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West Bengal: BJP writes to State Election Commission seeking postponement
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 15 (ANI): In view of the surge in COVID-19 cases, the West Bengal BJP on Friday wrote to the State Election Commission (SEC) requesting to postpone the municipality elections for a month.
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Biden administration to begin distributing at-home, rapid COVID-19 tests t
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 15 (ANI): The Biden administration has decided to build on significant actions to expand testing capacity and increase access by distributing at-home, rapid COVID-19 tests to Americans for free.
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Portugal logs highest daily COVID-19 deaths in 10 months
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Portugal reported 34 new deaths related to COVID-19 on Friday, the highest daily toll since March 3, 2021. The country has had 19,237 fatalities since the start of the pandemic, Portugal's Directorate-General for Health (DGS) said.
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Media reports calming under-reporting of COVID-19 deaths ill-informed, bas
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New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): The Central Government on Friday refuted media reports alleging a "significant undercount" of COVID-19 deaths in the first two waves in India, saying that these are baseless, misleading and ill-informed.
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Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi takes dig at Samajwadi Party for flouti
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 14 (ANI): Taking a dig at Samajwadi Party and Akhilesh Yadav for flouting COVID-19 norms in the Lucknow programme, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi claimed that SP members are corrupt, dishonest and the new kin that joined SP do not follow rules or regulations
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Kerala suspends physical school for students upto class 9
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 14 (ANI): Amid the rise in COVID-19 cases in Kerala, the state government on Friday decided to suspend the physical classes of school students upto standard 9, till January 21.
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All hearings before Principal Bench at Bengaluru to take place virtually
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 14 (ANI): All hearings before Principal Bench at Bengaluru will be conducted virtually until further orders due to rising cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19, said an order from the Chief Justice of High Court of Karnataka.
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SEC asks for more data to grant full market approval to Covaxin and Covish
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 14 (ANI): The Drugs Controller General of India's (DCGI) Subject Expert Committee (SEC) will continue thorough review of data submitted by the Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech for granting full market approval to Covaxin and Covishield, sources
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Myanmar reports 3 more Omicron cases of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], January 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar reported three more cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the tally to 66, according to a release from the Ministry of Health.
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Boris Johnson's office apologizes to Queen Elizabeth for holding parties o
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], January 14 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office on Friday apologized to the royal family for holding staff parties in Downing Street on the eve of Prince Philip's funeral last year, when COVID-19 rules barred indoor socializing.
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Jharkhand man paralysed for four years says he is able to move and speak a
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bokaro (Jharkhand) [India], January 14 (ANI): A 55-year-old man, who had become paralysed and lost his voice four years ago in an accident, said he was able to move and speak after he was given Covishield vaccine on January 4.
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Russia says China lifts restrictions on railroad cargo imports
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 14 (ANI): The Russian Railways (RZD) company has been notified by Chinese authorities that the restriction on cross-border cargo deliveries, imposed on November 30 as part of COVID-19 measures, no longer applies starting Friday, local news reported.
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