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Saudi crown prince sent kill squad to Toronto in search of ex-intel chief, lawsuit alleges 

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Jyoti B
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A former senior Saudi intelligence official with close ties to western intelligence agencies has accused Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of plotting to kill him, claiming in a US lawsuit that one such attempt was thwarted by Canadian officials in 2018.

The failed plan to kill Saad al-Jabri was soon after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, court documents filed in the US allege.

The 106-page unproven complaint, which reads like a spy thriller, accuses Mohammed bin Salman of orchestrating attempts to silence Saad Aljabri, a permanent resident of Canada.

The document describes Aljabri as a 39-year veteran of the government of Saudi Arabia with expertise in national security and counterterrorism.

Mr Jabri, a veteran of the government of Saudi Arabia, fled into exile three years ago.

He has been under private security protection in Toronto since.

In a federal lawsuit filed in Washington on Thursday, Saad Aljabri alleged “there is virtually no one Defendant bin Salman wants dead” more than him because of his relationship with the American government as “a longtime trusted partner of senior U.S. intelligence officials.”

Yuzvendra Chahal gets engaged to YouTuber Dhanashree Verma

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Shivani Negi
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India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal on Saturday surprised everyone by announcing his engagement to choreographer and YouTuber Dhanashree Verma on Instagram.

The 30-year-old shared some adorable picture of him and Dhanashree from their Roka ceremony. Sharing the pictures, he captioned: “We said “Yes” along with our families #rokaceremony.”

Dhanashree also shared the photos from their roka ceremony on Instagram, with the same caption on her post.

As soon as Chahal shared the pictures, comment section got flooded with congratulatory messages for the couple.

Congratulations to you both god bless,” Indian skipper Virat Kohli commented.

Hardik Pandya also wished the couple and wrote, “Congrats bro. Happy for both of you

Bowling coach R.Sridhar wrote, “Congratulations to you both.”

“Congrats yuziiio,” wrote English women cricketer Danni Wyatt.

Woohoo. Congratulations you two,” wrote Chahal’s fellow India and RCB spinner Washington Sundar.

“Congratulations guys,” wrote India seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Indian opener Rohit Sharma’s wife Ritika Sajdeh wished the pair with a simple ‘Congratulationssssss’ message.

As perm Dhanashree’s profile, she is also a doctor by profession.

Meanwhile, Chahal has been quite active on social media amid coronavirus pandemic. The cricketer attracted a lot of attention by sharing his quirky videos on now banned video sharing platfrom TikTok.

On the cricket front, Chahal is all set to play for Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) in the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which is scheduled to be held in UAE amid coronavirus outbreak. The league will take place from September 19 to November 10.

TikTok threatens legal action against Donald Trump’s executive order

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Shivani Negi
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Video sharing social media app, TikTok, has threatened legal action against the United States after president Donald Trump asked companies to stop doing deals with its parent company within 45 days.

The order issued bu Trump stated that Americans and U.S. companies are prohibited from conducting any transactions with Beijing based firm ByteDance. In a separate order, he has issued same guide lines fro WeChat, another app owned by a Chinese firm. The bans will come into force from September 20.

The spread in the United States of mobile applications developed and owned by companies in the People’s Republic of China (China) continues to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States,” Trump said in the order. “At this time, action must be taken to address the threat posed by one mobile application in particular, TikTok.”

Reacting to the order issued by the US president, TikTok said it was “shocked” by an executive order from the US President outlining the ban.

TikTok said it would “pursue all remedies available” to “ensure the rule of law is not discarded”.

“We will pursue all remedies available to us in order to ensure that the rule of law is not discarded and that our company and our users are treated fairly — if not by the Administration, then by the U.S. courts,” the company said.

Tencent, which owns WeChat, said that it is “reviewing the executive order to get a full understanding.”

Meanwhile, Washington based Microsoft is in talks with ByteDance to takeover TikTok’s US operations, a deal that will allow TikTok to operate in the United States without facing any bar. Microsoft is looking forward to close the deal by September 15.

