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25,900 new Covid-19 cases reported in Singapore May 18, 2024 18:09

Singapore is seeing a modern Covid-19 wave as the specialists recorded more than 25,900 cases from May 5 to 11 indeed as Wellbeing Serve Ong Ye Kung on Saturday exhorted the wearing of covers once more. “We are at the starting portion of the wave where it is relentlessly rising,” said Ong. “So, I would say the wave ought to crest within the following two to four weeks, which suggests between mid- and conclusion of June,” Serve Ong Ye was cited as per the media. The Service of Health (MOH) said the assessed number of COVID-19 cases within the week of May 5 to 11 rose to 25,900 cases, compared with 13,700 cases within the past week. The normal every day Covid-19 hospitalisations rose to around 250 from 181 the week some time recently. The average every day seriously care unit (ICU) cases remained moo at three cases, compared with two cases within the past week. The MOH said that to ensure clinic bed capacity, open healing centers have been inquired to diminish their non-urgent elective surgery cases and move reasonable patients to transitional care offices or back domestic through Versatile Inpatient Care@Home, an elective inpatient care conveyance demonstrate that gives clinically appropriate patients the alternative of being hospitalized in their claim homes rather than a clinic ward. Ong encouraged those who are at most noteworthy chance of extreme infection, counting people matured 60 a long time and over, restoratively defenseless people and inhabitants of aged care offices, to get an extra measurements of the Covid-19 vaccine in case they have not done so within the final 12 months. Ong said that on the off chance that the number of Covid-19 cases copies one time, Singapore will have 500 patients in its healthcare framework, which is what Singapore can handle. Be that as it may, on the off chance that the number of cases copies a moment time, there will be 1,000 patients, and “that will be a impressive burden on the clinic system”, he pointed out. “One thousand beds is proportionate to one territorial hospital,” Ong said. “So, I think the healthcare framework must brace ourselves for what is to come.” There are no plans for any frame of social confinements or any other obligatory kind of measures for presently, as Covid-19 is treated as an endemic illness in Singapore, he said, including that imposing additional measures would be a final resort. Ong said that with Singapore being a transport and communications center, it'll be one of the cities to induce a wave of Covid-19 prior than others. “So, Covid-19 is fair something that we have to be live with. Each year, we ought to anticipate one or two waves,” he said. All inclusive, the transcendent Covid-19 variations are still JN.1 and its sub-lineages, counting KP.1 and KP.2. Right now, KP.1 and KP.2 account for over two-thirds of cases in Singapore. As of May 3, the World Wellbeing Association has classified KP.2 as a variation beneath observing. There are right now no signs, all inclusive or locally, that KP.1 and KP.2 are more transmissible or cause more serious infection than other circulating variations, the MOH said. Be that as it may, individuals of the open are encouraged to remain upgraded with inoculations to secure themselves against current and rising infection strains. The MOH said that to date, around 80 per cent of the nearby populace have completed their beginning or extra dosage, but have not gotten a dosage inside the final year. The service included that since COVID-19 inoculation begun in 2020 to 2021, the immunizations have reliably been demonstrated to be secure and viable in securing people from extreme sickness. Billions of measurements have been managed universally, and security monitoring internationally has appeared that the immunization is safe, it said. There have too been no long-term security concerns with Covid-19 immunization, and adverse effects from antibodies, counting the mRNA immunizations, have all been watched to happen in the blink of an eye after immunization, the service included.

