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Cinema halls in Maharashtra reopen from today with 50% capacity
The Maharashtra state government, on Wednesday, allowed cinema halls outside containment zones to reopen from November 5. This includes regular movie halls, theatres, and multiplexes across the state.
They will however function at only 50% capacity under the ongoing circumstances of COVID-19 pandemic. No outside eatables will be allowed inside the theatres, a government issued circular read.
Apart from theatres ? indoor stadiums, swimming pools and yoga institutes ? outside containment zones have also received a nod to get operational from today by following strict COVID-19 guidelines.
The SOP for the same will be issued by the cultural affairs department and local authorities, read the notification signed by Maharashtra Chief Secretary, Sanjay Kumar.
The Union government had allowed the reopening of multiplexes, cinema halls, and theatres from October 14 following strict Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). But with increasing COVID-19 positive cases in few states, the Ministry of Home Affairs allowed states to take the final call keeping in mind their situation in their respective states.
Maharashtra is one of India’s worst hit states in India, which recorded 16,92,693 positive cases with a fatality count of 44,248. A total of 15,31,277 patients have recovered this far.
Nagpur News
Nagpur doctor invited as key speaker at Joint American Homeopathic Conference 2023 in US

Dr Kavita Chandak
Homeopath from Nagpur Dr Kavita Chandak, who has two Golden Book Of World Records for treating kidney disorders and success in a case of Mucor mycosis in her name, has been invited as a keynote speaker at the Joint American Homeopathic Conference 2023 based on the theme, Homeopathy in 21st century at San Antonio in United States.
In society, we get to see many cases where child born with mental or physical defects such as congenital heart defects, mental retardation, Down’s syndrome, Cleft palate, ADHD, Autism etc. though born from healthy parents. What could be the reason behind it?
Could homeopathy offer something for it? Dr. Chandak will deliver a 90 minutes session on March 26 on ‘Advancing a Healthier Generation with Homeopathy: Preventative measures for healthy birth and treatment approaches for unimpaired growth.’
She will throw light on the pre-birth causes in mother disturbing the birth of healthy baby creating mental and physical defects as well the preventive measures for initiating the creation of strong generation with Homeopathy.
Dr Chandak is an international trainer and speaker who has specialised in autism, psychiatric and behavioural disorders, kidney diseases and cancer. She has authored eight books and 294 health articles. She will be a keynote speaker in upcoming international congresses of Russia, Romania, Greece and the World Congress of Homeopathy, Colombia.
Also read: Ahead of C20, Ramdaspeth’s polluted Nag River concealed…
Nagpur News
CAMIT Chief Dipen Agrawal nominated as member in CGSTGRC Nagpur zone

Dipen Agrawal
Dr Dipen Agrawal, President – Chamber of Associations of Maharashtra Industry & Trade (CAMIT) has been nominated as member in Central Goods & Service Tax Grievance Redressal Committee (CGST GRC) Nagpur Zone.
At the outset Dr Dipen Agrawal while thanking Ramchandra Sankhla Chief Commissioner CGST, Vijay Rishi Commissioner Nagpur – 1 and Shri Abhay Kumar Commissioner Nagpur – 2 for giving representation to CAMIT in the recently reconstituted GRC for Nagpur Zone, said, the GRC has enabled revenue officers to have first-hand feedback on various policy initiatives undertaken by government. It also helped in ironing out the difficulties faced by trade in implementing provisions of GST, and to make GST a Grievance-free System of Taxation.
Dr Dipen Agrawal has appealed to fellow traders to forward/share their issues on [email protected] so as to get them addressed in the GRC Meetings. Active and quality participation of trade and professional associations in the committee will achieve the goals of resolving all grievances and issues faced by the tax collectors i.e. traders.
GRC is a platform to voice their grievances including procedural difficulties and IT related issues pertaining to GST and redressal at local level added Dr Agrawal.
Also read: NMC spends ₹20 crore on lighting trees for C20 in Nagpur
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NMC spends ₹20 crore on lighting trees for C20 in Nagpur
Ahead of the C20 meet, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has spent a staggering ₹20 crore on the lighting of trees on both sides of the roads of airport road, Wardha Road, Walker’s Street, airport road to RBI Square to name a few.
Also, over one lakh nails were hammered on 3000 trees for the installation of lights leaving several activists and residents irked. The C20 meet is scheduled for March 20 and 21 where hundreds of participants from 20 countries would be arriving in the city for a summit.
Also read: Ahead of C20, Ramdaspeth’s polluted Nag River concealed…