India

Mumbai, Sep 16 (PTI) Maharashtra's Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) on Friday cancelled the baby powder manufacturing licence of Johnson & Johnson Pvt Ltd "in the interest of public health at large".

In a release, the state government agency said the company's product, Johnson's Baby Powder, may affect the skin of newborn babies.

Samples of the powder for babies did not conform to standard pH value during a laboratory test, the regulator said.

New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) Due to quality education provided in Delhi government schools, 1,141 students have cleared JEE and NEET examinations, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday.

He was addressing an event organised to felicitate toppers of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) and the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) at the Thyagaraj Stadium here.

Kejriwal said 18 crore children study in government schools across the country and most of these schools are in poor state.

Kanpur: All 213 tanneries in Jajmau have been closed with immediate effect after the irrigation channel of the purification plant broke down. This decision has been initiated to save the Ganga from polluted water.

This closure of tanneries will continue till further orders. Violation of closure order will cause registering of FIR and seizure.

The gate of the irrigation channel was shattered on the night of Thursday and Friday. The water started going to the river.

NEW DELHI, Sept 16 (NNN-PTI) – India’s daily COVID-19 caseload, today decreased to 6,298, according to the federal health ministry data, released today.

It marked a decrease, in comparison to the daily caseload of 6,422 yesterday.

With the new cases, India’s active caseload currently stands at 46,748, while the total tally is 44,522,777 in the country.

The country also logged 23 related deaths during the past 24 hours, taking the overall deaths to 528,273, since the beginning of the pandemic, the ministry said.

New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to pay Rs 100 crore for improper management of liquid waste in the districts of Pratapgarh, Raebareli, and Jaunpur.

A bench headed by chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said that as per the report of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), bio-remediation was not resulting in the reduction of pollution load.

Samarkand, Sep 16 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Summit in the historic Uzbek city of Samarkand during which they discussed ways to deepen bilateral cooperation in diverse sectors.

The two leaders are in Samarkand to attend the SCO summit.

Kollam, Sep 16 (PTI) India is facing the highest unemployment rate in the last 45 years and it was the duty of the Congress party to strengthen the future of the youth and bring positivity to the minds of youngsters in the country, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday.

Gandhi, who has embarked on the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra,' reached Neendakara in Kollam district today, the ninth day since he began his foot march on September 7.

Kanpur: Rain continues in many areas of the city and its adjoining areas since Wednesday morning. From morning till late afternoon, 34.6 mm of rain has fallen.

Jajmaites are comfortable that rain lashes their humid areas after long. The weather has totally changed. The continuity in rain continues till evening.

The air is now colder. Ceiling fans are giving the feel of ACs, say the residents. The students are the most troubled due to erratic rains.

NEW DELHI, September 14. /TASS/. Denis Alipov, Russia’s ambassador to India, on Wednesday said military-technical cooperation between Russia and India is steadily developing in accordance with the new requirements.

"Our cooperation in this area is steadily progressing in accordance with the new requirements," he told TASS in an interview. "We see in them many opportunities for expanding the practice of joint production and advanced research and development."

NEW DELHI, Sept 14 (NNN-PTI) – India recorded 5,108 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 44,510,057, showed the federal health ministry’s data, released today.

With the reporting of fresh cases, India’s active caseload currently stands at 45,749.

The country also logged 31 more COVID-19 related deaths, in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 528,216, since the beginning of the pandemic, the health ministry said.