The World Health Organisation says a new polio outbreak in Sudan is linked to an ongoing vaccine-sparked epidemic in Chad — a week after the UN health agency declared the African continent free of the wild polio virus. WHO said two children in Sudan — one from South Darfur state and the other from Gedarif …
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The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said civil rights lawyer Prashant Bhushan’s conviction for criminal contempt of court by the Supreme Court seemed to be Inconsistent with the freedom of expression law guaranteed by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights that India was a party to. In a statement, the ICJ, an international …
Flights between Israel and the United Arab Emirates will be able to fly over Saudi Arabia after the kingdom said all services to and from the UAE can cross its airspace. Saudi Arabia mostly bans flights to and from Israel from using its airspace, though since 2018 it has permitted Air India to fly over …
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Banks are free to restructure loans but they cannot penalise honest borrowers by charging interest on deferred EMI payments under the moratorium scheme during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a petitioner opposing the move said in the Supreme Court. A Bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan, which commenced final hearing on a batch of pleas raising …
With the proportion of non-performing assets (NPAs) in bank loans given to self-help groups (SHGs) seeing a steady rise in the previous financial year, the Union Ministry of Rural Development has asked states to “monitor the status of NPA district-wise” and Take “corrective measures” to “recover overdue/ outstanding dues”. In some states, NPAs make up …
In the fight against the spread of Covid 19 pandemic, the Railways has designed a health assistant Robot Rakshak which can remotely communicate between doctor and patient. The medical aid robot is able to measure health parameters such as temperature, pulse, oxygen percentage. It can also provide medicines, food to the patients and make a …
Government gave its nod to 27 projects today under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana for development of integrated cold chains and value addition infrastructure in the country. The new integrated cold chain projects will generate direct and indirect employment for over 16,000 people and benefit nearly 2,57,000 farmers. Union Minister of Food Processing Industries …
IIT Bombay has launched an alternative to Camscanner, a Chinese app mainly used for scanning documents that was banned by the Government of India. The new app launched by IIT Bombay students is called as AIR SCANNER and is available free of cost. IIT Bombay has developed an indigenous alternative to Chinese document-scanning app, following …
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The Union Cabinet approved a Bill under which Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi, apart from the existing Urdu and English, will be the official languages in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Announcing the decision at a news briefing, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020, will be introduced …