Indian Sub-continent

New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI) The Delhi Commission for Women has rescued a four-month-old girl, who was allegedly sold by her father when she was only six-day-old, according to a statement.

The commission's mahila panchayat office at Shahbad Dairy received a complaint from an anonymous source on October 21 that a man had sold his girl child.

The commission immediately formed a team and contacted the Delhi Police.

A team of the DCW, along with the Delhi Police, then approached the girl's mother who lives with her parents.

New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI) Ahead of the civic body elections early next year, NGO Praja Foundation has ranked Delhi's sitting councillors and released a consolidated report on Thursday, claiming a decline in their overall performance.

There are 265 councillors in the North, East and South Delhi Municipal Corporations.

The NGO said none of them scored Grade A.

All these three civic bodies are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is the principal opposition.

New Delhi, Oct 29 (PTI) The government has extended the term of Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das by another three years up to December 2024, according to an official order.

Das was appointed the RBI's 25th governor on December 11, 2018 for a period of three years after the abrupt resignation of his predecessor Urjit Patel.

An official order dated October 28, said that the government has reappointed Das as the Governor of the central bank for a period of three years beyond December 10, 2021.

Kolkata, Oct 29 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered a ban on the sale and use of all firecrackers during Diwali, Chhath Puja, and other festivities to check air pollution amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

A division bench comprising justices Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Aniruddha Roy directed the police to initiate legal action against anyone found violating the ban after having confiscated the crackers.

New Delhi, Oct 29 (PTI) The government has approved 8.5 per cent rate of interest on employees' provident fund for the 2020-21 fiscal, a source said.

Just ahead of Diwali, this is a good news for over five crore subscribers of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).

The 8.5 per cent rate of interest on provident fund deposits for the last financial year was decided by the EPFO's apex decision making body Central Board of Trustees (CBT) headed by Labour Minister in March this year.

Kanpur: The health department team collected samples of several people but only nine suspected patients with Zika virus symptoms have also been reported.

About 70 health department teams are conducting door-to-door surveys at Pardevanpur and Pokharapur under the guidance of a central team from Delhi and experts from Lucknow.

An Air Force personnel living in Pardevanpur had a report confirming a Zika virus infection, but it is yet to be ascertained from where the air force personnel caught the infection.

The health department team is investigating the matter.

ISLAMABAD, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The United States, driven by political-corporate greed, robbed Afghanistan of its stability and tranquility, tearing apart tens of thousands of families over the past 20 years, said an article recently published by Pakistan's English-language daily the Pakistan Observer.

"In the Afghan war where loss is reckoned in lives, the only winner is the U.S. military-industrial complex," said the article titled "What is an Afghan Life Worth?"

Kanpur: The petitioner has alleged that her husband died after being assaulted by the police during a raid.
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to list a plea for urgent hearing.

It was filed by the wife of Kanpur property dealer Manish Gupta, who had died at a hotel in Gorakhpur, as was reported.

The petitioner's lawyer asked the court to list the case for hearing on Friday.

During Thursday's hearing, Meenakshi Gupta's lawyer said that the central agency was yet to take over the case.

Srinagar, 28 Oct 2021: A Kashmiri was killed on Wednesday by Indian security forces in Baramulla district of the Indian Administered Kashmir, Indian officials said.

Kanpur: The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and JK Cement Limited have cooperated to work on a super speciality hospital on campus (SMRT), as a part of the Institution's ambition to build a School of Medical Research and Technology. 

Among those who signed the pact were Abhay Karandikar, director of IIT Kanpur, and Raghavpat Singhania, managing director of JK Cement Ltd.

The partnership is part of IIT Kanpur's commitment to bring about a paradigm shift in the country's approach to medical research and innovation.