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No decision has been taken on opening of schools and colleges and all education institutions across the country are still prohibited to open, the Union Home Ministry said Tuesday night. The statement by the home ministry spokesperson came after a section of media reported that the...
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The Chinese government will help arrange special flights for its citizens that are willing to fly home but are stuck in India due to the country's nationwide coronavirus lockdown, according to a notice the Chinese embassy in New Delhi published on its website on Monday.The voluntary repatriation...
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Mumbai Police clarified that Mumbai and Pune will not be placed under military lockdown for ten days as claimed by a message that is being widely circulated on social medial platforms. The police said that the message is fake and urged the people to break the chain by not forwarding it. The...
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China’s “bat woman” researcher warns that the deadly coronavirus surfacing now is “just the tip of the iceberg” in terms of what humans may soon face without a global effort to prevent similar infectious outbreaks.“If we want to prevent human beings from suffering from the next...
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India is planning to bring back home its one lakh stranded nationals from 60 countries under the second phase of the Vande Bharat mission, officials said on Tuesday. The second phase of the mission was to end on May 22. However, the government extended it till June 13.External Affairs...
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Eleven new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Tripura on Tuesday, out of which 10 people came from Mumbai, Maharashtra.11 people found COVID-19 positive in Tripura today. Among them 10 people have returned from Mumbai, Maharashtra by train and 1 person is a family member of BSF personnel of 86th...
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At least 10 Uttar Pradesh districts were on alert Tuesday after swarms of locusts were spotted in Mahoba and Jhansi districts, moving into the state after attacking crops in neighbouring Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, officials said.Locusts entered Rajasthan from Pakistan earlier this month, and...
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Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 97 coronavirus deaths -- highest in a day -- and 2,091 new patients, a health official said here. Mumbai city alone accounted for 39 deaths, he added.The death toll due to COVID-19 in the state thus rose to 1,792 while the tally of coronavirus cases reached 54,758,...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asked the government to come clear on what is happening at the border with China in Ladakh and be more transparent. Amid a standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in Ladakh, Gandhi refused to say anything more till he understood the facts.I...
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Airports across the country handled 325 departures and 283 arrivals with 41,673 passengers till 5 pm on Tuesday even as flight cancellations continued with passengers facing difficulties.Moreover, domestic operations resumed in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, a day after the restart of air travel...
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Temples in Karnataka that were closed for devotees for over two months due to the COVID-19 induced lockdown will be opened for public from June 1, State minister Kota Srinivas Poojary said on Tuesday.We have had discussions with the CM regarding Muzrai department, during which it was...
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Russia's annual Victory Day military parade, which was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, will be held on June 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced in a televised videoconference Tuesday. The Victory Day parade, a major celebration to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of...
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On the first day of resumption of domestic flight services across India, a passenger travelling aboard an IndiGo flight from Chennai to Coimbatore was found to be Covid-19 positiveThe coronavirus positive case was reported on the Chennai-Coimbatore IndiGo flight 6E 381.The case was discovered as...
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A large number of bats were found dead in Gorakhpur's Belghat area on Tuesday morning, triggering panic among residents.The villagers were apprehensive as bats have been linked to the raging coronavirus pandemic, but forest officials said that prima facie it appears the animals died due to...
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A special National Investigation Agency court in Mumbai on Tuesday sent civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-alleged Maoist linkscase, in judicial custody till June 22.He surrendered before the NIA in Delhi last month.The agency brought him to Mumbai on...
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The Supreme Court Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of the problems and the miseries of migrant labourers who have been stranded in different parts of the country after the COVID-19 lockdown.A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M R Shah issued notice to the Centre, states and...
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The Delhi Police on Tuesday filed charge sheets against 82 foreigners for attending a religious congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz in New Delhi in violation of visa conditions and indulging in missionary activities amidst the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, officials said.The police has filed 20...
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The Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) has written to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray proposing guidelines for the resumption of work in the media and entertainment industry after the lockdown comes to an end. According to the letter written by the FWICE,...
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The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday said that the recovery rate of COVID-19 cases in India has been improving considerably while the fatality rate is among the lowest in the world. A total of 60,490 patients have recovered so far from COVID-19. The recovery rate...
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File pic: Asia Bibi
Younus, the brother-in-law of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy by a Pakistani court, was killed in Sheikhupura city of Punjab province in Pakistan on Monday. According to the FIR, Younus had gone to his farms on May 24 and did not return home at night. His body with throat...
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The BJP on Tuesday rejected Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi's statement that the lockdown had failed in its purpose, saying the doubling rate of coronavirus infection has fallen to 13 days from three before the lockdown, which, it asserted, is a success of India. BJP leader and Union minister...
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A total of 832 flights carrying 58,318 passengers operated on Monday, said Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday, revising his earlier figures. On Monday evening, Puri had said that total 532 flights carrying 39,231 passengers had operated during the day. Airports are...
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Hyundai Motor India Ltd on Tuesday said 806 dealerships and rural sales outlets have resumed operations across the country in the last few days. The country's second-largest carmaker said that 863 workshops have also re-started operations pan India. We have commenced operations of our...
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The Haryana government has sent nearly 2.90 lakh migrant labourers in 77 special trains and 5,500 buses to their native states, an official said on Tuesday. Additional Director General of Police, CID, Anil Kumar Rao said the expenditure borne on their transportation was met by the Haryana...
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The Rajasthan government has restored the working hours for factory workers to eight hours per day, according to an official statement. On April 24, the government had increased the working hours to 12 from 8 hours per day to reduce the requirement of workers in all the registered factories, in...
