New Delhi, Jul 7 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi made some major changes in his Council of Ministers on Wednesday, taking in more than 30 fresh faces, while dropping 12 names, including bigwigs like Prakash Javadekar, Harsh Vardhan and Ravi Shankar Prasad.
All OTT platforms will now come under government regulations and rules. While there is a lack of clarity on what these regulations entail, it means that streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar and others now answer to Prakash Javadekar, the minister for information and broadcasting
In a positive move, IARI has developed capsules which can decompose stubble from paddy harvest to manure. This will be used in states to reduce pollution, an issue that has gripped courts too.
This week also saw the governments official spokesman and the Principal Director General of Press Information Bureau (PIB), K.S. Dhatwalia testing positive for COVID-19 and admitted to the trauma centre at the AIIMS.