IMD issued red alert for heavy rainfall for several states May 17, 2024 17:15

On Friday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a warning of heavy rainfall in Kerala from 20-21 May. Heavy rainfall is also expected in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka over the next four days. Meanwhile, IMD predicts a heatwave for five days in Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, and four days in Madhya Pradesh and Bihar. In a special message, IMD reported of two cyclonic circulations, one over south Tamil Nadu and the other over Rayalaseema and adjoining north Tamil Nadu. IMD also expects light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds of 40-50 kmph in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, Kerala, Mahe, Lakshadweep, and south Karnataka due to a trough running from south Chhattisgarh to the Comorin area. The Indian Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal from May 17-21, as well as for Kerala and Mahe from May 17-19. South Interior Karnataka has also been warned with an orange alert from May 20-21. The IMD has further issued a red alert for Kerala on May 20-21 due to the possibility of "isolated extremely heavy rainfall". Dr Naresh Kumar, a senior scientist at IMD, has stated that heavy to very heavy rains are expected in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and South Karnataka for the next five days. While Northwest India experienced isolated rainfall from April to the last few days, temperatures in several states are likely to reach as high as 45 degrees Celsius in May. Dr Kumar added that Rajasthan has already reached 45 degrees Celsius, with Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh near 44 degrees Celsius. Heatwave conditions are expected in Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh for the next five days, as well as in Madhya Pradesh and Bihar for four days. The IMD forecaster warned that there may be some light thunderstorms that could result in a decrease in temperature. The bulletin from the IMD mentioned that certain regions of Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh will experience heatwave conditions over the upcoming five-day period. Additionally, Gangetic West Bengal and Odisha may also experience heatwaves on 20-21 May.

Arvind Kejriwal gets interim bail till June 1st May 10, 2024 15:36

The Supreme Court on Friday granted Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal interim bail till June 1 in a money laundering case related to Delhi's liquor ban policy. He is expected to be released from Tihar Jail today and has been asked to hand over to prison authorities by June 2. A bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Dutta passed the order after a brief hearing on Mr Kejriwal's application for interim bail. The petition filed by Mr Kejriwal was challenging his arrest in the Delhi liquor policy case and his subsequent application for interim bail to enable him to contest the Lok Sabha elections. The move will boost the AAP's electoral prospects as Kejriwal will be able to contest for the party in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, especially in Delhi and Punjab states where the party is in power. Delhi and Punjab will vote on May 25 and June 1 respectively. Mr. Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 21 and is currently lodged in Tihar Jail in Delhi. During the hearing, the Supreme Court bench asked Kejriwal to surrender on June 2. “Let’s not make comparisons.” He was arrested in March. June 1 is the last day of the seven-stage Lok Sabha elections. The votes will be counted on June 4th. Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who represented Kejriwal during the hearing, asked the court whether Kejriwal could be granted interim bail until June 5. “No,” Qazi Khanna replied. Advocate Tushar Mehta, appearing for the emergency department, told the court that Kejriwal should not talk about the incident and should surrender on a specific date. Mr Kejriwal's lawyer Shadan Frost said efforts were continuing to secure the prime minister's release from Tihar Jail. The interim bail runs until June 1st. He must surrender on June 2nd. They said this verbally. After the judgment was uploaded to the Supreme Court website, nothing else was included in it. We'll see what happens. We are. Frost said: We are doing our best to ensure that Kejriwal is released today. According to sources, after granting interim bail by the Supreme Court, Kejriwal's lawyer will appear before the court where a bail order will be prepared and sent to Tihar Jail. They added that Kejriwal would be released only after the prison authorities received the court's release order. This official continued: Generally, all freedom orders received daily at Tihar Jail are processed in about an hour. AAP, a member of India's opposition bloc, has joined hands with leaders like West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress MP Mamata Banerjee and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aditya Thackeray (son of Uddhav Thackeray). Ms Banerjee said in a tweet that Mr Kejriwal's interim release "will be very useful in view of the current elections". “I am very pleased that Shri Arvind Kejriwal @ArvindKejriwal has been granted interim bail. This will be very helpful in view of the current elections,” he said. Aaditya Thackeray said the Supreme Court's interim bail order for Kejriwal was a harbinger of the "winds of change". It's a big sign that the winds of change are blowing @ArvindKejriwal ji Justice and redress for the dictatorship in this country and that's what the BJP hates He tweeted: "Block India" from constitution and democracy. We will protect ourselves. Delhi and Haryana Congress leader Deepak Babaria praised the Supreme Court's order and alleged that the BJP had hampered Kejriwal's election campaign. "It is the BJP's policy to lock up all opposition leaders and hinder their election campaign in any way," he said. The ED on Thursday rejected Kejriwal's interim bail. The CBI, in an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, said the right to publicity was not "fundamental". “The right to publish is not a fundamental, constitutional or statutory right. As far as the ED is concerned, no one can be granted interim bail even if he has not contested the election,” the affidavit said. Well-known political leader.” Meanwhile, the ED is also expected to file its first chargesheet against Kejriwal in the liquor policy case. This is the first time that Kejriwal has been named as an accused in the case. The ED allegedly claimed that Mr Kejriwal was a "key person" in the "scam" and was directly involved in demanding bribes from liquor barons.

