The Gujarat Police on Sunday registered a case against an unknown person for placing an online advertisement to “sell” the Statue of Unity. The advertisement was placed for Rs 30,000 crore on OLX. The Statue of Unity, the ad said, was being sold to meet the Gujarat government’s expenses for hospitals and medical infrastructure to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the state. The memorial to Sardar Patel, at 182 metres, is the world’s tallest such structure and has attracted several lakh people since it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018. “Some unknown person placed an advertisement on…
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A man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his room as he was missing his wife stuck at her parents’ place due to the lockdown, police said. The incident took place in Radha Kund locality here on Wednesday, they said, adding the deceased has been identified as Rakesh Soni, 32. As per information, Soni’s wife had gone to her parents’ place and was stuck there due to the lockdown and he was missing her due to which he committed suicide, Inspector Alok Rao said. A probe is on in the matter, he said
The Indian Newspaper Society on Wednesday condemned Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s suggestion of imposing a ban on media advertisements by the government and PSUs for two years, saying such a proposal tantamount to “financial censorship”. The Indian Newspapers Society (INS) asked the Congress chief to withdraw the suggestion in the interest of a “vibrant and free press”. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gandhi made various suggestions for fighting COVID-19, including imposing a “complete ban on media advertisements – television, print and online by the government and Public Sectors Undertakings (PSUs) for a period of two years”. In…
Doctors and healthcare professionals are “warriors” in fight against coronavirus and have to be protected, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday even as the Centre assured that it is doing its best by providing them personal protective equipment (PPE) and other facilities. The apex court suggested that the government should create a mechanism to solicit suggestions from people about how to go ahead on the issues related to COVID-19, including on providing treatment, regulatory mechanism for people working from home and also on lockdown. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and S Ravindra Bhat, hearing through video-conferencing three petitions seeking…
Neestream, a new streaming platform that caters to the Malayalam-speaking population across the globe, has launched its premium services which is only currently available in the US and Canada for now. While the premium service includes hundreds of Malayalam movies and a number of news channels, the basic service, containing original Neestream programs, is available worldwide for free, the American Bazaar reported on Wednesday. “Per capita, Malayalees consume more news and entertainment content than most linguistic groups in the developing world,” said Javad K. Hassan, Chairman of the JKH Holding Co., a Virginia-based global conglomerate of companies operating in a…
Indian-origin Bhasha Mukherjee, the reigning Miss England, has returned to the National Health Service (NHS) as a junior doctor, saying it was “natural” that she continued her job during the coronavirus pandemic, it was reported on Thursday. Respiratory specialist Ms. Mukherjee, 24, was back home after her trip to India, where she’d been carrying out charity work and was due to start back at Boston Pilgrim Hospital, Lincolnshire next week. “I could not be prouder to be both Miss England and to serve something of great national pride like the NHS,” Ms. Bhasha told the BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat. She…
Waseem Rizvi, the Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Central Shia Waqf Board, has said that the Tablighi Jamaat had planned a ”fidayeen” attack on India by spreading the deadly coronavirus. In a statement, Rizvi said that the Jamaatis had planned to kill over one lakh persons by spreading the virus. “This was designed to disturb the Modi government and was actually a conspiracy against the Prime Minister,” he said. Rizvi further said that the Jamaatis were now misbehaving with the medical staff and attacking them in order to demoralise the medical fraternity so that they stop treating the corona patients.…
In order to cater to the training needs of the frontline workers, the Government of India has launched a training module for management of COVID-19 named ‘Integrated Government Online training’ (iGOT) on Ministry of Human Resource Development’s DIKSHA platform. This has been launched for the capacity building of frontline workers to handle the pandemic efficiently. Courses on iGOT have been launched for Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics, Hygiene Workers, Technicians, Auxiliary Nursing Midwives (ANMs), State Government Officers, Civil Defence Officers, Various Police Organisations, National Cadet Corps(NCC), NehruYuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), National Service Scheme, Indian Red Cross Society, Bharat Scouts and Guides and…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the partnership between India and the United States is stronger than ever, after India took the decision to export Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to the US. In a tweet after US president Donald Trump thanked India for the decision on HCQ, the PM said India would do everything possible to help in humanity’s fight against COVID-19. ‘Times like these bring friends closer. The India-US partnership is stronger than ever. India shall do everything possible to help humanity’s fight against COVID-19. We shall win this together,’ Mr Modi tweeted. The tweet came after US President Donald…
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has said, “Coronavirus is the biggest threat that the human race has faced in more than a century. Life will not be the same ever. All of us must understand this and face it boldly together. With our sacrifice and with the blessings of Lord Jagannath this too shall pass”. The novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic has spread across 184 countries and territories. Today is the sixteenth day of India’s 21-day lockdown. Reports suggest that the lockdown could be extended. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India stands at 5,734. The Union Health…