21 new #COVID19 cases reported in Himachal Pradesh today. Total number of positive cases in the state rises to 5,022 including 1,485 active cases, 3,461 recovered cases & 27 deaths so far: State Health Department, Himachal Pradesh https://t.co/bF71PCXwV9

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Spain's Covid-19 tally tops 400,000 after surge in casesAssam's Covid-19 tally nearing 93,000; death toll at 252Coronavirus most prevalent among those aged between 5 and 17Karnataka records 5,851 new Covid-19 cases, 8061 discharges and 130 deathsArunachal Pradesh's Covid tally crosses 3,300Punjab’s Covid-19 tally nearing 44,000; death toll at 1,129Haryana CM Khattar tweets he has tested positive for Covid-19Mizoram's Covid-19 tally crosses 900; death toll remains at zeroAndhra Pradesh logs 8,601 new Covid-19 cases, 86 deathsJ-K's Covid-19 tally climbs to 33,075; death toll at 624WHO says plasma therapy still 'experimental'Dhahravi's Covid-19 tally nearing 2,800; active cases climb to 83Metro services likely to resume in Unlock-4, govt to issue guidelines soonSwedish Covid-19 response chief predicts local outbreaks967 fresh cases push Jharkhand’s Covid-19 tally to over 30,000India reported 61,408 new cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 836 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 3,106,349, including 2,338,036 recovered patients, according to the Union health ministry's dashboard on Monday.  The health ministry said the gap between recoveries and active cases continued to widen, with the number of patients recovering currently more than three times the active cases. Click here for full Covid-19 coverageAmid the resurgence of Covid-19 cases in South Korea, authorities said that they are considering raising social-distancing restrictions to the highest level as risk of a “massive nationwide outbreak” looms. Meanwhile, in Brazil, Covid-19 tally in Brazil pushed to over 3. 6 million after recording more than 23,000 cases in a day.  However, President Jair Bolsonaro defended the reopening of retail outlets, saying that his government had done everything possible to curb the spread of Covid-19. Follow all the live updates here:Spain's Covid-19 tally tops 400,000 after surge in casesSpain's Covid-19 tally on Monday mounted to 405,436 after a surge was seen in infections last week.  The health ministry added nearly 20,000 infections for last week after revising upwards the number of cases for at least four of the days in that week, reports Reuters.  Assam's Covid-19 tally nearing 93,000; death toll at 252As many as 1,879 people tested positive for Covid-19 in Assam, taking the total number of cases in the state to 92,619.  The total cases include 21,464 active cases, nearly 71,000 recoveries and 252 deaths.  The state's positivity rate is at 6. 55%, health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, reports ANI.  1,879 #COVID19 cases detected in Assam today out of 28,670 tests done in the last 24 hours.  Total cases now at 92,619 including 70,900 recoveries, 21,464 active cases and 252 deaths.  Positivity rate is at 6. 55%: State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma pic. twitter. com/CKw93Sxjx9Coronavirus most prevalent among those aged between 5 and 17Minors aged between 5 and 17 are most exposed to the novel coronavirus in Delhi, according to a serological survey conducted in the city this month. Conducted between August 1 and August 7, the survey, second in the city, showed that 29. 1 percent of the population in the national capital has now developed antibodies against SARS CoV-2, reports PTI.  Karnataka records 5,851 new Covid-19 cases, 8061 discharges and 130 deathsKarnataka's Covid-19 tally climbed to 283,665 after 5,851 new cases, 8061 discharges and 130 deaths were reported.  The death toll 4,810 while 197,625 have been discharged so far, reports ANI. 5851 new #COVID19 positive cases, 8061 discharges and 130 deaths reported in Karnataka.  Total number of cases now at 283665 including 197625 discharges, 81211 active cases and 4810 deaths: pic. twitter. com/zmdeRh0caNArunachal Pradesh's Covid tally crosses 3,30049 new cases detected in Arunachal Pradesh today, taking the total number of cases to 3312: Directorate of Health Services, Arunachal Pradesh. 49 new #COVID19 cases detected in Arunachal Pradesh today, taking the total number of cases to 3312: Directorate of Health Services, Arunachal Pradesh pic. twitter. com/UONepx2m1pPunjab’s Covid-19 tally nearing 44,000; death toll at 1,1291,516 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Punjab, taking the total number of cases in the state to 43,284.  The total cases include 13,798 active cases, 28,357 recoveries and 1,129 deaths, the state's health department said, reports ANI. 1,516 new #COVID19 cases reported in Punjab today.  The total number of cases rises to 43,284 including 13,798 active cases, 28,357 recovered cases & 1,129 deaths so far: State Health Department, Government of Punjab pic. twitter. com/QXER256hMUHaryana CM Khattar tweets he has tested positive for Covid-19Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar tweeted that he has tested positive for Covid-19. I was tested for Novel Corona Virus today.  My test report has returned positive. I appeal to all colleagues and associates who came in my contact over the last week to get themselves tested.  I request my close contacts to move into strict quarantine immediately. Mizoram's Covid-19 tally crosses 900; death toll remains at zeroMizoram has till now recorded 918 cases due to the novel coronavirus which includes 457 active cases, 461 discharges and zero deaths, the Department of Information and Public Relations, Mizoram Govt said, reports ANI. Total number of cases now at 918 in Mizoram including 461 discharges, 457 active cases.  No deaths reported in the state so far: Department of Information and Public Relations, Mizoram Govt pic. twitter. com/xRAWQ1nXV9Andhra Pradesh logs 8,601 new Covid-19 cases, 86 deathsAndhra Pradesh on Monday logged 8,601 new cases and 86 deaths due to the novel coronavirus infection.  The state's Covid-19 tally has reached 3,61,712 and the death toll stands at 3,368, reports ANI. 8601 new #COVID19 positive cases and 86 deaths reported in Andhra Pradesh today.  Total number of cases rise to 361712 and death toll is at 3368: State COVID nodal officer pic. twitter. com/ap9ZK592wTJ-K's Covid-19 tally climbs to 33,075; death toll at 624Jammu and Kashmir's Covid-19 tally has reached 33,075 after 428 new cases were reported today.  The total cases include 7246 active cases, 25205 recoveries and 624 deaths, reports ANI. 428 new #COVID10 cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir today; 154 from Jammu division and 274 from Kashmir division.  Total number of cases now at 33075 including 7246 active cases, 25205 recoveries and 624 deaths: Govt of Jammu and Kashmir pic. twitter. com/k49QWZvJtUWHO says plasma therapy still 'experimental'The World Health Organization says using plasma from the recovered to treat Covid-19 is still considered an “experimental” therapy and that the preliminary results showing it may work are still inconclusive, reports AP. Dhahravi's Covid-19 tally nearing 2,800; active cases climb to 83Two more tested positive for Covid-19 in Mumbai's Dharavi, taking the total number of cases 2,713.  The number of active cases have reached 83, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said, reports ANI. Metro services likely to resume in Unlock-4, govt to issue guidelines soonOfficials said that under the provisions of Unlock-4, the government is likely to allow metro services to operate.  Earlier, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation had said it is ready to resume services as soon as an approval is given from the Centre.  Swedish Covid-19 response chief predicts local outbreaksSweden is likely to see local outbreaks but no big second wave of Covid-19 cases in the autumn, such as inundated hospitals a few months ago, the country's top epidemiologist and architect if its unorthodox pandemic strategy said on Monday, reports Reuters. 967 fresh cases push Jharkhand’s Covid-19 tally to over 30,000As many as 967 people tested positive for Covid-19 in Jharkhand, taking the total number of cases in the state to 30,178 with nine new fatalities pushing the death toll to 320, as per a health bulletin.  Active cases in the state to 9,722 while more than 20,000 have recovered from the infection so far, it added, reports PTI.  First published: Aug 24, 2020 06:52 IST


A video of two women dressed in PPE kits seen sitting in a hospital corridor is being shared on social media claiming that it shows the pathetic situation of COVID-19 patients in Gandhi hospital.  Gandhi Hospital is a COVID-19 dedicated hospital treating the COVID-19 infected persons in Hyderabad, Telangana.  Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post. Claim: Video of the pathetic situation of COVID-19 patients in Gandhi hospital (COVID-19 dedicated hospital) in Hyderabad, Telangana. Fact: The video shows Gandhi hospital staff resting in the corridors after finishing their shift.  So the persons in the video are not COVID-19 patients in Gandhi hospital.  Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE. When the screenshots of the video are subjected to reverse image search technique, an article of ‘The News Minute’ was found in the search results.  Speaking to ‘The News Minute’, spokesperson for Gandhi hospital (from the Health Ministers office) refuted the claim and said that the two persons in the video were class IV sanitation staff and were resting after finishing their 12-hour shift.  The spokesperson also said that the women were wearing full Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits but patients only wear masks when moving between two locations within the hospital.  As the video went viral with the claim, ‘TNIE’ has also reported that the Gandhi hospital officials have clarified that the women in the video are their hospital’s staff.  Local newspaper ‘Andhra Jyothi’ in one of its articles carried a visual from the video and mentioned in the description that the women in the photo are Gandhi hospital staff.  FACTLY spoke to a doctor in Gandhi hospital who confirmed the people in the video are hospital staff and not COVID-19 patients. To sum it up, the video shows Gandhi hospital staff sitting in the hospital corridors, not COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Did you watch our new video?


