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RBI Governor on Yes Bank crisis

RTGS facility from tomorrow: RBI

New Delhi (NVI): The moratorium on Yes Bank will be lifting on Wednesday March 18, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said today, while urging customers not to withdraw their money from the private sector lender.

In a press conference, RBI Governor Das assured depositors that their money is safe and that they do no need to withdraw their funds in panic.

On March 5, RBI had imposed a moratorium on Yes Bank for a period of 30 days, while placing a Rs 50,000 per month withdrawal limit on customers.

Speaking on coronavirus, the RBI Governor said that India is not immune to this pandemic. He added that already more than 100 cases have been reported. Efforts are being mounted by the government on war-footing, he informed the mediapersons.

COVID19 could impact India directly through trade channels, in which exposure to China is relatively high, he added.

Health Min activates helpline for COVID-19 queries

New Delhi (NVI): The Health Ministry today activated a 24X7 toll-free helpline number for health-related queries on coronavirus while informing that four new cases have been reported, taking the total number of cases in the country to 114.

“A 24×7 toll-free national helpline number 1075 has been activated for support, guidance, and response to health-related queries on COVID-19”, the Ministry said in a statement.

Four new cases one each in Kerala, Ladakh, Odisha, and Jammu and Kashmir, have been reported. This takes the total positive cases in the country to 114 out of which 13 people been discharged after they recovered and two died, the ministry said.

It has also urged people to wear masks only if they are feeling sick or uncomfortable due to coronavirus like symptoms.

A high-level review meeting of Group of Ministers (GOM) on COVID-19 under the chairmanship of Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan was held today at Nirman Bhawan.

CJI rules out complete shutdown of SC

New Delhi (NVI): Chief Justice of India SA Bobde has clarified that a complete shutdown of courts, including the Supreme Court, due to coronavirus is not possible.

Bobde made this clear yesterday in a meeting with four apex court judges, bar leaders of the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association and eminent doctors, including Randeep Guleria from the AIIMS, New Delhi.

He also said that virtual courts were on the verge of commencement and there could only be a possibility of limited shutdown at the present instance amid the coronavirus scare.

CJI Bobde said that any demand of the bar and the bench would be subordinated to the medical advice drawn in the meeting, a SCAORA (Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association) statement read.

J&K: Hirdesh Kumar appointed new Chief Electoral Officer

Srinagar (NVI): The Election Commission of India today appointed Hirdesh Kumar as the new Chief Electoral Officer of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Kumar was holding the charge of Commissioner Secretary School Education.

He will replace Shailendra Kumar, with effect from the date he assumes charge, reads an order issued by BC Patra, Secretary, Election Commission of India.

Hirdesh has also served as Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Power Development Department.

Relationship between obesity and colon cancer explored

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New Delhi (NVI): Obesity per se does not cause cancer. But, the behaviour and prognosis of cancer can vary depending on whether or not the cancer patient is co-morbidly obese, according to a recent study by a team of researchers at National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS) in Pune.

Obesity is a condition in which a person has an unhealthy amount and/or distribution of body fat. Many different factors can cause obesity. One of the major reasons is genetic in nature, the Ministry of Science and Technology said in a report.

To determine the impact of obesity resulting from leptin deficiency on cancer, Manoj Kumar Bhat and his research team at the National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS) in Pune studied the differences in the incidence and progression of colon cancer when it occurs in association with genetically-linked obesity, vis-a-vis when it occurs in association with diet-induced obesity.

Their study revealed significant differences between the two groups. Further, these differences were found to be strongly correlated with the balance between two important molecules, leptin and TNF alpha, which influence the growth of cancer cells.

The study has provided valuable insights into the molecular connections underlying the relationship of diet-induced and genetics-associated obesity with colon cancer.

These findings warrant further exploration through more in-depth clinical studies, to determine if they have any implications in and relevance to the management of cancers.

Three Nirbhaya convicts move ICJ

New Delhi (NVI): Three convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case — Akshay, Pawan and Vinay — today approached International Court of Justice (ICJ), seeking a stay on the execution of their death sentence.

