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Need to oppose Mamata’s ‘publicity over pandemic’ to avoid wasting Bengal from Covid: Babul Supriyo Accusing Mamata Banerjee of failing to deal with the unfold of Covid-19 in West Bengal, Union Minister and West Bengal BJP chief Babul Supriyo mentioned that the Chief Minister’s ‘publicity over pandemic’ must be opposed with the intention to save the state from the virus. “West Bengal govt’s failure in tackling Covid-19 in the state is out in the open. All of us have to unite and stand against Mamata Banerjee’s 1. Politics Over Lives 2. Publicity Over Pandemic, only then we will be able to save Bengal from corona,” Supriyo tweeted...

Armed Forces understand their responsibility in fight against Covid-19: CDS Gen Bipin Rawat General Bipin Rawat, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) says that the armed forces understand their responsibility in the fight against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and have to ensure that they remain safe to support the people of the country. “As armed forces, we understand our responsibility that at this time when the nation is fighting against Covid-19 menace, the defence services must operate beyond the mandate and come to the support of our people and government in whatever way we can,” General Rawat told ANI in an exclusive interview...

With Kim Jong Un’s health uncertain, spotlight shifts to her sister Kim Yo Jong Of all the family members who could eventually take the reins from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, his sister seems like the obvious choice. Kim Yo Jong, in her early 30s, has been by her brother’s side at summits with U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, sat behind Vice President Mike Pence while representing North Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics and became the first immediate member of the ruling family to visit Seoul, where she delivered a personal message from her...

Yogi Adityanath bans public gathering in Uttar Pradesh till June 30 to combat COVID-19 Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday (April 25) directed officers that no public gathering should be allowed in the state till June 30 amid the coronavirus outbreak. According to the Chief Minister’s Office, CM Adityanath has instructed officials to ensure no public gathering takes place in the state till June 30.  The order will be reviewed depending on the situation, the CMO added amid speculations that the coronavirus lockdown may be extended further. “Chief Minister has directed officers that no public gathering be...

Former IAS officer Sanjay Kothari takes oath as CVC Retired IAS officer Sanjay Kothari, who was secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind, took oath as the new Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) on Saturday, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a communication. The post of CVC, autonomous anti-corruption watchdog, was lying vacant since June last year and Vigilance Commissioner Sharad Kumar was holding the interim charge of the top post since then. Kothari, an officer from the 1978 batch from Haryana, was named as new CVC by a high powered committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in February this year. In...

India needs a new covenant for growth in a post-Covid world: Raghuram Rajan Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan feels India needs to think about a new covenant on how to wriggle out of the Covid crisis and generate growth that we saw in the first few years of the present century. In an interview to ET NOW, Rajan spoke of a staggered restarting of the economy with the aim of both saving lives and preserving livelihood. Rajan said that the post-Covid period can’t be spend with the same kind of financial fragility and fiscal tensions with which we entered the...

‘Depends on chief minister,’ says Punjab Health Minister on extending Covid-19 lockdown Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Saturday said that Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh will decide whether or not the coronavirus lockdown in the state will be extended. Sidhu said that the chief minister will consult all the departments and there could be a state cabinet meeting over the same. The 21-day nationwide coronavirus lockdown was extended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 14. The lockdown will now come to an end on May 3. Telangana was the first state that decided to extend the Covid-19 lockdown beyond...

Ex-IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan booked for not resuming duty: Cops The police in the Union Territory of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli has registered an FIR against former Daman district collector and ex-IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan for not resuming his duty amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Gopinathan had resigned from his job last year and as per sources, his resignation was not accepted by the government. Moti Daman police booked Gopinathan under IPC section 188 (Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) and relevant sections of the Epidemic Diseases Act and the Disaster Management Act. Since Gopinathan is currently...

Nikki Haley launches ‘Stop Communist China’ campaign Asserting that China’s Communist government needs to be held accountable for “lying” about the coronavirus pandemic, top Indian-American Republican politician Nikki Haley has launched an online petition urging the US Congress to act. More than 40,000 people have signed the ‘Stop Communist China’ petition by Friday night, hours after being launched by the former governor of South Carolina who has set a goal of getting 100,000 signatures. “China’s Communist government needs to be held accountable for their role in lying about the Coronavirus pandemic, and the US Congress needs to respond – now,”...

‘If you need money, stop activities at border, use it to build hospitals’: Kapil Dev Former India captain Kapil Dev does not want to be to flustered about resumption of cricket and instead wants authorities to focus on more important things like resumption of schools and colleges. “I am looking at the larger picture. Do you think cricket is the only issue we can talk about? I am rather worried about the children who are not being able to go to schools and colleges because that is our young generation. So, I want schools to reopen first. Cricket, football will...