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13 Jun

Army chief general informed that, “Situation on the Indo China borders are under control”

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Army chief general MM Naravane informed that the entire situation in the India borders with China is under control.A detailed informatiom regarding the overall situation in eastern Ladakh was given by Army chief Gen MM Naravane to the Defence Minister at a high-level meeting which was also attended by chief of defence staff Gen Bipin Rawat, navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh and air chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria.He says,"I would like to assure everyone that entire situation along our borders with China is under control. We're having a series of talks which started with Corps Commander level talks. This has been followed up…

13 Jun

200 safe homes for migrant patients

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The Mamata Banerjee government has decided to set up 200 safe homes in Bengal to keep Covid-19 migrant workers with no symptoms or with mild symptoms as part of a move to stem the disease’s spread in rural areas. “As of now, there are 5,587 active cases in the state. Of which, around 3,000 are migrant workers who are either asymptomatic or with mild symptoms. If we can isolate them institutionally, the spread of the disease to villages could be prevented,” said a senior government official. Given that more than 95 per cent of the migrants willing to come back…

13 Jun

Tiger Shroff’s Birthday Post For Disha Patani Is As Sweet As “3 Waffles And 3 Pancakes”

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Actress Disha Patani's birthday celebrations began with Tiger Shroff's adorable birthday greeting for his rumoured girlfriend. Tiger shared an adorable video of Disha grooving at a restaurant and in the caption, he explained that's the sort of mood Disha was in after enjoying some waffles and pancakes. "Three waffles and pancakes later. Happy birthday, rockstar," he wrote and added the red heart emoji. "Thank you, superstar," read Disha's thank you note for Tiger, a comment which garnered over 3,000 likes in an hour! Tiger Shroff's sister Krishna, who often hangs out with Disha, spotted Disha and Tiger's cute Instagram PDA and commented:…

13 Jun

Citing fears over public transport, Govt tells states to push for cycles

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Outlining a three-pronged strategy, the advisory talks of urban transport interventions that need to be taken in a short-term of six months, medium-term of a year and long-term of one to three years. Estimating that the “90 per cent dip” in public transport ridership volumes during the lockdown is unlikely to pick up any time soon, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has called on states and Union Territories to come up with “alternative modes of transport” and “encourage and revive Non-Motorised Transport (NMT)” such as bicycles. “Re-establishing the earlier level of ridership in public transport is a big…

13 Jun

PM MODI TO TALK TO CMS NEXT WEEK

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Over two days next week, June 16 and 17, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact As Covid cases surge in India, epidemiologists, both within the government and outside, say the key metric to watch now may be the death toll — a crucial marker both of the course of the epidemic and the success of state governments in tackling it. Over two days next week, June 16 and 17, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with state chief ministers, with the second day of the video-conferencing set aside for CMs from states such as Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and others, which…

13 Jun

Punjab conducts its first plasma therapy successfully

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Punjab on Friday successfully performed its first convalescent plasma therapy on a critically ill Covid-19 patient at Guru Gobind Singh Medical College & Hospital, Faridkot. The therapy was performed by Dr Ravinder Garg, Department of Medicine, Dr Neetu Kukar, Department of Blood Transfusion, Dr Neerja Jindal, Department of Microbiology, and Dr Divya Kavita, Department of Critical Care. Punjab Medical Education and Research Minister O P Soni said that the patient is gradually improving. This hospital has become one of the pioneer institutes in the country to initiate this therapy, as a part of National Clinical Trial under the ICMR (Indian Council of…

13 Jun

Vasant Raiji, India’s oldest first-class cricketer, dies at 100

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Vasant Raiji, who was India’s oldest first-class cricketer at 100, died here in the wee hours of Saturday. Raiji was 100 years old and is survived by his wife and two daughters. “He (Raiji) passed away at 2.20 am in his sleep at his residence in Walkeshwar in South Mumbai due to old-age,” his son-in-law Sudarshan Nanavati told PTI. Raiji, a right-handed batsman, played nine first-class matches in the 1940s, scoring 277 runs with 68 being his highest score. He made his debut for a Cricket Club of India team that played Central Provinces and Berar in Nagpur in 1939. His…

13 Jun

Assam hospital discharges wrong Covid-19 patient

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Guwahati | Updated: June 13, 2020: A civil hospital in Assam discharged a Covid-19 patient after mixing him up with a recovered person with a similar sounding name, sparking panic in the community. The mix-up occurred when a state government-approved list of recovered persons was read out loud by hospital staff before the patients. This list of 14 names received by Mangaldoi Civil Hospital in Darrang district included one Hamid Ali, a migrant worker who was being treated since June 5. However, when his name was called out, it was another patient who responded—Hanif Ali, who had been admitted since June 3 and had not…

13 Jun

Our strategy is trace, quarantine, test, isolate and treat

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June 13, 2020 : K K Shailaja, Kerala Health Minister, has made global headlines for the state’s handling of Covid-19. In this E-Xplained episode before a nationwide audience on Zoom, she discusses how Kerala kept the numbers down, and looks at the challenges ahead. Edited excerpts: On Kerala’s robust Panchayati Raj and healthcare systems In Kerala we implemented [Panchayati Raj] in a democratic way. Our local self-governments are fully charged with power and the distribution of money is also like that… Our Primary Health Centres are now under the panchayat, local-level panchayat. They are well planned; they are implementing so many novel…

13 Jun

65% deaths in 21-60 age group

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13 June, 2020: Amid the spike in the number of Covid-19 deaths in Uttar Pradesh, another concern is growing —more people below the age of 60 without known comorbidity have died of Covid-19 in the state. Despite the assessment that healthy youngsters are at lesser risk from SARS-CoV-2 and only elderly people with underlying conditions have increased risk of severe infection, the latest data from Uttar Pradesh show otherwise. Out of the 321 deaths reported in the state till Wednesday, 209 — roughly 65 per cent — were in the 21-60 years age group. In the remaining cases, 101 (31.5…