First special train to ferry migrants stranded in Covid-19 lockdown begins jour...

Covid-19 lockdown: The Centre has been under pressure from states for deploying special trains to rescue stranded migrants and students.

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Election Commission decides to hold polls to Maharashtra Legislative Council before...

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Centre releases revised list of Covid-19 red zones, Jharkhand has only 1

According to Centre’s guidelines, districts with high load of coronavirus cases or which have a high growth rate of the disease are classified under red zones.

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I'd take him both as captain & batsman: Ian Chappell chooses between Virat Kohli...

Known for calling spade a spade, Ian Chappell stayed true to his nature and had no hesitation in choosing between Virat Kohli and Steve Smith.

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I ended up shouting at Laxman: When Sachin Tendulkar lost his cool and was scolded...

22 years since that fateful day in Sharjah, Sachin narrated how his screams at teammate VVS Laxman during the chase did not go down well with his brother.

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India's 65% of Covid deaths are men; Olympians go for fields of gold: Top 5 from...

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Doordarshan to extend e-learning to 5 more standards from May 4

With technical support from UNICEF, Bihar, the BEPC has already been running virtual classroom teaching on the local DD channel for classes nine and 10 since April 20, days after the country went under lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus infection on March 24.

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India records 1,993 Covid-19 cases, 73 deaths in last 24 hours

There are 25,007 active cases, 8888 people who have been cured or discharged and 1147 patients of the respiratory disease who have died across the country, the health ministry’s Covid-19 dashboard showed at 8am.

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ICANN board has voted to reject the sale of the .org registry to private equity firm Ethos Capital (ICANN)

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Emissions set for a record fall due to Covid-19 this year. But it's not a good ...

Daily data for this year till mid-April shows that countries in full Covid-19 lockdown are experiencing an average 25 per cent decline in energy demand per week.

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Reddit has disabled its chat room feature, Start Chatting, a day after launch due to "several errors" in rollout and moderators' concerns over lack of control (Monica Chin/The Verge)

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IDC: Global smartphone shipments dropped 11.7% YoY to 276M during Q1 2020, the largest YoY decline ever (Aimee Chanthadavong/ZDNet)

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On Kim Jong Un's health, whereabouts, UN chief says 'we have no information'

There have been unconfirmed reports that Kim is not in good health. The rumours began after he missed the April 15 commemoration of the 108th birthday of his grandfather, North Korea founder Kim II Sung.

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Are ‘anti-virus’ cars in China just a gimmick? Car brands are looking to tap into the country’s heightened health concerns to help kick-start flagging sales. May 01, 2020 at 06:58AM

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Horoscope Today: Astrological prediction for May 1, what's in store for Leo, Virgo,...

Horoscope Today: Are the stars lined up in your favour? Find out the astrological prediction for Pisces, Capricorn, Aries, Leo and other zodiac signs for May 1.

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Amazon tells its Seattle and Bellevue employees already working from home since early March that they "are welcome to do so until at least October 2" (Benjamin Romano/The Seattle Times)

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The UN's social distancing app, 1point5, is largely ineffective at monitoring distance between people, indiscriminately picking up any Bluetooth signals (Joseph Cox/VICE)

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'China never gave US anything, doesn't want to see me elected', says Donald Tru...

“We are getting billions and billions of dollars, many billions of dollars a month from China,” Trump said, referring to the massive tariffs he has imposed on the import of Chinese products into the US.

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65% of Covid deaths in India are men, shows govt's data

Of the 1,074 Covid-19 deaths reported from across the country till April 30 afternoon, 65% are men, which is in line with the evidence so far that Covid-19 kills more men than women.

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Walmart is piloting a 2-hour "Express" grocery delivery service for an extra $10 fee; plans to expand to 1K stores in May, using its 74K+ "personal shoppers" (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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Pandemic conspiracy theories are being spread using Wayback Machine links of content already discredited by fact-checkers and even deleted (Bobbie Johnson/MIT Technology Review)

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After over 26,700 deaths, PM Boris says UK is past peak

Five mega hospitals were quickly set up with help from the military, but after admissions slowed, the NHS was left with considerable capacity. Figures released on Friday said the number cases across settings in the UK were 171,253.

