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J-K LG briefs Harsh Vardhan about UT administration's efforts to combat CO
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 12 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (LG) Girish Chandra Murmu on Tuesday briefed Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan through video conferencing about the effective measures undertaken by the government for prevention, containment and managem
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Govt-guaranteed COVID-19 crisis liquidity bridge from banks for sustainabl
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): The government, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and banks need to collectively take measures to ensure that businesses do not collapse en masse due to COVID-19 impact and in turn push banks into a systemic failure, according to a study by lead industry body F
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Bending the bridge between two galaxy clusters!
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 11 (ANI): Several hundred million years ago, two galaxy clusters collided and then passed through each other. This mighty event released a flood of hot gas from each galaxy cluster that formed an unusual bridge between the two objects. This bridge is now being pumm
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FICCI warns of massive job losses, calls for 4 to 5 pc of GDP in stimulus
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): There is a critical and immediate need for a significant stimulus of Rs 9 lakh crore to 10 lakh crore or four to five per cent of the GDP to stimulate demand and supply for averting a long-term economic slowdown, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commer
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Work resumes at brick kilns in UP's Moradabad
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 11 (ANI): Even as the nationwide lockdown continues, labourers employed at brick kilns are back at work after permission for the resumption of operations.
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2 cops suspended after video of them taking bribe goes viral
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 11 (ANI): After a video of two Police Constables taking bribe from a trolley auto driver went viral on social media, they have been suspended.
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Lockdown measures worsening poverty and vulnerabilities among informal eco
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 9 (ANI): The Covid-19 lockdown and containment measures threaten to increase relative poverty levels among the world's informal economy workers by as much as 56 percentage points in low-income countries, according to a new briefing paper issued by the International
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Migrant labourers protest in Andhra's Guntur, demand govt send them back t
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 8 (ANI): Migrant labourers, who were working at the construction site of AIIMS Mangalagiri staged a protest on Friday at flyover bridge near the old highway demanding the government to send them back to their native places.
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Pune Fire Brigade driver tests positive for COVID-19, contact tracing unde
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 8 (ANI): A driver, who works with the Pune Fire Brigade has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, in the city, which continues to be adversely affected by the contagion.
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IMF approves $18 billion emergency financing for 50 countries during COVID
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 8 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has already authorised financial assistance for 50 member countries during the coronavirus pandemic, said IMF Spokesperson Gerry Rice on Thursday (local time) during a virtual press briefing.
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Specially-abled couple ties knot wearing masks amid lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], May 8 (ANI): Abiding by the lockdown norms, a marriage took place in Jodhpur with bride, groom, their parents and priest.
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COVID-19: IIT-Delhi's women brigade invents N Safe anti-microbial masks th
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI) Face masks, which have become a ubiquity since the outbreak of the COVID-19, may continue to be opted for by people, even after an easing of lockdown restrictions imposed to stem the curb of the virus.
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