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Chandigarh Anganwadi workers give rations

In view of the situation caused due to Covid-19, the Haryana Women and Child Development Department has distributed ration to all anganwadi centres across the state till April 30. Minister of State for Women and Child Development Kamlesh Dhanda said the ration had been distributed at the beneficiaries’ doorstep by anganwadi workers and helpers in compliance with the state government’s orders to maintain social distancing. The ration included wheat, rice, gram flour, soyabean, sugar, oil and other spices. Sanitary napkins, diapers, sanitisers and face masks were also being distributed. tns

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Chandigarh Teachers to download ‘Aarogya Setu’

The School Education Department has directed teachers of private and government schools in the state to download the ‘Aarogya Setu’ app. A spokesman said District Education Officers and District Elementary Education Officers had been directed to ask heads of all government and private schools of the state to download the app in their mobile phones and ensure teachers working under them do the same. The spokesman said information in the Covid-tracker app would go a long in preventing infection among the teaching community. tns

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Sonepat Women prisoners make 2K masks (with pic)

On the initiative of Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Tayyab Hussain, women prisoners at the district jail prepared 2,000 face masks from cloth donated by him. Hussain gave 200 masks to prisoners and jail staff and distributed around 1,800 masks among the 200-odd labourers and their family members staying near the district court areas. Additional District and Session Judge, Panipat, Nishant Sharma also donated cloth for preparing of 2,000 face masks by the women prisoners of the district jail. oc