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DMA challenges Ramdev's plea against FIRs in SC, calls him bizman clad as 'yoga guru'
DMA has called Ramdev a "businessman clad as a ‘yog guru'" and claimed that he does not have any degree or licence to practice Ayurveda and prescribe medicines. The medical body contended that Ramdev has insulted allopathy and "instigated" people to disregard Covid vaccines and treatment protocols.
Delhi reports 86 new Covid cases, 5 deaths
The daily Covid positivity rate stood at 0.11 per cent, it said. A total of 106 persons recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours, taking the national capital's total number of recoveries to 14,08,456. With the latest deaths reported on Saturday, Delhi's overall Covid death has reached close to the 25,000-mark at 24,989.
India likely to release new cybersecurity strategy this year
The coordinator, at an event organised by the Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI), added that the strategy would holistically cover the entire ecosystem of cyberspace in India. "The vision of this strategy is to ensure safe, secure, resilient, vibrant, and trusted cyberspace," he said. The new strategy would serve as a guideline to tackle every aspect, whether it is governance or data as a national resource, or building indigenous capabilities or cyber audit, to name a few.
IAF chief differs with CDS over force's role in theatre command system
Even IAF veterans have come out in support of Bhadauria, terming Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat talk about the IAF's air defence charter as well as its role as a supporting arm to the ground forces as 'controversial'. Speaking at a webinar organised by a defence think-tank on Friday, Rawat had termed the Air Force as a supporting arm, while Bhadauria later said: "it is not".
Punjab Congress woes far from over
The latest has been the issue of electricity in which Sidhu targeted the Chief Minister and with counter offensive after the allegation that Sidhu himself has been a defaulter and has not paid his bills. Sidhu mocked his own government in Punjab over power outages and asked the government to follow the AAP's Delhi model of extending subsidies to generation companies.
Ex-Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed wants opposition parties to support India
Nasheed became the Maldives' first president to be elected democratically. He is also known internationally for his liberal and secular views. Nasheed had turned the global spotlight on the climate change threat faced by small island nations by organising the world's first cabinet meeting under the sea, also bringing attention to the country's pristine beaches.
After meeting PM, J&K parties take next step - start talks with Delimitation Commission
Both the mainstream political majors, as also other smaller constituents of the Farooq-led Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), have significantly compromised their obduracy and begun preparations for representations before Justice (retired) Ranjana Prakash Desai's panel, both in Kashmir and Jammu, next week.
BJP eyeing youth and Kumaon by appointing Dhami as Uttarakhand CM
It is learnt that Dhami is considered close to former chief minister Bhagat Singh Koshiyari and union defence minister Rajnath Singh in national politics. A source in Uttarakhand BJP said that Dhami has close association with Koshiyari and served as officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the former chief minister. "He has a close relationship with the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also," he said.
BJP sweeps UP Panchayat polls, SP alleges rigging
The Samajwadi Party was able to win only 6 seats at the polls. The Apna Dal won the Sonbhadra seat while the Jansatta Dal, led by independent MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh or Raja Bhaiyya, has won the Pratapgarh seat. The Jaunpur seat was won by Srikala Singh Reddy, wife of former BSP MP Dhananjay Singh.
In final stages of appointing resident grievance officer, Twitter tells Delhi HC
In a reply submitted to the Delhi High Court, Twitter said that even before steps were taken to formalise the appointment of a grievance officer in India, the interim grievance officer had withdrawn his candidature on June 21. "The answering respondent is in the final stages of appointing a replacement while in the meanwhile the grievances of the Indian users are being addressed by the grievance officer," the microblogging platform said in its reply.
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