NEET and JEE, grew louder on Sunday with over 4,000 students observing a day-long hunger strike to press for the demand in view of rising COVID-19 cases.Politicians including Congress' Rahul Gandhi and Bhartiya Janata Party's Subramaniam Swamy are now joining the cause, urging the government to postpone the exams and listen to students' plea.Here is a lowdown on NEET, JEE 2020 controversy: On 17 August, the Supreme Court dismissed a plea seeking postponement of these exams, saying precious year of students "cannot be wasted" and life has to go on.The plea, filed by 11 students belonging to 11 states, had sought quashing of the July 3 notices issued by the National Testing Agency (NTA), by which it was decided to conduct the Joint Entrance.

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Pennsylvania judge suspended without pay, faces trial on ethics charges

HARRISBURG - A white judge in Pittsburgh accused of violating standards for judges by referring to a Black juror as “Aunt Jemima” and making other demeaning comments has been suspended without pay.The Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline imposed the suspension Wednesday on Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Mark Tranquilli and said his trial would start Oct. 5.

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Green Bay Packers, NFL teams cancel practice in response to Jacob Blake shooting

GREEN BAY, Wis. - The Green Bay Packers officially postponed practice on Thursday, Aug. 27 in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha. Blake, 29, was shot by police officers, apparently in the back, on Sunday as he leaned into his SUV, three of his children seated inside.

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Karnataka: Record 9,386 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hrs takes tally to 3,09,792

Metro services in the city will be restarted soon, as normalcy is being restored in public life step by step."Despite COVID-19 pandemic normalcy in public life is being restored step by step.

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WHO panel to review international health regulations in pandemic - Tedros

GENEVA : The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that his agency was setting up a review committee to evaluate the performance of its International Health Regulations (IHR) during the COVID-19 pandemic.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the announcement to Geneva diplomats hours ahead of a press conference. "The Committee will make technical recommendations on the functioning of the IHR as well as regarding possible amendments," he said, according to his remarks.He said the review committee's first meeting would be on Sept.

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FDA: Make sure you aren’t drinking hand sanitizer even if it’s in a beer can

With a global pandemic underway, companies have gotten creative to meet the demand for hand sanitizer but the Food and Drug Administration warns some of that creativity may be dangerous to consumers.The FDA issued a warning this week about alcohol-based hand sanitizers being packaged in containers that may look like food or drink items.

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'Glass falling everywhere': Video, images show damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura

LAKE CHARLES, La. - Images and video of devastation illustrate Hurricane Laura’s ferocity as the Category 4 storm made landfall Thursday in Louisiana near the Texas border.Laura pounded the Gulf Coast with heavy wind and torrential rain, unleashing a wall of seawater on cities in its path. Photos showed extensive damage to the city of Lake Charles, Louisiana, including shattered windows throughout the floors of a high-rise building.Capitol One Bank Tower is seen with its windows blown out in the downtown area after Hurricane Laura passed through on Aug.

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Greece could be added to Scots quarantine list after highest number of coronavirus cases recorded

coronavirus cases since the pandemic emerged earlier this year. Health officials in the country recorded 293 positive cases of Covid-19 yesterday amid a recent surge in infections.

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Scott Thompson: Will another $2 billion help the kids safely get back to school?

Coronavirus: Ontario outlines where additional federal funding will go for back-to-school plans That includes $79 million for student transportation including bus drivers, cleaning and fewer kids on the bus.Mental health and special education will receive another $12 million for extra staff.Remote learning will receive an extra $36 million.

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Jennifer Lawrence Wearing a Summer Dress, Mask, and Toting a Bottle of Wine Is a Whole COVID-19 Mood

Jennifer Lawrence, who married Cooke Maroney last October, has spent most of the pandemic out of the public eye. She reemerged in New York City on Monday, where she was photographed with Maroney on a walk.

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How Kate Middleton's Relationship With the Queen Changed During COVID-19

Kate Middleton has had a relatively quiet month; her last event was on August 6. But Us Weekly ran a new report today about how behind the scenes, the Duchess of Cambridge's relationship with Queen Elizabeth II has really changed amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Coronavirus Scotland: Confirmed cases break through the 20,000 barrier

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterScotland has recorded 68 new confirmed cases of coronavirus - with two of them in Ayrshire.Latest figures from the Scottish Government show the pandemic total for the nation is 20,056.Ayrshire's total now stands at 1,310.There are no new reported deaths of people who have tested positive for the disease.The symptoms of coronavirus are:But these symptoms do not necessarily mean you have the illness.The symptoms are similar to other illnesses that are much more common, such as cold and flu.always wash your hands when you get home or into workuse hand sanitiser gel if soap and water are not availablecover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your

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Alberta to outline deficit ‘well north of $20B’ in financial update

Jason Kenney has been warning that the deficit in the first quarter of the fiscal year will be “well north of $20 billion” and won’t be improving any time soon. Thursday’s fiscal update will unveil ‘biggest deficit in the history of Alberta’: Kenney He says the province has suffered a “double whammy” – a total collapse of energy prices that has “clobbered” the oil and gas industry and a global recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.“Our debt will go up very significantly and in the future we will, as a province, have to deal with that,” Kenney said earlier this week.“There is a great fiscal reckoning on the horizon.

