INDIA
Mithun Chakraborty questioned by Kolkata Police over 'inciteful speech'
A complaint filed in Maniktala police station against him, has accused the actor of inciting post-poll violence in West Bengal through his speeches. Chakraborty moved the Calcutta High Court for quashing the case against him. But the court asked him to appear for questioning through video conferencing. The complaint also mentioned that these dialogues were enough to incite violence.
IT Minister blasts Twitter, says it failed to comply with new guidelines
In a series of tweets, the minister came down hard on the platform over its reluctance to comply with the new norms. "There are numerous queries arising as to whether Twitter is entitled to safe harbour provision. However, the simple fact of the matter is that Twitter has failed to comply with the Intermediary Guidelines that came into effect from the 26th of May," Prasad said.
Bharat Biotech supplies Covaxin to 16 states
Company's co-founder and joint managing director Suchitra Ella on Wednesday tweeted that Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Telangana were supplied the vaccines through government of India from June 8 to 14. The Hyderabad-based vaccine maker also made supplies to 16 states during the same period.
Twitter loses legal protection in India, FIR filed against it for not removing 'misleading' communal content
Twitter losing legal shield means that any illegal content posted by any user on the platform can result in a lawsuit or police interrogation against the company officials. Here onwards, instead of being considered just a platform hosting content from various users, Twitter will be directly, editorially responsible for posts published on its platform.
Tensions rise in South China Sea, Rajnath calls for negotiations
The minister asserted that India supports freedom of navigation, over flight, and unimpeded commerce in these international waterways. Singh was referring to escalating territorial tensions in the South China Sea in recent weeks. China lays claim to nearly all of the South China Sea while other countries also claim parts of the region leading to territorial disputes in the region.
Govt's attempts to save PM's image is costing lives: Rahul
In a tweet, Rahul Gandhi said, "India needs quick and complete vaccination- not BJP's usual brand of lies and rhyming slogans to cover-up vaccine shortage caused by Modi government's inaction. GOI's (Government of India) constant attempts to save Prime Minister's fake image are facilitating the virus and costing people's lives." Rahul Gandhi also attached a news report which claimed that Indian scientists did not back doubling of Covid vaccine dose gap.
Increase in gap between Covishield doses based on scientific evidence: NTAGI
The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) on Thursday recommended increasing the interval between two doses of Covishield to 12-16 weeks from four to eight weeks earlier. The decision to increase the gap between two Covishield doses from 4-6 weeks to 12-16 weeks is based on scientific reason regarding behaviour of adenovector vaccines, said Chairman of India's Covid-19 Working Group of the NTAGI), N.K. Arora.
Covid 19 Update: India logs 62K new cases, 2,542 deaths
This is the ninth consecutive day when India has reported less than one lakh Covid cases. On June 15, India recorded 60,461 cases, lowest since March 29. India overall tally of Covid-19 cases now stands at 2,96,33,105. The active cases have come down below 10 lakh. The country has 8,65,432 active cases presently and has witnessed 3,79,573 deaths so far.
India's Covid recovery rate improved in last 26 days: Health Ministry
At a press conference on the current situation, the ministry said along with new cases, daily positivity rate and active cases, India has witnessed tremendous improvement in recoveries as well. The recovery rate, since last 26 days, has been improving in the country, and as of now, the number of people recovering daily are almost double compared to the cases being daily reported in different districts in the country, Joint Secretary, Health, Lav Agarwal, said.
Human behaviour crucial to break Covid chain: AIIMS Director
Guleria, who, along with Union Health Ministry officials, was briefing the press on the Covid-19 situation, said that the number of cases have declined because of strict lockdowns, but also noted that while the restrictions helped in lowering infections, it does not mean that Covid-19 has gone away. "But, once the restrictions are lifted, people think Covid has ended now and their behaviour towards Covid-19 will change all of sudden.
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