While democracy has strengthened its roots and has been consolidated in the entire country, West Bengal remains the only state where political violence is propagated: Union Home Minister Amit Shah at ‘West Bengal Jan-Samvad Rally’ via video conference https://t.co/KiRt45rDjQ

Even as West Bengal’s death toll due to coronavirus disease Covid-19 has crossed the 400-mark, its fatality rate has improved. With nine more deaths reported on Monday, the state’s death count now stands at 405, according to the state health department bulletin released on Monday night.  Of the 405 deaths, 266 or 65. 6% had co-morbid conditions. The last time the state had given data for comorbidity in the deaths of Covid-19 patients was on April 30, when the state attributed 72 of the 105 deaths, or 68. 5%, to comorbidity. The fatality rate due to Covid-19 in the state has, however, significantly improved.  On April 30, the state’s death rate stood at 10. 19%, with 105 deaths among 1,030 Covid-19 positive patients.  As on June 8, the state’s death rate stood at 4. 7%, with 405 deaths among the total 8,613 persons testing positive for the coronavirus infection. This, however, is still higher than the national average.  India’s fatality rate stood at 2. 8% as of Monday morning, with 7,200 deaths reported against 256,611 persons testing positive for the disease. Only four states have recorded more deaths than Bengal, as of June 8 -- Maharashtra (3169), Gujarat (1,280), Delhi (874) and Madhya Pradesh (414).  While Maharashtra has a mortality rate of 3. 57% and Delhi has it as 2. 91%, Madhya Pradesh’s mortality rate due to Covid-19 is at 4. 29% and Gujarat at 6. 22%.  Among the districts, Kolkata reported a much higher fatality rate at 9% – nearly double Bengal’s average.  The capital city accounted for 260 deaths against 2,886 persons testing positive.  Kolkata and its neighbouring districts of Howrah and North 24-Parganas have long been the epicentre of the Covid-19 outbreak in Bengal, until a couple of weeks ago when migrant workers returning to the rural districts started testing positive in their dozens.  “The death rate is low in the districts, first because most of the cases are new ones and secondly because most of the migrant workers are asymptomatic patients.  In Kolkata, symptomatic patients made a large majority,” said a health department official while explaining Kolkata’s high death rate. Government officials also said a higher percentage of deaths in private Covid-19 hospitals has been noticed and it has been decided that a ‘death audit committee’ will look into such cases. As per the health department data, death rate has been lower among men, at 4. 48%, whereas for women it stood at 5. 4%.  There is also a huge gap in death rate between the age groups of 1-45 years and above 45 years. The death rate is lowest among 16-30 age groups – at . 17%.  It is also low in the 1-16 age group at . 69% and at 1. 67% for the 30-45 age group.  However, the rate is very high at 21. 07% for those aged above 75.  It stands at 15. 39% for the age group of 60-75 and at 7. 03% for the 40-60 age group. . Bengal’s discharge rate stood at 40. 2%, with 3,465 persons discharged from hospitals following recovery. Meanwhile, the West Bengal government on Monday extended lockdown restrictions in containment zones till June 30 in line with the Union home ministry’s guidelines.  The restrictions were earlier in force till June 15. However, there would be certain relaxations outside the containment zones, where only essential services are allowed.  A government order on extending lockdown said 25 people can attend marriages, funerals and places of worship at a time.  The number was previously fixed at 10. “Norms of physical distancing and health hygiene protocol must be strictly followed.  Any violation in compliance of norms of physical distancing, health hygiene protocol and wearing of masks shall attract penal action as per law,” the Bengal government order said. “It is reiterated that movement of individuals shall remain prohibited between 9 pm to 5am, except for essential activities.  District administration and local authorities shall issue appropriate orders in this regard and ensure strict compliance,” the order said.


CNN PROJECTION: Donald Trump wins Idaho https://t.co/q2w5sY67lb #CNNElection https://t.co/fRWWZflihu

The president-elect emphasized how he would handle the pandemic response. Joe Biden, Kamala Harris deliver 1st message of unity after historic winJoe Biden is set to become the 46th president of the United States, capping a tumultuous and tension-filled campaign during a historic pandemic against President Donald Trump.  ABC News characterized Joe Biden as the apparent winner of his home state of Pennsylvania, putting him over the 270 vote threshold needed to capture the presidency. The hard-fought battle against the president was set against the backdrop of racial unrest and the coronavirus pandemic and bitter divisions among the electorate. Trump had falsely declared on election night, when he held a lead in several key states, that he won the contest and alleged without evidence, after the count started to swing the other way, that the election was being stolen from him and that fraud had been committed. Painting the election as a "battle for the soul of the nation," Biden won on a message of unity over division, compassion over anger, and reality over what he called Trump's "wishful thinking" as the coronavirus pandemic cast a heavy shadow over the campaign. The 2020 election has shattered voting records with votes totaling 147 million and counting, surpassing the 138 million who voted in 2016. A Justice Department official confirmed Monday evening that Richard Pilger, a career official who was serving as director of the Elections Crimes Branch, has resigned from his role in the division because of the attorney general's memo authorizing U. S.  attorneys to "pursue substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities," despite little evidence surfacing thus far of any widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. Pilger has stepped back into a role in the DOJ's Public Integrity Section. The New York Times reported that Pilger wrote to colleagues in an email this evening, "Having familiarized myself with the new policy and its ramifications, I must regretfully resign from my role as director of the Election Crimes Branch. ”A DOJ spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment on Pilger's resignation. When ABC News sought a response from Pilger, an automatic reply to the email said, "I am no longer the Director of the Election Crimes Branch, and have stepped back to the line at the Public Integrity Section. "-ABC News' Alexander MallinThe Biden transition team will not receive full intelligence briefings until the General Services Administration officially "ascertains" the former vice president to be winner of the presidential election, according to a statement from the Office of Director of National Intelligence on Monday. "ODNI follows the statutory direction provided in the Presidential Transition Act, which requires ascertainment of the candidate by the administrator of GSA prior to supporting a potential presidential transition.  ODNI would not have contact with any transition team until notified by the GSA Administrator," an ODNI spokesperson said in a statement. Meanwhile, outside government watchdogs are already warning that a continued delay in briefings could carry grave national security implications for the incoming administration. Aaron Scherb, the legal director at Common Cause, told ABC News on Monday that the "petty and unproductive" decision by GSA to withhold key resources to the Biden transition could have the "potential for catastrophic results. " "By GSA not signing off on this, there is certainly some classified intelligence information that the incoming administration would not have access to -- and would potentially not be fully prepared on day one to be able to counteract ongoing efforts from our adversaries like all previous incoming administrations have," Scherb said. "If the Biden transition team doesn't have access to some of the documents and information," he continued, "there are national security concerns. "-ABC News' Molly Nagle and Lucien BruggemanAttorney General William Barr sent a memo to U. S.  attorneys Monday evening authorizing them to "pursue substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities," despite little evidence surfacing thus far of any widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. In the memo Barr says that such inquiries "may be conducted if there are clear and apparently-credible allegations of irregularities that, if true, could potentially impact the outcome of a federal election in an individual State. "But Barr emphasized in the letter that this should not be taken as the DOJ believing there was widespread fraud -- a baseless claim being made by attorneys for Trump and the RNC.  Rather, he's doling authority out to U. S.  attorneys in the event they might uncover any such credible evidence of a fraud conspiracy that might affect vote tabulations before election results are certified. "Nothing here should be taken as any indication that the Department has concluded that voting irregularities have impacted the outcome of any election," Barr wrote.  "Rather, I provide this authority and guidance to emphasize the need to timely and appropriately address allegations of voting irregularities so that all of the American people, regardless of their preferred candidate or party, can have full confidence in the results of our elections. ""While it is imperative that credible allegations be addressed in a timely and effective manner, it is equally imperative that Department personnel exercise appropriate caution and maintain the Department's absolute commitment to fairness, neutrality and non-partisanship," Barr said in the memo.  "While serious allegations should be handled with great care, specious, speculative, fanciful or far-fetched claims should not be a basis for initiating federal inquiries. "-ABC News' Alexander MallinBiden is slated to give remarks focused on the Affordable Care Act and the Trump administration's lawsuit to overturn it.  Biden will talk about his own plan "to expand access to quality, affordable health care. "The event in Wilmington, Delaware, is slated for 2 p. m. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments at 10 a. m.  in the case brought by Trump and 18 Republican-led states asking that the Affordable Care Act be eliminated in its entirety.