Dominion Voting Systems has sued former President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani for defamation after he pushed a disinformation campaign about 2020 election fraud. The vote auditing company is seeking more than $1.3 billion in damages. https://t.co/KKSPc1eV6Y

Ontario-based Dominion is seeking more than $1. 3 billion in damages. On Location: September 10, 2021Dominion Voting Systems on Monday sued Rudy Giuliani, accusing former President Donald Trump’s personal attorney of carrying out “defamatory falsehoods” about Dominion in part to enrich himself through legal fees and his podcast. The company said it seeks to “set the record straight, to vindicate the company’s rights under civil law, to recover compensatory and punitive damages, and to stand up for itself, its employees, and the electoral process. ”“Although he was unwilling to make false election fraud claims about Dominion and its voting machines in a court of law because he knew those allegations are false, he and his allies manufactured and disseminated the 'Big Lie,' which foreseeably went viral and deceived millions of people into believing that Dominion had stolen their votes and fixed the election,” the lawsuit said. Ontario-based Dominion is seeking more than $1. 3 billion in damages. The lawsuit targets Giuliani but mentioned his “allies” -- including lawyer Sidney Powell, Lou Dobbs, Fox News, Fox Business, Newsmax, One America News Network (“OAN”) and The Epoch Times -- that assisted in peddling false claims about the election and the company.  The suit also claims Dominion's founder and employees “have been harassed and received death threats and Dominion has suffered unprecedented and irreparable harm. ”Giuliani said he is now threatening a countersuit against Dominion.  He told ABC News in a statement: "Dominion’s defamation lawsuit for $1. 3B will allow me to investigate their history, finances, and practices fully and completely.  The amount being asked for is, quite obviously, intended to frighten people of faint heart.  It is another act of intimidation by the hate-filled left-wing to wipe out and censor the exercise of free speech, as well as the ability of lawyers to defend their clients vigorously.  As such, we will investigate a countersuit against them for violating these Constitutional rights. "Dominion took aim at the conspiracy theory Giuliani promulgated that Dominion is a Venezuelan company that stole elections for Hugo Chavez. “After decrying how an American election had been fixed by a Venezuelan-owned company, Giuliani marketed cigars from an 'American-owned' company, offering '$20 off orders over $100' if his viewers used the code 'Rudy20' when ordering,” the lawsuit said. “Dominion was not founded in Venezuela to fix elections for Hugo Chávez.  It was founded in 2002 in John Poulos’s basement in Toronto to help blind people vote on paper ballots,” the suit stated. Dominion previously filed a defamation lawsuit against Powell for what the company said was her role in orchestrating a "demonstrably false" conspiracy theory about rigging the 2020 presidential election. The lawsuit against Giuliani mentioned the Jan.  6 riot at the Capitol, which was fueled in part by debunked theories of a rigged election.  That included the false claims about Dominion voting machines that were pushed relentlessly in courts, on social media and in Trump's public remarks as part of the effort to overturn the election results. In its lawsuit, Dominion explained how Giuliani’s falsehoods spread. “Giuliani’s false tweets about Dominion were liked over 534,000 times and were foreseeably retweeted over 160,000 times.  The retweets disseminated Giuliani’s false tweets to over 1. 5 million Twitter accounts,” the lawsuit said. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events


2 new #COVID19 positive cases reported in Dharavi area of Mumbai today, taking the total number of cases in Dharavi to 2,531 including 113 active cases: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). #Maharashtra https://t.co/pJQWUSelHI

Maharashtra is inching closer to the 90,000-mark for Covid-19 cases as the state’s tally of infections touched 88,528 on Monday.  As lockdown curbs were eased under the state government’s “Mission Begin Again”, the authorities are expecting a surge in cases, especially in parts of Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Pune and Aurangabad. Click here for full Covid-19 coverageAccording to the state health department, the total active cases are 44,374.  On Monday, the state recorded 2,553 new cases. The death toll reached 3,169 after 109 deaths were reported on Monday. The state government has allowed private offices in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) to operate with 10% of their workforce or 10 employees, whichever is higher.  This relaxation, along with the resumption of bus services by Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST), led to more traffic snarls on the roads.  Last week, the state government allowed physical activities such as jogging and permitted non-essential shops to operate on alternate days in red zones, excluding containment areas. “We are closely monitoring the situation as we expect a surge in Mumbai Metropolitan Region and districts such as Pune and Aurangabad after the relaxations of curbs in three phases over the past one week,” said a senior official who didn’t wish to be named. Officials, however, said there was no surge in cases even after lockdown was relaxed.  “There was a rise in cases in districts like Nashik and Aurangabad after the lockdown was lifted in the third week of May, but it was not a surge.  The rise is proportional and the doubling rate of cases in these areas is improving.  There was no exponential growth in cases,” said another official. The mortality rate has increased to 3. 56% (3,060 deaths on June 7) from 3. 27% (1,792 deaths on May 26).  It is also more than the national mortality rate, which is 2. 78% with 7,135 deaths till Sunday, according to the state medical education department. On a positive note, the recovery rate in the state is showing constant improvement.  It was 26. 25% on May 20 and 29. 06% on May 24.  It improved to 43. 38% on May 29 after as many as 8,381 patients were reported as recovered following changes in norms for discharging patients.  On Monday, the rate was 46. 28% as 40,975 patients have been discharged so far.


#YogaDay2019 : Yoga being performed at the Embassy of the United States of America in Delhi. https://t.co/atIpCg96nC

On the 5th International Yoga Day on Friday, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh participated in an early morning yoga session at Rajpath here and said that yoga was one of the biggest achievements of cultural diplomacy by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  “It was Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who helped get Yoga international recognition.  This was one of the biggest achievements of his cultural diplomacy,” Rajnath said here after attending the yoga session along with a large number of people. The Union Minister also took to Twitter to say: “I urge everyone to make Yoga an integral part of their lives. ”While Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked Yoga Day in Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi, Union Ministers, BJP leaders and top government functionaries are participating in similar events across the country.  Also read:  ‘Yoga belongs to everyone, everyone belongs to yoga’: PM Modi at mega event in RanchiUnion Home Minister Amit Shah and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar performed Yoga in Rohtak. Newly-elected Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla took part in an event on the premises of the Parliament House complex along with parliamentarians and parliament staff. BJP working president JP Nadda also performed yoga, along with other party leaders and workers at the Deen Dayal Upadhayay park near the party’s headquarters here.  International Day of Yoga 2019: Get Live updates and latest news of PM Modi in Ranchi on Yoga day(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. )


Boeing unveiled an overhaul to a software system and the pilot training of its signature 737 MAX plane https://t.co/JqbpjQIy2K https://t.co/cLTJLYOlqJ

The software updates would improve the system by using more data points.  Boeing 737 Max 8 forced to make emergency landingAfter two crashes of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in five months raised questions around the world about the safety of the world's best selling commercial airplane, Boeing revealed updates to a scrutinized automated safety system in the new model on Wednesday while defending the original design, saying the software updates would make the design "more robust. "In a briefing with reporters on Wednesday, Boeing said the highly anticipated changes would most importantly prompt the aircraft to utilize two sensors instead of just one to engage the MCAS, or Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, designed to compensate for larger engines placed further forward on the wings of the MAX model, a new generation of the Boeing 737.  Such a malfunction is believed to have been at play in the Lion Air crash after a sensor was poorly maintained.  That accident killed 189 people on board. The system is designed to automatically drop the nose of the aircraft if sensors mounted on the nose of the aircraft detect the plane potentially entering a stall, a dangerous situation for an aircraft at low altitude.  Under the proposed updates, which need FAA approval before they are offered to the airlines, if the two sensors judge a difference of more than 5 degrees between the two of them, the MCAS is disabled for the remainder of the flight. Additionally, the updates will limit the safety system to only push the nose of the plane down once per improper angle of attack sensed by the aircraft.  The pilots will also be able to override the automatic inputs with the control column. Mike Sinnett, VP of product strategy for Boeing, reiterated that in the event of an MCAS malfunction, MAX pilots have always been able to disable the system with a switch under their thumb or by manually trimming the aircraft through the trim wheel. "The 737 is a safe airplane," Sinnett said.  "The 737 family is a safe airplane family.  The 737 MAX builds on that tremendous history of safety that we've seen for the last almost 50 years. "Federal aviation officials expect the software update -- which was designed by Boeing based off findings from October's Lion Air crash in Indonesia -- will be approved by the Federal Aviation Administration in the coming days. After the software update is approved, it would take about a day to deploy and an hour to upgrade each aircraft.  Boeing will also provide training for pilots on the changes that a Boeing official told reporters on Wednesday would consist of only a half hour of computer training with no time in the simulator necessary, allowing for quick implementation for the airlines. The United States Federal Aviation Administration was among the last in the world to ground Boeing 737 MAX passenger flights after regulators around the world one-by-one banned the aircraft from their airspace shortly after the Ethiopian Airlines crash. On March 13, when the FAA said it received more robust satellite data showing similarities in the flight path, the agency grounded the aircraft.  But public outcry had already reached a fever pitch, with some accusing the airline of going too far to defend the American aircraft manufacturer. In a hearing in front of a Senate subcommittee on aviation safety in Washington, D. C. , on Wednesday, FAA Acting Administrator Daniel Elwell defended that decision saying his agency was the first to make a decision on the grounding with refined data. "We may have been -- I think someone said -- the last country to ground the aircraft, but the United States and Canada were the first countries to ground the aircraft with data for cause and purpose," Elwell said.  "And that's important because when you ground a fleet of aircraft for a reason, a definable reason, then you have something by which to un-ground them when you've mitigated that or you've solved it or you've found that link. "Sen.  Ed Markey, D-Mass. , went after Elwell regarding Boeing charging extra for certain safety features on their aircraft. "From my perspective, safety should never be à la carte, safety should never be optional, safety should always be mandatory," Markey said. Markey repeatedly pressed Elwell on whether the FAA should stop airplane manufactures from offering some safety features as options as opposed to built-in requirements, relating these features to seat belts and airbags in cars. Elwell responded that all "safety-critical" features are already mandatory. "Senator Markey I will tell you that if there is any manufacturer that sells a safety-critical part à la carte we will not permit it," Elwell said. It remains unclear what caused the Ethiopian Airlines crash in March, which killed 157 people, but investigators have revealed that data from the black boxes reflect similarities between the two crashes. “Every time something happens we learn from it,” a Boeing official said, on the condition of anonymity.  “We do not know the ultimate cause of the accidents.  MCAS is just one independent link in the chain.  We can make that more robust. ”“As tragic as this is — and these two accidents are terribly tragic, and we understand the gravity of that — we do learn from it,” Boeing said. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events


While Manmohan Singh spent Rs 12 crore per trip i.e. Rs 493 crore on 38 trips, Modi spent only Rs 10 crore per trip i.e. Rs 443 crore on 44 trips.