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TikTok hits 2 billion downloads, India tops the chart again China is the second leading country for installs, accumulating 196.6 million to date, or 9.7 per cent of all downloads, for its version of the app, known as Douyin, reported mobile intelligence firm Sensor Tower.

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'Powerhouse of talent': PM Modi mourns death of Rishi Kapoor

Rishi Kapoor made his film debut with Bobby opposite Dimple Kapadia in 1973 and was also seen as a child actor in films such as Shree 420 and ‘Mera Naam Joker’.

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'He locked himself in physio's room': Laxman recalls Sachin Tendulkar's battle with...

Sachin’s former teammate and cricket commentator VVS Laxman revealed what was the effect of that dismissal on Tendulkar on Star Sports’ show Cricket Connected.

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'Entertained several generations': Politicians, leaders condole Rishi Kapoor's ...

Scores of politicians and diplomats took to Twitter and expressed their grief on the passing away of the great actor.

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US blacklists five Amazon foreign websites The US government places some of the online shopping giant’s websites on its “notorious markets” list. April 30, 2020 at 10:01AM

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Rishi Kapoor dies at 67, brother Randhir Kapoor confirms

Actor Rishi Kapoor has died at the age of 67. His brother Randhir Kapoor has confirmed the news to Hindustan Times.

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Dozens of tracking apps for smartphones are being used or developed to help contain the pandemic, despite concerns about security, privacy, and effectiveness (New York Times)

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Researcher: major sites like Wish and Mailchimp were leaking email addresses to ads and analytics companies including Facebook and Twitter via URL query strings (Zach Edwards)

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Over 1,700 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours take India's tally to 33,050

Maharashtra has the highest number of cases, and is inching towards the 10,000-mark.

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Antiviral drug remdesivir could hold promise in fight against Covid-19: Study

“The data shows that remdesivir has a clear-cut, significant, positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery,” Anthony Fauci, the top US epidemiologist who oversaw the study, told reporters at the White House

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Covid-19: India begins testing possible cure on patients at PGI Chandigarh

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'Happened due to a misunderstanding': Kamran Akmal on Asia Cup clash with Gambh...

Akmal famously clashed with former India opener Gautam Gambhir in the 2010 Asia Cup in Sri Lanka and again with paceman Ishant Sharma in T20 international in Bengaluru in 2012-13.

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Google introduces new rules for the Chrome Web Store to cut down on spammy extensions, says developers must comply by August 27 or extensions will be delisted (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)

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Tremendous gain in Covid-19 situation, considerable relaxations after May 3, hints...

In the same series of tweets, the Union Home Ministry spokesperson also said that there was a need to maintain a strict lockdown till May 3 so that the gains are not squandered away.

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Knowledge about North Korea's Kim is limited, but crucial

Kim’s intentions, and the as-yet-unknown state of his health, play an outsized role in the workings of Northeast Asia.

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Booking Holdings' Priceline, OpenTable, and Kayak, along with Blix and others, form the lobbying group App Coalition, touting independence from Apple and Google (Bloomberg)

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Reddit launches Start Chatting, a new tool that lets users start a chat room with up to seven randomly selected users within a subreddit (Karissa Bell/Engadget)

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Coronavirus: Serena Williams among stars to compete in Mario Tennis tournament Naomi Osaka and the Williams sisters will play and be live-streamed on Facebook's gaming platform. April 30, 2020 at 06:34AM

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Strong link between coronavirus count, bad air: Study

The analysis is limited to Italy and does not mention how air pollution and testing positive for Covid-19 are linked. Air pollution in Indian cities is among the worst in the world.

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Areas not affected by Covid-19 mostly in rural areas: Data

The government on April 15 classified 170 districts as Covid-19 hotspots -- those which have reported large outbreaks or multiple clusters of cases -- and 207 other districts as non-hotspot areas, those where only limited clusters of cases were reported.

