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SOS in mobile phones for women's safety

December 17, 2013

sos_androidNew Delhi, Dec 17: Integration of police administration with mobile phone network to trace distress calls in the shortest possible time and installation of GPS in public transports are some of the measures for safety of women that will soon be a reality, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Monday.

“Instructions will be issued by the Ministry of Information Technology to all mobile phone manufacturers to introduce, mandatorily, an SoS alert button in handsets. The manufacturers will also be instructed to install an SoS alert system in the existing handsets through free downloading of suitable software,” the minister said.

The scheme will be launched in 157 cities in two phases at an estimated cost of Rs 1,000 crore.

These proposals would come up for approval by the Union Cabinet within a week, said the minister, who introduced a Rs 1000-crore Nirbhaya Fund in this year’s Budget as a tribute to the Delhi gang-rape victim.

He also countered reports that nothing was done to utilise the fund. “Lots of work have been done by the ministries and I think it is unfair to say nobody has done any work,” he said.

“We asked the ministries to work out, they have worked out proposals, we rejected many, which did not fulfil the objectives. Three have been approved in principle. Apart from these, the Ministry of Women and Child Development is also formulating a scheme for vulnerability mapping etc to be rolled out,” Chidambaram said.

The Road Transport Ministry also proposed a scheme, “Security of women in road transport in the country”, which would cover 32 towns – each with a population of over one million – to be implemented over two years. The expected outlay is about Rs 1,700 crore, he said.

Under the proposal, public transport vehicles will have GPS for easy tracking. Installation of CCTVs and appointment of women drivers and conductors are among the other steps to enhance women’s safety.

The Railway Ministry, Chidambaram said, proposed to launch a public scheme for setting up an SoS alert system in trains in select zones. The facility would cover all service providers from all telecom circles. It

would have a call recording facility. A call centre, which would support English and Hindi languages, would be set up.

Rolling out of the scheme would require an estimated Rs 25.17 crore. “Hopefully, the three ministries will bring it to the Cabinet either this Thursday or the next, and if the Cabinet approves, they will start rolling it out,” he said.

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February 19,2020

New Delhi, Feb 19: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday, their first meeting after the assembly polls in the national capital.

The meeting went on for over 20 minutes at Shah's residence. The meeting was earlier scheduled at the Home Ministry.

"Met Hon'ble Home Minister Sh Amit Shah ji. Had a very good and fruitful meeting. Discussed several issues related to Delhi. Both of us agreed that we will work together for development of Delhi," Kejriwal tweeted.

Shah had led the BJP offensive against Kejriwal in the Delhi Assembly polls in which AAP trounced the saffron party, bagging 62 of the 70 seats.

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August 2,2020

New Delhi, Aug 2: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday issued fresh guidelines for international passengers coming to India amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The new guidelines will be implemented from 12:01 am on August 8.

The ministry has also asked all passengers to submit a self-declaration form online at least 72 hours before travel.

"All travellers should submit self-declaration form on the on the online portal (www.newdelhiairport.in) at least 72hours before the scheduled travel," the guidelines said.

It also said that those coming to India must give an undertaking that they would undergo mandatory quarantine for 14 days as prescribed by the government. "They should also give an undertaking on the portal that they would undergo mandatory quarantine for 14 days i.e. 7 days paid institutional quarantine at their own cost, followed by 7 days isolation at home with self-monitoring of health," it added.

Giving exemptions in some cases, the guidelines mentioned, "Only for compelling reasons/cases of human distress such as pregnancy, death in the family. Serious illness and parent (s) with children of 10 years or below, home quarantine may be permitted for 14 days."

"If they wish to seek such exemption, they shall apply to the online portal at least 72 hours before boarding. The decision taken by the government as communicated on the online portal will be final," it said further.

The guidelines further said that travellers could request for exemption from institutional quarantine by submitting a negative RT-PCR test report on arrival.

"This test should have been conducted within 96 hours prior to undertaking the journey. The test report should be uploaded on the portal for consideration," it added.

Passengers have also been asked to download the Aarogya Setu app on their mobile phones.

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January 9,2020

Noida, Jan 6: A fire broke out at the ESIC Hospital in Noida on Thursday morning and firefighting was underway, officials said.

The blaze broke out in the basement of the seven-storey hospital building located in Sector 24, a police official said.

Fire tenders were rushed to the spot after the Fire Department was alerted about it around 8 am, the official said.

After that, a search was done to see if anyone was trapped in the building, he said.

The cooling process is now underway.

He said the fire had engulfed the ground, first and second floors of the building, except the basement.

Police said they received information about fire at Kaveri printing press at 2:45 am, when the manager Yogesh called them. The press owners have been identified as Atul and Anuj Goyal, residents of Sukhdev Vihar, they said.

The man who died in the fire has been identified as Phool Dev, from Bihar, who used to work as a help there. Dev went inside the building in the night to sleep before the fire started and died due to suffocation, the fire department official said.

The body has been kept at Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital and the post-mortem will be done once the family reaches here, police said.

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