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Lucknow's Cantonment area sealed after 12 Tablighi Jamaat returnees test positive in Sadar Bazar
India | April 05, 2020 10:12 ISTCoronavirus in Uttar Pradesh: The state tally now stands at 177, with new cases being reported from Agra, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Varanasi, Shamli, Baghpat, Ghazipur, Pratapgarh, Saharanpur, Banda, Maharajganj, Hathras and Mirzapur on Saturday.
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9 pm, 9 Minutes: India fights COVID-19 darkness by lighting diyas
India | April 05, 2020 20:39 IST1.3 crore people are expected to light diyas, candles or mobile flashlight to shun the darkness of COVID-19 after PM Modi made an appealed to citizens to switch off lights for 9 minutes at 9 pm on Sunday (April 5, today) and light lamps to express solidarity towards nation's fight against the coronavirus.
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Noida reports 8 new COVID-19 cases; Gautam Budh Nagar total now at 58
India | April 05, 2020 9:43 ISTCoronavirus in Noida: Gautam Buddh Nagar has emerged as a coronavirus hotspot in the country and in Uttar Pradesh. The district, adjoining Delhi, has recorded the maximum number of 227 COVID-19 cases in the state, according to official figures.
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Uttar Pradesh COVID-19 cases at 227; check district-wise list
India | April 05, 2020 9:38 ISTUttar Pradesh coronavirus confirmed cases have surged over 170 after 16 more people tested positive in eastern UP on Saturday. Noida is the worst-hit district and emerged as a hotspot for coronavirus cases in the state with 58 COVID-19 cases after a total of 13 more were confirmed to be affected with coronavirus in Gautam Buddh Nagar on April 4.
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16 more test coronavirus positive in Indore, takes Madhya Pradesh's tally to 181
India | April 05, 2020 9:50 ISTCoronavirus in Madhya Pradesh: The police in Indore have said they have made four arrests since protesters pelted health officials with stones on Wednesday and injured two doctors. The police are trying to identify other suspects based on video footage.
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Trump requests Modi to release Hydroxychloroquine as US fatalities cross 8,400-mark
World | April 05, 2020 8:26 ISTAccording to Trump, the drug is yielding positive results. If successful, he told reporters that it would be a gift from heaven. In the next several weeks, health experts in the US have projected between 100,000 to 200,000 deaths due to coronavirus, which due to human-to-human transmission is spreading like a wildfire in the US.
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Chinese explorers start Everest climb amid COVID-19 pandemic: Report
World | April 04, 2020 19:39 ISTA group of Chinese mountaineers has begun an expedition on Mount Everest as China limped back to normalcy after the coronavirus outbreak.
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Don't use alcohol-based hand sanitisers before lighting candles or diyas on Sunday: Govt
India | April 04, 2020 18:39 ISTThe government on Saturday cautioned people against the use of alcohol-based hand sanitisers before lighting candles or diyas on Sunday as they are inflammable.
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Lockdown: Maharashtra petrol pump sealed for selling fuel to private vehicles
India | April 04, 2020 16:58 ISTA petrol pump in Majalgaon in Beed district of Maharashtra was sealed by the collectorate for selling fuel to private vehicles despite an order against it in view of the lockdown to combat the novel coronavirus outbreak, an official said on Saturday.
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Flight booking open from April 15: AirAsia
Business | April 04, 2020 16:07 ISTBudget carrier AirAsia India on Saturday said bookings for its flights are open from April 15, but it is open to any change in case aviation regulator DGCA issues fresh directives on the issue.
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Railways gears up to resume services from April 15
India | April 04, 2020 15:36 ISTThe Indian Railways, which had announced the closure of all passenger, mail and express train services from March 24 to April 14 in a bid to stop the chain of transmission of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), has started preparation to resume all its services from April 15, sources said on Saturday.
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Liquor shop looted in Delhi amid lockdown
India | April 04, 2020 15:23 ISTAmid the nationwide lockdown, some unidentified persons broke into a wine shop in New Delhi and decamped with liquor bottles, police said on Saturday.
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PM Modi reviews nation-wide preparedness to deal with COVID-19, holds meeting with empowered groups
India | April 04, 2020 15:13 ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired a joint meeting of the empowered groups constituted for planning and ensuring implementation of COVID-19 response activities in the country.
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Raj Thackeray says no point treating Markaz people, they should be shot at
India | April 04, 2020 17:53 ISTMaharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thakeray has made a controversial statement on the Tablighi Jamaat episode in Delhi after which COVID-19 cases in the country have exploded saying that these people should be shot questioning why are they being treated as religion seems to be more important for them than the nation.
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10 new coronavirus positive cases confirmed in Gujarat; state toll at 105
India | April 04, 2020 14:48 ISTGujarat on Saturday witnessed 10 new coronavirus cases taking the total number of confirmed cases to 105 in the state as India enters its 11th day of lockdown.
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'Sanitizer Tunnel' introduced in Jaipur amid coronavirus outbreak
News | April 03, 2020 19:43 ISTA "sanitizer tunnel" has been introduced in Rajasthan's Jaipur by police in efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
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Bihar's first COVID-19 patient infected 13 others; state tally at 24
India | April 03, 2020 14:55 ISTCoronavirus in Bihar: The first patient, who lived in Munger, died during treatment on March 22. He had a travel history to Qatar. He had returned from Qatar on March 13.
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WHO to launch second solidarity trial for coronavirus vaccine
World | April 03, 2020 14:43 ISTAccording to the WHO, nearly 1.5 billion people - in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand together - are currently experiencing lockdowns.
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7-year-old among new COVID-19 cases in Gujarat, state toll touches 8
India | April 03, 2020 13:43 ISTCoronavirus in Gujarat: The total number of quarantined in the state is 16,015, where 14,868 are home quarantined, 880 in government facilities and 267 in private facilities. Total 418 FIR have been filed for violation of Quarantine in the state.
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Pakistan coronavirus positive cases exceed 2,400 as country struggles to stop congregational prayers
World | April 03, 2020 14:45 ISTMeanwhile, Pakistan is trying to treat the COVID-19 patients through the plasma of recovered patients, and the first case in Pakistan, who recovered last month, donated plasma in Karachi. Earlier, Tahir Shamsi, a renowned hematologist of the National Institute of Blood Diseases, said the technique could be used to treat patients and China also used it effectively.
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