A post is being shared on Facebook by many users claiming that PM Modi has spent lesser than Manmohan Singh on foreign trips.  Let’s try to analyze the claim made in the post. The archived version of the post can be found here. Claim: While Manmohan Singh spent Rs 12 crore per trip i. e.  Rs 493 crore on 38 trips, Modi spent only Rs 10 crore per trip i. e.  Rs 443 crore on 44 trips. Fact: The numbers given in the post do not include the bills to be  received and IAF BBJ Flights used by the Modi government.  Also, if total travel expenses (Aircraft Maintenance, Flights and Hotline) instead of just expenditure on chartered flights are included, then it is found that Modi spent around Rs.  2000 crore on foreign travel while Manmohan spent around Rs 1350 crore.  Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING. The details on the foreign visits of Manmohan and Modi can be found on the PM India official website.  According to the details provided on the website, it can be concluded that the details given in the post are incomplete.  Any foreign visit of a Prime Minister of India includes the travel expenses under three heads:In the post, only expenses on chartered flights are compared but the foreign trips also involve other costs listed above.  The total foreign travel costs of Manmohan Singh was around Rs 1350 crores whereas for Modi it is around 2000 crore (this is excluding the bills, which are yet to be received). The difference between the two will be less than the numbers presented above if they are adjusted for year-on-year inflation.  So, the comparison of the two Prime Ministers cannot be made with the incomplete information available and without considering other factors like inflation, type of flights, etc. Finally, incomplete information and different scenarios are compared to mislead the people.


A video showing people carrying saffron flags and raising slogans against the BJP-led NDA government is being shared to claim that they are members of the Bajrang Dal – a youth wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) – supporting the ongoing farmers’ protest.  However, The Quint found that the said video is from Maharashtra’s Hingoli district, where Shiv Sena workers led by party MLA Santosh Bangur, organised protests against the hike in fuel prices.  CLAIM The claim along with which the aforementioned video is being shared, reads: “बजरंग दल ने किसान विरोधी काले कृषि कानून के खिलाफ विरोध किया ऒर प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी को चोर बोला अब उनको सच्चाई पता चल गई है यह चौकीदार नही चोर है” (Translation: Bajrang Dal has come out to protest against the anti-farmer, farm legislations and is calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a thief.  Even they know the truth now. ) WHAT WE FOUND OUT On watching the video carefully, we heard slogans against the recent hike in fuel prices across India.  This raised our suspicion over any alleged link of the video with farmers’ protest.  To follow up, we fragmented the video into multiple keyframes and ran a reverse image search on one of those frames.  This directed us to the same video uploaded on 5 February by a YouTube channel called ‘Gor Culture’.  According to the description of the video, it is shows protests against fuel price hike organised by Shiv Sena MLA Santosh Bangur in Hingoli district of Maharashtra.  We found the said video uploaded by another YouTube channel with the same description.  Next, we reached out to Shiv Sena MLA Santosh Bangar who told us that the said video is from a protest organised by him against the fuel price hike by the central government.  This report by Outlook dated 5 February, details how Shiv Sena organised similar protests across Maharashtra.  Clearly a video from Maharashtra is being falsely shared to claim that the Bajrang Dal is protesting against the farm laws.


Rajasthan: 3 people died, 1 injured after the roof of an under-construction building collapsed in Prithvipura area of Jodhpur late last night. Dist Collector says, "The 3 died while under treatment, 1 is in hospital. Detailed inquiry to ascertain the cause of collapse being done" https://t.co/gr6OT7zioc

A 10-year-old boy was killed and three others, including two young women, were left severely injured when a portion of an a three-storeyed building in Nithari village, Sector 31 of Noida, collapsed on Monday evening, burying passersby under debris in the street below.  The incident took place around 4. 30pm.  While the deceased was identified as Luv Subba of Darjeeling, the injured were identified as Sonali and Barkha, both 18- years- old, and 12-year-old Shakeel.  The owner of the house has been identified as Vijendra Awana.  According to local residents, the building, which is popularly called the ‘90 quarters’, was being pulled down for renovation for the past two months.  Locals said the building was being demolished to make way for a new one and the incident occurred when a part of the second storey collapsed and fell on the canopy of the first floor. “That is when the canopy collapsed and its debris fell on the street and the passersby got trapped under the debris,” Omwati, a woman who lives in the neighbourhood, said, adding that the street is among the busiest in the area.  Recalling the chaos that followed the collapse, Omwati, said, “I was inside my house when, all of a sudden, the power went out and then there was a deafening noise.  When I peeped out the window, I saw people running around in panic and a mound of debris in the street. ” The locals immediately alerted the police and the rescue work started soon after.  According to the police, four bodies were pulled out from under the rubble—two girls and two boys.  Police officials said the debris is being removed, though it doesn’t seem that anyone else would be trapped inside. “A three storey building has collapsed in Sector 31, Nithari, under police station Sector 20.  Three people are injured, one child has died.  The injured have been admitted to a hospital.  The debris is being cleared and the situation is under control.  The incident will be investigated thoroughly,” Noida senior superintendent of police Vaibhav Krishna said.  The boys were taken to the district hospital where 12-year-old Shakeel was discharged after being administered first aid.  But 10-year-old Luv Subba, a native of Darjeeling, succumbed to his injuries. The two severely injured 18-year-old girls were taken to the Noida Medical Centre (NMC) where they are currently receiving medical treatment. “They are stable for now, but are severely injured.  Sonali has fractured her left femur, right tibia and right foot.  Barkha has four pelvic fractures; she may also have a spinal injury.  We are still waiting for the results of the spinal CT scan,” NMC medical director S Siddiqui said.  The top cop also said an FIR will be registered based on the complaint lodged by the family of the deceased.  “Based on the complaint, a case will be registered against the owner of the building and the contractor, after which due action will be taken,” Sector 20 station house officer Manoj Kumar Pant said.  City magistrate Shailendra Mishra also promised compensation the family of the deceased. In a separate incident, the foreman of a project was killed in Sector 63 at an under-construction site.  The deceased, identified as Mustaq Ali, was taken to a private hospital in Sector 65, from where he was referred to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi.  He was declared brought dead at Safdarjung Hospital.  The police said the foreman was overseeing the construction of the building’s foundation when he slipped and fell on an iron rod that pierced through his body. Rescue work was carried out by the local police and a unit of the National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF).  According to an NDRF official, the rescue operation ended at 10. 10pm.


Modi government passed Indian Penal Code 233 which says that a woman wont be punished if she kills the man who raped her.

CLAIM: Modi government passed Indian Penal Code 233 which says that a woman won't be punished if she kills the man who raped her.    FACT: False.  No such law has been passed by the Modi government.      This message has been circulating on WhatsApp in the aftermath of Kathua and Unnao rape cases.  The same message of IPC 233 protecting women for killing the rapist had taken rounds after the Delhi rape case in 2012.  It has been debunked in the past by Newsminute and SM Hoax Slayer.        The message however does not stop there.  It goes on to give tips to women on how to tackle situations when women could feel unsafe (Screenshots of the whole message is provided at the end of the story).        Here is why the WhatsApp forward is just a rumour.        1) The previous parliament session between January 29 to April 6, 2018 which was recorded as the least productive budget session since 2000, has not passed any such bill.  Of all the 72 bills (pending and newly introduced) which was on the agenda, only 4 have been passed.  No such bill that protects women from murder charges upon killing their rapists was ever on the agenda either.  Click here to know the list of bills introduced and passed by the parliament.        2) IPC 233 is neither an anti-rape law nor distantly related to rape.  It covers the non-bailable crime of 'making or selling instrument for counterfeiting coin' and offers a punishment of imprisonment for 3 years and fine.        3) The Indian law does not have an exclusive IPC section that enables women to kill rapists.        However, Indian law provides for cases in which a person can exercise their right to self-defence in circumstances of grave danger.  IPC sections 96 -106 defines the terms of how a person can exercise the right to self defence.      Under section 100, it is not an offence if a person causes death of his / her assailant when the latter's assault intends to cause death, grievous hurt, rape, gratify unnatural lust, kidnap and wrongful confinement.      This means that the law identifies an individual's right of private defence in certain cases of grave danger.  However, this provision is not exclusive to women and cases of rape.  Maneka Gandhi, Women and Child Development Minister, expressed the need for death penalty for rape of children (below the age of 12).  Madhya Pradesh state assembly has already passed a bill for the same and it will become a law in the state upon the President's approval.   The whole WhatsApp message is as shown below


Union leaders and federal workers protest outside office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell amid protracted government shutdown. https://t.co/DdbDKAuq1q https://t.co/CqQY25NBuq

Analysis by Z.  Byron Wolf; graphics by JoElla Carman and Joyce Tseng, CNNUpdated 9:49 AM ET, Wed January 23, 2019 (CNN)The month-long partial government shutdown is all about a standoff over a wall.


