Name: 'Not a terrorist, gave life to country': Kejriwal hits back
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Description: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday hit back at BJP Mp Parvesh Verma who had called him a terrorist. At an emotional press conference, Kejriwal said that he could have gone abroad like many of his friends, but he decided to dedicate his life to the country. He added that he has left it to the public of Delhi to decide if he is a terrorist.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday&nbsp;hit back at BJP Mp Parvesh Verma who had called him a terrorist. At an emotional press conference, Kejriwal said that he could have gone abroad like many of his friends, but he decided to dedicate his life to the country. He added that he has left it to the public of Delhi to decide if he is a terrorist.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday hit back at BJP Mp Parvesh Verma who had called him a terrorist. At an emotional press conference, Kejriwal said that he could have gone abroad like many of his friends, but he decided to dedicate his life to the country. He added that he has left it to the public of Delhi to decide if he is a terrorist.

Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut met at a suburban hotel on Saturday, prompting speculation in Maharashtra's political circles. Maharashtra BJP chief spokesperson Keshav Upadhye however said there was no political angle to the meeting. He tweeted saying Raut wanted to interview Fadnavis for the Sena mouthpiece Saamana and this meeting was to discuss how to go about it. Adding there are no political connotations to the meeting, he said Fadnavis has informed Raut that he would give the interview after returning from poll campaigning in Bihar.

The Shiromani Akali Dal on Saturday broke ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party, days after Harsimrat Kaur resigned from the Union cabinet over contentious farm bills.
SAD President Sukhbir&nbsp;Singh&nbsp;Badal&nbsp;said, the party was not taken into confidence before passing the three agriculture bills, which directly affect farmers, labourers and local traders. He added, Akali&nbsp;Dal&nbsp;had been trying to attract Centre's attention to the farmers' issues and the impact of the Bills but their efforts went in vain.
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The CBI has named nine Tamil Nadu policemen in their chargesheet for murder, conspiracy and other offences in the custodial death case of a father-son duo in June this year.&nbsp;The policemen have also been accused of destruction of evidence in the chargesheet filed before the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Madurai on Friday in the alleged torture and murder of shopkeepers J Benniks and his father RP Jeyaraj, who ran a mobile phone shop in Thoothukudi district.&nbsp;The CBI has alleged that after the torture of the two victims in the police station which led to their death, the police&nbsp; filed "fake" charges against them of violating the coronavirus lockdown by keeping their shops open beyond the permitted time.

The total number of recoveries from Covid-19 surged to 48,49,584 on Saturday with 93,420 patients recuperating from the disease in a day, which is more than the number of fresh cases recorded during the same period, the union health ministry said.
With the recovery rate rising to 82.14%, the ministry said India has maintained its top global ranking in total recoveries with such high successive single-day numbers. The health ministry said that&nbsp;the gap between recovered and active cases is continuously widening and that&nbsp;recovered cases exceed the active cases by nearly 39 lakh. There are&nbsp;9,60,969 active coronavirus&nbsp;cases in&nbsp; India.&nbsp;

The government said on Saturday it was capping the price of liquid oxygen used to treat Covid-19 infected people as well as victims of other respiratory diseases. A statement released after complaints of hoarding and shortages surfaced, said manufacturers have hiked prices in the absence of a price cap on liquid medical oxygen. To ensure that the oxygen is available at reasonable rates, the government has capped manufacturers' prices at ₹ 15.22 per cubic metre (CUM), the statement said. Prices of a cubic metre of medical oxygen delivered by cylinder to end-users have been fixed at ₹ 25.71. The new ceiling prices will be applicable for six months and exclude taxes.

Emphasising that India will always support peace, security and prosperity, Prime Minister Modi&nbsp;in his address at the 75th United Nations General Assemby&nbsp;said that India will not hesitate to raise its voice against enemies of humanity -&nbsp;terrorism, smuggling of illegal weapons and drugs

The Congress on Saturday ramped up its attack on the Centre over the farm bills. The party ran a social media campaign, &lsquo;Speak up for farmers&rsquo; with Rahul Gandhi demanding the government&rsquo;s guarantee on minimum support price (MSP) for farmer. Rahul also warned there will be tremendous damage if farmers hit the streets. He further criticized the Modi government for alleged attempt to sell out farmers to the corporates. The Wayanad MP vowed to stand by farmers till the farm bills are withdrawn.

In his UNGA speech on Saturday, PM Modi addressed the pandemic vaccine worries, assuring the global community that India&rsquo;s vaccine production and delivery capacity will be used to help all humanity in fighting this crisis. Suggesting serious introspection of the United Nations&rsquo; work, Modi posed a question on the global body&rsquo;s response in fighting the deadly virus.

In his address on the historic occasion of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday pitched for a more prominent&nbsp;role for India in the UN Security Council, asking the global body &lsquo;till when will India be kept away from the UN's decision-making process?&rsquo;, adding that people of India are concerned whether its reform-process will ever reach a logical conclusion.

