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COVID-19: Centre lists parameters for states to delineate red, orange, green zones

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Parameters laid down by the Union Health Ministry such as active COVID-19 cases, doubling and fatality rates and cases per lakh population have to be taken into consideration by states and union territories while categorising areas into red, orange or green zones. The ministry also issued guidelines for delineation of containment and buffer zones and outlined actions that have to be implemented in those areas to break the chain of transmission of the disease. In a letter to states and union territories, Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan said states may…

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Decentralisation of cities, devt of far-flung areas can help address migrant workers’ woes: Gadkari

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At a time when the trauma of migrant workers are coming to the fore amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown, Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said “decentralisation of cities” and development of far-flung areas are solutions to address the crisis faced by them. Migrants’ tragedy is “too unfortunate”, Gadkari said and emphasised that it was high time that employment avenues through development is created in villages, rural, backward and far-flung areas shorn of development. With the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdown, economic activities have been disrupted. After being rendered jobless, thousands…

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India’s COVID-19 death count rises by 120, record jump of nearly 5,000 new cases

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The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 2,872 and the number of total positive cases climbed to 90,927 Sunday morning, registering an increase of 120 fatalities and a record jump of 4,987 new cases in 24 hours, since 8 AM Saturday, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 53,946, while 34,108 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said. “Thus, around 37.51 per cent patients have recovered so far,” a senior health ministry official said Three states have reported over…

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Coronavirus: Beijing announces wearing masks outdoors not necessary

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A Bangladeshi medical team led by a senior doctor has claimed that their research on the combination of two widely used drugs has yielded astounding results in curing the patients with acute symptoms of the coronavirus that has created havoc worldwide and claimed the lives of over 312,000 people globally. The claim by the Bangladeshi medical team, which includes prominent physicians from the country, comes amidst the desperate global attempts for a remedy to the deadly coronavirus. We have got astounding results. Out of 60 COVID-19 patients, all recovered as…

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Adam Sandler made a call to praise Jim Carrey during ‘Sonic’ screening

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Adam Sandler has revealed that he was so much impressed by fellow actor Jim Carrey’s performance in “Sonic the Hedgehog” that he called him during the screening of the film.   The film, which released in February to overwhelming response from the fans, is an adaptation of Sega’s classic video game. It features a hedgehog named Sonic (Ben Schwartz) on a quest to defeat Doctor Robotnik (Carrey), a scientist who has imprisoned animals in robots and stolen magical Chaos Emeralds. During an interview on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, Sandler said “Sonic”…

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Kaneria breaks his silence, says Afridi was always against him and ruined his ODI career

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Former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria on Saturday accused Shahid Afridi of treating him unfairly all through his career and blamed him for a rather short limited overs outing. Kaneria, only the second Hindu to play for Pakistan after his maternal uncle Anil Dalpat, took 261 wickets in 61 Tests at an average of 34.79. However, he only played 18 ODIs between 2000 and 2010. Speaking to PTI from Karachi, the 39-year-old said, beyond his religion, it was difficult for him to think about the reason behind Afridi’s discriminatory behaviour. “He…

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US to donate ventilators to India to fight coronavirus: Trump

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President Donald Trump has announced that the US will donate a lot of ventilators to India to help it fight the “invisible enemy”, moments after he underlined the close partnership between the two countries and called Prime Minister Narendra Modi his “good friend”. Trump also said the US and India were cooperating to develop a vaccine for the deadly coronavirus that has claimed 307,666 lives and infected more than 4.5 million people globally since it emerged in China in December last year. India’s tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases crossed 85,000…

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Ensure essentials reach tribals amid lockdown: HC to Maha govt

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The Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government and civic authorities to ensure that food and basic necessities reach the tribal community across the state amid the COVID-19 lockdown. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Amjad Sayed was hearing a petition filed by one Vivek Pandit highlighting the plight of tribals in the state during the lockdown, which was enforced to contain the spread of coronavirus. The petitioner sought a direction to the government and civic authorities to provide essentials to tribals in Thane, Palghar, Raigad,…

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Distribute free ration to 8 cr migrants within 15 days: Centre to States

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As hundreds of migrants continue to travel a long distance in this COVID-19 crisis, Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday appealed to state governments to immediately lift food grains and pulses from the godowns and distribute them for free within a fortnight to 8 crore migrants who neither have centre nor state ration card.   According to the Food Ministry, about 142 lakh migrants will benefit in Uttar Pradesh and in Bihar (86.45 lakh), Maharasthra (70 lakh), West Bengal (60.1 lakh), Madhya Pradesh (54.64 lakh), Rajasthan (44.66 lakh),…

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Long wait for Tokyo 2020 Olympic souvenir market to pick up

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These are lonely times for thousands of souvenirs in dozens of Tokyo 2020 Olympic stores, which are drawing few customers with the postponed games more than a year away and facing an unclear future.   And they’re worrying moments for Tokyo organizers, who hope to generate 100 million by selling 5,500 licensed products including official Olympic chopsticks, Olympic umbrellas, and large stuffed mascots that can go for almost 200. The pandemic and the uncertainty have emptied Olympic stores of customers. And one large question looms to increase the anxiety: Can…

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