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Trump Was Taken To Underground Bunker During White House Protests: Report

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As protesters gathered outside the White House on Friday night in Washington DC, US President Donald Trump was briefly taken to the White House underground bunker, The New York Times reported citing a... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Jharkhand Woman Migrant's Praise Of Special Train Gladdens Piyush Goyal

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A Jharkhand woman migrant worker's words of praise on facilities provided in Shramik special train has gladdened Railway minister Piyush Goyal. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Anti-Malarial Drug, PPEs Prevented COVID-19 Among Health Workers: Report

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Sustained intake of anti-malarial drug hyrdoxychloroquine (HCQ) along with appropriate use of personal protective equipment (PPE) led to a significant decline in the odds of healthcare workers getting... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

PM Lauds Nashik Farmer In "Mann Ki Baat" For Developing Sprinkle Machine

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For 62-year-old Rajendra Jadhav, a farmer based in Nashik district of Maharashtra, it was a pleasant surprise when Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a mention of his name and praised his innovation... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Nawaz Sharif's Leaked Photo Sparks Debate Over His Health In Pakistan

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A fresh picture of Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif having tea at a London cafe along with his family went viral on social media, sparking a debate on his health with the ruling Pakistan... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Truck Driver Arrested After Barreling Through Minneapolis Protest

By BY NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS AND KIMIKO DE FREYTAS-TAMURA from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2AnE65I

Christo’s Grand Projects

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By Unknown Author from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/3gF8NUt

Aggressive Police Tactics During Protests Are Under Scrutiny

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By BY SHAILA DEWAN AND MIKE BAKER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2MgdWED

Nearly 600 New Coronavirus Cases In US In Last 24 Hours: Report

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The United States recorded 598 coronavirus deaths on Sunday, bringing its total to 104,356 since the global pandemic began, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Himachal Pradesh Allows Religious Places To Open In Lockdown5 Guidelines

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The COVID-19 lockdown in Himachal Pradesh has been extended till June 30 with more relaxations such as opening of religious places, hotels and plying of inter-state buses services, according to a... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Live Updates: India Now 7th Worst-Hit Nation By COVID-19

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Coronavirus Live Updates: With over 1.88 lakh cases of coronavirus, India has reported more cases than France's marginally lower 1,88,752 and climbed to seventh from the ninth spot in the list of 10... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Amid Riots and a Pandemic, Church Attendance Resumes in ‘a Very Broken World’

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By BY SHAWN HUBLER AND RICK ROJAS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3djRpCI

Video Appears to Show a Tanker Truck Driving Into Minneapolis Protesters

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By BY THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2yQEOrH

‘We’re Sick and Tired’: Voices From Minneapolis Protests

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By BY KATIE G. NELSON, MIKE SHUM, SAMEEN AMIN, DMITRIY KHAVIN AND BARBARA MARCOLINI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2TTYlis

Symbol of N.Y.C. Unrest: A Burning Police Car

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By BY AZI PAYBARAH AND NIKITA STEWART from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3gGd9L9

Destructive Power of Despair

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By BY CHARLES M. BLOW from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3gzWNDX

What Trump and Toxic Cops Have in Common

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By BY JENNIFER SENIOR from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/36MQrfT

Migrant Dies On Train In UP, Co-Passengers Travel With Body To Bengal

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A 50-year-old migrant worker died on-board a Shramik Special train from Rajasthan to West Bengal, triggering panic among other passengers who travelled with the body for more than eight hours, police... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

43 Dead In Incidents Related To Rain, Thunderstorm In Uttar Pradesh

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Forty-three people have lost their lives in various incidents related to rain and thunderstorm in Uttar Pradesh on May 30, the state government said on Sunday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Special Trains To Run As Per Schedule From Today: Railways

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In a marathon meeting which ended hours before the Railways began operating 200 special passenger trains, the national transporter said its trains will run as per schedule with minor changes in... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

