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  A surge of 28 new Covid cases in Sitapur district and 20 new cases in Sultanpur have become a cause of worry for the Uttar Pradesh government, especially since Covid cases in all other districts are showing an appreciable downtrend. The cases were recorded on Monday. A team of experts has been sent to these two districts to assess the reasons for the surge in cases. Health teams from the surveillance unit have reached Sitapur and Sultanpur to collect details. Samples of patients will also be sent for genome sequencing. Nodal officer Sitapur Dr P.K. Singh said, "The patients belong to three different areas. None of them has a travel history. Each of the 28 cases was asymptomatic. In fact, some of them were attendants of patients brought to the health facility. Strangely, they tested negative." Read More

  In view of the shortage of Remdesivir in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday directed the state health department to acquire 25,000 injections of Remdesivir from Gujarat's Ahmedabad on an urgent basis. According to the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), the officers of the Health Department left for Ahmedabad to get 25000 Remedisver injections at 10.40 am today. Remdesivir is considered a key anti-viral drug in the fight against COVID-19 . Earlier, the Centre on Sunday prohibited exports of injection Remdesivir and Remdesivir Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) till the COVID-19 situation in the country improves. Meanwhile, the UP CM on Tuesday went into self-isolation after coming into contact with some officials who tested positive for COVID-19. "A few officials in my office have contracted COVID-19. I had come into their contact. That is why, as a precautionary measure, I am self-isolating myself and will work virtually," the UP...

  Aam Aadmi Party workers in Gautam Buddh Nagar have questioned the silence of Uttar Pradesh Women's Commission chief Vimla Batham over the Hathras case and demanded her removal from the post. Around 50 AAP workers, including district unit president Bhupendra Jaduan, on Tuesday tried to gherao Batham's residence here over the issue but were stopped midway by police, party office-bearers said. The AAP workers, who had started a march from the ISCKON temple in Sector 33 to her house nearby, submitted to police a memorandum addressed to UP Governor Anandiben Patel, demanding Batham's removal in the wake of the death of a 19 -year-old Dalit woman after an alleged gangrape and over crimes against women in the state. Read More

  The NCW on Wednesday condemned the manner in which the Hathras gang-rape victim was cremated, saying it will seek explanation from the UP Police on it. The 19-year-old Dalit woman, who died in a Delhi hospital a fortnight after she was gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, was crematedin the early hours of Wednesday, with her family alleging the local police forced them to conduct the last rites in the dead of the night. Local police officers, however, told PTI that the cremation was carried out "as per the wishes of the family". NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma said the commission condemns that the gang-rape victim was cremated without family's involvement. "In UP Gang-Rape Tragedy, 2.30 am Cremation By Cops, Family was Kept Out. @NCWIndia condemn it strongly. Why the family wasn't allowed in Cremation? Why at night?@Uppolice @hathraspolice," Sharma tweeted. Read More

  People in areas like UP’s Sonbhadra district have been skipping meals to compensate for the extreme decline in incomes since the coronavirus pandemic hit. Many of them are availing loans just to be able to buy food. These families were among those surveyed to find out the impact of lockdowns and the relief, if any, they got from the government’s stimulus package. About 68 per cent of the respondents have reported a fall in their incomes. Economic distress, the report says, has become a reality across states and sectors. Farmers are complaining about low prices and markets being shut, while shipowners rue slowing businesses and daily wage earners say they haven’t had any income in months. About 20 per cent of the respondents said they had to resort to selling durables so they could afford food. By April-end, Kerala had only a couple of dozen active cases and barely 500 new cases since 30 January. The state had claimed to have flattened the curve even while the rest of the count...

