Watch: Vibrant and bustling Fort-Kochi appears a ghost-town now
The tourist's paradise of Fort Kochi and Mattancherry is bereft of liveliness and glamour these days. The triple lockdown of the pandemic has put the brakes over this historical landmark. Spice and handicraft shops that line the streets have their shutters down putting up a gloomy appearance. Kashmiris who run many colourful establishments here are nowhere to be seen. Many a beautiful sunset goes unseen as the benches on the beach lie vacant. Never in the recent past has this sought-after destination witnessed such an isolation.
August 13, 2020
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'Pakistan repeating lies on J&K': India slams article in Chinese paper
India on Thursday slammed Pakistani ambassador to China Moin-ul-Haque for his "lies and half-truths" on Jammu and Kashmir, and said terrorists "recruited, trained and armed" by Islamabad have disturbed peace and order
in the Union Territory which is an integral part of India. "India's concerted efforts to bring peace, stability and progress to J&K stand in stark contrast to Pakistan's strategy, which is little more than a blatant and rapacious campaign of cross-border terrorism aimed at debilitating the region," the Embassy of India here said
August 13, 2020
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Pak court suspends one-year jail sentence of close aides of Hafiz Saeed
A Pakistani court on Thursday suspended a one-year jail sentence of two senior leaders of the Jamaat-ud-Dawah and close aides of mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attack Hafiz Saeed in a terror-financing case. The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore in June handed down one-year imprisonment to Abdul Rehman Makki and Abdus Salam for terror financing. The ATC had also imposed a fine of 50,000 Rupees on each on them, failing for which they will have to undergo another six months in prison. The Jamaat-ud-Dawah leaders were convicted under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997.
August 13, 2020
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MSN Lab announces cheapest COVID-19 drug at Rs 33 per tablet
Generic pharmaceutical maker MSN Group has announced the roll-out of the country’s cheapest COVID-19 treatment drug named Favipiravir 200mg. Each tablet of Favipiravir will cost Rs 33. Before this, Jenburkt Pharmaceuticals’ Favivent was the most affordable COVID-19 treatment dog at Rs 39 per tablet. MSN Group has also announced plans to launch Favipiravir 440mg in the market soon. The treatment drug has been approved by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for treating adults and children with mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms.
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Bhopal: Full dress rehearsal of Independence Day parade held at Motilal Nehru Stadium
Full Dress Rehearsal of Independence Day was held at Motilal Nehru Stadium in Bhopal on Thursday. Only eight contingents of Madhya Pradesh Police participated in the rehearsal with social distancing. Police contingents performed only 'Harsh Fire'. March past and cultural function are not allowed in this year. Authorities are enforcing special precautionary measure in view of the Coronavirus pandemic.
August 13, 2020
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Baljit Singh Daduwal wins Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee elections
Sarbat Khalsa appointed jathedar of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib, Baljit Singh Daduwal has been elected as the president of Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) at Gurdwara Patshahi Chhevin and Nauvin in Cheeka town of Kaithal district on Thursday. The election process held peacefully amid tight police security except for a hault of about one and a half hour midway due to an objection raised by Daduwal against the presiding officer Darshan Singh Barari.
August 13, 2020
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Nagpur: BJP corporators stage protest over annual hike in water tarrif
Around 108 Bharatiya Janata Party corporators staged a protest against the civic administration's decision over not to rollback 5% water tariff tax in the administrative building of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation NMC in Civil Lines on Thursday. BJP corporators were demanding not to impose the 5% annual hike on water taxas it would burden the already distressed citizens during this Covid 19 Pandemic Times. These corporators displayed plycards against Congress party and Tukaram Mundhe the Municipal Commissioner.
August 13, 2020
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SC allows registration of BS4 vehicles sold during Covid-19 lockdown
The Supreme Court allowed registration of BS4 vehicles, which were sold in March, but couldn’t complete the process due to the Covid-19 induced lockdown period. The apex court had on July 8 recalled its March 27 order by which it had allowed sale of BS4 vehicles for 10 days across India, except in Delhi-national capital region (NCR), after lifting of the lockdown. Earlier in July, in its affidavit filed in the court, the ministry had given details of the number of vehicles sold and those uploaded on the E-Vahan portal of the government. The ministry said that data placed by the automobile dealers association in the court has been verified from the information available on Vahan and from non-Vahan states also. It said that as per details available on Vahan, a total of 9,56,015 BS4 vehicles were sold from March 12 and March 31 this year while 9,01,223 were registered. In October 2018, the court had said no BS4 vehicle would be sold or registered in India from April 1, 2020. In 2016, the Centre had also announced that India would skip the BS5 norms and adopt BS6 by 2020. BS emission norms are standards instituted by the government to regulate output of air pollutants from motor vehicles. In March this year, the apex court was informed about the unsold inventory of BS4 vehicles - around seven lakh two-wheelers, 15,000 passenger cars and 12,000 commercial vehicles.
