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The Indian government has defended its handling of the coronavirus outbreak after a strict lockdown - introduced with little warning - left millions stranded and without food.

The country's response had been "pre-emptive, pro-active and graded", it said in a statement.

India's population of 1.3 billion was given less than four hours' notice of the three-week lockdown on Tuesday.

Officially about 900 people have coronavirus in India.

However, experts worry that the real number of infections could be far higher. India has one of the lowest testing rates in the world, although efforts are under way to ramp up capacity.

There are fears that an outbreak in the country - one of the world's most densely populated - could result in a catastrophe. So far 20 people are reported to have died.

Joan Maureen "Biddy" Baxter, MBE (born 25 May 1933) is best known as the former editor of the long-running BBC TV children’s magazine show Blue Peter, a position she held from 1965 to 1988. As editor of the programme, Baxter devised much of the format that is still used today.

Michael George Haynes (3 March 1957 – 16 December 2017), known professionally as Michael Prophet, was a Jamaican roots reggae singer known for his "crying" tenor vocal style, whose recording career began in 1977. Prophet was one of Jamaica’s most popular roots reggae singers and had several prominent hits during his 40-year career.

Warburton: League season must be completed

So if that means next season is condensed, so be it. If the Champions League reverts back to a knockout stage we had a few years ago, for one season, so be it. If the playoffs this season become one-legged affairs, third playing sixth at home, so be it.

Uefa President being honest that season could be lost.

Could is an understatement, breaking us in gently

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52079717

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Coronavirus: Calls for better workplace social distancing guidance

Henri Fabre (29 November 1882 – 30 June 1984) was a French aviator and the inventor of the first successful seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion.

As late as 1971, Fabre he was still sailing his own boat single-handedly in Marseille harbour.

He died at the age of 101 as one of the last living pioneers of human flight.

The women who made sexual assault allegations against Alex Salmond say they have been left "devastated" after he was cleared in court.

A jury found the former first minister not guilty on 12 of the sexual assault charges facing him, while another was found not proven.

A further charge of sexually assaulting a 10th woman had previously been dropped by prosecutors.

Mr Salmond maintained he was innocent throughout the two-week trial.

Keek was a free online social networking service that allowed its users to upload video status updates, which were called "keeks". Users could post keeks to the Keek website using a webcam or via the Keek mobile apps for iPhone, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, or Android. Users could also reply back with text or video comments, known as "keekbacks", and share content to other major social media networks. There was also an embed option so users could embed their keeks into a blog or website.

In August 2013 Keek reached a total of 58 million users growing at the rate of 250,000 new users a day. Keek has been the top video app in 18 countries globally.

However, by October 2013 Keek was struggling to raise more venture capital funding through investment firm Morgan Stanley and was forced to downsize its operation to half a dozen staff members.

Bob Weighton turns 112: The times and life of the world's oldest man

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-52063482

In a pleasing coincidence, Joan Hocquard, from Poole in Dorset, is also 112 today and so is the UK's joint-oldest person. Her name is fairly unusual - in 1908 Joan is the 161st most popular and doesn't really break through until the 1930s.

As long as you take a compass, torch, map and waterproofs...then it’s safe to go from the lounge to the bathroom.

New Zealanders being repatriated from a cruise ship off Western Australia were escorted by police to their flight.

Our new co-worker started this week. He takes multiple naps throughout the day and can’t sit down for very long but he’s always up for #yappyhour

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Stephen Ashby, New Zealand Futsal player.

Defeated by Solomon Islands.

June Muriel Brown, MBE (born 16 February 1927) is an English actress, known for her role as Dot Cotton in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1985 until 1993, again from 1997 until 2020. In 2005, she won Best Actress at the Inside Soap Awards, and in the same year, also received the Lifetime Achievement award at the British Soap Awards. In 2009, she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, but lost out to Anna Maxwell Martin. She is the second performer to receive a BAFTA nomination for their work in a soap opera (the first was Jean Alexander). It was announced in February 2020, that Brown had decided to quit playing Dot in EastEnders permanently, after nearly 35 years.

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