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Covid-19 doubling rate in Mumbai rises to 10 days; mortality rate dips to 3.9%

The city’s Covid-19 fatality rate too has decreased to 3.9% on April 26 from the earlier 6.3% recorded on April 11. This means that there are now four deaths recorded for every 100 cases, as opposed to the earlier six deaths for the same number of cases.

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Govt predicts 3% agri growth in FY 2020-21

Despite these robust projections, the ongoing lockdown, set to run until May 3, has pressured farmers. The announcement of a nationwide curfew caught farmers by surprise on March 24.

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Zuckerberg: 3B+ MAUs across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp, with FB and IG Live video views up 2x and group video call time up 10x in recent weeks (Lucas Matney/TechCrunch)

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Covid-19 update: Amid coronavirus pandemic, Kejriwal shares 'happy' news

Delhi chief minister said that the work of media is very important, especially “during a pandemic”.

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Roc Nation files copyright claim over deepfake YouTube videos which use AI to impersonate Jay-Z's voice, raising new copyright and fair use questions (Andy Baio/Waxy.org)

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Covid-19 may keep coming back every year, Moody's growth estimate | Top 5 from ...

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Coronavirus update: These districts in UP could be the first to get lockdown re...

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed for an action plan to be prepared for the relaxation activities in the ‘green zone’

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Microsoft is pushing privacy bills, modeled on the Washington Privacy Act it failed to get passed twice, in Arizona, Hawaii, Illinois, and Minnesota (Issie Lapowsky/Protocol)

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Google is shutting down Shoelace, a hyper-local social networking app it had launched in New York City in July 2019 (Ryan Kovatch/9to5Google)

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India's Covid-19 death toll crosses 1000-mark, 31,332 cases so far

The country saw 1897 new cases of Covid-19 and 73 deaths in the last 24 hours as 827 people were also cured or discharged in the same period, the health ministry’s dashboard showed at 8am.

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'Warne hated it': Brett Lee recalls how Sachin Tendulkar 'toyed' with Shane War...

Sachin got the better of Warne in most of their encounters and former Aussie fast bowler Brett Lee revealed how Warne reacted to the setbacks.

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184 nations 'going through hell' as Covid-19 wasn't stopped at source: Trump

Leaders of the US, the UK and Germany believe that the deaths and the destruction of the global economy could have been avoided, had China shared the information about the virus in its early phases.

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WhatsApp group calls now support up to 8 people: How to use it

WhatsApp’s latest update brings support for up to eight people on group video and voice calls. Here’s how you can use the new feature.

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Govt leverages MGNREGS to strengthen rural infrastructure

Just two types of activities—construction (on individual land) and sanitation works—are earmarked for 69% of the total work under MGNREGS for this financial year, government data has shown.

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Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 is acquiring DivvyCloud, a cloud security and governance startup, for $145M in cash and stock (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)

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Delhi among 15 areas that make up 60% Covid-19 cases

Delhi, which has 11 districts, accounts for 12.62% of all cases in the country as of Monday. Mumbai and Indore feature among the list of the 14 other districts.

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How a handful of employees at Apple quickly pushed forward the development of a contract tracing API and collaboration with Google in less than a month (Christina Farr/CNBC)

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UP begins task for return of 1 million stranded migrants

The lockdown is scheduled to end on May 3, but there is no clarity on whether the exit will be total and if rail services will run soon after.

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Samsung reports Q1 earnings with total revenue ~$45.4B, up 5.6% YoY, and operating profit of ~$5.2B, up 3% YoY, as chip demand was solid amid COVID-19 crisis (Hyunjoo Jin/Reuters)

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Domestic makers of rapid kits in a fix as ICMR halts their use

ICMR asked states to return rapid testing kits sourced from China after its field assessment found them to be showing too much variation in results.

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US first country with over 1 million Covid-19 cases, death toll nears 59,000

The US on Tuesday became the first country in the world to have more than one million cases of coronavirus. It accounts for nearly one-third of the 3.1 million cases globally.

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11 cases linked to Azadpur market, test results of 100 awaited

Test results of more than 100 individuals—traders and employees—who have been traced as contacts of the confirmed cases or those who have been shortlisted after a screening programme this weekend are still awaited, office bearers of the agriculture produce market committee (APMC) said.

