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14 Jun

40 Policemen Recover

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Kolkata: On a day 40 policemen were released from hospital after being treated successfully for COVID-19, the Kolkata Police also reported two deaths, a police constable and a police man in the force. Respects were paid to constable Dilip Sardar, who was posted at Sealdah Traffic Guard. He died on Saturday. He had been admitted to a state-run hospital in Kolkata earlier this week.Constable Sebastian Xaxa of South Division reportedly died last Saturday. The Kolkata police commissioner Anuj Sharma paid homage to Constable Xaxa. Both were described as "COVID Warriors" by Kolkata Police, which tweeted messages of condolence. Families of both…

14 Jun

China Reports 57 New Coronavirus Cases

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China: China reported 57 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, the highest daily figure since April, as concerns grow about a resurgence of the disease. The domestic outbreak in China had been brought largely under control through strict lockdowns that were imposed early this year -- but a new outbreak has been linked to a meat and vegetable market in south Beijing. The National Health Commission said 36 of the new cases were domestic infections in the capital. The other two domestic infections reported Sunday were in northeastern Liaoning province, and local health officials said they were close contacts of…

14 Jun

Amit Shah, Arvind Kejriwal Meet As Coronavirus Cases

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New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal are holding a meeting to review the national capital's response to coronavirus, two days after the Supreme Court pulled up the Delhi government over the "horrendous, horrific and pathetic" situation in the city. The meeting comes amid spike in the COVID-19 infections in the national capital, which has the third highest number of virus cases in India after Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. This is the second meeting between Amit Shah and Arvind Kejriwal in less than a week over the pandemic. Today's meeting, which began at 11 am,…

14 Jun

11,929 Coronavirus Cases In India In 24 hours

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New Delhi: India's coronavirus tally rose to 3,20,922 cases today as it recorded the single-day biggest jump of 11,929 new infections in the last 24 hours and 311 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said this morning. A total of 9,195 COVID-19 patients have died so far, according to the government. This is the second consecutive day that India has recorded more than 11,000 new infections in one day. The country has jumped two positions since last week to become the fourth worst-hit country by the pandemic after the United States, Brazil and Russia. Over 70,000 new patients and more than 2,000…

14 Jun

Delhi Plans To Add 20,000 Beds Within A Week

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New Delhi, June, 14.2020 : The Delhi government plans to add 20,000 beds across the hotels and banquet halls of the city over the coming week to cope with the spiraling coronavirus cases. Approximately 11,000 beds will be arranged at 80 banquet halls and these beds will be attached to nursing homes, sources said. Around 4,000 beds will also be arranged at 40 hotels and will be attached to private hospitals in the city. All nursing homes with 10 to 49 beds will be set aside for coronavirus patients, which will add another 5000 beds to the total. Treatment of coronavirus…

13 Jun

India on Nepal Parliament clearing bill to redraw political map.

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The lower house of Nepal's parliament on Saturday unanimously passed the historic Second Constitution Amendment Bill guaranteeing legal status for the updated political map of Nepal which includes India's territories in Pithoragarh district. The voting came after day long discussion which also included Maoist leader Prachanda's praise for the Nepal Communist Party which he said is reversing centuries of diplomatic humiliation of Nepal. Major opposition parties including Nepali Congress (NC), Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal (RJP-N) and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) voted in favour of the government bill to amend Schedule 3 of the Constitution to update the national emblem by incorporating…

13 Jun

Monsoon arrives with a bang in Bengal

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June 13.2020: The monsoon set foot in Calcutta on Friday, bringing formidable rain along with it, unlike the meek entries over the past few years. The strong monsoon currents were attributed to a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal. The Met office recorded around 39mm of rain in Alipore since Friday morning. “The monsoon has set in over most parts of Bengal, including Calcutta. Conditions are favourable for its advancement into the remaining parts over the next 24 hours,” said Sanjib Bandyopadhyay, deputy director general, India Meteorological Department, Calcutta. Between 5.30pm on Thursday and 5.30pm on Friday, New Market…

13 Jun

Nabanna sanitisation for two days

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June 13.2020: Bengal secretariat Nabanna will be closed for sanitisation on Monday as at least seven people who visited the 15-storey building in the past one week tested positive for Covid-19. “Of the seven patients, six were drivers of senior government officials and another was a police officer. A disinfection drive would be carried out at the building on Sunday and Monday,” said a senior official. Since a number of drivers tested positive, the government has conducted Covid-19 confirmation test on all drivers as a precautionary measure. “Test results of most of the drivers have come and almost all have…

13 Jun

Everything is under control in India-China border row, said Army Chief

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Army chief general MM Naravane informed that the entire situation in the India borders with China is under control.A detailed informatiom regarding the overall situation in eastern Ladakh was given by Army chief Gen MM Naravane to the Defence Minister at a high-level meeting which was also attended by chief of defence staff Gen Bipin Rawat, navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh and air chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria.He says,"I would like to assure everyone that entire situation along our borders with China is under control. We're having a series of talks which started with Corps Commander level talks. This has been followed up…

13 Jun

200 safe homes for migrant patients

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The Mamata Banerjee government has decided to set up 200 safe homes in Bengal to keep Covid-19 migrant workers with no symptoms or with mild symptoms as part of a move to stem the disease’s spread in rural areas. “As of now, there are 5,587 active cases in the state. Of which, around 3,000 are migrant workers who are either asymptomatic or with mild symptoms. If we can isolate them institutionally, the spread of the disease to villages could be prevented,” said a senior government official. Given that more than 95 per cent of the migrants willing to come back…