A major security breach in Lok Sabha December 13, 2023 16:12

On the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament attack, there was a significant breach in security as two individuals entered Lok Sabha on Wednesday. These individuals took out canisters emitting yellow-colored smoke from their shoes while seated in the visitors' gallery. Television footage captured them leaping from desk to desk, seemingly making their way towards the Well of the House. Members of the House later informed reporters that the protesters were chanting slogans such as "tana shahi nahi chalegi" (dictatorship won't be accepted). The protesters have been apprehended. Additionally, two more protesters, identified as Amol from Latur (Maharashtra) and Neelam from Hisaar (Haryana), were detained near Transport Bhavan, which is located close to the Parliament complex. One of the individuals who entered Lok Sabha has been identified as Sagar Sharma, while the identity of the other individual is still undisclosed. After the proceedings reconvened, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla informed the House that preliminary investigation suggests the smoke emitted from the canisters was "harmless" and not a cause for concern. He further stated that an ongoing investigation is being conducted. As I glanced up, I witnessed an individual descending from the upper section designated for visitors. Coincidentally, at the same time, another gentleman was leaping from desk to desk. "I observed one of them extracting an object emitting a trail of smoke from his footwear. The security staff successfully apprehended them, but their identities, motives, and affiliations are yet to be determined," he further stated. (Video Source: NDTV)

Indian Government Approves Nasal Vaccine For Covid-19 December 23, 2022 13:42

The government of India today approved the use of Nasal vaccine for coronavirus and it will be used as a heterologous booster. The nasal vaccine will be added to Co-Win portal today and it would be available in all the private hospitals. "Central Government approves the use of Bharat Biotech Nasal Vaccine. The vaccine is available on the CoWIN App starting today. Nasal vaccines are currently only available in private hospitals. The two drops of @BharatBiotech Nasal Vaccine can be taken by people who have already been administered Covishield and Covaxin vaccines" told the official statement of Prasar Bharati News. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high level meeting yesterday to assess the situation of coronavirus in the country after the scare of the new variant of coronavirus. The two drops of @BharatBiotech Nasal Vaccine can be taken by people who have already been administered Covishield and Covaxin vaccines@MoHFW_INDIA #COVID19 #CovidVaccines — Prasar Bharati News Services & Digital Platform (@PBNS_India) December 23, 2022 Bharat Biotech’s nasal Covid vaccine will be available from today. Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka reviewed the preparations for Covid-19 as per the update. All the international passengers arriving to India are screened and tested randomly. As there are no direct flights between India and China, all the needed precautions are taken. Modi wanted the officials to be ready with the needed infrastructure and equipment. Genome sequencing also turned out to be the point of discussion after the outbreak of the recent coronavirus variant. The Centre also raised objections over the Bharat Jodo Yatra of Rahul Gandhi and this triggered controversies. The yatra will soon go to Kashmir. Rahul Gandhi said that he received a letter about the same.

WhatsApp Outage For An Hour Across The Globe October 25, 2022 16:06

Messaging app WhatsApp was completely down and the entire globe suffered the outage. After more than a hour of outage, WhatsApp was restored partially and is working in most of the countries. Some of them complained that WhatsApp is not working from 14 hours. The partial restoration is done in most of the cities of India and other nations. The users struggled to send and receive messages. Both personal and group chats have been impacted completely. The hashtag #WhatsAppDown is trending on Twitter. The users from India, Kenya, Indonesia, Spain and others complained about the messaging app. WhatsApp is yet to issue an official statement about the same. In October last year, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are down for six hours because of a major DNS failure. DNS is Domain Name System that can translate human-readable hostmanes to raw numberic IP address. The computers cannot connect to the servers if DNS is not working. WhatsApp was down for 45 minutes in March 2021. WhatsApp or Meta will provide the information about the outage very soon. The web version too got impacted on October 25th and the people have found it difficult to send messages through WhatsApp. After WhatsApp was down last year, it hit the trading of assets from oil to the cryptocurrencies. Several people have prefered to use alternate platforms like Telagram.

