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Vikas Dubey shot dead in encounter

Vikas Dubey

New Delhi (NVI): Gangster Vikas Dubey, arrested for killing 8 policemen in Kanpur, was shot dead by the police this morning after he tried to escape following an accident, while being brought to Uttar Pradesh from Ujjain.

Special Task Force (STF) officials said that an encounter took place when Vikas Dubey, arrested for killing eight policemen on July 3, tried to escape when the vehicle, he was being carried in, overturned early in the morning.

As per the reports, Vikas Dubey attempted to flee after the car overturned, police tried to make him surrender during which he fired back at them. He was injured in retaliatory firing by police and was later declared dead in the hospital.

The wanted gangster was accused of killing 8 policemen in Kanpur’s Bikru village last week.

Vikas Dubey, who was on the run for nearly a week after the incident, was held in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. He got arrested in a dramatic manner from a temple complex yesterday.

-RJV

State-wise details of Covid-19 cases in India

(Representational/file photo)

New Delhi (NVI): The total number of infected cases in India is nearing 8 lakh, with the confirmation of 26,506 new cases in last 24 hours, raising the total number to 7,93,802, according to the Union Health Ministry.

The death toll has climbed to 21,604 with 475 new fatalities being recorded since yesterday.

Maharashtra continues to be the worst affected state with 2,30,599 coronavirus cases followed by Tamil Nadu with 1,26,581 and Delhi with 1,07,051 positive cases.

Total positive cases in States/UTs:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands- 151

Andhra Pradesh- 23,814

Arunachal Pradesh- 302

Assam- 14,032

Bihar- 13,944

Chandigarh- 523

Chhattisgarh- 3,675

Dadar Nagar Haveli & Diu – 297

Delhi- 1,07,051

Gujarat- 39,194

Goa- 2,151

Haryana– 19,369

Himachal Pradesh- 1,140

Jammu and Kashmir- 9,501

Jharkhand- 3,246

Karnataka- 31,105

Kerala- 6,534

Ladakh- 1,055

Madhya Pradesh- 16,341

Maharashtra- 2,30,599

Manipur- 1,450

Meghalaya- 113

Mizoram- 197

Nagaland- 673

Odisha- 11,201

Puducherry- 1,151

Punjab- 7,140

Rajasthan- 22,563

Sikkim- 134

Tamil Nadu- 1,26,581

Telangana- 30,946

Tripura- 1,776

Uttarakhand- 3,305

Uttar Pradesh- 32,362

West Bengal – 25,911

State/UT wise total death toll:

Andhra Pradesh- 277

Arunachal Pradesh- 2

Assam- 22

Bihar- 115

Chandigarh- 7

Chhattisgarh- 15

Delhi- 3,258

Goa- 9

Gujarat- 2,008

Haryana- 287

Himachal Pradesh- 11

Jammu and Kashmir- 154

Jharkhand- 23

Karnataka- 486

Kerala- 27

Ladakh- 1

Madhya Pradesh- 634

Maharashtra- 9,667

Meghalaya- 2

Odisha- 52

Puducherry- 14

Punjab- 183

Rajasthan- 491

Tamil Nadu- 1,765

Telangana- 331

Tripura- 1

Uttar Pradesh- 862

Uttarakhand- 46

West Bengal- 854

A total of 4,95,513 people have been cured or discharged. Total active cases stand at 2,76,685.

-CHK

Coronavirus cases surge past 12.2 million worldwide

New Delhi (NVI): More than 12.2 million people around the world have been diagnosed with coronavirus and more than 5,53,000 have died, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. More than 6.7 million patients have recovered.

In the US, the total number of coronavirus cases have surpassed 3.1 million while the death toll has crossed 1,33,000 in the country.

In Brazil, the number of infected cases due to the deadly contagion exceeded 1.75 million while the number of fatalities are nearing 70,000.

Italy has banned entry to people coming from 13 countries that it said presented an excessive rate of COVID-19 infections.

In addition to this, the first coronavirus case has been confirmed in northwest Syria, aid workers have said.

