Former MLA T Shakuntala Shetty handed over face shields to the Someshwara Sri Somanatha Temple renovation committee.
MANGALURU: Mangaluru MLA UT Khader donated 300 face shields through UT Fareed Foundation to Someshwara Sri Somanatha Temple in his constituency, where annual festival and Brahmakalashotsava are being held till April 26.
In the wake of fresh Covid-19 guidelines issued by the state government, the temple has decided to make rituals symbolic without allowing devotees. The famous temple on the seashore in Someshwara has cancelled all cultural programmes and decided to hold only rituals of Brahmakalashotsava.
Khader said that masks have been donated to protect volunteers taking part in the festival and a symbol of harmony. “The historic temple is on the threshold of Brahmakalashotsav rituals. The temple has decided to cancel all public programmes and hold rituals following the guidelines of the government. To protect the health of volunteers the U T Fareed Foundatio
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In the Woke America we increasingly inhabit, opposing the progressive agenda is treated as tantamount to bigotry. The modern Democratic Party s modus operandi is to play up that purported bigotry as a pretext to savage and smear political adversaries, run roughshod over our rights, and ultimately usurp power in the self-serving name of virtue and equity.
This manifests itself in all kinds of unexpected ways, with unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.
Consider, for example, the original draft of the recently introduced COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act.
On its face, the bill, sponsored by Mazie Hirono (D-HI) the due process-denying, discriminating senator from Hawaii seemed an almost-parodic piece of show legislation purporting to birth a novel pandemic-based offense.
Former Delhi minister AK Walia succumbs to COVID-19
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Last Updated: Apr 22, 2021, 09:17 AM IST
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Party leaders said Walia, who represented the Laxmi Nagar constituency in the assembly for four terms, was admitted to the hospital a few days ago after testing positive for coronavirus.
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He passed away around 1.30 AM Thursday.
Senior Congress leader and former Delhi government minister AK Walia died of COVID-19 in the early hours of Thursday, party leaders said. He was 72.
Delhi Congress president Anil Kumar condoled the death of former MLA, saying he breathed his last at the city s Apollo Hospital. Party leaders said Walia, who represented the Laxmi Nagar constituency in the assembly for four terms, was admitted to the hospital a few days ago after testing positive for coronavirus.
Federal Inspectors Fear More Vaccines Were Exposed to Contamination
Last month, up to 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine had to be discarded at Emergent’s factory in Baltimore. A new report says problems were not fully investigated and other doses may be compromised.
Inspectors found fault with a vaccine plant run by Emergent BioSolutions in Baltimore.Credit.Saul Loeb/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
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WASHINGTON Federal regulators have found serious flaws at the Baltimore plant that had to throw out up to 15 million possibly contaminated doses of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine casting doubt on further production in the United States of a vaccine that the government once viewed as essential in fighting the pandemic.
House Votes to Restrict Future Travel Bans, Moving to Undo Trump’s Legacy
The No Ban Act would curb the president’s expansive power to control immigration and bar restrictions on the basis of religion. It faces steep obstacles in the Senate.
Representative Judy Chu, Democrat of California, sponsored the bill to bar the White House from instituting expansive travel bans like the one former President Donald J. Trump imposed.Credit.Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times
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WASHINGTON Pamela Raghebi of Seattle blames President Donald J. Trump’s travel ban for keeping her separated from her husband, Afshin, a native of Iran, for three frustrating years.