February 2020 - Page 6 of 6

Winter to linger longer

Source: telegraphindia.com

The Ranchi Meteorological Centre has predicted an extended winter in Jharkhand.

Normally, the season of chill lasts till the second week of February. But this year, two back-to-back western disturbances will extend the phase, the weathermen said.

Both the Ranchi and Patna centres of the India Meteorological Department on Thursday issued an alert of rain in isolated pockets of the state around February 4-5 and cloudy weather and light showers around the middle of February.

Both the Met offices issued forecast of light to moderate rain in the north-west, central and southern Jharkhand on February 4 and 5 due to the impact of a western disturbance passing through the northern parts of the country.

“An induced cyclonic circulation is expected to form over western India close to Jharkhand due to the impact of the western disturbance. The cyclonic circulation will move eastwards resulting in unseasonal showers over Jharkhand. A trough formation was also expected in the middle and upper layers of the atmosphere around 5.8km above mean sea level,” said S.D. Kotal, director of the Ranchi Meteorological Centre. He said the phenomenon would stretch winter’s stay in Jharkhand beyond February 10 as night readings would again witness an abrupt fall after the system wanes.

Weathermen at the Regional Meteorological Centre in Alipore, Calcutta, confirmed a longer winter for Jharkhand. “Over half-a-dozen western disturbances had impacted Jharkhand’s weather in January coupled with the formation of anti-cyclonic circulations due to the confluence of northerly and easterly winds,” a duty officer at the Calcutta-based Regional Met centre said. “The western disturbances, which had resulted in unseasonal showers, was expected to impact Jharkhand’s weather in the first two weeks of February.”

The Met office makes the winter retreat official when minimum readings rise over 13°C for a consistent number of days.

On Thursday, the minimum reading in most parts of the state was hovering at 15°C because of the impact of a western disturbance. But, weathermen have predicted a fall in night temperature by 3-4°C during the next two days in most of the districts.

Weathermen in Patna said they did not see any sign of the withdrawal of winter.

“Currently, Jharkhand is in the grip of southerly wind, which is expected to change to northerly after the next 24 hours. The coming western disturbance in the first week of February will extend the winter,” a weather analyst in Patna said.

PhD student in China is State’s 1st coronavirus suspect

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PATNA: Lab report of Chhapra native who was kept in the isol ..

A 25-year-old Ranchi man pursuing PhD in China has become the first suspect of Coronavirus in Jharkhand, albeit only on the basis of the fact that he was in China when the mysterious virus was first reported. The suspect, whose identity is undisclosed, got admitted in the isolation ward of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) hours after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Novel Coronavirus a public health emergency of international concern.

However, he refused to stay at RIMS and insisted that concerned health authorities keep a medical watch on him while he is allowed to stay at home. “The man has not shown any symptoms of the viral infection yet. However, we have sent his samples for lab test and kept him under observation as he was in China during the Coronavirus outbreak,” said Rakesh Dayal, Jharkhand Director of Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme.

RIMS Superintendent Dr. Vivek Kashyap said that the man’s samples of mucus and saliva have been sent to the Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology (ICMR-NIV) in Pune and the hospital authorities were waiting for the results. “We have sent his samples to the laboratory for tests. Although he wanted to stay at home and we allowed him to leave, we have kept him under surveillance,” said Kashyap.

RIMS has set up a five-bed special isolation ward to admit patients suffering from symptoms similar to that of Coronavirus in Ranchi. Since the airborne virus can enter a person’s body through his respiratory tract and is considered highly communicable, the suspected patients at RIMS will be kept at the isolation ward. “If needed, we will arrange for more beds and a bigger isolation ward only for suspected cases of Coronavirus,” Kashyap said.

Health Minister of Jharkhand, Banna Gupta on Friday told media persons that health department was ready with all necessary measures for dealing with the health emergency. “We are taking the matter seriously and have made necessary arrangements to deal with the emergency,” he said.

The first case of Novel Coronavirus in India was reported from Kerala on Thursday. The patient who tested positive in Kerala was also pursuing higher studies in Wuhan University in China and probably contracted the virus from there. The IDSP has been in constant touch with the suspect in Ranchi in order to ensure necessary interventions in case he complains of symptoms similar to that of Coronavirus patients.

So far, India has screened around 45,000 passengers arriving from China and one positive case has been detected. China on Thursday saw 38 new deaths due to the virus, taking the death toll to 170 worldwide.

People traveling to Jharkhand from countries affected by Coronavirus will be kept under surveillance for at least 28 days since landing in Ranchi, IDSP students have said. The surveillance will be a part of the State’s precautionary mechanism to curtail the spread of the airborne virus in Jharkhand. Jharkhand has also sounded a precautionary alert for Coronavirus, which infects the respiratory tract of patients and causes symptoms similar to common flu.

Rush to register name at employment exchange

Source: dailypioneer.com

After Chief Minister Hemant Soren directed Chief Secretary DK Tiwari to activate all employment exchanges across the State and start registration of youths above 16 years of age, employment exchange in State Capital witnessed rush of people going for registration.

