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21 Jun

India’s tally crosses 4 lakh-mark

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New Delhi: The number of coronavirus cases in India today crossed the undesirable 4 lakh mark. The last one lakh coronavirus cases were reported in just seven days, causing an alarm in the country. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there are 4,10,461 cases of coronavirus in India while the death toll has reached 13,254. The recovery rate, however, has improved to 55.48 per cent as 2,27,756 people have been cured and discharged from hospitals. As the COVID-19 surge continues, states have moved to put a cap on testing and treatment prices. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) approved recommendations of the High…

21 Jun

India Timings of Surya Grahan

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GUWAHATI: The partial eclipse of 3 hours 27 minutes in Guwahati begins at 10: 57.0, and attain the greatest eclipse at 12: 45.5, and attain the greatest eclipse at 12:45.5.The Assam Science Society and the Science and Bijnan Prasar have jointly undertaken a special programme for viewing this solar eclipse.From India, the annular phase will be visible in the morning from some places within a narrow corridor of northern part of the country (parts of Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttarakhand) and it will be seen as partial solar eclipse from the rest part of the country.India Timings of Surya Grahan:First location…

21 Jun

Diesel Price Hits Record High As Fuel Rates Raised For 15 Days In A Row

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In the 15-day period, the price of petrol has been increased by a cumulative Rs 8.88 per litre in the national capital, and diesel by Rs 7.97 per litre. Petrol and diesel rates were raised to Rs 79.23/litre and Rs 78.27/litre respectively. Petrol and diesel prices were increased on Sunday, the fifteenth straight hike since state-owned oil companies returned to the normal practice of daily reviews following a 12-week pause. The rate of diesel in Delhi touched a new record high, while petrol was at a two-year peak. With effect from 6 am, the price of petrol was increased by 60…

21 Jun

“Great Pride”: UK City Mayor Promises To Protect Mahatma Gandhi’s Statue

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Peter Soulsby confirmed his support for the monument as the city's "great pride" in his response to a letter from former Indian-origin Leicester East MP Keith Vaz, who has been leading a campaign ever since an online petition called for the statue's removal last week. The Mayor of the city of Leicester has committed to protecting the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the heart of the central England city, as an online petition created to save the under-threat monument attracted over 6,000 signatures. Peter Soulsby confirmed his support for the monument as the city's "great pride" in his response to…

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,…