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Don’t you have any other IAS officer: Supreme Court to Centre over proposal to extend tenure of Delhi Chief Secretary

New Delhi, Nov 28 (PTI) As the Centre on Tuesday submitted that it wanted to extend the tenure of the Delhi chief secretary who is due to retire on November 30, the Supreme Court sought to know under which power it can do so and quipped if it was “stuck with only one person” and didn’t have any other IAS officer for the post. The apex court asked the Central government to inform it on Wednesday about the grounds on which it wanted to extend the tenure of Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar by six more months. During a hearing on

Moradabad Court issues NBW against BJP former MP Jaya Prada in 2019 case

Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 28 (ANI): Moradabad Court has issued a Non-bailable warrant (NBW) against former MP from BJP, Jaya Prada in connection with a 2019 case. The case relates to a felicitation ceremony organized at Habitat Muslim Inter College in Moradabad where Samajwadi Party MP ST Hasan used derogatory remarks against Jaya Prada. SP veteran leader Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam were also present at the event. Mohanlal Bishnoi, Special Public Prosecutor told ANI “A case was registered by the police in Moradabad. In this case, Jaya Prada was called several times for testimony in which

Indian rescuers break through debris to reach 41 men trapped in tunnel

SILKYARA, India, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Indian rescuers broke through rocks and debris on Tuesday to reach 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas for 17 days. The process of pulling out the 41 labourers, one at a time on wheeled stretchers through a narrow pipe 90 cm (3 feet) wide, was due to begin soon, officials said. Three teams, each of four rescuers, would first enter the area where the men are trapped to prepare them to be pulled, said Syed Ata Hasnain, a member of the National Disaster Management Authority that is overseeing rescue

How worried should we be about the pneumonia outbreak in China?

How worried should we be about the pneumonia outbreak in China?

Reports of a surge in pneumonia-like illness primarily affecting children in northern China have captured our attention. The last time we heard about a mysterious respiratory outbreak leading to overcrowding in hospitals was the beginning of the COVID pandemic, so it’s not entirely surprising this has caused some alarm. On November 22 the World Health Organization requested information from China about this surge. Chinese health authorities have since said the outbreak is due to a number of respiratory pathogens. So what are the pathogens possibly causing this uptick in respiratory illness? And do we need to be concerned that any have pandemic potential? Let’s

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