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Provide food, aid to starving 1.2 lakh sex workers: SC to govts

Provide food, aid to starving 1.2 lakh sex workers: SC to govts NEW DELHI: Saddened by the plight of sex workers rendered jobless across the country because of the lockdown and exodus of migrant workers, the Supreme Court on Monday told the Centre and states to urgently consider providing them relief in the form of dry rations, monetary assistance as well as masks, soaps and sanitisers. “Without waiting for our orders, see if you can do something,” a bench of Justices L N Rao and Hemant Gupta told additional solicitor general Rupinder Singh Suri and counsel for states after NGO ‘Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee’, an organisation run by sex workers, narrated the pitiable condition of their co-workers across the country. Appearing for the NGO, senior advocate Anand Grover told the bench that a survey among 1.2 lakh sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Telangana threw up worrying statistics — “96% of sex workers (1,15,374 women and transgenders) had lost their source of earning; of these, 71% reported not having any other means of livelihood to secure basic needs; among those who had other modes of earning, 33% did not have enough to eat three meals a day”. Amicus curiae Jayant Bhushan and Pijush K Roy informed the court that the plight of sex workers could be addressed to a large extent if they were provided ration cards without insisting on identity proof, as was directed by the court more than eight years ago. #topstories #topstoriesacqro #topstoriesacqroupdates #topstoriesonacqro #topstoriesupdates #updatesontopstoriesonacqro Read the full article

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'My b'day gift': PM urges people to wear mask #WearAMask #CoronaVirus #COVID19 #Covid19

'My b'day gift': PM urges people to wear mask NEW DELHI: Thanking the people for their birthday wishes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged everyone to continue wearing masks and follow social distancing norms in a bid to contain coronavirus, since many had asked him what birthday gift he wanted. In a late-night tweet on Thursday, the Prime Minister wrote, "Since many have asked, what is it that I want for my birthday, here is what I seek right now: Keep wearing a mask and wear it properly; Follow social distancing. Remember 'Do Gaj Ki Doori'; Avoid crowded spaces; Improve your immunity." Since many have asked, what is it that I want for my birthday, here is what I seek right now:Keep wearing a mask… https://t.co/GeHvVySOYG— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 1600369719000"Let us make our planet healthy," he said. The Prime Minister, who turned 70 on Thursday, said the birthday greetings give him the strength to serve and work towards improving the lives of the people. "People from all over India, from all over the world have shared their kind wishes. I am grateful to each and every person who has greeted me. These greetings give me the strength to serve and work towards improving the lives of my fellow citizens," he said in another tweet. According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India's coronavirus tally stands at 51,18,254 including 10,09,976 active cases, 40,25,080 cured/discharged/migrated and 83,198 deaths. #topstories #topstoriesacqro #topstoriesacqroupdates #topstoriesonacqro #topstoriesupdates #updatesontopstoriesonacqro Read the full article

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Envelope with poison addressed to WH intercepted

Envelope with poison addressed to WH intercepted An envelope addressed to the White House and intercepted by US authorities contained a substance identified as ricin, a deadly poison that appeared to have been sent from Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said on Saturday. #topstories #topstoriesacqro #topstoriesacqroupdates #topstoriesonacqro #topstoriesupdates #updatesontopstoriesonacqro

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Russian vaccine in India: 1 in 7 have side-effects

Russian vaccine in India: 1 in 7 have side-effects The side effects noticed in the volunteers were found to be on the milder side. These are what medical experts call a vaccine's 'reactogenic' effects post administration, which tend to cause mild discomfort. Some of the symptoms which have been witnessed include fever, chills, muscle pain and soreness.Russian officials, tracking the study also mentioned that further dosing would help ascertain more observations. While 300 patients out of 40,000 selected ones have been successfully injected, the second dose will be given 21 days after the date of the first shot being provided.It should be noted that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine trials, considered to be a top contender in the global vaccine race were halted in the middle of phase III trials after a volunteer recorded 'neurological' complications.Russia, which plans to start mass immunization in the country beginning next year is eyeing to publish observatory data from phase III trials by October end or November. The vaccine, named Sputnik V has been excessively marred by controversies from the start. #topstories #topstoriesacqro #topstoriesacqroupdates #topstoriesonacqro #topstoriesupdates #updatesontopstoriesonacqro Read the full article

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'India working with nations for UNSC expansion'

