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Familiar disruption, uncertain future

As sales and exports of fish crash, another huge crisis is staring at Sri Lanka’s fisherfolk.




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China admits ‘shortcomings’ in response

The COVID-19 outbreak exposed “shortcomings” in China’s public healthcare system, a top health official admitted on Saturday, saying that reforms are




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1DE proves its worth... again

Two recent head-to-head comparisons show that 1DE provides the best results versus chromatography- and IEF-based approaches.




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First Covid-19 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 a heart attack, KGMU Vice Chancellor M L B Bhatt said




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Vizag tragedy aftermath: NDMA issues guidelines for restarting industries

The NDMA guidelines said while restarting a unit, the first week should be considered as the trial or test run period after ensuring all safety protocols




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5 migrant workers killed, 13 injured as truck overturns in Madhya Pradesh

The accident took place near Patha village on Saturday night when nearly 20 migrant labourers were going in the truck to Jhansi




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Watch Kartik Aaryan's hilarious performance

Kartik Aaryan has been quite active on social media in raising awareness about the pandemic and at the same time requesting all his fans to stay indoors. Not only that but the talented star has also come out in support of the government and contributed to the PM's CARES Fund as well.




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Kartik wants to know his mother’s secret

Kartik Aaryan says mothers are everything, its an emotion in itself. The 'Love Aaj Kal' star who shares a close bond with his mum Mala Tiwari wants to learn the magic of multitasking from her. On the occasion of Mother's Day, Kartik exclusively spoke to ETimes about the things he has imbibed from his maa.




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LNC appreciates LCTC's efforts

LNC appreciates LCTC's efforts




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JFA pays tributes to martyr journalist Pankaj Kulashrestha

JFA pays tributes to martyr journalist Pankaj Kulashrestha




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36 stranded Manipuri including 16 Cancer patients departs Mumbai for Imphal

36 stranded Manipuri including 16 Cancer patients departs Mumbai for Imphal




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COVID-19 mortality rate low, says Minister

TIRUVARUR The mortality due to COVID-19 virus infection in Tamil Nadu is 0.67%, according to Food Minister R. Kamaraj.Disclosing this at a special med




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Credai alleges cartelisation, flags cement and steel prices

The Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Association of India (Credai) has written to Housing and Urban Affairs minister Hardeep Puri and Commerce




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Set up expert panel to probegas leak, Naidu urges PM

‘Long-term impact on patients’ health needs to be assessed’




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On dead, six new cases reported in Kurnool

Central team from AIIHPH arrives




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Officials in Nellore on alert as Koyambedu cases rise

The district has regular transactions with traders in Tamil Nadu




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Coronavirus | Delhi government reports less COVID-19 deaths than hospitals

While the Delhi government’s statement says 68 coronavirus-related deaths have occurred in the national capital till Friday, the number of such deaths in just two hospitals in the city that The Hindu accessed was 107




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Two positive patients give birth in Victoria Hospital

Newborns have been separated from mothers and kept under isolation




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Shops offer discounts, virtual tours to win back customers

Some stores are giving up to 50% rebate




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Using “Dumb Data” To Make Smart Design Decisions

September 23, 2015

As an industry, we’ve worked to established many new practices and tools for nimble design teams, from A/B testing to measuring bounce rates and CTR performance. But a lot of these methods require engineers or some amount of technical know-how to execute, and they take place only after something has been launched.

The judicious application of “dumb data” can streamline your workflow and improve your designs

What many people don’t know is that there are some unexpected applications of data to consider earlier in the design process, which you, the designer, can do yourself. They’re not fancy, and you don’t need to know how to write SQL queries. The judicious application of just-enough “dumb data” can streamline your workflow and improve your designs in surprisingly useful ways.

Here are...read more
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ED attaches property of AJL in Mumbai worth Rs 16 crore




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Major train accident averted on Urali-Loni route




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Trump administration tightens visas for Chinese reporters

The Trump administration is tightening visa guidelines for Chinese journalists in response to the treatment of US journalists in China, as tensions flare between the two nations over the coronavirus.




