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AAP launches LS campaign, Kejriwal targets BJP at first rally

February 23, 2014

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Rohtak, Haryana, Feb 23: The AAP launched its Lok Sabha campaign here Sunday, with former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal launching a bitter attack on the BJP and the Congress.

Addressing thousands at a ground here, the Aam Aadmi Party leader warned that the country was headed towards another round of price rise because of what he said were the government's faulty gas pricing policies.

Kejriwal, whose family hails from Haryana, particularly targeted Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda of the Congress. Accusing Hooda of taking over land from farmers and selling them to realty companies, the AAP founder leader called the Haryana chief minister "a property dealer".

"He has sold huge quantity of land to Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi," Kejriwal said, recalling allegations he first made in October 2012.

Hooda has also sold land to major industrial houses, he said. Kejriwal said the AAP was trying to change the corruption-ridden system.

"We are with farmers and soldiers," he thundered in his 30-minute speech. "Farmers get a compensation of Rs.10 for the loss of crops. Military personnel get paid Rs.1-2 lakh for sacrificing their lives for the nation.

But cricketers receive Rs.1 crore for winning a match! "Why don't families of soldiers who sacrifice their lives also get Rs.1 crore as compensation? This will be part of our party manifesto," said the AAP leader who was chief minister in Delhi for 49 days.

Kejriwal accused both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of colluding with industrialist Mukesh Ambani to raise gas prices. "From April 1, the new gas pricing of eight dollars will be implemented. This will result in a big price rise.

"The Aam Aadmi Party is fighting the politician-industrialists nexus," he said. Kejriwal said media houses were being forced to write against his party.

The AAP, he said, will contest all 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana and also field candidates in all 90 assembly seats in October this year. Kejriwal and party colleague Yogendra Yadav said Haryana would be the next focus state for their party after Delhi.

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April 21,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 21: Not just in China, but in Kerala also robot is now playing a key role in the health workers' fight against COVID-19, thanks to the innovative spirit of a group of young minds and the support of the state Health Department.

Named "Nightingale-19", the robot is deployed to provide food and medicines among patients at the district coronavirus centre in Ancharakandi in Kannur district where a large number of cases have been reported.

The special display facility, attached to it, also allows patients to communicate with health workers and their relatives if necessary, the health minister's office here said.

Designed by the students of Chemberi Vimal Jyothi Engineering College with the support of the Health Department, the remote control-operated robot can carry food and water for at least six persons at a stretch.

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The machine, which can travel up to one kilometre, distributes food, water and medicine in each room, a department statement said.

The robot would be disinfected after each use, it said.

Health Minister K K Shailaja inaugurated the new venture from here recently through the robot's video facility, the statement added.

Robots have been put to use in other parts of the country to help in the health workers' fight against COVID- 19.

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January 30,2020

Mumbai, Jan 30: The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has arrested Dr Kafeel Khan from Mumbai airport for allegedly making inflammatory statements at AMU during protests against the Citizenship Amendments Act (CAA) last month, officials said.

Khan was arrested on Wednesday night with assistance from Mumbai Police at the airport when he arrived in the city to attend anti-CAA protests, an official said.

"Officials of the UP STF arrested Dr Kafeel Khan in a case which was registered at Civil Lines Police Station under section 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups) of IPC. Our police team helped our UP counterparts on their request," said an official from Mumbai Police.

He claimed that Khan had made inflammatory statements on December 12 last year during the protest near Bab e Syed Gate outside the Aligarh Muslim University in front of more than 600 students.

The official also alleged that the Gorakhpur doctor had made objectionable comments against Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

The FIR against Khan mentions that Swaraj India's president Yogendra Yadav was also present during the speech at AMU.

Following the arrest in the case, Khan was taken to the Sahar Police Station and after completing formalities he will be taken to UP on transit remand, the official said.

Khan, a paediatrician, had come to the limelight in 2017 when a controversy broke out after the death of over 60 children in less than a week at the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur, UP.

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Agencies
July 31,2020

New Delhi, Jul 31: With the highest single-day spike of 55,079 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, India's coronavirus tally breached the 16 lakh mark on Friday, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

With this latest spike, the total cases in the country stand at 16,38,871. Among these cases 5,45,318 are active. A total of 10,57,806 patients have been cured/discharged/migrated.

779 deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 35,747.

As per the Union Health Ministry, Maharashtra has a total of 1,48,454 active cases and recorded 14,729 deaths due to COVID-19.
Tamil Nadu has a total of 57,962 active cases and 3,838 deaths in the state.

Delhi has a total of 10,743 active cases and 3,936 deaths.

The Indian Council of Medical Research on Friday informed that a total number of COVID-19 samples tested up to 30th July is 1,88,32,970 including 6,42,588 samples tested yesterday.

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