Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Using art to defeat the virus

Art can influence the way people think. There can be no two opinions about the fact that art can be used as an effective tool to usher in social chan
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Guidelines issued for handling of waste generated during COVID-19 patient’s treatment

The CPCB has also written to the state pollution control boards and pollution control committees to consider operation of common bio-medical waste treatment and disposal facility and its associated staff as essential service part of health infrastructure.
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Coronavirus: West Bengal link leaves Odisha worried

The government is worried as one third of the total number of affected people had returned from the neighbouring State
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AAI office reopens at Calicut airport

The cargo section, which resumed activities on a low-key last week, has got into full swing now.
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Coronavirus lockdown Day 28 live updates | One person in President's Estate tests positive, over 100 families under self isolation

Globally, as of April 20, there have been 23,19,066 confirmed cases, including 1,57,970 deaths, reported to WHO.
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Indian-American appointed to U.S. science board

Mr. Sudarsanam Babu would be the third Indian American in this prestigious board. The other two being Sethuraman Panchanathan from the Arizona State University and Suresh V Garimella from University of Vermont.
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South Korea looking into reports about Kim Jong Un’s health

Officials from South Korea’s Unification Ministry and National Intelligence Service said they couldn’t immediately confirm the report. CNN cited an anonymous U.S. official who said Mr. Kim was in “grave danger” after an unspecified surgery.
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Trump to sign order to suspend immigration into U.S.

“In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States,” Mr. Trump said in a tweet late on Monday.
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UN in Libya warns of possible war crimes as fighting rages

While the U.N. Mission in Libya did not identify a perpetrator, it detailed a “dramatic increase” of indiscriminate shelling on densely populated civilian areas in the capital, Tripoli, that killed five civilians and wounded 28 over the past few days.
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Exporting coronavirus? Infections among U.S. deportees reach Haiti, Mexico

The new infections come after an outbreak among deportees to Guatemala, where the government at the weekend linked almost a fifth of all cases of the new coronavirus in the country to flights returning migrants from the United States last week
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Morning Digest: U.S. oil prices fall below zero, goes to minus $37.63 per barrel; Speed of virus infections slows, doubling time rises in 18 States, and more

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UN member states demand 'equitable' access to future COVID-19 vaccines

The 193 members of the UN General Assembly on Monday adopted by consensus a resolution that calls for "equitable, efficient and timely" access to any
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Leopard rescued from open well, released

Amid lockdown, Forest Department officials rescued a leopard which had fallen into an open well on a farmland at Thumbe village on the outskirts of th
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School providing free face masks

Through mobilisation of locally available resources in a shrewd manner, this school development monitoring committee (SDMC) of the government higher p
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No COVID-19 positive case in Udupi in last 22 days

Deputy Commissioner G. Jagadeesha said on Monday that there had been no positive case of COVID-19 in Udupi district for the last 22 days. Speaking at
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Vijayapura reports 11 fresh positive cases

All are from the containment area
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Officials to be quarantined if theyare found travelling unnecessarily

Deputy Commissioner M. Kurma Rao has warned government officials who are travelling from neighbouring Kalaburagi and Raichur districts to Yadgir to di
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Kalaburagi district records five more positive cases

All these are contacts of already infected persons
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Coronavirus | Do not disrespect doctors: Anbumani

:PMK youth wing leader Anbumani Ramadoss on April 20 urged public to respect doctors who are in the frontline of the country’s fight against coronavir
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Coronavirus | CPI(M) seeks ‘honourable burial’ for coronavirus victims

CPI(M) State secretary K. Balakrishnan on April 20 said the Tamil Nadu government should use the police force to ensure that those who die of COVID-1
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Unified command best in fight against COVID-19 across the country, says State BJP leader

In the most critical situation of fighting COVID-19 pandemic, it would be better if all the States worked under a unified command of Prime Minister Na
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These stray dogs in Madurai do not go hungry

Animal lover feeds them twice a day with neighbours supporting her initiative
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From season of bounty, artistes, weavers slip into grip of despair

With no temple festivals, transwomen folk artistes have no means for sustenance; small yarn merchants are almost penniless
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