Sushant Singh Rajput’s ashes immersed in Ganga

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Sushant Singh Rajput’s ashes immersed in Ganga

The ashes of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput were immersed in the holy river Ganga in his hometown Patna in Bihar on Thursday.

According to Sushant’s family, his ashes were immersed in the Ganga near Dighaghat in Patna, where his late mother’s ashes had also been immersed.

Sushant’s father K.K. Singh and his two sisters, along with a ‘Pandit’, reached the banks of the Ganga and immersed the ashes amid Vedic chanting in the middle of the river by boat.

The actor hanged himself on Sunday at his flat in Mumbai’s Bandra. On Monday, Sushant was cremated in Mumbai and from there, his ashes were brought to Patna.

After receiving news of Sushant’s death, his father arrived in Mumbai on Monday and returned to Patna on Wednesday.

While there is a wave of mourning in the entire country due to the death of the prominent actor at the age of 34, the demand for justice for him is also increasing. Leaders of some political parties and many people have demanded a CBI probe into Sushant’s death.

“I really can’t wait to return to the US Open 2020” : Serena Williams

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“I really can’t wait to return to the US Open 2020” : Serena Williams

Serena Williams committed to play at this year’s US Open on Wednesday as US Tennis Association officials vowed they can safely stage the first Grand Slam since the coronavirus pandemic shutdown. With top men’s stars questioning the wisdom of staging the event, the USTA said the tournament will be held August 31 to September 13 without spectators at New York’s National Tennis Center, which in April became a temporary hospital facility to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

“I really can’t wait to return to the US Open 2020,” Serena Williams said in a video message. “I think the USTA is going to do a really good job of ensuring everyone is going to be safe.

“This is crazy. I’m excited.”The Flushing Meadows fortnight will be the first Grand Slam event staged since the deadly virus outbreak shut down global sport. Wimbledon was cancelled and the French Open was postponed until September.

The site will also host the ATP/WTA Western and Southern Open, typically staged in Cincinnati, the week before the US Open with a similar safety “bubble” that includes testing for players and their entourage.

The USTA expects an 80% drop in net operating income as a result of having no spectators for the US Open but will provide $60 million in prize money for the two events in New York combined plus another $3.3 million each to the ATP and WTA.

“We have the resources we can do this for a one-off year,” USTA chief executive officer Mike Dowse said.Novak Djokovic has been among several top players critical of the idea of staging the US Open as scheduled given the severe US impact of COVID-19, although cases in the New York area have been declining for several weeks.

Niharika post on her social media account that puzzled the followers

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There were a lot of rumors that Niharika was in love with a young co-star and months later she is rumored to be marrying Prabhas and after it got ruled out, Sai Dharam Tej’s name too popped up. While Niharika is trying to focus on films, her father Naga Babu recently said he will soon find a good match for her to get married.

Surprisingly, Niharika posted something on her social media account that puzzled the followers. Holding a Starbucks coffee cup with ‘Mrs. Niha’ written on it while ‘Ms’ is struck off. Niharika too left it the way cryptic it is with ‘Uh.. what?’ to quote the picture.

Well, it looks like either Niharika’s marriage is fixed for real, or she just started promoting her new film or a short film that has a marriage concept. That seems to be suspense for now.

AP reports new single-day high of 299 Covid-19 cases

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AP reports new single-day high of 299 Covid-19 cases

The Andhra Pradesh government, here on Thursday, reported a new single-day high of 299 Covid-19 cases, taking the cumulative tally to 5,854. On Wednesday, it had reported 275 cases.

According to the state nodal officer, 13,923 tests were conducted during the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. on Thursday. The number of active cases climbed to 2,779 during the day from Wednesday’s 2,559, the officer reported.

The death toll continues to climb with every passing day. During the day, two more deaths were reported from the Krishna district, taking the Covid-19 toll to 92.

However, the state’s mortality rate declined to 1.23 percent from 1.27 percent. A day earlier, it was 1.31 percent. In terms of mortality, Andhra Pradesh stands at 10th position. The all-India mortality rate is at 3.33 percent.

During the day, 77 people were discharged from hospitals, taking the number of cured persons in the state to 2,983.

With a recovery rate of 50.32 percent, Andhra Pradesh ranked 20th among the states. The all-India recovery rate is at 52.96 percent.

