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State enhances procurement price for seven minor forest produce

Tribals however are not keen on selling mahua collection to GCC as they are getting a higher price in open market




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Only final semester university exams to be held, says minister

Second, third year undergraduate and PG students to be promoted to next class




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U.S. tightens visa rules for Chinese journalists amid coronavirus tensions

The United States and China have been engaged in a series of retaliatory actions involving journalists in recent months.




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Avoid humiliating lockdown violators: HC

Court tells Nagpur Police Commissioner to sensitise police force




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COVID-19 deaths in Italy exceed 30,000

The country now has 217,185 confirmed coronavirus infections.




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Kim sends Putin letter in outreach amid outbreak

The report by Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency on Saturday came a day after it reported Mr. Kim sent a personal message to Chinese President Xi Jinping to praise what he described as China’s success in getting its COVID-19 epidemic under control.




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Coronavirus India lockdown Day 46 live updates | Testing capacity for COVID-19 scaled up to 95,000 per day: Harsh Vardhan

India's recovery rate currently stands at 29.36%, according to the Union Health Ministry.




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China continues to hide, obfuscate COVID-19 data from world: Pompeo

By Friday, more than 78,000 Americans had died and 13 lakh tested positive for the coronavirus. Globally, more than 274,000 people have died and 39 lakh have tested positive for the disease, according to Johns Hopkins University data.




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4 Maoists, one police official killed in Chhattisgarh encounter

Joint operation by Indo Tibetan Border Police and State police




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Pfizer to outsource some drug production, focus on coronavirus vaccine

If successful, Pfizer said it hopes to receive emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as early as October




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Toddler dies after accidentally drinking chemical in Belagavi village

A one-and-a-half-year old baby died after it accidentally consumed a paint thinner in Balekundri–Bujurg village in Belagavi district on Saturday. The




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365 Kashmiri students to return home from Bhopal in 18 buses

The students are currently accommodated in a private school in Bhopal.




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Only those with severe COVID-19 illness need to be tested before discharge: Health Ministry

As per latest guideline, other categories of patients need not be tested before discharge




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Commercial Street, adjoining roads shut down by BBMP, police

Shop owners and businesses in the area failed to follow social distancing norms, despite repeated reminders and warning by the BBMP and Police.




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Two instances of assault on police personnel reported in Mumbai

An architecture graduate has been arrested




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SBI complains to CBI after ₹411 crore loan defaulters flee country

The CBI had recently booked Ram Dev International and its directors Naresh Kumar, Suresh Kumar and Sangita




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New schedule of rates by Public Works Department increases wages of labourers

The revised schedule of rates has provided a nearly 15%-18% increase in the wages for about 300 types of labourers who work in various government projects




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Special cargo flight lifts 11 tonnes of vegetables, flowers from Tiruchi to Singapore

The flight, operated by SpiceJet, is the first exclusive freighter service from Tiruchi since the COVID-19 lockdown began




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For this lawyer, religion is no deterrent to observing roza

Samyuktha Patil has been observing roza for eight years




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Hyundai rolls out 200 cars on day one of resuming production in Sriperumbudur

The company resumed production operations on May 8, ensuring 100% physical distancing in accordance with standard operating procedure, a release said




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Case against me for anti-liquor demonstration is vindictive, says Alagiri

The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president, in a statement, said the case was a vindictive act against Opposition parties by the police




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Egypt’s president expands powers, citing virus outbreak

An international rights group condemned the amendments, saying the government has used the global pandemic to expand, not reform, Egypt’s abusive Emergency Law.




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Lockdown | Migrant workers clash with police in Surat

They were demanding the district administration to arrange for their travel back to their hometowns in U.P., Bihar, Odisha




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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister urges Prime Minister Modi to place amendments to Electricity Act in abeyance

In a letter to the Prime Minister, Edappadi K. Palaniswami reiterated that Tamil Nadu was committed to providing free electricity supply to farmers, and said the Bill could affect this policy




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Riding out the lockdown

As they cannot hop on to their bikes now, three intrepid bikers instead mull over what they miss the most about not being on the road and where they plan to go once lockdown is lifted




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Over 350 Indians return to Chennai from Dubai on two flights

A 29-year-old woman with the mortal remains of her husband was one of the passengers




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Provide financial assistance to priests, barbers, says Vasan

Tamil Maanila Congress president G.K. Vasan on Saturday urged the State government to provide financial assistance to temple priests and caterers amon




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Private lab in Kolkata sealed for illegal COVID-19 tests

Government urges people to go only to approved centres.




