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Report From Ground Zero: At Asia's Biggest Veg Market, Show Goes On Despite Increasing Covid-19 Cases
Round the clock sweeping and disinfection is a new normal in Azadpur Mandi, Asia's largest fruit and vegetable market. But despite implementing such extraordinary hygienic measures, buyers are a bit hesitant in flocking to the crowded market which has recorded over 15 positive cases of Covid-19 and has 14 agencies sealed on its premises.....
Covid-19 Death Toll Rises To 1,223, Cases Mount To 37,776
The total number of Covid-19 cases in the country mounted to 37,776 on Saturday evening, while 1,223 people have succumbed to the dreaded virus so far, the Union Health Ministry said.....
Russia Registers New Single-day Record Of 10,633 COVID-19 Cases
Russia on Sunday reported a new single-day record with 10,633 COVID-19 cases confirmed over the last 24 hours, raising its total number of infections to 134,687, health authorities said.....
CRPF HQ Sealed Till Monday After Driver Found Corona Positive
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) headquarters here has been sealed till Monday after a bus driver of the paramilitary wing was found to be coronavirus positive, an official said on Sunday.....
WHO Chief Warns Of Risk Of Returning To Lockdown
As more and more countries consider how to ease the so-called lockdown restrictions, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the exit measures should be done extremely carefully.....
Train Crushes 14 Migrants In Maharashtra
Fourteen migrant labourers were crushed to death early on Friday by a goods train in Maharashtra after they fell asleep on the tracks. The home-bound exhausted lot of workers were run over between Jalna and Aurangabad.....
Railways To Run 15 Trains From May 12 With AC Coaches, Limited Stops
The Indian Railways on Sunday announced that it is planning to gradually restart special AC passenger train operations from Tuesday with 15 trains, including their return journey, with limited stops and online booking starting from Monday evening.....
Over 5k Cases Three Days Running - Sharp Rise In Covid After Lockdown Easing
For three consecutive days, on an average, 5,000 coronavirus cases were reported taking the country's total tally to 1,12,359 cases, data released by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday showed.....
Unlock 1.0: All Shops, Including Barber, Salon Allowed In Delhi
The Delhi government on Monday allowed all shops in the markets to open without any odd-even rules and also gave its nod for starting barber shops and salons in the city for the first time since the lockdown. ....
J&K: Two Jaish Militants Killed In Pulwama Encounter
Two Jaish e Mohammad terrorists were killed in an encounter at Awantipore Tral in South Kashmirs Pulwama district on Tuesday. Police said both slain militants were Kashmiris. There was no collateral damage. Arms and ammunition were recovered from the spot. ....
