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Nation Current Affairs 05 Mar 2020

Nation, Current affairs, 05 Mar 2020

Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa presents the state's budget for 2020-21 in the state Assembly. (Photo: Satish B)

Short of funds from Centre, Karnataka hikes taxes on petrol, diesel, liquor

Yediyurappa’s budget will make petrol costlier in the state by Rs 1.60 per litre and diesel by Rs 1.59 per litre
05 Mar 2020 8:02 PM
A man wearing a face mask pushes a person on wheelchair along a street in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province.AFP photo

Coronavirus effect: Wuhan University students in Kerala begin online classes

Most educational institutions including medical universities, with big number of Indian students, have restarted e-classes for students
05 Mar 2020 6:02 PM
Ships arriving at Indian ports are being subjected to WHO approved protocols to check for coronavirus infection.

16k passengers holed up in 452 ships due to coronavirus checks at Indian ports

However, cargo from these ships has been brought in
05 Mar 2020 5:49 PM
Medical staff wears masks as prevention against coronavirus, at Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad on wednesday, March 4, 2020(PTI)

Coronavirus: Telangana keeps a watch on rumour mongers

People spreading about coronavirus on social media to be booked
05 Mar 2020 3:55 PM
Picture courtesy: Twitter

Curfew relaxed, internet services restored in Meghalaya

Miscreants hurled stones at a taxi in the Nongmynsong area on the outskirts of the state capital while the night curfew was on
05 Mar 2020 3:36 PM
Representational image (AP photo)

Indian girl in Dubai tests positive for Coronavirus

The girl tested positive for the COVID-19 after she contracted the infection from her father who travelled overseas
05 Mar 2020 2:51 PM
Sonia Gandhi. (File photo)

Uproar in LS over Rajasthan MP's remark on Sonia Gandhi family

Rashtriya Loktantrik Party member's witticism on coronavirus and Sonia Gandhi erased from record
05 Mar 2020 2:32 PM
Union health minister Harsh Vardhan speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI photo

Indian pilgrims stranded in Coronavirus-hit Iran will be evacuated

The government is taking all necessary measures to prevent spread of COVID-19 in India, said health minister Harsh Vardhan
05 Mar 2020 1:18 PM
Supreme Court of India (PTI photo)

Supreme Court will hear CAA plea after Sabarimala

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said this after senior advocate Kapil Sibal sought urgent hearing of CAA matters
05 Mar 2020 1:06 PM
A salesman at a chemist shop helps a buyer wear her protective mask, in wake of the deadly novel coronavirus, outside Safdarjung Hospital, in New Delhi. PTI photo

Gurugram Paytm staffer tests positive for Coronavirus

The infected employee had recently returned from a vacation in Italy, one of the worst-hit countries from coronavirus
05 Mar 2020 11:20 AM
21 Italians tested positive for the coronavirus leave from ITBP quarantine facility for their treatment at designated hospitals, in Chhawla. PTI photo

Virus infected Italians moved from ITBP to Medanta hospital in Gurugram

An affected Italian couple is being treated at Jaipur's SMS medical college
05 Mar 2020 11:06 AM
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath takes part in the launch of Rangotsav-2020 at Barsana in Mathura, on March 3, 2020. (PTI)

Teachers too responsible if 'anti-India' slogans raised at universities: Adityanath

UP chief minister advises teachers to adopts the ways of Chanakya
05 Mar 2020 8:34 AM
Brown University professor Ashutosh Varshney speaks during a hearing of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2020. The commission is holding a hearing on how "citizenship laws are used to deny religious minorities the legal protections of citizenship, making them vulnerable to exploitation, discrimination, and mass atrocities." (AFP)

US panel on religious freedom conducts hearing on risks to Indian Muslims

The hearing held inside Congress was called by the US Commission on International Freedom
05 Mar 2020 8:19 AM
Students wear masks as prevention against coronavirus at the Bengaluru City Railway Station, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. (PTI)

Karnataka government issues coronavirus advisory to schools

Children and teachers with flu-like symptoms told not to go to class
05 Mar 2020 7:56 AM
File photo of Chief of Army Staff Gen. Manoj Mukund Naravane reviewing the prevailing security situation during a visit to the Line of Control in Kashmir on Feb. 26, 2020. (PTI )

Tanks, fighters will soon be obsolete like Walkman: Army chief

Gen Naravane said that combat is no longer confined to the physical domain
05 Mar 2020 7:26 AM
In this Jan. 30, 2020 file photo, Kashmiri journalists browse the internet on their mobile phones inside the media centre set up by government authorities in Srinagar, Kashmir. Indian authorities on Wednesday, March 4, temporarily revoked a ban on social media sites and restored full internet access in disputed Kashmir for two weeks, seven months after they stripped the restive region of its statehood and semi-autonomy and enforced a total communications blackout. (AP)

Ban on social media lifted, access to 2G services in J&K

However, curbs on high-speed 3G and 4G Internet services have been extended till March 17
05 Mar 2020 7:03 AM
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee addresses an administrative review meeting at Kaliyaganj in North Dinajpur district on March 3, 2020. (PTI)

Mamata Banerjee: 'To divert attention, they are doing Corona, Corona'

Referring to the Delhi riots, she argued, “But those who died there had not suffered from Corona”
05 Mar 2020 6:55 AM
Young tourists wear facemasks as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak at the Bangalore City Railway Station, on March 4, 2020. - A group of Italian tourists were under quarantine in India on March 4, with 16 testing positive for the new coronavirus, prompting authorities to tighten controls. (AFP)

29 confirmed coronavirus cases in India, says central government

The government announced that it shall now start universal screening for all passengers flying into India from abroad
05 Mar 2020 6:45 AM

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Experts warn of particularly hot summer ahead in Hyderbad

Anjal Prakash, research director and adjunct associate professor of Bharti Institute of Public Policy, ISB, told Deccan Chronicle, “The climate models have predicted that this is going to be a warmer summer and the hot areas will be hotter than before. In Telangana, we are seeing 38ºC in February itself, which is an indication of what is in store in April and May.” (Representational DC Image)
 

When Cupid strikes OTT platforms

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Kerala transman gives birth to baby, first case in India

Ziya Paval recently took to Instagram and announced that Zahhad was eight months pregnant. Paval and Zahhad have been living together for the past three years. (Twitter)
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