New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): With the country still reporting nearly 10,000 COVID cases daily, Dr VK Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog on Wednesday said that the pandemic is still not over while also urging the citizens to increase the rate of vaccination of the precaution dose among the population.

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Raipur Jan 28 PTI Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday warned that strong disciplinary action will be taken against collectors and superintendents of police SPs if they fail to curb illegal sand mining in their respective districts in the state an official said He also said that cases should be lodged against those involved in illegal sand mining activities and vehicles used in unauthorised transportation should be seized according to the official Taking serious cognisance of the reports of illegal mining and transportation of sand by mafias Baghel has directed the officials to take stern measures in this regard an official statement said Illegal sand mining should not take place in any district and if complaints are received in this regard then collectors and SPs will be personally accountable for it If action is not taken against illegal mining the responsibility of the district officials will be fixed and strict disciplinary action will be taken against them the release quoted the chief minister as saying He instructed the collectors and SPs to physically visit the spots wherever such illegal activity is taking place it said Citing the loss caused to the state exchequer due to illegal mining Baghel has also directed senior officials of the mineral department to take stern measures in this regard it said Wherever complaints of illegal mining and transportation of sand are received inspection should be conducted by the officials of the Mineral Department and field staff on a regular basis Cases should be lodged against those involved in such activities and the vehicles used in illegal transportation should be seized Baghel said In February 2019 the Bhupesh Baghel government had withdrawn the rights of panchayats over sand mining and powered the state-owned Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation CMDC for its extraction and trade PTI TKP NP NP

Mumbai Jan 24 PTI The Anti Narcotics Cell of Mumbai Crime Branch arrested three people in two raids and seized ganja and mephedrone from them an official said on Monday The raids were conducted on Sunday by the Kandivali and Ghatkopar units of the ANC he added In a raid carried out on Ghatkopar-Andheri Link road two people identified as Imran Ansari 42 and Ismail Sheikh 21 were held with 115 kilograms of ganja brought from Odisha and a car cumulatively valued at Rs 3375 lakh a Kandivali ANC unit official said In the second raid one Saif Chowdhary was held from Jijamata Nagar in Mahul with mephedrone worth Rs 18 lakh a Ghatkopar ANC unit official said Cases under the NDPS Act have been registered and further probe to unravel the peddling network was underway officials said PTI ZA BNM BNM BNM

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 5 (ANI): A spike in COVID-19 cases was witnessed in Karnataka on Wednesday as the state reported 4,246 new cases of the infection with a test positivity rate of 3.33 per cent.

Bengaluru Dec 31 PTI Registering a spike for the third consecutive day Karnataka on Friday reported 832 new COVID-19 cases and 8 deaths taking the total number of infections to 3007337 and the death toll to 38335 The state had on Thursday had reported 707 fresh infections compared to 566 on Wednesday There were 335 discharges today taking the total number of recoveries to 2960261 a health department bulletin said Of the new cases 656 were from Bengaluru Urban as the city saw 211 discharges and 5 deaths The total number of active cases in the state is now 8712 While the positivity rate for the day stood at 070 per cent the Case Fatality Rate CFR was 096 per cent Of the deaths reported today 5 are from Bengaluru Urban and one each from Dakshina Kannada Mandya and Uttara Kannada Apart from Bengaluru Urban Udupi district accounted for the second highest of 35 new cases Dakshina Kannada 30 Kodagu 21 and Hassan 11 Bengaluru Urban district now has a total of 1263618 postive cases followed by Mysuru 180275 and Tumakuru 121341 According to the bulletin Bengaluru Urban was on top among discharges with 1239931 followed by Mysuru 177752 and Tumakuru 120142 Cumulatively a total of 56468197 samples have been tested in the state of which 117917 were examined on Friday alone PTI KSU BN BN

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New Delhi Oct 18 PTI From door-to-door survey to check breeding of mosquito larvae to displaying thematic panels in metro trains civic bodies in Delhi have intensified anti-dengue campaigns to check spread of the vector-borne disease and raise awareness on its prevention amid a spike in cases The national capital has seen a surge in dengue cases in the last two weeks and the first death due to it was reported on Monday a senior official said adding that the deceased was a woman aged about 35 who lived in Metro Colony in Sarita Vihar of south Delhi The three municipal corporations have intensified their efforts in both containing dengue and spreading awareness among people on its prevention According to a civic report on vector-borne diseases released on Monday one death due to dengue and a total of 723 dengue cases have been recorded this season till October 16 which is the highest case count since 2018 for the same period The total number of cases this year till October 9 had stood at 480 So 243 fresh cases have been logged in one week Of the total count of dengue cases recorded in Delhi this year 382 have been reported this month till October 16 which amount to nearly 52 per cent of the cumulative cases Hours after the reporting of the first death due to dengue from an area under its jurisdiction the public health department of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation on Monday said it has taken vector-control measures in the Metro Colony area and the locality has been kept under surveillance by field staff In the Metro Colony 426 houses were surveyed and breeding of mosquito larvae was found at 12 households fogging was done at 323 houses 10 legal notices were served and three challans were imposed officials said The report said 22142066 visits have been made to various houses in the city by the three municipal corporations this year including 7236078 by dengue breeding checking staff of the SDMC Of the total households surveyed breeding of mosquito larvae were reported from 156248 houses In south Delhi from where the first dengue death has been recorded breeding of mosquitoes was found at 57547 houses the report said Also 122358 legal notices have been issued for mosquito genetic conditions at various sites and 18242 prosecutions launched it said Civic authorities said handbills posters and banners have been put up to raise awareness on prevention of dengue Messages have been displayed on metro trains walls of public toilet blocks bodies of auto-rickshaw to build awareness SDMC authorities said adding that 464 panels have also been displayed inside metro trains Awareness messages are being sent to RWAs representatives via WhatsApp and 55 lakh bulk messages with links have also been sent to people via SMS the SDMC officials said Dengue mosquito larvae breed in clear standing water while those of malaria thrive even in dirty water Cases of vector-borne diseases are usually reported between July and November but the period may stretch till mid-December Malaria dengue and chikungunya are accompanied with high fever and therefore doctors feel that people might suspect that they have contracted COVID-19 According to the SDMC report 142 cases of malaria and 69 cases of chikungunya have also been reported till October 16 this year in Delhi The East Delhi Municipal Corporation has also intensified its drive to combat dengue and a new awareness campaign via radio stations has been started and the message will be aired on radio stations from Tuesday onwards The North Delhi Municipal Corporation had run an intensive week-long campaign from October 2-7 to keep vector-borne diseases under control and efforts to combat dengue continues the officials said A total of 1072 cases and one death was logged in the entire year in 2020 according to the report released by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation the nodal agency for tabulating data on vector-borne diseases in the city In the previous years the total dengue cases reported were 4431 in 2016 4726 in 2017 2798 in 2018 2036 in 2019 and 1072 in 2020 In 2015 the city had witnessed a massive outbreak of dengue when the number of dengue cases reported had crossed 10600 in October itself making it the worst outbreak of the vector-borne disease in the national capital since 1996 PTI KND SNE SNE

New Delhi : India reported 21,257 new covid cases in last 24 hours. The country also reported 271 deaths. At least 24,963 recoveries in the last 24 hours took the total number of recoveries to 3,32,25,221 in India. The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.96 per cent, highest since March 2020. The active COVID-19 cases in India comprise 0.71 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020 — the active caseload at present is 2,40,221, lowest in 205 days.

New Delhi : India reported 21,257 new covid cases in last 24 hours. The country also reported 271 deaths. At least 24,963 recoveries in the last 24 hours took the total number of recoveries to 3,32,25,221 in India. The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.96 per cent, highest since March 2020. The active COVID-19 cases in India comprise 0.71 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020 — the active caseload at present is 2,40,221, lowest in 205 days.