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Internet speeds fall to lowest in 2 years

The nationwide lockdown began in the last week of March while some states ordered closure of schools and a ban on public gatherings even before that, which led to people staying home

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Covid 19 update: Govt testing strategy focuses on speed

The strategy is the subject of a paper, ‘Strategic Planning To Augment The Testing Capacity For Covid-19 in India’, published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research and authored by scientists at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the country’s apex biomedical research body.

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Ford says it is delaying the commercial launch of its self-driving vehicle services being developed with Argo AI to 2022, to reassess its strategy amid COVID-19 (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)

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Google Cloud revenue increased 52% to $2.78B in Q1, driven by "significant growth" in Google Cloud Platform and "ongoing strong growth" in G Suite (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

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Pentagon releases 3 'UFO' videos officially. Here's why

Two of the videos, published by the New York Times in 2017, show fast-moving oblong objects racing through the sky and a pilot, in one video yelling, “Look at that thing, dude. It’s rotating!”

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'Can opt to stay home': Mumbai cops over 55-yrs-old told after 3 die of Covid-19

Commissioner Param Bir Singh’s directive seeks to protect 45,000-strong Mumbai Police from the raging Covid-19 outbreak.

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South Korea's ministers say they know North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's location

Speculation about the 36-year-old North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s health accelerated after the Seoul-based news site Daily NK reported April 20 that he was recovering from surgery, citing an unidentified person inside the country.

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Foreign minister S Jaishankar to attend BRICS meet on Covid-19

The BRICS meeting to discuss the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak will be held by the rotating chair Russia and it will be convened via video conference.

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Here's list of 16 districts in India with no new Covid-19 case in last 28 days

The number of Covid-19 cases in the country mounted to 29,435 on Tuesday morning, with 1543 new infections and 62 deaths in the 24 hours, the Union health ministry said.

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'Officially makes it to the list of idiots': Ramiz Raja on Umar Akmal, calls for...

Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja welcomed the move and said cricketers who have been part of corruption should be punished in the same way.

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Coronavirus update: With 1,543 new Covid-19 cases, India breaches 29,000 mark

The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients in the country was a little more than 23% as 6,868 people have been cured or discharged from hospitals. The Union health ministry had said on Monday that the recovery rate was 22.17%.

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Jakarta-based Qoala, an online insurance marketplace for travel and gadgets, raises $13.5M Series A, as it works on expanding into health and P2P categories (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

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Don't quite trust this guy: AB de Villiers narrates story of first meeting with...

Kohli and de Villiers gave an account of their friendship in an Instagram live session recently. But the situation was not the same always.

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WhatsApp's latest update for iPhones brings support for 8 people on group calls

WhatsApp’s much awaited group calling extension is finally available for iPhone users. The update is expected to hit Android phones soon.

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In a letter to Amazon, NY AG office says that Amazon may have violated US health standards for "inadequate" warehouse safety measures, broke whistleblower laws (Alina Selyukh/NPR)

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DJI unveils Mavic Air 2 with upgraded camera sensor that can take 48MP photos and shoot 4K at 60 fps, claims 34 minutes of flying time, shipping May 11 at $799 (Vjeran Pavic/The Verge)

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'Guests too have some dignity': Man stuck in bride's village due to Covid-19 lockdown...

The bride’s family are leaving no stone unturned to make the stranded guests feel comfortable in their house.

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China 'concerned' as India decides to stop use of Chinese Covid-19 test kits

China's statement came hours after the ICMR, which plays a key role in advising authorities engaged in the fight against Covid-19, said state governments should stop using the rapid antibody testing kits from Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech and Zhuhai Livzon Diagnostics

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Need a comprehensive law on epidemics in post Covid-19 situation | Opinion

The lockdown, however, does not come without a fair share of problems of its own, the most pertinent is centered around the protection of basic civil rights in this lockdown.

