New Delhi: Reliance Jio to make calls free from January 1, calls to all networks in the country will be free, Jio said. According to Jio, this is part of the implementation of the Bill & Keep project as directed by TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India). The company said it respects customers and will bring jio-revolutionary products and services through the latest technological changes.
On-net domestic voice calls have always been free on the Jio network, the company clarified.
Off-net domestic voice calls from Jio to any network, anywhere in the country, will be free from January 1, 2021. Currently, customers are being charged for off-net voice calls due to the IUC regime.
New Delhi: Seven more people are being treated for genetically modified viruses in the country. They are being treated at the LNJP Hospital in Delhi. Covid confirmed all the 29 people who came to Kerala from the UK. The swab was sent to the Pune Institute of Virology to find out if it was a highly contagious virus. Meanwhile, the Center has directed the state governments to prepare for the distribution of the Covid vaccine. The Union Health Secretary held a high-level meeting with the states in this regard. The dry run will be held in all states from January 2. The dry run is to find faults in the vaccine distribution phase. Earlier, the dry run had been successfully completed in four states.
New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Thursday announced that the CBSE Class 10,12 exams will start from May 4. The exams will end on June 10. The practical exams will start on March 1, the Union Education Minister said. The results will be announced on July 15. The CBSE syllabus was reduced by 30 percent. The minister also said that Covid norms should be strictly adhered to in the examination centers.
The date and time of each examination will be available to the students through the website cbse.nic.in.
New Delhi: The Central Government has extended the ban on flights to and from Britain for another week. Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said that the temporary ban, which was in place from December 22 to 31, will be extended to January 7 next year. The central government has said it will take further action after assessing the situation in the country.
Covid disease, a genetic mutation reported in the UK, has so far been confirmed in 20 people in India. The disease was confirmed in 14 people who arrived the previous day. The mutated virus does not change any of the other symptoms of Covid except that it spreads rapidly. The virus is currently found in Australia, Italy, Sweden, India, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Spain. It has been found in France, Japan, Lebanon, Singapore, the UAE, and Japan.
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has confirmed that 14 more people in the country have been diagnosed with genetically modified coronavirus. With this, a total of 20 cases were reported. The previous day, six people had been diagnosed with the disease.
Delhi has the highest number of new cases. Seven people have been diagnosed with the disease in the country’s capital.
Six people from the UK were diagnosed with the disease yesterday. The virus has been confirmed in three people from Bengaluru, two from Hyderabad, and one from Pune. The first genetically modified virus was discovered in Britain. The new variant is 70 percent more likely to transmit than the current coronavirus.
“All six were transferred to isolations in their respective states, and those in close contact with them were transferred to quarantine, and comprehensive contact detection was initiated between travelers and family members, including genome sequencing,” the health ministry said.
The ministry said the situation was being closely monitored and the states were being instructed to send samples to the labs of the Indian SARS-Cov-2 Genomics (INSACOG) consortium for vigilance, containment, and testing.
From November 25 to December 23, 33,000 people arrived in India from the UK. “So far only 114 people have been found to be positive. These samples have been sent to 10 INSACOG labs for genome sequencing,” the government said.
New Delhi: The Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for the Rajkot AIIMS on December 31. The Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone through a video conference. Gujarat Governor Acharya Devrat, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, and Union Health Minister Harsha Vardhan will also attend the function.
201 acres of land has been allotted for the project. Its construction is estimated to cost `1195 crore. The project is expected to be completed by mid-2022. The state-of-the-art 750-bed hospital will also have a 30-bed AYUSH block. There will be 125 MBBS seats and 60 nursing seats.
Kannur: Health Minister KK Shailaja has said that the state has taken necessary precautionary measures in the wake of reports of a new virus that has caused a genetic mutation in Covid in European countries, including the UK. The minister was speaking at a review meeting of health department officials in Kannur. Surveillance systems have been strengthened at all airports in the state. Eighteen people from countries including the UK have been diagnosed with Covid. But it remains to be seen whether they are caused by a genetically modified virus. Their swab has been sent to the Institute of Virology, Pune for testing. The minister said that something can be said about this only when the results are available.
The new virus is treated early. But the fact that its transmission capacity is 70 percent higher than the old one makes the new virus even more dangerous. Therefore, measures need to be taken to prevent it from spreading. People should be more careful in this regard.
The Minister directed to prepare more CFLTCs in view of the possibility of Covid expansion in the new situation. Many of the earlier CFLTCs have had to be abandoned due to the opening of educational institutions. In this case, new systems need to be put in place. Covid treatment facilities in the district should be further strengthened in collaboration with private hospitals. The home quarantine system in the district is progressing well. At the same time, B-category patients arriving at the hospital should be provided with the best possible treatment and care should be taken not to switch them to C-category in critical condition. She said the C category should be brought back to life and the death toll should be kept to a minimum.
The Minister also directed to ensure that treatment for non-Covid diseases is made available in all the hospitals in the district along with Covid treatment.
During the last four and a half years, the district has witnessed an unprecedented leap in infrastructure development in the health sector. District-General-Taluk Hospitals are being equipped with all treatment facilities. The meeting also assessed that the construction work is in the final stages. All the primary health centers in the district will be converted into family health centers. Although the construction of the building has not been completed, steps are being taken to start its work within two months, the minister said.
The Minister said that the Covid prevention activities in the district were going well and appreciated all the people involved in it.
Chennai: Tamil Superstar Rajinikanth back from politics. The reason behind this is explained as a health issue. Believing in the pain of not being able to keep your word is a political thing, Rajani tweeted.
Actor Rajinikanth has said that he will not be foraying into politics and starting a political party, owing to his prevailing health conditions and the larger risk of the Covid-19 pandemic and the new strain of the virus. In a 3-page statement Tweeted out in Tamil, the actor apologized to fans and well-wishers who were highly anticipating his foray, mentioning that only he understands the pain of making this announcement.
Elaborating the recent developments, Rajini states how he made an announcement regarding his political foray in January 2021 and went ahead with the shooting of his film in Hyderabad, despite Doctors advising against it. He makes a mention of how four crew members contracted Covid-19, despite all covid-19 protocols being strictly followed on their set.
The party also gave a new name to the Makkal Sevai Kakshi.
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Pathanamthitta: The Sabarimala temple will open on the 30th of this month at 5 pm for the Makaravilakku pilgrimage. Also, devotees will be admitted from the morning of the 31st. But till January 19, 2021, the devotees have a darshan facility. Sabarimala will be closed on January 20. Virtual queue booking for devotees for the Sabarimala pilgrimage from December 31 to January 19 will start from 6 pm today.
Admission is open to 5,000 people every day from Monday to Sunday. Kovid RTPCR / RT Lamb / Express Nat Negative Certificate is also mandatory for devotees visiting from 31st. The validity of the certificate is 48 hours.