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One more person tests COVID-19 positive in Puducherry

This takes the total number of active cases in the Union Territory to three




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Over 70 migrants jump quarantine centre in Bihar

They complain of poor facilities and lack of food




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COVID-19: Public art in Hyderabad to spread awareness

Md. Abdul Basith, with a team of 15 artists, spreads awareness on the lockdown through public art at various junctions in the city




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COVID-19 | Three more deaths, 43 fresh cases reported in AP

The State reported three more COVID-19 deaths and 43 fresh cases during the past 24 hours during which 8,388 samples were tested. The tally has reache




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Putin marks Victory Day in virus-reduced ceremony

This year’s observance had been expected to be especially large because it is the 75th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.




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‘Bois Locker room’ incident: Plea in Delhi High Court for SIT/CBI probe

“The entire issue needs to be investigated by the SIT or CBI as these students belong to high profile families and there is an apprehension that the investigation or enquiry conducted by the local police will be influenced and wrongdoers will never be arrested and punished,” the plea alleged




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No entry for unregistered Keralites arriving at Talapady checkpost from today

The Kasaragod district administration has closed down the additional help desk opened to register Keralites, who reached Talapady check post at the




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Providing adequate ration to Rohingya refugees during COVID-19 lockdown: AAP govt to HC

The Bench was hearing a plea seeking immediate relief for the Rohingya families at settlements in Khajuri Khas in north east Delhi and Shram Vihar and Madanpur Khadar in south Delhi




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Visakhapatnam gas leak | Villagers stage protest in front of LG Polymers

Over 100 villagers carrying four dead bodies protested demanding the shifting of the company




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Delhi violence: CPI (M) leaders move HC for early hearing in plea to make public list of arrests

The main petition, which has sought that a list of those arrested be put up outside police control room and police stations in the district, should be updated on a case-by-case basis. It is listed for hearing on June 16




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Plea seeks early hearing of Akhil Gogoi case

Eminent citizens file petition in Gauhati HC




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Sugarcane farmers in Rajapalayam, Srivilliputtur area a worried lot

Non-availability of workers owing to the lockdown is causing delay in cutting the canes




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Adityanath reviews COVID-19 situation in Uttar Pradesh

The Chief Minister said an elaborate work plan should be formulated to make employment available to migrant labourers, and women self-help groups should be trained on a large scale




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Delhi HC declines to entertain plea to link metro card with address proof

The Bench disposed of the plea as no representation about the issue had been made to the DMRC before moving the court




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Coronavirus | ‘Confusion’ within central government in fight against COVID-19, says Congress

Maken also came down heavily on the Arvind Kejriwal-led government and asked it to be more transparent in reporting cases of the novel coronavirus.




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First-ever record of Indian gray wolf in Chamarajanagar district

Presence documented by Sanjay Gubbi of Nature Conservation Foundation and his team




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Coronavirus lockdown | Bengal arranging special trains to bring back 30,000 stranded people: Official

‘The stranded people are mostly migrant workers, patients and their attendants, students, pilgrims and tourists from West Bengal’




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Helpline opened for gas leak victims

A helpline number has been opened by the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), on the directions of the State Legal Services Authority, to provide




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Coronavirus | Police manual sets out guidelines to detect “fake news”

Asks officers to fact-check and refer to reliable sites to verify news reports




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Murder of two labourers triggers tension in Thoothukudi

Dispute over repayment of loan had led to the crime, say police




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U.K. plans 14-day compulsory quarantine for all airport arrivals

The new restriction, which means travellers including Britons arriving in the UK would have to self-isolate at a private residence or be fined up to £1,000 or be deported for flouting the rules, is expected to take effect at the end of this month




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S.M. Street traders booked for violating lockdown norms

The Town police on Saturday booked Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samiti (KVVES) leader T. Nazirudheen and four other traders who tried to open shop