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The Chhattisgarh forest department has suspended four officials, including a sub-divisional forest officer (SDFO), over the deaths of three elephants which took place earlier this week. As per the suspension order, the officials have been found guilty of negligence in duty. Bodies of the three female wild elephants were found in the jungles of Balrampur and Surajpur district between Tuesday and Thursday. All of them were from the same herd and were roaming in the forests of Surguja. “The SDFO KS Khutiya was attached to Chief Conservator of Forest (Regional) Forest Circle of Surguja. Two forest rangers and one forest…

Islamic terrorists killed at least 20 soldiers and more than 40 civilians and injured hundreds in twin attacks in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state on Saturday, residents and a civilian task force fighter said. The attacks, in the Monguno and Nganzai local government areas, came just days after terrorists killed at least 69 people in a raid on a village in a third area, Gubio. Two humanitarian workers and three residents told Reuters that terrorists armed with heavy weaponry including rocket launchers arrived in Monguno, a hub for international non-governmental organizations, at roughly 11 a.m. local time. They overran government forces, taking some…

Kolkata: On a day 40 policemen were released from hospital after being treated successfully for COVID-19, the Kolkata Police also reported two deaths, a police constable and a police man in the force. Respects were paid to constable Dilip Sardar, who was posted at Sealdah Traffic Guard. He died on Saturday. He had been admitted to a state-run hospital in Kolkata earlier this week.Constable Sebastian Xaxa of South Division reportedly died last Saturday. The Kolkata police commissioner Anuj Sharma paid homage to Constable Xaxa.  Both were described as "COVID Warriors" by Kolkata Police, which tweeted messages of condolence. Families of both…

China: China reported 57 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, the highest daily figure since April, as concerns grow about a resurgence of the disease. The domestic outbreak in China had been brought largely under control through strict lockdowns that were imposed early this year -- but a new outbreak has been linked to a meat and vegetable market in south Beijing. The National Health Commission said 36 of the new cases were domestic infections in the capital. The other two domestic infections reported Sunday were in northeastern Liaoning province, and local health officials said they were close contacts of…

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal are holding a meeting to review the national capital's response to coronavirus, two days after the Supreme Court pulled up the Delhi government over the "horrendous, horrific and pathetic" situation in the city. The meeting comes amid spike in the COVID-19 infections in the national capital, which has the third highest number of virus cases in India after Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. This is the second meeting between Amit Shah and Arvind Kejriwal in less than a week over the pandemic. Today's meeting, which began at 11 am,…

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…