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Top sports news: La Liga to resume from June 20? BCCI treasurer provides update on AUS vs IND series & more

Here are the top stories of May 8, 2020.




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Chiayi Swingers vs ICCT Smashers, Dream11 Prediction: Best picks for CHI vs ISM today in Taipei T10 League

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PCCT United vs Chiayi Swingers, Dream11 Prediction: Best picks for PCU vs CHI today in Taipei T10 League

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Incheon vs Daegu, Dream11 Prediction: Best picks for INC vs DAE today in K League 1

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Gwangju FC vs Seongnam FC, Dream11 Prediction: Best picks for GWN vs SEGN today in K League 1

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WATCH: A grey-bearded MS Dhoni enjoys playtime with Ziva Dhoni inside his Ranchi farmhouse

In a recent video, the veteran wicketkeeper-batsman can be seen enjoying some quality father-daughter moments during this daughter Ziva.




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Coronavirus: Sachin Tendulkar provides financial help to 4000 underprivileged families amid lockdown

Mumbai, the financial capital of the country, has become the hotbed of the coronavirus spread in the state where the number of cases has crossed the 12,000-mark and the death toll is over 460.




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IPL: Former CSK opener Matthew Hayden reveals MS Dhoni's epic first reaction to his 'mongoose bat'

Hayden smashed 346 runs with an average of 21.62 during the 2010 IPL.




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Coronavirus lockdown: Maharashtra Cyber Police registers 161 cases against fake news, rumour mongering; 39 arrested

73 cases are about hate speech over social media.




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Uddhav Thackeray announces extension of coronavirus lockdown till April 30 in Maharashtra

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said he told PM Modi in the meeting that Maharashtra will continue to be under lockdown after April 14.




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Maharashtra sets up COVID-19 task force of 9 senior doctors as death toll rises to 160

Chief secretary Ajoy Mehta in an official statement said all nine doctors are from Mumbai would contribute in the ongoing fight against COVID-19.




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Coronavirus: Mumbai Police to use AI, drones to enforce social distancing amid COVID-19 lockdown

India's financial capital, Mumbai, has emerged as the epicentre of coronavirus spread in the country.




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Over 1500 migrants gather in Mumbai's Bandra to protest against lockdown extension

To control the situation, police resorted to lathi-charge, following which the crowd was dispersed.




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Day after migrant workers flood Bandra, self-proclaimed labour leader arrested for threatening protest

Thousands of labourers from other states assembled near Bandra railways station on the last day of the 21-day lockdown to go to their native cities and villages as a rumour of special trains spread.




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Man arrested after gathering of migrant workers at Bandra sent to police custody till April 21

Mumbai Police arrested Vinay Dubey after hundreds of migrant workers gathered near Bandra railway station on Tuesday.




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COVID-19 cases in Mumbai's Dharavi slum area cross 100, death toll 10

The number of cases in Dharavi is at 101, a BMC official said.




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Coronavirus outbreak: Central team recommends increasing capacity of quarantine facility in Mumbai

Mumbai has recorded bulk of the cases in Maharashtra with 3,451 COVID-19 infections and 151 deaths.




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Raj Thackeray bats for opening of liquor shops, says Maharashtra needs revenue during coronavirus lockdown

Raj Thackeray said by the opening of wine shops, the state will start getting a bit of revenue flow which is needed to fight the coronavirus outbreak.




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Wadhawan brothers, 21 others taken to Mahabaleshwar by Maharashtra police as quarantine period ends

The two brothers are named as accused in the FIR registered by CBI in the Yes Bank scam.




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Maharashtra dispatches 70 buses to bring back students stuck in Kota

There are around 1,800 students from Maharashtra who are stuck in Kota.




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Maharashtra sets up office to help people stuck due to lockdown, issues SOP

An office has been set up under director of Maharashtra's Disaster Management Authority Abhay Yawalkar and contact numbers have been released.




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Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari requests EC to conduct polls for 9 vacant Legislative Council seats

Since chief minister Uddhav Thackeray is not a member of either house of the state legislature, he needs to get elected to the Council before May 27, 2020, the Raj Bhavan said.




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Maharashtra Day 2020: Significance, history and formation of state of Maharashtra

This is the day when the state of Maharashtra came into existence. It was on this day in 1960 when the state was formed on linguistic grounds.




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Mumbai's first mobile COVID-19 testing bus launched

In its efforts to ramp up coronavirus testing in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has launched the city's first mobile COVID-19 testing bus that will be used for mass screening of people.




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Mumbai: Customs official commits suicide by jumping into sea

Locals rushed to the spot after some of them spotted him committing the act, but couldn't save his life.




