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Uttarakhand Corona Update:लगातार छह दिनों से नहीं मिला नया संक्रमित, अब केवल छह सक्रिय मामले - Uttarakhand Corona Update: No New Infected Found For Six Days Now Only Six Active Cases

(सांकेतिक तस्वीर) – फोटो : सोशल मीडिया विस्तार उत्तराखंड में कोरोना संक्रमण के सक्रिय मामलों में तेजी से कमी आई है। वर्तमान में हरिद्वार और पौड़ी जिले में ही सिर्फ छह सक्रिय मामले हैं। लगातार छह दिनों से प्रदेश में नया कोरोना संक्रमित नहीं मिला है। स्वास्थ्य विभाग की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, 31 जनवरी से प्रदेश में कोरोना का नया संक्रमित मामला सामने नहीं आया है। इसके अलावा सक्रिय मामले लगातार कम होने…

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India registered a 13 per cent decrease in new COVID-19 cases: WHO

India registered a 13 per cent decrease in new COVID-19 cases: WHO

United Nations: India registered a 13 per cent decrease in new COVID-19 cases in the past week but the number of fresh infections was still the highest around the world, the WHO has said. The number of new cases and deaths continued to decrease with just over 4.8 million new cases and just under 86,000 new deaths reported globally in the past week, a 12 per cent and 5 per cent decrease…

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Uttarakhand Corona Update 118 New Cases Of Coronavirus 577 Active Cases 79 In Dehradun 15 In Haridwar Know Vaccination

Uttarakhand Corona Update 118 New Cases Of Coronavirus 577 Active Cases 79 In Dehradun 15 In Haridwar Know Vaccination

Uttarakhand Corona Update: In Uttarakhand, 118 new patients of Coronavirus have been found within 24 hours, while 53 patients have returned home after recovering. At the same time, the number of active cases has reached 577. One patient has died in the last 24 hours. Talking about the sample positivity rate in the state, it is 9 percent. According to the Uttarakhand Health Department, since…

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117 new patients found in Uttarakhand in 24 hours, 674 active cases

117 new patients found in Uttarakhand in 24 hours, 674 active cases

Dehradun : 117 new corona patients have been found in Uttarakhand within 24 hours. While 25 patients have returned home after recovering. At the same time, the number of active cases has reached 674. No patient has died in the last 24 hours. Talking about the sample positivity rate in the state, it is 8.20%. According to the Uttarakhand Health Department, since January 1, 2022, 94,827 cases have…

