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17 Jun

‘Stop threatening doctors and health workers’: Supreme Court raps Delhi government over harassment of doctors .

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The Supreme Court today pulled up the Arvind Kejriwal-led government in Delhi over suspension of healthcare workers for exposing the poor state hospitals in the national capital. A three judges bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, SK Kaul and MR Shah said doctors and nurses were corona warriors and needed to be protected. "Doctors, paramedics are warriors. The fight against this pandemic is like a war. They need support. But you are only interested in filing FIRs. Solution is not threatening doctors. We will not permit that to happen…” Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, one of the judges on the Bench led…

17 Jun

Delhi : Health Minister Satyendar Jain Tests Positive For Coronavirus.

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Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain has tested positive for coronavirus. He took a second test today after his fever worsened. The minister's first test had come negative yesterday."Today my covid test found to be positive, (sic)" Satyendar Jain wrote on Twitter. The doctors had decided to go for a second test after observing Coronavirus like symptoms, sources had said earlier. India registered the highest-ever spike of 2,003 COVID-19 fatalities pushing the death to over 11,000 on Wednesday. Maharashtra accounted for the highest 1,409 fatalities taking its COVID-19 death tally to 5,537, while coronavirus deaths in Delhi surged by 437 taking…

17 Jun

UEFA Champions League to resume on August 7; final to be played on August 23

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The much-awaited UEFA Champions League will resume on August 7, 2020, (12:30 IST on August 8) after it was halted on March 11 due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation. The revised schedule to resume this season's competition was decided after the UEFA's Executive Committee meeting on Wednesday (June 17). According to UEFA's official website, the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will be played as a straight knockout tournament in Lisbon (Portugal).

17 Jun

Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain tests positive for Covid-19

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Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain tested coronavirus positive on Wednesday, a day after his first came out negative. Earlier in the day, his party colleague Atishi said she had tested positive for coronavirus. The minister was admitted to the state-run Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital (RGSSH) in the city on Monday night after he developed a fever and his oxygen level dropped. In a tweet on Tuesday, the minister - who attended a meeting on Sunday with Delhi L-G Anil Baijal, home minister Amit Shah - said, “Due to high-grade fever and a sudden drop of my oxygen levels last…

17 Jun

‘Thapki Pyar Ki’ team member dies of coronavirus, reveals actress Jaya Bhattacharya

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New Delhi: Television actress Jaya Bhattacharya on Wednesday mourned the death of her 'Thapki Pyar Ki' team member, who died after contracting coronavirus. The person named Irfan had been unwell since the last two years and due to the prolonged illness, some days ago, he was diagnosed with coronavirus. In an emotional Instagram post, Jaya shared a picture of Irrfan and wrote, “'Thapki Pyaar Ki' team… The guy inside this, our Irfan, is no more. He was unwell for a long time. I kept on asking him for his reports to try to understand what the basic issue was that…

17 Jun

Unique glow around Mars lights up social media

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A distinct green glow around the Red Planet Mars detected by an European spacecraft is the latest phenomenon that has sent netizens to a frenzy and prompted a flurry of discussions and memes as well. Interestingly, it is the first time that the phenomenon has been spotted on a world beyond Earth. Detected by ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, the glow comes from oxygen atoms, which is present in the atmosphere of Mars, while interacting with sunlight. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have observed a similar green glow around the Earth from space but found it quite faint.…

17 Jun

Jio-Facebook Deal Under Antitrust Review by Competition Commission of India

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India's antitrust watchdog is reviewing Facebook's purchase of a 10 percent stake in Reliance Industries Ltd's digital assets, a deal that would give the US giant another foothold in one of the world's fastest growing Internet markets. The Competition Commission of India looks to prevent misuse of data in all the deals it assesses, Chairman Ashok Kumar Gupta said in an email interview, declining to comment further on the Facebook-Jio transation panding examination. The regulator is also considering whether new parameters should be included in its assessment criteria; currently some mergers and acquisitions escape the threshold for scrutiny even if potential…

17 Jun

CM Mamata Banerjee to provide Rs 5 lakh, job to family of two martyred in Galwan Valley

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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister on Wednesday (June 17) announced to provide Rs 5 lakh along with a West Bengal government job to one member of the families of two Jawans from West Bengal that were killed in action in the Galwan Valley (Ladakh) on June 15 night. CM Mamata took to Twitter and said, "My heartfelt condolences to the families of the brave men martyred at Galwan Valley. I'm at pain to say that two of them belonged to West Bengal— Sepoy Rajesh Orang (Vill Belgoria, PS Md Bazar, Birbhum) & Bipul Roy on General Duty (Vill Bindipara, PS…

17 Jun

Mercedes-Benz GLS 2020 launched in India

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New Delhi: Luxury car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz launched the GLS 2020 in India on Wednesday. The new Mercedes-Benz GLS 400 d 4MATIC and GLS 450 4MATIC are both priced at Rs 99.90 lakh (all prices are ex-showroom, India, except Kerala), the company said in a statement. The interiors of the new GLS combine the comfort of a Mercedes-Benz luxury saloon with progressive detailing of an SUV. The new GLS has a considerably longer wheelbase over its predecessor (3135 mm, an increase of 60 mm), offering more space (87 mm), especially in the second seat row, which can furthermore be adjusted fore…

17 Jun

AAP MLA Atishi tests positive for coronavirus COVID-19

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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Atishi on Wednesday tested positive for coronavirus COVID-19. The AAP MLA from Delhi's Kalkaji has quarantined herself at home and is following the protocol. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wished her a speedy recovery. Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, CM Kejriwal, "Corona ke khilaf ladai mein Atishi ji ka mahatwapurna yogdaan raha hai. Mujhe umeed hai ki woh jaldh se jaldh swasth ho kar ek baar phir logo ki sewa mein lag jayengi. (Atishi ji has played an important role in the fight against corona. I hope that she will recover soon and serve people…