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COVID-19 death toll touches 1,694; cases rise to 49,391

May 6, 2020 strong

The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,694 and the number of cases climbed to 49,391 in the country on Wednesday, registering an increase of 126 deaths and 2,958 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of active COVID-19 cases is 33,514. A total of 13,160 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said. “Thus, around 28.71 per cent patients have recovered so far,” a senior health ministry official said. The total number of cases include 111 foreign nationals. A…

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England have to make do with limited chances to prepare for T20 World Cup: Morgan

May 5, 2020 strong

England’s white-ball captain Eoin Morgan says his team will have to make do with limited opportunities that come its way to prepare for this year’s T20 World Cup after the COVID-19 pandemic forced a cricket shutdown in the country. The coronaviorus outbreak has forced the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to suspend professional games in the country till July 1 and has put in doubt Australia’s ODI and T20I tour of England in July. Morgan feels converting England’s three-ODI series against Ireland into a T20 rubber in September…

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Asian shares advance following rebound on Wall Street

May 5, 2020 strong

Shares advanced in Asia early Tuesday after Wall Street shook off a weak start and ended with modest gains thanks to another solid showing from big technology companies. Shares rose in Hong Kong, Sydney and Singapore. Markets in Shanghai and Tokyo were closed for a holiday. Wall Street shook off a weak start and ended with modest gains Monday, thanks to another solid showing from big technology companies. A recovery in oil prices was helping drive gains in Asia on Tuesday as the U.S. benchmark added 1.50, or more…

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Senate to vet new intelligence chief amid shakeup, pandemic

May 5, 2020 strong

A Senate panel is considering Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe’s nomination for director of national intelligence, holding the in-person hearing amid President Donald Trump’s shakeup of the intelligence community and under drastic new distancing rules to protect Capitol Hill from the coronavirus. Ratcliffe’s confirmation hearing in the Senate intelligence committee on Tuesday comes nine months after Trump first submitted and then abruptly withdrew the three-term lawmaker’s nomination. The August withdrawal came after bipartisan Senate criticism that Ratcliffe, one of the president’s most ardent defenders during the Russia investigations and Trump’s…

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COVID-19 death toll rises to 1,568 in India; cases climb to 46,433

May 5, 2020 strong

The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,568 and the number of cases climbed to 46,433 in the country on Tuesday, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of active cases stood at 32,138, while 12,726 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said. The total number of cases also includes 111 foreign nationals A total 179 deaths deaths have been reported since Monday evening, of which 98 were from West Bengal, 35 from Maharashtra, 29 from Gujarat, six from Rajasthan, five from Uttar Pradesh, two from…

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Players fixed before me, even after me, should’ve got a second chance: Asif

May 4, 2020 strong

Tainted former Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif says he wasn’t the first nor would be the last to have indulged in spot-fixing and should have been treated better by his country’s Cricket Board, which gave “everyone a second chance” except for him. Asif was banned for seven years for his role in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal during Pakistan’s tour of England, where he bowled deliberate no balls for money. He also served jail time in the UK after being found guilty along with Mohammad Amir and Salman Butt. Asif said…

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Multiplex Association urges actors, producers to hold films for theatrical release

May 4, 2020 strong

The Multiplex Association of India (MAI) has appealed to studio partners, producers, artistes and content creators to support the cinema exhibition sector by holding their films and releasing them in theatres once they’re opened again. India is currently under the lockdown with around 1.3 billion people asked to stay home in view of the coronavirus outbreak. There were rumours that several films are looking at a direct-to-digital release amid the lockdown, including Akshay Kumar starrer “Laxmmi Bomb”. In a statement, MAI requested producers to “respect the exclusive theatrical window.”…

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

May 4, 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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Sensex nosedives over 1,500 pts; Nifty tanks below 9,500

May 4, 2020 strong

Equity benchmark Sensex plummeted over 1,500 points in opening trade on Monday dragged by selloff in index-heavyweights HDFC twins, ICICI Bank, TCS and Infosys amid negative cues from global markets. The 30-share index was trading 1,513.68 points or 4.49 per cent lower at 32,203.94, and the NSE Nifty plunged 425.70 points, or 4.32 per cent, to 9,434.20. ICICI Bank was the top laggard in the Sensex pack, sinking over 8 per cent, followed by IndusInd Bank, Tata Steel, Bajaj Finance, Tech Mahindra, HDFC and HDFC Bank. Shares of Reliance…

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Pak’s number of coronavirus cases surges past 20,000

May 4, 2020 strong

Pakistan’s tally of the coronavirus cases crossed the 20,000-mark on Monday after 1,083 new infections were diagnosed, the health ministry said. In the last 24 hours, 1,083 new cases were reported, taking the total to 20,186 patients. There were 22 deaths during this period, upping the fatalities to 462. A total of 5,590 patients have recovered in the country, the ministry said. The authorities have so far conducted 212,511 tests, including 9,522 during the period. The Ministry of National Health Services said that out of the total number of patients,…