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The number of-PCR tests for detection of COVID-19 in India crossed the five millionmark on Tuesday, officials from the Indian Council of Medical Research said. The number of coronavirus cases shot up to 2,66,598 in the country. A total of 50,30,700 samples have been tested till...
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Ninety days after the first coronavirus positive patient was found in Mumbai, the number of cases in the country's financial capital crossed 50,000 on Tuesday while the death toll reached 1,758.The number of coronavirus cases in Mumbai had crossed 10,000 on May 6 and 25,000 on May 21.The...
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Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa made an unannounced visit to Kabul on Tuesday to discuss the Afghan peace process with the Afghan leaders.The Pakistan Embassy in Kabul on its official Twitter account released a picture of General Bajwa meeting with President Ashraf Ghani at the...
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The Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved the UP Prevention of Cow Slaughter (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 on Tuesday, additional chief secretary, home and information, Awanish Awasthi said. The ordinance seeks to stop the incidents of crime related to cow slaughter and was enacted as the state...
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Catapulted to the national spotlight for his work in helping migrants reach their homes, actor Sonu Sood brushes off allegations that he is interested in politics and says he is doing what he is purely out of love. The actor, viewed as a messiah of sorts for migrants and also the unlikely...
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A 55-year-old Deputy Municipal Commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation who had tested positive for coronavirus died on Tuesday, sources in the civic body said.The deceased, who was attached to the water supply project department, is the first high-ranking BMC official who has died...
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At a time when the financial sector is passing through a rough patch and looking at ways to conserve capital, country's second largest lender Punjab National Bank has bought three Audi cars to ferry its top management. According to sources, the PNB took the delivery of these high-end luxury...
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2,259 new coronavirus patients were found in Maharashtra on Tuesday, taking the tally of cases to 90,787, a health official said.The death toll due to the pandemic reached 3,289 with 120 deaths being reported during the day, he added. 1,663 patients were discharged from hospitals after...
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Centre's Locust Warning Organization will press into service 25 drones and buy 60 more vehicle-mounted insecticide spraying machines to counter the attack of locust swarms in the near future, an official said on Tuesday. Authorities are worried that millions of locusts may enter India...
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The prospects of a routine session of Parliament have come under question with existing government buildings found inadequate to accommodate all MPs if COVID-19 physical distancing norms are to be followed, according to highly-placed sources. With neither the central hall of Parliament nor...
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The International Cricket Council on Tuesday approved substitution in case a player shows symptoms of COVID-19 during a Test match besides ratifying the interim ban on using saliva to shine the ball. In its latest playing regulations, the world body also allowed re-introduction of...
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Former India pacer Irfan Pathan on Tuesday contributed to the global debate around racism, saying it is not just restricted to the skin colour and one could also be racially abused due to his religion. The killing of African-American George Floyd in Minneapolis last month...
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The Bombay high court on Tuesday refused to grant Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami exemption from appearance before the Mumbai police in a case about alleged provocative comments.A division bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Riyaz Chagla, which was hearing his petition seeking quashing...
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The railways has written to the states asking them to provide a comprehensive residual demand for Shramik Special trains to ferry migrants to their homes by June 10, hours after the Supreme Court directed the Centre to complete the process in the next 15 days. The railways has run more than...
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Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal tested negative for coronavirus on Tuesday, a day after he went into self-isolation at home after a bout of fever and throat pain.The 51-year-old chief minister, who is also a diabetic, was feeling unwell since Sunday afternoon and hasn't met anyone since...
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Insisting that Union home minister Amit Shah's speech at the Bharatiya Janata Party's virtual rally for West Bengal was devoid of substance, the Trinamool Congress on Tuesday said the saffron party was hungry for votes even when the state was battling the double whammy of COVID-19 and destruction...
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The novel coronavirus in India may have originated from Europe, the Middle East, Oceania and South Asia regions, according to a study by the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru. The observation is a part of the findings of the IISc team comprising Kumar Somasundaram, Mainak Mondal and...
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The Maharashtra government on Tuesday told Bombay High Court it would not be possible for it to requisition privately operated ambulances, but said people could use taxis, autorickshaws and private vehicles to go to hospitals as the restrictions in place for the coronavirus outbreak had been...
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Ahead of the next round of military talks scheduled to start this week, troops of India and China have disengaged on the ground at multiple locations in Eastern Ladakh. The talks between the two armies are going to be held this week at multiple locations including Patroling point 14 (Galwan...
