Bihar Current Affairs May 2021
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■ The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has selected 21 institutions, including All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Patna (AIIMS-P) for the clinical trial of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin on children between the age group of 2 and 18 years.Earlier,
AIIMS-P had successfully conducted the clinical trials of 1690 volunteers
above the age of 18 years. |
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■ Bihar chief secretary Arun Kumar Singh succumbs to Covid-19. Singh, a 1985 batch IAS officer, had taken over as state chief secretary this February. Earlier, he had served as development
commissioner. Now, Tripurari Sharan has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Bihar. |
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■ Famous litterateur and singer Dr. Shanti Jain passed away. She wrote the famous Bihar Gaurav Gaan 'दिशा-दिशा में लोकरंग का तार-तार है’ ‘महका-महका सोंधी माटी का बिहार है' in 1997. She was honoured with the Padmashri award in 2020.
Medical personnel includes super specialists, medical officers,
nursing officers and paramedical staff on emergency basis to work at ESI Hospital
Patna, where a 500-bed facility for Covid patients is reportedly
being set up with the help of the DRDO. |
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Bihar and
Jharkhand Association of North America (BJANA), led by Dr Avinash Gupta and several Indian-American doctors is using the
internet and apps to provide free healthcare and consultancy to those who
have tested positive for COVID-19. The
doctors are available on ‘Pran Covid-19 Helpline’ and also organise Zoom
sessions. BJANA has also tied up with two local NGOs - Aashtha and Asha to support this cause. |
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■ Dr Mohan Mishra passed away. He was awarded the Padma Shri award in the year 2014 for doing research on Kala-azar.
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According to the Indian Medical
Association (IMA) COVID-19
registry, Bihar saw the maximum number of deaths of medical
practitioners in the country. |
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Bihar Health Department has seek to open a molecular genome laboratory at the Indira Gandhi
Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) in Patna under Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) programme. INSACOG is a grouping of 10 National Laboratories that was established by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GoI on 25 Dec 2020. INSACOG is since then carrying out genomic sequencing and analysis of circulating COVID-19 viruses, and correlating epidemiological trends with genomic variants. Recently, it has shared analysis on B.1.617 lineage of SARS CoV-2 which is seen prevalent in India. |
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■ As per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bihar ranked 1st in the country in vaccinating the 18-44 age group. Bihar Government launched
the vaccination drive for 18-44 age group from 9th May 2021. |
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■Seen
rise in the cases of mucormycosis or black fungus, Bihar Government supplied
Ambisome
(Liposomal amphotericin B) injections to all government-run medical colleges
and hospitals in the state. |
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Bihar government would appoint one lakh teachers in primary and secondary
schools after getting a nod from the Patna High Court. |
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■ Bihar government is paying a sum of ₹ 4 lakh as ex-gratia to the next kin of each person who died of Covid-19 in the state from the CM relief fund.
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CM Nitish Kumar flags off mobile testing vans to speed up COVID-19 RTPCR test
in rural areas.
These vans will test around 1000 suspected cases per day and people will get
their reports within 24 hours. |
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Tropical cyclone Yaas leaves seven dead in Bihar and inundated low-lying
areas. Bihar government announced an
ex gratia of ₹4
lakh to the next kin of the deceased. • Yaas was named by Oman; originated from the Persian language and mean Jasmin in English. •It was classified as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS). •It made landfall south of Balasore in Odisha Affected Areas: India →Andaman and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh; Bangladesh and Nepal. |
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CM Nitish Kumar launched HIT COVID App to reach out to coronavirus
patients undergoing treatment for the deadly disease in home isolation. The HIT App has been developed by the Bihar State Electronics Development Corporation (BELTRON) under the guidance of the health department. |
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Bihar Startup
Fund Trust (BSFT) gave its consent to 20 new stratups and also gave
approval to 209 new startup ideas
which will be associated with incubators for further development. BSFT also gave its nod for a proposal for preparation of a Detailed Project Report (DPR) by the IIT Patna for setting up an integrated startup complex. According to Bihar Startup Policy 2017, till now 185 Startups have been authenticated. |
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■ State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB) has approved 70 new proposals for stage 1 clearance, entailing a potential investment of ₹ 3516.09 Crore. | ||||||||||||||
Multisystem
inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a condition where different body
parts can become inflamed, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin,
eyes, or gastrointestinal organs. The
cause of MIS-C is still unknown. However, it’s found that many children with
MIS-C had the virus that causes COVID-19, or had been around someone with
COVID-19. MIS-C
can be serious, even deadly, but most children who were diagnosed with this
condition have gotten better with medical care. |
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■CM Nitish Kumar has asked the officials of the Road Construction Department (RCD) to expedite construction of nine mega bridges over the Ganga.
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■ First consignment of GI certified Shahi Litchi (royal litichis) from Bihar was exported to the United Kingdom. The phyto-sanitary certification for exports of Shahi
Litchi was issued from newly established certification facility at Patna. GI registration for Shahi Litchi is held with the Muzaffarpur-based
Litchi Growers Association of Bihar. To date, 13 Products from Bihar has got GI certification, these are as follows:
Despite very few flights, around 2.21 lakh passengers have travelled from Darbhanga airport during last six months till May 22, surpassing Raipur and Bhubaneswar airport in terms of passenger footfall. |
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On 30 May 2021 for the first time, agricultural flight service has been started
from Darbhanga
airport. The aircraft carried royal litichis of Muzaffarpur to Mumbai. |
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Bihar Govenrment will financially support children those who have lost their
parents due to COVID-19. Under Bal Sahayta Yojana, those children who have lost
their both parents or, at least one parent has died due to corona, the State
government will provide them ₹1,500 each month till the age of 18. CM Nitish Kumar announced orphaned children who are left with no guardian to bring them up will be provided shelter at Baal Griha (children's homes). Priority will be accorded to get such orphaned girls admitted to Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya schools. |
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Jawaharlal
Nehru Medical College and Hospital (JLNMCH) in Bhagalpur, has been
offered scientific support from the Yale University (USA) for saliva-based Covid test. Yale
University was made aware of surge in COVID-19 cases in the eastern region of
Bihar through Friends
of Bhagalpur working in the USA. Saliva-based Covid test is designed to detect nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2 in saliva. It doesn’t require collection tubes with preservatives and has replaced the nucleic acid extraction with a simple enzymatic and heating step. This approach enables labs to utilise existing infrastructure and mass testing can be performed with limited investment. |
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