The RCI, a premier laboratory of DRDO based at Hyderabad, has developed an automated contactless UVC sanitising cabinet to sanitise mobile phones, iPads, laptops, currency notes, cheque leafs, challans, passbooks, and paper.Research Centre Imarat (RCI), a part of Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), developed the Defence Research Ultraviolet Sanitiser (DRUVS).75666941DRDO said on Sunday that DRUVS Cabinet has a contactless operation which is very important to contain the spread of virus. The proximity sensor switches clubbed with drawer opening and closing mechanism makes its operation automatic and contactless.The DRUVS provides 360 degree exposure of UVC to the objects placed inside the cabinet. Once the sanitisation is done, the system goes in sleep mode, hence the operator

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Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has been admitted to Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) after he complained of chest pain, sources said.Dr Sing was brought to AIIMS at 8.45 p.m. He is under the supervision of Dr Nitish Nayak. Singh is kept under observation at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).In 2009, Singh underwent a successful coronary by-pass surgery at AIIMS, a complex beating-heart operation that took nearly 14 hours.75658518

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Shakira joined ABC's second "Disney Family Singalong" event Sunday night to revisit her hit "Try Everything."She didn't just sing.Shakira danced and played the drums to her "Zootopia" song.Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.Shakira reminded us all why she's a triple threat. She joined ABC's second "Disney Family Singalong" event Sunday to perform her song, "Try Everything," from 2016's Oscar-winning "Zootopia."Shakira sang, danced, and showed off her drumming skills as she revisited the hit for the Disney special.75666739Fans were impressed earlier in the year when Shakira played the drums during her Super Bowl performance with Jennifer Lopez.Shakira was one of many stars who joined in for the second Disney singalong night on ABC. Halsey, Katy Perry, and John Legend are among the singers

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Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has formally requested a US Department of Justice investigation into the handling of Ahmaud Arbery's case. Arbery, 25, was fatally shot while on a jog outside Brunswick, Georgia, on February 23. Gregory and Travis McMichael were arrested for his murder on May 7."We are committed to a complete and transparent review of how the Ahmaud Arbery case was handled from the outset," Carr said in a statement.Several officials handling Arbery's case later recused themselves, citing apparent conflicts of interest. Gregory McMichael worked in the Glynn County District Attorney's office for decades. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has formally requested a US Department of Justice investigation into the handling of Ahmaud Arbery's

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Halsey performed during ABC's second "Disney Family Singalong" on Sunday night.She sang a beautiful rendition of "Part of Your World" from "The Little Mermaid."The singer also showed off red hair and earrings to match Princess Ariel's wedding look.Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.Halsey channeled her inner Disney princess to give fans a delightful performance Sunday night.The singer participated in ABC's second round of the "Disney Family Singalong" to perform "Part of Your World" from 1989's "The Little Mermaid."She didn't just perform the Disney hit, Halsey also dressed up like Ariel complete with red hair.No, the singer didn't wear a bikini and flippers. She matched Ariel's look from the end of the movie. Instead of a complete wedding dress, Halsey opted for a simple white dress.7566638075666382Notice

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The US Navy's top officer, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday, came in contact with a family member infected with coronavirus and has entered into a one-week quarantine, Reuters reported Sunday. In addition, Chief of the National Guard Gen. Joseph Lengyel tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.The US Navy's top officer came in contact with a family member infected with coronavirus and has entered into a one-week quarantine, Reuters reported Sunday. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday did not attend a Saturday meeting with fellow service chiefs at the White House with President Donald Trump due to the potential exposure, Task & Purpose's Jeff Schogol reported.Gilday, 57, has so far tested negative for the virus.It

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By Fakir Hassen Johannesburg, May 11 () Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has added his voice to the calls for South Africans to adhere to the coronavirus-linked national lockdown regulations as the COVID-19 cases in South Africa crossed the 10,000 mark.Zwelithini, leader of the largest ethnic group in South Africa, with about 12 million living mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal which is his realm, appealed to the people to adhere to the instructions from the government and the medical experts during his address from his royal residence in Nongoma on Sunday.The monarch's remarks came amidst growing concern about the number of people not following the regulations such as compulsory wearing of masks and maintaining social distancing.South Africa is currently in a level 4 lockout in a five-level