BREAKING: Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is in labor with her first child, Buckingham Palace announces. https://t.co/VwTBLl22YD https://t.co/Mzvxrdu33C

By Sheena McKenzie, Bianca Britton and Rob Picheta, CNNUpdated 0706 GMT (1506 HKT) May 7, 2019 London (CNN)Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, gave birth to a boy in the early hours of Monday, Buckingham Palace has announced.  We are pleased to announce that Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Sussex welcomed their firstborn child in the early morning on May 6th, 2019.  Their Royal Highnesses' son weighs 7lbs.  3oz.  The Duchess and baby are  both healthy and well, and the couple thank members of the public for their shared excitement and support during this very special time in their lives.   More details will be shared in the forthcoming days. A post shared by  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (@sussexroyal) on May 6, 2019 at 6:37am PDT


NEW: Facebook has banned Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones and others from its main service and from Instagram, saying they violated the company's ban against hate and violence. https://t.co/43MUjv6CdK https://t.co/d5vci8Cnn5

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    Facebook announced Thursday that it had designated some high-profile people, including Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who’s notorious for using anti-Semitic language, and right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, as “dangerous” and said it will be purging them from its platforms.

    Jones and his media outlet InfoWars had previously been banned from Facebook

                (FB) in August 2018, but had maintained a presence on Instagram, which is owned by Facebook

                (FB).  On Thursday, Jones and InfoWars will be barred from Instagram as well.

    Other people banned on Thursday included Paul Nehlen, an anti-Semite who unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2016 and 2018, and fringe right-wing media personalities Laura Loomer, Milo Yiannopoulos and Paul Joseph Watson.

    “We’ve always banned individuals or organizations that promote or engage in violence and hate, regardless of ideology,” a Facebook spokesperson said in a statement provided to CNN Business.  “The process for evaluating potential violators is extensive and it is what led us to our decision to remove these accounts today. ”

    A Facebook spokesperson told CNN Business the company goes through a lengthy process and takes into consideration a number of factors before determining an individual to be “dangerous. ”

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    The Facebook spokesperson said such factors include whether the person or organization has ever called for violence against individuals based on race, ethnicity, or national origin; whether the person has been identified with a hateful ideology; whether they use hate speech or slurs in their about section on their social media profiles; and whether they have had pages or groups removed from Facebook for violating hate speech rules.

    In some instances, when Facebook bans an individual or organization, it also restricts others from expressing praise or support for them on its platforms, the spokesperson said, adding that the company continues to view such action as the correct approach.  That policy may not apply to any or all of the people banned Thursday, however.

    The spokesperson added that Facebook will remove groups, pages and accounts created to represent the banned individuals when it knows the individual is participating in the effort.

    Some of the individuals who were designated as “dangerous” responded to the ban on their accounts in the brief period between when Facebook announced the ban and when Facebook scrubbed the accounts.

    Loomer, for instance, denied in an Instagram post that she ever violated the company’s terms of service.  Loomer asked people to follow her on an different platform, adding, “Looks like you guys will probably never hear from me again. ”

    Yiannopoulos also published a final post on Instagram.

    Watson used Twitter, from which he has not been banned, to write, “In an authoritarian society controlled by a handful of Silicon Valley giants, all dissent must be purged. ”

    Farrakhan, Jones and Nehlen did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

    Some critics questioned why Facebook banned the accounts in one fell swoop on Thursday, instead of taking action against the accounts at the time they were determined to have been in violation of the company’s rules.  These critics suggested the announcement was designed to generate positive publicity for the company, which has a history of being slow to act on such matters and of only taking action after facing pressure from the public.

    It is possible it simply took Facebook a significant amount of time to reach a decision on whether to label the individuals as “dangerous. ” In late March, Business Insider obtained emails showing Facebook executives in an intense debate over whether or not to take action like this against Jones.

    At the time, a Facebook spokesperson told CNN Business, “As this email correspondence shows, we continually monitor and review whether people are involved in organized hate on our platform.  We’ve already taken down InfoWars’ Facebook Page, but Alex Jones has a network of presences online and we are evaluating how to appropriately enforce our policies against him as an individual.  We’re committed to being diligent and will share an update when that process has run its course. ”
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Cindy McCain, the wife of late Sen. John McCain, apologized this week after she reported what she believed to be a child trafficking attempt by a "woman of a different ethnicity than the child" -- only to be refuted by the police https://t.co/0rZvHKFKb6 https://t.co/KlFnlqNbBt

Cindy McCain is apologizing after inaccurately claiming that she stopped human trafficking at the Phoenix airport when she reported a toddler with a woman of a different ethnicity and "something didn't click. "PHOENIX -- Cindy McCain has apologized after she claimed she stopped a case of human trafficking at the Phoenix airport when she reported a toddler with a woman of a different ethnicity and "something didn't click. " Police said they investigated but there was no evidence of a crime. The incident draws attention to the suspicion that parents, relatives, nannies and others face when they travel with children who don't look like them.  That it was McCain, who adopted a daughter from Bangladesh and is recognized globally as an advocate for ending human trafficking, illustrates the challenge of being vigilant without triggering concerns about racial bias. "There's a huge danger in trusting your gut when it comes to race and all kinds of identity dimensions," said Andrew Grant-Thomas, who co-founded an organization called Embrace Race along with his wife.  "We make these split-second judgments.  And often those split-second judgments . . .  are driven by bias. "It reminded Grant-Thomas, who is African American, of the intimidating stares he would get while babysitting his godson, who appears white. When someone's suspected of a crime while simply living their life, "there's a cost," and the person has probably endured suspicion and questions many times before, Grant-Thomas said. McCain has not said if other factors besides ethnicity led her to suspect wrongdoing. "I came in from a trip I'd been on," McCain said on Phoenix radio station KTAR.  "I spotted — it looked odd — it was a woman of a different ethnicity than the child, this little toddler she had.  Something didn't click with me.  I tell people 'trust your gut. ' I went over to the police and I told them what I thought, and they went over and questioned her, and by God she was trafficking that kid. "She went on to say the woman "was waiting for the guy who bought the child to get off an airplane. "Phoenix Police Sgt.  Armando Carbajal confirmed McCain requested a welfare check on a child at the airport on Jan.  30, but said "officers determined there was no evidence of criminal conduct or child endangerment. "McCain was discussing trafficking at the Super Bowl in Atlanta, which she said attracts sophisticated traffickers who sell women and children for sex.  She urged people to speak up if they see something odd. Later, McCain said on Twitter that she reported an incident she thought was trafficking. "I commend the police officers for their diligence," she wrote.  "I apologize if anything else I have said on this matter distracts from 'if you see something, say something. ' "McCain is an outspoken advocate for preventing human trafficking.  She's co-chair of the Arizona Human Trafficking Council, which recommends ways to end exploitation, and trafficking is a focus for the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University. "Her hyper sensitivity to looking for trafficking in this instance was not correct," but everyone has a responsibility to be aware of the issue and it shouldn't discourage anyone from reporting potential problems, Luke Knittig, a spokesman for the McCain Institute, said in an email. The "if you see something, say something" call popularized after the 9/11 attacks is a reminder not to be a bystander and assume someone else will act.  But it's important to "talk to your gut before you talk to someone else," asking whether the suspicion is based on behavior or appearance, said Alexis McGill Johnson, co-founder and executive director of the Perception Institute, which researches bias and trains people to avoid it. When making a quick decision on partial information, the brain tends to fill in the blanks by drawing media- and culture- driven perceptions of race, gender or class about what's "normal," McGill Johnson said. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events


The European Union has hit Google with another big antitrust fine, the third in a series of billion-dollar penalties the US tech giant has faced for hindering competition. https://t.co/69733t7pO2 https://t.co/hW8yFt7T89

Europe's antitrust regulators have slapped Google with a big fine for the third time in less than two yearsFrance sues Google for $57 millionBRUSSELS -- Europe's antitrust regulators slapped Google with a big fine Wednesday for the third time in less than two years, ordering the tech giant to pay 1. 49 billion euros ($1. 7 billion) for freezing out rivals in the online advertising business. The ruling brings to nearly $10 billion the fines imposed against Google by the European Union.  And it comes at a time when big tech companies around the world are facing increasing regulatory pressure and fierce political attacks over privacy violations, online misinformation, hate speech and other abuses. Still, the latest penalty isn't likely to have much effect on Google's business.  It involves practices the company says it already ended, and the sum is just a fraction of the $31 billion in profit that its parent, Alphabet, made last year. Alphabet stock rose 2 percent on Wall Street on Wednesday. The EU ruling applies to a narrow portion of Google's ad business: when Google sells ads next to Google search results on third-party websites. Investigators found that Google inserted exclusivity clauses in its contracts that barred these websites from running similarly placed ads sold by Google's rivals. As a result, advertisers and website owners "had less choice and likely faced higher prices that would be passed on to consumers," said the EU's competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager. Anyone who suffered from Google's behavior can seek compensation through national courts, she said. EU regulators opened their investigation in 2016 — seven years after Microsoft filed a complaint — though by that time, Google had already made some changes to give customers more freedom to show competing ads.  For that reason, regulators did not require a specific remedy to restore competition. But Vestager said it appeared rivals haven't been able to catch up, and some are "quite small. " By contrast, the EU said, Google has more than 70 percent of the European market for selling ads that run alongside search results on third-party websites. Google did not say whether it would appeal. "We've already made a wide range of changes to our products to address the commission's concerns," Google's senior vice president of global affairs, Kent Walker, said in a statement.  "Over the next few months, we'll be making further updates to give more visibility to rivals in Europe. "E-marketing analyst Bill Fisher noted a "growing wave of sentiment" toward curbing the influence of Big Tech and said that even if the EU's rulings apply only to Google's European operations, Google should "begin to open up, become more transparent and possibly look to alter some of its business practices" worldwide. Earlier this month, a British         expert panel recommended the government curb the dominance of giants like Facebook, Amazon and Google.  In the U. S. , Democratic presidential candidate         Elizabeth Warren has proposed breaking up the biggest American tech companies, accusing them of wielding too much power. This week, as part of a settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union and other activists, Facebook         agreed to overhaul its ad-targeting systems to prevent discrimination in housing, credit and employment ads. The EU has led the way in promoting tougher regulation of big tech companies.  Besides cracking down on antitrust breaches by Microsoft and Intel, it has enforced stricter data privacy rules that affect Facebook and other social media companies. U. S.  regulators haven't been as tough, though the Federal Trade Commission recently created a task force focused on anti-competitive behavior in the industry. Last year, Vestager fined Google a record 4. 34 billion euros ($5 billion at the time) for forcing cellphone makers using the company's Android operating system to install Google search and browser apps. In 2017, she penalized Google 2. 42 billion euros ($2. 7 billion) for manipulating online shopping search results and directing visitors to its comparison-shopping service, Google Shopping, at the expense of its rivals. Google, which is appealing those two earlier fines, has said it has since made adjustments to its shopping results and will start asking European users of Android phones if they want to use other search or browser apps. ———Follow the AP's coverage of technology at         https://apnews. com/apf-technology and of social platforms at         https://apnews. com/Socialplatforms———Chan reported from London.  Tali Arbel in New York contributed to this report. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events