#WATCH EAM S Jaishankar replies, "Do not worry Senator. One democracy will settle it & you know which one" to US Senator Lindsey Graham, after the latter said, "When it comes to Kashmir, I do not know how it ends but let us make sure that two democracies will end it differently". https://t.co/kmbIu4baoN

In a firm repartee, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told a senior US Senator that India will “settle” the Kashmir issue on its own when the American lawmaker brought up the issue during an interaction at the Munich Security Conference.  Referring to the Kashmir issue during a panel discussion, Senator Lindsey Graham said the best way to sell democracy will be to settle the Kashmir issue in a democratic way.  “In India, you are moving forward, you got your problems like we do at home, but you’ve chosen the democratic path.  When it comes to Kashmir, I don’t know how it ends, but let’s make sure that two democracies will end it differently.  If you can prove that concept here, then I think that’s probably the best way to sell democracy,” the Republican leader said.  To this, Jaishankar promptly responded, “Do not worry, Senator.  One democracy will settle it and you know which one. ” During the discussion Jaishankar also said that the United Nations is far less credible than it has been in history and “something” should be done about it.  “The United Nations is far less credible than it has been in history, which is not entirely surprising because when you think about it, there are not too many things which are 75 years old and still as good as they were.  Clearly there is something that needs to be done there. ” He also spoke about “westlessness” and multilateralism at the panel discussion.  “Clearly multilateralism has become weaker, and clearly westlessness is in evidence and I would suggest that there is a correlation between the two, It is not to say that multilateralism is solely dependent on the West, or that the West has been faithfully multilateral,” he said.  He highlighted that the global political rebalancing is underway and made a case for greater western flexibility.  “Multilateralism can today be strengthened by more creative diplomacy and plurilateral understanding,” he said.  The Munich Security Conference, being held here from February 14-16, is the world’s leading forum for debate on international security policy.


Ghulam Nabi Azad, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, on Triple Talaq Bill: The Bill is for protection of rights on marriage but the real motive is destruction of families. https://t.co/GWQTtdTEYn

A nervous Opposition is staring at the possibility of the National Democratic Alliance managing to clear the contentious Triple Talaq bill in the Rajya Sabha , after it failed to send the amendments to the Right to Information Act to a Select Committee last week.  Most Opposition parties have taken a public position against the bill but the events that unfolded during the passage of the RTI amendment bill , have made senior leaders unsure about the actual strength of the Opposition when push comes to shove in the Rajya Sabha.  The RTI bill was the first example of NDA’s superior floor management skills as it steered the bill through the upper house where it is in minority.  The Triple Talaq bill will be taken up for consideration and passage today, but so far, key Opposition parties have not met to figure out how to thwart the NDA.  The ruling BJP and the Congress have issued whips to their MPs, asking them to ensure their presence in the House. “As far as my party is concerned, we will seek a parliamentary review.  I can’t talk about others,” said Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien.  Opposition leaders said Congress and the Left parties are also fully committed to opposing the bill which makes instant Triple Talaq or Talaq-e-biddat illegal and entails jail and a fine for offending husbands.  However, the Opposition seems to have lost its momentum following the NDA’s success in passing the RTI bill and also defeating the Opposition in a vote on whether the legislation requires to be referred to a select committee of the House.  Opposition leaders admitted that they were in disarray during the RTI voting with many MPs from parties such as Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Nationalist Congress Party and Samajwadi Party missing in action.  Meanwhile, the BJP managed to convince the Telangana Rashtriya Samiti, Biju Janata Dal and YRSCP to help.  That won’t be possible for a bill as contentious as the Triple Talaq one, some Opposition leaders said.  “But we are not sure how many of our own MPs will turn up to oppose the bill,” said a senior leader of a non-Congress opposition party. “We expect the BJD to support us.  But YSRCP, TRS and our own ally JD(U) might walk out.  As long as they don’t vote with the Opposition, we are fine,” said a senior BJP floor manager . The BJP also asked senior leaders to call the Opposition for support. s


INS Jalashwa in the Bay of Bengal saluting the #CoronaWarriors including doctors, nurses, other health workers, sanitation staff and police personnel fighting against the COVID19 pandemic. https://t.co/OslZSCuATS

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Coronavirus cases in Pune cross 2,000-markTelangana reports 21 new virus cases, total cases in state mount to 508Tamil Nadu issues guidelines for resumption of economic & commercial activitiesDelhi records biggest jump in Covid-19 cases, 427 reported in 24 hrsMaharashtra coronavirus cases up by 678 to 12,974MHA asks states to take precautions against virus in jails, other detention centresCoronavirus cases in Punjab cross 1,000 markBritish govt reports 315 more coronavirus deathsHaryana cases reach 442Migrant workers protest in Hyderabad'America became greater than before': TrumpMumbai Covid-19 cases cross 8,600; Dharavi sees highest single-day spikeGujarat records above 5,400 Covid-19 casesMHA says movement allowed for people who are distressedNo Covid-19 cases reported in KeralaMore than 35 lakh people have been infected by the novel coronavirus.  US continues to top the list of worst-affected nations due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  In India, total number of cases have now reached 40,263 with 1,306 people dead so far. Click here for complete coverage of coronavirus pandemicElsewhere in the world, Spaniards filled the streets to exercise outside for the first time in seven weeks and German children rushed to playgrounds as countries in Western Europe gradually relaxed coronavirus lockdown restrictions. Here are the highlights on coronavirus from India and around the world:Coronavirus cases in Pune cross 2,000-markPune district in Maharashtra has reported 138 new coronavirus positive cases in the last 24 hours, taking its overall Covid count to 2,050, a Health official said on Sunday, reports PTI.  Telangana reports 21 new virus cases, total cases in state mount to 508Twenty-one new cases of coronavirus were reported in Telangana on Sunday. A media bulletin from the Health Department said: "21 coronavirus positive cases reported today, taking the total number of active cases to 508 in the State.  Total cured or discharged patients today are 46. ", reports ANI. Tamil Nadu issues guidelines for resumption of economic & commercial activitiesAs the national lockdown enters its third leg on Monday, the Tamil Nadu government on Sunday issued the dos and don'ts regarding resumption of economic and commercial activities in the state, which has robust manufacturing and software sectors, reports PTI. Delhi records biggest jump in Covid-19 cases, 427 reported in 24 hrsDelhi witnessed the biggest jump in coronavirus cases in a day.  427 cases have been reported in the national capital in the last 24 hours.  The total cases in the state now stand at 4,549. Maharashtra coronavirus cases up by 678 to 12,974The number of Covid-19 patients in Maharashtra grew to 12,974 with 678 new cases on Sunday, a state health official said.  The death toll due to coronavirus went up to 548 in the state as 27 more people succumbed to the infection, the official said, reports PTI. MHA asks states to take precautions against virus in jails, other detention centresThe Centre has asked all states to take precautions against a COVID-19 outbreak in jails and correctional homes and ensure proper hygiene at such facilities.  In a communication to all states and Union Territories, the Home Ministry said the novel coronavirus is a global health crisis and has affected a huge population the world over, reports PTI. Coronavirus cases in Punjab cross 1,000 markPunjab saw the steepest rise in the number of coronavirus cases on Sunday with 331 more persons, mostly pilgrims returning from Nanded, testing positive for the disease, officials said, reports PTI.  British govt reports 315 more coronavirus deathsBritain's death toll in the coronavirus outbreak rose to 28,446 on Sunday, after the government reported 315 more fatalities in hospitals, care homes and the wider community, reports AFP.  Haryana cases reach 44266 people in Haryana have tested positive for Covid-19 in Haryana on Sunday.  Sonipat reported 18 new cases.  #COVID19 cases in Haryana rise to 442 after 66 people, including 18 in Sonipat, 12 in Faridabad, 11 in Panipat & 9 in Gurgaon, test positive; biggest single-day spike in cases: Health DepartmentMigrant workers protest in HyderabadMigrant workers in Hyderabad raised protests demanding that the state government arrange their return home. Telangana: Scores of migrant workers stranded here amid #COVID19 lockdown gathered in Hyderabad today allegedly demanding state government to send them back to their native places.  pic. twitter. com/EIgeaqSWxy'America became greater than before': TrumpUS President Donald Trump in a cryptic tweet declared victory over the pandemic. . . . . And then came a Plague, a great and powerful Plague, and the World was never to be the same again!  But America rose from this death and destruction, always remembering its many lost souls, and the lost souls all over the World, and became greater than ever before! Mumbai Covid-19 cases cross 8,600; Dharavi sees highest single-day spikeMumbai's Covid-19 infected numbers have now reached 8,613 cases with 441 new cases being reported.  Dharavi reported 94 fresh cases taking the total number of infected to 590. 441 new #COVID19 cases & 21 deaths have been reported in Mumbai today, taking the total number of cases to 8613 & deaths to 343.  Total 1804 patients discharged till today: Public Health Department, Mumbai.  #Maharashtra pic. twitter. com/SVF3mjYHgNGujarat records above 5,400 Covid-19 casesGujarat has 5,428 cases of Covid-19.  290 people have died so far. Gujarat reports 374 new COVID-19 cases and single-day highest 28 deaths; Total cases now 5,428 and fatalities 290: Health officialMHA says movement allowed for people who are distressedMHA states that this permission for movement in buses and special trains by states has been specifically given to such stranded persons, who had moved from their native places/workplaces, just before the lockdown period, but could not return to their native places/workplaces on account of restrictions placed on movement of persons and vehicles as part of lockdown measures. No Covid-19 cases reported in KeralaHealth Minister KK Shailaja said that the total number of active cases in the state is now 95. No COVID-19 case reported in Kerala today.  The total number of active cases in the state stands at 95 now.  Total 401 patients have recovered so far: Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja pic. twitter. com/EBE9ok4VdoFirst published: May 03, 2020 06:40 IST


