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19 Jun

PM Modi’s Ladakh meeting today

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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) have said they did not get an invite to the all-party meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the border face-off between India and China on Friday, their leaders have said. Defence minister Rajnath Singh had on Thursday called and invited all leaders on behalf of the Prime Minister and 20 parties will attend the meeting, according to reports. It will be also attended by Union home minister Amit Shah and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda, they said. AAP leaders Sanjay Singh and Gopal Rai have said…

19 Jun

Four children among six of family found hanging in flat in Ahmedabad

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Six members of a family, including four children in the age group of seven to 12, were found hanging from the ceiling of an unoccupied flat in Ahmedabad city of Gujarat early on Friday, police said. Bodies of two brothers- Amrish Patel (42) and Gaurang Patel (40)- and their four children were found hanging in the family-owned empty flat in Vatva GIDC locality in the early hours, inspector D R Gohil of Vatva GTDC Police Station said. According to him, the Patel brothers lived in different localities of the city. “On June 17, they left their homes with the children,…

19 Jun

Four districts in Tamil Nadu under Covid-19 lockdown from today

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The Tamil Nadu government has extended lockdown in four districts to curb a surge in the number of Covid-19 positive cases. These ditricts are Chennai, Thiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpet. The Covid-19 lockdown will remain in place here till June 30. “We have started enforcing the lockdown measures. In many areas of the city, monitoring is being through drones and even announcements are being made. Except for permitted purposes, vehicles will not be allowed,” Chennai Police Commissioner AK Viswanathan said on Friday. Tamil Nadu has recorded 2,141 positive cases of coronavirus disease in the last 24 hours, pushing up the state’s…

19 Jun

Rajya Sabha Election 2020.

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Elections for 19 Rajya Sabha seats spread across eight states will be held on Friday with the contest in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan promising to be a close affair between the BJP and the Congress. Voting for 18 seats were deferred due to the coronavirus pandemic. Later the Election Commission announced polls for fours seats in Karnataka and one seat each in Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. Of the 19 seats where polling will be held, four each are from Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, three each from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, two from Jharkhand, and one each from Manipur, Mizoram…

19 Jun

BUZZ | Astro enthusiasts gear up to watch one of the rarest annular eclipses on June 21.

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GUWAHATI: Astronomy enthusiasts and sky gazers are now looking forward to watch the first solar eclipse of 2020. “This is the first solar eclipse of the year and is an annular eclipse. In Guwahati, it will begin at 10:57 am slowly reaching a maximum eclipse at 12:46 pm and will finally end at 2:24 pm. The eclipse will last for a period of 3 hours and 27 minutes,” said astrophotographer Dipankar Bhagawati, popularly known as Stephen Styris. “People must make sure not to view the eclipse directly without solar filters meant for such observations as it may result in permanent irreversible loss…

18 Jun

Centre has mapped skills of migrant workers.

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Ahead of the launch of 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan' scheme, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that Central and state governments have meticulously mapped the skill sets of the migrant workers who have returned in large numbers to the 116 districts in six states. "Workers from all over the country wanted to go back to villages a little while after the lockdown began. The Central and state governments made some arrangements and they have gone back. We have looked at the districts to which they have largely returned," Sitharaman said at a press conference. "Within 125 days, nearly 25 schemes…

18 Jun

India-China boarder tension: Mortal remains of martyr K Palani laid to rest in T.N.

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The mortal remains of Indian Army soldier Palani, who was killed in a “violent stand-off” with the Chinese Army in Galwan Valley, was laid to rest at his native village Kadukalur in Ramanathapuram with full military honours on Thursday. Palani was among 20 Indian Army personnel who died in a bloody faceoff with the People’s Liberation Army of China at Galwan in Ladakh on Monday night. The body, which was air-lifted from Chandigarh, reached Madurai airport on Wednesday night. Paying tributes, military officers, senior bureaucrats and elected representatives laid wreaths following which the body was taken to the native village…

18 Jun

Mumbai cop helps 14-day-old baby who accidentally swallowed safety pin to reach hospital in time

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Mumbai Police Constable S.Kolekar is winning a tremendous outpouring of love on Twitter thanks to his quick actions which helped saving a baby’s life. A post shared on Twitter by Mumbai Police details how the cop helped the 14-day-old baby by taking him and his parents to the hospital in the nick of time. A picture of the officer has also been shared on Twitter. The policeman’s act has since won tons of reactions on the micro-blogging site. According to the tweet, the infant was choking on a safety pin that he had accidentally swallowed. His worried parents were out…

18 Jun

Chhattisgarh govt considering extending area of proposed Lemru Elephant Reserve

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Chhattisgarh government is considering extending the area of the proposed Lemru Elephant Reserve (LER) following demands from the activists, who are advocating the inclusion of the total catchment area of the Hasdeo river within the pachyderms’ new habitat. State forest department officials said Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel would take the final call on it, while exuding optimism that LER’s total area, measuring 1995.48 square kilometres, is likely to be extended. The government might include in LER the total or a part of the catchment area of Hasdeo river, measuring around 250 sq km, the officials added. However, the state…

18 Jun

WHO testing interim data from Covid-19 trial on HIV drugs

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The World Health Organization is looking at interim data from its large multi-country trial of the combination of HIV drugs Lopinavir and Ritonavir to treat Covid-19 patients, the UN agency’s chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Thursday. Her comments come after the WHO on Wednesday stopped testing of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in the trial of treatments for COVID-19 patients, after studies indicated it showed no benefit in those who have the disease. She said more study was needed to see whether hydroxchloroquine could prevent infection.