Attorney General (AG) KK Venugopal today refused to give consent to initiate criminal contempt against Lawyer Prashant Bhushan for his recent tweet against Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde's visit to Madhya Pradesh.
All government offices shall function with officers of level of Grade 1/equivalent and above to extent of 100% strength. Remaining staff will attend up to 50% as per requirement till 31st Dec or till further order. Private offices are advised to stagger timings and presence of staff: DDMA.
650 new COVID-19 cases and 270 recoveries reported in the state today.
The total number of cases in the state is 38,977 including 29,753 recovered cases, 8,574 active cases and 613 deaths: Health Department, Himachal Pradesh.
"Amit Shah ji has called for early meeting on a condition, it's not good. He should've offered talks with open heart without condition. We'll hold meeting tomorrow morning to decide our response," said Jagjit Singh, Bharatiya Kisan Union's Punjab President, at Singhu border.
Delhi reports 4,998 new COVID-19 cases (out of 69,051 tests), 6,512 recoveries, and 89 deaths, as per Delhi Health Department .Total cases: 5,61,742. Total recoveries: 5,16,166. Death toll: 8,998. Active cases: 36,578.
Had a good interaction with the team at Serum Institute of India. They shared details about their progress so far on how they plan to further ramp up vaccine manufacturing. Also took a look at their manufacturing facility: PM Narendra Modi.
All Departments of State Govt & Sub-ordinate Offices in Bhubaneswar & Cuttack will function with 75% strength of employees (all staff including Group-A Officers) during the month December. All State Government offices in the State will remain closed on Saturdays: Govt of Odisha.
Tamil Nadu reported 1,430 new COVID-19 cases, 1,453 discharges, and 13 deaths in the last 24 hours: State Health Department, Govt of Tamil Nadu. Total cases: 7,79,046. Total discharges: 7,56,279. Death toll: 11,694. Active cases: 11,073.
Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy held an aerial survey of Chittoor, Kadapa & Nellore districts affected by Cyclone Nivar . "Ex gratia of Rs 5 lakhs to be given to families of the deceased. People staying at relief camps shall receive financial aid of Rs 500 each," says CM.
Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy held an aerial survey of Chittoor, Kadapa & Nellore districts affected by Cyclone Nivar . "Ex gratia of Rs 5 lakhs to be given to families of the deceased. People staying at relief camps shall receive financial aid of Rs 500 each," says CM.
Andhra Pradesh reports 625 new coronavirus cases, 1,186 recoveries, and five deaths, according to State Health Department. Total cases: 8,67,063. Active cases: 11,571. Total recoveries: 8,48,511. Death toll: 6,981.
All government servants including those working on contractual, daily wages, part-time & outsourcing basis will attend offices on all working days except on Saturdays with effect from 1st December; employees to work from home on Saturdays: Himachal Pradesh Government.
Farmers were allowed to enter Delhi on Friday to protest against the three central agricultural laws. After the permission was granted thousands of farmers entered Delhi from borders of Haryana. They are now staging a protest at Nirankari ground in Burari. The agitating farmers, many of them from Punjab, reached the national capital after braving tear-gas shells, water cannons and police barricades at several places in Haryana on Thursday.
EpiVacCorona, a potential vaccine against coronavirus or COVID-19 developed by the Russian State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology Vector, creates immunity one month after the inoculation, Alexander Ryzhikov, the head of the centre's zoonotic diseases and flu department, said on Friday. It is the second COVID-19 vaccine registered in Russia.
The voting for the second phase of Panchayat elections took place in 21 districts of Rajasthan on Friday. The polling for Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad elections began at 7:30 am. A total of 1,137 seats in 59 Panchayat Samiti in which elections were conducted.
In some sports new, Australia outscored India in the first One Day International played at Sydney Cricket Stadium on Friday by 66 runs. With this win, Aussies has taken 1-0 lead in three match ODI series.
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