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Covid Update: India records highest-ever single day peak of 63,631 recoveries in the last 24 hours

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Neha Kumari
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India records highest-ever single day peak of 63,631 recoveries in the last 24 hours. Recoveries exceed the active cases by more than 15 lakh. Recovery Rate is at 74.69%.


The entire administration of the KGMU in Lucknow has tested positive for coronavirus. VC Bipin Puri, the Registrar, CMS Shankhawar, MS Ojha and Microbiology head Amita Jain also tested positive.


As many as 23,097,175 people around the world have been diagnosed with Covid-19. While more than 15,174,876 have recovered, 787,567 have died so far. The US, the worst-hit country, has 5,795,777 cases. It is followed by Brazil, which has 3,411,872.


While India has the lowest fatality rate due to Covid-19, it probably has the best recovery rate in the world, said Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday.

Harsh Vardhan said ”contrary to what the experts had claimed about the number of cases reaching 300 million in the country, including five-six million deaths, by July-August, India had less than three million cases, out of which 2.2 million have already recovered”.

“As far as COVID-19 numbers are concerned, our fatality rate, 1.87 per cent, is really low and we have probably the best recovery rate (75 per cent) in the world. We have around 1,500 testing labs now. It is a great achievement in itself,” Harsh Vardhan told ANI here.

BSF shot dead five intruders in Pinjab border

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Neha Kumari
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The Border Security Force shot dead five intruders along the India-Pakistan International Border (IB) in Punjab.


The official said “alert troops of the 103rd battalion noticed suspicious movement of intruders violating the IB”.


”The whole area was immediately cordoned off,” said BSF sources.

“For now we have recovered five bodies, AK 47 and as many as three pistols and a grenade in the fields but we will get to know about their actual strength and their intentions only after the search is completed” said sources.

”Troops recovered nine packets containing over 9 kg of heroin, along with an AK-47 rifle, two magazines and 27 rounds, four 9 mm Berretta pistols with seven magazines and 109 live rounds, two mobile phones and Rs 610 in Pakistani currency,” a BSF spokesperson said.

The force personnel “cordoned the area and challenged the intruders to stop and surrender”.


“The Pakistani armed intruders did not pay any heed to the challenge and opened fire on the BSF troops,” the official said.

Smriti Irani says ‘Kya se kya ho gaya dekhte dekhte’ over Kokilaben’s dialogues

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Neha Kumari
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Indian TV show Saath Nibhaana Saathiya keeps ruling the headlines for the viral memes that surface the internet. Over one of the main characters Kokilaben’s dialogues. As creativity in the form of hilarious posts using the dialogues.

Mukhate wrote, “First World Problems..Made Kokila Ben sing this time..I love doing harmonies, enjoyed this one a lot..Kahi share karoge toh credits zaroor dena. Aapke pyaar ke liye bohot saara dhanyawaad.”

Smriti Irani shared it on her social media with the caption, “Kya se kya ho gaya dekhte dekhte”

https://www.instagram.com/p/CEJzU80nMKQ/?igshid=4t1kfr540p7d

The video has 1.6 million views on Instagram. One Instagram user wrote, “That expression omg @yashrajmukhate.” Another said, “You are next level man.” “You are definitely not “kaafi aalsi” This is amazing @yashrajmukhate,” said another.

Delhi: ISIS Terrorist Arrested In Delhi, Was Plotting Attack

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Neha Kumari
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Delhi: Police arrested an ISIS operative after an encounter near Ring Road in the national capital. The also police recovered two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), weighing approximately 15 kilogrammes in two pressure cookers, from his possession. Besides, a pistol was also recovered from him post-firing.

According to reports, a bomb squad team is on the spot and is diffusing the IEDs recovered from the terrorist.

However, the ISIS operative has been identified as Abu Yusuf Khan and hails from Uttar Pradesh. He was nabbed on Ridge Road between Karol Bagh and Dhaula Kuan in Delhi after a shootout at around 11:30 pm on Friday.


“One ISIS operative with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) by our Special Cell after an exchange of fire at Dhaula Kuan,” Pramod Singh Kushwaha, Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police said.

Raids are being conducted at different places in the national capital to catch their hold. The police also claim that Khan was a lone wolf operative who had on his own planned an attack in the national capital.

