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The president said he would secure $8 billion for the "invasion" at the border. President Trump declares national emergency for border wall fundingPresident Donald Trump announced his decision Friday to declare a national emergency over what he called an "invasion" at the southern border.  The declaration will allow his administration to use additional funding for a border wall, which Congress refused to fund in full in the bill passed Thursday to keep the government open. Here are some of the statements the president made to justify going around Congress to fund the border wall to the tune of about  $8 billion, a plan that is likely, by the president's own admission, to face immediate legal challenges. Crisis at the border? Trump: “We're talking about an invasion of our country with drugs, with human traffickers, with all types of criminals and gangs. ”Though the president described the border crossing situation as an “invasion” of criminals, of the hundreds of thousands of people Customs and Border Protection has encountered, the agency’s own statistics show only a small percentage — about 4 percent — were convicted of a crime, whether committed in the U. S.  or abroad. CBP has said its agents encountered more than 566,000 undocumented immigrants at the border last year — about 200,000 of whom were turned around and about 360,000 of whom were apprehended. In all, 24,048 people out of the more than 566,000 encountered by CBP in 2018 were deemed criminals, resulting either in a person being deemed "inadmissible" at a port of entry or arrested because CBP had warrants out for their apprehension.  And the CBP statistics show the number of criminals encountered at the border has decreased over the past three years. As for the president claim that gang members are invading the country, CBP data shows they make up just 0. 1 percent of the undocumented immigrants the agency encounters.  Of the 566,000 encounters nationwide last year, border patrol agents apprehended only 728 undocumented immigrants with gang affiliations.  The number of gang members apprehended nationwide has shifted year to year, and in 2018 there were about 200 more apprehensions than in 2017, though still 300 fewer than in 2014. How drugs get into the country along the southern borderTrump: “The big drug loads don't go through ports of entry, they can't go through ports of entry, you can't take big loads cause you have people we have some very capable people, the border patrol, law enforcement, looking. ”The biggest fentanyl bust in history was made just a few weeks before the president made this claim.  According to an announcement from the federal government, 254 pounds of the lethal drug heroin were seized by Customs and Border Protection.  But the smugglers weren't trying to sneak across the border with the drugs in backpacks, or through an underground tunnel.  The drugs were loaded into a trailer filled with cucumbers and shuttled to a U. S.  port of entry in Nogales, Arizona. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration's 2018 Drug Threat Assessment, the majority of drugs enter the U. S.  through ports of entry at the southwest border. “The majority of the flow is through POVs (privately owned vehicles) entering the United States at legal ports of entry, followed by tractor-trailers, where the heroin is co-mingled with legal goods,” according to the DEA assessment.  Are there other ways of getting drugs in the country from Mexico?   Yes.   By water, and by air and through other borders, but those methods account for only a small percentage of the heroin seized by the U. S. A "small percentage" of all heroin seized along the border was between ports of entry, according to the DEA assessment. Where Trump gets his numbersTrump: "I get my numbers from a lot of sources like Homeland Security primarily, and the numbers that I have from Homeland Security are a disaster. "The numbers that come out of his own Department of Homeland Security, instead of supporting his claim of an "invasion," show that illegal border crossings are at historic lows. According to Customs and Border Protection data, illegal migration is down dramatically over the last two decades. For example, in 2001 there were 1,643,679 apprehensions at the border, compared with 396,579 in 2018 -- a more than 75 percent drop. Crime rates for undocumented immigrantsTrump: “Take a look at our federal prison population, see how many of them, percentage-wise, are illegal aliens, just see.  Go head and see. ”The president said this in response to a question about the disconnect between the president’s description of an “invasion” at the southern border and the numbers from his own administration. In reality, undocumented immigrants are about half as likely to be incarcerated as native-born Americans, according to a report from the Cato Institute on nationwide prison incarceration rates. Trump, however, specifically said to look at numbers in federal prisons — which is where someone is confined when they commit an immigration offense. That means the rate for undocumented immigrants in federal prison is higher: One in five prisoners in federal prisons was known or suspected to be undocumented immigrants, according to a 2018 Justice Department report. Also in the report: Approximately 90 percent of the country’s inmate population is in state prisons and local jails — not federal prisons. ABC News' Luke Barr and Jack Date contributed to this report. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events


Ahead of US, UK, here's what India's #Covid19 vaccination rate tells

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India has covered more people in only a few days on its vaccination drive, which has surpassed the inoculation rate of the United States and the United Kingdom, the health ministry said on Sunday.  While India took only six days to roll out one million vaccine doses, the United States took 10 days to reach the mark and the United Kingdom took 18 days to achieve the one million-mark, the ministry said.  Both the countries began vaccination drives before India, but India managed to cover a huge number of population at a shorter span. The drive in India began on January 16 and till January 24, India inoculated 15,82,201 people.  All of them are healthcare workers as in the first phase, the country is providing vaccines to only healthcare workers. Countries seek doses of SII’s Covishield after concerns over Chinese vaccineAmong the states, Karnataka has vaccinated the highest number of people.  The number of beneficiaries in Karnataka stands at 1,88,971.  Next is Odisha with 1,52,371 beneficiaries.  State which have vaccinated over 1 lakh people are Andhra Pradesh (1,47,030), Telangana (1,10,031), Uttar Pradesh (1,23,761.  Maharashtra has vaccinated 99,885 people so far. The vaccination process has been running smooth, health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has said, though there were reports of minor glitches in the Co-WIN app delaying the process at the initial stage.  New features have been added to the app so that if a beneficiary does not turn up for vaccination, the slot can be allocated to another one etc. A survey conducted in 28 countries by Edelman PR's Trust Barometer 2021 has revealed that India's are most willing to get vaccinated while both the UK and the US reported some kind of vaccine hesitancy.  The survey said 80% Indians were willing to get vaccinated as against 66% in the UK and 59% in the US.


A curfew will remain in place in Pune city of Maharashtra from 9 PM today to 5 AM tomorrow. No one except people discharging essential duties will be allowed to come out on the streets during this period: Pune Joint Police Commissioner Ravindra Shisve #CoronavirusPandemic https://t.co/fPMvixbl8n

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal for Janta Curfew, which began at 7 am today, has been received positively by most.  The Prime Minister himself said that the voluntary curfew will help in taking further decisions to battle Sars-Cov-2 virus in the country that has infected more than 300 people.  It is still low in comparison to the global toll of over 266,000 infections and over 11,000 deaths.  The Janta curfew, it is hoped, will help generate the necessary awareness in India to deal with the enormous challenge Covid-19 presents. Here are the top 5 things that one may bear in mind to make the initiative successful:1. The self-imposed curfew will continue till 9 pm and during this period, people need to stay indoors.  This means one is advised not to step out of the house, not even for a morning walk or an evening stroll or for buying rations or other stuff.  It is to ensure that one does not come in contact with any person outside one’s immediate family members. Check out our complete coverage of the coronavirus crisis2. The ‘curfew’ is not being enforced by law but is voluntary in nature.  However, several state governments have shut down shops and public places like malls, cinemas, gymnasiums, pubs etc to discourage people from treating the ‘curfew’ as holiday and for staying at home.  3.  Emergency services including fire, ambulance and hospitals will operate and they will respond to calls for help and assistance.  Residents, therefore, should not hesitate from dialling the helpline numbers for these services or even stepping out to go to the hospital emergency when required. Also Watch | Janta curfew: From market shutdown to airport rush, India prepares | Covid-194.  Prime Minister specifically stressed on the need to put off elective surgeries and non-emergency visits to hospitals to ensure the medical personnel busy fighting the coronavirus pandemic do not have to share extra burden.  This, however, doesn’t mean that medical advice can’t be sought during ‘Janta Curfew’.  Medical advise over phone or consultations with family doctors or doctors within one’s families can be obtained. 5.  Most importantly, if anyone in the family displays any symptoms similar to the disease during the ‘Janta Curfew’, information has to be relayed to concerned authorities and help must be sought.  The health ministry has designated helpline nos -- +91-11-23978046 and Toll Free No: 1075 for reporting and seeking all Covid-19 related information.


“The game has started in the first phase voting...If the elephant is voted, then it goes to the BJP. You all see.”

An old, unverified video of alleged EVM manipulation has gone viral on social media as ‘foul play’ in the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections.  The video, however, is of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, from the Basti constituency in Uttar Pradesh.  CLAIM The video is being circulated with the claim, “पहले ही चरण की वोटिंग में खेल शुरू हो गया है. . . हाथी को वोट डालो तो भाजपा को जाता है.  आप सभी देख ले” (Translation: “The game has started in the first phase voting. . . If the elephant is voted, then it goes to the BJP.  You all see. ”) The video shared by a user on Twitter had garnered over 23,200 views at the time of writing this article.  WHAT WE FOUND OUT A reverse search image led us to social media posts from May 2019, when the video was first shared as alleged EVM manipulation during the Lok Sabha Elections, proving that the video isn’t recent.  The same claim was made in Punjabi by this user who shared it in 2019.  The caption reads, “what more evidence should there be of EVM manipulation?  The hand hit the elephant.  Please share, but according to this, BJP can't lose. ” While looking closely, we could make out names like Chandramani Pandey, Pankaj Dubey and Vinod Kumar Rajbhar, who contested from the Basti constituency in Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections.  Thus, the video cannot be of the Bihar elections.  Further, slowing down the video to half its speed also reveals that the woman is actually pressing the button next to BJP’s lotus symbol with her thumb.  Evidently, an old unverified video of the alleged EVM manipulation during the Lok Sabha Elections is from 2019 and has been falsely revived as ‘foul play’ during the first phase of Bihar Assembly elections.


