The direction by the National Green Tribunal, to disallow use of any park in Delhi for commercial or social functions, has put the North Corporation in a fix and no bookings are being done for the Ramlila Maidan as authorities are unable to decide if the sprawling ground also comes under its ambit. Bookings for the Ramlila Maidan, located near the New Delhi railway station, for any public activity has also been put on hold since the NGT directions. Early February, the NGT haddirected the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to ensure that no park is used for holding any social, cultural, commercial and marriage or other functions in the national capital.
The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted interim bail on medical grounds to ailing poet-activist Varavara Rao in connection with a 2016 Surjagarh iron ore mine arson case. Rao, 82, and advocate Surendra Gadling were arrested by the Gadchiroli police in Maharashtra in February 2019 in connection with the case. Justice Swapna Joshi of the HC s Nagpur bench granted bail to Rao on similar grounds on which the principal bench of the high court on Monday granted bail to him in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. Rao suffers from a host of ailments, including symptoms of dementia, as per his lawyers.
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Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Monday said its power transmission and distribution business has bagged large domestic and overseas contracts across its spectrum of offerings. Though the company did not specify the exact value of the contracts, as per its specification a large contract ranges between Rs 2,500 crore and Rs 5,000 crore. The Power Transmission & Distribution (PT&D) Business of Larsen & Toubro has secured two engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) orders to establish more than 400 MW solar photovoltaic projects in Gujarat, the company said in a statement. L&T is one of the leading EPC players globally in the renewables space with a track record of having built some of the largest solar plants.
India has been witnessing a rise in the active caseload over the past few days. India s total Active Caseload is pegged at 1,45,634 today. It now consists of 1.32% of India s total Positive Cases. More than 74% of the Active Cases of the country are in Kerala and Maharashtra. Of late it is seen that there has been a spike in the daily cases in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh also. Punjab and J&K too are witnessing a surge in daily new cases.
In the last four weeks in Kerala, the average weekly cases have fluctuated between a high of 42,000 to a low of 34,800. In Maharashtra, in the last four weeks, the weekly cases have shown a rising trend and have increased from 18,200 to 21,300; while the weekly positivity has also increased from 4.7% to 8%. Punjab is rapidly assuming critical dimension in respect of the spread of COVID19 infection. 5 States/UTs have weekly Positivity Rate more than the National Average. The National average is 1.79%. Maharashtra has highest weekly positivity rat