Tackling the issue of woeful inadequacy of oxygen to hospitals and shortage of Remdesivir injections to citizens and doctors alike, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari swung into action and directly contacted factories and firms involved in manufacturing of oxygen and remdesivir injections, and mopped up supply for Nagpur and other districts of Maharashtra. Due to shortage of oxygen and remdesivir injections the authorities were unable to add more beds for COVID-19 patients, leading to even more chaos and ..

“Judiciary is a very important pillar of democracy. To strengthen it, good quality legal education is required and the National Law University here is playing an important role. The university will definitely make a significant contribution to the development of national vision and character,” said Chief Justice of India Sharad Bobde. He was speaking during inauguration of academic building of Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU) at Waranga on Wednesday...

Wednesday came with a good news of good COVID recovery rate. Today, close to 4,000 persons became corona-free in Nagpur district. With these many recoveries, the cumulative number reached 2,28,071. But surge in novel coronavirus active cases continued as, on Wednesday, the number stood at 63,005. Today, the number of single day COVID-19 cases reduced to 5,993 (five persons are from outside Nagpur district). Of these, 2,375 persons tested positive for coronavirus in Nagpur rural while 3,613 new cases ..

Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) is back as Planning Authority for development projects on its lands within the city limits. Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) Government has restored the powers of NIT for the Seven streets schemes reversing the previous decision taken by BJP-Sena Government. A notification was issued by Urban Development Department (UDD) on April 9 notifying NIT as development authority for seven street schemes as specified in Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966. Means, NIT do ..

Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur will witness the inauguration of its Academic Building of Permanent Campus at Waranga, on Wednesday at 11 am at the hands of Justice Sharad A Bobde, The Chief Justice of India and guest of honour Uddhav Thackeray, Chief Minister of Maharashtra on virtual mode. It will be done in presence of Justice Bhushan Gavai, Judge Supreme Court; Justice Dipankar Datta, Chief Justice, High Court of Bombay and Pro-Chancellor of the University; Uday Samant, Minister of ..

The third phase of the examinations being conducted by Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU) will begin on April 15. RTMNU has witnessed no untoward incident in the examinations of phase II that would end on Wednesday. University had conducted on-line examinations last year too without any glitch. The attendance of the students in all two phases was over 99%. The Phase-II of examinations had began on April 5 and scheduled to be concluded on Wednesday. This winter 2020 examination ..

A GROUP of criminals, in an attempt to kill a constable’s wife and children by setting their house afire in the MIDC area in the small hours of Tuesday. Poonam Rahul Chauhan (29), wife of Naik Police Constable (NPC) Rahul Chauhan, attached to Nagpur City Police Headquarters and a resident of Plot No 45, Dnyandeep Colony, Saptak Nagar, behind SRPF Camp, lodged a complaint that her husband was deployed at ITI COVID-19 Centre at Wanadongri. She and her sons Raghav (6) and Keshav (3) were asleep...

Most people are scared of testing positive for COVID19. But when they test positive, they want to reconfirm their RTPCR report and go for another test at a different laboratory. One person going for multiple tests actually swells the numbers which is ultimately creating panic among the common public. There are a lot of stories getting viral on social media about mismanagement of testing or wrong testing reports. This is making people feel to go for multiple testing just to have satisfaction that their ..

Appreciating the ongoing efforts of administration in tackling the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Monday urged all authorities and medical fraternity to do something more to provide a helping hand, proper oxygenated beds, necessary medicines including Remdesivir and security to medical establishments. The High Court also applauded Government Hospitals for their sincerity and dedication in handling the pandemic and hoped that more should be done to enhance their ..

While railway personnel are scouting for vacant beds in city, about 60 oxygenated beds at Divisional Railway Hospital are awaiting patients. The fully-equipped hospital was kept in readiness to be used when required for treating COVID-19 patients, but for last one year, the authorities, that of railways as per Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), could not decide on date to start treatment at the facility. Last year though twice survey was conducted by civic team, non provision of centralised oxygen ..

