CS visits centre for vaccination of cab drivers
The Hindu
Special drive launched in GHMC limits
The State government has initiated the process for vaccinating more than 2 lakh auto, cab, taxi and maxi cab drivers in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation limits. A special drive was launched on Thursday at 10 centres set up for administering the vaccine to the high risk groups over the next 20 days. Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar visited the vaccination centre at Raj Bhavan where the targeted group took the first dose. Officials informed the Chief Secretary that all the licensed drivers should register themselves in the website of the Transport Department. They would subsequently receive message on their mobiles and only those drivers who received the communication would be allowed at the vaccination centres.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.