| China calls Taiwan's criticism against WHO 'venomous'
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 China weighed in on the public feud between the World Health Organization and Taiwan Thursday and accused Taipei of "venomously" attacking the health body, and using the coronavirus in an attempt to seek independence, a report said.
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| 4 test positive for COVID-19 in Udhampur; cases in J-K climb to 188
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| Four people have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 in Udhampur district, taking the total number of cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 188, officials said on Friday. The four are the contacts of a 61-year-old woman who died of coronavirus on Wednesday, they said. "Ten tests were received in Udhampur. Out of these, four have turned out positive. They are known contacts of a woman who died of coronavirus at GMC Jammu," District Magistrate, Udhampur, Piyush Singla told PTI. The positive cases included two grand-daughters, daughter-in-law and a neighbour of the deceased woman, he said. The reports of the son and the husband of the woman are awaited from GMC Jammu, Singla said. The woman's son is a PSO of a retired police officer, he said. Authorities have declared Tikri village in Udhampur a red zone and aggressive contact tracing of positive cases is being done by health teams, officials said. Jammu and Kashmir has so far reported 188 COVID-19 cases -- 152 in the Valley and 36 in the Jammu
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| Manipur Deputy CM continues to hold Civil Aviation, Taxation portfolios
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| Manipur Deputy Chief Minister Yumnam Joykumar Singh continues to hold the Civil Aviation and Taxation portfolios, officials clarified on Friday. The clarification comes after an order issued by chief secretary J Suresh Babu on Thursday said Singh's portfolios were allocated to Chief Minister N Biren Singh, soon after a row erupted over a controversial comment. Yumnam Joykumar Singh continues to hold the Civil Aviation and Taxation portfolios, an official at the Raj Bhavan told PTI. It was also confirmed by an officer at the Chief Minister's Office. The deputy chief minister was in charge of the housing and urban development, forest, environment and climate change, science and technology, and economics and statistics, besides the less significant civil aviation and taxation departments. The BJP had demanded the deputy chief minister's resignation for his controversial remarks against N Biren Singh over the distribution of rice to the people during the ongoing lockdown. Yumnam Joykumar .
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