'India working with nations for UNSC expansion' NEW DELHI: India in collaboration with other pro-reform countries has been consistently making efforts to build support among the UN Member States for expansion of the UN Security Council, in both permanent and non-permanent categories, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday. Replying to an unstarred question in the Rajya Sabha on whether the Indian government has made serious efforts to acquire a permanent seat in the UNSC, Minister of State (MoS), MEA, V Muraleedharan said, "Government has accorded the highest priority to getting permanent membership for India in an expanded UN Security Council that reflects contemporary global realities. India in collaboration with other pro-reform countries has been consistently making efforts to build support among the UN Member States for expansion of the UNSC, in both permanent and non-permanent categories." He further said that India being one of the largest contributors to UN peacekeeping forces (in cumulative terms) "strengthens our credentials for seeking permanent membership of the UNSC." #topstories #topstoriesacqro #topstoriesacqroupdates #topstoriesonacqro #topstoriesupdates #updatesontopstoriesonacqro Read the full article

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Getting permanent UNSC seat is top priority: India

Getting permanent UNSC seat is top priority: India NEW DELHI: India on Thursday said it has accorded the "highest priority" to getting permanent membership in an expanded UN Security Council that reflects contemporary global realities. Minister of state for external affairs V Muraleedharan said India is actively engaged in the ongoing inter-governmental negotiations on reform of the powerful body at the UN and has been working alongside other like-minded countries and groupings. Muraleedharan was replying to a question on whether the government was making serious efforts to acquire a permanent seat for India at the UN Security Council (UNSC). "Government has accorded the highest priority to getting permanent membership for India in an expanded UN Security Council that reflects contemporary global realities," he said. "India in collaboration with other pro-reform countries has been consistently making efforts to build support among the UN member states for expansion of the UNSC, in both permanent and non-permanent categories," the minister said. At present, the UNSC comprises five permanent members and 10 non-permanent member countries which are elected for a two-year term by the General Assembly of the United Nations. The five permanent members are Russia, the UK, China, France and the United States and these countries can veto any substantive resolution. There has been growing demand to increase the number of permanent members to reflect the contemporary global reality. #topstories #topstoriesacqro #topstoriesacqroupdates #topstoriesonacqro #topstoriesupdates #updatesontopstoriesonacqro Read the full article

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Getting permanent UNSC seat is top priority: India

Getting permanent UNSC seat is top priority: India NEW DELHI: India on Thursday said it has accorded the "highest priority" to getting permanent membership in an expanded UN Security Council that reflects contemporary global realities. Minister of state for external affairs V Muraleedharan said India is actively engaged in the ongoing inter-governmental negotiations on reform of the powerful body at the UN and has been working alongside other like-minded countries and groupings. Muraleedharan was replying to a question on whether the government was making serious efforts to acquire a permanent seat for India at the UN Security Council (UNSC). "Government has accorded the highest priority to getting permanent membership for India in an expanded UN Security Council that reflects contemporary global realities," he said. "India in collaboration with other pro-reform countries has been consistently making efforts to build support among the UN member states for expansion of the UNSC, in both permanent and non-permanent categories," the minister said. At present, the UNSC comprises five permanent members and 10 non-permanent member countries which are elected for a two-year term by the General Assembly of the United Nations. The five permanent members are Russia, the UK, China, France and the United States and these countries can veto any substantive resolution. There has been growing demand to increase the number of permanent members to reflect the contemporary global reality. #topstories #topstoriesacqro #topstoriesacqroupdates #topstoriesonacqro #topstoriesupdates #updatesontopstoriesonacqro Read the full article

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US: 5 Chinese men charged in mega hacking scheme, Indian networks hit

US: 5 Chinese men charged in mega hacking scheme, Indian networks hit WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department has charged five Chinese citizens with hacking over a 100 companies and institutions in America and abroad, including the Indian government's networks, and stealing valuable software data and business intelligence. Deputy US Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen on Wednesday announced that three indictments have been unsealed in the matter that collectively charge five Chinese nationals with computer hacking and two Malaysian nationals for helping some of those hackers target victims and sell the data. The Malaysian nationals were arrested on Sunday and the Chinese nationals have been declared fugitive, according to a Justice Department statement. Rosen severely criticised the Chinese government. "The Department of Justice has used every tool available to disrupt the illegal computer intrusions and cyberattacks by these Chinese citizens. Regrettably, the Chinese Communist Party has chosen a different path - of making China safe for cyber-criminals so long as they attack computers outside China and steal intellectual property helpful to China," the deputy attorney general said. "In about 2019, the conspirators compromised Government of lndia websites, as well as virtual private networks and database servers supporting the Government of India. The conspirators used VPS PROVIDER servers to connect to an Open VPN network owned by the Government of India," the indictment said. #topstories #topstoriesacqro #topstoriesacqroupdates #topstoriesonacqro #topstoriesupdates #updatesontopstoriesonacqro Read the full article