5 questions answered about the Johnson & Johnson's vaccine https://t.co/IreWxp92He https://t.co/iVlaBtR3YB

An FDA advisory committee is set to discuss the vaccine in a Friday hearing. Johnson and Johnson set to release date for vaccine authorizationJohnson & Johnson and the FDA on Wednesday released respective detailed analysis on the one-shot COVID-19 vaccine, with the FDA announcing the company's data meets the requirements for the emergency use authorization review process. FDA scientists found that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was 85% effective at preventing severe illness in clinical trials and 66% effective at preventing COVID-19 cases with any symptoms. Importantly, the data released shows the vaccine works against all variants.  The vaccine was less effective at preventing symptomatic illness in South Africa, where the variant first detected there is dominant, but it was still highly effective at preventing severe disease there. J&J also released preliminary data indicating the vaccine likely helps prevent asymptomatic infections, and that the Brazil variant doesn't appear to have as much of an impact on vaccine efficacy as the South African variant. If authorized, J&J expects said they would have 4 million doses available to ship immediately, 20 million doses by March, and 100 million doses by the end of June.  The Johnson & Johnson vaccine would be authorized for adults over 18. When combined with the supply of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which both require two doses, the U. S.  is expected to have enough vaccine for 130 million adults by the end of March. The vaccine won't be authorized until Friday or later.  First, there will be a public hearing Friday, in which the FDA's independent advisory committee will give an authorization recommendation for or against.  The FDA could then make its decision as early as Friday evening. "Although we are cautious not to prejudge the outcome of the ongoing FDA review process, we believe that our single dose vaccine will be a critical tool for fighting this global pandemic," Richard Nettles, vide president of medical affairs for Jannsen Pharmaceutical Companies testified in a congressional hearing this week. The FDA found no serious safety concerns with mild side effects like pain at the site of injection, headache, or fatigue.  About 9% of volunteers who received the vaccine had a fever. The data released Wednesday is a more detailed version of what the company previously outlined in a press release. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events


The second flight from Singapore, AI343 to Mumbai has taken off with 243 passengers: High Commission of India in Singapore
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Maharashtra records 1,278 Covid-19 cases, its highest tally ever in a dayTelangana's Covid-19 cases near 1200Railways to gradually restart passenger train ops from May 12Bengal reports 153 new Covid-19 cases, total positive cases rise to 1939AI flight with 139 Indians depart RiyadhBSF reports 18 new cases'Urge all states to allow evacuation of stranded migrants': Railway MinisterUP has 1884 active Covid-19 cases: OfficialIndian Navy's ship to evacuate stranded Indians from Maldives reaches MaleDelhi's Ganga Ram Hospital to resume OPD from tomorrowPM Modi to meet chief minsters on Monday at 3 PMCoronavirus infections in Indonesia cross 14,0003. 5 lakh migrant workers ferried by 350 special trainsMovement of all doctors, nurses, paramedics should be unhindered, says Cabinet Secy40 prisoners return back to Indore Central jail after testing negative for virusAs fresh coronavirus cases and deaths surge around the world, countries are trying to figure out how to reopen hoping the coronavirus does not come surging back.  Health officials and governments were divided in Germany and Italy on how to balance lives and reopen economies. Click here for the complete coverage of the Covid-19 pandemicOfficials were scared that crowds thronging the streets of Rome, Milan will threaten recovery.  Germany saw a new spate of infections in slaughterhouses as 190 cases were reported in Coesfeld.  Seoul was forced to close 2,100 bars and nightclubs after 1,940 people tested positive.  India, expected to gradually start reopening from May 16, has seen 62,939 cases and 2,109 deaths due to Covid-19. Maharashtra records 1,278 Covid-19 cases, its highest tally ever in a dayMaharashtra recorded 1,278 Covid-19 cases on Sunday, its highest tally ever in a day.  With this, the state tally climbed to  22,171. the death toll of the state rose to 832 as 53 deaths registered, highest so far, in a dayTelangana's Covid-19 cases near 1200Covid-19 cases in Telangana rise to 1,196 after 33 more people, including 26 from Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation limits, test positive; active cases 415: PTIRailways to gradually restart passenger train ops from May 12Railways to gradually restart passenger train ops from May 12, booking to begin from 4 pm tomorrowBengal reports 153 new Covid-19 cases, total positive cases rise to 1939153 new Covid-19 cases reported in West Bengal today, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 1939: State Health Department: ANIAI flight with 139 Indians depart RiyadhAir India flight AI 926 departed from King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh for Delhi with 139 passengers on board earlier this evening. Air India flight AI 926 has departed from King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh for Delhi with 139 passengers on board: Embassy of India in Saudi Arabia #VandeBharatMission pic. twitter. com/bNNED1HODxBSF reports 18 new cases18 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Border Security Force (BSF) today- 16 from Tripura and 2 are from Delhi.  The total number of Covid-19 cases in the force stands at 276. : ANI'Urge all states to allow evacuation of stranded migrants': Railway Minister"I urge all states to allow evacuation of stranded migrants, so we can get all of them back to their homes in next 3-4 days": Railway Minister Piyush GoyalUP has 1884 active Covid-19 cases: OfficialThere are 1884 active cases of Covid-19 are at present in Uttar Pradesh.  The total number of people who have been cured and discharged are 1504, says Principal Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad: ANIIndian Navy's ship to evacuate stranded Indians from Maldives reaches MaleINS Magar, the second naval ship of Indian Navy’s Operation Samudra Setu, to evacuate stranded Indians from Maldives & ensure smooth and safe passage back to India, arrived at Male Port today: ANIINS Magar, the second naval ship of Indian Navy’s #OperationSamudraSetu, to evacuate stranded Indians from Maldives & ensure smooth and safe passage back to India, arrived at Male Port today: Indian Navy pic. twitter. com/Dz0yttFO2sDelhi's Ganga Ram Hospital to resume OPD from tomorrowDelhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital will resume OPD services in a graded manner from Monday, from 10 am to 4 pm.  Each doctor will see a maximum of four patients in one hour, said Dr DS Rana, Chairman, Board of Management, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital: ANIPM Modi to meet chief minsters on Monday at 3 PMPM Modi to meet chief minsters via video conferencing on Monday at 3 PMCoronavirus infections in Indonesia cross 14,000Indonesia reported 387 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, taking the total number to 14,032, said health ministry official Achmad Yurianto.  Meanwhile, 2,698 people have recovered, reports Reuters. 3. 5 lakh migrant workers ferried by 350 special trainsCabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba also pointed out that more than 350 'shramik special trains' have been run by railways carrying 3. 5 lakh migrant workers, reports ANI. Movement of all doctors, nurses, paramedics should be unhindered, says Cabinet SecyCabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba during his video conference with chief secretaries and health secretries of all states and union territories emphasised that movement of doctors, nurses and paramedics should be totally unhindered and all steps should be taken to facilitate and protect the, reports ANI. 40 prisoners return back to Indore Central jail after testing negative for virusAs many as 10 inmates who had tested positive for Covid-19 and 30 others who were quarantined after showing symptoms of coronavirus, have returned to the Indore Central Jail after they were tested negative, reports ANI. First published: May 10, 2020 06:27 IST


US investigators have recovered millions of dollars in cryptocurrency paid in ransom to hackers whose attack prompted the shutdown of the key East Coast pipeline last month, sources say https://t.co/ZgJvsgUuue

