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News Highlights: Government asks NCDC, ICMR to stay vigilant over Monkeypox cases

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Last Updated 20 May 2022, 17:31 IST
17:2020 May 2022

Elon Musk denies sexual misconduct claim by SpaceX flight attendant

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has denied a claim of sexual misconduct by a flight attendant contracted by Space X who worked on his private jet in 2016.

A report by Business Insider said SpaceX paid the woman $250,000 in severance in 2018 in exchange for her agreeing not to file a lawsuit over her claim.

The Business Insider report was based on an account by the flight attendant's friend, who said the flight attendant told her about the incident shortly after it happened. The report also said the flight attendant was required to sign a non-disclosure agreement that prohibits her from discussing the payment or anything else about Musk and SpaceX.

17:0620 May 2022

Mastermind of Rs 400 crore Citibank scam Shivraj Puri dies of TB in prison

Shivraj Puri, the alleged mastermind behind the Rs 400-crore Citibank scam of 2010 who was lodged in a Bhondsi prison, has died at a Delhi hospital, officials said on Friday.

Puri (46) was suffering from tuberculosis (TB), they said.

This is the third Bhondsi prison inmate to die after suffering from TB in the last 18 days, a senior official said.

17:0520 May 2022

Justice L Nageswara Rao's retirement is a huge loss to me, Bench: CJI

Justice L Nageswara Rao's retirement is a huge loss personally to me as well as to the Bench. His keen analytical skills & passion for cause of justice will be thoroughly missed by all. He is extremely soft-spoken, both as a lawyer as well as a judge:CJI NV Ramana (ANI)

16:2120 May 2022

J&K delimitation panel orders come into effect

Paving the way for conducting the first assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir since it was made a Union territory, the Centre said the orders of the Delimitation Commission which redrew electoral constituencies and provided six additional assembly seats to Jammu division and one to Kashmir would come into effect from Friday.

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15:4420 May 2022

Govt asks NCDC, ICMR to stay vigilant over Monkeypox, send suspected samples to NIV

Govt has directed NCDC and ICMR, asking to keep a close watch on #Monkeypox situation abroad and send samples of suspected sick passengers from affected countries to NIV Pune for further investigation: Sources (ANI)

(Published 20 May 2022, 02:18 IST)

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