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Strict and Wise, West Bengal, lockdown, Greater Kolkata

Kolkata, Howrah in red zone, police told to enforce lockdown strictly

Miss Banerjee said that north and central Kolkata and many wards of Howrah are “very sensitive”. Issuing directives for these places, Miss Banerjee said that a maximum of five persons can wait in front of a shop and sanitisers and masks are mandatory in markets.

Chemical Warfare, coronavirus, Syria, Arab Spring

Chemical Warfare

This week’s startling revelation by the intergovernmental Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is a damning indictment of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

A famous victory, Donald Trump, coronavirus, Moon Jae-in

A famous victory

Historians will record what has been called an “epidemic-era election” as one that yielded a famous victory. Historic indeed has been the election per se as much as the result. The turnout was 66.2 per cent, higher than any parliamentary election in South Korea since 1992.

Facebook, Alipurduar, Covid-19, West Bengal, Kolkata, Bengal

A’duar woman held for Facebook corona post

“She was a health supervisor in the Kumargrame block in Alipurduar district earlier,” sources said. It is learnt that one Subrata Biswas made a post on Facebook and claimed that 18 persons were infected with Covid-19 in Alipurduar district and that one of them had died.

Drones, Siliguri lockdown, Siliguri Metropolitan Police, Siliguri, Covid-19

Eight police stations to use one drone to check crowds

“The government has made the use of masks mandatory for everyone at public places, but very few people are presently using the masks, even in municipality areas,” sources said. The district police has been claiming all along that a campaign is going on to make the people aware of the lockdown.

Kim's reshuffle, South Korea, Kim Jong-un, Kim Yo-jong

Kim’s reshuffle

We do not know if the hermit kingdom is also battling the virus; it is much too closeted to share its data on public health. Yet we do know that however isolated, the omnipotent President Kim has reinstated his powerful younger sister to a key decision-making entity.

A heartless order, Tamil Nadu, Edappadi Palaniswami, Madras High Court

CM Relief Fund

This has resulted in companies favouring the Prime Minister’s relief fund at the cost of Chief Ministers’ relief funds.

WB's marginal tea planters hit by land use conversion clearance delays

Call for safety measures in tea gardens

The plucking resumed following permission from the state government to use 25 percent workforce, based on an order issued by the Union Home ministry for using 50 percent workforce.