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03 Jul

Microsoft announces new Windows 10 updates, Start menu design and updated Alt-Tab.

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Microsoft is introducing a new Windows 10 Start menu design that will de-emphasize its Live Tiles. The software giant first hinted at the refreshed design earlier this year, and it’s arriving for Windows 10 testers today. “We are freshening up the Start menu with a more streamlined design that removes the solid color backplates behind the logos in the apps list and applies a uniform, partially transparent background to the tiles,” explains Microsoft in a blog post. The update was shared to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel as part of the technology company’s Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20161.…

03 Jul

Delhi CM inaugurates India’s first Plasma Bank, urges donors to come forward.

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated India's first 'Plasma Bank' through video conference on July 2, 2020. The plasma bank has been set up for the treatment of COVID-19 patients at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences in Delhi. The Delhi Government had announced its intention to set up the unique plasma bank on June 29. The Delhi CM had issued an appeal to all recovered COVID-19 patients to come forward and donate their plasma in the bank to help in the treatment of other coronavirus patients. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said there are now 1,065…

03 Jul

Myanmar : At least 50 dead in landslide at jade mine.

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At least 113 people were killed Thursday in a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, the government and rescue workers said, the latest in a series of deadly accidents at the sites in recent years. A statement from the Ministry of Information gave the death toll as 116, while Khin Maung Win, chairman of the Thingaha rescue group working at the site, said the number of the dead surpassed 113. Khin Maung Myint, a lawmaker from Hpakant, where the accident occurred, said 54 people were injured and sent to hospitals. Maung Khaing, a 38-year-old miner from the area,…

03 Jul

A COVID-19 vaccine by August 15

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India's premier medical research agency the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) wants to launch its COVID-19 vaccine 'Covaxin' by August 15 in partnership with Bharat Biotech International Limited. The institutes have been asked by the ICMR to step up clinical trials as it is a "priority project" monitored at the topmost level of the government. A dozen institutes have been selected for clinical trials of the indigenous COVID-19 vaccine (BBV152 COVID vaccine), the government's top medical research body has said. "The vaccine is derived from a strain of SARS-CoV-2 isolated by ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune. The ICMR talked about plans…

03 Jul

PM Modi in Ladakh

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a surprise visit to a forward post in Ladakh today days after a deadly border clash with China, told troops that the nation's enemies had seen their "fire and fury". Describing the soldiers as "the braves of the soil", the Prime Minister said the "weak can never accomplish peace, the brave do". Those who laid down their lives for the country belonged to all parts of India and epitomised its ethos of bravery, he said. "Every single Indian across the world, especially in India, has the belief that you all can deliver and keep the…

03 Jul

Earthquake in Delhi

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New Delhi: An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 on Richter Scale struck parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region on Friday evening, said the National Center for Seismology. No damage or any kind of injury has been reported so far. Epicentre of the earthquake was 63 km southwest (SW) of Gurgaon in Haryana around 7 pm on Friday, forcing the people to rush out of their homes. Delhi-NCR has witnessed several earthquakes over the past three months. The dozens of earthquakes that have jolted the Delhi-NCR in the recent months have created panic among the people. Experts and several geologists have also warned that these minor tremors could point…

03 Jul

The closing red light area could save Silchar: Experts

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Guwahati/ Washington DC, July 2020: Silchar could see a significant surge in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths if the Radhamadhab Road Red-Light Area opens, according to a coalition of experts at Harvard Medical School and the Yale School of Medicine. An extended closure of the red light area could reduce cumulative COVID-19 cases and deaths by over 90% by the peak of the epidemic. The model further projects an additional 40 days of delay in the peak if the Radhamadhab Road red light area remains closed. The model shows that if the Radhamadhab Road red-light area starts operating, the disease…

02 Jul

4 Accused Cops Arrested, 1 Held by CB-CID

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Following much uproar, Inspector Sridhar, Sub-Inspector Balakrishnan and constable Murugan were arrested in the wee hours on Thursday, by CB-CID under IPC 302 (murder) in connection with the custodial deaths of Jeyaraj and Beniks in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi. The CB-CID which took over the case on 1 July arrested Sub-Inspector Raghuganesh late last night. Constable Muthuraj has been held by the police but his name has not been added to the first information report (FIR) yet.

02 Jul

Earthquake in Katra

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A moderate-intensity earthquake hit Katra in Jammu and Kashmir today. The quake, measuring 3.6 on the Richter Scale, occurred at 14.02 hours. No immediate reports of casualties or damage has been reported so far. This afternoon, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck 119 kilometers north-northwest of Kargil, Ladakh as well. The tremors were felt at 13.11 hours. On Tuesday too, an earthquake with magnitude 4.0 on the Richter Scale struck 84 kms east of Katra at 8.56 am.

02 Jul

Scindia Loyalists Take Oath

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As many as 28 ministers took oath on Thursday, 2 July, to be part of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led BJP government in Madhya Pradesh, months after it came to power by toppling the previous Congress government. Among those who have taken oath as Cabinet ministers at Raj Bhawan in Bhopal include Gopal Bhargava, Yashodhara Raje Scindia, Imarti Devi, Prabhuram Choudhary and Pradhuman Singh Tomar.