Daily News - 03 March, 2020
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Assam Government will soon put a new law in place that will fix accountability on teachers, said State Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma during the ongoing budget session of the state assembly. Replying to a query of West Guwahati MLA Ramendra Narayan Kalita, Sarma said that the Teacher Accountability Commission (TAC) will be soon implemented in the state. The new law will make it mandatory for teachers to work in allotted districts for ten years failing which they will face labour imprisonment for 3 years.

Doctors from  Guwahati Medical College and Hospital  will be required to give up private practice from Bohag Bihu. They will be provided salary and amenities which are at par with the doctors from AIIMS in Delhi, said Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at the Assembly. Sarma also said that he has asked the doctors to resign if they are interested in working at private places or nursing homes.  “Now we are going to make a distinction between the government and private sectors,” he added.

A Twitter spat ensued between BJP and Congress Party leaders. This time it is Biplab Kumar Deb, the Tripura Chief Minister who took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after the latter made some remarks on PM Modi’s announcement that he was thinking of giving up social media account. Deb tweeted, “So that's the reason Sonia Gandhi doesn't have any Social Media account?: to Gandhi’s tweet “Give up hared, not social media accounts.”

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said during a public meeting that “those who have come from Bangladesh are citizens of India…they have got citizenship. You don’t need to apply for citizenship again. You have been casting your votes in elections, electing PM and CM…now they are saying that you are not citizens…don’t believe them.” She also added that no refugee living in the state will be deprived of Indian citizenship. “We do not want Bengal to turn into another Delhi or another Uttar Pradesh,” she further added.

An Italian tourist who was visiting Rajasthan has tested positive for COVID-19. The patient is undergoing treatment at an isolation ward of the SMS Medical Hospital in Jaipur. After the incident was reported, Chief Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot summoned a meeting of top officials on Monday night. Six people in Agra have been kept under isolation at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi after “high-viral load” was detected in their samples. The six people are family members of the man from Delhi who tested positive for coronavirus on Monday. Their samples are being sent to NIV, Pune for further testing. The man from Delhi had a travel history to Italy which has been severely impacted due to coronavirus outbreak.The government is now carrying out contact tracing of people who came in touch with the patients through Integrated Disease Surveillance Program (IDSP). A 24/7 control room has also been set up to address this issue. PM Modi has said that there is no need to panic.

So far 11 bodies have been recovered from drains of northeast Delhi, claim reports. It is suspected that the ones whose bodies have been recovered from the drain probably lost their lives during the violence in Delhi. According to latest media reports, 47 people have died so far in violence in Delhi.

Looks like, PM Narendra Modi is not going to give up his social media accounts.Instead on March 8, on the occasion of Women's Day, he is going to give away his social media accounts to inspiring women. Modi on Monday surprised everyone after he tweeted that he was thinking of giving up social media accounts.

Five foreigners were asked to leave India for violating visa rules by participating in anti-CAA agitations. "As reported by the Bureau of Immigration (BOI), five foreign nationals who violated visa norms by participating in the anti-CAA protests were asked to leave India," informed Union Minister of State for Home.