Jacqueline Fernandez Granted Bail In Extortion Case September 26, 2022 12:40

Sri Lankan beauty Jacqueline Fernandez established herself in Bollywood and the actress is quite busy. The actress has been in news from the past few months after her name was involved in a Rs 200 crore extortion case of conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar. Jacqueline Fernandez was drilled by the officials of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) several times in the recent weeks. Jacqueline Fernandez was asked to appear before the Patiala Court in New Delhi and the actress was granted bail on bond of Rs 50,000. Her lawyers filed a bail petition and the court granted bail for Jacqueline Fernandez. The next hearing in this case is scheduled for October 22nd. The officials of the Enforcement Directorate filed a supplementary chargesheet before the Prevention of Money Laundering Act Court. Jacqueline Fernandez was named as an accused in the case. The actress received several costly gifts from Sukesh Chandrasekhar and the conman was lodged in Tihar jail from the past few months. The investigation about the money laundering is happening currently. Jacqueline Fernandez was drilled for hours several times by the Delhi Police Economic Offences Wing (EOW). Jacqueline Fernandez who had a relationship has decided to cut down with Sukesh after he was arrested in the money laundering case.

Narendra Modi To Launch 5G Services On October 1st September 24, 2022 17:31

The biddings for the 5G Spectrum are closed recently and Reliance, Airtel majorly. The National Broadband Mission owned by the Indian government informed that the 5G services will be launched in India on October 1st. The 5G services will be launched through a grand event. "Taking India's digital transformation & connectivity to new heights, Hon'ble PM, @narendramodi, will roll out 5G services in India; at India Mobile Congress; Asia's largest technology exhibition" told the official statement of National Broadband Mission. The official web portal of the India Mobile Congress stated the 5G services inauguration event will be done by Narendra Modi. India Mobile Congress (IMC) claims to b the largest media, technology and telecom forum in Asia. It is jointly run by the Department of Telecommunications and Cellular Operators Association of India. Several programs are planned between October 1st and 4th and will be focused on the evolution path of existing technology. Ashwini Vaishnav, the Electronics and Information Technology Minister stated that India is all set to roll 5G services from October. The service will be extended to every corner of the country in the next 2-3 years. The thumb rule for 5G is 100 Mbps. The 4G rule is 60-70 Mbps. The Department of Telecom received bids worth Rs 1.50 lakh crores from the auction through spectrum. Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Adani Group are the major participants in the auction.

Stampede At Gymkhana Ground In Hyderabad Injures Four September 22, 2022 16:08

The third T20 between India and Australia is scheduled to take place in Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal, Hyderabad on September 25th, Sunday. The tickets are announced to be sold from today in Gymkhana Ground and the crowds rushed for tickets early in the morning. The cops could not control the crowds in the Gymkhana Ground and a stampede took place this afternoon. Four people got injured in the incident and they are rushed to a private hospital in the city. The cops started lathi charge to control the situation. A video of the incident that is shared by ANI is now going viral all over. The Hyderabad cops are spotted beating the youth and people near the Gymkhana Ground. #WATCH | Telangana: A stampede broke out at Gymkhana Ground after a huge crowd of cricket fans gathered there to get tickets for #INDvsAUS match, scheduled for 25th Sept at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. Police baton charged to disperse the crowd4 people injured pic.twitter.com/J2OiP1DMlH — ANI (@ANI) September 22, 2022 Australia is leading the T20 series by 1-0 in the three-match series. The team chased a mamooth 209 in the first T20 match. There is huge demand for the tickets for the other two matches. The Hyderabad Cricket Association is slammed and trolled for the poor arrangements. They could not predict the massive crowds and the security arrangements were not upto the mark. The cops used batons to control the crowds at the Gymkhana Ground in Secunderabad. The people who were present at the grounds are much higher than the tickets that are being sold. After the showers started, the people tried to reach the nearby gate after which the stampede took place. C Deepti, DCP, North Zone, Hyderabad told that they tried hard to control the situation. Four cops were injured in the incident. The tickets were planned to be sold from 10 AM till 7 PM.

