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Asian Games 2018: India bags Gold and Silver in Men’s 800m race

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Sunny Sharma
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Indian sprinter Manjit Singh on Tuesday won the Gold medal in men’s 800m race, while Jinson Johnson won the silver medal in the same event in the ongoing Asian Games at Jakarta.

Manjit bagged the gold with a timing of 1:45.16 while Jinson clocked 1:46.35 to bag the silver for India. Abubaker Abdalla of Qatar won the bronze with a timing of 1:46.38.

Congratulating Manjit and Jinson for their performance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, “We will remember the #AsianGames2018 for the encouraging performance in various track events. India is overjoyed about Manjit Singh winning the Gold in the Men’s 800m Final.”

“Congratulations to Jinson Johnson for bagging the Silver Medal in the Men’s 800m Final. His success is remarkable and inspiring,” PM said in another tweet.

India’s total medal tally at the Asian games 2018 now stands at 50 with nine gold, nineteen silver, and twenty-two bronze. 

Rahul Gandhi visits relief camps in flood hit Kerala

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Tehelka Web Desk
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Congress President Rahul Gandhi arrived in Kerala on Tuesday, days after floods ravaged the state, leaving a massive trail of destruction.

Rahul, who is on a two-day visit to Kerala, visited relief camps in some of the flood-hit areas and also met fishermen and volunteers who were a part of the rescue operations.

Rahul Gandhi had earlier expressed solidarity with the people of the state through his tweets.

Rahul also assured the people of the state that if his party comes in power, he will set up a separate ministry for fisheries. “If Congress came in power we will definitely make a ministry for fisheries. I will not give fake promise. As Congress president am talking to you.”

The Congress president also encouraged people to contribute generously to the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund.

Shashi Tharoor tweeted on Tuesday about Rahul Gandhi’s two-day visit to Kerala. “President of @INCIndia @RahulGandhi left Thiruvananthapuram this morning for flood-affected areas in central Kerala. His two-day visit will cover districts with the heaviest inundation over the last two weeks”, tweeted Tharoor.

District hospital in MP uses single syringe for all patients, one dead, 25 critical

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Tehelka Web Desk
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One person died while 25 others are in a critical condition after a single syringe was used for all the patients admitted at a district hospital in Madhya Pradesh’s Datia District.

Duty officer said, “One patient died, while the condition of 25 others deteriorated due to the injection.” He, however, denied divulging any more information.

Dr. PK Sharma, Civil surgeon of the hospital reportedly said, “A single syringe was used for all the patients. The incident took place because of the negligence of the nurses as they were using normal water instead of distilled water.” 

Police have initiated an investigation into the matter. 

According to reports, a commotion ensued in the hospital when the kin of the deceased alleged that the administration of a wrong injection led to his death. As the word spread, several other patients admitted to the medical ward fled in panic.

The police said that the body has been sent for an autopsy and investigation into the matter is underway.

However, hospital authorities dismissed the allegations and claimed that the syringe, which was used on the patients, had not expired.

Asian Games 2018: PV Sindhu wins silver in Women’s singles badminton match

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Olympic medallist PV Sindhu won the silver medal on Tuesday at the Asian Games in Jakarta. Sindhu lost the Badminton women’s singles title clash to Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in straight games 13-21, 16-21.

Sindhu is the first Indian to reach the final of a singles event of Badminton at the Asian Games.

From the beginning of the match, Tai was in complete control by taking the first five points of the match.

Sindhu tried hard to reduce the deficit to 4-6 but Tai consistently outsmarted Sindhu.

The Taipei player raced away to a 17-10 lead by perfectly using drop shots.

PV Sindhu found it tough to anticipate as the first game was over in just 16 minutes.

At the beginning of the second game, Sindhu tried to push Tai Tzu Ying to the back. It got her points and the strategy worked at the start to put the game level at 4-4, but she lost too many points due to unforced errors in an attempt at finding the lines and pushing up the tempo.

It got over soon, with Tai Tzu Ying tightened her grip on the match and beating Sindhu by 16-21 in the second game.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Sindhu and tweeted, “The formidable @Pvsindhu1 is one of India’s most talented and inspiring athletes. Her skills and perseverance are noteworthy. She wins the prized Silver Medal in Badminton at the #AsianGames2018. Her accomplishment makes 125 crore Indians happy and proud.”

Indian Government, EU join hands to develop improved Influenza Vaccine

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Tehelka Web Desk
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The Indian Government and the European Union (EU), on August 28, joined hands for Rs. 240 crore research programme named “Horizon 2020” to develop a Next Generation Influenza Vaccine to protect citizens across the globe.

The event held at New Delhi and saw 100 applicants both from India and Europe participating in it. 

Both the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India and EU, have also committed EUR 15 million each to fund this joint call for the program to develop a cost-effective and affordable influenza vaccine.

 EU Ambassador H.E. Mr. Tomasz Kozlowski said, “This joint call is another demonstration of the increased cooperation between the EU and India as committed by the leaders during the Summit in October 2017.”

