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11 Jun

Petrol, diesel prices hiked by 60 paise/litre each.

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Petrol and diesel prices on Thursday were hiked by 60 paise per litre each — the fifth straight daily increase in rates since oil PSUs ended an 82-day hiatus in rate revision. With today's hike, the cumulative hike in prices nears Rs 3 per litre since Sunday. In five hikes, the petrol price has gone up by Rs 2.74 per litre and diesel by Rs 2.83. Rates have been increased across the country and vary from state to state depending on the incidence of local sales tax or VAT. This is the fifth daily increase in rates in a row…

10 Jun

Most Covid-19 deaths in Karnataka occur due to delay in reaching hospitals.

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Most COVID-19 deaths in Karnataka occur when infected elderly people, those with Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) or any other symptoms delay reaching designated hospitals, a top official saidMunish Moudgil, chief of COVID-19 War Room in the state, said most of those infected with the virus are brought to COVID-19 designated hospitals at a very late stage and recovery then becomes extremely tough. The death rate due to SARI is 43 per cent for those in the 40-60 age group, he said, releasing data on coronavirus deaths, to reporters. In the same age group, the mortality due to Influenza-Like Illness…

10 Jun

Prayers Held at Ram Janmabhoomi Site for ‘Early Start’ to Temple Construction.

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Priests conducted special prayers at a Shiva shrine at the Ram Janmabhoomi site here but stopped short of symbolically launching the construction of a Ram temple, contrary to an announcement made earlier this week. Mahant Kamal Nayan Das, who participated in the 'rudrabhishek' ritual at the Kuber Tila shrine said he prayed for an early beginning of construction of the Ram temple. "This religious ceremony will last for at least two hours and after that the construction of the Ram Mandir will start with the laying of the foundation for the mandir structure,” he had said then. But on June…

10 Jun

Explained: New study suggests Covid-19 may have been circulating in Wuhan since August last year

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The authors of the study say that they observed an upward trend in hospital traffic and search volume for disease-related terms beginning in late summer and early fall of 2019, implying that the virus may have already been circulating before the identification of the Huanan market cluster in Wuhan late November, early December. China has maintained that there was no delay or cover-up in the Chinese government’s response to the outbreak of the disease and has rebutted all other accusations suggesting the virus may have originated from the lab, saying that it’s a “smear” campaign. A new study carried out…

10 Jun

TMC says Time to Deal with Covid and not Politics.

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The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has entered poll mode with about a year to go for the Assembly elections, announcing a series of ‘virtual meetings’, the first of which will be addressed by union home minister Amit Shah . The party also named its new state executive that would lead the party to the elections. Lashing out at chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Shah said that the TMC supremo is encouraging “political violence to grow in the state” and promised to return the state to the golden days of culture and tradition if the BJP is…

10 Jun

Coronavirus News Latest Updates

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Cases Rise In Odisha And Maharashtra As India's Tally Crosses 2.76 Lakh New Delhi 10 june: As the government on Monday eased the restrictions for the opening up of religious places, shopping malls, restaurants on Monday under the Unlock 1.0, the cases in the country witnessed a sharp rise. The novel coronavirus has affected 2,76,583 people and claimed the lives of 7,745 in India so far. According to the health ministry there are 1,33,632 active COVID-19 cases in India while 1,35,206 people have been cured and discharged from hospitals.

10 Jun

Airtel ups stake in Bangladesh firm

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Bharti Airtel on Tuesday said its subsidiary has acquired an additional 6.3 per cent stake in Bangladesh operator Robi Axiata from NTT Docomo for an undisclosed sum. Airtel did not disclose the value of the deal. It said the acquisition of the ordinary shares was done at mutually-agreed valuation. “The said valuation is non-material and is not disclosed herein due to reasons of confidentiality.” The transaction has been cleared by the Bangladesh telecom regulator. The latest deal comes on the heels of Bharti Telecom, the promoter company of Bharti Airtel, raising Rs 8,433 crore last month by selling a 2.75…

10 Jun

Uncertainty emerged again; Bengali TV shoots likely to get delayed

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The shoot of television and films in Bengali entertainment industry were likely to start from today (June 10). However, a number of reasons have cast a shadow. Yesterday evening, members of Suppliers Association, who provide lights and other equipment to various shooting floors objected to resume work from tomorrow. The members stressed on the fact that they were not included in the previous meetings held among the Tolly stakeholders. On the other hand, Artists Forum had sent a message to all its members yesterday informing that the prescribed guidelines couldn’t be unanimously signed by all the stakeholders. Under these circumstances, Forum can’t take the…

10 Jun

Flames leap from oil well

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'Violent' protests after explosion; fire poses threat to nearby national park in Guwahati. Amassive fire broke out at the Baghjan oil well after an explosion on Tuesday afternoon and spread to nearby areas, burning houses and trees and prompting a second round of exodus after the recent blowout-driven evacuation. Television images showed flames leaping 30-40ft into the sky and ending in a plume of black smoke that people said was visible from Tinsukia town, 15km away. A fire-fighter from ONGCL suffered “minor injuries” in the blaze, which set off “violent” protests that led to a few Oil India employees being…

09 Jun

Assam : Massive Fire at Baghjan Oil Well.

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A massive fire has engulfed a natural-gas producing well of Oil India Limited (OIL) in upper Assam's Tinsukia district, that has been leaking gas for the last 14 days. Smoke from the fire, that began this afternoon, can reportedly be seen from 10 km away and locals claim it has spread to nearby villages. Three experts from Singaporean firm Alert Disaster Control were at the blowout site and some equipment was being removed when the fire broke out in the afternoon. A company spokesperson said no casualty or injury has been reported so far. Firefighters have rushed to the spot…