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Stricter COVID-19 lockdown on weekends and public holidays: Punjab govt
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 11 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday ordered stricter lockdown on the weekends and public holidays, with movement to be restricted to e-pass holders in the fight against the COVID-19.
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Anxious with rise in COVID cases in Delhi, lawyer moves HC with plea seeki
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): With coronavirus cases rising and estimated to reach 5.5 lakh by July end in Delhi, an anxious lawyer has approached the Delhi High Court with a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the imposition of a strict lockdown in the city.
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U'khand reports 23 COVID-19 cases, state tally at 1,560
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 10 (ANI): With new 23 COVID-19 positive cases detected in Uttarakhand on Wednesday, the total number of people infected with the virus in the state has climbed to 1,560, said the health department.
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Fewer hours, less pay and more anxiety greet Americans returning to work a
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 9 (ANI): Shorter duration of work hours, increased pay cuts and more responsibilities have become the new normal at workplaces for millions of Americans who returned to work amid the worst economic crisis in a generation owing to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Covid restrictions prevented 60 million new infection cases in US, study f
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 9 (ANI): Shutdown orders put in place in view of stemming the spread of coronavirus pandemic has prevented about 60 million new infections in the United States and 285 million in China, according to a study cited by The Washington Post that examined how stay-at
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Americans troubled more by police actions in George Floyd killing than vio
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 8 (ANI): Americans by a 2-to-1 margin are more troubled by the actions of police in the killing of black man George Floyd than by violence at some protests, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
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G20 pledge over $21 billion to fight COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], June 6 (ANI): Member countries of the Group of 20 on Friday pledged more than USD21 billion to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the group said on Saturday.
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Bolsonaro threatens to withdraw Brazil from WHO
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], June 6 (ANI): Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday (local time) threatened to withdraw his country from the World Health Organization (WHO), Xinhua news agency reported.
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Pak ministers catching COVID-19 due to in-person parliament sessions: Fawa
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 3 (ANI): Pakistan's Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry claimed on Wednesday that ministers have started contracting coronavirus due to the in-person sessions of the parliament.
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Markets reopen in Pakistan despite surging Covid cases
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Punjab [Pakistan], June 2 (ANI): Buckling under the business community's pressure and to "keep the economy running," the Punjab government has allowed opening of all markets, bazaars, shopping malls and other businesses five days a week with longer working hours despite a consistent increase
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Majority of Americans in favour of controlling pandemic outbreak rather th
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 2 (ANI): Despite the coronavirus ripping through US economy and upending everything- from junk bonds to prices for orange juice- a majority of Americans are still in favour of controlling the pandemic outbreak first, rather than restarting economy, a survey found.
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George Floyd unrest may threaten jump in COVID-19 cases among minority gro
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 1 (ANI): Health officials have expressed distress that the ongoing protests against police brutality toward African-Americans and Latino populations, spurred by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, could result in another jump in coronavirus cases in the comi
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