FDA reports first drug shortage due to novel coronavirus outbreak. https://t.co/3pZfALpjXo

By Jen Christensen, CNNUpdated 0639 GMT (1439 HKT) February 28, 2020  (CNN)The United States has its first novel coronavirus-related drug shortage, according to the US Food and Drug Administration.  The maker of an unnamed drug that has recently been added to the FDA Drug Shortages list told the agency that the shortage is due to the novel coronavirus.


Queen Elizabeth announces "period of transition" for Prince Harry and Meghan after meeting at Sandringham. https://t.co/bIpVgRtpvJ

By Tara John, CNNUpdated 4:40 AM ET, Tue January 14, 2020 London (CNN)Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has agreed to a "period of transition" while details of a more "independent" role for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are hammered out. CNN's new Original Series goes inside the story of the world's most famous Royal family.  "The Windsors: Inside the Royal Dynasty" premieres Sunday, February 16 at 10 p. m.  ET/PT.  Follow along with #TheWindsorsCNN.  CNN's Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse contributed to this piece.


Uttarakhand: One dead and three others injured after a house collapsed due to cloudburst in a village in Pokhri area of Chamoli district, earlier today. https://t.co/i16dzhOXKv

Security forces gunned down three local terrorists in a gun battle, the fourth in a little over a week, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday, officials said. The terrorists were killed after local police and Indian Army personnel had launched a joint operation in Turkuwagan village early on Tuesday in the district in south Kashmir. Sources said Kamran Zahoor Manhas is among the terrorists killed by security forces.  He is the nephew of former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) legislator Zaffar Manhas, who has now joined the Apni Party led by Altaf Bukhari.  The other two terrorists, sources added, have been identified as Zubair and Muneeb ul Islam.  Both of them were from Shopian district. An army spokesperson said two AK-47 assault rifles and one INSAS rifle have been recovered from the encounter site, which is 400 to 500 metres away from the force’s Rashtriya Rifles camp. As many as 22 terrorists have been killed in the encounters that have taken place in south Kashmir’s Shopian district so far.


If the Left and the Congress are genuine anti-BJP forces, they should lineup behind TMC as it is the only party which is fighting against the divisive politics of the BJP: TMC MP Sougata Roy in Kolkata https://t.co/sTuzYvTMeY

The shooting in Boulder, Colorado on Monday which left 10 people dead has started the conversation on federal action on gun control in the United States of America.  The shooting was the second deadly shooting in the US in a week and has put pressure on President Joe Biden who said during his presidential campaign that he would take strict action on gun control if voted to power.  “I don’t need to wait another minute – let alone an hour – to take common sense steps that will save lives in the future, and I urge my colleagues in the House and Senate to act,” President Biden said on Tuesday after the shooting. The politics over gun controls in AmericaThe second amendment of the United States constitution says, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. " This gives rights to US citizens to bear arms but the debate around gun controls is defined by two primary ideologies: Most Republicans advocate for decreasing regulations with respect to gun ownership while most Democrats advocate for regulation over gun ownership.  The former promote the idea of use of firearms for self-defense as well as for sporting activities while the latter believe that gun control would lead to safer communities. What is the history of gun control laws in America? The history of gun control laws in America began with the Gun Control Act of 1968 which established minimum age for firearms purchases.  This law was amended in 1986, easing restrictions on firearm sellers by allowing the sale by licensed deals away from the location shown on their license.  In 1993, through the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993, a five-day waiting period was imposed on the purchase of handguns thereby giving time for background checks which was later replaced by an instant check system, which could be extended by three days.  In 1994, the Federal Assault Weapons Ban was enacted which prohibited the manufacture, transfer and possession of semi-automatic assault weapons and the transfer and possession of large-capacity ammunition feeding devices.  The law expired in 2004. In the wake of the December 2012 Connecticut school shooting, a bipartisan gun control bill was introduced in 2013 but failed in the Senate.  After the December 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, then President Barack Obama signed executive orders designed to strengthen background checks in 2016.  In February 2017, then President Donald Trump signed a measure rolling back an Obama order that made it harder for the mentally ill to buy guns and then in December 2018, the administration banned the type of high-powered gun attachments used in the Las Vegas massacre.  In February 2019, another bill to expand background checks died in the Senate. What are the new bills that are being considered this time? Earlier this month, the House of Representatives passed two bills aimed at increasing background checks of gun owners and these bills will face the Senate where Republican votes will be needed for them to pass.  Other than background checks, the bills also focus on closing loopholes which allow some licensed gun sales to go through before a required background check is done.


The viral clip was captioned, “फ्रांस के सामान का बायकॉट, अरब देशों में कुछ इस तरह हो रहा है, ये सब देख कर, फ़्रांस जल्द ही पागल होने वाला है।” [Traslation: This is how Arab contries are boycotting French products, France is going to go crazy soon after seeing this.]

A video showing people dumping packets out of trucks in the middle of a desert has gone viral with the claim that it shows how Arab countries are dumping French products.  However, we found that the video in question was an old one from 2016 and showed authorities dumping around 80,000 packets of expired chicken which was not fit for human consumption.  CLAIM The viral clip was captioned, “फ्रांस के सामान का बायकॉट, अरब देशों में कुछ इस तरह हो रहा है, ये सब देख कर, फ़्रांस जल्द ही पागल होने वाला है।” [Traslation: This is how Arab contries are boycotting French products, France is going to go crazy soon after seeing this. ] Macron made a statement in which he vowed not to “give up cartoons” depicting the Prophet Mohammed citing freedom of speech.  Macron had to face a lot of criticism for his statement, and several Muslim-majority countries called for a boycott of French goods.  The video was also shared widely on Facebook with similar captions.  WHAT WE FOUND OUT We broke down the video using InVid Google Chrome extension and conducted a reverse image search.  While going through the search results, we came across a news report from 17 November 2016 published on Al Arabiya news, titled “Video shows Saudi Arabia getting rid of 80,000 packs of ‘spoiled chicken’”.  The report had a screengrab from the same viral video.  The report added that “these packs of expired chicken were confiscated inside 25 refrigerated trucks prior to their distribution inside and outside al-Qassim district. ” We also found a video in the story that had a longer clip of the incident.  The video was posted on 16 November 2016.  The story was also published in Al Riyadh newspaper.  Evidently, an old and unrelated video was used to claim that it is part of the recent protests against France.  We have debunked several other stories with incorrect information about the protests in France which can be found here.


Politicians call for California attorney general to investigate fatal shooting of 18-year-old by sheriff's deputy. https://t.co/ek8b0cIm6B

By Paul Vercammen and Hollie Silverman, CNNUpdated 0705 GMT (1505 HKT) June 22, 2020 Compton, Cali.  (CNN)A march for a Los Angeles man killed by sheriff's deputies last week ended with a clash between police and protesters in Compton Sunday. CNN's Mitchell McCluskey and Dakin Andone contributed to this report.  Paul Vercammen reported from Compton, California, and Hollie Silverman wrote from Atlanta.


Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind writes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi offering space for isolation centres which can hold up to 10,000 people at different premises under their network. #COVID19 https://t.co/wcskX0cJLx

The Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Monday offered its facilities to set up isolation centres for coronavirus patients that can house up to 10,000 people. Former Member of Parliament and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind’s general secretary Maulana Mahmood A Madani in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wrote, “It has come to our knowledge that the emerging circumstances might require quarantine of large number of people to contain the spread of coronavirus…. .  We would like to offer the premises under control of our network in various parts of the country.  On a rough estimate we can voluntarily accommodate up to 10,000 people.  You are requested to please direct the concerned authorities to let us know of their requirements wherever and whenever the need might arise. ”Madani also said that Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind has also activated all its state and district units to offer relief to people in need through thousands of locally organised disaster management and relief committees of civilian volunteers. Follow coronavirus updates here. The number of people testing positive for coronavirus has now risen to 1071.  Twenty nine people have lost their lives to Covid-19 so far as the country fights to stop community transmission of the virus from taking a hold. India has pulled out all the stops to fight the coronavirus pandemic by drafting in state-owned facilities and production units and private companies to boost manufacture and supply of medical equipment and setting up quarantine facilities. Last week, the Indian Railways prepared the first prototype of an isolation coach for Covid-19 patients.  The prototype is equipped with 10 isolation wards per coach.  Each zone of Indian Railways has been tasked with manufacturing 10 such coaches a week. The armed forces have also set up several quarantine facilities


Roughly three weeks ago the special counsel's team told Attorney General Bill Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein that Robert Mueller would not be reaching a conclusion on obstruction of justice, according to a source familiar with the meeting. https://t.co/bg1GwWYfUB https://t.co/K6Kfry7QGB

The report doesn't conclude Trump committed a crime and doesn't exonerate him.  Special counsel report delivered, focus shifts to attorney generalSpecial counsel Robert Mueller's report into the Kremlin's interference in the 2016 presidential election  did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia, according to a letter to Congress from Attorney General William Barr. The letter describes "two main" Russian efforts to influence the election  including “attempts by a Russian organization… to conduct disinformation and social media operations in the United States” and “the Russian government’s efforts to conduct computer hacking operations” targeting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democratic Party. In both circumstances, the “Special Counsel did not find that the Trump campaign, or anyone associated with it, conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in these efforts. ”The special counsel’s office made no conclusion on the matter of possible obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump. "The Special Counsel, therefore, did not draw a conclusion – one way or the other – as to whether the examined conduct constituted obstruction," the letter read.  "Instead, for each of the relevant actions investigated, the report sets out 'difficult issues' of law and fact concerning whether the President's actions and intent could be viewed as obstruction. "In his communique to lawmakers, Barr underscored that the special counsel states that “while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him. ”While Mueller’s report did not reach a conclusion as to whether obstruction of justice occurred, Attorney General Barr’s letter said he determined a case for obstruction was not warranted. “In cataloging the President’s actions many of which took place in public view, the report identities no actions that, in our judgment, constitute obstructive conduct, had a nexus to a pending or contemplated proceeding, and were done with corrupt intent, each of which, under the Department's principles of federal prosecution guiding charging decisions, would need to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt to establish an obstruction-of-justice offense. "Barr said his intent is to release as much as possible but there are grand jury secrecy concerns with some portions. The White House celebrated the news, with President Donald Trump hailing the report on Twitter and, later in comments to reporters, as an "exoneration. ""This was an illegal takedown that failed and hopefully, someone is going to be looking at the other side," Trump told reporters on Sunday. He tweeted: "No Collusion, No Obstruction, Complete and Total EXONERATION.  KEEP AMERICA GREAT! ""The Special Counsel did not find any collusion and did not find any obstruction," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement.  "Attorney General Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein further determined there was no obstruction.  The findings of the Department of Justice are a total and complete exoneration of the President of the United States. ”Jay Sekulow, one of President Trump’s lawyers, told ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos that the report was a "complete win for the president and the American people. ""Not just a win. " Sekulow said.  "The entire basis upon which this inquiry was instituted was a concern over collusion between the Russian government and the trump campaign, Bob Mueller and the Department of Justice could not be clearer.  To have the obstruction issue even as a viable one, which it was not, there would have to be an underlying crime, which there wasn't. "House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N. Y. , questioned the timing of the letter tweeting "Special Counsel Mueller worked for 22 months to determine the extent to which President Trump obstructed justice.  Attorney General Barr took 2 days to tell the American people that while the President is not exonerated, there will be no action by DOJ. " He later tweeted that "in light of the very concerning discrepancies and final decision making at the Justice Department following the Special Counsel report," the House Judiciary Committee will be calling Barr in to testify in the near future. In his letter to members of Congress on Sunday, Barr described the breadth of the special counsel’s extensive and exhaustive probe.  Mueller’s 19 prosecutors and 40 FBI agents issued more than 2,800 subpoenas, executed nearly 500 search warrants, and interviewed approximately 500 witnesses, Barr wrote, the results of which amounted to 37 indictments and six guilty pleas to date. The news comes amid Democrats continued calls for the full release of the findings. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in a joint letter, seemed to sum up the sentiment of many congressional Democrats in saying that Barr's letter "raises as many questions as it answers" and that Congress "requires the full report and the underlying documents. ""The fact that Special Counsel Mueller’s report does not exonerate the president on a charge as serious as obstruction of justice demonstrates how urgent it is that the full report and underlying documentation be made public without any further delay," they wrote.  "Given Mr.  Barr’s public record of bias against the Special Counsel’s inquiry, he is not a neutral observer and is not in a position to make objective determinations about the report. "The congressional leaders also took issues with the president's claims of being "exonerated. "On the campaign trail and on the Hill, Democrats made clear they are going to want every detail and document about the investigation and some have said they are willing to use their subpoena power in order to get it. "It means make the request, if the request is denied subpoena, if the subpoenas are denied we will hold people before the Congress and yes, we will prosecute in court as necessary to get this information," House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep.  Adam Schiff, D-Calif. , said Sunday on "This Week". Democratic candidates running to unseat President Donald Trump in 2020 reacted quickly to the news that Mueller delivered his report to DOJ with one consistent message: Make it public. "The Mueller report must be made public — all of it," Sen.  Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY said in a presidential campaign speech outside the Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York City. She added: "It is not often that I agree with Richard Nixon, but he was right to say that the American people have a right to know whether their president is a crook. "The much-awaited report was handed to the Justice Department for Barr’s review, and Congress was notified of the transfer late Friday afternoon, according to a Justice Department spokeswoman. After reviewing Mueller's report, Barr will then send what he has described as his own "report" on the Mueller investigation to the top Democrats and Republicans on the House and Senate Judiciary committees.  Barr has promised to be as transparent as possible, but it's unclear how extensive or detailed Barr's own "report" to Congress will be. In a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary committees, Barr wrote that he intends to "consult with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Special Counsel Mueller to determine what other information from the report can be released to Congress and the public consistent with the law. "A senior Department of Justice official told ABC News on Friday that the report would not include any further indictments. Mueller and his team investigated how far the Kremlin went to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, including trying to determine whether any Americans may have helped those efforts. At the heart of Mueller’s probe were two Russian operations: the spread of disinformation on social media, and the release of thousands of sensitive emails stolen by hackers from the Democratic National Committee and other Democratic targets.  Mueller’s team has charged 25 Russian nationals and three foreign companies for their alleged role in those operations. In appointing a special counsel to investigate, however, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein also directed Mueller to look into “allegations” of possible “coordination” between Russian operatives and associates of President Donald Trump. Trump and his Republican allies have derided the investigation as a “witch hunt. ” But Rosenstein, FBI Director Chris Wray and Barr have each explicitly disputed that description. At least four Trump associates, including Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn, have pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents during the Russia-related investigation. Another Trump associate, the president’s former attorney Michael Cohen, has pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about Trump’s business dealings in Moscow.  And former Trump adviser Roger Stone has been charged with lying to Congress about his alleged role in tracking information stolen from Democrats during the 2016 presidential campaign. Mueller’s investigation grew out of a probe the FBI launched in late July 2016. By then, the FBI was already scrutinizing Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort’s business dealings with pro-Russian officials in Ukraine – dealings that have since landed Manafort in jail.  And the FBI was keeping tabs on Trump adviser Carter Page, who was previously targeted for recruitment by Russian spies and had raised eyebrows with a trip to Moscow in mid-July 2016. But claims by Trump adviser George Papadopoulos – that the Russians were touting “dirt” on Clinton – really set off alarms inside the FBI. “If any Americans were part of helping the Russians [attack] us, that is a very big deal,” James Comey, who was FBI director at the time, later told lawmakers. Several weeks after formally launching the Russia probe, counterintelligence agents leading the investigation in Washington received a so-called “dossier,” which had been compiled at the behest of Democrats and detailed uncorroborated allegations of coordination between Trump’s campaign and the Kremlin. Some of the allegations involved Page, who was already on the FBI’s radar, so agents began secretly intercepting his communications.  Page has never been charged with any crimes. The wide-ranging investigation continued even after Trump took office.  After Jeff Sessions became attorney general, he recused himself from oversight of the FBI’s Russia-related probe, citing his previous advocacy for Trump on the campaign trail. Rosenstein subsequently assumed oversight of the investigation. And then Trump shocked the federal law enforcement community: He fired Comey. The move prompted Rosenstein to appoint Mueller to take over the whole matter, including a review of whether Comey's firing and other actions meant Trump improperly tried to obstruct the probe. Comey later alleged that in a private meeting with Trump before his removal, the president directed Comey to “let [Flynn] go. ”Mueller has not released any evidence suggesting Trump committed a crime related to Russian efforts. However, Mueller did uncover evidence of other possible crimes and referred those cases to other federal prosecutors. The U. S.  Attorney’s Office in Manhattan ended up tying Trump to federal campaign violations, alleging that – in the midst of the 2016 presidential campaign – Trump personally directed Cohen to silence two woman claiming affairs with Trump by making illegal payments to them; Trump has repeatedly denied the affairs. Cohen has pleaded guilty for his role in the matter, but no other charges have been filed. ABC News' Pierre Thomas, John Santucci and Kyra Phillips contributed to this report. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events