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Poison was on water bottle: Kremlin critic's team

Poison was on water bottle: Kremlin critic's team MOSCOW: The nerve agent used to poison Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detected on an empty water bottle from his hotel room in the Siberian city of Tomsk, suggesting he was poisoned there and not at the airport as first thought, his team said on Thursday. Navalny fell violently ill on a domestic flight in Russia last month and was subsequently airlifted to Berlin for treatment. Laboratories in Germany, France and Sweden have established he was poisoned by a Novichok nerve agent, though Russia denies this and says it has seen no evidence. A video posted on Navalny's Instagram account showed members of his team searching the room he had just left in the Xander Hotel in Tomsk on August 20, an hour after they learned he had fallen sick in suspicious circumstances. "It was decided to gather up everything that could even hypothetically be useful and hand it to the doctors in Germany. The fact that the case would not be investigated in Russia was quite obvious," the post said. It showed his team bagging several empty bottles of "Holy Spring" mineral water, among other items, while wearing protective gloves. "Two weeks later, a German laboratory found traces of Novichok precisely on the bottle of water from the Tomsk hotel room," the post said. "And then more laboratories that took analyses from Alexei confirmed that that was what poisoned Navalny. Now we understand: it was done before he left his hotel room to go to the airport." #topstories #topstoriesacqro #topstoriesacqroupdates #topstoriesonacqro #topstoriesupdates #updatesontopstoriesonacqro Read the full article

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Covid: Dubai suspends AI Exp flights for 15 days

Covid: Dubai suspends AI Exp flights for 15 days NEW DELHI: Dubai aviation authorities on Thursday barred Air India Express from flying there for 15 days after the budget airline flew a Covid positive person from Jaipur to Dubai on September 4. The flight suspension for AI Express will be from Friday (September 18) to 11.59 pm (local time) on October 2. Comments from the airline are awaited. UAE has a condition that passengers must have a Covid negative test report to be accepted on any flight bound for there. This is the second time that AI Express flew a passenger with a Covid positive report to Dubai, according to a mail sent by Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) to the airline. Coronavirus outbreak: Live updatesApart from suspension of operation, DCAA has asked AI Express to “pay all the expenditure incurred by the respective authorities for medical services and/or quarantine of any passenger(s) and the other passengers in that flight and also any other expenditure connected thereto.” And to resume operations from October 3, the airline has been asked to “submit a detailed corrective action/procedure implemented to prevent such incidents from occurring again”. According to DCAA mail to the airline, AI Express Jaipur-Dubai flight (IX 1135) of September 4 flew a passenger who had a positive report from a test conducted two days prior to the journey. #topstories #topstoriesacqro #topstoriesacqroupdates #topstoriesonacqro #topstoriesupdates #updatesontopstoriesonacqro Read the full article

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Sushant case: A political wrangle in 4 states

Sushant case: A political wrangle in 4 states NEW DELHI: The death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput (SSR) in mysterious circumstances has not just acquired immense attention in India and abroad but also triggered political fights among different parties and states. Four political parties - the BJP, JD(U), Shiv Sena and Congress - have got involved in the ongoing slugfest at the Centre and in the four states of Maharashtra, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and West Bengal. While the BJP and JD(U) are seen to be fighting for justice for Sushant Rajput, the Shiv Sena is targetting actress Kangana Ranaut for taking on the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government and the West Bengal unit of the Congress is defending Sushant’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty whose roots belong to the state. BiharSushant Singh Rajput's death has already become an election issue in Bihar, the state he hailed from. The Art and Culture Cell of the BJP's Bihar unit has released stickers and masks featuring Sushant. The stickers and masks, captioned #JusticeForSushant and "Na bhule hain, na bhulne denge (We have neither forgotten, nor will let people forget)", are being distributed in different parts of the state. The coalition government of the BJP and JD(U) in Bihar was prompt in acting on Rajput's death. The Bihar police filed a case on the complaint of the deceased actor’s father Krishna Kumar Singh against Rhea and others for abetment to suicide. #topstories #topstoriesacqro #topstoriesacqroupdates #topstoriesonacqro #topstoriesupdates #updatesontopstoriesonacqro Read the full article