Odisha: A woman, Manshi Sathpati is providing education to tribal children near their dwellings in Bhubaneswar.

She says, "Govt runs many schemes for them but they don't want to leave the place. I thought maybe if I teach them here itself they'll develop interest in studies." https://t.co/8ECFcFmoWz

A woman, Manshi Sathpati is providing free education to tribal children in Bhubaneswar. “It is a slum area and their parents are daily wage labourers.  The government runs many schemes for them but they don’t want to leave this place.  I thought maybe if I teach them here itself they will develop interest in studies,” Sathpati told ANI. She has been teaching these students in the Nala Basti area in Rasulgarh near their dwellings.  The classes are held sometimes under a tree. ANI also took to Twitter to share images of the teacher with her students:Odisha: A woman, Manshi Sathpati is providing education to tribal children near their dwellings in Bhubaneswar. She says, "Govt runs many schemes for them but they don't want to leave the place.  I thought maybe if I teach them here itself they'll develop interest in studies. " pic. twitter. com/8ECFcFmoWz“As of now, 40 students study.  In one year’s time, they are studying English, Oriya, General Knowledge and Maths.  They also have interest in singing, dance and drawing.  I also conduct dance classes for them twice a week,” she said. Sathpati said that some of them want to become doctor, model and some hero.  “I inspire them and advice them to study so that they can become what they want ,” she said. Speaking regarding the challenges, Sathpati said that first, we have to generate interest for studies in them “We give them biscuits and chocolates so that they get interested in their studies. ”“After COVID-19 pandemic, I teach them once in a week following social distancing and wearing masks,” she added.


Video Of Indian Army Performing Military Drills

A video of different stunts performed by men in uniform is being shared on Facebook claiming to be that of the Indian army.  An audio of a woman slamming Pakistan can also be heard throughout the video.  The video has received over 2. 5 lakh shares on Facebook.  However, BOOM's fact check revealed that it is an edited video which has used clips of Indonesian and Russian armed forces' military drills as that of the Indian army.   The video was recently shared by a Facebook page named JAY MODIRAJ ("जय मोदीराज") with the caption "भारतीय सेना दुनिया जिसे सलाम करे - I LOVE INDIAN ARMY".  This translates to "India army - the one saluted by the world".  The post received around 800 shares.  However while searching on Facebook, BOOM found the same video posted five months back, by another page भारतीय नवनिर्माण सेना.   This post received over 2. 5 lakh shares.     Here is how BOOM dissected the video to trace the facts about each clip.  INVID, a video verification toolkit was used to do a frame-by-frame analysis.  BOOM did reverse image searches on search engines Google and Yandex to find the sources of the videos.  Clip 1 ( counter up to 0:30) from Indonesia The first stunt clip of shirtless men with war painted faces breaking flaming bricks and commandos using their mouths to behead snakes is from Jakarta, Indonesia.  It is a counter terrorism demonstration by the Indonesian special forces - the Kopassus, when the United States Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis visited the country.  We traced the video to a report by VOA (Voice of America) Cambodia on January 24, 2018.  The article also has an extended video of the military drill.  Click here to read the story.  VOA is a US government funded news agency.     Below is the original video.       Clip 2 (Counter 0:30 to 1:00) - Inconclusive   The next clip is that of a missile firing in a desolate location.  Men in army uniform are seen overseeing the firing.  However, we could not find a credible source which could give the exact location of the video.  Reverse image searches of the frames showed YouTube videos claiming it to be the Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher while few others with captions in Somali language.        Clip 3 (Counter 1:00 to 1:22) &Clip 5 ( Counter 1:36 to 1:56) - from Russia    In Clips 3 and 5, we can see commandos in black uniform doing helicopter stunts, breaking into car wind shields and other combat stunts.  These clips have the watermark "THRUSSIAVIDEO" on the upper left hand corner.         We spliced the Youtube video using INVID and performed Reverse Image searches.    The image below has полиция written on body of the car.  BOOM found that 'police' is полиция in Russian.             A translation of the article said the images were of the event 'Interpolitech' in 2015 at Krasnoarsmeysk, a town in Russia.  The annual event is an exhibition of the state military equipment and includes demonstration by the special forces.  (Click here to visit the article).  Another website Voldema. livejournal also had images of the event, including one of the tanker A6 10.  Read more about Interpolitex here.          Clip 4 (Counter 1:22 to 1:36) - from India    This is the only clip which we could source to India.  This stunt performance at a ground involves commandos jumping from a jeep onto a racing bus.          BOOM also found images of the same ground on the NSG website in which 'National Security Guard' and 'सर्वत्र सर्वोत्तम सुरक्षा ' are clearly visible.


The Mueller probe ends, and the gloating begins in Moscow | Analysis by CNN's Nathan Hodge https://t.co/jyaB8dL6up https://t.co/7nb7vBDuzR

Democrats also want Attorney General William Barr to appear before Congress.  Democratic leaders question the conclusiveness of Barr's summary on Mueller reportHouse Democrats on Monday demanded that the Justice Department turn over the full report from special counsel Robert Mueller to Congress by next Tuesday, while also requesting Attorney General William Barr's appearance before lawmakers. The move to escalate the fight over Mueller's findings could be followed with subpoenas, signaling Democrats plans to continue investigations even as President Trump and Republicans have declared victory after Mueller found that the Trump campaign did not conspire with the Kremlin in the 2016 election, according to Barr's summary of Mueller's findings sent to Capitol Hill Sunday. "There are a lot of open questions," House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif. , said Monday.   “These questions have not been answered by the summary we got from Bill Barr.  I would hope that there are answers in the Mueller report.  Now those answers, I imagine, don’t amount to proof beyond a reasonable doubt of a crime.  But they are concerning nonetheless, particularly as they shed light on whether there is any form of compromise on these individuals. "Their continued focus on the investigations could hurt Democrats politically, following the end of the Mueller investigation, as Republicans continue to accuse them of overreach. "They need to get over it but they won’t get over it," House Republican Whip Steve Scalise, R-La. , told ABC News.  "They’re still going to keep harassing the president. "Democrats have taken issue with Barr’s obstruction of justice determination, citing a memo that he sent to the Justice Department before his confirmation arguing it would be "fatally misconceived" that Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey could be the basis of an obstruction of justice inquiry. "His conclusions raise more questions than they answer," House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep.  Jerry Nadler, D-N. Y. , said Sunday.  "The American people are entitled to a full accounting of the president's misconduct referenced by the special counsel. "Mueller, according to Barr's summary, did not find that the Trump campaign officials or any associated with it conspired or coordinated with the Russian government to influence the 2016 election.  Barr also revealed Mueller's conclusion on obstruction, that "while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also doesn't exonerate him," and said the special counsel set out evidence on "both sides of the question. ""Given Mr.  Barr’s public record of bias against the Special Counsel’s inquiry, he is not a neutral observer and is not in a position to make objective determinations about the report," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a joint statement. Trump and Republicans on Capitol Hill celebrated Mueller's conspiracy conclusion, arguing that it vindicated the president. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. , said in a statement Sunday that the findings meant  the "case is closed" on the matters investigated by Mueller, a conclusion rejected by Democrats. “This is just the beginning,” Rep.  Eric Swalwell, D-Calif. , a member of the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees, told ABC News Sunday afternoon.  "It’s case closed criminally but not case closed as to whether the president committed a high crime or misdemeanor. "Rep.  Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, a Trump ally and member of the House Judiciary Committee, argued that Democrats’ focus on the Russia probe would hurt their standing with the public. “We will be able to show that this batch of Democrats that had been telling lies about the president for 22 months, cannot be trusted,” he said, previewing Republicans’ message ahead of the 2020 presidential election.  “They can't be trusted on healthcare, on infrastructure, on education, because they came here to Washington insisting that there was this Russia collusion.  They've spent all their time on that narrative, it's proven to be false. “And I think the American people see who's fighting for them in this president, and who's just trying to create a distraction that ultimately was disproven. ”Nadler and five House Democratic chairs asked the Justice Department for the full Mueller report by next week, and for the underlying evidence to be transmitted to Congress beginning on, April 2.  The House Judiciary Committee has also asked Barr to appear before the panel to testify, according to Judiciary Committee members, who met privately on Monday evening with the committee's special oversight counsels to plot out the path forward. In a statement with Schiff and House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, he said it was "unacceptable that, after Special Counsel Mueller spent 22 months meticulously uncovering this evidence, Attorney General Barr made a decision not to charge the President in under 48 hours," and did so without interviewing Trump. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, who also said he wanted Barr to testify, stood by the attorney general’s conclusions on Monday, and said he wanted his committee to investigate the handling of the Russia counterintelligence investigation. The attorney general is also expected to appear before the House Appropriations Committee for a budget hearing on April 9, according to a committee aide, giving Democrats another opportunity to question him about the Mueller investigation. ABC's John Parkinson contributed to this report. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events


HAPPENING NOW: @MarkJRemillard has the latest from Minneapolis as the trial of Derek Chauvin gets underway.