Images claiming to be of recent Assam, Bihar and UP floods are doing rounds on social media platforms.  Through this article lets fact-check the claim. Claim: Images of recent flood in Assam, UP, Bihar. Fact: Though floods occurred in Assam, Bihar & UP in recent times, not all images shown in the post belongs to recent floods, some of them date back to 2017 and 2019 floods.  Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING. Image 1:When we ran a reverse image search with this image on google, we found that the image is from the floods which occurred in August 2017 in Bihar.  The news article which published this image can be seen here. Image 2:Through google reverse image search of this photo, we found that the image is from the recent floods which occurred in Bihar.  The news article which published this image can be seen here. Image 3:On reverse image search, we found that this image is from the floods in Assam which occurred in August 2019.  The newspaper article in which this photo was published can be seen here. Image 4:We found that this image is from the recent floods of Uttar Pradesh when we ran a reverse image search on google.  The news article which published this image can be seen here. To sum it up, though the images belong to Assam, UP & Bihar floods some of them are old, which are also being claimed as images of recent floods. Did you watch our new video?


Delhi: Director General of Indian Coast Guard Rajendra Singh called on Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh earlier today. Both the officers discussed ways of further strengthening their cooperation for enhancing maritime security of the country. https://t.co/BhXDuCccXR

Vice Admiral Bimal Verma on Tuesday filed a fresh petition at a military tribunal here, seeking cancellation of the defence ministry’s order appointing Vice Admiral Karambir Singh as the next Navy Chief. In his petition, Verma also sought quashing of a note issued by the defence ministry rejecting his plea against Singh’s appointment. “The petition will come up for hearing on Wednesday,” Verma’s lawyer Ankur Chhibber said. Last week, the Defence Ministry rejected Verma’s petition challenging the appointment of his junior, Vice Admiral Singh, as the next Navy Chief. Chhibber said a previous petition filed with the AFT on the issue was withdrawn on Monday for filing the detailed plea on the issue. In an order last week, the defence ministry said Verma’s statutory petition dated April 10 against appointment of Vice Admiral Singh to the top post is devoid of merit and has been rejected in exercise of powers under Section 23 of the Navy Act 1957.  Verma, commander-in-chief of the Andaman and Nicobar Command and senior-most naval commander, had moved the tribunal last month questioning Vice Admiral Singh’s appointment as the next Navy Chief, overlooking his seniority.  Singh is scheduled to take charge as the new Navy chief from incumbent Admiral Sunil Lanba, who will demit office on May 31. The tribunal had on April 25 directed the defence ministry to decide Verma’s petition within three weeks. Rejecting Verma’s plea, the defence ministry said a thorough selection process was conducted under which overall service profile of all the contenders for the top post was examined. It said specific parameters for selection were applied uniformly to all the contenders and based on the assessment, it was found that Vice Admiral Verma, though being the senior most eligible officer, was unsuitable to hold the post of the Chief of the Naval Staff.  In his petition to the defence ministry, Verma wondered why he was overlooked for the top post despite being the senior-most in the line of command, terming as “wrongful” the government’s decision to appoint Singh to the post. While appointing the Army chief in 2016, the government did not follow the long-held tradition of going by seniority.  Bipin Rawat was appointed Army chief superseding then Eastern Command Chief Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi and Southern Command Chief PM Hariz. Besides Verma, the other contenders for the Navy Chief post included Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, FOC-in-C of Western Naval Command Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar and FOC-in-C of Southern Naval Command Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla. Singh, who is at present serving as the Flag Officer Commanding in Chief (FOC-in-C) of the Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam, will be the first helicopter pilot to become chief of naval staff.


The difficulty in trying to reopen economies without rekindling coronavirus outbreaks was highlighted on Monday as concern grew in South Korea about a second wave of infections that was spread through newly reopened nightclubs. https://t.co/fWKmjTp1QM

Analysis by James Griffiths, CNNUpdated 1407 GMT (2207 HKT) May 11, 2020 Hong Kong (CNN)"It's not over until it's over. " CNN's Fred Pleitgen in Berlin contributed reporting.


Read President Trump's official veto message to Congress https://t.co/P3VBI02YwB https://t.co/PJeMMPQrj6

The president's veto comes the day after the Senate's embarrassing rebuke.  Trump issues first veto over border emergency declaration, defies CongressPresident Donald Trump on Friday issued the first veto of his presidency, defying a bipartisan rebuke of the national emergency he declared to circumvent Congress to get more money for his proposed southern border wall. The president invited cameras into the Oval Office to record the moment, saying, "As president, protection of the American people is my highest priority. "Surrounded by law enforcement officials and families of those allegedly killed by undocumented immigrants, he rejected the resolution as "reckless," calling the situation with illegal immigration a "tremendous emergency" and a "tremendous crisis. ""People hate the word invasion, but that's what it is," Trump said. Attorney General William Barr was on hand to tell the president that his emergency declaration was "clearly consistent with the law. "Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told him that the fact that it was an emergency was "undeniable. "The president's veto was in response to a resolution that passed the Senate Thursday with the support of 12 Republican senators, who joined Democrats in voting down the president's action as executive overreach.  The House had previously passed the measure. Shortly after the president issued his veto, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer issued a statement saying the president had chosen to "trample on the Constitution. "“It is no surprise that the president holds the rule of law and our Constitution in minimal regard.  There is no emergency; Congress has refused to fund his wall multiple times; Mexico won’t pay for it; and a bipartisan majority in both chambers just voted to terminate his fake emergency," Schumer said. “While the president has chosen to trample all over the Constitution, we Democrats in the Senate will never stop defending our country from an overreaching president,” he said. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called it "a power grab. "“The House and Senate resoundingly rejected the President’s lawless power grab, yet the President has chosen to continue to defy the Constitution, the Congress and the will of the American people," she said in a statement. “On March 26, the House will once again act to protect our Constitution and our democracy from the President’s emergency declaration by holding a vote to override his veto," she said.  “House Republicans will have to choose between their partisan hypocrisy and their sacred oath to support and defend the Constitution. ”Even though the resolution passed both the House and Senate, it's unlikely there would be enough votes to override his veto. Regardless, the president and White House had engaged in a behind-the-scenes lobbying effort of Senate Republicans in the days before the Senate vote, which amounted to a stunning rejection of the president in his effort to advance one of his central policy priorities. Within minutes of the Senate vote, he sent a one-word tweet: "VETO! "Prior to that vote, the president seemed nonchalant about the prospect of having the issue his first veto but also accused Republicans of "overthinking" the issue as he sought to boil it down to a matter of border security. "I'll probably have to veto.  It won't be overturned and the legal scholars say it's totally constitutional," Trump said on Thursday.  "It is very important.  It is a border security vote.  It is pure and simple, a vote for border security. "On Friday, he tweeted that he'd "like to thank all of the Great Republican Senators who bravely voted for Strong Border Security and the Wall. "24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events


