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‘US Asking India for Drugs Because We have Pro-people Patent Laws’: RSS-affiliate SJM on Drug Export Move
On Tuesday, India decided to relax the complete ban placed on its export on drugs. It decided to export hydroxychloroquine as well as paracetamol on a case-by-case basis.
'Fills Gaps in Governance': In Letter to PM, Tharoor Shows How Suspension of MPLAD Fund is Not a Good Idea
As I am sure you are aware, the MPLADS is an instrumental channel through which strategic and critical development projects have been implemented in each of our respective constituencies," Congress leader Shashi Tharoor wrote.
'Stigmatising Minorities Unacceptable': America's 2nd Tough Message for India after Jihad Label on Covid-19
This comes after the US Ambassador at Large for International religious Freedom, Sam Brownback, said on Friday that hashtag CoronaJihad trending in India was 'unfortunate'.
AIDUF Leader Alleges Govt Bias in Covid-19 Testing, Calls Isolation Wards Worse Than Detention Centres; Arrested
Islam alleged that the isolation wards set up by the government are worse than the detention centres and called the first positive case of Jamaat a “rumour”.
Tharoor Writes to PM, Seeks Rollback of Govt's Decision to Suspend MPLAD Funds
In a letter to the prime minister, Tharoor commended the government for its decision to revise the salaries of Members of Parliament and offered his wholehearted support for it.
COVID-19: PM Asks for Graded Plan to Slowly Open Departments in Non-Hotspot Areas
About the impact of coronavirus on the economy, the Prime Minister said that the government must work on war-footing to mitigate the impact, adding that the Ministries should prepare a Business Continuity Plan.
Bhopal Remains Under Total Lockdown as Virus Cases Rise to 61, Including 18 Health Staffers
Barring those engaged in emergency services, no one is allowed to step out of their houses and all transit passes have been suspended.
Manning Power Sub-station with Her Baby Amid Covid-19 Scare, MP Woman Wins Netizens' Hearts
The woman is a testing operator at Nayapura power sub-station and has the duty of informing linemen about the electricity supply faults.
Man Puts Up Gujarat’s Statue of Unity for Sale on OLX to Meet Govt's Covid-19 Expenses, Case Filed
The memorial to Sardar Patel, at 182 metres, is the world's tallest such structure and has attracted several lakh people since it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018.
Not Enough Coronavirus Testing Kits, Food for Poor Real Challenges: Akhilesh Yadav
In a tweet, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav further asked how can someone get external brightness by extinguishing their inner light during such a crisis.
What Cancer Patients, Survivors and Caregivers Need to Know about Coronavirus
Cancer patients are more susceptible to COVID-19 than individuals without the disease because of their systemic immunosuppressive state caused by the malignancy and anticancer treatments, like chemotherapy and targeted therapy.
MP Man Claims Cops Beat Father to Death during Dhar Lockdown
Refuting the allegations, Superintendent of Police Aditya Pratap Singh said, 'We got information that a man was lying on the street. We rushed him to hospital where he died.'
445 Coronavirus Cases in Delhi, May Rise Further, Says CM Kejriwal
There were 40 cases of local transmission while a majority of other patients either had foreign travel history or they were recently evacuated from Nizamuddin Markaz.
Karnataka BJP MP Slams Tablighis for Spreading COVID-19, Calls Them 'Corona Jehadis'
Karandlaje said that several Tablighi Jamaat members who attended a congregation at the Nizamuddin Markhaz in Delhi in March fled to other parts of the country, carrying and spreading coronavirus and later many have tested positive.
First Flush Darjeeling Tea Almost Lost due to Coronavirus Lockdown, Say Planters
Darjeeling Tea Association's former chairman Ashok Lohia said the entire first flush crop is exportable and there will be an adverse impact on the annual revenue due to the production loss of this premium variety.
Prince Charles' Office Refutes Indian Minister's Ayurveda Link to COVID-19
Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Naik claimed earlier this week that Dr Isaac Mathai, who runs the Soukya Ayurveda Resort in Bengaluru, told him that his treatment of 'Prince Charles through Ayurveda and homeopathy has been successful'.