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 With Joe Biden making it to the most powerful job in the world, it has been of immense pride for the people in Karnataka because of Vivek Murthy, who is expected to occupy an important post in the new administration

The European Taskforce formed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to conduct research on developing a vaccine for Coronavirus has a Karnataka connection. Dr Mahadesh Prasad, a young scientist from Arkalgud, Hassan, is part 10 research teams formed to develop a vaccine for COVID-19. Watch this video to find out more about this Karnataka scientist.

In China, as many as 80 people lost their lives with 2,744 confirmed cases of the disease reported from the country on Monday. With this deadly coronavirus outbreak, the Goa government has decided to form a special task force to monitor such cases in the tourist state

Pakistan may remain on the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) beyond February 2020, mainly because of its risk profile and in view of two simultaneous evaluations.

 A statement by the Financial Action Task Force said that Pakistan has only addressed five of the 27 action items, with varying levels of progress made on the rest of the action plan.
 

The US will exert pressure on Pakistan to refrain it from indulging in any cross-border infiltration or providing material or financial support to terrorist activities in India, particularly in Kashmir.  US officials warned Pakistan of facing an imminent prospect of being blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) if Islamabad doesn't act on its commitments against terrorism financing.

Pakistan has been put on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) blacklist. Watch this video to know what is FATF and why it was formed.

“After hard work of over two months, our Jawans have finally cleared 474km-long highway from Manali-Sarchu highway. We have given a green signal to traffic from June 10,” 38 Border Task Force (38 BRTF) commander Col Uma Shankar said.

The Easter Sunday blasts across Sri Lanka have taken the lives of at least 359 people and injured over 500 others. The Special Task Force carried out a controlled explosion near Savoy Cinema in Colombo after a vehicle that was found abandoned came under their suspicion.

On April 9, the outlaws executed an improvised explosive device (IED) blast killing BJP Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Bheema Mandavi and four security personnel in insurgency-hit Dantewada district
 

The United States of America has warned Pakistan that another terror attack on India would prove problematic for them and has asked Pakistan to take irreversible and strict action against terrorists.

A CRPF jawan was injured in the gun battle with the naxals in the Pedabayalu mandal of Visakhapatnam . He was later shifted to the hospital and is receiving treatment for his wounds. 

A seven-member apex court bench said that the President cannot dissolve Parliament till it completes a 4 1/2 year term. Authorities beefed up the security around the Supreme Court and deployed the elite special task force in the area