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The Supreme Court Tuesday asked worst Covid-19 affected state Maharashtra to be more vigilant and make concerted effort in identifying and sending the migrant workers still stranded there to their native places. The top court, which directed all states and Union Territories to transport all...
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Actor Sanjay Dutt on Tuesday said it is important for people to come forward and help the dabbawalas, Mumbai's famed tiffin suppliers, who have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Sharing a tweet of Maharashtra minister Aslam Shaikh, which said the government is helping the tiffin-box...
16:44
A senior official of BMC who had tested positive for COVID-19 has lost his life. He was deployed in the water supply department: BMC
16:39
A massive fire engulfed the damaged Baghjan oil well on Tuesday which has been spewing gas uncontrollably for the last 14 days in Assam's Tinsukia district, official sources said. The blaze at the Oil India Ltd's oil well is so massive that it can be seen from a distance of more than two...
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People queue up for food distributed by an NGO in Kolkata
Though it is the responsibility of government to take care of migrant workers, the contribution and role played by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) deserves all appreciation for coming forward to help them by providing food, water and transport during the difficult time of COVID-19...
16:19
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said that conditions have become favourable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon in the next 48 hours.The IMD said, Conditions are becoming favourable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon into some more parts of Central Arabian Sea,...
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BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia has tested positive for COVID-19 and admitted to a private hospital in New Delhi, sources said on Tuesday. He was admitted to Max Hospital, Saket on Monday, they said. He has tested positive for COVID-19, a source said. Recently, BJP national spokesperson Sambit...
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Commuters in the city and other parts of West Bengal faced a harrowing time reaching workplaces on the second consecutive day of Unlock 1 on Tuesday with public transport yet to pick up pace in the state, even as most offices and business establishments resumed normal operations. Private bus...
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Virtually burying the hatchet, senior Congress leader and Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamyon Tuesday greeted its Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi on the occasion of her 71st birthday. He told reporters that he was greeting the former IPS officer on behalf of the territorial government...
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A 42-year-old social health activist was allegedly manhandled by members of a family in Kolhapur in Maharashtra after they were irked over not being given a homeopathic medicine recommended by the AYUSH Ministry in the fight against coronavirus, police said on Tuesday. A case has been...
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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said the spread of COVID-19 is under effective control in Uttar Pradesh despite it being the most populous state, and emphasised that prevention is the only cure for the virus until a vaccine is found. Addressing a review meeting, the chief minister...
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Another elephant died in Kerala this time in Malappuram after it was found seriously injured in North Nilambur forest range of the district. The animal died on Monday without responding to treatment by the forest department veterinarians.The jumbo had been receiving treatment for its injures for...
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BJP leader Kirit Somaiya has written to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and Health Minister Rajesh Tope regarding the issue of missing bodies of COVID-19 patients from government hospitals.Somaiya in the letter claimed that six COVID-19 positive bodies had...
14:45
Former Prime Minister & Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Devegowda files his Rajya Sabha nomination.
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The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the Delhi government to treat as representation a petition seeking direction to it for capping or fixing rates to be charged by private hospitals for treating COVID-19 patients and to prominently display availability of beds for them. The plea, filed by Vineet...
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Doklam was almost like a trailer to what is happening in Ladakh today.Modi failed to take note and failed to act, observes Harishchandra Dighe. Read the column on Rediff.com.
14:29
No new coronavirus cases and deaths have been reported among cops in the last 24 hours, Maharashtra Police said. 34 police personnel have died due to the deadly disease and 2,562 COVID-19 cases have been reported so far.In Maharashtra, 88,528 coronavirus cases have been reported including 40,975...
14:24
Two of Britain's senior-most ministers, Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Priti Patel, have spoken out against racism as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed his most diverse Cabinet in British history in the latest call for restraint among anti-racism protesters. Johnson issued a...
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A 55-year-old Shiv Sena corporator from Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra's Thane district died of COVID-19 on Tuesday, party sources confirmed. The deceased had tested positive for coronavirus a week ago and was on ventilator support at a hospital in Thane city, a party...
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Delhi high court on Tuesday asked Delhi government and other civic bodies to file affidavits explaining the plan to deal with earthquakes and how it is to be implemented on an urgent basis.A division bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar asked Delhi Chief Secretary, all...
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The class 10 board examination in Tamil Nadu are cancelled and students are promoted, Chief Minister K Palaniswami announced Chennai on Tuesday in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The exams for certain class 11 subjects, which could not be held earlier were also cancelled. Coronavirus...