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COVID-19: BMC to probe viral video showing patients lying next to dead bodies at Sion hospital

As COVID-19 cases in Mumbai continue to spike, civic body BMC on Thursday constituted a committee to investigate a viral video that showed pateints lying next to dead bodies at the city's Sion Hospital.




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Mumbai: BMC commissioner Praveen Pardeshi shunted out, Iqbal Chahal to take over

Pardeshi has been transferred as additional chief secretary in the urban development department.




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No Army deployment in Mumbai, may request additional force from Centre if needed: Uddhav Thackeray

Thackeray said the Mumbai Police is capable of handling the situation but additional forces may be sought from the Centre if needed so that the state police force gets some respite.




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Delhi govt clarifies lockdown guidelines: Here is the list of what's allowed, what's not

Here is the full list of what's allowed and what's prohibited in Delhi till May 17:




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Coronavirus in India LIVE: No new cases in Ghaziabad in last 24 hours, 56 active cases in district

Meanwhile, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday said that India's recovery rate from the COVID-19 disease is around 29.36%




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Ayodhya Ram Mandir put under Section 80G of IT Act; donations to temple trust exempted from income tax

Section 80G of the Income Tax Act deals with deductions on contributions made to certain relief funds of charitable organisations.




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Coronavirus Outbreak: COVID-19 tally in India crosses 59,000-mark; death toll nears 2,000

Meanwhile, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday said that India's recovery rate from the COVID-19 disease is around 29.36%




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Vizag Gas Leak: Ex-Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu writes to PM Modi, urges scientific probe

"The company claims that the gas leaked out was Styrene, however, there were conflicting reports of other toxic gases being present there, it needs to be investigated...," Naidu's letter to the Prime Minister states




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Aurangabad Rail Accident: NHRC issues notices to Maharashtra govt, DM; seeks detailed report within 4 weeks

The NHRC issued the notices after taking suo motu cognizance of media reports regarding the incident, which occurred between Badnapur and Karmad stations in the Nanded Division.




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'Injustice': Amit Shah says Mamata govt not letting migrants' trains reach West Bengal

Shah said that the Centre has facilitated more than two lakh migrants workers to reach home. However, the central government is not getting the Bengal government's support in helping migrant labourers reach home, the Home Minister said.




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Two terrorists with links to Hizb-ul-Mujahideen arrested from Punjab

Cash along with drugs was recovered from both the accused who were arrested from Gurudas.




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Maharashtra: No hike in school fees for the academic year 2020-21

The department has also asked the executive committee of the Parent Teachers Association to review and reduce fees if some resources remained unused during the lockdown.




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Two top drug smugglers with alleged Hizb-ul-Mujahideen links arrested from Sirsa

Punjab Police juggernaut moved to arrest Ranjeet Rana, one of the biggest drug smugglers of India from Sirsa




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39 health workers quarantined in Delhi hospital after two heart patients test positive for COVID-19

All the workers will be tested for the COVID-19 virus on Tuesday.




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Delhi govt teams up with Google Maps to list food, night shelters in capital

Kejriwal took to Twitter to make the announcement.




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Delhi High Court Registry refuses urgency in PIL seeking school fee waiver during lockdown

The PIL was submitted before the court on Thursday, but the Registry refused to list the matter saying that there's no urgency.




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Delhi containment zones increased to 68, govt directs DMs to use app for door-to-door survey

With 68 notified containment zones across the capital, the first phase of the app-based assessment is likely to be launched in South Delhi soon.




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'I am innocent, ready to face any investigation': AAP MLA booked on abetment charge after doctor's suicide

In a four-page suicide letter, the doctor held Prakash Jarwal and his associate Kapil Nagar responsible for his suicide, following which police registered a case against the Deoli MLA.




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Delhi's Central District gets mobile COVID-19 testing van

The Central district is severely affected with COVID-19 and it has seven containment zones.




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COVID-19 patient treated with plasma therapy at Delhi hospital shows improvement

In convalescent plasma therapy, antibodies from the blood of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 are used to treat severely infected patients.




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Plasma Therapy showing encouraging results in COVID-19 patients: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi is the second worst affected state/UT after Maharashta from the coronavirus.




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South Korean Embassy distributes food to over 4,000 people in Delhi

The activity was done in partnership with Annamrita Foundation, a non-profit organization.




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Delhi High Court appoints Claim Commissioner to recover damages during February riots

N Gaur, a former Delhi High Court judge, has been appointed the Claim Commissioner.




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Delhi police erects 'corona effigies' in hotspots, urges people to stay indoors

The effigies are being erected at the intersection of the streets, and they say, 'stay home'.




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15 BSF personnel in Delhi test positive for COVID-19

Delhi's total cases have crossed 4,000.