Regulation of blocking content not recent, been there since 2009: Centre guards digital media guidelines

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry gave a clarification on Saturday about the facility of the new digital media guidelines of blocking the content over the Internet during emergency has been around as a part of the regulation from 2009 and is not a current incorporation. The misgivings by the Union Government were being addressed with…

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Centre ensures reimbursement of pending food subsidies estimated Rs 4,832 crore for Chhattishgarh

Union Minister Piyush Goyal has promised Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel for reimbursement of food subsidies worth Rs 4,832 crores which is pending. On Friday, Baghel had a meeting with Union Food and Public Distribution Minister and re-emphasized on his demand of raising the allowance amount of 24 lakh metric tonnes to be obtained under…

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Puducherry imposed with President’s rule, Assembly held back in suspended animation

With the resignation of Congress MLAs, the government led by Congress had fallen within days, following which the President’s rule has been imposed on Thursday. A notification pertaining to the imposing of President’s rule was directed by the Union Home Ministry on Thursday. The Assembly of Puducherry has been kept under suspended animation. The Bharatiya…

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Karnataka’s COVID-19 vaccination second phase will be extending to inoculate around 2 Crore people.

For the second phase of the largest vaccination drive in the world, the state of Karnataka will be administering the vaccines to around 2 crore people with above 60 age group along with people with co-morbidities. The second phase of vaccination will be commencing on March 1 throughout the country. The Director of the National…

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Conduct of Bengaluru Police amid pandemic wins public trust: Report

Based on a study conducted about policing methods amid the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, a positive response was observed regarding the communication between the police and the public surprisingly. The findings which are given the title, “Policing in Bengaluru during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Learning and next steps” was published on Wednesday and is supposedly clearing…

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IMA remarks ‘uncalled’ for: Patanjali over Harsh Vardhan supporting Coronil tablets

With the Indian Medical Association (IMA) highly criticizing Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan for promoting the Divya Coronil Tablets of Patanjali for the treatment of Covid-19, the Patanjali Research Foundation Trust on Wednesday stated that the remarks given by IMA are uncalled for. During the press conference where Baba Ramdev declared Coronil Tablets to…

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PM Modi to introduce Maritime India Summit’s second edition scheduled for March 2

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating the Maritime India Summit’s second edition via virtual mode scheduled for March 2, 2021, as per the official statement by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. Modi will inaugurate the summit at 11 am. Rajiv Jalota, Chairman, Mumbai Port Trust said, “The objective of the Summit is…

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PGIMER director: New Covid-19 strains identified in UK, India found to be highly transmissible

 The novel Covid-19 strains which have been identified in India and UK have been fund to be highly transmissible, said Jagat Ram, Director, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) on Wednesday, thereby giving the warning that all the required norms and protocols must be strictly adhered to for preventing the cases. Jagat…

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