India

New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the government over the state of the economy and said it needs to give money to the poor to restart the economy through consumption.

Gandhi said "distractions" through media won't help the poor or make the "economic disaster disappear".

Kanpur: Emphasising upon the need for effective action with teamwork to defeat the dread of Coronavirus the newly appointed District Magistrate Dr Alok Tiwari said that right treatment and follow up must be carefully followed.

He gave directives to the officers present at the meeting held at Circuit House here on Tuesday. 

He also laid stress on contact tracing, surveillance, tests and complete attention on duty. Negligence will not be acceptable.

Kanpur: Ever noticed or experienced that you are sitting on the seat in one corner of a government office, and one enlightened person asks you to vacate in a rude way.

This was experienced by one elder person on the first floor of the Head Post Office here recently. He was waiting for the counter clerk as the lunchtime was not over. He was looking quite tired. Rest was the only option for him to energize afresh.

Kanpur: The students attending the live classes are struggling with the weak and poor connectivity hitch.

They are often making a complaint about this normal difficulty. Either they have to leave the class or do something better to stay back.

The usual classes have no such trouble at all. The teacher-student direct interaction was quite helpful in learning the lessons.

However, they are not losing heart at the time of infection and trying their level best to learn, memorize and understand what is being taught to them.

Kanpur: What type of psychology do the children hold in their minds? A unique realisation was observed when two children told the peer that their father would not now be able to beat or slap them due to his very thin fracture in the one leg. 

Both the children were quite intelligent and learning the three 'R's at a very posh school. Fed up by the father's strictness in daily life they could not resist themselves from speaking up their mind. 

New Delhi, Aug 25 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal, who is among the 23 party leaders who have written to Sonia Gandhi seeking an organisational overhaul, said on Tuesday that "it is not about a post" but about the country that matters most.

A day after a stormy Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, Sibal made the remarks in a cryptic tweet.

"It's not about a post. It's about my country which matters most," he tweeted, without elaborating.

New Delhi, Aug 25 (PTI) The water level of the Yamuna river was recorded at 204 metres at 10 am on Tuesday, precariously close to the warning level of 204.50 meters, according to officials.

Water was being released into the river at the rate of 7,418 cubic metres per second (cusec) at 10 am from the Hathnikund barrage in Haryana's Yamunanagar district, an official of the Irrigation and Flood Control Department said.

One cusec is equivalent to 28.317 litre per second.

The flow rate was the same at 8 am and 9 am, the official said.

New Delhi, Aug 24 (PTI) The Congress Working Committee on Monday urged Sonia Gandhi to continue as the party's interim chief and to bring about necessary changes to strengthen the organisation, sources said.

The CWC also decided to convene the AICC (All India Congress Committee) session at the earliest possible time to start the process for selecting the new party president, sources added.

Pune, Aug 24 (PTI) AstroSat, Indias first multi-wavelength satellite, has detected an extreme ultraviolet (UV) light from a galaxy which is 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth, the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) said on Monday.

A release from the Pune-based Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics said a global team led by IUCAA scientists have achieved the major breakthrough.

Ballia (UP), Aug 24 (PTI) A journalist working with a Hindi news channel was on Monday night shot dead in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh, police said.

He has been identified as Ratan Singh (45).

"A journalist working with a Hindi news channel was shot dead on Monday night in Phephana. He has been identified as Ratan Singh (45), Additional Superintendent of Police Sanjay Yadav said.

Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said four people, Dinesh Singh, Arvind Singh, Suneel Singh and Moti Singh, have been arrested in this connection.