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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on sports events around the world

Major sports events around the world that are in the process of re-starting or have been rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic:




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Cricket-England's 'stir-crazy' Roy happy to play behind closed doors

England's Jason Roy is ready to play in empty stadiums if the post-coronavirus situation demands so, said the opener who got a taste of it in his last outing.




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Cricket-England must 'make do' with limited T20 chances ahead of World Cup: Morgan

England's players would have to "make do" with limited chances to prepare for the Twenty20 World Cup scheduled for later this year in Australia due to the COVID-19 pandemic, limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan said.




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Cricket-England's Morgan goes to bat for T10 format at Olympics

England's World Cup winning captain Eoin Morgan says cricket's 10-overs format would be ideal for a global multi-sport event such as the Olympics as the entire tournament could be squeezed into 10 days.




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Cricket-Restarting game should not compromise its quality, says England's Root

England test captain Joe Root is keen to play international cricket this summer but not by compromising on quality of the game or its intensity, the 29-year-old has said.




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Justin Bieber, Hailey Baldwin open their lives for candid new series

Justin Bieber and his wife Hailey Baldwin are opening up in an intimate series for Facebook Watch in which they discuss their marriage, their problems and their lives together.




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Disney tests reopening strategy at Shanghai Disneyland

Walt Disney Co. will kick off its strategy next week to begin restoring its lucrative parks business that has suffered $1 billion in lost profits from the coronavirus-led shutdown.




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Florian Schneider, Kraftwerk founder and electronic music pioneer, dies at 73

Florian Schneider, co-founder of pioneering German electronic band Kraftwerk, which influenced generations of pop and dance musicians with mesmerising tracks such as "Autobahn", has died of cancer aged 73, longtime bandmate Ralf Huetter said.




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Nigerian comics fight COVID-19 with gags and slapstick slaps

Nigerian comedian Maryam Apaokagi has a sure-fire way of getting people to listen to her coronavirus health advice - she delivers it with a hard slap in the face.




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Roy Horn of Las Vegas magic duo Siegfried and Roy dies of COVID-19: report

Magician Roy Horn, who alongside Siegfried Fischbacher starred in a popular, long-running Las Vegas act built around rare tigers, died on Friday from of complications of COVID-19, the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper reported. He was 75.




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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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Nigerian comics fight COVID-19 with gags and slapstick slaps

Nigerian comedian Maryam Apaokagi has a sure-fire way of getting people to listen to her coronavirus health advice - she delivers it with a hard slap in the face.




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Tea and singing: Britain honours World War Two anniversary

Britons stood in silence and Queen Elizabeth was to address the nation on Friday's 75th anniversary of "Victory in Europe" Day, though the coronavirus dampened commemorations for the end of World War Two on the continent.




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Roy Horn of Las Vegas magic duo Siegfried and Roy dies of COVID-19 - report

Magician Roy Horn, who alongside Siegfried Fischbacher starred in a popular, long-running Las Vegas act built around rare tigers, died on Friday from of complications of COVID-19, the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper reported. He was 75.




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As Beijing gyms reopen, users are masked up and ready to shed pounds

BEIJING - Grunts, groans and the sound of pulsing music and crashing weights have returned to some of Beijing's gyms after being closed for nearly three months due to the coronavirus outbreak.




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As Beijing gyms reopen, users are masked up and ready to shed pounds

BEIJING - Grunts, groans and the sound of pulsing music and crashing weights have returned to some of Beijing's gyms after being closed for nearly three months due to the coronavirus outbreak.




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Protesters demand closure of LG Polymers plant in Andhra Pradesh after toxic gas leak

Villagers placed the bodies of three victims of a deadly gas leak from an LG Polymers plant in Andhra Pradesh at the gates of the site on Saturday, and demanded the factory be shut down immediately and its top management arrested.




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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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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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#INDvAUS: Still the concerned captain? When MS Dhoni went and inspected the Ranchi pitch

The third test will be played at Ranchi. Dhoni had a brief chat with the curator too.




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Pune: Toddler kidnapped, raped and strangled to death

The victim's body was found few few meters away from her residence




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Overspeeding and potholes led to woman's death, says AMC

Vaibhavi Parmar had succumbed to injuries after she fell on the road, when the two-wheeler on which she was riding a pillion had hit a pothole near GMDC Overbridge




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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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Must have add-ons for your brand new car

When you opt for a comprehensive insurance cover, it does not provide full coverage to different degrees of damages.




