India formally hands extradition request on Mehul Choksi

India formally handed over an extradition request to the Government of Antigua and Barbuda to extradite fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi, who has been accused among others in  the Rs 14,000 crore PNB Case.

https://twitter.com/indianflashnews/status/1026000697765101568?s=19

Kerala Government to give Rs Two lakh for sex reassignment surgery

The Kerala Government  will bear the cost of  sex reassignment surgery for transgenders.

" The government will give up to Two lakh rupees to transgenders for sex reassignment surgery. It will be implemented through the Social Justice Dept. The initiative follows many of the steps that the Kerala Government has taken to improve the lives of transgenders," Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan tweeted.
https://www.indianflash.com/2018/08/05/kerala-government-to-give-rs-two-lakh-for-sex-reassignment-surgery

Karunanidhi's health improving

https://www.indianflash.com/2018/08/02/karunanidhis-health-improving-kerala-cm

Making it clear that "horrendous acts of mobocracy" cannot be allowed to become a new norm, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Parliament to enact a new law establishing lynching as an offence with punishment.

https://twitter.com/indianflashnews/status/1019131704311795712?s=19

In  the wake of recent issues of illegal adoptions carried out by Missionaries of Charity in Jharkhand,  Women and Child Development  minister Maneka Sanjay Gandhi has instructed the states to get child care homes run by Missionaries of Charity all over the country inspected immediately.https://twitter.com/indianflashnews/status/1019107067246841856?s=19

Veteran Congress leader M M Jacob Passes away

Veteran Congress leader and former Maghalaya governor M M Jacob passed away in a private hospital in Pala on Sunday morning.

Mundakkal Mathew Jacob, popularly known as M M Jacob was born on 9 August 1927 at Ramapuram in Kottayam district.

He was appointed Governor of Meghalaya in 1995 and again in 2000 for a second term. He also discharged the function of the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh as well for some time in 1996.

https://www.indianflash.com/2018/07/08/congress-veteran-mm-jacob-passes-away

Kerala receives International award for Nipah prevention

The Kerala government received international recognition for the steps taken to prevent the spread of Nipah virus that claimed 17 lives in the state.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Health Minister KK Shailaja received the award given by the Institute of Human Virology, Baltimore in recognition of the anti-Nipah efforts of the state.
https://www.indianflash.com/2018/07/07/kerala-receives-international-award-for-nipah-prevention

Institute  co-founder Dr Robert C Gallo presented the award. Vijayan and Shylaja also held talks with Gallo and others.