Year: 2020

The Uttar Pradesh school teacher, Anamika Shukla was arrested in Kasganj, was reportedly working simultaneously in 25 schools and earning over ₹1 crore as salary in 13 months the police said. She was arrested when she had gone to the office of Basic Shiksha Adhikari – Anjali Agarwal to tender her resignation fearing arrest after her fraud was reported in the media.   Speaking to the media, Kasganj basic education officer Anjali Aggarwal said, “Anamika sent her resignation to my office on Saturday afternoon through a friend who was detained…

Jodhpur police was claimed to kneel on a man’s neck, and the video regarding the same went viral. The police claimed that the man was not following the rules, and was roaming without a face mask and turned violent when confronted by them.   The man, identified as Mukesh Kumar Prajapat, 38, allegedly attacked the policemen when they stopped him in the city’s Chopasni Housing Board area and questioned him for not wearing a mask. The government has made it mandatory for citizens to wear a mask at public places…

Global leaders united to counter China threat amid rising tensions, since it has proved that the Novel coronavirus is human-made, A research team in Australia has come out with a murky origin theory of the novel coronavirus that caused COVID-19 pandemic.    A team led by Nikolai Petrovsky, Professor of Medicine at Flinders University, has suggested that SARS-CoV-2 was likely genetically engineered that led the virus naturally evolving in an animal subject to be effective at attaching to human cells.   Refuting the thinking the new coronavirus distributed and spread  from the famous wet…

Gurugram-based Yatra Online has filed a lawsuit against Atlanta-based , Ebix Inc. in a US court over breaches of merger agreement a little less than a year after the firm agreed to acquire the Indian online travel services company in a cash-and-stock deal.   Yatra said that it sent a notice of termination of the pending merger with Ebix and filed litigation in a court in the State of Delaware. The complaint seeks to hold Ebix accountable for breaches of its representations, warranties and covenants in the merger agreement and an ancillary extension…

The Maharashtra government allowed inter-district movement of people within Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) encompassing Mumbai city, Mumbai suburban, Thane, Palghar and a part of Raigad district.   At the same time, interstate and inter district movement will be regulated given the Covid situation in the state. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has also asked the Centre to restart the Mumbai suburban train services for the people who are involved in essential services.   In a revised guideline, the state government said inter-district movement of people in MMR shall be allowed. However,…

The future of the 2020 Indian Premier League is set to be decided at an ICC meeting next week, amid concerns a cancellation could see its value drop by up to $1 billion.   The tournament was one of many major sporting events forced to be put on hold following the COVID-19 pandemic, and complications surrounding the cricket calendar have put the whole tournament in doubt with cricket administrators scrambling to find a suitable window to host the world’s most lucrative tournament.   With the World T20 scheduled to be…

Women protesters went to Shaheen Bagh to protest against CAA-NRC in the midst of global pandemic, which was understandably returned. After this input, the DCPs of all the districts of Delhi have been asked to be vigilant about the law and order arrangements in their areas. It is also being said that due to this apprehension, some companies of the Paramilitary force have been stopped in some police stations of Delhi.   Deputy Commissioner of Police (southeast) R P Meena said people at the protest venue in Shaheen Bagh were requested to vacate the site as lockdown had been imposed due to a coronavirus outbreak. However, following their refusal,…

As per the government orders to ensure the smooth resumption of metro operations by avoiding any inconvenience to the passengers, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) officials were reported back to their duties after the phased lockdown. According to sources, 20 Delhi Metro staff who were living in Delhi and its neighbouring cities tested positive for Coronavirus till Friday.   The DMRC has also tweeted on Thursday, saying “Along with the rest of the country, DMRC is also fighting the battle against COVID-19. Delhi Metro’s employees have shown exemplary resilience in…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced to resume the trials for anti-malaria drug Hydroxychloroquine for its effectiveness against the novel coronavirus.   “This decision was taken as a precaution while the safety data were reviewed,” Director-General of WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus informed on Twitter. However, he said, that the data reviewed by the concerned body has revealed that there is no need to halt or modify the trials.   “The Data Safety and Monitoring Committee of the Solidarity Trial has been reviewing the data. On the basis of the…