Trump has earlier said that it would bar TikTok if it doesn’t seal the deal with Microsoft or any other company till September 15.

TikTok enjoys a huge customer base in the US. Specially among teenagers and young adults, it has become a cultural sensation. However, it has been alleged of using personal data of users that can be handed over to China. ByteDance has rubbished the allegations, saying TikTok neither stores user information in China or shares data with officials in Beijing.

India-China to hold higher military-level talks

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Neha Kumari
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According to report, Senior military commanders from both India and China areto hold talks today to discuss about the next level of disengagement by the Chinese side along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh sector.

This major general level meeting, comes after the fifth round of meeting between commander ranked officers on August 2 in the Daulat Beg Oldi area on the Chinese side of LAC.

Now this last round of negotiations will held at Moldo on the Chinese side of the LAC. Now this meeting to entered in critical stage due to serious differences between the two armies in the Finger Area near Pangong Tso.

It also came amidst the Chinese People’s Liberation Army reluctance to vacate positions held by it in what New Delhi claims to be Indian territory.

According to Hindustan Times , the August 2 military negotiations had come three days after Chinese ambassador Sun Weidong said his country’s traditional boundary line on the northern bank of the Pangong Lake was in accordance with the LAC and there was no case of Beijing expanding its territorial claim.

”The ambassador’s contention was a clear indication of the Chinese hard line on its claims in the Finger area”, said a second official.

The aim of the major general level talks is to reduce tensions in the Depsang region where Indian and Chinese troops are said to be ranged against each other along with a range of military hardware — artillery guns and tanks.

Till date in the military meeting, the focus was on 4 friction points Patrol Points 14, 15 and 17A along with Pangong Lake. Meanwhile there has been a stalemate at Pangong Lake as China has come up with new fortifications between Finger 5 and 8 of the lake, there has been also considerable disengagement at other places.

US coronavirus cases to cross 5 million

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Shivani Negi
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The United States remains one of the worst affected by the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University, the tally has surpassed 4.9 million cases on Friday.

With the coronavirus pandemic entering its ninth month, over 19 million people have been infected with the disease till now. The global number of cases stood at 19,295,350 on Saturday, with the death toll at 719,830.

The United States, meanwhile, has reported the highest number of cases, with country’s case-load nearly touching five million. The US is followed by Brazil and India with 2,962,442 and 2,027,074 cases respectively.

The national death toll due to disease has reached 161,238 deaths, as of Friday.

The hardest-hit state by the virus is California with more than 542,00 cases, followed by Florida with 5,10,500 cases. s, Texas 484,400 cases and New York 419,642 cases, the tally showed.

Other states that have recorded more than 100,000 cases are Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, Arizona, North Carolina, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Tennessee.

Even after the continuous surge in infections, big house parties, weddings, summer caps, concerts, and crowded bars and restaurants have not lost pace. Some Americans have resisted wearing masks and social distancing, calling the precaution an over-the-top response or a violation of their freedom. According to public health experts, such behaviour has racked up more confirmed coronavirus deaths in the US as compared to other countries.

SC tells central govt and UT to Come up with final stand on 4G services in J&K by 11 August, 

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Jyoti B
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The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to analyze the potential of restoring 4G services in certain areas.

Since August 5, 2019, Internet services were stopped in J&K after the central government ended the special status of State (revoked Article 370) and divided the former state into two Union Territories. However, 2G speed was restored after the Supreme Court’s direction in January.

The court was hearing a contempt petition filed by NGO Foundation for Media Professionals (FMP) against the central government and the J&K administration for non-compliance of SC order to constitute a three-member high-powered committee to look into the issue of restoring 4G services in J&K.

A bench of Justices N V Ramana, R S Reddy and B R Gavai asked solicitor general Tushar Mehta not to delay taking a decision on one pretext or the other when the law officer said there was a change in lieutenant governor in the UT and he would need time to take fresh instructions.

