Day: May 19, 2020

Depression intensifies into deep depression, to cross TN- Puducherry coasts on Nov 25

‘Amphan’ to weaken into extremely severe cyclonic storm: Met

11:20 am May 19, 2020

Kolkata: The super cyclonic storm ‘Amphan’ in west-central Bay of Bengal is likely to weaken into an ‘extremely severe cyclonic storm’ by noon on Tuesday, the Met department said here. The system, which was situated 670 km south-southwest of Digha in West Bengal, is very likely to move north-northeastwards across northwest Bay of Bengal, and […]

Despite risk of potentially fatal side effects, Trump taking hydroxychloroquine

10:37 am May 19, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump said he is taking a malaria drug to protect against the coronavirus, despite warnings from his own government that it should only be administered for COVID-19 in a hospital or research setting due to potentially fatal side effects. Trump told reporters Monday he has been taking the drug, hydroxychloroquine, and a […]

Gorkha body demands sexual slur in ‘Patal Lok’ removed

12:22 am May 19, 2020

Guwahati: An organisation representing Gorkhas has claimed that a scene in the web series ‘Paatal Lok’ contains a sexual slur directed at the community and indulges in stereotyping of the people of the Northeast, and demanded that the conversation be muted. The Bharatiya Gorkha Yuva Parisangh (BhaGoYuP), the youth wing of Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh, has […]

Caught in worries of today, corona and health distant thoughts for pregnant daily-wagers

Labourer walking home from Pune to Marathwada found dead

12:15 am May 19, 2020

Aurangabad: The decomposed body of a 40-year-old sugarcane-cutter labourer was found on Monday in Dhanora village of Beed district in Maharashtra, police said. The deceased Pintu Manohar Pawar had set out on a journey on foot from Pune, located about 250 kms away from Beed, to return to his home district Parbhani in absence of […]

‘About 80,000 migrants left Pune so far for home states’

12:00 am May 19, 2020

Pune: Nearly 80,000 migrant workers and other people have left Pune district in Maharashtra so far in trains and public transport for their home states amidst the coronavirus-induced lockdown, a senior official said on Monday. In the next two days, 18 special trains from the district are scheduled to leave for various districts in different […]

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