REPORTS SAY CHINESE CHOPPERS SPOTTED NEAR LADAKH LAC: INDIA & CHINA ARE ON A STAND-OFF IN EASTERN LADAKH

In what appears to be a multi-front deliberate ploy by China to keep India on its toes, the Indian Air Force was forced to rush its fighter jet patrols in Ladakh after Chinese military choppers were found to be flying close to the Line of Actual Control. This incident happened last week, around the same time the PLA troops and…

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GAS LEAK AT VIZAG,ANDHRA PRADESH LEAVES AT LEAST 13 PEOPLE DEAD

New Delhi — A gas leak at an industrial plant in southern India has killed at least 13 people and sickened hundreds more, police told CBS News on Thursday. The chemical gas leaked at a plant owned by LG Polymers, a subsidiary of the South Korean megacorporation LG, on the outskirts of Visakhapatnam city in Andhra Pradesh state early Thursday morning.…

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FOURTEEN MIGRANT WORKERS SLEEPING ON TRAIN TRACKS RUN OVER BY GOODS TRAIN

At least 14 migrant workers sleeping on rail tracks were crushed to death by a goods train in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra on Friday morning, police said. Two other labourers were injured in the tragic mishap which took place at 5.15 am under the Karmad Police station jurisdiction, an official said. The workers, who were walking to Bhusawal from Jalna in central Maharashtra along rail…

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INDIA’S EVACUATION OPERATION FOR INDIAN’S ABROAD TO BEGIN TODAY, 2,300 PEOPLE TO COME BACK IN FIRST BATCH

India has launched a massive evacuation operation to bring back Indians stranded in different parts of the world due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Indian government will launch the world’s largest evacuation mission to bring back lakhs of Indians stranded abroad amid the coronavirus pandemic this week. At least 10 flights will be operated on Thursday, the first day of the…

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CORONAVIRUS CASES IN INDIA CROSS 70,000 – MAHARASHTRA HAS 23,000 : TAMIL NADU SEES SURGE IN THE PAST 24 HOURS

amil Nadu witnessed the biggest surge in coronavirus count in last 24 hours As India enters the last week of nationwide lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the state chief ministers to decide the road ahead India’s COVID-19 count crossed the grim milestone of 70,000 today. The states continued to record over 3,500 fresh coronavirus cases even on Monday. The total…

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NAMASTE IS THE NEW HELLO FOR THE WORLD!

The bear hug in which the prime minister loves to smother Western VIPs might strike as theatrical, boastful and, above all, unhygienic, in these stricken times, observes Indianewscaster.com IMAGE: US President Donald J Trump, right, and Irish Prime Minister Dr Leo Varadkar say namaste to each other at the Oval Office last month. Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters One aspect of the COVID-19…

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LOCKDOWN IN INDIA EXTENDED TILL MAY 17 BY 2 WEEKS

Activities such as air travel, rail, metro and inter-state movement of people will continue to be restricted irrespective of the zones. Schools, colleges and other coaching institutions, hotels and cinema halls, malls and places of worship will have to remain closed irrespective of the zone. A “limited” lockdown which includes suspension of air, train and inter-state road travel will continue…

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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: INDIA RECORDS 77 COVID-19 DEATHS IN 24 HRS; CASES AT 35,365

The death toll due to the novel coronavirus rose to 1,152 with 77 fatalities reported since Thursday evening, while the number of cases saw a record jump of 1,755 to go up to 35,365 cases on Friday, according to the Union health ministry. IMAGE: A labourer carrying goods walks past a mural, during the nationwide lockdown in the wake of…

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LATEST CORONAVIRUS UPDATES: TOTAL CASES IN INDIA AT 31,332; DEATH TOLL CROSSES 1,000

Many countries in the world are surprised as to how India, a country of 1.3 billion people, have only around 1,000 coronavirus deaths? Experts predicted that the country could expect millions of coronavirus cases. Doctors warned that India needed to prepare for an onslaught of cases that could cripple the country’s ill-equipped health system. Onlookers worried that the virus could spread like…

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INDIA CANCELS ORDER FOR ‘FAULTY’ CHINA RAPID TEST KITS

India has cancelled orders for about half a million coronavirus rapid testing kits from China after they were found to be “faulty”. India has also withdrawn the kits that were already in use in several states. The kits take around 30 minutes to deliver a result and are supposed to detect antibodies in the blood of people who may have…

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