The Hyacinth Times

  Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will be holding a meeting with senior officials today to review the Covid-19 situation in India and other countries. The meeting comes amid a rising number of Covid cases in China, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, and also the US. According to a PTI report, the meeting will be attended by the secretaries of health, Ayush, department of pharmaceuticals and department of biotechnology, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Rajiv Bahl, Member (Health) of NITI Aayog V K Paul and National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) Chairman N L Arora and other senior officials. MoS Health Dr B Pawar told ANI, “Today we’re holding a meeting under the chairmanship of Union Health Min Dr Mansukh Mandaviya. We’ll review as to what’s the situation of Covid in other countries and what needs to be done for India. Yesterday guidelines were issued for doing genome sequencing.” Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan had written a ...

  The Gujarat Police on Tuesday arrested Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s state unit president Gopal Italia in connection with a case of hurting religious sentiments in a speech he made in the run-up to the recently-concluded Gujarat elections. He was, however, granted bail soon after. Bhavnagar superintendent of police (SP) Ravindra Patel said that he was arrested by Umrala police in Bhavnagar district in connection with a case registered over his speech at an election meeting made in Dwarka on September 2, and was booked for ‘hurting religious sentiments’, reported The Indian Express. A case was registered against the state AAP chief under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 295-A for deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) and 298 (uttering, words, etc, with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of any person). The SP said that the FIR against him under IPC Section 295-A was registered bef...