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• Former footballer E Hamsakoya dies of Covid, Kerala toll touches 15 June 6, 2020
  A veteran footballer of the Malabar region, Hamsakoya had played for Maharashtra state in Santosh Trophy matches besides playing for popular football clubs, the Mohan Bagan and Mohammedan Sports Club. A former player of Calicut University football team, Hamsakoya had also played for the national team in the Nehru Trophy.
• Covid-19 not 'exploded' in India but risk remains: WHO expert June 6, 2020
  WHO Health Emergencies Programme Executive Director Michael Ryan said the doubling time of the coronavirus cases in India is about three weeks at this stage. So the direction of travel of the epidemic is not exponential but it is still growing."
• Senior BJP leader and Piyush Goyal's mother dies in Mumbai June 6, 2020
  Chandrakanta Goyal was a corporator in Mumbai for one term after the Emergency. Later, she represented the BJP from the Matunga Assembly constituency in Mumbai for three terms.
• Five ED officials test positive for COVID-19, headquarters sealed June 6, 2020
  According to the officials, the employees who have tested positive include a special director rank officer and an investigating officer. All of them have been admitted to isolation facilities for treatment. People who came in contact with them have been quarantined, they added.