The Justice Department recovered some of the ransom paid to DarkSide actors.  DOJ recovers millions paid in cyberattack ransomThe Justice Department on Monday announced it has successfully seized millions of dollars in cryptocurrency Colonial Pipeline paid to the cyber criminal group DarkSide following last month's ransomware attack that led the pipeline to briefly shut down its operations, according to a seizure warrant unsealed Monday afternoon. "Earlier today, the Department of Justice has found and recaptured the majority of the ransom Colonial paid to the DarkSide network in the wake of last month's ransomware attack.  Ransomware attacks are always unacceptable -- but when they target critical infrastructure, we will spare no effort in our response," Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said at a news conference. "Today, we turned the tables on DarkSide," she said.  "By going after the entire ecosystem that fuels ransomware and digital extortion attacks, including criminal proceeds in the form of digital currency, we will continue to use all of our tools, and all of our resources to increase the cost and the consequences of ransomware attacks and other cyber-enabled attacks. "The Colonial Pipeline hack was carried out by DarkSide actors, the FBI said in brief statement days after the attack. At the time of the attack, President Joe Biden said the hackers were based in Russia, but were not part of the Russian government. Colonial transports approximately 45% of all fuel consumed on the East Coast.  The company was up and running within days, but the slowdown meant delays still remained in the aftermath of the attack. In May, the company admitted it paid million ransom in Bitcoin cryptocurrency. "We needed to do everything in our power to restart the system quickly and safely.  The decision was made to pay the ransom," the company said.  "This decision was not made lightly, however, one that had to be made.  Tens of millions of Americans rely on Colonial -- hospitals, emergency medical services, law enforcement agencies, fire departments, airports, truck drivers and the traveling public.  Our focus remains on continued operations to safely deliver refined products to communities we serve. ”The company's CEO said last month in an interview that he authorized a payment of $4. 3 million to the DarkSide group only hours after the company learned of the attack because executives were not sure how long it might take to bring the pipeline back on. The full amount of the seizure from DarkSide, DOJ officials said Monday, was 63. 7 bitcoins valued at approximately $2. 3 million. News of the seizure was first reported by CNN.  Seizure Warrant by ABC News Politics on ScribdAsked by ABC News whether the seizure would really operate as a deterrent for other hacking groups given it only amounts to roughly half of what Colonial paid in ransom and, given the group operates out of Russia, will not likely face criminal consequences for the attack -- Monaco said she "wouldn't get ahead of the investigative efforts and full consequences associated with the ongoing investigation. "The message today is we will bring all of our tools to bear, to go after these criminal networks, including the ecosystem and the illicit and the abuse, frankly, of the online infrastructure that they use in terms of the digital currency to perpetrate these schemes," she said. Monaco also used Monday's announcement to urge companies to take preemptive action. "In this heightened threat landscape, we all have a role to play in keeping our nation safe.  No organization is immune.  So today I want to emphasize to leaders of corporations and communities alike, the threat of severe ransomware attacks pose a clear and present danger to your organization, to your company, to your customers, to your shareholders, and to your long-term success," she warned. "So pay attention now.  Invest resources now.  Failure to do so could be the difference between being secure now, or a victim later," she said. In an effort to get more cooperation from companies, the Department of Homeland Security announced shortly after Colonial Pipeline was hacked that it will mandate that all pipeline companies report a cyber incident hours after it happens. The directive came from the Transportation Security Administration, an arm of DHS known for protecting the skies that also oversees pipeline security. Companies will be mandated to report pipeline related cyberattacks to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Administration within 12 hours of the breach; put in place a 24/7 cyber coordinator who can respond to incidents and coordinate with the TSA; and fix the breached pipeline within 30 days and outline a plan to proceed. 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.


A collage with the images of flood-hit streets is being shared on social media claiming it as the condition of examination centres conducting JEE and NEET exams in the country.  Let’s verify the claim made in the post. Claim: Images of flood-hit JEE and NEET 2020 examination centres in India. Fact: Images shared in the post shows the flood-hit streets from different parts of India in the past.  They are not JEE and NEET examination centres as claimed in the post.  Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE. Image-1:On reverse image search, we found the same photo in an article published by ‘Patrika’ news website in 2016.  It is mentioned in the article that a school in Allahabad closed because of the heavy rains.  So, this photo is not a recent one. Image-2:On reverse image search, we found the same photo in an article published by ‘News18’ website on ‘31 August 2017’.  In the article, it is mentioned that the photo shows the flood-hit street in Mumbai.  It is also mentioned that this photo was shot on ‘29 August 2017’. Image-3:On reverse image search, we found the same photo in an article published by ‘Jagran’ news website on ‘4 August 2019’.  In the article, it is mentioned that the photo shows a flooded street in Haridwar. Image-4:On reverse image search, we found the same photo in an article published by ‘Jagran’ news website on ‘09 July 2019’.  It is mentioned in the article that photo shows the flood-hit street in Patna, Bihar. To sum it up, old images of flood-hit streets from different locations in India are now falsely shared as the condition of examination centres conducting JEE and NEET exams. Did you watch our new video?


PM @narendramodi received by CM @Naveen_Odisha and Governor Ganeshi Lal on arrival at Bhubaneswar Airport.

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Saddened to hear about Cyclone Amphan hitting coasts of India, Bangladesh: Afghan PresidentTelecom networks operating at 65-70% capacity in affected districtsBengal staring at record agri-loss due to Cyclone Amphan: MinisterNation stands in solidarity with West Bengal and Odisha: PM ModiCyclone Amphan effect on Nagapattinam; fishing harbour wall damagedPM Modi said Odisha has made a good name for itself in rescue, relief nd restoration measure: Odisha Chief SecretaryPM Modi announces ex-gratia of  ₹2 lakh to next of kin of deceased in OdishaMy prayers, thoughts and love to those affected by Amphan: Shah Rukh KhanPM Modi announces advance assistance of  ₹500 crore for cyclone-hit OdishaEuropean Union announces $5,45,000 aid for India in wake of Cyclone AmphanPM Modi holds review meeting in Bhubaneswar over Cyclone AmphanNepal expresses grief over loss of lives in West Bengal due to Cyclone Amphan22 opposition parties resolve to call upon Centre to provide urgent help in view of Cyclone AmphanDeath toll in Bangladesh reaches 22Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina speaks to Bengal chief Minister Mamata Banerjee amid cyclone crisisCyclone Amphan, which hit India’s eastern coast yesterday with winds gusting up to 185 kmph has affected 4. 5 million people across 1,500 villages of Odisha.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee conducted aerial survey of the areas that have suffered the wrath of the cyclone.  Banerjee said that so far 80 people have lost their lives due to the cyclonic storm in the state.  While Odisha government said that no death has occurred so far due to the storm.  Bangladesh has recorded 22 deaths and many have been left displaced in the country's coastal areas.  The Prime Minister also went to Odisha after leaving from West Bengal and carried out an aerial survey of the areas affected in the state.  Cyclone Amphan is the most powerful cyclone to strike eastern India and Bangladesh in over a decade. Here are the latest updates on Cyclone AmphanSaddened to hear about Cyclone Amphan hitting coasts of India, Bangladesh: Afghan PresidentStating that he was saddened to hear about cyclone Amphan hitting coastal regions in India and Bangladesh, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Friday expressed his 'heartfelt condolences to the two friendly nations'. Telecom networks operating at 65-70% capacity in affected districtsTelecom networks continued to operate at 65-70% capacity on the third day after super cyclone Amphan wreaked havoc in coastal districts of West Bengal, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said on Friday. Continuous power outages, frequent fibre cuts and electricity wires on roads have made restoration of telecom networks a challenging task, COAI said. Bengal staring at record agri-loss due to Cyclone Amphan: MinisterCyclone Amphan has ravaged the farming sector in at least 14 of the 23 districts in West Bengal and the loss incurred may create an all-time record, state Agriculture Minister Ashish Banerjee said on Friday. Nation stands in solidarity with West Bengal and Odisha: PM ModiThe nation stands in solidarity with our sisters and brothers in West Bengal and Odisha.  The Central Government assures all possible support as well as assistance towards the rehabilitation, restoration and reconstruction efforts: PM ModiCyclone Amphan effect on Nagapattinam; fishing harbour wall damagedHigh tides due to the 'Amphan' cyclone that played havoc in West Bengal have caused damage to the rubble mound wall in the fishing harbour under construction at a cost of  ₹120 crore at Tarangambadiin Nagapattinam district. PM Modi said Odisha has made a good name for itself in rescue, relief nd restoration measure: Odisha Chief SecretaryThe road forward for us is to strengthen our infrastructure (like power and housing) and make it cyclone resilient.  PM Modi said Odisha has made a good name for itself in rescue, relief nd restoration measures: Chief Secretary of Odisha Asit Kumar TripathyPM Modi announces ex-gratia of  ₹2 lakh to next of kin of deceased in OdishaExpressing solidarity with the people of Odisha and deep sorrow for the lives lost, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex-gratia of  ₹2 lakh to the next of kin of the deceased and  ₹50,000 to the seriously injured in the cyclone in the state: Government of IndiaMy prayers, thoughts and love to those affected by Amphan: Shah Rukh KhanBollywood superstar and West Bengal brand ambassador Shah Rukh Khan has expressed concern for those affected by the super cyclone Amphan which has devastated the state, and also affected parts of Odisha. PM Modi announces advance assistance of  ₹500 crore for cyclone-hit OdishaGovernment of India announces  ₹500 crore for Odisha, as a measure in advance.  Government will further help Odisha government and make rest of the arrangements to come out of this crisis, after the complete survey and the formation of a rehabilitation plan: PM Narendra ModiEuropean Union announces $5,45,000 aid for India in wake of Cyclone AmphanThe EU is determined to start helping people in need with no further delay and provides initial funding of €500. 000 for India and €1. 100. 000 to support the immediate response in Bangladesh: Janez Lenarčič, Commissioner for Crisis Management (European Union), reports ANI. PM Modi holds review meeting in Bhubaneswar over Cyclone AmphanOdisha: Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a review meeting with senior officials and minister of the state in Bhubaneswar after his aerial survey of the areas affected due to Cyclone Amphan.  CM Naveen Patnaik, Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Pratap Sarangi are also present, reports ANI. Odisha: Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a review meeting with senior officials and minister of the state in Bhubaneswar after his aerial survey of the areas affected due to #CycloneAmphan.  CM Naveen Patnaik, Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan & Pratap Sarangi are also present.  pic. twitter. com/MZEHtn4wxtNepal expresses grief over loss of lives in West Bengal due to Cyclone AmphanNepal government is grieved over loss of lives and destruction of properties in West Bengal by Cyclone Amphan.  Government extends its heartfelt condolences to bereaved families of deceased as well as to Indian Govt.  It also wishes speedy recovery of injured: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nepal22 opposition parties resolve to call upon Centre to provide urgent help in view of Cyclone Amphan22 opposition parties resolve to call upon Centre to provide urgent help to fellow citizens in view of Cyclone Amphan.  The parties call upon Centre to declare Cyclone Amphan as national calamity: Resolution. , reports PTI. Death toll in Bangladesh reaches 22Bangladesh began assessing the damage caused by Cyclone Amphan that killed at least 22 people and left many displaced in the country's coastal areas.  It was the most powerful storm since cyclone 'Sidr' killed nearly 3,500 people in 2007, reports PTI. Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina speaks to Bengal chief Minister Mamata Banerjee amid cyclone crisisSheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh had a telephonic conversation with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee to enquire about the damages caused due to Cyclone Amphan, reports ANI. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has spoken to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over phone to enquire about the damages caused by extremely severe #CycloneAmphan: Bangladesh media (file pic) pic. twitter. com/HpBMYSQH7FFirst published: May 22, 2020 09:24 IST