August 13, 2020
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Delhi: Be prepared to pay Rs 10,000 fine, if you don’t have a valid PUC certificate
Don’t have a valid Pollution Under Control certificate for your vehicle? Be prepared to pay a fine of Rs 10,000 next time you hit the road. Delhi government’s transport department has started a special drive against polluting vehicles and most of the challans have been issued for not carrying PUC certificates. The amended Motor Vehicles Act, which came into effect from September 1, 2019 in Delhi, hiked the fine for not carrying a valid PUC certificate from Rs 1,000 to Rs 10,000. The ten-fold hike had resulted in a sudden rush at the nearly 1,000 PUC centres in Delhi and the transport department had issued as many as 14 lakh PUC certificates in that month itself. The union ministry of road transport and highways has extended the validity of all transport documents like driving license, fitness, permits, registration etc that have expired since February 1 to September 30, 2020. Delhi’s transport department officials, however, said that no such exemptions are being granted to vehicles with expired PUC certificates.
August 13, 2020
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni will make you remember what your strengths are: Deepak Chahar
During Covid-19 lockdown, India fast bowler Deepak Chahar was in constant touch with his Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and took his advice to remain fit. Chahar says he is grateful to have a legend like Dhoni by his side. In an exclusive interview Chahar said, 'I have been in touch with Mahi bhai during this period. Some days back he had made a phone call and said “body mei aa gai tere energy level? Baar baar injured kyun ho jata hai (have you got your energy levels back? Why do you get injured so often?). His phone calls really motivated me. It feels great when a legend like him calls and gives advice. I am happy to have a legend like Mahi bhai by my side. Mahi bhai gives me proper advice. He has suggested a few exercises to keep myself fit. He has asked me to take proper rest. He always says one thing - ‘unfit nahi hona hai tune’ (you can't be unfit). I have played a lot of cricket under him (MS Dhoni). I have been playing for CSK for four years now. CSK is like a family and Mahi bhai handles it really well. I know he hasn’t played for India for the past one year. But watching him again on the cricket field will be so exciting. I am also eager to play under him. I am really looking forward to the IPL, as nothing was happening in Indian cricket. I am so excited that the tournament is set to begin. I am confident that Mahi bhai will take CSK to the title win this time. I always want to play in a yellow jersey and want my captain to be Mahi bhai. He is an amazing leader. He gives us advice ahead of a match and after the match. Once I asked him, Mahi bhai, kya karu? (What do I do)? He instantly said ‘woh tera kaam hai’ (That’s your job). But he came up to me and advised me. He is a person who will inject confidence in you. He will make you remember what your strengths are.'
August 13, 2020
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LAC face-off: Oil PSUs to stop chartering tankers with China links
State-run oil companies have decided to stop chartering tankers owned or operated by Chinese companies even if the vessels are registered under third-country flags. The move follows regulations issued last month to curb business dealings with China in retaliation against the Chinese army’s border transgressions in Ladakh and the death of 20 Indian soldiers in the Galwan Valley clash. The oil companies already have a first-right-of-refusal clause in favour of Indian flag vessels in their global tenders. Under this clause, Indian tankers can be given contracts if they match the winning bid of foreign vessels. The latest move throws vessels with any China connection out of the ring. For limited tenders, the companies will not invite bids from Chinese shipping entities previously registered with them. Chinese vessels have a small share of the number of ships chartered by the oil companies. As such, the ban will not have much impact on oil companies’ trade. A Bloomberg report said the oil companies are also planning to ask oil traders and suppliers not to send shipments to India using Chinese vessels. The power ministry had earlier banned import of Chinese equipment needed for generation, transmission and distribution projects that are manufactured in India. It also laid down a strict quality and malware testing norm for equipment allowed to be imported.
August 13, 2020
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Ram temple trust head Mahant Nritya Gopal Das tests +ve for Covid-19
The head of the Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust in Ayodhya, Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, 82, tested positive for Covid-19 and his health deteriorated on Thursday morning in Mathura. The Mahant came to the temple town on Tuesday evening to attend the Krishna Janamasthami function at Sri Krishna Janamsthan temple. He is also the chairman of Krishna Janambhoomi Nyas.
