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Amit Shah calls Mamata Banerjee, Naveen Patnaik as super cyclone set to make landfall today

With Super Cyclone Amphan moving rapidly towards West Bengal and Odisha, Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, assuring the two leaders of all support and assistance from the Centre. Cycone Amphan is slated to become the first super cyclone

No vaccine possible if virus mutates, says WHO special envoy on Covid-19

Dr David Nabarro, special envoy for WHO on Covid19 and someone who has over 40 years of experience in International public health, tells The Daily Guardian that Covid-19 is one amongst those dangerous viruses that can also mutate. Excerpts: Q. Do you think Covid-19 will stay long and we all

Engagement and birthday party turn Hyderabad into Covid hotbed

Hyderabad is becoming a hotbed of the coronavirus spread in Telangana. Out of the new cases, 95% are reported solely from Hyderabad, especially from four places in the Old City, said Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao. Now if authorities are to be believed, the spike on Covid-19 cases could be

Reports of India paying US for ventilators wrong: BJP’s Chauthaiwale

The BJP has reacted sharply to the doubts surrounding the India-US friendship. This time the controversy is being created on 200 repurposed ventilators being donated by the US to India as a “goodwill gesture”. Vijay Chauthaiwale, the incharge of the BJP’ s foreign cell and overseas friends of BJP, in

I had suggested borrowing gold from religious trusts: Prithviraj Chavan

Former Maharashtra CM & senior Congress leader says BJP has communalised his statement on Centre appropriating gold from trusts of managing places of worship such as Tirupati.

UP prisoners making 3-times more phone calls in lockdown

A survey conducted across jails in Uttar Pradesh reveals that the number of phone calls made has increased at least three times in the lockdown period compared to the pre-lockdown days. This is because telephones are now the only window of communication for inmates lodged in the jails. This is

SC to decide on cut-off marks for UP teachers’ recruitment

The Supreme Court will hear a batch of petitions on Thursday against an Allahabad High Court ruling which upheld the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to keep higher cut-off marks for recruitment of 69,000 assistant teachers for the state’s primary schools. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit-led bench, comprising Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar

Another migrant tragedy; 9 killed in truck-bus collision in Bihar

In yet another shocking incident related to migrant labourers, nine people were killed in a road accident in Naugachia area of Bhagalpur in Bihar on Tuesday. A truck laden with iron rods girders and pipes collided with a bus and overturned on the highway. The incident took place around 6

Telangana CM goes Trump way with journalists

US President Donald Trump usually scolds journalists at the White House when they ask him uncomfortable questions or when he cannot bear the presence of certain media houses. Instead of answering questions, he dismissively calls them “nasty” and “silly”. The same kind of attitude and temper is now being witnessed

Captain says ‘Ensure strict lockdown’

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has directed the state police to ensure strict compliance with Covid-19 protocols, including social distancing and masks. “We can not let all the benefits of all the work done by you in the past 55 days, and sacrifices made by the people of Punjab,

Bihar’s lone rhino dies under mysterious circumstances

A rhinoceros that frequented the forest range of Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar and Sohagi Barwa Wildlife Sanctuary of Uttar Pradesh was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Tuesday. Whereas the horns were found intact on its body, traces of blood were found near its mouth giving rise to speculations

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