Chennai: Actor and director Prathap Pothen passed away. He was 70 years old. He was found dead in a flat in Chennai. No further information is available. Prathap Pothan was an actor, director, writer, and producer who acted in many Malayalam films as well.
 Pratap Pothan was born in 1952 in an industrialist family in Thiruvananthapuram.

He acted in 95 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Hindi languages. Prathap Pothan has directed around thirty films including Malayalam films Ritubhedam, Daisy and Oru Yathramozhi, Chaitanya in Telugu and Jeeva, Vetrivizha, and Luckyman in Tamil.

New Delhi: Free distribution of booster dose of covid vaccine for senior citizens between 18 to 59 years has started. Free vaccines will be distributed through government vaccination centers for 75 days from today. At the same time, the number of Covid cases in the country is still above 20 thousand. In the last 24 hours, 20,038 more people have been diagnosed with Covid.

The central government’s decision comes in the context of continuing reluctance to booster doses. Those above 18 years of age will be given free vaccines through government vaccination centers for 75 days from today. The project aims to ensure protection from Covid by providing vaccines to more people in the context of the increasing spread of Covid. Only one percent of the country’s 77 crore population aged between 18 and 59 years have received a booster dose. 26 percent of the 16 crore people over the age of 60 who are Covid frontline fighters have taken booster doses.

The free vaccine is also being distributed as part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, the 75th anniversary of the freedom struggle. In the last 24 hours, 20,038 more people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the country. 47 people died. The daily positivity rate stood at 4.44 percent. Currently, the number of people undergoing treatment in the country is over one lakh.

New Delhi: After the word ban in Parliament, a new ban has been ordered. The new order states that there should be no protest, dharna, or satyagraha on the Parliament premises.

The one-line order is from the Secretary-General. The order also states that the Parliament premises should not be used for religious functions. It is not clear what action will be taken if the order is violated.

Last day, 65 words were banned, including anarchist, monkey, covid carrier, corrupt, criminal, crocodile tears, hooliganism, drama, incompetent, hypocrisy, black day, hooligan, fraud, pride, and dance.  After this, the next answer has come out which is worth the protests.

New Delhi: Journalist and co-founder of Alt News, a fact-checking website, Mohammad Zubair has been granted bail by a Delhi court. The Patiala House Court granted bail to Zubair in a case filed by the Delhi Police on charges that he had hurt religious sentiments in his tweet in 2018. Additional Sessions Court Judge Devendra Kumar Jangala granted bail on one surety of Rs 50,000 and a condition not to leave the country without the permission of the court.
Zubair, who was arrested, approached the Sessions Court after the Metropolitan Magistrate denied him bail on July 2. Zubair, who was arrested on June 27, is currently in Delhi Police custody. The Supreme Court had earlier granted bail to Zubair in the case registered by the Uttar Pradesh Police, but he could not be released from jail as he remained in custody in the case registered by the Delhi Police. Six cases have been registered against him in UP. Yesterday, Zubair filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking its cancellation. It is suggested that Zubair will remain in jail as these cases are pending.

Washington: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has donated 20 billion dollars to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in the wake of global challenges such as covid-19 and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bill Gates said that everyone should come forward with a helping hand in times of crisis.

Bill Gates announced through his vlog that he will donate his entire wealth to charity in the future. Bill & Gates, one of the world’s largest philanthropic organizations, has decided to increase its annual donation every year through 2026. Bill and his ex-wife Melinda announced they would invest their savings in the organization they started 20 years ago. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Bill Gates is the fourth richest person in the world with a net worth of about $114 billion.