Year: 2020

A week long triple lockdown has been announced in Kerla’s Thiruvananthapuram from Monday. The shutdown comes after the capital recorded 22 of the 38 Covid-19 patients who were infected through local transmission in the state on Sunday. The lockdown that shall be observed will see; all roads, except for an entry and exit road, leading to the capital will be shut, said city officials. Grocery stores, banks, medical stores, hospitals and other essential services will be allowed. But all other non-essential services will be shut.   All public transport will…

Almost 10, 000 villagers gathered in Assam village to pay their last respect to a well known preacher. This incident took place in Nagaon district, where officials, on Saturday, sealed three villages fearing the spread of pandemic.   The funeral gathering was of 87-year-old Khairul Islam- Vice-President of the All India Jamiat Ulema and “Aamir-e-Shariat” for the Northeast. The gathering was held at his native place in Nagaon on the afternoon of July 2.   The incident came to light after Islam’s son, Aminul Islam, an MLA of the All…

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has said that nearly 10,000 beds meant for coronavirus disease patients are free in Delhi hospital because more and more people are getting cured at home.   Kejriwal said on Twitter, “Less and less people in Delhi are now requiring hospitalization, more and more people are getting cured at home. Whereas there were around 2300 new patients daily last week, no. of patients in hospital has gone down from 6200 to 5300. Today, 9900 corona beds are free.”   On Saturday, the national capital recorded 2,505…

A woman police Sub-Inspector (PSI) in Ahmedabad has been arrested for allegedly taking Rs 35 lakh as bribe from a rape accused for not charging him under the Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act. An FIR was booked against Ahmedabad-West Mahila police station in-charge Shweta Jadeja for allegedly demanding Rs 35 lakh from a rape accused.   According to the FIR, two women employees of a private company in Ahmedabad had filed a rape complaint on the company’s Managing Director, Kenal Shah. The FIR said that Shweta Jadeja, during the investigation…

RK Singh, Power Minister said, India will not import power supply equipment from China and Pakistan. “We will not give permission for import from Prior Reference countries…there could be…Trojan horse (malware) in imports from China…which they can activate remotely (to cripple our power systems),” he said. “We cannot tolerate that a country will transgress into our territory. During a virtual press conference with state counterparts, he also asserted that the equipment import from China and Pakistan would not be permitted especially on the basis of inspection. He further said state…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday visited jawans recovering from injuries incurred during the Galwan Valley face-off.Our country has never bowed down and will never bow down to any world power,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said to the soldiers.   “All of you, combined have given a fine response. All of you are in hospital and may not know that 130 crore Indians are proud of you. Your strength and courage are inspiring our new generation,” the Prime Minister said. He added, “The world now knows that India’s brave hearts…

Elite and young independent travelers are crucial to the recovery of the travel sector as they are likely to be the first tourists to embark on international travel, however according to a survey by GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, *35% of Gen Z and *48% of Gen Y are still extremely concerned about COVID-19.   Many travel and tourism influencers are drawn from this traveler group, and what they think of and write about in their travel experiences can be highly useful to travel marketing and so they will…

Indian government‘s ban on apps like TikTok, Helo and Vigo Video could result in a $6 billion loss to their parent company ByteDance.   As per a report by Global Times, the Indian government’s decision of banning TikTok, Vigo Video and Helo apps could cost their parent company ByteDance brings a serious financial stroke .   “A source close to ByteDance said that in the past few years, the company had invested more than $1 billion in the Indian market, and the ban could virtually halt ByteDance’s business there, causing…

Ongoing tensions on the border with China, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on Thursday approved deals worth ₹38,900 crore. This includes procurement of 21 MiG-29 fighter jets for the Indian Air Force (IAF), upgrade of 59 of them and acquirement of 12 Su-30 MKI aircraft.   The approvals come a week after Mr. Singh’s visit to Moscow for the Victory Day Parade, where he also held discussions on defence cooperation. On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Russian President Vladimir Putin to congratulate him on winning…

COVAXIN a vaccine candidate for pandemic COVID-19 has finally been developed successfully by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) – National Institute of Virology (NIV). The SARS-CoV-2 strain was isolated in NIV, Pune and transferred to Bharat Biotech. The indigenous, inactivated vaccine was developed and manufactured in Bharat Biotech’s BSL-3 (Biosafety Level 3) High Containment facility located in Genome Valley, Hyderabad, India.   The Drug Controller General of India – CDSCO, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare granted permission to initiate Phase I &…