Facebook chief marketing officer Antonio Lucio steps down

By
Shivani Negi
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The Chief marketing officer of Facebook, Antonio Lucio, has decided to leave social networking giant after two years. Sources confirmed that employees were notified on Friday in a post on Facebook’s internal message board.

Lucio’s departure comes at a time when Facebook is preparing steps to tackle fake news and misinformation ahead of the US presidential election in November. Lucio has been Facebook’s global marketing chief for nearly two years. He took charge of Facebook’s marketing efforts in September 2018, nine months after the company’s previous CMO, Gary Briggs, had resigned. Lucio immediately dealt with the onslaught of negative press and fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which revealed the company mishandled data from over 50 million users.

Prior to joining Facebook, Lucio was the global chief marketing and communications officer at HP, and beforehand held the same position at Visa.

Lucio was reporting to Facebook Chief Product Officer Chris Cox and was part of Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg’s leadership team.

“Facebook’s story is at an inflection point. We have never faced bigger challenges, and we have never had more opportunities to have a positive impact on the world by improving our products at their core,” said Cox.

High-tech Boeing for VVIPs arrives next week

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Jyoti B
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Highlights:
The aircraft will go with the Air India One sign.

The aircraft will be operated by the IAF, although Air India would receive them.

The planes will bear the Ashoka emblem with Bharat and India written over them.

Air India One, the highly customised wide-bodied Boeing 777-300 ERs, meant exclusively for the Indian Prime Minister, President and the Vice-President, is set to land in Delhi by early next week, according to reports.

​A six-member team from Air India and the Indian Air Force left for the US last week to escort the newly-customised Air India One. Government sources in New Delhi revealed that the team is in the final stages of finishing the formalities to bring the aircraft home

The two Boeing aircraft have been converted into an impregnable air fortress and would cost around Rs 8,458 crore to the exchequer.The aircraft have their own missile defence system, Self-Protection Suites (SPS) and state-of-the-art communication system.

The Boeing 777-300 planes were inducted into Air India’s fleet in 2018, but sent to Boeing’s facility at Dallas- Fort Worth within months for retrofitment worthy of India’s top dignitaries.

These planes were scheduled to return by June 30 and July 30 this year, according to the agreement between Air India and Boeing but the aerospace manufacturer sought an extension of two months after delays in regulatory clearances from the US Federal Aviation Authority caused due to travel restrictions imposed following the spread of COVID-19.

At present, VVIPs travel long hours on Air India’s Boeing 747 aircraft. However, the aircraft is not capable of flying more than 10 hours without refuelling. The new aircraft can fly over 17 hours continuously without refuelling.


Retired IAS Officer Rajiv Kumar Appointed EC in Place of Ashok Lavasa

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Jyoti B
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Retired bureaucrat Rajiv Kumar was on Friday appointed as election commissioner in place of Ashok Lavasa who resigned.

Lavasa had on Tuesday sent his resignation as Election Commissioner to the President, as he has been selected as Vice President of the Asian Development Bank.

“ In pursuance of clause (2) of article 324 of the Constitution, the President is pleased to appoint Rajiv Kumar, IAS(Retd.) as the Election Commissioner with effect from the date he assumes the office vice Ashok Lavasa, Election Commissioner who has resigned with effect from 31st August, 2020,” the Law Ministry said in a notification on Friday.

Lavasa still has over two years left in his term at the Election Commission. He would have retired as Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) in October 2022.

As Chief Election Commissioner, he would have conducted Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa.

His premature exit — the second in the Election Commission’s history — puts his colleague Sushil Chandra next in the line of succession.

Rajiv Kumar holds two bachelor’s degrees, one in zoology and the other in law, along with a master’s degree in public policy and sustainability. He is known as a person who manages to find solutions to difficult problems.

Kumar has widespread administrative experience in more than 30 years of service during which he held various important assignments including the Administrative postings in his home state of Jharkhand. Kumar has also worked in the Central Government in various capacities.

May there be joy and prosperity: PM Modi sends wishes on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi

By
Shivani Negi
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended greetings to fellow countrymen on the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi.

Wishing prosperity and joy, PM Modi in a tweet wrote: “Greetings on the auspicious festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. May the blessings of Bhagwan Shri Ganesh always be upon us. May there be joy and prosperity all over.”

