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Monday, 5 October 2020

Coronavirus: How to tell which countries are coping best with Covid

Comparing even the simplest data can be complex as we try to measure how our governments are doing.

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Measles in DR Congo: By air, boat and foot to deliver the vaccine

The health workers going to great lengths to deliver vital supplies in the fight against measles in DR Congo.

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Ervin Staub: A Holocaust survivor’s mission to train ‘heroic bystanders’

Training based on Ervin Staub's idea of bystander intervention is driving police reform in the US.

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Perez Hilton: I never needed to be so cruel

The blogger explains why he stopped outing gay celebrities and changed the tone of his website.

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Trump Leaves Hospital For White House -- Removing Mask Immediately

President Donald Trump checked out of hospital on Monday after four days of emergency treatment for Covid-19, pulling off his mask the moment he reached the White House and vowing to quickly get back...

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Trump leaves hospital to fly back to a White House hard hit by coronavirus

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Locals participate in ‘Back to Village’ programme in J&K’s Rajouri

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Karnataka’s old age home taking special care of inmates amid COVID-19

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Sunday, 4 October 2020

Poco X3 to Go on Sale Today at 12 Noon via Flipkart

Poco X3 will go on sale today at 12pm (noon) via Flipkart. It features a 6,000mAh battery, a quad rear camera setup with 64-megapixel primary sensor, and an HD display with 120Hz refresh rate.

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Realme Narzo 20, Realme 7 Pro to Go on Sale in India Today

Realme Narzo 20 and Realme 7 Pro are set to go on sale in India today. The phones will be up for grabs starting 12pm (noon) via Flipkart and Realme.com. Realme Narzo 20 pricings start at Rs. 10,999...

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Trump Leaves Hospital Briefly Amid Covid Treatment, Waves At Supporters

US President Donald Trump sparked an angry backlash from the medical community Sunday with a protocol-breaking visit to his supporters outside the hospital where he is being treated for the...

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Trump Signals Improving Health With Appearance For Supporters

US President Donald Trump waved at supporters from a motorcade Sunday on a short drive outside the hospital where he was being treated for Covid-19.

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Indian-American Trump Supporters Pray For Him Outside Hospital

A prayer vigil was held on Sunday evening for President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump by the Indian American community to wish them a speedy recovery. His supporters not only gathered...

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Covid-19: Trump leaves hospital briefly to greet supporters outside

Trump, 74, wore a mask as he waved from the back seat of a black SUV that crawled in a caravan of vehicles in front of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside Washington, while supporters waving Trump 2020 flags chanted: "USA! USA!"

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Infected Trump greets supporters in motorcade outside hospital; his health unclear

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Indian American Trump supporters outside hospital call for prayers as Trump is being treated

A prayer vigil was held on Sunday evening for President Trump and First Lady Melania Tump by the Indian American community to wish them a speedy recovery. His supporters not only gathered outside the hospital but also showed support virtually from cities across the United States.

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Trump Leaves Hospital Briefly Amid Covid Treatment, Waves At Supporters

Delhi schools to stay closed till October 31

Delhi government has decided to extend the closure of schools at least till October 31. Under Unlock 5.0, the Centre has allowed state governments to resume physical classes at schools.

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Trump Criticized For Leaving Hospital To Greet Supporters

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: COVID-19 Cases Cross 65 Lakh-Mark In India

India's COVID-19 tally has crossed the 65-lakh mark with 75,829 new coronavirus cases and 1,069 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry data released on Sunday morning shows.

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New Three-Tier Lockdown Planned For England: Report

A new three-tier lockdown is being planned for England, The Guardian reported, citing leaked government documents which revealed tougher measures that could be implemented locally or nationally if the...

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25-Year-Old Woman Gang Raped, Brutally Beaten Up In Gurgaon: Police

A 25-year-old woman was allegedly raped and brutally beaten up by four men in Gurgaon, resulting in severe head injuries, in the early hours of Sunday, the police said.

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Trump Criticized For Leaving Hospital To Greet Supporters

GST meet to be stormy over Centre-states rift

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New Three-Tier Lockdown Planned For England: Report

Trump "Learned A Lot" About COVID-19 By Going To "Real School"

US President Donald Trump on Sunday made a brief drive outside the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he is being treated for COVID-19. Trump's motorcade drove past his supporters who...

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11 Women Arrested For Stealing Mobile Phones, Cameras From Shop In Indore

Indore police on Sunday arrested 11 women for allegedly stealing mobile phones, cameras and other items from a shop in the city under the limits of Mahatma Gandhi Marg Road police station.

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Trump "Learned A Lot" About COVID-19 By Going To "Real School"

BJP to take fresh look at list of nominees

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Indo-Tibetan Border Police organises Yoga session at Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre

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Outreach program on basic health check up organised in Valley

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Saturday, 3 October 2020

All eyes on HC over Rhea Chakraborty's bail plea

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Trump says he is doing well, but next couple of days the 'real test'

The US president's video message comes after mixed messages from officials about his condition.