Many people especially youngsters were seen standing in queue for registration of their name and address in hope that when State Government goes for mass recruitment drive they get preference.

Large number of youths standing in queue was also due to ruling party (Jharkhand Mukti Morcha) poll promise which had promised to provide unemployment allowance to youth in the tune of Rs 5,000 and Rs 7,000 depending on their educational qualification.

The Chief Minister has said that soon after registration, necessary action will be taken to provide unemployment allowance to the unemployed youth and the proposed incentive amount to be given by the government and to provide them with available employment opportunities.

Abdul Rehman, a post graduate student and resident from Bokaro who was spotted at Employment Exchange for registration said, “I have come here for registration of my name with employment exchange. The registration will help the Government in keeping a record about number of unemployed youths in the State.”

Rehman said that large numbers of youths have come for registration as in last five years the Government has failed to create any employment opportunities. Echoing the views of Rehman, another youth Abhijeet Kumar a post graduate from Raksha Shakti University said, “I have completed my post graduate in criminology from Raksha Shakti University. But it nearly a year that I have passed from institute still I am jobless as there was no placement in institute.”

The student also claimed that in Jharkhand unemployment is biggest issue as earlier governments had failed to provide any employment opportunities. He said, “The Raghubar Das government to fill up vacant posts in various government departments had carried out examination though Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC 2014), Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) 2016 and recruitment for Panchayat Secretary, but the Government had failed to declare results of any of these examinations.” While JSSC examination is cancelled, the JPSC results are still awaited while Panchayat Secretary mains examination is yet to be held.

Meanwhile, Employment Officer Manu Kumar said, “Large number of youths has come for registration of their name and address at exchange after reading news in the newspaper where Hemant Soren has directed Chief Secretary DK Tiwari to activate all employment exchanges across the State.”

Manu Kumar also said that apart from registration state labour department is going to hold a Rozgar Mela on February 7 at Hehal ground. In the job fair 16 companies are going to participate which includes local as well as national level companies.

WBPSC Interview Schedule 2020 for Deputy Director Posts Released @pscwbapplication.in/

Source:indiantribune.com

WBPSC Interview Schedule 2020 Download: West Bengal Public Service Commission (WBPSC) has released the Interview Schedule for the Deputy Director Posts on its official website – pscwbonline.gov.in.

WBPSC Interview Schedule 2020 for Deputy Director Posts

WBPSC Interview Schedule 2020 Download: West Bengal Public Service Commission (WBPSC) has released the Interview Schedule on its official website for the Deputy Director Posts. All such candidates who have to appear for the Deputy Director Posts, can download their admit card from the official website of WBPSC – pscwbonline.gov.in.

According to the short notification released by the West Bengal Public Service Commission (WBPSC), the Interview for the Deputy Director Post will be held on 13/14/17 February 2020.

West Bengal Public Service Commission (WBPSC) had earlier invited applications for the Deputy Director posts in Animal Resources Development and Deputy Director, Animal Resources Development Department & Parishad Officer in West Bengal Higher Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Service under the Animal Resources Development Department, Govt. of W.B. against advt. no. 9(2)/2019.

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Candidates should note that they can download their Interview Admit Card from 6th February, 2020 by visiting on the official website of West Bengal Public Service Commission (WBPSC).

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BJP team demands central agency probe into West Singhbhum killings

Source: .indiatimes.com

RANCHI: BJP’s six-member fact-finding team of elected representatives from across the country on Thursday demanded a central agency probe into the killings of seven adivasi Christians at Burugulikera village in West Singhbhum. In a report submitted to the party’s national president J P Nadda in Delhi, the team said an agency like the CBI or NIA should conduct an investigation into the January 19 massacre. The team also met home minister Amit Shah in Delhi.
According to the team report, Pathalgarhi was the reason behind the massacre. “Pathalgarhi supporters were emboldened after the mahagathbandhan government came to power and the first decision taken by the state cabinet was to withdraw cases against the Pathalgarhi supporters who flouted the Constitution at will.” The fact-finding team has urged Shah to review the mahagathbandhan government’s move to withdraw the cases against the accused.

After submitting the report, Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand Sameer Oraon, who was part of the team, accused the state government of trying to cover up the incident and sheltering the accused. Apart from Oraon, the six-member team included Lok Sabha MPs Jasvantsinh Bhabhor (Gujarat), Bharti Pawar (Maharashtra), Gomti Sai (Chhattisgarh) and John Barla (West Bengal) and Khunti MLA Nilkanth Singh Munda.

Oraon claimed that during their visit, the team found that the Pathalgarhi activists had demanded that the villagers should stop using Aadhaar and PAN cards and send these documents back to the Governor as a mark of protest to proclaim tribal rights of self-governance under the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution. “When a section of villagers protested against the diktat, their leaders were killed. The villagers were beaten and hacked to death. Many of them were decapitated,” said Oraon.

