Gurgaon: A Pied Harrier was spotted by members of Delhi Bird Society on March 25 in Chandu Budhera. This is the second sighting of the species in NCR, after a gap of 13 years, birders said, adding that this migratory bird is rarely seen in this part of the country. It comes from Mongolia, South Korea and Russia.
The last sighting of this species was a male bird in 2008, which was spotted in Hailey Mandi.
“We have just two records of this species in Haryana. It is the first sighting of the female species in the state. These birds don’t travel in pairs. They usually pair to breed,” said Pankaj Gupta, a member of Delhi Bird Society.
Haryana chief minister ML Khattar
CHANDIGARH: Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday presented the state’s budget for the financial year 2021-22.
The chief minister proposed to increase the pension for senior citizens from Rs 2,250 to 2,500 per month.
The budget outlay comprises 25 per cent as capital expenditure of Rs 38,718 crore and 75 per cent as revenue expenditure of Rs 1,16,927 crore.
Rs 45,066 crore has been allocated to the schemes pertaining to sustainable development goals (SDGs).
“Although the Covid-19 crisis had erupted suddenly, we were able to blunt the adverse impact due to various measures taken by the government in previous years. Our government has worked extensively to make our state prepared to face any such unforeseen event. We worked on improving the health infrastructure in the state, introduced a social protection scheme like Mukhyamantri Parivar Samridhi Yojana and used technology extensively to reach the last man, said Khattar.
A health worker (L) inoculates a senior citizen with a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a government hospital in Faridabad
GURUGRAM: In letters addressed to the local administration and the chief minister’s office earlier this month, about 50-60 residents in the southern Haryana district of Palwal said they did not wish to take the Covid vaccine. The serum, they feared, contains cow blood, meat or fat.
In Nuh, where inoculation drives have met with resistance in the past too, the health department has been informed of concerns that the vaccine “contains pig parts” and could cause infertility.
The Phase 3 turnout in the two predominantly rural districts has been dismal so far. While Nuh’s turnout is the second lowest in the state, with just 470 people vaccinated, Palwal is at 17th spot among 22 districts, with 1,252 inoculations. According to the 2011 Census, Nuh’s population is 12 lakh while that of Palwal is 10.5 lakh. Either district has a target of over 1 lakh for t
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GURUGRAM: A manager of a private firm was allegedly shot dead late on Tuesday night at the under-construction Delhi-Mumbai Expressway near Sancholi village in Sohna area in Gurugram.
The police said on Wednesday that an accused, who has been identified as Bhim of Nuh district, has been nabbed. Bhim is involved in the smuggling of stolen iron rods.
According to the police, the deceased was identified as a 37-year-old Rohit Sharma, who was a manager in a private firm located in Sancholi vallage in Sohna.
The complainant, Ajay Vikram Singh, a senior manager of the firm in his complaint said on Tuesday night around 11.45 pm Sharma was about to leave his office.
Gurgaon: Screenings and surveillance are back, as are home quarantine rules for flyers.
Beginning Tuesday, passengers returning to Gurgaon and other Haryana districts from countries such as the UK, Brazil, South Africa – where the mutated strains of the novel coronavirus have emerged – as well as European countries and West Asia will have to undergo a compulsory RT(PCR) test at the airport upon arrival. Those who test positive will be admitted to Covid care centres while others will have to strictly home quarantine for seven days, after which the health department will conduct another RT-PCR test.
Earlier, fliers from these countries had to produce a Covid-negative report, not older than 72 hours, before departure. The SOPs for all states were issued by the Union health ministry on February 17 in the wake of a rise in new Covid cases in other countries and some parts of India, including Haryana.