Hi, NewsWrap for June 07, 2020

Covid-19, Kejriwal, Coronavirus in India, Russian oil spill, Spain, Gold Discounts

7 June 2020

  • India Overtakes Spain in Corona Cases, Becomes Fifth Largest in the World

    On Saturday with more than 10,000 fresh cases of COVID-19, India overtook Spain and became the fifth largest in the world. The death toll has reached 297 while the total cases in India has now reached 2,46,549. Talking about Spain, the country has reached a count of 2, 41,310. Till now, the countries that are ahead of India are the US (19,06,060 cases), Brazil (6,14,941), Russia (4,58,102) and the UK (2,86,294).

  • Russia Oil Spill: U.S. to help in cleaning huge Arctic Circle fuel spill 

    Amid the corona crisis across the globe, Russia is fighting with the ecological catastrophe due to the huge oil spill. As per reports, the spill — deemed the worst ecological catastrophe of the sort to ever hit the region — Colorado remote tundra waterways with bright red patches visible from space. According to recent update, the United States on Saturday offered to help Russia clean up a vast fuel spill that has fouled an Arctic river in northern Siberia. Russian officials are scrambling to clean up an oil spill in a region in northern Siberia, after an oil leak that began at the end of May was found to have released over 21,000 tons of diesel into the Arctic Ocean. 

     

  • High blood pressure Patients has the Highest Risk for Covid-19 Death; Says Study 

    One recent study has revealed a shocking report that patients with higher blood pressure face twice as high a risk of dying from the Covid-19 compared to patients without high blood pressure. The research was published in the European Heart Journal on Friday. As per reports, Researchers in China and Ireland analysed data from over 2,800 Covid-19 patients admitted between February 5 and March 15 to Wuhan’s Huo Shen Shan Hospital, which is exclusive to Covid patients. Of these patients, 29.5% (850) had a medical history of high blood pressure (hypertension).  

     

  • Kejriwal Orders Delhi Govt & Private Hospital to Treat only Patients from National Capital 

    Amid the rising covid-19 cases in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has directed all its private and government hospitals to treat only Delhi Resident patients. Concerning over the shortage of beds in the hospitals, Kejriwal said that the health facilities run by Delhi government should only be only be available to those who live in Delhi and patients from across the country should allowed to get treatment in hospitals run by the Centre. As per reports, Delhi has crossed the parameter of 26,000 on Saturday. 

  • Kolkata Restaurants to Reopen from June 8  

    Many restrictions have been being lifted in different parts of the country. In Kolkata, restaurants are also ready to function from tomorrow (June 8, 2020). For this, they have come up with different innovative measures for ensuring social distancing & smooth functioning after a crisis of over two-and-a-half months amid pandemic. 

  • Gold Discounts to Be the Highest in 2 months

    Gold discounts offered by dealers has risen to the highest in about two months. The discounts on gold in India rise up to $32 an ounce over official prices that include a 12.5% import duty and 3% GST. According to the sources, physical demand was weak even though jewellers reopened stores in some parts of the country this week while import of gold in May took a 99% hike in May from a year earlier.

  • BYJU’S Secures a Rank among World’s top 10 Most Downloaded Education Apps

    One of India’s fastest growing education apps, BYJU’S, has become the only Indian company to be ranked among the world’s top 10 most downloaded education apps on Google Play store during the lockdown. As per reports, BYJU’S is the only school-learning app that has been featured in this list. Since the government declared nationwide lockdown in India, BYJU’S has welcomed more than 6 million new students in the month of March and 7.5 million in the month of April.

  • You Must Know These Things about Google Messages 

    Google has always worked for the development of tools & software that help us in our everyday doings. From video calls to text messages to presentations to data storage to virtual assistance, there’s nothing that Google does not offer us. We all rely on Google suite and other Google-based products for almost everything. It helps us in creative, collaborative & communication needs. 

  • Hanuman Temple in CP to Reopen from June 8 

    Places of worship outside containment zones will be open from tomorrow (June 8, 2020) for devotees. Delhi’s famous Hanuman Temple in CP will also reopen tomorrow after more than 2 months. There are special arrangements which have been made at the temple so that people maintain social distancing and properly sanitize themselves before entering. 

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