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With Over 2,600 Cases, How This Chennai Vegetable Market Became A Coronavirus Super-Spreader

The total number of cases in Tamil Nadu have surpassed the 9,000-figure as the state emerges another hotspot for the novel virus.  Moreover, more than 55 per cent of the cases in Tamil Nadu are from Chennai, which in turn are from a city wholesale market, which is now dubbed a super-spreader. The Koyambedu wholesale …

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Rescued From 50 Years Of Begging And Abuse, This Elephant Is Finally Getting To Enjoy Her Life

For many years, Phoolkali was living a life of slavery, suffering and abuse, as a begging elephant on the streets of Agra, Uttar Pradesh. For nearly 50 years, her daily routine involved begging and walking on the hot tarred roads for hours at a stretch.  Wildlife SOS The years of mistreatment, abuse and inadequate care left her in a sorry …

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Here's Why Experts Believe Just A Vaccine Isn't Enough To Completely End The Covid-19 Pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has crippled life across the globe and brought upon one of the biggest health calamities in decades. It has overwhelmed even the best of healthcare systems and left them reeling.  As countries are scrapping to find the cure for the disease, there are serious concerns that the vaccine might not be universally available whenever there is one. …

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'You Should Ask China': Donald Trump Storms Out Of Presser After Heated Argument With Reporters

US President Donald Trump abruptly left a press conference after getting into a heated argument with journalists, according to a TNN report.   Before the briefing ended, Trump took questions from a reporter for nearly 40 minutes, but he stormed out after engaging with Weijia Jiang from CBS and CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.  When Jiang, who is of Chinese descent asked him …

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A Complete Lockdown With Only Milk Shops And Chemists Open, The Grim Situation In Ahmedabad

With over 6,000 cases of COVID-19 so far, Ahmedabad is the second-worst affected city in India due to the pandemic. Of the 347 cases reported in Gujarat on Monday, 268 came from Ahmedabad alone. Ahmedabad district has recorded a total of 400 deaths so far.  The city continues to account for more than 75% of daily deaths occurring in the …

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Recipe For Disaster? Over 125 People Perform Funeral Namaz In Public Despite Police Objections

At least 125 people were booked by police in Maharashtra‘s Dongri on Monday for allegedly performing a janaza namaz (funeral namaz) in public while showing total disregard for social distancing norms.  Representational Image/Twitter It came after repeated requests from police officials not to hold any funeral prayers with large gatherings, leading to case being registered against several members of Raza Academy …

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White House Instructs Staff To Wear Masks, But Donald Trump Still Not Seen Wearing One

The White House directed everyone entering the West Wing, where daily operations of President Donald Trump’s administration take place, to wear masks after two aides tested positive for coronavirus, administration officials according to Reuters.  The new guidelines were released in a memo to the staff and they show new tighter procedures at the highest levels of the government with fears …

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Railways Adapts To COVID Era: Packaged Food, No Linen & Mandatory Masks For Train Passengers

The Railways has given new rules that passengers have to follow from May 12. There will be no linen provided, the food shall be packaged only and hand-sanitisers will be available. Also passengers must reach the station at least 90 minutes before the scheduled time of departure, as per a PTI report. Basically it is the a new experience. Face …

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Coronavirus: 22 Migrant Labourers Escape From Quarantine Centre In Chhattisgarh

In Chhattisgarh‘s Dantewada district, as many as 22 labourers, who had returned from Andhra Pradesh, escaped from a COVID-19 quarantine centre, as per reports.  The labourers escaped from a quarantine facility in Dantewada late on Thursday evening and a search was launched to trace them, Dantewada superintendent of police Abhishek Pallava told PTI. Representational Image/PTI In total, 47 migrant labourers, who …

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As India Crosses 56,000-Mark, No New COVID Case Reported From 13 States, UT's In Last 24 Hours

In what could be a good sign for the country, 13 states and Union Territories, including Kerala, Odisha and Jammu and Kashmir, have not reported any new case of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that 3,561 new coronavirus cases have been reported and 1,084 patients have recovered in 24 hours since Wednesday morning, …

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