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Economic Times | 10 Sep, 2020 | 05.54PM IST
Live News: Actor Paresh Rawal appointed chairperson of National School of Drama
The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind appointed veteran actor Paresh Rawal as the new chairman of the National School of Drama (NSD).
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Telangana: BJP Women Wing protested against alleged high medical bills charged by hospitals for COVID-19 patients. The demonstration was done in front of the District Medical & Health Officer's (DMHO) office in Hyderabad, today.
Lebanon: A fire at Beirut port sends up a large column of black smoke into the sky, a little more than a month since a massive blast devastated the port facilities and surrounding area.
#WATCH Lebanon: A fire at Beirut port sends up a large column of black smoke into the sky, a little more than a mon… https://t.co/1jFyZ4H00u
— ANI (@ANI) 1599740613000I believe that we need to discuss further steps to promote cooperation between SCO & UN, & ensure that our organisation makes an even greater contribution to shaping the multipolar world order with central coordinating role of UN and its Security Council: Russian Foreign Minister
I believe that we need to discuss further steps to promote cooperation between SCO & UN, & ensure that our organisa… https://t.co/hoUNKJesRH
— ANI (@ANI) 1599739679000I met Chushul village representatives, yesterday. We also spoke about the moral responsibility to assist the Indian army as citizens of the country. The local civilians will wholeheartedly support the Army, in their capacity: JT Namgyal, MP, Ladakh, on border tensions with China
SpiceJet operates repatriation flight with 160 Indians from Cebu in Philippines to Chennai
Productivity in the second and third sessions was 115% and 90% respectively. The average productivity in all the three sessions was 110%. This in itself is a record: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
The first phase of the 17th Lok Sabha session made a record with the cooperation of all the member, as far as productivity is concerned. Question Hour was held in all the 37 sittings, there were constructive discussions. No Bill was passed without discussion: Lok Sabha Speaker
Vaccine still possible this year, despite trial pause: AstraZeneca
A fire at Beirut port sent up a large column of black smoke into the sky over the Lebanese capital, a little more than a month since a massive blast devastated the port facilities and surrounding area: Reuters
Enforcement Directorate attaches under PMLA, immovable assets and balances in bank accounts totalling to Rs. 31.35 crores of Anand Balakrishna Appugol, Chairman of Krantiveer Sangolli Rayanna Co-operative Society, Belagavi and others in Co-operative Society fraud case: ED
Parents of Sanskriti School's students met me today. In past few months, they'd met the CM & me & said time & again that the School hiked its fee by 83% in past few months. CM directed that the permission given to the school to hike fee be revoked; order being issued: Delhi Dy CM
We are proud of the Indian Army. But we have the right to express concerns over the Galwan incident. Why did PM assure nation there was no intrusion & nothing was captured by the Chinese. Why was the statement of the Defence Minister in contradiction to PM.
- Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
The BJP is using Sushant Singh Rajput's death as a major political trump card for the upcoming Bihar elections. Rhea Chakraborty is being persecuted on different charges without proof. They are trying to portray that only BJP can deliver justice to Biharis.
- Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
BJP national president JP Nadda will be on a two-day visit to Bihar from tomorrow.
India to look at govt debt monetisation as "last resort", not on the table at present - Official sources
Delhi High Court issues notice to former telecom minister A Raja and others on Enforcement Directorate's plea seeking early hearing of the probe agency's appeal against the trial court order which acquitted him in the 2G spectrum case.
Based on a credible input, we launched a joint search operation with the 8 Rashtriya Rifles. Two M16 rifles and pistols have been recovered. According to our input, there is a possibility of recovering more arms and ammunition: Abdul Qayoom, SSP Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir
Statements will be re-recorded, & polygraph tests will be done in case of contradiction. We are probing it: SSP, Dehradun on purported audio clip of a man alleging he was forced to give statement against the woman who accused BJP MLA Mahesh Negi of sexual harassment.
Wearing mask mandatory for candidates taking civil services preliminary exam on October 4: UPSC
Scattered to moderate rains very likely over coastal, malnad & north interior regions. Scattered to widespread light to moderate rains with isolated heavy rains likely over south interior region during the next 24 hours: Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC)
Actor Paresh Rawal appointed chairperson of National School of Drama
257 members will sit in Lok Sabha while 172 in visitors gallery, rest will be in Rajya Sabha. Both sessions will function consecutively. Arrangements being done for virtual address in Lok Sabha. Sanitisation will be done on regular basis: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
Maharashtra: Actor Kangana Ranaut arrives at her office in Mumbai, where demolition work was carried out by BMC, yesterday.
Maharashtra: Actor Kangana Ranaut arrives at her office in Mumbai, where demolition work was carried out by BMC, ye… https://t.co/NsV82vsZiZ
— ANI (@ANI) 1599734191000Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the Conclave on “School Education in 21st Century” under the National Education Policy- 2020 (NEP-2020) at 11 AM tomorrow, through video conferencing.
