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I am in good spirits with mild symptoms : Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa

August 3, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

B.S. Yediyurappa, Chief Minister of Karnataka :

After being hospitalised on the advice of doctors, I am in good spirits with mild symptoms.

I am grateful for all your good wishes & blessings and will get back to my duties soon.

I urge everyone to wear masks, maintain social distance & take all precautions to fight Corona.

IIT- Madras develops portable hospital units called ‘MediCAB’

July 18, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.
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Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Union Minister for Human Resource Development :

  • IIT madras incubated start-up, Modulus Housing has developed a portable hospital units called ‘MediCAB.’
  • It includes separate sections for doctors, isolation, medical room, an ICU & as many as 15 beds.
  • It has already been deployed in Wayanad District, Kerala. Good job, team

We repeatedly told Sachin Pilot and other MLAs that ‘Our doors are open, we will talk and settle differences as a family’ : R S Surjewala

July 14, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Randeep Singh Surjewala addressing the media in Jaipur, Rajasthan :

  • I regret that Sachin Pilot and some of his associates have been misguided by BJP, betraying the mandate by 8 crore people and are now conspiring to topple the Congress govt in Rajasathan. It is unacceptable
  • Congress party has decided to remove Sachin Pilot as Deputy CM and Rajasthan PCC Chief. Vishvender Singh & Ramesh Meena have been removed as Ministers.
  • We tried speaking to Sachin Pilot and other MLA’s. We repeatedly told Sachin Pilot and other MLAs that ‘Our doors are open, we will talk and settle differences as a family’.
  • The Congress Party repeatedyly spoke to Sachin Pilot and told him that the Love, Affection, Position, Co-operation, Political Strength that the Party High Command has given to Sachin Pilot at a very young age, has not been given to any other Political leader till date.
  • The Congress Party is not made up of just individuals, Congress is the face of ideologies and upholds cultural values.

We cannot do anything to bring back the “People’s Doctor”, but it is our duty to support families of those who lay down their lives for us : Arvind Kejriwal

July 3, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister :

  • Met with the family of Late Dr Aseem Gupta ji who lost his life to Corona.
  • We cannot do anything to bring back the “People’s Doctor”, but it is our duty to support families of those who lay down their lives for us.
  • An ex gratia of ₹1 crore was given to the family today.

Govt. has decided that the locations in Meghalaya bordering Guwahati will be under lockdown due to the surge in Covid cases in Assam : Conrad Sangma

June 29, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Conrad Sangma – Chief Minister, Government of Meghalaya :

  • Government has decided that the locations in Meghalaya bordering Guwahati i.e Byrnihat, Jorabat till Khanapara will be under lockdown due to the surge in Covid_19 cases in Assam.
  • Inter-state movement continues to be restricted. DC will issue necessary orders accordingly.

A nanoparticle-based coating for solar panels that can minimize dust deposition

June 17, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.
  • Scientists at the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), under India DST, have developed a nanoparticle-based coating for solar panels that can minimize dust deposition and enable easy cleaning by the action of water.
  • This coating technology is suitable for easy application in an existing PV power generation field by simple spray and wipes technique.
  • This novel coating reduces the amount of dust deposited on the solar panels and cleans itself by the action of water on the modules.

‘What we must focus on & control is the number of fatalities & the availability of beds’

June 13, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Anand Mahindra – Chairman Mahindra Group :

  • The absolute number of infected in a country of our size is inevitably going to rise. In fact the level of transmission is probably significantly higher & largely untraceable & unreported. This shouldn’t alarm the world.
  • What we must focus on & control is the number of fatalities & the availability of beds/ICU beds. These numbers are real & trackable. So far,the percentage of fatalities has been mercifully low & with boosted medical infrastructure we must aim to keep the numbers low.
  • A vaccine is many months away, if not longer. An effective prophylactic could be closer, but unpredictably so. In the meantime, as we return to work,it’s good to know that if we are disciplined about using masks, we could keep ourselves & others safe

‘This is not about winning’

June 2, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Chetan Sanghi – Chief Secretary, Andaman and Nicobar Islands :

  • Someone complimented – Andamans won over Corona.
  • ‘0’ cases from 33. No new cases.
  • Flights & ships resumed.
  • We are clear. This is not about winning.
  • It is about saving ourselves & charting growth at the same time.

