DM converts Lucknow's Haj House into Covid Care Centre
Covid Care facility set up in Lucknow for asymptomatic patients
July 13 | 2020
In the wake of increasing number of coronavirus cases in the Lucknow, the city's District Magistrate issued an order to convert the Haj House at Sarojni Nagar into a Covid care centre.
<h2>Lucknow's battle against coronavirus</h2><p>
The Haj House provides accommodation to the Haj (pilgrimage) bound people who stay there before they commence their journey. However, in order to strengthen the city's defense against the coronavirus, the DM of Lucknow released instructions to convert this facility into a Covid care centre for asymptomatic patients.
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After inspecting the complex himself, the DM directed the officials to develop the facility into a Covid care centre with a capacity of 1000 beds for the care and treatment of asymptomatic patients in the city.
</p><div id="2f949" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0fe31b7e562effb5b547624f7e86bf76"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1280815109183385600" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">कोविड-19 के बढ़ते संक्रमण को देखते हुये हज हाउस को कोविड केयर सेण्टर में तब्दील करने के दिये आदेश दिए गए हैं।एसि… https://t.co/o1ntzVN1Lz</div> — DM Lucknow (@DM Lucknow)<a href="https://twitter.com/AdminLKO/statuses/1280815109183385600">1594205093.0</a></blockquote></div><p>
The Zonal Officer has been made responsible to administer the overall cleanliness and hygiene at the centre. The DM has also instructed to provide nutritious meals to the people admitted here for a quick recovery.
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Navi Mumbai is now home to Asia's largest data centre- Yotta NM1
Yotta NM1 is the largest Tier IV data centre in Asia and second largest in the world!
July 12 | 2020
Navi Mumbai has got a brand new data centre called the Yotta NM1, which is India's largest. This data centre is certified by Uptime Institute in Asia and is the second-largest in the world. The Yotta NM1 is located in the 600 acres, Hiranandani Fortune City, Pavel.
<h2>Digital Inauguration for Yotta NM1</h2><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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</p><p>Yotta NM1 was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Maharashtra, in the virtual presence of Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Law & Justice, Govt. of India and Minister of Industries and Mining, Govt. of Maharashtra over a video conference.</p><p>Yotta is a complete package from control over input resources, presence of huge land banks that also have green energy generation and distribution capacities. The unequalled expertise and experience in various data centre branches of design, engineering, construction and operations along with massive economies of scale is what makes Yotta one of its kind. This indigenous ownership and control makes Yotta NM1 a global pioneer not only in terms of of capability and cost but also, in terms of its focus on efficiency and sustainability.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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</p><p>Yotta NM1 is first of the five data centre buildings coming up at this Integrated Yotta Data Centre Park, which, once fully built, will have an overall capacity of 30,000 racks and 250 MW power, Yotta Infrastructure said.<br><br>At 820,000 sq. ft, 7,200 racks, 50 MW of power and 4 redundant self-owned fiber paths connecting the data centre to national highways, the Yotta NM1 data centre is capable of hosting global Cloud, content and OTT operators besides the mission-critical applications of enterprises and governments, the company said.<br><br>"This particular data centre is a powerful statement of intent that India is rising high in the quest of data security, data use and data innovation," Union IT Minister was quoted as saying in a statement.<br><br>"For the success of Digital India, we must become a big global data refinery -- data cleaning, data processing, data innovation and research -- and all of this will need to be done keeping in mind data privacy laws. We shall never compromise on the data sovereignty of India," he said.<br><br>Besides Navi Mumbai, Yotta is also developing similar sized giant data centre parks at Chennai and New Delhi.<br><br>Each of these parks will feature more than 20,000 racks, 200 MW plus power and multiple self-owned fiber paths connecting the park to the main highways, Yotta Infrastructure said, adding that it plans to invest about Rs 15,000 crore over next seven to 10 years across these data centre parks.</p><p><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1928181993792414" data-ad-slot="7448307427" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
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</script></p><h2>Knock Knock </h2><p>Coinciding with the Prime Minister's Digital India and Made in India, this data centre is a big step in India's venture into the shared data space. As enterprises and government agencies aim at self-reliance (Atmanirbhar) now more than they did previously, emphasis on data privacy/protection and consequently on data localisation has become primary in their supply chains. This heightened need of data management in today's time of unprecedented digital growth has given rise to the need of having world class data management and storage centres and Yotta NM1 is just that! </p>
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Locust invasion in Lucknow: Swarms spotted around Nirala Nagar, Vikas Nagar & Aliganj
Lucknow spots its first locust swarm in Nirala Nagar, neighbouring areas on alert
July 12 | 2020
Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow which was gearing for a locust invasion since the end of June finally spotted its first swarm in Nirala Nagar on Sunday at around 1:15 pm
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In June, the agriculture department reported that a swarm was about to reach Kanpur and Kasganj districts with a possibility of it moving to Lucknow due to its green open spaces. However, the change in wind direction is believed to have delayed the invasion.
