Regional, 31st May 2020, News & Stories from India

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31 May 2020

Regional, 31 May 2020

Officials work in the Karnataka Chief Minister's Covid-19 War Room at DIPR Building in Bangalore (PTI)

Trouble brewing in Bengaluru's Dharavi as corona crosses 3k

Five international travellers from Doha, Indonesia and Malaysia are also among the positives recorded in Bengaluru today

31 May 2020 9:47 PM

Anita Katyal | Rahul important in BJP universe

The BJP had been finding it difficult to attack the Congress during the brief period Rahul Gandhi stepped back from political activities

31 May 2020 9:22 PM

Pavan K.Varma | Prophets of doom’? We all ignored India’s poor

Court has finally intervened on behalf of the well-being of migrant workers

31 May 2020 9:07 PM

Structural and Computational Biologist Shekhar C Mande, who is the current Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). (Photo | Wikipedia - Swastik Phulera)

Must prepare for second wave, aiming for herd immunity too large a risk, CSIR head says

As India comes out of the lockdown, the scientist said only timely interventions could mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

31 May 2020 9:06 PM

Two days work stalls Khaali Peeli

The film’s heroine Ananya is not just working in a remake of a Vijay Deverakonda film but also acting opposite him

31 May 2020 8:25 PM

The 11-year-old boy and his family after his recovery poses with his doctor. (Photo | healthcareradius.in)

Virtual reality model built by IIT Madras helps Chennai doctors implant pump in 11-year-old boy’s heart

With the VR model, doctors could implant the pump virtually in various positions, to make sure that the globally rare procedure was possible

31 May 2020 8:15 PM

Guest workers gather at an assembling centre to get transferred to a railway station to board on a special train to Bihar after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Chennai. PTI Photo

TN extends lockdown till June 30, CM opens up public bus transport zone-wise

The AIADMK government has chosen to pursue a policy of caution and kept most of the general restrictions in operation until June 30

31 May 2020 8:14 PM

Vidya is powerful performer

London-based actor Adi Chugh, who has worked in films and theatres across his career, will soon be seen along with Vidya Balan

31 May 2020 7:54 PM

During the anti-CAA stir, the Yogi administration was seen by Muslims as rather suppressive and occasionally high-handed. PTI Photo

Waqyanawis | Coronavirus, the magic bullet against Hindu-Muslim discord in UP?

In Uttar Pradesh, the Muslim clergy is rubbing its eyes in disbelief at the way chief minister Yogi Adityanath has started behaving

31 May 2020 7:12 PM

Google said, "We have seen new activity from 'hack-for-hire' firms, many based in India, that have been creating Gmail accounts spoofing the WHO". "The accounts have largely targeted business leaders in financial services, consulting, and healthcare corporations within numerous countries including the US, Slovenia, Canada, India, Bahrain, Cyprus, and the UK," Google said in a recent blogpost.

Google detects coronavirus-themed phishing attacks by firms in India posing as WHO, banks

The sites typically feature fake login pages that prompt potential victims to give up their Google account credentials and phone numbers

31 May 2020 7:11 PM

Priyanka slammed for ‘selective activism’

Why talk only about the US? What about events in India? ask netizens

31 May 2020 6:57 PM

Kangana turns interior designer

The actress has been helping sister Rangoli decorate her home

31 May 2020 6:54 PM

People of India are used to coping with natural disasters. But if they are made to endure a suffering which was avoidable — what then? PTI Photo

Bela Bhatia | Comfy India would do well to brace for Aakrosh, 2020

Will the simmering anger lead to aakrosh — a violence born from a virus of indifference?

31 May 2020 6:51 PM

SK Telecom's AI speaker Nugu built with an artificial intelligence called "Aria" and a lamp that turns blue when processing voice commands for news, music and internet searches, is seen in Seoul, South Korea, on May 13, 2020. The devices can also use quizzes to monitor the memory and cognitive functions of their elderly users, which would be potentially useful for advising treatments. (Photo | AP)

No human contact during COVID-19, lonely elders in South Korea watched by AI

Social workers, who have smartphone apps, make calls or visits when users don’t use their devices for more than 24 hours.

31 May 2020 6:32 PM

In this photograph taken on May 24, 2020, ambulance staff from HelpNow put on protective gear before starting a transport journey in Mumbai. As coronavirus hotspot Mumbai grapples with crippling healthcare shortages, an ambulance service founded by three students is trying to fill the gap in India's worst-hit city. But many patients are too poor to pay for the life-saving trip. (Photo | AFP)

Ambulance startup run by three youngsters helps overcrowded Mumbai's COVID response

Helpnow received 4,000 calls last week but can afford to do only 10 trips free, and is seeking donations to fund more complimentary services

31 May 2020 5:02 PM

Army rejects purported video of eastern Ladakh face-off. (PTI Photo)

Indian Army rejects viral video showing Indian, Chinese soldiers face-off in Ladakh

The undated video purportedly shows clashes between Indian and Chinese troops in the Pangong Tso area in eastern Ladakh

31 May 2020 5:00 PM

If SpaceX starts taking up all US astronauts, “the annual losses could be more than $200 million, a significant loss for Roscosmos’s budget of around $2 billion,” said Andrei Ionin, an expert at the Tsiolkovsky Space Academy in Moscow. In this photo, a SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken in the Crew Dragon spacecraft, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Saturday, May 30, 2020. For the first time in nearly a decade, astronauts blasted towards orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil, a first for a private company. (Photo | AP)

SpaceX success is bad news for Russia which was the sole transporter of astronauts since 2011

NASA gave up its shuttle programme in 2011 and since then has paid USD 80 million for each astronaut taken to the ISS on the Russian Soyuz.

31 May 2020 4:21 PM

Fourth phase of lockdown accounts for nearly half of total COVID cases in India. (PTI Photo)

Nearly 50% of total covid cases in India recorded during lockdown 4

Lockdown 4.0, which will end on May 31 midnight, has accounted for 47.20 percent of the total coronavirus cases

31 May 2020 4:21 PM

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. (PTI Photo)

China border row: India won't let its pride be hurt, says Rajnath Singh

Hundreds of Indian and Chinese troops are involved in the latest face-off concentrated in India's Ladakh region

31 May 2020 3:54 PM

Nepalese students shout slogans during a protest against the Indian government inaugurating a new road through a disputed territory between India and Nepal, in Kathmandu, Nepal.(AP)

Nepal tables new bill to alter its map amidst border row with India

Nepal recently released the revised map of the country laying claim over the strategically key areas of Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura

31 May 2020 3:43 PM

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