On the testing front, the state ranks fourth with 6,12,397 tests, behind Tamil Nadu (7,73,707), Maharashtra (6,86,488), and Rajasthan (6,37,937). So far, 62,49,668 tests have been conducted across India.

“I still remember all the lovely days when I represented my country” : Sreesanth

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“I still remember all the lovely days when I represented my country” : Sreesanth

As the seven-year ban inches closer to an end, fast bowler S Sreesanth on Thursday said he was fit and raring to play cricket again. Sreesanth was banned by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for lifetime in August 2013, along with his Rajasthan Royals teammates Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, for indulging in alleged spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) that year. However, last year his lifetime ban was reduced to seven years, which is set to complete on September 13 this year.

Sreesanth says he is certain of getting into the Kerala Ranji Trophy team but is waiting for the official announcement.”The official announcement will come in September, I am just continuing with my training. Everybody is being supportive from the Secretary to Director General, everybody has been supportive, selectors and coach want me in the team,” Sreesanth told ANI.

“I am just training, let’s see, I am fit and raring to go. You will see me playing, I am just eagerly waiting to go forward. It’s very, very clear I will be in the squad, the official announcement will be in September so I have to follow the rules and do things accordingly,” he added.

The 37-year-old pacer admitted that cricket has changed a lot since the last time he played.”I don’t look at this as one of my second innings, seven years I have missed and cricket has changed a lot from the last time when I was playing. I still remember all the lovely days when I represented my country,” he said.

The most debated change in the game of cricket has been the prohibition of saliva to shine the ball. The concerns regarding the spread of coronavirus forced the International Cricket Council (ICC) to make interim changes to playing regulations.

“It’s being blown out of proportion, you can use sweat as well, you have to take care, you have to respect every decision the association is taking, it all comes down to skills. When I played county cricket, I learned that you just have to maintain the ball, it’s more of keeping the ball dry,” Sreesanth said.

“I am very happy in one way, there is a positive that only the skilful bowlers can now perform. You need to move on and adapt, you have to adapt if you want to become successful, the need of the hour is to adapt. It’s about practice, and players will eventually get used to it,” he added.

Manoj Bajpayee gets one million Instagram followers

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Manoj Bajpayee gets one million Instagram followers

Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee has garnered a whopping one million followers on Instagram.

Announcing the news, Bajpayee took to Instagram Stories and shared a black and white picture of himself.

In the image, the National Award-winner is seen sporting a rugged look with scruffy hair and beard. He completes the look with sunglasses.

He wrote on the image: “We are 1 m now. Thank you for all the (heart-shaped emoji).”

Bajpayee is the recipient of two National Film Awards, and in 2019 he was feted with a Padma Shri. He is known for his roles in films like “Satya”, ” Kaun”, ” Shool”, ” Zubeidaa”, “Pinjar” “Gangs Of Wasseypur”, “Aligarh” and “Sonchiriaya”.

He will next be seen in “Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari”, a family comedy set in Mumbai of the nineties. The film also stars Fatima Sana Sheikh and Diljit Dosanjh.

Ravichandran Ashwin about Virat Kohli

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Ravichandran Ashwin about Virat Kohli

Ravichandran Ashwin has starred for India on many occasions with the red ball. Recently in an interview, the Indian off-spinner recalled an incident from a 2017 Test match against Australia in Bangalore. Ravichandran Ashwin was moved by the gesture of captain Virat Kohli after he told him about his plan to dismiss Australia batsman David Warner.

“Virat was playing PlayStation with Saha and I went to his room and said, ‘Virat, I think what’s happening is Nathan Lyon got wickets in the first innings and the wicket was damp so somehow there is this sense of people coming in and saying that Lyon got wickets and hence Ash should get wickets and we’ll roll them over,” Ravichandran Ashwin told cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle in a show for Cricbuzz.

“But I want to be in my own cocoon, where I can take this game forward the way I want. I think I want to go over the wicket to David Warner even if it sounds defensive. We need to put this game on pause mode, literally pause this game without Australia wresting the initiative. And I think both Warner and Renshaw have practised a lot of balls for off-spinners coming from round the stumps. So I want to change this game,” Ashwin added.

After explaining his idea to trouble the Australian opener, Ashwin saw Kohli going back to play his game before expressing the word of “faith” for the off-spinner.

“He listened to my idea for a minute, started playing the game and said, ‘Do what you want, I have complete belief in you.’ And the next day I started bowling over the stumps,” Ashwin said.

