Saturday, October 31, 2020

Trick or Treat in India.

October 30, 2020
By Akhil Kadidal

An employee of a diagnostic centre in RT Nagar (click here) was on Thursday caught offering fake Covid-19 negative results for Rs 12,000. This comes days after two staffers and a doctor were sacked for selling fake Covid negative reports.

Speaking to DH, an employee at the centre said he was ready to supply fake negative result certificates for Covid-19 patients who sought clearance documents for international travel. “The negative result can be obtained, which will also be reflected in the SRF record,” he said.

When asked how the fake reports are generated, the employee said swab samples are generally sent to three different labs, from where a negative report can be obtained. “There is a risk, but in the three labs, a false report can be obtained,” the employee said, suggesting that some testing staff in labs were also complicit in the scam.

When informed about the scam, Health Minister Dr Sudhakar said the government will not spare any lab that is involved in such irregularities....

Sir Sean Connery has passed on, but, he will always be with us.

I cannot imagine one movie he starred in I haven't seen. This photo is the day of his knighting. The lady is his wife.

He was always a gentleman on and off-screen. He has played
the most widespread type of character personalities one can imagine in his career. He was a great Scot.

He will be missed.

October 31, 2020
By Daniel Krebs

Sean Connery, (click here) the Oscar-winning Scottish actor who first brought James Bond to the big screen, has died at the age of 90.

Connery’s family confirmed the actor’s death to the BBC, noting he died in his sleep while in the Bahamas. Cause of death was not revealed, but Connery had been “unwell for some time,” the BBC reports.

Cast in the role of James Bond at the age of 30, Connery portrayed 007 in seven films, beginning with 1962’s Dr. No and continuing through From Russia With LoveGoldfingerThunderball and You Only Live Twice. He then left the spy movie franchise briefly, only to return to for 1971’s Diamonds for Forever and, years later, 1983’s “unofficial” Bond sequel Never Say Never Again, his final 007 role....