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24 Apr

Sources Says That Government’s Auditor Won’t Check PM CARES Fund

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The PM CARES trust, formed by the cabinet on March 28, has Prime Minister Narendra Modi as its chairperson and senior cabinet members as trustees.The Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations or PM CARES Fund, formed amid the coronavirus crisis to be a war chest for national crises, will not be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), sources told NDTV on Friday."Since the fund is based on donations of individuals and organisations, we have no right to audit the charitable organisation," sources in the CAG offices said.

23 Apr

Tottenham Stars Serge Aurier, Moussa Sissoko Apologise For Violating Social Distancing Guidelines.

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Tottenham players Serge Aurier and Moussa Sissoko have issued an apology for violating social distancing guidelines by having a training session together. Aurier posted a story on his Instagram where the two Spurs players were running shuttles and sitting next to each other. However, the footballer deleted the post soon after sharing it.The action did not abide by the UK government's guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic as it states that anyone exercising should only do it alone or with a member of their own household."We recognise that as professional footballers we have a responsibility to be role models, particularly during…

23 Apr

Inzamam-Ul-Haq says that Indian Batsmen Played For Themselves, Not For The Team.

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Former Pakistan captain and chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq said that the difference between Pakistan and India during his playing days was that the Indian batsmen would be playing to secure their place in the side whereas the Pakistan batsmen played for the team and not individual records, as they always had the backing of their captain, especially under Imran Khan. Inzamam was speaking to former Pakistan teammate Ramiz Raja during a talk show on the latter's YouTube channel. Ramiz Raja asked about the current crop of Pakistani players possessing great natural talent but sometimes being too afraid of failure, leading to…

23 Apr

Trump’s Immigration Order Affects Green Cards, H-1B Visa-Holders.

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On Wednesday President Donald Trump signed an executive order which temporarily stop the issuing of new green cards.According to the President, he did this as a bid to limit competition for jobs as the U.S. takes steps toward reopening the economy."In order to protect our great American workers I've just signed an executive order temporarily suspending immigration into the United States," Trump said Wednesday evening at a White House press conference. "This will ensure unemployed Americans of all backgrounds will be first in line for jobs as our economy reopens. Crucially it will also preserve our health care resources for…

23 Apr

Doctors Send An Open Letter to Mamata Banerjee

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A group of non-resident medical professionals whose roots are from Bengal and claim themselves as Bengali physicians, health scientists, and healthcare providers have said that while they have concerns about inadequate testing across India, they find the situation in West Bengal particularly "most disturbing".They have written an open letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee raising concerns over the "gross under-testing" and "misreporting of data" on the cause of death of COVID-19 patients.

23 Apr

BJP Refers Sonia Gandhi’s Attack As “Cheap Politics”

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Sonia Gandhi in her opening remarks at a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, said the BJP was doing "grave damage" to social harmony when everyone should be fighting coronavirus unitedly.As Sonia Gandhi accuses "spreading the virus of communal hatred" at a time it should be fighting coronavirus, the ruling BJP today said the Congress president should not do "cheap politics"."We are not creating communal divisions. We are unitedly fighting COVID-19. We request them to not do cheap politics. They must not indulge in small politics," Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said, shortly after Sonia Gandhi took on the ruling party at…

23 Apr

Madhya Pradesh Witnesses Child Rape.

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In between the horrors of the Covid-19 pandemic, Madhya Pradesh witnesses yet another horror, a six-year-old girl gets raped and blinded by a man near her home in Damoh in Madhya Pradesh, says the Police. The kid has been admitted to hospital in a serious condition.She was playing with her friends close to her home last evening when she was drawn away by an unknown man, the police say. She had been missing since then. She was found this morning. "She was raped and has severe injuries to her eyes," said senior police officer Hemant Singh Chauhan.

23 Apr

Government Says that, “Increase In COVID-19 Cases Linear, Not Exponential”

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Amid all the storm even a little ray on sunshine helps us take a breathe of hope if not relief. This felt true as the Government of India recently declared that the recovery rate of COVID-19 patients in India had risen to nearly 20 per cent, with 4,258 people being discharged after receiving treatment. The rate, in which the number of people have recovered from the infection as a percentage of the total number of cases, has been increasing since last week. In last week, it was 9.99 per cent. The increase in the number of fresh COVID-19 cases in…

23 Apr

India’s GDP To Shrink.

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As India remains in a 40-day nationwide lockdown to slow down the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, trapping an already-slowing economy a standstill, economists and industry experts are estimating sub-1 per cent expansion rates. Some are even expecting a contraction for the country's GDP. The latest estimates by some economists and certain industry experts shows how gloomy India's economy on account of the coronavirus-triggered lockdown, which continues to harm many businesses worldwide. Though even before the country began the COVID-19 lockdown, the economy stared at its worst pace of expansion since the 2008-09 global financial crisis.

22 Apr

German football authorities are set to announce plans on Thursday for Bundesliga matches

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German football authorities are set to announce plans on Thursday for Bundesliga matches to restart on May 9 in empty stadiums, but the potential return in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic is meeting some opposition. Chancellor Angela Merkel's government is slowly easing nationwide restrictions and the resumption of the Bundesliga, which was halted on March 13, would boost morale in football-mad Germany. It would also make the Bundesliga the first top-flight European league to begin playing again. Large public events are banned in Germany until August 31, yet football could resume without spectators -- known as "ghost games" in…