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18 Jun

5.95 lakh students to appear for PU exam in state today

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Over 3 lakh migrant workers have used the Shramik trains to return back to their native from Bengaluru. As of Wednesday, South Western Railways (SWR) had operated 240 trains from across Karnataka, of which 207 departed from Bengaluru. According to railways, of the over 3.50 lakh people who used the services, more than 3 lakh were from Bengaluru. BBMP Commissioner B.H. Anil Kumar had appealed to the public to inform migrant workers wishing to leave Bengaluru where the civic body has set up a transit camp at Tripura Vasini, Palace Grounds to help migrants wishing to go back to their…

18 Jun

Covid-19 spreads easily among people who live together

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COVID-19 spreads easily among people who live together and other family members, even before an infected person shows any symptoms, according to a modelling study that is the first-of-its-kind to quantify symptomless transmission. The research, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal on Wednesday, also suggests the SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 may spread more easily in households than severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) or Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). The analysis, based on contact tracing data from 349 people with COVID-19 and 1,964 of their close contacts in Guangzhou, China, found that people with COVID-19 were at least as infectious…

18 Jun

Nepal’s parliament approves map that includes Indian territory

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Nepal’s upper house on Thursday unanimously cleared a constitutional amendment bill to reflect its new map in the national emblem, a move that is seen to virtually make the boundary row a permanent irritant in relations between Kathmandu and New Delhi. The bill garnered 57 votes in its support and none against. Last week, Nepal's lower house cleared the bill thar was supported by all the 258 lawmakers present and voting. Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura are the territories Nepal now claims as its own. Reacting to the passage of the map in Nepal’s lower house, New Delhi had said: “This…

18 Jun

No Rath Yatra at Jagannath Puri temple in Odisha this year, orders Supreme Court

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The Orissa High Court has directed the state government to consider deploying heavy-duty machinery or elephants to pull the chariots during Rath Yatra in Puri later this month so as to prevent the gathering of hundreds of people during the Covid-19 pandemic. The HC’s order came in response to advocate Dillip Kumar Ray’s PIL seeking its intervention for use of machinery for pulling the chariots in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. On June 23, the chariots of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra would be pulled on the Grand Road from the Jagannath temple to Gundicha temple over a…

18 Jun

Amit Shah holds another important meet on Covid-19 situation in Delhi and all the latest news

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Shah has been regularly holding meetings in the wake of huge spike of the coronavirus disease cases in Delhi. He had chaired an all-party meeting on Monday, where the home minister appealed to all political parties to set aside their political differences and unite to fight the Covid-19 outbreak. The home minister also asked the political leadership of all parties to urge their workers to ensure that the Delhi government’s Covid-19 guidelines are implemented on the ground. Top leaders of the BJP, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Congress and the BSP attended the meeting. He had met Lieutenant…

18 Jun

Tamil Nadu crosses 50,000-mark, Delhi records over 47,000 cases

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After Maharashtra, which has reported over one lakh coronavirus cases till date, Tamil Nadu is the second worst-hit state in the country with its Covid-19 tally crossing the 50,000-mark on Thursday. Delhi stands at the third spot with over 47,102 cases followed by Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. India’s Covid-19 tally on Thursday jumped to 366,946 with the death toll mounting to 12,237. Covid-19 tally here jumped to 116,752 on Thursday. As many as 5,651 people have died of coronavirus in Maharashtra while 59,166 have recovered. Covid-19 cases have jumped to 50,193 in the southern state. Five hundred and seventy-six people…

18 Jun

Fuel prices hit new high, petrol hiked by 53 paise, diesel by 64 paise for 12th consecutive day

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For the 12th consecutive day, state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) has increased the price of fuel on Thursday. The price of petrol is increased by 53 paise a litre while that of diesel by 64 paise a litre. Petrol and diesel will now cost Rs 77.81/litre and Rs 76.43/litre respectively in Delhi. Notably, oil marketing companies have been adjusting retail rates in line with costs after an 82 day break from rate revision amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. These firms on June 7 restarted revising prices in line with costs.

18 Jun

BJP defers all political events, rallies in tribute to Army bravehearts

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The Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to defer its political events, including virtual rallies, for the next two days to pay homage to the Indian Army bravehearts who lost their lives in the face-off with China in Ladakh's Galwan Valley on Monday. “The supreme sacrifice of our brave soldiers while guarding our motherland in Galwan valley will always be remembered. The nation is indebted to them. I pay homage to the martyrs,” BJP national president JP Nadda said in a tweeted on Thursday. “The BJP has decided to postpone all its political programmes including virtual rallies for next 2 days,”…

18 Jun

CM: Let Centre decide how to tackle China

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Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she was “deeply shocked” by the Ladakh clash that claimed the lives of at least 20 Indian soldiers and it was for the Union government to decide on the course of action to be taken with regard to China. “I heard that 20 of our brothers died. Including two from Bengal. Those who died, for them, we convey our condolences to the bereaved. It is very unfortunate and sad. We are really pained by this incident…. We are deeply shocked. I have no words to console the families,” the chief minister said at a news…

18 Jun

UNSC : India elected as a Non-Permanent Member for 2 years.

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India was elected as non-permanent member of the powerful United Nations Security Council for a two-year term on June 17, winning 184 votes in the 193-member General Assembly. Along with India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway also won the Security Council elections held on June 17. India was a candidate for a non-permanent seat from the Asia-Pacific category for the 2021-22 term. Its victory was a given since it was the sole candidate vying for the lone seat from the grouping. New Delhi's candidature was unanimously endorsed by the 55-member Asia-Pacific grouping, including China and Pakistan, in June last year. Previously,…