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Yes Bank - The rise, the fall and the resurrection

Had it not been for the RBI, Yes Bank would have never reported a net loss of Rs 600 crore for the three months to September 2019.




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Understanding the Concept of Cryptocurrency

You might be familiar with the names Bitcoin and Ethereum, but do you really know that these names can be used as a mode of exchange in everyday life? The tempting idea of becoming rich overnight might have crossed your mind often. And cryptocurrency gives you freedom to get benefit from it.




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Harbhajan Singh compares battle between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings as an India-Pakistan match

Harbhajan Singh has played for two top Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises - Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK).




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Coronavirus pandemic: Leganes manager reveals date when La Liga will resume action

Earlier this week, DFB announced that the Bundesliga will be back in action on May 16, making it the first of Europe's top five leagues to resume action during this pandemic period.




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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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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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With silent looms, crisis loom for handloom weavers and allied-workers

The already ailing handloom sector has been badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown.




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Govt signs $500 million project with AIIB to deal with COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project is being financed by the World Bank and AIIB in the amount of $1.5 billion, of which $1.0 billion will be provided by World Bank and $500 million will be provided by AIIB.




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Neha Kakkar beats Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish and Selena Gomez to become second most watched female artist on YouTube

With 4.5 billion views, Neha Kakkar surpassed Selena Gomez, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj to become second most watch female artist on YouTube in 2019




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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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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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Coronavirus pandemic: COVID-19 cases in Russia up by record 10,000 in one day

Back in March, the Russian President had reassured his citizens that the world-wide pandemic situation was "under control" in Russia thanks to early intervention measures taken by his government.




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COVID-19 pandemic: Madagascar President introduces 'herbal cure' for coronavirus

The herbal remedy is derived from artemisia -- a plant with proven success in treating malaria -- and other indigenous herbs.




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COVID-19 pandemic: US keeps distance while world leaders pledge $8 billion to fight coronavirus

When asked why the United States were not participating, a senior U.S. administration official refused to give an answer to it.




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Hindu priest chants 'Shanti Mantra' at White House as Trump leads National Day of Prayer Service amid COVID-19 pandemic

Pandit Harish Brahmbhatt chanted 'Shanti Mantra' at the invitation of President Donald Trump.




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WATCH: Here's why this Delhi-man is showering petals on people standing outside a liquor shop

All this while, states were pushing for the opening of liquor shops as they face cash crunch due to the closure of all non-essential businesses for 40 days.




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Plea in Delhi High Court demanding closure of liquor shops in capital

The petition has been filed by the NGO Civil Safety Council of India.




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[ASAP] Two Closely Related Zn(II)-MOFs for Their Large Difference in CO<sub>2</sub> Uptake Capacities and Selective CO<sub>2</sub> Sorption

Inorganic Chemistry
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00551




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[ASAP] High-Temperature Thermal Cycling Effect on the Irreversible Responses of Lattice Structure, Magnetic Properties, and Electrical Conductivity in Co<sub>2.75</sub>Fe<sub>0.25</sub>O<sub>4+d</sub> Spinel Oxide

Inorganic Chemistry
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03755




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[ASAP] Assembling Homometallic Sb<sub>6</sub> and Heterometallic Ti<sub>4</sub>Sb<sub>2</sub> Oxo Clusters

Inorganic Chemistry
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03238




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[ASAP] U<sub>2</sub>O@C<sub>76</sub>: Non-Isolated-Pentagon-Rule Cages Prevail with the U<sub>2</sub>O Configuration Determined by Cage Shape and Dominated by Multicenter Bonds

Inorganic Chemistry
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00518




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[ASAP] Lanthanide 5,7-Disulfonate-1,4-naphthalenedicarboxylate Frameworks Constructed from Trinuclear and Tetranuclear Lanthanide Carboxylate Clusters: Proton Conduction and Selective Fluorescent Sensing of Fe<sup>3+</sup>

Inorganic Chemistry
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00680




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[ASAP] Photoionization Dynamics of the Tetraoxo Complexes OsO<sub>4</sub> and RuO<sub>4</sub>

Inorganic Chemistry
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00683




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[ASAP] Fabrication of Hierarchical Co<sub>9</sub>S<sub>8</sub>@ZnAgInS Heterostructured Cages for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation and Pollutants Degradation

Inorganic Chemistry
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00514