On Wednesday, while interacting with the Parliament floor leaders via videoconferencing, the prime minister said he would take a decision on extending the lockdown after a meeting with chief ministers on Saturday. According to a government statement, the PM said “several state governments, district administrations, and experts had asked for an extension of the lockdown”. However, this is not the first time that PM has hinted at an extension. Last week, the prime minister suggested a graded lifting of the 21-day lockdown for areas other than the Covid-19 hotspots in the country. Several state governments have also put forward their suggestions on graded lifting, including running special trains, and allowing some industrial activity. Read More

The Supreme Court on Friday sought response of the Uttar Pradesh government on a plea seeking quashing of notices sent to alleged protestors by district administration for recovering losses caused by damage to public properties during agitations against Citizenship Amendment Act in the state. A bench comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud and K M Joseph, issued notice to the state government and directed it to file its response within four weeks. The apex court was hearing a plea which has alleged that that notices have been sent in Uttar Pradesh in an "arbitrary manner" against a person, who had died six years ago at the age of 94, and also to two others who are aged above 90. Advocate Parwaiz Arif Titu, petitioner in the case, has sought stay on these notices claiming they have been sent to persons who have not been booked under any penal provisions and no details of FIR or any criminal offences have been made out against them. Read More

Expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar will remain in jail for life for raping a woman in Unnao in 2017, a Delhi court said on Friday while sentencing him to life imprisonment. District Judge Dharmesh Sharma also imposed an exemplary fine of Rs 25 lakh in the case and has to be paid within a month. "This court does not find any mitigating circumstance. Sengar was public servant and betrayed people's faith," the judge said while declining the plea for lenient approach in sentencing him. The court also said the conduct of Sengar was to intimidate the rape survivor.It also directed that the rape survivor be paid an additional Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the mother of the victim. Read More

The Exam Regulatory Authority, Uttar Pradesh, has announced the Diploma in Elementary Education (DElEd) 2019 marksheet for 2nd semester exam on October 21, 2019. The Uttar Pradesh DElEd 2nd semester results are available on the official website of the UP BCT 2019, btcexam.in Click here to check UP D.El.Ed second semester 2018 marksheet Step 1: Go to btcexam.in Step 2: Click on 'DElEd- 2019 2nd semester result (exam year: 2019)' link on the right side of the homepage Step 3: A new page will display on the screen. Step 4: Enter your roll number, date of birth and captcha value as requested. Step 5: Click on 'Search' Step 6: Check your result and save the file for future reference. Candidates must pass 10+2 in any stream with 50% marks by any recognized board. Read More Article Source -> Business Standard

UPPSC: The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission has invited online application for UPPSC PCS Recruitment 2019. There are 364 posts available in State/ Upper Subordinate Services & Assistant Conservator of Forest (ACF)/ Range Forest Officer (RFO) Services. Go to UPPSC official website uppsc.up.nic.in to apply or click here. The preliminary examination will consist of two compulsory papers. It shall be 200 marks each and of two hours durations. The timing of paper I will be from 9.30 to 11.30 am and paper II from 2.30 to 4.30 pm Interested candidates can keep make note of the important dates and other details here: Online application begins: October 16, 2019 Last date of submitting application and fee payment: November 11, 2019 Admit card: To be notified soon Exam date: To be notified soon Read More Article Source -> Business Standard

UPPSC: The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission announced the result for the Combined Junior Engineer Exam 2013 on October 16, 2019. Around 13,745 candidates appeared for the UPPSC exam conducted on May 22 and 23, 2016. Candidates who appeared for the written examination can check their roll number on UPPSC's official website - uppsc.up.nic.in . The UPPSC had conducted the written examination for Combined Junior Engineer Examination 2013 General Recruitment on December 24, 2013, and for Combined Junior Engineer Examination 2013 Special/Backlog Recruitment for PWD candidates on May 23, 2016. From a toatl of 2674 vacancies, 2642 seats are to be filled via general recruitment. The remaining 32 vacancies will be filled via special/backlog recruitment for PWD candidates. A step-by-step guide to download UPPSC junior engineer exam result: Step 1: Visit the official website of UPPSC at uppsc.up.nic.in or click here for direct link. Read More Article Source -> B...

