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27 Jun

Ammonia gas leak at factory in Kurnool district, one dead.

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One person was killed in a gas leak that took place in a company in Andhra Pradesh's Nandyal area of Kurnool district. Three employees have been admitted to the hospital while one died unfortunately. the collector has issued a statement, stating that the gas was spread inside the company and not outside. He also urged the residents, saying that there is no reason to panic. as per reports, ten employees were working in the surrounding area. Nine of them immediately ran from the spot. The deceased was identified as Srinivasa Rao, 50-year-old manager of the factory. Four other workers —…

27 Jun

India Allows Use Of Low-Cost Steroid To Treat Coronavirus Patients

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New Delhi: The government on Saturday allowed the use of the low-cost steroid drug dexamethasone as an alternative to methylprednisolone to treat coronavirus patients with moderate and severe symptoms. The World Health Organization had called for a rapid increase in production of dexamethasone, after British clinical trials found it had life-saving potential for critically-ill coronavirus patients. The Union Health Ministry has put a revised version of "Clinical Management Protocol: COVID-19" - a document published for use by health professionals as a reference . Earlier this month, the ministry had added the loss of smell and taste as new symptoms of COVID-19…

27 Jun

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to address important press conference at 12:00 pm

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be addressing a key press conference at 12:00 pm to address the COVID-19 situation in the national capital. Earlier today, Kejriwal informed the people of the highest number of tests (21,144) being carried out in Delhi in a single day. " Delhi conducted highest no of tests in a single day yesterday- 21,144. We have increased testing 4 times. Delhi now following the strategy of very aggressive testing and isolation," Kejriwal Tweeted. Delhi has had a revamped plan to counter COVID-19 after the intervention of the Central govt. Kejriwal was locked in a series…

27 Jun

UP Board High School Result 2020

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New Delhi: The results for class 10th and class 12th UP board examinations have been released by the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad on Saturday. The UPMSP declared the results at upmsp.educ.in or upresults.nic.in. The students waiting for the results can also receive their scorecard on mobile phones via SMS. Class 10th students can receive their results by sending ‘UP10ROLLNUMBER’ to 56263, while the class 12th students have to send ‘UP12ROLLNUMBER’ on the same number. As per the official data, a total of around 56 lakh students appeared for the class 10th and class 12th board exams this year. Around 30,24,632 candidates registered for…

27 Jun

Screening of every house in Delhi containment zones starts Saturday

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Nearly 1,100 teams comprising two members each have been formed to conduct the mega exercise. This is the biggest practice of coronavirus screening in the national capital. According to the 2011 Census, there were over 34.35 lakh households in the national capital, including 33.56 lakh in urban areas and 79,574 in rural areas. The teams are armed with a mobile application which will send real-time details to a dedicated web portal set up by the government. Apart from basic details like name, age, address and contact number, the teams are feeding the mobile application with information such as every individual's…

27 Jun

Mammoth Survey To Determine Spread Of COVID-19 In Delhi From Today

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New Delhi: Authorities in Delhi will undertake a mammoth exercise from today to determine the spread of the coronavirus disease amid a rising number of cases in the national capital, which is one of the worst affected in the country. The serological survey -- part of the new COVID-19 response plan -- is expected to help officials prepare a broad strategy to combat the pandemic. The exercise will be jointly taken up by the Delhi government and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) between June 27 and July 10. "As per the directives of HM @AmitShah, discussion was done on…

27 Jun

5.08 Lakh Total Cases

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Over 18,000 people tested positive for COVID-19 in 24 hours in India, the biggest one-day jump in the country since the pandemic was first reported in January. With 18,552 new cases, the total number of cases have risen to 508,953, the Health Ministry said this morning. 384 COVID-19 deaths were also reported during the period, taking the total number of casualties due to the virus to 15,685. On Friday, India crossed the 5 lakh figure after the country reported its highest single-day spike of over 17,000 cases. It took 149 days to cross the five-lakh mark. India has been recording…

27 Jun

Gurgaon Administration Warns Of Locust Attack

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Gurgaon: Gurgaon residents must keep their windows shut as precaution against a possible attack from crop-destroying desert locusts, the city administration said on Friday as a swarm was sighted at an adjoining Haryana district. The administration has asked them to make clanging noise by beating utensils to ward the insects off. "A swarm of locusts has reached Mahendragarh district and is expected to reach Rewari border. Under the circumstances, Gurugram administration has issued an advisory that people must keep their windows shut and make noise by clanging tin boxes, utensils and dhol so that locusts can't settle at a place," the administration said.…

26 Jun

Supreme Court allows CBSE to cancel board exams okays scheme proposed by CBSE for Class X, XII exams.

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The Supreme Court on Friday permitted the Centre and the CBSE to cancel the remaining board examinations due to COVID-19 pandemic and gave a go-ahead to its scheme to award marks to students for the cancelled papers scheduled to be held in July. The CBSE in its notification said that the exams for classes 10 and 12 which were scheduled from July 1 to 15 2020 stands cancelled. The assessment of the performance of students will be done based on the assessment scheme as suggested by the competent committee.A special bench led by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar also allowed to make…

26 Jun

Mamata Banerjee relaxes night curfew, restriction now from 10pm to 5am.

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced that night curfew will remain in force between 10 pm and 5 am, instead of current 9 pm to 5 am, during the extended coronavirus lockdown till July 31. She also said she wants the metro services to resume from July 1, but only with 100% seat occupancy, and no passenger standing. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had earlier extended the lockdown in the state till July 31. "Political rallies cannot be allowed during this time but some parties are holding rallies without police permission. Some parties are breaking the law and…