Eknath Shinde to Take Oath as the New Chief Minister of Maharashtra June 30, 2022 17:22

After 40 MLAs turned Rebels, the government of Maharashtra is left in minority. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray submitted his resignation even before facing the floor test. BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis has been holding talks with the rebel MLAs. As per the update, Eknath Shinde will take the oath as the new Chief Minister of the state today at 7 PM. Rebel MLAs Chief Eknath Shinde along with Devendra Fadnavis reached the Raj Bhavan to meet the Governor BS Koshyari. After this, they attended the media briefing and Fadnavis announced that Eknath Shinde will take oath as the new Chief Minister of the state. The roads heading to and from airport are completely blocked to facilitate Eknath Shinde's convoy. Shinde landed in Mumbai today from Goa. Devendra Fadnavis declared that he would return as the Chief Minister right before the 2019 polls. After the BJP and Shiv Sena alliance broke up, Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) was formed in which Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP are members. The alliance collapsed soon and Devendra Fadnavis plauued a crucial role in dethroning the government from power. Eknath Shinde has been taking the control of the rebel MLAs who were shifted to Gujarat and then to Assam. They were in Goa yesterday. The new cabinet of Eknath Shinde will be announced soon. By Siva Kumar

35.22 Percent Jump in the Daily Coronavirus Cases June 02, 2022 14:59

On Thursday, India reported a jump of 35.22 percent of the cases in the daily coronavirus cases. As per the reports from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 3712 new cases of coronavirus are reported and the positivity rate came up to 0.84 percent and it was 0.60 percent on Wednesday. The weekly positivity rate reported is 0.67 percent and India reported 2745 new cases of coronavirus yesterday and the active cases increased to 18,386. Mumbai alone reported 739 new cases of coronavirus and this is the highest since February 4th. There were no fatalities reported due to coronavirus. The total cases of coronavirus reported in India are said to be 4,31,64,544. There are 19,509 active cases of Covid-19 as of today and the total number of recoveries climbed to 4,26,20,394. The death toll in India climbed to 5,24,641. The total tests for coronavirus conducted in India are 85,13,38,595 and the total vaccination doses administered are 1,93,70,51,104. The doses given in India yesterday are 12,44,298. The active cases comprise of 0.04 percent of the total reported cases. The recovery rate in India stands at 98.74 percent as per the reports from the Union Health Ministry. Kerala, Maharashtra, Delhi, Haryana and Karnataka are the states that reported high number of cases in the country. The government of India asked the people to be extra cautious as the cases are increasing. By Siva Kumar

Ukraine War: Indian student killed in Kharkiv March 01, 2022 17:40

The Indian government has been trying hard to evacuate all the Indian students and working professionals from Ukraine after Russia staged an attack on the country. A series of flights departed from Ukraine and reached India in the last couple of days. In an unfortunate incident, an Indian student passed away in Kharkiv on Tuesday morning as per the official statement from the Ministry of External Affairs. MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi issued a statement that told "With profound sorrow we confirm that an Indian student lost his life in shelling in Kharkiv this morning. The Ministry is in touch with his family.We convey our deepest condolences to the family". The Indian student is Naveen Shekharappa Gyanagoudar who is 20 years and he hails from Karnataka. Naveen is pursuing his fourth year medicine at Kharkiv National Medical University. Naveen was shot dead at 10:30 AM as per the local time today. He was standing before a grocery store when the Russian army opened fire and Naveen was killed on spot. There is no information about the mortal remains of Naveen as of now. The Indian Embassy in holding talks with the government of Ukraine to trace the body of Naveen. More than 70 people of Ukraine were killed after Russia staged rocket attacks. The Indian Embassy in Kyiv issued an advisory for all the Indians to return back to the country at the earliest through any available means. Reacting to the death of the Indian student in Kharkiv, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi offered his condolences to the family. By Siva Kumar