The rain’s fury claimed more than 35 deaths in the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Deep depression in the Bay of Bengal crossed the coast in Kakinada, leaving behind a trail of destruction in the southern states. Six more people, including four members of a family, were killed in a wall collapse triggered by heavy rains in Pandharpur town of Maharashtra’s Solapur district during the day. While 15 people died in Hyderabad following incessant rainfall, which led to waterlogging on roads and inundation of some low-lying areas in the city, 10 people were killed in rain-related incidents across Andhra Pradesh in…
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Samajwadi Party (SP) patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the party said on October 14. The 80-year-old leader has been admitted to the Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon. “Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav has tested positive for COVID-19 and is being monitored by doctors. As of now, there are no COVID symptoms in him,” it tweeted.
The Assam government decided to wage a war against love-jihad by shutting down madrasas. Assam’s education minister announced that tis a significant step taken by government to not fund any religious school. The Assam government has set in motion the process of transferring 148 teachers after a decision to close down State-run madrasas or Islamic educational institutions. “…I am directed to inform you that Government has decided to close madrasas. Therefore, the 148 numbers of madrasa contractual teachers may be shifted to schools under general secondary education,” read an official memo from Assam Secondary Education Department’s Deputy Secretary S.N. Das…
Aarogya Setu app, downloaded by 150 million users has India’s app was praised by World Health Organisation. Launched by Indian government to inform users about any potential risk of coronavirus infection around them, best practices to stay healthy, and relevant/curated medical advisories pertaining to the pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) has lauded India’s Aarogya Setu mobile application for helping health departments to identify Covid-19 clusters. “Aarogya Setu app from India has been downloaded by 150 million users, and has helped city public health departments to identify areas where clusters could be anticipated and expand testing in a targeted way,”…
Indian drug makers sign a deal with Hidalgo state of Mexico to set up a large pharmaceutical cluster. Six generic drug makers –– Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Zydus Cadila, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Torrent Pharmaceuticals, Hetero Drugs and Ackerman Pharma –– have signed a deal with Hidalgo state of Mexico to set up a large pharmaceutical cluster for production and logistics. The move, facilitated by the Union commerce ministry, is expected to help them penetrate neighbouring Latin American markets. A commerce ministry official said a couple of Indian drug makers have also agreed, in principle, to set up manufacturing facilities in Hidalgo to…
Congress party and its members seem to have fallen from grace as one of its member’s stoops as low by resorting to spread fake news. Congress leader Alka Lamba was schooled by the Meerut police when she was trying to spread fake news on Twitter to attack the Uttar Pradesh government. Lamba who recently rejoined the Congress party after leaving AAP, retweeted a post shared by News Channel News 24 on Twitter attributing it to the state of Uttar Pradesh. The social media post was apparently an advertisement about some person named Jonti Badmaash who was charging money, as mentioned…
At least fifteen people died and city life disrupted as heavy rains lashed out in Hyderabad. The incessant rainfall led to waterlogging on roads and inundation of some low-lying areas. In view of these rains, the state government declared a holiday in Hyderabad. The deaths were reported since Tuesday night as downpour triggered wall and house collapse in different places here, officials said. People were advised to stay indoors for the next two days as more rains are expected in the state. Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban. Development K T Rama Rao and Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav…
India on Wednesday reported a spike of 63,509 new coronavirus cases and 730 deaths in last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry. The total case tally stands at 72,39,390 including 8,26,876 active cases, 63,01,928 cured/discharged/migrated cases & 1,10,586 deaths. On Tuesday, the number of coronavirus infections reported daily across the country dropped below 60,000, even as the caseload surged to 71,75,880 and the total recoveries crossed 62 lakh, the Union Health Ministry data stated. The country has been recording less than 75,000 new infections daily for the sixth consecutive day and fatalities below 1,000 for 10 straight days.…
India’s much awaited festival Dussehra has a great historical significance in Kullu. As this festival is a major tourist attraction, the State government has accorded the status of the International festival to the Kullu Dussehra. The symbolic ritual of celebrating it with 300-odd Gods and Goddesses has Ironically, this year, all the sheen will be lost due to pandemic. Lord Raghunath Rath Yatra — the centuries-old Dussehra tradition that made ancient Kullu popular almost globally, will be reduced to a symbolic ritual this year due to the pandemic. The weeklong Kullu Dussehra, which begins on October 25, will miss much of its colours,…
In spite of making attempts to reinforce its declaration that Pakistan is combating terrorism, FATF, the global financial overseer, in their assessment found discrepancies in Pakistan review report. Pakistan has failed a the review at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) that examines ways to plug the funds to terrorist groups among other things. A “follow up report” by the Asia Pacific Group (APG) of the FATF to an assessment done last year that was made public on Monday, concluded that Pakistan has “made some progress in addressing the technical compliance deficiencies identified in its MER (Mutual Evaluation Report).” But…