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21 May

Tool To Track COVID-19 Exposure Without GPS Data.

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Last month, the world’s two biggest tech companies--Apple and Google--partnered to fight the spread of coronavirus disease. Now, both companies have announced the launch of Exposure Notifications API. This tool can help authorities of different countries create Exposure Notification apps. Note: “Exposure Notifications” technology is not a substitute for traditional contact tracing and the new tool simply minimises privacy concerns. “Both companies are firmly grounded in the fact that it’s another tool at the disposal of public health authorities PHAs — not a silver bullet,” said Apple and Google in a joint statement. Apple and Google explains them as alerts…

20 May

Domestic Flights Are Likely To Be Resumed From 25th Of May

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Domestic passenger flights will resume from Monday "in a calibrated manner", the government said today. There may be fewer flights but Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said "it is not viable" to keep middle seat vacant as ticket prices would shoot up.Flights were stopped in late March, when the country went into lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus. "Domestic civil aviation operations will recommence in a calibrated manner from Monday 25th May 2020. All airports and air carriers are being informed to be ready for operations from 25th May," tweeted Mr Puri. The development comes despite some state…

20 May

Cyclone Amphan Has Made Landfall In West Bengal And It Will Continue For 4 Hours.

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More than 5 lakh people have been evacuated in West Bengal and 1,58,640 people in Odisha in view of cyclone Amhpan, said SN Pradhan, chief of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Wednesday.''Landfall has started. We are keeping a close watch because the situation is fast changing. After the landfall, our work in the actual sense starts like recovery and restoration. Commandments of NDRF are camping in Balasore and South 24 Paraganas. 20 teams in Odisha and 19 teams in West Bengal have been deployed. Two teams are on standby. All teams have wireless and satellite communications," Mr Pradhan said…

20 May

The Home Ministry Has Given A Clearance For Class 10 And Class 12 Board Exams To Be Held.

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The Union Home Ministry has granted exemptions from the lockdown to conduct board examinations for classes 10 and 12, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday.The Home Ministry has already written to all state governments informing them about the exemptions given for holding the examinations across the country with certain conditions."Taking into consideration the academic interest of a large number of students, it has been decided to grant exemption from lockdown measures to conduct board examination for classes 10th and 12th, with few conditions like social distancing, face mask etc, for their safety," Mr Shah tweeted.

20 May

JNU Violence: Rejection of hearing due to pandemic.

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A Delhi court has refused to allow early hearing of a plea seeking registration of FIR in relation to the attack on students and teachers at JNU on January 5 saying courts have to hear only urgent cases owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.The court noted that investigations pertaining to the violence at JNU campus were in progress and dismissed the plea. The court was hearing a plea filed by Sucharita Sen, who suffered head injuries during the attack by masked people inside the campus on January 5, seeking early hearing of an application for registration of an FIR in a…

20 May

Andhra Pradesh : Sweet lime prices crash, strategy to help sweet lime farmers in bitter times

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Despite good yield, COVID-19 casts a shadow on its salesThe sweet lime growers in Mukundapuram are in a deep trouble despite the yield being very good due to continuous availability of irrigation water, as COVID-19 cast a shadow on sales of the most sought-after fruit for instant recharge with its juice during summer. Grown in over 2,000 acres in this village alone in Garladinne mandal, which has one of the largest chunks of land dedicated for this crop, farmers were buoyant after failure of the crop in 2018 and 2019 due to shortage of irrigation water. Sweet lime, which was…

20 May

Nepal releases new map resulting in map Vs map tussle between India and Nepal

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Nepal has officially unveiled a new political map of the country showing the regions of Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh of Uttarakhand, as part of its sovereign territory. Launching the map at a press conference, Minister of Land Management Padma Kumari Aryal said the government of Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli was committed to protecting territorial sovereignty and integrity of the country. “It is a historic moment of happiness for the people of Nepal. The government will not allow erosion of self-esteem of our people. Nepal will publish the new map and make it part of the school textbooks,” said…

20 May

Death of a Top Separatist leader’s Son , among 2 Hizb-ul Mujahideen terrorists killed in Srinagar encounter

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Four security personnel were injured in the operation in Srinagar’s old citySeparatist Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) chairman Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai’s son was among two Hizbul Mujahideen militants killed on May 19 in an 11-hour long operation in a congested locality of Srinagar’s old city. Four security personnel were injured and over 10 houses were damaged. In the encounter which broke out on the intervening night in May 18-19 in Nawakadal area of Srinagar , a Jammu and Kashmir Police constable was killed while another cop , a CRPF jawan and two others sustained injuries. Of the two Hizb-ul terrorists who were gunned…

20 May

PM Modi calls for unity , says virus doesn’t see religion , language or borders

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took to networking site LinkedIn to speak to young professionals that adapting to new technology in the times of COVID-19 can help create new business models and lead to the engagement of a large segment of Indians, including the poor , with technical solution. “India, with the right blend of the physical and the virtual, can emerge as the global nerve centre of complex modern multinational supply chains in the post Covid-19 world. Let us rise to that occasion and seize this opportunity. I urge you all to think about this and contribute to…

20 May

China claims it’s troops patrolling on Chinese side of LAC

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China has accused the Indian Army of crossing into it's territory and " blocking" its patrols and "attempting to unilaterally change the status" on Line of Actual Control (LAC) between the two countries in Sikkim. Tension is gradually building up between Indian and Chinese armies in several areas in Ladakh and northern Sikkim along the un-demarcated Sino-India border with both sides bringing in additional troops, days after they were involved in two violent face-offs, authoritative sources said on Tuesday. Both the Indian and Chinese armies have brought in more troops in sensitive locations like Demchok, Daulat Beg Oldie and areas…