“How David Warner got out in the first innings in Bangalore, where he got bowled – I moved over the stumps and started hitting the rough and he got bowled,” he explained.

Earlier, Kohli was doing an Instagram live session with spinner Ashwin and it was then that the Indian skipper was asked whether he sees the game-changing a lot when it resumes.

“Game-changing a lot? Man I do not know what is going to happen, it is so strange thinking even of practice sessions like instinctively you want to clap/hi-five, but you cannot do that, you will meet people after a long time, and you would have to fold hands and stay away,” Kohli told Ashwin during the interaction.

“I know it sounds strange, it might be a permanent feature until there is some sort of cure or vaccine that comes out, we will need to make that a part of our routine,” he added.

Sushant Singh Rajput’s sister Emotional Letter

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Sushant Singh Rajput’s sister Shweta Singh Kirti, who recently flew into India from the US, where she lives, poured her heart out in her send-off note for Sushant, which, however, she deleted from her unverified Facebook account within a day. Shweta had also attached a handwritten note given to her by Sushant, which too have been removed along with the post. Sushant Singh Rajput died on Sunday. He was 34. The police say Sushant died by suicide and an investigation is currently underway.

Shweta, who is currently in Patna with her family, remembered Sushant and wrote in a post on her unverified Facebook: “I know you were in a lot of pain and I know you were a fighter and you were bravely fighting it. Sorry mera sona… sorry for all the pain you had to go through. If I could, I would have taken all your pain and given all my happiness to you.” As part of the investigation over Sushant Singh Rajput’s tragic death, the police will also probe allegations that the actor was depressed because of professional rivalry. The actor allegedly lost six of his seven films, which he had signed after his 2019 film Chhichhore.

Shweta’s eulogy for Sushant continued with words, which will tug at your heartstrings: “Your twinkling eyes taught the world how to dream, your innocent smile revealed the true purity of your heart. You will always be loved, mera baby and so so much more. Wherever you are, mera baby, stay happy, stay fulfilled and know that everyone loved you, loves you and will always love you unconditionally.”

Shweta had also attached a note on compassion, kindness and forgiveness in her post, writing: “All my dear ones. I know it is testing times but whenever there is choice, choose love above hatred, choose kindness and compassion above anger and resentment, choose selflessness above selfishness and forgive, forgive yourself, forgive others and forgive everyone. Everybody is fighting their own battles. Be compassionate to yourself and be compassionate to others and everyone. Let not your heart close ever, at any cost!”

Earlier, Shweta Singh Kirti had revealed how her five-year-old son consoled her after Sushant’s death: “When I told Nirvanh the news that mamu is no more, he said ‘But he is alive in your heart’.”

On Thursday morning, Shweta said that the family will immerse Sushant Singh Rajput’s ashes later today. A day after Sushant’s death, the actor’s father, along with other members of the family, travelled from Patna to Mumbai to perform the actor’s last rites. Sushant Singh Rajput was last seen in Netflix film Drive, ahead of which he also starred in Chhichhore and Sonchiriya. The actor’s upcoming film is Dil Bechara, which was postponed because of the coronavirus lockdown.

China asks India not to underestimate its will

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China asks India not to underestimate its will

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned China against aggression, Beijing asked New Delhi not to “misjudge” the situation or “underestimate” its will. China even went a step further alleging India of breaking consensus and “deliberately provoking”.

Even as China’s President Xi Jinping has remained tight-lipped about the escalation of tensions between India and China, especially after the killing of 20 Indian soldiers in a violent stand-off between the two sides at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, Beijing’s spokesperson took to social media to respond to India’s warning.

In a couple of tweets, Foreign Ministry spokesperson of China, Hua Chunying said, “India must not misjudge the current situation or underestimate China’s firm will to safeguard its territorial sovereignty.”

China has been laying claim over Galway valley in the union territory of Ladakh.

Hua also repeated that “Indian front-line broke the consensus and crossed the Line of Actual Control, deliberately provoking and attacking Chinese officers and soldiers, thus triggering fierce physical conflicts and causing casualties”.

The statement on Twitter came while Indian and Chinese militaries are holding talks about the confrontation in Ladakh.

India’s Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar in a phone conversation with his Chinese counterpart on Wednesday had asked China to “reassess its actions and take corrective steps” in view of the “unprecedented” violence along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.

