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According to the global health body, countries which are now recording the minimum number of cases may be among firsts to be captured by the "second wave" of COVID-19. The easing up of measures would accelerate the pace of hitting the second peak of coronavirus, warned WHO emergencies head Dr Mike Ryan.
"Just as water is important to fish farming, sufficient liquidity is important to economic development. But excessive liquidity will induce froth in the marketplace where some people may attempt to muddy the waters and fish for arbitrage," he was reported as saying by the state media.
Gandhi re-shared the portion of video where he criticised the central government for allegedly not aiding Maharashtra with the proportion it deserves. In the clip, he could also be heard saying that the high concentration of coronavirus cases in Maharashtra is due to the "nature of its connectivity".
The total cases of coronavirus topped 1.7 million in the country -- higher than any other part in the world. As per the tracker, the count of cases had surged to 1,713,463. The numbers include nearly 1,144,639 active patients. Despite the alarming stats, US President Donald Trump is aggressively pushing towards completely re-opening the country.
Gandhi, the former Congress president, stoked a row during his virtual press conference on Tuesday by claiming that his party is only supporting the government in Maharashtra and is not a policy-maker. His remarks gave fodder to the speculations of a rift in the three-party alliance in the state.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, mosques reopened on May 13, for the first time in last 50 days, to allow Muslims to observe congregational prayers in the month of Ramadan. The morning (fajr), evening (maghrib) and night (isha) prayers are permitted to be held, along with the special Friday and Taraweeh prayers.
A total of 1,438 coronavirus patients, spread over 25 hospitals of New York City, were observed by researchers of University at Albany. One group of the victims were administered with the HCQ tablets, another with a combination of HCQ and Azithromycin, and the third which was treated with neither.
The reforms are intended to reboot the defence production, mining and civil aviation sector. The FDI hike in defence sector, permit for commercial players in mining and space exploration for private sector were among the major highlights of Sitharaman's announcement.
Sitharaman stressed that the announcements being made today are specifically targeted to mitigate the stress of labourers, migrant workers, small farmers, street vendors and tribals. Apart from the measures announced today, more benefits would be rolled out for these section of the populace, she added. Here is the complete highlight from her media address.
"328 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded today in Maharashtra, taking the total number of cases to 3,648 in the state. Highest 184 of the new cases recorded in Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai area followed by Pune at 78 cases," said the statement issued by the Health department.
The joint statement issued by G20, following the virtual summit, said the world's leading economies "will do whatever it takes to overcome the coronavirus pandemic", further adding that combating the pandemic and the social and economic disasters linked to it is their "absolute priority."
While eastern hemisphere of the world has faced the worst brunt of coronavirus so far, the disease - nearly two months after it drove China and Asia into a state of panic - is now turning towards the West. A spree of cases were recorded in Europe, with Italy accounting for nearly 2,000 positive cases. Here are the top questions, as reflected through Google Trends, answered.
Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Vermont are the 14 states going to polls in the primary on Tuesday, along with the region of American Samoa which covers 7 South Pacific islands.
Mike Pompeo, while speaking to the media that had convened in Doha to witness the historic peace agreement, said the deal would have no effect if extremist group take advantage of the same. He assured that the United States would resume its military activities in the region if Taliban allows ISIS-Khorasan, al-Qaeda and other 'terrorist groups' to operate from the Afghan soil.
Out of all the poll reverses and setbacks faced by the Congress in the last decade, the party's demise in Delhi has been the most drastic. Far from ruling the NCT with an outright majority between 1998 to 2013, the party now appears to be struggling to get even one legislator elected in the national capital.
Even critics of the incumbent Prime Minister would agree that Narendra Modi is the uncontested centrifugal point in public life. Despite being a polarising figure due to the communal carnage in Gujarat in 2002, Modi, since 2012, succeeded in projecting himself as among the leading 'pro-development politicians' of India.
From Prime Minister Narendra Modi's emphatic win in India, to his UK counterpart Boris Johnson's crushing victory against the Labour, 2019 would go down as the year when voters round the globe posed faith in their incumbent leaders rather than vying for alternatives. Here are five poll outcomes that kept the world watching.
Despite the exemptions in CAB implementation, the Northeast is still up in protest as the Sixth Schedule and ILP does not cover all parts of the region. For instance, most of Meghalaya is covered under the Sixth Schedule but the state capital of Shillong falls out of its purview. Due to the CAB, 'Shillong with become a ghetto and a slum,' said Congress MP Wansuk Syiem.
The breaking apart of the 30-year-old Hindutva allies is bound to rejig the political circles of Maharashtra. A post-poll coalition of extremes, which earlier seemed unlikely, may now be sealed. Arch rivals Congress and Shiv Sena may agree to join hands, with the Sharad Pawar-led NCP acting as the bridge.
'Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have been advised to postpone the Forum for the time being. We apologise for the inconvenience caused. We hope to announce the new event date soon,' read the note put on the website of IBLF, which was organising the event in association with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI).