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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Covid-19, infections in India passed two grim milestones. Maharashtra saw its Covid-19 cases cross the 1 lakh-mark while the country saw the number of infections cross the 3 lakh-mark in the last 24 hours.
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The rising tension and stand-offs between Indian and Chinese troops at several places along the line of actual control– from Ladakh to Sikkim – seems to be snowballing into a serious issue between the two countries with both countries augmenting their forces.
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PM Narendra Modi made an aerial survey of the Amphan-hit areas of Bengal and Odisha and announced interim relief packages for the states. Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said her state suffered damages worth ₹1 lakh crore.
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Supercyclone Amphan, which made landfall in southern West Bengal, killed 72 people in the state and left a trail of devastation. Officials said its impact was more severe than Cyclone Aila, which hit the state in May 1999.
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The severe tropical cyclonic storm Amphan made landfall in West Bengal’s Sagar island, on Wednesday afternoon. Odisha missed a direct hit as the supercyclone changed course slightly. So far, there are reports of 12 deaths in Bengal.
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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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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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Congress president Sonia Gandhi announced that her party will bear the ticket costs of migrants travelling to their destinations. Following this, the ruling BJP government scrambled to neutralize the huge political point the Congress scored.
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Irrfan Khan, one of India’s best-known and most beloved actors, has died at 53, in Mumbai. He was diagnosed with, neuroendocrine tumour, a rare type of brain cancer in 2018.
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