Jaishankar had also accused China of taking “premeditated and planned action that was directly responsible for the resulting violence and casualties”.

CBI arrests Delhi Police SHO, 2 constables in graft case

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CBI arrests Delhi Police SHO, 2 constables in graft case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Delhi Police Station House Officer (SHO) and two constables for accepting Rs 2 lakh bribe for allowing construction at a plot, the agency said on Thursday.

CBI team arrested constables Badri and Jitendra while receiving the bribe amount during a raid conducted on Wednesday night. Later, Vijay Vihar SHO S.S. Chahal was arrested.

It is alleged that Chahal had demanded Rs 5 lakh from the complainant who was constructing a wall on a plot in the Vijay Vihar area in north Delhi, the CBI said.

“As a part payment, the first installment of Rs 2 lakh was to be paid on Wednesday night. On complaint received from the complainant, a CBI team conducted a raid and arrested the two constables red-handed while accepting Rs 2 lakh bribe,” said a CBI official.

The SHO and the constables will be produced before a competent special CBI court here on Thursday, the official said.

TS Inter result 2020 will be announced today

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TS Inter result 2020 will be announced today

TS Inter result 2020 will be announced today. An official from Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE) confirmed to NDTV that TS Inter result for first and second year students will be released today.

The result will be released on the board’s official website. Telangana state board had to postpone exam for two papers due to the coronavirus outbreak. The exam for the two postponed papers was held in June.

The board had begun spot evaluation for answer copies of the papers that had already been conducted in May. Due to the delay in exam and paper evaluation the board had to delay TS Inter Result as well. In last few years, the board had been releasing Inter results in the month of April.

Bangladesh halts visas-on-arrival indefinitely

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Bangladesh halts visas-on-arrival indefinitely

Bangladesh has suspended its visa-on-arrival services for nationals of all countries until further notice as the coronavirus pandemic in the country continued to intensify, it was reported.

However, the government has made an exception for foreign investors and businessmen with valid credentials to avail the service, bdnews24 reported on Wednesday citing a notice issued by the Home Ministry’s Security Services Divisions saying.

In such cases, investors and businessmen must submit to the immigration counter a medical clearance certificate in English issued within 72 hours of a PCR test.

Bangladesh had initially banned visas-on-arrival from Marc 15 to Marc 31 in a bid to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

The ban was later extended to June 15.

It also suspended incoming flights from all European countries, except the UK, on March 16 as the government enforced a shutdown to limit the spread of the infection.

After extending the prohibition several times since Bangladesh resumed flights on domestic routes on June 1 and continued flights to and from China only as CAAB extended suspension on all other international flights until June 15.

International flight operations on other routes resumed on June 16.

Hong Kong Disneyland reopens after 6 months

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Hong Kong Disneyland reopens after 6 months

Hong Kong Disneyland reopened on Thursday after being closed for six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic and became the world’s second Disney park to resume activities following Shanghai.

The park was closed since the last week of January, its hotels however have been open throughout and some of its restaurants resumed operation in May, reports Efe news.

The park reopened with a limited number of people, only those with prior reservations, and with safety measures, including social distancing, compulsory use of masks along with temperature check for visitors and employees.

Managing Director of Hong Kong Disneyland Stephanie Young said that the park would implement the local government and health authorities’ new and improved prevention measures.

Young said: “I am grateful for the support of this incredible community, the commitment of our medical staff and the dedication of all of our Cast Members who have all managed through this challenging time and I am optimistic that we have a bright future ahead.

“The health and safety of our guests and cast continue to be at the forefront of our mind and our Cast Members have been working diligently to make sure all the necessary measures are in place for guests to enjoy a magical visit.”

The one-day entry ticket, priced at $80 dollars per person was sold out in few hours.

Hong Kong Disneyland, just like Shanghai, closed on January 25, two days after China sealed off Wuhan and put millions of people in isolation to contain the spread of the virus.

The Tokyo branch of the park shut in February while those in Europe and the US closed in March.

Apart from Hong Kong Disneyland, the city has also allowed reopening of other theme parks such as Ocean Park.

The entry of the park has already been sold out for the first few weekends.

Friday onwards, the Hong Kong government will ease restrictions put on bars, restaurants, and night clubs and is set to allow public gatherings of up to 50 people.

Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan on Tuesday announced the next round of easing of restrictions put in place to fight against the COVID-19 outbreak, with an aim to resuming social and economic activity in the city.