Kerala reports 2,098 new #Covid19 cases, 13 deaths

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India recorded 28,903 new Covid-19 cases and 188 more related deaths on Tuesday, according to the Union health ministry's dashboard at 8am.  With this, the active cases in the country reached 234,406 while the total recoveries reached 11,045,284.  Globally, the confirmed cases of Covid-19 reached 121,231,075 on Wednesday, according to data by worldometer.  The tracker also said 2,682,138 people have succumbed to the viral disease and 97,784,451 have recovered from the infection across the world.  The US, India and Brazil occupy the first, second and third positions, respectively in terms of the caseload of Covid-19. Follow all the updates here:Ahmedabad: 2 major bus services to be suspended from Thursday as Covid-19 cases surgeGujarat: In wake of the increasing number of #COVID19 cases, Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service (AMTS) and Ahmedabad Bus Rapid Transit System buses operation to remain suspended from tomorrow until further orders. Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service (AMTS) and Ahmedabad Bus Rapid Transit System buses to suspend operation starting Thursday as Covid-19 cases surge, reports ANI. Over 36 million Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in India so far: GovtCOVID19 Vaccination-Day 61. More than 3. 64 Cr COVID19 vaccine doses administered. 14. 03 lakh vaccine doses given till 7 pm today. #LargestVaccineDriveUnion minister of state for health and family welfare Ashwini Choubey tweeted that over 36 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered in India so far.  Of this, more than 1. 4 million doses were administered on Wednesday. Maharashtra reports 23,179 new Covid-19 cases, Mumbai sees 2,377 fresh infectionsWith 23,179 new Covid-19 cases and 84 related deaths, Maharashtra's Covid-19 tally reached 2,370,507 cases and death toll climbed to 53,080.  Also, Mumbai reported 2,377 new cases and eight new deaths. Delhi reports over 500 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hoursDelhi reports 536 new COVID-19, 319 recoveries, and 3 deaths in the last 24 hoursTotal cases: 6,45,025Total recoveries: 6,31,375Death toll: 10,948Active cases: 2,702 pic. twitter. com/IPqldYucmbDelhi reports over 500 new Covid-19 cases and three related deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the city's tally to 645,025 cases and 10,948 deaths, according to the health department. Nagpur reports 3,370 new Covid-19 cases, 16 deaths in last 24 hoursMaharashtra: Nagpur District reported 3370 new #COVID19 cases, 1216 recoveries, and 16 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Civil Surgeon. Total cases: 1,78,756Total recoveries: 1,53,133Active cases: 21,118Death toll: 4505Nagpur in Maharashtra reported 3,370 new Covid-19 cases and 16 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the district's tally to 178,756 cases and 4,505 deaths, reports ANI. Kerala reports 2,098 new Covid-19 cases, 13 deaths2098 new #COVID19 cases, 2815 recoveries, and 13 deaths have been reported in Kerala today.  Number of active cases now at 25,394; so far 10,66,259 patients have recovered from the disease. Kerala recorded 2,098 new Covid-19 cases and 13 deaths, as active cases reached 25,934, reports ANI. 'We are mindful, but the vaccination program will go on': Dr VK Paul on AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccineWhen asked about the suspension of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in some European countries, Dr VK Paul said that the it has only been done as a precautionary measure.  He also said that the WHO has advised to go ahead with the vaccination program. He also said that the government is mindful of the issue, but the vaccination program will continue as planned for now. Centre's directions to state governments regarding handling increasing Covid-19 casesCovid-19 vaccine wastage higher than national average in 5 states : GovtCovid-19 vaccine wastage in five states, namely, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir, higher than 6. 5 per cent, which is the national average, said Rajesh Bhushan. India accounted for 3. 04 million doses of 8. 34 million vaccines administered worldwide on March 15: GovtOf the 8. 34 million Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the world on March 15, India alone accounted for 3. 04 million doses, says health secretary Bhushan. Over 150% increase in Covid-19 cases between March 1 and 15 in 70 districts over 16 states: GovtBetween March 1 and 15, 70 districts in 16 states witnessed Covid-19 cases increase by over 150 per cent, said Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan. Poland reports 25,052 Covid-19 cases, highest daily total this yearPoland reported 25,052 daily coronavirus cases on Wednesday, according to health ministry data, the highest number so far this year. In total, the country of 38 million has reported 1,956,974 cases and 48,032 deaths. PM Modi urges local administration to set up micro-containment zones amid Covid-19 surgeWe should urge local administration to set up micro-containment zones, says PM Modi at meet with CMs.  He also said that more than 96% of the cases have recovered.  India is one of those countries where the fatality rate is one of the lowestRussia reports 8,998 new Covid-19 cases, 427 deathsRussia on Wednesday reported 8,998 new Covid-19 cases, including 1,201 in Moscow, pushing the national infection tally to 4,418,436 since the pandemic began.  The government coronavirus task force also said that 427 people had died in the last 24 hours, taking Russia's death toll to 93,364. 1,271 new Covid-19 cases in Aurangabad, 7 more deathsWith the addition of 1,271 new cases of coronavirus, the tally in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district has gone up to 60,100, an official said on Wednesday. Besides these new cases reported on Tuesday, seven more people also succumbed to the viral infection, raising the death toll in the district to 1,351, he said. Odisha logs 82 new Covid-19 cases, tally surges to 3,38,405Odisha's Covid-19 caseload on Wednesday mounted to 3,38,405 after 82 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said. The new cases were detected in 20 of the state's 30 districts, with 48 reported from different quarantine centres and the remaining 34 local contact cases. Ukraine reports record daily high of 289 coronavirus related deathsUkraine registered a record daily high of 289 coronavirus-related deaths over the past 24 hours, the health minister Maksym Stepanov said on Wednesday. 1 new Covid-19 case in Andamans, tally rises to 5,032Andaman and Nicobar Islands Covid-19 tally rose to 5,032 as one more person tested positive for the virus in the union territory in the last 24- hours, a health department official said on Wednesday.  The archipelago now has three active Covid-19 cases and all the three patients are in South Andaman district, he said. One more person recovered from Covid-19 on Tuesday, taking the total number of recoveries to 4,967. 1,359 new Covid-19 cases in Thane, 6 more deathsThane has added 1,359 new cases of coronavirus, raising the infection count in the Maharashtra district to 2,78,928,an official said on Wednesday.  These new cases were reported on Tuesday, he said.  The virus also claimed the lives of six more persons, pushing the death toll in the district to 6,349, he said. US promotes 'serial testing' for Covid-19 with streamlined approvalThe US government issued simplified rules for developers of coronavirus tests to promote serial screening, a process in which the same individual is tested multiple times within a few days, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said. "Today, we are providing information for test developers about a streamlined path to emergency use authorization," the FDA said in a press release on Tuesday.  "This [path] applies to developers of molecular and antigen tests, for use in serial testing programs, as well as at-home tests for use in a serial manner outside of a testing program. "Australia seeks one million vaccines for Covid-hit Papua New GuineaAustralia on Wednesday asked AstraZeneca and the European Union for urgent access to one million vaccines to deal with an alarming Covid-19 surge in neighbouring Papua New Guinea.  Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he wanted to divert doses that Australia had already ordered and paid for "as soon as possible", to address a coronavirus explosion beyond Australia's porous northern border. Get our daily newsletter Get free access to newsletters, alerts and recommendations


Kansas' highest court rules for the first time that the state constitution protects abortion rights and blocks a first-in-the-nation ban on a common second trimester method for ending pregnancies. https://t.co/Eq8rMQYVJK https://t.co/7c2WF4PRsx

    The Kansas Supreme Court ruled on Friday that women have the right to an abortion under the state’s Constitution.

    In a 6-1 decision, the state’s highest court also kept in place a temporary injunction on a law that bans a common second trimester abortion procedure.

    “We hold today that section 1 of the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights protects all Kansans’ natural right of personal autonomy, which includes the right to control one’s own body, to assert bodily integrity, and to exercise self-determination.  This right allows a woman to make her own decisions regarding her body, health, family formation, and family life—decisions that can include whether to continue a pregnancy,” the majority wrote in their opinion.

Federal judge says he'll block abortion clinic referral restriction rule

    The Kansas Supreme Court said it would leave resolving the merits of the law to a lower court.

    The law, Senate Bill 95, was passed in 2015 by the Kansas legislature.  It prohibited a common abortion method used in the second trimester of pregnancy, known as the “dilation and evacuation” procedure, except when the mother is at risk of death or “substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function. ”

    Two doctors filed a lawsuit against the bill in June 2015.  They argued that the bill limits access to the “safest” procedure for a second-trimester abortion and violates the Kansas Constitution by infringing on “inalienable natural rights, specifically, the right to liberty. ” Opponents have called the procedure as “dismemberment abortions. ”

    The trial court blocked the law from going into effect while the case was being litigated.

    In its response, the state acknowledged the US Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v.  Wade that a woman’s right to an abortion is protected under the 14th Amendment, but argued that the same rights do not exist under Kansas’ state Constitution.

