Govt updates self-declaration form for passengers as COVID-19 recovery improves
New Delhi: The Civil Aviation Ministry has told the airlines that passengers who submit a self-declaration form that they have not tested positive for COVID-19 during the three weeks prior to the departure date are allowed to take their flight, officials said. On May 21, the government had made it mandatory for all passengers to […]
UP govt forms panel to probe Kanpur ambush, Vikas Dubey’s encounter
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday constituted a one-member commission to probe the Kanpur ambush and police encounter with gangster Vikas Dubey. UP Governor Anandiben Patel appointed retired Allahabad High Court judge Shashi Kant Agarwal to probe the incidents and submit a report within two months, according to a government notification. Any change in […]
Can’t demand signed copies of online RTI applications: CIC to Army
New Delhi: Demanding a signed copy of an online RTI application negates the whole purpose of such a mechanism, the Central Information Commission has said while cautioning the army to refrain from such a practice. Information Commissioner Divya Prakash Sinha held that seeking citizenship proof in case of demand of sensitive information is justified but […]
India’s COVID-19 tally reaches 8.2 lakh with 27,114 new cases, death toll climbs to 22,123
New Delhi : With a record single-day increase of 27,114 cases, India’s COVID-19 tally zoomed past the eight-lakh mark on Saturday, just four days after crossing the seven-lakh post, according to the Union Health ministry data. The total coronavirus caseload in the country surged to 8,20,916 on Saturday while the death toll climbed to 22,123 […]
Priority is close monitoring, guiding containment work in areas with high infection rate: PM Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday appreciated the efforts of the Centre, state and the local authorities in containing the COVID-19 situation in Delhi, and directed that a similar approach be replicated in checking the pandemic in the entire NCR area. “Priority is close monitoring and guiding the containment works in regions where […]
Tablighi Jamaat: Delhi court grants bail to 75 Thai and Nepalese nationals
New Delhi: A Delhi court Saturday granted bail to 75 foreign nationals from Thailand and Nepal, who were charge-sheeted for attending a Tablighi Jamaat congregation here allegedly in violation of visa norms, indulging in missionary activities illegally and violating government guidelines issued in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gurmohina Kaur granted […]
Season of two viruses? Scientists worried that dengue outbreak may aggravate COVID-19 crisis
New Delhi: As dengue season sets in across large parts of India with the onset of the monsoon, scientists warn that COVID-19 and the mosquito-borne disease have overlapping symptoms and worry the country’s healthcare infrastructure won’t be able to cope with this double whammy. The impact of a ‘dengue-COVID-19′ season would entail two different diagnostic […]
Par panel on Science and Technology meets for first time since lockdown
New Delhi: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Climate Change on Friday met for the first time since the lockdown due to COVID-19 was enforced on March 25, with Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu expressing happiness over the development. The panel headed by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh held its first […]
Vikas Dubey’s killing raises handcuffing issue vis-a-vis SC guidelines on “inhuman” practice
New Delhi: The alleged encounter killing of dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey on Friday has kicked up dust over his not being apparently handcuffed by the police, against the backdrop of the Supreme Court’s disapproving the practice in various orders, calling it “inhuman, unreasonable, over harsh and arbitrary”. The apex court has from time to time […]
Opinion divided among cops, activists over Vikas Dubey encounter killing
Lucknow: The encounter killing of gangster Vikas Dubey Friday drew divergent reactions from retired and serving personnel, with a former Uttar Pradesh police chief saying the STF should have ensured his safety as his interrogation would have exposed several names who colluded with him and protected him. Dubey was killed in the encounter after a […]
