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IndiaAug 01, 2020

7 more arrested in spurious liquor case in Punjab: Police

Seven persons were arrested on Friday from Amritsar Rural, Batala, and Tarn Taran districts in connection with the spurious liquor case in Punjab.As many as 38 people died in the three districts allegedly after drinking spurious liquor.The Punjab Police set up five teams to conduct raids across affected districts. "Seven more persons arrested from Amritsar Rural, Batala and Tarn Taran districts in the spurious liquor case. Punjab Police has set up 5 teams to conduct raids across affected districts as death toll rises to 38," said Punjab Information and Public Relations Department.On Thursday,
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IndiaJul 30, 2020

'Those who want to threaten our territorial integrity should worry': Rajnath Singh on arrival of Rafale jets

After almost two decades, five Dassault multirole Rafale fighter jets landed at Haryana's Ambala airbase on July 29. Sukhoi fighter jet escorted the Rafale jets to Ambala airbase. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted that if anyone should be worried about the new capability of Indian Air Force, they should be those who want to threaten our territorial integrity. He tweeted, "I would like to add, if it is anyone who should be worried about or critical about this new capability of the Indian Air Force, it should be those who want to threaten our territorial integrity."
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IndiaJul 28, 2020

103 dead, 56 lakh affected due to Assam floods

A total of 103 people have died and 56,71,018 people from 5,305 villages have been affected by the floods here, a flood report from the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) stated on Tuesday."So far, a total of 30 districts have been affected in the state so far and 129 revenue circles have been affected. 56,71,018 people from 5,305 villages have felt the direct impact of the floods. A total of 103 people have lost their lives to the floods," the ASDMA report said.It further stated, "As of 7 am on Tuesday, the Brahmaputra river was flowing above the prescribed danger level at Neam
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IndiaJul 27, 2020

PM Modi launches 'throughput COVID-19 testing' facility

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched high throughput COVID-19 testing facilities on July 27. The facilities were launched in three cities including Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Kolkata via video conferencing. PM Modi said, "10,000 capacity of tests are going to be added in the present capacity of tests in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Kolkata. Now in these following cities, tests will be carried out at a greater pace. These labs will not remain restricted to testing of COVID-19 but will be expanded for testing of many other diseases including Hepatitis B and C, HIV, and Dengue in future." India's COVID-19 c
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IndiaJul 24, 2020

Rajasthan: Congress MLAs supporting Gehlot raise slogans at Raj Bhawan

Congress MLAs supporting Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot raised slogans at Raj Bhawan on July 24. The protest is being made over the issue of convening of the Assembly session. Chief Minister had met Governor Kalraj Mishra in the afternoon of July 24. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot after meeting Governor Kalraj Mishra in the Raj Bhawan on July 24 said that he would have not stooped the assembly session without some pressure from the top. Ashok Gehlot said, "Governor is our constitutional head. I don't hesitate to say that he couldn't have stopped it without some pressure from the top. Why d
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IndiaJul 24, 2020

Vegetable vendor in Indore expresses her agony on civic body in English

A vegetable vendor here on Thursday expressed her agony on Indore Municipal Corporation in fluent English. The video of the same has gone viral on social media. Raisa Ansari protested over the 'left-right' shop opening scheme of the civic body. She alleged that vegetable vendors are being harassed by IMC officials in the name of rules and regulations." I am selling fruits and vegetables here. People standing here are my family and friends. There are more than 20 members in the family. How will they survive? How they will earn? There is no rush on the stall but still, these officials keep telli
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IndiaJul 22, 2020

6 members of a single family succumb to COVID-19 in India

Six members of a family in Jharkhand's Dhanbad have succumbed to COVID-19, officials said."Six aged members of a family have died due to COVID-19. Two more members of the same family have tested positive, but their condition is stable. We are doing their contact tracing," Gopal Das, Civil surgeon, Dhanbad told reporters.An 88 year old woman passed away at a nursing home in Bokaro on July 4. Later, her sons who were 65 years old, 67 years old, 72 years old, 70 years old, and 60 years old died within a span of 10 days at different COVID-19 hospitals.
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IndiaJul 21, 2020

Over 24 lakh people in 24 districts affected by Assam floods, says ASDMA

The floods in Assam have affected 24 districts, causing damages to 1,09,600.53 hectares of crop area and affecting over 24 lakh people in the state.According to the flood situation report by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) on Monday, the rising water levels have affected a total of 2,254 villages.Earlier on Monday, the increased water flow in the Brahmaputra led to floods in several areas of Dibrugarh.The government has set up 276 relief camps and 192 relief distribution centres across the districts to help the people affected by the floods in the state.Moreover, 113 anim
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IndiaJul 17, 2020

India's COVID-19 count over 1 million with nearly 35,000 new cases

With the highest single-day spike of 34,956 cases, India's COVID-19 count crossed 10 lakh on Friday.The death toll has gone up to 25,602 with 687 deaths in the last 24 hours.The Health Ministry said that the total count of cases stands at 10,03,832 including 3,42,473 active case and 6,35,757 cured/discharged/migrated patients.The recovery rate stands at 63.33 per cent.Maharashtra reported 8,308 new COVID-19 cases and 258 deaths on Friday. The total number of positive cases has risen to 2,92,589 including 1,60,357 recovered cases, 1,20,480 active cases and 11,452 deaths.Tamil Nadu reported 4,53

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