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Economic Times | 15 Jul, 2020 | 09.50AM IST
Rajasthan Live News: Sachin Pilot says, "Not joining BJP"
Congress sacked Sachin Pilot from the posts of deputy CM and PCC president on Tuesday.
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The second phase of lockdown in Maharashtra will start from 18 July
Maharashtra: The second phase of lockdown will commence from July 18th till July 23rd. Medical stores, dairies, hospitals and essential services will be allowed to remain open as per Shekhar Gaikwad, Commissioner of Pune Municipal Commission.
Will take part in the India-European Union (EU) Summit at 4:30 PM today. I am confident this Summit will further strengthen our economic as well as cultural linkages with Europe.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Uttarakhand: 3 killed in Dehradun building collapse, rescue operation underway
- Three people have been found dead and three others were rescued after a building collapsed in Dehradun's Chukkuwala area in Uttarakhand early on Wednesday.
- "The rescue operation is still on," said Satya Pradhan, Director-General, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
- A team of NDRF is present at the spot to assist State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) for the rescue operation.
Sachin Pilot says, "Not joining BJP"
India's Covid recovery rate
The recovery rate among COVID-19 patients has increased to 63.20%. The recoveries/deaths ratio is 96.05%:3.95% now: Government of India
Sensex opens at 36,365.00, with a gain of 331.94 points.
Spike of 29,429 Covid cases & 582 deaths reported in the last 24 hours in India.
Total positive cases stand at 9,36,181 including 3,19,840 active cases, 5,92,032 cured/discharged/migrated and 24,309 deaths: Ministry of Health
Haryana may impose restrictions in districts bordering Delhi: Anil Vij
Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij has said that the state government is considering to impose restrictions on the districts bordering Delhi amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the state and claimed that 80 percent of Haryana's coronavirus cases are in these areas.
1,24,12,664 samples tested for Covid-19 till 14th July: ICMR
On United Nations' 75th anniversary, PM Modi to virtually address ECOSOC on July 17
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually deliver a keynote address at the valedictory session of High-Level Segment of UN ECOSOC (United Nations Economic and Social Council) on July 17 in New York, on the eve of 75th anniversary of the United Nations.
- This comes as an important development as it will be Prime Minister's first speech at the UN after India's election to the Security Council.
Corps Commander-level talks between India, China for 2nd phase of disengagement along LAC conclude
- The Corps Commander-level talks between India and China over the second phase of disengagement along the LAC have concluded at Chushul Border post in Eastern Ladakh.
- The talks began at Chushul post on the Indian side at 11: 30 am yesterday and ended at around 2 am on July 15. The meeting went on for 14.5 hours.
PM Modi to address digital conclave on World Youth Skills Day today
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver a video address on the occasion of World Youth Skills Day (WYSD) at 11 am today.
- This day marks the fifth anniversary of the launch of Skill India Mission.
- The Digital conclave is being organized by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
- A UN recognised event, WYSD is celebrated each year on July 15.
US pulls out troops from 5 bases in Afghanistan as part of agreement with Taliban
"July 13, 2020 marks 135 days since the signing of the U.S.-Taliban Agreement on February 29, 2020. As stipulated in the agreement, the United States agreed to reduce its forces in Afghanistan to 8,600 and withdraw from five bases. US forces in Afghanistan remain in the mid-8,000s and five bases formerly occupied by US forces have been transferred to our Afghan partners," Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement.
Mumbai: Fire breaks out at Churchgate's Maker Bhavan
- A fire broke out in Maker Bhavan in Mumbai's Churchgate area on Wednesday.
- Five fire tenders rushed to the spot after the incident was reported. No injuries have been reported so far.
- More details are awaited.
Moderna shares soar over 16 percent after positive result in its coronavirus vaccine trial
- US drugmaker Moderna's shares soared by more than 16 per cent after the company said its potential vaccine to prevent Covid-19 produced a "robust" immune response in all 45 patients in its early stage human trial, CNBC reported.
- All the 45 patients in the trial produced neutralizing antibodies which are believed to be important for building immunity and provided more promising data that the vaccine may give some protection against the coronavirus according to the findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Taiwan tests it defence against China's possible invasion
- As tensions with China is escalating, Taiwan commenced a five day long live-fire war games exercise putting its defences to the test against a Beijing invasion, South China Morning Post reported.
- Chief of the General Staff Huang Shu-kuang kicked off the annual drill - dubbed Han Kuang - on Monday, giving orders from the Taiwan top command centre in Taipei.
- According to a military source, the first day involved simulated People's Liberation Army missile attacks targeting command centres, airports and military bases in Taiwan.
DSGMC starts free ambulance service for COVID-19 patients
- Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has started a free ambulance service for COVID-19 patients on Guru Har Krishan Sahib Ji's Prakash Purab.
- DSGMC President Manjinder Singh Sirsa told media persons in Delhi that a total of 12 ambulances will be stationed in various parts of the national capital.
3 bombs explode near Kurdish military prosecutor's office in Syria's Raqqa
- Three bombs have exploded at the headquarters of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces' (SDF) military prosecutor's office in the northern province of Raqqa, the Syrian Al-Watan newspaper reported.
- According to the media outlet, the explosive devices detonated one after another in Raqqa's Al-Fardus neighbourhood, where the SDF military prosecutor's office is located.
- The newspaper did not provide any information on casualties.
'Not interested in talking to China': Donald Trump on Phase 2 of trade deal
- As tensions between China and US heighten, President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he is not interested in talking to China regarding a Phase Two of the trade deal.
- "I'm not interested right now in talking to China," Trump said in an interview with CBS News. "We made a great trade deal. But as soon as the deal was done, the ink wasn't even dry and they hit us with the plague."
Coronavirus has potential to be as serious as 1918 Spanish Flu: Fauci
US top infectious disease specialist, Anthony Fauci, on Tuesday said that coronavirus a pandemic of "historic proportions" has the potential to be as serious as the 1918 Spanish Flu in which over 50 million people globally died.
Trump signs Hong Kong Autonomy Act, ends city's preferential trade status
- "Today, I signed legislation and an Executive Order to hold China accountable for its oppressive actions against the people of Hong Kong," Trump said addressing media on Tuesday.
- Trump said he signed Hong Kong Autonomy Act in the afternoon which will give powerful new tools to hold China responsible. The Act will allow the Trump administration to levy sanctions against foreign individuals and banks for contributing to the erosion of Hong Kong's autonomy
- The signing of the Act comes two weeks after imposition of the Hong Kong security Law.
US welcomes UK ban on Huawei
Welcoming the United Kingdom's decision to ban Huawei from future 5G networks, US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, on Tuesday said London joins a growing list of countries from around the world that are standing up for their national security by prohibiting the use of "untrusted, high-risk vendors".
WhatsApp down, users in India other parts of world report connection, other issues
- Messaging app WhatsApp saw an outage in India and across the world in the early hours of Wednesday with thousands of users reporting glitches in the popular end to end encrypted application.
- According to Down Detector, which monitors and offers real-time status and outage information, users started reporting problems since 1:32 AM. Most users (72 per cent) reported issues of connection, sending or receiving messages as well as log-in problems.
- Many of the over 1.5 billion users, both on Android and iOS, were unable to log into the app. The reason behind the snag is yet to be announced by the company.