August 13, 2020
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Germany: Optimistic we'll have Covid-19 vaccine in coming months and certainly next year
German health minister Jens Spahn said on Thursday he expected there to be a Covid-19 vaccine in the coming months and definitely next year, speaking after the public health agency withdrew a report suggesting there would be one in autumn. Spahn told ZDF television he is optimistic that in the next months, and certainly in the next year, there can be a vaccine. His forecast appeared to chime with a report that the Robert Koch Institute issued on Wednesday and later withdrew, in which the public health agency said it expected a vaccine by the autumn. The institute later said the document was not up-to-date and had been published in error.
August 13, 2020
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Covid-19 pandemic threatens peace and risks new conflicts: UN chief Antonio Guterres
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that the Covid-19 pandemic threatens gains in fighting global poverty and building peace. The pandemic also risks exacerbating existing conflicts and generating new ones. He said that despite his call for an immediate cease-fire in global conflicts, many parties did not suspend hostilities or agree to a permanent ceasefire.
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August 13, 2020
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Punjab CM Amarinder Singh has lost mental balance: Congress MP Pratap Singh Bajwa
Congress MP Pratap Singh Bajwa on Wednesday said that Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh has lost his mental balance because he was questioned on 121 deaths in hooch tragedy by his own party leaders. "Captain saheb lost his mental balance after we raised questions on 121 deaths in hooch tragedy as he is thinking that his own party MP is questioning him," Bajwa said. "Two years ago a railway accident occurred in Amritsar in which 60 people died. You formed an SIT but nothing happened. Then a blast took place in a cracker factory in Batala, SIT was formed but nothing happened. So in Hooch tragedy we ask the SIT you are forming: Can commissioner Jalandhar investigate because excise dept is with Captain Amarinder? The police is headed by Amarinder Singh as a home minister," Bajwa said.
August 13, 2020
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Karnataka takes cue from UP, may seize rioters’ properties
The Karnataka government has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the violence in parts of Bengaluru on Tuesday night. Taking a cue from UP, the govt plans to confiscate properties of all those involved in the violence and recover damages from them. Orders have been given to initiate recovery of losses from those who have caused the damage. Police are going through CCTV footage of the area and have started detaining and arresting people based on evidence. The Union home ministry has dispatched 6 companies of CRPF, 3 each from Hyderabad and Chennai.
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August 13, 2020
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Nirbhaya Squad launches Covid awareness campaign on Janmashtami in Jaipur
On the auspicious occasion of the festival of Janmashtami, Nirbhaya Squad in Jaipur launched an awareness campaign against Covid-19. The squad through a tableau of Radha-Krishna made people aware of the precautions to keep the virus at bay. The campaign was organised at many places of the city including Badi Chaupar, Chhoti Chaupar and Albert Hall. Cops, social activists and volunteers also joined hands with the squad to make people aware about the disease.
August 13, 2020
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Maruti to quit Gurugram plant, but plans to stay on in Haryana
The Haryana govt has offered 3 land parcels to Maruti, the country’s largest car manufacturer. The parcels are an alternative to its Gurugram plant, from where the company has decided to shift out. The land parcels are in Manesar, where Maruti has its main factory, Sohna and Kharkhoda in Sonipat.
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August 13, 2020
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IPL 2020: NADA, UAE to jointly carry out dope testing, emphasis on 'no-contact' procedure
The National Anti-Doping Agency has reached an understanding with the UAE’s National Anti-Doping Committee, wherein the two anti-doping watchdogs will jointly carry out the dope sample collection of cricketers during the Indian Premier League T20 tournament in the Emirates, beginning next month. The IPL will be played in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah from September 19 to November 10. UAE NADO’s ‘Standard Operating Procedures’ will be followed all time by the dope control officers of two nations while collecting the urine samples of participating cricketers, TOI has learnt. NADA has already been in touch with its UAE counterpart and, according to the initial talks, the cricketers will be subjected to both in and out-of-competition testing, with maximum emphasis on carrying out a ‘no-contact’ testing in accordance with restrictions placed by local health authorities to ensure protection of cricketers and DCOs.
August 13, 2020
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Bengaluru riot: 'News of cops not accepting complaint led to flare-up'
The riots that hit Bengaluru on Tuesday night began after a small meeting of local minority community members. The agenda was to discuss a derogatory Facebook post by a relative of local MLA Akhanda Srinivasamurthy. The members decided to take up the matter with the lawmaker and the police. The community leaders, including some local SDPI activists, decided to press for action against the MLA’s relatives. According to police, false news spread that cops on duty were not accepting a complaint against Naveen, leading to the flare up.
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August 13, 2020
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