“There is no question of further adjournment,” a special three-judge bench led by Justice N.V. Ramana told solicitor general Tushar Mehta, as it fixed the next date of hearing in the case on 11 August.

Former Union minister Manoj Sinha was on Friday appointed as the new lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir. Sinha succeeds former IAS officer Girish Chandra Murmu, who resigned on Wednesday night and was appointed Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on Thursday.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg joins centibillionaires’ club

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Shivani Negi
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune has passed $100bn (£76bn) for the first time, adding him to an ultra rich club of world’s centibillionaire.

He crossed the milestone on Thursday after Facebook’s shares surged on news it is to launch a rival to the video-sharing app TikTok. On Wednesday, Facebook announced US roll out of Instagram reels which led to a rise of more than 6 percent of shared on Thursday. Zuckerberg owns a 13% stake in Facebook and the development added him to the exclusive club of the world’s centibillionaires.

The introduction of Reels also came a week after Facebook recorded strong earnings. Last Thursday, the company said it had reached a new record of 3 billion users across its platforms, including chat platform WhatsApp and photo-sharing app Instagram.

Facebook launched reels of Instagram after the US President Donald Trump issued bans on American companies transacting with its parent company, ByteDance, and Tencent, which owns the WeChat messaging service.

The Facebook CEO has now joined thee Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates, Microsoft’s founder, as the only people who have status according to the Bloomberg their net worth over $ 100 bn.

Facebook employees have been working from home amid coronavirus pandemic. Zuckerberg’s net worth has rise by about $22bn this year, while Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ fortune has jumped bu more than $75 bn.


Zuckerberg co-founded Facebook at his Harvard dorm room in 2014. According to Bloomberg Billionaires index, which tracks the world’s wealthiest people, Zuckeberg’s biggest asset is his 13 percent stake in Facebook.

PM Modi to inaugurate submarine cable connectivity to Andaman & Nicobar Islands

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Jyoti B
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the 2300-km undersea Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) project connecting Chennai and Port Blair on Monday (August 10, 2020).

The project aspires to better connectivity from Chennai to Port Blair and seven other Islands — Swaraj Deep (Havelock), Long Island, Rangat, Hutbay (Little Andaman), Kamorta, Car Nicobar and Campbell Bay (Great Nicobar).

This will encourage liberation of faster and more reliable mobile and landline telecom services to Andaman & Nicobar Islands, at par with other parts of India.

The submarine optical fibre cable link will deliver bandwidth of 2 x 200 Gigabits per second (Gbps) between Chennai and Port Blair, and 2 x 100 Gbps between Port Blair and the other islands. “The provision of reliable, robust, and high-speed telecom and broadband facilities in these islands will be a landmark achievement from the viewpoint of consumers, as well as for strategic and governance reasons,” the statement read.

4G mobile services, which were constrained due to limited backhaul bandwidth provided via satellite will also see a major improvement.

The strategic submarine cable link is funded by the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), an independent arm of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) that subsidises network infrastructure in the country’s rural and remote corners. State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) has executed the project while Telecommunications Consultants India (TCIL) was the technical consultant.

COVID-19 updates|August 8, 2020. India crossed the 20 lakh mark on Friday

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Jyoti B
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Covid-19 cases in India crossed the 20 lakh mark on Friday after a record 62,538 cases were added in the last 24 hours, even as two-third of the total patients have also recovered. India reported 3,28,903 new Covid cases in the first six days of August, emerging as the world’s biggest Covid-19 hotspot in August. The deaths toll in the country now stands at 41,585.

The United States has reported the highest number of cases, with the country’s case-load nearly touching five million (4,940,939). The US is followed by Brazil (2,962,442 cases) and India.

Five states with the highest test positivity rate – percentage of tested people turning out to be positive for Covid-19 infection – are Maharashtra (19.25%), Telangana (13.85%), Delhi (12.63%), Puducherry (10.25%), and Karnataka (10.01%). 