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Coronavirus: DJI Mavic Air 2 jettisons drone safety feature in Europe Mavic Air 2 lacks promised facility to spot nearby aircraft in models sold outside North America. April 28, 2020 at 07:18AM

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TikTok launches Donation Stickers that creators can embed in videos, livestreams to raise funds for charities, says it will match COVID-19 donations till May 27 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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Banks wary of lending to debt funds despite aid

Ashwani Bhatia, managing director of SBI Mutual Fund saud that debt markets are currently facing a lack of risk appetite in the market and not a liquidity concern.

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Covid-19: What you need to know today

By Sunday night, the number of tests carried out in India was 665,819.

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In touch with those from state stranded elsewhere: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

The Bihar chief minister said that the state has sufficient isolation and quarantine facilities.

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States gear up to bring back stranded migrants amid lockdown 2.0

Hours after the meeting with the Prime Minister, Odisha health minister Naba Das said the state will come out with guidelines to bring back stranded workers by the end of April.

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AIIMS begins plasma therapy, 200 Tablighi members begin donation

Convalescent plasma therapy uses a blood component called plasma—which contains virus-fighting antibodies—from people who have recovered from the infection to treat those who are severely ill with Covid-19.

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An in-depth analysis of how iPhone SE leverages machine learning software to generate a portrait effect using a single 2D image (Ben Sandofsky/Halide)

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Australia launches a contact-tracing app that records digital handshakes between smartphones via Bluetooth, sees 1.1M signups within a few hours (Bloomberg)

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Reliance and Facebook pilot JioMart e-commerce orders via WhatsApp in three cities In Maharashtra, India, partnering with 1,200 grocery stores (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

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Coronavirus: Online resources for home-learning Kate Russell looks at some education related websites that could be useful during lockdown. April 27, 2020 at 11:55AM

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Coronavirus: Minecraft virtual nightclub raises money for NHS With the nation urged to stay at home, a night out in a virtual club proves a big draw for three friends. April 26, 2020 at 05:43AM

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Amazon, Flipkart request government to allow sale of non-essential items

The e-commerce companies have promised to deliver them safely, ensuring social distancing

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PM Modi's meeting with CMs: Except two states, all others want Covid-19 lockdown...

Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy sought Centre’s intervention for providing Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and other medical equipment for the state’s Covid-19 warriors.

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Coronavirus: Internet child abuse images 'not being deleted' Campaigners say 90% fewer suspicious web addresses have been deleted during the pandemic. April 27, 2020 at 04:34AM

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RBI announces Rs 50,000 crore Special Liquidity Facility for mutual funds

The move comes after Franklin Templeton wounded up 6 funds last week.

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Financial impact of lockdown, 3-month-old survives covid | Top 5 from HT

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Profile of AT&T's blunt new CEO John Stankey, a company veteran facing dire challenges at the largest US telco and pay TV provider, even if HBO Max is a big hit (Bloomberg)

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India's Covid-19 tally rises to 27,892, death toll at 872

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His graph went up & mine went down, but friendship is intact: Former India pacer...

During his playing days, he developed a strong friendship with Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the two share a bond even now.

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9 CMs to speak with PM Modi during meeting over lockdown, exit strategy

Chief ministers of all states are expected to be present at the meeting through video conferencing.

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'He has set the bar so high': Kane Williamson picks best batsman in world crick...

The Kiwi is known for his sharp cricketing brain and he was on an Instagram live session recently with his SRH teammate David Warner.

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Stuck at home? Here are some Netflix hacks that you should know about

Did you know you can also search for shows that may have been tagged under specific categories? Here’s how you do it..

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Kim Jong Un 'alive and well': Seoul

Kim’s absence has unleashed a series of unconfirmed media reports over his condition, which officials in Seoul previously poured cold water on.

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Security firm ZecOps: iOS Mail app's old, unpatched bugs have been exploited against a US Fortune 500 firm, a Japanese telco exec, a journalist in Europe, more (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)

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Mutual funds scramble to keep lid on Franklin impact

So far, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), RBI and the government have not said anything about the crisis in the mutual funds industry.

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Kim Jong Un mystery grows on reports of train, medical team

Kim -- a heavy smoker who has gained considerable weight since taking power in 2011 -- hasn’t appeared in state media for two weeks.

