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India: COVID-19 death toll rises to 1,074; cases 33,050

New Delhi, Apr 30 (PTI) The death toll due to the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 1,074 after 66 more fatalities and the number of cases climbed to 33,050 in the country on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry.

The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 23,651, while 8,324 people have recovered, and one patient has migrated. The total number of cases include 111 foreign nationals, the ministry said.

India: 3 Kashmiris killed by Indian security forces in Shopian district of Indian administered Kashmir

Srinagar, April 29 (UMM): Three Kashmiri separatist were killed in an alleged encounter with Indian security forces in Melhora in Zainapora area of Shopian district of Indian administered Kashmir, police said on Wednesday.

India: Woman Naxal terrorist killed, two cops injured in Chhattisgarh

Raipur, Apr 29 (PTI) A woman Naxal was killed and two police personnel were injured in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Narayanpur district on Wednesday morning, an official said.

The exchange of fire broke out in a forest under Chhotedongar police station limits around 8 am, when a joint team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) was out on a counter-insurgency operation, Narayanpur Superintendent of Police Mohit Garg told PTI.

India: Two temple priests killed in UP, Oppn targets BJP

Lucknow, Apr 28 (PTI) Two priests were found murdered at a temple in Bulandshahr district on Tuesday morning, allegedly killed by a local youth.

Jagdish (55) and Sher Singh (45) were apparently hit with a lathi at Paguana village's Shiva temple in Anupshahr police station area, police said. The alleged killer was arrested.

Opposition leaders targeted the BJP over the crime, with the Congress and the Shiv Sena referring to Uttar Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's reaction after the lynching of two sadhus and their driver in Maharashtra's Palghar recently.

Moody's slashes India growth forecast to 0.2% for 2020

New Delhi, Apr 28 (PTI) Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday slashed India's growth forecast to 0.2 per cent for the 2020 calendar year from the earlier projection of 2.5 per cent released in March.

Stating that the economic costs of shutdown of the global economy are accumulating rapidly, Moody's in its Global Macro Outlook 2020-21 (April 2020 Update) projected that all G-20 advanced economies would contract by 5.8 per cent in 2020.

India: Be mentally ready for long fight against COVID-19: Nadda

New Delhi, Apr 28 (PTI) BJP president J P Nadda on Tuesday said that people should be "mentally ready" for a long fight against coronavirus and expressed confidence that the country will prevail over the pandemic.

In a video interaction with party leaders from Assam, he asked them to be "role models" with their conduct during the lockdown by following the guidelines and acting as a bridge between people and administration, a party statement said.

India: Women annoy at gatekeeper's double standard

KANPUR: Lockdown has disciplined the people. They are making all possible efforts to slow the spread of the pandemic. 

When the residents are staying within the gate, there should be no reason in stopping the movement within the enclosed precincts, they believe.

Housewives are strictly adhering to the rule but they remain annoyed with the biased attitude of a certain few. The gatekeeper has developed a habit of disallowing entry to one and permitting others to go inside. This is what wholly irritating old women. They are not tolerating this kind of bias.

WhatsApp calls now support up to 8 participants

New Delhi, Apr 28 (PTI) WhatsApp on Tuesday said it will now allow up to eight people to connect on a group video call as an increasing number of people turn to digital platforms to connect with friends and family amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Facebook-owned company said over the last month, people on average are spending over 15 billion minutes talking each day on WhatsApp calls, well above a typical day before the pandemic.

India: Cong accuses govt of weakening banking architecture

New Delhi, Apr 29 (PTI) The Congress on Wednesday attacked the government over the issue of bad loans, accusing it of weakening the entire banking architecture fiscally and imprudently in the name of cleaning the system.

The party was responding to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's tweet on Tuesday night in which she accused the Congress and its leaders of "misleading" people on loan write-offs.

India: Sadhus Lynching, three more Palghar cops suspended

Palghar (Maha), Apr 29 (PTI) Three more personnel of Kasa police station in Palghar district of Maharashtra were suspended on Wednesday in connection with the April 16 lynching of two sadhus and their driver by a mob, an official said.

Palghar district superintendent of police Gaurav Singh has suspended an assistant sub-inspector and two constables after conducting a departmental inquiry against them, he said.

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