India has its first village of books in Maharashtra s Bhilar
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Bhilar, a village in the Satara district of Maharashtra, has embraced the tag of being the first village of books . The concept has been inspired by Britain s Hay-on-Wye, a Welsh town known for its bookstores and literature festivals. pustakanche gaon , as it is known in Marathi, was set up as the village of books on May 4, 2017, and this government initiative was inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. This village, spread over two kilometres, is located at a distance of eight kilometres from the hill station Panchgani.
Education minister Vinod Tawde led the project that was undertaken by the department of Marathi Bhasha. Over 75 artists were requested by the Government of Maharashtra to paint the premises to be used as reader hotspots. There was a three-day painting camp held in which different artists participated and painted the walls with graphics as per the genre of book that was going
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Doc sets up a clinic for initial COVID support
Doc sets up a clinic for initial COVID support
Produced bySalonee MistrySalonee Mistry / Updated: May 11, 2021, 06:00 IST
Started a mere four days ago, a free initial treatment centre for
COVID patients has been set up via Raabta Foundation in Kondhwa. This quaint little
clinic is managed by Dr Anwar Parvez Sayed and his uncle Saeed Ahmed, president of Raabta Foundation. There are three other organisations supporting the clinic, which aims to provide primary help and consultation free of cost to those who cannot afford it, to ensure that their mild case does not turn into severe one due to negligence.
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For healthcare professionals, witnessing deaths in hospitals was never new, especially for those who have worked with HIV/AIDS patients for decades. But any death before this pandemic was never normal.
Weeks and months of working with COVID-19 patients and watching people die every day, young and old, helplessly, without advanced care, is making deaths normal. But the pain and burden of losing patients does not get any easier. Before COVID-19, I do not remember patients pleading for breath just before they died in distress while I could do little to comfort them.
On Thursday, India had its deadliest day to date, with reported COVID-19 mortalities nearing 4,000. On this day, there were over 850 deaths in the state of Maharashtra, the state most affected by COVID-19, with close to 700,000 active cases and about 25% of the national COVID-19 burden. Maharashtra also has the highest number of HIV-positive people in the country, estimated to be over 390,000.