They moved ICJ moments after the Supreme Court rejected a fresh plea filed by Mukesh Singh, one of the four death row convicts in the case, alleging that his lawyers had misled him.

The top court also said that Mukesh had used all the legal remedies available to him.

The four convicts, Mukesh Kumar Singh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma and Akshay Kumar Singh are to be hanged together at 5.30 am on March 20, according to an order by Delhi court earlier this month.

A 23-year-old woman was gang-raped and assaulted inside a moving bus in South Delhi by six persons, before being thrown out on the road on December 16, 2012. She later died on December 29, 2012, at a hospital in Singapore.

New rules for debit, credit cards effective from today

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New Delhi (NVI): To ensure the security and convenience of card users, new rules on debit and credit cards issued by the Reserve Bank of India have kicked in from today.

RBI had issued new rules in January to improve user convenience and increase the security of card transactions. The Central Bank had also said that these rules will help in curbing the misuse of debit and credit cards.

Under the new rules, RBI has directed banks to allow only domestic card transactions at ATMs and PoS terminals in India at the time of issuance/reissuance of the card.

Banks, including SBI, will block the debit and credit card online facility starting today if you haven’t done online transactions for at least once since the card’s issuance.

Meanwhile, for international transactions, card-not-present transactions, online transactions, and contactless transactions, cardholders will have to separately set up services on their card.

COVID: CJI wants to know situation in jails

New Delhi (NVI): Amid the coronavirus crisis, Supreme Court Chief Justice SA Bobde today wanted to know the status of prisons in terms of overcrowding and sought a response from states and UTs, besides the jail authorities, by March 20.

A concerned Justice Bobde said in case there is an outbreak of coronavirus in jail, it will affect a large number of people and could become centre for spreading to others.

He wondered whether this could be utilised as an opportunity to improve jail capacity and prevent overcrowding in prisons.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said attempts are being made in prisons like Delhi’s Tihar Jail to prevent overcrowding and that if any person is found with symptoms of coronavirus, he/she will be isolated.

The court then directed issuance of notices to all Chief Secretaries and heads of social welfare departments of states and UTs, besides Directors General of Prisons, to suggest measures to be adopted expeditiously in the interest of prisoners for their protection.

The replies should come in by March 20 and next date of hearing was fixed for March 23.

Delhi: 50-plus gathering banned; Gyms, Spas shut till Mar 31

New Delhi (NVI): Delhi Chief Minister today announced that social gatherings, excluding weddings, of more than 50 people will not be allowed in the city, as he appealed to the people to take proper precautions, avoid handshakes and wash hands regularly, to avoid COVID-19 infection.

“All gyms, night clubs and spas are to be closed till March 31,” Kejriwal said in a press conference here.

He further added that SDMs and DMs have been ordered to install mobile basins with soaps to wash hands for the general public at the earliest.

In addition, all malls and shopping centres in Delhi will be disinfected daily and provisions of hand sanitizers at the entry gates have to be made.

The fresh directions have been issued in exercise of the powers conferred by the Delhi Epidemic Diseases, COVID-19 Regulations, 2020 under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897. The order was signed by Secretary in Health and Family Welfare Department of Delhi Government, Padmini Singla.

MP crisis: BJP moves SC over floor test

New Delhi (NVI): The Bharatiya Janata Party moved the Supreme Court today soon after the Madhya Pradesh Speaker NP Prajapati adjourned the Assembly till March 26 without holding the floor test.

However, the apex court will take up plea filed by former MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and nine other MLAs demanding floor test tomorrow. Chauhan and the nine MLAs have demanded a floor test within 12 hours. Even as the budget session was scheduled to begin at 11 am today, the assembly was adjourned in view of the coronavirus. It was immediately adjourned after Governor Lalji Tandon completed his address and left the Assembly.

The political turmoil in the state began after Jyotiraditya Scindia quit the Congress last week along with 22 MLAs, who sent their resignations to the Speaker. Scindia had then taken the MLAs to a hotel in Bengaluru to prevent them from interacting with the Congress or revoking their resignations.

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