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Cyclone Amphan made landfall in West Bengal, India, near the Bangladeshi border. Amphan became the strongest storm ever recorded in the Bay of Bengal on Monday night, though it has since weakened slightly. Indian officials said that up to 300,000 people in coastal areas are in immediate danger from potentially deadly storm surges and flooding. Evacuations across the region have been complicated by the coronavirus pandemic, as authorities attempt to maintain strict social distancing rules. Affected families are suffering through the aftermath of the most intense cyclones, risk ofspreading coronavirus pandemic is looming large. Maintaining social distance is getting difficultat this hour of crisis.…

Nilkamal Limited is a plastic products manufacturer based in Mumbai, India.It is the world's largest manufacturer of moulded furniture and Asia's largest processor of plastic moulded products. Kolkata:India's favourite furniture brand,Nilkamal has rolled out a wide range of exclusiveproducts such as the Covid Quarantine Bed, 7 position isolation bed,VirusGUARD partition,TravelGUARD partitionand Hand Wash Stations.The brand has further introduced theQuick Covid bed that is most economical and takes less than 3 minutes to assemble andinstall.Commenting on the innovation, Mr. Ajay Agarwal, VP Operations, Nilkamal Limited. said,“Thecoronavirus pandemic has augmented the necessity of innovative and applicablesolutions to meet the emerging need gap…

A Delhi court has allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to interrogate alleged middleman Christian Michel at the Tihar central jail, where he is lodged in connection with the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam case.Special Judge Pulastya Pramachala on Saturday allowed the ED to interrogate Michel on May 25 and 26 in the jail premises.The court allowed the ED's plea moved by the agency's special public prosecutor NK Matta after he submitted during a hearing held through video conferencing that the accused was required to be confronted with certain documents during its ongoing probe in the case.

The Uttar Pradesh government said penalty rules have been modified under COVID-19 second amendment guidelines 2020 in the state amid the ongoing nation-wide lockdown to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.People found outside without wearing masks or without covering their faces, and/or spitting in public, will now be charged upto Rs 500 fine under IPC section 15 (3).Violators of the lockdown will be charged between Rs 100 and Rs 1,000 under section 15 (4), the order said.

Maharashtra, the worst coronavirus-hit state in the country, reported its highest single-day spike of 3,041 cases on Sunday, taking the total past the 50,000-mark. Its capital Mumbai also reported 1,725 new cases and 38 deaths in 24 hours which took its aggregate to 30,542, including 988 deaths.With 58 deaths due to the pandemic reported during the day, the total of deaths in Maharashtra rose to 1,635 cases, government data said.This was the eighth consecutive day when the state reported more than 2,000 new coronavirus cases.

The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has offered to sponsor education for Jyoti Kumari, who has hit the headlines after she cycled almost 1,200 km to Darbhanga in Bihar from Gurugram, carrying her injured father on pillion.LJP president Chirag Paswan on Sunday said that he has been speaking to the teenager and her family for days and has urged her to pursue education of her choice wherever in the country she wants."I will sponsor her education in any stream which she thinks is best for her," he said.Offers of help have poured in for Ms Jyoti after she was forced to…

A woman gave birth to a baby girl onboard an UP-bound Shramik Special Train with the help of other women passengers. Her husband, Sandeep, who works as a construction worker in Bengaluru, told that women on the train formed a protective shield around her and helped his wife give birth.The couple were on their way to their native village in UP's Balrampur.Sandeep said his wife gave birth to the baby girl as the train approached Bina in Madhya Pradesh. Doctors there medically examined her and allowed them to continue their journey after ensuring her fitness.People on the train informed Deputy…

Electric vehicles produce less carbon dioxide than petrol cars across the vast majority of the globe – contrary to the claims of some detractors, who have alleged that the CO2 emitted in the production of electricity and their manufacture outweighs the benefits. Researchers from Radboud University in the Netherlands found that under current conditions, driving an electric car is better for the climate than conventional petrol cars in 95 per cent of the world. The only exceptions are places like Poland, where electricity generation is still mostly based on coal, the researchers said. Average lifetime emissions from electric cars are…