Rajkot, Indore, Navi Mumbai among Centre’s ‘5-star garbage-free’ cities; Delhi 3-star; check full list
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Rajkot, Indore, Navi Mumbai among Centre’s ‘5-star garbage-free’ cities; Delhi 3-star; check full list

The government Tuesday released a rating of cities for their garbage management, giving the top ‘five-star garbage-free’ tag to six cities including Chhattisgarh’s Ambikapur and Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, while saying that the Swachh Bharat Mission has been the “greatest strength” in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced the results of garbage-free star ratings for the cities. A total of 141 cities have been rated — six of them 5-star, 65 of three-star, 70 one-star. Apart from Ambikapur and Indore,…
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Sonia Gandhi to chair opposition meeting over migrants’ plight on May 20
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Sonia Gandhi to chair opposition meeting over migrants’ plight on May 20

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will chair the meeting of leaders of opposition parties over the plight of migrant workers and alleged dilution of labour laws. According to report, around 17 opposition parties have agreed to participate in the meeting which will be held via videoconferencing on May 20 (Friday). The Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have to confirm their participation, sources added. Rendered jobless due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, which began on March 25, and desperate to get home, thousands of migrant workers…
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Super cyclone likely to make landfall between West Bengal and Hatiya Islands
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Super cyclone likely to make landfall between West Bengal and Hatiya Islands

Cyclonic storm Amphan over Westcentral and adjoining Eastcentral Bay of Bengal intensified to a super cyclone on Monday evening and moved nearly north-northeastwards with a speed of 14 kmph during past 6 hours. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said super cyclone Amphan is expected to have the biggest impact in South and North 24 Parganas and East Medinipur districts of West Bengal.  The super cyclone ‘AMPHAN’ is now being continuously tracked by the Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) at Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh). The Indian government Monday said the cyclone…
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Operate more special trains to transport migrant workers: MHA directs states, issues revised SOP
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Operate more special trains to transport migrant workers: MHA directs states, issues revised SOP

The Ministry of Home Ministry on Tuesday issued a revised Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) on the movement of stranded workers by trains and buses from one state to other during coronavirus lockdown. The Home Ministry directed states to allow plying of more trains to ferry migrant workers while stressing that more clarity is needed about the departure of trains or buses.  “Lack of clarity about the running of trains, buses coupled with rumours is causing unrest amongst migrant workers,” the MHA said in its letter to the…
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127 new COVID-19 cases reported in Karnataka; state’s tally rises to 1373
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127 new COVID-19 cases reported in Karnataka; state’s tally rises to 1373

The nationwide tally of Covid-19 cases crossed one lakh mark on Tuesday with more people testing positive for the deadly virus in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and other states, even as a much-relaxed fourth phase of the lockdown began with several relaxations. The death toll due to Covid-19 crossed the 3,000-mark too. 127 more COVID-19 cases reported in the state from 5 pm yesterday till 12 pm today. Total number of cases in the state is now at 1373, including 802 active cases, 530 discharged & 41…
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West Bengal to issue notification on modalities of lockdown
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West Bengal to issue notification on modalities of lockdown

The West Bengal government will on Monday evening come out with a notification on the modalities of the fourth phase of the lockdown in the state, a top official said. The Centre on Sunday extended the coronavirus lockdown for two more weeks till May 31, with the fourth phase providing more relaxations outside the containment zones including inter-state movement of buses with mutual consent of states that is expected to be of immediate relief for thousands of migrant workers on the roads. "The MHA in its order…
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Buses, autos, cabs to start from May 19, says Karnataka CM B S Yediyurappa
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Buses, autos, cabs to start from May 19, says Karnataka CM B S Yediyurappa

Easing lockdown restrictions significantly, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa announced Monday that public transport services outside COVID-19 containment zones will start operations from Tuesday.  “To facilitate easy movements of citizens, services of the BMTC, KSRTC, NEKRTC and NWKRTC will start from Tuesday morning, except in containment zones. Even private buses can ply,” Yediyurappa said, after discussing the Centre's Lockdown 4.0 guidelin... “The only condition is that only 30 people should travel in one bus so as to ensure social distancing,” the CM said.  He also clarified…
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India crosses 1 lakh COVID-19 cases; 366 cases in 24 hours take Gujarat’s total to 11,746
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India crosses 1 lakh COVID-19 cases; 366 cases in 24 hours take Gujarat’s total to 11,746

As India enters its fourth phase of lockdown on Monday (May 18, 2020) the new guidelines issued by the government will remain in force till May 31 with states/UTs and district authorities taking the call on classifying and mapping red, orange, green, containment and buffer zones. The fresh guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA  has permitted the movement of public transport both within the state and between other states with mutual consent more than 50 days since the imposition of the nationwide lockdown to curb…
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Taliban refuses to back Pakistan, says Kashmir internal matter of India after fake tweets attributed to it
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Taliban refuses to back Pakistan, says Kashmir internal matter of India after fake tweets attributed to it

Taliban on Monday (May 17, 2020) clarified that Kashmir is India's internal matter and they don't support any Pakistani style "Ghazwa-E-Hind" or Holy war against India, after fake tweets attributed to the group circulated on social media. In a tweet, Suhail Shaheen spokesperson Taliban Political Office, Doha, said, "The statement that has been circulated in certain media regarding India does not belong to Islamic emirate. The policy of Islamic Emirate regarding neighbour states is very obvious that we don't interfere in the domestic issues of them." Fake…
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CBSE datesheet for class 10th, 12th board exams 2020 released — Check it here
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CBSE datesheet for class 10th, 12th board exams 2020 released — Check it here

Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Monday (May 18) announced the datesheet for pending Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) 2020 class 10 and 12th board examinations. "Dear students of class 12th of #CBSE Board here is the date sheet for your board exams. All the best," tweeted Union HRD Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.  As per the latest notification, the CBSE exams for the pending subjects will be held between July 1st to July 15th.  The CBSE class 12 Home Science has been scheduled for…
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