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70% of Indian citizens abroad are in 6 W Asian nations, shows data

For now, stranded Indians around the world, including workers and students, have been asked to stay where they are.

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India should open up now

The country is better prepared on almost every front — testing, protective equipment, hospitals — than it was on March 25, when the first lockdown kicked in, and on April 14, but it isn’t clear whether this is enough should the number of cases rise when the lockdown ends.

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PM, CMs to discuss graded lockdown exit on video call

While the Centre has not officially offered its view on the extension of the lockdown, officials have indicated that there will be a re-examination, with an eye on opening up some sectors to revive crucial economic activity.

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Indian firm ready to begin producing possible vaccine

The human safety trial of the vaccine began in Oxford on Thursday, with the first two of the 800 healthy volunteers recruited for the study being injected with ChAdOx1 nCoV-19. T

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On Mann ki Baat, PM Modi hails 'people-driven war' against Covid-19

We are fortunate that the entire country with every citizen as a soldier is leading and fighting this war, PM Modi said in his Mann ki Baat.

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'My family is more important than my game'

Top athletes talk to HT about their experience of dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. This is Suresh Raina, ace India batsman who represents Chennai Super Kings in the IPL, where he is the second highest run-scorer in history.

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Armed Forces understand their responsibility in fight against Covid-19: CDS Gen...

Covid-19: CDS General Rawat said that strict directions have been issued to the armed forces on social distancing, wearing of masks and ensuring that people who need to be isolated remain in quarantine.

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How activists are protesting online, like dropping pins with protest messages beside Russian government buildings on Yandex.Maps, holding Zoom conferences, more (Christopher Miller/BuzzFeed News)

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Telegram reaches 400 million users, up from 300 million a year ago Instant messaging service Telegram on Friday (April 24) said that it has reached 400 million monthly active users, up from 300 million active users a year ago.

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Covid-19: India sees biggest 1-day spike, hospitals become hotspots | Top 5 from...

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Interview with Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, on rearranged priorities due to the COVID-19 crisis, competition, his evolving strategy around M&A, and more (Tom Krazit/Protocol)

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5 cities in Tamil Nadu under complete lockdown from today to check Covid-19 spr...

Till date, Tamil Nadu has 1,821 confirmed Covid-19 cases, according to Union health ministry data.

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India reports 1,990 new Covid-19 cases, 49 deaths in 24 hours

Maharashtra and Gujarat, where the coronavirus outbreak has been growing at a much faster pace recently than the rest of the country, had the most number of cases.

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'Don't talk to Sachin, you'll be in pain': Lee reveals why McGrath advised not to...

Former Australia fast bowler Brett Lee revealed how Glenn McGrath had advised him against saying anything to Tendulkar when Lee first came into the Australian side.

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Netflix has secret codes for hidden movies, shows: Here's the whole list

Netflix has a lot of shows that might not show up on your home page thanks to what you watch normally. Here’s how you can unlock a bigger treasure trove of content

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'Bored' truck driver plays card game with friends, 24 test Covid-19 positive

The truck driver in Krishna Lanka locality was bored and played cards with his friends and neighbours while the women grouped up and played tambola.

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All you need to know about SVAMITVA scheme and its coverage

About 6.62 lakh villages in the country will be eventually covered in the SVAMITVA scheme.

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Man kills wife in red zone, is asked to walk out of area so he can be arrested

Police officers privy to the investigation said that because this was the first case of murder within a containment zone , they had to look at standard operating procedures for such cases and act accordingly.

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While others like Disney and WarnerMedia change schedules to try to salvage part of the year, Netflix says it has enough content to not move its 2020 slate (Julia Alexander/The Verge)

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Coronavirus: Can these robot roommates liven up lockdown? The BBC's Cody Godwin invites some robots to entertain her - and her dog Bogart - during lockdown. April 26, 2020 at 04:34AM

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India crosses 26k Covid-19 cases with biggest 1-day spike

Officials said the overall growth in number of cases in India has been linear, compared to some other countries where it has been exponential.

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Here's something for you to do this Sunday: Bird

Since the lockdown began, and people started spending all their time at home, there’s been a huge upsurge of interest in birding.

