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India's GDP grows 1.6 pc in Q4, down 7.3 pc for FY21
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): India's GDP grew by 1.6 per cent in the January to March quarter (Q4 FY21) but contracted by 7.3 per cent in the entire financial year, government data released on Monday showed.
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OECD pegs India's GDP growth forecast at 9.9 pc
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], May 31 (ANI): The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Monday cut its growth projection for India to 9.9 per cent this year from 12.6 per cent estimated earlier in March.
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Philippines logs 6,684 new COVID-19 cases, total rises to 1,230,301
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [Philippines], May 31 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 6,684 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 1,230,301.
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Centre's inept handling of COVID-19 pandemic made 97 pc Indians poorer, sa
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): As the country is battling the second wave of COVID-19, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party led NDA government at the Centre for the mismangement in tackling the pandemic and said that 97 per cent Indians have witnesse
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Promoting learning society key to equitable education amid Covid-19: ADB
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], May 31 (ANI): Educational institutions must work with governments, the private sector, communities and civic authorities to ensure equitable access to high-quality learning resources during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic and beyond, according to a new b
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Delhi HC dismisses PIL seeking direction to halt Central Vista constructio
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking direction to halt ongoing constriction of the Central Vista Avenue Redevelopment Project in the national capital in view of the COVID-19 pandemic and slapped a fine of Rs one lakh against the petitioner s
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Pakistan's coronavirus-monitoring body suggests postponing of PoK polls
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], May 31 (ANI): Pakistan's coronavirus-monitoring body, National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Sunday suggested postponing of the upcoming Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) election by two months amid COVID-19 pandemic.
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Engineering student from Hyderabad serves home-cooked food for free of cos
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 30 (ANI): Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a second-year B.Tech student from Hyderabad is serving home-cooked food to COVID-19 patients in home quarantine at their doorsteps in the city.
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Myanmar extends suspension of international flights till June end
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 30 (ANI): Myanmar on Sunday extended the suspension period of international commercial flights to the end of June due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Navy's ALH MK III aircraft fitted with medical ICU for critical patients'
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 30 (ANI): Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) has been installed onboard an ALH Mk III aircraft from the Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 323 at INS Hansa by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
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COVID-19: 76 held, 38 cases registered in Haryana for black marketing of m
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Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], May 30 (ANI): Haryana Police has registered 38 cases in connection with black-marketing of medical facilities during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, in which 76 people have been arrested and sent behind bars.
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World No Tobacco Day 2021: Spotlight on battling 'Tobacco-Covid' burden
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): Uninterrupted focus on Covid-19 pandemic has sidelined another pandemic, that of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), which includes heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, chronic lung disease, and more, say experts.
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