News highlights: Britons hold a minute of silence in honour of Prince Philip

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. People across Britain have observed one minute of silence in honour of the late Prince Philip just before his royal ceremonial funeral got under way inside St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.

Philip, who was consort to Queen Elizabeth II for 73 years, died April 9, just two months shy of his 100th birthday.

. Due to the surge in Covid-19 cases, Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) postpones examinations of Class 10th and 12th. A meeting will be held on June 1 to review the situation, & further decision will be taken according to the situation: JAC

. In view of increasing Covid-19 cases, night curfew to be imposed in all districts between 9 pm to 5am. Weekend curfew to imposed in Dehradun Municipal Corporation areas from April 18: Om Prakash, Uttarakhand Chief Secretary

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. Star India, the official broadcaster of the Indian Premier League (IPL), on Friday said the opening match of the T20 event clocked 323 million total impressions.

. NASA said on Friday it has awarded billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's private space company SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to build a spacecraft to bring astronauts to the moon as early as 2024, picking it over Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics Inc.

. Heavy police personnel deployed at Harwapur village where a video of distribution money gone viral in Maski assembly constituency.

Two polling booths have been set up and CRPF personnel and women police are on duty there. (DHNS)

. Pakistan's cricket players will get visas to compete in the T20 World Cup in India this October, the BCCI's apex council has been told by Board secretary Jay Shah following "government assurances".

. Police security beefed up in polling stations coming under four gram panchayat limits where struggle for implementation of 5A canal project is going on in Maski assembly constituency for which voting is being held today.

CRPF police have been deployed at seven very sensitive polling stations including Vatagal. (DHNS)

. The Government has approved the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for White Goods (Air Conditioners and LED Lights) to be implemented over FY 2021-22 to FY 2028-29 with a budgetary outlay of Rs. 6,238 crore: Ministry of Commerce and Industry (ANI)

. Deeply shocked by shooting at FedEx facility in Indianapolis. Victims include persons of Indian American Sikh community. Our Consulate General in Chicago in touch with Mayor & local authorities in Indianapolis as well as community leaders. Will render all possible assistance: EAM (ANI)

. Popular Tamil actor Vivekh, who suffered a cardiac arrest due to 100 per cent blockage in a heart vessel, passed away on Saturday, according to multiple media reports.

. BJP candidate for Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency Mangala Angadi casting her vote at polling station in the premises of Government Higher Kannada School at Visvesvaraya Nagar in Belagavi on Saturday.

. BJP candidate for Belgaum Lok Sabha Constituency Mangala Angadi and daughters Shradha and Spoorti waiting to cast their votes at polling station in the premises of Government Higher Kannada Primary School at Visvesvaraya Nagar in Belagavi on Saturday.

. In the celebrated Hindu pilgrimage centre, the BJP has set the focus of the Tirupati bypoll on the religion and the reservation category of YSRCP candidate Maddela Gurumurthy.

. The three assembly seats for which the bypolls are being held are Sahara in Bhilwara district, Sujangarh in Churu district and Rajsamand.

. Bypolls to one Lok Sabha and two Assembly constituencies in Karnataka are under way, where over 22.68 lakh voters are eligible to cast their votes.

News highlights: Britons hold a minute of silence in honour of Prince Philip

Members of the royal family attend the funeral of Britain's Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, who died at the age of 99, at Windsor Castle in Windsor, Britain

Britons hold a minute of silence in honour of Prince Philip

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