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Uber on Tuesday said it is laying off about 600 employees in India - about a quarter of its staff in the country - as business has taken a major hit amid COVID-19 pandemic. The development comes days after rival Ola had announced laying off 1,400 people from its rides, financial services and...
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Chaos outside a railway station in Mumbai after trains were cancelled
As the feud between the Maharashtra government and the railways refuses to die down, the national transporter on Tuesday accused the state of not providing information about passengers as a result of which many Shramik Special trains could not be operationalised. The Railways said it had...
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The police told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday that it has neither arrested nor detained anyone in the case lodged against members of Tablighi Jamaat for participating in the religious congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz during the COVID-19 lockdown. The court sought the response of Delhi...
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The Central Industrial Security Force on Tuesday reported 20 fresh coronavirus cases, with 18 from its unit that guards the Delhi airport, officials said. The over 1.62 lakh personnel strong force has a total of 78 active COVID-19 cases, while 132 personnel have recovered from the disease...
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With India now in the bracket of top 10 nations worst hit by the novel coronavirus, experts have attributed the surge in cases to easing of travel restrictions and movement of migrants besides enhanced testing capacity.According to AIIMS director, Randeep Guleria, the present rise in cases has...
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Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday hit back at BJP MP Narayan Rane's demand for President's rule in Maharashtra, saying Gujarat's performance in handling the COVID-19 crisis is worse, hence it deserves to be put under the central rule first. Without specifying any party or leader, Raut...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the four phases of nationwide lockdown have failed and not given the results that Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected. Addressing a press conference, he asked the central government to clarify its strategy as far as opening up of India is concerned...
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The Indian Railways has ferried around 42 lakh migrant workers on board 3,276 'Shramik Special' trains since May 1, according to official data. Of the total trains, 2,875 have terminated, while 401 are on the run. The top five states/union territories from where maximum trains originated are...
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Eighty more coronavirus cases have been reported among Maharashtra police personnel, taking the total number of cases in the force to 1,889.In the last 24 hours, 80 police personnel have tested positive for COVID-19 and 2 deaths have been reported. The total number of positive cases in...
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Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut rubbishes talks of President's rule in Maharashtra after a meting between CM Uddhav Thackeray and NCP chief Sharad Pawar today. Speaking to news agency ANI, Raut said, If prominent leaders like Pawarji and Uddhavji sit and hold talks when state and country is going...
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Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane will hold a meeting with his top commanders from Wednesday, Army sources said on Tuesday. During the two-day meeting, the top brass of the force is likely to discuss security issues along with other points, they said. The meeting comes amid the...
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Glenmark Pharmaceuticals on Tuesday announced a new randomised, open-label study to test the combined efficacy of two antiviral drugs Favipiravir and Umifenovir as a potential COVID-19 treatment strategy. The two antiviral drugs have a different mechanism of action, and their combination may...
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The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 4,167 in the country, while the number of cases climbed to 1,45,380, registering an increase of 146 deaths and 6,535 cases since Monday 8 am, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of active COVID-19 cases climbed to 80,722. Of the 146 deaths...
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The Bengali proverb 'Karur poush mash toh karur sorbonash' (Someone's loss is someone else's gain) is playing out in cyclone-ravaged West Bengal. On one hand, Cyclone Amphan has wreaked havoc in large parts of south Bengal and affected millions of people, while on the other, it has also opened...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray held a meeting with NCP president Sharad Pawar here, senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said on Tuesday while asserting that the state government is strong. The two leaders met for about one-and-a-half hours late Monday evening, Raut said while...
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Police have arrested a man for getting his wife killed by a snakebite in Kollam, Kerala. As per the police, the incident took place on May 6, when the husband with a pre-planned motive, brought a snake with him and threw it on his wife; he waited and watched the snake bite her twice.
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A fire broke out at a footwear manufacturing factory in Keshavpuram area on Tuesday. 15 fire tenders were rushed to the spot to control the blaze. No casualty has been reported yet. More details are awaited. Earlier, a massive fire broke out in the slums of South-East Delhi's...
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People are out for cycling and walking at the Rajpath area in New Delhi following relaxations in the 4th phase of lockdown. Maximum temperature of 46.2C was recorded in the national capital yesterday, as per the India Meteorological Department.
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A spike of 6,535 new Covid-19 cases and 146 deaths in the last 24 hours in India. The total number of cases in the country is now at 1,45,380 including 80,722 active cases, 60,490 cured/discharged and 4167 deaths: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.Image: Thermometer guns being used for...
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Multiple COVID-19 treatment hospitals and centres with a combined capacity of 7,000 beds will come up in Mumbai in the next two weeks, said an official from Maharashtra chief minister's office on Monday.These hospitals and centres, with a combined capacity of 7,000 beds, will come up at Mahalaxmi...
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Some 115 Indians, including out of work and broke caregivers, students and pregnant women, were all smiles as they boarded an Air India flight here on Tuesday and left for India after being stranded in Israel for more than two months due to the COVID-19 lockdown.The flight took off at 1 AM IST...
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Pakistan Army on Tuesday resorted to firing and shelling on forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, drawing befitting retaliation from Indian soldiers, a defence spokesperson said. Pakistan army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by small...
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The number of coronavirus cases in the United States has increased by 20,634 in the last 24 hours, showing a decrease in the number of daily new cases, according to John Hopkins University.The number of deaths has increased by 633, according to the database maintained by the university.On Sunday,...
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Italy has recorded 300 new confirmed cases of coronavirus over the last 24 hours, the national Civil Protection Agency confirmed Monday –– the lowest daily increase in new infections since February 29. According to the latest data, the number of active cases has also dropped by 2.29% to...
