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Pakistan to avail Rs 335 billion debt relief from G20 to mitigate negative
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 6 (ANI): Pakistan will sign its debt relief agreement with G20 countries separately before the deadline of December 31, 2020, in order to avail debt relief of slightly over USD 2 billion (Rs 335 billion) to mitigate negative effects of COVID-19 pandemic, as per med
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Sawan month begins, but no Kanwariyas in sight due to COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 6 (ANI): On the occasion of the first Monday of Sawan month, several devotees on Sunday took a holy dip in river Ganga here. However, in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were no Kanwariyas this year around, who are known to visit in great number to
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VIBGYOR Group of Schools announces list of India's first scholarship for f
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbia (Maharashtra) [India], July 6 (ANI/PRNewswire): VIBGYOR Group of Schools announced the initial list of India's first-of-its-kind need-based financial relief package through the 'VIBGYOR Edubridge Scholarship Programme' to address the concerns of the parents financially impacted due t
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Future Harvard case studies on failure to tackle COVID-19, demonetisation
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that future studies would be done by the Harvard Business School on "failures" to tackle COVID-19 pandemic, demonetisation and GST implementation.
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Hong Kong Security law a tool to quash dissent, west needs to take action
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 05 (ANI): The new Hong Kong security law, which is commonly dubbed as the anti-protest law, is a tool deployed by the Chinese government to quash dissent, said Global Affairs analyst Michael Bociurkiw. He said that the West needs to take definitive actions and just cond
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COVID-19: Instructions issued for proper implementation of unlock-2 in Utt
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 5 (ANI): The Director-General of Police (DGP) Anil K Raturi praised efforts of the state police in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing a video conference, the DGP also issued a number of instructions related to Chardham, Kanwar Yatra, and Unloc
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Yashomati Thakur writes to CM requesting WFH for female govt employees
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 5 (ANI): Maharashtra Women and Child Development Minister Yashomati Thakur on Sunday wrote to Chief Minister Uddav Thackeray requesting him to pass an order to allow female government employees with health issues to work from home during the COVID-19 pandem
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469 new COVID-19 cases in Odisha
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 5 (ANI): As many as 469 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Odisha in last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the state to 9,070, according to the State Health Ministry.
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New Zealand reports 3 new imported COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], July 5 (ANI): New Zealand reported three new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported citing a statement by the Health Ministry.
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Delhi HC appreciates bar members for backing, assistance to clerks associa
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has appreciated members of the bar association for supporting and granting assistance to the members of the clerks association in the times of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Rajasthan govt cancels UG, PG exams
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], July 5 (ANI): In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rajasthan government has decided to cancel all graduation and Postgraduation examination for all the colleges, universities and technical education institutes for the academic year 2019-20.
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Iran files lawsuit against U.S. over sanctions amid COVID-19 fight
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 5 (Xinhua/ANI): Iran has filed a lawsuit in the International Court of Justice against the United States over effects of sanctions on Iran's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Leila Joneidi, Iran's presidential aide for legal affairs, said on Saturday.
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