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Death toll due to COVID-19 rises to 1,981; cases climb to 59,662

May 9, 2020 strong

The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,981 and the number of cases climbed to 59,662 in the country on Saturday, registering an increase of 95 deaths and 3,320 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry.? The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 39,834, while 17,846 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said.? “Thus, around 29.91 per cent patients have recovered so far,” a senior health ministry official said The total number of cases also include 111 foreign nationals A…

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Current WI T20 team is better than 2016-WC-winning side: Bravo

May 7, 2020 strong

All-rounder Dwayne Bravo is in awe of the current West Indies T20 team’s batting depth, saying it is better than the 2016 World Cup-winning side and can intimidate any opposition. “In the last series in Sri Lanka, we had a team meeting, and coach Phil (Simmons) put the team down, the list, and he put it down in batting order, and he had my name down at No. 9,” Bravo told ESPNcricinfo. “And I said to the guys, I said listen, I don’t think I was ever involved in…

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SC sentences 3 people for making scandalous allegations against judges

May 7, 2020 strong

The Supreme Court has sentenced three people, held guilty of contempt of court for making “scurrilous and scandalous allegations” against two sitting judges of the apex court, to 3-month jail observing that it was a “concerted effort to virtually hold the judiciary to ransom”. The top court had on April 27 held advocate Vijay Kurle, state president of Maharashtra and Goa of the Indian Bar Association, advocate Nilesh Ojha, President of the Indian Bar Association and Rashid Khan Pathan, national secretary of NGO Human Rights Security Council, guilty of…

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Sensex falls over 300 pts in early trade; HCL Tech jumps 3 pc

May 7, 2020 strong

Equity benchmark Sensex fell over 300 points in early trade on Thursday as spiking COVID-19 cases in the country and poor macroeconomic data weighed on investor sentiment. After touching a low of 31,362.96, the 30-share index was trading 158.23 points or 0.50 per cent lower at 31,527.52. Similarly, NSE Nifty slipped 33 points, or 0.36 per cent, to 9,237.90. HUL was the top loser in the Sensex pack, dropping over 3 per cent, followed by Kotak Bank, ONGC, Bharti Airtel, PowerGrid, Titan and Nestle. On the other hand, HCL…

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US sees 1st detained immigrant death from coronavirus

May 7, 2020 strong

A 57-year-old man in immigration custody died Wednesday from complications related to the coronavirus, authorities said, marking the first reported death from the virus among about 30,000 people in immigration custody. The detainee had been held at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego and hospitalised since late April, said Craig Sturak, a spokesman for the San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would neither confirm nor deny the death. CoreCivic Inc., the private company that operates the detention center, didn’t respond…

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COVID-19 death toll touches 1,783; number of cases climb to 52,952

May 7, 2020 strong

The death toll due to COVID-19 in the country rose to 1,783 while the number of cases climbed to 52,952 on Thursday, registering an increase of 89 deaths and 3,561 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 35,902 while 15,266 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said. “Thus, around 28.83 per cent patients have recovered so far,” a senior health ministry official said. The total number of cases also include 111 foreign nationals. A…

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I have learnt to accept my failures in last two years: Sanju Samson

May 6, 2020 strong

He has flattered to deceive on umpteen occasions but highly-rated wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson says he has learnt to accept his failures in pursuit of the calm demeanour that former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni possesses. The 25-year-old from Kerala has always been talked about by the likes of Rahul Dravid and Gautam Gambhir but it hasn’t translated into international success with only four T20 Internationals in his kitty in the last five years. “I have learnt to understand and focus more on my strengths and (be more) accepting (of)…

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SC dismisses plea of district judge against swearing-in of Karnataka HC judge

May 6, 2020 strong

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea by a district judge challenging the appointment of a ‘junior’ judicial officer as an additional judge of the Karnataka High Court and seeking a stay on his swearing-in contending that it breaches the seniority rule. The top court dismissed the plea just half an hour before the swearing-in of judicial officer Padmaraj N Desai as an additional judge of the High Court. A bench of Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Aniruddha Bose took up the matter through video conferencing at 10…

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Rupee settles 9 paise lower at 75.72 against US dollar

May 6, 2020 strong

The rupee depreciated 9 paise to close at 75.72 against the US dollar on Wednesday, following a strong American currency overseas and fears of a renewed trade war between the US and China. Forex traders said the weakness in the rupee was largely due to the strengthening of the US dollar and sustained foreign fund outflows. Moreover, rising coronavirus cases in the country also weighed on the local unit. Rupee opened weak at 75.77 at the interbank forex market and then pared some losses to finally settle at 75.72,…

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Trump admin ignored concern over hydroxychloroquine import from in India, Pak: Fired US scientist

May 6, 2020 strong

A fired American scientist has alleged that the Trump administration ignored the concern of doctors in the US over the importation of hydroxychloroquine from “uninspected factories” in India and Pakistan and flooded the country with the “unproven and potentially dangerous” anti-malarial drug. In a complaint filed on Tuesday before the US Office of Special Counsel, which oversees the protection of whistleblowers, Rick Bright alleged that top officials of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) repeatedly ignored his messages and that of others over the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)…