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Virus briefings are the new campaign rallies for Trump

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President Donald Trump has a new daily ritual now that the pandemic has put the kibosh on the signature campaign rallies that helped him get elected four years ago: the coronavirus briefing. Standing on the once-abandoned White House briefing room stage flanked by public health experts, Trump holds court with reporters and directly addresses the American people, providing updates on his administration’s efforts to combat the pandemic and trying to demonstrate that he’s in charge. The updates are far more staid than his raucous rallies and lack the adoring crowds…

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Govt monitoring availability of essential commodities in market: Paswan

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Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday said the government is monitoring the availability of essential commodities in the market amid nationwide lockdown for next 21 days to check the spread of coronavirus outbreak. Paswan warned manufacturers and traders against profiteering during this period. The Centre is also in touch with the state governments to ensure that there is no shortage of essential commodities, he said. “In view of situation emerging from the threat of #Covid19India, the government is keeping an eye on availability of all essential commodities in…

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IPL 13 fate: We are at same place, don’t have an answer right now, says Ganguly

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BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday said he “doesn’t have an answer” on the fate of this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) amid a nationwide lockdown to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The BCCI suspended the IPL, originally scheduled from March 29, to April 15 after government suspended all visas, barring few categories like diplomatic and employment, making it impossible for foreign players to participate. Amid the ongoing complete lockdown, it is becoming increasingly difficult for all the stakeholders to work out an alternate plan. COVID-19 has so far claimed 11…

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Woody Allen accuses Mia Farrow of trying to destroy his career in new memoir

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In his new memoir, director Woody Allen has accused former partner Mia Farrow of fabricating the story that he sexually abused their adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow. In his memoir “Apropos of Nothing”, which was released by Arcade Publishing two weeks after Hachette dropped the book following protests. “I never laid a finger on Dylan, never did anything to her that could be even misconstrued as abusing her; it was a total fabrication from start to finish,” he wrote in the book. The accusations were a “Ahab-like quest” for revenge from…

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Reserve Bank’s US treasury holdings touch an all-time high at $164.3 bln

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The Reserve Bank, which has been snapping up greenbacks in the past two years, has also been lapping up US treasury bills and the holdings touched a record high in January. The holdings rose by more than USD 2 billion between December 2019 and January 2020. At USD 164.3 billion, the Reserve Bank’s US treasury holdings is at an all-time high, show the latest data from the US Treasury Department. The love for dollars and other US government assets began with the collapse of the gold standard or the Bretton…

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SC to hold 2 courts virtually on Wed, hear 15 matters through video-conferencing

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The Supreme Court will hold two virtual courts on Wednesday through video-conferencing on “Vidyo” app to hear certain urgent matters.The cause list for March 25, which has been uploaded on the apex court’s website, showed that two benches of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Surya Kant and Justices L Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose will take up these matters.No court-rooms are specified in the list, which means judges will be hearing 15 matters listed in the cause list from their respective chambers or offices.The advocates, appearing in these matters, have…

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Bangladesh to release Khaleda Zia amid coronavirus outbreak

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Bangladesh on Tuesday initiated a process to “conditionally” release jailed former prime minister Khaleda Zia for six months amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country, Law Minister Anisul Huq told PTI. The 74-year-old opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party chief is serving a 17-year prison term in two graft cases since February 8, 2018. “The decision has been taken on humanitarian ground,” Huq said. He said the decision was taken in line with Prime Minister Shekh Hasina’s directives and considering the age of the former prime minister. “…Zia will be released for…

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PM announces 21-day nationwide lockdown, says this is only way to fight coronavirus

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rime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a complete lockdown across the country for 21 days from Tuesday midnight, asserting that social distancing is the only way out for the country in its decisive battle against the coronavirus. In his second address to the nation on the pandemic raging across much of the world with the number of infections rising in India, Modi made a fervent appeal to the countrymen not to cross the ‘lakshman rekha’ of their homes in the next three weeks. Any negligence in these 21 days will…

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Will wait and watch for a month before any decision: IOA after Canada pulls out of Olympics

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The Indian Olympic Association on Monday said it will “wait and watch” for at least a month before taking any call on Tokyo Olympics participation after Canada created a flutter by becoming the first nation to pull out of the showpiece due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The north American nation’s withdrawal added to the International Olympic Committee’s woes after a host of top athletes and powerful sports bodies rammed up pressure on the IOC to postpone the quadrennial extravaganza in July-August. However, India is ready to wait for a while…

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Bachchan’s tweet on ‘clapping vibrations destroy virus potency’ draws ire, actor later deletes it

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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Monday was heavily criticised for one of his tweets, which claimed vibrations from clapping, blowing conch shells as part of Sunday’s Janata Curfew would have reduced or destroyed coronavirus potency as it was ‘amavasya’, the darkest day of the month. Bachchan’s tweet comes in the wake of several similar fake news stories misinterpreting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal of clapping and clanging plates to express gratitude to those providing essential services during this global health crisis. The 77-year-old actor took to Twitter and, in a tweet…

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