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15 Jul

Sedition law ‘colonial’, used against Gandhi, Tilak: SC

editor0 CommentsIndiaSUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Centre on the utility of having sedition law even after 75 years of independence. The Court also expressed its concern on sedition law being misused by police against persons who speak against the government. A bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana said: “It is a colonial law used by the British to silence Mahatma Gandhi, Tilak. Still, it is necessary after 75 years of independence?” Chief Justice told Attorney General K.K. Venugopal, “I am indicating, what I am thinking”. The bench cited the example of continued usage of section 66A of the…

14 Jul

Salary hike for govt employees! Centre increases DA from 17% to 28%

editor0 CommentsIndiaDA, Salary

The Central government has announced to restore Dearness Allowance (DA) benefits for its employees and pensioners. Union Minister Anurag Thakur said that the Cabinet has approved to increase the DA from 17 per cent to 28 per cent. The hike will come into effect from July 1, 2021. "The Dearness Allowance (DA) for Central Government and pensioners employees has been increased from 17% to 28%. This will be applicable from 1st July 2021," he said. The DA is a part of the salary given to government employees and pensioners. Notably, the payment of DA of employees has not been revised since January…

14 Jul

CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 board exams were cancelled, Will exam fees are refunded?

editor0 CommentsEducation, Indiacbse, Delhi High Court

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has been directed by the Delhi high court to decide if it would refund the examination fees taken for class 10 and class 12 board examinations. The high court has given eight weeks to CBSE to decide on the issue. The board exams of the two classes were cancelled due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. The high court's order came on a petition filed by Deepa Joseph, mother of a Class 10 student studying in a CBSE affiliated school in New Delhi. She had paid ₹2,100 as an examination fee. Joseph's counsel contended…

14 Jul

Adani Group in-charge of management Mumbai Int’l Airport after clearance from CIDCO, GoM

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaBusiness

The Adani Airport Holdings Ltd (AAHL) has taken over the management control of Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL), India’s second busiest airport by both passenger and cargo traffic, from the GVK Group following a board meeting of MIAL held on Tuesday, as per a statement issued by its parent company Adani Enterprises Limited. This new move is in line with approvals were received from the Government of India, the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) of Maharashtra, and the Government of Maharashtra. MIAL is India’s second busiest airport both in terms of passenger and cargo traffic. With eight airports under…

14 Jul

Vaccination leads to reduced ICU stay, treatment cost

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, Health, IndiaCovid-19, vaccination

A cohort study on the impact of vaccination among Covid-19 patients by Star Health and Allied Insurance has unveiled the significant impacts of vaccination among individuals 45 years and above, IndiaMedToday reported. The study concluded that there was a marked reduction in the total hospitalisation expenses by approximately 24 per cent, the average length of stay (ALOS) by a mean of 2.1 days, ICU requirement by 66 per cent and a reduction of approximately 81 per cent in mortality among patients who had completed two doses of vaccination. The report said the study was conducted during the second wave (March…

14 Jul

No fuel price hike for 2nd day in a row

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaBusiness, Fuel

The oil marketing companies kept the retail price of petrol and diesel unchanged on Wednesday, the second consecutive day of no change, to analyse the global oil price movement before making further revisions. After crossing $77 a barrel, global crude prices have softened a bit with differences surfacing in oil cartel OPEC over continuation of production cuts and demand concerns over rising Covid cases in several European countries. With price pause on Wednesday, petrol continues to be priced at Rs 101.19 a litre and diesel at 89.72 a litre in the national capital. On Monday, oil companies had raised the…

14 Jul

PM to virtually inaugurate slew of projects in Gujarat on July 16

editor0 CommentsIndiagujrat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be virtually present on July 16 to inaugurate a host of developmental projects in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. There are some new developmental projects and works which await inauguration/public dedication — some railway projects, new attractions at the Gujarat Science City and the newly developed Railway station at Gandhinagar and adjoining hotel. On July 16, the Prime Minister will virtually inaugurate the redeveloped Gandhinagar Railway Station and a 318 room five star hotel atop the railway station. He will also flag off the superfast weekly Gandhinagar-Varanasi train and the Baretha MEMU train. Besides that, the…

14 Jul

Rajasthan reports 11 cases of Kappa variant of Covid-19

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, Health, IndiaCovid-19, rajasthan

Eleven cases of the new Kappa variant of COVID-19 have been detected in Rajasthan, Health Minister Raghu Sharma said on Tuesday. Of these, four cases each are from Alwar and Jaipur, two from Barmer and one is from Bhilwara, he said. The minister said reports of nine samples have been received from Delhi and two from the Sawai Mansingh (SMS) Hospital. The Kappa variant is a moderate form of the coronavirus as compared to its delta variant, Sharma said. On Monday, Rajasthan reported 33 new Covid-19 cases which pushed the state's infection tally to 9,53,159.The death toll from the pandemic…

13 Jul

Southwest Monsoon covers entire country after delay of 5 days

editor0 CommentsIndiamonsoon, Southwest

Monsoon finally advanced into the national Capital on Tuesday, 16 days behind the normal schedule of June 27. With advancement into remaining parts of the country including Delhi, the remaining parts of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan, the southwest monsoon has covered the entire country as on Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department said. The normal date for monsoon covering the entire country was July 8 but it was delayed by five days due to weather conditions. IMD’s May 31 forecast for early Monsoon onset over Kerala raised hopes of fast advance across the country. But the Met department revised…

13 Jul

1st COVID-19 Patient of India Tests Positive again for the Coronavirus

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, Health, IndiaCorona Virus, Kerala

Today in Kerala's Thrissur health authorities said that the woman who was tested positive for corona virus has tested positive again. she told to the press she tested for corona virus as she was prepared to go to New Delhi for study purposes. Then the test came out as positive. The woman is currently at home and she is good. It was on January 30, 2020 the third year medical student from Wuhan university tested positive for COVID-19, becoming India's first COVID-19 patient, and after that she had returned home following semester holidays. After nearly three weeks of treatment at…