Adar Poonawalla, the CEO of the Serum Institute of India took to twitter to ask will the Government of India have 80,000 crores available over the next one year. The amount, he mentioned will be needed by Ministry of Health to buy and distribute the vaccine to everyone in India. According to Poonawalla, the arrangement of this fund is the next challenge that needs to be tackled. He said he was asking the question as it is important &lsquo;to plan and guide vaccine manufacturers both in India and overseas to service the needs in terms of procurement and distribution&rsquo;

BJP has replaced several senior leaders as general secretaries.
Ram Madhav, P Muralidhar Rao, Anil Jain and Saroj Pandey have been dropped while Dushyant Kumar Gautam, D Purandeswari, CT Ravi and Tarun Chugh have been promoted.
Sources say the reorganisation is aimed at giving more opportunities to younger people. The party also promoted media in charge Anil Baluni who is now the chief spokesperson.MP from Karnataka Tejasvi Surya has been made the president of the Yuva Morcha.
PM Modi&nbsp;congratulated the new team and expressed confidence they'll uphold the glorious tradition of the party

In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court Observed that prostitution, by itself, is neither a criminal offence under law, nor punishable. The court set aside lower courts&rsquo; orders that detained three women in a corrective home for almost a year and ordered their immediate release. The court further held that the law only penalizes sexual exploitation or abuse of a person for "commercial purpose" and to earn the bread thereby, except where a person is carrying on prostitution in a public place.

Equine Biotech, a startup incubated at the Bengaluru based Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has developed an indigenous RT-PCR diagnostic kit called 'GlobalTM diagnostic kit' for accurate and affordable diagnosis of COVID-19. The test kit, based on Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR), the gold standard for COVID-19 diagnosis, has been approved for use in authorised COVID-19 diagnostic labs by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The test takes about 1.5 hours to confirm the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in patient samples, IISC said
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During India-Sri Lanka virtual bilateral summit on Saturday, PM Modi&nbsp;told the Sri Lankan PM that under India's &lsquo;Neighbourhood First&rsquo; policy, India &ldquo;gives special priority to relations between the two countries.&nbsp;The two leaders deliberated on a host of issues like ways to further deepen overall defence and trade ties as well as expansion of existing cooperation in several key areas. PM Modi&nbsp;announced grant assistance of 15 million US dollars for promotion of Buddhist ties between the two countries, the MEA said. PM Modi expressed hope that the temporary restrictions imposed by the Sri Lankan side on imports of some products will be relaxed soon. Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa&nbsp;thanked India for the successful operation to douse off the fire on MT New Diamond ship&nbsp;and invited PM Modi&nbsp;to inaugurate&nbsp;Jaffna Cultural Centre

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted his predecessor Manmohan Singh on his 88th birthday on Saturday, wishing him a long and healthy life. Wishing Singh, the prime minister tweeted, "Birthday greetings to Dr Manmohan Singh Ji. I pray to Almighty that he is blessed with a long and healthy life." West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also greeted the former prime minister and wished him good health.
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A day after the announcement of dates for Bihar Assembly elections, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut has taken a dig saying if Bihar doesn&rsquo;t have enough issues, Mumbai can parcel some. The jibe comes in the backdrop of the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput being used as an election issue in Bihar. Stating that elections should be fought on the issues of development, good governance and law &amp; order, Raut said: "if these issues have exhausted in Bihar, then issues from Mumbai can be sent as parcel."

Muzaffarnagar, PTI: A lesbian couple in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district has sought police protection after their families opposed their decision to live with each other and allegedly threatened them of dire consequences, an official said on Saturday.
According to Shamli District Magistrate Jasjit Kaur, the two women, aged 22 and 23, eloped from their villages fearing a threat to their lives. "They are both adults and free to live wherever they want," Kaur said.
The duo approached authorities on Friday evening seeking police protection, she said.
Their statements have been recorded and on the basis of these, an order will be issued by the sub divisional magistrate.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the United Nations General Assembly in the 75th session on Saturday. He is scheduled as the first speaker. In the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, the UNGA is being conducted virtually this year, Prime Minister's statement will be a pre-recorded video message that will be played out in New York. PM Modi is expected to keep the focus on India's priorities, he is likely to address the issue of cross-border terrorism, and strengthening&nbsp;global action on counter-terrorism. PM is also likely to highlight India's contribution in the global cooperation against Covid-19 by providing aid to more than 150 nations.

India on Friday hit back at Pakistan with a stinging reply after its prime minister Imran Khan raised Kashmir and issues related to minorities at the UN General Assembly. In a strongly worded reply, India delegate Mijito Vinito stated that "The only dispute left in Kashmir relates to the part that is still under illegal occupation of Pakistan."
Calling Khan's speech "rant" of someone who had nothing to show for himself, the envoy said: "The only crowning glory that this country has to show to the world for the last 70 years is terrorism, ethnic cleansing, majoritarian fundamentalism, and clandestine nuclear trade."&nbsp;
Referring to the Pakistan Prime Minister, he said, "The same leader who spewed venom today, admitted in 2019 in public in the US that his country still has about 30,000-40,000 terrorists who have been trained by Pakistan and have fought in Afghanistan and in the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. This is the country that has systematically cleansed its minorities including Hindus, Christians, Sikhs and others, through the abuse of its blasphemy laws and through forced religious conversions."
Pakistan was characterised as "someone who professes to be a champion of Islam, this is also a country that has encouraged killing of fellow Muslims merely because they belonged to a different sect, or to a different region in Pakistan, and through sponsoring terrorist attacks against its neighbors," he added.
Vinito said Imran Khan "is the same person who referred to the terrorist Osama Bin Laden as a 'martyr' in his parliament in July".
He further said, "For a nation that is deeply buried in medievalism, it is understandable that the tenets of modern civilised society such as peace, dialogue and diplomacy are farfetched."

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