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Sushant Singh Rajput case: Rakul Preet Singh approaches Delhi High Court against media trial in drugs related probe

Sushant Singh Rajput case: Rakul Preet Singh approaches Delhi High Court against media trial in drugs related probe Rakul Preet Singh has approached Delhi High Court against media trial, after her named surfaced in the drugs-related probe carried out by the Narcotics Control Bureau in connection to Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case. “Bollywood actor Rakul Preet Singh, whose name also surfaced in drugs-related matter in Sushant Singh Rajput death probe, approaches Delhi High Court against media trial. She through her lawyer submitted that media reports being run in contravention with I&B Ministry guidelines,” ANI shared on Twitter. Delhi High Court directs Centre, Prasar Bharati and News Broadcasters Association to consider Rakul Preet Singh's p… https://t.co/vLtUTcyYu0— ANI (@ANI) 1600323729000According to ANI, the Delhi HC has sent out directives to the Prasar Bharati and News Broadcasters Association in connection to this matter, “Delhi High Court directs Centre, Prasar Bharati and News Broadcasters Association to consider Rakul Preet Singh's plea as a representation and expeditiously decide it including any interim directions that ought to be issued.” Rakul’s name emerged in the controversy after it was reported that Rhea Chakraborty had named Sara Ali Khan, Rakul and Simone Khambatta in her statement to the NCB. Speaking about the same, the deputy director of NCB KPS Malhotra had said in a statement, "Their names have surfaced but right now we can’t comment on the further course of action." #topstories #topstoriesacqro #topstoriesacqroupdates #topstoriesonacqro #topstoriesupdates #updatesontopstoriesonacqro Read the full article

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Congress MPs from Punjab burn copies of farm bills

Congress MPs from Punjab burn copies of farm bills NEW DELHI: Congress MPs from Punjab burnt copies of the farm bills proposed by the government inside the Parliament complex on Thursday even as the party staged a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi's statue. The Congress is opposed to the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 that the NDA government has proposed in Parliament during the ongoing monsoon session, replacing the ordinances issued by it earlier. Congress MPs Jasbir Singh Gill, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Gurjit Singh Aujla and Amar Singh burnt copies of the bills and said they will oppose the proposed legislations tooth and nail. They also wore black robes, saying "I am a farmer and farm labourer and don't betray me". They also criticised the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leadership for being in the BJP-led NDA even after these bills were proposed by the government. "We will oppose these bills from Parliament to panchayats. We also appeal to all MPs to vote against the bills, hearing the inner voice of their conscience for the sake of 'zameer and zameen' (conscience and land)," Gill said. Bittu said the BJP would be reduced to ashes if they play with the lives of farmers and their land. "The BJP will be finished if it tries to kill farmers and their mother (land)," he said. #topstories #topstoriesacqro #topstoriesacqroupdates #topstoriesonacqro #topstoriesupdates #updatesontopstoriesonacqro Read the full article

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Rajnath Singh addresses Rajya Sabha: Key points

Rajnath Singh addresses Rajya Sabha: Key points NEW DELHI: Union defence minister Rajnath Singh briefed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday about the ongoing stand0ff between the Indian Army and China's People Liberation Army (PLA) at the Eastern Ladakh border. Singh spoke about the same in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. On Thursday, following Singh's statement, Rajya Sabha chairman, M Venkaiah Naidu advised the defence minister to address the concerns of the members of the House "maybe call them in your private chambers and talk to them as they all are our people and interests of the country is paramount". Congress had staged a walkout on Tuesday upon not being allowed to hold a discussion on India and China border standoff. Here are the highlights: * On 15 June, Col Santosh Babu, along with his 19 brave soldiers, made the supreme sacrifice in Galwan Valley towards the cause of defending the territorial integrity of India. Our PM himself went to Ladakh to boost the morale of forces. * China continues to be in illegal occupation of approx 38,000 sq kms in the Union Territory of Ladakh. In addition, under the so-called Sino-Pakistan 'Boundary Agreement' of 1963, Pakistan illegally ceded 5,180 sq. km. of Indian territory in PoK to China. * China too claims approximately 90,000 sq kms of Indian territory in the Eastern Sector of the India-China boundary in Arunachal Pradesh. * Chinese actions reflect a disregard of our various bilateral agreements. The amassing of the troops by China goes against the 1993 & 1996 Agreements. #topstories #topstoriesacqro #topstoriesacqroupdates #topstoriesonacqro #topstoriesupdates #updatesontopstoriesonacqro Read the full article