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Biden makes 1st in-person appearance in more than 2 months

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Joe Biden made his first in-person appearance in more than two months on Monday as he marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a veterans park near his Delaware home.   Since abruptly canceling a March 10 rally in Cleveland at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee has waged much of his campaign from his home in Wilmington. When Biden emerged on Monday, he wore a face mask, in contrast to President Donald Trump, who has refused to cover his face in public as…

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Over 6,500 new coronavirus cases in India, death toll climbs to 4,167

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The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 4,167 in the country, while the number of cases climbed to 1,45,380, registering an increase of 146 deaths and 6,535 cases since Monday 8 am,?the Union Health Ministry said The number of active COVID-19 cases climbed to 80,722. As many as 60,490 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said.? “Thus, around 41.61 per cent patients have recovered so far,” a senior Health Ministry official said The total confirmed cases includes foreigners Of the 146 deaths reported since Monday morning,…

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Hopefully we can make something great: Neve Campbell on Scream’ reboot

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Neve Campbell says she was initially reluctant do another Scream’ movie without original helmer Wes Craven, but filmmaker duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet’s desire to honour the late director’s vision has motivated her to support the upcoming reboot.   The 46-year-old Canadian actor, who played Sidney Prescott in last four installments of the slasher franchise, said she has seen the work of Ready or Not filmmakers and hopes they can create something great. I’m not a hundred percent on it, but to be honest, the two directors have made…

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SC allows AI to operate till June 6 flights with occupied middle seats to fly stranded Indians

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The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Air India to keep the middle seats occupied while operating its non-scheduled flights to bring back Indians stranded abroad up to June 6 while observing that the government should be more worried about the health of citizens rather than the health of commercial airlines.   The top court said that after June 6, Air India will operate its non-scheduled flights in accordance with the interim order to be passed by the Bombay High Court. The Centre and Air India had moved the apex court…

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Domestic flights resume after two months: Delhi’s first departure is to Pune and Mumbai’s first to Patna

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Indian skies will open up for domestic passenger services from Monday after a gap of two months, with Delhi-Pune and Mumbai-Patna flights being among the first to take off, aviation industry sources said.   All scheduled commercial passenger flights have been suspended since March 25 when the government imposed a nationwide lockdown to curb the coronavirus pandemic. Both the flights will be operated by IndiGo on Monday morning. While the Delhi-Pune flight is scheduled to depart at 4.45 AM, the Mumbai-Patna flight would depart at 6.45 AM. Aviation industry sources…

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China reports 51 new coronavirus cases, mostly in Wuhan

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China has reported 51 new coronavirus cases including 40 asymptomatic infections, majority of them in the contagion’s first epicentre Wuhan, where over six million tests have been conducted in the last 10 days, health officials said on Monday. The country’s National Health Commission (NHC) said that 11 new imported cases were reported on Sunday. While no new domestically-transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported in China on Sunday, 11 imported cases including 10 in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and one in Sichuan province were reported, the NHC said in its daily…

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Maha: Migrants heading back home hopeful of returning to work

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A number of migrant workers, who have left from Maharashtra’s Pune city for their native places after being rendered jobless due to the lockdown, are hopeful that the situation will normalise and they would be able to come back to work. But, they say since right now they have no work and are facing acute financial crunch, they have no option but to return to their hometowns and wait for time to get better. Talking to PTI at Pune railway station before boarding a train to Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh…

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Have to clear fitness test before I can resume training: Rohit

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India’s limited-overs vice captain Rohit Sharma says he has fully recovered from the calf injury that forced him to leave the tour of New Zealand midway earlier this year but the fitness test has been continuously delayed because of the COVID-19 lockdown. The Mumbaikar had to return home after sustaining the injury during the T20 series against the Black Caps on February 2. He missed the three-match home ODI series against South Africa, which was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as he was undergoing rehabilitation at that time. “Before…

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Abhishek Banerjee on how ‘Pataal Lok’ helped him reinvent, find interesting actors

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The success of Pataal Lok feels like a twofold achievement to Abhishek Banerjee, who has surprised fans with his intense portrayal of Hathoda Tyagi after comedic turns in Stree , Bala and Dream Girl . With the Amazon Prime show, which is amassing critical acclaim from both the reviewers as well as the audiences, Banerjee pulled off the double duty of being both a casting director and actor. Casting for a show that delves into the many complexities of the country through an investigative story of an attempted assassination of…

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Why to hear dignified treatment plea for violators, asks HC

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The Bombay High Court has disposed of a petition raising concerns over enforcement of the lockdown by the police in Maharashtra noting that even educated citizens are not following the required norms. The petition was filed by a Nagpur resident Sandip Nair raising concerns over the ‘humiliating’ manner in which the police are punishing violators. The petition contended that while thepoliceforce is, by and large, discharging its duties in an exemplary manner, there are several instances which would be a blot on the police machinery. The petitioner pointed out instances…

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