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K'taka CM holds high-level meeting to address issues in the wake of COVID-
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 24 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday held a meeting with state officials to address the situation in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Cameron Diaz reveals how her husband's sleep schedule helps them in mainta
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 23 (ANI): American writer Cameron Diaz recently revealed that her and Benji Madden's opposite sleep schedule helps them as parents in maintaining social distancing amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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'OIC should not communalise fight against COVID-19'
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Sources in the central government on Thursday said that the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) allegations of Islamophobia in India are "misplaced" and that the OIC should not try to "communalise" the fight against COVID-19.
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Plea in Delhi HC seeking directions for safety of sanitation workers amid
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): A petition was moved in Delhi High Court on Thursday seeking directions to authorities for the safety of lakhs of sanitation workers who are carrying out waste collection and disposal during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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PIL in SC seeks ban on slaughtering of animals by way of 'halal' during CO
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): The non-governmental organisation (NGO) Vishwa Jain Sangathan on Thursday sought a direction from the Supreme Court to restrain the Union of India and all States from allowing slaughtering of any animal by way of 'halal' during the coronavirus crisis.
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Following on his seven-point plan during COVID-19 lockdown, PM Modi calls
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is making a special effort to keep himself updated with the health of his senior colleagues in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is in tune with his reminder to the people on April 14 to take sp
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SEEDS distributes 10 lakh meals across 8 states amid coronavirus crisis
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): In its endeavour to support the most vulnerable and invisible communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) distributed 10 lakh meals in 27 days of lockdown across eight states of the cou
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Delhi govt issues strict orders to landlords not to demand rent from labou
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): The Delhi government has issued orders for strict compliance of its earlier order for landlords not to demand rent from labourers and students for one month.
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RBI announces special OMO of simultaneous purchase and sale of government
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 23 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Thursday it will conduct simultaneous purchase and sale of government securities under open market operations (OMOs) for Rs 10,000 crore each on April 27.
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World Bank predicts sharpest decline of remittances in recent history
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 23 (ANI): Global remittances are projected to decline sharply by about 20 per cent in 2020 due to the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown, according to the World Bank.
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Sri Lankan flight leaves today to bring 101 students stranded in India
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 23 (ANI): A Sri Lankan Airlines special flight has left Katunayake this morning to bring back 101 stranded Sri Lankan students, who were pursuing higher studies in India and were unable to return home since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out globally earlier this year
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President gives assent to promulgation of Ordinance to amend the Epidemic
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind has approved to promulgate The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 which provides stricter punishments for attacks against health workers even as the country battles the coronavirus outbreak.
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