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The swarm was spotted in the area land marked by the IT College around 1:15pm on Sunday. People in the residential areas were caught unaware and this shot up anxiety in kids and adults alike. People in Niralanagar bursted crackers in the area to distract and scare off the swarm which luckily worked and by 1:30pm, majority of the swarm disappeared. </p><p>
A part of the attach was also spotted in the neighbouring Vikas Nagar and Aliganj areas in the city.
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Outstanding performance: Martinians in Lucknow celebrate ICSE & ISC board exam results!
LMGC's ICSE results are spectacular as no child has scored below 80%
July 11 | 2020
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La Martiniere College and La Martiniere Girls' College congratulated the toppers of ICSE and ISC board exams with the declaration of results on Friday. The exemplary performance of the students in council exams bring much joy in the chaotic and uncertain times of a global pandemic.
<h2>Distinction for La Martiniere </h2><p>The spirit of the young achievers was bruised but not broken when the council declared cancellation of exams due to the unprecedented rise of coronavirus in the city, and the examination results are a testimony to that. Both establishments of La Martiniere College in Lucknow celebrated the achievements of their young students who appeared for the ISC (Class 12) and ICSE (Class 10) Board examinations. </p><p>Mrs Aashrita Dass and Mr Carlyle Mc Farland, Principle La Martiniere Girls College and La Martiniere College took to Facebook to share their joy and the outstanding performance of their students in this year's board examinations. As Mrs Dass marvelled at the another year of <strong>100% pass result </strong>in both the batches, she shared that 53% of the ISC students secured above 90% and the I<strong>SC class average is 88.37%</strong> 'The ICSE results are spectacular as <strong>no child has scored below 80%</strong>. 68% have secured 90% and above while 32% have scored between 80-90%. The Class <strong>Average is 91.6%</strong>' , read her Facebook post. </p><p><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1928181993792414" data-ad-slot="7448307427" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
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</script></p><p><br></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="270" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Faashrita.dass%2Fposts%2F10163786429150304&show_text=true&width=552&height=270&appId" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="552"></iframe></div><p>Mr Carlyle McFarland on the other hand applauded the students and teaching staff alike and congratulated the La Martiniere family for excellent academic results. He shared the fact that the number of students appearing for ICSE Boards this year were more than any previous year and<strong> all of them</strong> were awarded with pass certificates while 259 out 262 ISC students received pass certificates.</p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="238" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcarlyle.mcfarland%2Fposts%2F10157605135692817&show_text=true&width=552&height=238&appId" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="552"></iframe></div><p>On Sunday, 12th July, we will share the fantastic results of The Christ Church College, Lucknow. Stay tuned. If you want us to feature your school or your ward write to us at share@knocksense.com</p>
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Mumbaikars to pay heavy interest on power bill EMIs
High interest rates on electricity bills, add to power consumer's woes!
July 11 | 2020
The heightened power bills for the month of June wasn't a big problem for Mumbaikars but the new provision to pay them in 3 monthly instalments surely is! The news of a rate of interest as high as 14% is being levied on each easy monthly instalment, is what has added to the woes of power consumers in Mumbai.
<h2>Are EMIs really Easy? <br></h2><p>The option to pay for the power bills in 3 instalments has emerged more as a burden than respite to the power consumers who now have to cough up an instalment with 14% monthly interest. Tata Power is yet to announce their rate of interest.</p><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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</script></p><h2>Knock Knock</h2><p>These outrageous bills and rate of interests have added on a lot of burden to the people of Mumbai. Be it celebrities who have tweeted and criticized or the average Indian middle class, paying bills with such high interest rates in unfeasible. The high amount bills are not unjustified but the higher interest rates surely are. </p>
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