‘I want to state it clearly- violence, abuse and rude behaviour against front-line workers is not acceptable’

June 1, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

PM Modi addresses the 25th anniversary programme of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru :

  • 25 years means this University. is in the prime of its youth. This is the age to think even bigger and do even better. I am confident that the University will continue to scale new heights of excellence in the times to come.
  • In normal times, the celebrations would have surely been bigger. Had it not been for the global pandemic, I would have loved to be with you all in Bengaluru to mark this special day.
  • At such a time, the world is looking up to our doctors, nurses, medical staff and scientific community with hope and gratitude. The world seeks both ‘care’ and ‘cure’ from you.
  • At the root of India’s brave fight against COVID-19 is the hardwork of the medical community and our CORONA warriors. In fact, doctors and medical workers are like soldiers, but without the soldiers’ uniform.
  • The virus may be an invisible enemy. But our warriors, medical workers are invincible. In the battle of Invisible vs Invincible, our medical workers are sure to win.
  • The country has seen rapid progress in setting up 22 more AIIMS. Over the last five years, we have been able to add over 30,000 seats in MBBS and 15,000 seats in post-graduation.
  • The fourth pillar is- Mission mode implementation. A well-thought of idea on paper makes it a good idea. And, a good idea well implemented makes it a great one.
  • I would like to highlight the success of India’s National Nutrition Mission that is helping youngsters and their Mothers. India is working twenty four by seven to eliminate TB by 2025. This is five years ahead of the global target of 2030.
  • There are three things on which I would urge maximum discussion and participation. One is – advances in tele-medicine. Can we think of new models that make tele-medicine popular on a larger scale.
    Second is related to ‘Make in India’ in the health sector. The initial gains in this make me optimistic. Our domestic manufacturers have started production of PPEs and have supplied about 1 crore PPEs to Covid warriors.
    Third is– IT related tools for healthier societies. I am sure you have heard of “ArogyaSetu.” 12 crore health-conscious people have downloaded it. This has been very helpful in the fight against Coronavirus.
  • I want to state it clearly- violence, abuse and rude behaviour against front-line workers is not acceptable
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Union Minister ⁦Hardeep S Puri⁩ announces results of Garbage Free Star Rating of cities

May 19, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Union Minister ⁦Hardeep S Puri⁩ announces results of Garbage Free Star Rating of cities;

  • Star Rating Protocol is different from Swachh Survekshan and gives more emphasis on Solid Waste Management and Sanitation and will cover both City and Ward Level.
  • Star Rating protocol is devised to ensure holistic evaluation across the entire Solid Waste Management chain starting from door-to-door collection and segregation at source leading up to sustainable beautification.
  • The Star Rating protocol consists of Mandatory, Essential and Desirable components.
  • Navi Mumbai has been rated 5 star in the new list of garbage free cities announced today by the Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs,Hardeep Puri.  Surat, Rajkot, Indore, Mysore and Ambikapur in Chhattisgarh have also been rated 5 star garbage free cities.  Navi Mumbai has consistently figured among the list of clean cities in India. It was ranked 7th in the 2019 edition of the Swachh Sarvekshan.
  • Accordingly as per the 2020 survey, 6 cities have been graded 5 star, 65 Cities rated 3 Star and 70 Cities rated 1 Star. 
  • 34 of Maharashtra’s cities including Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Jalna, Thane and Mira-Bhayandar have been given 3 star rating while  41 cities including Ahmednagar, Akola, Nashik, Vasai-Virar and Kalyan-Dombivili have been rated 1 star.

Our karyakartas are our strength : Dev Fadnavis

May 15, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.
  • Our karyakartas are our strength ! They’re doing excellent work and helping the needy at many places.
  • My today’s Nagpur visits include Ajni square, Tatya Tope hall, IT Park Road Gayatri Nagar, Ganraj Celebration hall Jaitala Main road, Bhende Layout ground, Ground opp Bhagwati lawn Trimurti Nagar, Ravindra Sabhagruh Ravindra Nagar & Shiv nagar Sonegaon.

Govt of West Bengal keen to welcome back our people stranded in different countries

May 15, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Home Department – Govt of West Bengal :

Govt of West Bengal keen to welcome back our people stranded in different countries and has long back communicated its agreement as well as quarantine arrangements details etc to GOI for special international inbound journeys. Letters attached. Bengal awaits flights.

MEA India :

Welcome willingness of Govt. of West Bengal to accept returnees from abroad, who are from West Bengal. Request early confirmation of modalities to be followed upon arrival of passengers at Kolkata Airport.

Like other States, such detailed SOP is necessary to finalize repatriation flights to Kolkata from Dhaka, Bangkok,Yangon,Kathmandu, Singapore, London, Dubai & NYC.