'You need to give full credit to railway personnel'

ailway minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday said the public transporter, which is set to re-introduce several train services from Monday, transported nearly twice the amount of foodgrain as the corresponding period last year during the lockdown besides ensuring there was no shortage of coal to fire power plants or even milk and medicines. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

'Took a principled stand on India, Islamophobia'

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It’s ‘Mission Begin Again’ for Maharashtra

Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Telangana on Sunday extended the lockdown till June 30 even as other states like Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh released a roadmap to restore normalcy after 68 days of shutdown to fight Covid-19 by announcing that malls and restaurants will open and buses and cabs will operate from June 8. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Trump says he is postponing G7 summit

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US protests over Minneapolis death rage on

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8pm saturday

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By Unknown Author from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2XfPJ7C

Over 900 New Coronavirus Deaths In US In Last 24 Hours: Report

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The United States recorded 960 coronavirus deaths on Saturday, bringing its total to 103,758 since the global pandemic began, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Gujarat Announces Lockdown Easing, Allows Bus Services To Resume

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The Gujarat government on Saturday night announced further relaxations in lockdown starting next Monday, following the Central government's latest guidelines. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Trump Says He Will Delay G7 Summit And Invite Other Countries

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US President Donald Trump said Saturday he will delay the G7 summit scheduled to take place in June and invite other countries to join the meeting. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Live Updates: Centre Extends Lockdown Till June 30 With More Relaxations

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Coronavirus Live Updates: Malls, hotels, restaurants and places of worship can open on June 8 except in areas with the most number of coronavirus cases, the government said today, extending the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

'Casteist slurs made on phone not an offence'

The Punjab and Haryana high court has made it clear that casteist remarks made over mobile phone against a member of the Scheduled Caste community does not constitute any offence under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Vaccine could be ready by 2020 end: China body

A Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine could be ready for market as early as the end of this year, China’s State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) said in a social media post. A vaccine could be ready for the market as early as the end of this year or early 2021, according to the May 29 post on Chinese social media platform WeChat. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

28% of Covid patients asymptomatic: ICMR Study

At least 28% of 40,184 people who tested positive for Covid-19 between January 22 and April 30 in India were asymptomatic, a study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) shows, underlining that a large proportion of those tested and found positive were family contacts who did not display symptoms. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Trump Hopes for His Own Booster Shot from SpaceX Rocket Launch

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By BY PETER BAKER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3gJZF1d

Photos From the Protests in 29 Cities Over Racism and Police Violence

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By BY WEIYI CAI, JULIETTE LOVE AND JUGAL K. PATEL from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3dkl3aW

Draw a Self-Portrait

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By BY CARSON ELLIS from NYT At Home https://ift.tt/36LkuVb

Here’s What You Need to Know About Breonna Taylor’s Death

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By BY RICHARD A. OPPEL JR. from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3eAuQdj

"Grave Tragedy": Trump On Black Man Who Died After Arrest

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US President Donald Trump on Saturday (local time) said that the death of African-American man George Floyd was a "grave tragedy", even as protests continue to rage across the United States. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

SpaceX Dragon Capsule Successfully Reaches Low Earth Orbit, Says Trump

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US President Donald Trump on Saturday (local time) said that the SpaceX Dragon Capsule has successfully reached low Earth orbit and the two NASA astronauts are safe and sound. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

5-Star Hotels As Paid Quarantine Facilities For Those Flying Into Srinagar

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The Srinagar administration has roped in five-star hotels The Lalit and Taj Vivanta overlooking the picturesque Dal Lake and other luxury lodges as paid quarantine facilities to ensure a relaxed and... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Swarm Of Locust Species Attack Crops In Tamil Nadu

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A swarm of locust species have attacked banana, rubber and other crops in parts of plantation dominated districts of Tamil Nadu, causing concern among farmers over the possible destruction of their... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Oli’s map plan gets Nepal oppn backing

