Tuesday, 30 June 2020

Nature’s Historian



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Schooling in the post Covid era: Challenges ahead

A piece of well-grounded scientific advice or the availability of a vaccine can assuage the legitimate fears of parents, educators, and school leaders.

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Thermonuclear experimental reactor: L&T delivers world’s largest vacuum vessel

The cryostat’s function is to provide cooling to the fusion reactor and to keep very high temperatures at its core under control.

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Traders seek scrutiny of Chinese companies’ investments in Indian start-ups

“Chinese companies that have set up their manufacturing plants in India should also be investigated whether the data they have accrued is not either being misused or sent to China,” CAIT said in the letter.

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Journalism Interrupted: Why public broadcasters like BBC have done well, whereas Prasar Bharti has languished

Prasar Bharati’s threat to PTI over China-aggression related interviews seems to confuse journalistic prerogative for loyalty.

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Trump "More And More Angry At China" Over Coronavirus Spread

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was growing "more and more angry at China" over the spread of the coronavirus, as American health officials warned they were not in "total" control of the...

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Major Shuffle Of Senior Police Officers In Tamil Nadu

As part of a major rejig of IPS officials in Tamil Nadu, the state government on Tuesday transferred City Police Commissioner A K Viswanathan and a host of other officers.

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U.S. Calls for Indefinite Arms Embargo of Iran, but Finds No Takers


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Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today


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How Women Did Pride in a Pandemic Year


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Fauci Says U.S. Could Reach 100,000 Virus Cases a Day as Warnings Grow Darker


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Pence Raised Nearly $500,000 From Donors to Pay Mueller Legal Defense


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$1 Billion Is Shifted From N.Y.P.D. in a Budget That Pleases No One


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PLA puts up signage, China map on Ladakh's bank

After physically occupying an almost 8-km stretch of what India considers its territory on the north bank of Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has created a massive signage in the area to claim it as Chinese land. Located between Finger-4 and Finger-5, the 80-metre-long signage is in the shape of inscriptions and is designed to be visible from the air and capable of being picked up by satellites.

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Gas explosion at clinic in Iranian capital kills 19

An explosion from a gas leak in a medical clinic in northern Tehran killed 19 people, Iranian state TV reported on Tuesday. Spokesperson for the Tehran Fire Department told state TV that the toll had risen to 19 from 13. State-run IRNA news agency also quoted Maleki as saying the dead included 15 women and four men. Maleki added that firefighters had rescued 20 people.

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Party rivals mount fresh pressure on Oli to quit

Nepal PM K P Sharma Oli has come under immense pressure to resign from within the ruling Nepal Communist Party, including from former PM Prachanda. According to Nepal media reports, Prachanda, Madhav Kumar Nepal, Jhalanath Khanal and Bamdev Gautam demanded that Oli quit at a meeting on Tuesday. Oli has gone on record to say that India has been behind the effort to unseat him.

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The shrinking of PV



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Bharti Airtel overtakes Vodafone Idea to become second largest telco in terms of subscribers

To get a perspective, Vodafone Idea has lost more subscribers in 19 months than the overall wireless user base of state-run BSNL.

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Covid-19 pandemic to accelerate consolidation in real estate: Puravankara COO

Organised players are growing and within organised, large players will grow faster and consolidation will bring in small players into large players.

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Covid-19: Virus infections get ‘unlocked’, grow faster in many states — State-wise numbers

The current growth of 3.7% per day in Unlock 1, though, is large enough for India to replace Russia within 10 days as the world’s third-highest number of infections.

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Covid-19: With no sign of crisis abating, HDFC Bank looks to build war chest to fund growth

Of late, there has been greater acceptance of that event and the market now understands better the full extent of risk associated with AT1 bonds.

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Why most discoms are yet to get state govt nod for PFC-REC loans

Maharashtra discoms have already been sanctioned Rs 2,500 crore as the first tranche of loans which are designed to be disbursed in two equal halves.

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A+ and stable: S&P retains China rating despite Covid crisis

It affirmed China's 'A+' long-term and 'A-1' short-term sovereign credit ratings, both in the third highest investment category.

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EMI relief: From home to education, all you wanted to know about loan moratorium

However, I believe you are referring to the RBI announcement on deferment of EMIs for three months then extended to six months now under the moratorium.

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Coal mining: Why commencement of auction process for ‘commercial mining’ is welcome news

The opening up of the coal sector will also help in fulfilling the government’s Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan, and will help several economic sectors, especially power, steel, aluminium and unregulated sectors.

