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One of the 106 men accused in the Palghar mob lynching case tested positive for coronavirus late on Friday. The district administration said the man was asymptomatic but was hospitalised and kept in isolation on Saturday morning. On the night of April 16, a mob of close to 400 men gathered outside Gadchinchle village on the border of Dahanu taluka and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Fuelled by rumours of gangs of thieves and organ harvesters roaming the area at night, the mob stopped a van and fatally assaulted its occupants, two sadhus and the driver. Police on April 17 detained 110 suspects, including…

14 naval ships and about 30 Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft are getting ready to bring back the Indians stranded abroad. The Navy is going to evacuate Indians from gulf countries, while IAF might fly back the people from other nations. The Navy is going to accommodate nearly 3,000 in its ships. “The three big ships that have been chosen have a larger capacity and can accommodate over 1,500 people. If the need arises, more ships out of the 14 on standby can be used,” said an official. On Friday, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria and Navy chief…

Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds have named their baby boy Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson. The names are a tribute to their grandfathers and two doctors who treated Mr. Johnson while he was in the hospital with coronavirus, Ms. Symonds wrote in an Instagram post. She posted a picture of herself with the baby, who was born on Wednesday. She thanked the staff at University College London Hospital, adding: “I couldn’t be happier. My heart is full.” The birth came just weeks after Mr. Johnson was discharged from intensive care at another London hospital following treatment for coronavirus. Ms. Symonds…

Bahrain’s governorates and police departments have teamed up with a large number of volunteers to present 16,000 Ramadan fast-breaking meals across the Kingdom. The initiative deepens the principle of societal partnership promoted by the Ministry of Interior and comes in cooperation and coordination with the national campaign “Feena Khair launched by His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Representative of His Majesty the King for Humanitarian Affairs and Youth Affairs, National Security Adviser and Chairman of the Royal Humanitarian Foundation. The initiative also seeks to enhance the culture of generous sharing and dedicated volunteerism among the Bahrain society and…

Shura Council Chairman, Ali bin Saleh Al-Saleh, has sent a cable of condolences to Speaker of the Egyptian House of Representatives, Ali Abdel Aal Sayyed Ahmed, over the victims of the terror attack that targeted an armored vehicle in Bir Al-Abd town, North Sinai, leaving a number of officers and soldiers martyred or wounded. Al-Saleh expressed the Shura council’s condemnation of the criminal act that goes against all divine laws and human and moral values. He also reiterated the Shura Council’s solidarity with brotherly Egypt in denouncing and combating terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, and backing of all…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has appeared in public for the first time in weeks, state news agency KCNA reported on Saturday, amid speculation that he may be sick or even dead. North Korean media ran photographs showing the leader apparently attending a ceremony marking the completion of a fertilizer plant in Sunchon, some 50 kilometres north of the capital Pyongyang, Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA) reported. According to the agency, Kim was welcomed by “thunderous cheers” by participants in the ceremony, which was held on Friday. There was no independent confirmation of the reports from North Korea. Ever since…

The Premier League’s 20 clubs outlined at a meeting on Friday their determination to complete the season amid the coronavirus pandemic. Although no decisions were taken on the next steps, the participants are understood to have been pleased with the progress made. A lengthy meeting included plenty of discussion about logistics, including how to lock down grounds and create safe environments, the possibility of playing matches at neutral venues, and protocols around testing, including the regularity with which those should be done. The clubs are encouraged by the government’s stance in wanting the season to resume if it is safe…

The Bahrain Ministry of Health has announced 53 new recoveries from COVID-19 and registered 129 new active cases of which 104 are expatriate workers and 25 are contacts of active cases. Bahrain tested a total of 134,082 until now. There are 1,608 active cases. These include 1,607 stable cases and 1 critical case. 1,553 people have been discharged. Only 8 deaths have been reported until now. This takes the total cases in Bahrain to 3,169. Read the New Guidelines in Bahrain – Click Here Bahrain has announced the death of a 36-year-old expatriate male on 23rd April, a registered active…

The Indian home ministry has announced the extension of the nationwide lockdown for two more weeks. MHA also issued guidelines to regulate different activities in this period. India will now be under lockdown till May 17. The government claims the lockdown significantly helped contain the virus outbreak, while the experts remain worried about India’s rising case count. The country has over 33,000 positive Covid-19 cases and more than 1,100 deaths. However, experts are also concerned about the economic pain caused by the lockdown, which has affected millions. Besides relaxed lockdown rules for green zones, there are talks of a massive…

Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban said Friday that small businesses should apply to multiple banks in order to boost their chances of receiving a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program. “If you’re a small business and you happen to bank at a big bank, it’s OK to go find a small community bank and apply there as well,” he said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “There’s no rules against having multiple applications. You just can’t take multiple loans.” The always-outspoken “Shark Tank” investor has been particularly vocal during the coronavirus crisis, arguing that workers must be a priority in government relief efforts. He’s also been critical of the roll-out of the Paycheck Protection…