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Decks cleared for repatriation of evacuees from Maldives

They are set to arrive at Kochi port today




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Turkey reports 50 new COVID-19 deaths as it prepares to return to normal life

Total fatalities stand at 3,739, while infections number 137,115. According to figures posted on Twitter by Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, 89,480 patients have recovered.




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Coronavirus | West Bengal govt forms teams for surveillance support, monitoring of treatment at hospitals

The team members will pay regular visits to these hospitals and send reports to the department, the state government said in an order.




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Over 4,000 released from Italian hospitals

Another 1,083 people tested positive, half of them in hard-hit Lombardy, bringing Italy’s confirmed number of cases to 218,268.




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Five special trains leave city in a day

Nearly 6,000 migrant workers from various parts of Mumbai left the city in five Shramik Specials on Saturday, making it the highest number of trains t




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‘We don’t need trains, just let us walk home’

Stranded workers say they don’t want to wait in shelters till they get a train or be quarantined once they get home




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BJP expresses concern over govt.’s ‘negligence’ towards health facilities

‘State government has failed to protect the people of Delhi from the virus’




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Delhi govt. reports less COVID-19 deaths than hospitals

Administration denies allegations, says there is an audit panel of doctors that probes and reports every death




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Fire hits Moscow hospital housing virus victims

A fire at a Moscow hospital treating people infected by the new coronavirus killed one patient and forced the evacuation of about 200 others.Also rea




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Coronavirus | Fatalities dog Andhra Pradesh, Telangana battle against virus

Two expatriates test positive in Kerala; Karnataka focuses on Bengaluru cases




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At least 2 died in separate avalanches in Italy

The Trento Alpine Rescue service said the body of one man was found late Saturday on the Folgaria plateau after an avalanche separated him from his dog.




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Elon Musk threatens to exit California over virus restrictions

He wrote that whether the company keeps any manufacturing in Fremont depends on how Tesla is treated in the future.




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COVID-19: Odisha tally shoots up sharply by 58 to reach 352

According to the State govt., 29 new cases were reported from Ganjam district followed by Balasore and Angul with 15 and 13 cases.




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Indian naval ship arrives in Kochi with evacuees from the Maldives

Most of the 698 Indians, of whom 440 are from Kerala, were stranded in the island country after they lost their jobs




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12 rescued so far after portion of chawl collapses in Kandivali, NDRF called in

Search and rescue operations are still under way, incident escalated to a Level II emergency




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Watch | All about Vande Bharat Mission

A video on India's massive repatriation operation to bring back stranded Indians from different parts of the world in the wake of the coronavirus crisis




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India, China troops face off at Naku La in Sikkim, several injured

Troops disengaged after dialogue and interaction at local level, Army sources said




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Watch | Liquor shops reopen in several Indian States

A video on the opening of liquor shops after the easing of the COVID-19 lockdown in India





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Credai reports 40-50% hike in cement, steel prices; alleges cartelisation

The association has written a letter to Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri seeking his intervention in the matter




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Commodity arrivals surge ahead of week-long shutdown at APMC Vashi

While arrivals of vegetables remained resilient with a fewer number of trucks enter into evening also, the biggest surge was seen in fruit supply.




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The competition between dehydrogenation and dehydration reactions for primary and secondary alcohols over gallia: unravelling the effects of molecular and electronic structure via a two-pronged theoretical/experimental approach

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9CY02603G, Paper
Lorella Izzo, Tommaso Tabanelli, Fabrizio Cavani, Paola Blair Vàsquez, Carlo Lucarelli, Massimo Mella
The relative dehydrogenation/dehydration reactivity imparted by nanostructured gallium(III) oxide on alcohols was investigated via electronic structure calculations, reactivity tests and DRIFT-IR spectroscopy.
To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.
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Eye hospitals in Kolkata resume surgeries

Services are crawling back to normal at eye hospitals across the city that had been forced to suspend emergency surgeries and outpatient (OPD) services since the lockdown started. While some have resumed elective surgeries in a restricted way following screening of patients, others are on the way to reviving OPD services even as they continue telephone consultations and online advice.




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Chhattisgarh: Baloda Bazaar-Bhatapara to use lockdown fine for buying PPE kits

Baloda Bazaar-Bhatapara district has come up with a great idea to contribute in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The amount of financial penalties recovered from the lockdown violators will be used for procuring safety kits for the doctors and health workers.




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Kerala: Pandemic a boon for cyber criminals




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Salon owner in Madurai feeds 615 families with Rs 5 lakh he saved for daughter

While people are holding-on to their savings, C Mohan (47), owner of a salon in Madurai has pulled out Rs 5 lakh, which he has been saving for his daughter’s education, to help more than 600 families to survive the lockdown onslaught. Mohan has distributed a kit each of 5kg rice, vegetables, groceries and cooking oil over the past one week to 615 families.




