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US Next Week to Start Purchasing $3 Billion Worth of Farm Goods, Says Trump

It was unclear whether his statement referred to a $19 billion relief plan announced by the US Department of Agriculture in April. The agency said it would buy $3 billion worth of agricultural commodities as part of that program.




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Taliban Denies Having Missing US Contractor Mark Frerichs: Report

In a statement late Saturday by the US Embassy in Kabul, Washington also sought Pakistan’s help in locating Frerichs.




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'Twilight Zone': Poland Sees Zero Turnout in Bizarre Ghost Election Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

The EU member of 38 million people has found itself in the bizarre predicament in which the presidential ballot is formally neither postponed nor cancelled.




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Men who do household chores more likely to marry

According to University of Oxford, Men who do household chores are more likely to marry a girl of their choice.




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A sweeter broccoli to cut heart diseases

Scientists claimed to have developed a new variety of broccoli that is not only grown naturally, but also tastes sweeter and has 40% more anti-oxidants than the normal to reduce risks of heart disease and cancer.




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Hysterectomy through belly button leaves no scars

Doctors have operated on a woman which they claim is the first hysterectomy in Europe through a tiny incision in her belly button, leaving no visible outward scars.




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Guard’s coach of a goods train derails as bull comes on tracks




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Hamirpur, Farrukhabad report 1st Covid-19 cases




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Redditors Did a Lockdown Cooking Contest and Here Are the Best Recipes

The best three photos will be decided on the basis of the votes on the posts.




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IAS Officer With Month Old Baby, Telangana Woman Who Rode 1,400 Km: Supermoms And Coronavirus Warriors

These mothers deserve a huge round of applause!




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Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma Donate for Welfare of Mumbai Police Personnel

Virat and Anushka have been trying to help the needy as much as they can in these troubled times and apart from donating to the PM-CARES Fund.




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These Japanese Kids Serve Backhands Just Like Tennis Stars Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic

Six-year-old Yunosuke and four-year-old Koujirou can be seen training on the Swedish and Serbian legends in a viral video.




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Eight of Top-10 Firms Lose Rs 2.50 Lakh Crore in Market Capitalisation

In the top-10 list, only Reliance Industries Ltd and Bharti Airtel managed to close the trading week with gains.




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Dubai's Emirates Airline Reports 21 Percent Rise in Full-year Profit

The Dubai state carrier made 1 billion dirhams ($287.5 million) in the 12 months to March 31, compared to 871 million dirhams a year earlier.




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Mutual Fund Investors: Here Are All Your Queries Answered After Franklin AMC Shuts Debt Schemes

Before we head on to answer your queries on your investments in mutual fund schemes, here we clarify that last evening after the amc company Franklin Templeton was left with no option on barely any new subscription and other liquidity issues,




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How Investment In Industrial Plots Can Be A Smart Option?

‘Savings are the income of future', and there is no better time than our current situations to realize and address the above fact. With businesses being halted, and cash flow slowing down; having a source of income which helps you maintain




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Charlie Munger's 'Wait And Watch' Strategy May Work For Long Term Investors Amid COVID-19

Charlie Munger, the vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathway, the investment company controlled by billionaire Warren Buffet, is not looking at making investments amid the COVID-19 crisis. In a recent telephonic interview with the Wall Street Journal, Munger was asked if his investment




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Voluntary Provident Fund: Are There Benefits To Higher Than Mandatory EPF Contributions?

After extreme volatility recently seen the stock markets and mutual fund investments, you may be looking at more stable options to put your savings aside for the long term. One such conservative investment tool is the EPF (Employees' Provident Fund) that




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5 Ways To Prepare For Job Loss And Such Exigencies Amid Pandemic

There is bad news everywhere amid Covid 19 crisis which has led most employed to fret about job loss or salary cuts. Various industries hit the most including aviation has announced no pay-outs for April, May month. At the same time,




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Maharashtra To Give Free Health Insurance To All Its Citizens

Maharashtra's Health Minister Rajesh Tope announced that all citizens of the state will be given a free health insurance scheme and will also become the first state in India to provide free cashless insurance to all its citizens. The announcement was




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Paying Rent: This Is How You Can Earn Reward/ Cashback

At this grim hour, when paying rent can be dentful task HDFC's payment app PayZapp has tied up with NoBroker for offering cashback or rewards on rent payment. NoBroker is the brokerage free real estate portal. And the facility can be




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4 Standardized KYC Processes Can Now Ease Your Investment Process

Given the fact that digital KYC or know your customer has been in place for long but no institutions followed similar standards, the government as well as the SEBI have come forth amid the pandemic-led lockdown and instructed to move to




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Contributing To EPF A/c For 20 Years: You Are Entitled To This Benefit

EPFO's retirement fund EPF apart from a reasonable return provides a handful of other benefits which most of the subscribers are not aware of such as the EDLI scheme that offers insurance up to Rs. 6 lakh, pension etc. Also, there




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Mother's Day 2020: Google Celebrates Moms with Interactive Doodle That Let's You Design Cards

Google explained that its latest doodle was inspired by a surge in searches for 'Homemade Mother’s Day card' and similar searches for 'virtual' gifts and ideas for the holiday.