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India's job market looks grim with just 5 per cent of companies planning to add more staff in the next three months as corporates gear up for the post-lockdown era with a wait-and-watch policy, a survey said on Tuesday. According to the ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey that covered 695...
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Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain Tuesday said the source of the Covid-19 infection was unknown in 50 per cent cases in the national capital, but added it was up to the Centre to declare whether the city was witnessing the community spread of the disease. At the same time, Delhi Deputy Chief...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday attacked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the alleged culture of political violence in the state. He said though the BJP wants to expand its influence in the TMC-ruled state, its goal is to rid West Bengal of the environment of...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday attacked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the alleged culture of political violence in the state. He said though the BJP wants to expand its influence in the TMC-ruled state, its goal is to rid West Bengal of the environment of...
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday underwent the COVID-19 test after he developed a sore throat and mild fever on Sunday. At present, the fever of the Aam Aadmi Party convenor has come down and also his throat pain is decreasing.The 51-year-old Delhi Chief Minister on Sunday...
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Shiv Sena MP Anil Desai has demanded that the railways give a refund to local train pass holders in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region or extend their travel period on resumption of services. In a letter to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday, Desai said majority commuters in Mumbai and suburbs...
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Delhi LG Anil Baijal at the meeting on Covid
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday said that AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria has accepted that there is community transmission in the national capital but it is up to the Centre to make a declaration about it.AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria has said that there is a community...
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A Keralite engineer in Dubai, who supported his pregnant spouse to file a plea in the Supreme Court of India for early repatriation from the UAE amid the coronavirus lockdown passed away in his sleep of suspected cardiac arrest, reported Gulf News on Tuesday.The deceased identified as Nithin...
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Update on the SC order on migrants: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre and state governments to send all migrant workers to their native places within 15 days and formulate employment schemes after conducting their skill mapping to rehabilitate them. A bench of Justices Ashok...
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Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal has called an all-party meeting later in the day to discuss the COVID-19 situation in the city and measures to contain the spread of the dreaded virus. The meeting will be held after the Delhi Disaster Management Authority's high-level meet to assess whether...
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The Supreme Court has ordered that migrant workers are to be transported back to their home towns within 15 days. All cases registered against migrants who have allegedly violated lockdown orders to be considered for withdrawal under the Disaster Management Act, 2005. The court has also said...
10:57
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday will chair a meeting of Group of Ministers on coronavirus in the national capital. The meeting will be conducted via video conferencing.The minister is expected to discuss the prevailing outbreak of coronavirus across the country and the measures...
10:51
For the first time in 75 years, world leaders will not travel to New York for the annual UN General Assembly session in September this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the President of the UN General Assembly has announced. The landmark 75th session of the UN General Assembly is expected...
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Equity benchmark Sensex jumped over 100 points in early trade on Tuesday on optimism over reopening of the economy and unabated foreign fund inflows. The gains were, however, capped as profit-booking at higher levels restrained benchmarks from strengthening further, traders said. After...
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India on Tuesday registering the highest single-day spike of 9,987 coronavirus cases, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases to 2,66,598 cases, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 331 patients have died due to the disease in the last 24 hours. Overall 7,466 deaths...
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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that lockdown has been extended in West Bengal till June 30 in view of coronavirus pandemic. Banerjee held a Cabinet meeting in Nabanna yesterday.Lockdown in the State has been extended till June 30. Till June 10 trains will enter West Bengal...
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After being labeled 'Mahatma Sood' by Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, actor Sonu Sood called on Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday night. Speaking about the meeting Sood told Subhash K Jha, It was a late night meeting, and went...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asked Defence Minister Rajnath Singh if Chinese troops have occupied Indian territory in Ladakh.'Once RM is done commenting on the hand symbol, can he answer: Have the Chinese occupied Indian territory in Ladakh?' the Congress leader tweeted.On Monday,...
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Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should call a Parliamentary session to discuss the 'infiltration of Chinese troops on Indian territory'.'PM must call Session of Parliament to discuss the infiltration of Chinese Troops on Indian...
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The first special flight with hundreds of stranded Chinese nationals departed from India on Monday morning, Chinese state media reported.Four more chartered flights taking Chinese nationals back home will depart from India in the coming days, Global Times reported citing a New Delhi-based source...
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In a shocking revelation, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation commissioner I S Chahal on Monday admitted that some Mumbai laboratories had delivered swab reports related to coronavirus cases as late as 18 days.Chahal, a senior IAS officer, took over as commissioner of the BMC a month ago.Speaking...
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