SC releases manual for its free e-Courts Services Mobile App

Centre has allocated additional 22.17 lakh vials of Remdesivir to all states and Union Territories for the period May 23 to 30. Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister D.V Sadananda Gowda has said that earlier, more than 76 lakh vials of the drug were made to all states till 23rd May. He said, a total of around 99 lakh vials of Remdesivir have been allocated across the country so far.

- Centre  has so far provided more than 21 crore 80 lakh Covid vaccine doses to  the States and Union Territories. The Health Ministry in a statement said that the doses have been provided both through the free of cost category and through direct state procurement category. Of the total doses provided to the States, the total consumption,  including wastages, is over 19 crore 90 lakh doses. The Ministry said, more than one crore 90 lakh COVID Vaccine doses  are still available with the States and UTs to be administered. It added that 40 thousand 650 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States and UTs  within the next 3 days. Vaccination is an integral pillar of the comprehensive strategy of Government of India for containment and management of the pandemic, along with Test, Track, Treat and COVID Appropriate Behaviour.

-Supreme Court's E-Committee has released manual for its free e-Courts Services Mobile App in 14 languages.The app is available in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarathi, Kannada, Khasi, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu. Law and Justice Ministry said, the app aimed to benefit Litigants, Citizens, Lawyers, Law firms, Police, Government Agencies and other institutional litigants.The mobile app and its manuals in English and other regional languages can be downloaded free of cost from the official website of the e-Committee, Supreme Court of India.The manuals explain all features of app with screenshots for easy understanding for the common man.The Ministry said, by using the App, one can get various citizen-centric services like search for cases with case numbers, filing numbers, party names, FIR number, advocate details, Case Status and Cause List etc.People can get complete case history from the filing until disposal, including date wise case diary.Through the e-Courts services mobile app- one can get the case status and case details of both High Courts and District Courts.

-The Asian Cricket Council, ACC on Sunday decided to postpone the Asia Cup 2021, as no practical window is available to hold the tournament this year, amid Conona pandemic. The Executive Board said in face of the risks and restrictions posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, it had made the difficult decision to postpone the Asia Cup 2020 to 2021. Since then, the ACC has been working with its participants and stakeholders to try and ensure that the event is held in the year. However, on account of a packed Future Tour Program, the cricket body has concluded that there is no practical window in the year when all the teams would be available to participate. The Board has accordingly considered the matter very carefully and determined that the only way ahead would be to postpone the event. It would therefore only be feasible for this edition of the tournament to be held in 2023 as there is already an Asia Cup in 2022. ACC said, the dates for the same will be confirmed in due course.

-In Cricket, Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by 33 runs in the 1st ODI in Dhaka.  Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.The hosts set a winning target of 258 runs for Sri Lankan team. Mushfiqur Rahim of BangalaDesh smashed 84 runs and Dhananjaya de Silva took three wickets for SriLanka. In reply Sri Lanka were bolwled out for 224 runs in 48.1 overs. Mehidy Hasan Miraz took four wickets for the hosts and Wanindu Hasaranga scored 74 runs for the hosts.This was the first match of the three-match ODI series between both sides