BJP President J P Nadda today asked party workers to take the Central government’s relief measures to the masses for their maximum benefit. Interacting with party leaders from Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Telangana through video-conference, Mr. Nadda noted that the BJP recently completed its 40 years and said each worker should persuade 40 people, who will convince another 10 each, to contribute to the PM-CARES Fund to fight COVID-19. He also asked party workers to help migrant labourers and the poor. The BJP chief urged people to download Arogya Setu app, which tracks COVID-19 cases and provides information…
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T-Works, Telangana government’s hardware incubator and, has developed an affordable mechanical ventilator for emergency use, in collaboration with different start-ups and corporations. The open-source Bag-Valve-Mask (BVM) ventilator, which costs Rs 65,000 to Rs 1 lakh, is expected to come handy if Covid-19 pandemic spreads and can be deployed for worldwide use. T-Works CEO Karampuri Sujai on Monday gave demonstration of the ventilator developed under the guidance of Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) – a plug and play device that operates similar to existing ventilators and is focused on Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) affected patients who are at higher…
Business tycoon Vijay Mallya on Monday lost his High Court appeal in London against a 2018 decision to extradite him to India to face fraud charges resulting from the collapse of his defunct company Kingfisher Airlines. The case will now go to UK Home Secretary Priti Patel for a final call. The dismissal effectively clears the way for Vijay Mallya’s extradition to India to face the charges in the Indian courts, with 14 days for him to apply for permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court. If he does apply, the UK Home Office would wait for the outcome…
Kartik Aaryan came up with a brilliant idea to keep himself busy during the coronavirus lockdown. The actor is producing a show called Koki Poochega, in which he interacts with coronavirus survivors, as well as healthcare professionals, who are risking their lives to save others from COVID-19. In case you haven’t seen any episode of Koki Poochega yet, take a look now: On the work front, Kartik Aaryan has featured in several films such as Pyaar Ka Punchnama, Akaash Vani, Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2, Luka Chuppi, Pati Patni Aur Woh and Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety. He was last seen…
Five ministers, including two from the Jyotiraditya Scindia camp, will join the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government on Tuesday afternoon. The new ministers are likely to be sworn in by Governor Lalji Tandon between 12 and 2.30 p.m. Sources in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said caste and gender equations will be balanced in the new team. The new ministers will be — Narottam Mishra (Brahmin), Tulsiram Silawat (Scheduled Caste), Govind Singh Rajput (Thakur), Meena Singh (Scheduled Tribe) and Kamal Patel (OBC).
Scientists at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, have recently come up with an efficient, low-cost electro-catalyst from fish gills that can help develop environmentally friendly energy conversion devices. This bio-inspired carbon nanostructure can help overcome the bottleneck in the realization of several renewable energy conversion and storage technologies such as fuel cell, biofuel cell, and metal−air battery. The present strategy enriches a route to synthesize low-cost, highly efficient bioinspired electrocatalyst that is better than commercial Platinum on carbon (Pt/C) catalyst and could be utilized as…
The Centre has constituted 6 Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCTs), two each for West Bengal and Maharashtra and one each for Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to make on-spot assessment of situation and issue necessary directions to State Authorities for its redressal and submit their report to Central Government in larger interest of general public. Situation is specially serious in Indore (MP), Mumbai and Pune (Maharashtra), Jaipur (Rajasthan) and Kolkata, Howrah, Medinipur East, 24 Parganas North, Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Jalpaiguri in West Bengal. IMCTs to focus on complaints of implementation of lockdown measures as per guidelines, supply of essential commodities, social distancing,…
The men accused of lynching three men in Palghar have been arrested and are in jail, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said today. The Chief Minister also said he has spoken to Union home minister Amit Shah and assured him that he would look into the case. More than 100 people were taken into custody after the horrific attack on Thursday night at a spot barely 125 km from the country’s financial capital Mumbai. Indicating that the three men were attacked as a result of mistaken identity, the Chief Minister said the villagers heard rumours about the presence of thieves…
The Rajya Sabha secretariat partially resumed functioning today – Day 27 of the nationwide lockdown — amid necessary safeguards against spread of corona virus. The partial relaxation in lockdown came into effect today as announced earlier by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Last week, a day after the countrywide lockdown was extended, the Central ministers joined work. Today, Rajya Sabha Secretary General Desh Deepak Verma firmed up the work agenda, which includes the anti-coronavirus measures to be taken in and around the Parliament House complex. The discussion with 17 senior officials of the rank of Joint Secretary and above, took place…
Senior officers of the Odisha government joined their offices on Monday, nearly a month after restrictions were imposed in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, an official said. While all Class-I officers resumed work from their offices, including state secretariat Lok Seva Bhavan, other subordinate staff started working on a roster basis, he said. As
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