India’s first vaccine for the prevention of coronavirus infection, COVAXIN’s clinical trials on humans started at AIIMS Hospital in Delhi. In the first phase of testing, the Covaxin would be given to 375 volunteers.
Akshay Phatak, Mumbai’s devout Hindu, wrote a letter to Girish Kuber, the editor of the daily ‘Loksatta’ – Supreme Court had given a clear verdict that the disputed land of Ayodhya is ‘Ramjanmabhoomi’.
Some miscreants damaged and burnt Magaliamman temple near town hall, the Vinayagar temple in front of Coimbatore Railway Junction and Vinayagar temple premises near Selva Nallampalayam area on 17th July night.
Cyber Crime Branch of Tamil Nadu Police filed a complaint against the YouTube channel run by followers and activists of Periyar. Police arrested two persons M. Senthilvasan and Surendran of the YouTube channel ‘Karuppar Koottam’.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued notice to the Maharashtra Government on 17th July, over the Telugu poet and urban naxal Varavara Rao who tested positive for coronavirus.
A converted Christian named Markush Kindo brutally beat up a cow, hanged and killed her behind a church. A complaint was lodged and Kindo was later arrested.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on 17th July refused to entertain a plea seeking direction to install alternative methods of cremation to reduce air pollution and also to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Justice R Banumathi, who was the first woman from the State of Tamil Nadu to be elevated to the position of a Judge in the Supreme Court, is all set to retire on 19th July.
Nearly 140 workers including priests in the world-famous Tirupati Balaji Temple are affected by the coronavirus. The Chairman of Temple Trust Y.V. Subbareddy declared that the management has no plans to shut down the temple.
A 52-year-old Padre (Christian priest) from Kerala, Robin Vaddakamcheri, has been punished to 20 years in jail for raping a minor girl and impregnating her.