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Every year during Bakri Eid, Jameela Pathan and her husband travel from Mumbai to their village in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, to slaughter a sacrificial goat and celebrate with their families. This year, the coronavirus pandemic compelled them to cancel not just their travel plans, but also their plans to make the ritual Eid sacrifice. “There is no money this year, because we have been out of work since the lockdown began,” said Pathan, who works as a tailor in her cramped home in Shivaji Nagar, one of Mumbai’s largest slums. Her husband is an event photographer. The couple has been living on their savings ever since the nationwide lockdown to contain the Covid-19 pandemic came into force on March 24. Even if they had the money to buy a goat for Bakri Eid on July 31, Pathan is not sure if they would be able to bring it home for slaughter this year. The reason, she says, is the Maharashtra government’s Standard Operating Procedures for the festival, released two weeks ago. The guidel...

China on Tuesday said its troops had “disengaged in most localities” along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh, reported The Times of India . The Foreign Ministry spokesperson added that tension around Pangong Lake was yet to be resolved and was likely to be discussed during the fifth round of Corps Commander-level talks later this week. China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said “the situation on the ground is de-escalating and the temperature is coming down” when asked about the tensions with India, reported The Hindu . “Recently China and India have held frequent communication via diplomatic and military channels, with four rounds of commander-level talks and three meetings under the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on China-India Border Affairs,” Wang said. “Currently the two sides are actively preparing for the fifth round of commander-level talks to resolve outstanding issues on the ground. We hope the Indian side will work towards the same go...

The University of Lucknow has released the admit card for the Uttar Pradesh JEE B.Ed. Entrance Test on its official website. All the students who have applied to appear for the entrance exam can check the result on the official website , lkouniv.ac.in. The JEE exam for the B.Ed. admissions in the state is scheduled to be conducted on August 9. A total number of 4.31 lakh candidates have applied to appear for the exam and the exam will be conducted in 73 districts spread across the state. Here is the direct link to download the UP B.Ed, JEE admit card. The exam is conducted for admissions to various B.Ed courses offered by various universities and colleges in the state. State Coordinator Prof. Amita Bajpai has assured in a video message that all COVID-19 related precautions will be taken in the exam centre for the safety and well-being of the students. She also assured that all invigilators and candidates will be allowed to travel to their exam centres without any restrictions impo...

Former world champion Viswanathan Anand crashed to his seventh defeat in the $150,000 Legends of Chess online tournament, going down 0.5-2.5 to world No 3 Ding Liren in the eighth round. Going into the match against the Chinese after ending his six-match losing streak, Anand surrendered the first game in just 22 moves late on Tuesday. The duo settled for a 47-move draw in the second before Liren sealed victory in the third game with black pieces in 41 moves. Anand is last on the table with six points with Liren and Peter Leko. The 50-year old Indian takes on Vasyl Ivanchuk in the ninth and final round. World No 1 Magnus Carlsen overcame the challenge of Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi after the four-game contest ended at 2-all. The Armageddon (a tie-break) also ended in a stalemate but the Norwegian won and picked up three points because he played black. Carlsen maintains his position at the top of the table with 22 points followed by Nepomniatchi (19) and Anish Giri (15). Carlsen has...

Board of Secondary Education, Odisha, will declare the 10th board examination result for 2020 today, July 29. The exact time of the result has not been revealed yet but is expected to be declared in afternoon hours. All the students who had appeared for the exam can check the result on the official websites, orissaresults.nic.in and bseodisha.nic.in , once it is declared. Hindustan Times had reported yesterday that the result will be coming out today. The report also said that the announcement was made by the School and mass education minister Samir Dash. The report added that around 5.6 lakh students had appeared for the 10th exam in the state this year. The result has been delayed due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdown. The exams were conducted in the months of February and March. In 2019, the Board had declared the 10th exam result on May 20. The pass percentage for the year 2019 stood at 70.78% which was a drop of over 5 percentage ...

West Indies captain Jason Holder hopes England will tour the Caribbean before the end of the year in response to his side braving the coronavirus pandemic by coming to Britain. The West Indies left their relatively unaffected region to travel to the UK – the European country worst-hit by the Covid-19 outbreak – and relaunch international cricket after lockdown with a Test campaign against England. But they did so while accepting a 50% pay cut from Cricket West Indies, with Holder’s men losing the series 2-1 following a crushing 269-run defeat in the third Test at Old Trafford concluded Tuesday. Teams such as the West Indies and Pakistan, who begin a three-Test series against England at Old Trafford next week, have long been among cricket’s financially poorest nations, with the likes of England, Australia and India the wealthiest. But while England captain Joe Root led the tributes to the West Indies, who spent some two months holed up in onsite hotels at the Ageas Bowl and Old Tra...

United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday once again endorsed the use of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of the coronavirus, AP reported. Trump also claimed that the drug was rejected as a treatment only because he had supported it. In a White House briefing, Trump defended his decision to promote a viral video of a group of doctors encouraging the use of the drug on Monday. The US Food and Drug Administration has withdrawn its emergency use approval for the drug, and the World Health Organization has stopped its trials citing ineffectiveness. “I think they’re very respected doctors,” Trump said, adding that they believed in the drug. “There was a woman who was spectacular in her statements about it.” The doctors were part of a group known as America’s Frontline Doctors, taking part in an event organised by fundraiser group Tea Party Patriots Action. Trump and his son Donald Trump Jr posted videos of the event on Facebook and Twitter, but the social...