Hong Kong health authorities on Thursday reported eight new COVID-19 cases taking the total number of infections so far to 1,120, with four deaths.

Kramnik feels becoming world champion was beuond expectation

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Kramnik feels becoming world champion was beuond expectation

Vladimir Kramnik has been one of the greatest chess players in the world. Having achieved the Grandmaster norms in 1992, he became the youngest world number one in January 1996 and held the record for 14 years until Magnus Carlsen took the spot in January 2010.
Kramnik was also hailed for helping unify the chess world when he faced Veselin Topalov in the World Chess Championship 2006. He defeated Topalov to become the undisputed World Champion.

After announcing his professional retirement in January 2019, he shifted his focus to development projects particularly related to chess education for children.

International Master and Woman Grandmaster Tania Sachdev recently got Kramnik into an exclusive chat to ask him about his career and his mental approach to the game for an episode of the Mind Behind series.

The Mind Behind is a cross-discipline series about the lives and careers of professionals across multiple streams. The series developed by Red Bull Media House features actors, chefs, comedians, dancers, filmmakers, musicians, sports personalities, and many others, as part of exclusive one-on-one interviews.

Kramnik beat chess legend Garry Kasparov in 2000 to become the Classical World Champion. In 2006, he beat Veselin Topalov to become the undisputed World Champion. He boasts three gold medals and three individual medals at Chess Olympiads. He is also tied-eight with Viswanathan Anand for all-time best chess ratings at 2817.

Yet, when he looks back at his successful career, he thinks it was better than he expected because he did not think he had the talent to be the best. Kramnik says that he would have been happy being an average Grandmaster and that his world champion achievement was beyond expectations.

While Kramnik has been part of some interesting world championship matches against the likes of Garry Kasparov, Peter Leko, Veselin Topalov, and Viswanathan Anand, he most enjoyed watching Kasparov versus Anatoly Karpov in 1984. Kramnik was 12 years old when this match was started and intently studying to become a professional chess player. The world championship match started in 1984 as a first-to-six-wins format but was abandoned without result.

It was restarted as a best-of-24 match in 1985 and eventually won by Kasparov. Kramnik says he remembers the first match of 1984 as his favorite because he traveled to Moscow to watch it in the Hall of Columns — the first time he traveled out of his region — and was very impressed by the grandeur of the occasion. It steeled his resolve to become a professional chess player.

Coal sector out of decades of lockdown: PM launches commercial mining auctions

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Coal sector out of decades of lockdown: PM launches commercial mining auctions

Launching the auction of coal mines for commercial mining, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the coal sector has finally been pulled out of decades in lockdown and liberated.

Noting that India having the fourth largest coal reserves in the world was importing coal so far, he said that the move will make India self-reliant in terms of coal and also create lakhs of job opportunities.

Modi said the opening up of commercial coal mining will help people of Eastern and Central India in terms of jobs and prosperity.

The decision to open up commercial coal mining for private players was announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat package last month.

“Today, we are not just launching the auction of commercial coal mining but are also pulling the coal sector out of years in lockdown,” Modi said during the video address during the launch program.

He also said that the Centre aims to gasify 100 million tonne coal by 2030 and with an investment of Rs 200 billion.

The Prime Minister noted that without a strong mining and mineral sector self-reliance of a country is not possible. He added that the opening up of commercial mining will create new resources and new markets for companies, more revenues for the states will get more revenue and more employment opportunities for people living near the coal mines.

Talking of the environmental concerns he said that it has been taken care of that India’s commitment towards the environment is not compromised while reforming the coal sector and the objective of gasification of coal is in that direction. the rate in Australia reached 7.1 percent in May and stood at the worst level in more than 15 years, which is heading for its first recession in almost three decades due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to official data published on Thursday.

“The fall in employment (in May) close to a quarter of a million adds to the 600,000 (new unemployed) in April, which totals a fall of 835,000 people (who have lost their jobs) since March,” Bjorn Jarvis, the senior representative of the Australian Bureau of Statistics, said.

Unemployment figures have increased markedly since March, when Australia closed its borders and ordered the closure of nonessential businesses to curb the spread of the virus, which has infected 7,370 people in the country, with 102 deaths, reports Efe news

“In two months, the percentage of people aged 15 and over employed in Australia decreased from around 62.5 percent to around 58.7 percent,” Jarvis said, adding that women had been more affected by the crisis than men and that younger people had found it harder to keep their jobs.

