Day: July 25, 2020

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today said that he has tested positive for Covid-19.

The city police which is investigating the case of ‘Karuppar Koottam’ has reportedly found that a member of YouTube channel Senthil Vasan had worked with the IT wing of the DMK.

The number of Covid-19 cases in the city is said to be under control. According to data from Greater Chennai Corporation, currently the active cases stand at 13,743 (15 per cent) and the recovery rate is 83 per cent and 76,494 persons have recovered.

The Chinese consulate in the US city of Houston officially closed after over four decades on Friday as the US-China relations hit a new low.

Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi has said that it was starting research to develop a home-based Covid-19 testing kit that will identify if there are antibodies in the blood sample.

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) today said a cumulative total of 1,58,49,068 samples have been tested up to 24 July with 4,20,898 samples being tested on Friday, the highest conducted in a day so far.

Nearly two years after his resignation as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Urjit Patel, in his book Overdraft—Saving the Indian Saver released on Friday, has said that attempts to dilute a new bankruptcy law caused disagreements between the Union government and the apex bank, leading to his resignation.

For the first time, a legislator in Puducherry has been tested positive for Covid–19 NR Congress MLA Jaypal has been tested positive for Covid 19.

Protesters and journalists in US cities, including Portland in Oregon, must be able to take part in peaceful demonstrations without risking arbitrary arrest, detention, the unnecessary use of force or other rights violations, the UN human rights office has said.

A terrorist was killed in an encounter with the security forces on the outskirts of Srinagar today.