Covid-19 norms were rampantly flouted across the constituencies in the city that voted in the last leg on Thursday, in keeping with the trend of the previous phases.
There was no semblance of social distancing in the queues outside some polling stations. At some other booths, voters discarded gloves everywhere instead of in the designated yellow bins. In some stations, both the norms were flouted.
People at the camp offices of political parties near the poll booths sat without wearing masks, undeterred.
The previous phases of elections had held up a similar sorry picture. But Thursday’s violations came in the backdrop of the judiciary’s stinging admonition of the Election Commission.
Odisha sets target to achieve 60 pc crop diversification in mega lift point ayacut areas ANI | Updated: Apr 29, 2021 03:39 IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 29 (ANI): In a step towards enhancing the cash return to the farmers and creation of subsidiary employment opportunities in the agricultural sector, the Odisha government on Wednesday started initiative of crop diversification in mega lift point ( MILP) ayacut areas of the state.
According to the state government, with due deliberation, the target was set to achieve non-paddy cultivation in 60 per cent of the MILP ayacut areas during the coming cropping seasons.
The state government s release said the action plan for the coming Kharif season towards this effect was discussed in a high-level meeting held on digital mode under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra wherein Secretary Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment Suresh Kumar Vashishth outlined the issues
Amidst Covid-19 fire, Hindu-Muslim polarisation is Bengal s biggest poll factor
Even amidst the pandemic, Hindu-Muslim polarisation is, by far, the biggest factor in the ongoing Bengal Assembly election.
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Even amidst the pandemic, Hindu-Muslim polarisation is, by far, the biggest factor in the ongoing Bengal Assembly election. (India Today)
In Asansol, 18-year-old Rakesh Prasad will be voting for the first time this election. “Corona ke cases bohot badh gaye hai (corona cases have increased a lot),” he says. But will the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic determine his vote? Not really. “We have to unite the Hindus - and that is why I will vote for the BJP,” says the young student.
Good response to parenting clinics
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Counselling given to issues related to behavioural, emotional problems and domestic violence
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Counselling given to issues related to behavioural, emotional problems and domestic violence The response to parenting clinics started by the Women and Child Development Department in 12 Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) blocks in the district has largely been good, with a range of issues coming to light.
District Child Protection Officer S. Chithralekha said cases of behavioural and emotional problems, domestic violence, and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) were coming to the clinic for which counselling services and referral services were being provided.
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