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Her death Athat the 13th edition of the was caused due to co-morbid- Indian Premier League will take ity (diabetes and hyperten- place behind closed doors, the sion), they said, adding she had Board of Control and Cricket in tested positive for India (BCCI) on Friday sus- COVID-19. pended the start of this year’s IPL As the number of positive from March 29 to April 15 and cases reached 82 on Friday — also called off the remaining two eight more since Thursday India-South Africa ODIs in night, which includes the Lucknow and Kolkata owing to woman and a 76-year-old man the COVID-19 threat after the from Karnataka who became visiting players “expressed the country’s first coronavirus ! +'$,./0 , & ( , " unwillingness” to continue ! % & % ' ( ) ! * +,$ ! fatality besides 17 foreign because of the rising positive $ ! ! -! "#$ nationals— several States have sure of various public places contacts who have been put national organisations, includ- cases in the host country. started shutting down schools, like shopping malls, theatres under surveillance; it declared ing over 100 envoys, about the “The BCCI has decided to As for the bilateral series played in an empty stadium. and Afghanistan (9 June in theatres and colleges, and many and educational institutions to masks including N95 and hand proactive steps taken by it to suspend the IPL 2020 till 15th against Proteas, senior BCCI Apart from cricket, coun- Kolkata) has been postponed. public events. avoid large gatherings. sanitisers as ‘essential com- combat the menace; and it April 2020, as a precautionary official said, “The South try’s top-flight football tour- Globally, the English States like Karnataka, The Centre, too, continued modities’ up to June 30, 2020 decided to send an Air India measure against the ongoing African team was unwilling to nament — the Indian Super Premier League and European Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and with its slew of measures: It amid reports of their shortage flight to Milan on Saturday to coronavirus (COVID-19) situ- take any further part in the League Season 6 final in football’s showpiece event, the Maharashtra on Friday donned intensified tracing of the con- and black marketing; it briefed bring back the 220 Indian stu- ation,” BCCI secretary Jay Shah series due to the rising number Margao on Saturday, will take Champions League, has also battle gear to fight the pan- firmed cases, resulting in iden- the representatives of more dents stranded there even as it said in a statement. of positive cases in India. The place without spectators and been put on hold. England’s demic by announcing the clo- tification of more than 4,000 than 130 countries and inter- brought back the second batch This came hours after the players seemed to be in panic also all the remaining 28 cricket tour of Sri Lanka fell of 44 Indians from Iran. After Delhi Government suspended mode and wanted to go back matches of the I-League will be victim to the virus and the China, Italy and Iran are the all sporting activities in the home at the earliest.” played in empty stadiums. The French Football League second and third most-affect- national Capital due to the On Friday, the final day of Blue Tigers FIFA World Cup announced that all league 1 and !"# ed due to the pandemic. ever-growing health crisis which the Ranji Trophy between Qualifier match against Qatar league 2 games would be on Air India, however, decid- has already led to the post- Saurashtra and Bengal, was (26 March in Bhubaneswar) hold until further notice. New Delhi: Amid reports of New Delhi: After JNU, Jamia ed to cancel its regular flights ponement of ISSF World Cup New Delhi: The Supreme an early conclusion of the Millia Islamia on Friday sus- to Italy, France, Germany, for Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun Court on Friday decided that ongoing Budget Session of pended classes till March 31 Spain, Israel, South Korea and (March 15-25), India Open from March 16 it will take up Parliament due to coronavirus and advised students to avoid Sri Lanka till April 30. So far, Golf (March 19-22) and no R for hearing only urgent matters scare, Pralhad Joshi on Friday large gathering in the wake of India has evacuated 1,031 peo- fans engagement in India Open and no persons except lawyers asserted that there was no the coronavirus outbreak. Also, ple, including many foreigners Badminton (March 24-29). concerned will be allowed question of curtailing of the students at IIT-D have been on the request of their respec- The BCCI statement made ! " inside its courtrooms. Session. asked to vacate hostels. tive countries. it clear that IPL remains “sus- pended” and “not postponed” which means that there is no nations, India has the highest clarity on whether the event number of confirmed coron- will start on April 15. he SAARC nations on avirus cases at 81 followed by In case IPL starts on April TFriday decided to jointly 22 in Pakistan, eight in 15, it will be a 40-day compe- fight the coronavirus pandem- Maldives, three each in Sri tition as the ICC Future Tours ic. Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal Lanka and Bangladesh, and one Programme (FTP) of other and Bhutan welcomed Prime each in Bhutan and Nepal. international teams will make Minister Narendra Modi’s pro- Together, we can set an it virtually impossible to stretch posal for formulation of a joint example to the world and con- it beyond that point. strategy by the SAARC group- tribute to a healthier planet, Also, there is a possibility ing through a video-confer- Modi told his counterparts in that the tournament will feature encing of the leaders of the SAARC. “I would like to pro- more double-headers and at countries to fight the global Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, pose the leadership of SAARC least five optional venues are menace. Nepal Prime Minister KP nations chalk out a strong being kept ready after State Modi’s appeal through Sharma Oli and Bhutanese strategy to fight coronavirus. Governments of Maharashtra, Twitter in the morning got a premier Lotay Tshering. We could discuss, via video- Karnataka and Delhi refused prompt response from Sri Pakistan and Bangladesh, how- conferencing, ways to keep permission for the Lankan President Gotabaya ever, are yet to respond. our citizens healthy,” he games. Rajapaksa, Maldivian President Among the SAARC said. %* ,-$.. /. 0Q R, statement after call- told reporters after Department official. ing on the meeting Tandon. As per the previous plan, olitical uncertainty contin- Governor, his first Meanwhile, the most of the rebel MLAs were Pues in Madhya Pradesh as meeting since Governor on scheduled to arrive in Bhopal 19 rebel Congress MLAs, rebellion by a sec- Friday removed six by Friday evening. “The legis- including 6 Ministers, on tion of Congress Ministers, support- lators had reached the Friday cancelled at the last MLAs three days ers of Jyotiraditya Bengaluru airport. minute their plan to return to ago which pushed Scindia, on the However, at the last minute Bhopal from Bengaluru and his government March 10 recom- they dropped the plan to return Chief Minister Kamal Nath into crisis. He also mendation of Chief to Bhopal. They were told not called on Governor Lalji submitted to the Minister Kamal to go to the Madhya Pradesh Tandon requesting him to governor a three-page letter in Nath. Imarati Devi, Tulsi capital for security reasons as order a floor test in the which he accused the BJP of Silawat, Govind Singh Rajput, Congress workers have gath- Assembly. Nath said he will being involved in horse-trading Mahendra Singh Sisodiya, ered outside the Bhopal airport welcome a floor test in the and holding the rebel Congress Pradyumn Singh Tomar and holding sticks,” Pankaj Assembly, whose Budget ses- MLAs in captivity. “I have Prabhuram Chaudhari were Chaturvedi, a loyalist of sion is beginning on March 16, demanded that these MLAs be removed from the cabinet with Jyotiraditya Scindia, who on a date fixed by the Speaker. released immediately. Floor immediate effect on Friday, recently quit Congress and The MP CM made the test can be held anytime,” Nath said a Public Relations joined the BJP, said. $R%& '( $"%"&% '(R ) !" "###$$"# *# + &'(($# ##)*"+ %* he Delhi Assembly in its Tone-day special Session on Friday passed a resolution &&, itting parliamentarian from against the National Population ""#)-*) SSrinagar and National Register (NPR) and the "#./0(. Conference president, Farooq National Register of Citizens "$ Abdullah, detained under (NRC) on Friday. 1,"$(1 Public Safety Act (PSA) since Addressing the House, ",$$## September 2019, was set free by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal L"#,$1,$#M the Jammu & Kashmir requested the Centre to with- 4"&#("$ Government immediately after draw NRC and NPR. #5(6+ his detention order was “Me, my wife, my entire revoked by the Home ! "#$ Cabinet don’t have birth cer- ! Department on tificates to prove citizenship. "# Friday. J&K under Article 370. Will we be sent to detention #7,$& Abdullah, along with two Later he was booked under centres?” Kejriwal 6,$0101# other former Chief Ministers, PSA on September 15, 2019.