An explosion in downtown Nashville that left at least three people injured and dozens of buildings damaged is believed to be an intentional act, authorities say https://t.co/xENOlRPN1Q

The remains have not been identified. 'Intentional' explosion rocks downtown NashvilleA parked recreational vehicle exploded in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on Christmas morning, in what Nashville police believe was an "intentional act. "Nashville police officers were first called to a report of shots fired, police said.  There was no evidence of shots fired, but "there were announcements coming" from an RV saying a potential bomb would detonate within 15 minutes, police said. The recording only began playing a short time after police reported to the scene, a law enforcement official told ABC News. Officers were working to evacuate nearby buildings when, around 6:30 a. m. , the RV exploded, blowing out the windows of nearby buildings. Human remains have been found at the scene of the explosion in downtown Nashville, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News. The remains have not been identified and it's unclear whether they're identifiable. "We found tissue that we believe could be human remains," Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake said at a press conference Friday evening.  "We'll have that examined and we'll be able to tell you from that point. "The explosion knocked one officer to the ground.  Another officer sustained temporary hearing loss. Three people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. It's not known whether anyone was in the RV when it exploded, authorities said. Nashville International Airport temporarily halted flights Friday afternoon after losing phone and internet in the air traffic control tower due to the blast. AT&T said service was impacted in Nashville and surrounding areas because of damage to its facilities from the explosion. Communications capabilities came back in the tower about an hour after the ground stop was issued and service resumed, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Resident Buck McCoy said he heard gunshots before the explosion, which "blew everything all over the entire apartment. ""All the windows came in from the living room into the bedroom," he told ABC News.  "There was glass everywhere from the windows.  There wasn't really any part of the apartment that wasn't damaged or pushed or moved or affected by the explosion . . .  the whole apartment was just completely a mess. ""My building is pretty tall and pretty strong so it had to have been a very strong explosion to blow out all those windows," he said. Several buildings suffered structural damage, authorities said. McCoy said he "started to go downstairs, saw some people in the hallway -- they were in shock, you know, they're crying. "He then reached the street which he said looked "like a movie . . .  it was just surreal. "The debris field extends for at least a few blocks.  Streets around the exploded vehicle have been closed down. In the search for the suspect, there are "investigative leads to be pursued" and "technical work that needs to happen," the FBI said. "We will find out what happened here," the FBI said. The FBI, the lead investigating agency, asks anyone with information to submit a tip on the FBI website. Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have also responded. President Donald Trump, President-elect Joe Biden, acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf and acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen have been briefed on the incident. Authorities said they are not aware of other imminent danger.  K-9 officers swept the downtown area as a precaution, police said. Mayor John Cooper also instituted a curfew for the area affected by the explosion from 4:30 p. m.  on Friday to 4:30 p. m.  on Sunday. ABC News' Mina Kaji contributed to this report. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events


Wild elephant rescued from a well 2 days ago dies in Kerala

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The wild elephant which was rescued from a deep well after a 12-hour long operation two days ago in Anakampoil in north Kerala died on Sunday, forest officials said.  After it was saved from the 50-foot deep well, it remained in the area for two days unable to move to the nearby forest.  Later small crackers were burst and high beam lights flashed to force it to move to the forest but it remained in the fringe areas. .  Forest officials said they tried their best to save the animal which reportedly suffered internal injuries and severe dehydration.  They said the exact cause of death will be known after the post-mortem.  Local people said the 12-year-old tusker might have been trapped in the unused well for more than three days.  The pachyderm was noticed by local people on Thursday evening and a rescue operation was started the next day.  It was taken out on Friday night after breaking the well and building a parallel pathway.  “It is really sad it died.  Local people, animal lovers and a combined team of forest and revenue officials really toiled to save it.  But our joy is short-lived,” said a senior official of the forest department.  Local people said elephants used to frequent the area quite often posing a big threat to human habitat and fencing of the area had just started after repeated protests.  At least, 40 families relocated from the area after continuous raid by wild animals but when they left, their wells remained unattended.  The official said some animals need big tracts of land to roam around and feed and farms in fringe areas draw them to it, leading to frequent human-animal conflicts.  According to statistics with the forest department, 24 people have died in elephant attacks last year.


#WATCH PM Narendra Modi in an interaction with Akshay Kumar speaks on his friendship with former US President Barack Obama https://t.co/rGxgPJAAlC

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi met US President Barack Obama in early 2015, one of the first topic of conversation between the two leaders was the prime minister’s sleep pattern.  “He asked me, why do you do this (sleep for only a few hours),” PM Modi revealed. “Whenever we met after that one, he would always ask if I listened to him and increased the number of hours I sleep,” PM Modi in an interview to actor Akshay Kumar being described as PM Modi’s first to a non-journalist. It was this interview that Akshay Kumar referred to on Monday when he put out a much-misunderstood tweet. “Getting into an unknown and uncharted territory today.  Doing something I have never done before.  Excited and nervous both.  Stay tuned for updates,” he had tweeted, setting off massive speculation about the possibility of the 51-year-old actor’s political plunge. Watch | LS elections 2019: PM Modi, Akshay Kumar full interviewHe did attempt to cap the buzz soon enough, with a clarification.  “Grateful for all the interest shown in my previous tweet but just clarifying in light of some wild speculation, I am not contesting elections,” he tweeted. HT had reported soon after that an interview with PM Modi was what the actor was alluding to. On Tuesday, he tweeted a couple of teasers from the interview that he described as a breather at a time the whole country is talking elections and politics. “Privileged to have done this candid and COMPLETELY NON-POLITICAL free-wheeling conversation,” Akshay Kumar tweeted, promising to out some “lesser known facts” about the prime minister in the interview. PM Modi replied to the tweet, saying, “Dear @akshaykumar, it was good talking to you about everything, except politics and elections :) I’m sure people would like watching our conversation. ”In one video tweeted by Akshay Kumar, he asks the PM whether he misses spendingh time with his mother, his brother and other relatives.  To this, the PM Modi replies, “I gave up all of that at a very young age. . .  My mother tells me why do I worry about spending time with her. ”During the course of the interview, Akshay Kumar also asks the PM some free-wheeling, light-hearted questions such as whether he eats mangoes or not and whether he was actually a true Gujarati.


Sen. Amy Klobuchar tells AG Barr that his 4-page letter was "clearly a summary and that's why Director Mueller called it a summary."

"We must hear from Director Mueller." https://t.co/6ZpX4pELwy https://t.co/YQMrmjlmoU

    Attorney General William Barr said special counsel Robert Mueller was “a bit snitty” in his letter expressing misgivings about the attorney general’s letter to Congress summarizing Mueller’s findings.

    At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, Barr brushed off the criticisms in a new letter from Mueller, in which the special counsel objected to Barr’s initial four-page letter to Congress.  Mueller’s letter showed the former FBI director felt Barr’s letter to Congress didn’t fully capture his 448-page report.

    “You know, the letter’s a bit snitty, and I think it was probably written by one of his staff people,” Barr said.

    A spokesman for the special counsel, Peter Carr, declined to comment to CNN when asked about Barr’s characterization.

    The Washington Post first reported Mueller’s letter to Barr.  CNN later obtained the full letter.

    The Wednesday hearing was the first time Barr made an appearance before Congress since the release of a redacted version of Mueller’s report last month.