Union Minister Amit Shah also sent greetings to the nation to mark the festival. “Heartfelt greetings to all countrymen on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi,” his tweet read.

Rajnath Singh also wished blessings for everyone and wrote: “Wishing everyone a happy Ganesh Chaturthi. May Lord Ganesha bless you and your family with good health, wealth and prosperity.”

“My best wishes to all the countrymen on the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. May Lord Shri Ganesha give everyone more power and strength to serve the country and society,” Union Minister Goyal’s tweeted in Hindi.

“Today the whole country needs the blessing of Mangalakarta-Vighnaharta. Best wishes to you on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi,” he added.

Meanwhile, on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi, President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday had extended wishes for the festival and prayed that Lord Ganesha help us all to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic. “Ganpati Bappa Morya! Greetings on Ganesh Chaturthi. The festival is an expression of people’s enthusiasm, joy and forbearance in taking every section of the society along. May Vighnaharta helps us all to overcome COVID-19 pandemic and bless us with a happy and healthy life,” he tweeted.

Ganesh Chaturthi which is also known as Vinayak Chaturthi is celebrated every year to mark the birth anniversary of Lord Ganesha. The festival is impressioned with the establishment of Ganesha idols in homes.

While we usually see devotees organising pandals to celebrate the day, however, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the celebrations have been muted this year.

WHO Chief hopes COVID-19 pandemic will be over in ‘less than 2 years’

By
Jyoti B
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“We hope to finish this pandemic (in) less than two years, especially if we can pool our efforts,” WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday said during a press briefing.

Terming COVID-19 as a ‘once-in-a-century health crisis’, Tedros, Compared to back then, the world today is at a disadvantage due to its “globalisation, closeness, connectedness”, which has allowed the novel coronavirus to spread around the world at lightning speed, Tedros acknowledged.

Tedros said that over the past two weeks, the number of cases outside China had increased 13-fold and the number of affected countries had tripled.

He said he expected the number of cases and deaths would grow in the coming days and weeks.

“Pandemic is not a word to use lightly or carelessly,” he told reporters, but he stressed that “describing the situation as a pandemic does not change WHO’s assessment of the threat posed by the virus.”

As many as 23,097,175 people around the world have been diagnosed with Covid-19. While more than 15,174,876 have recovered, 787,567 have died so far. The US, the worst-hit country, has 5,795,777 cases. It is followed by Brazil, which has 3,411,872.

India has recorded 69,878  coronavirus  cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 2,975,701. 

SKN vs SLZ Dream11 Team Prediction: CPL 2020 St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots vs St. Lucia Zouks Fantasy cricket tips

By
Harshit
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St Lucia Zouks will march against St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the League Match of CPL 2020. The match will be played at the Brian Lara Cricket Stadium in the Trinidad. The T20 cricket is finally back in the country who bleeds the shortest version of the game. The Caribbean Premier League is the first global T20 stage which is resumed amid the COVID-19 pandemic. St Lucia Zouks made a brilliant comeback in the previous match against Barbados Tridents after losing their first match against the Jamaica Tallawhs.

STZ’s previous game against the BT was a rain affected affair where the match was reduced to 5 overs and St Lucia got the target of 47 runs to chase in those five overs. After winning the previous match St Lucia rised to number four in the points table. On the other side ST Kitts & Nevis Patriots are at the bottom of the table and they lost both their games and now they will be looking to register their first game of the tournament.

My Dream11 Prediction for St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots vs St. Lucia Zouks 

Denesh Ramdin, Chris Lynn(captain), Najibullah Zadran, Nick Kelly, Roston Chase(vice-captain), Mohammad Nabi, Sohail Tanvir, Sheldon Cottrell, Scott Kuggeleijn, Ish Sodhi and Zahir Khan

Probable XI for both the sides

St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots– Evin Lewis, Chris Lynn, Ben Dunk, Joshua da Silva, Denesh Ramdin, Jahamar Hamilton, Rayad Emrit, Sheldon Cottrell, Alzarri Joseph, Sohail Tanvir, Ish Sodhi.

St. Lucia Zouks – Rahkeem Cornwall, Andre Fletcher, Mark Deyal, Roston Chase, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Daren Sammy, Obed McOy, Kesrick Williams, Scott Kuggeleijn, Zahir Khan.

