Prime Minister said that COVID-19 is an adversary of the entire humanity and the gravity of the situation can be ascertained from the fact that for the first time since World War II, the Olympics has been postponed. Several other prominent international sporting events like Wimbledon and domestic sporting events like Indian Premier League for cricket have been shifted as well due to the challenges created by the pandemic. Prime Minister praised the sportspersons for bringing glory to the nation through stellar performances on the field. Now they have a very important role to play in boosting the morale of…
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Ravi Shastri and Yuvraj Singh engaged in some friendly banter on Twitter over India’s 2011 World Cup victory. Recounting World Cup memories, Thursday marked the ninth anniversary of India’s 2011 World Cup final triumph against Sri Lanka. Indian cricket team head coach Ravi Shastri tweeted a video of MS Dhoni’s six that sealed the win for India and the scenes that followed and wrote “Many Congratulations Guys! Something you will cherish all your life. Just like we from the 1983 group.” Shastri, who was in the commentary box on that fateful evening, also tagged Sachin Tendulkar and current India captain Virat Kohli…
As governments the world over frantically look for a treatment for COVID-19, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Medicine have announced a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic, after successful animal tests. When tested in mice, the vaccine — delivered through a fingertip-sized patch — produced antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2 at quantities thought to be sufficient for neutralizing the virus, said the team in a paper appeared on eBioMedicine which is published by The Lancet. The authors are in the process of applying for an investigational new drug (IND) approval from the US…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the opposition party is weakening the country’s fight against the coronavirus by doing “petty politics” and asked when will it give priority to national interest over its own. Shah’s comments came hours after Congress president Sonia Gandhi criticised the government for the “unplanned” implementation of the countrywide lockdown, which, she said, caused “chaos and pain” to millions. “Under PM @narendramodi’s leadership, India’s efforts to fight coronavirus are being lauded domestically and globally. 130-crore Indians are united to defeat COVID-19,” the minister said in a tweet. “Yet, the Congress is playing petty politics.…
The Madhya Pradesh government will take stern action against those who attacked the doctors and paramedic team in Indore on Wednesday and the accused will be booked under the National Security Act (NSA), Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Thursday. In a video message, the Chief Minister said, “Such people are not humans, they are enemies of humanity. The doctors and paramedic staff have put their lives at risk and are trying to save the lives of others. An attack on them will not be tolerated and stringent action will be taken against them. We will book…
Music maestro AR Rahman urged people to adhere to the advice of the government and self-isolate. Stressing that congregating in religious places will only cause “chaos” in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Oscar winner’s appeal comes after Tabligh-e-Jamaat’s Markaz in Delhi’s Nizamuddin West emerged as an epicentre for the spread of COVID-19 in different parts of the country after thousands of people took part in a congregation from 1 to 15 March. In a lengthy statement on Twitter, Rahman on Wednesday asked people to be “kind and thoughtful”. “God is inside your heart (the most sacred shrine),…
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday blacklisted 960 foreigners and cancelled their tourist visas after finding they were involved in Tablighi Jamaat activities violating their visa conditions. “The home ministry has blacklisted 960 foreigners and their Indian visas have also been cancelled for their involvement in Tablighi Jamaat activities while coming on tourist visas,” the home minister’s office tweeted in Hindi. https://twitter.com/PIBHomeAffairs/status/1245713619347595265?s=20 The MHA also directed DGPs of all concerned states/UTs and Delhi’s Commissioner of Police to take the necessary legal action against all such violators on priority, under relevant sections of the Foreigners Act, 1946 and…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged religious leaders to lead the way and also advised the Chief Ministers to hold meetings with them. This happened followed by a spike in number of coronavirus cases after the Tablighi Jamaat gathering in Delhi. In a videoconference with different chief ministers, Modi said: “I urge you to hold meetings with influential citizen and leaders of different sects, religions at the state level to urge them to impress upon their respective followers to abide by the nationwide lockdown. They should lead the way.” He further said that meetings with religious leaders should take place at…
Government AppIn its effort to spread awareness among citizens on the novel coronavirus outbreak in India, the government launched a new tracking app ‘Aarogya Setu’ on Thursday to help people track Covid-19 infections more accurately and effectively. The mobile application, developed by the National Informatics Centre under the ministry of electronics and information technology, is available on Google Play Store on Android smartphones and App Store for iPhones. The app is available in 11 languages. It will help track the coronavirus infection by using the smartphone’s GPS system and bluetooth and provide information that will help in determining if you…
Naval Dockyard, Mumbai has designed and developed its own handheld IR based temperature sensor for undertaking screening of large number of personnel at the entry gates of the yard reducing the load on the security sentries at the gate. The instrument has been manufactured under Rs. 1000/ – through in-house resources (which is fraction of the cost of the Temperature Guns in the market). The ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 has led to one of the biggest medical emergencies the world has witnessed in the recent times. View massive surge in the number of infected patients, the medical infrastructure of the…