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The Reserve Bank of India announced new measures on Monday to maintain stability in the financial system during the coronavirus pandemic, including two more tranches of special open market bond operations in its 'Operation Twist'.

If Muslims appear in large numbers for the civil services exams, more of them will qualify, and their percentage too would go up, Ansari says.

Twice a day, New Delhi health worker Kamal Kumari receives a flurry of WhatsApp messages from coronavirus patients, containing either a twodigit reading from a tiny medical device or a photo of its glowing display.

The BDO said that Malda District Magistrate Rajarshee Mitra talked to the Farakka Barrage authorities and advised them to discharge water through lock gates in a controlled way.

He ordered the release of water through the 11 canals in Tirunelveli's Tamirabarani river for 15 days from September 1.

People stayed indoors and roads were largely deserted and police set up checkposts at important intersections across Tamil Nadu to check against violations.

Acting on a tip-off, BSF personnel conducted vehicle checking at the international border on Saturday and seized six new mobile phones concealed in the driver's cabin of a truck, it said.

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The father said that his son, Rahul was caught, tied to a tree and beaten to death.

The cross-border firing was going on when the last reports came in, the sources said, adding further details are awaited.

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Hospitals with a minimum of 100 operational beds are eligible to seek accreditation with National Board of Examinations (NBE) for the diploma courses.

The Covid-19 case fatality rate, however, has further declined to 1.81 per cent in the country. There are 7,52,424 active coronavirus cases in the country currently, which account for 21.72 per cent of the total caseload.

There are 521 active cases in the district, while a total of 1,306 patients have recovered from the infection, according to District Magistrate Selva Kumari.