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Gopichand highlights physical literacy to tide tough times of COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): India's legendary badminton coach Pullela Gopichand on Thursday emphasised the importance of physical literacy, as people around the world, are fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic, during an ELMS Sports Foundation, webinar chat with expert Margaret Whitehea
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Ban on travel between Rajkot and Ahmedabad, ambulances exempted
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], May 7 (ANI): Rajkot administration on Thursday put a ban on travelling to Ahmedabad and vice-versa in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Indian, French navies 'fully engaged' in operations to aid people facing C
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Indian and French navies are fully engaged in the Samudra Setu and Resilience operations respectively to aid the people facing the ordeal of the COVID-19 pandemic, said the Embassy of France here on Thursday.
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ADB approves $500 million for Bangladesh's COVID-19 response
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], May 7 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday approved an additional 500 million dollar loan to bolster the efforts of Bangladesh government to manage the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the country's economy and public health.
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Global food commodity prices drop further due to COVID-19: FAO
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Rome [Italy], May 7 (ANI): World food commodity prices declined for the third month in a row during April as the economic and logistical impacts of COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant contractions in demand for many commodities, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United
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Combating COVID-19: ICAR releases advisory for fisheries in 12 languages
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) on Thursday issued advisories in 10 regional languages besides English and Hindi for the stakeholders involved in fisheries and aquaculture sectors, on how to tackle the issues arising out of the coronaviru
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First Air India Express repatriation flight departs for Abu Dhabi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): The first repatriation flight of Air India Express IX419 took off from Kochi in Kerala for Abu Dhabi on Thursday afternoon, marking the Indian government's biggest repatriation operation of Indian nationals stranded in the Gulf countries due to the COVID-19 pa
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Aviation flies towards Rs 25,000 crore revenue loss in FY21: Crisil
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 7 (ANI): The extended lockdown to contain COVID-19 pandemic which has stalled traffic on the ground as in the air is expected to heap enormous losses on infrastructure industries in both sectors, analytics company Crisil said on Thursday.
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Himachal Pradesh's travel and tourism industry badly affected by COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 7 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic has been terrible for several businesses, but the travel and tourism industry is among the worst affected sectors.
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Pandemic an opportunity for world to evolve new model of development based
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Emphasising that it would be prudent for India and the entire world to evolve a new model of development based on self-reliance, in order to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic impact, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Joint General Secretary Datt
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Expect Beijing to fulfill its G20 commitments to offer bilateral debt rel
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C [US], May 6 (ANI): A senior US diplomat On Wednesday said that US expects China to fulfil its G20 commitments to offer bilateral debt relief for low-income countries.
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Risk of return to COVID-19 lockdowns real unless states lift restrictions
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 6 (Sputnik/ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday that risk of returning to lockdowns amid the COVID-19 pandemic is real if countries do not lift restrictions carefully and gradually.
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