    The Kansas Supreme Court first heard oral arguments on the law back in 2017.

    Democratic Kansas Gov.  Laura Kelly, who took office in January, lauded the court’s decision on Friday.

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    “While federal law has long guaranteed every woman the right to make their own medical decisions in consultation with their healthcare providers, I’m pleased that the Kansas Supreme Court’s decision now conclusively respects and recognizes that right under Kansas law as well,” Kelly said in a statement.

    Republican state Sen.  Susan Wagle, the president of the Kansas state Senate, said Friday’s decision from “the liberal, activist Supreme Court showed just how out of touch they are with Kansas values. ”

    “Nowhere in our state Constitution is there a right to the violent act of abortion,” Wagle said in a statement.  “Instead, our protected inalienable rights include the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ”

    Bans on the dilation and evacuation procedure have been signed in 10 states, including Kansas, according to data from the Guttmacher Institute.  But of those other nine states, all but two – Mississippi and West Virginia – have seen their laws at least temporarily blocked by the courts.

    As abortion rights advocates have become concerned about the fate of Roe v.  Wade at the increasingly conservative US Supreme Court, advocates have looked to protections of state constitutions.  The success of those moves would depend on the scope of rights and liberties written into individual state constitutions and whether any counter-moves arise within a state to amend provisions.

    The high court has reinforced its 1973 ruling over the years, notably in a 1992 case in which the justices said states may not put an “undue burden” on a woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy.

    Justice Anthony Kennedy, who was a critical fifth vote in that case and other abortion rights disputes, retired from the court last summer.  He was succeeded by Brett Kavanaugh, whose record as a lower court judge was further to the right than that of centrist-conservative Kennedy.

    The nine justices have yet to take up an abortion case in this first term of new Justice Kavanaugh.

  CNN’s Joan Biskupic and Jessica Ravitz contributed to this report.
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Video shows Indian army soldiers were thrashed by Chinese army on LAC

An eight-month-old video of Border Security Force (BSF) jawans injured in a bus accident in Meghalaya has resurfaced with claims that it shows Indian soldiers who were attacked by the Chinese troops in the Galwan valley near the Line of Actual Control (LAC).   The video has been revived in the backdrop of the India China faceoff at Galwan Valley in Eastern Ladakh between June 15 and 16 which resulted in the death of 20 Indian soldiers including a commanding officer.  Beijing has not disclosed the causalities suffered on the Chinese side yet.  Also read No, Photo Does Not Show Indian Soldier Injured In India-China Clash  The viral clip shows injured men of the armed forces lying on the ground while a person, who is recording the incident, keeps boosting their morale.  The post has been shared with a caption 'viral video from Ladakh Galwan valley Indian Army Thrashed by Chinese Army on LAC #KASHMIR'.  BOOM has chosen not to include the video because of its graphic nature.  However, the post can be viewed here and its archived version can be accessed here.  The same video has been shared from several Pakistani Twitter handles with the same claim.  Fact Check BOOM ran a reverse search on one of the key frames from the viral clip and found a Facebook post from November 2019 sharing the longer clip of the same footage.  Also read No, Video Does Not Show Col.  Santosh Babu Arguing With Chinese Soldiers At Galwan  The post, shared from the profile 'Pak Army', has an Urdu caption which when translated, reads 'After the martyrdom of 1 civilian by the firing of the Indian Army in the Pakistani territory, the Pakistani army retaliated, the whole bus full of Indian troops was blown up.  #Share the video and #Follow or #friend_Request for more videos Please.  Thank you'.  (Urdu: بھارتی فوج کی پاکستانی حدود میں فائر*نگ سے 1 شہری کے شہید ہونے کے بعد پاکستانی فوج کی جوابی کاروائی، بھار*تی فو*جیوں سے بھری پوری بس اڑا دیا ویڈیو کو #شئیر کریں اور مزید ویڈیوز کے لئے#Follow یا #friend_Request کیجئے۔شکریہ)  This confirmed that the video is not related to the Galwan valley standoff between Indian and Chinese soldiers.  We further noticed that several Twitter users, in their reply to the one of the viral tweets, had mentioned that the incident is from Meghalaya and the soldiers seen in the clip 'might be the jawans of CRPF or BSF'.  ये वीडियो मेघालय का है। जवानों से भरी बस खाई मे गिर गयी थी ये BSF या CRPF के जवान थे। ये हादसा गारो हिल्स जिले मे हुआ था। We then did a keyword search with 'Meghalaya', 'BSF', 'Bus', and 'Gorge' and found several reports published in locals news portals carrying images from the accident that took place in the wee hours of October 30, 2019.  According to news reports, the unfortunate incident took place on October 30, 2019 when an over-speeding bus fell into a 100-feet deep gorge at Umtyra in East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya.   The bus, carrying 20 soldiers of the Border Security Force, was requisitioned by the BSF.  The co-driver lost his life in the accident while the BSF personnel and the driver were shifted to North East Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, said reports.  BOOM compared the images shared in the reports with screenshots from the viral video and found them to be one and the same.   This apart, the terrain shown in the viral clip does not match with the terrains of Galwan valley where the Indo-China face off reportedly took place.


The carpet may be red, but pink was the color of the night at the #Oscars https://t.co/Ux9FoNTd0K https://t.co/ALsASvrX32

It was a rocking way to open Hollywood's biggest night. Oscars 2019: 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' 'Green Book' take home multiple awardsFor the first time in three decades, the 2019 Oscars has begun without a host. Usually the show opens with a monologue about current events, politics and of course, the nominees. But instead, Adam Lambert and Queen opened the show with "We Will Rock You," then moved into another one of their hits, "We Are the Champions. "It was a moment of true chills as Lambert sung the iconic words, "no time for losers" because "We are the champions of the world. "The band had Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lopez and others singing along and jamming out with them.  The performance closed with a shot of the band's legendary former lead singer Freddie Mercury. "Welcome to the Oscars! " Lambert then shouted. Next, there was a montage of some of the movies of 2018, including "The Favourite," "Deadpool 2," "Black Panther," "Roma," "Vice" and more. It closed with a voice-over from Mister Rogers from the acclaimed documentary, "Won't You Be My Neighbor. "But the open was not done yet! A comedy dream team of Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph stepped out to present outstanding supporting actress. "We are not your hosts, but we are going to stand here a little too long," Tina Fey joked about the lack of an MC.  "So, that the people who get USA Today tomorrow will think we have hosted. "They gave a mini monologue like a host would have delivered (but instead with three hilarious women) with repeated jokes about not being the hosts for the night, on President Donald Trump's wall and even current events like the Fyre Festival, telling the audience to look under their seats for the infamous cheese sandwich from the failed music event.  Then it was right into the nominees for best supporting actress. Poehler also said of the category that all women are supporting because "women naturally support each other. "Kevin Hart had been named the host of the Oscars back in December, but the funnyman stepped down just hours later, after homophobic tweets he posted almost eight years ago resurfaced. In January, Hart apologized again to the LGBTQ community, adding, "We thought it was OK to talk like that, because that’s how we talked to one another . . .  This is wrong now. "He later said on "GMA" that "There's no more conversation about it . . .  I'm over that, I'm over the moment" when asked about the Oscars and his past comments. Also in February, Hart's good friend Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson said he was offered the gig before Hart, but had to turn it down to shoot a movie. The last time the Oscars went without a host was 1989, when producer Allan Carr decided on having more presenters instead of an MC.  That show had a kitschy open that featured actor Rob Lowe and Snow White singing a duet.  It did not do well with fans and critics. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events


The Electoral College limits the campaign playing field, @matthewjdowd writes. Popular voting expands it. https://t.co/TbcW0tPU1b https://t.co/aMddsYJZ68

On Monday night, in a CNN town hall in Jackson, Mississippi, Sen.  Elizabeth Warren made some news: She supports getting rid of the electoral college as the method by which we elect presidents.

“My view is that every vote matters and the way we can make that happen is that we can have national voting and that means get rid of the Electoral College – and every vote counts,” the Massachusetts Democrat said, to raucous applause from the audience (The Democratic base is very much up in arms over the Electoral College, after Donald Trump won the White House in 2016 despite losing the popular vote by almost 2. 9 million votes to Hillary Clinton).

How realistic is what Warren is proposing?  And how much – really – would it change how candidates campaign for the nation’s top job?  To get some answers, I reached out to Sanford Levinson, a constitutional law expert and professor at the University of Texas Law School (Check out this talk Levinson gave at Harvard in 2016 for more of his thoughts on the Electoral College).