In Karnataka, the COVID-19 case load spiking every day with 6670 new cases recorded yesterday. Total cases till date are 1,64,924.  Yesterday 101 covid deaths were reported and the total death toll has risen to 2,998.  The mortality rate of the State is 1.81 percent.

The COVID-19 deaths of Jharkhand rose to 151 yesterday after six patients succumbed to the disease, a government bulletin said. Pushing the state’s tally to 16,482. The state now has 8,840 active cases while 7,491 patients have recovered from COVID-19 so far. (Input from PTI)

In the last 24 hours in Bihar, 2445 infected people recovered, while 12 died. So far 400 infected people have died. In the state, 71,520 samples were examined in 24 hours. Eight lakh 70 thousand 852 samples have been investigated.

At least 17 people, including the pilot, DV Sathe, dies in Air India Express aircraft from Dubai to Kozhiko crash

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Jyoti B
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At least 17 people, including the pilot, DV Sathe, died when an Air India Express aircraft from Dubai to Kozhikode with 191 onboard crashed after overshooting the runway at Karipur Airport on Friday.

The Air India Express flight from Dubai was repatriating Indians stranded overseas amid the coronavirus pandemic. The plane was carrying 190 passengers and crew, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said in a statement on Friday. Among them were 10 infants.

The pilot of the flight was a former Air Force Pilot who also flew Airbus 310 for Air India before moving to Air India Express flying the Boeing 737. Captain Sathe has won ‘Sword of Honour’ at AFA, was accomplished fighter pilot, and was HAL test pilot too.

The flight, skidded off the runway at Kerala’s Kozhikode airport and fell into a 35-feet valley before splitting into two pieces late Friday evening. The incident took place at around 7.40 pm amid heavy rainfall in the area. 

The flight, number IX-1344, overshot the runway in rainy conditions, “went down 35-feet into a slope before breaking up into two pieces,” Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told CNN.

The Consulate General of India, Dubai posted helpline numbers – 056 546 3903, 0543090572, 0543090572, 0543090575: Consulate General of India, Dubai.

Pm Narendra Modi tweeted,

The rescue operation at the crash site has now been completed and survivors have been taken to hospitals in Calicut and Malappuram, according to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan .

India to host 2021 T20 World Cup while Australia will be doing so in 2022

By
Harshit
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India will continue as hosts of the T20 World Cup in 2021 where as Australia is all set to host the T20 World Cup in 2022.
India will continue as hosts of the T20 World Cup in 2021 where as Australia is all set to host the T20 World Cup in 2022.

India will continue as hosts of the T20 World Cup in 2021 whereas Australia is all set to host the T20 World Cup in 2022. Earlier Australia was supposed to host the men T20 World Cup this year in November but the tournament was canceled due to rising concerns of COVID-19 pandemic.

Meanwhile, the Women’s 50-over World Cup which was supposed to held in New Zealand in February-March 2021, is been postponed to Feb-March 2022.  ICC announced in a press conference on Friday, the decision came after a meeting with the International Business Corporation

“We now have absolute clarity on the future of ICC events enabling all of our Members to focus on the rescheduling of lost international and domestic cricket. We will now proceed as planned with the Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 in India and host the 2022 edition in Australia,” ICC Chief Executive Manu Sawhney said.

For the 50-over Women’s World Cup, until now five teams had qualified for the tournament which is scheduled to be held in 2021. The final three teams will be decided on basis of the qualifier tournament which was supposed to be played in Sri Lanka in July 2020 but now it’s been postponed due the COVID-19 pandemic. That qualification tournament will now be held in 2021. ICC still left to decide the dates of that tournament.

“We have taken the decision to move the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup to give players from every competing nation, the best opportunity to be ready for the world’s biggest stage and there is still a global qualifier to complete to decide the final three teams,” Sawhney said.