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Thousands of Quebec students head back to school amid coronavirus worries

coronavirus health crisis continues.This includes students in the hard-hit Greater Montreal area, where schools were closed for months to contain the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.Under the plan, masks are mandatory in common spaces for staff and students in grades 5 and up. They do not have to wear masks in the classroom, however.Classes will also act as a bubble for students and physical distancing between them is not required within that room.

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A pandemic-tailored guide to the Toronto International Film Festival 2020

Toronto International Film Festival, the red carpet will remain rolled up; there won’t be any long rush lines at theatres; and any star-seekers hanging around hotels will surely be disappointed.The annual festival has, however, been reimagined to suit the COVID-19 pandemic, with a mix of in-person and online experiences.Attendees can still watch films and star chats at outdoor screenings, online across Canada, and in smaller showings at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.So get cozy on the couch, and fire up the car or mouse — here’s a guide to navigating TIFF’s watershed 45th edition. TIFF announces venue, pricing details in response to coronavirus pandemic The festival runs Sept.

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This drive-thru safari just might be the best way to remedy pandemic boredom

drive-thru safari for families and groups looking to get up close and personal with some of the globe’s most iconic animals.This is not your average safari where you board a truck and ride alongside other families. At Wild Florida, you become the safari guide as you drive your car alongside animals you only saw in a book or on Nat Geo.No glass walls, minimal fencing, just you and the animals that call the safari home.

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Does a face mask protect me, or just the people around me from coronavirus?

series. Submit them at: [email protected] Viral Questions:Can mosquitoes spread the coronavirus?Is it safe to drink from a fountain during the pandemic?Can you get the coronavirus from secondhand smoke?

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My pandemic pregnancy: From infertility to cancer to IVF to a 20-week scare: ‘It happened exactly how it was supposed to'

Author’s note: This is not MY personal story, per se, (despite the “my pandemic pregnancy” headline), but a story told by our readers, week by week. Today’s is shared by Hillary, from The Woodlands, Texas.You might have heard that being pregnant, trying to get pregnant, or delivering right about now is strange, in this age of coronavirus.

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Kate Winslet role in Contagion prepared her for coronavirus pandemic

Kate Winslet’s role as an epidemiologist in 2011 drama Contagion prepared her for the horrors of the coronavirus pandemic.The actress reveals being part of Steven Soderbergh’s star-studded movie, about a deadly disease that spreads from China to the U.S. and kills millions, made her hyper-aware of the necessary safety measures early on.“People thought I was crazy because I had been walking around wearing a mask for weeks, going into the grocery store and wiping everything down with isopropyl alcohol and wearing gloves,” she tells The Hollywood Reporter.

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No need for alarm on COVID-19 reinfection, need more data for reliable inference

NEW DELHI : The first documented instance of coronavirus reinfection came from Hong Kong this week followed quickly by Belgium and the Netherlands reporting one case each, but there is no reason for alarm yet, say scientists, calming fears that a surge might be inevitable.As concerns mount that herd immunity may not be enough to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists in India and elsewhere said more studies are needed for a reliable inference.Wide conclusions cannot be drawn about reinfection from individual cases, noted Belgian virologist Marc Van Ranst told PTI on the three cases reported this week. "Since we do not yet know how frequent reinfections are, it is difficult to say what these findings mean for the success of a vaccination

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Coronavirus pandemic hits fast dwindling tribe in India's Andaman Islands

KOLKATA : Four members of a dwindling tribe in India's far off Andaman Islands have tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Thursday as the country reported 75,760 new infections, the highest-single-day rise.The Great Andamanese are one of the six tribes of Mongoloid and African origin, who have lived in the Andamans in the Bay of Bengal for thousands of years.Only about 50 members survive, after thousands were killed by British colonisers in the 19th century or died later due to diseases.

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How Man City and Puma worked through the pandemic to break club records

straight to your inbox Last year Puma and Manchester City launched a new kit on a helipad against the backdrop of the Shanghai skyline. Roll on 12 months and even plans for an event three miles from the Etihad were kiboshed by a local lockdown announced hours before it was due to take place.