He said that about “2.3 million people, around 1 in 5 employed people, were affected by either job loss between April and May or had fewer hours than usual for economic reasons in May”.

Responding to the figures, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that “these are dark times” and stressed that his government “will not rest and will work on the biggest economic challenges the country has seen”.

The government has committed aid funds of up to A$259 billion ($178 billion), equivalent to 13.3 percent of its GDP.

By 2020, the Federal Reserve Bank of Australia estimates that GDP will drop by 6 percent and the unemployment rate may reach 10 percent in the country, which had registered almost 30 consecutive years of economic growth.

Sisodia takes over health ministry after Jain tests Covid positive

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Sisodia takes over health ministry after Jain tests Covid positive

Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia will now also take over the affairs of Health Ministry as Health Minister Satyendar Jain is hospitalized with coronavirus infection. Sisodia will now be responsible for the prevention and treatment of coronavirus in the national capital.

Jain however will continue to be a minister without a portfolio.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, “Without taking care of your health, you were engaged in public service 24 hours a day. Take care and get well soon.”

With this, the Chief Minister has entrusted the responsibility of all his departments to Sisodia.

Jain was admitted to a hospital after suffering from high fever. He has had the corona test twice so far. The second report on Wednesday evening showed him corona positive.

So far, four MLAs of Aam Aadmi Party, including Jain, have tested positive for the virus. On Wednesday, the corona report of Atishi, MLA from Kalkaji, also came positive. Although Atishi is at her home with mild symptoms. Karol Bagh MLA Vishesh Ravi and Patel Nagar MLA Rajkumar Anand have also tested corona positive.

Jain is admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Superspeciality Hospital in east Delhi. Jain’s test on Tuesday turned out to be negative, but he was found positive for the Corona test on Wednesday.

Unemployment reaches 7.1% in Australia, worst in over 15 yrs

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Unemployment reaches 7.1% in Australia, worst in over 15 yrs

The unemployment rate in Australia reached 7.1 percent in May and stood at the worst level in more than 15 years, which is heading for its first recession in almost three decades due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to official data published on Thursday.

“The fall in employment (in May) close to a quarter of a million adds to the 600,000 (new unemployed) in April, which totals a fall of 835,000 people (who have lost their jobs) since March,” Bjorn Jarvis, the senior representative of the Australian Bureau of Statistics, said.

Unemployment figures have increased markedly since March, when Australia closed its borders and ordered the closure of nonessential businesses to curb the spread of the virus, which has infected 7,370 people in the country, with 102 deaths, reports Efe news

“In two months, the percentage of people aged 15 and over employed in Australia decreased from around 62.5 percent to around 58.7 percent,” Jarvis said, adding that women had been more affected by the crisis than men and that younger people had found it harder to keep their jobs.

He said that about “2.3 million people, around 1 in 5 employed people, were affected by either job loss between April and May or had fewer hours than usual for economic reasons in May”.

Responding to the figures, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that “these are dark times” and stressed that his government “will not rest and will work on the biggest economic challenges the country has seen”.

The government has committed aid funds of up to A$259 billion ($178 billion), equivalent to 13.3 percent of its GDP.

By 2020, the Federal Reserve Bank of Australia estimates that GDP will drop by 6 percent and the unemployment rate may reach 10 percent in the country, which had registered almost 30 consecutive years of economic growth.

Chinese mainland reports 28 new COVID-19 cases (Ld)

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Chinese mainland reports 28 new COVID-19 cases (Ld)

Chinese health authorities said on Thursday that 28 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the mainland, of which 21 were registered in Beijing after a fresh outbreak took place at a large wholesale food market in the capital city.

Of the domestically transmitted cases, 21 cases were reported in Beijing, two in Hebei province, and one in Tianjin, Xinhua news agency quoted the National Health Commission as saying in its daily report.

Besides the cases, no deaths were reported, according to the Commission.

As of Thursday morning, the overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 84,458, including 265 patients who were still being treated, with nine in severe condition.

A total of 4,638 people have so far died of the disease.

By Wednesday, the mainland had reported a total of 1,860 imported cases.

Also on Wednesday, eight new asymptomatic cases, including two from overseas, were reported on the mainland. No asymptomatic case was re-categorized as a confirmed case.

