1, DCGI allows phase 4 clinical trial of Covid-19 drug Favipiravir
Drug Controller General of India has approved Pharma giant Dr Reddy's proposal to conduct phase IV clinical trial of Favipiravir 200 mg tablets. It has asked the pharmaceutical company to include 50 per cent of the government site for the study.
2, Major attack averted as forces recover explosives in South Kashmir
A major attack was possibly averted as the Jammu and Kashmir police along with the Indian Army and CRPF recovered a huge cache of explosives from South Kashmir's Awantipora.
3, Cong MPs from Punjab burn copies of farm bills, party protests in Parliament
Punjab Lok Sabha MPs Jasbir Singh Gill, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Gurjit Singh Aujla and Amar Singh from congress have burnt copies of bills based on farm ordinances in Parliament premises. They also wore black robes and said they will oppose the proposed legislation.
4, No GST cut, Govt asks auto companies to reduce hefty royalty payments
Government is in no mood to give tax concessions to the automobile sector to boost the sagging demand. Sources in the finance ministry squarely rejected the view that the automobile sector in the country is struggling due to the high rates of GST.
5, Kerala gold smuggling case: HC grants bail to three accused in Customs case
The three accused Muhammad Anwar, Muhammad Abdul Shameem and Jipsal were granted bail on Thursday in connection with a case related to the Kerala gold smuggling being probed by the Customs department. Meanwhile, The opposition Congress and BJP in Kerala hit out at the Left government in the state and sought the Chief Minister’s resignation over the appearance of Higher Education Minister K T Jaleel before an NIA team probing the gold smuggling case.
6, Lawyer challenges challan for not wearing mask when driving alone; HC seeks govt reply
Delhi HC has sought response from the Centre and state governments on a lawyer's plea. The lawyer was a fined a challan of 500 rupees for not wearing a mask while driving alone.
7, Deve Gowda to take RS oath on Sunday
Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda will take oath on September 20 as the newly-elected Rajya Sabha member. Gowda enters Rajya Sabha for the second time 24 years after he was elected when he was the prime minister from June 1996 to April 1997.
8, Pakistan freezes over 900 assets of JuD, JeM
In an attempt to fulfill FATF's action plan, Islamabad has frozen 907 assets of the JuD and the JeM. The former is run by Hafiz Saeed and the latter by Masood Azhar.
9, Navy tracks Chinese research vessel in Indian Ocean
The Indian Navy tracked the Yuan Wang class research vessel last month that entered the Indian Ocean region from Malacca Straits. The vessel returned to China a few days back.
10, 'Novichok-tinged bottle found in Navalny's room'
Navalny's colleagues believe that he was poisoned with Novichok before he left his hotel room in Tomsk for the airport. His colleagues returned to the room an hour after learning that Navalny had become ill and packed the bottles and other items for further inspection.
