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Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from Kolkata. from https://ift.tt/35sHibO via IFTTT

 তিনি বলেন, "আমাদের রাজ্যের প্রায় দু'লক্ষ শ্রমিক একাধিক রাজ্যে আটকে রয়েছেন। কেরল, মহারাষ্ট্র, ব্যাঙ্গালোর, দিল্লি-সহ বিভিন্ন রাজ্যে তাঁরা আটকে রয়েছেন। এত দূর থেকে এইসব শ্রমিককে বাসে করে আনা সম্ভব নয়। সেই কারণেই বিশেষ ট্রেন দেওয়ার অনুরোধ করা হয়েছে।" from https://ift.tt/2VUb3Pv via IFTTT

One of India’s sporting giants, Chuni Goswami, who captained the 1962 Asian Games gold-winning football team, passed away on Thursday at the age of 82 following a cardiac arrest. from https://ift.tt/2Ymneq0 via IFTTT

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation board plans to revisit history and take a leaf out of the Congress board in the 1970s, when elected councillors had functioned even after expiry of their term, to ensure that crucial civic functions are not disrupted while the city is battling with the pandemic. The five-year term of the KMC’s Trinamool board will expire on May 7. from https://ift.tt/2WdafnP via IFTTT

With the number of corona cases increasing rapidly, some private hospitals have already scaled up the number of beds while some others are working on adding more Covid beds. Currently, majority of the private hospitals that are treating Covid patients are running out bed. from https://ift.tt/2VPRUOH via IFTTT

No patient can be denied healthcare services for any reason whatsoever, the state government on Thursday announced in an order signed by state health secretary Vivek Kumar. from https://ift.tt/3d9V4ml via IFTTT

The city now has 264 containment zones, which is 59.4% of the total containment zones in the state. The government on Thursday increased the number of containment zones in Kolkata by 37 — from 227 to 264. While 13 more were added in North 24 Parganas, including Salt Lake and New Town, 16 more were included in Howrah. Kolkata, North 24 Parganas and Howrah now have 91.4% of the total 444 containment zones in Bengal. from https://ift.tt/2WeASbZ via IFTTT

Critically ill patients continue to be turned away by some private and government hospitals despite the union health ministry and the state health department’s notifications this week seeking easy access to hospitals for non-Covid patients. from https://ift.tt/2KLuZ0A via IFTTT

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অভ্যন্তরীণ নম্বরের ভিত্তিতে মূল্যায়ন, অনলাইন ক্লাস, অনলাইন কাউন্সেলিং নিয়ে মতামত জানাল রাজ্যের ২ অধ্যাপক সংগঠন। from https://ift.tt/2yTf6me via IFTTT

কোনও সরকারি অনুমতি নেওয়ার প্রয়োজন নেই। from https://ift.tt/2VRYT9P via IFTTT

মোট ১০৫টি মৃত্যুর কেস ডেথ কমিটি অডিট করেন। মৃত ১০৫ জন-ই করোনা পজেটিভ ছিলেন। from https://ift.tt/2YiLUzv via IFTTT

The West Bengal government is considering a Rs 1.52 lakh crore economic rehabilitation plan to tackle the situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. from https://ift.tt/2So0amK via IFTTT

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বদলির কারণ সম্পর্কে এখনও সুস্পষ্টভাবে কিছু জানা যায়নি । from https://ift.tt/2YgzxEd via IFTTT

Assam health experts are wary of a “second wave” of Covid-19 as several lakh citizens of the state are now set to return home after the MHA on Wednesday allowed interstate travel by buses for those found asymptomatic during the screening process before leaving. from https://ift.tt/2YkmuBM via IFTTT

When captain Sanjay Dabral of SpiceJet flew into Kolkata with a consignment of medicines and ventilators a couple of weeks ago, an air controller greeted him. “You all are doing a great job. Keep it up,” the air traffic control officer (ATCO) told the captain over VHF radio. Last week, IndiGo captain Akash Tiwari got a similar reception while passing over Kolkata in an Airbus A320 aircraft, ferrying medicines and food supplies to the Northeast. from https://ift.tt/3f6YAzk via IFTTT