Panicky about coronavirus as the pandemic is at its peak, people are thronging laboratories for testing. Most people are going for multiple testings due to which the number of new cases looks swelled. Today, in Nagpur district, 7,201 persons tested positive for the novel coronavirus taking the cumulative positive cases to 2,78,556 (1,095 persons are from outside Nagpur district). Number of new cases registered on Sunday is a new all-time high, of those 7 persons are from outside Nagpur district. Nagpur ..

We don’t teach our children to become adventurous. We don’t teach our children to take up adventurous sports. We don’t teach our children to take daredevil steps not only in terms of physical or mental but also spiritually. What are the factors responsible to it? What can be done to make the youngsters become adventurous? With these questions ‘The Hitavada’ approached people from various sectors who said, the job-oriented like thinking is making all the difference. Dr Vasudev Ridhorkar, well-known ..

Nagpur city which is sailing through the infrastructure development phase, is also facing the silent threat of noise pollution these days. The Environment Status Report (ESR) of CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI) has revealed that more than 50 per cent places in the city have the noise level more than 80 dB which is harmful for human health. CSIR-NEERI conducted a study in which an innovative approach of noise monitoring using bicycle mounted sound level meter ..

The administration did not enfore it strictly, but people in Nagpur responded to the call given by it for first weekend day lockdown on Saturday with full support. It was a complete lockdown that was imposed after a gap of three weeks. It will continue on Sunday too. Some restrictions of lockdown were eased in the beginning of June last. After that people had taken liberty and kept violating the norms of social distancing. Crowding the shops, not wearing masks, spitting on the road all became the ..

The Council of Architecture has successfully conducted National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) for admission to First Year of 5-year BArch degree course at 196 centres across India, and Dubai, Qatar, Oman and Kuwait, on Saturday. The second test will be held on June 12, 2021. Last year the students had to face some issues which were resolved by its Chairman Habib Khan through timely intervention...

One more patient had died in the hospital before fire broke out Of 10 patients in the ICU where fire broke out in Well Treat Hospital, six came out on their own and four were resucued by fire-fighters Fire broke out at a private hospital along Amravati Road in Wadi area on Friday night. The fire that started from air-conditioning unit in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on the second floor, led to death of three patients on ventilator. Several other patients were injured and were rushed in ambulances to ..

 With no respite from daily surge in positive cases of novel coronavirus, the stage is set for yet another weekend lockdown in entire Maharashtra. From Friday night onwards, roads in city appeared deserted as citizens ensured they reach home in time as police already spelled out their action plan through route marches all over city. As administration is keen on breaking the transmission chain of COVID-19 to help bring down the viral load of cases, the message amplified is that without any emergency ..

 As COVID-19 cases in Nagpur are setting new highs each passing day, the availability of beds in Government as well as private hospitals is reaching saturation point. Considering this, some beds in Super Specialty Hospital (SSH) at Amravati have been reserved for patients from Nagpur. Ravindra Thakare, District Collector, said that already 12 patients were shifted to Amravati SSH on Thursday. The critical patients or their relatives from rural areas of Nagpur district facing difficulties ..

WITH 73 persons succumbing to COVID-19, Nagpur district has recorded highest number of deaths due to the dreaded virus onThursday.This number is season’s highest count. Of the 73 deaths, 5 were the residents of places outside Nagpur district. Nagpur rural reported 28 deaths while 40 persons became victims of the virus in city. This has taken the cumulative death count to 5,577 of which 893 persons were not the residents of Nagpur district. New cases of coronavirus also have become a cause of worry ..

IT WAS three years ago when Dr Mrunalini Fadnavis took charge of Vice-Chancellor of Punyashlok Ahilyabai Holkar Solapur University. During the same time she had decided to introduce several new things in university. She had promised that she would start a TV studio in Department of Mass Communication. She was also instrumental in starting Economics laboratory at the varsity. One more feather was added to the cap of university when Dr Fadnavis initiated archaeological museum. Dr Fadnavis hails from ..

