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Yorkshire Cricket Club players, staff agree to take 20 per cent pay cut
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Yorkshire [UK], May 16 (ANI): The English County Cricket Club Yorkshire has announced that the club's employees have agreed for 20 per cent reductions in salary due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Priyanka Gandhi writes to UP CM seeking nod to run 1,000 buses for migrant
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday wrote to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, seeking permission to run 1,000 buses for taking migrant labourers to their homes safely.
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Coronavirus pushes people to shun means of mass transportation, revives co
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], May 16 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic has revived customers' interest in having their own car.
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JC Penney pushed into bankruptcy by Covid-19 pandemic
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [USA], May 16 (ANI): The 118-year-old department store chain JC Penny has been pushed into Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to falling sales amid the coronavirus pandemic, the fourth major US retailer to meet that fate.
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Vice Media Group to lay off over 150 employees from US, international unit
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], May 16 (ANI): Vice Media Group is laying off more than 150 employees from its US and international units, the company said on Friday amid an industrywide slowdown in digital advertising as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic.
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World Athletics opens registration for support from welfare fund
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], May 16 (ANI): Professional athletes who are experiencing financial hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic will be able to register for a one-off welfare grant till May 31, the World Athletics announced on Friday.
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US retail sales plunge to record 16.4 per cent in April
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 16 (ANI): United States retail sales plummeted by 16.4 per cent in the month April, the steepest decline on record and a reflection of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the American economy.
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Spoke to PM Modi, sending 'quite a lot' of ventilators to India: Trump
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 16 (ANI): The United States on Friday said that is sending many ventilators to India to help the country combat the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday.
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IMF provides Jamaica with USD 520 mn to combat COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA] (ANI), May 16: Jamaica's request for an emergency fund to deal with urgent needs raised by the COVID-19 pandemic has been approved with a USD 520 million loan by the International Monetary Fund.
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United States will donate ventilators to India, cooperate on vaccine devel
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 16 (ANI): President Donald Trump on Friday said that the United States will donate ventilators to India to support the country's fight against the coronavirus pandemic. He also said that both the United States and India are cooperating on vaccine development in order
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UK evacuated over 16,500 people from India: High Commission
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The United Kingdom has evacuated over 16,500 British nationals stranded in India due to coronavirus pandemic and consequent lockdown, according to the country's High Commission.
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Vinicius Junior 'thrilled' to be back on field
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Madrid [Spain], May 15 (ANI): Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior said he is 'thrilled' to resume training after a long hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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