Kerala became the first state to acknowledge that parts of the state have reached stage three – also known as community transmission when patients who have no travel or contact history tests positive and the source of the infection is unknown. BCCL Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday confirmed that community transmission of Covid-19 has occurred …
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While online shopping has meant people can buy clothes sitting at home with a single click, the modern, more convenient mode of purchasing products does have a fraudulent risk to it. Every now and then, we hear about people being duped online by fraudsters. Some are tricked into making transactions, while others fall for go deals that aren’t genuine and …
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Ever since the COVID-19 outbreak began reporting in India, there has bee a lot of confusion over the treatment cost, health insurance coverage, cashless claim and much more. Recently there were some reports that several hospitals were denying cashless claims of COVID-19 patients. BCCL Now the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) has asked insurers to take action against hospitals …
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Leaving a promising career as a chartered accountant, a 25-year-old man from Rajkot chose the world of crime to make ends meet. The accused is Vrushant Dhanesha. His arrest revealed that he was involved in a murder along with several incidents of mobile and chain snatching. Shutterstock According to a TOI report, the man shunned his bright career as a …
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In a rather freak case of a bank heist, a 10-year-old boy casually walked into a bank in Madhya Pradesh and walked out with Rs 10 lakhs in his hand, during the rush hours. The incident happened on Tuesday in Jawad area of MP’s Neemuch district. screengrab CCTV visuals from the bank showed the boy, who is barely as tall …
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A leopard that had reportedly turned maneater and had made two kills recently has been shot dead in Uttarakhand. The leopard that was declared a ‘man-eater’ on June 30, after it killed two children was shot dead on Saturday in the Badrinath forest division. BCCL/ FILE The leopard had made its first kill on May 28 in the Gairbaram area …
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As of Sunday morning, Bengaluru alone accounts for 16,862 of the 36,216 COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, and it is one of the handful of cities that have crossed the 10,000 mark. BCCL It should not have come as a total surprise as the city had started showing signs of an impending catastrophe in the third week of June and there was …
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Maharashtra Governor, Bhagat Singh Koshyari, has clarified that reports appearing in a section of media regarding his health are “baseless” and he is not in self-isolation. BCCL “I am perfectly alright, and not in self-isolation. I underwent relevant tests, the result of which came in the negative. There are no symptoms of COVID – 19 either,” he wrote on Twitter. …
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The owner of a sweetshop in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu recently claimed that his special mysurpa can cure COVID-19 in a single day. He is now booked under sections 53 and 61 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. Sriram, of Sri Ram Vilas Nellai Lala Sweets has been booked for spreading false information, selling the mysurpa as a cure …
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Delhi has the third-highest number of COVID-19 cases among states and Union Territories and as a city has the most number of cases in the country. Delhi is one of the three states/UTs that has seen the COVID-19 cases breach the 1,00,000 mark and has recorded 1,04,864 infections so far. AFP While it may sound bleak, there is a silver …
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