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COVID-19: Rajnath approves temporary hiring of additional contractual staf
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday approved the temporary hiring of additional contractual staff over and above the authorisation in 51 identified high-pressure Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) polyclinics across the country to tide
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Jaishankar speaks to UK Foreign Secy, discusses cooperation over COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): A day after the United Kingdom announced to have dispatched hundreds of vital medical equipment to India, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Monday spoke to UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and held talks in relevance with ongoing COVID-19 cri
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Germany to send oxygen, medicines to India amid COVID-19 crisis
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 26 (ANI): Germany will send oxygen and medicines to India to help it tackle the COVID-19 pandemic that has put a burden on the health infrastructure of the country, informed German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Monday.
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Masatsugu Asakawa to stand for re-election as ADB President
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], April 26 (ANI): Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa on Monday expressed his intention to stand for re-election as President for the five-year term after his current term ends on November 23.
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COVID-19 situation in India 'quite grim', but cricket can 'still bring a l
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 26 (ANI): As India continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting admitted that the situation outside the IPL bubble is quite "grim" and made an appeal to the players to "keep talking" about it in order remain c
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US Defense Secy Austin directs Pentagon to provide material support to Ind
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US] April 26 (ANI): US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J Austin III on Sunday (local time) directed Pentagon to use its resources in order to provide material support to frontline Indian healthcare workers who are fighting against the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19 crisis: Five tonnes of oxygen concentrators dispatched from New Y
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 26 (ANI): Over three hundred oxygen concentrators have been dispatched on Sunday morning from New York to India, according to a Government of India official based in the United States.
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Biden says US determined to help India amid COVID-19 crisis
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 26 (ANI): The United States is determined to "help" India as it faces unprecedented COVID-19 crisis, said US President Joe Biden.
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#StaystrongIndia: Burj Khalifa lights up with tricolour to showcase suppor
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 26 (ANI): Burj Khalifa in Dubai lit up with the tricolour to showcase support in India's fight against the unprecedented COVID-19 situation.
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PM lauds doctors, hospitals for using technology to offer consultations am
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): In the 76th episode of 'Mann ki Baat', Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded that health care workers and hospitals for using technology for offering consultations to the patients amid the COVID-19 crisis.
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Telangana to move oxygen tankers via warplanes amid COVID-19 crisis
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 25 (ANI): Amid the medical oxygen crisis due to a massive surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, the Telangana government has decided to move oxygen tankers by warplanes.
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Rahul Gandhi says 'system is failing', urges Congress to assist public ami
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): As India is witnessing a record spike of COVID-19 cases and severe oxygen crisis, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday urged his party colleagues to assist the public as he claimed that the current "system is failing."
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