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India's second Covid wave hits like a 'tsunami' as hospitals buckle under weight Graveyards are running out of space, hospitals are turning away patients, and desperate families are pleading for help on social media for beds and medicine. India reported 295,041 cases of coronavirus and 2,023 deaths Wednesday, its highest rise in cases and highest death increase recorded in a single day since the beginning of the pandemic, according to a CNN tally of figures from the Indian Ministry of Health. “The volume is humongous,” said Jalil Parkar, a senior pulmonary consultant at the Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai, which had to convert its lobby into an additional Covid ward. “It’s just like a tsunami.” “Things are out of control,” said Ramanan Laxminarayan, director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy in New Delhi. “There’s no oxygen. A hospital bed is hard to find. It’s impossible to get a test. You have to wait over a week. And pretty much every system that could break down in the health care system has broken down,” he said. To prove his point, at least 22 Covid-19 patients who were on ventilator support died Wednesday waiting for oxygen supplies that were lost in an accident, a senior official from the Nashik district in the Indian state of Maharashtra said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on Tuesday, acknowledging the country’s “very big battle” against Covid-19. He appealed to states to “use a lockdown as their last option,” even as the capital New Delhi entered its first full day of a week-long lockdown. On Monday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal warned that failing to halt movement in the city could lead to “tragedy.” “We don’t want to take Delhi to a place where patients are lying in hospital corridors and people are dying on roads,” Kejriwal said. On Tuesday, he warned that some Delhi hospitals were “left with just a few hours of oxygen,” as authorities scrambled to convert sports complexes, banquet halls, hotels and schools into much-needed treatment centers, with the goal to add 6,000 additional beds within days. “Our healthcare system has reached its limit. It is now in a state of distress. It has not collapsed yet but it is in distress,” Kejriwal said. “Every healthcare system has its limits. No system can accommodate unlimited patients.” With shortages being reported across the country, local and state leaders appealed to the federal government for more oxygen and medicine. Modi appeared to answer those calls on Tuesday, announcing plans for the delivery of 100,000 cylinders of oxygen nationwide, new oxygen production plants, and hospitals dedicated to Covid patients. But experts fear it’s too little, too late, as positive patients compete for limited resources and mass gatherings threaten to spread the virus even further. In Wednesday’s incident in which the 22 people died in the Indian state of Maharashtra, senior official Suraj Mandhare told reporters the oxygen was lost due to a leakage from a tanker at the Zakir Hussain hospital. “There was a valves leakage in tankers in Nashik, it was a large scale leakage, definitely this would impact the hospital where the tankers were headed,” Maharashtra’s health minister Rajesh Tope told reporters Wednesday. The district administration is coordinating with hospital officials to make oxygen available to patients who need it at the earliest, Mandhare said. The patients who died required oxygen as their “pressure” was low and the leakage from this shipment meant that they did not receive the supply in time, Mandhare added. India’s Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah tweeted about the event saying: “I am distressed to hear the news of the accident of oxygen leak in a hospital in Nashik. I express my deepest condolences on this irreparable loss of those who have lost their loved ones in this accident. I pray to God for the health of all the other patients.” In Maharashtra there is currently a daily demand for 1,550 metric tons of oxygen for Covid-19 patients but the state manufactures 1,250 metric tons of oxygen which is being used entirely for medical purposes. The remaining 300 metric tons are being supplied by other states, Tope told reporters Wednesday. Maharashtra has 3,343,359 cases of coronavirus including 685,552 active cases and 61,343 deaths according to the Indian Ministry of Health on Wednesday. Pleading for help online With few official options available, families are turning to social media for help. Mumbai resident Anil Tiwari, 34, lost his father to Covid-19 in November last year. Last week, his 58-year-old mother tested positive. She was admitted to hospital but needed an intensive care unit (ICU) bed, Tiwari said. “I’m crying, running to get ICU bed for my mother,” Tiwari tweeted on Monday. “Kindly help to save my mother I love her more than anything.” After days of effort, including calling the municipal authorities to get on a waitlist, Tiwari’s mother was finally given an ICU bed, Tiwari said on Tuesday. But now, she needs oxygen, which the hospital is in short supply of. She is still able to walk, but is having difficulty breathing, Tiwari said. Demand for the drug Remdesivir and its active pharmaceutical ingredients has spiked during the second wave, prompting the government to temporarily ban the export of the medication to increase its supply in the domestic market. The Indian government has approved the drug for emergency use within hospitals, though the World Health Organization (WHO) says evidence does not suggest the drug lessens the risk of dying from Covid-19 or needing mechanical ventilation. Abhijeet Kumar, a 20-year-old college student, took to Twitter to raise money to pay for Remdesivir injections for his 51-year-old uncle. Kumar said his uncle had been in hospital in Raipur, in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, since April 9 after testing positive for Covid. “The injections are very expensive,” Kumar said. “They are saying it costs between 12,000 to 15,000 rupees (about $160-200). He has gotten two doses of the injection but he needs a third and we can’t afford it … my uncle works as a plumber.” Seven major manufacturers of Remdesivir have slashed prices to between 899 rupees and 3,490 rupees (about $12-47) due to “the intervention of the government,” according to a government memorandum on April 17. But several states have acknowledged that high demand and low supply has created a black market for Remdesivir and similar medications. Even many doctors and nurses, too, are frantically searching for open beds and treatment options for their own loved ones, said Parkar, the pulmonary specialist in Mumbai. “Everybody is sick,” he said. “A time has come that we don’t have beds for our own colleagues, for our own parents, for our own extended family.” Complacency and public gatherings The second wave, which has long surpassed the first wave in both new cases and infection rate, was “a situation that was created by complacency,” said Laxminarayan, from the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy. After the first wave ended in the winter, the government and public relaxed too much, due to a mix of Covid fatigue and a false sense of security, experts say. In early March, weeks before cases began climbing again, the federal health minister declared that India was “in the endgame” of the pandemic. This kind of triumphant rhetoric meant residents relaxed their Covid-safe behavior, such as social distancing or wearing face masks, experts say. And, despite warnings of Covid risks, large gatherings continued to take place — sports matches resumed, elaborate weddings went ahead, and movie cinemas reopened. The biggest gathering by far is the Kumbh Mela, an important Hindu festival and one of the biggest pilgrimages on Earth. Millions of Indians are traveling from across the country to Haridwar, an ancient city in Uttarakhand state, to attend ceremonies and prayers and take holy dips in the Ganges River. The festival officially began on April 1 and ends later this month. There are Covid-safe guidelines in place — visitors must register online and provide a negative Covid-19 test to participate in the holy baths, and thousands of officers are conducting surveillance — but experts worry it won’t be enough to contain the risk, given the sheer number of attendees. Several million are expected to visit on “auspicious” days. “The Kumbh Mela could go down as one of the largest mass super spreading events ever, simply because of the size of the number of people who show up there for the ritual bathing in the Ganges,” said Laxminarayan. For weeks, Modi, who has a significant Hindu base, refrained from commenting on the Kumbh Mela and its Covid risks. But earlier this week, he finally appealed to pilgrims to avoid congregating in Haridwar. “Now Kumbh should be carried out symbolically amid the ongoing corona crisis,” Modi tweeted on Saturday. But for some, Modi’s message rang hollow, as the prime minister continued to hold massive political rallies ahead of parliamentary and local council elections in four states and one union territory. Videos from Modi’s rallies, including one in Tamulpur in Assam state on April 3, show him speaking before massive crowds, packed tightly together and cheering. In West Bengal state, a significant election ground, tens of thousands attended rallies by Modi’s Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and the ruling Trinamool Congress Party. Modi’s rallies have attracted sharp criticism from several other political figures, including a former finance minister who called the mass rallies “completely insensitive” given the Covid crisis. In the face of surging cases, the Indian National Congress, India’s main opposition party, has suspended all public rallies in West Bengal. And on Monday, the BJP said it would only hold “small public gatherings” with a cap of 500 people in the state due to “the difficult phase of the pandemic.” Meanwhile, the Kumbh Mela hasn’t been ordered to stop, nor have any new rules been imposed. Uttarakhand state has issued a series of new restrictions including a night curfew and cap on public gatherings — but the festival is exempt. Haridwar has seen a spike in infections, with more than 6,500 new cases reported since the Kumbh Mela began. Several religious sub-groups, including Juna Akhara and Niranjani Akhara, have since asked their followers from out of state to return home and follow guidelines. Some states and cities are requiring festival returnees to be tested and quarantined. But medical workers fear it’s too late. “It’s already gone on for a couple of weeks. Now, of course, they are dispersing, but they may be carrying the virus back to their homes at this point,” said Laxminarayan.”It’s truly a terrible situation at this point.” CNN’s Esha Mitra contributed to this report. Source link Orbem News #buckle #Covid #hits #hospitals #Indias #tsunami #wave #weight

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उत्तराखंड में 226 नए कोरोना पॉजिटिव, 4 लोगों की मौत

उत्तराखंड में 226 नए कोरोना पॉजिटिव, 4 लोगों की मौत

 उत्तराखंड में शनिवार को 226 नए कोरोना पॉजिटिव मरीज़ चिन्हित हुए हैं। वहीं, 04 लोगों की मौत भी हुई। राज्य में कोरोना पॉजिटिव मरीजों (corona positive in uttrakhand) का कुल आंकड़ा 94691 हो गया है। देहरादून में आज सबसे ज्यादा (corona positive in dehradun today) 90 नए मरीज मिले। उत्तराखंड में (Uttarakhand) वर्तमान में 2349 एक्टिव केस (activ case) हैं, इनका इलाज चल रहा है। 1606 लोगों की अब तक संक्रमण…

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Corona in India: देश में पहली बार 24 घंटे में 49,931 नए केस, मरीजों की संख्या 14 लाख के पार

Corona in India: देश में पहली बार 24 घंटे में 49,931 नए केस, मरीजों की संख्या 14 लाख के पार

डिजिटल डेस्क, नई दिल्ली। भारत में कोरोना वायरस का कहर लगातार तेजी से बढ़ रहा है। यहां संक्रमित मरीजों की संख्या 14 लाख के पार पहुंच गई है। सोमवार को स्वास्थ्य मंत्रालय की ओर से जारी आंकड़ों के मुताबिक, पिछले 24 घंटों के दौरान सर्वाधिक 49 हजार 931 नए मामले सामने आए हैं और 708 लोगों ने जान गंवाई है। बता दें कि, पहली बार एक दिन में संक्रमण के इतने मरीज मिले हैं।  

इसी के साथ देश में कोरोना के मरीजों की कुल संख्या 14 लाख 35 हजार 453 हो गई है। इनमें से 32 हजार 771 लोगों की मौत हो चुकी है, जबकि 9 लाख 17 हजार 568 मरीज ठीक हुए हैं। 4 लाख 85 हजार 114 ऐक्टिव केस हैं। कोरोना संक्रमितों की संख्या के हिसाब से भारत दुनिया का तीसरा सबसे प्रभावित देश बना हुआ है।

India's COVID tally cross 14 Lakhs mark with 708 deaths & highest single-day spike of 49,931 cases reported in last 24 hours. Total #COVID19 positive cases stand at 14,35,453 including 4,85,114 active cases, 9,17,568 cured/discharged/migrated & 32,771 deaths: Health Ministry pic.twitter.com/WbumsPdukU

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वहीं ICMR के मुताबिक, देश में 24 जुलाई तक एक करोड़ 68 लाख 6 हजार 803 सैंपल टेस्ट किए जा चुके हैं। रविवार को एक दिन में 5 लाख 15 हजार 472 सैंपल टेस्ट किए गए।

The total number of #COVID19 samples tested up to 26th July is 1,68,06,803 including 5,15,472 samples tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) pic.twitter.com/1W0UMxSAhc

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राज्यों में कोरोना के मामले और मौतों का आंकड़ा-

S. No. Name of State / UT Active Cases* Cured/Discharged/Migrated* Deaths** Total Confirmed cases* 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 142 182 0 324 2 Andhra Pradesh 48956 46301 1041 96298 3 Arunachal Pradesh 650 505 3 1158 4 Assam 8109 24040 79 32228 5 Bihar 13117 25815 244 39176 6 Chandigarh 302 572 13 887 7 Chhattisgarh 2463 4944 43 7450 8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 362 550 2 914 9 Delhi 11904 114875 3827 130606 10 Goa 1549 3277 35 4861 11 Gujarat 13131 40365 2326 55822 12 Haryana 6556 24384 392 31332 13 Himachal Pradesh 966 1198 12 2176 14 Jammu and Kashmir 7680 9928 312 17920 15 Jharkhand 4486 3704 85 8275 16 Karnataka 58425 35838 1878 96141 17 Kerala 9664 9300 61 19025 18 Ladakh 218 1063 4 1285 19 Madhya Pradesh 7857 19132 811 27800 20 Maharashtra 148905 213238 13656 375799 21 Manipur 681 1554 0 2235 22 Meghalaya 562 135 5 702 23 Mizoram 168 193 0 361 24 Nagaland 786 549 4 1339 25 Odisha 8456 16793 140 25389 26 Puducherry 1101 1645 40 2786 27 Punjab 4102 8810 306 13218 28 Rajasthan 9935 25353 621 35909 29 Sikkim 397 148 0 545 30 Tamil Nadu 53703 156526 3494 213723 31 Telangana 12264 41332 463 54059 32 Tripura 1526 2361 13 3900 33 Uttarakhand 2475 3566 63 6104 34 Uttar Pradesh 23921 41641 1426 66988 35 West Bengal 19595 37751 1372 58718   Total# 485114 917568 32771 1435453 *(Including foreign Nationals) **( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities ) #States wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation #Our figures are being reconciled with ICMR

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Coronavirus in India Live Update COVID19 cases Crossed 13 lakh mark single day spike total cases deaths

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In #Uttarakhand, the graph of #corona infected #patients is continuously increasing. On Thursday, 80 corona infected people have been found in the #state. With this, the number of infected patients has now reached 2102. Additional Secretary Health Couple Kishore Pant has confirmed the data. So far 1386 infected patients have recovered and returned home. While there are still 777 active cases. While 26 corona-infected patients have died so far. The state's recovery rate is 60.67 percent and the doubling rate is 25 days. Report by - Shreya Pandey . . . . #Uttarakhandnews #Dehradun #Almora #Chamoli #Pauri #Haridwar #Rudraprayag #Tehri #Uttarkashi #Covid19 #patients #coronapositive #Coronacase #Coronavirus #Virusoutbreak ##uttarakhandnewsguidelines #News #Newsupdate #updates #Theinquilabexpress #Theinquilabexpressnews https://www.instagram.com/p/CBnxVdtnbzO/?igshid=q9xv8nicok8f

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Know how many new cases of corona came in Uttarakhand?

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Uttarakhand : Within the last 24 hours, 12 new corona infected have been found in four districts in the state, while 18 patients have been cured. 97 active patients are undergoing treatment. In the third wave, the total number of infected has reached 92681. According to the Health Department, the investigation report of 1953 samples came negative on Thursday. 12 people were found corona infected…

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09th & 10th June 2020 Current affairs & Daily News Analysis

The Coral Triangle Day 2020 was observed on June 9 About: The Coral Triangle Day was established on June 9, to celebrate and raise awareness of the ocean conservation and protection, especially on the Coral Triangle. The Coral Triangle day was observed the first time on June 9, 2012, in conjunction with the World Oceans Day on June 8. The day is observed by the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI-CFF), also shortly known as the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI). It is a multilateral partnership of six countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste). Important Info : Coral Triangle? Coral Triangle, the world's epicentre of marine diversity, is a vast ocean expense that geographically spreads across 6 countries in Asia and the Pacific: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Timor Leste (the "CT6" countries).It is considered as one of the 3 mega ecological complexes on Earth, together with Congo Basin and the Amazon Rainforest. The region contains 76% of all known coral species, 37% of all known coral reef fish species and 53% of the world's coral reefs. Source : WWF (Environment) Online IAS Coaching with recorded Classes from Best IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), a Deemed University, Pune has developed a Nano-technology based disinfectant spray to combat COVID-19 by disinfecting all types of surfaces About: It has been named “ANANYA”. This can be used by anyone, from a common man to a healthcare worker, for individual as well as large scale use. This spray can be used on masks, PPEs, hospital linens, as well as other likely contaminated surfaces such as medical instruments, elevator buttons, door knobs, corridors and rooms. This Nano-technology assisted formulation will not only stop the novel coronavirus from entering human body, but it will also kill the virus when the virus comes in contact with this formulation layer on masks and PPEs. This is a water based spray and will be effective for more than 24 hours after spray. Source : All India Radio (Healthcare) Online IAS Coaching with recorded Classes from Best IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) launched its flagship programme Turant Customs at Bengaluru and Chennai About: Importers will now get their goods cleared from Customs after a faceless assessment is done remotely by the Customs officers located outside the port of import. Now, the goods imported at Chennai may be assessed by the Customs officers located at Bengaluru and vice versa, as assigned by the Customs’ automated system. The start of Turant Customs at Bengaluru and Chennai will be the first phase of the All India roll out which would get completed by 31st December this year. The first phase will cover imports of Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics machineries at the ports, airports and ICDs of Bengaluru and Chennai. Turant Customs will benefit the importers by eliminating routine interface with the Customs officers and providing uniformity in assessment across the country. Source : All India Radio (Economy) Online IAS Coaching with recorded Classes from Best IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy Delhi Disaster Management Authority Anil Baijal has overruled Arvind Kejriwal government's order that only Delhi residents will be admitted to government hospitals in the city for COVID-19 treatment About: Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) was constituted in 2008 under the Chairpersonship of Lt. Governor of Delhi for an effective and practicable framework for disaster management in Delhi. An Apex Committee headed by the Lt. Governor of Delhi will govern the Disaster Management Authority. The Authority will function through a secretariat (The DDMA Secretariat) which will be called the Disaster Management Center. The Divisional Commissioner of Delhi as the head of the nodal department for disaster management in Delhi will be the Convenor of the DDMA Secretariat. Important Info : Recent development: Baijal has directed authorities to ensure that treatment is not denied to any patient on the ground of not being a resident of the national capital.Earlier, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had announced that all government and private hospitals in the city will only treat Delhi residents till the rising COVID-19 cases are contained. Source : All India Radio (Disaster Management) A look at 8 COVID therapies being used in hospitals in Mumbai and elsewhere List of 8 therapies being used in Indian hospitals for fighting COVID: Remdesivir: Remdesivir, an antiviral drug first developed for treating Ebola in 2014, is one of the possible Covid-19 treatments being investigated in the WHO’s Solidarity Trial. It inhibits viral replication in the body. Favipiravir: Favipiravir is an antiviral given to inhibit viral replication. It is used as an anti-influenza drug. Tocilizumab: This is an immunosuppressant commonly used to treat for rheumatoid arthritis. Itolizumab: This drug is commonly used for the skin disorder psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and autoimmune disorders. Hydroxychloroquine: This antimalarial drug is a subject of debate over its efficacy against Covid. India is the largest producer of this drug. Doxycycline + ivermectin: Doxycycline is an antibiotic used to fight infection in the urinary tract, eye, or respiratory tract. Ivermectin is an anti-parasite drug for treatment of scabies, head lice, and filariasis. The combination is used to treat Covid patients with acute symptoms. Ritonavir + lopinavir: These antivirals are commonly used to treat HIV patients. Plasma therapy: This is meant for critical patients with low oxygen saturation levels, or those suffering a cytokine storm. Source : Indian Express (HealthCare) Online IAS Coaching with recorded Classes from Best IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy The Union Cabinet has approved an ordinance to amend The Essential Commodities Act, 1955, to deregulate commodities such as cereals, pulses, oilseeds, edible oils, onion and potatoes. The ordinance has introduced a new subsection (1A) in Section 3 of the Act Online IAS Coaching with recorded Classes from Best IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy About the Act: There is no specific ‘definition of essential commodities’ in The EC Act. Section 2(A) of the act states that an “essential commodity” means a commodity specified in the “Schedule” of this Act. The Act gives powers to the central government to add or remove a commodity in the “Schedule.” The Centre, if it is satisfied that it is necessary to do so in public interest, can notify an item as essential, in consultation with state governments. By declaring a commodity as essential, the government can control the production, supply, and distribution of that commodity, and impose a stock limit. Source : Indian Express (Economy) Online IAS Coaching with recorded Classes from Best IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy U.K.-based archaeologists have discovered two Roman roads and 30 prehistoric or Roman large embanked settlement enclosures in Tamar Valley, England by analysing images derived from Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data About: Lidar, which stands for Light Detection and Ranging, is a remote sensing method that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure ranges (variable distances) to the Earth. These light pulses—combined with other data recorded by the airborne system— generate precise, three-dimensional information about the shape of the Earth and its surface characteristics. A lidar instrument principally consists of a laser, a scanner, and a specialized GPS receiver. Airplanes and helicopters are the most commonly used platforms for acquiring lidar data over broad areas. Two types of lidar are topographic and bathymetric. Topographic lidar typically uses a near-infrared laser to map the land, while bathymetric lidar uses water-penetrating green light to also measure seafloor and riverbed elevations. Lidar systems allow scientists and mapping professionals to examine both natural and manmade environments with accuracy, precision, and flexibility. Important Info : The Tamar is a river in England. The surrounding area is a World Heritage Site due to its historic mining activities.  Source : The Hindu (Science & Technology) Online IAS Coaching with recorded Classes from Best IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed a MoU with the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, for cooperation in the field of Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Astrophysics About: ARIES is a leading research institute which specializes in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Atmospheric Sciences. Status: It is an autonomous body under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. Location: It is situated at Manora Peak, in Nainital, Uttarakhand. Established in: 1954.  Source : Economic Times (Science & Technology) Online IAS Coaching with recorded Classes from Best IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy A group of scientists working at the Pune-based National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) have recently discovered tiny flashes of radio light emanating from all over the sun, which they say could help in explaining the long-pending coronal heating problem About: The solar corona, the outer layer of the Sun's atmosphere, is composed of extreme high temperature gas, known as plasma, with temperatures reaching millions of degrees Celsius. As the outer layer of the Sun, the part farthest from the core where the nuclear reactions powering the Sun occur, it would logically be expected to be the coolest part of the Sun. But in fact, it is 200 times hotter than the photosphere, the layer beneath it. 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Corona Crunchers: How Covid 19 dashboards helping people make sense of the pandemic

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Corona Crunchers: How Covid 19 dashboards helping people make sense of the pandemic

April 28, 2020. It’s 4 am in India. It’s been over an hour since the millennials running covid19india. org last updated their dashboard tracking the pandemic outbreak in the country. Many of the site’s 90,000-odd Twitter followers are frantically tagging it in their tweets.

Vijendra Rana sounds restless. “Uttarakhand update not good,” he tweets to @covid19indiaorg.

“The district-wise data (in Gujarat) is not updating. Only the active cases are increasing,” posts Kabir Khan.

“Please put up a column for doubling rate and five-daysmoving-average of active cases. The picture will be clearer. Won’t take too much to code,” suggests Diptendu Bhatacharya in his tweet.

It’s half past 4 now. The home page still says, “Last updated at 3:01 am.” Rana, Khan and Bhatacharya barely have 100 Twitter followers between them, but they mirror the sentiments of thousands in their anxiety and inquisitiveness in these Covid-19 days. Over the last six weeks, dashboards like covid19india. org, covindia.com and againstcovid19.com/india have become the first port of call for people looking for up-todate data on the outbreak in India.

Among those tracking global numbers, the likes of ourworldindata.org/coronavirus, covid19stats.live and ncov2019.live have gained traction with millions of users worldwide. From ordinary folk to policymakers, corporates to research firms and even government agencies, many are actively seeking authentic information on Covid-19’s impact on human lives — to stay updated and avoid misinformation-induced panic.

“They are the best source of data available right now since the government doesn’t give granular data in one place,” says Sid Rupani, 36, a Delhi-based supply chain consultant, who actively follows two dashboards for professional and personal reasons.

Without the dashboards, Vaidehi Tandel won’t be able to do half her work. Tandel is an economist with the Mumbai based think tank IDFC Institute. Her job requires processing data across several metrics in real-time, in order to give inputs to governments and other stakeholders. “Having access to these dashboards eliminates one giant step in our process as we don’t have to approach individual government bodies for data anymore,” says the 32-year-old Mumbaikar.

In Delhi, Aparna Jain follows dashboards to assess whether we are being responsible citizens and practising social distancing. She tracks the numbers to ensure that we are not putting pressure on our healthcare system. “I’m not a data scientist, just an involved citizen,” says the corporate leadership coach.

Created by self- or peer-motivated volunteers across different age-groups and disciplines, these dashboards collate data round the clock from different government agencies, health institutions and other reliable sources, and present them in simple, easy-to-understand infographics. Most dashboards are built as open-source platforms so that anyone can access their code to build one for their region.