With Nepal’s chief opposition party Nepali Congress endorsing Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli’s constitutional amendment, the move to "update" Nepal's map to include Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani in the national emblem is likely to go through with the required two-thirds majority, a development that will worsen the crisis in India-Nepal relations. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

BJP gears up for tech-driven political activity

Speaking at a media interaction, party chief J P Nadda made it clear that the ruling BJP plans to use new technology in a big way, in the time of social distancing, to campaign and reach out to people essentially on how the Modi government tackled the situation on the ground, arising out of the spread of the deadly virus, to provide health and economic security to save the lives people in the country. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Skymet announces arrival of monsoon over Kerala

The southwest monsoon has arrived in Kerala before its onset schedule, private agency Skymet Weather announced on Saturday, but India's official forecaster IMD said conditions are not yet ripe for the declaration. Skymet Weather said all conditions such as rainfall, Outwave Longwave Radiation value and wind speed have been met to declare the arrival of the monsoon. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Sharp GDP data revision triggers row

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Ailing passengers among 81 dead on spl trains

A total of 80 people died on board Shramik Special trains between May 9 and May 27, among them cancer patien​ts, those suffering from heart ailments, a few with paralysis and many who were too ill to travel. Data accessed by TOI showed that among those who lost their lives were a 63-year-old cancer patient, Indu Devi, who died on way from Mumbai to Bihar on May 12. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

friday 10 pm

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By Unknown Author from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2Mbczar

Confrontational

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By BY CAITLIN LOVINGER from NYT Crosswords & Games https://ift.tt/36KGpM4

Special Episode: The Latest From Minneapolis

By Unknown Author from NYT Podcasts https://ift.tt/3dgZRTn

America Is a Tinderbox

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By BY MICHELLE GOLDBERG from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2AjyYzu

Flynn Discussed Sanctions at Length With Russian Diplomat, Transcripts Show

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By BY JULIAN E. BARNES, ADAM GOLDMAN AND NICHOLAS FANDOS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3eA2AY2

How the Supreme Court Lets Cops Get Away With Murder

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By BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3cgI3qf

New York City, Battered by Outbreak, Finally Moves Toward Reopening

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By BY ALAN FEUER AND ANDY NEWMAN from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2zH8Q1q

US Reports 1,225 Coronavirus Deaths In Last 24 Hours: Report

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The United States recorded 1,225 coronavirus deaths on Friday, bringing its total to 102,798 since the global pandemic began, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

"Tremendous Suffering": In Letter To Nation, PM Modi Refers To Migrants

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a letter to the nation one year into his second term, said the nation took historic decisions and progressed rapidly in the last year but conceded that migrant... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Live Updates: Over 7,400 COVID-19 Cases In India In Last 24 Hours

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Coronavirus Live Updates: India reported 7,466 new novel coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed Friday morning. This is the first time that more than 7,000 COVID-19 cases... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

George Floyd Was Pinned Down for Nearly 3 Minutes After He Became Unresponsive, Prosecutors Say

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By BY SARAH MERVOSH from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2zBC0iK

China and the Rhineland Moment

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By BY BRET STEPHENS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3gE2vo7

Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today

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By BY LARA TAKENAGA AND JONATHAN WOLFE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3dkR0A0

A Continent Reopens

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By BY PATRICK KINGSLEY AND LAETITIA VANCON from NYT World https://ift.tt/3diaoNV

Ex-Officer Charged in Death of George Floyd in Minneapolis

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By BY NEIL MACFARQUHAR, TIM ARANGO AND MANNY FERNANDEZ from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2Am86Pv

George Floyd Worked With Officer Charged in His Death

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By BY MATT FURBER, AUDRA D. S. BURCH AND FRANCES ROBLES from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2XeUwGB

‘The Pain Is Too Intense’: Biden Challenges White Americans

By BY JONATHAN MARTIN AND KATIE GLUECK from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2XLfQSS