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Tejpal judgement doubts victim's credibility: Goa govt appeal
The appeal also said that the order deserves setting aside of the order of acquittal and directing a retrial, because it ignores "evidence of the neutral and expert witness and choosing to accept the belated and uncorroborated defence" by the respondents.
Covid drugs supply-demand balance now stabilised, says Centre
Union Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda made the announcement, citing the2 consistent efforts of the government to augment domestic production of Covid-19 drugs. "Government's efforts resulted in a stabilised supply-demand balance of Covid treatment drugs across the country," he said.
SC seeks details of PM Cares Fund scheme to help kids orphaned by Covid-19
Amicus curiae, advocate Gaurav Agrawal submitted before the top court that the government announced a scheme on May 29 to benefit children orphaned due to the pandemic. He added that they don't know yet how many children are beneficiaries of this scheme, though it said children who have lost parents, adoptive parent, etc would be its beneficiaries.
Reshuffle in Indian military's top hierarchy
The major reshuffle in the Indian military took place after several key posts fell vacant. Accordingly, Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh, assumed charge as the Deputy Chief of Naval Staff on Tuesday, taking over from Vice Admiral M.S. Pawar, who superannuated on May 31. Ravneet Singh was commissioned into the Indian Navy on July 1, 1983 and he specialised in aviation.
PDP leader Waheed Para charged for alleged politico-terror nexus
The chargesheet was filed under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in the designated court, the police said. Para was arrested by the CID wing of J&K police earlier this year. The police chargesheet against Para came on a day when the UN special rapporteur accused the Indian authorities of torturing Para for speaking to the UNSC ambassadors who came to Jammu and Kashmir for a visit organised by the MEA.
IIT's MegaLab to manufacture, deliver indigenous 4th gen Covid shot
The Mumbai-based Megalab, set up last April by the council to drive the fight against the pandemic with ideas and money, said that existing indigenous capacity will be adequate to meet world demand after repurposing and addition of balancing equipment.
Hope to vaccinate whole country by December 2021: ICMR chief
Addressing a press conference here, Bhargava also announced that enough doses to vaccinate 1 crore people per day will be possible by mid-July or August this year. The ICMR Director General also appealed people to have patience, saying "we are equal to the US in terms of vaccinating people. However, our population is almost four times of the US, we should have patience".
Delhi HC quashes termination of AI pilots, orders reinstatement
Justice Jyoti Singh also directed that back wages would have to be paid to the reinstated pilots. The court added that the extension of contract, in the future, of the contractual pilots would be at the discretion of Air India, based on their performance. The court said the detailed judgement in the matter would be available only on June 2.
Covid slows India's May manufacturing growth: PMI
The PMI ranges between 0 and 100, with a reading above 50 indicating an overall increase compared to the previous month. Accordingly, the headline seasonally adjusted IHS Markit India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) inched up to 50.8 (index reading) in May same as 55.5 in April.
Sidhu meets Cong panel, says 'people's power' should return to people
Interacting with reporters after the meeting, he said: "I came here on the call of the party high command and I have presented people's voices from grass root level to the part.... my stand on democratic power remains the same that the 'power of the people' must return to the people. "Every Punjabi must be made a shareholder in Punjab's progress ... Jittega Punjab, Jittegi Punjabiyat, Jittega har Punjabi."
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