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US election 2020: 'Why I bought a voting machine on eBay'

Volunteer hackers and security experts are working together to help protect the presidential election.

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Why some Nigerian families lock up children and the mentally ill

Maltreatment of adults with mental illness and children living with relatives has shocked Nigerians.

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Covid: NME owner says pandemic impact wasn't all negative

Singaporean digital music company BandLab says it sees opportunities and challenges in the Covid-19 crisis.

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Why Belgian struggle for identity could tear country apart

It took almost 500 days for Belgium to agree a government, but it does not include the top two parties.

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Coronavirus: 'Lockdown was madness but saved us financially'

Americans saved at record rates when the pandemic started - but circumstances are changing.

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Trump's video message from hospital

President Trump says "I'm starting to feel good," a day after being taken to hospital.

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President's doctor 'extremely happy' with progress

The physicians looking after the US president say they're "cautiously optimistic, but he's doing great".

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Great Barrier Reef: Uncovering the secrets of Australia's deep waters

Scientists explain how the biggest deep-sea study of two marine parks led to exciting discoveries.

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Trump, from hospital, says he feels 'much better' after Covid-19 treatment

President Donald Trump said in a video from his hospital room on Saturday that he felt "much better" and hoped to be "back soon," after a day of contradictory messages from the White House about his condition following his Covid-19 diagnosis.

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Nitish Kumar's Party, BJP Reach 50:50 Seat Deal For Bihar Polls: Sources

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United (JDU) and the BJP have reached a seat-sharing agreement in principle - with an almost even split - days for the October-November state election...

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Donald Trump Says Next Few Days "Real Test" For His Recovery From Covid

US President Donald Trump said in a Twitter video released Saturday night that "I feel much better," promising to "be back soon."

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Donald Trump Says Next Few Days "Real Test" For His Recovery From Covid

US President Donald Trump said in a Twitter video released Saturday night that "I feel much better," promising to "be back soon."

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Hathras case: Yogi seeks CBI probe; victim's kin refuse to immerse ashes

In their first comments to the media after being cut off by the UP administration from speaking out for days, the family of the 19-year-old Dalit girl from Hathras said on Saturday that they will not immerse the ashes of the dead teenager as they don’t know if it was hers. Later in the day, facing a mounting demand for accountability, chief minister Yogi Adityanath ordered a CBI investigation into the case.

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Trump says he feels 'much better' in new video

LAC standoff: PM vows to improve border infra

PM Modi on Saturday said his government would continue its focus on speeding up projects of strategic importance and improve the infrastructure in the border region. Modi, who was inaugurating the Atal Tunnel which opens a shorter all-weather route underneath the Rohtang pass. He spoke about the neglect of the need to improve border infrastructure in the previous decades to assert that roads, bridges or tunnels — is being developed with full impetus and great speed”now.

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India reiterates: no first-use nuclear policy

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Army chief to leave for Myanmar today

Foreign secretary Harsh Shringla and Army chief M M Naravane will travel together today to Myanmar, a strong pillar of India’s both Neighborhood First and Act East policies. Official sources said the joint visit by the Army chief and top diplomat is meant to facilitate a comprehensive review of security and defence ties and India’s development work in the strife-torn Rakhine state.

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No proof of murder in Sushant death case: AIIMS

Actor Sushant Singh Rajput was not murdered. He died by suicide. This has been confirmed by the medical board constituted by the forensic medicine department of AIIMS. "It is a case of hanging and death by suicide," Dr Sudhir Gupta, chairperson of the medical board constituted to find out the manner and cause of death of Rajput

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Bihar polls: BJP, JD(U) to list nominees today

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Grand-alliance seals deal, Tejashwi CM-face

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Donald Trump Says Next Few Days "Real Test" For His Recovery From Covid

US President Donald Trump said in a Twitter video released Saturday night that "I feel much better," promising to "be back soon."

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Friday, 2 October 2020

2020 Hottest Year In Antarctic Peninsula In Decades, Says Study

The year 2020 is the hottest in the Antarctic Peninsula in the past three decades, a study by the University of Santiago de Chile out Friday found.

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Trump, stricken by Covid-19, flown to military hospital

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Rajasthan Girl Alleges Rape Over 8 Times, 5 Arrested: Police

Five people, including a former BJP Mahila Morcha leader, were arrested on Friday in connection with an alleged rape of a girl in Sawai Madhopur.

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2020 Hottest Year In Antarctic Peninsula In Decades, Says Study

The year 2020 is the hottest in the Antarctic Peninsula in the past three decades, a study by the University of Santiago de Chile out Friday found.

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Live Updates: India's COVID-19 Death Count Crosses 1 Lakh-Mark

India's COVID-19 death count crossed one lakh on Friday night, while the caseload climbed to over 64 lakh and recoveries surged to 54,15,197, according to data from states and union territories.

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Joe Biden Says Masks Not About Being A "Tough Guy"

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Friday that President Donald Trump's coronavirus diagnosis shows the importance of taking the pandemic seriously, telling Americans that wearing masks...

