In Danger Mohalla (Gund Jahangeer) of Bandipora district, authorities on Tuesday decided to quarantine the entire village with a population of 400, after 41 people tested positive for the COVID-19 virus in This is the first village in Jammu and Kashmir, where the entire population has been put under quarantine. “After 36 out of 41 positive cases in the Gund Jahangeer area turned out to have come from Danger Mohalla, the entire village which has a population of 400 has been put under quarantine. “Half of the village population is under administrative quarantine while the other half has been restrained…
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Young India opener Prithvi Shaw on Tuesday said ‘idol’ Sachin Tendulkar has advised him to always play his natural game and stay calm off the field. In an Instgram Live chat with his Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Delhi Capitals, the 20-year old who is the youngest Indian to score a Test century on debut, said: “He has had a big influence on me. I first met him when I was eight. He always tells me to play my natural game and according to the situation. Off the field also, he asked me to stay calm.” Shaw, who was part…
La Liga and the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) have agreed a return to training protocol for professional players in the country after the coronavirus outbreak, the Spanish National Sports Council (CSD) has announced. Spain’s top division has been suspended since March 12 due to the COVID-19 outbreak which has so far killed more than 20,800 people, the third-highest number of deaths in the world after the United States and Italy. “This decision remains controlled by the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic and by the decisions adopted by the Ministry of Health,” the CSD said in a statement. La Liga clubs…
Pakistan batting great Zaheer Abbas says the PCB has been “soft” in dealing with corruption in country’s cricket which, according to him, has been as damaging for the game here as the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan team. The former captain was giving his views on the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) recent move, asking the government to criminalise fixing in sports. “It is the right thing to do for the Pakistan board because for too long, we have been soft while dealing with corruption cases and these have led to a string of scandals which badly damaged our image…
In order to effectively track the home-quarantines citizens and ensure they are actually staying in the home, a mobile application named Saiyam has been developed by the Pune Municipal Corporation under Smart Cities Mission (SCM). City administration has taken administrative measures complemented by technology solutions to monitor home quarantined citizens. The city administration has appointed dedicated teams for five zones to conduct a follow-up with people under home quarantine on a daily basis. The teams will check on people who have recently returned from international trips and those discharged after treatment for COVID-19. Accordingly, the teams will seek updates from…
The Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), an autonomous technology think tank under the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India, by virtue of its mandate of thinking for future, is preparing a white paper to strategize revival of post-COVID 19 Indian economy. This document would mainly focus on strengthening Make in India initiatives, commercialization of Indigenous technology, developing a technology-driven transparent Public Distribution System (PDS), efficient rural health care delivery, reduction of import, adoption of emerging technology domains like AI, Machine Learning, Data Analytics and many more. It will be soon submitted to the decision-making authorities…
Equity benchmark Sensex plunged over 1,000 points in opening trade on Tuesday tracking heavy losses in banking, energy and IT stocks amid volatility in global market as international crude oil prices went into a tailspin overnight. After hitting a low of 30,634.41, the 30-share index was trading 822.45 points or 2.60 per cent lower at 30,825.55. Similarly, the NSE Nifty tanked 235.05 points, or 2.54 per cent, to 9,026.80. Maruti was the top laggard in the Sensex pack, sinking up to 7 per cent, followed by Tata Steel, IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Finance, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank and ONGC. On the…
The Vice President, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu has called upon all citizens to collectively strive for building a greener and cleaner planet saying environmental protection is a pious civic duty of all. In a message today on the eve of World Earth Day, he said: “Let us accord prime importance to protect Mother Nature, re-orient the development models and consumerism-driven lifestyles”. The Vice President said that in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have to revisit and reinvent our development and economic strategies. Pointing to the unprecedented health crisis caused by COVID-19 pandemic, he said the sweeping lockdowns brought…
India is heaven for Muslims and their social, economic and religious rights are secure, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said today, in response to a statement by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on what it called “Islamophobia” in the country. “India’s Muslims are prosperous. Those trying to vitiate the atmosphere can’t be their friends,” Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi “The constitutional, social and religious rights of all the citizens including minorities is India’s constitutional and moral guarantee,” he said. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) had in a statement on Sunday urged India to take “urgent steps” to protect the rights…
The Tablighi Jamaat had its own travel agent within the Markaz complex who would book tickets from inside the premises, the Delhi Police sleuths found on Tuesday during investigation in a case filed against three members of the religious body. The sleuths are also taking help of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to get the details of Tablighis who travelled across the country. The Crime Branch unit of Delhi Police, which is probing the case registered against Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Saad and six others, is now looking for the names and details of tickets booked by…