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Lockdown To Continue Till May 3 But Restrictions Could Be Eased After April 20

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced extension of lockdown till May 3 but hinted possible relaxations in areas that show restraint to the spread of COVID-19 after April 20. PM Modi took the decision of extension to extend lockdown after consulting chief ministers of 13 states through video conferencing on Saturday.

Highlights of PM Modi’s speech

• PM said that the country should ensure that new hotspots didn’t spring up. The lockdown measures will be enhanced at hotspot areas till April 20.

• Each district in each state will be closely monitored to check whether the lockdown is followed. The decision on relaxations will be determined on the results of lockdown.

• The PM said that easing difficulty of poor was his top priority.

• He said that the country had benefitted from lockdown and social distancing. Also, he admitted that the people had to pay a price.

• India didn’t wait for the crisis to aggravate and took early steps to contain the virus.

• He said that he was aware of the challenges the people faced during lockdown period.

• He said that people’s resolve to fight the pandemic was the true tribute to Baba Saheb Ambedkar.

He asked for seven things

  1. Take care of the vulnerable in the family
  2. Follow the lockdown rules and practice social distancing
  3. Follow guidelines by Ayush Ministry to boost immunity
  4. Download Arogya Setu app
  5. Show empathy towards employees
  6. Respect those at the frontline of the battle
  7. Help poor in arranging food and other necessities

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Trump Accuses WHO Of Bias And Threatens To Cut Funding

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US President Donald Trump accused the World Health Organization of bias towards China during the coronavirus pandemic and said that he could cut US funding to the WHO for its biased behavior.

Trump threatened WHO

Donald Trump said WHO, the UN body, could see a very powerful hold on funding from the US. It is well-known that the US is the biggest contributor of funds to WHO.

Trump pursues an America First policy and he has criticized WHO and other UN and multinational organizations in pursuance of his policy. But he revealed no details about the amount of fund to be withheld. On the contrary, he said that he was not saying, he was going to do that. He would look at ending the funding, added Trump.

Trump accuses WHO of bias

Donald Trump accused WHO of being very China centric while giving a faulty recommendation against curtailing international travel to stop the virus that first spread in China. He said that fortunately he rejected their advice on keeping the US borders open to China early on.

China also faced criticism from Republicans for mishandling the pandemic and Trump had expressed doubt over the statistics of coronavirus cases and deaths shared by China. Also, the Trump is facing criticism for initially downplaying the virus.

Trump likened the novel coronavirus to an ordinary flu and said that it was under control in the US. But soon he accepted that it was a national health emergency.

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Twitter War Between Congress Leader Alka Lamba And Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt

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Former AamAadmi Party MLA Alka Lamba is being trolled for her lewd remarks over the PM Narendra Modi. She also didn’t spare wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt when he tried to intervene and stopper her from making objectionable remarks against the PM.

Alka Lamba’s tweet

She tweeted a picture of Narendra Modi in the Sangh’s uniform and speaking from a dais to comment on the RSS and BJP. She said that the Sangh had nothing to do with politics but the truth was that that all the BJP leaders were the birth of the Sangh! @#$.

Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt tweeted

The wrestler wrote !@#$$ who’s born is evident from your words Alka Lamba. And this thinking exposes your upbringing. You must have seen the love of the country for the person you are writing for. The whole country stands together with him except a few mental patients like you.

An irritated Alka Lamba retweeted the wrestler

A socked Alka Lamba rushed to reply Yogeshwar Dutt but in a very mean language. She said, “Abe Yogeshwar Dutt, ask your mother who your father is. Are you ashamed of putting your DP with your father? If your mother says that the person with who you have put your DP is your father, you should take is as true as mother never lies. It will cause less pain to you.

Alka Lamba trending on Twitter

After her reply, Twitterati start trolling Alka Lamba. She received replies for her lewd remarks over the PM and the wrestler. Also, some people supported the Congress leader Alka Lamba.

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Everyone In Delhi Will Get Ration At Subsidised Rates From Next Week

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the government had directed all fair price shops to give ration at subsidised rate to all non-ration cardholders. They will start getting monthly ration from middle of the next week.

Subsidised ration to all

In Delhi, there are 7.5 lakh ration cardholders and the number of people who have applied for ration cards is 6.5 lakh. The government has decided to give benefit of subsidised ration to all. There are many poor people who don’t have ration cards. The government has made a website for registering all those that are needy. They will get ration after registration.

