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20 Jun

Solar Eclipse 2020 to Occur Tomorrow.

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The first solar eclipse of 2020 will take place on June 21, during which the moon will cover the sun from the centre leaving a ring of light visible in the sky. The solar eclipse of June 21 is an annular eclipse where the Moon is so far from Earth that its relative size fails to cover the Sun completely and leaves the outer rims visible, thus creating a ring of fire in the sky. The June 21 solar eclipse is the first solar eclipse of the year 2020. The second and last solar eclipse of the year will occur…

20 Jun

Tamil Nadu : No chance of extending lockdown after June 30.

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As lockdown without relaxations continued for day two here, Chief Minister K Palaniswami described it as a 'speed breaker', saying the curbs were being used to further augment detection of COVID-19 cases in Chennai by conducting more door to door surveys and fever camps. All measures are in place for both early identification and treatment of people who test positive, he told reporters after inspecting quarantine amenities at Guru Nanak School in Velachery here. Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Saturday said the ongoing 12-day complete lockdown in Chennai and parts of its three surrounding districts was like a ‘speed…

20 Jun

IIIT Naya Raipur Admission 2020

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New Delhi:Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee International Institute of Information Technology Naya Raipur, or IIIT Naya Raipur, has announced the application dates for MTech Programmes for 2020-21. According to the institute, the application window for MTech programme started on May 25, 2020. Last date to submit application forms is July 7. Application forms are available on the official website, www.iiitnr.ac.in. Admissions to the MTech Programmes will be given only on the basis of the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, or GATE scores, IIIT Naya Raipur informed. The institute has also informed that students enrolled in MTech programmes will receive a monthly…

20 Jun

NEWS | Indo-China border standoff has pushed the construction of the Ayodhya temple.

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GUWAHATI: The Indo-China border standoff has pushed the Ram Mandir Temple Trust to put its plan to begin construction of the temple in Ayodhya on hold.The trust issued an official notice calling the situation 'serious' and that defending the country is what is of utmost importance right now. The decision came after the violent face off between India and China at the Galwan Valley in Ladakh.The Ram Mandir Trust has also paid tributes to the soldier while various Hindu organizations staged protests against China in Ayodhya.

20 Jun

In Madhya Pradesh, BJP MLA, wife test Covid-19 positive

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A BJP MLA and his wife tested positive for Covid-19 causing a flutter in the BJP state unit and Congress both and also among the assembly staff as the MLA had attended the BJP legislature party meetings on Wednesday and Thursday and cast his vote during the Rajya Sabha polls held at the assembly premises on Friday, according to legislators from Congress and BJP. The MLA happens to be the second legislator in the state to be infected with Covid-19. Earlier, a Congress MLA tested positive for the virus. He turned up in a personal protective equipment (PPE) kit in…

20 Jun

Sourav Ganguly’s kin test positive for Covid-19

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Family members of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) secretary Snehashish Ganguly tested positive for Covid-19, the state health department said on Friday. The wife of Snehasish, the elder brother of BCCI president Saurav Ganguly was found to be positive for the disease, a senior official said. The mother-in-law and father-in-law of Snehashish also tested positive for the disease last week, he said. Besides, a domestic help at Snehasish’s Mominpur home where he was living recently was also found to be positive, he added. They are all undergoing treatment at a private nursing home in the city and are stable. Snehashish,…

20 Jun

Brazil’s cases top one million; South Korea reports 67 new cases

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As the number of global coronavirus cases continue to rise, health experts fear a fresh Covid-19 surge as economies and states reopen more aggressively. The number of infections has topped 8.5 million with over 460,000 fatalities. The United States continues to be the worst affected with over 2.2 million cases and 119,112 fatalities. In hospitals where there are a surge in cases, health professionals have started prescribing dexamethasone, which was recently found to reduce the coronavirus death rate. Brazil’s cases, which are rapidly increasing, crossed the one million mark Saturday. It is the second-worst affected country.

20 Jun

Pakistani drone was carrying weapons to be given to terrorists

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A drone carrying weapons near Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir was shot down by the Border Security Forces today, the police said. An American-origin M4 rifle, two magazines and ammunition have been recovered after shooting down the drone. The police said it was another attempt by Pakistani forces to drop weapons for terrorists in the Union Territory. "This delivery was meant for a terrorist, Ali Bhai. The payload was carrying his name," a senior police officer said. "The drone is 8-feet wide from blade-to-blade and seems to have been controlled by a Pakistani picket opposite Panesar post of the BSF…

20 Jun

Delhi becomes second city to cross 50,000-mark after Mumbai

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New Delhi: With a spike of 3,137 new cases in last 24 hours, the number of coronavirus in Delhi crossed the 50,000-mark, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare while adding that 66 fatalities were reported during the same period, taking the city’s fatality rate to 3.8 per cent. According to the Union Health Ministry, the national capital has reported 53,116 cases of the highly contagious coronavirus and 2,035 deaths due to the virus. With this, Delhi has also become the second city in India after Mumbai to report more than 50,000 cases of the novel coronavirus. The number of…

20 Jun

PM Modi launches Rs 50,000 crore ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan’

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan, the Rs 50,000 crore mega scheme to provide jobs to the migrant workers who returned to their respective villages during the coronavirus-mandated lockdown. The mega job scheme will roll out 116 districts across the country, in which the maximum number of migrant workers have returned. Under the Garib Kalyan Rojgaar Yojana, 25 other existing schemes were brought together to provide livelihood for migrant workers for 125 days and create assets for these districts. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while unveiling the mega job scheme from Khagaria district in…