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Race for COVID vaccine takes on political dimensions to echo technological
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 4 (ANI): The race among countries to develop a safe and effective vaccine that could fight the novel coronavirus infection has taken on political dimensions to echo technological dominance, whereby the winning nation could get a jump-start on protecting its citize
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Trump says NYPD can't fight violent protesters alone as 'radical left' has
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 3 (ANI): Chiming in about ongoing protests in New York City over the death of black American man George Floyd, US President Donald Trump in a late-night tweet just after midnight on Wednesday (local time) said that the New York Police Department won't be able to c
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Coronavirus politics: More Democrats than Republicans prefer to get vaccin
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 3 (ANI): A nation-wide survey in the United States has revealed that a more Democrats than Republicans would prefer to get themselves vaccinated to protect against the novel coronavirus if immunizations were free and available to everyone.
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British government's lockdown sex ban draws ridicule
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 3 (ANI): Amid easing a host of lockdown measures in recent weeks owing to a fall in the number of daily deaths from COVID-19, one of the British government's new restrictions over allowing two or more people from different households to spend the night together, has sparked
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J-K: Dharmarth Trust cancels Sudhmahadev Mela amid lockdown restrictions
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 3 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Dharmarth Trust has decided to cancel the forthcoming Sudh Mahadev Mela which was scheduled to commence from June 5 this year, amid coronavirus outbreak.
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Afghanistan reports 759 more COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 2 (ANI): Afghanistan on Monday reported 759 new COVID-19 cases within the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 16,509 cases, the country's health ministry confirmed, local media reported.
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Majority of Americans in favour of controlling pandemic outbreak rather th
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 2 (ANI): Despite the coronavirus ripping through US economy and upending everything- from junk bonds to prices for orange juice- a majority of Americans are still in favour of controlling the pandemic outbreak first, rather than restarting economy, a survey found.
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Officials concerned that crowded protests may spark a surge in Covid infec
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [USA], June 2 (ANI): US health officials are concerned that the angry protests which have gripped the entire nation against the injustices by law enforcement agencies and police crackdown may lead to a surge in the rate of coronavirus infections.
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Islam in the turbulent world order
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): The environmental, climatic, economic and structural changes brought about by Covid-19 virus has disturbed global compact with disastrous consequences.
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Uttarakhand CM, other ministers home quarantined after Cabinet minister te
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 31 (ANI): Uttrakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and several state ministers have been placed under home quarantine on Sunday after Tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj, who had attended a Cabinet meeting on Friday was hospitalised with coronavirus
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Hong Kong records first locally transmitted COVID-19 case in over 2 weeks:
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 31 (ANI): Hong Kong's 17-day run without a local coronavirus infection came to an end on Sunday as a woman with no recent travel history was confirmed infected.
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US probably surpassed 100,000 COVID-19 deaths weeks ago: Report
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 31 (ANI): The number of people reported to have died of contracting the novel coronavirus infection in the United States surpassed 100,000 this week, but an analysis of overall deaths during the pandemic shows that the nation probably reached the terrible milestone
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