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Delhi Air Pollution: SC allows state govt to resume construction work of hospitals
A bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Surya Kant said: "For the time being in view of particular measures by the government of India and notification dated December 2, we direct the government of India and GNCTD to implement those measures. We'll keep the matter pending and list it (the matter) next Friday."
No evidence to suggest existing vaccines won't work on Omicron: Govt
"Given the fast pace of vaccination in India and high exposure to Delta variant as evidenced by high seropositivity, the severity of the disease is anticipated to be low. However, scientific evidence is still evolving," said the Health Ministry on Friday. It added further that the scale and magnitude of rise in cases and most importantly the severity of disease that will be caused is still not clear.
Steep fall for ex-Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh as suspension announced
The decision by the state government to suspend the 1988 batch IPS officer - who was declared a 'Proclaimed Offender' by a Mumbai Court in November - follows a probe report submitted by Additional Chief Secretary Debashish Chakravarti. Among other things, the report had recommended action against Singh for defying the All India Civil Service Rules, sudden "unauthorised absence from duty" after which he became "untraceable" for nearly six months before resurfacing a week ago (last Thursday) in Mumbai.
Tools like 'UPI' and 'RuPay' provide an unparalleled opportunity for every country: PM Modi
"An opportunity to provide a low cost and reliable 'real-time payment system' as well as a 'domestic card scheme' and 'fund remittance system'," the Prime Minister said while talking about UPI and RuPay. PM Modi made these remarks while addressing the InFinity Forum organised by Bloomberg and IFSCA .
Oppn refusing to apologise on serious issue while I offered apology on small issues: Piyush Goyal
The leaders of the opposition party continued to raise objections regarding the suspension of 12 MPs in the Upper House on Friday. "The opposition leaders are making provocative statements and have refused to apologise on the serious issue even though I have offered an apology on small issues," Goyal said.
2 foreign travellers test positive in TN, samples sent for genome sequencing
Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian said that the passenger, who has arrived from the UK, has been admitted to the special ward of King Institute of Preventive Medicine, Chennai. He also said that the samples have been sent for genomes sequencing to Bengaluru. Three family members, who travelled along with the 10-year-old boy, had tested Covid-19 positive and have been put under quarantine.
India logs 9,216 new Covid cases, 391 deaths
A total of 391 deaths were reported across the nation taking the toll to 4,70,115, said the Ministry of Health and Family welfare on Friday morning. The recovery of 8,612 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally to 3,40,45,666. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.35 per cent, highest since March 2020.
My complexion may be dark but intentions clear: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
Talking to media here, Kejriwal said: "This time our (AAP) government will be formed in Punjab and this black person (Kejriwal) will fulfill all his promises." "I do not make false declarations, because my intentions are clear not false. Everyone knows whose intentions are false."
Congress leadership not divine right, Prashant Kishor's dig at Rahul Gandhi
Kishor, in a tweet, said, "The IDEA and SPACE that #Congress represents is vital for a strong opposition. But Congress' leadership is not the DIVINE RIGHT of an individual especially, when the party has lost more than 90% elections in last 10 years." "Let opposition leadership be decided Democratically," he added.
'Not judging UPA on 26/11': Tewari in damage control mode at book launch
During a panel discussion after the release, Tewari, seeking to play down his stand, said: "It is my personal opinion that kinetic action should have been taken, but I am not judging the action taken by the UPA government then." He said the government in its wisdom would have taken steps that would have been appropriate, but should have taken into consideration the efficacy of steps taken on the non-state actors.
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