5,000 COVID safety kits for Telangana
The Hindu
Kits contain vaporisers, vitamin strips
Lokaa Foundation, as part of its “Bless India” social initiative, will distribute 5,000 COVID safety kits in Telangana. Labour Minister M. Malla Reddy and Malkajgiri Parliament constituency in-charge TRS Marri Rajashekhar Reddy distributed the first set of kits at Bowenpally on Thursday. The Chennai-based organisation approached Mr. Rajashekhar Reddy for distribution in Telangana and he has identified remote and tribal areas of Mulugu, Bhupalpally, Adilabad, Asifabad and Nizamabad districts, where more help is needed. The kits contain vaporisers, anti-viral masks, four kinds of vitamin strips, and face shields to suffice for a family. Mr. Reddy said that the Bless India initiative can be a phenomenal inspiration for the youth of India to participate and create life-saving experience for the under privileged sections.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.