India Breaking News LIVE Updates, August 17:
7:18PM| Rakesh Asthana has been appointed as the DG of Border Security Force(BSF).
6:53 PM| Padma Vibhushan Pandit Jasraj has passed away at the age of 90. Pandit Jasraj breathed his last in New Jersey, the United States.
Pandit Jasraj was honoured with Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awards during his lifetime.
2:27 PM| Bihar government on Monday extended the lockdown due to coronavirus in Bihar till September 6. The state home department issued a notification saying that the restrictions will remain in force in the state till September 6.
2:01PM| Ex-J(DU) minister Shyam Rajak joined the RJD on Monday within 24 hours of his expulsion on Sunday evening. Fresh violence has been erupted outside his residence. A video has gone viral on internet wherein two of his supporters got into a clash.
1:43 PM| Odisha Government orders Compulsory Retirement with immediate effect for Former CDAO, Pradeep Mohanty, following allegations of corruption. Mohanty was intercepted by the State Vigilance on July 2, 2020 while he was on his way to Bhubaneswar and seized a cash amount of more than Rs.11 lakh from him, which he could not justify.
1:36 PM| Odisha Rural Development, Labour & Employees’ State Insurance Minister Susanta Singh has tested positive for COVID-19, the minister informed in a tweet.
I have tested positive for Corona and I am stable now. Those who have came in contact with me recently are requested to stay isolated and get tested.
— Susanta Singh (@SusantaSingh11) August 17, 2020
1:15PM| Director Nishikant Kamat put on life support, fighting for life and death, confirms filmmaker Milap Zaveri.
12:30 PM| Drishyam director Nishikant Kamat passed away today. He was undergoing treatment in Hyderabad for cirrhosis of liver and suffered a relapse. The news was confirmed by director Mukesh Chhabra.
12:15 PM| Just IN: Supreme Court dismisses a plea seeking postponement of medical and engineering entrance exams, NEET and JEE exams, after the national testing agency assures the court that all necessary precautions will be taken in view of the coronavirus pandemic.
12:00 PM| Ankhi Das, Director, Public Policy, India, South & Central Asia, Facebook files a complaint at Cyber Cell Unit, Delhi against a number of people, for issuing violent life threats through online posting/publishing of content. (ANI)
Amid allegations of “looking the other way” in cases of hate speech and objectionable content from BJP leaders, Facebook on Monday said that it enforces its policy against hate speech and content that incite violence without any political affiliation across the globe.
“We prohibit hate speech & content that incites violence & we enforce these policies globally without regard to anyone’s political position/party affiliation. We’re making progress on enforcement & conduct regular audits of our process to ensure fairness & accuracy,” a Facebook spokesperson said on Monday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have spoken about employment generation and measures to revive the economy in his address to the nation on Independence Day said Shiv Sena on Monday.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday delayed New Zealand’s looming election by four weeks to October 17 after a renewed coronavirus outbreak hampered campaigning.
Ardern was under pressure from political opponents and her coalition partners to shift the original September 19 vote after COVID-19 was detected in Auckland last week, sending the country’s largest city into lockdown.
The number of deaths in India crossed the 50,000-mark on Monday after 941 people died in 24 hours. The toll is now 50,921. India also reported 57,981 cases in 24 hours, taking the total count to 26,47,663. There are now 6,76,900 active cases, while as many as 19,19,842 people have recovered.
China’s vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc has won a patent approval from Beijing for its Covid-19 vaccine candidate Ad5-nCOV, state media reported, citing documents from the country’s intellectual property regulator.
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