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Here’s how singer Antara Chakrabarty is spending her lockdown days

Odia singer Antara Chakrabarty is spending her lockdown days by doing things for which she earlier didn’t get time due to her busy work schedule.




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"The older I grow, the more I miss you": Mother's Day wishes from grown-up children

"The older I grow, the more I miss you": Mother's Day wishes from grown-up children





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Mumbai lockdown news: Today's updates from your city




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Bengaluru lockdown news: Today's updates from your city




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Coronavirus: Tamil Nadu relaxes lockdown measures further




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New antiviral drug combo shows promise against Covid-19: Study




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Senior UK medic confident "R" contagion number below 1 across country

Britain's deputy chief medical officer said on Saturday he was confident the coronavirus "R" number, a measure of the rate of contagion, was below 1 across the United Kingdom.




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Why are taxis yellow in colour?




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Who is a flower child?

A hippie, especially one advocating universal peace and love as antidotes to social or political ills, is called a flower child.




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Covid-19 lockdown: Migrant workers, family walk back from Ahmedabad to their native place in UP's Lalitpur

Covid-19 lockdown: Migrant workers, family walk back from Ahmedabad to their native place in UP's Lalitpur





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Desi jugad: How to pluck mangoes without letting them fall

Desi jugad: How to pluck mangoes without letting them fall





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Police accused of ‘overreach’ in enforcing lockdown rules in NCR




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Noida: To allow domestic staff or not? RWAs start online vote




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Crowdfunding for a cause

It all started with an honest Facebook post.




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Mahab's stone sculptors now shape surfboards

In every other store on the streets leading to the beach in Mamallapuram sit a row or two of Ganeshas, tiny turtles, elephants, reclining Buddhas and scattered stone figurines, all carved by the locals.




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How the gentle ascetic figure of Bharat Mata morphed into an ultra-nationalist warrior

Historian Sumathi Ramaswamy’s seminal book The Goddess and the Nation, Mapping Mother India shows how Bharat Mata has been reimagined over the years, going from a benign, giving figure or a tragedienne to a martyr and often an ultra-nationalist warrior.




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Licence raj gone. Now, get rid of permission raj

It is said that nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon. On the anniversary of the crisis-compelled 1991 reforms, amidst the ring of congratulatory applause and certification of successes, it is essential to assess if the political imperative for transformation has been influenced at all by the experience of 1991, if there is systemic change and, if indeed, the laurels are for real.




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The power-full people you don’t know about

As solar panels get cheaper, more people are embracing the sun. Some of them are not only reducing their electricity bills, they’re even selling the surplus to the state.




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France, Spain move toward reopening as global virus cases top 4 million

The number of coronavirus cases worldwide topped four million as some of the hardest-hit countries readied Sunday to lift lockdown restrictions, despite concerns about the second wave of infections. Governments around the world are trying to stop the spread of the disease while scrambling for ways to relieve pressure on their economies with millions unemployed.




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World Down Syndrome Day: ಮಗು ಡೌನ್‌ ಸಿಂಡ್ರೋಮ್‌ನಿಂದ ಹುಟ್ಟಲು ಕಾರಣವೇನು?

ಮಗು ಡೌನ್‌ ಸಿಂಡ್ರೋಮ್‌ನಿಂದ(ವಿಶೇಷ ಚೇತನವಾಗಿ) ಹುಟ್ಟಲು ಕಾರಣವೇನೆಂದು ವೈದ್ಯರು ಹೇಳಿದರೂ ಹಾಗೇಕೆ ಹುಟ್ಟುತ್ತಾರೆ ಎಂಬುವುದು ಇನ್ನೂ ತಿಳಿದು ಬಂದಿಲ್ಲ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಮಗು ಡೌನ್‌ ಸಿಂಡ್ರೋಮ್‌ನಿಂದ ಹುಟ್ಟುವ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆ ಇದೆಯೇ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಡೌನ್ ಸಿಂಡ್ರೋಮ್‌ನಿಂದ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಹುಟ್ಟುವ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ ವಿಶ್ವದ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಕಡೆ ಕಂಡು ಬರುತ್ತದೆ. ವಿಶ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಹುಟ್ಟುವ ಮಕ್ಕಳಲ್ಲಿ ಶ. 3ರಿಂದ




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Truck mows down two cops in Gurugram




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Once a hotspot, Nuh now has just two active cases




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DLW resumes production as 48-day lockdown ends




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Dist admin orders probe into KVT Shaptarshi Aarti row




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Quarantined with its owners, 9-month-oldpug ‘Max’ languishes because of poor diet




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Apple iOS 10 India update: Complete download guide




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Videocon Cube 3 (V50JL) smartphone with Android Marshmallow, 5-inch display launched at Rs 8,490

Videocon Mobiles has launched its latest 4G smartphone, Cube 3 (V50JL) in India. Priced at Rs 8,490, the smartphone will available across all retail stores.