“India and the EU are contributing to an important global public health challenge. Improved influenza vaccines would help the international community to better prepare in the event of an influenza pandemic,” Kozlowski further added.

While the projects require three applicants from both three European member states and India respectively, the call which will remain open until April 16, 2019, also allows applicants from other nations to join the EU-India consortia.

Railway Minister says WiFi at stations, bio-vacuum toilets in train coaches soon

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Tehelka Web Desk
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Union Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal on August 28 while addressing media said that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government will soon install WiFi at as many as 6,000 railway stations across the country.

Minister Goyal said, “This facility will not only help passengers to travel with ease but will also aide them to gain additional information pertaining to their profession such as farming, teaching.”

He further said, “I believe that people, especially the ones residing in villages, such as children, farmers, working women will be benefitted because of the Wifi facility at the stations.”

Goyal further added that the ministry will soon roll-out bio-vacuum toilets in train coaches, similar to those installed in passenger airplanes.

While addressing media when asked about Ministry’s plan of starting a helpline service for Railways, Minister Goyal said that the plan is in the pipeline and is being stalled due to some technical issues.

UN official appoints S. Tripathi of India as Assistant Secretary-General of UN environment body

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Sunny Sharma
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on August 28 announced the appointment of Satya S. Tripathi of India as Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the New York Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP, leading agency at the world body focussed on environment).

S Tripathi will succeed Elliott Harris of Trinidad and Tobago. He was previously serving as the Director and Executive Head of the UN Office for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries.

He also participated as Chair of the Committees on Laws and Treaties for the United Nations-mediated Cyprus unification talks in 2004.

Since 2017 he served as Senior Adviser on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at UNEP.  A lawyer and development economist with more than 35 years of experience, S. Tripathi has worked for the UN since 1998 in Europe, Asia and Africa on strategic assignments in sustainable development, human rights, democratic governance and legal affairs.

He holds honours, bachelor’s and master’s degrees in commerce; and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in law from Berhampur University, India.

Kerala: Cochin International Airport to resume operations on August 29

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Tehelka Web Desk
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Flight operations from the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) airport, which was closed since past few days due to incessant flooding in Kerala will resume its operations on August 29.

As per the sources, “Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) is all set to commence full-scale operations (both international and domestic) at 2 PM on August 29”.

The torrential rains had left the runway, taxi bay and other areas of domestic as well as international terminals under water. 

The airport officials had extended the date to resume operations from August 26 to August 29 after most stakeholders, including airlines and ground handling agencies, expressed concern over mobilising manpower by that date.

According to the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) on a Facebook post on Monday, “Intimation regarding the readiness of the airport has been given to all airlines to make sure the smooth functioning of the services as per schedule.”

It also added, “Services from Naval-base will be suspended from 29th August noon.”

The Airline’s websites have already started to facilitate the journey planner for passengers on or after August 29.

Kerala witnessed the worst ever flood situation in a century that has claimed lives of more than 300 people and caused widespread destruction in the state.

MK Stalin elected as DMK President at party headquarters in Chennai

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MK Stalin, the younger son of the late DMK President M Karunanidhi was elected president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) at the party’s General Council meeting in Chennai on Tuesday.

After the demise of Karunanidhi, MK Alagiri, the elder son of Karunanidhi claimed that all the supporters of DMK in Tamil Nadu were on his side. This initiated a political war between the two brothers.

Alagiri was in 2014, expelled from the party by Karunanidhi.

Stalin’s journey in politics started with campaigning along with his father at the early age of 14. In 1984, he became the party’s youth – wing secretary and became party deputy general secretary in 2003.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi took to his twitter account and congratulated Stalin on being elected President of DMK.

“Congratulations to Shri M K Stalin on being elected President of the DMK. I wish him happiness & success as he begins a new chapter in his political journey”, tweeted by Rahul Gandhi.

Mamata Banerjee also sent her best wishes to Stalin.

“Congratulations and best wishes to @mkstalin for being elected President of the DMK @arivalayam”, tweeted by Mamata.

Pakistan cracks down on Kashmiri people holding anti-Pak protests in PoK

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Sunny Sharma
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Dozens of people were severely injured in Kotli town of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) when police resort to baton-charge the demonstrators who were holding a peaceful rally demanding their due share of rights in the country. Kashmiri protestors have been claiming that they have been deprived of their basic rights under Islamabad’s seven-decade misrule in the region. In order to disperse the protestors Police even lobbed tear gas shells during the protest rally.

The anti-Pak protest is a result of an anti-establishment rage that has been mounting amongst the people of PoK against the autocratic authorities of Pakistan.

An array of protests has erupted across PoK over a step-motherly treatment meted out by Islamabad. While the security forces have been given a high handedness to deal with voices of dissent emerging in the region, local residents are still hopeful of a change in approach under the present leadership of newly-elected Prime Minister Imran Khan.

A protestor reportedly said, “This is our tax money which is filling the coffers of the rulers. We have been trying to build a hospital for years. Prime Ministers, one after the other, have only made empty promises. We just want our rights.” 

“We don’t want our children to blame us like the way we do our ancestors. So, get up and move forward to claim your rights,” the protester added.

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