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18 Jun

Tamil Nadu crosses 50,000-mark, Delhi records over 47,000 cases

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After Maharashtra, which has reported over one lakh coronavirus cases till date, Tamil Nadu is the second worst-hit state in the country with its Covid-19 tally crossing the 50,000-mark on Thursday. Delhi stands at the third spot with over 47,102 cases followed by Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. India’s Covid-19 tally on Thursday jumped to 366,946 with the death toll mounting to 12,237. Covid-19 tally here jumped to 116,752 on Thursday. As many as 5,651 people have died of coronavirus in Maharashtra while 59,166 have recovered. Covid-19 cases have jumped to 50,193 in the southern state. Five hundred and seventy-six people…

18 Jun

BJP defers all political events, rallies in tribute to Army bravehearts

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The Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to defer its political events, including virtual rallies, for the next two days to pay homage to the Indian Army bravehearts who lost their lives in the face-off with China in Ladakh's Galwan Valley on Monday. “The supreme sacrifice of our brave soldiers while guarding our motherland in Galwan valley will always be remembered. The nation is indebted to them. I pay homage to the martyrs,” BJP national president JP Nadda said in a tweeted on Thursday. “The BJP has decided to postpone all its political programmes including virtual rallies for next 2 days,”…

18 Jun

CM: Let Centre decide how to tackle China

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Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she was “deeply shocked” by the Ladakh clash that claimed the lives of at least 20 Indian soldiers and it was for the Union government to decide on the course of action to be taken with regard to China. “I heard that 20 of our brothers died. Including two from Bengal. Those who died, for them, we convey our condolences to the bereaved. It is very unfortunate and sad. We are really pained by this incident…. We are deeply shocked. I have no words to console the families,” the chief minister said at a news…

18 Jun

UNSC : India elected as a Non-Permanent Member for 2 years.

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India was elected as non-permanent member of the powerful United Nations Security Council for a two-year term on June 17, winning 184 votes in the 193-member General Assembly. Along with India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway also won the Security Council elections held on June 17. India was a candidate for a non-permanent seat from the Asia-Pacific category for the 2021-22 term. Its victory was a given since it was the sole candidate vying for the lone seat from the grouping. New Delhi's candidature was unanimously endorsed by the 55-member Asia-Pacific grouping, including China and Pakistan, in June last year. Previously,…

17 Jun

P.M Modi : ‘India capable of giving befitting reply, sacrifices of soldiers will not go in vain’.

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In first public remarks on the death of 20 Indian Army personnel in violent clashes with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley of Ladakh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said India wants peace but “will give a befitting reply” if provoked. “I want to assure the nation that the sacrifice made by our soldiers will not go in vain. India’s integrity and sovereignty is supreme for us, and no one can stop us from defending it. Nobody should have any iota of doubt about this. India wants peace. But on provocation, India will give a befitting reply,” the Prime Minister…

17 Jun

Kolkata records six cases of suicide – all by hanging in a single day

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KOLKATA: At least six cases of suicide - all by hanging - were reported in Kolkata in a single day on Wednesday. While the youngest victim to commit suicide was aged 10 years and the oldest victim was aged 70 years. According to the Kolkata Police’s headquarters - Lalbazar - that mentions incidents and crimes committed in the city, there were a total of nine cases reported in the city. Of the total nine cases, three were incidents of suicide by hanging. The youngest victim - a 10-year-old boy - was found hanging from a rubber pipe from the window under…

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

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

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.…