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UN should take shortcomings seriously: EAM Jaishankar

New Delhi, Nov 18 (ANI): Addressing at Centre for European Policy Studies virtually on November 17, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that UN should take seriously that different people in the world are pointing out to shortcoming and relevance of the United Nations. "Different people in different parts of the world are pointing out to shortcoming and relevance of the United Nations, is something that the UN should take seriously. It's common sense. Everything requires updating. We can't let the interest of 1 or 2 countries that want to freeze one moment of history for their perpetual gain. The longer we let this gridlock continue, it's harming the UN," said Jaishankar.

23rd Jan must be declared as 'Patriot's Day': SC Bose's grand-nephew

Kolkata, Nov 18 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to PM Narendra Modi to declare 23rd January, the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, as a national holiday and "take decisive steps to find out what happened to Netaji and place the matter in public domain." Freedom fighter's Grand-nephew Chandra Kumar Bose backed CM Mamata and said that former's birth anniversary must be declared as 'Patriot's Day'.

Odisha CM holds meeting over COVID situation

Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Nov 18 (ANI): Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik held a review meeting on COVID-19 situation in the state on November 18. People above 60 years and pregnant women will be given priority in vaccination along with the health workers in the state, CM informed.

Whole system cannot remain shut due to COVID-19: Haryana Education Minister

Panchkula (Haryana), Nov 18 (ANI): 72 school students tested COVID positive in Rewari, over this, Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal said that whole system cannot remain shut due to COVID-19. "The schools where COVID-19 cases were reported have been closed for two weeks. Wearing of masks and social distancing norms to be strictly followed. The whole system cannot remain shut due to COVID-19," said Pal.

'Free Trade Agreement negotiation with EU not easy, talks are on': EAM Jaishankar

New Delhi, Nov 18 (ANI): Addressing at Centre for European Policy Studies virtually on November 17, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that Free Trade Agreement with European Union isn't an easy negotiation. "After our government came to power, we had spoken repeatedly about the need for negotiations. We want a fair and balanced Free Trade Agreement (FTA). I recognize that an FTA with Europe isn't an easy negotiation. Conversations are on," said Jaishankar.

Indian Army spends day with orphans in Srinagar, holds sports activities

Srinagar, Nov 18 (ANI): Indian Army organised sports activity program in Army Public School in Srinagar, for children from orphanages. Around 50 orphan students participated in the fun activities. Jalebi race, sack race, lemon race, musical chair were organised. "Due to COVID-19 these children were indoors for all year. Our aim is to get them out and give them some exposure of the outer world," said Colonel Praveen Kumar, CO, 20 RR.

'Separate politics from law and order': WB Governor on political violence

Murshidabad (WB), Nov 18 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar hit out at state government over the law and order situation in the state and said that officers want to become artillery and infantry of the political machinery. "I have been continuously telling the state govt to separate politics from law and order. There are some officers who're doing exactly this. They want to become the artillery and infantry of the political machinery. We must stop political violence," said Governor Dhankhar.

72 school students test COVID-19 positive in Haryana's Rewari

Rewari (Haryana), Nov 18 (ANI): 72 students of 12 government schools in Rewari tested positive for COVID-19. Haryana has 19153 active cases of COVID-19. School had reopened in the state in October after months amid pandemic. Speaking on this district Nodal officer Vijay Prakash said, "Due to the festive season, there is movement and people are meeting each other so we tested students of 12 schools. We will continue testing students to curb COVID-19 spread."

Watch: INS Deepak conducts replenishment task during Malabar exercise phase-2

Western Indian Ocean, Nov 18 (ANI): INS Deepak Fleet Tanker conducted replenishment task during Phase-II of naval exercise 'Malabar 2020' in Western Indian Ocean region. Second phase of Malabar 2020 Exercise kicked off on November 17. Naval exercise involves coordinated operations between the navies of Australia, India, Japan and the United States.

Twitter apologized for geo-tagging 'Ladakh in China', assured rectification: Meenakashi Lekhi

New Delhi, Nov 18 (ANI): Chairperson of Joint Committee of Parliament on Data Protection Bill, Meenakashi Lekhi informed that Twitter has accepted the mistake of wrongly geo-tagging part of "Ladakh in China". "We have received an affidavit from Twitter where they have accepted their mistake of wrongly geotagging a part of Ladakh and showing it as part of China and informed that they will rectify it by Nov 30," Parliamentarian further said.

Tibetan Youth Congress organises anti-China bike rally in Himachal Pradesh

Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 17 (ANI): Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) orgainsed a bike rally campaign on November 18. The rally kick started from Dharamshala to Kinnaur. 56 participants will reach Indo-Tibet border in HP's Kinnaur on 23rd November. Objective of rally is to highlight atrocities committed by China in Tibet.

COVID-19: CM Kejriwal admits shortage of ICU beds, assures solution

New Delhi, Nov 18 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal visited GTB Hospital on November 18. He informed that there is a shortage of ICU beds but also assured that Delhi govt is closely working on it. "There is an increase in COVID-19 cases in Delhi but there are enough beds available now. There is shortage of ICU beds but we are looking into it. There are many cases in Delhi, our doctors and health workers are responding to it very well," said Delhi CM. He assured, "I believe in the next few days, more than 600 ICU beds will be added in the hospitals of Delhi. Central government has assured to provide 750 beds more beds at the DRDO facility."