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By Melissa Macaya, Mike Hayes, Meg Wagner, Melissa Mahtani and Veronica Rocha, CNNOur live coverage of the trial has ended for the day.  You can watch live coverage of the trial on HLN starting at 10 a. m.  ET daily. From CNN’s Aaron Cooper in MinneapolisThe trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin will resume tomorrow after witness testimony was cut short when a “major technical glitch” interrupted a video feed to other rooms in the courthouse where family members were watching, Judge Peter Cahill said. Donald Wynn Williams II, who testified that he witnessed George Floyd’s death, will resume his testimony tomorrow. Williams testified that he was going to Cup Foods when he came upon Floyd being restrained by police.  He testified that he watched Floyd gasping for air, his eyes roll to the back of his head, and blood start to come out of his nose. “Just hearing people, different people, actually vocalizing their concerns to the officer, and hearing George on the ground, pretty much pleading for his life,” Williams said.  Williams said he was among the bystanders vocally pleading for Floyd’s life.  He testified that Officer Tou Thao said “this is what drugs do to you. "Williams, who said he was a high school and college wrestler who pursued mixed martial arts, testified that he has experience with chokeholds.  He testified he had 10 amateur mixed martial art fights and 20 professional ones since 2009.   He said he also worked with police officers in his security job and trained with them in mixed martial arts at a gym.   Williams told prosecutor Matthew Frank that there were different types of chokeholds and he has been subjected to them in his mixed martial arts training and career. He said the move Chauvin was using on Floyd looked like a “blood choke. ” Williams, who was shown a bystander video during his testimony, said it appeared that Chauvin was trying to “shimmy” his knee to make the hold tighter. “Every time his shoulders move, he is pushing that pressure down on his neck,” Williams testified. It's the first day of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin's murder trial in the death of George Floyd. Prosecutor Jerry Blackwell this morning presented video evidence from the day George Floyd was killed.  The graphic footage showed former police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck.  Floyd could be heard saying "I can't breathe. "The video can be hard to watch as is the testimony, dissecting a second-by-second account of the circumstances surrounding Floyd's death. Here are some resources that may help:You can contact any of the organizations above to find peer groups and other group counseling services.  These organizations often have affiliates in cities that host group meetings.  They offer coping mechanisms to deal with stress, depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions. It's always important to speak to someone and not feel that you're facing this alone. You can find more CNN resources that may help here. From CNN’s Aaron Cooper in MinneapolisThe second prosecution witness has concluded her testimony in the trial of Derek Chauvin.  Alisha Oyler shot seven video clips of Floyd’s arrest.  She was working the cash register at a Speedway, located across the street from where the arrest took place.  On cross examination Oyler acknowledged that more people were gathering as the incident progressed and the crowd became angry. Defense attorney Eric Nelson also pointed out a discrepancy between her testimony and an earlier statement she gave to investigators where she said there was a female officer on scene. On redirect examination she told prosecutor Steve Schleicher that Floyd was not resisting when officers brought him across the street.  From CNN’s Aaron Cooper in MinneapolisMinneapolis 911 dispatcher Jena Scurry concluded her testimony earlier this afternoon in the trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin.  She dispatched Chauvin and other officers to Cup Foods the day George Floyd died. During cross examination defense attorney Eric Nelson questioned her about how the dispatch center is setup and the sequence of events that evening.     Here are some key things she shared: On redirect examination, Scurry told prosecutor Matthew Frank she has not changed her mind about seeing potential excessive force which motivated her to call a police sergeant.  Earlier in her testimony, Scurry said that while watching footage of the arrest and Floyd on the ground, her instincts were telling her "that something's wrong, something is not right. " Witness Alisha Oyler testified that she recorded seven cell phone videos of George Floyd's interaction with Minneapolis officers. She was working the cash register at a Speedway when she noticed police "messing" with Floyd near a store across the way. Oyler testified that Floyd was in handcuffs and police eventually placed him inside a police car. Soon after, she started recorded with her cell phone.  Two of the seven videos she recorded were taken from inside her workplace.  The rest of the videos were taken outside. From CNN's Eric LevensonThe murder trial of Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin's murder trial, charged in the May 2020 death of George Floyd, kicked off this morning with prosecutors' and the defense team's opening statements. In both opening statements, attorneys referenced the 9 minutes and 29 seconds, Chauvin kneeled on Floyd's neck — correcting the 8:46 timing that has become a symbol of police brutality. Prosecuting attorney Jerry Blackwell repeatedly emphasized the new 9:29 timing, telling jurors they were the "three most important numbers in this case. "He broke down the timing of Chauvin's kneeling into three sections: 4 minutes and 45 seconds as Floyd cried out for help, 53 seconds as Floyd's flailed due to seizures and 3 minutes and 51 seconds as Floyd was non-responsive. Chauvin's defense similarly accepted the new timing as accurate to support its own arguments.  "The evidence is far greater than 9 minutes and 29 seconds," attorney Eric Nelson said in his opening, noting the many interviews and documents that he said would prove Chauvin is not guilty. The 43-second difference between 8:46 and 9:29 has little impact on the case itself, but the 8:46 number had taken on a power of its own since Floyd died under Chauvin's knee on May 25, 2020. Protesters, including Democratic members of Congress, have held moments of silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, kneelings and "die-ins. " Comedian Dave Chapelle released a standup special about police violence and anti-Black racism titled simply "8:46. " The number even has its own Wikipedia page. So where did the incorrect timing come from?  The 8:46 timing initially was included in a criminal complaint against Chauvin.  That number was based on bystander video of Floyd's death that went viral and led to public outrage.  The video, which is over 10 minutes long in all, begins with Chauvin already on Floyd's neck, so it was not immediately clear how long he had been on Floyd prior to the video's start. You can read more about the timing here. Testimony has resumed in the Derek Chauvin trial.  911 dispatcher Jena Scurry is on the stand.  She is being cross-examined by defense attorney Eric Nelson. 911 dispatcher Jena Scurry testified that after she became concerned about what she was seeing on the video feed from George Floyd's arrest she decided to call a police sergeant. The prosecution played Scurry's call for the jury. On the call she tells the police sergeant, "I don't know if they had to use force or not.  They got something out of the back of the squad and all of them sat on this man.  So I don't know if they needed to or not but they haven't said anything to me yet. "Scurry testified that the purpose of the call was "voicing my concerns. "She said that she has never made a call like this to a police sergeant. Watch:911 dispatcher Jena Scurry is testifying about what she saw on a video feed from the scene at 38th and Chicago where George Floyd was being taken into custody on May 25, 2020. She testified that she recalled watching police attempt to put Floyd into the backseat of a police car.  She said that she went back and forth between looking at the television and her computer screen.  Scurry said during her testimony that she was watching the footage on one of the TVs that is mounted on the wall inside the dispatch center where she works. She testified at one point she looked up, and that police had Floyd on the ground.  She said that as time passed she began to wonder why the image on the screen — with police holding Floyd on the ground — hadn't changed.  She said that her first thought was that the screen had frozen.  Then she saw people moving on the screen and thought "something might be wrong. " "They had come from the back of the squad car to the ground and my instincts were telling me that something's wrong, something is not right," Scurry said.  Watch the moment:Please enable JavaScript for a better experience.


Deepak Yadav, Addnl DCP, New Delhi: Fire broke out at The Park hotel around 9 am today. We got no info about it from the hotel. We got first info around 11:45am from Rajinder Nagar PS. Around 15 people were admitted to the hospital, out of which 12 people have been discharged now https://t.co/ZbL8EBQLe5

A minor fire broke out in the basement of ‘The Park’ hotel in Delhi on Saturday, but the surprising thing is that the hotel management kept this news away from the police and the fire department.  The fire was reported only after three foreigners complained of breathlessness due to smoke.  They have been admitted to a hospital.  Overall 14 people were admitted to the Ganga Ram hospital after complaining of breathlessness.  Except three, most of them have been discharged now.  The incident happened on Saturday morning around 9 a. m.  but the fire department received a call at 12. 25 p. m. , following which five fire tenders were rushed to the spot, Delhi fire service chief Atul Garg told IANS, adding that by the time the fire tenders reached there blaze had been brought under control.  He said why the fire department or the police were not informed will be part of an investigation.  According to Delhi Police, “The smoke which emanated from the basement of the hotel engulfed the entire building which left the people gasping for breath.  The hotel management without informing the police took the affected people to Ganga Ram hospital.  After that someone called the police about the incident. ” Deepak Yadav, additional DCP, New Delhi, said, “SHO Connaught Place has been asked to investigate the matter as to why police was not informed about the fire incident, though it was minor. ” According to the Police and Delhi Fire Service, 14 people were affected due to the smoke.  Out of them only three are still in Ganga Ram hospital.  They are from Norway. The hotel management told IANS, “This was a minor fire due to a short circuit.  Some people complained of breathlessness due to smoke and were taken to the hospital.  We are trying to fix the problem so that the incident is not repeated. ”


