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With the focus on boosting economic activities amid a graded exit from the coronavirus-induced lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers of various states via video conference on Monday afternoon. This will be his fifth interaction with the chief ministers after the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country. The Prime Minister’s Office said the video conference will begin at 3 PM on Monday. Sources in the government said the focus of the meeting would be on boosting economic activities and pushing efforts to convert ‘red’…

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New Delhi:  Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was admitted to Delhi’s AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) on Sunday night over chest problems, is stable, sources in the premier institute said this morning. The veteran Congress leader was taken to the cardio-thoracic ward of the medical institute at 8:45 pm “for observation and investigation after he developed a febrile reaction to a new medication”, AIIMS sources said, adding that he is being treated by a team of doctors at the cardio-thoracic centre. Doctors are also ruling out “other…

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At least 14 migrant workers sleeping on rail tracks were crushed to death by a goods train in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra on Friday morning, police said. Two other labourers were injured in the tragic mishap which took place at 5.15 am under the Karmad Police station jurisdiction, an official said. The workers, who were walking to Bhusawal from Jalna in central Maharashtra along rail tracks, were returning to their home state Madhya Pradesh, an official at the Karmad police station told PTI. They were sleeping on rail tracks due…

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