“There has been no women’s international cricket played since the conclusion of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup earlier this year and due to the varying impact of COVID-19 globally that is likely to remain the situation for a number of the teams. Moving the event by 12 months gives all competing teams the chance to play a sufficient level of cricket ahead of both the qualification event and leading into a Cricket World Cup so the integrity of the tournament is maintained,” he added.

Mithali Raj says BCCI ‘did it’s best’

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Harshit
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India ODI captain Mithali Raj stated that the foreign players are disappointed with BCCI as BCCI is overlapping IPL and Women T20 Challenge with WBBL. She also believes that BCCI “did its best” to pitch just four-match tournament in these unusual COVID-19 times.

Australian star player Alyssa Healy, raised her voice against BCCI on the timings of and Women T20 Challenge games which is clashing with the WBBL. Earlier the BCCI was also criticised for cancelling the Indian Women’s tour of England in September, as most of the international sides have already been in England amid COVID-19 pandemic.

Mithali Raj revealed her thoughts on both the topics when she was asked during an exclusive interview.

“People tend to judge quickly. The BCCI president (Sourav Ganguly), secretary (Jay Shah), and IPL GC chief (Brijesh Patel) have been very encouraging towards women’s cricket.

“I personally thought we may not even get to play the Challenger trophy (domestic event) because even the men’s IPL was in doubt but these games are most welcome,” Mithali told PTI during an exclusive interview.

“I know a lot of people (foreign players) have questioned the timing of it but these are not normal circumstances. Normally, the IPL happens in April-May and doesn’t collide with WBBL (in Australia).

“But these are unusual circumstances, the window (tentatively 1-10 November) was a short one and the BCCI did the best it could.”

Earlier, Mithali Raj made it clear that she will be the part of the next year’s ODI World Cup. Mithali’s World Cup preparation plans is been drained by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Indian Women cricket team didn’t played a single game since their defeat in the finals of T20 World Cup against the Bangladesh.

The WBBL is scheduled to start from 17 October to 29 November while Women T20 Challenge matches will be held from 1-10 November in Dubai.

“It (their frustration) is understandable. They (foreign players) also want to be part of the event. I too want the best players in the league.

“But the situation is not normal. Right now, there is hardly any sporting activity in India and to have the matches before the men’s IPL, it would require players to be in match mode. We are yet to start training.

“My own state has just allowed the opening of gyms. So for me to get match ready will take time. The BCCI has given us that window and we will have to work around it this year,” said the leading run-getter in ODI cricket.

“They did not have to change the calendar (in Australia for WBBL) but we needed to owing to the pandemic. The IPL could not be organised in April-May.”

She seeks the likes of Healy and Bates to understand the situation.

“Even if we were to shift the Women’s Challenge to September, the girls would not be ready. Australia and New Zealand players have had more time than us to start their preparations for the season. Nobody understands this but are quick to judge.”

With the World Cup next year, Mithali felt that the games in the UAE will also help the domestic players a required opportunity.

“It seemed the pull out from England tour would severely hamper India’s World Cup preparations but Mithali said the team is likely to play four series before the showpiece event (against South Africa, West Indies, Australia and New Zealand subject to the COVID-19 situation at that time).”

Mithali has last played for India in November against the West Indies.

“More than the T20 Challenge games, I am relieved to have some cricket starting. That gives hope to other players to look forward to training and plan the season and not be in that uncertain mode.

“We have four series scheduled before World Cup but we are yet to get the dates. When the England tour got cancelled, players faced a lot of uncertainty and if there is nothing ahead you don’t what know you prepare for. So the news of staging the IPL games is much needed.”

How much time will she and her team requires to get back in the zone?

“Well for starters, from what I heard we are going to have a camp sometime in September-October. That should help the team to re-group and assess themselves and accordingly plan ahead for the coming series.”