CONSIDERING the increasing prices of cement and steel, the scientists of CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) should focus on conducting research to find viable alternatives to these two commodities, said Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and MSMEs. G a d k a r i was addressing the virtual e v e n t o r g a n i s e d to mark 63rd foundation day of NEERI, o n Thursday. Dr Shekhar C Mande, Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial ..

AS PER the latest decision taken by Maharashtra Government, Neuro Surgery Department in Super Speciality Hospital (SSH) will now have four Post-Graduate (PG) seats with super speciality status. In a letter sent to Dean, Government Medical College and Hospital, Government of Maharashtra has communicated that the college, during Dr Sajal Mitra as its Dean, had sought PG super speciality course in Neuro Surgery. Government Medical College and Super Speciality Hospital, is recognised under Section 11(2) ..

CITY Police have booked dreaded gangster Ranjit Safelkar and his accomplices, including Sharad alias Kalu Hatey, Bharat Narayan Hatey, Chhotu Bagde and Isak Maske, under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) on Thursday. Safelkar gang is involved in several cases of extortion and murders. Safelkar, who is already cooling his heels in the Crime Branch’s custody after being arrested with others for their involvement in killing a local goon Manish Shriwas, has been booked ..

A sudden shortage of life saving Remdesivir injection in local market along with its rampant over charging has miffed the citizens and health sector alike. Since last few days there is a common refrain that the injections are not available with any of the chemists even as District Collector Ravindra Thakare stepped-in to regulate it over the counter sale in pharmacies. In view of shortage owing to rampant use and mismatch in demand and supply, the situation of serious COVID-19 afflicted patients is ..

Most universities witness internal feud especially at top level on several issues. Cordial relations among the colleagues have become thing of past. Lack of coordination among the senior colleagues results in damaging the quality of education. But the pair of Dr Dileep Mhaisekar as Vice-Chancellor and his deputy Dr Mohan Khamgaonkar with top-class mutual understanding took Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) at a different height. Dr Mhaisekar wanted the university to become more student-centr..

Nagpur city and district, are likely to sail through this summer without facing shortage of drinking water as storage levels in reservoirs are good enough to cater to the water demands of the citizens at least this summer. There are five major dams in the district which have 68.64% water storage so far which is little lesser than previous year. The total capacity of all these five dams is 1449.99 million cubic meters (Mcum) and on April 7 the available water storage is 995.29 Mcum, reveal statistics ..

The bustling city markets came to grinding halt as Lockdown 1 in new financial year kicked in from Tuesday onwards but not before facing stiff resistance from traders. The scene on Tuesday was reminiscent of last year when similar situation prevailed in aftermath of first ever nation-wide lockdown announced in wake of COVID-19. While that time everyone was in a state of shock this time however the business persons clearly were steadfast in their opposition to lockdown. They spelled out their intentions ..

CENTRAL Bureau of Investigation (CBI) would reopen the file of architect-cum-valuer Eknath Nimgade murder case after completing the necessary legal formalities, according to reliable sources. The country’s premier investigation agency had closed the file as it could not get any concrete evidence against the suspects even after announcing a bounty of Rs five lakh to the person(s) providing concrete information about the killer(s) involved in the sensational homicidal case that rocked the Second ..

Taking serious cognisance of rising COVID-19 cases, Nagpur Municipal Corporation has decided to give momentum to vaccination drive. NMC feels people like auto-rickshaw drivers, delivery boys who stay for longer time with the public can be the super-spreader of this virus. Considering all these aspects, the civic body will be running a special drive of vaccination for such so-called ‘super-spreader’ that would commence on April 8...

