https://www.facebook.com/centralchronicle CENTRAL CC PAGE 09 PAGE 11 Raipur, Saturday, March 20, 2021 I Pages 12 I Price R 3.00 I City Edition I Fastest growing English Daily of Chhattisgarh www. centralchronicle.in BRIEF Surge in daily new COVID-19 cases GLOBAL WARMING PLEA in states including Chh’garh New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI) COVID-19 vaccination drive to be extended States like Maharashtra, in coming days: Vardhan Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday said are reporting a surge in the the COVID-19 vaccination drive will be extended in the coming daily COVID-19 cases, ac- days and asserted that there should not be any misconceptions counting for over 80 per about the two Indian vaccines being administered in the coun- A security personnel stands cent of the new infections, try. During the Question Hour in Lok Sabha, Vardhan said India guard on Howrah Bridge ahead the Union Health Ministry has vaccinated 3.5 to 4 crore people so far and side effects of of the West Bengal Assembly said on Friday. the vaccines has been recorded at 0.000432 per cent. Polls, in Kolkata, Friday. The ministry also said A medic collects a swab "Every vaccine doesn't require universal immunisation and all that India's total active sample of a woman for COVID-19 these priority groups whom we are vaccinating today like Coal scam case caseload has increased to test at a government hospital, healthcare staff first and then senior citizens and people aged 2,71,282 and comprises 2.82 in Amritsar. between 45 and 59 years, it will be extended in the coming days Kolkata: CBI has sum- per cent of the total infec- all these are based on experts' opinion. moned two former civil tions. A net rise of 18,918 A total of 39,726 new services officers of West cases have been recorded daily cases were reported ernments, especially those advised to improve testing Burdwan and Bankura in the total active caseload in a span of 24 hours. showing an upsurge in in districts reporting re- districts in connection in a span of 24 hours. Eight states including daily new cases and with a duction in testing and in- with the multi-crore Maharashtra continues Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, high caseload of active crease the overall share of rupees coal scam being to report the highest daily Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, cases, the ministry said. RT-PCR tests (more than 70 probed by the investigat- new cases at 25,833 which is Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka The Union Government per cent), especially in dis- ing agency, sources in it 65 per cent of daily cases. It and Haryana are display- is regularly reviewing the tricts dependent on high said on Friday. CBI has is followed by Punjab with ing an upward trajectory status of COVID-19 con- levels of antigen testing in summoned former 2,369 while Kerala reported in daily new cases. The tainment and public health line with the 'Test Track Protestors hold placards during a protest march from ITO to Delhi Secretariat against Asansol police commis- 1,899 new cases, the min- Centre is actively engaging measures with them. and Treat' strategy of the global warming, in New Delhi, Friday. sioner L N Meena and for- istry said. with all state and UT gov- States and UTs have been government. mer Bankura district magistrate S Arun Prasad ED attaches assets in connection with the Centre urges HC to restrain Delhi govt not allowed to use NFSA grains case, the sources said. WhatsApp from implementing worth over Rs 40L Couple killed for launching state-specific scheme: Centre of Bihar Maoist Noida (UP): A man, his new privacy policy New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI) wife and a 12-year-old New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): Centre has stopped doorstep delivery of ration at a highly subsidised rate New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): Under the new policy, of Rs 1-3 per kg. In a letter The Enforcement Directorate boy were among four (ED) on Friday said it has people killed in a collision users can either accept it The Union Food scheme: Delhi govt sources written to the Delhi gov- The Centre Friday urged or exit the app, but they Ministry on Friday took ernment, Joint Secretary attached assets worth over Rs between their SUV and a New Delhi: Days after the GNCTD (Amendment) Bill was introduced in 40 lakh of a Bihar-based Maoist pick-up truck on the the Delhi High Court to re- cannot opt not to share strong objection to the the Lok Sabha, Delhi government sources on Friday claimed that the in the Union Food strain Facebook-owned their data with other Delhi government's pro- Ministry S Jagannathan and his family under the anti- Yamuna Expressway in Centre has "stopped" its doorstep delivery of ration scheme scheduled money laundering law. Greater Noida on Friday, WhatsApp from imple- Facebook-owned or third posed new scheme on 'door to roll out later this month. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was sched- said the subsidised food- menting its new privacy party apps. step delivery of ration' grains being allocated by The action has been taken police said. One person uled to launch the scheme with doorstep delivery of ration to 100 against Rambabu Ram alias policy and terms of serv- A bench of Chief Justice using subsidised food- households in Seemapuri area on March 25. "The Centre has stopped the central government was injured in the crash Rajan/Prahar/Nikhil, an active ice which are to take effect D N Patel and Justice grains provided under the Delhi government's doorstep delivery of ration scheme," a source for distribution under the and has been hospi- member and leader of the talised, the police said, from May 15. Jasmeet Singh listed the National Food Security claimed without divulging further details. The Centre on Monday intro- NFSA "cannot be used for The Ministry of matter for further hearing Act (NFSA), saying this is duced the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi the operationalisation of banned CPI (Maoist) of adding the incident took Madhuban in east Champaran place in Rabupura area in Electronics and on April 20. not allowed under the law. (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in Lok Sabha that seeks to give overarching any state specific/ other powers to the Lieutenant Governor. district. The Naxal leader has the afternoon. Information Technology The Centre, in its affi- However, the Centre will scheme under different made the statement in its davit, said, "It is humbly have no objection if the name/nomenclature other been booked on charges of affidavit filed in response prayed that in view of the Delhi government comes Govt ropes in 12 institutions to evaluate than NFSA as the same is extortion and indulging in CBI conducts checks to a petition challenging above submissions, the out with a separate not permissible under the alleged unlawful activities. The New Delhi: The CBI on the new privacy policy of Respondent No. 2 scheme without mixing impact of NFSA Act." The official referred properties attached, as per a Friday carried out preven- social networking plat- (WhatsApp) may be re- the elements of the NFSA, to the Delhi government's provisional order issued under tive surprise checks at form WhatsApp. strained from implement- it added. New Delhi: The government on Friday informed Parliament that it has February 20th notification the Prevention of Money around 100 locations in The petitioners, Seema ing its new privacy policy Under the NFSA, passed roped in 12 monitoring institutions for 2020-23 to assess the impact of the issued for implementation Laundering Act (PMLA), include National Food Security Act (NFSA). Minister of State for Food Danve over 15 states to identify Singh, Meghan and and terms of service dated by Parliament in 2013, the of a state-specific scheme multiple pieces of land and Raosaheb Dadarao, in his written reply to the Rajya Sabha, said the govern- central government Vikram Singh, have con- January 4, 2021 from central government pro- 'Mukhya Mantri Ghar buildings in the name of ment has put in place concurrent evaluation for assessment of the "effica- Rambabu and his family mem- offices where corrupt tended that the new priva- February 8, 2021 or any vides foodgrains to states cy and impact of NFSA". During 2018-20, about 26 institutions and univer- Ghar Ration Yojana' bers. Their total worth is Rs practices could be taking cy policy indicates the "fis- subsequent date pending for distribution to 81.35 sities were engaged as monitoring institutions for conducting the evalua- (MMGGRY) for door step 40.23 lakh, the agency said in a place, officials said. The sures" in Indian data pro- adjudication by this crore people via the public tion of the implementation of the NFSA in states and Union Territories. delivery of ration under operation is going on at tection and privacy laws. court." distribution system (PDS) PDS. statement. the offices of railways and income tax depart- Lok Sabha passes bill ment among others in RAISING DAY FUNCTION HC asks authorities to consider plea for Uttar Pradesh, to amend MMDR Act Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and other places, New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): dedicated lane for emergency vehicles they said. Seeking to bring more New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): with rules, law and policy port, framework and in- Child mauled reforms in the mining sector, applicable in the facts of frastructure and re- Lok Sabha on Friday passed a The Delhi High Court the case," the bench said sources for Indore: A one-year-old bill to amend the Mines and Friday directed the author- and disposed of the plea.