Saturday, April 25, 2020

After COVID-19, India’s next challenge could be mega-sized locust attack this summer

It has the potential to cause a food security issue, say officials
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COVID-19: Nikki Haley launches ‘Stop Communist China’ campaign

China’s Communist government needs to be held accountable for their role in lying about the Coronavirus pandemic, and the US Congress needs to respond — now, said 48-year-old Haley, a former two term Governor of South Carolina and former US Ambassador to the United Nations.
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COVID-19 | U.S. accounts for over one fourth of global deaths

Trump signed a Paycheck Protection Program and Healthcare Enhancement Act providing $320 billion to keep American workers on the payroll.
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Brazil becoming coronavirus hot spot as testing falters

Meanwhile, President Jair Bolsonaro has shown no sign of wavering from his insistence that COVID-19 is a relatively minor disease and that broad social-distancing measures are not needed to stop it. He has said only Brazilians at high risk should be isolated.
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COVID-19 | China reports 12 new cases, no new deaths

The total number of confirmed cases in China is now 82,816.
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Lockdown pushes 15,000 toddy tappers families in East Godavri to the brink

They seek financial assistance on par with fishermen
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Lockdown times: Bonding with loved ones over video calls

Even elderly persons are becoming tech-savvy in order to stay in touch with family
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Morning Digest: India records largest single-day spike in cases, Trump says he spoke sarcastically about injecting disinfectants, and more

A select list of stories to read before you start your day
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Coronavirus | 72 therapeutics trial underway, 211 in planning stages: FDA

To date, the FDA has issued 44 individual emergency use authorisations for test kit manufacturers and laboratories
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FDA approves first at-home COVID-19 test kit

This is a test where under certain circumstances with doctor supervision, a test can be mailed to a patient, and the patient can perform the self-swab and then mail it back
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95 roads blocked to curbspread of coronavirus

To contain the spread of coronavirus in Kalaburagi district, the district administration and the city corporation officials have blocked 95 roads in d
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Online permission for re-starting industries

The State government has given some relaxation during the second phase of lockdown. Hence, road and infrastructure development works could be taken up
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Policeman shifted to private hospital

He had complained of poor state of quarantine facility
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‘No forethought, planning’

Su. Venkatesan, MP, and P.T.R. Palanivel Thiagarajan, MLA, have condemned the chaos that prevailed at the Collectorate here on Friday over QR code pas
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Coronavirus | Now, new devices to track movement of patients

Two engineering college students have designed a model each
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Coronavirus | One dead, four test positive in Madurai

Zonal Task Force discusses strategy for four-day lockdown
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Encounter between security forces and militants underway in Pulwama

An encounter between militants and security forces erupted in Pulwama's Awantipora on April 25 morning.A police official said the gunfight started af
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Coronavirus | Govt allows opening of neighbourhood & standalone shops, but not markets

However, the exemptions will not be given in hotspots and containment areas.
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Domestic violence: help is just a call away for victims

Women can Whatsapp their grievance to 6301411137
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Coronavirus lockdown | At least $9.7 billion in state bailouts for Air France, KLM

With no clear end to the crisis in sight, Air France will get 3 billion euros in direct loans from the French state and a 4-billion-euro bank loan guaranteed by the state, the airline said in a statement.
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IIT researchers develop tool to predict spread of COVID-19

It will provide three-week projections to help authorities plan efficiently
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Arrangements in place for T.N. cancer patients: Pinarayi Vijayan

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said here on Friday that Kerala, with the assistance of the Tamil Nadu government and the Regional Cancer Cent
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Coronavirus | U.K. to start trials on whether plasma could help COVID-19 patients

Up to 5,000 severely ill patients with COVID-19 could soon be treated each week with plasma as part of a new approach to treating the virus, the health department said on April 25
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