To counter the spread of novel coronavirus in city, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has decided to speed up vaccination and hence decided to set up 51 new centres to provide the jabs to citizens. After studying the population density the centres would be spread over 10 zones of civic body. Of these 10 vaccination centres started functioning from Monday itself. Elaborate arrangements for planned manpower, data entry operators and other facilities have been completed at 26 centres. All the vaccination ..

Low Income Group (LIG) and High Income Group (HIG) of Nagpur city are generating highest 16.54% and 14.36% of plastic waste per day respectively, revealed the Environment Status Report (ESR) of CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI). Nagpur is generating an average of 1,150-1,200 tonnes per day (TPD) of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), with an average per capita waste generation of 4.46 kg out of which only 150-200 TPD of waste is being processed...

“When will we learn the skills of treating non-COVID patients? Non-COVID patients stopped turning towards tertiary care centres run by Government and those of us have opted surgery have not touched a single tool of surgery. How will we survive after completion of three years of Post Graduation is our main concern.” These are some of the issues being faced by Resident Doctors working in Government Medical College and Hospitals (GMCHs) across Maharashtra. They have been demanding to find out ways ..

COVID-19 vaccination is gaining momentum across the country and in Maharashtra too. Within Maharashtra, major cities are on top in number of doses administered so far. As per the official data, till April 3, of a total 73,47,429 doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in Maharashtra, as many as 15,19,646 were administered in Vidarbha region. Nagpur, the Second Capital of Maharashtra, ranked fourth in the number of vaccine doses administered in the State. Presently, at various Government, local body, ..

As Railways pulls down curtains on Liberalized Active Retirement Scheme for Guaranteed Employment for Safety Staff (LARSGESS), it dashed hopes of thousands of its employees who were eagerly waiting for exit route with matching induction of their wards in service of nation’s lifeline. Many were just a call away for appointment with Indian Railways till it freezed appointments after the court’s intervention. Recently, Railway Board communicated to the field units that they should dispose of pending ..

Against the backdrop of increasing number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Nagpur district and issues with availability of hospital beds, here is a good news. As many as 100 new beds have been operationalised in Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH). Besides, on vaccination front, the drive is gaining momentum at 237 centres in the district. Dr Nitin Raut, Guardian Minister of district, gave this information to mediapersons after a review meeting at Divisional Commissionerate here on Saturday. ..

TENSION erupted near Teka Naka on Kamptee Road after relatives of a patient resorted to violence and arson at Hope Hospital after she succumbed to coronavirus during treatment on Saturday morning. The angry relatives threw petrol at the reception counter and set it afire. After damaging a printer, a laptop and other material, they manhandled hospital director Dr B K Murli and also injured an employee seriously...

The State Government has appointed Dr Pradnya Sarwade, Additional Director General of Police (DGP) to conduct primary inquiry about whether delay in action by M S Reddy, suspended former Additional Chief Conservator of Forest and also the Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project led Dipali Chavan to commit suicide. Arvind Apte, Chief Conservator of Forest (Mantralaya) has issued a letter in this regard. She has been directed to submit the report by April 30. Only after this report, the decision to file ..

Making good use of technology, Pachpaoli Police have recovered 10 lost cellphones and returned those to their owners. The collective worth of these cellphones was Rs 1,18,590/-. ..

When it all started last year, those above 60 years of age were vulnerable to COVID-19 infection. After wreaking havoc for a few months, the number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra dropped a bit towards the end of 2020, much to the relief of people. However, with new strains, there is fresh surge in cases, and infection is widespread in all age-groups. ..

Nagpur district is already facing the problem of bed shortage for rising number of COVID 19 patients. Now, the issue of supply of oxygen may haunt the administration though the situation is stable at this juncture. “Most COVID-19 patients are in need of oxygen and after hard efforts from supplier to provide more oxygen the situation may become bad,” say experts. Recently, the demand rose almost by 10 times. Suppose one hospital previously was buying 100 oxygen cylinders from the supplier. Now the ..

