Новости за 12.04.2020

The Maharashtra government is considering giving hydroxychloroquine sulphate (HCQS) tablets as a "preventive medicine" to slum residents at highest risk of the infection. A high-ranking state government official said suspected patients kept in quarantine centres in Dharavi were likely to be the first to receive HCQS-an antimalarial drug.

India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who has made swinging the bat like a sword as his trademark celebration on the field, on Sunday impressed his fans by doing the ritual with a real sword.

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The districts that will be taken up for sampling are being identified and a combination of pool and rapid testing will be adopted to check for the presence of Covid-19. The move, besides providing additional clinical data of the disease, is also intended to respond to criticism that India is not testing enough and positive cases might be under-reported.

Aviation authorities are evaluating the option of allowing only one person in a row of three seats, with another passenger in the immediately-behind row-of-three on the diametrically opposite seat — widow-aisle-windowaisle configuration — during ‘Phase I’ of the restart. The seating capacity of a 180-seater single aisle will, therefore, fall by two-thirds to 60.

All-rounder Carlos Brathwaite, best remembered for hitting four consecutive sixes off England's Ben Stokes to help West Indies win the 2016 T20 World Cup, on Sunday said his best memory in India will always be the adulation he got days after achieving the feat, where he felt like Chris Gayle in the subcontinent.

Indian football team defender Sandesh Jhingan, recalling his fanboy moment of meeting former India captain Bhaichung Bhutia for the first time, said after a handshake with Bhutia he felt like he's "never going to wash" his hand.

A day after objecting to "gradual dilution" of lockdown in West Bengal, the Union home ministry again wrote to the state government on Sunday asking it to take necessary action to ensure strict adherence to the curbs following alleged violation incidents in Murshidabad and Siliguri.

Tiger Woods walked off the 18th green as a Masters champion for the fifth time, a major champion for the 15th time, and the sensation was unlike anything he had ever felt.

Leander Paes on Sunday clubbed his and Mahesh Bhupathi taking up the 'Frying Pan' challenge videos together in a funny collage for those who wanted to see him and his former Grand Slam winning partner back playing together.

Taiwan swung into a new baseball season on Sunday -- with one team planning to place robot mannequins in their crowdless stands -- as the island bucked the global trend for scrapping sports events during the coronavirus.

The 50-year-old ASI from Patiala whose left hand was chopped off by a group pf assailants, while enforcing the curfew, got his hand re-attached by the doctors in PGI Chandigarh on Sunday. After seven and half hours of challenging surgery, his hand re-implantation was done successfully.

US President Donald Trump reportedly considered allowing the coronavirus pandemic to “wash over” America last month even as the death toll from Covid-19 infections in the US neared 21000 on Sunday, the highest among all countries but significantly less than what was feared.

Indian equestrian ace Fouaad Mirza on Sunday said that the postponement of Tokyo Olympics to next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic was a "blessing in disguise" for him as he will get more time for preparation.

The country is under a 21-day lockdown to check the spread of the COVID-19 and Ronit said there is uncertainty since no one knows when will things get back to normal.

When Virat Kohli switches to football for the Indian team's customary pre-match drill, he plays it as if it's the FIFA World Cup final or the FA Cup final, according to Nasser Hussain. "I think it's his hunger for runs and his wanting to win. The Indian team plays football, & he plays as if it's the World Cup final, the last game in the Premier League," Hussain said.

Let’s take a trip down the memory lane and see what is Richa Bhadra aka Chakki, up to now.

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England limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan has labelled the 2019 World Cup final between his side and New Zealand as the most dramatic game of cricket. In the 2019 World Cup final, England managed to defeat New Zealand on the basis of the boundary-countback rule. As a result, the Three Lions went on to lift their first-ever 50-over title.

Chahatt Khanna is happily spending her lockdown time with singer Mika Singh. The two are apparently shooting for a music video indoors, and hence, are seen together in each other's posts.

His comedy show "Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai" is being telecast now.

Former Liverpool player and manager Kenny Dalglish was on Sunday discharged from the hospital after having earlier tested positive for the coronavirus. The 69-year-old is now back home where he is self-isolating. Lauding the health workers Dalglish said, "As a nation, we are lucky to have them and I wish them all well as they work tirelessly to help the country through this pandemic."

The doctors on Sunday successfully reattached the hand of a Punjab police ASI after it was chopped off by a group of Nihang Sikhs during an attack in Patiala. The ASI's hand was severed and two of his Punjab Police colleagues were injured when the group allegedly attacked them with swords after being asked to show curfew passes outside a vegetable market.