Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday tested positive for COVID-19 but is in healthiness, the vice chairman Secretariat said. Naidu, 71, who is asymptomatic, has been advised home quarantine. In the evening, Naidu had addressed a virtual event on post-COVID healthcare where he urged the private sector to dig in to enhance healthcare system in rural India. “The vice chairman of India who underwent a routine COVID-19 test today morning has been tested positive. he’s however, asymptomatic and in healthiness,” the Secretariat tweeted. His wife Usha Naidu has been tested negative and is in self-isolation, the tweet said. Some…
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A minimum of 351 servitors and 53 employees of Shree Jagannath Temple here have tested positive for COVID-19, a politician said. A total of 404 persons engaged within the 12th century shrine have tested positive for the virus since August, said Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) administrator Ajay Jena said on Tuesday. He said the Lord Jagannath’s rituals, however, are continuing as was common despite the absence of numerous servitors. The Jagannath temple is closed for devotees since March thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. The official said as most of the servitors are in home isolation after testing positive for…
Google on Tuesday paid tributes to the legendary actor-dancer Zohra Sehgal by dedicating a special doodle to her that completely captures the screen icon’s joie de vivre. On today in 1946, “Neecha Nagar”, starring Sehgal, was released at the Cannes festival and won the Palme d’Or prize. The movie, consistent with Google is Indian cinema’s first international critical success. Illustrated by guest artist Parvati Pillai, the doodle shows the late actor’s sketch replacing the O of ‘GOOGLE’ and showing one among her iconic step from the song ‘Jiya Jale’ from Mani Ratnam-directed “Dil Se”. Born on April 27, 1912 in…
The forward posts in Ladakh have been equipped with two Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) in Ladakh. The helicopters have now been flying armed sorties in Leh and forward areas of Ladakh. The report terms this deployment by the IAF as a huge show of faith. These LCH helicopters flew in to Ladakh from Bengaluru and have been deployed with the IAF for a week. The report adds that IAF vice chief Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora flew in one of the helicopters from Thoise to Leh in full mission configuration. The Air Marshall was given a full demonstration of the…
The Mumbai Police has summoned Anurag Kashyap in sexual assault case filed by Payal Ghosh. He is expected to be questioned by the Mumbai police in relation to the case filed by Payal Ghosh in the Versova police station last week. The actress had also met senior police officers to demand a swift investigation in the matter. She had reportedly stated that if she would sit in a hunger strike if the police investigation is delayed. The FIR against Kashyap was registered under sections 376 (1), 354, 341 and 342. Reportedly, Ghosh had also filed a complaint against Kashyap under…
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurated vaccine portal that was launched to address queries of people on vaccine development at ICMR. The India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) also unveiled the historical timeline of ICMR since its inception in 1911. The National Clinical Registry for COVID-19 will collect systematic data on clinical signs and symptoms, laboratory investigations, management protocols, clinical course of COVID-19 disease, disease spectrum and outcomes of patients. The data will serve as an invaluable tool for formulating appropriate patient management strategies, predicting disease severity, patient outcomes etc. While inaugurating the web portal of the apex medical…
A Hindu temple in Andhra Pradesh’s Agara Mangalam village in Gangadhara Nellore Mandal of Chittoor district was attacked and the Nandi Idol near the sanctum sanctorum found destroyed. The Nandi idol in the temple was found broken near its pedestal on the Sunday (27 September) morning. The police has started the investigation. The event comes in a long series of attacks on Hindu temples in Andhra Pradesh. Just this year, several incidents have occurred which brought devotees to the streets in protest. Earlier this month, Antarvedi, a famous pilgrim centre in East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh is in the boils after…
Hate crimes against Hindus continue unabated In Jagan-ruled Andhra Pradesh. Attacks on temples in the state of Andhra Pradesh are increasing. In a short span, several temples have been reportedly vandalized by the miscreants. From destroying idols to burning century-old chariots, a lot has happened in Andhra Pradesh. Here is a list of five incidents that shook the Hindus irrespective of their geographic location. On 27th September, Gangadhara Nellore police station received the information about an attack on Shiva temple in Agara Mangalam village in Gangadhara Nellore Mandal of Chittoor district. As per the reports, the Nandi idol of the…
Congress workers protesting against the recently passed Farm Bills burnt a tractor in Ambala, and then proceeded to carry the same burnt tractor in a truck to India Gate, Delhi and then burnt the same tractor there. ABP News has revealed that the tractor was first burnt in Ambala on the 20th of September. Eight days later, the half-burnt tractor was set on fire in Delhi. The tractor was brought to Delhi by members of the Punjab Youth Congress and kept overnight at the residence of a Congress leader in Delhi. Five people have already been arrested related to the…
As India-China stand-off continues with no clarity in disengagement talks, India has deployed missiles like BrahMo, Nirbhay and Akash surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) to dissuade Chinese misadventures in eastern Ladakh. India has deployed these missiles to deal with Chinese deployments of stand-off weapons with the range of 2,000 kilometers on the Tibetan Plateau. The 500 km-range BrahMos cruise missile, deployed in “sufficient numbers” in the Ladakh Sector, can be used to hit People’s Liberation Army camps and air bases in the region if hostilities escalate. The supersonic missile, which can evade enemy defences, is capable of dropping a 300 kg warhead…