Cops have decided to intensify its containment strategy across seven wards, from where fresh Covid-19 cases are being reported at an interval of almost every three days. from https://ift.tt/3aODZwG via IFTTT

A healthcare crisis is looming over central and north central Kolkata with almost all hospitals and private clinics in the belt shutting down after several patients and medical staff started testing positive. from https://ift.tt/3bS5SoD via IFTTT

With World Immunization Week on, Unicef hopes vaccination drives will resume in Assam soon as the state has very few “Red” or “Containment” zones. from https://ift.tt/2y2Thk8 via IFTTT

দু-তিনদিন আগেও দেখা গিয়েছিল শিয়ালদা কোলে মার্কেটে কিছু মানুষ লকডাউন অমান্য করেই বাজার করে চলেছেন। মাস্ক পরা তো দূরের কথা, সামাজিক দূরত্বটুকুও মেনে চলছিলেন না তাঁরা। কিন্তু বৃহস্পতিবার সকালে শিয়ালদা কোলে মার্কেটে অন্য ছবি ধরা পড়ল জি ২৪ ঘণ্টার ক্যামেরায়। from https://ift.tt/2VMiRmm via IFTTT

Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from your city. from https://ift.tt/2War9n4 via IFTTT

Samiran Bose, a resident of Azadgarh (Tollygunge) and a government employee, is worried about his 10-year-old son who has been running a mild fever. Though friends and relatives have tried to assure him that it was not Covid-19, the possibility of his son having contracted dengue has him worried. from https://ift.tt/2VMUOnl via IFTTT

Alerted by multiple fresh Covid-positive cases and suspects in New Town and its surrounding areas in the past week, cops have imposed total lockdown in at least four zones in the satellite township and restricted movement of vehicles from bordering areas to and from the smart city. from https://ift.tt/3bREUxo via IFTTT

The Calcutta High Court has postponed all hearings for Thursday after a kin of the staff pool car driver contracted the Covid disease, sources told TOI on Wednesday. The special bench of Alipore district judge court too has been postponed till further order as the same driver also ferried its staff as well. from https://ift.tt/2Yh2EXR via IFTTT

The emergency cab service in city has been extended with more customers desperate to avail of it, primarily for commuting to healthcare facilities. from https://ift.tt/2SkuY7T via IFTTT

Ten people have been arrested for their involvement in the violence at Howrah’s Tikiapara. Raids are on at several places to aqrrest at least 150 more, who were allegedly involved in the violence. from https://ift.tt/35o6IXV via IFTTT

"আমাদের সাংসদরা ত্রাণ দিতে গেলে পুলিস পাঠিয়ে দিচ্ছেন, কীভাবে আপনি সহযোগিতা আশা করেন?" from https://ift.tt/2KGV4Ot via IFTTT

স্কুলের অভ্যন্তরীণ মূল্যায়নের ভিত্তিতে নম্বর দেওয়া হবে ঐচ্ছিক বিষয়গুলোর। from https://ift.tt/2YhaPU1 via IFTTT

ফাইনাল সেমেস্টারের পরীক্ষা জুলাইতে করার প্রস্তাব ইউজিসির। from https://ift.tt/2KM5QCQ via IFTTT

As the world struggles to cope with the effects of the novel coronavirus, people like Mehuli Kamdar, a Kolkata-based homemaker, seem to have quietly emerged as a source of strength for hundreds across the world through her online live sessions and innovative teaching methods. from https://ift.tt/2y0NDyX via IFTTT

"Sabdhane thak noile ami eshe niye jabo" (Stay safe or I will come and take you away), hollers 'Yamaraj', the lord of death, his handlebar moustache twitching and bloodshot eyes popping out menacingly. from https://ift.tt/2yWiLzn via IFTTT

The 4km stretch along Raja Dinendra Street — from Shyambazar to Rajabazar has become a cause for concern for the civic authorities after at least four Covid-19 positive cases were reported from the area. from https://ift.tt/3cQ67km via IFTTT

Allegations of police assaulting a middle-aged woman turned Howrah’s Tikiapara into a battlefield with a mob of over 200 locals clashing with police for about an hour from 4.45pm on Tuesday. from https://ift.tt/3aTCQ77 via IFTTT

