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Two docs test positive, sent into quarantine

After the report of the infection of the killer coronavirus among some government doctors including the superintendent of the Howrah District Hospital (HDH) a couple of days ago two more physicians were found positive for the disease today.

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Harder times

They could be hit hard in a short time. Going by people slaving away on that very, very low rung, nurturing young ones with honest as well as high ambitions, the immediate indicators of hard times ahead are unmistakable.

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Planet’s poor

For the world’s hapless, the “coronavirus invader”, so-called, appears to be as unstoppable as it is lethal.

Howrah, lockdown, ICMR, Bengal, Kolkata, West Bengal

Four hotspots in Howrah district sealed off

The administration went whole hog, warning people to stay indoors and not step out unless there is absolute necessity for buying essential items and medicines.

Burdwan, Bengal, Kolkata, West Bengal

Mentally disabled woman raped in Burdwan, youth arrested

Thirty two year-old Budhan Dalui, the accused, according to the police, had picked up the 51-year-old woman from their locality and taken her inside the Anganwadi centre beside the Khana Junction on the Howrah–Asansol Railway route in the morning today.

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Serious challenger to Trump

Things were going well for him as the US economy was doing well, a US-China trade deal was in the making and his white supremacist voters were intact.