With the Government also bringing those attaining 45 years of age and above within the ambit of those allowed for COVID vaccination from April 1 onwards, the eligible citizens thronged the centres on Thursday. The civic body has made necessary arrangements at 86 centres, including private and government hospitals. After initial glitches, staff at the vaccination centres managed to attend to the increased rush, including senior citizens. Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari and Municipal Commissioner Radhakrishnan ..

Nagpur city is gearing up to administer the COVID vaccine to the people of 45 years and above age group, starting from Thursday. As per the instructions and guidelines issued by Central Government, the civic body has made all the arrangements at 86 centres including several private as well as Government hospitals. The civic body had initially faced some problems when vaccination drive started for the frontline healthworkers. Now, the preparedness of the whole machinery has improved a lot. Mayor Dayashankar ..

On one hand Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) is emphasising on roof-top water harvesting system in all the premises in city, while on the other, the Environment Status Report (ESR 19-20) prepared by CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI) revealed that lack of proper ground water recharge and high extraction is causing the depletion of ground water level in city. As per the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), the net annual ground water availability of Nagpur (urban ..

Most teachers in various departments in Super Speciality Hospital (SSH) are working on adhoc promotions. These medical teachers do not have any objection working on ad-hoc promotions as they have an attachment to this institute. They are more worried about the institute’s prospect as most departments are deprived of Super Speciality Post Graduate (PG) seats. The Super Speciality Hospital came into being in 1997 and then the stalwart medico like late Dr B S Choubey had a dream to bring this institute ..

On one hand, Maharashtra Government has not effected any hike in Ready Reckoner (RR) rates. On the other, however, it has decided to discontinue the stamp duty concession offered till March 31, 2021. Further, it has offered one per cent waiver in payment of stamp duty if property concerned is sold/purchased in the name of women. Against the backdrop of COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown, and adverse impact on realty sector, Maharashtra Government had offered stamp duty rebate. It had announced that stamp ..

The post-Holi day brought drastic fall in COVID-19 testing count. Number of testing suddenly came down to 4,604, less by 7,000 than the number registered on Monday. Surprisingly, the testing count was more on festival of colours which nobody had expected. Testing count is less but the number of deaths due to this dreaded virus has continued to haunt as 54 persons died of coronavirus. Some good news too is there as the single day COVID-19 cases witnessed a major dip, recovery rate too has improved ..

Though everybody is facing new problems due to pandemic, the Government seemed to have kept mum about the old issues. The issue of reimbursement of scholarships given to colleges against the fees of students of reserved category keeps troubling the colleges. This has resulted in the closure of several colleges, especially the professional ones. This year too Maharashtra’s Mahavikas Aaghadi Government has not yet released the amount of scholarship to be paid to engineering, management colleges of ..

The well-known Cardiologist Dr Pradeep Deshmukh at Super Specialty Hospital (SSH) has performed a rare procedure to treat the congenital problem of a 44-year old woman. A 44-year old woman, was admitted in emergency in Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) with severe chest pain and breathlessness. On examination, it was found that she was in state of heart failure and extremely sick...

NOTORIOUS goon Ranjit Safelkar, involved in murder case of architect Eknath Nimgade and goon Manish Shrivas, was finally arrested by Nagpur Police on Tuesday. He will be handed over to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which is investigating murder case of architect Nimgade. Commissioner of Police (CP) Amitesh Kumar informed ‘The Hitavada’ that Safelkar was nabbed from the city itself on Tuesday evening. “Our teams are questioning him in connection with his involvement in gory crimes...

Even as the State Government has imposed fresh curbs and mulling over stricter implementation of guidelines, the situation in Nagpur district continues to be a cause of concern. On Sunday, the district recorded 58 deaths and 3,970 fresh cases of COVID-19. While it was the biggest number of deaths in one single day this year, the number of new cases was the second biggest single-day tally. As per the reports, the national average weekly positivity rate for COVID-19 was 5.04 per cent and that of Maharashtra ..