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Year end 2020: Mumbai's top defining moments

While the year had a promising start, the world was soon grappling with the coronavirus. Mumbai, on the other hand, had several notable moments throughout 2020.

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Year end 2020: Mumbai's top defining moments
The COVID-19 disease first identified in Wuhan, China in 2019 has since spread worldwide, leading to an ongoing pandemic.
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Year end 2020: Mumbai's top defining moments
The state government led by CM Uddhav Thackeray decided to shift the metro car shed from Aarey to Kanjurmarg in order to protect the greenery at the Aarey forests which led to the BJP leaders slamming the state government.
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Year end 2020: Mumbai's top defining moments
Thousands of people decided to protest against the CAA-NRC-NPR using slogans against PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.
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Year end 2020: Mumbai's top defining moments
Mumbai narrowly escaped the wrath of Cyclone Nisarga which made landfall at Alibaug and crossed through Thane, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Ahmednagar, Pune, Kolhapur, Satara to head towards Nashik where it weakened into a storm.
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Year end 2020: Mumbai's top defining moments
On June 14, Rajput, aged 34, was found hanging from the ceiling of his apartment in Bandra, Mumbai, and since then the investigation has been ongoing with the drug angle being in the limelight in recent developments.
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Year end 2020: Mumbai's top defining moments
Republic TV Editor-in-Chief was arrested in 2020 in connection with the suicide of interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother Kumud Naik in 2018.
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Year end 2020: Mumbai's top defining moments
On September 15, Kangana Ranaut filed a claim of ₹2 crores against the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. She filed a petition at the Bombay High Court demanding the compensation for the damages caused after the municipality took action taken against her office at Pali Hill in Mumbai.
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Year end 2020: Mumbai's top defining moments
On 16 April 2020, a group lynched two Hindu Sadhus and their driver in Gadchinchale Village, Palghar District, Maharashtra.
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Year end 2020: Mumbai's top defining moments
Six states, which includes Maharashtra, had earlier moved the Supreme Court seeking review of its initial order in favour of conducting the examinations in the month of September.
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Year end 2020: Mumbai's top defining moments
The 2020 Indian farmers' protest is an ongoing protest against the three farm acts which were passed by the Parliament of India.
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