Hi, NewsWrap for April 16, 2021

Corona cases, agitated farmers, UN Summit, new varieties from Punjab, rainy conditions

16 April 2021

  • Prices of food articles lowered in March

    The prices of food articles available in market declined in March 2021 when compared with the prices in February 2021.

  • UN Food Systems Summit to be held in September

    United Nations has announced UN Food Systems Summit will be held in September 2021. India being a major player in the agriculture sector is debating and discussing the main points that this summit will focus on.

  • Punjab innovates nutrient rich varieties

    Punjab Agricultural University has developed new varieties of crops which have raised not only the agricultural output in the State but have provided the consumers with a nutrient rich palate. Most of these innovations have been backed by government support in terms of funding for research. These new varieties are able to tolerate weather fluctuations among their other properties.

  • Rains expected over North and North-Eastern regions

    Satellite data is predicting some rainfall over Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Western Uttar Pradesh, Northern Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand, South-western coast and North-Eastern states. 

  • Delhi government orders reservation of beds for Corona patients

    Delhi government has ordered reservation of beds in the major Hospitals for Corona patients as a way to tackle the sudden rise in cases. However, this may lead to problems for other patients in critical states.

  • Oxygen availability in the country reviewed

    Availability of Oxygen fit for medical use was reviewed by the Prime Minister, himself as Corona cases rise in the country. Oxygen is particularly required by the highly infected states where majority of the cases are. Central government is making every effort to ensure the availability of Oxygen to these states.

  • Central governments issues orders to give priority to Corona patients

    In response to the rising tide of Corona cases, the central government has ordered all of the government run hospitals across India to give priority to Corona cases. If possible, the hospitals should allocate separate entry and exits for Corona and other patients. Corona and other cases could be in separate blocks, such as different buildings.

  • TexFad extracts fiber from banana trunk

    TexFad, a Ugandan company is extracting fiber from banana trunk, which is environment friendly. This fiber is used to produce carpets and hair extensions. They are researching a way of producing softer fiber so as to make clothes.

  • John Kerry's plan for USA to go green

    John Kerry with Gina McCarthy will decide the pledge that USA will make on reducing pollution in the country. Donald Trump had cut USA away from world's pollution concerns. Now the present USA administration wants to join the world community in reducing pollution.

  • Indian variant of COVID in UK

    The British authorities are suspecting that a new variant of COVID has hit UK, and they are claiming that this is an Indian variant. About 70 cases of this COVID variant have been detected in UK. According to research these COVID viruses have mutated to different varieties in different countries.

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16 April 2021

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