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Delhi election results today; BJP, AAP eye majority

February 10, 2015

New Delhi, Feb 10: The stage is set for the formation of a government in Delhi as Monday saw election officials preparing for Tuesday’s counting process amid claims by the AAP and the BJP of getting a clear majority.

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“The counting of votes will start at 8 am and all the results should be out by 1 pm,” an election official said, indicating that early trends may emerge at about 11 am.

The exit polls have given the AAP a clear majority and enough reasons for the party workers to prepare for grand celebrations soon after the electronic voting machines are de-sealed for the counting process at 14 locations.

AAP leader and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, tipped to ascend the coveted post again, preferred to stay away from the public glare on the eve of counting.

“He spent most of his time with his family at home in Kaushambi colony of Ghaziabad, where he held a brief meeting of AAP workers from his New Delhi constituency,” said an aide of the 46-year-old leader.  

BJP chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi held a meeting with party workers for thanking them and distributed copies of an “illustrative story book” — “Making of the Top Cop” — based on her life.

“Our workers have worked hard and we are confident of winning the polls,” she said, contradicting the projections of most of the exit polls.

Bedi also appeared ready to gracefully accept defeat. “I have given my best....the outcome is not in my hand, but karma is,” said the 65-year-old former IPS officer who worked with Kejriwal in the anti-corruption movement of Anna Hazare.

She vowed to serve the people of Krishna Nagar constituency and make it clean and crime-free even if she loses– a highly unlikely possibility as the seat is a BJP stronghold.

Ajay Maken, the chief ministerial candidate of the Congress, answered to questions from the media at the All India Congress Committee office during the day. He did not try to hide the fact that the party was not looking for miracles on the counting day. He is likely to turn up early at his Sadar Bazar constituency counting centre on Pusa Road.

On Sunday, Maken reacted to the exit polls’ projection of a Congress wipeout by saying, “Whatever the outcome, I am responsible.” Congress leaders said the party could not be written off and questioned the exit polls which showed that its tally will fall from eight to zero.

The Delhi BJP and Congress offices bore a deserted look on Monday while the AAP office was abuzz with activities. Preparations were being made to show the live coverage of the counting process.

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July 31,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 31: People offered Eid-al-Adha namaz while ensuring social distancing norms at mosques in Thiruvananthapuram and Mallapuram on Friday.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had on Thursday announced that the Eid-al-Adha prayers can be offered in mosques of the state on Friday with a limited number of people due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kerala is celebrating the festival of Eid-al-Adha on Friday.

Eid al-Adha or Bakrid, also known as "Sacrifice Feast" is marked by sacrificing an animal, usually a sheep or a goat to prove their devotion and love for Allah. Post the sacrifice, devotees distribute the offering to family, friends, neighbours and especially to the poor and the needy. 

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May 21,2020

More than 50 million people in India do not have access to effective handwashing, putting them at a greater risk of acquiring and transmitting the novel coronavirus, according to a study.

Researchers from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington in the US found that without access to soap and clean water, over 2 billion people in low- and middle-income nations -- a quarter of the world's population -- have a greater likelihood of transmitting the coronavirus than those in wealthy countries.

According to the study, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, more than 50 per cent of the people in sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania lacked access to effective handwashing.

"Handwashing is one of the key measures to prevent COVID transmission, yet it is distressing that access is unavailable in many countries that also have limited health care capacity," said Michael Brauer, a professor at IHME.

The study found that in 46 countries, more than half of people lacked access to soap and clean water.

In India, Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia, more than 50 million persons in each country were estimated to be without handwashing access, according to the study.

"Temporary fixes, such as hand sanitizer or water trucks, are just that -- temporary fixes," Brauer said.

"But implementing long-term solutions is needed to protect against COVID and the more than 700,000 deaths each year due to poor handwashing access," Brauer said.

He noted that even with 25 per cent of the world's population lacking access to effective handwashing facilities, there have been "substantial improvements in many countries" between 1990 and 2019.

Those countries include Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Nepal, and Tanzania, which have improved their nations' sanitation, the researchers said.

The study does not estimate access to handwashing facilities in non-household settings such as schools, workplaces, health care facilities, and other public locations such as markets.

Earlier this month, the World Health Organization predicted 190,000 people in Africa could die of COVID-19 in the first year of the pandemic, and that upward of 44 million of the continent's 1.3 billion people could be infected with the coronavirus, the researchers said. 

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May 21,2020

New Delhi, May 21: As many as 5,609 new COVID-19 cases were reported in India in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the country to 1,12,359 according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Out of the total cases, 63,624 are active cases, 45,300 patients have been cured/discharged or have migrated and 3,435 deaths have been reported.

With 39,297 cases in total, Maharashtra remains the worst affected state in the country, followed by Tamil Nadu (13,191 cases), Gujarat (12,537 cases), and Delhi (11,088 cases).

The nationwide lockdown imposed as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of coronavirus has been extended till May 31.

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