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Nicola Sturgeon announces 68 new coronavirus cases in Scotland as no deaths recorded

coronavirus in Scotland in the last 24 hours, Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed. No deaths were recorded in the same period.Since the outbreak 2,494 people have died of confirmed Covid-19.The new figures mean the total number of positive Covid-19 cases in the country since the outbreak of the global pandemic stands at 20,056.The figures were announced by the First Minister on Thursday from St Andrew's House in Edinburgh.It comes after the the first deaths since July 16 were announced on Wednesday, August 26.257 people are currently being treated in hospital with two in intensive care.

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President Trump's big night: Expect talk of GOP progress, Dem anarchy

First Lady Melania Trump and US President Donald Trump listen to the US National Anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner," during the third night of the Republican National Convention at Fort McHenry National Monument in Baltimore, Maryland, August 26, 202 WASHINGTON (AP) - Four years ago, Donald Trump accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for president with a dark convention speech that painted a dystopian portrait of America in decline and offered a singular solution: himself.Though Trump has been president for three-and-a-half years, his rhetoric on the state of the nation has remained bleak.

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UP minister Siddharth Nath Singh tests positive for COVID-19

UTTAR PRADESH : Senior Uttar Pradesh minister Siddharth Nath Singh said on Thursday that he has tested positive for COVID-19. The 56-year-old cabinet minister has quarantined himself at his home on medical advice. "After preliminary symptoms of coronavirus, I got myself tested and the report was positive. I am alright but on doctor's advice I have isolated myself in home quarantine," he said in a tweet in Hindi. "I request those who came in contact with me over the last few days to get themselves tested," the minister said.

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Can mosquitoes spread the coronavirus?

says a mosquito bite won’t give you the virus. But why not, if mosquitoes can transmit other diseases? A recent study offers an explanation. Researchers say the virus would have to infect the mosquito and multiply inside of it in order for the mosquito to pass it on to people. That failed to happen when researchers injected three species of mosquitoes with the virus.___The AP is answering your questions about the coronavirus in this series. Submit them at: [email protected] Viral Questions: Has the coronavirus mutated in any significant way?

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Lakers, Clippers vote to boycott remaining NBA season amid protests, other NBA teams did not

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers voted to boycott the remaining few games of the NBA season Wednesday night, in their strongest statement yet against racial injustice following the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.According to ESPN, the vote was described more as a poll than a binding action. NBA teams and players met in Orlando to discuss whether to continue with the season at all.

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Minnesota National Guard deployed, curfew set in Minneapolis following downtown looting

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Governor Tim Walz has deployed the Minnesota National Guard, including a military police unit, following Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's request in response to the looting of businesses in downtown Minneapolis Wednesday night.In addition to requesting the Minnesota National Guard, Frey also an immediate curfew, which is in effect until 6 a.m. Thursday.Minnesota Governor Walz deploys Minnesota National Guard in response to looting of businesses in downtown Minneapolis.The looting broke out after a homicide suspect died by suicide on the Nicollet Mall. Following his death, rumors spread that the man was shot by police.

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What Winnipeggers need to know for back-to-school tech amid coronavirus

COVID-19 still threatening to send kids back home sometime through the school year, having the right technology to keep them connected may be as important as pencils and notebooks this year.But knowing what to buy — whether it’s a new laptop, tablet or Chromebook — depends on what school division kids are returning to Sept. 8.

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Parents' and Students' Thoughts on Support Needed This Fall

millions of students across the nation are going back to school virtually, including those in the vast majority of the nation's largest school districts. While the pandemic means decisions are changing rapidly, less than half of all schools in the U.S.

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GPs warn covid panic patients: "Don't abuse our staff"

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happens The text is understood to be in response to reception staff working under increased pressure facing an influx of verbal abuse from patients phoning the surgery throughout the coronavirus pandemic.GP surgeries across Renfrewshire are treating more patients remotely to reduce the risks of spreading Covid-19.There has been an increase in cases reported of the virus as businesses and schools continue to reopen this month.Currently, more than 200 people have died of coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic in March,The GP practice is operating on phone appointments and patients are advised to attend if told to by a member of staff.Surgery bosses urged patients to be understanding of the

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Artsy Edinburgh, laid low by the virus, hopes for recovery

EDINBURGH – Francesca Moody is spending August the way she always does: in darkened rooms in Edinburgh, watching some of the best new theater and comedy the world has to offer.All that’s missing are the hundreds of thousands of other people who usually do the same in Scotland's capital.“It’s strange to be in a city that you’re so used to being saturated with culture and arts and people,” Moody, a theater producer, said backstage at the city’s shuttered Traverse Theatre.Usually the venue is a hub for performances at the Edinburgh Fringe, the vast performance festival that helps turn the city into a global creative hub every summer — drawing crowds, generating buzz and filling the coffers of hoteliers, pub-owners, shopkeepers and tour guides.