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Helmet, Shoe In Fight Between Marshals, 2 Men Over Mask Fine In Bengaluru

A fight out broke out between the marshals of Bengaluru civic body and two men over not paying fine for mask rule violation. Video showed the men, without masks, engaging in a fist fight with the...

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LAC faceoff: US aircraft refuels at Port Blair

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Cong sniffs chance to win back social blocs in UP

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Covid: What would happen if Trump became too ill to be president?

What happens if President Trump becomes incapacitated and how would it affect the election?

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German reunification: Young Germans in search of their eastern roots

As Germany celebrates 30 years of reunification, many still identify with a state that has vanished.

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Did El Salvador's government make a deal with gangs?

A journal says it has seen documents which show the government entered into a pact with gangs.

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Tony Vargas in Nebraska: One man's Covid crusade in rural America

It was a battle against time for Tony Vargas, who put personal tragedy aside to do what he thought was right.

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August Browne: The Nigeria-born man who joined the Polish resistance

August Agboola Browne is thought to have been the only black person in the Polish resistance.

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From Broadway to playing in a New York City park

Jazz artists have been badly affected by the pandemic, with many forced to find alternative places to perform.

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Who Trump met - and who's tested positive

President Donald Trump attended multiple large events in the days before his coronavirus diagnosis.

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'It's OK to have a bad day': The challenge of motherhood during the pandemic

Three mothers talk about life in a pandemic, and the 'total chaos' of working from home with kids.

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The cat who hitched a lift on a worldwide tour

Former Scottish rugby player Dean Nicholson met a lifelong friend as he cycled around the world.

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From tea fields to university in Sri Lanka

Theresa is one of the first women from her community of tea pickers in Sri Lanka to go to university.

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Joe Biden Says Masks Not About Being A "Tough Guy"

Despite "Big Political Fight", Obama Extends Support To Trump Over Covid

Former US president Barack Obama on Friday sent a message of support to White House successor Donald Trump and his wife Melania, setting aside the bitter election battle to wish them a rapid recovery...

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"People Swear By GandhiJi's Name, But Demolish His Ideals": Sonia Gandhi

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Friday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue of farm bills and accused his government of weaking Right to Information act.

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Himachal tourism reviving from COVID blow

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Thursday, 1 October 2020

Donald Trump's Adviser Tests Positive For Coronavirus: Report

Hope Hicks, a top adviser to President Donald Trump, has tested positive for the coronavirus and is experiencing symptoms, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

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Curbs on defence spending eased due to LAC row

The ongoing military confrontation with China along the line of actual control has prompted the government to ease spending restrictions on defence while keeping tabs on expenditure on non-essential services. The expenditure control guidelines for the third quarter of the financial year issued by the finance ministry on September 28 has also provided relaxation for the fertiliser ministry as well ahead of the sowing season.

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States asked to plan outreach of Covid vaccine

With Covid-19 vaccine development process progressing at a fast pace globally, the Centre has asked all states and UTs to formulate a robust plan to ensure adequate storage capacity for vaccines and maintenance of cold chain. The idea is to ensure that once the vaccine is approved for use, it reaches the masses even in remote areas of the country.

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India, China working on 7th round of LAC talks

Following the diplomatic talks this week on the LAC stand-off, the government on Thursday reiterated that the two sides are now working to schedule the next (7th) round of the senior commanders’ meeting. The meeting is important for India and China to work towards early and complete disengagement of troops along the LAC, as the government said, in accordance with the existing bilateral agreement and protocols.

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Amit Shah set to visit poll-bound Bengal

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Cong drafts model Act to override new farm laws

Stepping up the pressure on ruling BJP over controversial farm laws, Congress has drafted a model Act to be adopted by states where it is in office to overrule the central legislations. The model bill will be circulated to states ruled by Congress and will also be offered to other non-BJP states.

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3 soldiers killed in Pakistan firing along LoC

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EU warns Turkey of sanctions over 'provocations' in Mediterranean

EU leaders are meeting as member Greece is locked in a row with Turkey over energy and sea borders.

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Hope Hicks: Top aide to Trump tests positive for coronavirus

Hope Hicks was aboard the presidential helicopter with Mr Trump on Wednesday.

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China: Vlogger 'set on fire during live stream'

The death of Lamu has prompted huge discussion online about violence against women in China.

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Donald Trump's Adviser Tests Positive For Coronavirus: Report

Amazon Says Nearly 20,000 Of Its Employees Tested Positive For COVID-19

Amazon on Thursday said that slightly more than 19,800 of its employees have tested positive for Covid-19 since the start of March.

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When Gulshan Grover Was Refused Visa For Morocco Because Of Shah Rukh

Gulshan Grover has shared screen space with Shah Rukh Khan in films such as Yes Boss and Duplicate

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Top Court Cancels Gujarat's 12-Hour Workday "Anti-Labour" Notification

The Supreme Court has quashed a notification, passed by the Gujarat government in April amid the coronavirus lockdown, which allowed all factories in the state to extend work shifts to up to 12 hours...

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