An Indian-origin husband-wife doctor couple have launched judicial review proceedings against the UK government over what they say is a refusal to address safety issues around personal protective equipment (PPE) for doctors and healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Nishant Joshi and his pregnant wife, Dr Meenal Viz, had initiated the legal action in April with a pre-action letter seeking answers from the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England. They decided to push ahead with the case in the High Court in London on Wednesday because they feel they are “no longer willing to…
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A fire has broken out at Mumbai’s iconic Crawford Market. The fire, which started around 6:15 pm, is reportedly confined to four shops in the market. 10 fire engines have been rushed to douse the blaze. Two fire jets are in operation to manage the Level-2 fire, the Mumbai fire department said. A call was received around 6:15 pm and fire fighters reached the spot within three minutes, officials said. No injuries have been reported so far. More details are awaited.
Tamil Nadu is exploring the possibility of setting up a Drone Corporation to make the state a drone manufacturing hub, said an official statement. The state plans to have the hub using the drone technology developed by Anna University. A meeting to this effect was held with stakeholders on Wednesday under the chairmanship of State Development Policy Council Vice Chairman C. Ponnaiyan. Drones have wide scope for use in various sectors such as agriculture, disaster management, health, forest and wildlife, education, urban development, traffic management, mining and others. A presentation was made by M. Annadurai, Vice President, Tamil Nadu State…
Supreme Court agreed to hear a plea seeking a CBI probe into the lynching of Sadhus in Palghar, and sought response from Maharashtra government. A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, M R Shah and V Ramasubramanian also issued notice on a separate plea seeking National Investigating Agency (NIA) probe to ensure evidence in the matter is not destroyed. The apex court has scheduled further hearing on the matter in the second week of July. A group of petitioners, all Juna Akhara priests and some of the relatives of the victims told the top court that they have no faith in…
The Supreme Court on Thursday once again said that right to reservation is not a fundamental right while rejecting pleas challenging the Centre’s decision to not grant 50% reservation to OBCs in Tamil Nadu medical colleges. The Supreme Court bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao, Krishna Murari and S Ravindra Bhat said that “right to reservation is not a fundamental right”. “Whose fundamental rights are being violated? Article 32 is available only for violation of a fundamental right. We assume you are all interested in fundamental rights of the citizens of Tamil Nadu,” said the court while replying to the…
Jammu and Kashmir Police busted a Pakistan sponsored Narcotic-Terror module of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) by Pakistan in Handwara district and arrested three terror associates of the group. According to news reports, a team of Handwara police raided a house and arrested Ab. Moomin Peer, Islam Ul Haq Peer, and Syed Iftikhar Indrabi. The police team also recovered 21 kilograms of heroin drug, Rs 1.34 crore cash, and one currency counting machine from the site. https://twitter.com/HandwaraP/status/1271006213392793601?s=20 According to a police spokesperson, some other who were with the arrested men have absconded and search is on to catch them. The spokesperson also said that…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday ordered the invoking of the National Security Act (NSA) against Noor Alam and Javed Siddiqui, the two main accused responsible for setting on fire some houses of Dalits in the Jaunpur district. The Chief Minister, on Wednesday, directed the concerned police officials to book all the accused under the NSA and take action against the Station House Officer (SHO). The Chief Minister also directed the district officials to provide houses to the Dalits whose houses had been destroyed in the incident. The state government”s social welfare department will also give a compensation…
After setting up a record of planting 39.53 crore saplings in three years, the Yogi government is going to set another record by planting 30 crore saplings in the year 2020-21. Of the total 30 crore saplings, 25 crore will be planted in a day, which itself will be a record. Earlier, in 2017, 2018 and 2019 respectively, 5.17, 11.77 and 22.59 crore (total 39.53 crore) saplings were planted. In the year 2020-21, the target is to plant around 30-35 crore saplings. The target might be enhanced. For example, earlier this year, the target was to plant 25 crore saplings,…
Uttar Pradesh BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh, on Thursday, launched the ”Parivar Sampark Abhiyan” under which the party will connect with the people in their homes. The state BJP president started the campaign from Mankameshwar ward here on Thursday. Under the campaign, BJP workers, legislators, MPs and ministers will go from door-to-door contacting people and handing them a letter written by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The letter contains a list of the work done by the Modi government, its achievements and also mentions the steps taken by the government to combat the Corona crisis. The Rs 20 lakh crore economic…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday brought back over 2,300 kg of polished diamonds and pearls worth Rs 1,350 crore of firms belonging to Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi from Hong Kong , officials said Out of the 108 consignments that landed at Mumbai, 32 belong to overseas entities “controlled” by Modi while the remainder are of Mehul Choksi firms Both the businessmen are being probed by the ED under the Prevention of cash Laundering Act (PMLA) in reference to an over USD 2 billion alleged bank fraud at a PNB branch in Mumbai The valuables include polished diamonds, pearls…