Registration is required to keep track of people that are getting ration. Also, it is needed to prevent fraudsters from taking advantage of the subsidised ration. In the last day, over 50,000 people got registered to get 5kg ration per person.

Free meal for public

CM Arvind Kejriwal said that the government had made arrangement for providing free meal to more than 10,00,000 people. Also, the CM praised the NGOs and religious organizations that were serving free meal to people. He said that he wanted everyone to get a meal every day. On Friday, hunger relief centres across the city provided free lunch to 6,63,298 people and dinner to 6,78,554 people.

Delhi fights coronavirus

The CM said that Delhi received 59 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The total number of COVID-19 cases in Delhi was 445 but the government was able to prevent the community spread of the virus.

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Jalandhar Thanks Lockdown Sky After Seeing Dhauladhar Range

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Global lockdown due to novel coronavirus outbreak is good news for nature that has started showing its true colours. While the human is locked in their homes, the wildlife has come out to claim the open highways, secluded beaches and deserted streets. Internet is full of pictures showing abundance of flora and fauna during lockdown period.

Picture from Jalandhar, Punjab

It is extremely astounding to see mountains from a distance of over 200 km. An officer of Indian Forest Service (IFS) Praveen Kaswan shared a picture from Jalandhar on his Twitter account. He could see the Dhauladhar range of Himalayan mountains from Jalandhar. And it was first time that he viewed this range so clear from a distant city in Punjab.

Dhauladhar range image from Jalandhar

The officer tweeted the image with an attractive caption that reads “When people of #jalandhar saw #Dhauladhar range first time ever”. Dhauladhar lies in Himachal Pradesh approximately 213 km from Jalandhar. But people weren’t able to see the mountains due to pollution. According to Kaswan that was the first time that the mountains were visible from Jalandhar.

https://twitter.com/ParveenKaswan/status/1246025488264343554

Pic of Dhauladhar range went viral

Cricketer Harbhajan Singh was the first to react to the tweet of Kaswan that went viral with 1.3k likes and many retweets. Many users took to comments section to pour their excitements and some even thanked the lockdown for the scenic view.

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Bill Withers The Famed Writer-Singer Died Of Heart Attack At 81

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Bill Withers, a noted writer and singer, passed away at 81. He died of heart complications. But he would be remembered for the soulful music like “Lean On Me”, “Lovely Day” and “Ain’t No Sunshine”, his family said in a statement.

Last African American Everyman

His songs continue to honor social gatherings, family events, engagements and weddings. For example, the inauguration of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were celebrated with the tune of “Lean On Me”. And “Ain’t No Sunshine” and “Lean On Me” were included in the Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Simple Songs

His first album came in 1971 with the help of Sussex Records. It was “Just As I Am”. Withers was photographed smiling and holding his launch pail on the cover. The album had the hits like “Grandma’s Hands” and “Ain’t No Sunshine”. But his singing career with Sussex went bankrupt and he found himself scooped up by Columbia Records.

Social commentary

While most of his songs were related to social relationships, he also wrote on social issues like “Better Off Dead” on alcoholic suicide and “I Can’t Write Left-Handed” on an injured Vietnam War veteran.

Bill Withers

Born in the coal mining town of Slab Fork, West Virginia, Withers face many difficulties in childhood. He overcame childhood stutter. He was three when his parents divorced and he was raised by his mother’s family in nearby Beckley. At 17, he became an … Read the rest

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Switch Off Your Lights At 9 PM On 5th April Asked PM Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked people to display a collective spirit in the fight against COVID-19 by showing up on their balconies and gates once again on the coming Sunday.

PM Modi asked people to show up

Narendra Modi wants people to light their balconies and gates with candles, lamps, torches, mobile lights and whatever they can use as light to applaud unsung warriors against coronavirus. And he wants the people to do it just like they did during last month’s “Janata Curfew”.

He said that people should show up sharp at 9 pm on April 5 to mark their fight against COVID-19. But at the same time the PM urged people to stay indoors and maintain social distancing to defeat novel coronavirus.

Highlights of PM Modi’s message

• Social distancing must not break at any cost because it is the only panacea to break the chain of novel coronavirus.

• Never cross the line of social distancing.

• We should defeat coronavirus together and make India win.

• People are at home during lockdown but they aren’t alone as the collective strength of the country is with them.