Hong Kong is all set to announce the suspension of all schools after a spike in locally transmitted coronavirus cases. The city had reported 42 new cases on Thursday, of which 34 were locally transmitted.

Meanwhile, Australia will halve the number of citizens allowed to return home from overseas each week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, as authorities struggle to contain a COVID-19 outbreak in the country’s second-largest city. Only 4,000 Australian citizens or permanent residents will be allowed back into the country each day, down from around 8,000 currently.

South Africa recorded its highest one-day case increase since the outbreak began, as the health minister warned people to change their behaviour in the face of a coming coronavirus ‘storm’. The country announced an increase of 13,674 new cases since yesterday.

-CHK

Soldier killed in ceasefire violation along LoC in J&K’s Rajouri

Abid Bashir

Srinagar (NVI): A soldier was killed in an unprovoked firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kalal sector of Nowshehra in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said today.

Officials said that Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation (CFV) in Kalal sector Nowshehra late night yesterday in which a Havaldar rank soldier, Sambur Gurung,  sustained injuries. He was taken to Army hospital where he succumbed early this morning.

They further said that our troops were giving a befitting response to the Pakistani side. “The Pakistani rangers fired small arms and mortars. Our troops responded in a very effective manner,” the officials said.

After intense shelling at the outset, exchange of fire continued till wee hours today.

On July 7, a 63-year-old woman was killed in J&K’s Poonch district, in cross LoC firing. In Jammu region, the residents of Poonch district are living under constant fear due to the frequent CFVs by Pakistan forcing many residents who live close to the LoC in both the regions of J&K to migrate.

In Kashmir, many border residents are planning to migrate to safer places along with their livestock due to the intense shelling between the two sides.

This year a record number of 1,700 CFVs were reported in J&K, which is the highest in the past three years as far as the first six months of 2020 is concerned.

-CHK

Baushuan Ger is Taiwan’s new ambassador to India

Baushuan Ger

New Delhi (NVI): Senior Taiwanese diplomat Baushuan Ger has been named as the country’s new representative to India, reports the Taiwan News.

Baushuan has replaced Tien Chung-kwang who has been promoted to the post of deputy foreign minister. Tien, who has served as Taiwan representative to India for more than seven years, will now be replacing Hsu Szu-chien as deputy foreign minister. Hsu is currently serving as deputy secretary-general of the National Security Council (NSC).

“Not only does such an arrangement convey approval for Tien’s performance as Taiwan’s representative to India over the past seven years, but it also suggests that the relationship with India is likely to become one of Taiwan’s most important diplomatic priorities in the future,” Taiwan news website reported yesterday.

Notably, India doesn’t have full and formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan, under the “One China policy.” In 1995, Taiwan established the Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre (TECC) in New Delhi as its government’s representative office in India.

The appointment of a new ambassador to India by Taiwan also comes amid the border stand-off with China. India has been recently upgrading its ties with Taiwan as China has been threatening to attack the country.

China is reportedly eyeing the Dongsha Islands of Taiwan, which are a group of strategically important atolls 310 kms southeast of Hong Kong. Taiwan has deployed its Marine Corps to the islands for training and defence.

The Chinese military has increased its activity around Taiwan recently, prompting a wary Taiwan to step up its military preparedness, including through deployment of assets to prevent Chinese troops from entering by sea.

At such a time, when China has emerged as a threat to the two countries over territorial disputes, the bolstering of India-Taiwan relations can be of strategic importance to the two countries for balancing the power equation in the region.

-RJV/ARK

India’s Covid-19 tally nears 8 lakh; death toll at 21,604

New Delhi (NVI): India’s coronavirus infection tally has crossed the 7.9 lakh-mark and stands at 7,93,802, with the confirmation of 26,506 new cases in last 24 hours, Union Health Ministry said.

The death toll in the country stood at 21,604 with 475 new fatalities being reported in the past 24 hours.

As many as 4,95,513 COVID-19 patients have been cured and discharged so far.

In terms of total number of cases, Maharashtra continues to be the worst affected state with 2,30,599 coronavirus cases followed by Tamil Nadu with 1,26,581 and Delhi with 1,07,051 positive cases.

