Tablighi Jamaat, Nizamuddin Markaz, Coronavirus, Delhi The Delhi government has issued an order to release about 4,000 Tablighi Jamaat members who attended the religious congregation at the Nizamuddin Markaz last month and have completed their due quarantine period. According to official sources, the government has also asked for action against those facing legal cases. “Close to 4,000 people related to the Tablighi Jamaat event in Nizamuddin Markaz were caught from different parts of the city in March-end and April beginning. While more than 1,000 were found positive for coronavirus, rest were kept in quarantine centres across the city,” an official…
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Two African lion cubs, born a month ago at Nehru Zoological Park here, came out for the first time in a ”day crawl”.According to Nehru Zoological Park Curator, N.Kshitija, this is the first time that the cubs came out since their birth last month. Lovely moments of the cute cubs spending time with their mother Adhisana were captured on camera by the zoo officials. One of the photographs released by the zoo authorities shows the mother licking her cub. The cubs are also seen playing with each other. Shutdown for more than 40 days due to coronavirus-fuelled nation-wide lockdown, the…
Criticising the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for its lackadaisical attitude towards the preservation of a 17th century Catholic church, the Basilica of Bom Jesus, Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik on Wednesday appealed to Union Minister of State for Tourism, Prahlad Patel, for assistance. In a letter to Patel, Malik also urged the Union Ministry to instruct the ASI to complete maintenance work at the Old Goa church complex, one of the most popular tourism destinations in the state, before the onset of the monsoon. “Though ASI has cited various constraints for the slow pace of work such as non-availability…
After the West Bengal government released fresh data about the COVID-19 situation in the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party launched a scathing attack on it on Tuesday. State BJP in-charge and party General Secretary Kailash Vijayavargiya demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. MS Banerjee should speak in a serious manner and take responsibility. She has no right to continue in office, she should resign immediately. He said that Mamata is only doing politics, she has nothing to do with the lives of people. He alleged that instead of focusing on COVID-19 the Mamata government is fighting with the…
Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday hit out at the YS Jaganmohan Reddy government in the state alleging that it “abdicated its responsibility” at the time of the novel coronavirus epidemic. He also appealed to the people in the state to self-monitor to save themselves from the deadly pandemic. ‘Out of sheer selfishness, the government hastily reopened liquor outlets and arbitrarily hiked prices without taking necessary precautions for the health security of the people,” said Chandrababu Naidu while targeting the YSRCP-led Andhra Pradesh government. Chandrababu Naidu also praised the people…
US President Donald Trump conceded Tuesday that more Americans will die in reopening the US economy but underlined his insistence on a dwindling coronavirus threat by refusing to wear a mask, even as he toured a mask-making factory. Asked by ABC News whether a lifting of social distancing measures and reopening of the shuttered economy will lead to higher death tolls, Trump said “it’s possible there will be some.” “Because you won’t be locked into an apartment or a house or whatever it is,” Trump said at the Honeywell factory in Phoenix, Arizona, which he visited on his first major…
C.L.A.W (Conquer. Land. Air. Water) has released an official video of a new interesting project titled Operation Blue Freedom. The project is the outcome of a quest to freedom and empowerment of those with disabilities — a motley ”band of brothers” comprising ex-Special Forces soldiers and people with disabilities, who set out on an expedition to create the ”Triple Elemental World Records” across land, sea and air. As they journeyed, they started realising what it truly means to be free. “Operation Blue Freedom Genesis” chronicles the first part of this journey. It is a statement of hope, inspiration, resilience and…
Karnataka BJP Lok Sabha member Shobha Karandlaje has sought action against an Indian Muslim in Kuwait for allegedly attacking an Indian taxi driver in the oil-rich country for reportedly praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a party official said on Tuesday. “Action should be taken against the accused (Asi Chullikkara) from Rajapuram of Kasargode in north coastal Kerala for attacking, slapping and humiliating driver Sri Praveen in Kuwait recently for praising Modi and posting it on his social media platform Facebook,” Karandlaje wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on May 3,”Told her spokesman D. Abhishek The accused forced Praveen, a…
Top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, could not have been artificially or deliberately manipulated. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), made the comments in an interview with National Geographic. While answering a question regarding evidence that the virus was made in or accidentally released from a lab in China, Fauci said, “If you look at the evolution of the virus in bats, and what’s out there now is very, very strongly leaning toward this (virus) could not have been artificially or deliberately manipulated — the…
Residents of a village in Bihar witnessed a stunning view of the Mount Everest from their houses after decades on Monday. Due to minimal activity across states in the wake of the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, air quality has improved to a great extent while pollution has decreased. An image of the picturesque Mount Everest, visible from Bihar, was tweeted by Parveen Kaswan of the Indian Forest Service as he mentioned in the caption of his post that Singhwahini village residents were able to see the mountains clearly. https://twitter.com/ParveenKaswan/status/1257521216107114497?s=20 “When people of Singhwahini village, Bihar saw Everest from their own houses.…