Squads

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots

Chris Lynn, Ben Dunk, Evin Lewis, Nick Kelly, Sohail Tanvir, Ish Sodhi, Sheldon Cottrell, Denesh Ramdin, Rayad Emrit, Imran Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Joshua de Silva, Dominic Drakes, Colin Archibald, Jon Russ Jaggesar, Jahmar Hamilton

St Lucia Zouks

Roston Chase, Mohammad Nabi, Daren Sammy, Andre Fletcher, Najibullah Zadran, Kesrick Williams, Scott Kuggeleijn, Chemar Holder, Obed McCoy, Rahkeem Cornwall, Mark Deyal, Zahir Khan, Kimani Melius, Leniko Boucher, Kavem Hodge, Javelle Glen, Saad Bin Zafar

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi 2020: Best wishes, images, quotes to share on the occasion

By
Shivani Negi
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Festivities are in full swing as we it’s finally that time of the year when we welcome lord Ganesha in our houses. Ganesh Chaturthi this year falls on August 22 i.e. today. Is it believed that lord Ganesha was born on the Chaturthi of Bhadrapada, Shukla Paksha, therefore, the day is referred to as the birth anniversary of Bappa. Lord Ganesha, who is considered as the symbol of good fortune and wisdom, is the first and foremost god to be worshiped. Son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, Ganesha is known to have 108 names.

On this day, devotees perform puja and offer their prayers to Lord Ganesha with utmost devotion. The devotees believe lord Ganesha, who is also known as Vignaharta, will take away all their sorrows and will guide them in their future endeavours.

As per the Vedic astrology, Ganesha was born mid-day, therefore, it is considered the most favourable time to do Ganesha Puja.

While you celebrate the day, here’re a few wishes that you can share with your family and friends on this auspiscious occasion.

A new sunrise, a new start. Oh Lord Ganesha, keep loving me as your part. Happy Ganesh Chaturthi.

Om Gan Ganapatay Namo Namah! Shri Siddhivinayak Namo Namah! Asta Vinayak Namo Namah Ganapati Bappa Moraiya!

Destroy your sorrows; Enhance your happiness; And create goodness all aroung you this Ganesh Chaturthi. Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to you and your family.

A new sunrise, a new start. Oh Lord Ganesha, keep loving me in your heart. Happy Ganesh Chaturthi!

With the blessings of Ganpati Bappa, may you achieve success in all your endeavours. A very Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to you and your family.

Hoping this Ganesh Chaturthi will be the start of the year that brings happiness for you.

Wishing you a Happy Vinayak Chaturthi. May the grace of God keep enlightening your lives and bless you always.

Vakratuna Mahakaya Surya Koti Samaprabha! Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvadaa! Happy Ganesh Chaturthi!

.Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated with great zeal and enthusiasm all over the country. The festival holds a great significance among the devotees. Worshipers bring home an idol of Lord Ganesha every year and worship him for 10 days. After which, the idol is then immersed in water, known as Ganapati Visarjan. Devotees offer sweet and delicacies such as modak which is believed to be lord Ganesha’s favourite. People visit each other and decorate homes to mark the day.

However, this year, the celebrations have shrunk as social distancing has become the new normal in the wake of coronavirus pandemic.

Team India all-rounder Vijay Shankar got engaged, fans and teammates are congratulated him

By
Harshit
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Indian all-rounder Vijay Shankar, who played during the World Cup last year, got engaged with Vaishali Vishveswaran on Friday.

29-year-old has shared the news of his engagement on his Instagram. He has shared his engagement picture just before leaving for UAE for the upcoming season of IPL 2020.

Many of his cricketing mates have congratulated him which also includes his IPL franchise Sun Risers Hyderabad. Fans are also congratulating him constantly.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CEHdQA-Didr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Vijay Shankar shared two pictures on Instagram with fiance Vaishali Vishveswaran. KL Rahul, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shreyas Iyer, Karun Nair, R.K. Ashwin, Siddharth Kaul, and many others congratulated him for his new journey.

Tamil Nadu cricketer Vijay Shankar made his T20I debut against Sri Lanka in Colombo in March 2018. After this, he made his ODI debut in Melbourne in January 2019.

