Just before the Madhya Pradesh BJP legislature party meeting here on Monday evening to elect its new leader, senior party MLA Gopal Bhargava tendered his resignation from the post of Leader of Opposition. BJP vice-president and MLA Shivraj Singh Chouhan is tipped to be elected as head of the legislature party, paving the way for him to take over as the next chief minister. Today, on March 23, 2020, I tender my resignation from the post of Leader of Opposition. Please accept my resignation forthwith, Bhargava said in a letter sent to the principal secretary of the assembly secretariat. With…
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Maoist rebels have killed 17 Indian security forces in an ambush in central state of Chhattisgarh, a police spokesman said, in the deadliest attacks in recent years. More than 300 armed rebels took part in the attack on a police commando patrol in the jungles of Sukma district, police superintendent Shalab Sinha told AFP news agency. “We have recovered 17 bodies and another 15 police are being treated for injuries,” he said. “We believe the ambush was carried out by between 300 and 350 attackers.” Other officials said four Maoists were killed in the battle on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra…
The BJP’s Shivraj Singh Chouhan is likely to be sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh at 7 pm today, days after the Congress government of Kamal Nath fell after losing its majority. Shivraj Singh Chouhan will take oath for the fourth time as Chief Minister. Kamal Nath resigned on Thursday just before the Supreme Court’s deadline to prove his majority in a trust vote. The Congress lost its majority after 22 MLAs loyal to Jyotiraditya Scindia took a flight to Bengaluru and resigned. The MLAs joined BJP yesterday, tweeted Mr Scindia, who quit his party of 18 years…
Captain Swati Raval, commander of the Air India Boeing 777, garnered a big round of applause from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other ministers for airlifting 263 Indians stranded in Rome and bringing them back to Delhi amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Swati Raval is the first woman pilot to operate a rescue flight. https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1241954700284424192?s=20 Among the 263 Indians, most were students. The Boeing 777 led by Captain Swati Raval and Captain Raja Chauhan got the people back to India from Rome on March 22. Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, in a tweet, shared pictures of Captain Swati…
German scientists have found a promising approach towards understanding the COVID-19 virus better which could help in creating drugs to combat it. Scientists used the Berlin X-ray source BESSY II to decode the protein responsible for the replication of the coronavirus. The scientists have managed to decode the 3D architecture of the main protease (Mpro) of SARS CoV-2. The protein plays a pivotal role in the reproduction of the virus. The 3D architecture provides the concrete base points on which one can keep on developing active inhibitors to fight the virus. The drugs created could target specific points of SARS…
The Coronavirus pandemic has just been on the rise and so are the cases in the state of Tamil Nadu. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had appealed to the people of the country to observe the Janta Curfew yesterday and the public made sure to stay home. Celebrities all over the world have been insisting their fans to socially distance them from others and actor Suriya has joined the league. The ‘Soorarai Pottru’ star has posted a video on his Twitter account explaining the need to practice social distancing. https://twitter.com/Suriya_offl/status/1241723391691780105?s=20 In the video, Suriya has said that Coronavirus has been spreading…
The outbreak of COVID-19 has brought the world to a standstill, however Bollywood”s livewire star Ranveer Singh is thinking ahead and shared his “out of quarantine” look. On Monday, Ranveer shared a photograph of himself on Instagram, wherein he looked like a zombie and also carried dreadlocks. He captioned the image: “Me coming out of quarantine”. The image currently has 1.4 million likes on the photo-sharing website. Ranveer has been keeping his fans and followers entertained with his daily updates during quarantine times. The actor recently shared a photograph of himself indulging in a whole jar of Nutella. On the…
With a resolve to return once situation improves, the Muslim women staging protest against the controversial citizenship act and NPR at Clock Tower Hussainabad in Lucknow called off their protest in view of the corona virus scare. “We are calling off protest today, but will return once the situation improves. For a bigger cause to protect lives, we are sacrificing our cause,” Iram, one of the protesters told this reporter on telephone. Muslim clerics and members of different organisations had appealed to the protesters to call off their protest in view of the spread of coronavirus. The appeal came on…
The Union government has asked states to only allow essential services in the 75 districts which have reported positive coronavirus cases in the country. The state governments have also been given the authority to expand the list depending on their assessment. This decision was taken in a high-level meeting to review the ongoing situation by the Cabinet Secretary and the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister and Chief Secretaries of all states. During the course of the discussion in the meeting on Sunday, it was also felt that to contain the spread of coronavirus there was a need “to extend…
After the government decided lockdown of 80 districts amid rising Covid-19 cases, the Congress, here on Sunday, hailed the Covid-19 warriors” efforts by clapping at the scheduled 5 p.m, but also demanded to know the next move. In a tweet, the Congress raised questions over increase in testing facilities, improvement in healthcare infrastructure and the stimulus package for the economy. “Hearty thanks to the countrymen for thanking the health workers at 5 p.m. today, who are fighting the coronavirus,” it tweeted. The Congress demanded that personal protection equipments (PPEs), like N95 masks, gloves, face shields, goggles, head covers, rubber boots…