    In the hearing, Democrats clashed with the attorney general over his handling of the Mueller findings and his decision not to prosecute for obstruction of justice.  Some of the Democratic senators accused Barr of lying to Congress and the public about Mueller’s concerns, and multiple senators called for Barr’s resignation as attorney general.

    “(Mueller’s) letter was an extraordinary act, a career prosecutor rebuking the attorney general of the United States, memorializing in writing,” said Democratic Sen.  Richard Blumenthal.  “I know of no other instance of that happening. ”

    Barr said in the hearing that he called Mueller after receiving his letter and spoke to Mueller on speakerphone for about 10 to 15 minutes with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in the room, in addition to other staff members.

    Blumenthal asked Barr if anyone had taken notes of the call, and Barr said “there were notes taken of the call. ”

    “May we have those notes? ” Blumenthal asked.

    “No,” Barr said.

    “Why not? ” Blumenthal followed up.

    “Why should you have them? ” Barr said, before Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham ended the hearing.

    As of 4:30 p. m. , “snitty” – which means disagreeably ill-tempered – was the top trending word on Merriam-Webster. com, and look ups had spiked 150,000%, according to the website.

  CNN’s Katelyn Polantz contributed to this report.
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Rajasthan: Enforcement Directorate is conducting raid at a company named Anupam Krishi in Jodhpur, it is owned by Agrasen Gehlot, brother of Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot.

Customs Department has prosecuted and levied a penalty of Rs 7 crores on the company. https://t.co/Kn03tiBj53

The officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday raised the premises of Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot’s brother Agrasen in a money laundering case linked to fertiliser scam. Other places too were raided by ED officials as part of a natiowide search.  A Jodhpur-based company named Anupam Krishi, owned by Agrasen Gehlot, is among those where raids are being conducted. The probe revolves around the export of Muriate of Potash or MoP, which is essential for plant growth and quality.  According to ED officials, Agrasen Gehlot is accused of selling the MoP, which he got at subsidised rate, to companies based abroad. The export was first caught by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in 2012-13. The ED has registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA); it said Rajasthan CM’s brother got the MoP between 2007 and 2009. The ED officials said that the MoP was sold to companies in Malaysia and Singapore as industrial salt.  The loss incurred to the government due to wrongly claimed subsidy was Rs 60 crore, said ED officials. Six places in Rajasthan, four in Gujarat, two in West Bengal and one location in Delhi are being raided by the agency under the PMLA, officials said.


Check out the most eye-catching looks from the #Oscars red carpet https://t.co/7OPAyZdTOu https://t.co/p8GiQDdQzR

"Green Book" won best picture while Rami Malek took home best actor. The best moments from the 2019 OscarsThe 2019 Academy Awards were one for the books, with stars like Lady Gaga, Rami Malek and Spike Lee taking home an Oscar. Regina King won the Oscar for actress in a supporting role for "If Beale Street Could Talk" and Mahershala Ali won his second Oscar for best supporting actor in "Green Book. "Iconic director Spike Lee won his first Oscar for original screenplay for his work in "BlacKkKlansman. " Gaga took home her first award for her original song "Shallow," which she also performed alongside "A Star Is Born" co-star Bradley Cooper.  Olivia Colman won best actress for "The Favourite," beating out Glenn Close, who had seemed like a shoo-in heading into the show. Overall, "Bohemian Rhapsody" lead the way with four wins, including Malek for actor in a leading role.  "Black Panther," "Roma" and "Green Book" have all won three awards each.  The biggest award of the night, best picture, went to "Green Book. "Here are your 2019 Oscar winners:Best PictureActor in a Leading RoleActress in a Leading RoleBest DirectorActress in a Supporting RoleActor in a Supporting RoleDocumentary FeatureMakeup and HairstylingCostume DesignProduction DesignCinematographySound EditingSound MixingForeign Language FilmFilm EditingAnimated Feature FilmAnimated Short FilmDocumentary ShortVisual EffectsLive Action Short FilmOriginal ScreenplayAdapted ScreenplayOriginal ScoreOriginal Song24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events


Video Of Madonna Singing The Hanuman Chalisa

A video of a woman singing the Hanuman Chalisa is going viral on social media with a misleading claim that the singer is Madonna.


80.83% and 86.11% voter turnout recorded in the second phase of polling in Assam and West Bengal, respectively: Election Commission of India

The second phase of polling in both states was held yesterday, April 1. https://t.co/mf2j79l74O

With voting now over in Nandigram, the constituency in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district that witnessed a high-profile electoral contest yesterday between chief minister Mamata Banerjee and her former protégé-turned-rival Suvendu Adhikari, all eyes are on the May 2 results.  Both the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have claimed that they had the upper hand in the second phase of the state assembly polls, and after campaigns marked by tall promises on both ends, the loss of either could spell trouble for their respective political fortunes. While Adhikari had pledged that he will quit politics if he does not defeat Mamata Banerjee by 50,000 votes in Nandigram, the TMC has claimed, citing 'on-ground reports', that Banerjee will be winning with a "huge margin" and that the question of her fighting from another seat does not arise. In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections, Nandigram went to vote in Phase-II on April 1, along with 29 other assembly constituencies in a total of four districts — South 24 Parganas, Bankura, Paschim Medinipur and Purba Medinipur.  It is worthwhile to note the trends which marked Nandigram's voting patterns, in this election as well as in others over the years.  Here's what you should know:Nandigram - voter turnout2021 assembly elections: 80. 79%2016 assembly elections: 86. 97%2011 assembly elections: 88. 35%Nandigram - candidates -2021 assembly electionsSuvendu Adhikari (BJP)Mamata Banerjee (TMC)Minakshi Mukherjee (CPI-M)2016 assembly electionsSuvendu Adhikari (TMC)Abdul Kabir Sekh (CPI)Bijan Kumar Das (BJP)Bappaditya Nayak (SUCI-C)Ram Mohan Maity (BNP)2011 assembly electionsFiroja Bibi (TMC)Paramananda Bharati (CPI)Bijan Kumar Das (BJP)Mehedi Masud Sekh (PDCI)Nandigram - constituency results -2016 assembly electionsSuvendu Adhikari, then in the Trinamool Congress, won the Nandigram constituency in the 2016 West Bengal assembly elections with 1,34,623 votes.  Abdul Kabir Sekh, of the CPI, emerged as the runner-up with 53,393 votes. Adhikari won the seat for the TMC with a margin of 81,230 votes, which was 40. 30% of the total valid votes. 2011 assembly electionsTrinamool's Phiroja Bibi emerged as the winner from Nandigram in the 2011 assembly elections, with 1,03,300 votes.  CPI's Paramananda Bharati, with 59,660 votes, was declared the runner-up. Phiroja Bibi won the Nandigram assembly seat in 2011 with a margin of 43,640 votes (which was 25. 42% of the total valid votes). Nandigram - party-wise trendsThe Trinamool Congress has won the Nandigram assembly segment thrice, first in the 2009 bye-election, and later in the 2011 and 2016 West Bengal assembly elections. Congress has won the seat twice, in 1969 and in 1996. The Communist Party of India (CPI) has emerged victorious in Nandigram eight times till now (1967, 1971, 1972, 1982, 1987, 1991, 2001, and finally, in 2006). (Data sourced from the Election Commission of India.  The statistics recorded here are applicable for the Nandigram assembly constituency formed after the 1962 elections, following the merging of the erstwhile Nandigram North and South constituencies)


Leftists and Black Lives Matter supporters are circulating flyers claiming that Jewish privilege "intersects" white privilege.

