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Sri Lankan flight leaves today to bring 101 students stranded in India
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 23 (ANI): A Sri Lankan Airlines special flight has left Katunayake this morning to bring back 101 stranded Sri Lankan students, who were pursuing higher studies in India and were unable to return home since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out globally earlier this year
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Sao Paulo, epicentre of Brazil's Covid-19 outbreak, to begin easing lockdo
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Sao Paula [Brazil], April 23 (ANI): Brazil's southeast state of Sao Paulo, which has been the epicentre of the country's COVID-19 outbreak, will gradually ease lockdown measures in mid-May, authorities said.
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2 pet cats test COVID-19 positive in New York
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 23 (ANI): US health authorities have confirmed the first cases of coronavirus found among two pet cats in New York state.
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J-K hospital asks patients to report back after doctor treating them test
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Srinagar [Jammu and Kashmir], April 23 (ANI): The authorities of GMC Hospital in Baramulla district on Wednesday asked the patients who had visited the hospital on April 13 and 14 and came in contact with a doctor to report to them after the doctor tested positive for COVID-19.
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Aligarh doc booked for 'mishandling' COVID-19 patient, not reporting to au
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 22 (ANI): An FIR has been registered against a doctor at Shifa Hospital in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh for alleged negligence in handling a coronavirus patient and not reporting to authorities about his symptoms.
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Ministry of Railways offers to supply 2.6 lakh meals daily
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): With the nationwide lockdown extended to May 3, Ministry of Railways has offered to supply 2.6 lakh meals daily from various railway kitchens wherever the district administration is willing and able to pick up cooked meals and distribute among the needy. Th
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HD Kumaraswamy targets govt over shifting of arrested quarantined persons
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 22 (ANI): Hitting out at the state government for shifting 54 people, arrested for the violence at Padarayanapura, to Ramanagaram district jail, former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday expressed fear of coronavirus spread. He urged the concerned a
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Delhi HC refuses to interfere with school fees during lockdown, says issue
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with a petition seeking directions to private schools in the national capital to suspend fees charged under various heads, other than the tuition fee, for the month of April, May and June on account of COVID-19
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Delhi's COVID-19 patient recovers well post plasma therapy, weaned off ven
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), April 21 (ANI): The first COVID-19 patient who was administered Plasma Therapy at Max Hospital, Saket in Delhi has shown positive results with marked improvement in his health condition and was recently weaned off the ventilator support.
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Decrease in daily COVID-19 toll 'gives hope' to Spanish authorities
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], April 21 (ANI): Spain has reported 399 deaths from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours taking the nation-wide toll 20,852, according to the Spanish Health Ministry.
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Delhi HC directs authorities to ensure food, water for homeless during loc
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday directed authorities to ensure that there is no dearth of food, potable water, electricity and other requirements of sanitation in the area where the inhabitants of Yamuna Pushta have been relocated for the lockdown period to
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Centre constitutes 6 IMCTs to assess, augment state efforts to combat COVI
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): The Centre has constituted six Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCTs), two each for West Bengal and Maharashtra and one each for Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan "to make on-spot assessment of situation and issue necessary directions to state authorities fo
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