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Amid lockdown, Supreme Court heard 593 cases via video facility

203 out of the 593 cases were connected cases, that is, cases involving the same issue which were heard along with the main case.

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Virus could cling to air pollutants

India has among the highest particulate matter (PM) concentrations globally.

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Delay in test results has Centre, states worried

The health department officials of these states told the Central teams that despite allowing more labs to conduct Covid-19 tests, there was still delay in getting the test results in the absence of automatic extractor machines.

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Govt ramps up manufacturing capacity of key medical items

From entirely importing all these items a couple of months ago, India is now manufacturing more than 100,000 PPE kits and N-95 masks each day in the country.

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Post-lockdown plan, migrants in focus at Centre-states meet

Thousands of Indians stuck abroad are eager to return, although there is no clarity when international flights will be allowed -- although there’s been talk in some government circles of so-called rescue flights to bring back Indians after May 3, even if the skies aren’t opened.

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E-commerce stocks soar amid pandemic as analysts expect upcoming results will reveal a potentially permanent shift in consumer behavior toward online shopping (Ryan Vlastelica/Bloomberg)

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Delhi hits pause on MHA order to reopen shops, will decide on April 27

The situation will be reviewed by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority’s top committee before extending the lockdown relaxation to Delhi.

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He used to get out by looking at my face it seemed: Harbhajan Singh names his b...

He dominated bowlers all around the world except one man, who forever had his number. India’s Harbhajan Singh had an upper hand over the legendary batsman.

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Research: ~150 new domain registrations starting with "reopen", and many ending with US place names, are tied to state GOP orgs and other conservative groups (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)

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866 patients recover in Tamil Nadu, highest in country followed by Delhi: Covid-19...

Coronavirus cases in Maharashtra are inching toward the 7,000-mark while in the national capital, the number of cases has crossed 2,500.

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Covid vaccines in human trials bring hope, Ramzan menu for patients: Top 5 from...

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Coronavirus update: India records 1,428 new Covid-19 cases, 57 deaths in last 24...

India’s tally of the coronavirus disease stands at 24,506—including 18,668 active cases, 5063 cured, discharged or migrated and 775 deaths, according to the health ministry’s dashboard at 8am.

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In court documents, WhatsApp claims that NSO Group used US-based servers to direct malware to WhatsApp user devices (Shannon Vavra/CyberScoop)

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Sources: China orders ByteDance to temporarily remove its Slack-style office app Feishu, after discovering content from banned sites like Facebook and Twitter (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg)

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Apart from Virat and Rohit...: Harbhajan names match-winner of Indian cricket t...

The limited-overs side of India has become too dependent on the two-three batsmen for runs. The likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, and Virat Kohli have carried India on many occasions.

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WhatsApp increases group call limit from 4 people to 8: You can start using it next...

WhatsApp officially announced it is increasing the group call limit from four people to eight.

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China sent team including medical experts to advise on Kim Jung Un: Report

The trip by the Chinese doctors and officials comes amid conflicting reports about the health of the North Korean leader. Reuters was unable to immediately determine what the trip by the Chinese team signaled in terms of Kim’s health.

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Ireland's prime minister says the government should consider copying Australia's plan to force Facebook and Google to share advertising revenue with local media (Conor Humphries/Reuters)

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Distribution of child sexual abuse materials increases across major sites including Facebook and YouTube, as moderation efforts are constrained during pandemic (Olivia Solon/NBC News)

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'Knocks the virus out in one minute': Trump's disinfectant claims baffle citize...

Encouraged by tentative findings that summer weather may dampen the novel coronavirus, Trump used his daily live national press briefing to ask whether light could become a medical treatment.

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'United we can fight': UN's global push to fast-track Covid-19 vaccine producti...

Worldwide, more than 190,000 people have died in the pandemic and more than 2.7 million have been infected, according to an AFP tally based on official sources.

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Profile of Mobilize, a tool for helping organizations manage events and recruit volunteers, which has become nearly ubiquitous among Democratic campaigns (Gilad Edelman/Wired)

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