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☆ India's top court to consider cases against block on BBC documentary
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Arpan Chaturvedi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW DELHI, Jan 30 (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court will consider petitions next week against a government order blocking the sharing of clips of a BBC documentary that questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership during riots in 2002 in the western state of Gujarat. The Supreme Court will take up the petitions next week, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said in court on Monday. A New Delhi-based lawyer, M L Sharma, opposed the government's move in one of the petitions to the Supreme Court. He was exonerated in 2012 following an inquiry overseen by the Supreme Court and a petition questioning his exoneration was dismissed last year. The BBC has said the documentary was "rigorously researched" and involved a wide range of voices and opinions, including responses from people in Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.

☆ Top Indian wrestlers accuse sports body chief of sexual harassment
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Anushree FadnavisNEW DELHI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Olympic medal-winning Indian wrestlers have accused the chief of their sport's governing body and its coaches of sexually harassing female players and have vowed to protest until the federation is disbanded and its head investigated. The athletes say they know five or six players who have in the past been victims of harassment. The wrestlers met sports ministry officials on Thursday and were given "assurances" of action, Malik, The first Indian female wrestler to win an Olympic medal, told reporters at the protest site. Punia, one of India's top male wrestlers, Malik and Phogat said they would not take part in any tournaments until adequate action was taken and the wrestling federation was disbanded. Reporting by Shivam Patel in New Delhi; Editing by Alex RichardsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ India to step up COVID surveillance as cases increase elsewhere
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW DELHI, Dec 21 (Reuters) - India's government has asked all states to step up surveillance for any new variants of the coronavirus, citing an increase in COVID-19 cases in China and elsewhere. India has reported the most COVID cases in the world after the United States but its tally of confirmed infections has fallen sharply in the past few months. A recent surge of infections in neighbouring China after it ended its strict COVID restrictions has led to concern that new variants could emerge. Data from the World Health Organization shows that infections have inched up in Japan, Korea, the United States, France and Brazil in recent days. The government has asked all states to ensure that samples of all positive cases are sent to the 54 designated genome sequencing laboratories.

☆ O nouă tulpină mutantă a variantei Delta, descoperită în India; Ce știu medicii despre Delta Plus
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-23 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaO nouă tulpină mutantă a variantei Delta, descoperită în India; Ce știu medicii despre Delta PlusAutorităţile sanitare din India au anunţat marţi descoperirea a 22 de cazuri de infectare cu o mutaţie a variantei Delta a coronavirusului, denumită Delta Plus. Însă în timp ce acest val epidemic scade în intensitate în India, atenţia a început să se îndrepte către Delta Plus, o variantă apropiată celei răspândite. Delta Plus a fost deja identificată în opt alte ţări în afara Indiei, a mai spus Rajesh Bhushan, transmite Digi24. Totuşi, pe baza a ceea ce se ştie până în prezent despre transmisibilitatea şi virulenţa ei, Delta Plus este cel puţin deocamdată considerată în India „variantă de interes” (VOI), nu „variantă care determină îngrijorare” (VOC), cum este cazul variantei Delta. „Focarele par deocamdată mici în privinţa numărului (îmbolnăvirilor), dar nu dorim ca ea să devină mai semnificativă”, a spus Bhushan despre noua variantă identificată.

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