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12 Jun

India is now the fourth worst-hit country

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Jun 12, 2020: India has overtaken the United Kingdom to climb the fourth spot in the list of nations worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a website that tracks the number of cases across the world. Worldometer data on Thursday evening showed that India had 295,772 cases against 291,588 infections recorded by the UK and it took just 18 days for the Asian country to reach the fourth spot. India’s number of infected people has increased to 297,538 and the death toll has risen to 8,498 on Friday, according to the Union health ministry. India was among the…

12 Jun

Lockdown not to be re-announced in Maharashtra

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NEW DELHI, 12. June, 2020: Lockdown will not be reintroduced in Maharashtra, tweeted chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s office on Friday, quelling rumours about a possible reintroduction of a total shutdown amid spike in coronavirus cases in the state. The people have also been advised to follow guidelines and maintain social distancing to stem the spread of the disease. “Lockdown will not be re-announced. Chief Minister Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray has requested and appealed to the people not to crowd anywhere and follow the instructions given by the government,” tweeted chief minister Thackeray’s office. In Maharashtra, which has the highest number of…

11 Jun

Houston bids goodbye to George Floyd

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11.06.20: George Floyd died at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis. A thousand miles to the south, in the Texas city where he was raised, two rows of police officers saluted as his coffin went past. Hours before Floyd’s funeral began at a southwest Houston church, uniformed officers stood between the hearse and the front doors. As relatives and friends pushed the gold coffin with blue trimming into the church, the officers raised their hands in a show of respect. Floyd’s funeral and the public viewing that preceded it a day earlier have been a counterpoint to the fury…

11 Jun

Kali temple to reopen with safety measures

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11.06.20: The Kali temple in Dakshineswar will reopen on June 13, the shrine authorities said on Wednesday. A series of safety measures, including reduced hours, have been announced to ensure devotees do not contract the novel coronavirus on the temple premises. The temple has been shut to devotees for over two months because of the lockdown. “We are happy to reopen the shrine,” said Kushal Chowdhury, the secretary of the Dakshineswar Kali Temple and Debottar Estate. “We will not allow any violation of social distancing norms.”

11 Jun

Goa: IMD Forecasts Heavy Rains , High Speed Winds.

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As Goa prepares for arrival of the south-west monsoon, the IMD has forecast heavy rainfall along with high speed winds in isolated places in North and South Goa districts. The coastal state experienced pre-monsoon showers earlier this week. As a precaution, the Goa government shuts down beaches, popular with tourists, for swimming and water sports during the monsoon (from June to September) each year as the sea during this period tends to be extremely rough and choppy. Meanwhile, Drishti Marine, the state-appointed professional lifeguard agency, on Thursday advised people visiting beaches againstventuring into the sea with the monsoon expected to…

11 Jun

Mumbai experience it’s highest one day spike of cases

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On Wednesday, Maharastra as well as mumbai experienced a highest 24 hours toll. Only after a week of the first phase of 'mission begin again' started the death rate was highest in a day. The state saw its highest single-day rise in cases (3,254) ,the previous highest toll was on June 5 (139 cases).The city in total has more positive cases (52,667) than the cases of Wuhan (50,333) the epicentre of corona virus outbreak. Mumbai city, which recorded a staggering 1,595 of these new cases to post its highest day-surge as well, breached the 20,000-case mark to rise to 20,150…

11 Jun

Locust Attack In Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj

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Thu, 11 Jun 2020 : Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj district has become the latest victim to the attack of locust swarms on the fields blossomed with vegetation and the residential areas as well which began on Tuesday night and continued through Wednesday. However, no major loss of crop has been reported. According to local media reports, villages, such as Dharwara, Madeni Singh ka Pura, Tala, Hathsara and Lohandi have been affected by the locust swarms in Prayagraj districts. The Locusts reportedly entered Prayagraj from Mirzapur district, and prior to that the swarms were spotted in Singrauli and Sonbhadra districts on Monday and Tuesday.…

10 Jun

Most Covid-19 deaths in Karnataka occur due to delay in reaching hospitals.

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Most COVID-19 deaths in Karnataka occur when infected elderly people, those with Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) or any other symptoms delay reaching designated hospitals, a top official saidMunish Moudgil, chief of COVID-19 War Room in the state, said most of those infected with the virus are brought to COVID-19 designated hospitals at a very late stage and recovery then becomes extremely tough. The death rate due to SARI is 43 per cent for those in the 40-60 age group, he said, releasing data on coronavirus deaths, to reporters. In the same age group, the mortality due to Influenza-Like Illness…

10 Jun

Prayers Held at Ram Janmabhoomi Site for ‘Early Start’ to Temple Construction.

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Priests conducted special prayers at a Shiva shrine at the Ram Janmabhoomi site here but stopped short of symbolically launching the construction of a Ram temple, contrary to an announcement made earlier this week. Mahant Kamal Nayan Das, who participated in the 'rudrabhishek' ritual at the Kuber Tila shrine said he prayed for an early beginning of construction of the Ram temple. "This religious ceremony will last for at least two hours and after that the construction of the Ram Mandir will start with the laying of the foundation for the mandir structure,” he had said then. But on June…

10 Jun

TMC says Time to Deal with Covid and not Politics.

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The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has entered poll mode with about a year to go for the Assembly elections, announcing a series of ‘virtual meetings’, the first of which will be addressed by union home minister Amit Shah . The party also named its new state executive that would lead the party to the elections. Lashing out at chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Shah said that the TMC supremo is encouraging “political violence to grow in the state” and promised to return the state to the golden days of culture and tradition if the BJP is…