In focus, 5th May 2020, News & Stories from India

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05 May 2020

In focus, 05 May 2020

Six-year-old Muneefa Nazir, a Kashmiri girl whose right eye was hit by a marble ball shot allegedly by Indian paramilitary soldiers on August 12, 2019. This image was part of a series of photographs by Associated Press photographers which won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography. (AP/Mukhtar Khan)

3 J&K photojournalists win Pulitzer Prize for photography

Mukhtar Khan, Dar Yasin and Channi Anand cited for excellence in news photography under trying circumstances

05 May 2020 10:52 PM

Stay Unique in Marketing Strategies and deliver best results believes Marshal Ramdev

He considers himself to be the lifelong learner as he never hesitates to learn the new things and grasp it with more curiosity

05 May 2020 8:43 PM

People wear face masks as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus as they use a phone app to scan a code required to prove their health and travel status before being allowed to enter a shopping mall in Beijing. The debate on privacy protection while using such apps is especially urgent in Europe, where academics and civil liberties activists are pushing for solutions that protect personal data. Eastern nations are less likely to adhere to privacy protection norms followed in the West. (Photo | AFP)

Location tracking not allowed on apps using Google, Apple APIs but indie app Aarogya Setu does

Aarogya Setu, which runs on its own Application Program Interface or API, is not bound by international privacy protection norms

05 May 2020 8:32 PM

The Great Unwashed

A major portion of India’s migrant population is the underprivileged migrant labor who do distress migration in search of employment

05 May 2020 8:31 PM

An Indian Navy helicopter showers flower petals on medics to applaud them at INHS Asvini in Mumbai on Sunday (PTI)

India’s military: Standing up to or standing with the government

In support of these frontline Covid warriors, the warriors in uniform are expressing their gratitude

05 May 2020 8:05 PM

Samsung and LG are extending incentives like no-cost EMIs and cashbacks apart from promising home delivery of products through their network of retail sales network.

Samsung, LG offer gifts, no-cost EMIs on pre-booking electronics online to be delivered after lockdown

Both consumer goods giants have opened bookings on their websites and are offering gifts of up to Rs 10,000 on pre-bookings

05 May 2020 7:48 PM

To expect the Chinese to pay up for the loss of life and other losses on their own is to expect miracles to happen

Suing China: Wishful thinking or could it be a dream come true?

Many countries in the world feel that China deliberately lied and tried its best to coverup the whole issue

05 May 2020 7:45 PM

Pavan K Varma: Red, green & orange: A colour-coded muddle?

It is clear that in spite of the best efforts of the government, social distancing in this operation will be compromised

05 May 2020 7:42 PM

Atypical signs in Covid-19

Dr D. P. Bansal, consultant pulmonary and critical care medicine, discusses Covid-19 symptoms and how to prevent it from spreading

05 May 2020 7:17 PM

Migrant workers arrive to board a special Maharashtra-bound train to reach their homes, amid ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, at Rayanapadu Railway station near Vijayawada. PTI Photo

AA Edit: Sonia’s ‘offer’ stings Modi govt

The government, stung and taken aback by the Congress president’s offer to pay for the travel of “every needy worker and migrant labourer”

05 May 2020 7:11 PM

Over 1,200 workers from Jammu and Kashmir who had completed their 14-day quarantine period at various camps in Punjab's Pathankot district had gone on a hunger strike for three days, seeking to be sent to their home towns in the Union Territory. In this photograph, migrant labourers in Allahabad with their families rest at a temporary shelter after arriving from various districts while waiting to board specially arranged government buses to return to their homes on April 30, 2020. (Photo | AFP)

Shaheen Bagh, Jantar Mantar type protests impossible amid covid lockdown, protests go online, indoors

The new normal: Migrant workers and Kota students going on hunger strike to be sent home and online petitions circulated against fee hikes

05 May 2020 7:10 PM

A Border Security Force (BSF) official notes details of Pakistani nationals crossing the Indo-Pak border, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, near Attari in Amritsar district. PTI Photo

AA edit: Defining new normal in life after Covid-19

No human life is expendable, and the governments at the Centre and in the states will have to negotiate a tough path to save them all

05 May 2020 6:52 PM

Workers protest against the failure from their employers to provide adequate protections in the workplace of the Amazon delivery hub on National May Day Walkout/Sickout by workers at Amazon, Whole Foods, Innstacart and Shipt amid the Covid-19 pandemic on May 1, 2020, in Hawthorne, California. (Photo | AFP)

Executive at Amazon says he quit to protest firing of workers and toxic culture of the workplace

Among those fired was a New York warehouse worker who led a strike last month, pushing for more protections for workers against covid-19

05 May 2020 6:32 PM

Her debut film Teen Patti starring Amitabh Bachchan had not done well at the box office either, and her career graph took off in spite of that hurdle

‘I like playing varied characters’

Switching gears to her career, the Saaho actress says she likes to keep trying new things

05 May 2020 6:31 PM

Vets get pets online

With emerging cases of Covid-19 affecting pets, veterinarians have started incorporating telemedicine into their practise

05 May 2020 6:06 PM

The promos will air from May 9-22 on Sony TV, where the show is being telecast, and Bachchan will be seen asking a question every day for two weeks.

How Big B shot KBC promo himself

Amitab Bachchan shot a promo for the show all by himself, with remote direction from Nitesh Tiwari

05 May 2020 6:05 PM

Police use batons to control the crowd outside a wine shop in Vishwas Nagar of east Delhi, Tuesday, May 5, 2020. People are crowding outside liquor shops in New Delhi despite having to pay 70 per cent tax as ‘special coronavirus fees’ on the sale of liquor. (Photo | PTI)

Liquor delivery now at your doorstep in Chhattisgarh as web portal, app launched to avoid crowding

The government launched the portal and app after a large number of people queued up outside wine shops, flouting physical distancing norms

05 May 2020 5:47 PM

64 repatriation flights to be operated by Air India from May 7-13. (PTI Photo)

64 flights to bring stranded Indians from abroad, government reveals airfare

On arrival from abroad, all passengers will be screened and put under quarantine for a period of 14 days as a Covid-19 precautionary measure

05 May 2020 5:47 PM

Salman’s generous gesture

In a recent act of kindness, the Wanted actor along with Iulia Vantur, Jacqueline Fernandez, and others donated ration to those in need

05 May 2020 5:45 PM

Murali’s dream dinner date is...

Ellyse Perry, the Australian women’s cricket all-rounder!

05 May 2020 5:44 PM

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