DH Evening Brief: August 3, 2021
Bommai lets go of advisors picked by Yediyurappa
The Basavaraj Bommai administration has relieved BJP legislators and other experts who were appointed to key advisory positions by former chief minister BS Yediyurappa. In a notification issued by the Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms (DPAR), ten people have been relieved from various positions they held in the previous government. Read more
India still not out of danger zone as Covid-19 reproductive number above one in eight states
The government on Tuesday said India's reproductive number that denotes the spread of Covid-19 is more than one in eight states, including Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Reproduction or reproduction number is a measure that highlights the number of people a coronavirus positive person infects, thereby, reflecting the severity of its spread. A number of one or below one indicates a slowly spreading virus, while any number above 1 indicates a rapid spread. Read more
Insult to Parliament: PM Modi slams Opposition for tearing papers, making 'derogatory' remark
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday fumed at the opposition for “insulting” Parliament by repeated disruptions and “derogatory” references to the legislative process, but asked BJP members to exercise restraint. Read more
Mere harassment won't amount to abetment of suicide: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has said mere harassment without any positive action on the part of the accused does not amount to abetment of suicide under the Section 306 of the IPC. A bench comprising justices L Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose said: "Mere harassment without any positive action on the part of the accused proximate to the time of occurrence which led to the suicide would not amount to an offence under Section 306 IPC. Abetment by a person is when a person instigates another to do something". Read more
Risk of heart attack, stroke increases in first two weeks after testing Covid-positive: Study
The risk of heart attack and stroke is increased three-fold in the first two weeks following Covid-19, according to a study published in The Lancet journal. The study compared the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction or heart attack, and stroke in 86,742 Covid-19 patients with 348,481 control individuals in Sweden from February 1 to September 14, 2020. Read more