The Commission said 111 asymptomatic cases, including 63 from overseas, were still under medical observation.

Meanwhile, Beijing has rolled out unprecedented measures and restrictions to contain the fresh coronavirus outbreak, reports Efe news.

Authorities have embarked on a massive operation to test employees of tens of thousands of restaurants and small food stalls, students at dozens of university campuses and hundreds of food markets in Beijing.

Since June 13, 356,000 nucleic acid tests have been carried out, Zhang Qiang, head of the municipal prevention team, said on Wednesday.

Zhang said health workers, those who live in residential complexes where there have been confirmed cases, officials, teachers, and students who have resumed classes will all be tested.

Some 355,000 people with a connection to the Xinfadi wholesale food market, ground zero of the new cluster, will also be tested.

The city on Tuesday raised the response alert to level two from three (on a scale of one to four) but has implemented much stricter measures than those stipulated at level two, meaning a ‘severe’ public health event.

Inter-provincial flights have been suspended and classes have been canceled at all levels, after resuming over a month ago.

Beijing has disinfected 276 markets for agricultural products, closed 11 underground and semi-underground markets in addition to 33,173 home food delivery services.

Paytm to shift all Delhi-NCR operations to new Noida campus

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Paytm to shift all Delhi-NCR operations to new Noida campus

Leading financial services platform Paytm has set up its largest campus yet in Noida and plans to gradually shift all operations based in Delhi-NCR to this campus including the headquarters of One97 Communications by the end of this year.

The company has taken up over 5.5 lakh square feet of space comprising of 21 floors spread across two towers in the newly set up office complex in Sector 98 Noida, the company said in a statement on Thursday.

“While we have time to move into our biggest campus, we are streamlining some of our real estate spread across India. We will not extend the leases of some of our offices as our colleagues will continue working from home,” said Narendra Kumar, Vice President, Paytm.

Noida has been the headquarters of Paytm for over two decades now and the company is on-track to shift to the new premises by December this year.

The new campus will have over 5,000 seats and the company said it will follow all social distancing guidelines.

As it gradually shifts all operations into the new complex, the company has decided to give up the leases of a total of 19 facilities across the country, out of these 16 are small regional sales offices.

Paytm is also planning to take up over 1.5 lakh square feet of office space in Bengaluru as it expands operations and teams of Paytm Mall, Paytm Money, Paytm Travel and other business units.

The planned new campus will house Paytm’s large engineering base the company is in the process of setting up.

“Consolidating our offices to one large campus would improve operational efficiency and further create synergies between various teams and processes,” said Kumar.

Why soldiers were sent unarmed to martyrdom: Rahul

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Why soldiers were sent unarmed to martyrdom: Rahul

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi once again hit out at the Narendra Modi government over the killing of 20 Indian soldiers by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in an unprecedented attack in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley and asked why soldiers were sent “unarmed” to martyrdom.

“How dare China kill our unarmed soldiers? Why were our soldiers sent unarmed to martyrdom?” Rahul Gandhi asked the government in a tweet on Thursday.

His remarks came a day after he questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence on the killing of Indian soldiers in Galwan Valley on Monday night.

On Wednesday, Rahul Gandhi in a tweet said, “Why is the Prime Minister silent? Why is he hiding? Enough is enough. We need to know what has happened. How dare China kill our soldiers? How dare they take our land?”

Later in the day, he also took a jibe at Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for taking two days to condole the death of 20 Indian soldiers, including an officer, in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley.

“If it was so painful, why insult Indian Army by not naming China in your tweet? Why take two days to condole? Why address rallies as soldiers were being martyred? Why hide and get the Army blamed by the crony media? Why make paid-media blame Army instead of government of India?” Rahul said in a tweet on Wednesday.

The fresh salvo from the Congress leader came after Rajnath Singh on Wednesday afternoon condoled the death of 20 Indian soldiers, including an officer.

The Defence Minister in a tweet said, “The loss of soldiers in Galwan is deeply disturbing and painful. Our soldiers displayed exemplary courage and valour in the line of duty and sacrificed their lives in the highest traditions of the Indian Army.”

Rajnath Singh had addressed a virtual BJP rally as part of ‘Jan Samvad’ on Sunday and Monday in Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand respectively.

At least 20 Indian soldiers, including an officer, were killed in an unprecedented violent clash with Chinese PLA troops at Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on Monday night.

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