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  • Anthony Fauci’s life, work during covid are PBS film’s focus

    By Associated Press

    LOS ANGELES: Dr Anthony Fauci and his tumultuous experience during the covid-19 pandemic are the focus of a PBS “American Masters” documentary.

    The film follows Fauci at home and at work during a 14-month period starting from President Joe Biden’s inauguration in January 2021, PBS announced Wednesday.

    “Tony – A Year in the Life of Dr. Anthony Fauci” is set to debut on the PBS “American Masters” showcase in spring 2023, following a planned release in movie theatres. It will show “a rarely seen side of the scientist, husband, father and public servant,” Paula Kerger, PBS president and CEO, told a TV critics’ meeting.

    Fauci, 81, the government’s top infectious disease expert, said recently that he plans to retire by the end of Biden’s term in January 2025. He has served as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984 and advised seven presidents.

    The pandemic represented an unprecedented challenge for Fauci, his work and his reputation despite his years of widely respected public health service. He’s led research on HIV/AIDS, respiratory infections, Ebola, Zika and the coronavirus.

    The film follows Fauci “at home, in his office and in the corridors of power as he battles the ongoing covid-19 pandemic and the political onslaught that upends his life and calls into question” his long career as the nation’s leading public health advocate, according to the announcement.

    Mark Mannucci, who directed the 2019 “American Masters” documentary on the Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson, directed and is a producer for the Fauci film.

    LOS ANGELES: Dr Anthony Fauci and his tumultuous experience during the covid-19 pandemic are the focus of a PBS “American Masters” documentary.

    The film follows Fauci at home and at work during a 14-month period starting from President Joe Biden’s inauguration in January 2021, PBS announced Wednesday.

    “Tony – A Year in the Life of Dr. Anthony Fauci” is set to debut on the PBS “American Masters” showcase in spring 2023, following a planned release in movie theatres. It will show “a rarely seen side of the scientist, husband, father and public servant,” Paula Kerger, PBS president and CEO, told a TV critics’ meeting.

    Fauci, 81, the government’s top infectious disease expert, said recently that he plans to retire by the end of Biden’s term in January 2025. He has served as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984 and advised seven presidents.

    The pandemic represented an unprecedented challenge for Fauci, his work and his reputation despite his years of widely respected public health service. He’s led research on HIV/AIDS, respiratory infections, Ebola, Zika and the coronavirus.

    The film follows Fauci “at home, in his office and in the corridors of power as he battles the ongoing covid-19 pandemic and the political onslaught that upends his life and calls into question” his long career as the nation’s leading public health advocate, according to the announcement.

    Mark Mannucci, who directed the 2019 “American Masters” documentary on the Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson, directed and is a producer for the Fauci film.

  • 52 thousand laborers given work in MNREGA district

    When the lockdown was imposed during the outbreak of Corona epidemic in the country, thousands of laborers of the district were provided work through Mahatma Gandhi NREGA providing employment to the village laborers. In which works related to beneficiary oriented and livelihoods have been done under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA. There are mainly pond deepening, dabari construction, panchayat building, anganwadi, water conservation and irrigation drain etc. A total of 52231 laborers are working in 649 works in the district under the guidance of Collector and District Coordinator of Mahatmagandhi NREGA Shri Shiv Anant Tayal and under the leadership of District Panchayat CEO Smt Rita Yadav.
    The farmers and laborers of the village are retiring from farming, farming and paddy harvest work and reaching the work of MNREGA. As on 10 February 2021, a total of 52231 laborers are working in 649 works in 328 gram panchayats of 429 gram panchayats of Bemetara, Nawagarh, Saja, Berla, respectively, in the four district panchayats of the district. In which, out of 110 gram panchayats of district panchayat Bemetara, 93 gram panchayat 12774, 83 gram panchayats of Nawagarh, 14539 in panchayat, 13136 in 85 gram panchayat in 106 gram panchayats in Saja and 67 gram in 102 gram panchayats of Berla. There are 11782 laborers working in the panchayat.
    In which works are mainly being done for construction of Panchayat building, water conservation, new pond deepening, dabri construction, frog bunting, Narva Bandhan etc. The aim of the district administration is that the local laborers get employment in their village itself and they do not have to wander for work. For this, more and more works are being sanctioned through MNREGA.

  • Nearly 78 thousand laborers of the district have been given employment in MNREGA

    Under the guidance of Mahadev Kavre and Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer, Shri K.S. In the direction of Mandavi, work is being sanctioned to give maximum work under MNREGA to the villagers in various development blocks of Jashpur district. In the village, works of dabari construction, well construction, pond deepening, fencing, narwabandhan, land leveling are being sanctioned and they are being linked to employment. At present, about 78 thousand to 85 thousand villagers have been given employment under MGNREGA every day and a target has been set to provide employment to 1 lakh laborers.
    The aim of the district administration is that the local laborers get employment in their village itself and they do not have to wander away from work. For this, more works are being sanctioned under MNREGA.