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Police clash with crowds in Ahmedabad after stricter lockdown

Some residents frustrated over a strict coronavirus lockdown in Ahmedabad, the largest city in Gujarat, hurled stones and were met with teargas in clashes with paramilitary forces on Friday.




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Amid ruins of a Syrian town, Ramadan meal reunites a community

Amid mounds of rubble and the ruins of buildings destroyed during nearly a decade of war, a Ramadan iftar meal has reunited a community in northwestern Syria.




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Kuwait imposes 20-day 'total curfew' from May 10 to curb coronavirus

Kuwait will enact a "total curfew" from 4pm (1300 GMT) on Sunday through to May 30 to help to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, its cabinet said in a statement on Friday.




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FDA commissioner in self-quarantine after exposure to person with COVID-19

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn is in self-quarantine for a couple of weeks after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, an FDA spokesman told Reuters late on Friday.




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Russia records more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases in past day

Russian authorities said on Saturday they had recorded 10,817 new cases of the coronavirus in the last day, pushing the nationwide tally to 198,676.




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Tokyo reports 36 new cases of coronavirus infection on Saturday: TV Asahi

Tokyo reported 36 new cases of coronavirus infections on Saturday, TV Asahi said, three less than a day earlier and the seventh consecutive day that new infections have remained below 100.




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Indonesia reports 533 new COVID-19 cases, biggest in a day

Indonesia reported on Saturday 533 new coronavirus infections, the biggest daily increase, taking the total number to 13,645, health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said.




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Half of Spaniards will see lockdown eased from Monday as death toll falls

Spain's daily death toll from the coronavirus fell to its second lowest since mid-March on Saturday, as half the country prepared to move to the next phase of an exit from one of Europe's strictest lockdowns.




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On this day: Born May 10, 1995: Missy Franklin, American swimmer

A "star in the making" were the prophetic words of an announcer who had just witnessed 16-year-old Missy Franklin slice up the competition at swimming's 2011 world championships.




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Golf-Daly sorry as vodka and Coke COVID-19 cure joke falls flat

John Daly, known as "Wild Thing" during his heyday on the PGA Tour, has said he was only trying to get some laughs when he jokingly said this month that a bottle of vodka and some Diet Coke is the cure for COVID-19.




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UPDATE 1-Golf-LPGA targets mid-July start for 2020 season

The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is hoping to get the 2020 season under way with the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational from July 15-18, the start of what will be a busy second half of the year.




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Sport-On this day: Born May 4, 1989: Rory McIlroy, Northern Irish golfer

The North of Ireland Amateur Open in 2005 was not an event expected to produce much glamour, but a 16-year-old Rory McIlroy was dressed to impress.




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Golf-PGA Championship venue Harding Park reopening on Monday

The Harding Park golf course which is scheduled to host the PGA Championship in August will reopen on Monday.




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Sport-On this day... May 6

SOCCER - Inter Milan striker Ronaldo rounds Lazio goalkeeper Luca Marchegiani before slotting home into an open net to seal a 3-0 win in the UEFA Cup final.




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Sports-On this day... May 5

MOTOR RACING - Briton Damon Hill of Williams salutes the crowd as he passes the chequered flag at the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola. Ferrari's Michael Schumacher was second and Gerhard Berger in a Benetton finished third.




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Sports-On this day... May 8

SOCCER - Manchester United great George Best poses with a life-size version of a Royal Mail stamp featuring former United midfielder Duncan Edwards.




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Opera star sings Britain's VE Day hits from an empty Albert Hall

Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins will stream a concert from an empty Royal Albert Hall on Friday evening, as locked-down Britain marks the 75th anniversary of "Victory in Europe" Day.




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Michael Jordan's first Air Jordans up for auction at Sotheby's

An autographed and well-worn pair of basketball legend Michael Jordan's Nike shoes hits the auction block at Sotheby's on Friday, in a celebrity-infused test of the market for sneakers as highly-prized collectibles.




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Displaced Somalis share Ramadan meal under shadow of COVID-19

In makeshift metal homes in a camp in Mogadishu, women wrapped in brightly patterned scarves are making savoury pastries and mixing flour for flatbreads.




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Madagascar coronavirus herbal mix draws demand from across Africa despite WHO misgivings

Madagascar is putting its self-proclaimed, plant-based "cure" for COVID-19 on sale and several countries in Africa have already put in orders for purchase, despite warnings from the World Health Organisation that its efficacy is unproven.




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Opera star sings Britain's VE Day hits from an empty Albert Hall

Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins will stream a concert from an empty Royal Albert Hall on Friday evening, as locked-down Britain marks the 75th anniversary of "Victory in Europe" Day.




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Robots to the rescue! Arizona students in lockdown will still get their graduation day

Juili Kale's dreams to receive her master's degree diploma in a ceremony cheered on by her family were dashed by the coronavirus - until robots came to the rescue.




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Amid ruins of a Syrian town, Ramadan meal reunites a community

Amid mounds of rubble and the ruins of buildings destroyed during nearly a decade of war, a Ramadan iftar meal has reunited a community in northwestern Syria.




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'Never give up, never despair': Queen praises Britons on VE Day

Britain's Queen Elizabeth honoured those who died in World War Two on Friday, the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, and used the occasion to say she was proud of how people had responded to the coronavirus pandemic.




