Aijaz Ahmad Ahangar from downtown Srinagar’s Nawa Kadal had been a wanted man in Jammu and Kashmir for more than two decades. He had been arrested once for terror links, and released. This was sometime in the mid-nineties. Aijaz Ahangar aka Abu Usman Al Kashmiri disappeared soon after his release […]
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Indore emerges as Covid-19 hotspot, nearly 300 cases recorded in a single day
The number of cases of Covid-19 is rising rapidly in Madhya Pradesh, and leading the tally is Indore, which is one of the worst-affected districts in the country. The total number of Covid-19 cases in Indore alone reached 842, with 298 cases being reported between Wednesday and Thursday, according to […]
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Covid-19: No immediate plans to evacuate stranded Indians abroad
There are no immediate plans to evacuate stranded Indians from different countries, government sources said Thursday. “Stranded Indians are advised to stay put, Indian missions will assist them. So far, 3336 Indians have tested Covid-19 positive in 53 countries, 25 Indians have died abroad,” the sources said. The Indian government […]
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Stopped from going home amid lockdown, migrant worker dies in relief camp
A 45-year-old migrant labourer living in a relief camp in Haridwar since April 2, died on Thursday morning after complaining of chest pain, said officials. A magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the incident. The labourer was taken to a makeshift relief camp on Haridwar-Delhi highway (in Haridwar district) […]
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Afghan forces intercept Taliban fighters, find Jaish terrorists training for Kashmir
A chance discovery of global terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed cadres in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province on Monday night has confirmed the assessment of Indian intelligence agencies that Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence had resumed training a select groups of terrorists for Kashmir in war-torn Afghanistan, people familiar with the development told Hindustan Times. […]
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‘Not safe’: Govt warns people against using Zoom video conference service
The home ministry on Thursday issued an advisory stating that the videoconferencing app Zoom, which government officials have been barred from using, is “not safe” for use by private individuals. The government’s missive came after the national cybersecurity agency – Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-in) – flagged the cyber […]
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Covid-19 cases breach 12,000-mark in India, death toll at 414
The number of Covid-19 positive cases in India breached the 12,000-mark on Thursday morning, and the number of deaths reached 414. The figure of 12,380 includes 10,477 active cases, 1,488 cured/discharged/migrated and 414 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said in the figures released at 8 am on its website. Maharashtra […]
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Covid-19: Slow testing pipeline as big a worry as kit delay
India carried out close to 27,000 Covid-19 tests on Wednesday and added 22 new labs in the last two days, ramping up efforts to speed up a process that is crucial to determine the extent of the outbreak but has suffered from long delays due to several bottlenecks. The 26,351 samples processed […]
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Kerala man forced to walk with ailing father in arms after police stops auto
A man in Kerala had to carry his ailing father for around a kilometre after the auto-rickshaw carrying them was allegedly stopped by the local police citing guidelines issues in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown. The person was seen carrying his 65-year-old ailing father in his arms. The incident took place […]
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‘Maybe once in 1000 years’: ICMR on Covid-19 transmission from bats to humans
The incident of humans contracting coronavirus from bats is an extremely rare event, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said, adding that a Chinese research showed that the Sars-CoV-2 virus which has causes Covid-19 in humans is in a mutated form. “Coronavirus is found in bats. We have come […]
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Covid-19 outbreak: It took the world 13 days to get its second million
The number of Covid-19 infections topped two million on Wednesday, crossing a psychological threshold that serves as a reminder of how it has torn through continents, devastating economies and upending the way people lived and earned their livelihood for what may be months, if not years, to come. While the […]
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Fresh guidelines issued for lockdown 2.0, govt bars all public activities
Fresh guidelines were issued by the government on Wednesday for enforcing the second phase of the coronavirus lockdown, with the Union home ministry barring all kinds of public transport and prohibiting opening of public places till May 3. Spitting in public has been made a punishable offence and a strict […]
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Govt lockdown guidelines: What do they mean for Covid-19 hotspots, containment zones
The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday issued the updated guidelines on coronavirus lockdown. This came a day after the lockdown was extended till May 3 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The revised set of guidelines have a section on the management of coronavirus hotspots and containment zones across the country. […]
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Covid-19 lockdown: 13 activities that will remain suspended till May 3
The government on Wednesday issued a revised set of guidelines for citizens and state governments to follow during the course of Covid-19 lockdown which has been extended till May 3. The announcement for extending the lockdown was made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the nation – […]
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Govt issues revised guidelines for Covid-19 lockdown: What’s mandatory, what’s prohibited
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of Covid-19 lockdown, the government on Wednesday issued revised guidelines to be followed till May 3. Travel by air, rail and road, operation of educational and training institutions, industrial and commercial activities, hospitality services, cinema halls and shopping complexes will […]