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Alert train driver averts accident near Pune, saves 20 migrants’ lives

An alert loco driver of a goods train saved the lives of at least 20 migrant workers by applying the emergency brakes and halting the train just 100 metres away from them near Pune on Friday evening. The migrants were walking on the tracks between the Uruli and Loni stations. The incident happened barely 14 hrs after 16 migrants were killed on Aurangabad tracks.




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Delhi doctor takes off safety gear to help critical patient

Dr Zahid Abdul Majeed, a critical care specialist at AIIMS recently saved a critically-ill patient suffering from Covid-19 while putting his own life at risk of contracting the infection. He took off his protective goggles to re-intubate a patient keeping in mind the imminent death of the patient if he failed. Dr Zahid has now been advised quarantine for 14 days.




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Bengaluru: Two Covid-19 positive women give birth to 3 babies

Two women, who tested positive for Covid-19 and residents of the containment zone in Padarayanapura, Bengaluru, gave birth to three babies on Saturday morning. A 20-year-old woman delivered twin babies at the Trauma Care Centre. On Friday, a 34-year-old woman gave birth to a girl. Both women underwent C-sections.




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Audit companies exploring digital options to clear lockdown hurdle

While many companies are sharing documents digitally, some have also opened their servers to auditors to access the data they require




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AOC is making house calls in 'Animal Crossing.'

We may be required to socially distance here in the physical world, but Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is still making house calls-in Animal Crossing.






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Stimulus package likely next week; Guaranteed higher working capital limit for MSME on cards

Centre plans to raise the total borrowings to ₹12 lakh crore this fiscal




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Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilisers records 35 per cent hike in sale of ‘Suphala’ fertilisers

A PIB press statement said that Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilisers Ltd (RCF) has registered a hike of 35.47 per cent in the sale of fertilisers und




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Hyderabad International Airport facilitates first Vande Bharat evacuation flight from Kuwait

Hyderabad International Airport facilitated the first arrival evacuation flight from Kuwait on Saturday.This is the first flight to Hyderabad and is p




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Naval ship arrives in Kochi with 698 repatriated Indians from Maldives

Passengers showing Covid-19 symptoms are being disembarked first, followed by others in small groups, district-wise, says a Cochin Port Trust official




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Coronavirus in US: Obama calls Trump’s response as chaotic disaster

Obama cast the US response to the virus as an outgrowth of tribalism as he sought to emphasise the urgency of the November election




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Cochin Port Trust helps during ‘Operation Samudra Sethu’ for Maldives expatriates

This is the Indian Navy’s first massive evacuation exercise during the Covid-19 lockdown




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Should rental income earners shift to the new tax regime?

Be wise when it comes to opting for the tax regime from this year




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'Thank you for creating mommy': Sara Ali Khan makes mother Amrita Singh & grandmother Rukhsana Sultana feel special

Sara Ali Khan shared a beautiful picture of Amrita Singh and Rukhsana Sultana holding her newborn self




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'KGF' makers to sue local Telugu channel for telecasting film illegally

The makers of Yash's movie 'KGF' have planned to sue a local Telugu channel for broadcasting the movie illegally




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Mumbai: Several trapped after building collapses in Kandivali West; rescue operation underway

Further details are awaited.




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'Ye bewakoof kisi aur ko banana': Mohammed Shami recalls instance when MS Dhoni told him off over a bouncer

The incident took place back in 2014 during India's test match against New Zealand.




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Coronavirus Outbreak: COVID-19 tally in India nears 63,000-mark; death toll tops 2,000-mark

Maharashtra has the highest number of cases with around 20,228 positive cases of infection and 779 deaths.




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'Absolute chaotic disaster': Leaked call reveals Obama's take on Trump's handling of COVID-19 pandemic

During his call with 3,000 members of the Obama Alumni Association, Obama urged his supporters to show their full support towards Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.




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NSA Ajit Doval conducts high-level intelligence meet; asks to tighten counter-infiltration grid

According to a report by security agencies, the presence of around 450 terrorists, including those from Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), has been seen on the launching pads adjacent to the Line of Control (LoC).




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'Allow private vehicles to ferry them': Sanjay Raut's advice to Maharashtra govt on migrant situation

Sanjay Raut took to his official Twitter handle on Sunday to let know his suggestion via a post regarding the situation.




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DNA Exclusive: Sophie Choudry reveals how she would celebrate Mothers' Day with 'super mom'

The coronavirus lockdown has separated many of us from our families, including our mothers. However, Sophie Choudhry is one lucky celeb who is able to spend her quarantine and Mothers' Day with her supermom. In fact, she told us all about her plans for the day.




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Now total lockdown in Gandhinagar from Sunday

To curb the increasing number of corona positive cases and the spread of virus infection, the Gandhinagar Collector on Saturday said there would be a total lockdown in Gandhinagar city and Kalol municipality on the lines of Ahmedabad and Surat.