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Some coronavirus high caseload states such as Maharashtra, Rajasthan and West Bengal have scaled-down testing despite their positivity rates being at alarming levels of 15%, 10% and 9% respectively. Maharashtra’s total testing over 14-day periods has come down to 9.7 lakh during October 5-18 compared to 11.52 lakh during the previous fortnight (September 22-October 5). from Times of India https://ift.tt/37r5KgE via

Just weeks after deciding to open up the space sector, the department of space (DoS) has proposed to enable private Indian firms to not just use existing space assets for communication services, but also develop new systems, launch satellites and sell services abroad under its Spacecom Policy-2020. As per draft, companies will be allowed to set up control centres outside India. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2Hmorr9 via

Punjab farm bills, seeking to remove the state from the ambit of the newly enacted central laws, might have pleased protesting farmers in the state, but the Centre is unlikely to change its stand on the existing minimum support price (MSP) mechanism. Officials in the agriculture ministry feel that the state has simply played to the gallery by giving legal guarantee to the MSP. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3kiAm7y via

A day after she claimed that there was a “rise in love jihad cases in Maharashtra”, National Commission for Women chief Rekha Sharma continued to find herself in the midst of a controversy over her remarks and some tweets allegedly posted by her from her account from the period prior to her tenure as the commission’s chairperson. Sharma claimed that her account was hacked. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2Hm1DI5 via

The Mumbai police probing the TRP manipulation scam on Wednesday added four more penal sections against the accused in the case, including disappearance of evidence of an offence and destruction of document to prevent its production as evidence. Sources said the additional IPC sections were added after Republic TV refused to part with information sought by the police. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3m9EIyj via

Brazilian health authority Anvisa said on Wednesday that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University had died but added that the trial would continue. Oxford confirmed the plan to keep testing, saying in a statement that after careful assessment "there have been no concerns about safety of the clinical trial." from Times of India https://ift.tt/31uX5WA via

The Indian economy is at the “doorstep of revival” and both the govt and the RBI are maintaining an accommodative stance, according to RBI governor Shaktikanta Das. An accommodative stance means being prepared to provide all the funds required to support growth. The statement comes a fortnight after he forecast that economy would break out of contraction in the fourth quarter. from Times of India https://ift.tt/31uCOAp via

Investigations into the Chinese espionage ring busted by the Delhi Police has revealed that the arrested Chinese woman, Qing Shi, had been allegedly tasked to gather a list of names of officials posted in important ministries. Police have found that Shi’s assignment also included obtaining details of doctors treating Dalai Lama, the hospitals he visited and the medicines he took. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3kxt3t3 via

India recorded less than 60,000 new Covid-19 cases for the third day in a row (not counting Monday’s tally), indicating another step down in infections in the country. The daily death toll remained above 700 for the second straight day. Stay with TOI for the latest developments from Times of India https://ift.tt/31sV9Om via

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday raked up the issue of alleged misbehavior done with Aishwarya Rai, the estranged wife of the RJD president Lalu Prasad’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav, at an election meeting and said, “Those who misbehaved with her would see in the future how dangerous would be the consequence of ill-treating a woman.” from Times of India https://ift.tt/3m2AJUe via

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Former Telangana home minister and senior TRS leader Nayini Narsimha Reddy passed away at a private corporate hospital in the wee hours of Thursday. He was 76. Nayani Narasimha Reddy, who had tested positive for Covid 19 last month, admitted to a private hospital for health complications post recovery from the infection, died while undergoing treatment. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2HnAtAr via

Long-term exposure to outdoor and household air pollution contributed to over 6.7 million annual deaths globally, including 1.67 million in India, from stroke, heart attack, diabetes, lung cancer, chronic lung diseases, and neonatal diseases in 2019, says the annual 'State of Global Air 2020' report, released on Wednesday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3oeeM6s via

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The Indian Army handed over PLA soldier Corporal Wang Ya Long to the Chinese Army on early Wednesday morning. The PLA soldier was apprehended after he inadvertently crossed over into Indian territory in the Demchok sector of eastern Ladakh on Monday. Ya Lon was disoriented when he was taken into custody by Indian troops in the Demchok sector, TOI reported on Monday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3jbjgHq via

Kings XI Punjab kept their playoff hopes alive with a much-improved performance to beat table-toppers Delhi Capitals by five wickets with an over to spare at Dubai International Stadium on Tuesday. It was also another Shikhar Dhawan show. Dhawan, who waited until his 168th IPL innings for his first century, became the first to score back-to-back IPL centuries. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2TeGL86 via

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