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20 Jun

Delhi becomes second city to cross 50,000-mark after Mumbai

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New Delhi: With a spike of 3,137 new cases in last 24 hours, the number of coronavirus in Delhi crossed the 50,000-mark, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare while adding that 66 fatalities were reported during the same period, taking the city’s fatality rate to 3.8 per cent. According to the Union Health Ministry, the national capital has reported 53,116 cases of the highly contagious coronavirus and 2,035 deaths due to the virus. With this, Delhi has also become the second city in India after Mumbai to report more than 50,000 cases of the novel coronavirus. The number of…

20 Jun

PM Modi launches Rs 50,000 crore ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan’

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan, the Rs 50,000 crore mega scheme to provide jobs to the migrant workers who returned to their respective villages during the coronavirus-mandated lockdown. The mega job scheme will roll out 116 districts across the country, in which the maximum number of migrant workers have returned. Under the Garib Kalyan Rojgaar Yojana, 25 other existing schemes were brought together to provide livelihood for migrant workers for 125 days and create assets for these districts. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while unveiling the mega job scheme from Khagaria district in…

20 Jun

26/11 attack plotter Tahawwur Rana arrested in Los Angeles

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New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: In a major breakthrough for the Indian security agencies, Pakistan-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana has been rearrested in Los Angeles on an extradition request by India for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack in which 166 people were killed. Tahawwur Rana, 59, who was serving a 14-year sentence at a Los Angeles federal prison, was recently released from jail on compassionate ground after he told a US court that he has tested positive for the COVID-19. He was rearrested following an extradition request by India, where he is a declared fugitive. Rana was arrested…

19 Jun

Jobs, Facilities For Transgenders At Noida Metro’s Special ”She-Man” Station

editor0 CommentsNorth EastDelhi, LGBTQ, METRO

The step is being taken by the Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) for the "inclusion and meaningful participation" of the members of the transgender community, NMRC Managing Director Ritu Maheshwari said. In a special initiative, the Noida-Greater Noida Metro has decided to convert its Sector 50 station into a "She-Man" station, that will have special facilities, and provide employment for the transgender community. The step is being taken by the Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) for the "inclusion and meaningful participation" of the members of the transgender community, NMRC Managing Director Ritu Maheshwari said. Earlier in 2017, the Kochi Metro…

19 Jun

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale Calls For Ban On TikTok To Impact China Economically

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His remark comes after 20 Indian Army personnel were killed in a violent clash with the Chinese Army in Ladakh's Galwan Valley. Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Friday called for a ban on TikTok to impact China economically, saying 15 crore Indians use the Chinese app due to which the neighbouring country makes crores in profit. His remark comes after 20 Indian Army personnel were killed in a violent clash with the Chinese Army in Ladakh's Galwan Valley. "Ban Chinese video app TikTok in India. 15 crore people of India use TikTok due to which China gets profit of crores.…

19 Jun

India “Will Win”: Mamata Banerjee At All-Party Meet On Ladakh Clash

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"We stand with the government in this hour of crisis. We will win. We will put up a united fight as one nation," Mamata Banerjee was quoted as having told the meeting by a source in the TMC. Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday said her party stands firmly behind the Union government in this hour of crisis after 20 army personnel were killed in action with Chinese troops along the LAC, and urged the Centre not to allow Chinese investments in strategically important infrastructure sectors, sources said. At an all-party meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on…

19 Jun

Education : CBSE may decide on Board exams by Monday.

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The Central Board of Secondary Education will decide the fate of its pending Class 10 and 12 board examinations by June 23. The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has extended its deadline for students to decide whether to write examinations or not to June 24, and will specify its alternative assessment option by June 22. Ahead of the SC hearing, HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal had held a meeting with Anita Karwal, secretary, school education, Manoj Ahuja, chairperson, CBSE and Vineet Joshi, director general, National Testing Agency on Tuesday. However, the meeting remained inconclusive. According to a senior…

19 Jun

Goa: 90% of state’s 705 Covid-19 positive cases have been recorded in June

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Goa, which has a relatively smaller population of 16.6 lakh, has reported 705 coronavirus disease (Covid-19) positive cases, which are comparable with states such as Himachal Pradesh (HP) that has a far higher population. Goa has been reporting 35 Covid-19 positive cases on an average daily since early June. Worse, the daily average has been 41 Covid-19 positive cases in the past week. On the contrary, HP, whose population is four times that of Goa, has reported 595 Covid-19 positive cases and a daily average of 14.72. While 90% of Goa’s 705 Covid-19 positive cases have been recorded in June,…

19 Jun

All party meeting to discuss China issue begins

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India-China LAC Standoff: Indian Army has been given emergency powers to deal with the situation arising out of China's deadly attack that killed 20 Bravehearts of 16 Bihar Regiment in the Galwan Valley. At least 20 Indian soldiers of 16 Bihar Regiment were killed and several others injured in the deadliest clash at the Line of Actual Control at the Galwan Valley in Ladakh by China's People's Liberation Army. The hand-to-hand (no shots were fired) fight was savage and lasted for almost eight hours on Monday night. PLA death squad were armed with batons, iron wires and rods and launched an…

19 Jun

Covid-19 patients, family must get test report

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The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Maharashtra government to provide the reports of test for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) to patients and their relatives directly. The bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan passed the order. The direction came as part of the suo moto monitoring by the top court of facilities to Covid-19 patients. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had issued a circular on June 13 which said that the test report will not be shared by the laboratory directly with the patient. “Laboratory will share the report with MCGM (Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai) and MCGM in return…