A day after Mumbai Police lodged an FIR against Bollywood actors Arbaaz Khan and Sohail Khan for allegedly violating the COVID-19 institutional quarantine norms, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope today said nobody is above law and everyone should follow the protocols. Speaking to media, Tope said it is the duty of an “ideal citizen” to …
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The three-judge bench of the Supreme Court cleared the redevelopment plan for Central Vista with a 2:1 majority on Tuesday, although with riders. The bench held that there were “no infirmities in clearances given, change in land use and the environmental clearances”. However, it imposed some riders like clearance from heritage conservation committee. AFP A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, …
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With some high profile releases just around the corner for the Pongal festival, the Tamil Nadu government had on Monday allowed 100 per cent occupancy in cinema halls in the state. The government’s decision comes in the wake of actor Vijay meeting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami, who made a request to allow 100 per cent occupancy in the …
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As India is all set to roll out what will be the world’s largest immunisation programme against the COVID-19, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has said that the vaccine will be provided free of cost across the country. Asked if COVID-19 vaccine will be provided free of cost, like in Delhi, Vardhan replied that “not just in Delhi, it will …
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Air travel between India and the UK which was suspended last month following the discovery of the highly contagious strain of COVID-19 there is set to resume from next week. Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday that the flight services between India and UK will resume from January 8. AFP India had suspended flights to and from …
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Even as India is all set for the much-awaited rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, there is more good news from the country’s fight against the pandemic. India has crossed a significant milestone in its fight against coronavirus, with the national COVID-19 recovery rate crossing 96 per cent, one of the highest globally, the Union Health Ministry. BCCL As of Saturday, …
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The Madhya Pradesh government is set to follow two other BJP-ruled states — Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh — in passing an anti-conversion law that outlaws religious conversion solely for the purpose of marriage. The MP Cabinet has approved the Freedom to Religion Bill, 2020 as an Ordinance. love jihad Besides, three other BJP states — Haryana, Karnataka and Gujarat …
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Amid a sharp fall in India’s daily count of Covid-19 cases, the Ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) on Wednesday released data, comparing the country’s new cases per million population in the last seven days with those in some of the world’s worst-affected countries in the same duration. The list of countries include the United States and Brazil, the …
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On Tuesday the nearly 20 tonnes of pineapples that were despatched by the farmers in Kerala for their counterparts, protesting in Delhi against the farm laws reached the national capital. Communist Party of India (CPI) MP from Kerala, Binoy Viswam distributed the pineapples to the farmers at the Tikri border. Comrade/ Facebook The truckload of pineapples was sent to Delhi …
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While the COIVD-19 situation across the globe including the US, UK, and much of Europe is taking a turn for the worse, there is some good news for India, the second-most affected country in the world. Over the past month, the COVID-19 infection rate in the country has been falling and so are the number of people dying from it. …
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