Justice can be done without robes or congregation: CJI Bobde on lockdown lesson
The Supreme Court was hoping to start tapping artificial intelligence to reform its processes in March but then came COVID-19 and, as it has done across the board, the outbreak pushed all plans to the backburner and has forced a rethink in the judiciary as well. In an interview at his office in his residence, Chief Justice […]
12-year-old dies of ‘stomach pain’ after 6 Agra hospitals refuse treatment over Covid scare
Agra: A 12-year-old boy succumbed to 16 hours of excruciating pain in Agra after half-a-dozen nursing homes and hospitals allegedly refused to treat him, fearing that he might be Covid-19 positive. Nihal Singh, the deceased, was suffering from acute stomach pain. After being turned away from six private nursing homes and hospitals, when his father finally […]
350 Tablighi members who recovered from Covid-19 ready to donate plasma
Around 350 members of the Tablighi Jamaat, who had come to Delhi to attend its congregation in Nizamuddin Markaz last month and were subsequently diagnosed with coronavirus, have agreed to donate their plasma to treat severely ill patients in the city. So far, 25 of them have donated for plasma therapy. Senior officials in the health department […]
Explained: Why rapid tests are off, again
On Monday, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) put an end to the question of rapid tests when it told the states that the newly procured kits for such tests had failed quality checks and should be returned to the suppliers. This effectively brings the curtains down on a long conversation on rapid testing between […]
Return of migrants: This institution is not hostage of government, says SC
While saying that “this institution is not hostage of the government”, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to reply within a week on a petition seeking direction to authorities to allow stranded migrant workers across the country to return home. The Supreme Court’s remark came after advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for petitioners Jagdeep S Chhokar, […]
Mumbai: Arnab Goswami to appear before police for questioning in Sonia Gandhi defamation case today
Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami will appear for interrogation in a case against him for allegedly defaming Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday, a day after the Mumbai Police served two notices to the journalist. “The Mumbai Police has sent me two notices in the last 12 hours saying they want to immediately interrogate me […]
9 CMs to speak with PM Modi during meeting over lockdown, exit strategy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting with several chief ministers on Monday morning and nine of them will speak to him on issues from another extension of the lockdown to an exit plan and how it should be implemented. Chief ministers of all states are expected to be present at the meeting through video conferencing, […]
Over 50 infected: Three Kanpur madrasas emerge as new hotspots
In Kanpur city, which has emerged as a coronavirus hotspot district in UP, close to one-third of the total 170 cases is concentrated in three madrasas where over 53 students mostly between 10 and 20 years have tested positive. According to the district health and administrative officials, the madrasa students were most likely infected by the members […]
PM to interact with CMs on Monday to discuss way out of lockdown, COVID fight
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers via video conference on Monday morning on the way ahead in the fight against the novel coronavirus, amid indications that the discussions could also focus on a graded exit from the ongoing lockdown. This will be the third video conference of the prime minister with the […]
Recovered Muslim COVID-19 patients to donate plasma in Gujarat
More than forty Muslim COVID-19 patients, who were discharged from a hospital in Vadodara, Gujarat, on Thursday, will be donating their blood plasma for the treatment of other patients, a community leader said. Earlier, the Union government had allowed Gujarat health authorities to use on an experimental basis the plasma transfusion therapy which aims to […]