এক কথায় ব্যক্তিগত উদ্যোগে নিজে থেকেই এগিয়ে আসেন। চাল ডাল থেকে বিস্কুট সব কিছুই ব্যবস্থা করেন। তাঁর সাহায্য পেয়ে খুশি পিঙ্কি, আশারাও। from https://ift.tt/2Yf53lT via IFTTT

The health department has issued a missive, stating that the health staff should go in for least interaction with patients and maintain distance from them, particularly those of non-emergency category. from https://ift.tt/2W6Uejf via IFTTT

Bodies can’t be kept in the same ward where Covid-19 patients are being treated, says the latest health department directive for hospitals dealing with Covid-19 patients. from https://ift.tt/2YdB3qu via IFTTT

রাস্তার ধারে  অটোর মধ্যেই পুত্রসন্তান প্রসব করতে হল তাঁকে। তাদের সর্বতোভাবে সাহায্য করল কলকাতা পুলিস। ওই মহিলা ও তাঁর সদ্যোজাত সন্তানকে নার্সিংহোমে ভর্তি করা হয়েছে। করোনা আবহে আরও একবার প্রশ্নের মুখে হাসপাতালের ভূমিকা। মুখ্যমন্ত্রী মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের বারবার নির্দেশের পরও এই ধরনের ঘটনা প্রশ্ন তুলছে। from https://ift.tt/3bP3G1f via IFTTT

Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from Kolkata from https://ift.tt/2W2NIKk via IFTTT

The Bengal government has asked private hospitals and clinics not to refuse patients. The state nudge to the private sector came on Tuesday, a day after it issued a similar advisory to government hospitals to gradually open and expand patient services. from https://ift.tt/3d1BbxH via IFTTT

The raging pandemic may have a bright side, after all. There has been a sharp drop in the transmission of other viruses that usually strike at this time of the year. And it’s largely because of the resultant lockdown, social distancing norms and better personal hygiene practices — measures we’ve collectively taken to fight Covid-19. from https://ift.tt/2zyeUca via IFTTT

After sealing 227 micro-neighbourhoods to contain the spread of coronavirus, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is focusing on protecting the rest of the city from where no case of Covid-19 infection has been reported yet. from https://ift.tt/2Yhfm8X via IFTTT

M R Bangur Hospital has become the first government Covid facility to introduce virtual visiting hours for its patients. Since Monday, patients in isolation wards have been interacting with their families on video-calls on mobiles provided by doctors and nurses. from https://ift.tt/2W3HauW via IFTTT

Now that schools are closed and online classes have become the “new normal”, many students have started complaining of health problems after being exposed to increased screen time. Redness and swelling in the eye, incessant watering or dryness, fatigue and headaches were some of the complaints among kids attending virtual classes. School authorities have taken serious note of this and have brought in several revisions and advisories to help kids adjust to the new routine. from https://ift.tt/3bRgHaE via IFTTT

"নবম থেকে দশম পরীক্ষার বিষয়ে কোনও সিদ্ধান্ত হয়নি।" জানিয়েছেন শিক্ষামন্ত্রী। from https://ift.tt/3aN6FGi via IFTTT

১৫ জনের মৃত্যুর যে তালিকা রয়েছে, তারমধ্যে ৬ জনের নামের পাশে লেখা আছে কোভিড পজেটিভ অর্থাৎ তারা নোভেল করোনাভাইরাসে আক্রান্ত ছিলেন।  from https://ift.tt/3bNuSh1 via IFTTT

A mob attacked several policemen who were enforcing lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus at Tikiapara in Howrah district, a red zone, on Tuesday, an official said. from https://ift.tt/2xY5t5F via IFTTT

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A bus operators' association in West Bengal on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a financial package for the passenger transport sector, which has taken a severe hit amid the coronavirus- triggered lockdown. from https://ift.tt/3f0Q7ha via IFTTT

নিয়ম ভাঙ্গার এমনই নানান ছবি ধরা পরল জি ২৪ ঘণ্টার ক্যামেরায়। করোনাই আক্রান্ত হয়ে দম্পতির মৃত্যু হয়েছে এমন অভিযোগ ওঠার পরে পুলিস সক্রিয় হয় এলাকায়। গলির মুখ আটকে দেয় পুলিস। from https://ift.tt/2VLnPj2 via IFTTT