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Russia records more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases in past day

Russian authorities said on Saturday they had recorded 10,817 new cases of the coronavirus in the last day, pushing the nationwide tally to 198,676.




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Tokyo reports 36 new cases of coronavirus infection on Saturday - TV Asahi

Tokyo reported 36 new cases of coronavirus infections on Saturday, TV Asahi said, three less than a day earlier and the seventh consecutive day that new infections have remained below 100.




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Indonesia reports 533 new COVID-19 cases, biggest in a day

Indonesia reported on Saturday 533 new coronavirus infections, the biggest daily increase, taking the total number to 13,645, health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said.




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Britain to quarantine travellers for 14 days, UK airlines association says

The British government has told airlines it will introduce a 14-day quarantine period for most people arriving from abroad to try to avoid a second peak of the coronavirus pandemic, an association representing the airlines said on Saturday.




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Kenya and Uganda hit by power blackout, electricity back in most of Kenya

Kenya and Uganda were hit by power blackouts on Saturday, and Kenya Power said the outage on its grid was caused by a fault on a high voltage line but that it had restored supply to most parts of the country.




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Half of Spaniards will see lockdown eased from Monday as death toll falls

Spain's daily death toll from the coronavirus fell to its second lowest since mid-March on Saturday, as half the country prepared to move to the next phase of an exit from one of Europe's strictest lockdowns.




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Shunning virus lockdown, defiant Belarus stages Victory Day parade

Thousands of soldiers marched in Belarus on Saturday to celebrate the Soviet victory in World War Two, as President Alexander Lukashenko rejected calls for lockdown measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic.




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Russia's Putin urges unity as he presides over slimmed down Victory Day

President Vladimir Putin told Russians on Saturday they are invincible when they stand together as he presided over celebrations of victory in World War Two that were slimmed down because of the coronavirus outbreak.




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Pune residents oppose grant of Maharashtra Bhushan award to writer-poet Purandare, file PIL

It is alleged that the book written by him is more of fiction than giving a true picture of the great Maratha warrior-king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.




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Pune marks 2nd death anniversary of anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar

Dabholkar, one of the torch bearers of the rationalist movement in Maharashtra, was shot dead from a close range in broad daylight by unknown gunmen who are believed to have followed him when he was taking his customary morning walk.




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Get set to push yourself at Fort Marathon in Sinhagad this Sunday

Sagarmatha Giryarohan Sanstha, a Pune-based non-profit body that promotes adventure sports and trekking, has organised the third edition of Fort Marathon.




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After outrage, Pune University scraps 'vegetarians only' gold medal

The Vice-Chancellor says the Savitri Phule Pune University administration is also reviewing conditions given for the eligibility of 40 other awards.




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Ahmedabad: Much needed respite for residents as IMD predicts sunny week ahead

Rains in evening resulted in water-logging in Navratri grounds, disappointing garba enthusiasts




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Gujarat Congress ousts man for letter against chief Amit Chavda

Jayesh Godiya was removed after he raised questions about state chief Amit Chavda's leadership in group




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Ahmedabad: 14 medical students from BJ College fall prey to dengue

Sources in the know said that in the last one month around 30 to 40 students have been diagnosed with the diseases.




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Ahmedabad: Jewellers pray for Midas touch to lift festive season

Local jewellers are desperately hoping that the festive season revives business and sales pick up However, a section of the industry believes that the government need to take corrective steps urgently to ensure revival.




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Ahmedabad: Dussehra fails to beat evil of slowdown

As footfall doesn't raise profit, sweet shops say fafda, jalebi sales dull, situation unlikely to improve till Diwali




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Ahmedabad: Live-in couple found dead, police suspect suicide

Their body was recovered in a decomposed state on Monday late night




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Car sales rise on Dussehra in Ahmedabad, decline during Navratri

People pre-book vehicles during Navratri, while some take deliveries on Navratri, most prefer Dussehra.




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Ahmedabad: Man cheated of Rs 60,000 in pizza refund fraud

According to a complaint filed with the Vastrapur police station, Rushay Shah, 27, a resident of Drive-in had on October 4, 2019, ordered two pizzas from the food delivery app.




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Ahmedabad: Booze bottles prompt BJ Medical College to lock terrace doors

Sources in the hospital had accused the students of using the alcohol bottles and dumping the same on the terrace




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Wearing face masks now mandatory in Ahmedabad, Rs 5,000 fine or 3-year jail term for offenders

The order has been issued under the Epidemic Diseases Act and is aimed at containing the spread of coronavirus.




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Gujarat Day 2020: History, significance & more

It was on this day in 1960 that the erstwhile state of Bombay was divided on linguistic basis and two states namely Gujarat and Maharashtra came into existence.




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JP Nadda - the original Jedi

J.P.Nadda is not a fifth-generation dynast like Rahul Gandhi, the Congress scion, whose political getaways to Europe have made more headlines than his political exploits at home.




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Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors vs Suwon Bluewings, Dream11 Prediction: Best picks for VIT vs SLA today in K League 1

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Slutsk vs Energetik-BGU, Dream11 Prediction: Best picks for SLU vs ENG today in Belarus Premier League 2020

SLU vs ENG Dream11 Team - Check My Dream11 Team, Best players list of today's match, Slutsk vs Energetik-BGU Dream11 Team Player List, SLU Dream11 Team Player List, ENG Dream11 Team Player List, Dream11 Guru Tips, Online, Slutsk vs Energetik-BGU Head to Head.