BJP worker found dead in WB's Cooch Behar

Cooch Behar (WB), Nov 18 (ANI): A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was found dead in West Bengal's Cooch Behar. Family of the deceased alleges that he was killed by TMC goons. Police have denied political angle in the case.

'Covaxin entered third phase of clinical trial': Ethics Committee Chairman

Hyderabad, Nov 18 (ANI): Dr Vijay Bhaskar, Chairman, Ethics Committee (clinical trials and research) informed about the status of COVID vaccine. He said that several vaccines are in third phase of clinical trials and common people will able to have access to them once a success rate of 94% is achieved. "There are about 169 companies are for going clinical trials, only 7 companies are in third phase of clinical trials. Today in Hyderabad, Covaxin is underway, second trial is over and it is entering the third phase of trials. Probably about 30-40 thousand people will go under clinical trials," said Dr Vijay Bhaskar, Chairman, Ethics Committee (clinical trials and research). He further added, "Covaxin has entered the third phase of clinical trial. The American, Pfizer is also entering third phase as they have seen 92% success rate in different countries. So, if in phase three trial if they are efficient to give success rate of 94%, common people will be able to get vaccine in fourth phase

President Kovind virtually attends JNU's fourth annual convocation ceremony

New Delhi, Nov 18 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind attended Jawaharlal Nehru University's (JNU) fourth annual convocation ceremony on November 18. Amid COVID-19 the ceremony was organised virtually. Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank also attended the event.

Lockdown 2.0 in Delhi? Kejriwal's shut down plan as Covid rise fastest

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has sought the Centre's nod for shutting down markets which could be Covid-19 hotspots. Authorities in the national capital have spelled out a fortified strategy including increasing ICU beds, doubling the testing capacity to 100,000 to 120,000 and deploying around 8000 surveillance teams in the wake of an alarming spike in cases. Kejriwal also said that the Delhi government has sent a proposal to Lt Governor Anil Baijal to allow only 50 people to attend wedding ceremonies against the earlier limit of 200. As the national capital has witnessed a spurt in coronavirus cases, people coming from Delhi to Noida will be randomly tested for Covid-19 from Wednesday.

Delhi's air quality continues to improve since Sunday's shower

New Delhi, Nov 17 (ANI): Delhi's air quality continued to improve on November 17. According to Central Pollution Control Board's National Air Quality Index, most parts of the national capital recorded moderate category on air pollution index. Some of the areas like RK Puram poor and Ashok Vihar recorded 'Poor' category. Wazirpur and North Campus recorded 'Satisfactory' category. The dip in air pollution levels is due to evening showers on November 15th, followed by increased wind speed. According to National Air Quality Index, an air quality index (AQI) between 0-50 is marked good, 51-100 is satisfactory, 101- 200 is moderate, 201- 300 is poor, 301-400 is very poor and 401-500 is considered severe.

2 arrested for raping, killing minor girl, informs Kanpur ASP

Kanpur (UP), Nov 17 (ANI): Two men sent to jail for killing a minor girl and carving out her liver after attempting to rape her in Bhadras, men's uncle-aunt arrested for giving them money for it. Kanpur ASP, Brijesh Kr Srivastava said, "We found a body of 7-year-old girl. Two men sent to jail for killing a minor girl and carving out her liver after attempting to rape her in Bhadras, men's uncle-aunt arrested for giving them money for it. Parshuram (uncle) had no child and had given money to his nephews to get her liver for the same. We have arrested Parshuram and his wife too and inquiry is underway with them. Further investigation is underway in the matter."

Snow clearance operation underway on Mughal Road in Rajouri

Rajouri (JandK), Nov 17 (ANI): The Pir Panjal range had received heavy snowfall due to which snow clearance operation is underway on Mughal Road. The operation was held by Mughal Road Authorities. Due to heavy snowfall, temperature has dipped in area and nearby.

HBO Max set to debut on Amazon Fire TV devices from Nov 17

New Delhi, Nov 17 (ANI): People with Amazon Fire TV streaming devices, Fire TV Edition smart TVs, and Fire tablets can load HBO Max directly on those devices from November 17. According to The Verge, it is possible thanks to an agreement between Amazon and HBO owner WarnerMedia. Until now, Amazon allowed HBO customers to access a version of HBO Now, but there was no way to get Max, WarnerMedia's new streaming service. WarnerMedia's announcement noted that current HBO subscribers who go through Amazon's Prime Video Channel option (Channels allows Amazon Prime subscribers to purchase individual plans for certain streamers) will also be able to log into Max for no additional cost. For other HBO product subscribers, the HBO app on Fire TV and Fire tablets will automatically switch over to HBO Max, so the users do not have to do any work. People can log in with their current HBO credentials. New customers will be able to sign up for HBO Max directly within the app as well.