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A dirty war’s casualties

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More attention needs to be paid to the Syrian Grand Mufti’s charges that the Middle East is being destabilised by Western forces I met the Grand Mufti of Syria, Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, in Damascus a few months after he had lost his son in a terror attack in 2012. Impeccably turned out with his turban and flowing robes, he looked understandably distraught. Those were the early days of the Syrian civil war and there was a struggle to interpret and analyse why violence was sneakily spreading in a secular country where President Bashar al-Assad was visibly popular. The Grand Mufti, who is considered one of the top three people in Syria, was uncertain why assassins targeted his 21-year-old son who was still studying in university, and was to get married the day he was killed. The answers came to him when he finally met his son’s killers. In one of his media interviews, he revealed how the two killers had no clue to either the identity of his son or motive. They were given the registration number of his car and a paltry amount of British pounds—350 each. His son’s life was worth only 700 pounds, the Mufti had said ruefully. After meeting his son’s killers, who were barely out of their teens, the Mufti pleaded with the authorities that they should be freed, but they had to face due process of law. Since then, the Mufti has seen his beloved country bloodied by a war heaped on its people by competing regional and global ambitions. He was recently in Delhi where he grandly announced that the five-year war, which has left more than 4,00,000 people dead and dislocated millions of others, was about to end. With relief and joy written on his face, the Grand Mufti described in detail how the secular Syrian Arab Army with the help of allies had defeated terrorists from over 40 countries. He blamed some of Syria’s neighbours and world powers for the endless war that the Middle East region had been subjected to. He claimed that these terrorists belonging to Daesh and other outfits like Nusra were recruited from different countries. There were many women, too, who were lured into this mythical Islamic State led by a Khalifa through Facebook or other social media platforms. The Mufti said that the fighters had abandoned the women from Chechnya, Tunisia, Jordan and some European countries after they began to lose their hold over towns in the last few months. He also hinted that some fighters had been mysteriously air-lifted by helicopters to safe places. Perhaps the Grand Mufti was lending credence to the allegations by Russian armed forces that before the fall of Dier-al-Zor, Syria’s seventh largest city, unmarked aircraft had pulled out hardcore Islamic State fighters to safer havens. The implications of the Mufti’s charge and that of the Russian armed forces are serious. There are obvious suggestions that the Islamic State was able to attain much success due to the support it received from covert operatives belonging to Western powers and their allies in the region. Another example of this relationship, as pointed out by the Russian Defence Ministry, is the circumstances in which a three-star General was killed while on military duty in Syria. The Russians claimed that the location and coordinates of the General were provided to terrorists working together with US troops. There have been no denials of these charges, but the bizarre manner in which the Arab Spring became a reason for regime changes in the Middle East by reviving old ethnic and sectarian fault lines has lessons for many societies, according to the Grand Mufti. He wanted India, a secular society that was under colonial rule like Syria, to remain vigilant about forces that wanted to disrupt settled societies. He gave the example of the Rohingya crisis that, in his reckoning, was getting inordinate publicity in the Western media. He believed the crisis was being used to destabilise not just Myanmar, but also China and India. Interestingly, the Mufti also visited Lucknow, which is a major centre of Islamic learning. Here he spoke about the need to rise above the sectarian divide between Shias and Sunnis, and look ahead and not backwards for inspiration. In these times, when sectarian issues are reordering the Islamic World, the Mufti’s message gains great importance. The big question is—will he be on the winning side?   
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Smog disrupts Northern Railways

Hardnews Bureau

The smog that has engulfed large swathes of Northern India has effectively brought the Northern Indian Railways to a standstill

Witnessing delays and cancellations due to the heavy smog that has descended over large parts of North India, several long-distance trains reaching stations such as New Delhi, Chandigarh and Lucknow and others have been held up by more than twelve hours. This disruption has caused several problems, many people have been stranded, unable to get to their workplaces on time, while others have been seen lying on the platform.

Trains that have been delayed:

Kamyakhya Express Kamkhaya Junction, Maligaon Guwahati Anand Vihar, New Delhi + 20h 
Chhattisgarh Express Bilaspur, Chhatisgarh Amritsar, Punjab +11h
Heerakund Express Amritsar Jn, Punjab Vishakhapatanam, Andhra Pradesh +5h
Lucknow-Chandigarh Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Chandigarh, Punjab +5h
Unchahar Express Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh Chandigarh, Punjab +5h50m

According to the Northern Railways, over 25 trains were delayed in the Ambala division on Thursday. The morning Shatabdi, operating between Chandigarh and Delhi, was delayed by three hours and failed to reach at the scheduled time. “The trains are running late due to smog in Delhi and other parts of the northern states. On Thursday as well several trains were delayed. We don’t see any change in the coming days. The situation will improve only if the smoggy weather ends,” said an official to news agencies.

