Twenty Indian Army soldiers were killed, 76 injured and 10 were taken captive by China’s PLA near a stand-off point on the LAC in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan valley. Meanwhile, a row has erupted in India over why the Army soldiers didn’t carry weapons for self-defence.
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Coronavirus cases in India is growing rapidly with the country witnessing over 11,000 cases for the third day running. Meanwhile, a new Covid-19 outbreak has been reported in Beijing.
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The railways has decided to run 200 non-airconditioned passenger trains from June 1 in addition to the Shramik Special and 15 other AC trains already running. Meanwhile, Union health minister Harsh Vardhan will become the next chairman of the 34-member WHO executive board.
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At least 11 people, including two children, have reportedly died and over a thousand people fell sick following a leak of styrene gas at LG Polymers’ Visakhapatnam plant. Reports say the gas spread in five villages within a 3km radius of the plant.
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Soon after a meeting between the Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa and top property developers, the state government has decided to cancel all Shramik Special trains which the railways started running to ferry migrant workers.
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India recorded over 2,400 new Covid-19-infected people and 100 new deaths from the disease. Among the dead included Lokpal member Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi.
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The Centre has allowed migrant workers, tourists, students and other people, who are stranded in different parts of the country due to the coronavirus, Covid-19, lockdown, to travel to their respective destinations with certain conditions.
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The global cases of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, infections crossed two million on Wednesday and the death toll crossed 130,000. In India, the number of people infected has crossed 12,000 and the death toll 400, according to the latest John Hopkins University figures.
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The worldwide death toll due to the raging coronavirus pandemic has crossed the 100,000 mark while the total number of infections across the world is set to touch 1.7 million. India witnessed a record spike of 873 fresh cases in the last 24 hours.
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The nationwide lockdown to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic is almost certain to be extended beyond April 14 as PM Narendra Modi, while mentioning “national emergency”, suggested that restrictions will not be lifted in one go.
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