• He said that he wanted only 9 minutes at 9 pm on April 5. He wanted the people to switch off their lights and light candles and torches.

• The coming Sunday, the country would fight darkness with light.

• PM said there was unprecedented discipline during the lockdown.

• Also, he thanked people for supporting the lockdown and making it a success.

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News & Politics Technology

Password Protect Your Zoom Meeting To Avoid Being Found

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The security expert Brian Krebs said that an automated tool found around 100 Zoom meeting IDs in an hour and info for nearly 2,400 Zoom meetings in a single day of scan.

A Kansas City-based security meetup group led by security professional Trent Lo and members of SecKC developed a program called zWarDial that can automatically guess 9 to 11-digit long Zoom meeting IDs and draw info about those meetings.

zWarDial automated tool

This tool can find around 100 meetings per hour. It can successfully determine a legitimate meeting ID 14% of time. Also, the program extracted critical info like date and time, meeting organizer and topic of a meeting after scanning nearly 2,400 upcoming or recurring Zoom meetings in a single day.

In January, Zoom implemented a feature that would block repeated attempts to scan for meetings but zWarDialroutes searches through Tor to avoid Zoom’s blocking. But the program can’t find meetings that are password protected.

Zoom encourages users to make passwords

Zoom said in a statement that it strongly encouraged users to implement passwords. The statement further read that passwords for new meetings had been enabled by default since last year, but users were provided the option to opt out of the passwords.

Users can password protect their meetings by enabling the option under the “Meetings” tab in the app and clicking the “Edit” button under their personal meeting ID. They will require checking … Read the rest

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Ivanka Trump Thanks PM Modi For Sharing Nidra Yoga Video

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Ivanka Trump daughter of US President Donald Trump mentioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi in her tweet. PM Modi is fond of yoga and he shares photos and videos of yoga in social media accounts. Ivanka Trump appreciated the “Yoga Nidra” video of PM Modi.

PM Modi’s love for yoga

Ivanka Trump was so impressed with PM Modi’s yoga video that she tweeted “This is wonderful. Thank you”.Also, she followed it with #TogetherApart.

PM Modi had earlier tweeted that he practiced “Nidra Yoga” once or twice a week. Also, he explained the benefits of this specific yoga technique. It said that it boosted over well-being; relaxed mind and reduced stress and anxiety. Finally, the PM shared the YouTube link of his Nidra Yoga video for his followers.

Modi has always appealed to people to practice yoga to stay healthy. Recently he promised to share his videos of practicing yoga in his Mann kiBaat radio programme.He promised to tell his followers how he was keeping fit during the 21-day lockdown period. India is under lockdown to fight the deadly coronavirus.

Ivanka Trump recently travelled to India with his father Donald Trump. He met Modi on the visit and said that she shared a very cordial relationship with PM Modi.

India shutdown

PM Modi announced lockdown in the country on March 24 midnight to contain the spread of coronavirus. The country will remain under lockdown condition till April 14. This 21-day lockdown period will break the chain of COVID-19.

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Google View In 3D Not Working For Following Reasons

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Children around the globe are in lockdown mode; they aren’t going to schools and no tuition classes are held these days. But they’re still doing great things with Google view in 3D.

It isn’t a new feature, but it became popular only after naughty kids came to know about it. Google view in 3D rely heavily on Smartphone and with it, you can render creatures within your camera viewfinder in real-life scale.

Google 3D View

• Smartphone with Android 7.0 or higher or iPhone running iOS 11 or later

• Google Chrome for Android/iOS

Animals within Google Search

• Alligator

• Angler fish

• Brown bear

• Cat

• Cheetah

• Dog

• Duck

• Eagle

• Emperor penguin

• Goat

• Hedgehog

• Horse

• Lion

• Macaw

• Octopus

• Pug

• Giant panda

• Rottweiler

• Shark

• Shetland pony

• Snake

• Tiger

• Turtle

• Wolf

In addition to this extensive list of animals, you have the option to include groans, grunts and growls to increase the immersion and make the pictures look real.

And if you can’t activate the feature, look for troubleshooting….

The Google app doesn’t have access to the camera

The app requires basic access like “Access to use the camera and videos” and “Access to location”. Allow access by clicking “Allow” every time the app asks for permission or you do it manually.

• Open the ‘Settings’ app on your smartphone

• Click on ‘Apps & Notifications’

• Open the ‘Google’ app

• Click on ‘Permissions’

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