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SRK to Virat Kohli: Celebs change DPs to show gratitude to Maharashtra Police on Anil Deshmukhs appeal
From Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan to cricketer Virat Kohli, celebrities changed their display picture on the appeal of Home Minister of Maharashtra Anil Deshmukh. The minister urged citizens of the state to change their display picture of their respective social media accounts to Maharashtra Polices logo to boost the morale of 2.25 lakh police personnel working tirelessly to save people from COVID-19 in lockdown in the state.
Deshmukh also offered his deepest condolences on the demise of ASI Sunil Dattatray Kalgutkar of Kurla’s Vinoba Bhave Nagar Police Station – who fought against COVID-19.
This takes the number of Maharashtra Police personnel who have succumbed to Corona to six while as many as 648 have tested positive. It is exemplary that the entire 2.25-lakh strong police force is working for long hours through what is one of the biggest public health challenges we are facing. To those who say this will affect the morale of the police, I want to affirm that in difficult times, the efficiency of police has in fact doubled.
He however admitted, It is essential to underline to the police force that they are not alone in this fight. From the flurry of messages, phone calls and social media posts that people sent to me on various platforms, I know this is an issue, for which the citizens feels as strongly as me.
He highlighted how whether it was the 26/11-terror attack or the great deluge of 2005, which drowned Mumbai, Maharashtra police has always gone out of its way to help citizens even risking life and limb to help citizens. He pointed out and said, I decided to honour the selflessness of police personnel by putting up the Maharashtra Police logo as my display picture (DP) on WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc and asked citizens to join me for honouring the police force.
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The appeal has met with a tremendous response across the state as many citizens followed suit by changing their DP. This included grassroots activists, homemakers, collegians, political activists, corporate captains, sportspersons and well-known celebrities who feel strongly about showing solidarity with the police.
Politicians too responded to Deshmukh’s appeal and changed their DPs. These include NCP MP Supriya Sule, Irrigation and Water Resources Minister – Jayant Patil; cricketer Virat Kohli; chairman Mahindra group Anand Mahindra; actors Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Genelia Deshmukh, Ajay Devgn, Arjun Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Siddharth Malhotra, Suniel Shetty, Gulshan Grover, Rohit Roy, Arjun Bajwa, Vatsal Sheth, Katrina Kaif, Dia Mirza, Tisca Chopra, Bhagyashree, Mrunal Thakur, Pooja Hegde, Hina Khan; music composer Jatin Pandit and his son Rahul; well-known film publicist Saleha Yohann; filmmakers Karan Johar and Sajid Nadiadwala; scriptwriter Rajat Aroraa; ghazal exponents Talat Aziz and Penaz Masani; fashion designer Neeta Lulla, model-choreographer Lubna Adams and Shaurya Pratap Singh among others. Several political activists and functionaries from the NCP and Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) also followed suit.
Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) added 25 additional beds in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital Kalwa apart from arranging a special ward dedicated to COVID-19 patients. The total number of active patients in the city stood at 252 while five succumbed to the virus. Meanwhile, TMC Commissioner Abhijit Bangar said a ‘death audit’ of patients who died of COVID would be conducted. The TMC has ensured it has additional stock of oxygen concentrators, testing kits, medicines, to name a few. Bangar told HT, “Due to the increasing number of Covid patients, it is necessary for everyone to be alert.”
He added, The number of Covid tests should be increased to stay one step ahead of the disease. As a result, the number of patients is likely to increase due to increased testing. However, as per the ‘test, isolate, treat’ protocol for Covid, it becomes necessary to isolate and treat more and more patients. The testing centres will not remain closed even for a single day. At the same time, more arrangements for testing will be made immediately in public places, markets, railway stations, malls.”
India recorded 3,095 new COVID cases and five deaths in last 24 hours.
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Politics
After Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification, his namesake who contested from Wayanad disqualified
Rahul Gandhi
An independent candidate for Lok Sabha elections named Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from contesting polls for failing to lodge account of election expenses. Gandhi, who’s name figures as ‘Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma’ in an Election Commission list of persons, had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an Independent and had received 2196 votes from the Wayanad seat in Kerala – a constituency from where ex-Congress MP Rahul Rajiv Gandhi had won with over seven lakh votes.
However, since it is mandatory for all contestants to submit their account of election expenses among other mandatory requirements under EC rules and the Representation of the People Act.
Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma stood disqualified to contest polls from September 13, 2021 till September 13, 2024. According to Section 10A, the Election Commission can disqualify a contestant for a period of three years from the date of the order if he/she has failed to lodge an account of election expenses within the time and in the manner required by law and has no good reason or justification for the failure.
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A total of 22 patients tested positive for COVID-19 in Nagpur in past 24 hours on Thursday. Almost 242 people were tested in the city, out of which 15 belonged to urban area while and 6 were from the rural areas, and one from outside Nagpur district.
At present, there are 72 active patients in the city. Three new cases of the new XBB.1.16 variant of COVID-19 were detected that took the total tally to five in the district.
India recorded 3,095 new COVID cases and five deaths in last 24 hours.
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