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Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei have decided not to partake in Hajj this year in Saudi Arabia as the world struggles to handle the coronavirus pandemic.The Hajj pilgrimage is expected to begin on July 30 (9th day of Dhu al-Hijjah) this year, depending on moon sighting.There are reports...
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Maharashtra on Saturday reported 3,427 new COVID-19 cases and 113 deaths, state health department said.With this, the latest case count stands at 1,04,568 and fatalities at 3,830, an official release said.A total of 1,550 patients were discharged in the day, taking the number of recovered...
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India on Saturday termed as untenable Nepal's lower house of parliament amending the country's Constitution to update its new political map featuring areas which New Delhi maintains belong to it. The ministry of external affairs said the artificial enlargement of territorial claims by Nepal...
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Followers of the Finance Ministry Twitter handle has crossed the 2 million mark. The ministry started its Twitter handle @FinMinIndia in July 2014.We are very glad that 2 Million Tweeple are connected with us now. Thank you for staying connected with us. Stay Connected, the ministry said in...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reviewed the country's response to the COVID-19 pandemic with senior ministers and top bureaucrats. He took stock of the pandemic situation in different states and union territories, including Delhi, the Prime Minister's Office said in a...
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US President Donald Trump has sought to dismiss fears that he might not leave office willingly if he lost the election in November, but said if he failed to get reelected, it would be a bad thing for the country. Though the president has never given any serious indication that he might...
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Nepal's Parliament on Saturday unanimously voted to amend the Constitution to update the country's new political map, laying claim over the strategically key areas of Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura along the border with India.Major Opposition parties including Nepali Congress, Rastriya...
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Former Pakistani prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has tested positive for the coronavirus, his son Kasim Gilani revealed on Saturday.In a tweet, Kasim Gilani said that his father's Covid-19 test had come back positive and that he blamed Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and the National...
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Union health ministry on Saturday added loss of smell (anosmia) and loss of taste (ageusia) in the list of symptoms of COVID-19.Union health ministry in its report titled 'Clinical Management Protocol: COVID-19' has said that COVID-19 patients reporting to various treatment facilities have...
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Maharashtra Tourism Minister and Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray, who turned 30 on Saturday, gave Rs 1 lakh for the treatment of a 6-day-old baby born with three heart blockages.The child was born in Airoli municipal hospital in neighbouring Navi Mumbai and was shifted to Fortis Hospital in...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah will hold a meeting with Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others on Sunday to discuss the COVID-19 situation in the national capital.The meeting comes in the wake of rising cases of the coronavirus in Delhi which reached...
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India is soon going to have its domestic production of anti-viral Remdesivir drug, which would have safety, efficacy and stability for restricted emergency use on COVID-19 patients. Recently, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Drug Controller General of India has given the approval to...
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While studies have shown that men are more prone to dying from COVID-19 than women globally, an analysis of case fatalities in India suggests that females may have a higher relative-risk of COVID-19 mortality in the country. Scientists, including Abhishek Kumar from the Institute of...
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The Corbett National Park will be reopened for public from Sunday, said Jai Raj, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests.Raj stated that people can visit Bijrani, Pakhro, Dhela and Jhirna zones while Dhikala zone will remain closed. Night stay at the park will remain prohibited till November 15,...
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Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and announced this by taking to social media on Saturday afternoon.The swashbuckling all-rounder tweeted, Ive been feeling unwell since Thursday; my body had been aching badly. Ive been tested and unfortunately Im...
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Award winning journalist Nidhi Razdan has decided to quit NDTV, where she worked for 21 years. She will be heading to teach journalism at Harvard University later in the year. The face of the show Left Right and Centre, Nidhi has covered many important global assignments in external affairs...
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Charging both the Central and state governments with failing to contain the spread of coronavirus, DMK leader A Raja on Saturday said there was no proper infrastructure to test those with symptoms of the infection. Criticising the governments over their handling of the...
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West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has expressed anguish over the way bodies were being disposed off at Garia crematorium in South Kolkata. This comes after videos went viral on social media showed bodies at the crematorium being dragged with a hook.The video showing decomposed bodies,...
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Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Saturday wrote a letter to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan asking him to amend the Indian Council of Medical Research guidelines for conducting more coronavirus test.Need of the hour is to increase the number of testings. ICMR guideline for...
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India is the fourth top country globally with the highest number of Covid-19 cases. With 308,993 total cases, India trails countries like the US, Brazil and Russia.A massive chunk of Indias Covid-19 cases come from Maharashtra, around 32 percent. Maharashtra has over one lakh Covid-19 cases, and...
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Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday said that the government has reduced the rates of the COVID-19 tests conducted by private laboratories from Rs 4,500 to Rs 2,200.Tope said the lowering of rates for the tests would provide a relief to the people.Rs 2,200 will be charged for...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday used a quote, often misattributed to Albert Einstein, to hit out at the government over its lockdown strategy to point out that the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has not been halted because of the restrictions.The former Congress president...
11:07
A team of scientists from the Nagpur-based National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) will visit the Lonar lake in Maharashtra's Buldhana district next week and collect its water samples to analyse why it has turned pink, an official said.The oval-shaped Lonar lake, formed...
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Army Chief General M M Naravane on Saturday assured that the entire situation along our borders with China is under control.I would like to assure everyone that the entire situation along our borders with China is under control. We are having a series of talks which started with Corps Commander...
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Petrol price on Saturday was hiked by 59 paise per litre and diesel by 58 paise as oil companies for the seventh day in a row adjusted retail rates in line with costs since ending an 82-day hiatus in rate revision.Petrol price in Delhi was hiked to Rs 75.16 per litre from Rs 74.57, while diesel...
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The Mumbai police's crime branch arrested a 42-year-old man and claimed to have busted a racket that cheated people with the promise of selling Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) flats at rates lower than the market price, police said on Saturday.The scam came to light...
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As many as 333 officers joined the Indian Army on Saturday after the Passing Out Parade at the Indian Military Academy (IMA) in Dehradun.Notably, due to COVID-19 pandemic, for the first time guardians of the cadets were not invited in order to avoid crowding.Wearing a face mask, Army Chief...
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JUST IN: India crosses 3 lakh mark as it reports the highest single-day spike of 11,458 new COVID-19 cases; total cases rise to 3,08,993; 386 deaths in the last 24 hours.There are 1,45,779 active cases, 1,54,330 cured/discharged/migrated and 8,884 deaths in the country so far: Ministry of...
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Two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district in the early hours of Saturday, police said.Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Nipora area of Kulgam in south Kashmir following specific information about the presence...
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An association of medics in Delhi on Friday extended support to resident doctors of two municipal hospitals and threatened to resort to mass resignation if their three months' pending salary wasn't released within a week.The Municipal Corporation Doctors' Association (MCDA) also wrote to Delhi Lt...
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At least one person was killed and 15 others were injured on Friday when a bomb ripped through a busy market area in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi, police said. The explosion occurred in Saddar area of the city, which is not far away from the General Headquarters of the Pakistan...
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