Recovery rate today is at 49.21%. Number of patients recovered presently exceeds the number of active patients: Lav Agrawal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry
India is a large country and prevalence is very low. India is not in community transmission: Prof (Dr.) Balram Bhargava, DG, ICMR
Sero survey shows that less than 1% of the population in the studied districts have been infected. It is a very big achievement that we have been able to contain the infection to this level, in a big nation as ours: Dr. V. K. Paul, Chairman, Empowered Group I
A serological survey was undertaken by #ICMR to monitor the trend of #coronavirus infection in India. Part 1 of survey divided several districts into 4 groups based on no. of cases, 15 districts in each group, 400 individuals from each district, with total of 83 districts studied
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#HathrasGangrape: Police forcibly cremate victim's body at 2:30 am, family allege to have been kept out of the cremation & weren't allowed to bring the body home. @BDUTT
"We were locked in, weren't allowed for cremation rites," says #Hathras victim's father.
#JustIn: Members of Valmiki Samaj pelted stones at the police and broke the police car in protest, demanding "justice" for the #Hathras gang rape victim.
#MonsoonSession of the Parliament begins today with #COVID19 protocols in mind. The session will run from Sept 14-Oct 1, 2020 in a total of 18 sittings. The Parliament has 46 Bills pending currently.
DMK Presidents MK Stalin (@mkstalin) says 2 days not enough to discuss issues regarding #NEET exams, National Education Policy 2020 as many students died by suicide due to exam issues. "I had also urged the Govt. to pass a resolution for it but my appeal was rejected," he added.
#MonsoonSession: The Parliament adopts motion to withdraw the Banking Regulation Bill Amendment, 2020 after motion was moved by #FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman ).
External Affairs Minister @DrSJaishankar met with Chinese counterpart H.E. Wang Yi in Moscow and discussed #IndiaChinaBorder tensions. Ministers agreed that both parties should continue dialogue, abide by all existing protocols and maintain peace in border areas.
"The recently released quarterly GDP growth numbers for FY2020-21 should alarm us all. Need to be frightened out of complacency. India needs strong growth": former RBI chief, Raghuram Rajan said in a social media post about the economy.
Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan talks about the "alarming" GDP and India's economic growth.
Cabinet approves #MissionKarmayogi, a National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building to lay the foundation for capacity building for civil servants so they remain entrenched in Indian culture while they learn from best practices across the world: Govt of India
#MissionKarmayogi Institutional framework:
-PM's Public Human Resources Council
-Capacity Building Commission
-Special Purpose Vehicle for owning & operating the digital assets & the technological platform for online training
-Coordination Unit headed by the Cabinet Secretary
#MissionKarmayogi features:
-Support transition from 'rules based' to 'roles based' HR management
-To emphasize on 'on-site learning'
-To create an ecosystem of shared training
-To calibrate Civil Service positions to a Framework of Roles, Activities & Competencies (FRACs) method