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Banning Apps Good Idea, What About Chinese Funds In PM CARES: Congress

The Congress on Monday said the Centre should take more substantive and effective measures as it welcomed the ban on 59 Chinese applications.

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Lunar Eclipse 2020: Know Date, Timings And All Other Details

India will witness the second lunar eclipse or Chandra Grahan of 2020 on 5th July 2020. On January 10, the very first lunar eclipse occurred and on June 5 the second lunar eclipse of the year took...

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‘It’s More Than a Seat at the Table’


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A White Gatekeeper of Southern Food Faces Calls to Resign


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Remote School Is a Nightmare. Few in Power Care.


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Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today


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‘Our Luck May Have Run Out’: California’s Case Count Explodes


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Three Hikers Are Missing on Mount Rainier


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Is This the End for Shane Dawson and Jeffree Star?


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Obamacare Versus the G.O.P. Zombies


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LAC satellite images show helipad expansion by China

Fresh satellite images show that China has expanded its heliport located 21.3 km north east from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Pangong Tso area. The images show that no new heliport has been constructed. ​​​Latest satellite images show that China has revamped another old helibase and new infrastructure has been added in Pishan County, 176 kilometres north of Galwan.

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Sunday, 28 June 2020

Doctor who ran clinic in Dadri dies of Covid



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Covid-19: More testing may see Mumbai become corona capital again

A good way to see how many extra infections Mumbai would have had were more testing to be done is to examine the ‘positivity’ levels, or the number of fresh infections as a proportion of the number of tests.

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Good news! Amazon India announces 20,000 seasonal jobs in customer service

The announcement comes a little over a month after Amazon created nearly 50,000 temporary job opportunities in the country across its fulfilment and delivery networks.

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Covid-19: If data collection is incomplete, no point disseminating it as it can only mislead

Coincidentally, RBI has taken the tone of doing everything for growth and hence the inflation number may not matter in the broader scheme of things for the MPC.

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Disparate Quality: In rural India, degrees don’t make doctors

Bulk of the healthcare providers in India's villages lack formal medical degrees, finds a new study

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Covid-19: Hyper-extended saving, current-account imbalances will have consequences for dollar

No country can afford to squander its saving potential—ultimately, the seed-corn of long-term economic growth. That’s true even of the United States, where the laws of economics have often been ignored under the guise of “American exceptionalism.”

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Early adjustment: Centre cuts June tax transfers to states by 9%

The customary pattern is the Centre makes adjustments on state tax transfers based on actual receipts only during February-March, the final two months of a financial year.

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New vistas: Covid lockdown forcing companies to innovate – How they are going about it

According to Daniel, the innovation has led the company to work with many different industries like retail, airports, hospitals, hotels and even the government.

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Asian Paints rating: Buy — Covid marred volumes in Q4

Benign RM prices should continue to aid margin; outlook bright given operational capability; ‘Buy’ maintained

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Delhi's Civic Body Checking Seismic Stability Of High-Rise Buildings

Seeking to ensure seismic stability of high-rise buildings, the SDMC has started identifying such structures and issuing notices to groups and institutions to submit structural audit reports, it said...

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Focus On Tackling COVID-19, Chinese Aggression: Congress MP To Centre

Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Sunday said that the government should focus on tackling coronavirus pandemic and Chinese aggression instead of worrying about the party.

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Yes, Even George Washington


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US Covid-19 cases breach record for fifth day

The United States recorded a fifth consecutive day of record new cases of coronavirus infections on Saturday as the number of worldwide cases of crossed 10 million, claiming nearly 500,000 lives. The US alone accounts for a quarter of the infections and fatalities, the death toll crossing 125,000 from 2.5 million cases over the weekend

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Saturday, 27 June 2020

Biden Campaign Says Just Over a Third of 2020 Staff Members Are People of Color


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In big spike, India adds 20,000+ cases in a day

Fresh cases surged to 20,060 on Saturday, just a day after breaching the 18,000 mark for the first time. While Maharashtra reported the highest jump in numbers, recording as many as 6,368 new cases, at least nine other states and Union territories witnessed their highest single-day spurt in infections.

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Chinese army reluctant to back down from finger 4 at Pangong Tso: Sources

The Chinese army has, in the last few years, prevented Indian patrols to move freely between finger 4 and 8 on the banks of the lake.

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Air India sale: EoI deadline extended to August 31

The government has invited EoI for AI by way of the transfer of management control and sale of 100% equity share held by the Centre.