CBI files an FIR against actress Rhea Chakraborty in Sushant Singh death case

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Jyoti B
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed an FIR against actress Rhea Chakraborty for abetting the suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Rhea and her brother Showik Chakraborty arrived at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in Mumbai on Friday, in connection with a money laundering case related to Sushant Singh Rajput’s death.

The case was handed over to CBI by the Bihar government after Rajputs father KK Singh and the Bihar police alleged a cover-up by the Mumbai police. They have accused the Mumbai police of destroying evidence and deliberately ignoring leads in the case in an attempt to derail it. 

Chakraborty in her statement said that a CBI investigation at this point would be “totally illegal and beyond any known legal principles, affecting the Federal Structure of the Nation”.

On 6 August, a senior agency official said, “CBI has today registered a case related to the death of Sushant Singh Rajput on the request of Bihar Government and further notification from Government of India and taken over the investigation of the case, earlier registered at police station Rajiv Nagar, Patna vide FIR no.241/2020 dated 25-7-2020.”

Earlier, Sushant’s father KK Singh field FIR against Rhea Chakraborty in Patna, charging her with abetment to suicide, theft, wrongful confinement and cheating as well. 

Maharashtra government tied up with Google for online education for students

By
Neha Kumari
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Maharashtra government on Thursday collabs with Google to present online education to students within the state. Now students and academics will get entry to Google Classroom and G Suite for Education. This can present options to assist distant studying.

The instruments also permit interactive periods, to clarify classes, and students can even ask their question whereas sitting at house. Even students can upload homework and academics can examine them on-line, stated state officers.

The challenge IS launched by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday.

“Maharashtra is the primary state within the nation that’s launching such a challenge. Coronavirus has pressured us to undertake the modifications that have been supposed to come sooner or later,” Thackeray stated while launching the challenge on-line.

“Google Classroom and G Suite, which will probably be obtainable freed from value, are the instruments that permit the education institutes to conduct interactive periods. Round 250 members can attend it at a time. Lecturers could make their audio or video displays; students can clear their doubts, and add homework and assignments. Even dad and mom can submit their complaints or ideas by means of the system,” stated Dinkar Patil, director, Maharashtra State Council of Instructional Analysis and Coaching.

“We’re starting with the coaching of the academics. As many as 40,000 academics would be the grasp trainers for the remaining 2 lakh academics. As soon as, coaching is accomplished, students will probably be requested to register their cell numbers, and can get notifications with particulars of every session,” Patil added.

“Now we have acquired responses from 1.34 lakh academics inside 48 hours after floating an invite hyperlink for Google Classroom coaching. The method of trainer coaching goes to be began on August 7. We’re turning the disaster into a possibility”, College education minister Varsha Gaikwad stated.

Tamil Nadu – CM trashes opposition claim of ‘under-reporting’ of Covid causalities

By
Neha Kumari
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K Palaniswami, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister on Thursday dismissed as baseless opposition claims of under-reporting of Covid-19 deaths in the state, asserting that the government was transparent on disseminating all data, including related to fatalities.


The government does not stand to gain anything by concealing information related to the illness, including deaths, he said.

When asked about the DMK’s charge that actual deaths were not reported, he told reporters that, “On what basis are they making the allegation? data on death and those related to people being treated are being released transparently”.

“There is no need to hide. What is the gain for the government?” he asked adding such accusations were “not true, unfounded and baseless.”


“Tamil Nadu is the state to have done maximum testing. When we do more testing, we prevent the chances of the spread of the virus by treating the infected…

“They (opposition) don’t have a heart to appreciate (the efforts of the government), the opposition will talk only like that, have they ever spoken the truth?” he asked, adding the disease spread was seeing a dip.

“During these challenging times, it has become a regular feature (for opposition) to level charges.
Test results are now being released in about 24 hours.This is an improvement,” he added.

The chief minister hit out at the opposition saying “posing questions” alone was their task while only those who worked in the government had responsibility and understood the difficulties involved.

“The restriction mandating e-pass is only to see that people do not travel unnecessarily,” he added.

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