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02 Jul

7 Kolkata policemen test positive

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At least seven sleuths of the Kolkata Police detective department have tested positive for Covid-19, sources at the state health department said on Thursday. Test reports of the seven policemen, who had complained of fever last week, confirmed that they have contracted the disease, a senior officer at the department said. All seven of them have been sent for treatment at different hospitals in the city, he said. The entire premises of the detective department at Kolkata Police headquarters in Lalbazar has been sanitised, he added. Sources at the health department said more than 350 policemen here have been diagnosed…

02 Jul

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Asked to Vacate Govt Bungalow

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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been asked to vacate bungalow allotted by the Government of India by 1 August. "Consequent upon withdrawal of SPG protection and grant of Z+ security cover by Ministry of Home Affairs, which does not have provision for allotment/retention of government accommodation on security ground to you, the allotment of Type 6B house number 35, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi is hereby canceled with effect from 1 July," reads the government notice. "Any stay beyond 1 August will attract damage charges/penal rent as per rule," it added further. Earlier, in 2019, Ministry of Home Affairs had…

02 Jul

“We banned Chinese apps to protect data of countrymen; it was a digital strike,” said Ravi Shankar Prasad

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New Delhi: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said India's surprise move to ban 59 Chinese apps days after a violent face-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh was a "digital strike". "We banned Chinese apps to protect data of countrymen; it was a digital strike," Mr Prasad said at a BJP rally in West Bengal today. "Now you can hear about only two 'Cs' – coronavirus and China. We believe in peace and solve problems through discussion, but if somebody casts an evil eye on India, we will give a befitting reply... if our 20 jawans have sacrificed…

02 Jul

Goa opens to domestic tourists

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After an unprecedented lockdown that lasted almost 3 months, Goa will open its doors to domestic tourists from today. Goa Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar has said that over 250 hotels in Goa will open its door to tourists after a complete shutdown in operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has brought the life as we know it to a standstill. If you are planning a much-earned vacation to Goa, it is important you know what's open and what's not. What guidelines you must follow while you are in Goa and what are the prerequisites for going to Goa while…

02 Jul

Delhi Sets up Plasma Bank

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Expressing hope over the reduced number of the daily death toll in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said plasma therapy will be helpful until Corona vaccine is developed. Inaugurating the first plasma bank, the CM deliberated on the modalities of donating or receiving plasma. The bank is being set up at the Delhi government-run Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) and doctors or hospitals will have to approach it if plasma is required for treatment of a COVID-19 patient. In this process, the antibodies from the recovered person’s body get transferred to the patient.…

02 Jul

Indian Railways achieves 100% punctuality for first time in history

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Indian Railways has said for the first time in the history of the Railways, all trains achieved 100% punctuality on July 1. No trains were delayed among the 201 that run on this day, said the Indian Railways. In the ongoing lockdown, Indian Railways is running on a restricted capacity with all regular passenger trains cancelled. Indian Railways is now running special trains to ferry passengers stranded or those travelling out of necessity. These are specific routes across the country devised to help movement in the current situation. Indian Railways has said the previous best was 99.54% on June 23…

02 Jul

last one lakh recorded in just 5 days

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New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload on Thursday crossed another grim milestone of 6 lakh after recording 19,148 new infections in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, 434 fatalities were reported in last one day, taking country’s death toll to 17,834. It is for the sixth consecutive day that coronavirus cases have increased by more than 18,000. Nearly 4 lakh cases were reported in June alone making it the worst month for the country prompting some states to go for varying degrees of lockdown. India reported its first case of coronavirus on January 30 from Kerala when a student who had returned from…

01 Jul

curfew between 9 pm to 5 am imposed in Mumbai

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Mumbai police on Wednesday imposed section 144 of CrPC in the city, prohibiting movement of people in public places and gatherings, to prevent spread of COVID-19, an official said. The prohibitory order, issued by a senior police official, says restrictions on movement of residents for non-essential work will remain in force till July 15. The order prohibits "presence or movement of one or more persons in public places or gathering of any sort", the official said.

01 Jul

Tamil Nadu father-son custody deaths case

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The CB-CID, tasked with probing the death of a father-son duo who were allegedly thrashed by the police in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin, arrested a policeman, the main accused, on Wednesday. It have altered the FIR against the six cops of the Sathankulam Police Station and added IPC section 302. The accused, Sub-Inspector Raguganesh, was arrested and being remanded. It will also form special teams to arrest the remaining policemen. The death of P Jayaraj (father) and J Fennix (son) took place in police custody in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi district. Jayaraj and Femm, aka Fennix, were booked for not closing their…

01 Jul

India records 507 deaths in single day

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India registered the highest single-day COVID-19 deaths at 507 on Wednesday with Maharashtra, Delhi and Tamil Nadu accounting for over 70 per cent of the fatalities, while 18,653 new infections were reported taking the total tally to 5,85,493, according to the Union Health Ministry data. This is the fifth consecutive day that coronavirus infections have increased by more than 18,000. The country has seen a surge of 3,94,958 infections from 1 June till date. The number of active cases stands at 2,20,114, while 3,47,978 people have recovered, and one patient has migrated, according to the updated data at 8 am.…