Our conversation, conducted via email and lightly edited for flow, is below.

Cillizza: Warren said she favors abolishing the Electoral College to make “every vote matter. ” Is that what getting rid of the Electoral College would do?

Levinson: Abolishing the Electoral College would certainly equalize the vote as a purely formal matter.  Now, the strength of one’s vote – and, more to the point, the incentive to campaign – is a function of geography.  Republican votes in contemporary California and Democratic votes in contemporary Texas are irrelevant.  That would obviously not be the case in a national popular vote.

Cillizza: Warren was speaking in Jackson, Mississippi.  If there was no Electoral College and only the national popular vote, would presidential candidates be campaigning there in the fall of a presidential election?

Levinson: Why not?  It would be foolish to spend lots of time in Mississippi and smaller states, but that’s even more true now, especially given that almost all of the relevant states are completely predictable.  Only New Hampshire is a battleground (unlike, say, Vermont next door).  But Democrats would have a strong incentive to turn out minority voters in Mississippi and Alabama.

Cillizza: The argument for the popular vote is simple: He (or she) with the most votes wins.  Make that sort of simple argument for the Electoral College.

Levinson: Actually, the kind of reform I favor is not quite so simple: that is, I don’t think it should be enough simply to come in first, because, as in 1968 and 1992, the winners could still have only 43% of the vote.  Therefore I favor a runoff system, as in France or the state of Georgia or the alternative transferable vote, as in Maine.  The argument is simple, though: A president should be able to claim the support of the majority.  That is not now the case.

Cillizza: How would the country, logistically, go about abolishing the Electoral College?  Is it at all plausible?

Levinson: Unfortunately, it would take a Constitutional amendment to achieve the kind of reform I think by far best.  The proposal simply to award electoral votes to whoever comes in first does nothing at all to assure a genuine majoritarian choice, and it is easy to imagine a truly perverse result should we further fragment into multi-candidacies for the presidency.

    At this point, we have to confront the truly terrible Article V of the Constitution and the barriers it places in the way of Constitutional amendment (The New York Times had a good discussion of this in an article on Birch Bayh and his inability to get an amendment through the awful Senate even after passing with strong support in the House and the support as well of Richard Nixon).

Cillizza: Finish this sentence: “The fairest way to determine the President of the United States is _________. ”

Levinson: “through a process that allows the winner to claim majority approval of the total electorate. ”
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she takes "responsibility for falling for a setup," after her office acknowledged she had her hair styled inside a San Francisco hair salon. The apparent violation of the city's safety regulations enraged the salon's owner. https://t.co/OWz604Dbt0 https://t.co/DZD06VJkfT

Pelosi's office says she was complying with the rules the salon presented. New fallout after Pelosi's trip to salonHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi's stylist is backing her claim that her private visit to a San Francisco hair salon on Monday, in which she received styling indoors despite a city-wide ban  on indoor styling, was ultimately "a setup. "He has disputed the account of the salon's owner who appeared Wednesday night on Fox News as the White House and Republicans continued to attack Pelosi, following the lead of President Donald Trump. ABC News has reached out to the salon owner for comment. In a press conference Wednesday in San Francisco on coronavirus legislation, Pelosi claimed she was misled by the neighborhood salon who had approved of her visit in advance.  Leaked security footage from the appointment showed her at one point wearing a mask around her neck instead of over her face. "I take responsibility for trusting the word of the neighborhood salon that I've been to, over the years, many times, and that when they said what we're able to accommodate people one person at a time, and that we can set up that time, I trusted that.  As it turns out, that was the setup. " Pelosi told reporters.  "So, I take responsibility for falling for a setup.  And that's all I'm going to say on that. ""I think that this salon owes me an apology, for setting me up," she added later. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Thursday said it's Pelosi who should be apologizing to the American people. "She's demanding an apology from this salon owner, a single mom who started a business? " McEnany asked rhetorically in an interview on Fox News.  "No, she owes an apology to the American people.  She is so breathtakingly out of touch.  That video and her response to that video exposes that. "Pelosi's stylist Jonathan DeNardo in a statement late Wednesday through his lawyer, obtained by ABC News, that despite the salon's owner, Erica Kious, suggesting she had no control of the event, she approved the appointment the night before over the phone and made disparaging comments about the speaker. "The fact that Ms.  Kious is now objecting to Speaker Pelosi's presence at eSalon, and from a simple surface-level review of Ms.  Kious' political leanings, it appears Ms.  Kious is furthering a set-up of Speaker Pelosi for her own vain aspirations," the statement from Matthew Soleimanpour read.  "Mr.  DeNardo's name has now been dragged through the mud for simply following Ms.  Kious' recommendations. "The stylist's lawyer goes on to claim that Kious has been violating the health order herself by operating in the salon as far back as April and without taking coronavirus precautions. Kious told Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Wednesday night before DeNardo's statement was released that the accusation that she set the speaker up was "absolutely false. "Asked how she was set up on Wednesday, Pelosi bristled, asking reporters in turn, "Do you have any questions about how people are dying? ""There's more to this that I'm not going into as to the motivation of a salon to say to me, 'Yes come in' . . .  it was clearly a set up.  I take responsibility for falling for a setup," she said.  "I take responsibility for trusting the word of the neighborhood salon that I've been to for years. "Earlier, Pelosi's office, citing guidance provided to her from the salon, denied she broke their rules, but the president called Pelosi out for having a mask under her chin in the now widely-circulated video footage. "Crazy Nancy Pelosi is being decimated for having a beauty parlor opened, when all others are closed, and for not wearing a Mask - despite constantly lecturing everyone else," Trump said in a tweet Wednesday morning. Suggesting the event will harm Democrats in the House, the president added, "We will almost certainly take back the House, and send Nancy packing! "In security video Fox News said it obtained, Pelosi is seen walking through the eSalon in San Francisco on Monday afternoon with wet hair and with a mask at her neck instead of over her mouth and nose.  Her stylist, DeNardo, is seen following her wearing a black face mask.  It was unclear from the video whether she had the mask on her face during the rest of the appointment. "I just had my hair washed.  I don't wear a mask when I'm washing my hair.  Do you wear a mask when you're washing your hair?  I always wear a mask," Pelosi said Wednesday when asked.  "And that picture is when I just came out of the bowl. "Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill said Tuesday night the speaker followed requirements provided by her stylist and was told the city allowed the salon to have one customer in the business at a time. "The Speaker always wears a mask and complies with local COVID requirements.  This business offered for the Speaker to come in on Monday and told her they were allowed by the city to have one customer at a time in the business.  The Speaker complied with the rules as presented to her by this establishment," he said in a statement. But on Tuesday night, Kios told Fox News in a phone interview that the indoor, unmasked visit violated citywide COVID-19 restrictions prohibiting indoor services and blow-drying services at hair salons and was a "slap in the face" to those who can't work or go about their daily lives due to the pandemic. She said that Pelosi's stylist rents a chair in her salon but operates independently -- a statement the stylist's lawyer later challenged by claiming Kious has been encouraging her employees to break the orders for financial benefit. A statement from the San Francisco mayor's office posted Friday states that outdoor services at hair salons -- which have been closed since March -- could resume Tuesday -- a day after Pelosi's appointment -- but added that "services may not be provided indoors" and masks must be worn. "Outdoor personal services that can operate include haircuts, barber services, massages and nail services.  Only those services where both clients and providers can be masked at all times are allowed to resume," it reads. The new guidance which took effect September 1 also states shampooing is not allowed and that stylists must not see multiple customers at once. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows also weighed in Wednesday morning, calling Pelosi's visit an example of Washington hypocrisy. "This is typical Washington, D. C.  They get on national TV.  They preach to the American people that it should be one way and, yet, in private, when the cameras are not rolling and in this case I guess the cameras were rolling, it shows a very different story," Meadows told Fox News.  "It's the same thing whether it's in San Francisco with her going into a salon or in the privacy of a negotiating room. "On Tuesday evening, a Twitter account operated by Senate Republicans appeared to quote Kious, also called Pelosi's visit a "slap in the face" to business owners forced to close to slow the spread of COVID-19. "Speaker Pelosi has pushed policies that would keep our economy closed and our small businesses shut down.  But for herself?  A salon visit whenever she pleases," the Senate Republicans account tweeted, adding: "A 'slap in the face' indeed. "ABC News' Jordyn Phelps contributed to this report. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events


892 new #COVID19 positive cases reported in Assam on July 16. Total cases stand at 20,646 including 13,554 recovered, 7,039 active cases and 50 deaths: State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma https://t.co/RVWuscboEl

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