Assam agriculture and veterinary minister Atul Bora said on Tuesday that the mysterious deaths of over 2,000 pigs in six districts of the state is suspected to be due to the highly contagious African Swine Fever (ASF), which might have travelled from Tibet in China through Arunachal Pradesh. from https://ift.tt/2yMLtD5 via IFTTT

The inter- ministerial central teams on Covid-19 assessment in West Bengal on Tuesday toured various areas including Salt Lake in Kolkata and North 24-Parganas. A central team visiting Siliguri disrict got split in two units and moved on to make documentation for their reports. from https://ift.tt/35gTNam via IFTTT

The family members of the 65 -year-old Covid-19 patient, who was the first person to die of the infection in Northeast, were discharged from a quarantine facility on Tuesday after completing 24 days of isolation, a senior medical official said. from https://ift.tt/2KIaKkg via IFTTT

Price of chicken swung the most during the lockdown due to supply chain issues and sudden unavailability or severe short-supply of other protein sources like mutton and fish. Egg prices have also been fluctuating due to volatile demand patterns and supply constraints in the past one month. from https://ift.tt/3eRxMTT via IFTTT

The transgender community’s long-standing demand for separate treatment facilities in hospitals has got a response during the coronavirus crisis — the health department has kept 10 beds reserved for the community members at the government’s Covid hospital, from https://ift.tt/35cMpfQ via IFTTT

In the single largest liquor heist in Bengal since the start of the lockdown, branded foreign liquor worth Rs 14.1 lakh and Rs 5.9 lakh in cash were robbed from an off-shop on state highway in Howrah’s Uluberia off NH-6. The shop was shut since the start of the lockdown last month. from https://ift.tt/2zCrSpv via IFTTT

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has directed her government to take steps to bring back the migrant workers from Bengal stuck in 18 states across the country. The chief minister also took a proactive stance to bring back Bengal students stuck in Rajasthan’s Kota, a few days after state chief secretary Rajiva Sinha wanted them to stay back till the end of the lockdown. from https://ift.tt/2Yd0ubY via IFTTT

A research scholar of the mechanical engineering department at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, committed suicide on Monday. Bhavanibhatla Kondal Rao, a resident of Andhra Pradesh, was found hanging in his room at B R Ambedkar Hall on the second floor. His parents have been informed and they are on their way to Kharagpur. from https://ift.tt/2VZRS5E via IFTTT

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The state on Monday took its first steps to normalise non-Covid services in a phased manner by screening all patients at the entry points and conducting surgeries maintaining the Covid protocol. Before all planned surgeries, the patients will be tested for Covid-19. Medical teams will take protection for emergency surgeries and the patient will be removed to isolation and tested for Covid-19. from https://ift.tt/3eTiBcV via IFTTT

Kolkata Police has arrested more than 20,000 people for defying the lockdown in the city in the last 33 days. With Bengal police arresting another 30,000 violators, the total number of arrests in Bengal has now crossed the 50,000 mark. Police have also taken action against 3,000-odd drivers in Kolkata and 3,000 were booked in other districts. from https://ift.tt/3bEWZyK via IFTTT

A dozen people testing positive to Covid-19 and five other non-Covid deaths have spooked the residents in one of Kolkata’s oldest neighbourhoods where the affluent lived a century ago in palatial homes that are now in disrepair and hemmed in by overcrowded coolie quarters. from https://ift.tt/2VGwfIw via IFTTT

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee left it to the Centre to decide on the nationwide lockdown after May 3 but said PM Narendra Modi’s “body language” — during Monday’s video-conference with chief ministers — indicated that there might be an extension. from https://ift.tt/3eYAEy8 via IFTTT

Bengal seems to be entering the next stage in the fight against the pandemic, with chief minister Mamata Banerjee saying on Monday — followed by an official circular some hours later — that contacts of Covid-19 patients may opt for home quarantine but they should inform the government. from https://ift.tt/2W6YU8z via IFTTT