The other worst affected states are Gujarat (39,194) Uttar Pradesh (32,362) Rajasthan (22,563) and West Bengal (25,911).

In terms of deaths, Maharashtra tops the tally with 9,667 fatalities, ministry said.

The death toll in the national capital surged to 3,258 while another 82,226 patients have recovered so far, healthy ministry data shows.

Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh government has announced lockdown from 10 pm today to 5 am on 13 July, amid rising cases of coronavirus in the state.

Apart from that, the Delhi government said that it will offer Rapid Antigen Detection tests at all state dispensaries and polyclinics between 9 am and noon. This is an effort to ramp up testing.

-RJV

J&K: 4 pregnant women, 3 SSB personnel among 240 new cases; tally 9,501

Over 3,200 cops COVID positive in J&K and 15 succumbed to virus
File photo

Abid Bashir

Srinagar (NVI): Jammu and Kashmir today recorded 240 fresh Covid-19 cases including four pregnant women and three Sahastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel, taking the tally in the UT to 9501.

Officials said that among new cases, which were detected in J&K, 60 were tested positive at SKIMS, 14 at JVC Bemina and rest at other hospitals. “The new cases include four pregnant women and three SSB personnel,” they said.

Among 240 new cases, 185 belong to Kashmir division while 55 are from Jammu division, officials said, adding that the total number of positive cases in Kashmir has reached 7504 including 4276 recoveries and 140 deaths while the total number of positive cases in Jammu has reached to 1997 including 1419 recoveries and 14 deaths.

The officials said that the total number of active cases in the UT is 3652 including 3088 from Kashmir and 564 from Jammu.

With 128 more recoveries, the tally of total recoveries in Jammu and Kashmir has reached 5695 which is 59.94 percent of the total cases which was over 63 percent a few days before.

The new cases tested positive in J&K include 58 from Srinagar, 2 from Kulgam, 37 from Baramulla, 7 from Shopian, 8 from Anantnag, 32 from Kupwara, 04 from Pulwama, 18 from Budgam, 05 from Bandipora and 14 from Ganderbal in Kashmir division while as 55 from Jammu division include 12 from Jammu, 04 from Kuthua, 09 from Samba, 05 from Poonch, 18 from Rajouri, 03 from Doda and 04 from Kishtwar.

As per the daily information bulletin, 306,434 persons in Jammu and Kashmir are under observation while 38939 persons have been kept under home quarantine besides that 3652 persons are in hospital isolation while 44 persons are under hospital quarantine.

According to the bulletin, 217,932 persons have completed the surveillance period and 45,713 persons are under home surveillance.

So far, results of 429,787 samples are available out of which 420,286 tested negative while 9501 have been tested positive. Among positive cases, 3652 are active and 5695 persons have recovered while 154 persons have died.

-ARK

India assessing legal options in Kulbhushan Jadhav case: MEA

Kulbhushan Jadhav
Kulbhushan Jadhav. (File photo)

New Delhi (NVI): A day after India hit out at Pakistan over its claims that Kulbhushan Jadhav had refused to file a review petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against his conviction on charges of spying, the Ministry of External Affairs today said that the Indian Government is assessing options to protect the former Navy officer.

“At this stage, we are assessing our legal options.  We will do our utmost to protect the life of the Indian national,” MEA spokesman Anurag Srivastava said today.

Yesterday, the Ministry of external affairs said that Jadhav has been sentenced to execution through a “farcical trial”. The MEA’s reaction came hours after Pakistan said that Jadhav has refused to file a review petition and wants to proceed with his pending mercy petition.

Pakistan has also claimed that it has offered a second round of consular access to the 49-year-old Indian Navy officer, who was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of “espionage and terrorism” in April 2017.

Just weeks after the sentence, India had approached the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Pakistan for denial of consular access to Jadhav and challenging the death sentence.

“Jadhav has been sentenced to execution through a farcical trial. He remains under custody of Pakistan’s military. He has clearly been coerced to refuse to file a review in his case,” MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said yesterday in response to a question on the case.

Jadhav, a former Navy officer, is on a death row on charges of espionage by the Pakistan military court in 2017.

