Tauktae fury: six killed in Maharashtra
Cyclone Tauktae began the
process of landfall on the
Gujarat coast around 8.30
p.m. on Monday as the State
braced for the impact of
surging wind speeds of up to
210 km an hour. Earlier in
the day, six persons were reported killed in Maharahstra, as the “extremely severe cyclonic storm” ran
parallel to the Maharashtra
coast and wound its way to
Gujarat.
HC reserves order on plea
to stop
Central Vista work
The Delhi High Court on
Monday reserved its verdict
on a petition seeking a halt on
the construction activities
related to the Central Vista
Project in view of the recent
surge in COVID19 cases in the
Capital. The court reserved its
verdict after hearing both
sides for over three hours.
WhatsApp’s
new policy is
against IT law
The Centre on Monday informed the Delhi High
Court that the controversial new privacy policy of
instant messaging app
WhatsApp was against the
Indian Information Technology (IT) law and rules.
The Union government
made the submission before an HC Bench during a
hearing of several petitions
challenging WhatsApp’s
latest privacy policy,
which, according to the
platform, has come into effect from May 15.
WhatsApp said its new
privacy policy had come
into effect from May 15, but
also clarified that it would
not start deleting accounts
of those users who had not
accepted it and would try
to encourage them to get
on board.
The HC had issued notice to the Centre, Facebook, which owns the app,
and WhatsApp on a plea by
a lawyer who had claimed
that the new policy violated users’ right to privacy
under the Indian Constitution. The Centre also informed the High Court that
it had written to Facebook
CEO on the issue and a reply was awaited.
The court will hear the
case again on June 3.
West Bengal government decides
to set up a Legislative Council
The West Bengal Government will set up a Legislative
Council, or a Vidhan Parishad. A decision on setting up
the council was taken up at a
State Cabinet meeting
chaired by Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee on Monday.
The Trinamool Congress .
For setting up the council,
a Bill has to be introduced in
the State Assembly and then
a nod from the State’s Governor is required. West Bengal
Legislative Council, the Upper House of the bicameral
legislature in West Bengal existed till 1969, till a resolution was passed in the State
Assembly for its dissolution.
Not all States in the country
have Legislative Councils.
ICMR drops plasma therapy
from COVID treatment norms
The use of convalescent
plasma has been dropped
from the recommended
treatment guidelines for COVID19, according to a late
Monday advisory from the
Indian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR).
The National Task Force
of the ICMR, along with experts from the Health Ministry, periodically updates guidelines on recommended
modes of treatment. Registered doctors anywhere, however, are not bound by the
task force recommendations.
Though a trial by the
ICMR on 400 patients last
year — called the PLACID
trial — had found no significant benefit from the use of
plasma, it continued to find
a place in the recommended
guidelines.
DRDO’s drug launched
for emergency use
Israeli strikes hit Gaza tunnels
as diplomats work for ceasefire
The Israeli military unleashed a wave of heavy airstrikes on the Gaza Strip early on Monday, saying it
destroyed 15 km of militant
tunnels and the homes of
nine Hamas commanders, as
international diplomats
worked to end the week of
fighting that has killed hundreds of people.
The latest attacks killed a
top Gaza leader of the Islamic Jihad militant group whom
the Israeli military blamed
for some of the thousands of
rocket attacks launched at Israel in recent days.
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Nadal wins record-extending 10th title
Nadal, 34, who claimed a
record extending 10th ATP
Masters 1000 title in Rome,
felt his game had improved
through the week and would
rest for a couple of days back
home before heading to Paris for his title defence.
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