Kerala-focused Covid19kerala.info, which went live on March 22, adapts the framework of a dashboard created by a few techies for Japan in February this year. Most of them rely on the same big names in the software industry — like GitHub and Netlify — to host their sites, maps, etc. Given the special nature of these projects, many tech companies offer their services pro bono, bringing the cost of running dashboards down to zero in most cases. The creators are also finding solutions to the same problem, more or less. Yet, every dashboard has a different origin story.

Covid19kerala.info, for instance, was cofounded by Jijo P Ulahannan, a physicist based in the state, along with Nishad Thalhath, a metadata researcher based in Japan. “During the 2018 floods in Kerala, Nishad told me that Japan keeps a metadata repository for every calamity. He encouraged me to document the flood’s impact so that future generations can be better prepared for a crisis like this,” recalls Ulahannan.

Coronavirus: Case fatality rates by age

( Case fatality rate (CFR) is calculated by dividing the total number of confirmed deaths due to COVID-19 by the number of confirmed cases. Two of the main limitations to keep in mind when interpreting the CFR: 1)many cases within the population are unconfirmed due to lack of testing 2)some indiviuals who are infected will eventually die from the disease, but are still alive at the time of recording)

Two years later, when Covid hit Kerala, Thalhath — already exposed to the Japan dashboard by then — referred it to Ulahannan to develop it further. Ulahannan took his words literally. Shane Reustle, an American software developer based in Tokyo, who built the Japan dashboard called covid19japan.com with a bunch of design and tech partners, tells ET Magazine: “The team in Kerala took our code, changed it to their needs and made it better. Then they pushed us to adapt those improvements as well.”

In the case of covindia.com, the founders — Achal Agrawal, who teaches at Mahindra Ecole Centrale college of engineering in Hyderabad, and his student Raghav NS — were planning to visualise data on India’s map for a hackathon scheduled in the first week of April. The hack they eventually devised was to visualise district-wise growth of the pandemic on India’s map. The site gets roughly 30,000 page views per day.

Now, these two dashboards are run by a team of about 20 people each. The millennials of covid19india.org, who refuse to share their identity, claim they have had help from at least 1,000 volunteers since going live in mid-March. In the vast tech universe, though, Covid dashboard creators are a tiny community. Even if they haven’t met each other, they know of each other. And they have a mutual admiration society of sorts.

Agrawal of covindia. com acknowledges the user interface of covidout.in. It was a popular dashboard, he notes, that abruptly shut down in late March. Rohan Daxini, founder of covidout.in, attributes the shutdown to domain provider and registrar issues. Instead of reviving the site on another server, Daxini chose to help others who had come up with their dashboards.

“It was not a competition. If others were doing great work, we must acknowledge and offer help,” says the founder of Mumbaibased software firm Kiprosh. Paying Agrawal’s gratitude forward, Daxini praises programmer Zhi Peng Lee’s dashboard for Singapore that initially inspired his layout.

On March 31, Lee, founder of UpCode Academy, created againstcovid19.com/india along the same lines as the Singapore one. While most other dashboards use dark backgrounds and lots of reds and greens for text, againstcovid19.com/india uses tints (light colours).

“It also does a deep dive into data while keeping the information hierarchy intact,” says Himanshu Khanna, founder of Delhi-based design consultancy Sparklin. It starts with the most essential piece of information — total cases, active cases, deceased and discharged. “As you scroll down, the information keeps getting more nuanced, flush with pie charts and bar graphs,” says Khanna.

There is something unique to the design philosophy of each of these dashboards. “Having an option to switch to Malayalam instead of assuming everyone can understand English is a plus for the Kerala dashboard, for instance,” says Rasagy Sharma, a Bengaluru-based designer, who specialises in information visualisation.

Covindia.com uses annotations to humanise data, like “Be safe” for the number of cases, “Be calm” for recovered patients and “Stay informed” for the number of deaths.

Delhi’s Jain has been following a ProPublica dashboard for New York City since her brother lives there. This one visualises data across the city’s 100-plus zip codes on a map. The dashboard highlights the uncertainty factor attached to all Covid data. “Only a minority of people who show symptoms are tested, so the actual number of positive cases is higher,” reads the text under every zip code’s Covid summary.

This tiny dashboard stands tall amid many that leave things open to interpretation. Explaining the meaning and implication of each aspect can help avert multiple narratives among readers, says Sharma.

Lee’s India dashboard does that to an extent, notes Sparklin’s Khanna, by adding percentage distributions next to all essential figures. It instantly shows that while 3-4% of total cases have resulted in deaths, over 25% have recovered. Another way to do it, says Sharma, is by showing cases per thousand of the population in a containment zone, as opposed to painting the whole town red on the map. This is about people dying, communities and industries suffering. Understanding the ethical responsibility of design is critical here, he adds.

Ulahannan, co-creator of the Kerala dashboard, agrees that there’s ample room for contextualisation of the Covid data. However, he points out that these are early days.

Data scientists and data acquisition managers are struggling with the unavailability of complete data, or its availability in an unstructured manner, on most days. There’s an ongoing debate on the use of red to determine containment zones, and on using a dark background for the site as a whole — although the covindia.com team makes the case for darker background being easier on the eyes. Adapting foreign frameworks isn’t a cakewalk either.

In Japan, a Covid-19 patient’s hospital ID can be mapped without violating their privacy, says Ulahannan. “We had to be mindful of how to anonymise data to protect people’s privacy in the Indian context,” he says.