In June 2020, as protests against ongoing racism and police brutality continued throughout the United States and beyond, a curious image appeared: The image showed a flyer taped to a cork board with text that said: ENDING WHITE PRIVILEGE. . .  Privilege is the special rights and advantages that are available only to a person or a group or [sic] people If Jewish Americans make up 2% of the population. . .  Why do they get a special Privilege when it comes to top universities?  The flyer then showed a graph with five schools (Yale, Cornell, Harvard, Columbia, and University of Chicago) with their purported number of Jewish students and how their numbers correlated to the student body overall, citing a 2015 story (“The most heavily Jewish US college and other facts about Jews at American colleges”) from The Jerusalem Post for its figures, and concluded: Challenging White Privilege and Jewish Privilege is not anti-semitic.  It is not defamatory.  It does not insult anyone.  It is Social Justice.  #BlackLivesMatter #WeAreAllMuslim #WhitePrivilege The image of this flyer is not new as of 2020.  A reverse image search clearly shows that this photograph, like the commentary, is recycled content from 2017.  It did not go unnoticed then, either; The Algemeiner Journal, a newspaper that focuses on stories about Jewish people all over the world, covered one version of the flyer that bore much of the same language: Jewish students at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) were rattled this week by fliers that were distributed on campus reading, “Ending White Privilege Starts With Ending Jewish Privilege,” The Algemeiner has learned.  “Singling out any religion or race, in this case, Jews, is not right,” UIC student Joseph Sepiashvili said of the fliers, which appeared on Tuesday, that depict a pyramid of “privilege” — with Jews at the top, labeled by Stars of David and described as unfairly and disproportionately successful.  “Is the 1% straight, white men?  Or is the 1% Jewish? ” the fliers ask, citing Pew Forum studies.  Students have said the fliers — whose creator and distributor remain unknown — are reminiscent of Nazi-era propaganda.  The Anti-Defamation League addressed the rumor on June 8 2020: The claim that Jews are able to manipulate institutions, including universities, to benefit themselves at the expense of non-Jews, is a classic antisemitic trope.  As of this writing, there is no indication that any Black Lives Matter activists have shared, printed or distributed these fliers during the current protests.  Nevertheless, the fliers may have the effect of driving a wedge between Jews and Black Americans.  Speculation about this antisemitic flier comes at a time when other fliers promoting conspiracy theories are also circulating online, including some alleging that George Soros is involved in fomenting street violence.  That article pointed out that the flyers were the subject of a March 2017 article in Chicagoist: The latest batch of flyers (see below) were found in a UIC library on Saturday, just four days after posters that read “Ending white privilege starts with ending Jewish privilege” were discovered on campus.  Flyers found on Saturday—which were shared with Chicagoist by UIC student and Rohr Chabad House president Eva Zeltser—featured statements such as, ” …But when you question the 6 million they put you in jail in 17 countries,” in reference to the Holocaust, and “The largest Concentration Camp in the world today is owned and operated by Zionists,” which compares Gaza to Auschwitz.  Some of the flyers also included the hashtag phrases #BlackLivesMatter, #WeAreAllMuslim and #StandWithPalestine.  One was tacked on a bulletin board “for everyone to see,” Zeltser said.  Kofi Ademola, an activist with Black Lives Matter Chicago, denounced the flyers as racist and said they misrepresent the BLM movement.  “We’ve noticed a disturbing new trend where people have been using language from social justice circles to hide their racist agenda,” Ademola said in part in a statement to sent to Chicagoist.  “These posters placed all over UIC’s campus are just another example of such an occurrence. . .  What their saying and how they’re framing their assertions are divisive, inflammatory and based in falsehoods. ” A June 2020 Twitter thread by user @AbominableScot delved into the origins of the flyers, tracking them down not to any left-wing organization but to 4chan’s notorious /pol/, where more than three years before, an account claiming to be their original creator posted high-resolution versions, and exhorted others to download and distribute them: The OP posted multiple threads 3/20-21/2017 with links to these fliers on pdf-archive. https://t. co/7ElBmyy8iJhttps://t. co/EJB7OGs6KOhttps://t. co/Rz5pwLEmNb The files seem to be the original, full-res images. https://t. co/43CpQFGFQN pic. twitter. com/HB43eyNYNO — AbominableScotsman (@AbominableScot) June 19, 2020 Those archives, from March 2017, included the following image: The image of this flyer — for which a poster on /pol/ took credit in March 2017 — is neither new nor original as of June 2020.  Instead, it appears to be getting recirculated as part of yet another effort by the far right to sabotage the Black Lives Matter movement.


These remarkable photos, some obtained exclusively by CNN, show the scale of damage inside Paris' Notre Dame cathedral https://t.co/38z7C0AhxG https://t.co/2EARrpgaUs

Before the blaze, restoration costs already had been estimated at $170 million. Notre Dame Cathedral could take three years to be reopened to public, official saysEven as officials continued to assess the damage and search for a cause in the massive fire that completely destroyed its roof of Notre Dame Cathedral, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a televised national address to his country Tuesday evening that he wants to see the 13th century basilica rebuilt within five years. "We will rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral even more beautiful," Macron said. He thanked the firefighters who battled the blaze for hours Monday night and into Tuesday before bringing the inferno under control, and expressed appreciation for the donations pouring in from around the world. "We have so much to rebuild," said Macron.  He added that France has endured revolutions and wars -- and "we've always rebuilt. "Earlier, Andrew Finot, head of communications for Notre Dame, said he got a brief look inside the decimated sanctuary and reported the "entire roof has disappeared" and there is standing water on the floor from the battle waged by firefighters to extinguish the inferno. When asked to estimate how long it will be before the cathedral is reopened to the public, Finot told ABC News, "I don't know, maybe not before three years I believe.  We need to create a new roof. "He said 80 percent of the priceless artifacts in the sanctuary, including the Crown of Thorns purportedly worn by Jesus when he was crucified, were saved by a team comprised of firefighters, cathedral staff and members of the Ministry of Culture, who arrived within 30 minutes of the fire starting on Monday afternoon.  The artifacts, according to Finot, were placed in a vehicle and driven to City Hall. Though much of its roof is collapsed and interior decimated, the charred walls of the Notre Dame Cathedral remain standing over Paris' Seine River. Valérie Pécresse, president of the Île-de-France region that encompasses Paris, said it is a "miracle" that the walls of the cathedral are still standing. That is a testament to the "face-to-face" battle firefighters waged through the night to quash a massive blaze that ripped through the 13th Century basilica and prompted a global response to help rebuild, Pécresse said in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Tuesday. "When you see it from the outside, it's still standing, and that is quite a miracle," Pécresse said told GMA host Robin Roberts. Pécresse said firefighters fought the blaze through the night, saving the main sanctuary and the cathedral's historic bell towers.  The first photos released from inside showed the altar intact with a gold crucifix still hanging above it. "We are terribly, tremendously grateful to the firemen of Paris because they really saved the cathedral," Pécresse said. Tell them that the cathedral is still standing. Still, she said watching the inferno tear through the church was "like tearing our hearts apart because the cathedral is the heart of Paris. ""It's like when your home is burning and the whole people of France was crying and the cries had no color, no name, no race, no parties, but the whole of France was really upset," Pécresse said. But when asked what she wants the world to know about Notre Dame in the aftermath of the devastating fire, Pécresse said, "Tell them that the cathedral is still standing. "The blaze broke out at 6:50 p. m.  local time Monday and quickly spread along the roof of the cathedral, which was undergoing a $170 million renovation was partially encased in scaffolding.  It took firefighters hours to bring the fire under control as much of nave was constructed of ancient timbers that fueled the flame and came crashing through the roof. The cause of the fire is under investigation.  Remy Heitz, the Paris public prosecutor, said Tuesday 50 people are working on the "long" and "complex" probe of the fire, but there is no evidence to suggest the blaze was deliberately set.  Investigators are leaning towards the theory it was an accident that sparked the inferno, he added. French President Emmanuel Macron expressed sadness at the sight of the 850-year-old building's demise but vowed to rebuild it at a news conference outside the cathedral. Responding to Macron's call for help, people from across France and the world began pledging money to help in the reconstruction. At least 300 million euros ($339 million) have been pledged so far to help rebuild the Notre Dame Cathedral. French billionaire Bernard Arnault and his conglomerate LVMH pledged 200 million euros, according to The Associated Press, and François-Henri Pinault, another French billionaire, said he and his family would donate 100 million euros, according to BuzzFeed. Before the fire, an estimated investment of 150 million euros over three decades likely would've been required for restoration work on the massive church, a group called Friends of Notre Dame told ABC News.  Total repair costs following the fire aren't yet known. We will rebuild because it is what the French people expect, because it is what our history deserves. Pécresse said she informed the archbishop of Paris, Michel Aupetit, that the government set aside 10 million euros (about $11. 3 million) in emergency funds to rebuild the cathedral. "But we'll need hundreds of millions of euros to rebuild, maybe more, because 2,800 square meters of roof has burned and also . . .  the big tower of the cathedral has burned too, so we really need to rebuild and it's going to be very costly," Pécresse said on GMA.  "So seeing all the people of the world telling us that they want to subscribe, it's really moving for us and this support is really amazing. "Construction on Notre Dame began in 1163 and lasted over a century.  It officially was completed in 1345. Krupali Krusche, an architecture professor at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, told ABC News it may take five to seven years for the cathedral just to recover from the blaze. "The original building took over 100 years to actually come together, piece by piece," Krusche said.  "It will be done.  But a recent project in Europe of that scale has taken up to 10 years to produce. "Although largely famous for its ornate exterior stonework, most of the cathedral's interior was wood, which fed the flames like a "cooker," she added.  But even masonry that survived may be terribly damaged after 500 firefighters fought the blaze. "We will rebuild because it is what the French people expect because it is what our history deserves," Macron said at the news conference.  "Because it is our profound destiny. "Other developments pertaining to the fire include:-- 10 a. m.  EDT: French Junior Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said investigators identified weaknesses in the cathedral structure that needs securing, "notably in the vault and the north transept pinion," an area of the nave that forms a cross. -- 11 a. m.  EDT: Photos of relics saved from the cathedral were released, including the Crown of Thorns, purportedly worn by Jesus when he was crucified, and the Tunic of Saint Louis, which supposedly belong to King Louis IX. -- 12 p. m.  EDT: The White House released a new statement saying President Donald Trump offered his condolences to Macron on behalf of the American people. "The United States stands with French citizens, the city of Paris, and the millions of visitors from around the world who have sought solace in that iconic structure," the statement reads.  "The Cathedral has served as a spiritual home for almost a millennium, and we are saddened to witness the damage to this architectural masterpiece.  Notre Dame will continue to serve as a symbol of France, including its freedom of religion and democracy.  France is the oldest ally of the United States, and we remember with grateful hearts the tolling of Notre Dame’s bells on September 12, 2001, in solemn recognition of the tragic September 11th attacks on American soil.  Those bells will sound again.   We stand with France today and offer our assistance in the rehabilitation of this irreplaceable symbol of Western civilization.   Vive la France! "-- 12:05 p. m.  EDT: New wire service photos released show the extensive damage inside the main sanctuary of Notre Dame, including charred wooden beams that fell from the ceiling and landed in front of the altar. -- 12:43 p. m.  EDT: Bells at Westminster Abbey in London tolled in support of Notre Dame Cathedral and the people of France. -- 2 p. m.  EDT: In a televised speech to his nation, Macron said he wants the cathedral rebuilt in five years. ABC News' David Rind and David Wright contributed to this report. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events


