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New Delhi: India's coronavirus tally rose to 3,20,922 cases today as it recorded the single-day biggest jump of 11,929 new infections in the last 24 hours and 311 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said this morning. A total of 9,195 COVID-19 patients have died so far, according to the government. This is the second consecutive day that India has recorded more than 11,000 new infections in one day. The country has jumped two positions since last week to become the fourth worst-hit country by the pandemic after the United States, Brazil and Russia. Over 70,000 new patients and more than 2,000…

New Delhi, June, 14.2020 : The Delhi government plans to add 20,000 beds across the hotels and banquet halls of the city over the coming week to cope with the spiraling coronavirus cases. Approximately 11,000 beds will be arranged at 80 banquet halls and these beds will be attached to nursing homes, sources said. Around 4,000 beds will also be arranged at 40 hotels and will be attached to private hospitals in the city. All nursing homes with 10 to 49 beds will be set aside for coronavirus patients, which will add another 5000 beds to the total. Treatment of coronavirus…

The lower house of Nepal's parliament on Saturday unanimously passed the historic Second Constitution Amendment Bill guaranteeing legal status for the updated political map of Nepal which includes India's territories in Pithoragarh district. The voting came after day long discussion which also included Maoist leader Prachanda's praise for the Nepal Communist Party which he said is reversing centuries of diplomatic humiliation of Nepal. Major opposition parties including Nepali Congress (NC), Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal (RJP-N) and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) voted in favour of the government bill to amend Schedule 3 of the Constitution to update the national emblem by incorporating…

June 13.2020: The monsoon set foot in Calcutta on Friday, bringing formidable rain along with it, unlike the meek entries over the past few years. The strong monsoon currents were attributed to a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal. The Met office recorded around 39mm of rain in Alipore since Friday morning. “The monsoon has set in over most parts of Bengal, including Calcutta. Conditions are favourable for its advancement into the remaining parts over the next 24 hours,” said Sanjib Bandyopadhyay, deputy director general, India Meteorological Department, Calcutta. Between 5.30pm on Thursday and 5.30pm on Friday, New Market…

June 13.2020: Bengal secretariat Nabanna will be closed for sanitisation on Monday as at least seven people who visited the 15-storey building in the past one week tested positive for Covid-19. “Of the seven patients, six were drivers of senior government officials and another was a police officer. A disinfection drive would be carried out at the building on Sunday and Monday,” said a senior official. Since a number of drivers tested positive, the government has conducted Covid-19 confirmation test on all drivers as a precautionary measure. “Test results of most of the drivers have come and almost all have…

The Mamata Banerjee government has decided to set up 200 safe homes in Bengal to keep Covid-19 migrant workers with no symptoms or with mild symptoms as part of a move to stem the disease’s spread in rural areas. “As of now, there are 5,587 active cases in the state. Of which, around 3,000 are migrant workers who are either asymptomatic or with mild symptoms. If we can isolate them institutionally, the spread of the disease to villages could be prevented,” said a senior government official. Given that more than 95 per cent of the migrants willing to come back…