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Shah Rukh Khan offers his office for BMC quarantine facility

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Days after Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan announced several initiatives to help the central and state government in their fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the superstar has now opened his office for treating Covid-19 patients. The local municipal body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), took to social media on Saturday to thank Shah Rukh and Gauri for the help. We thank @iamsrk & @gaurikhan for offering their 4-storey personal office space to help expand our Quarantine capacity equipped with essentials for quarantined children, women & elderly. Indeed a…

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WNBA postpones start of season this month because of virus

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The WNBA season will not start on time next month because of the coronavirus pandemic, and when it begins is unclear. The league announced Friday it will delay the season for an indefinite period. Training camps were to open on April 26 and the regular season on May 15. WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a statement Friday the league will use this time to conduct scenario-planning regarding new start dates and innovative formats. Our guiding principle will continue to be the health and safety of the players, fans and…

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Shabana Azmi, Hema Malini condemn the attack on doctors in Indore

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Veteran actors Shabana Azmi, Hema Malini and Rishi Kapoor have condemned the attack on medical professionals in Indore. A five-member team from the health department had gone to Taatpatti Bakhal on Wednesday to quarantine relatives and acquaintances of a COVID-19 patient, when an unruly mob attacked them with stones, injuring two women doctors. The video of the attack went viral on social media. “Respect. Dr Trupti and Dr Raziya are true role models. And the behaviour of those who pelted them with stones is shameful and condemnable,” Azmi said on…

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SC seeks Centre, Kerala govt response on K’taka plea on border issue

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The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the Centre and the Kerala government on the plea of Karnataka challenging a high court order for opening of borders to ensure movement of essential supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic. The top court orally asked the Kerala government to not to precipitate the issue of opening of borders till further hearing of the matter on April 7. A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Deepak Gupta, which took up the plea for hearing through video conferencing asked the Chief Secretaries of…

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Stocks fall on Wall Street, heading for another weekly loss

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Stocks are falling in afternoon trading Friday, putting Wall Street on track for its third losing week in the last four. The losses came after the government said U.S. employers cut 701,000 more jobs than they added last month, the first drop in nearly a decade. Many businesses have screeched to a halt amid attempts to slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, and economists say the dire data is only going to get worse. U.S. stock indexes held steady at first, then headed lower after the price of oil…

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Trump recommends Americans wear face masks, but says he won’t

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President Donald Trump has recommended Americans to cover their faces with scarves or homemade cloth masks while going outside to curb the spread of the coronavirus though he would not wear one himself. Citing the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Trump urged people to wear face coverings like scarves or homemade cloth masks, and to keep medical-grade masks available for the health workers. The CDC is advising the use of non-medical cloth face covering as an additional voluntary public health measure, Trump told reporters during a press…

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Country’s COVID-19 death toll rises to 68, number of cases to 2,902

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The number of COVID-19 cases in the country climbed to 2,902 on Saturday while the death toll rose to 68, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 2,650, while 183 people were either cured or discharged and one had migrated to another country, it said. As per the ministry’s updated data on coronavirus cases Saturday morning, six fresh deaths were reported — three from Maharahtra, two from Delhi and one from Gujarat. Thus, Maharashtra has reported the most deaths (19) so far, followed…

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Olympic sports fret over lost Games income

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The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and the shutdown of the sporting calendar because of the coronavirus pandemic are going to hit international sports federations hard financially. Many sports that are part of the Games depend heavily on the payouts every four years from the International Olympic Committee (IOC). “The situation is tense and very gloomy. An assessment will be made, but clearly some posts are under threat,” said an official of a major international federation. The 28 international federations (IF) of the sports that were due to be present…

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SC seeks Centre’s stand on plea for WHO-graded protective gears to medical staffs

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought to know from the Centre its stand on a plea that has highlighted the urgent need to provide WHO-graded protective gear to doctors, nurses and medical staff who are treating coronavirus patients across the country. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah that heard the matter through video-conferencing, asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to examine the plea and place before the court the Centre’s stand with regard to the issues highlighted in the petition. “List the writ petition on the…

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Global economy could shrink by almost 1% in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic: UN

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The global economy could shrink by up to one per cent in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, a reversal from the previous forecast of 2.5 per cent growth, the UN has said, warning that it may contract even further if restrictions on the economic activities are extended without adequate fiscal responses. The analysis by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) said the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting global supply chains and international trade. With nearly 100 countries closing national borders during the past month, the movement of…

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