Vijay Shakkar was part of Team India in ODI World Cup 2019, but due to injury he had to withdraw from the team in between. He was given preference over Ambati Rayudu in the World Cup team, which was heavily criticized.

He is part of the Sunriders Hyderabad team in the IPL. He has scored 557 runs in 33 matches at an average of 30.94 and taken 2 wickets in 33 matches so far for the SRH team. He will also feature in the upcoming season of IPL as well.

PM Modi pens tribute to Suresh Raina

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Harshit
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PM Modi writes a letter to Suresh Raina after MS Dhoni, which former India star all-rounder shared on social media

Earlier the PM Modi also wrote a letter to the legendary Indian captain MS Dhoni and thanked his supreme contribution in Indian cricket. Now, after MS Dhoni PM Modi penned a tribute to the Suresh Raina who also announced his retirement on August 15 along with the MS Dhoni.

Raina shared the letter on his Twitter and Instagram where he wrote ” When we play, we give our blood & sweat for the nation. No better appreciation than being loved by the people of this country and even more by the country’s PM. Thank you @narendramodi ji for your words of appreciation & best wishes. I accept them with gratitude. Jai Hind!”

https://twitter.com/ImRaina/status/1296651450974498817?s=20

Emphasising on the fact that Raina retired so early in his career PM Modi writes, “I do not want to use the word ‘retirement’ because you are way too young and energetic to ‘retire.’ You are padding up for the next innings of your life, after extremely fruitful innings on the cricket field.”

“India can never forget your inspiring role during the 2011 World Cup, especially during the later matches. I saw you live in action at the Motera Stadium, Ahmedabad, during the Quarter Final against Australia. Your anchoring innings had a big role to play in the team’s victory.”

Raina will feature in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League for Chennai Super Kings and will look to play a fearless brand of cricket from here on because he is done playing for India and all he has is the domestic cricket and the global leagues to play.

Gmail, Docs, Drive, Meet & other services restored after global outage

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Neha Kumari
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Several Indian users took to Twitter and complained of issues they were facing with Google services such as Gmail, Docs, Drive and Meet. Google’s email client wasn’t letting users send emails or attach files. However, after a few hours of the services were restored for all users.

The global tech giant apologised for the rather long global outage. “We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support,” the company said.

“System reliability is a top priority at Google. We are making continuous improvements to make our systems better,” the company said.

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User reports indicate Gmail is having problems since 12:36 AM EDT. https://t.co/EsWw2oLYjH RT if you’re also having problems #Gmaildown— Downdetector (@downdetector) 1597898211000

Users reported glitches with not just Gmail but also Google Drive and said that they are unable to upload or download the files.

The number of users reporting issues with Gmail peaked at 12:00pm with 2,737 complaints logged on DownDetector. “Gmail sending issues. Meet recording issues. Creating files issues in Drive, CSV user upload issues in Admin Console. Posting message issues in Google Chat. Sites adding new pages issues. Keep issues. Voice mail issues,” noted Google.

IPL 2020: Teams boards flight to UAE

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Harshit
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The full squad and the support staff of all the IPL teams have boarded their flight to United Arab Emirates (UAE) to take part in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The 13 seasons of IPL will strat from September 19 in UAE.

Many franchises shared the pictures on their official Instagram and Twitter handle of the players who had flown for UAE. Royal Challengers Bangalore had posted a group picture where players are covered with masks and shields on their faces. It’s really difficult to detect the but the players like the leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, fast bowlers Umesh Yadav, all-rounder Shivam Dubey and Washington Sunder and wicket-keeper batsman Parthiv Patel are easily recognisable.

“UAE calling! AirplaneFlag of United Arab Emirates. The Royal Challengers are all set to take-off! Drop a Red heart if you’re happy to see the RCB fam together again! #PlayBold #TravelDays #IPL2020,” RCB captioned the picture on Twitter.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CEJDl5unDo7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Virat was not in the frame fans and fans asked on the comment section of the official Instagram and Twitter page of RCB to share something about him as well. Later on RCB Instagram handlers shared a picture of their captain Virat Kohli with the caption, ” You’ve all been asking! So there you go. Captain Kohli is in the house!”

https://www.instagram.com/p/CEJ5_uphK5L/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata Knight Riders, and Kings XI Punjab also shared the pictures of their respective players on Instagram and Twitter as well.

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