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    "excerpt": "Mumbai, April 7:\u00a0\u00a0Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has made a donation of Rs. 59 lakhs towards COVID-19 relief fund. The amount was confirmed by former Mumbai skipper Amol Muzumdar on Twitter. Ac",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Mumbai, April 7:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has made a donation of Rs. 59 lakhs towards COVID-19 relief fund.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The amount was confirmed by former Mumbai skipper Amol Muzumdar on Twitter. According to him, Gavaskar has contributed Rs 35 lakh towards Prime Minister&#39;s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM-CARES Fund) and Rs 24 lakh towards Chief Minister&#39;s (Maharashtra) Relief Fund.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Just heard that SMG has donated 59 lakhs towards COVID relief fund. 35 to @PMCaresFunds n 24 lakhs to @CMOMaharashtra. Thumbs up superb gesture Sir,&quot; Mujumdar tweeted on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Last week, Sachin Tendulkar, too, donated Rs 25 lakh each to the PM-CARES Fund and Chief Minister&#39;s Relief Fund in his bid to join the fight against COVID-19. Even the BCCI and its affiliated state units donated Rs 51 crore to the PM-Cares Fund in the times of crisis.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Current India skipper Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma have also donated Rs 3 crore towards Prime Minister&#39;s relief fund and Chief Minister&#39;s (Maharashtra) Relief Fund.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Several other sports personalities and organisations have also come forward and made contributions as India battles the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Close to 4,500 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus have been reported while 114 lives have been lost thus far in India.<\/p>\r\n",
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