The inspectors general from three key agencies updated the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday on four investigations into potential issues with the federal government's coronavirus response, the committee said https://t.co/hbtPF1lSSU

The DNI said it's looking at whether the outbreak started with a lab accident. US blames China for delayed virus response, but pulls funding from WHOThe White House has ordered U. S.  intelligence agencies to review intercepted communications and other data to see whether China and possibly the World Health Organization concealed information early on about the novel coronavirus, two administration officials told ABC News. In a rare statement, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said Thursday that the intelligence community is specifically investigatingWhile the ODNI said it "concurs with the wide scientific consensus that the COVID-19 virus was not manmade or genetically modified," the announcement that it's investigating a possible lab accident as the source of the pandemic is a boost for the unproven theory that President Donald Trump and many of his senior officials have pushed for weeks now, even as epidemiological experts say its likelihood is rare. The investigation is also a sign of Trump's new hard line on China amid questions about his own response to the outbreak in the U. S.  After initially praising Xi Jinping and his government's "transparency," the president has now even suggested his administration would seek compensation from Beijing. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo once again played the role of attack dog Wednesday, accusing China of spreading disinformation and covering up details of the outbreak and calling into question the safety of Chinese labs -- fueling the unproven theory that the first case of COVID-19 came from a lab. Pompeo had labeled the pandemic the "Wuhan virus" in an effort to make clear where the outbreak began, according to a State Department official, as the arms of Chinese government propaganda cast doubt on whether it originated in Wuhan and even blamed the U. S.  military for starting it.  But after a March 27 call between Trump and Xi, that accusatory tone was softened, with Pompeo not even directly referring to China when calling for transparency or accusing governments of disinformation. It's unclear what's behind the return to an aggressive tone in recent days.  Critics of the Trump administration have accused the president of shifting blame to other targets, including the media, the Obama administration, Democratic lawmakers and the World Health Organization as the outbreak in the U. S.  worsened. The ODNI does not make public statements often.  The role of the director, a cabinet-level position created after the Sept.  11 attacks to oversee the various U. S.  intelligence agencies, has been vacant since Dan Coats left last August.  Rep.  John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, Trump's nominee for the role -- who was put forward and withdrawn last summer and resubmitted in February -- awaits a hearing.  In the meantime, it's been filled on an acting basis by Trump's ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, known for his sharp defense of the president. Asked whether he agreed with the assessment that the virus is not man-made, Trump said Thursday he had not seen the report. Tune into ABC at 1 p. m.  ET and ABC News Live at 4 p. m.  ET every weekday for special coverage of the novel coronavirus with the full ABC News team, including the latest news, context and analysis. In his press conference Wednesday, Pompeo also demanded that the Chinese government provide access to its biomedical labs to international inspectors, including from the U. S. "There are multiple labs that are continuing to conduct work on contagious pathogens inside of China today, and we don't know if they are operating at a level of security to prevent this from happening again," he said. He didn't say whether the U. S.  had submitted a formal request to China for such inspections, which would likely come from the U. S.  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to China's CDC.  The U. S.  CDC has not responded to a request for comment. Several of China's labs work with their counterparts in the U. S.  and elsewhere, including the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which Pompeo has implied may have caused the outbreak by accidentally infecting personnel. Several public health and epidemiological experts have told ABC News it is "vastly more likely" that the first infection -- what's called "zoonotic spillover" -- occurred in the wild, given the "huge barriers between people and viruses in the laboratory setting," according to Dr.  Christine Johnson, director of the U. S.  Agency for International Development's Predict project and a professor at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. At the White House Monday, Trump said his administration was looking at ways of holding China financially responsible for the pandemic and the economic damage it has caused after countries closed borders, trade halted and governments implemented stay-at-home restrictions. "We haven't determined the final amount yet.  It's very substantial.  If you take a look at the world -- I mean, this is worldwide damage.  This is damage to the U. S. , but this is damage to the world," he said. The Chinese government has rejected the idea that it owes any money, including lawsuits by individual Americans and the states of Missouri and Mississippi -- and Trump didn't specify how he would force it to pay. Ordering intelligence agencies to investigate could be the first step toward building some kind of case against Beijing -- a fierce form of retaliation that the president has so far saved for the World Health Organization.  His administration halted further U. S.  funds to the United Nations agency even though it has no authority to do the things Trump and Pompeo have said it failed to do. "As the president has said, the United States is thoroughly investigating this matter.  Understanding the origins of the virus is important to help the world respond to this pandemic, but also to inform rapid-response efforts to future infectious disease outbreaks," White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley said in a statement Wednesday. But critics point out the U. S.  doesn't need an intelligence review of WHO to find out what it knew when.  U. S.  officials were part of the WHO expert team that traveled to China after Beijing finally gave WHO permission at the end of January, a State Department spokesperson told ABC News.  There are also American officials who work at the organization's headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, as part of the U. S.  mission to the agency. "We simply insist that they fulfill their missions, including demanding full transparency and information sharing and a willingness to speak the truth and hold member states accountable when they fail to comply," the spokesperson said of WHO, even though -- according to its bylaws -- the agency is severely limited in what it can say beyond what data it gets from a member state. WHO's director-general Dr.  Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus again defended the organization on Wednesday, telling reporters, "From the beginning, WHO has acted quickly and decisively to respond and to warn the world. "Pompeo's attacks have earned him vitriol from Chinese state media.  In an extraordinary op-ed on its evening newscast, which has over 100 million viewers a night, CCTV called the top U. S.  diplomat "a public enemy of mankind" for spreading "political viruses," playing "tricks" and interfering "with international public health cooperation. "ABC News' Luis Martinez contributed to this report from the Pentagon and Karson Yiu from Hong Kong. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events


An image of a temple is being shared on the internet with the claim that it is from Ayodhya, where a 5,000-year-old temple was found during a road widening exercise.  However, we found that contrary to the viral claim, the image is from the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor Project site in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.  CLAIM The aforementioned image is massively viral on Facebook and Twitter and is being shared with a claim which reads: “This is told to be 5,000 years old temple dis’Covered’ while road widening in Ayodhya - 'The Ram Janma Bhoomi'.  Locals had built house upon this beautiful temple which ‘Covered' the temple all these while.  Sources say many more temples will be uncovered in coming days.  (sic)“ WHAT WE FOUND We glanced at the comments section of the viral post and saw several people suggesting that the image is from Varanasi.  Next, we ran a reverse image search on the said image and found a Facebook post which mentioned that the image is from Kashi (Varanasi).  We then looked up ‘Kashi Vishwanath Temple’ on Google and found a report by Hindi daily, Amar Ujala which carried a similar image on 5 January 2020.  According to the report, the image is from the construction site of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor Project in Varanasi.  Here’s a side-by-side comparison of the image carried by Amar Ujala and the viral image.  We also reached out to a local reporter who confirmed that the image is from Varanasi.  Clearly, an image of an under-construction temple in Varanasi is being shared with a false claim that it shows a temple discovered during road widening in Ayodhya.


