Friday, August 7, 2020

COVID-19 cases inching closer to the two lakh-mark in A.P.

Over 10,000 new cases and 72 deaths reported in the State in 24 hours
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Coronavirus | Facebook employees to work from home until July 2021, get $1,000 for home offices

The company joins other big technology firms that have taken similar steps recently.
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Trump signs executive orders banning TikTok, Wechat

The U.S. President terms them a threat to the national security and to the country’s economy.
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Karaikal Collector Arjun Sharma tests positive for COVID-19

He is under home isolation at present
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Watershed project bails out tribal ryots

‘4,985 hectares of barren land has been brought under cultivation’
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Railways to end colonial-era khalasi system, says no to fresh appointments

The Railway Board has said the issue regarding telephone attendant-cum-dak khalasis (TADKs) is under review.
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Coronavirus India lockdown Day 136 live updates | India’s COVID-19 cases cross 2 million

As coronavirus cases worldwide pass 19 million, European nations impose new containment measures with fears growing over a second wave of infections.
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40-year-old man dies after he slips into overflowing stream in Chikkamagaluru

Many water bodies are full following heavy rains in the area.
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Trump signs executive orders banning TikTok, Wechat

The U.S. President terms them a threat to the national security and to the country’s economy.
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Wall collapses inside Pernem tunnel

The services of several trains on Konkan Railway network have been suspended till August 20 following after a tunnel-lined wall inside Pernem tunnel i
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SIGC secretary succumbs to COVID-19

S. Kunjithapatham, Secretary, Shrimati Indira Gandhi College (SIGC), died in the city on Thursday. He was 59. Kunjithapatham, an advocate by professio
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Karaikal woman engineer aces UPSC exam

Twenty-six-year-old R.Saranya has done Karaikal proud by securing all-India rank 36 in Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam, the results of whi
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Omission of 8 crore people in Ayodhya speech worrying after CAA/NRC: Shashi Tharoor’s dig at PM

The Congress leader said that if the “omission” was inadvertant, “a correction would be reassuring”.
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U.S. will end reliance on China, other nations for pharmaceuticals and medical supply, says Trump

The U.S. will end its reliance on China and other foreign nations for pharmaceuticals and medical supplies, President Donald Trump has said. President
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Maharashtra hits new high of 11,514 COVID-19 cases

Maharashtra’s total cases near 4.8 lakh; fatality rate at 3.5%
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Morning digest: India’s COVID-19 cases cross 2 million; G.C. Murmu appointed Comptroller and Auditor General of India, and more

A select list of stories to read before you start your day.
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Srinivasa Ramanujan Institute of Technology opens 240-bed COVID care facility

The Srinivasa Ramanujan Institute of Technology (SRIT) has opened a 240-bed COVID19 care facility on its premises at Rotarypuram. Singanamala MLA Jonn
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Sri Lanka polls: Rajapaksas’ SLPP secures big win

Mahinda Rajapaksa, who led the caretaker government as Premier, is expected be sworn in as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
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YouTube star Jake Paul's Los Angeles-area home raided by FBI

No one was taken into custody during the raids and no arrest warrant has been issued for Paul, says FBI.
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Woman slips into overflowing storm-water drain, dies

Incessant rainfall since Wednesday has left several houses damaged in Kundapur and Brahmavar taluks of Udupi and in some parts of Dakshina Kannada. Ma
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New York seeks to dissolve NRA over financial mismanagement

New York state's attorney general sued to dissolve the National Rifle Association on Thursday, alleging senior leaders of the non-profit group divert
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Kodaikanal-Adukkam road work almost over

A long-pending demand of people would be fulfilled soon as the work on Kodaikanal-Adukkam stretch of the ghat road leading to Periyakulam in the plain
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Suspension of doctor evokes widespread anger in Tripura

He cannot be blamed for ex-Health Minister Sudip Roy Barman’s visit to a Covid Care Centre, they say
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