West Bengal: Troops of 107 Battalion, Border Out Post, Sutia, deployed along Indo-Bangladesh International Border in North 24 Parganas, seized 33 kgs of ganja that was being smuggled to Bangladesh, on the intervening night of 9-10 September 2020. The smugglers managed to escape.
West Bengal: Troops of 107 Battalion, Border Out Post, Sutia, deployed along Indo-Bangladesh International Border i… https://t.co/dHW3nABy52
— ANI (@ANI) 1599733496000Bombay High Court adjourns actor Kangana Ranaut's office demolition matter till September 22.
SII halts trials of Oxford vaccine
"We are reviewing the situation and pausing India trials till AstraZeneca restarts the trials. We are following Drug Controller General of India's (DGCI) instructions and will not be able to comment further on trials," says Serum Institute.
US sanctions on Huawei hit chip supply and growth
- A Huawei executive says that recent U.S. sanctions against the company have caused a shortage of computer chips for the company, hurting the growth of its smartphone business.
- The U.S. has imposed various sanctions on Huawei, citing national security concerns. The latest, ordered in August, restrict foreign semiconductor companes from selling chips to Huawei that are produced using American technology.
South-East Asian's Health Ministers meet
"73rd regional committee meeting of WHO's South-East Asia region concluded today, Health Ministers of 11 countries including India were in attendance; all countries signed a common declaration to implement preventive, promotive and positive healthcare facilities," said Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan
Protests underway:
Haryana: Farmers block National Highway 44 near Kurukshetra in protest against the three recent agriculture ordinan… https://t.co/5UGO4FdHfy
— ANI (@ANI) 1599728938000'e-Gopala app will free farmers from middlemen'
- "Along with the good breed of animals, the correct scientific information about their care is equally important. For this, technology has been continuously used for the past years. In this direction, the 'e-Gopala' app has been started today," said Prime Minister Modi.
- "The e-Gopala app will be a digital medium that helps livestock owners. It will be easy to choose advanced livestock. They will get freedom from middlemen. This app will give all information related to productivity, health and diet for the cattle," he added.
West Bengal lifts lockdown on 12th September in light of NEET
"GoWB had initially announced a statewide lockdown on Sep 11th & 12th. Considering the NEET 2020 examination scheduled on 13th, we have received numerous requests from the student community on lifting lockdown norms on 12th, helping ease their travel to examination centres," tweeted Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
74% of registered candidates appeared for JEE-Mains in September
- According to statistics available with the Ministry of Education, out of 8.58 lakh applicants, 6.35 lakh appeared for the engineering test from September 1 to 6. The exam was conducted after being deferred twice in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Last year, the attendance in the January and April edition of the exam was 94.11 per cent and 94.15 per cent respectively.
- The Supreme Court had earlier dismissed a plea seeking postponement of the two exams amid a spurt in the number of COVID-19 cases, saying a "precious year" of students cannot be wasted and life has to go on.
Plea in Delhi HC for timely salary payment to nurses
A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad issued notice to the Delhi government and NrDMC and sought their stand on the petition which has alleged "irregularity in timely payment of salary to auxiliary nurse midwives, lady health visitors and public health nurses" employed by the corporation.
Our two countries have shown solidarity in the management of the COVID-19 crisis. During the peak in France, India supported us by sending essential medicines. In return, we've recently sent India medical equipment for patients in intensive care
- Florence Parly, Minister of Armed Forces, France
France's Florence Parly:
I am delighted to be in India today for this important event. It marks a step forward in the strategic partnership… https://t.co/Pm4hjv4Xuu
— ANI (@ANI) 1599726262000Today the schemes that have been initiated, the thought behind that is that our villages become pillars of an 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'. The attempt is that now in this century - Blue Revolution means work related to fisheries, White Revolution means dairy work, Sweet Revolution means honey production. It will enrich our villages further, strengthen them
- Narendra Modi, Prime Minister, India
Newcastle says Saudi takeover inappropriately rejected
- Newcastle has accused the Premier League's leadership of acting inappropriately in rejecting a takeover bid involving a Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund and said it would be considering “all relevant options available."
- The English club's statement comes more than a month after Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund announced it was withdrawing and criticized the “unforeseeably prolonged process.”
Centre urges states to retest RAT negatives
- The Union Health Ministry has urged all States and Union Territories (UTs) to mandatorily retest all symptomatic negative cases of Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) through gold-standard RT-PCR tests to diagnose COVID-19.
- "This is necessary to ensure that such symptomatic negative cases do not remain untested and do not spread the disease among their contacts. This will also ensure early detection and isolation/hospitalization of such false negatives. It has also been reiterated in the joint letter that while the RAT is being used to increase access and availability of testing in the field, RT-PCR remains the gold standard of COVID tests," said an official. The Centre has also urged the States/UTs to urgently establish a monitoring mechanism in every district (a designated officer or a team) and at the State level to follow up such cases.
