Americans braced themselves for the “hardest and saddest” week as coronavirus fatalities are expected to peak in some parts of the country while President Donald Trump maintained he had seen “light at the end of the tunnel”, holding out hope of a turnaround “in not too distant future”. US fatalities from the coronavirus neared 10,000 […]
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Cardinal George Pell will walk free from jail after winning a long-running battle to overturn his child sex abuse convictions in Australia’s High Court on Tuesday. The 78-year-old was acquitted on all five counts of sexually abusing two 13-year-old choirboys in the 1990s, when the court overturned earlier decisions of a jury and lower appeals […]
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In some good news for parents, Collins Learning has made free online access to student textbooks that combine all subjects in a single grade e-book, for classes 1 through 8 during the lockdown period. Across the country, parents are settling into the idea that the current coronavirus outbreak will require many to take over the […]
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Assam Coronavirus Cases: MLA Aminul Islam was arrested on Tuesday morning. Highlights Aminul Islam accused Assam government of conspiring against Muslims He also called the quarantine centres “worse than detention centres” He was formally arrested on Tuesday morning by Assam Police Guwahati: A sedition case has been filed against an Assam MLA who was arrested […]
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OnePlus may be bringing a wireless charger to the market along with its OnePlus 8-series phones. The Warp Charge 30 Wireless Charger (not the official name) is expected to be launched alongside the new phones on April 14. Now, details of the wireless charger have been tipped, suggesting a complete charge in 80 minutes for […]
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Current Gold Price India: Mumbai-based industry body IBJA said the gold jewellery rate was at Rs 45,121 Gold Price On April 7: Gold futures surged nearly 5 per cent on Tuesday as the country entered the fourteenth day of a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. MCX gold futures rose as […]
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India Lockdown Extend: A 21-day lockdown was announced on March 24. (File) Highlights PM Modi said yesterday people must be prepared for the long haul The government said decision would be declared “at the right time” India has over 4,400 coronavirus cases now, including 114 deaths New Delhi: Top government sources today said “a lot […]
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Domestic stock markets surged around 9 per cent on Tuesday tracking a rally in global peers on signs of a slowdown in coronavirus-related deaths around the world. The S&P BSE Sensex index rose as much as 2,566.7 points to touch 30,157.65 at the strongest level of the session in late afternoon deals, and the broader […]
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Coronavirus in Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal says he would ensure 24-hour vigilance and adequate facilities. New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said his government is ready with a five-step plan to combat coronavirus and as part of it, is planning to conduct 1 lakh rapid tests among people in the city’s COVID-19 hotspots. The […]
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As promised, the Extraction trailer is here. Netflix has unveiled a three-minute trailer for the Chris Hemsworth-led action thriller movie about weapons dealers and drug traffickers, from the makers of Avengers: Endgame — directed by Endgame’s stunt coordinator Sam Hargrave, off a script by Endgame’s co-director Joe Russo — which gives us our first proper […]
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