April 2021

HARYANA Govt releases over Rs 9cr for Covid mgmt in districts The Haryana government has sanctioned a total of Rs 9.40cr for all the districts to meet their expenditure on containment measures of Covid-19, including quarantine, sample collection and screening, besides procurement of essential equipment. While Rs 7cr has been allocated for 14 districts, including Gurgaon, that are seeing the maximum … Read more

HARYANA KU teachers to get Haryana Sanskrit Academy award   Two teachers of Kurukshetra University (KU) have been honoured by the Haryana Sanskrit Academy. While Surendra Mohan Mishra, a retired Professor of Sanskrit from department of KU will receive Acharya Sthanu Dutt Award for the year 2017, Lalit Kumar Gaur, Professor of Sanskrit, KU will … Read more

HARYANA Black fungus declared notified disease in Haryana   State health minister Anil Vij said black fungus has now been declared a notified disease in Haryana. The decision came after over 40 cases of black fungus were found in Covid patients in Gurugram, Karnal, Fatehabad and other districts of the state.   PGIMS-Rohtak and a tertiary care … Read more

HARYANA Thikri Pehra: Haryana invokes Raj-era law for vigil in villages   With the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in rural areas of Haryana, the Khattar government has invoked the provisions of British Raj-era law, The Punjab Small Town Patrol Act, 1918 that empowers people in villages to guard themselves through ‘Thikri Pehra’ (close vigil). The villagers … Read more

HARYANA Haryana government to release funds to counter Covid spread in villages: Deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala   Haryana government will soon release funds up to Rs 50,000 for all gram panchayats of the state. Isolation wards will be set up in villages through these funds and other necessary items associated with Covid treatment, such as oximeters, steam machines, thermometers and blood pressure … Read more

HARYANA Haryana has buffer stock of 20 MT oxygen: Govt   A day after it claimed to have started door-to-door supply of medical oxygen for Covid patients in home isolation, Haryana government, on Sunday, said the state has a buffer stock of 10MT oxygen for emergency use as the state stock has reached 262MT. The buffer stock has now gone up to 20MT … Read more

HARYANA Haryana: ‘Door-to-door delivery of oxygen cylinders will be done with the help of NGOs’   In yet another move targeted to ensure smooth availability oxygen for those in home isolation, door-to-door cylinder refill facility will be provided to them in Haryana.   As soon as the needy patients register for oxygen cylinder refill, their applications … Read more

HARYANA NCC to be elective subject in Haryana colleges   The National Cadet Corps (NCC) would now be considered as a General Elective Credit Course (GECC) in the graduation courses being run in the educational institutes or colleges of Haryana. A decision has been taken in this regard in response to the proposal mooted by … Read more

HARYANA Hry procurement reaches 50.3LMT   The Haryana government had procured 50.32 lakh metric tonne (LMT) wheat by Monday through various procurement agencies at the minimum support price (MSP). An official said a total of 59.66 LMT wheat had arrived at 396 mandi/ procurement centres of the state.   As many as 6,82,862 J- forms … Read more

HARYANA Haryana: DRDO to set up 500-bed Covid-19 hospitals in Hisar and Panipat   The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will establish two hospitals of 500 beds each in Hisar and Panipat districts of Haryaa to cater to the need of Covid-19 patients.   Health minister Anil Vij said that defense minister Rajnath Singh … Read more