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NTPC net falls 71% on higher taxes in Q4

STATE-OWNED NTPC reported a 71.2% year-on-year (y-o-y) decrease in its standalone net profit to `1,252.4 crore in the three months ended March

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IDBI Bank selling its stake in IDBI Federal Life Insurance

As on March 31, 2019, the IDBI Federal Life Insurance has issued over 13 lakh policies and has total assets under management of ₹9,107 crore and a capital base of over 800 crores, as on March 31, 2019.

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3 Drug Traffickers With 300 kg Cannabis Injured In Police Firing In Noida

Three men allegedly transporting 300 kg of cannabis were injured in an encounter with police in Greater Noida on Saturday night, officials said.

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Kerala Dialogue: Amartya Sen, Noam Chomsky roped in to discuss new possibilities in post-Covid world

Kerala Planning Board vice-chairman VK Ramachandran and senior journalist N Ram will be the moderators. The debate series is to be telecast through the chief minister's official social media accounts this week onwards.

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Covid: Mapmygenome, Apollo Clinic offer DNA-based tests

Mapmygenome’s Genomepatri or ‘health horoscope’ is a master health test with 100-odd reports on lifestyle disease, physiological traits, drug response and carrier status.

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Hit by Covid, apparel industry revenue set to fall by this much in FY21

Apparel retailers are, however, likely to see higher contribution from online channels this fiscal, driven by changing buying pattern of consumers amid the pandemic.

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Covid will worsen refugee crisis; world needs to collaborate to fight for them

The pandemic will worsen the refugee crisis; the world needs to collaborate to fight for them.

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Power Grid Rating: Buy — Q4 earnings were in line with estimates

Delay in award of projects could affect profitability; valuations do not factor in growth potential; ‘Buy’ retained with TP of Rs 222.

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Tracking global cues, markets end on positive note

The biggest gainers on Nifty were Infosys, BPCL, TCS, Indian Oil Corporation, and IndusInd Bank, which were up by 6.64%, 6.5%, 4.92%, 4.76% and 3.76%, respectively.

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Assam Floods: Death Count Rises To 16, Over 2.5 Lakh People Affected

Flood waters entered 16 districts of Assam on Friday, affecting over 2.53 lakh people, while the death count due to the deluge rose to 16 after one more person died, officials said.

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No Oil Flow From Assam's Baghjan Gas Well Site To Water Bodies: Oil India

PSU major Oil India Limited on Friday said that no oil is flowing into water bodies from a gas well in Assam's Baghjan following a blowout last month, as claimed in a video clip which has gone viral...

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Justice Dept. to Take Aim at Antigovernment Extremists


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Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today


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As Cases Surge, Pence Misleads on Coronavirus Pandemic


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Mexico City Police Chief Is Wounded in Brazen Ambush


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New Numbers Showing Coronavirus Spread Intrude on a White House in Denial


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She Took a Knee in College. She’ll Do the Same as a Pro.


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Resist Fear-Based Parenting


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PDP's Naeem Akhtar: Was asked to choose between luxury and agony

Last week, authorities revoked Akhtar's detention under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), but was later placed under house arrest.

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Thursday, 25 June 2020

The Coronavirus Crisis Inside Prisons Won’t Stay Behind Bars


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America Is Facing 5 Epic Crises All at Once


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Best of BS Opinion: The myth of rational voter, the lost republic, and more

Business Standard opinion pieces of the day talk about India's economic response to China among other issues

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Embedded value: When all else fails, life insurance works

Universalising life insurance can help citizens in case of a financial crisis, whether at individual or national level, during their lifetime as well as after death

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War and business at the same time? Not possible – Hotel association bans Chinese citizens

DHROA, which primarily has budget hotels, guest houses and a handful of three and four star hotels under its aegis, said it will engage in talks with star hotels in Delhi and “impress upon them to join this movement”.

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BSNL fails to pay May salary to staff

The tender floated by BSNL, to procure 4G equipment, has been put on hold by the government, based on the complaint given by the Telecom Equipment and Services Promotion Council (TEPC).

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Disney+Hotstar to premiere late Sushant Singh Rajput’s Dil Bechara

The OTT firm said the film will be available to all subscribers and non-subscribers across India—which means it is not behind the paywall.

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Urban housing scheme: Some progress, but far from target

Of the sanctioned amount, the Centre’s contribution is Rs 1.66 lakh crore, states’ Rs 1.5 lakh crore and the beneficiary’s share is Rs 3.21 lakh crore.

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Another Nightmare Video and the Police on the Defensive in Tucson


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Iran Investigates Sudden Light and Booms


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