"When Tom Rice voted 'yes' on the impeachment of Donald Trump over the President's role in inciting the riot that led to the storming of the US Capitol, most close congressional watchers assumed he had made a mistake," @CillizzaCNN writes. | Analysis https://t.co/gI7pQiQjQB

Ten members of the GOP joined with Democrats in the vote. President Donald Trump impeached for 'incitement of insurrection'The House of Representatives has voted to impeach President Donald Trump -- making him the only president in American history to be impeached twice. Unlike his first impeachment in 2019, 10 Republicans joined Democrats to charge Trump for the "incitement of insurrection" for his role in the Jan.  6 attack on the U. S.  Capitol with a final vote of 232-197. Some Republicans may have feared for their own safety if they voted for impeachment, Rep.  Adam Kinzinger, one of those who voted against Trump, said.  Kinzinger told ABC's "Powerhouse Politics" podcast that some members of his party are likely holding back from voting for impeachment due to fear of highlighting their own participation in supporting the president's false claims of election fraud. Democrat Jason Crow, of Colorado, relayed similar thoughts in an interview with MSNBC on Wednesday morning. "I had a lot of conversations with my Republican colleagues last night, and a couple of them broke down in tears talking to me and saying that they are afraid for their lives if they vote for this impeachment," he said. Here is a list of the 10 Republicans who took a stance against Trump:Rep.  John Katko, R-N. Y. "To allow the President of the United States to incite this attack without consequence is a direct threat to the future of our democracy.   For that reason, I cannot sit by without taking action.  I will vote to impeach this president. "Rep.  Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill. "It's not going to be some 'Kumbaya moment' on the floor -- it's going to be an awakening by the American people to hold their leaders accountable to their rhetoric,"Rep.  Jamie Herrera Beutler, R-Wash. "The president's offenses, in my reading of the Constitution, were impeachable based on the indisputable evidence we already have.  I understand the argument that the best course is not to further inflame the country or alienate Republican voters.  But I am a Republican voter.  I believe in our Constitution, individual liberty, free markets, charity, life, justice, peace and this exceptional country.  I see that my own party will be best served when those among us choose truth.  I believe President Trump acted against his oath of office, so I will vote to impeach him. "Rep.  Dan Newhouse, R-Wash. "Turning a blind eye to this brutal assault on our Republic is not an option. "Rep.  David Valadao, R-Calif. "President Trump was, without question, a driving force in the catastrophic events that took place on Jan.  6 by encouraging masses of rioters to incite violence on elected officials, staff members, and our representative democracy as a whole. "Rep.  Peter Meijer, R-Mich. Meijer, the freshman congressman who won former Rep.  Justin Amash's seat, voted to impeach Trump Wednesday. "President Trump betrayed his oath of office by seeking to undermine our constitutional process, and he bears responsibility for inciting the insurrection we suffered last week," he tweeted before the vote Wednesday. Rep.  Tom Rice, R-S. C. Rice said in a statement, "I have backed this President through thick and thin for four years.  I campaigned for him and voted for him twice.  But, this utter failure is inexcusable. " Rice was one of the 139 House Republicans who voted to sustain an objection to certifying the election results.  Rice angrily tweeted, "Where is the President! ? " during the rioting at the Capitol last week. Fred Upton, R-Mich. Upton tweeted that Congress must hold the president "to account," before he voted for impeachment.  "Congress must hold President Trump to account and send a clear message that our country cannot and will not tolerate any effort by any president to impede the peaceful transfer of power from one president to the next," he said. Rep.  Anthony Gonzalez, R-OhioGonzalez, who represents northeast Ohio, said Trump "helped organize and incite a mob that attacked the United States Congress" in a statement he released on Twitter. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. Cheney, the House Republican conference chair, announced that she would be voting to impeach Trump Tuesday night. "The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack," she said.  "Everything that followed was his doing.  None of this would have happened without the President. "This report was featured in the Thursday, Jan.  14, 2020, episode of “Start Here,” ABC News’ daily news podcast. "Start Here" offers a straightforward look at the day's top stories in 20 minutes.  Listen for free every weekday on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, the ABC News app or wherever you get your podcasts. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events


BREAKING: Joe Biden will win the state of Michigan, @ABC News projects, flipping a crucial Midwestern state. https://t.co/i4uTCV10Me #Election2020 https://t.co/HqsVdew4D2

By Meg Wagner, Melissa Macaya, Veronica Rocha, Melissa Mahtani and Amanda Wills, CNNOur live coverage has moved.  Go here for the latest results and news from the election. From CNN's Allison GordonResults from Milwaukee have flipped Wisconsin to Joe Biden, who has a lead in the state right now, CNN's Phil Mattingly says. Earlier, the city of Milwaukee's absentee ballot information was delivered with a police escort, CNN's Ryan Young reported. "When they have those three officers walking with them, you understand the importance of the event," Young told CNN's Chris Cuomo. The election is far from over with millions of votes still outstanding in key states, including in battleground Wisconsin. Joe Biden will win Hawaii, CNN projects. There are four electoral votes at stake in Hawaii.  It takes 270 electoral votes to win the 2020 presidential election. Who won in 2016: Former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton carried the state, and President Trump won the general election. From CNN's Josiah Ryan Republican insiders are crediting a $300 million get-out-out the vote effort organized by the Trump campaign and allies for narrowing the gap in many states, CNN's Ryan Nobles reported early this morning.  "Republicans are talking about. . .  the ground game that the Republican National Committee and the Trump Victory Organization put into place shortly after President Trump was inaugurated," said Nobles. Nobles reported on Friday that the campaign had spent more than $300 million on a data and ground operation and less on television and digital advertising in the final leg of the campaign.  "They firmly believe that that ground game was going to be a big part in narrowing the gap, in many of these key states and they're now saying that we're seeing that play out in realtime as these votes come," added Nobles.  From CNN's MJ LeeJoe Biden's campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon issued a strongly worded statement following President Trump's White House speech, calling it "outrageous, unprecedented, and incorrect. " O’Malley Dillon went on to say that "the counting will not stop. ”From CNN's Maeve Reston and Stephen CollinsonVotes are still being counted in several key states across the US, and no winner has been determined in the presidential election. If you're just reading in, here's what you need to know about the race:From CNN's Leinz ValesBenjamin L.  Ginsberg, a longtime Republican election lawyer who co-chaired the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, said Wednesday that President Trump should “let all the votes be counted,” following his attacks on legitimate vote counting efforts. “If you have objections to either the particular ballots or to the process, then you have remedies after the fact from each state individual contests laws or recount laws if the margins are close enough,” Ginsberg told CNN’s Jake Tapper during CNN’s special election coverage.  Hear Ginsberg explain: From CNN’s Mark MoralesPhiladelphia won’t have an updated number on mail-in ballots until 9 a. m.  on Wednesday, said Lisa Deeley, head of the Philadelphia City Commissioners, which is a bipartisan board of elected officials in charge of elections and voter registration. Election officials are waiting on in-person voting numbers to be reported by some individual precincts and ingested into their system before they can report the number of mail-in ballots, Deeley said.  “That’s just the configuration of our system,” said Deeley, adding that it was a reporting issue, not mechanical. The delay in in-person results from the field are slowing down the reports, particularly in West Philadelphia, Deeley said “We are counting, we have been counting, we are going to continue counting until it's done,” Deeley said.  “We’re just waiting for the rest of the in-person results to come in from voting machines. ”Another update with mail-in votes will come at 9 a. m. , Deeley said. As of 1:10 a. m.  ET, with 1,598 of 1,703 divisions reporting, former Vice President Joe Biden has received 73. 3% of the city’s votes, and President Trump has received 25. 67% of the city’s vote. From CNN's Allison GordonBased on CNN's current projections, Joe Biden has 220 electoral votes while Donald Trump has 213 electoral votes. Here's the latest look at where things stand:Reminder: Each candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. Please enable JavaScript for a better experience.


Bill Gates opinion for India is that the country can never develop because the people in India have blind faith in temple, mosques, churches...

An old internet forward titled 'Read the opinion Bill Gates has about Indian people' falsely attributed to the Microsoft Corporation co-founder has been revived on WhatsApp.  BOOM was able to confirm through a spokesperson for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that the viral message did not originate from Gates.  "This statement [in question], on Indian economy and culture, has nothing to do with Mr.  Bill Gates.  Any attribution to Mr.  Bill Gates is completely and totally incorrect.  This is a false statement," a spokesperson told BOOM in an email reply.  The message explains why India is not a superpower and is critical of people who spend money on religious rituals, instead it urges people to offer practical help to those in need.


Srinagar: Wreath laying ceremony of police personnel ASI Babu Ram, who lost his life last night in an encounter with terrorists at Pantha Chowk in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. https://t.co/WJFagFRkEE

Sheikh Waseem Bari, a local BJP leader and two members of his family were shot dead by suspected terrorists in Kashmir’s Bandipora district late on Wednesday evening.  Sheikh Waseem Bari was a former president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bandipora district, 60 km north of Srinagar. Sheikh Waseem Bari’s father Basheer Ahmad and brother Umar were also killed in the attack that took place at his shop in Bandipore, said police. Eight Personal Security Officers assigned to the BJP leader have been arrested. News agency PTI quoted Jammu and Kashmir police chief Dilbag Sing saying that terrorists opened fire at the young politician outside his shop near Bandipora police station.  The attack took place at about 9 pm. The three were taken to Bandipora district hospital but did not survive. Senior police officials of the district have reached the spot, a police official said, adding further details are awaited.


