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Global virus deaths pass 150,000 as Trump endorses lockdown protests

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Coronavirus deaths have surged past 150,000 worldwide with nearly a quarter of them in the United States, where President Donald Trump lent his support to protesters rallying against lockdown orders.   Evidence is mounting that social distancing successfully slowed the pandemic after more than half of humanity — 4.5 billion people — were confined to their homes. Governments around the world are now grappling with when and how to ease lockdowns that have crippled the global economy, even as the COVID-19 death toll climbs further in hard-hit countries. Demonstrators in…

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Undesirable conduct of individuals shouldn’t dampen cooperation: Rijiju on Ministry-IOA tiff

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Undesirable conduct of individuals should not come in the way of institutional cooperation, said Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday, trying to defuse the tension after the IOA complained of ministry interference in national federations and drew sharp criticism from the sports secretary. Rijiju said Indian Olympic Association(IOA) President Narinder Batra had brought to his notice, recent reports of concerns raised by some National Sports Federations (NSFs) that the Ministry and the Sports Authority of India were trying to seize control of their functioning. “Regular consultation and discussion among the…

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Rita Wilson says having COVID-19 at same time as Tom Hanks made it easier

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Veteran singer-actor Rita Wilson has said that it was easier for her to cope with the coronavirus as she was accompanied by her husband, Hollywood star Tom Hanks.   The couple were among the first Hollywood celebrities to be tested positive for COVID-19, which has claimed over 150,000 lives globally. Hanks and Wilson were in Australia when they were diagnosed with the coronavirus. They have now recovered from it. Talking with The Guardian, Wilson, 63, said the ordeal was a lot easier since they both had symptoms at the same…

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Govt approval must for all FDIs from neighbouring countries including China

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The government on Saturday made its prior approval mandatory for foreign investments from countries that share land border with India to curb “opportunistic takeovers” of domestic firms following the COVID-19 pandemic, a move which will restrict FDI from China. Countries which shares land borders with India are China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, and Afghanistan. “An entity of a country, which shares land border with India or where the beneficial owner of an investment into India is situated in or is a citizen of any such country, can invest only…

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SC to list cases related to death penalty, family laws for hearing through video-conferencing

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Death penalty cases and those related to family laws may be listed for hearing through video-conferencing mode, the Supreme Court said on Saturday.   In a notice issued on its website, the apex court said this, however, would be subject to availability of the bench concerned and prior approval of Chief Justice of India S A Bobde. “Take notice that, short category matters, death penalty matters and matters related to family law, which are ready, may be listed for hearing through video-conferencing mode subject to availability of the concerned bench…

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Farah Khan Ali, family test negative for coronavirus after in-house staff’s diagnosis

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Jewellery designer Farah Khan Ali, whose in-house staff was diagnosed with COVID-19 earlier this week, has revealed that she and her family has tested negative for the virus.   On Tuesday, Farah had tweeted that a member of her in-house staff has been tested positive for the novel virus. In a series of tweets on Thursday night, Farah, daughter of veteran actor-filmmaker Sanjay Khan, revealed that she, her family members and rest of the in-house staff have been tested negative All negative Yay yay yay . #covidtesting,” Farah posted on…

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Plea in HC seeks to restrain Delhi govt from classifying COVID cases as Tablighi

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A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking to restrain Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his administration from classifying some COVID-19 cases as “Tablighi Jamaat” or “Masjid Markaz”, alleging it amounts to religious profiling.   In Delhi, coronavirus has infected around 1,640 and claimed 38 lives. The petition by a lawyer on Thursday alleged that after the Tablighi event, Kejriwal via his tweets “deliberately” classified several affected cases under a separate caption — “Masjid Markaz”. The petitioner, advocate M M Kashyap, claimed that such reporting of the…

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Banking, financial stocks zoom up to 21 pc after RBI lift

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Banking and financial stocks were in high demand on Friday, advancing up to 21 per cent after the Reserve Bank announced a host of liquidity-boosting measures to support the economy amid the coronavirus crisis.   Axis Bank zoomed 13.45 per cent, ICICI Bank rose by 9.89 per cent, IndusInd Bank 9.13 per cent, Federal Bank 9 per cent, City Union Bank 5.39 per cent and Kotak Mahindra Bank 4.96 per cent on the BSE. Axis Bank was the top gainer in the Sensex pack. Also, HDFC Bank jumped 3.33 per…

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London buses step up virus measures after 20 drivers die

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London’s transport authorities on Friday announced new measures to protect bus drivers from coronavirus, as colleagues held a minute’s silence for 20 who have already died.   Mayor Sadiq Khan, whose father was a bus driver, led tributes to the victims as authorities said passengers would no longer be able to use the front door near the driver. “It breaks my heart that 20 London bus workers have lost their lives to #COVID19. It could easily have been my dad and his friends,” Khan wrote on Twitter. “Our transport workers…

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Doubling rate of COVID-19 cases in India reduced with imposition of lockdown: Health Ministry

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The Union Health Ministry said on Friday the rate at which the number of coronavirus cases in the country was becoming double in the last one week was 6.2 days, as against three days before the nationwide lockdown was imposed At a daily media briefing about updates on COVID-19 situation, Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry Lav Agarwal claimed that India has been doing better than many other countries on the outcome ratio, which is the number of recoveries from coronavirus infection versus the number of deaths “If 80 per…

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