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Now, shoot RAW images from your iPhone

Apple has announced that it will be adding the ability to capture RAW images to iPhones, starting with iOS 10. While the stock iOS camera app doesn’t have the functionality to capture RAW images, iPhone users can use Adobe’s Lightroom app for the same.




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Apple iOS 10 download: Update marred by glitches

Several user reports and news websites mentioned that after the installation process the handset showed an error prompting users to plug it to iTunes on a PC. On connecting, another error cropped up which read, “There is a problem with the iPhone 'iPhone' that requires it to be updated or restored.”




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Relience Communications Q1 profit grows 5.8% at Rs 54 crore

Telecom operator Reliance Communications today posted 5.8% rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 54 crore for the three-month period ended June 30.




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Motorola Moto E3 Power smartphone to launch in India on September 19

Lenovo-owned Motorola is all set to launch its latest budget smartphone – Moto E3 Power, in India. The company has confirmed on its social channels that it will be launching the Moto E3 Power at an event scheduled for September 19. The smartphone will be available exclusively on Flipakrt.




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Apple watchOS 3, tvOS 10: Top features and download guide

To download watchOS 3, users are recommended to install the latest iOS version and keep the Apple Watch’s minimum charge of up to 50%.




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Android Marshmallow share increases, still stays behind Lollipop

Although a significant increase, Android Marshmallow still lies below Android Lollipop, and Kitkat on the list. As per the latest distribution numbers, Android Lollipop 5.0 and v5.1 together run on 35% Android devices, followed by Android Kitkat 4.4 with a 27.7% share.




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Fitbit Charge 2 review: Towards a healthier you

Fitness tracking wearables maker Fitbit recently launched its Charge 2 and Flex 2 fitness trackers in India. While the Flex 2 is priced at Rs 9,499, the more expensive Charge 2 bears a price tag of Rs 14,999. The new Fitbit Charge 2 has a heart-rate monitor, a feature previously limited to the 'HR' edition of the Charge only. It comes with a touch-sensitive OLED display, as well as a 3-axis accelerometer, an altimeter and a vibration motor. Fitbit Charge 2 syncs with its companion smartphone app over Bluetooth.




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WhatsApp privacy policy challenged in Delhi High Court: 5 things to know

A public interest litigation in the Delhi High Court (HC) challenges the change in WhatsApp's privacy policy.




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Maternity hospital in Mysuru city records surge in patients following Nanjangud cluster case




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‘Allow refrigeration, air conditioning shops to open for four hours daily’




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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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Economic activities in Hubballi to resume tomorrow




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Seoul Shuts Down More Than 2,100 Nightclubs After Covid-19 Positive Man Visits Three

South Korea's had 18 new cases in 24 hours with all but one of them linked to a 29-year-old man who visited three clubs in Seoul's Itaewon district before testing.




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Brazil's Supreme Court Throws Out Rules that Limit Gay Men Donating Blood

The move came as more nations review restrictions on blood donations imposed during the 1980s HIV/AIDS crisis, with some countries imposing blanket bans, some waiting periods after gay sex, and others - like Italy - having no limitations at all.




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France Records Lowest Covid-19 Daily Death Toll in a Month with 80 New Fatalities

The ministry said the number of people in intensive care units - a key measure of a health system's ability to deal with the epidemic - fell by 56, or about 2%, to 2,812. That is less than half the peak of 7,148 seen on April 8.




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Doctors Show Top White House Officials Buried CDC Report on Reopening Communities

Emails show the US's top public health experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who working on guidance to help deal with coronavirus, were quashed by political appointees.




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Fire Hits Moscow Hospital Housing Coronavirus Victims; One Killed

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




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UK Commuters Face Cycling or Walking to Work Once Covid-19 Lockdown is Eased

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce on Sunday the next phase of Britain's battle to tackle the health crisis, following a review by ministers of lockdown measures that have all but shut the economy and kept tens of millions of people at home for nearly seven weeks.




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South Korea, Germany Show Life Beyond Lockdown Isn't What People Think it Will Be

The South Korean government on Wednesday started to relax its strict social distancing rules but only in line with a set of guidelines referred to as the 'distancing in daily life' policy.




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Flowers via a Stranger: Chileans Compromise on Mother's Day Cemetery Visits Due to Covid-19 Curbs

In the capital, Santiago, where the largest cemeteries ordinarily attract tens of thousands of visitors with associated road closures and chaotic scenes, the national federation of cemetery workers this week urged people to stay away.




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Study Shows Ultraviolet Lamps Could Light the Way in Fight Against Coronavirus

A team at Columbia's Center for Radiological Research is experimenting with UVC, rays whose wavelength of 222 nanometers makes them safe for humans but still lethal to viruses.




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Why dentures? Grow new teeth

Scientists in Japan have managed to grow teeth from stem cells, a development that could make dentures redundant.




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Now, an HIV blocking gel for women

Scientists have developed a "molecular condom", which they claim is a vaginal gel to help protect women from contracting HIV during sexual intercourse.