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Dr Sunil Agarwal, a 58-year old doctor was Uttar Pradesh's first coronavirus patient to receive blood plasma.Hours before passing away, his coronavirus reports came out negative twice.He died of renal failure - doctors noted that he was a diabetic.A government doctor, UP's first Corona patient to get plasma therapy, died on Saturday night due to kidney infection.Dr Sunil Agarwal, the 58-year-old government doctor, was infected in the line of duty. His Corona test report came negative for the second consecutive time on Saturday, hours before he passed away.Dr D. Himanshu, in-charge infectious disease unit, King George's Medical University (KGMU), said, "He was diabetic and suffering from acute respiratory syndrome. He was on ventilator throughout the treatment and given antiviral and symptomatic

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Bhubaneswar, May 10 () Ganjam district in Odisha reported its first COVID-19 death after a man succumbed to the virus on Sunday, taking the death toll in the state to three, an official of the health department said.The total number of coronavirus cases in the statehas climbed to 352, with 58 more testing positive for the disease, the official said.At least 41 of them are those who returned from Surat in Gujarat recently, he said.Last month, Odisha had reported two COVID-19 deaths - both in state capital Bhubaneswar.Of the 58 new cases, 29 are from Ganjam district, 15from Balasore, and 1 from Mayurbhanj. Angul districtregistered coronavirus cases for the first time, with 13people there contracting the virus.Twenty of the 30 districts in the state have so farreported COVID-19 cases.The number

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Los Angeles, May 10 (AFP) The US PGA Tour's Memorial Tournament will use radio frequency identification (RFID) chips in spectator badges to ensure fans maintain social distance at the July 16-19 event, Golf Digest reported.Dan Sullivan, director of the tournament hosted by 18-time major champion Jack Nicklaus in Ohio, said on Saturday a Zoom presentation conducted by the Greater Columbus Sports Commission that the high-tech badges were just one measure that will be used to maintain safety amid the coronavirus pandemic."At any time we can know around the golf course how many people are collecting in a certain area," Sullivan said of the benefits of the tracking technology."We're going to use that technology to make sure that we're protecting everyone around us, protecting the folks that are

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By K J M Varma Beijing, May 10 () China has reported 14 new coronavirus cases including one from the first COVID-19 epicentre of Hubei province, taking the number of infections in the country to 82,901, while over 4,630 people have succumbed to the disease, health officials said on Sunday. According to China's National Health Commission (NHC), 12 cases were domestically transmitted, with 11 reported from Jilin Province and one in Hubei Province, the first COVID-19 epicentre which has remained free from coronavirus infections for the last 35 days. A total of 14 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in the country on Saturday. Also on Saturday, 20 new asymptomatic cases were reported. As of Saturday, 794 asymptomatic cases, including 48 from overseas, were still under medical observation,

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Washington, May 10 (AP) Former President Barack Obama harshly criticized President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic as an "absolute chaotic disaster" during a conversation with ex-members of his administration.Obama also reacted to the Justice Department dropping its criminal case against Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, saying he worried that the "basic understanding of rule of law is at risk."More than 78,400 people with COVID-19 have died in the United States and more than 1.3 million people have tested positive, according to the latest estimates from the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.Obama's comments came during a Friday call with 3,000 members of the Obama Alumni Association, people who served in his administration.

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White House coronavirus task force member Anthony Fauci told CNN he'll begin a "modified quarantine."Fauci said he came into "low risk" contact with a White House staffer who tested positive for COVID-19.He said he will work from home and wear a face mask for 14 days, but may also go work in his office at the National Institutes of Health, where there are no other people.A number of people at the White House, or in close contact with White House staff, have recently tested positive for the virus, including one of President Donald Trump's valets, Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary, and Ivanka Trump's personal assistant.Trump and Pence have both been tested recently and the results were negative.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Anthony Fauci, the nation's top epidemiologist