Also await confirmation on receiving 3,000 Indian nationals from Bangladesh, Nepal & Bhutan through our land borders.




Former Maharashtra CM Dev Fadnavis visits the newly made ICU facilities at Govt. Hospital, Nagpur

May 14, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Devendra Fadnavis – Former Maharashtra CM:

  • Visited GMC – Government Medical College & Hospital at Nagpur this morning!
  • Discussed measures undertaken in the wake of COVIDー19 with Dean Dr Sujal Mitra.
  • Also saw the newly made ICU facilities and interacted with some patients on a video call.












We have made adequate provisions to ensure that returning migrant workers needing work will be engaged, States and UTs have been asked to provide them work as per provisions of MNREGA Act : Nirmala Sitharaman

May 14, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

Excerpts of the Press Briefing by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman:

  • If we do not speak about a certain component today, it does not mean that Govt. has forgotten about any particular segment, more initiatives are being announced.
  • Today’s initiatives include a total of 9 measures:
    3 related to Migrant workers
    1 related to Street vendors
    Small traders
    Self-employed people
    2 on Small farmers
    1 on housing
  • We have made adequate provisions to ensure that returning migrant workers needing work will be engaged, states and UTs have been asked to provide them work as per provisions of MNREGA Act.
  • Reforms in the pipeline are Setting right the disparity in Minimum wages Act among State, Ensuring all the labourers are getting Minimum Wages and All occupations should be open for women, with provision for night working rights and adequate safeguards.
  • We are working to: Make Right to Minimum Wages universal (now, applicable only to 30% of workers) , Remove regional disparity in minimum wages, through a National Floor Wage Concept which can be accepted by all states.
  • Want to reduce 44 Labour Acts to 4 codes.
  • ‘One Nation, One Ration card’ – PDS ration cards to be portable across India, can be used in any part of the country 67 crore beneficiaries – 83% of all PDS population – to be covered by this 100% coverage by Mar 2021.
  • Free food grain to be supplied to around 8 crore migrants for 2 months. Those who do not hold central / state ration cards will be given 5 kg of rice/wheat and 1 kg of chana for next two months ₹ 3,500 crore cost to be borne by Central Govt.
  • Affordable Rental Housing for migrants and urban poor, to be launched under PMAwasYojana With this, urban poor and migrants can look forward to having some basic accommodation for themselves.
  • Rs 5000cr Special Credit Facility for Street Vendors. Initial Working Capital of Rs 10,000. 50Lak vendors will benefit Will launch within 1 month.
  • To create job opportunities for Tribals /Adivasis -Plans worth Rs 6000 crores to be approved shortly under Compensatory Afforestation Management & Planning Authority (CAMPA) Funds.
  • To benefit around 3 crore farmers, mostly small and marginal farmers, Govt announces Rs 30,000 crores Additional Emergency Working Capital Funding through NABARD.

‘On 11th May 1951, the glory of the magnificent Somnath Temple…’

May 11, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Hardeep S Puri :

  • On 11th May 1951, the glory of the magnificent Somnath Temple which was plundered by invaders was restored when Dr Rajendra Prasad led the reinstallation ceremony of the lingam.
  • The reconstruction was ordered by Sardar Patel but he passed away before work could be completed.

Former PM Manmohan Singh admitted to AIIMS

May 11, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Former PM, Manmohan Singh was admitted at AIIMS hospital after he complained of chest pain on Sunday.

Capt. Amarinder Singh , Punjab CM :

Sorry to learn of the hospitalisation of our former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh ji in AIIMS, New Delhi. I send him my best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Shashi Tharoor, MP for Thiruvananthapuram :

  • Concerned by reports that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was admitted to AIIMS In Delhi, but relieved he is not in the ICU & is in good hands. Wishing him a speedy & complete recovery

DMK President – M K Stalin :

  • I wish former Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh speedy recovery and wish him good health.
  • At a time like this, Dr. Manmohan Singh’s services are needed for our country and I hope he will be back in full health at the earliest.








Former Maharashta CM Dev Fadnavis appeals to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to facilitate return of migrant workers

May 10, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Devendra Fadnavis – Former Maharashtra CM:

  • Ministry of Railways has asked permission for 7 trains from Mumbai to West Bengal.
  • No permission given yet.
  • I appeal Mamata didi to give permission ASAP so that migrant workers don’t go on foot.
  • I appeal Maharashtra CM & MVA leaders to talk to didi and get permission.

