GURUDWARA OFFERS ALL ITS GOLD FOR CONSTRUCTION OF HOSPITALS
In a heart-warming move, Nanded’s Gurudwara Takht Shri Hazoor Sahib, one of the five takhts of Sikhism, has announced that it will release all its gold collected over the past five decades for the construction of hospitals and medical institutions. Takht Jathedar Sant Baba Kulwant Singh announced the decision, saying that currently people from Nanded have to run to Hyderabad or Mumbai for treatment. He asserted that such hospitals be built in Nanded. He said, “We have put a lot of gold on buildings and Gurdwaras. Now we should make and ready Gursikhs…the schools should provide excellent education and the Gursikhs should hold high positions…such that Sri Kalgidhar Patshah will be pleased seeing the Khalsa reach these positions. It is my thinking that a hospital or medical college should be built.”
8 BOOKED FOR REGISTERING BARABANKI MOSQUE AS WAQF PROPERTY
The Barabanki Police has booked eight people for being part of a committee that allegedly committed “fraud and cheating” to get Gharib Nawaz Mosque, which was demolished on May 17, registered as a Waqf property. The case was lodged at the Ramsanehi Ghat police station late on May 20. There was a wave of arrests in the two months prior to the demolition of the mosque as close to 180 people were booked for protesting the district administration’s decision to demolish the mosque. The FIR has named committee president Mushtaq Ali, vice-president Waqeel Ahmad, secretary Mohamad Aneesh, members Dastageer, Afzaal, Mohammad Naseem, and then UP Sunni Central Waqf Board inspector Mohammad Taha. One Ishtiyaq was charged with the NSA and arrested in April. Besides, Indian Union Muslim League Uttar Pradesh state unit president Dr. Mohammad Mateen Khan was arrested on May 21 by the UP Police as he was on his way to Barabanki to visit the site of illegally demolished Garib Nawaz Al Maroof Mosque.
DELHI POLICE CONSTABLE CLEARS UPSC EXAM AGAINST ALL ODDS
Delhi Police Constable Feroz Alam, who is posted in the PCR unit of the police force of the national capital, has cleared the UPSC exam and now, under DANISP, will be trained for the post of ACP in Delhi Police. With his hard work, Alam has cleared the UPSC examination and is all set to become an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP). Currently, Feroz Alam’s training is going on at Delhi Police Training Centre Jhadodakala and he will also get a deployment by March next year. Hailing from the Hapur Pilkhuwa district in Uttar Pradesh, Alam joined Delhi Police in 2010 after clearing his Class 12 board exams. To realise his dream, Alam started preparing for the UPSC Civil Services examinations, all the while working as a police constable. Juggling a full-time job, along with the UPSC preparation proved to be very hard for Feroz.
PATANJALI’S MUSTARD OIL MILL RAIDED, SEALED FOR ‘ADULTERATION’
The district administration of Alwar in Rajasthan on May 26 sealed Singhania Oil Mill located in the industrial area on Ismailpur Road in Khairthal (Alwar) and recovered a large quantity of Patanjali’s packing materials and mustard oil bottles (believed to be adulterated) having stickers of Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali company. “Samples of the mustard oil and other raw materials were collected by the team of food and ayurveda inspectors. Further action will be taken after the report comes,” said an official. A complaint was registered that Baba Ramdev’s company Patanjali sold the oil in the market by putting its stamp on it. On the basis of the complaint, district collector Nannu Mal Pahadia formed a three-member committee under the leadership of subdivisional officer Yogesh Dagur.
DOCTORS MARK ‘BLACK DAY’ AGAINST RAMDEV’S ALLOPATHY REMARKS
Doctors across the country observed a “Black Day” on June 1 in protest against yoga guru Ramdev’s alleged remarks on allopathy where he apparently called modern medical treatments “stupid”. Various medical associations have demanded an “unconditional open public apology” for Ramdev’s alleged “insensitive and derogatory” comments that more people died of modern medicine during the coronavirus pandemic than the deadly disease itself. #ArrestQuackRamdev and #BlackDay also trended on social media amid the protests. “We don’t want any kind of debate with Ramdev. Who is he? He is a layman. Ramdev has only made his business in this pandemic,” the Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) Dr Manish was reported as saying. “Doctors have worked through the pandemic day and night. They have lost lives. We will go to any extent, we can go to court also,” he added.
MHA INVITES CITIZENSHIP APPLICATIONS FROM NON-MUSLIM REFUGEES
The Home Ministry empowered 13 more District Collectors in five States – Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab – to grant citizenship certificates to applicants belonging to six minority communities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. The latest notification is said to be a reiteration of similar orders issued in 2016 and 2018 and is not related to the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) that is yet to come into effect. The applicants will have to apply online and citizenship certificate will be provided after security check by Central agencies and State police. Under the existing system, minority communities from the three countries who entered India before December 31, 2009, may or may not choose to provide a copy of their passports but they have to provide the date of the visa and may upload the visa document in place of the passport while applying for citizenship.
SUIT FILED AGAINST 5G IMPLEMENTATION IN INDIA
Actor Juhi Chawla, who is also an environmental activist, has filed a suit against the implementation. The actor shared that while she is not against technological advancements, ‘we have sufficient reason to believe that the radiation is extremely harmful and injurious to the health and safety of the people.’ She said, “We are not against the implementation of technological advancements. On the contrary, we enjoy using the latest products that the world of technology has to offer, including in the field of wireless communications. However, whilst using the latter kind of devices, we are in a constant dilemma, because after doing our own research and studies regarding the RF radiation from wirefree gadgets and network cell towers, we have sufficient reason to believe that the radiation is extremely harmful and injurious to the health and safety of the people.”
DELHI GOVT ALLOWS HOME DELIVERY OF LIQUOR VIA APPS
Home delivery of liquor through mobile apps or websites will be permitted in the national capital under the amended excise rules governing the trade of alcohol in the city, said a report on June 1. According to the Delhi Excise (Amendment) Rules, 2021, published in a gazette notification on May 31, holders of L-13 licence will be allowed to deliver liquor at the doorstep of people. “The licensee shall make delivery of liquor at the residences only if order is received through mobile app or online web portal and no delivery shall be made to any hostel, office, and institution,” says the notification.
IT’S LIVING HELL: DELHI HIGH COURT ON FUNGUS DRUG SHORTAGE
“We are living this hell. Everyone is living this hell. It’s a situation where we want to help but we are helpless,” the Delhi HC lamented on May 28 while hearing pleas on the shortage of black fungus medicine and the problems being faced by the patients. While the Centre placed a report giving the steps taken by it to source the medicine and overcome shortages, the HC directed it to give further details on the current status of its imports and when the stocks are expected.