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CDC Director Robert Redfield is self-quarantining after coming into contact with someone at the White House who tested positive for COVID-19, The Washington Post reported.Redfield had a "low-risk exposure" on Wednesday but is "feeling fine, and has no symptoms," a CDC spokesperson said. "He will be teleworking for the next two weeks."Officials did not identify the person Redfield came into contact with.Earlier this week, it surfaced that three people in the White House or close to President Trump's family tested positive for the virus: Trump's valet, Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary, and Ivanka Trump's personal assistant.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is self-quarantining

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Justin Gaethje could drop Tony Ferguson in Saturday's lightweight fight in Florida according to a former UFC champion.The two UFC stars are the main event attraction at a behind-closed-doors event on May 9.Luke Rockhold told Insider that Gaethje "throws to kill" and hits harder than people who have already dropped Ferguson.Saturday's winner could challenge Rockhold's gym-mate Khabib Nurmagomedov later in the year. "Both present so many options and problems for Khabib," he said.Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.Justin Gaethje is the hardest puncher in the lightweight division, "throws to kill," and has the ability to floor Tony Ferguson in the UFC 249 main event on Saturday, May 9.That is the opinion of former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold, who told Insider this week that

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By Lalit K Jha Washington, May 9 () Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee and former US vice president Joe Biden alleged on Friday that President Donald Trump utterly failed to prepare for the COVID-19 pandemic and said his entire economic strategy is focussed on helping the wealthy and big corporations.Referring to the record 2.05 crore jobs lost in April alone, resulting in an unprecedented unemployment rate of 14.7 per cent now -- the highest since the Great Depression -- Biden, in a major policy speech, said it is an economic disaster, worse than any in decades, and it was made all the more worse because it did not have to be this way."Donald Trump utterly failed to prepare for this pandemic and delayed in taking the necessary steps to safeguard our nation against the near-worst-case

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By Lalit K Jha Washington, May 9 () China continues to hide and obfuscate COVID-19 data from the world, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday, asserting that he has seen a significant amount of evidence suggesting that a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan was underperforming and the virus could well have emanated from there."I have seen a significant amount of evidence that suggests that the lab was underperforming, that there were security risks at the lab and that the virus could well have emanated from there," Pompeo told Ben Shapiro in an interview."But I am happy to suspend the decision about that. What we need are answers. There are still people dying," he said.By Friday, more than 78,000 Americans had died and 13 lakh tested positive for the coronavirus. Globally, more

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Devoted Health wants to change the way the U.S. takes care of its senior citizens, and it has big plans in its first five years to do just that.The startup, which has been gathering lots of buzz in the last year, was founded to sell private health insurance plans to U.S. seniors, a market that is growing rapidly as Baby Boomers age.Using one pitch deck, Devoted Health managed to secure $300 million from investors in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz late last year, with a valuation of $1.8 billion – all before it signed up a single customer.But the deck also outlined the company's aggressive plans for its first five years. Devoted Health planned to sign up 5,000 members for 2019 and grow that to 103,722 by 2023. It expects to make about $1.2 billion in revenue in 2023 while generating

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Registered voters in California will now get mail-in-ballots for the November elections, Governor Gavin Newsom announced. California is now a vote by mail state. The measure comes in light of safety concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Friday that all registered voters will be able to vote by mail. Every registered voter in the state will get a mail-in-ballot for the upcoming election, in light of coronavirus concerns. "The right to vote is foundational to our democracy. No one should be forced to risk their health to exercise that right," Newsom wrote in a tweet. —Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) May 8, 2020According to the Los Angeles Times, Newsom also imposed "strict new rules" for voters heading

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By Lalit K Jha Washington, May 8 () US President Donald Trump on Thursday said the newspapers that won the coveted Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of the Russian investigation should return the highest award in journalism."They are not journalists. They are thieves. All of those journalists that we see with the Pulitzer Prize should be forced to give those prizes back because they were all wrong. You saw it today, more documents came out saying there was absolutely no collusion with Russia," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office of the White House.He said this after the Department of Justice said it was dropping its prosecution of his former National Security Advisor Gen. (retd) Michael Flynn."Pulitzer prizes should all be returned because you know what, they were given out falsely. It

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