‘high time they are set free’

May 4, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Omar Abdullah

Over the next few days the PSA detention orders of @MehboobaMufti, Sagar Sahib, @shahfaesal & others are due to expire. It’s high time they are set free & allowed to resume a normal life. There was no justification for their detention much less an extension.

Pic Credit : @OmarAbdullah

Till the time I’m here, nobody from Bengal should feel helpless. I’m with you in these tough times : Mamata Banerjee

April 27, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Mamata Banerjee, @MamataOfficial, Chief Minister of West Bengal :

  • Government of West Bengal will initiate every possible help to people of Bengal stuck in different parts of the country due to lockdown, in returning home.
  • I’ve instructed my officers to do the needful. Till the time I’m here, nobody from Bengal should feel helpless. I’m with you in these tough times.
  • I am personally overseeing this & we will leave no stone unturned in ensuring that everyone gets any possible help.
  • The initiation has already started & all students from Bengal stuck in Kota would begin their journey back soon.

File Pic Credit : @MamataOfficial




Today’s News Headlines

April 27, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

PM says efforts of States should be directed towards converting the red zones into orange and thereafter to green zones Our aim must be rapid response, need to follow mantra of ‘do gaz doori’: PM Modi

PM Modi interacts with CMs to plan ahead for tackling COVID19; says lockdown has yielded positive results, country has managed to save thousands of lives in the past 1.5 months

That any human being would try & profiteer from the immeasurable suffering of millions of his brothers & sisters, is beyond belief & comprehension. This scam is an insult to every Indian. I urge the PM to act swiftly to bring the corrupt to justice : Rahul Gandhi on Corruption in purchase of Corona Testing Kits

This is Fake News. Price range approved by ICMR is ₹740-1150 for RT-PCR and ₹528-795 for Rapid Test. No test has been procured at ₹4500. Any Indian company wanting to supply at lower rates is welcome to contact ICMR : ICMR

I welcome the RBI’s announcement of a Rs 50,000 crore special liquidity facility for Mutual Funds. I am glad that RBI has taken note of the concerns expressed two days ago and requesting prompt action : P Chidambaram

RBI Announces ₹ 50,000 crore Special Liquidity Facility for Mutual Funds (SLF-MF)



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‘The overwhelming mood and desire among migrant persons is that, after May 3, they should be allowed to go back to their home states/villages’

April 24, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

P Chidambaram, @PChidambaram_IN – Former Union Finance Minister:

  • The overwhelming mood and desire among migrant persons (and their families) is that, after May 3, they should be allowed to go back to their home states/villages.
  • The desire to go back to their home states, to join their families, and to be among their own language-speaking people is an overpowering desire that cannot be suppressed for too long in the name of a lockdown.
  • Yesterday, CWC has rightly called upon the government to frame a humane policy that, after May 3, will allow migrant persons to travel to their home states, under strict conditions of health safety.
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Kindly see that the ICMR protocols are strictly followed : Devendra Fadnavis in his letter to Maharashtra CM

April 21, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Devendra Fadnavis, @Dev_Fadnavis – Former Maharashtra CM :

  • My letter to CM Shri Uddhav ji, Submitting you the medical case papers which show that patients are admitted as suspected COVID19. No swab test is done. Patient dies. Reason of death is noted as suspected COVID19. But the body is released & cremated as non-COVID19.
  • This may bring down the COVID19 death numbers significantly but may spread COVID19 for lack of high-risk contacts being traced, tested & quarantined. 44 such bodies are released from Nair Hospital,Mumbai alone. Many more are there from other hospitals too.
  • Kindly see that the ICMR protocols are strictly followed.

Dr Harsh Vardhan launches ‘COVID India Seva’, an interactive platform for citizen engagement on COVID-19

April 21, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.
  • Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan today launched the COVID India Seva, which provided an interactive platform to establish a direct channel of communication with millions of Indians amid the pandemic. 
  • This initiative is aimed at enabling transparent e-governance delivery in real-time and answering citizen queries swiftly, at scale, especially in crisis situations like the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
  •  Through this, people can pose queries @CovidIndiaSeva  and get them responded to in almost real time.
  • @CovidIndiaSeva works off a dashboard at the backend that helps process large volumes of tweets, converts them into resolvable tickets, and assigns them to the relevant authority for real-time resolution.
  • The Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan announced the dedicated account @CovidIndiaSeva with a tweet.

Announcing the launch of @CovidIndiaSeva to respond to citizens’ queries, real-time!

Trained experts will share authoritative public health information swiftly at scale, helping to build a direct channel for communication with citizens.