Yesterday during his address to the nation PM Narendra Modi announced a new vaccination policy. Friends, you will recall that a few days back Supreme Court (SC) asked the Central govt to reply why the free vaccine is not available to people in the age group of 18 to 44 years. This was in response…
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Daily Happenings Blog
Monday Post
Recently the Central Govt issued revised laws for the Information Technology (IT) Companies, social media platforms like Facebook (FB)Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp(WA), and others. These companies initially showed their reluctance but in the end, slowly they have started towing the line. But there is news that ‘ Content Policies could put FB on a collision course…
Thursday Brief
The Supreme Court made a big observation on the Covid 19 vaccine issue. The Supreme Court has questioned the Centre’s logic that manufacturers are selling COVID-19 vaccines for a hefty discount because it places bulk orders. The court asked the government then why it cannot buy 100% of the vaccines at a discount instead of…
Tuesday Brief
A few days back two petitioners Anya Malhotra (a translator) and Sohail Hashmi (documentary filmmaker) filed a petition in Delhi High Court (HC) regarding stopping work being carried out for the Central Vista in the Capital. Their contention was that during the time of the Covid pandemic the construction of the non-essential project should not…
Monday Post
Latest on Covid 19 in India- It looks like there is respite now in a number of cases per day being reported. The cases which at one time had crossed 4 lakh cases per day has come down to 1.5 lakh cases per day. So we can presume the second wave is on the decline…
Weekend
In today’s weekend blog, I am writing a fact about the most popular screenwriters of Bollywood. When they worked as pair, the films written by them were always hit, they had one or two flop films to their name. Even after separating out when they started writing for the films, many of their films were…
Wednesday Post
Friends, you may be aware on 25th February 2021, the Central govt had announced new IT rules for social media companies. The rule required large social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and WhatsApp to follow additional due diligence, including the appointment of the Chief Compliance Officer, nodal contact person, and resident grievance officer. The…
Monday Post
Moderna Inc, one of the leading COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers whose jabs are being administered in North America and Europe, has declined the Punjab government’s request for a direct supply of doses. The company, as per its policy, would “only deal with Government of India”, said Punjab’s nodal officer for vaccination, on May 23. The Punjab…
Weekend
In today’s weekend blog, I am writing about a famous personality of Bollywood. He was a great singer, music director, and producer. Along with Bollywood, he was very famous in the Bangala Film industry as a composer and singer. Friends, I am talking about the legend HEMANT KUMAR. He was born in Varanasi on 16th…
Wednesday Post
Friends, a few months back there was one toolkit controversy where foreign media used the toolkit designed by some Indians to malign Modi govt. That time BJP alleged that it was done with the backing of the Congress party and there was a big media war between the ruling and the opposition party. The BJP…