A video of a man tossing money in New York’s Time Square is being shared on social media along with the text, “A man died in New York City, due to corona.  He made a will to his friend that all his money be tossed in the middle of the street to let people learn that all the money/wealth of the world has no value compared to your health. ” The man in the video says that he is tossing money in the memory of this friend Joe Kush who passed away last year. न्यूयॉर्क में एक व्यक्ति करोना की वजह से मर गया उसने अपने दोस्त के नाम वसीयत लिखी के मेरा सारा पैसा सड़क के बीचो बीच आसमान में उछाल कर लुटा देना जिससे लोगों को सीख मिले कि दुनिया की सारी दौलत भी किसी इंसान की सेहत से ज्यादा कीमती नहीं होती 👇👇👇 pic. twitter. com/OVDTh1JqS9— 🇮🇳 शेषधर तिवारी 🇮🇳 (@sdtiwari) May 26, 2021The video has been shared on Facebook.  न्यूयॉर्क में एक व्यक्ति करोना की वजह से मर गया उसने अपने दोस्त के नाम वसीयत लिखी के मेरा सारा पैसा सड़क के बीचो बीच आसमान में उछाल कर लुटा देना जिससे लोगों को सीख मिले कि दुनिया की सारी दौलत भी किसी इंसान की सेहत से ज्यादा कीमती नहीं होती…Posted by Entertainment Gossips on Friday, 28 May 2021Alt News has also received multiple fact-check requests for the clip on its WhatsApp helpline number (+91 76000 11160). This slideshow requires JavaScript. Multiple Facebook and Twitter users had shared this video with a COVID spin since April. Twitter user @rajivmehta19 garnered 28,000 views for the clip. A man died in New York City, due to corona.  He made a will to his friend that all his money to be tossed in middle of street as let people learn that all the money/wealth of the world has no value in comparison to your health.  #vaccine #corona pic. twitter. com/2vhRBkKBrE— Rajiv Mehta (@rajivmehta19) April 15, 2021GOQii CEO Vishal Gondal tweeted this video along with the viral text on April 15.  Since then it gained about 1,500 views. A man died in New York City, due to corona.  He made a will to his friend that all his money to be tossed in middle of street as let people learn that all the money/wealth of the world has no value in comparison to your health#HealthIsWealth @GOQii pic. twitter. com/z1EqGU3r3w— Vishal Gondal (@vishalgondal) April 15, 2021Several Facebook users posted the video including singer Minu Muneer who has over 7 lakh followers.
The man in the video doesn’t reveal the cause of the death of his friend.  He throws cash on the street and says, “A year ago today.  A friend of mine died.  He was the rain man, right?  His name was Joe Kush.  He got killed.  And there were some pieces [jewellery] that he made that he never finished.  Right here [shows two diamond-studded pendants].  And he made one for his daughter.  He was a dude that was making good money and got killed for nothing.  And I want to kind of commemorate he died on the Ides of March [March 15] like Caesar…So it’s in his honour.  It’s not something I want to do.  It’s for him and if his family is watching I’d like them to DM me and I like to get them the pieces.  Rest in peace, my brother. ”Joe Kush is a US-based rapper.  As per Latest News South Africa, Kush hasn’t been active on social media since March 2020.  This led to the rumour that Kush was allegedly shot dead.  The report added that the artist’s management hasn’t responded to the claim.  Keyword search on Google doesn’t show a single media report that confirms his death. As per Kush’s Instagram page, Fredj Productions handle his bookings.  The rapper’s last post was on March 13, 2020, which shows him counting cash.
The viral video was uploaded earlier this year by TraxNYC Diamond Jewelry on March 20.  TraxNYC is a New York-based jewellery company founded by Maksud Trax Agadjani.  Agadjani is the man in the viral video. He is featured in the US-based fashion magazine GQ Magazine where he critiques chains of various rappers, including Quavo, Gucci Mane, Offset, 2 Chainz, Vic Mensa, Lil Pump, Future and Wiz Khalifa.
In December 2019, Kush uploaded a video of tossing cash on the street.  Agadjani also features multiple times in the clip. A video by a US-based jewellery store TraxNYC owner is being shared on Indian social media with the claim that a man is tossing money after his friend — rapper Joe Kush — died on March 15, 2020, due to coronavirus.  However, there are no reports of Kush’s death at the moment. Donate NowArchit is a graduate in English Literature from The MS University of Baroda.  He also holds a post-graduation diploma in journalism from the Asian College of Journalism.  Since then he has worked at Essel Group's English news channel at WION as a trainee journalist, at S3IDF as a fundraising & communications officer and at The Hindu as a reporter.  At Alt News, he works as a fact-checking journalist. A video of a woman sporting a cropped and ripped denim jacket is making the…A set of three videos, in which a group of men assault a man with…A video of a band of children making music out of empty tin cans and…A video of two sadhus in a car apprehended by a mob has been shared…A video of a crocodile carrying a dead woman in its mouth has been shared…


Video shows news segment stating Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar breaking quarantine to meet foreign delegates during G7 Summit.

A video has recently gone viral on Twitter, claiming that Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar refused to be quarantined after a few Indian delegates at the recent G7 summit tested positive for COVID-19.  A segment of the video also claims that Jaishankar broke isolation norms to meet United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Home Secretary Preeti Patel during the summit.  BOOM found that the claims made by the video are false - while Jaishankar did meet Blinken and Patel, the meetings took place before the Indian delegates tested positive for COVID-19.  We also found that the segment of the video making the claims has been doctored into a news report by Sky News, to mislead viewers into thinking it is part of Sky News' coverage.  Also Read: Bengal Post-Poll Violence, And All The Fake News Around It The video was shared by Twitter user Shehnaz30 (@iraniShenaz1958) with the caption: "Indians  behave carelessly at G7 as their PM behaves in India  . . .  Indian team highly insulted and advised not to take part in next months meeting. " Indians behave carelessly at G7 as their PM behaves in India . . .  indian team highly insulted and advised not to take part in next months meeting .  pic. twitter. com/x9VpVpjjNY Click here to watch the video, and here to view an archive of the tweet.  At the time of writing this article, the video had been viewed more than 48,000 times on Twitter, and retweeted more than 1,375 times.  BOOM found that the video was first shared by Sikh Federation UK on Twitter.  Photos show an unmasked @DrSJaishankar & @HCI_London flouting self-isolation rules that require you to stay in one room & avoid face to face contact with others.  Indian delegation shown have no respect for rules & law.   @BorisJohnson should tell @PMOIndia to stay away from @G7 pic. twitter. com/KIsT5am9FS Click here to view an archive of the tweet.  Also Read: WB Polls: Postcard News Shares Fake Graphic On Voting Patterns The video shared by user @iraniShenaz1958 started off with a news segment by British news channel Sky News, which spoke of the recent G7 summit, that was attended by Jaishankar, along with some Indian delegates.  On the top right corner of the video, we found a logo of the Sikh Federation UK.  From the 1. 03 mark onwards in the viral video, we noticed that the narrative voice and the presentation style changes completely from the previous parts of the news segment - the voice over is different, and it shows still photos instead of the regular video coverage.   It is during this segment that the narrator claims that Jaishankar refused to follow isolation, despite his delegates testing positive for COVID-19, and went ahead to meet Blinken and Patel.  During the segment, we could no longer see the Sky News logo, but the Sikh Federation UK's logo was still visible.  BOOM looked through Sky News' coverage of the G7 summit, and found the news segment shown in the first part of the video.  In Sky News' segment, we were unable to find the segment that made the viral claims about Jaishankar breaking quarantine.  This, along with the abrupt change in the voice over and presentation style led us to believe that clip has been doctored into the news segment by Sky News to mislead viewers into believing that it was part of Sky News' coverage on the G7 summit.  Furthermore, news reports on the summit clarifies that while Jaishankar and three members of his delegation went into isolation on May 5, he had met Blinken and Patel on May 3.  It also states that Jaishankar attended the summit virtually, due to being in quarantine.  The claims stating Jaishankar broke quarantine to meet the duo are therefore false.  The image of Jaishankar sitting at a virtual conference without a mask, however, is true, and was tweeted by Jaishankar himself.  Just concluded the bilateral Foreign Ministers' Meeting with British counterpart @DominicRaab.  Focussed on our responsibility for implementing the 2030 Roadmap.  Confident that we will see early progress on many fronts.  pic. twitter. com/LvBxDNkDFn


Jammu and Kashmir: Two people were injured in shelling by Pakistan last night at Mendhar in Poonch district. The injured are undergoing treatment at Primary Health Centre, Manjakote. https://t.co/IpDvYY9Vpl

A woman and her two minor children , one of them nine months old, were killed while her husband was critically injured after a Pakistani mortar shell hit their house along the Line of Control in Jhullas area of Poonch district late Friday night. Shelling by Pakistani forces intensified around 10:30 pm, shortly after Indian Air Force pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was repatriated through the Wagah border at 9:15 pm following two days of captivity after his MiG 21 was shot down. SSP Poonch, Ramesh Angral said that Pakistan army resorted to heavy shelling Friday night in Flore area of village Jhullas. A shell exploded in a house that killed 26-year-old Rubina Kouser, her two children Shabnam who was 9 months old and Faizan who was five years and critically injured her husband Mohammed Younis (32), Angral said. Also Read: 65 relief camps set up in villages along border, LoC amid Indo-Pak tensionsOn Thursday, 27-year-old Amina Akhter was killed and soldier Zakir Hussain was in injured in Pakistani shelling in Poonch. Tension has risen along the LoC and the border since the February 14 suicide bombing by a Jiash-e-Mohammad terrorist on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama that killed 40 troopers and prompted India to launch a pre-emptive air strike against the JeM on Tuesday. Authorities on Thursday had ordered the closure of schools within a range five-km from the International Border with Pakistan and the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir.  India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire along the LoC in 2003.  The ceasefire has been repeatedly violated over the last few years. There was no let up in ceasefire violations by Pakistan army on Saturday. “On Saturday Pak continued with its nefarious designs and at about 1230 hours again initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by shelling with mortars and firing of small arms along the LoC in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district,” said Defence spokesman Lt Col Devender Anand. Indian Army is retaliating strongly and effectively, he added.