UP DElEd result 2019: The Uttar Pradesh Education Board (UPEB) is likely to announce the result of third-semester UP Diploma in Elementary Education Exam (UP DElEd). Candidates who have appeared for the UP DELED 3rd semester exam can check their UP DELED Result 2019 on the official website, updeled.gov.in. Here’s How to Check UP D.El.Ed Third Semester Result: Step 1: Visit the official website – updeled.gov.in. Step 2: Click on the ‘Result’ tab. Step 3: Enter all the required details including the year and course. Step 4: Click on the submit button. Step 5: UP DElEd 3rd semester result will appear on the screen. Download and take a print out of the result for future use. More than 200,000 candidates appeared for the UP DElEd exam 2019. Read More Article Source -> Business Standard

With only the last phase of polling of the seven scheduled left, a recent report by Ambit Capital suggests that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to win 190-210 seats on a pan-India basis. The report, co-authored by Ritika Mankar Mukherjee and Sumit Shekhar of Ambit Capital, pegs the total seats for Narendra Modi – led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the current form between 220 - 240, with the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) causing a big dent in the total tally. The electoral alliance between the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Samajwadi Party (SP), and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) is certain to dent BJP’s seat count in UP, Ambit says. “ Our meetings with politicians, small businesses and academicians in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh suggest that the BJP is headed for a big loss in the state. With the Modi wave clearly ebbing and the Samajwadi Party – Bahujan Samaj Party (SP – BSP) alliance having more than 40 - 50 per cent voteshare, the BJP is set to secure only 30-35...

The media is abuzz these days with horrendous stories of child sexual abuse, the most recent incidents being of abuse in shelter homes in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. General News : The media is abuzz these days with horrendous stories of child sexual abuse, the most recent incidents being of abuse in shelter homes in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. While the trauma experienced by the girls will send a chill down the spines of most people, it is disheartening that hardly anyone seems to be concerned about the "why" of these incidents. Many abusers carry the burden of a past childhood sexual abuse themselves. Not provided with any intervention to heal the emotional trauma, they simply do to children what was done to them. A majority of the abusers indulging in non-touch forms of abuse are blissfully unaware that their acts are punishable under the POCSO Act. Once we are aware of the common causes, it is essential that we set about preventing these causes and assu...

In the 2014 elections, the BJP won 71 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in UP on its way to secure a comfortable majority in Parliament. Its ally, Apna Dal, won two seats in the politically crucial state Economy & Policy News : With the 2019 Lok Sabha election less than a year away, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah bet on Uttar Pradesh (UP) for the party repeating its 2014 performance and returning to power at the Centre. Addressing a public meeting at Chandauli district in eastern UP, on Sunday, Shah recalled that in run up to the 2014 poll, he had said the path to victory in Lok Sabha poll would traverse through UP. “I am repeating the same today for the 2019 Lok Sabha poll that UP would play a key role in forming the next government at the Centre and re-electing the Narendra Modi government,” he added. In 2014, the BJP had won 71 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in UP, ally Apna Dal won two. Shah said he was confident the tally would rise to 74. ...

People in the national capital witnessed heavy rains and had to face waterlogging, traffic snarls at various places in the city for the second consecutive day today Current Affairs News : Incessant rains overnight that lashed the national capital and its adjoining areas affected the morning traffic on Friday as the city continued to experience moderate and scattered showers. People had to face waterlogging and traffic snarls at various places in the city for the second consecutive day today. In Ghaziabad, many schools remained closed under the directions of the district magistrate on account of heavy rains and adverse weather conditions. No casualty or property damage was reported, even as a girl died here after the roof of a dilapidated house came down on her, police said. As a precautionary measure, owners of 80 flats in two societies in the vicinity of the road have been asked to vacate. Heavy to moderate rains lashed parts of Delhi-NCR . People going towards Noid...

At least 12 labourers were in the under-construction building when the incident took place and all of them were feared trapped Current Affairs News : Three persons were arrested for the collapse of two buildings in Greater Noida, killing at least three persons and trapping several others under the debris, police said today. A six-storey under-construction building fell on an adjacent building in Shah Beri village under the Bisrakh police station last night. The second building also collapsed under the impact. At least 12 labourers were in the under-construction building when the incident took place and all of them were feared trapped, Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Arun Kumar Singh said. While two bodies were pulled out of the rubble late last night, another body was pulled out this morning, he added. Inspector General of Police, Meerut Zone, Ram Kumar said the owner of the land, Gangashankar Dwivedi, and two others -- Dinesh and Sanjay -- were arrested. An FIR...