Former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain was tested COVID-19 positive on Wednesday. Hussain is a star campaigner for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. He has shared the information about being tested positive through Twitter. “I came in contact with Corona positive patients. Their reports have come positive. Hence, I have also decided to undergo test. It has come positive,” Hussain tweeted. He further said that people who came in contact with him should undergo COVID-19 test as per guidelines of the Health Ministry. “As a precautionary measure, I have been…
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With a record of 7.5 million cases in India, Feluda test comes as a blessing in disguise to a country like India with a huge population. A fast and cheap paper-based coronavirus test will soon be available across India, with scientists hopeful it will help turn the tide on the pandemic in one of the world’s worst-hit nations. India has recorded more than 7.5 million infections, second only to the United States, and the outbreak has spread from densely packed megacities like Mumbai to rural communities with limited medical services. The locally developed Feluda, named for a detective in a…
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1318943794117619714?s=20 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Durga Puja pandals in Kolkata via video conferencing today as the five-day celebrations begin in West Bengal amid the pandemic. The BJP claims it has made elaborate arrangements for the live-viewing of PM Modi’s virtual address to the people. TV screens have been put up in all the 78,000 election booth areas across the state. The prime minister will virtually inaugurate a pandal that BJP has set up in Salt Lake in Kolkata at a cultural centre run by the central government’s Ministry of Culture. The prime minister tweeted last evening about joining…
Comparing the quantum of development done by the alliance govt, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has compared the partnership of BJP-JD(U) as “superhit” as the opening pair of Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag in cricket. Attacking the opposition RJD, Singh said the people had witnessed its 15-year tenure and can see the difference between its “misrule” and the good governance of the Nitish Kumar-led alliance government. Addressing a rally here in Bhagalpur district ahead of the Assembly polls beginning October 28, Singh said, “The alliance of the BJP and the JD(U) is as superhit as the opening pair of Sachin and…
Actor Vidya Balan on Wednesday resumed draw a bead on her upcoming film “Sherni” in Madhya Pradesh The production on “Sherni” came to a halt in mid-March because the country went into lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. The National Award winner, who plays the role of a forest officer, is currently shooting within the jungles of Madhya Pradesh with the requisite safety protocols, a handout issued on behalf of the actor said. Directed by Amit Masurkar of National Award-winning “Newton” fame, “Sherni” explores the man-animal conflict. It is produced by Vikram Malhotra of Abundantia Entertainment. Balan was last seen…
The government is undertaking a comprehensive modernisation programme to organize the police and paramilitary forces of the country for newer challenges of terrorism, cyber crime and border security, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said here on Wednesday. Shah made the remarks while addressing a joint column of police and Central Armed Police Forces jawans and officers at the National Police Memorial in Chanakyapuri here on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day. The day is observed to pay homage to 10 policemen (of the CRPF) killed in an ambush by Chinese troops in 1959 in Ladakh’s thermal spring area. Armies of…
With a jump of 54,044 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, India’s coronavirus tally touched 76.5 lakh, government data shows. The country also recorded 717 deaths related to the viral disease in this period, taking the total number of deaths to 1,15,914 so far. India recorded less than 50,000 new Covid cases on Tuesday for the first time since July end. The country has been reporting a steady decline in its daily coronavirus infections after reaching a peak of about 90,000 cases a day in September. The daily recoveries have consistently remained higher than new infections since mid-September…
The Jammu and Kashmir Unity Foundation (JKUF) has appealed the people of Jammu and Kashmir to observe Black Day on October 22 to remember the sacrifices lakhs of Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims made to defeat the invasion of the Princely State spearheaded by the Pakistan Army in 1947 erroneously described as the tribal invasion. In this regard, the JKUF will be holding the seventh seminar in a series titled “Pakistan’s Military Invasion not Tribal Raid of Jammu and Kashmir on October 22 at the Press Club, Jammu. Ajaat Jamwal, president, JKUF, said that along with expert speakers will dwell at length…
The Delhi Police has issued 144 challans to metro passengers for violating COVID-19 guidelines within the last six days, officials said on Tuesday. The police personnel at metro stations are conducting a drive to see the violation of COVID-19 guidelines. Passengers who weren’t wearing masks or maintaining social distancing were fined, they said. In the last six days, a complete of three ,691 trains were checked and 144 challans issued to passengers for violating the rules to regulate the pandemic, said Jitendra Mani, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Metro). He requested all passengers to follow COVID-19 protocols inside metro trains and…
Warning the people about the deadly coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made an appeal to people to follow Covid-19 guidelines. He said this was not the time to be careless as the virus was still around and even a small negligence could dampen the festive spirit. In his seventh address to the nation following the Covid-19 outbreak, Modi cited examples of the United States and several European countries to note that coronavirus cases there had seen a sudden and worrisome rise after witnessing a fall, as he cautioned citizens against any laxity until an effective cure was found.…