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Broadband Buying Guide: Spectra Plans Start at Rs 899, Speeds up to 1Gbps & Unlimited Voice Calls

Spectra is competing with the likes of Reliance JioFiber, Airtel Xstream broadband and ACT Fibernet, to name a few. And the company has some rather unique plans, in terms of what is bundled, depending on the duration you choose to pay for in one go.




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Cops tackle Jangleshwar labourers’ mutiny tactfully




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24-year-old man kidnapped, assaulted for ‘matri karar’ with woman




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April power bills can be paid by May 30 in Gujarat

The deadline for payment of electricity bills for March-April has been extended till May 30, the state government took the decision on Saturday. This is for power customers of all electricity distribution companies in the state.




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Attacks on cops will be strictly dealt with: Gujarat DGP

While speaking to reporters this Saturday, Gujarat DGP Shivanand Jha said once again that the administration will deal most strictly with those who attack police and Covid frontline warriors.




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Crop loan NPAs rose by 3.2% in Gujarat: SLBC

Thanks to the unseasonal rain around Diwali, the extended monsoon and growing debt of farmers, non-performing assets (NPAs) among crop loans in Gujarat rose marginally by 3.2% in the third quarter of 2019-20.




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Quarantine facilities set up for repatriates




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Quarantine: Lodges fear losing their brand image




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Coast Guard ready to discharge duties in times of pandemic




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First Patient to Receive Plasma Therapy in UP Dies of Heart Attack

The doctor, who was on ventilator since the last 14 days, died on Saturday evening following heart attack.




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44-Year-Old Woman Arrested for Selling e-Cigarettes to Minors in Delhi

The accused was identified as Pooja Sawhney, a resident of Rajouri Garden area of the city. She is from an affluent family, police said.




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State Varsities to Implement Academic Calendar Within Month After Lockdown is Lifted: Bengal Edu Minister

Partha Chatterjee said the institutions have also received the University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines in this regard and the issue came up in the meeting held during the day.




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394 New Coronavirus Cases in Gujarat, 23 Deaths, Lowest in Last Seven Days

A total of 219 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the tally of those who recovered and were discharged in the state to 2,091.




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Pakistan Violates Ceasefire, Shells Forward Areas Along LoC in J&K's Poonch

The cross-border shelling is going on but there is no report of any casualty on the Indian side so far, a spokesman said.




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Delhi Police Arrests AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal, Kapil Nagar in Doctor Suicide Case

Prakash Jarwal and Kapil Nagar were called for questioning on Saturday evening and later arrested, police said.




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Not Anticipating 'Worst Situation' Due to Covid-19 in India, Says Harsh Vardhan

Vardhan said the doubling time of coronavirus infection cases in the country for the last three days has been about 11 days and 9.9 days for the last seven days.




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Finalise 'Rational Policy' To Help Migrants Travel to Native Places by May 12: Karnataka High Court to State

A special bench was hearing a writ petition filed by the All India Centre Council of Trade Unions(AICCTU) questioning the government's rationale to cancel trains that were meant to ferry migrant labourers back to their homes.




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Over 1 Lakh Migrants to Return to Uttar Pradesh in 114 Trains by Saturday Night

Another 98 trains with migrant workers will reach the state on Sunday and Monday, while talks are on to allow 15 to 20 more.




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Chhattisgarh CM Baghel Writes to PM Modi, Requests for Rs 30,000 Crore Aid

The chief minister wrote to the prime minister, reiterating that a financial aid of Rs 10,000 crore should be given immediately from this package to get the state's economy back on track.




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Maharashtra Allows Free Intra-state Bus Travel from May 11

The State Transport (ST) bus service will be made available on the condition of fulfilling certain conditions to ensure that coronavirus does not spread to other parts of the state




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Jamiat to Approach SC for Bail or Parole to Eligible Prisoners in View of Covid-19: Maulana Arshad Madani

The health department has directed that social distancing is the only effective way to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, but it is impossible to do so in prisons as they have more prisoners than their prescribed capacity, he said in a statement.




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35 Indians Repatriated From Singapore Quarantined at 4-star Hotel in Greater Noida

The administration said it has appointed officers to inspect the facilities being provided to the repatriated Indians, who were stuck abroad due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, and address their concerns, if any.




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Maharashtra Covid-19 Cases Up by 1,165 to 20,228; Death Toll 779

A total of 330 patients were discharged after recovery from hospitals, taking their total number to 3,800. Of the 48 deaths, 27 were reported from Mumbai, nine from Pune city.




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Jharkhand Grapples with Ill-equipped Infrastructure as Covid-19 Cases Among Returning Migrants Rise

Even RIMS, the only state-run super-specialty medical institute in Jharkhand, does not have the required equipment to deal with the crisis. At present, there is one ventilator for every 70,000 people in the state.




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More Central Teams for 10 States That Have Witnessed or are Witnessing High Covid-19 Cases: Health Min

According to the health ministry statement, the central teams comprises a senior official from the health ministry, a joint secretary-level nodal officer and a public health expert.




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Don't Go Home on Foot, Govt Has Made Travel Arrangements: CM Gehlot to Workers

Chairing a meeting to review the movement of migrants, Gehlot said the government has made arrangements for their travel through buses and trains. Therefore, no worker should go on foot, he said.