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NAGPUR: The Maharashtra police have provided jobs to more than 180 family members of police personnel who died while on duty, including those in fight against coronavirus, DGP Hemant Nagrale said on Thursday.
Addressing a press conference here, Nagrale said appointment letters were issued this week to 183 family members of police personnel who died while on duty in different police ranges of the state.
Of these, 30 appointment letters were issued in Nagpur on Thursday, he said.
The appointments were made under a government scheme for employment on compassionate ground, said Nagrale, who is on a two-day visit to review the police department s functioning in Nagpur and a few of its neighbouring districts.
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WASHIM (MAHARASHTRA): A total of 229 students of a public school hostel in Maharashtra s Washim district have tested coronavirus positive, an official said on Thursday.
Four school staffers have also tested positive, the official said, adding the area has been declared a containment zone.
Altogether 327 students from various districts in Vidarbha region reside at the hostel of the Bhavna Public School.
Earlier this week, 39 students and five employees of a hostel in Latur district of Marathwada had tested positive.
Risod tehsildar Ajit Shelar said that the students had joined the Washim hostel on February 14.
Twenty one students tested positivein the first few days after which RT-PCR tests of all the 327 students were conducted, he said.
Nagpur: The sixth edition of the Innopreneurs Startup Contest saw HVA Chemical Solution Pvt Ltd emerging as the winner (Rs1 lakh) followed by Druksell and Solnce Green Energy, first and second runners-up (Rs60,000 and Rs40,000) respectively. In all, ten contestants were in the fray.
HVA Chemical Solutions presenter Aravind S, a mechanical engineer, said that their team mainly focuses on developing solid fuel with non-recyclable plastic which can be used for burning and combustion instead of other elements like wood, bio-briquettes, coal which increases pollution. This eco-friendly method helps save the environment.
Sonam Chophel from Thimpu, Bhutan, the first runner up, presented ‘Druksell’ as the largest online marketplace for authentic Bhutanese products which is made and grown in Bhutan, where customers from around the world can buy and get their products delivered at their doorstep, in their home country.