New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Ahead of Bakra Eid (Eid ul-Adha) on August 1, goats are being brought to the national capital by traders for sale from Uttar Pradesh.
Geneva [Switzerland], July 24 (Sputnik/ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday commented on US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo's recent criticism of the organisation, calling it "untrue" and "unacceptable".
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 23 (ANI): The Raza Academy asked the Maharashtra government for relaxation in COVID-19 guidelines for offering namaz and sacrifice during Bakri-Eid (Eid ul-Adha).
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 19 (ANI): The Jamaat-E-Islami Hind, Maharashtra has requested Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to allow the activities related to Eid-ul-Adha, while ensuring that all safety guidelines related to COVID-19 remain in place, in 27 districts in the state.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 18 (ANI): In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, Maharashtra Home Department on Friday issued guidelines for Bakra Eid (Eid-ul-Adha) celebration this year prohibiting prayers at mosques and urging people to make a symbolic sacrifice on the occasion.
Geneva [Switzerland], July 13 (ANI): As the total number of coronavirus cases worldwide touches 13 million, World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the situation will worsen if basic norms to avoid coronavirus are not followed.
Geneva [Switzerland], July 11 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) praised the efforts taken to contain the coronavirus in Mumbai's Dharavi while saying that only aggressive action combined with national unity and global solidarity can turn this pandemic around.
Geneva [Switzerland], July 10 (ANI): The greatest threat at present is not from coronavirus but from the lack of leadership and solidarity at the global and national levels, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of World Health Organisation.
Geneva [Switzerland], July 7 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) is deeply concerned about the impact of COVID-19 on the global response to HIV, its Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 6 (ANI): Ahead of Bakra Eid (Eid ul-Adha), goats are being sold and bought online on social media platforms, in Madhya Pradesh's Indore.
Geneva [Switzerland], June 30 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic is not even close to being over, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus while adding that about 180,000 people worldwide have tested positive in the last 24 hours.