India vaccinates close to 8 million beneficiaries against COVID19 in 28 days

by Argus News

New Delhi, Feb 13: India has vaccinated close to 80 lakh beneficiaries in its fight against COVID19 so far.

As on 13th February, 2021, till 8 am, 79,67,647 beneficiaries have received the vaccination under the countrywide COVID19 vaccination exercise.

Out of these, 5,909,136 are Health Care Workers and 2,058,511 are Front Line Workers. 1,64,781 sessions have been conducted so far.

On Day 28 (12th Feb 2021) of the vaccination drive, 4,62,637 beneficiaries (HCWs- 94,160 and FLWs- 3,68,477) were vaccinated across 10,411 sessions.

The number of beneficiaries being vaccinated every day has shown a consistent enhancement.

8 States account for 60% (59.70%) of the total beneficiaries vaccinated in India. These 8 States have vaccinated more than 4,00,000 beneficiaries each. Uttar Pradesh alone accounts for 10.8% (8,58,602 beneficiaries) of the total beneficiaries in India.

The distribution of daily deaths among States/UTs in the last 24 hours also reflects a significant decline with 17 States or UTs not reporting any new COVID19 deaths while 13 States or UTs have reported between 1-5 new deaths.

17 States/UTs which have not reported any new deaths in the last 24 hours are Telangana, Odisha, Jharkhand, Puducherry, Chandigarh, Nagaland, Assam, Manipur, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Ladakh (UT), Mizoram, A&N Islands, Tripura, Lakshadweep, Arunachal Pradesh and D&D & D&N.

India’s total Active Caseload currently stands at 1.36 lakh (1,36,571) today. The active caseload now consists of just 1.25% of India’s total Positive Cases.

A total of 1.06 Cr (1,06,00,625) people have recovered so far. 11,395 patients have recovered and got discharged in the last 24 hours. The National Recovery rate is 97.32%.

81.93% of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 6 States.

Kerala has reported the maximum number of single day recoveries with 5,332 newly recovered cases. 2,422 people recovered in Maharashtra in the past 24 hours followed by 486 in Tamil Nadu.

12,143 daily new cases registered in the last 24 hours.

86.01% of the new cases are from 6 States.

Kerala continues to report the highest daily new cases at 5,397. It is followed by Maharashtra with 3,670, while Tamil Nadu reported 483 new cases.

Ram Charan is ‘Glad To Meet Nation’s Pride’ MS Dhoni

by Sabyasachi Kundu

Mumbai, Oct 4: Actor Ram Charan on Wednesday posted a picture of himself with cricketing star M.S Dhoni.

Ram took to Instagram, where he shared the picture and captioned it: “Soo Happy to meet India's pride @mahi7781”.

In the photo, Ram Charan is seen attired in a sleek army green shirt and Mahendra Singh Dhoni in a casual blue t-shirt, with both smiling at the camera.

At the time of writing, the post had got nearly five lakh likes, and over 4,700 comments.

Thousands of fans bombarded his post with likes and emojis, and comments like “Game Changers”.

Fans posted love and fire emojis to show the fire power of the duo.

One commented: "Two gods in one frame" and another one wrote a rather funny comment:"Two GOATS of India”.

Another wrote: "Two lions in one frame”, while another posted “Can’t take my eyes off”.

Earlier in the day, the Telugu star landed in Mumbai and visited the revered Siddhivinayak temple to seek blessings as he completed his Ayyappa Deeksha. He was clicked by shutterbugs as he offered prayers and was seen with a blue silk scarf around his neck.

Ram Charan is working on two projects, ‘Game Changer’ directed by Shankar, and ‘RC16’.

‘Game Changer’ is expected to hit screens next year.

The other project ‘RC16’ is directed by Buchi Babu Sana of ‘Upennna’ with music by AR Rahman.

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Odisha: Several Trains Cancelled; Check List Here

by Sabyasachi Kundu

Bhubaneswar, Oct 4: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to cancel several trains due to a bank slip between Balasore and Haldipada Railway Stations caused by incessant rainfall.

"Due to incessant rainfall resulting in Bank Slip between Balasore and Haldipada Railway Stations and in view of related maintenance work for early restoration, train services have been regulated," said ECoR.

Cancellation of Trains:

1. 08032/08031 Bhadrak-Balasore-Bhadrak MEMU Special will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.

2. 08064 Bhadrak-Kharagpur MEMU Special will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.

3. 08063 Kharagpur-Bhadrak Special will remain cancelled on 05.10.2023.

4. 18037 Kharagpur-Jajpur Keonjhar Road Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.

5. 18038 Jajpur Keonjhar Road-Kharagpur Express will remain cancelled on 05.10.2023.

6. 18043 Howrah-Bhadrak Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.

7. 18044 Bhadrak-Howrah Express will remain cancelled on 05.10.2023.

8. 12277 Howrah-Puri Shatabdi Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.

9. 12278 Puri-Howrah Shatabdi Express will remain cancelled on 05.10.2023.

10. 18409 Shalimar-Puri Sri Jagannath Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.

11. 18410 Puri-Shalimar Sri Jagannath Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.

12. 12841 Shalimar-MGR Chennai Coromandal Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.

13. 22831 Howrah-Sri Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.

14. 22835 Shalimar-Puri Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.

15. 18022 Khurda Road-Kharagpur Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.

16. 12892 Puri-Bangriposi Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.

17. 20831 Shalimar-Sambalpur Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.

18. 12837 Howrah-Puri Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.

Short Termination and Origination of Trains:

1. 18038 Jajpur Keonjhar Road-Kharagpur Express, journey commencing on 04.10.2023 will be short terminated at Balasore.

2. 08063 Kharagpur-Bhadrak MEMU Special, journey commencing on 04.10.2023 will be short terminated at Rupsa.

3. 08416 Puri-Jaleswar MEMU Special, journey commencing on 04.10.2023 will be short terminated at Bhadrak.

4. 08415 Jaleswar-Puri MEMU Special, journey commencing on 04.10.2023 will be short originated from Bhadrak.

Diversion of Train:

1. 18477 Puri-Yog Nagari Rishikesh Express, journey commencing on 04.10.2023 will run on a diverted route via Sambalpur City-Jharsuguda Road-Ib Stations.

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Asian Games: Odisha CM announces ₹1.5 Cr Cash Award for Javelin Star Kishore Jena

by Sabyasachi Kundu

Bhubaneswar, Oct 4: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced a cash award of Rs 1.5 crore for Odisha’s Javelin star athlete Kishore KumarJena who has clinched a silver at the ongoing Asian Games at Hangzhou, China. With a personal best of 87.54m, Kishore has also qualified for Paris Olympics.

With this silver, Kishore has created a historic moment for the state and country and brought laurels for the nation and will remain etched in the sports history of the country.

The CM said, “The award is in recognition of his stellar performance, his perseverance and determination. I congratulate him on his win at the Asian Games and also qualifying for the Paris Olympics. Kishore’s triumph not only reflects personal excellence but also serves as an inspiration for budding athletes across the country”.