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23 Apr

Doctors Send An Open Letter to Mamata Banerjee.

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A group of non-resident medical professionals whose roots are from Bengal and claim themselves as Bengali physicians, health scientists, and healthcare providers have said that while they have concerns about inadequate testing across India, they find the situation in West Bengal particularly "most disturbing".They have written an open letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee raising concerns over the "gross under-testing" and "misreporting of data" on the cause of death of COVID-19 patients.

23 Apr

BJP Refers Sonia Gandhi’s Attack As “Cheap Politics”

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Sonia Gandhi in her opening remarks at a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, said the BJP was doing "grave damage" to social harmony when everyone should be fighting coronavirus unitedly.As Sonia Gandhi accuses "spreading the virus of communal hatred" at a time it should be fighting coronavirus, the ruling BJP today said the Congress president should not do "cheap politics"."We are not creating communal divisions. We are unitedly fighting COVID-19. We request them to not do cheap politics. They must not indulge in small politics," Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said, shortly after Sonia Gandhi took on the ruling party at…

23 Apr

Madhya Pradesh Witnesses Child Rape.

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In between the horrors of the Covid-19 pandemic, Madhya Pradesh witnesses yet another horror, a six-year-old girl gets raped and blinded by a man near her home in Damoh in Madhya Pradesh, says the Police. The kid has been admitted to hospital in a serious condition. She was playing with her friends close to her home last evening when she was drawn away by an unknown man, the police say. She had been missing since then. She was found this morning."She was raped and has severe injuries to her eyes," said senior police officer Hemant Singh Chauhan.

23 Apr

Government Says that, “Increase In COVID-19 Cases Linear, Not Exponential”

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Amid all the storm even a little ray on sunshine helps us take a breathe of hope if not relief. This felt true as the Government of India recently declared that the recovery rate of COVID-19 patients in India had risen to nearly 20 per cent, with 4,258 people being discharged after receiving treatment. The rate, in which the number of people have recovered from the infection as a percentage of the total number of cases, has been increasing since last week. In last week, it was 9.99 per cent.The increase in the number of fresh COVID-19 cases in the…

23 Apr

India’s GDP To Shrink.

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As India remains in a 40-day nationwide lockdown to slow down the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, trapping an already-slowing economy a standstill, economists and industry experts are estimating sub-1 per cent expansion rates.Some are even expecting a contraction for the country's GDP.The latest estimates by some economists and certain industry experts shows how gloomy India's economy on account of the coronavirus-triggered lockdown, which continues to harm many businesses worldwide. Though even before the country began the COVID-19 lockdown, the economy stared at its worst pace of expansion since the 2008-09 global financial crisis.

22 Apr

German football authorities are set to announce plans on Thursday for Bundesliga matches

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German football authorities are set to announce plans on Thursday for Bundesliga matches to restart on May 9 in empty stadiums, but the potential return in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic is meeting some opposition. Chancellor Angela Merkel's government is slowly easing nationwide restrictions and the resumption of the Bundesliga, which was halted on March 13, would boost morale in football-mad Germany. It would also make the Bundesliga the first top-flight European league to begin playing again. Large public events are banned in Germany until August 31, yet football could resume without spectators -- known as "ghost games" in…

22 Apr

Sachin Tendulkar Hit 143 Off 131 Deliveries, Albeit In A Losing cause On This Day

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The maestro took the attack to the Australians and smashed the likes of Warne and Fleming around the park, the sandstorm that halted India's inning for nearly half an hour - could deter Sachin Tendulkar, who was in the form of his life at the time.On April 22, 1998, in the sweltering heat in Sharjah, India were up against it in the Sharjah Cup. Mohammad Azharuddin's team needed a huge performance to qualify for the final of the tri-series and they were facing a dominant Australian side that had won their three matches in the tournament till then. Things were…

22 Apr

KL Rahul requested fans that Earth can be saved only if we become more “responsible with our actions”.

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As for World Earth Day KL Rahul tweeted. "Let's not take the earth for granted and be responsible with our actions. Only we can save the earth for ourselves and our future generation. Start now!! #EarthDay2020 #WorldEarthDay," On World Earth Day 2020, Indian cricketers came together to spread awareness about protecting "Mother Nature" for a better future. KL Rahul, who last week turned 28, urged his followers to "not take the Earth for granted". Rahul shared several pictures, including the picturesque stadium in Dharamsala, and told fans that we can save Earth for "ourselves and our future generation" only if…

22 Apr

America Announces Temporary Immigration Ban

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The President of America recently tweeted that, "In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!" Despite greater stress by America on jobs for Americans, the country remains the promised land for many, particularly in the IT industry. In normal times, India accounts for the highest number of annual immigrants to the US. While thousands get their foothold as students and stay on to work, many go first to onsite projects…

22 Apr

West Bengal government bans usage of mobile phones inside hospitals

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The West Bengal government has banned the usage of mobile phones inside the hospital premises claiming that they are a risky as they could carry the coronavirus around. BJP alleges the move is a reaction to a video that has gone viral, of two bodies lying in a ward full of COVID-19 patients.Doctors, health workers and patients have been banned from using cell phones inside hospitals, the state chief secretary Rajiva Sinha said today. Landlines and intercom would be installed for the use of patients in isolation wards, he said.Union Minister Babul Supriyo, in a tweet this morning, linked the…