IOC plans $1.94 bn investment to raise Bihar refinery capacity by 50%

Source: .business-standard.com

Indian Oil Corp, the country’s top refiner, will invest $1.94 billion to expand the capacity of its Barauni refinery in eastern Bihar state by 50 per cent to 180,000 barrels per day by April 2023, the company said on Friday.

The state-run company is raising its refining capacity to meet growing demand for petroleum products in the country.

India has emerged as a bright spot for refined fuel demand.

Refined fuel consumption – a proxy for oil demand – in the December quarter rose 2.6 per cent from a year earlier.

India’s oil demand growth is set to overtake China by mid-2020s, priming the country for more refinery investment but making it more vulnerable to supply disruption in the Middle East, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said earlier this month.

Indian Oil Corp reported a threefold rise in third-quarter profit on Thursday, mainly due to inventory gains.

Jharkhand to feature in international sports map: CM

Source: dailypioneer.com

Chief Minister Hemant Soren today said that the State of Jharkhand has immense talent and potentials in the field of sports, especially among women players and the State will soon come in the international sports map.

He said that sports talents needs to be polished and trained, the efforts of the State for which will be soon visible in coming days.

The Chief Minister, while interacting with US Middlebury College Field Hockey team and Shakti Vahini organisation here on

Friday said that the focus of sports policy should be sportsperson and sports and the Government is committed to encourage sports in the State.

Soren asked Middlebury Field Hockey Trainer from Vermont, USA Catarine Parry DeLorenzo to think about giving training to the Jharkhand women players for a year rather than seven days.

The CM appreciated the efforts of the group for personality development of children and spreading awareness for curbing human trafficking apart from encouraging sports in tribal areas.

Notably, 107 tribal girls from the villages of Gumla, Simdega, Khunti and Lohardaga district of Jharkhand have been trained for seven days by a training group of Vermont Middlebury Field Hockey by Shaktivahini and US Consulate in Kolkata. The final programme of this training will be held on February 01.

OSD to CM Gopalji Tiwari, Chief Trainer Catarine Parry DeLorenzo, Rishi Kant of Shakti Vahini, former member of National Commission for Women Manju Hembrom, Sneha Harsh, Priyanka Kumari, Pyari Kumari, Pyari Ekka, Purnima Niti, Somrai Kumari, Gress Murfy, Irin Nicols, Kelly Koel alongwith others were present on the occasion.

Meanwhile, there was a huge crowd of visitors at CM’s residence at Kanke Road Ranchi on Friday. Soren came to know the problems of visitors from all sections of the State. People who arrived under the leadership of social activist Dr. Prabhat Minj from Latehar district presented their greetings to the CM by presenting the book “Swaved”. Social activist Dr. Prabhat Minj pleaded before the Chief Minister that the residential school is ready for Chetak’s building. It is necessary to have a school here so that the children around will have facilities for teaching work. Taking cognizance of this, the CM assured that soon this school teaching work will start.

Soren was sensitive to address problems of visitors. He also directed the officials concerned immediately to deal with public problems. The CM told the visitors that resolving their problems is the priority of the government. The present government is dedicated to protect their interest, development and progress.

Ranji Trophy: Pulkit Claims Six-For As Services Beat Jharkhand

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New Delhi: Off spinner Pulkit Narang claimed 6/58 to precipitate a Jharkhand collapse and hand Services victory by 118 runs in an Elite Group C Ranji Trophy match at the Air Force Complex ground, Palam here on Thursday.

Jharkhand were 158/1, and then 190/2 – but were shot out for 267.

Narang had never taken more than three wickets in a match earlier, but was on song as he added to the 2-0-7-1 he had in the first innings. He returned match figures of 7/65 and duly grabbed the Man of the Match award.

This has dealt a huge blow to Jharkhand’s chances of challenging for a place in the top two and making it to the quarter-finals.

Meanwhile, Bengal had rain to blame as they frittered three points and had to split one point against Delhi in a Group A tie in Kolkata.

Only seven overs of play was possible on Day 4 where Delhi reached 242/7 in reply to Bengal’s first innings score of 318. Bengal were left to rue the delay as they fancied their chances of getting three points based on a first innings lead if a full day’s play took place.

Gujarat beat Vidarbha by four wickets in another Group A clash.

In Group B, Mumbai drew with Himachal Pradesh as all three days were washed out without a ball bowled with Sarfaraz Khan missing out on continuing his run-scoring spree. He had taken just two innings to vault to the top of the run-scorers’ list in the Elite Group teams. In another Group B clash, Karnataka thrashed Railways by 10 wickets.

Ranji Trophy: Pulkit Claims Six-For As Services Beat JharkhandIn Group C, Maharashtra beat Tripura by five wickets as Odisha pummelled Assam by an innings and three runs. Chhattisgarh drew with Jammu & Kashmir while Services beat Jharkhand by 118 runs. Haryana drew with Uttarakhand but got three points riding their first innings lead.