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[ad_1] Goa failed to begin the exercise of administering precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccines from Sunday due to unavailability of jabs at some private vaccination centres and as the medical staff of such facilities is yet to be trained for the purpose, an official said. Most parts of the country on Sunday began giving precaution dose at private vaccination centres to those above 18 years of age, who have completed nine months since the administration of their second dose. Talking to reporters, Goa’s immunisation officer Dr Rajendra Borkar said that precaution dose could not be given in the state due to technical reasons and the exercise would begin in the next two days after the issues are resolved. “Some private vaccination centres have not received vaccines and also its staff is not trained for the purpose. But these issues would be resolved within the next two days, after which the precaution doses would be administered at private facilities in the state,” he said. Each beneficiary will have to pay Rs 386 fee for this dose, Borkar added. The Centre had announced on Saturday that precaution doses will be available to everyone aged above 18 years at the private vaccination centres beginning April 10. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] Union Minister Smriti Irani faced a barrage of tough questions from a Congress leader over the sharp rise in fuel prices onboard a Delhi-Guwahati flight on Sunday. In a video that has gone viral, Mahila Congress’ Acting President Netta D’Souza was seen posing a series of questions to the minister. D’Souza, who was filming the entire incident, posted the video on her official Twitter account. The Congress leader said that when asked about the price rise, the minister blamed “the vaccine, ration, even the poor.” Replying to one of the comments, D’Souza said that she was ‘not afraid of any flight ban.’ In the less than a minute clip, Irani can be heard saying “please don’t lie.” The minister later said that she was “being accosted” and that her way was being “blocked”. Faced Modi Minister @smritiirani ji, enroute to Guwahati. When asked about Unbearable Rising Prices of LPG, she blamed Vaccines, Raashan & even the poor! Do watch the video excerpts, on how she reacted to common people's misery ! ???? pic.twitter.com/NbkW2LgxOL — Netta D'Souza (@dnetta) April 10, 2022 While several Congress leaders such as Devendra Yadav and Jitu Patwari have retweeted the video along with sharp criticism against the Narendra Modi government, the Union Minister has not posted anything on her Twitter handle so far. It should be noted that in the last 16 days, the prices of petrol and diesel have been hiked 14 times. All major cities across India are selling the fuel at a rate of over Rs 100 per litre. Despite the volatility in the crude oil prices globally, there was no change in the petrol, diesel rates in the four months leading up to the assembly elections in five states. The Opposition blamed the Centre of resorting to gimmicks to win polls. The government, on its part, has blamed global factors behind the rally in petrol and diesel prices. The Centre has also said that the rise in fuel prices in India in wake of the global volatility is among the lowest in the world. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] The devastating second COVID-19 wave in Delhi saw unusually high air pollution despite a lockdown during the March-May period which could be attributed to exceptionally high biofuel burning at crematoria and higher-than-normal frequency of dust storms, according to a new study. The study conducted by researchers from the National Institute of Advanced Science, Bengaluru; Delhi Pollution Control Committee; Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune; Utkal University and Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology has been published in the multidisciplinary journal Chemosphere. Led by scientist and senior meteorologist Gufran Beig, the research explained the reasons for the worsening air quality instead of improvement under lockdown by using India’s first air quality forecasting framework model of SAFAR. It revealed that an unaccounted emission source was playing a leading role in high air pollution after balancing off the impact of curtailed lockdown emissions. The hidden source of emission is believed to be associated with additional carbonaceous biofuel burning related to crematories whose emissions could not be accounted for in modeling. “The model failed to reproduce some observed unusual features mainly related to an unaccounted hidden source of emission which was related to biomass burning at the crematorium in all likelihood,” the paper read. The sudden increasing trend in PM2.5 followed the steep surge in infection counts and the peak mortality period (around 400 deaths per day) was directly coinciding with peak levels of PM2.5, it showed. The study modelled the emission as per the wood required for cremation (around 300-400 kg per pyre) for open pyre and accounted for the chemistry of crematoria flue gases which contain higher percentage of organic, inorganic matter and particulate dust material. The increased carbon rich PM2.5 and PM10 further aggravated the severity of COVID-19 patients and vulnerable population adding to the misery. The impact lasted longer as carbonaceous PM2.5 have relatively longer life to remain suspended in the air, it said. The researchers further found that other peaks in the later part of lockdown were related to the north-westerly winds which often brought dust particles from the desert region to Delhi. The frequency of such dust storms was unusually higher than normal, probably due to free and faster flow of dust without much resistance under the lockdown period. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] India’s Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA), a body constituting leading print and television media companies, has announced key appointments and plans for the financial year 2022-23. Constituted in November 2019, DNPA’s objective is to lead India into a better digital future by working collaboratively to define, create and foster the digital news ecosystem, promoting the interests of digital news publishers. It is a self-regulatory body for entities that are recognised and verified as news publishers. Some of the key efforts of DNPA include a continuous drive to tackle the fake news menace and working for the freedom of news media. DNPA continues to play an active role in recommending policy framework, working with regulators, industry bodies and other organisation associated with the digital news industry. For the year ahead, DNPA has announced that Tanmay Maheshwari, managing director, Amar Ujala Ltd, takes over as chairman of DNPA effective 1 April, 2022, from Pawan Agarwal, deputy managing director, DB Corp. The body has also announced the appointment of Mariam Mathew, CEO, Manorama Online at Malayala Manorama as vice chairperson and Arijit Chatterjee, chief strategy officer, NDTV as treasurer of the association. The key members of the DNPA include TV Today Network, Times Internet, Amar Ujala, DB Corp, Indian Express Group, Malayala Manorama, Jagran New Media, Eenadu, Lokmat Media, HT Digital, ABP, NDTV Convergence, Zee Media Corp, New Indian Express Group, The Hindu and Mathrubhumi. Read Also: Hospitality brands seeing growth in banquet bookings for weddings Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook [ad_2] Source link