-ARK

Indian news channels banned in Nepal, except Doordarshan

Nepal

New Delhi (NVI): Cable operators in Nepal have banned all private Indian news channels, except Doordarshan amid a massive criticism among the top leaders of the Himalayan country over the coverage of Nepalese leadership.

The foreign channel distributors in Nepal have decided to block all news channels from India, while exempting Doordarshan.

The decision came hours after Nepal’s Information and Broadcasting Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada said, “the government would seek political and legal remedies against the Indian media for disseminating news that jeopardizes the nation, nationality, sovereignty and self-respect of Nepalis.”

“We also request not to disseminate news that infringes sovereignty and self-respect of Nepalis,” he said, “This includes the media of neighboring countries. We might seek both political and legal remedies,” said Khatiwada during a press conference in Kathmandu.

Several leaders in Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli’s government have alleged that many of these Indian channels indulged in “character assassination” of Nepalese leaders, including the Oli, and of the Chinese envoy to Nepal, Ambassador Hou Yanqi.

However, no official order has been issued by the Nepalese government in this regard as of yet.

Relations between India and Nepal have recently suffered after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a road connecting the Lipulekh pass with Dharchula in Uttarakhand in May.

Nepal reacted sharply on the move, saying that the 80-km-long road stretch passed through Nepalese territory. India has rejected the claim while reiterating that the road lies completely within its territory.

The tensions between the two countries further grew when Nepal launched its new map after a constitutional amendment, which includes some Indian territories in the Himalayan region.

-ARK

Noida to get 162 new charging stations for electric vehicles soon

electric vehicles

New Delhi (NVI): Noida will soon get 162 charging stations for electric vehicles (EV) as Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), has signed an agreement with Noida authority to promote electric vehicles and install public EV charging stations, and related infrastructure.

The partnership will also facilitate the creation of an infrastructural ecosystem to accelerate e-mobility uptake as the nation emerges from the lockdown post COVID-19 pandemic, read an official statement.

As part of the agreement, Noida authority has been sanctioned 162 Public EV Charging Stations (PCS) comprising 54 Bharat DC001 (15kW) and 108 122kW Fast Chargers under the FAME India Scheme Phase-II of Department of Heavy Industry (DHI). EESL is the selected organization for deployment of public charging stations in NOIDA City.

The agreement was signed by NOIDA Authority and Amit Kaushik, Executive Director (Growth), EESL in the presence of Ritu Maheshwari, CEO, NOIDA Authority.


Speaking at the agreement signing ceremony, Ritu Maheshwari, CEO, NOIDA, said, “Developing a sustainable landscape with strong supporting EV infrastructure is the key to cultivating consumer confidence in electric vehicles. This will significantly enhance consumer convenience as well. With increasing penetration of EVs, the local pollutants emission levels are also expected to reduce, leading to cleaner air and several public health benefits.”

Amit Kaushik, ED, EESL said, “Electric Vehicles (EVs) are at the forefront of the world’s agenda to move towards a sustainable future and EESL is proud to be progressively leading initiatives to promote EV adoption in India under its national e-mobility programme. We are pleased to partner with NOIDA authority to co-create synergies to set up Public EV Charging Infrastructure in Noida.”

So far, EESL has installed 20 EV chargers, 13 are commissioned and 7 are under commissioning. These EV chargers have been installed around the prominent places of Noida such as the ganga shopping complex (Sector 29), near the electronic city metro station (Sector 63), opposite shopprix mall (Sector 61), near RTO office (Sector 33), Advant Chowk (Sector 142) and main market of Sector 50 to name a few.

With its innovative model of demand aggregation and bulk procurement, EESL receives electric vehicles and chargers at a significantly discounted rate vis-à-vis the actual market value. Further, with access to low cost funds, the overall cost of project becomes competitive. With this, EESL has established a sustainable business model which is affordable for end consumers.

NOIDA authority is constantly working to make the city cleaner, greener, and more sustainable. It has been at the forefront in establishing the public charging infrastructure and spurring the e-mobility adoption in the city.

-ARK

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