Things haven’t been smooth-sailing for Reustle in Japan, too. “When we started, our biggest challenge was that the government was releasing data in Japanese, with no visual indications.” Before they could analyse the data, they had to translate it. Another problem facing many dashboards is the redaction of numbers. Reustle recalls an incident where certain people wrongly tested positive, “so they had to redact that data at once”.

An even bigger challenge: as numbers go up, dashboards can cause panic than reduce it. At a life stage where everyone is likely surrounded by more numbers than living beings, it is easier to go down the dashboard rabbit hole.

“From a professional aspect, you may start seeing these numbers and trends with fascination,” says Rupani from Delhi. “Once you zoom out a little, you realise the actual human toll it is taking. It can be emotionally challenging,” he adds.

In the beginning, Rupani spent three hours browsing these dashboards. Now he checks them once a day, for a total of 30 minutes. Constantly updating these numbers affects the creators, too. At one point, the influx of cases got to Agrawal and Raj Narayanan, a designer in the team.

“It made us so anxious that we felt we had caught the virus. So we got ourselves tested,” says Agrawal. These days, the team tries to keep the mood light on their 20-plus Slack channels to better cope with disturbing moments.

“I hope no one else sees those chats though,” he adds. After the call, Agrawal shares a screenshot of one such chat in confidence. Truly, unlike the Covid-19 data, some things are better left undisclosed.

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Coronavirus Outbreak LIVE Updates: Health ministry says doubling time of COVID-19 cases improves from 15.4 days to 17.4

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Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Updates 

Doubling time of COVID-19 cases improves from 15.4 days to 17.4, says health ministry 

The doubling time of coronavirus cases in India has improved to 17.4 days currently from 15.4 days a couple of weeks ago, the Union health ministry said on Friday, even as the country for the first time recorded over 10,000 new instances of the infection in a day.

At the time the lockdown was imposed on 25 March, the doubling rate of COVID-19 cases was 3.4 days, it said.

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Coronavirus Outbreak in Chandigarh Latest Updates 

Chandigarh suspends interstate bus services till 30 June

The Chandigarh administration on Friday suspended interstate bus services till 30 June, saying most of the new coronavirus cases detected in the Union Territory have come from outside, an official release said.

The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore, it said.

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Coronavirus Outbreak in Madhya Pradesh Latest Updates 

Muslim man installs sensor bell at temple in Mandsaur amid restricted entry of devotees 

A Muslim man called Nahru Khan has installed contactless bell at Pashupatinath Temple, Mandsaur. He said "We listen to azan, so I thought clanging of bells should also be heard. It works on proximity sensor (able to detect presence of nearby objects without physical contact)."

MP: A man, Nahru Khan has installed contactless bell at Pashupatinath Temple, Mandsaur. He says "We listen to azan, so I thought clanging of bells should also be heard. It works on proximity sensor (able to detect presence of nearby objects without physical contact)". #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/bjY13EqZk6

— ANI (@ANI) June 13, 2020

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Coronavirus Outbreak in Punjab Latest Updates 

Punjab CM issues guidelines on restrictions during weekends, exempts essential services 

Punjab CM today approved detailed weekend&holiday restriction guidelines, as per which inter-district movement will be barred except for e-pass holders&only shops dealing with essential commodities&services will be allowed to operate on all days of week: Punjab Govt. (File pic) pic.twitter.com/wUge7wgYOt

— ANI (@ANI) June 12, 2020

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Coronavirus Outbreak in Assam Latest Updates 

Two more COVID-19 deaths in Assam take toll to eight

Two more persons succumbed to the novel coronavirus in Assam on Friday, taking the COVID-19 toll in the state to eight, while 263 new positive cases were reported increasing the tally to 3,693, said health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. 

The two fresh COVID-19 fatalities are: a 53-year old woman, suffering from cancer, who died at the Silchar Medical College Hospital; and a 50-year old man, who succumbed to the disease at the Guwahati Medical College Hospital.

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Maharashtra's COVID-19 cases cross one lakh-mark

Maharashtra became the first state to report a total of over one lakh cases of the novel coronavirus, as India's tally of COVID-19 cases neared three lakh with the country recording over 10,000 cases in a day for the first time since the first infection was detected in India on 30 January.

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Lockdown to be imposed in Dehradun on weekends, essential services to remain exempted

In view of increasing COVID-19 positive cases, lockdown will be imposed in Dehradun on Saturdays and Sundays, said Dehradun District Magistrate.

"Due to the continuous increase of coronavirus cases, there will be a lockdown in Dehradun for 48 hours. Essential services to remain exempted from the lockdown," said district magistrate, Ashish Kumar Srivastav.

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Coronavirus Outbreak in Delhi Latest Updates 

Delhi records over 2,000 cases in single day, tally crosses 36,000

With a record-jump of 2,137 fresh coronavirus cases on Friday, the total number of infections in Delhi crossed 36,000-mark with the toll at 1,214, according to the latest Delhi health department bulletin.

As many as 71 fatalities were reported in the past 24 hours, the authorities said. 

This is the first time when over 2,000 cases have been reported in a day in the National Capital. The previous highest spike in fresh cases - 1,877- was recorded on 11 June.

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Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Updates 

Modi to hold meeting with state chief ministers on 16-17 June

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting with the state chief ministers over video conference on 16 and 17 June to assess the COVID-19 situation after a surge in the number of cases was recorded across India.

The Prime Minister’s Office tweeted a schedule of his meetings with the chief ministers. On 17 June, Modi will speak to the chief ministers of the most-affected states. The prime minister’s last meeting with the chief ministers was on 12 May.

PM @narendramodi will interact with state Chief Ministers on the 16th and 17th. pic.twitter.com/RWGeanxgHd

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 12, 2020

Coronavirus Outbreak LATEST Updates: The doubling time of coronavirus cases in India has improved to 17.4 days currently from 15.4 days a couple of weeks ago, the Union health ministry said on Friday, even as the country for the first time recorded over 10,000 new instances of the infection in a day.

At the time the lockdown was imposed on 25 March, the doubling rate of COVID-19 cases was 3.4 days, it said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting with the state chief ministers over video conference on 16 and 17 June to assess the COVID-19 situation after a surge in the number of cases was recorded across India.

The Prime Minister’s Office tweeted a schedule of his meetings with the chief ministers. On 17 June, Modi will speak to the chief ministers of the most-affected states. The prime minister’s last meeting with the chief ministers was on 12 May.

Maharashtra became the first state to report a total of over one lakh cases of the novel coronavirus, as India's tally of COVID-19 cases neared three lakh with the country recording over 10,000 cases in a day for the first time since the first infection was detected in India on 30 January.

According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's 8 am update on Friday, India's cases have risen to 2,978,535 and the toll has mounted to 8,498, with 10,956 fresh infections and 396 fatalities being recorded recorded in the last 24 hours.

In India, more than 1.47 lakh COVID-19 patients have recovered so far, while there are nearly 1.42 lakh active cases at present, according to the health ministry.

Meanwhile, the government stressed on the need for stringent containment measures to check the pandemic with the last one lakh cases emerging in just ten days.

The Centre has asked states and UTs to pay special attention on emerging epicentres of cases and to focus on containment, testing and tracing, upgrading health infrastructure, clinical management and community engagement for effective management of COVID-19, the Union Health Ministry said.

The rising cases prompted the Prime Minister's Office to announce on Friday that a fresh round of consultation will be held between between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief ministers next week. Modi will hold the video-conferencing with chief ministers on 16 and 17 June.

This would be the prime minister's sixth round of consultation with the chief ministers, the last being on 11 May.

SC raps Delhi govt, three other states over 'sorry state of affairs'

The rising number of cases in the country have also brought to light the poor health infrastructure. The Supreme Court stated on Friday that the situation was "grim" at hospitals in Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Gujarat, as it took note of reports about "horrific scenes" at the National Capital's COVID-19 dedicated LNJP hospital.

The court said the duty of the Delhi government does not end by informing citizens that it has arranged 5,814 beds in government hospitals and 9,535 beds in private hospitals. It said the situation in Delhi is "horrendous, horrific and pathetic".

Raising questions over poor patients' care, disposal of dead bodies and lesser number of COVID testing, the apex court said, "All these facts, which have been brought to the notice of the court by the media reports, clearly indicate a very sorry state of affairs of the patients of COVID-19 in the Government hospitals in the NCT of Delhi as well as in other states."

It directed chief secretaries of Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Gujarat to take "remedial action" to ensure proper management of patients at hospitals.

Separately in an order on a PIL, the top court took serious note of non-payment of salary to doctors treating COVID-19 patients and said the country cannot afford to have "dissatisfied soldiers" in the war against the pandemic.

"In war, you do not make soldiers unhappy. Travel an extra mile and channel some extra money to address their grievances. Country cannot afford to have dissatisfied soldiers in this war which is being fought against Corona," the court said.

The Delhi High Court also directed the North Delhi Municipal Corporation to pay by 19 June the salary for March to resident doctors in its six hospitals.

Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal, in the meantime, constituted a high-level expert committee, which includes Indian Council of Medical Research Director-General Balram Bhargava, to suggest effective steps to deal with the outbreak in the city.

Cases from states

According to a PTI tally, figures announced by states and UTs, as of 10.15 pm, showed the overall national tally of confirmed cases having risen to 3,00,519 and the toll to 8,872.

Maharashtra, the worst-hit state, saw its own tally cross the 1-lakh mark after 3,493 new cases were reported to take its total to 1,01,141, while its death toll rose to 3,717.

The state also reported a large number of recoveries. As many as 126 cancer patients, who had tested COVID-19 positive, have also recovered in Mumbai itself.

Horrifying reports emerging from the National Capital, which is currently the second-worst affected state by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In Delhi, a record number of 2,137 new cases were detected to take its tally to 36,824, while its toll rose to 1,214, authorities said.

In Tamil Nadu, another badly hit state, the tally saw a record one-day jump of 1,982 cases to cross the 40,000-mark, while the toll reached 367.

Gujarat reported 495 new cases and 31 more fatalities, taking its case count to 22,562 and the toll to 1,416.

Uttar Pradesh reported 20 more COVID-19 deaths and 528 fresh cases, the biggest single-day spike so far for the state. This took the state's toll to 365 and the case count to 12,616. However, more than 7,600 people have recovered already, giving a recovery rate of over 60 percent.

West Bengal breached the 10,000-mark with its highest single-day spike of 476 cases, while nine more fatalities were reported to take the toll to 451.

New cases were also reported from Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Goa, Chhatisgharh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Sikkim, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh, among other states and UTs.

India is currently the fourth worst-hit nation by the COVID-pandemic 19 after the US, Brazil and Russia. While the US has reported more than 20 lakh confirmed cases so far, the tally for Brazil is over 8 lakh and for Russia more than 5 lakh.

Globally, more than four lakh have lost their lives and over 75 lakh have tested positive for COVID-19 since its emergence in China last December. However, nearly 36 lakh have recovered too.

With inputs from PTI

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