Roger Stone has been indicted by a grand jury on charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller. Former FBI agent Josh Campbell and CNN's David Shortell, who was on the scene when Roger Stone was arrested, join Full Circle. Tune in now on Facebook Watch https://t.co/eU1NCiLFpI https://t.co/fmeJGoHZGo

Stone is a longtime friend and confidante of the president. FBI arrests longtime Trump adviser Roger StonePresident Donald Trump's longtime friend and veteran political operative Roger Stone was arrested Friday morning after special counsel Robert Mueller filed a seven-count indictment against him as part of an ongoing probe into Russia interference during the 2016 presidential election. The special counsel leveled against Stone, 66, five counts of lying to Congress, one count of obstruction of an official proceeding, and one count of witness tampering. Stone was arrested and appeared in court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, late Friday morning.  The indictment was filed on Thursday. Within hours of the FBI’s pre-dawn arrest at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Stone made an initial court appearance Friday morning, where a federal judge set his bond at $250,000 and limited his travel to Florida, New York, Virginia and Washington, DC, where he will be arraigned next week. The charges brought by Mueller’s office largely revolve around false statements Stone is accused of making to the House and Senate Intelligence Committees regarding his communications with associates about Wikileaks. In court documents unsealed Friday morning, Mueller’s prosecutors wrote that after WikiLeaks began releasing internal Democratic National Committee emails in the summer of 2016, an unidentified "senior Trump campaign official was directed to contact Stone about any additional releases and what other damaging information [Wikileaks] had regarding the Clinton Campaign. ""Stone thereafter told the Trump Campaign about potential future releases of damaging material by [Wikileaks]," prosecutors say. In a hastily organized press conference following his court appearance, a defiant Stone pledged to fight the charges. “I am falsely accused of making false statements,” he said, shouting over protesters outside the courthouse.  “There is no circumstance whatsoever under which I will bear false witness against the president. . .  I look forward to being fully and completely vindicated. ”Stone, 66, struggled to shout over protesters chanting “lock him up! ” – a reference to chants of “lock her up” directed at Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at Trump rallies during the 2016 campaign. Although never mentioned by name, WikiLeaks' alleged role in the 2016 presidential campaign was previously referenced in Mueller’s indictment of 12 Russian intelligence officers, whom the special counsel’s office accused of hacking Democrats' emails. During the campaign, WikiLeaks published emails allegedly hacked and stolen from Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign chairman John Podesta and documents from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Democratic National Committee.  Some of the hacked emails were first published on the "DCLeaks" website, which Mueller alleges was a front for Russian military intelligence, known as the GRU. In addition to the pre-dawn raid on his Florida home, federal agents obtained a search warrant for Stone’s New York home – described as a “spacious two bedroom” apartment in Harlem.  Agents were spotted Friday taking hard drives and other evidence from the apartment. An attorney for Stone, Grant Smith, chalked up Stone’s alleged lies to Congress as “something he honestly forgot about” and “vowed to fight the charges. ”President Donald Trump weighed in with a tweet, calling Mueller’s investigation the “Greatest Witch Hunt in the History of our Country! ” One of Trump’s lawyers, Jay Sekulow, released a statement arguing that “the indictment today does not allege Russian collusion by Roger Stone or anyone else,” adding, “rather, the indictment focuses on alleged false statements made to Congress. ”Stone, who has taken credit for persuading Trump to get into politics, served as an adviser to Trump’s presidential campaign but left amid controversy in 2015. Rep.  Eric Swalwell, a Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, to which Stone is accused of making false statement, told ABC News Friday he believes the indictment is important because “it shows the Trump Organization was aware of his efforts.  It shows there was awareness of Stone’s efforts to get the hacked emails. ”“It also puts into context why Donald Trump was talking so much about WikiLeaks,” Swalwell said.  “Why was Trump talking so often about new information that was coming?  Why was he talking so much about WikiLeaks?  Why did he make that invitation to the Russians?  Now you know they had a connection in Roger Stone. ”House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday night issued a statement saying it is "staggering that the President has chosen to surround himself with people who violated the integrity of our democracy and lied to the FBI and Congress about it. ""The indictment of Roger Stone makes clear that there was a deliberate, coordinated attempt by top Trump campaign officials to influence the 2016 election and subvert the will of the American people," Pelosi said in the statement. The youngest person to testify in the Senate Watergate hearings at the age of 20, Stone – who is known for - among other things - a tattoo of Nixon's face on his back– was profiled in a 2016 Netflix documentary, "Get Me Roger Stone," which focused on his eccentric political career and painted him as the original architect of Trump’s political career. The special counsel’s indictment comes amid scrutiny about the self-described “dirty trickster” and his alleged contact with WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange in the summer of 2016.  Stone has told ABC News multiple times that he had never met or spoken with Assange and had no intermediary providing a back channel to communicate with the controversial WikiLeaks founder. Mueller's interest in Stone and WikiLeaks goes to the heart of the U. S.  intelligence community’s conclusion, released in a report in January 2017, that the online organization weaponized and published damaging information provided to it by a hacker from the Russian government on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her campaign. In July, the mercurial Stone told ABC News that he is the unnamed Trump campaign regular who allegedly corresponded with Russian hackers, as described in special counsel Mueller’s July 13 indictment against a dozen Russians intelligence officers, who were posing as a hacker, Guccifer 2. 0.  The indictment alleges that the 12 Russians engaged in a sustained effort to hack Democrats and aides to Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign.  Stone has dismissed his short Twitter direct message communications with Guccifer 2. 0 as innocuous and denied knowledge that Russian agents were behind the account. More than a dozen witnesses associated with Stone have been contacted by the special counsel's office, many of whom have appeared before the grand jury impaneled by Mueller’s team.  The witnesses have told ABC News they were asked about Stone’s dealings during the 2016 election and what, if any, contact he may have had with Assange through an intermediary. Among them is political humorist and radio show host Randy Credico, whom Stone claims to have asked to act as an intermediary for him to contact Assange to confirm that the Wikileaks founder had a cache of information on Clinton during the 2016 campaign. The list also includes Jerome Corsi, the former Washington bureau chief of the far right site, Infowars, who is known for his role in pushing political smear campaigns. Over the course of his nearly two-year-long probe, Mueller and his team of prosecutors have now indicted 34 individuals and three Russian businesses on charges ranging from computer hacking to conspiracy and financial crimes. Those indictments have led to seven guilty pleas and three people sentenced to prison.  Four former Trump campaign officials -- including his onetime national security adviser Michael Flynn and campaign chairman Paul Manafort, also a former associate of Stone – are among those who have pleaded guilty. In October, ABC News reported that special counsel prosecutors had been asking Manafort — their newest cooperating witness — about Stone, who was Manafort’s friend and had also been his partner at the lobbying firm Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly in the 1980s, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Stone told ABC News in November, “There’s no circumstance under which I bear false witness against President Trump. ”ABC News' Aaron Katersky, Janice McDonald, Scott Withers and Tom Llamas contributed to this report.  24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events


Multiple videos are being circulated on the social media, claiming to show the current situation in Hyderabad amid heavy rains that have claimed at least 30 lives in the state of Telangana, including 19 in Hyderabad (at the time of publishing the article).  However, both the videos in question are old and not of Hyderabad.  While one is of Gujarat’s Vadodara, the other is of Mexico City.  CLAIM A video showing a crocodile in the streets is being shared to claim that it’s from Hyderabad.  Some users have claimed that it’s of the Durganagar area in Hyderabad.  Another video showing visuals of a flooded airport is being claimed to be from the Hyderabad airport which is located in Shamshabad, WHAT WE FOUND OUT We found that not only are both the videos old but they are also not of Hyderabad.  While one is of Gujarat, the other one is of Mexico City.  Let’s take a look at both of them one by one.  VIDEO 1 We searched on YouTube using keywords ‘crocodile heavy rain’ and found a video that was uploaded on 10 August 2019, with the caption ‘Crocodile in the city due to continuing rain, heavy rain cause wild animal to get in the city’.  The description of the video claimed that it is from Gujarat.  With relevant keyword searches, we came across an NDTV bulletin uploaded on 3 August 2019 with the caption ‘Chilling Crocodile Rescue From Flooded Street In Gujarat’.  Ten seconds into the video, one can see the same visuals as that of the viral video.  According to an NDTV report, Gujarat’s Vadodara had received a rainfall of 500 millimeters in 24 hours in 2019.  As a result of overflowing rivers, crocodiles were out in streets which caused panic among the residents.  On Wednesday, 14 October, the official Twitter handle of Hyderabad City Police also tweeted that the video is being falsely claimed to be from Hyderabad.  The Quint’s WebQoof team had earlier debunked the viral video which was then being claimed to be from Bihar’s Patna.  VIDEO 2 A google reverse image search led us to a tweet from 2017 which mentioned that the viral video is from Mexico City.  An article published in Mexican outlet Chilango on 31 August 2017 stated that the video was shot at the Benito Juárez International Airport in Mexico City.  Soon after, the official Twitter handle of the said airport mentioned about the resumption of services.  We had debunked this video in 2017 when it was being claimed that it from Bengaluru.  Evidently, old and unrelated videos are being circulated on social media to show the current situation of Hyderabad.


A court has denied parents custody of their 4-year-old son with cancer after the Florida couple stopped chemotherapy treatments earlier this year. https://t.co/erYh5cXE3X

By Lauren del Valle, CNNUpdated 1346 GMT (2146 HKT) September 10, 2019  (CNN)A Florida judge ruled Monday that the parents of a 4-year-old boy with leukemia lost their bid Monday to regain custody after their struggle with the state over giving him chemotherapy.


#CoronavirusOutbreak | Delhi’s deputy chief minister @msisodia, who is also the state finance minister, spoke to Hindustan Times about the social and economic costs of the national lockdown.

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Delhi's deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, who is also the state finance minister, spoke to Hindustan Times about the social and economic costs of the national lockdown, relaxation in curbs, the importance of rebooting the city's economy, and learning to live with the “new normal”. Get free access to newsletters, alerts and recommendations