The interim order on NPAs has also been extended
69% of total deaths concentrated in four states, one UT
- More than 74 per cent of the total active cases of COVID-19 are in nine most affected states, while 69 per cent of the total deaths reported so far are concentrated in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Delhi and Andhra Pradesh, the Centre said on Thursday.
- The ministry said that 60 per cent of the cumulative cases of COVID-19 have been reported from only five states -- Maharashtra (9,67,349), Andhra Pradesh (5,27,512), Tamil Nadu (4,80,524), Karnataka (4,21,730), and Uttar Pradesh (2,85,041) .
- There are 9,19,018 active cases of COVID-19 in the country which comprises 20.58 per cent of the total caseload, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am.
Supreme Court extends loan repayment moratorium till September 28
- The previous deadline of the scheme, which was implemented to help borrowers tide over the Covid-19 crisis, had ended on August 31. Borrowers had been permitted to defer loan repayments for a period of six months.
- The top court asked the government to consider the plea for not charging interest on interest on loans during moratorium and neither downgrading credit rating or asset classification of borrowers. (Source: TNN)
Bilateral meet in Ambala
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of the Armed Forces of France Florence Parly hold bilateral meeting in… https://t.co/Pj2TT9X9M1
— ANI (@ANI) 1599722387000PM Narendra Modi digitally launches the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) and e-Gopala App for farmers along with several other initiatives in the fisheries and animal husbandry sectors in Bihar.
India and Japan signed an agreement on Reciprocal Provision of Supplies and Services between the Armed Forces of India & The Self-Defense Forces of Japan. The agreement was signed yesterday by Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar & Ambassador of Japan Suzuki Satoshi: Defence Ministry
Pakistan court declares Nawaz Sharif proclaimed offender in corruption case
- : A Pakistan accountability court has indicted former President Asif Ali Zardari and former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in connection with the Toshakhana (gift depository) case and declared former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif a proclaimed offender in the matter.
- Accountability court Judge Asghar Ali in Islamabad also framed charges against Omni Group chairman Anwar Majeed and his son, Abdul Ghani Majeed in the case, The Express Tribune reported.
- In the case, Sharif and Zardari have been accused by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) of illegally retaining expensive vehicles gifted to them by various foreign countries and dignitaries instead of depositing them in the Toshakhana.
Jaishankar and his Uzbek counterpart agree to coordinate closely on regional concerns
- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday held a cordial meeting with his Uzbek counterpart Abdulaziz Kamilov here during which the two leaders agreed to coordinate closely on regional concerns and take forward their growing development partnership.
- Jaishankar is here on a four-day visit to Russia to attend a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
- "Agreed to coordinate closely on regional concerns. Will take forward our growing development partnership. Appreciate Uzbekistan's vital role in our Central Asian engagement," he said.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh presents induction scroll of Rafale fighter jets to Group Captain Harkeerat Singh, Commanding Officer, 17 Squadron 'Golden Arrows' of the Indian Air Force
We are fully committed to 'Make in India' initiative, as well as, to the further integration of the Indian manufacturers in our global supply chain: Minister of the Armed Forces of France Florence Parly
Today, is an achievement for our countries. Together we are writing a new chapter in India-France defence ties
- Minister of the Armed Forces of France Florence Parly
France supports India’s candidacy for the UN Security Council: French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parley
RIL could offer up 40% stake in Retail to Amazon
Two held with weapons near Kulgam linked to Pakistan
- Preliminary investigations into the arrest of two suspected terrorists, who were apprehended with weapons near Jawahar Tunnel, Kulgam on September 8 have revealed that they were in contact with an active terrorist in Pakistan, the Chinar Corps-Indian Army said.
- In a joint operation of the Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police, two men were apprehended after the discovery of weapons during a search of the truck bases on Jammu and Kashmir Police inputs near Kulgam. The vehicle was travelling from Akhnoor of Jammu district.
The induction of Rafale into IAF also represents the strong ties between India and France. The strategic ties between our two countries have also strengthened
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at Ambala airbase
Water cannon salute to aircraft
Haryana: Water cannon salute given to the five Rafale fighter aircraft at Ambala airbase https://t.co/EeOO3rSbNf
— ANI (@ANI) 1599716486000Air display at Ambala
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of the Armed Forces of France Florence Parly, witness the traditional '… https://t.co/UijTVhQEJq
— ANI (@ANI) 1599713811000Traditional Puja at Rafale ceremony
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of the Armed Forces of France Florence Parly, witness the traditional '… https://t.co/UijTVhQEJq
— ANI (@ANI) 1599713811000Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria arrive at Indian Air Force Station, Ambala, for the Rafale induction ceremony.
Rajnath holds brief conversation with French defence minister
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a brief conversation with his French counterpart Florence Parly here on Thursday on ways to further boost bilateral defence cooperation.
- The talks took place at Palam Air Force station soon after Parly arrived on a day-long visit to participate in a ceremony in Ambala to mark formal induction of the first batch of Rafale aircraft into the Indian Air Force.
- The French defence minister was also given a ceremonial guard of honour at the airport.