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Covid-19: Does a face mask protect me, or just the people around me?

face masks can block most of those particles from spreading.While some droplets may still spread out, wearing a mask could reduce the amount, providing a benefit to others. Research shows people don’t get as sick when exposed to smaller amounts of virus, said Dr.

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Josh Hartnett to Star in Action-Thriller That's Shooting During the Pandemic

Josh Hartnett is working on a new action-thriller flock.

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MSP calls for plan to tackle backlog of driving tests in East Kilbride due to pandemic

East Kilbride due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Ganesh fights covid-19, environmental damage and for freedom in these avatars

mandal from Nagpur. In 2014, Asrani and his team decided to reinvent their community Ganeshotsav celebrations by using a different idol designs every year.

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Labour panel to examine Ayushman Bharat impact, use of Aarogya Setu in pandemic

labour as members of the health ministry are expected to participate in the discussion.The standing committee on labour is scrutinising the impact of different programmes of the Centre during the pandemic and nationwide lockdown particularly on inter-state migrant, unorganized and informal sector workers. The committee held its last meeting on this issue on 31 August before when it was scheduled to submit a report to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla ahead of the start of the monsoon session of Parliament, expected to begin in the second week of September.“We are planning to understand how Ayushman Bharat programme has helped people during this health crisis and its impact on the people.

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Blazers say Lillard leaving bubble for tests on injured knee

uncertainty over the remainder of the NBA season played a role in Lillard's decision. All three NBA games scheduled for Wednesday — including Game 5 between the Lakers and Blazers, which Lillard would not have played in and Portland would have had to win to extend its season — were postponed as part of a player protest against racial injustice.Players made the extraordinary decisions to protest the shooting by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday of Jacob Blake, a Black man, apparently in the back while three of his children looked on.Even if the playoffs resume and the Blazers were to extend their series, Lillard would have to miss several days anyway simply for leaving the bubble.

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Kate Winslet says 'Contagion' role helped her prepare her for the coronavirus pandemic

While many people around the world were not prepared for the coronavirus pandemic, actress Kate Winslet was. The Oscar winner, 44, recently spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about the pandemic, revealing that after starring in 2011's "Contagion," she was ready for the outbreak long before everyone else.

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RNC Day 3: Pence, in convention speech, pledges he and Trump will 'make America great again, again'

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Coronavirus: Frustrations grow over long delays with ICBC driver tests

Okanagan are having troubles with booking their driving tests.Patrick Turner is a 19-year-old tire technician in Penticton but he’s missing one important thing that auto trade workers need — his driving licence.“I had my road test booked, they never sent me an email canceling it, but I couldn’t go because they shut down all the appointments,” said Patrick Turner.“My L flipped over and expired, I couldn’t book another one.” Frustrated would-be drivers struggle to book ICBC road tests, face months-long backlog The young Penticton auto shop worker had his “new” drivers test booked but was cancelled due to the pandemic, and because ICBC was not rebooking tests, his learner’s licence expired.Turner will now have to wait until Sept.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest August 26, 2020

Department of Health: COVID-19 Activity Appears to be Stabilizing on O‘ahuWhile there are indications that infections in Honolulu are beginning to stabilize and even decrease slightly, health officials are expressing concerns about growing activity on Maui and Hawai‘i Island. Hawai‘i Island has 23 new cases today for a cumulative total of 243 since the start of the pandemic.

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Vice President Pence preserves own presidential prospects

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence shuttled through the Capitol's empty, drafty hallways one blustery winter day in search of a breakthrough.It was January 2019, and the government had been partly shut down for weeks in a standoff between his boss, President Donald Trump, and Democrats who refused to fund his border wall.

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RNC night 3 takeaways: Republicans push American exceptionalism amid national crises

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Republicans proceeded with the third night of their national convention, but many Americans — particularly those in the path of Hurricane Laura — were focused on more immediate concerns.

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5 Major League Soccer games postponed amid professional sports protest against racial injustice

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA - AUGUST 26: Erick Torres #31 of Atlanta United talks with Rodolfo Pizarro #10 of Inter Miami CF after the game was postponed at Inter Miami CF Stadium on August 26, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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Dodgers, Giants game postponed in wake of police shooting of Jacob Blake

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 25: Mookie Betts #50 of the Los Angeles Dodgers bats against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park on August 25, 2020 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES - The Major League Baseball game scheduled for Wednesday night between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants was postponed in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.It was the third MLB game to be postponed Wednesday in the wake of Blake's shooting, which has prompted protests and marches across the nation. The game between the Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds was the first in the majors to be postponed.

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