Several trains have been cancelled as well, which include: The Ajmer-Jammu Tavi Express, New Delhi-Amritsar Express, Allahabad-Saharanpur Express, Amritsar-Jai Nagar express, Malda-Delhi Farakka Express, Poorvottar Express from Amritsar to Silchar and Pooja Express from Jammu to Ajmer.

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Mangaluru: 'Smart' push to coastal health care

Work on the 37-bedded ICU at the new super specialty block of district Wenlock Hospital is in final stages of completion. Part of area-based development of Mangaluru Smart City mission, new ICU that is being set up will initially be used to handle need for this critical life support system that the global pandemic could bring forth




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B'luru: Partitions to shield cabbies, passengers

To protect both cabbies and passengers during the Covid-19 pandemic, some taxi operators in the city have installed plastic sheets in their vehicles to separate the driver and rear seats.




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India set to cover the globe with exports of masks

‘Demand goes viral in the backdrop of COVID-19 pandemic




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Motorist hurt after metro worker’s tool falls on him

A two-wheeler rider was injured on Saturday evening after a hand grinder, that slipped from the hands of a worker engaged in cladding work over Kochi




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MSMEs likely to start functioning from Monday

Several micro, small and medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs) in Coimbatore Corporation limits are expected to start operations on Monday. “The order issu




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Now, contactless entry into city airport

Passengers will have to display documents on a HD camera




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‘Why fresh tenders worth ₹21,000 cr. for Kaleshwaram?’

Congress says Central Vigilance will be approached on ‘corruption’ in project




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Clarify stand on AP’s plan to divert Krishna water: CPI

Chada Venkat Reddy wants Telangana government to announce its water policy




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Update your Google Chrome browser immediately: CERT-In

Update your Google Chrome browser immediately: CERT-In




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Rs 1 lakh crore Delhi-Mumbai Expressway project offers huge investment opportunities: Gadkari

Rs 1 lakh crore Delhi-Mumbai Expressway project offers huge investment opportunities: Gadkari




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Visakhapatnam gas leak: LG Polymers apologises, offers ‘every support’ to affected

Visakhapatnam gas leak: LG Polymers apologises, offers ‘every support’ to affected




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Mother's Day Quotes: 15 meaningful quotes by famous authors to melt your mother's heart

Mother's Day Quotes: 15 meaningful quotes by famous authors to melt your mother's heart




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Fortified foods vs. supplements: What is better?

Fortified foods vs. supplements: What is better?




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SS Karthikeya walks out of his next venture

SS Karthikeya walks out of his next venture




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Esports: Wehrlein ends Guenther's run of virtual Formula E success

Esports: Wehrlein ends Guenther's run of virtual Formula E success




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'Patronised' Partick hit out as Scottish football row rumbles on

'Patronised' Partick hit out as Scottish football row rumbles on




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Bundesliga restart blow as Dresden squad placed in 14-day quarantine

Bundesliga restart blow as Dresden squad placed in 14-day quarantine




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Benin tests teachers for virus ahead of school restart

Benin tests teachers for virus ahead of school restart




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Hong Kong: Trump administration tightens visas for Chinese reporters - Times of India

Hong Kong: Trump administration tightens visas for Chinese reporters - Times of India




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ED attaches part of AJL's Rs 160cr Mumbai building - Times of India

ED attaches part of AJL's Rs 160cr Mumbai building - Times of India




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RT-PCR test not must to discharge mild cases

RT-PCR test not must to discharge mild cases




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Western parts of city report 14 fresh cases

Western parts of city report 14 fresh cases




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More than half of all Shramik trains departed from Gujarat

More than half of all Shramik trains departed from Gujarat




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Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu: Death toll rises to 44, state reports 526 more positive cases

Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu: Death toll rises to 44, state reports 526 more positive cases




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#LockdownHeroes: This Mother’s Day, let us salute these braveheart working moms

#LockdownHeroes: This Mother’s Day, let us salute these braveheart working moms