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Covid-19 pandemic in India reaches community transmission stage: Mamata

Kolkata, Oct 4 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said
the Covid-19 pandemic in India has reached community transmission stage.
“This is now in the community spread (transmission) stage…. So many
precautions, such a lot of protection, still not all of it can be stopped,”
Ms Banerjee said here yesterday.
Ms Banerjee said, “ You will be surprised to know this. There are two-three
of us in my household. The boy who gives me tea when I get home, he too got
infected yesterday…. In my office there, another boy who works there…answers
phones. He tested positive today. What does it mean? Community spread.
These people do not venture out. Still they are infected,” the chief minister said.
Ms Banerjee recalled her party colleagues who died of Covid.
“We have already lost three of our MLAs (Egra MLA Samaresh Das, Falta
MLA Tamonash Ghosh and Indas MLA Gurupada Mete) to the pathogen. So
many of our leaders have died,” she said.
The Chief Minister said her party’s Burdwan East MP Sunil Mondal, who was
supposed to join the delegation to Hathras on Friday, went on self-isolation in
the morning after his son tested positive.
Meanwhile, the COVID-19 toll in Bengal rose to 5,132 with the death of 62
persons on Saturday, while the tally touched 2,66,974 with 3,340 new confirmed
cases.
Of the 62 deaths in Bengal, 13 were from Kolkata and 19 from North 24-
Parganas.
According to the latest State Government Health bulletin, the active cases
accounted for 27,130, while the number of discharged cases stood at 2,34,712
with 3,013 recoveries as on Saturday.
The percentage of discharged rose to 87.92 per cent.
The bulletin said the total number of samples tested stood at 33,55,726 with
41,128 tested till yesterday.
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COVID-19 must be a “pivotal moment for change” for animals

04 Oct 2020 | 1:08 PM

Kolkata, Oct 4 (UNI) For millions of people around the world, lockdown during the global
Coronavirus pandemic has meant several months of isolation in the interests of protecting
public health, but for billions of animals caged and confined in factory farms, laboratories,
marine parks, roadside zoos, fur farms and circuses, lockdown lasts a lifetime.

Newly appointed Indian High Commissioner visiting Tripura

04 Oct 2020 | 1:00 PM

Agartala, Oct 4 (UNI) Newly appointed Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Vikram
Doraiswami today visited proposed site of special economic zone (SEZ) at Sabroom
and different bordering locations of South Tripura and he is scheduled to leave for
Dhaka tomorrow morning via Akhaura Integrated Checkpost here.

Pradyot strikes agreement with INPT and TPF ahead of ADC poll

04 Oct 2020 | 11:45 AM

Agartala, Oct 4 (UNI) The tribal based opposition Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra
(INPT) and Tripura People's Front (TPF) have signed an agreement with royal scion
Pradyot Kishore Debbarman’s organisation Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance
(TIPRA) last night at Shillong ahead of upcoming election to Tripura Tribal Areas
Autonomous District Council (ADC).

Covid-19 pandemic in India reaches community transmission stage: Mamata

COVID-19 must be a “pivotal moment for change” for animals

Newly appointed Indian High Commissioner visiting Tripura

Arunachal’s Covid-19 tally mounts to 10421

Odisha covid toll rises to 907, tally surges to 2,32,713 with 1,98,194 recoveries

Pradyot strikes agreement with INPT and TPF ahead of ADC poll

PATNA, OCT 4 (UNI):- Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) leader Mukesh Sahani addressing a press conference, in Patna on Sunday.UNI PHOTO-14U

PATNA, OCT 4 (UNI):- Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) leader Mukesh Sahani at a press conference, in Patna on Sunday.UNI PHOTO-13U

PATNA, OCT 4 (UNI):- Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) leader Mukesh Sahani with party leaders at a press conference, in Patna on Sunday.UNI PHOTO-12U

PATNA, OCT 4 (UNI):- Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) leader Mukesh Sahani with party leaders at a press conference, in Patna on Sunday.UNI PHOTO-11U

PRAYAGRAJ, OCT 4 (UNI):-A devotee (Kanwariya) offering prayer to Lord Shiva at Padilla Mahadev temple, during Hindu holy calendar Manmash month, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Prayagraj on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-9U

PRAYAGRAJ, OCT 4 (UNI):- Hindu devotees offering Gangajaal to Lord Shiva at Padilla Mahadev temple, during Hindu holy calendar Manmash month, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Prayagraj on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-8U

PRAYAGRAJ, OCT 4 (UNI):- Hindu devotees offering Gangajaal to Lord Shiva at Padilla Mahadev temple, during Hindu holy calendar Manmash month, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Prayagraj on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-7U

PRAYAGRAJ, OCT 4 (UNI):-Hindu devotees (Kanwariyas) carry metal pots filled with holy water after taking dip in Ganga at Padilla Mahadev temple, during Hindu holy calendar Manmash month, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Prayagraj on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-10U

PATNA, OCT 4 (UNI):- Applicants not adhering to social distance looking at their seat sharing list to appear in Civil Service (Preliminary) examination of Union Public Service Commission, at a center, in Patna on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-6U

ANKARA, Oct. 4, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Children wearing face masks go roller skating at a park in Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 3, 2020. Turkey's number of COVID-19 patients increased by 1,502 on Saturday, raising the tally to 323,014, the Turkish Health Ministry announced. Xinhua/ UNI PHOTO-6F

PATNA, OCT 4 (UNI):- Applicants stand in a queue as they arrive to appear in Civil Service (Preliminary) examination of Union Public Service Commission, at a center, in Patna, Sunday. UNI PHOTO-5U

PATNA, OCT 4 (UNI):-Applicants stand in a queue as they arrive to appear in Civil Service (Preliminary) examination of Union Public Service Commission, at a center, in Patna, Sunday. UNI PHOTO-4U

PATNA, OCT 4 (UNI):- Applicants stand in a queue as they arrive to appear in Civil Service (Preliminary) examination of Union Public Service Commission, at a center, in Patna, Sunday. UNIPHOTO-3U

PATNA, OCT 4 (UNI):-Applicants stand in a queue outside historical 'Gol Ghar' as they arrive to appear in Civil Service (Preliminary) examination of Union Public Service Commission, at a center, in Patna, Sunday. UNI PHOTO-2U

PATNA, OCT 4 (UNI):-Applicants stand in a queue as they arrive to appear in Civil Service (Preliminary) examination of Union Public Service Commission, at a center, in Patna, Sunday. UNI PHOTO-1U

PARIS, Oct. 4, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A model presents a creation by HERMES during the Paris Fashion Week's Women Spring/Summer 2021 ready-to-wear fashion show in Paris, France, on Oct. 3, 2020. Xinhua/ UNI PHOTO-5F

LEIPZIG, Oct. 4, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Kevin Kampl (2nd R) of Leipzig vies with Can Bozdogan (1st L) of Schalke 04 during a German Bundesliga match between RB Leipzig and FC Schalke 04 in Leipzig, Germany, Oct. 3, 2020. Xinhua/ UNI PHOTO-3F