-backed civilian government last year. Rights groups said the Taliban had broken multiple pledges to respect human and women’s rights.
After capturing Kabul in August last year, the Islamic authorities imposed severe restrictions on women’s and girls’ rights, suppressed the media, and arbitrarily detained, tortured, and summarily executed critics and perceived opponents.
Rights groups say that the Taliban’s human rights abuses have brought widespread condemnation and imperilled international efforts to address the country’s dire humanitarian situation. (AGENCIES)
SSP Jammu refutes rumors about ‘child kidnappers gang’
Jammu, Sept 30: SSP Jammu, Chandan Kohli on Friday refuted rumors in Jammu district about a “gang of kidnappers kidnapping children”.
“In recent past, some rumors have been spread in Jammu district areas that a gang involved in kidnapping / theft of children is active,” the SSP Jammu said in a statement. “No report is available with police regarding any such gang and the talks are merely rumors. However, Jammu Police have increased patrolling and vigil in the areas,” he added.
He further said that any such information with parents / guardians or any other person may kindly be shared with the nearest police station or police post.
Woman Booked Under PSA for Allegedly of Land Grabbing, Frauds in Budgam: Police
SRINAGAR, Sept 30: Police on Friday said that acting tough against the habitual offenders, trespassers and land grabbers, a woman was booked under PSA in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district.
In a handout, the police said that Police it has booked a notorious fraudster identified as Ms. Shoki wife of Ghulam Rasool Dar@ Las Shikari resident of Gangbugh Srinagar under Public Safety Act for her unrelenting involvement in criminal/anti-social activities and deceiving/looting the gullible people. The booked lady has been continuously deceiving, befooling and looting the gullible people with her craftiness. Many a time she was found to be involved in forcibly trespasses the land of people on the pretext of land deals and grabs the same through deceitful means.
The police spokesman further stated that the said lady also used to attack the owners of said land/property with the help of her goons and used to threaten common masses of her area to face dire consequences if not allowed such illegal activities.
The booked lady is wife of a land broker namely Ghulam Rasool Dar @ Las Shikari and these both are acting in hand and glove in selling the land/property on fake revenue documents and subject has also been found in interfering in the matters relating to sale/purchase of land in her vicinity, he said.
Her repeated behaviour of indulging in offences and activities had created resentment among the public and turned into law & order situation, he said.
The said shrewd and swindling lady has been detained under PSA after obtaining sanctions from the concerned authorities for her involvement in 07 cases of cheating already registered against her in district Srinagar & Budgam, he said.
Community members are once again advised to be aware and not to fall prey to such fraudsters/land grabbers and report any such suspicious or fraudulent activity as early as possible, reads the statement.(Agencies)
Free medical camp organised by GAMC Akhnoor on the Occasion of World Heart day
Under the guidance of Worthy Principal GAMC Prof.Dr.Shashi sudhan Sharma and under the supervision of Nodal officer and Administrative officer free Medical Aid camp was organized in collaboration with Panchayat ghar Barui on 29-09-22 on the occasion of World Heart day by Dr.Twinkle Gupta(Associate professor Dept. of Kayachikitsa) Dr.Priya Puesh Pargotra (Associate professor Dept. of Roga Nidana) and Dr. Sheetal (Associate professor Dept. of Prasuti Tantra along with the support of lab technicians ,paramedical staff and students.Among Screened Health seekers 113 beneficiaries availed free Ayush medicines, counselling sessions and 319 diagnostic investigations done by Roga Nidana department during the medical camp.