INDIA
SC slams Delhi govt for opening schools amid severe air pollution
The Chief Justice said the 'court will appoint an authority to oversee the government's air pollution controlling measures', citing severe air pollution levels in the national capital. A bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana asked senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for the Delhi government, that 'when people are working from home then why children are being forced to go to school'.
India registers 9,765 fresh Covid cases, 477 deaths
With the addition of 477 fatalities, the total death toll has climbed at 4,69,724. The recovery of 8,548 people in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of the recovered patients to 3,40,37,054. Consequently, the recovery rate stands at 98.35 per cent, the highest since March 2020. India's active caseload presently stands at 99,763. It constitutes 0.29 per cent of the country's total positive cases, which is lowest since March 2020.
Father liable to maintain son till he becomes a major, rules SC
A bench of Justices M.R. Shah and A.S. Bopanna said: "Whatever be the dispute between the husband and the wife, a child should not be made to suffer. The liability and responsibility of the father to maintain the child continues till the child/son attains the age of majority. It also cannot be disputed that the son has a right to be maintained as per the status of his father."
Pak PM shouldn't interfere in India's internal matters: RSS
He also advocated the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), and assured that persecuted minorities from countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan would be granted citizenship in India. Simultaneously, he advised Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to stop interferring in India's internal matters.
470L farmers benefited from wheat, rice procurement by FCI in 3 yrs
A question was asked by Kesineni Srinivas, an MP from Vijayawada parliamentary constituency, about the procurement undertaken by FCI in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for the last three years. To this question, the Ministry said that since 2018, 160.06 LMT of paddy/rice was procured to Andhra Pradesh and 220.97 LMT to Telangana. Both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are DCP states wherein procurement is undertaken by the state government through its agencies, it added. In both the states, there is no wheat procurement and only paddy/rice is procured.
165 terrorists killed, 14 apprehended in J&K this year: Govt
Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai told the Rajya Sabha, in a written reply, that there has been a substantial decrease in incidents of infiltration and terrorist attacks in the Union Territory since 2018. As on October 31 this year, a total of 28 incidents of infiltration occurred as against 51 in 2020, 141 in 2019 and 143 in 2018.
ICMR approves nine systems for molecular testing of SARS-CoV-2
The nine systems of Covid testing include Open system RTPCR, TrueNat, GeneXpert, RTLAMP, CRISPR/TATAMD CHECK/FELUDA, Abbott ID Now, Accula by Thermofisher, Rapid RTPCR, and CoviDx DirectPlex. All the labs which will conduct the tests would follow the ICMR and Health Ministery guidelines to ensure genome sequencing of all positive cases, the ICMR said on Wednesday.
Over 4K km of national highways constructed in 5 yrs: Nitin Gadkari
Among the mountainous states and border areas, Uttarakhand has the highest number of ongoing projects with 83 number of developmental works. Based on their stage of progress, these works are targeted to be completed between 2021 and 2023. Besides, 34 projects are undergoing construction in Jammu and Kashmir, 51 in Assam, 47 in Arunachal Pradesh and two in Ladakh.
BJP 'victimised' Shah Rukh, Mahesh Bhatt, says Mamata
"We are facing a cruel undemocratic party - the BJP. If we come together, we will win," Banerjee said at a large gathering of around 50 prominent civil society members including political and social leaders, retired judges, intellectuals, film celebs and other luminaries.
Indian economy strongly moving ahead: BJP
Islam said that India's GDP is 8.4 per cent in the third quarter, and the country's GDP will be above 9.4 to 10 per cent in the coming days. Hitting out at the 'poor' economic situation during the previous Congress-led UPA regime, Islam said the NPA condition of banks was bad under the UPA government.
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