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Farmers are true to their stance despite several deaths: Rahul Gandhi
"To safeguard their farms and the country, farmers are dying slowly. But they are not afraid and they are true to their stance," he said in a tweet in Hindi with the hashtag of #500DeathsAtFarmersProtest. Hundreds of farmers from Punjab, Harryana and western Uttar Pradesh have been protesting against the three farm laws since November 26 last year at several borders of the national capital.
Retired IAS Anup Chandra appointed Election Commissioner
The appointment restores the three-member commission to its full strength, which will now oversee the next set of crucial assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand next year. Pandey, a 1984-batch Uttar Pradesh cadre officer, has been appointed to the post in the Election Commission with effect from the date he assumes the office.
Agra hospital sealed over alleged death of 22 patients due to Oxygen shortage during mock drill
In a viral video, hospital owner Dr Arinjay Jain says that patients showed severe hypoxia symptoms during the mock drill and their hands and feet turned blue. It is alleged that these 22 patients later died and their deaths were covered up. District Magistrate Prabhu N. Singh said that a case will be registered against the hospital under the Epidemic Act.
India records over 92K Covid cases, 2,219 deaths in 24 hrs
India's overall tally of Covid-19 cases now stands at 2,90,89,069 with 12,31,415 active cases and 3,53,528 deaths so far. After battling a brutal second wave for weeks, fresh Covid cases came down below the three lakh-mark for the first time on May 17 after touching record high of 4,14,188 on May 7.
Trinamool turncoats giving tough time to saffron camp
The post has created ripples in the political circles, forcing the BJP disciplinary committee to take it seriously. Banerjee, who was defeated from the Domjur Assembly constituency in the recently concluded elections, said in his close circles that he had repeatedly warned the central party leadership against hardline ‘Hindutva' campaign in Bengal, but it didn't pay any heed.
Suvendu Adhikari meets Amit Shah, JP Nadda, briefs on party mood
Sources said that Adhikari apprised Shah and Nadda about the sentiment prevailing in the saffron cadre after the unsuccessful attempt to dislodge the Mamata Banerjee government in the Assembly polls. The BJP's central leadership had called Adhikari to Delhi and he reached on Monday night. On Wednesday, he is expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
AAP launches 'Jahaan Vote, Wahan Vaccine' campaign
On the first day, Delhi cabinet minister Imran Hussain and MLAs Atishi, Dilip Pandey, Sanjeev Jha on Tuesday launched the campaign in their respective constituencies. During the visit in their respective assemblies, they appealed Residents Welfare Associations market association, and religious organisations to join the move and encourage more and more people above 45 years to get vaccinated at local polling booths in their assembly constituencies.
'Fraudulent': Bombay HC cancels MP Navneet Kaur-Rana's caste certificate
A division bench of Justice R.D. Dhanuka and Justice V.G. Bisht, while cancelling and confiscating the caste certificate, has ordered her to a pay a fine of Rs 2 lakh to the Maharashtra Legal Services Authority within a fortnight. Rana is the wife of independent MLA from Badnera, Ravi Rana, the founder of Yuva Swabhiman Party (YSP) and is a relative of yoga guru Ramdev Baba.
Efficacy of Covaxin, Covishield, Sputnik V more or less equivalent: Guleria
Responding to commonly raised question about enough antibodies after getting vaccinated, Guleria said it is important to understand that we should not judge the efficacy of vaccines only by the amount of antibodies getting generated. The AIIMS Director said that vaccines give many types of protection such as through antibodies, cell-mediated immunity and memory cells.
Fire breaks out in Mata Vaishno Devi shrine complex
Police sources said the fire broke out at the Kalika Bhavan building in the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine complex, which has been brought under control. "No casualty took place in this fire incident which happened most probably due to a short circuit. One building housing a counting centre was completely gutted," sources said.
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