Two unknown miscreants, allegedly Congress goons, attacked Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and his wife. A police complaint has been registered against the two unknown miscreants. The incident happened after the journalist on his channel slammed Sonia Gandhi during a discussion on Palghar incident in which three persons, including two sadhus, were lynch… In the intervening night of 22nd and 23rd April, after his regular work of 10 PM debate, Arnab Goswami and his wife were on the way back their Home when two motorcycle bike-borne persons allegedly attacked their car. According to our sources, the attackers parked their bike in…
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The West Bengal government has banned the use of mobile phones inside hospitals, saying they are a risk as they could carry the coronavirus around. The BJP alleges the move has been spurred by a video that has gone viral, of two bodies lying in a ward full of COVID-19 patients. Doctors, health workers and patients have been banned from using cell phones inside hospitals, the state chief secretary Rajiva Sinha said on Wednesday. Landlines and intercom would be installed for the use of patients in isolation wards, he said. Union Minister Babul Supriyo, in a tweet this morning, linked…
Union Minister and BJP leader Babul Supriyo has posted a video on social media showing alleged lack of social distancing between patients and a body lying on the bed in the ward for suspected coronaviurs patients at a state-run hospital. A state government minister, however, said the genuineness of the video needs to be ascertained. “The genuineness of the video needs to be looked into, as the BJP”s habit of spreading fake videos is all too well known,” said state Education Minister and Trinamool Secretary General Partha Chatterjee. In the video, a man who claims to be one of the…
As Facebook is set to take up nearly 10 per cent stake in Reliance Jio, Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook CEO on Wednesday said that both the companies would work on some major projects to open up commerce opportunities for people in India. Zuckerberg in a Facebook post said that India is in the middle of a major digital transformation and organizations like Jio have played a big part in getting hundreds of millions of Indian people and small businesses online. “This is especially important right now, because small businesses are the core of every economy and they need our support.…
Serum Institute’s recombinant BCG vaccine would be the first vaccine candidate in India to start human trials within the next two weeks. This is to test if the BCG vaccine, administered at birth to Indians to fight tuberculosis, can also boost immunity in adults against the novel coronavirus. If all goes well, the vaccine, which has a proven safety track record, can be in the market by the end of this year. Serum Institute can make 300-400 million doses of this vaccine. The Bacillus Calmette-Gurein (BCG) vaccine named after French microbiologists Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin, is given to infants…
Attacks on healthcare workers will carry stringent punishment — jail term of up to seven years and a hefty fine — the government said today as instances of such attacks spiralled across the country. In an executive order passed urgently this afternoon, hours after Union minister Amit Shah declared the safety of medical personnel as “non-negotiable”, the government also made it a non-bailable offence. The ordinance has been signed by President Ram Nath Kovind. The government has also made the Epidemic Act a concurrent act so it can make decisions and take action during an epidemic for to control road,…
20,4711,486CASES 15,859737ACTIVE 3,960700RECOVERED 652 DEATHS COVID-19 will stalk the planet for a long time to come, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, warning that most countries were still in the early stages of tackling the pandemic. WHO boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said some countries that thought they had the new coronavirus under control were witnessing a resurgence in cases, while there were troubling upward trends in Africa and the Americas. He also insisted that the UN health agency had declared a global emergency in good time on January 30 for countries to prepare and plan their response. The body has…
Four militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Melhora area of Shopian Tuesday night following information about the presence of militants there, a police official said. He said the hiding militants opened fire at the security forces, who retaliated, triggering a gun battle. Four militants were killed in the operation, the official said. The identity and group affiliation of the slain militants is being ascertained, he added.
Railways has offered to supply 2.6 lakh meals daily from its various kitchens to all those districts which are willing to pick up cooked meals and distribute among the needy, the ministry said on Wednesday. This has been communicated to district authorities all over the country, it said. “Details of zone-wise kitchen in charges have also been communicated to the states. The offer of 2.6 lakh meals per day is based on the kitchen capacities of the earmarked initial locations. If the need arises, more such locations can be ramped up to boost the supply. These meals will be available…
The network of S&T enabled NGOs spread across 22 states of India, supported by the Science for Equity Empowerment and Development (SEED) Division of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) have demonstrated capabilities in containing COVID-19 through various S&T interventions and complimented the efforts of the Government at different States and below levels. Approximately 1, 20,000 face masks were produced complying with the guidelines of Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the Government of Indiaand were distributed in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Rajasthan Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh,…