Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Ramon Magsaysay awards cancelled due to coronavirus

The awards were also cancelled due to a financial crisis in 1970 and a disastrous earthquake that hit the Philippines in 1990.
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269 Rohingya refugees detained in Malaysia

Malaysian marine officials intercepted the vessel Monday off the northern resort island of Langkawi
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Defacement of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue a ‘disgrace’, says Trump

The statue, which is across the road from the Indian Embassy, was vandalised on the intervening night of June 2 and 3.
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Petrol price hiked by 54 paise per litre, diesel by 58 paise

In all, petrol price has gone up by ₹1.74 per litre in three days.
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Red sanders trees to dot barren hills in Chittoor

Afforestation programme to cover 30,000 hectares
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Kurnool to ramp up COVID-19 testing

So far, 52,000 tests had been done in the district
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Millions of Americans suffering because of Trump’s ‘incompetence’: Biden Campaign

“Today’s announcement that our economy has been in recession for months now is a reminder that well before the COVID-19 threat emerged, President Trump had already turned his back on the middle class,” the Biden Campaign alleged on Monday.
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Karnataka govt. is thinking of providing ₹150 crore grant to city corporations: Minister

The State government is thinking of providing a ₹ 150-crore special development grant to all the 10 city municipal corporations in the State, Urban De
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Coronavirus India lockdown Day 77 updates | Travel-linked cases spike in southern States

India's recovery rate increased marginally to 48.43%. The bulk of the new cases were confirmed in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Delhi
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Protestor shoves police officer in Charlotte

Video shows CMPD Captain Brad Koch surrounded by chanting protestors Monday in front of the local government center before a white male protestor approaches and shoves him.
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Rectify anomalies at ration shops: DYFI

Members of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) conducted a signature campaign in Madurai on Sunday to highlight the anomalies at ration shops.
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Restaurants are open, but crowds stay away

Restaurateurs keep their fingers crossed as patronage is low on day-1
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Madurai City Police rejig on the cards

Role of DCs and ACs to change from functional to jurisdictional
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Hong Kong leader says city cannot tolerate any more ‘chaos’

Ms. Lam was speaking at her weekly press briefing, which coincided with the first anniversary of a mass rally against a now-withdrawn bill that would have allowed people to be extradited to mainland China for trial in courts controlled by the Communist Party.
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Madurai gets its first flyover at Kalavasal

The ₹54.07-crore flyover is 750 metres long with carriageway of 7.5 metres on either side
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Morning Digest: MSME revival package yet to take off; Kejriwal to test for coronavirus today, and more

A select list of stories to read before you start your day
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Family vocation comes in handy for this lawyer

He could tide over financial crisis caused by COVID-19
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Most private buses keep off road in Kerala

Over a dozen buses seized for flouting physical distancing norms
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Kashmiri Pandits' organisations condemn killing of sarpanch in Anantnag

They termed the planned murder of sarpanch as an attempt to “trigger fear psychosis” among the minorities in the valley
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South Korea reports 38 new cases of COVID-19; 1 death

Figures from South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday showed 35 of the new cases came from the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area, where officials have struggled to trace transmissions linked to entertainment venues, church gatherings and low-income workers who couldn’t afford to stay home.
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North Korea says it will sever hotlines with South Korea: KCNA

For several days, North Korea has lashed out at South Korea, threatening to close an inter-Korean liaison office and other projects if the South does not stop defectors from sending leaflets and other material into the North
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‘96 % of COVID-19 patients in Udupi returned from Mumbai’

Basavaraj Bommai says that 908 such people have had travel history
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Coronavirus lockdown | Atleast 18 dead after drinking adulterated alcohol in Mexico

Authorities seized 505 bottles of the liquor from four stores in the area.
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